diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 491e0dee..72363706 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -230,10 +230,10 @@ Some third-party included files may have different licenses - please check their 1. Duino-Coins ("DUCOs") are earned by miners with a process called mining.
2. Mining is described as using DUCO-S1 algorithm (as explained in the Duino-Coin Whitepaper), in which finding a correct result to a mathematical problem gives the miner a reward.
3. Mining can be officially done using CPUs, AVR boards (e.g. Arduino boards), Single-board computers (e.g. Raspberry Pi boards), ESP32/8266 boards with the usage of official miners (other officially allowed miners are described in the upper part of README).
-4. All miners need to use the difficulty tier made and suitable for them. +4. All miners need to use the difficulty tier made and suitable for their device. 5. Mining on GPUs, FPGAs and other high-efficiency hardware is allowed, but using only the `EXTREME` mining difficulty.
6. Any users using miners on difficulty not suited for their hardware (see the difficulty list) will be automatically throttled by being moved to correct difficulty tier.
-7. Any user that keeps trying to use lower difficulty than it's suited for may get temporarily blocked or permanently banned.
+7. Any user that keeps trying to use a lower difficulty than suited for their device may get temporarily blocked or permanently banned.
8. Banning involves blocking the user from accessing his coins along with the removal of an account.
9. Only coins earned legally are eligible for the exchange.
10. Accounts may be suspended temporarily to investigate ("investigations") ToS violations ("violation" or "abuse").
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ Some third-party included files may have different licenses - please check their 13. Mining with free cloud hosting services (or free VPS services - e.g. Repl.it, GitHub Actions, etc.) is not allowed as it's unfair for others.
14. A user's DUCOs may be burnt if a violation can be proven.
15. These terms of service can change at any time without prior notice.
-16. Having alt accounts without a rational reason (e.g. for multi-mining) are not allowed - multiple accounts used on a single computer/network will be blocked, unless whitelisted.
+16. Having alt accounts without a rational reason (e.g. for multi-mining) is forbidden - multiple accounts used on a single computer/network will be blocked, unless whitelisted.
17. Sending transactions that promote other services or advertise something in any form is not allowed.
18. Sending a lot of transactions in a short amount of time can trigger the Kolka system which will rate limit and/or block the user.
19. Community-made softwares need to comply with the rules (terms of service, difficulty tiers, etc.) - abusing the system will lead to blocking of the software and/or the user(s).
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ Some third-party included files may have different licenses - please check their ## Privacy policy -1. On the master server we only store usernames, hashed passwords (with the help of bcrypt), account creation dates, last login times and e-mails of users as their data.
+1. The master server only stores usernames, hashed passwords (with the help of bcrypt), account creation dates, last login times and e-mails of users as their data.
2. E-mails are not publicly available and are only used for contacting user when needed, confirming exchanges on the DUCO-Exchange and receiving an occasional newsletter (planned for the future).
3. Balances, transactions and mining-related data is publicly available in the JSON APIs.
4. The privacy policy may be changed in the future, although users will receive a notification prior to the changes.