commit c59a86c467c87c1c1c3069f4081dc337b8d7d364
Author: Dave Collins <davec@conformal.com>
Date:   Tue Aug 6 11:32:43 2013 -0500

    Initial commit.

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+# Temp files
+*~
+
+# Databases
+btcd.db
+*-shm
+*-wal
+
+# Log files
+*.log
+
+# Compiled Object files, Static and Dynamic libs (Shared Objects)
+*.o
+*.a
+*.so
+
+# Folders
+_obj
+_test
+
+# Architecture specific extensions/prefixes
+*.[568vq]
+[568vq].out
+
+*.cgo1.go
+*.cgo2.c
+_cgo_defun.c
+_cgo_gotypes.go
+_cgo_export.*
+
+_testmain.go
+
+*.exe 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+btcd
+====
+
+btcd is an alternative full node bitcoin implementation written in Go (golang).