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Chaminda Divitotawela 725dcf1c87 Release checklist update (#7494 ) * Release checklist update More details on homebrew and docs releases in release checklist issue template Co-authored-by: Simon Dudley <simon.dudley@consensys.net> Signed-off-by: Chaminda Divitotawela <cdivitotawela@users.noreply.github.com> * Remove release creation for besu-docs from checklist It has been agreed there is no value creating releases in the hyperledger/besu-docs repo. Remove the related instruction from checklist Signed-off-by: Chaminda Divitotawela <cdivitotawela@gmail.com> --------- Signed-off-by: Chaminda Divitotawela <cdivitotawela@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Chaminda Divitotawela <cdivitotawela@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: Simon Dudley <simon.dudley@consensys.net>		3 months ago
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README.md

Besu Ethereum Client

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Besu is an Apache 2.0 licensed, MainNet compatible, Ethereum client written in Java.

Useful Links

Issues

Besu issues are tracked in the github issues tab. See our guidelines for more details on searching and creating issues.

If you have any questions, queries or comments, Besu channel on Hyperledger Discord is the place to find us.

Besu Users

To install the Besu binary, follow these instructions.

Besu Developers

Contributing Guidelines
Coding Conventions
Command Line Interface (CLI) Style Guide
Besu User Documentation for running and using Besu

Development

Instructions for how to get started with developing on the Besu codebase. Please also read the wiki for more details on how to submit a pull request (PR).

Release Notes

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