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readme: Document that we do not support altcoins 

We don't altcoin, state it as such.
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## Policy on Altcoins/Altchains ## Policy on Altcoins/Altchains
Patches which add support for non-Bitcoin cryptocurrencies by adding constants to existing enums Since the altcoin landscape includes projects which [frequently appear and disappear, and are poorly
(e.g. to set the network message magic-byte sequence) are welcome. Anything more involved will be designed anyway](https://download.wpsoftware.net/bitcoin/alts.pdf) we do not support any altcoins.
considered on a case-by-case basis, as the altcoin landscape includes projects which [frequently Supporting Bitcoin properly is already difficult enough and we do not want to increase the
appear and disappear, and are poorly designed maintenance burden and decrease API stability by adding support for other coins.
anyway](https://download.wpsoftware.net/bitcoin/alts.pdf) and keeping the codebase maintainable is a
large priority.
In general, things that improve cross-chain compatibility (e.g. support for cross-chain atomic Our code is public domain so by all means fork it and go wild :)
swaps) are more likely to be accepted than things which support only a single blockchain.
## Release Notes ## Release Notes