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 Bitcoin ABC Release Process
 ===========================
 
 
 ## Before Release
 
 1. Check configuration
     - Check features planned for the release are implemented and documented
       (or more informally, that the Release Manager agrees it is feature complete)
     - Check that finished tasks / tickets are marked as resolved
 
 2. Verify tests passed
     - any known issues or limitations should be documented in release notes
     - known bugs should have tickets
     - Verify IBD without checkpoints and without assumevalid.
  
 3. Update the documents / code which needs to be updated every release
-    - Fill in doc/release-notes.md (copy existing one to versioned doc/release-notes/*.md document 
-      and update doc/release-notes.md)
-    - Update [bips.md](bips.md) to account for changes since the last release
+    - Check that doc/release-notes.md is complete, and fill in any missing items.
+    - Update [bips.md](bips.md) to account for changes since the last release.
     - (major releases) Update [`BLOCK_CHAIN_SIZE`](/src/qt/intro.cpp) to the current size plus
       some overhead.
     - Update `src/chainparams.cpp` defaultAssumeValid and nMinimumChainWork with information from
       the getblockhash rpc.
     - The selected value must not be orphaned so it may be useful to set the value two blocks back 
       from the tip.
     - Testnet should be set some tens of thousands back from the tip due to reorgs there.
     - This update should be reviewed with a reindex-chainstate with assumevalid=0 to catch any defect
       that causes rejection of blocks in the past history.
     - Regenerate manpages (run contrib/devtools/gen-manpages.sh).
     - Update seeds as per [contrib/seeds/README.md](contrib/seeds/README.md)
 
 4. Add git tag for release
 
 ## Release
 
 5. Create Gitian Builds (see doc/gitian-building.md), notify PPA buildmaster to start creating Ubuntu PPAs
 
 6. Verify matching gitian builds, gather signatures
 
 7. Upload gitian build to [bitcoinabc.org](https://download.bitcoinabc.org/)
 
 8. Create a [GitHub release](https://github.com/Bitcoin-ABC/bitcoin-abc/releases).
     The Github release name should be the same as the tag (without the prepended 'v'), and
     the contents of the release notes should be copied from release-notes.md.
 
 ## After Release
 
 9. Increment version number in:
     - doc/Doxyfile
-    - doc/release-notes.md
+    - doc/release-notes.md (and copy existing one to versioned doc/release-notes/*.md)
     - configure.ac
     - src/config/CMakeLists.txt
     - src/test/net_tests.cpp
     - src/clientversion.h
     - contrib/gitian-descriptors/*.yml (before a new major release)
 
 10. Update version number on www.bitcoinabc.org
 
 11. Publish signed checksums (various places, e.g. blog, reddit/r/BitcoinABC)
 
 12. Announce Release:
     - [Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/BitcoinABC/)
     - Twitter @Bitcoin_ABC
     - Public slack channels friendly to Bitcoin ABC announcements 
       (eg. #abc-announce on BTCforks,  #hardfork on BTCchat)