Hard fork info in the Readme

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See [LICENSE](LICENSE).
## Monero software updates and consensus protocol changes (hard forking)
Monero uses a hardforking mechanism to implement new features which requires that
users of Monero software run current versions and update their software on a
regular schedule. Here is the current schedule, versions, and compatability.
Dates are provided in the format YYYYMMDD.
| Date | Consensus version | Minimum Monero Version | Recommended Monero Version | Details |
| ----------------- | ----------------- | ---------------------- | -------------------------- | ------------------ |
| 2016-09-21 | v3 | v0.9.4 | v0.10.0 | Splits coinbase into denominations |
| 2017-01-05 | v4 | v0.9.4 | v0.10.0 | Allow normal and RingCT transactions |
| 2017-09-21 | v5 | v0.10.0 | v0.10.0 | Allow only RingCT transactions |
## Installing Monero from a Package
Packages are available for