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+# Release instructions
+
+This documents outlines the neo-go release process, it can be used as a todo
+list for a new release.
+
+## Pre-release checks
+
+These should run successfuly:
+ * build
+ * unit-tests
+ * vet
+ * lint
+ * privnet with consensus nodes
+
+## Writing CHANGELOG
+
+Add an entry to the CHANGELOG.md following the style established there. Add a
+codename, version and release date in the heading. Write a paragraph
+describing the most significant changes done in this release. Then add
+sections with new features and bugs fixed describing each change in detail and
+with a reference to Github issues. Add generic improvements section for
+changes that are not directly visible to the node end-user such as performance
+optimizations, refactoring and API changes. Add a "Behaviour changes" section
+if there are any incompatible changes in default settings or the way commands
+operate.
+
+## Updating ROADMAP
+
+Update ROADMAP.md if necessary.
+
+## Tag the release
+
+Use `vX.Y.Z` tag following the semantic versioning standard.
+
+## Push changes and release tag to Github
+
+This step should bypass the default PR mechanism to get a correct result (so
+that releasing requires admin privileges for the project), both the `master`
+branch update and tag must be pushed simultaneously like this:
+
+    $ git push origin master v0.70.1
+
+This is important to ensure proper version in a CI-built binary. Wait for
+CircleCI to build it (or them if we're to have more than one OS or
+architecture), download it and rename to `neo-go-$OS-$ARCH`, at the moment
+that should be `neo-go-linux-amd64`.
+
+## Make a proper Github release
+
+Edit an automatically-created release on Github, copy things from changelog
+there and attach previously downloaded binary. Make a release.
+
+## Announcements
+
+Copy the github release page link to:
+ * Discord channel
+ * Riot channel
+
+## Deployment
+
+Create an issue in JIRA to deploy new version to the mainnet.
+
+## Post-release
+
+The first commit after the release must be tagged with `X.Y.Z+1-pre` tag for
+proper semantic-versioned builds, so it's good to make some minor
+documentation update after the release and push it with this new tag.