From 0957973ff6576f8616f31a6119bb4b392bc64be4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: skoupidi <skoupidi@systemli.org>
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2024 14:32:41 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] README: development nightly notes added

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 README.md | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4218b024c..9dcb4bdfc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -92,6 +92,22 @@ If you want to hack on the source code, make sure to read some
 introductory advice in the
 [DarkFi book](https://darkrenaissance.github.io/darkfi/development/development.html).
 
+### Living on the cutting edge
+
+Since the project uses the nightly toolchain, breaking changes are bound
+to happen from time to time. As a workaround, we can configure an older
+nightly version, which was known to work:
+
+```shell
+% rustup toolchain install nightly-2024-02-01
+% rustup target add wasm32-unknown-unknown --toolchain nightly-2024-02-01
+% sed -i Makefile -e "s|nightly|nightly-2024-02-01|g"
+```
+
+When using cargo directly, you have to add the `+nightly-2024-02-01` flag,
+in order for it to use the older nightly version.
+
+Under no circumstances commit or push the Makefile change.
 
 ## Install