From 3f298a7cd3b8b793836c12d78073b06cdd6833ed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kevin Heifner <heifnerk@objectcomputing.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2022 14:49:55 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Release 3.1.0-rc1

---
 CMakeLists.txt | 2 +-
 README.md      | 6 ++++--
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index fc97a019ca..020218f1ec 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ set( CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
 set(VERSION_MAJOR 3)
 set(VERSION_MINOR 1)
 set(VERSION_PATCH 0)
-set(VERSION_SUFFIX dev)
+set(VERSION_SUFFIX rc1)
 
 if(VERSION_SUFFIX)
     set(VERSION_FULL "${VERSION_MAJOR}.${VERSION_MINOR}.${VERSION_PATCH}-${VERSION_SUFFIX}")
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a6bc558a1e..407ca931a4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 # Mandel
 
+Home of the official [EOS Network Foundation](https://eosnetwork.com/) blockchain node software.
+
 ## Repo organization
 
 | branch                | description |
 | ------                | ----------- |
 | `main`                | Development for future releases |
-| `release/3.0.x`       | 3.0.x-* series of releases |
+| `release/3.0.x`       | 3.0.x-* series of pre-releases before 3.1.x |
+| `release/3.1.x`       | 3.1.x* series of 3.1.0 releases |
 
 ## Supported Operating Systems
 
@@ -19,7 +22,6 @@ To speed up development and reduce support overhead, we're initially only suppor
 
 ```
 apt-get update && apt-get install   \
-        binaryen                    \
         build-essential             \
         ccache                      \
         cmake                       \