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 <p align="center">
   <img src="./kava-logo.svg" width="300">
 </p>
-<h3 align="center">DeFi for Crypto.</h3>
 
 <div align="center">
 
@@ -25,29 +24,16 @@ Reference implementation of Kava, a blockchain for cross-chain DeFi. Built using
 
 ## Mainnet
 
-The current recommended version of the software for mainnet is [v0.16.1](https://github.com/Kava-Labs/kava/releases/tag/v0.16.1). The master branch of this repository often contains considerable development work since the last mainnet release and is __not__ runnable on mainnet.
+The current recommended version of the software for mainnet is [v0.19.0](https://github.com/Kava-Labs/kava/releases/tag/v0.19.0). The master branch of this repository often contains considerable development work since the last mainnet release and is __not__ runnable on mainnet.
 
-### Installation
+### Installation and Setup
+For detailed instructions see [the Kava docs](https://docs.kava.io/docs/participate/validator-node).
 
 ```bash
-git checkout v0.16.1
+git checkout v0.19.0
 make install
 ```
 
-### Upgrade
-
-The scheduled mainnet upgrade to `kava-9` took place on January 19th, 2022 at 14:00 UTC. The current version of Kava for `kava-9` is [__v0.16.0__](https://github.com/Kava-Labs/kava/releases/tag/v0.16.0).
-
-The canonical genesis file can be found [here](https://github.com/Kava-Labs/launch/tree/master/kava-9)
-
-The canonical genesis file hash is
-
-```
-jq -S -c -M '' genesis.json | shasum -a 256
-5c688df5ae6cba9c9e5a9bab045eb367dd54ce9b7f5fab78cf3e636cf2e2b793  -
-
-```
-
 ## Testnet
 
 For further information on joining the testnet, head over to the [testnet repo](https://github.com/Kava-Labs/kava-testnets).