Updated README

README.md

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 This module encodes and decodes low-level network protocol data using streams.
 
+You may want a higher-level module like [bitcoin-net](https://github.com/mappum/bitcoin-net/), which some things for you such as connection handshakes, sending keepalive pings, etc.
+
 ## Usage
 
 `npm install bitcoin-protocol`
@@ -21,16 +23,33 @@ decoder.on('data', function (message) { console.log(message) })
 
 var encoder = bp.createEncodeStream()
 
-var socket = net.connect(8333, '127.0.0.1')
-socket.pipe(decoder)
-encoder.pipe(socket)
-
-encoder.write({
-  magic: 0xd9b4bef9,
-  command: 'ping',
-  payload: {
-    nonce: new Buffer('0123456789abcdef', 'hex')
-  }
+var socket = net.connect(8333, '127.0.0.1', function () {
+  socket.pipe(decoder)
+  encoder.pipe(socket)
+
+  encoder.write({
+    magic: 0xd9b4bef9,
+    command: 'version',
+    payload: {
+      version: 70012,
+      services: Buffer(8).fill(0),
+      timestamp: Math.round(Date.now() / 1000),
+      receiverAddress: {
+        services: Buffer('0100000000000000', 'hex'),
+        address: '0.0.0.0',
+        port: 8333
+      },
+      senderAddress: {
+        services: Buffer(8).fill(0),
+        address: '0.0.0.0',
+        port: 8333
+      },
+      nonce: Buffer(8).fill(123),
+      userAgent: 'foobar',
+      startHeight: 0,
+      relay: true
+    }
+  })
 })
 ```