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[BUG] README's Node.js prerequisite is now wrong — needs 20.9+, not 18+ #1776

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Bug description
README.md's Prerequisites section (line 108) says "Node.js 18+". Since the Next.js 15→16 upgrade (merged in #1766), Next.js itself requires Node.js 20.9.0 or later — Node 18 is no longer supported by the framework. A new contributor following the README's own instructions on Node 18 would hit a confusing failure.

Steps to reproduce
Compare README.md:108 against Next.js 16's actual Node requirement (documented in Next's own release notes / next --version compatibility check).

Expected behavior
"Node.js 20.9+".

Actual behavior
Stale prerequisite from before the framework upgrade.

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