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+# Overview
+The goal of this repository is to provide an alternative implementation of the beacon chain 
+that was recently announced by the Ethereum Core dev team. As even the Ethereum Core dev team don't know how the finalized beacon chain
+will be implemented, this is our contribution to the effort to transitioning Ethereum from a PoW blockchain to a PoS blockchain.
+
+## What you need
+
+## How to run