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 Bitcore is a complete, native interface to the Bitcoin network, and provides the core functionality needed to develop apps for bitcoin.
 
 #Principles
-Bitcoin is a powerful new peer-to-peer platform for the next generation of financial technology. The decentralized nature of the Bitcoin network allows for highly resilient bitcoin infrastructure, but the developer community needs reliable, open-source tools to implement bitcoin apps and services.
+Bitcoin is a powerful new peer-to-peer platform for the next generation of financial technology. The decentralized nature of the Bitcoin network allows for highly resilient bitcoin infrastructure, and the developer community needs reliable, open-source tools to implement bitcoin apps and services.
 
 **Bitcore unchains developers from fallible, centralized APIs, and provides the tools to interact with the real Bitcoin network.**
 
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 npm install bitcore
 ```
 
-It's is a collection of objects useful to bitcoin applications; class-like idioms are enabled via [Classtool](https://github.com/gasteve/classtool). In most cases, a developer will require the object's class directly:
+It is a collection of objects useful to bitcoin applications; class-like idioms are enabled via [Classtool](https://github.com/gasteve/classtool). In most cases, a developer will require the object's class directly:
 ```
 var Address = require('bitcore/Address').class();
 ```