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 # Wormhole Explorer
 
+## Background
+
+_WIP_
+
+It would be more efficient and reliable for...
+
+- an indexer to be populated by an independent party (Fly) listening on the p2p network
+- integrators to query a service for signed VAAs instead of round-robining the public guardian endpoints
+
+More insight into Wormhole network status, stats, and messages would be great!
+
+The service can even be extended to offer websockets or webhooks to stream new VAAs.
+
 ## Components
 
 ### Mongo