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 An experimental peer-to-peer client using the [Honey Badger Byzantine Fault
 Tolerant consensus algorithm](https://github.com/poanetwork/hbbft).
 
+### Status
 
+* Initial project layout based on [hbbft
+  examples](https://github.com/poanetwork/hbbft/tree/master/examples)