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 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
 
+## Intended audience
+
+This repository is intended for protocol engineers and researchers
+interested in low-level system design and formal reasoning.
+
+
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 [docs-main-link]: https://informalsystems.github.io/malachite/
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