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 > Malachite is alpha software and under heavy development.
 > The software is provided "as is" and has not been externally audited; use at your own risk.
 
+## Project Overview
+
+Malachite is a research-focused project aimed at exploring secure and verifiable system design.
+It is primarily intended for developers and researchers interested in correctness, safety,
+and formal reasoning about distributed systems.
+
+
 ### Goals
 
 Malachite aims to empower developers building decentralized systems—including sequencers, social networks, and Layer-1 blockchains—by offering a flexible, reliable, and high-performance BFT consensus engine. It now serves as the consensus foundation for [Arc](http://arcnetwork.xyz), a new purpose-built blockchain developed by Circle.