diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 # Baxos Consensus
 
-This repository implements Baxos Consensus.
+This repository implements ```Baxos Consensus```.
+
+```Baxos``` is a variant of ```Paxos```. 
+In ```leader-based Paxos``` (a.k.a. ```Multi-Paxos```), a leader is elected and all the proposals are initiated by the leader.
+In contrast, in ```Baxos```, each replica acts as a leader and propose simultaneously.
+When replicas experience contention, in the event when more than 1 proposer is proposing at the same time, ```Baxos``` uses
+random exponential backoff to avoid further collisions.
 
 This repository uses [Protocol Buffers](https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/).
 It requires the ```protoc``` compiler with the ```go``` output plugin installed.
@@ -17,5 +23,4 @@ run ```go mod vendor``` to install dependencies
 
 run ```go build -v -o ./client/bin/client ./client/``` and ```go build -v -o ./replica/bin/replica ./replica/``` to build the client and the replica
 
-
 All the commands to run replicas and the clients are available in the ```integration-test/``` directory
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diff --git a/integration-test/safety_test.sh b/integration-test/safety_test.sh
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--- a/integration-test/safety_test.sh
+++ b/integration-test/safety_test.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 arrivalRate=$1
 round_trip_time=$2
-attack=$3
+attack=$3 # 1 for attack, 0 for no attack
 
 replica_path="replica/bin/replica"
 ctl_path="client/bin/client"