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@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ At first, there was Bitcoin, out of entropy soup of the greater All.
 Then, there was Ethereum, which was created in the likeness of Bitcoin,
 but made Turing complete.
 
-Among these was Tendermint and Cosmos to engineer robust PoS and IBC.
+Among these were Tendermint and Cosmos to engineer robust PoS and IBC.
 Then came Gno upon Cosmos and there spring forth Gnoland,
 simulated by the Gnomes of the Greater Resistance.