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 # The Optimistic Ethereum Spec
 
-This repository holds the open-source specification for Optimistic Ethereum, an ultra-minimal optimistic rollup protocol that maintains 1:1 compatibility with Ethereum.
+This repository holds the work-in-progress specification for the next version of
+Optimistic Ethereum.
 
-## Work in Progress
-
-Please note that this specification is currently heavily under construction.
-You will find that several pages are incomplete or [under discussion](https://github.com/ethereum-optimism/optimistic-specs/issues).
-
-## Specification structure
-
-- [Introduction](./introduction.md)
-- [Overview](./overview.md)
-- [Roadmap](./roadmap.md)
-- Components:
-  - [Layer 1 Contracts](./components/layer1.md)
-  - [Rollup Client](./components/rollup_client.md)
-  - [Execution Engine](./components/exec_engine.md)
-  - [Batch Submitter](./components/batch_submitter.md)
-  - [Witness Generator](./components/witness_gen.md)
-  - [Challenge Agent](./components/challenge_agent.md)
+This spec is developped iteratively, specifying a rollup of increasing
+complexity. The current stage specifies a "rollup" whose only transactions are
+deposits (L2 transactions submitted on L1).
 
-## Design Philosophy
+A more detailed, though potentially out of date specification can be found on
+the `alpha` branch.
 
-We believe that **the best optimistic rollup design needs to be minimal, open, and accessible.**
+## Work in Progress
 
-### Minimalism
+Please note that this specification is currently under heavy construction.
 
-Ethereum-focused optimistic rollups should be minimal to best take advantage of the battle-tested infrastructure (like Geth) that already runs Ethereum.
-An ideal optimistic rollup design should be representable as a *diff* against Ethereum client software.
-We imagine a world in which any Ethereum client can, with only minor modifications, participate in an Optimistic Ethereum network.
+## Contributing
 
-### Openness
+### Basic Contributions
 
-We think it's time to coordinate the Ethereum community around a well-specified optimistic rollup design.
-We acknowledge that this is only possible if the design process remains open to the feedback of the many teams already working on optimistic rollup architectures.
-We aim to make this both this specification and the process by which this specification is built available to anyone interesting in building their own ORU system.
+Contributing to the Optimistic Ethereum specification is easy.
 
-Anyone interested in contributing to this specification should refer to the [Contributing](#contributing) section.
-You will find multiple options for contributing to this project.
+You'll find a list of open questions and active research topics over on the
+[Discussions] page for this repo. Specific tasks and TODOs can be found on the
+[Issues] page. You can edit content or add new pages by creating a [pull
+request].
 
-This repository is distributed under the [Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal](https://github.com/ethereum-optimism/optimistic-specs/blob/main/LICENSE) license which dedicates this work to the public domain.
-An MIT licensed implementation of this protocol can be found [here](https://github.com/ethereum-optimism/optimism).
+[Discussions]: https://github.com/ethereum-optimism/optimistic-specs/discussions
+[Issues]: https://github.com/ethereum-optimism/optimistic-specs/issues
+[pull request]: https://github.com/ethereum-optimism/optimistic-specs/pulls
 
-### Accessibility
+### R&D Calls
 
-Users, developers, and protocol designers need to be confident that a given optimistic rollup is robust and secure.
-We believe that this confidence can only truly come from an accessible specification and codebase that developers can reasonably be expected to understand.
-Without this accessibility we'll always fundamentally have to trust the knowledge and competence of a very small group of core developers, a fact antithetical to the ideal decentralized nature of these systems.
+We hold bi-weekly R&D calls that are open to anyone interested in contributing
+to the Optimistic Ethereum spec.
 
-## Contributing
-### Basic Contributions
-Contributing to the Optimistic Ethereum specification is easy.
-You'll find a list of open questions and active research topics over on the [Fellowship of Ethereum Magicians](https://ethereum-magicians.org) forum.
-Specific tasks and TODOs can be found on the [Issues](https://github.com/ethereum-optimism/optimistic-specs/issues) page.
-You can edit content or add new pages by creating a [Pull Request](https://github.com/ethereum-optimism/optimistic-specs/pulls).
+Contact [@karlfloersch], [@protolambda], [@kelvinfichter] or [@norswap] if you'd
+like to join these calls. Please note that these calls may be recorded and
+shared publicly (we will ask for consent before recording).
 
-### R&D Calls
-We hold weekly R&D calls that are open to anyone interested in contributing to the Optimistic Ethereum spec.
-Contact [@karlfloersch](https://twitter.com/karl_dot_tech/), [@protolambda](https://github.com/protolambda/), or [@kelvinfichter](https://twitter.com/kelvinfichter) if you'd like to join these calls.
-Please note that these calls may be recorded and shared publicly (we will ask for consent before recording).
+[@karlfloersch]: https://twitter.com/karl_dot_tech/
+[@protolambda]: https://github.com/protolambda/
+[@kelvinfichter]: https://twitter.com/kelvinfichter
+[@norswap]: https://twitter.com/norswap
 
 ## License