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From: Ethan Buchman <ethan@coinculture.info>
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2018 08:06:38 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] add readme

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+# Tendermint Spec
+
+This repository contains the paper describing the Tendermint consensus
+algorithm, including formal proofs of its safety and liveness.
+
+For the pdf, see the [latest
+release](https://github.com/tendermint/spec/releases).