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+This repository was forked from the folders packages/iov-cosmos and scripts/cosmos
+of https://github.com/iov-one/iov-core at tag v2.0.0-alpha.7. It was repurposed
+and heavily modified from there on.
+
+Copyright 2018-2020 IOV SAS
 Copyright 2020 Confio UO
 
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");