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-# laconic2d
+<div align="center">
+  <h1> Laconic Network </h1>
+</div>
+
+![banner](docs/laconic.jpeg)
+
+The Source of Proof. Laconic is a next generation data availability & verifiability layer with cryptographic proofs, powering internet-scale Web3 applications, built on Proof-of-Stake with fast-finality using the [Cosmos SDK](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/) which runs on top of [CometBFT](https://github.com/cometbft/cometbft) consensus engine.
+
+## Installation
 
 Install `laconic2d`:
 
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   make install
   ```
 
+## Usage
+
 Run with a single node fixture:
 
   ```bash
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   ./scripts/init.sh clean
   ```
 
+## Tests
+
 Run tests:
 
   ```bash
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