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 Lotus is an implementation of the Filecoin Distributed Storage Network. For more details about Filecoin, check out the [Filecoin Spec](https://github.com/filecoin-project/specs).
 
-## Development
-
-All work is tracked via issues. An attempt at keeping an up-to-date view on remaining work is in the [lotus testnet github project board](https://github.com/filecoin-project/lotus/projects/1).
-
 ## Building & Documentation
 
 For instructions on how to build lotus from source, please visit [https://docs.lotu.sh](https://docs.lotu.sh) or read the source [here](https://github.com/filecoin-project/lotus/tree/master/documentation).
 
+## Development
+
+All work is tracked via issues. An attempt at keeping an up-to-date view on remaining work is in the [lotus testnet github project board](https://github.com/filecoin-project/lotus/projects/1).
+
+The main branches under development at the moment are:
+* [`master`](https://github.com/filecoin-project/lotus): current testnet.
+* [`next`](https://github.com/filecoin-project/lotus/tree/next): working branch with chain-breaking changes.
+* [`interopnet`](https://github.com/filecoin-project/lotus/tree/interopnet): devnet running one of `next` commits.
+
 ## License
 
 Dual-licensed under [MIT](https://github.com/filecoin-project/lotus/blob/master/LICENSE-MIT) + [Apache 2.0](https://github.com/filecoin-project/lotus/blob/master/LICENSE-APACHE)