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+# DEPRECATED
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+This repository is no longer supported, please consider using [madara](https://github.com/madara-alliance/madara) instead.
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+This is due to our choice to shift to a non-substrate-based implementation.
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+A huge thanks to everyone who contributed to this repository!
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