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README.md

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-Scorex-Basics Sub-Module
-========================
-
-The module contains utility functions & basic common structure to be used by other parts of the project:
-
-- Block structure and corresponding structures. Please note, there's no need to inherit from the Block trait, all 
- functions to generate / parse / check a block are already in the trait & Block companion object
-- ConsensusModule interface to a consensus module(see "Consensus Module" section below) 
-- TransactionModule interface to a transaction module(see "Transaction Module" section below) 
-- Interfaces for state & history.
-- Basic transaction interface 
-- Cryptographic hash functions. The only implementation in use at the moment is SHA-256
-- Signing/verification functions. Curve 25519 is the only current implementation 
-- RipeMD160 / Base58
-- Accounts. Basically an account is just a wrapper around valid address provided as string, could be
-accomplished with public key or public/private keypair. 
-- NTP client for time synchronization(but please note, there's no global time in a cryptocurrency p2p
-network!)
-- ScorexLogging trait to be mixed into classes for logging
+Scorex - The modular blockchain framework [![Build Status](http://23.94.190.226:8080/buildStatus/icon?job=scorex/master)](http://23.94.190.226:8080/job/scorex/branch/master)
+=========================
+
+Motivation
+----------
+
+There are two huge problems around cryptocurrencies development project Scorex aims to weaken:
+
+* Bitcoin Core source code contains more 100K lines of code(80K of C++ only), Nxt is more than 45K
+ line of Java code. All parts of the design(network/transactional/consensus protocols) are mixed in a hard way.
+ So researchers and developers are not in good start positions to make experiments.
+
+ In opposite, Scorex is less than 4K lines of Scala code. Transactional layer is as simple as that. Consensus algo
+ could be switched easily(with two consensus algos out of the box, one could be replaced with an another with
+  just one line of code edited!)
+
+* New coins are trying to make money immediately, often having just one or two pretty controversial
+ feature. Scorex is the free and open tool aiming to make other systems development easier.
+
+Features
+--------
+
+* Compact, functional code
+* Modular design
+* Scala language
+* Two 100% Proof-of-Stake consensus algos out of the closedBox, Nxt-like and Qora-like. One algo could be replaced
+with an another with just one line of code edited.
+* Additional consensus module Proof-of-Work consensus algo is available as [separate module](https://github.com/ScorexProject/Permacoin-consensus)
+* Simplest transactional model
+* Asynchronous network layer on top of TCP
+* JSON API
+* Command line client for the JSON API
+* Cryptographic primitives externalized into [separate scrypto framework](https://github.com/ScorexProject/scrypto)
+
+Getting Started
+---------------
+
+* [Quick start guide](https://github.com/ScorexProject/Scorex/wiki/Getting-started)
+* [Documentation](https://github.com/ScorexProject/Scorex/wiki)
+* [Example project](https://github.com/ScorexProject/Lagonaki)
+* [Additional consensus module](https://github.com/ScorexProject/Permacoin-consensus)
+* [CI](http://23.94.190.226:8080/job/scorex/)
+* [Releases](https://github.com/ScorexProject/Scorex/releases)
+
+Command-Line Client
+-------------------
+
+Run ./cli.sh after launching server to issue API requests to it via command-line client. See API section below.
+Some examples of CLI commands:
+
+ * GET blocks/first
+ * POST payment {"amount":400, "fee":1, "sender":"2kx3DyWJpYYfLErWpRMLHwkL1ZGyKHAPNKr","recipient":"Y2BXLjiAhPUMSo8iBbDEhv81VwKnytTXsH"}
+
+More reading
+------------
+
+Besides of [documentation](https://github.com/ScorexProject/Scorex/wiki) there are other resources describing Scorex:
+
+Articles:
+
+[The Architecture Of A Cryptocurrency](docs/articles/components.md)
+
+[On the Way to a Modular Cryptocurrency, Part 1: Generic Block Structure](docs/articles/modular1.md)
+
+[On the Way to a Modular Cryptocurrency, Part 2: Stackable API](docs/articles/modular2.md)
+
+[On Private Blockchains, Technically](docs/artices/private-chains.md)
+
+Readmes:
+
+[Scorex-Basics Sub-Module](scorex-basics/README.md)
+
+Others:
+
+[API Description](docs/API.md)
+
+Please join our mail-list: [https://groups.io/g/scorex-dev](https://groups.io/g/scorex-dev) .
+
+
+Contributions
+-------------
+
+Contributions are welcome! Please take a look into [issues](https://github.com/ConsensusResearch/Scorex-Lagonaki/issues).
+ Testing codebase is very small at the moment, so writing a test is not just good for start, but useful as well.
+
+License
+-------
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