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@@ -1,39 +1,14 @@
 <img align="right" width="150" height="150" top="100" src="./assets/logo.png">
 
-# `boilerplate-rs` • [![ci](https://github.com/clabby/boilerplate-rs/actions/workflows/ci.yaml/badge.svg?label=ci)](https://github.com/clabby/boilerplate-rs/actions/workflows/ci.yaml) ![license](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-green.svg?label=license)
+# `cannon-rs` • [![ci](https://github.com/clabby/cannon-rs/actions/workflows/ci.yaml/badge.svg?label=ci)](https://github.com/clabby/cannon-rs/actions/workflows/ci.yaml) ![license](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-green.svg?label=license)
 
-A dead simple boilerplate for Rust projects.
+`cannon-rs` is an alternative implementation of [Cannon][cannon] in Rust.
 
-**Project Structure**
-```
-├── assets
-│   └── logo.png
-├── bin
-│   ├── Cargo.toml
-│   └── src
-│       └── boilerplate.rs
-├── Cargo.lock
-├── Cargo.toml
-├── crates
-│   └── example
-│       ├── Cargo.toml
-│       └── src
-│           └── lib.rs
-├── LICENSE.md
-└── README.md
-```
+* It's Rust code
+* ...that was originally Go code
+* ...that runs an EVM
+* ...emulating a MIPS machine
+* ...running compiled Go code
+* ...that runs an EVM
 
-**Pre-installed crates**
-- [clap](https://crates.io/crates/clap)
-- [tracing](https://crates.io/crates/tracing)
-- [anyhow](https://crates.io/crates/anyhow)
-
-**Getting Started**
-1. Clone the repo
-```
-git clone git@github.com:clabby/boilerplate-rs.git
-```
-2. Run the binary
-```
-cargo r --bin boilerplate-rs
-```
+[cannon]: https://github.com/ethereum-optimism/optimism/tree/develop/cannon