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+## Acknowledgements
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+Malachite would not have been possible without the kind support of the Starknet ecosystem.
+We are grateful to StarkWare Industries for prompting the initial discussions of building Tendermint in Rust, to Starknet Foundation for funding and fostering a collaborative environment, and to both of these organizations plus numerous others in the ecosystem for their constructive feedback on earlier designs of Malachite.
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+We are also thankful for the collaboration with Farcaster.
+This led to further refinements and maturing of the Malachite codebase, and their approach to building complex systems and shipping valuable products is an inspiration for us.
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 ## License
 
 Copyright © 2024 Informal Systems Inc.