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+Rust-Lightning
+==============
+
+[![Crate](https://img.shields.io/crates/v/lightning.svg?logo=rust)](https://crates.io/crates/lightning)
+[![Documentation](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?logo=read-the-docs&label=docs.rs&message=lightning&color=informational)](https://docs.rs/lightning/)
 [![Safety Dance](https://img.shields.io/badge/unsafe-forbidden-success.svg)](https://github.com/rust-secure-code/safety-dance/)
 
-Rust-Lightning, not Rusty's Lightning!
-=====
+Rust-Lightning is a Bitcoin Lightning library written in Rust. The main crate,
+`lightning`, does not handle networking, persistence, or any other I/O. Thus,
+it is runtime-agnostic, but users must implement basic networking logic, chain
+interactions, and disk storage.
+
+The `lightning-net-tokio` crate implements Lightning networking using the
+[Tokio](https://github.com/tokio-rs/tokio) async runtime.
+
+Status
+------
 
-Documentation can be found at [docs.rs](https://docs.rs/lightning/)
+The project implements all of the BOLT specifications in the 1.0 spec except
+for [channel queries](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lightning-rfc/blob/master/07-routing-gossip.md#query-messages). The
+implementation has pretty good test coverage that is expected to continue to
+improve. There are a number of internal refactorings being done now that will
+make the code base more welcoming to new contributors. It is also anticipated
+that as developers begin using the API, the lessons from that will result in
+changes to the API, so any developer using this API at this stage should be prepared
+to embrace that. The current state is sufficient for a developer or project to
+experiment with it. Recent increased contribution rate to the project is expected
+to lead to a high quality, stable, production-worthy implementation in 2020.
 
-Currently somewhere near 20% towards usable, published to see if there is any
-real interest from folks in using a lightning rust library.
+Communications for Rust-Lightning and Lightning Development Kit happens through
+[LDK slack](http://lightningdevkit.org/).
+
+Design Goal
+-----------
 
 The goal is to provide a full-featured but also incredibly flexible lightning
 implementation, allowing the user to decide how they wish to use it. With that
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-Notes on coding style:
- * Use tabs. If you want to align lines, use spaces. Any desired alignment
-   should display fine at any tab-length display setting.
 
-License is Apache-2.0.
+Tagline
+-------
+
+*"Rust-Lightning, not Rusty's Lightning!"*
+
+Contributing
+------------
+
+Contributors are warmly welcome, see [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md).
+
+Project Architecture
+---------------------
+
+For a Rust-Lightning high-level API introduction, see [ARCH.md](ARCH.md).
+
+License is either Apache-2.0 or MIT, at the option of the user (ie dual-license
+Apache-2.0 and MIT).