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 PyBitmessage
 ============
 
-Bitmessage is a P2P communications protocol used to send encrypted messages to
+Bitmessage is a P2P communication protocol used to send encrypted messages to
 another person or to many subscribers. It is decentralized and trustless,
 meaning that you need-not inherently trust any entities like root certificate
 authorities. It uses strong authentication, which means that the sender of a
-message cannot be spoofed, and it aims to hide metadata, like the
-sender and receiver of messages, from passive eavesdroppers like those running
-warrantless wiretapping programs.
+message cannot be spoofed. BM aims to hide metadata from passive eavesdroppers 
+like those ongoing warrantless wiretapping programs. Hence the sender and receiver 
+of Bitmessages stay anonymous.
 
 
 Development
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 pseudo-mailing list:
 BM-2D9QKN4teYRvoq2fyzpiftPh9WP9qggtzh
 
+Feel welcome to join chan "bitmessage", BM-2cWy7cvHoq3f1rYMerRJp8PT653jjSuEdY 
+which is on preview here: http://beamstat.com/chan/bitmessage
 
 References
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