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# Splinter
-Splinter is a privacy-focused platform for distributed applications that provides
-a blockchain-inspired networking environment for communication and transactions
-between organizations. Splinter lets you combine blockchain-related technologies
--- such as smart contracts and consensus engines -- to build a wide variety
-of architectural patterns.
+Splinter is a privacy-focused platform for distributed applications that
+provides a blockchain-inspired networking environment for communication and
+transactions between organizations. Splinter lets you combine blockchain-related
+technologies -- such as smart contracts and consensus engines -- to build a wide
+variety of architectural patterns.
&hercon; [Features](#features-and-concepts) &hercon; [Building Splinter](#building-splinter) &hercon; [Demos](#demos) &hercon; [License](#license) &hercon;
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ private conversations between nodes using circuits and services.
- A _**node**_ is the foundational runtime that allows an organization to
participate in the network.
- - A _**circuit**_ is a virtual network within the broader Splinter network that
- safely and securely enforces privacy scope boundaries.
+ - A _**circuit**_ is a virtual network within the broader Splinter network
+ that safely and securely enforces privacy scope boundaries.
- A _**service**_ is an endpoint within a circuit that sends and receives
private messages.
@@ -104,9 +104,9 @@ from the root directory. For example, to build only the splinter daemon,
run `docker-compose -f docker-compose-installed.yaml build splinterd`.
To use Docker to build Splinter with experimental features enabled, set an
-enviroment variable in your shell before running the build commands. For
+environment variable in your shell before running the build commands. For
example: `export 'CARGO_ARGS=-- --features experimental'`. To go back to
-building with default features, unset the evironment variable:
+building with default features, unset the environment variable:
`unset CARGO_ARGS`
## Demos
