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-# What is fluent-pad
+# Archived, no longer maintained
+This project exists as a historical example of a collaborative application built on Fluence stack.
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+Expect dependencies to be outdated, and old API used.
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+# Below is the old readme
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+## What is fluent-pad
Fluent-pad is a collaborative code and text editor built with Fluence stack
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| Topology | [TrustGraph](https://github.com/fluencelabs/fluence/tree/master/trust-graph), [DHT\*](https://github.com/fluencelabs/rust-libp2p) | Distributed with Kademlia\* algo | Actual state of the network | [libp2p](https://github.com/libp2p/rust-libp2p) |
| Security & Accounting | Blockchain | Whole network | Licenses & payments | substrate? |
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