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+The MIT License (MIT)
+
+Copyright (c) 2016 Jeromy Johnson
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
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+THE SOFTWARE.
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+# go-libp2p-kad-dht
+
+[![](https://img.shields.io/badge/made%20by-Protocol%20Labs-blue.svg?style=flat-square)](http://ipn.io)
+[![](https://img.shields.io/badge/project-libp2p-blue.svg?style=flat-square)](http://github.com/libp2p/libp2p)
+[![](https://img.shields.io/badge/freenode-%23ipfs-blue.svg?style=flat-square)](http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=%23ipfs)
+[![standard-readme compliant](https://img.shields.io/badge/standard--readme-OK-green.svg?style=flat-square)](https://github.com/RichardLitt/standard-readme)
+
+> A Kademlia DHT implemention on go-libp2p
+
+## Table of Contents
+
+- [Install](#install)
+- [Usage](#usage)
+- [Contribute](#contribute)
+- [License](#license)
+
+## Install
+
+```sh
+go get github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-kad-dht
+```
+
+## Usage
+
+TODO
+
+## Contribute
+
+Contributions welcome. Please check out [the issues](https://github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-kad-dht/issues).
+
+Check out our [contributing document](https://github.com/libp2p/community/blob/master/CONTRIBUTE.md) for more information on how we work, and about contributing in general. Please be aware that all interactions related to libp2p are subject to the IPFS [Code of Conduct](https://github.com/ipfs/community/blob/master/code-of-conduct.md).
+
+Small note: If editing the README, please conform to the [standard-readme](https://github.com/RichardLitt/standard-readme) specification.
+
+## License
+
+[MIT](LICENSE) © Protocol Labs Inc.