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 # Rust Beacon Chain 
 
+[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/sigp/rust_beacon_chain.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/sigp/rust_beacon_chain)
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 A **work-in-progress** implementation of the Ethereum beacon_chain in Rust.
 
 It is an implementation of the [Full PoS Casper chain