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 # cashu
 
+**The author is NOT a cryptographer and has not tested the libraries used or the code nor has anyone reviewed the work. This means it's very likely a fatal flaw somewhere. This is meant only as educational and is not production ready.**
+
+Ecash implementation based on David Wagner's variant of Chaumian blinding. Token logic based on [minicash](https://github.com/phyro/minicash) ([description](https://gist.github.com/phyro/935badc682057f418842c72961cf096c)) which implements a [Blind Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange](https://gist.github.com/RubenSomsen/be7a4760dd4596d06963d67baf140406) protocol written down by Ruben Somsen. 
+
 ## Install
 
 ```bash
@@ -9,17 +13,17 @@ sudo apt install -y build-essential pkg-config libffi-dev libpq-dev zlib1g-dev l
 
 # install python using pyenv
 curl https://pyenv.run | bash
-echo export PYENV_ROOT="$HOME/.pyenv" >> .bashrc
-echo command -v pyenv >/dev/null || export PATH="$PYENV_ROOT/bin:$PATH" >> .bashrc
-echo eval "$(pyenv init -)" >> .bashrc
-echo eval "$(pyenv virtualenv-init -)" >> .bashrc
-source .bashrc
+echo export PYENV_ROOT="$HOME/.pyenv" >> ~/.bashrc
+echo command -v pyenv >/dev/null || export PATH="$PYENV_ROOT/bin:$PATH" >> ~/.bashrc
+echo eval "$(pyenv init -)" >> ~/.bashrc
+echo eval "$(pyenv virtualenv-init -)" >> ~/.bashrc
+source ~/.bashrc
 pyenv install 3.9.13
 
 # install poetry
 curl -sSL https://install.python-poetry.org | python3 -
-echo export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH" >> .bashrc
-source .bashrc
+echo export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH" >> ~/.bashrc
+source ~/.bashrc
 
 # install cashu
 cd cashu