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#Ethereum.NET

A .NET implementation of the Ethereum protocol; a platform for building decentralised applications.

##What? Whilst the internet is an excellent medium for facilitating communication and collaboration; there is a problem with trust. It's just too easy to lie. Our current model mitigates this by relying on centralised authorities to arbitrate between parties. A few limitations with this model include:

• single point of failure
• single point of control
• may be biased/incompetent/corrupt/untrustworthy themselves

##How? Ethereum is a platform for building decentralised applications. It avoids centralised authorities by means of cryptographically verified peer consensus. The client provides a turing complete language built on top of a generic blockchain. The original whitepaper by Vitalik Buterin can be found here. For the academically inclined, please see the yellowpaper by Dr Gavin Wood here.