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 Overview of the ``cardano-node`` repository
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 Integration of the `ledger <https://github.com/input-output-hk/cardano-ledger-specs>`_, `consensus <https://github.com/input-output-hk/ouroboros-consensus>`_,
 `networking <https://github.com/input-output-hk/ouroboros-network/tree/master/ouroboros-network>`_ and