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 # Tendermint
 
+_UPDATE: TendermintCore will be archived, see issue https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/issues/9972_<br/>
+_This is the latest stable release used by cosmoshub-4, version 0.34.24_<br/>
+_The previous main branch (v0.38.xx) can now be found under "main_backup"_<br/>
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 ![banner](docs/tendermint-core-image.jpg)
 
 [Byzantine-Fault Tolerant][bft] [State Machine Replication][smr]. Or