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 # Substrate · [![GitHub license](https://img.shields.io/github/license/paritytech/substrate)](LICENSE) [![GitLab Status](https://gitlab.parity.io/parity/substrate/badges/master/pipeline.svg)](https://gitlab.parity.io/parity/substrate/pipelines) [![PRs Welcome](https://img.shields.io/badge/PRs-welcome-brightgreen.svg)](docs/CONTRIBUTING.adoc)
 
-Substrate is a next-generation framework for blockchain innovation.
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+Substrate is a next-generation framework for blockchain innovation 🚀.
 
 ## Trying it out
 
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