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+# The Innovation Game
+
+This repository contains the implementation of The Innovation Game (TIG).
+
+## Important Links
+
+* [TIG's tech explainer](docs/1_basics.md)
+* [Getting started with Innovating](tig-algorithms/README.md)
+* [Getting started with Benchmarking](tig-benchmarker/README.md)
+* [Challenge descriptions](tig-challenges/docs/knapsack.md)
+
+## Repo Contents
+### tig-algorithms
+
+A Rust crate that hosts algorithm submissions made by Innovators in TIG.
+
+Submissions are committed to their own branch with name:
+
+`<challenge_name>\<algorithm_name>` 
+
+Submissions only get merged to the main branch after earning sufficient merge points.
+
+WASM blobs for an algorithm are stored in the `wasm` subfolder and can be downloaded via:
+
+`https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tig-foundation/tig-monorepo/<branch_name>/tig-algorithms/wasm/<branch_name>.wasm`
+    
+### tig-api
+
+A Rust crate for making requests to TIG's API.
+
+Developers must either enable feature `request` (uses `reqwest`) or `request-js` (uses `web-sys`) 
+
+### tig-benchmarker
+
+A Rust crate that implements a Benchmarker for TIG that can run in the browser. 
+
+### tig-challenges
+
+A Rust crate that contains the implementation of TIG's challenges (computational problems adapted for proof-of-work).
+
+### tig-protocol
+
+A Rust crate that contains the implementation of TIG's core protocol logic.
+
+### tig-structs
+
+A Rust crate that contains the definitions of structs used throughout TIG.
+
+### tig-token
+
+Solidity contract for TIG's ERC20 token that is deployed on Ethereum L2 Base chain.
+
+### tig-utils
+
+A Rust crate that contains utility functions used throughout TIG.
+
+### tig-wasm
+
+A Rust crate for wrapping algorithm submissions for compilation into WASM with an exported `entry_point`.
+
+### tig-worker
+
+A Rust crate for verifying and computing solutions.
+
+Solutions are computed by executing an algorithm in a WASM virtual machine ([TIG's fork of wasmi](https://github.com/tig-foundation/wasmi)).
+
+## License
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+# Getting Started with Innovating
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+# Getting Started with Benchmarking
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+# Knapsack Problem
+
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