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-Elements integration/staging tree
+The Elements Project
 =================================
+This is the integration and staging tree for the Elements Project, a series of
+improvements and extensions to the Bitcoin protocol.
+
+What is the Elements Project?
+-----------------
+Elements is an open source collaborative project where we work on a collection
+of experiments to more rapidly bring technical innovation to Bitcoin.  Elements
+are features that are proposed and developed in this technical community that in
+arbitrary combinations can be fashioned into sidechains.
+
+https://github.com/ElementsProject/elementsproject.github.io
+
+Learn more on [the Elements Project website](https://www.elementsproject.org).
 
 What is Bitcoin?
 ----------------
-
 https://www.bitcoin.org
 
 Bitcoin is an experimental new digital currency that enables instant payments to
@@ -15,35 +27,34 @@ software which enables the use of this currency.
 For more information, as well as an immediately useable, binary version of
 the Bitcoin Core software, see https://www.bitcoin.org/en/download.
 
-What is Sidechain Elements?
------------------
-
-Sidechain Elements is a collection of experiments to bring more technical innovation to Bitcoin.
-
-https://github.com/ElementsProject/elementsproject.github.io
-
-Read details and future in the project documentation
-
 What is Elements Alpha?
 -----------------------
-
 https://github.com/ElementsProject/elements/tree/alpha
 
 Elements Alpha is the Elements project's first experimental test chain.
 
 Compared to Bitcoin itself, it adds the following features:
- * Confidential Transactions
- * Segregated Witness
- * Relative Lock Time
- * Schnorr Signatures
- * Additional opcodes
- * Deterministic Peg (pegged to Bitcoin's testnet currency).
- * Signed Blocks
+ * [Confidential Transactions][confidential-transactions]
+ * [Segregated Witness][segregated-witness]
+ * [Relative Lock Time][relative-lock-time]
+ * [Schnorr Signatures][schnorr-signatures]
+ * [Additional opcodes][opcodes]
+ * [Deterministic Peg (pegged to Bitcoin's testnet currency).][deterministic-peg]
+ * [Signed Blocks][signed-blocks]
 
+Getting Started
+---------------
 See alpha-README.md for build and use instructions.
 
 License
 -------
-
 Elements Alpha is released under the terms of the MIT license. See [COPYING](COPYING) for more
 information or see http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT.
+
+[confidential-transactions]: https://www.elementsproject.org/elements/confidential-transactions
+[segregated-witness]: https://www.elementsproject.org/elements/segregated-witness
+[relative-lock-time]: https://www.elementsproject.org/elements/relative-lock-time
+[schnorr-signatures]: https://www.elementsproject.org/elements/schnorr-signatures
+[opcodes]: https://www.elementsproject.org/elements/opcodes
+[deterministic-peg]: https://www.elementsproject.org/elements/deterministic-pegs
+[signed-blocks]: https://www.elementsproject.org/elements/signed-blocks