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 What is the Elements Project?
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-Elements is an open source collaborative project where we work on a collection
-of experiments to more rapidly bring technical innovation to the Bitcoin ecosystem.
+Elements is an open source, sidechain-capable blockchain platform. It also allows experiments to more rapidly bring technical innovation to the Bitcoin ecosystem.
 
-Learn more on [the Elements Project website](https://elementsproject.org)
+Learn more on the [Elements Project website](https://elementsproject.org)
 
 https://github.com/ElementsProject/elementsproject.github.io