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 The cryptic-net project provides the foundation for an **autonomous community
 cloud infrastructure**.
 
+This project targets communities of individuals, where certain members of the
+community would like to host services and applications from servers running in
+their homes or offices. These servers can range from simple Raspberry Pis to
+full-sized home PCs.
+
 The core components of cryptic-net, currently, are:
 
-* A VPN which enables direct peer-to-peer communication, while transparently
-  handling NAT punching.
+* A VPN which enables direct peer-to-peer communication. Even if most hosts in
+  the network are on a private LAN (e.g. their home WiFi network) or have a
+  dynamic IP, they can still communicate directly with each other.
 
-* An S3-compatible network database which replicates and shards its dataset
-  amongst all hosts providing storage. Each user can provide as much storage as
-  they care to, if any.
+* An S3-compatible network filesystem. Each participant can provide as much
+  storage as they care to, if any. Stored data is sharded and replicated across
+  all hosts that choose to provide storage.
 
-These components are wrapped into a single binary, with all manual setup being
-automated away by glue code. cryptic-net takes "just works" very seriously.
+These components are wrapped into a single binary, with all setup being
+automated. cryptic-net takes "just works" very seriously.
 
 Participants are able to build upon these foundations to host services for
 themselves and others. They can be assured that their communications are private