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From: Giulio <giulio.lombardo@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2019 15:23:22 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] README.md: update formatting (#19532)

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@@ -9,28 +9,30 @@ https://camo.githubusercontent.com/915b7be44ada53c290eb157634330494ebe3e30a/6874
 [![Travis](https://travis-ci.org/ethereum/go-ethereum.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/ethereum/go-ethereum)
 [![Discord](https://img.shields.io/badge/discord-join%20chat-blue.svg)](https://discord.gg/nthXNEv)
 
-Automated builds are available for stable releases and the unstable master branch.
-Binary archives are published at https://geth.ethereum.org/downloads/.
+Automated builds are available for stable releases and the unstable master branch. Binary
+archives are published at https://geth.ethereum.org/downloads/.
 
 ## Building the source
 
-For prerequisites and detailed build instructions please read the
-[Installation Instructions](https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/wiki/Building-Ethereum)
-on the wiki.
+For prerequisites and detailed build instructions please read the [Installation Instructions](https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/wiki/Building-Ethereum) on the wiki.
 
-Building geth requires both a Go (version 1.10 or later) and a C compiler.
-You can install them using your favourite package manager.
-Once the dependencies are installed, run
+Building `geth` requires both a Go (version 1.10 or later) and a C compiler. You can install
+them using your favourite package manager. Once the dependencies are installed, run
 
-    make geth
+```shell
+make geth
+```
 
 or, to build the full suite of utilities:
 
-    make all
+```shell
+make all
+```
 
 ## Executables
 
-The go-ethereum project comes with several wrappers/executables found in the `cmd` directory.
+The go-ethereum project comes with several wrappers/executables found in the `cmd`
+directory.
 
 |    Command    | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
 | :-----------: | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
@@ -42,269 +44,301 @@ The go-ethereum project comes with several wrappers/executables found in the `cm
 |   `rlpdump`   | Developer utility tool to convert binary RLP ([Recursive Length Prefix](https://github.com/ethereum/wiki/wiki/RLP)) dumps (data encoding used by the Ethereum protocol both network as well as consensus wise) to user-friendlier hierarchical representation (e.g. `rlpdump --hex CE0183FFFFFFC4C304050583616263`).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
 |   `puppeth`   | a CLI wizard that aids in creating a new Ethereum network.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
 
-## Running geth
+## Running `geth`
 
 Going through all the possible command line flags is out of scope here (please consult our
-[CLI Wiki page](https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/wiki/Command-Line-Options)), but we've
-enumerated a few common parameter combos to get you up to speed quickly on how you can run your
-own Geth instance.
+[CLI Wiki page](https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/wiki/Command-Line-Options)),
+but we've enumerated a few common parameter combos to get you up to speed quickly
+on how you can run your own `geth` instance.
 
 ### Full node on the main Ethereum network
 
-By far the most common scenario is people wanting to simply interact with the Ethereum network:
-create accounts; transfer funds; deploy and interact with contracts. For this particular use-case
-the user doesn't care about years-old historical data, so we can fast-sync quickly to the current
-state of the network. To do so:
+By far the most common scenario is people wanting to simply interact with the Ethereum
+network: create accounts; transfer funds; deploy and interact with contracts. For this
+particular use-case the user doesn't care about years-old historical data, so we can
+fast-sync quickly to the current state of the network. To do so:
 
-```
+```shell
 $ geth console
 ```
 
 This command will:
-
- * Start geth in fast sync mode (default, can be changed with the `--syncmode` flag), causing it to
-   download more data in exchange for avoiding processing the entire history of the Ethereum network,
-   which is very CPU intensive.
- * Start up Geth's built-in interactive [JavaScript console](https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/wiki/JavaScript-Console),
+ * Start `geth` in fast sync mode (default, can be changed with the `--syncmode` flag),
+   causing it to download more data in exchange for avoiding processing the entire history
+   of the Ethereum network, which is very CPU intensive.
+ * Start up `geth`'s built-in interactive [JavaScript console](https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/wiki/JavaScript-Console),
    (via the trailing `console` subcommand) through which you can invoke all official [`web3` methods](https://github.com/ethereum/wiki/wiki/JavaScript-API)
-   as well as Geth's own [management APIs](https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/wiki/Management-APIs).
-   This tool is optional and if you leave it out you can always attach to an already running Geth instance
-   with `geth attach`.
+   as well as `geth`'s own [management APIs](https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/wiki/Management-APIs).
+   This tool is optional and if you leave it out you can always attach to an already running
+   `geth` instance with `geth attach`.
 
 ### A Full node on the Ethereum test network
 
-Transitioning towards developers, if you'd like to play around with creating Ethereum contracts, you
-almost certainly would like to do that without any real money involved until you get the hang of the
-entire system. In other words, instead of attaching to the main network, you want to join the **test**
-network with your node, which is fully equivalent to the main network, but with play-Ether only.
+Transitioning towards developers, if you'd like to play around with creating Ethereum
+contracts, you almost certainly would like to do that without any real money involved until
+you get the hang of the entire system. In other words, instead of attaching to the main
+network, you want to join the **test** network with your node, which is fully equivalent to
+the main network, but with play-Ether only.
 
-```
+```shell
 $ geth --testnet console
 ```
 
-The `console` subcommand has the exact same meaning as above and they are equally useful on the
-testnet too. Please see above for their explanations if you've skipped here.
-
-Specifying the `--testnet` flag, however, will reconfigure your Geth instance a bit:
-
- * Instead of using the default data directory (`~/.ethereum` on Linux for example), Geth will nest
-   itself one level deeper into a `testnet` subfolder (`~/.ethereum/testnet` on Linux). Note, on OSX
-   and Linux this also means that attaching to a running testnet node requires the use of a custom
-   endpoint since `geth attach` will try to attach to a production node endpoint by default. E.g.
-   `geth attach <datadir>/testnet/geth.ipc`. Windows users are not affected by this.
- * Instead of connecting the main Ethereum network, the client will connect to the test network,
-   which uses different P2P bootnodes, different network IDs and genesis states.
-
-*Note: Although there are some internal protective measures to prevent transactions from crossing
-over between the main network and test network, you should make sure to always use separate accounts
-for play-money and real-money. Unless you manually move accounts, Geth will by default correctly
-separate the two networks and will not make any accounts available between them.*
+The `console` subcommand has the exact same meaning as above and they are equally
+useful on the testnet too. Please see above for their explanations if you've skipped here.
+
+Specifying the `--testnet` flag, however, will reconfigure your `geth` instance a bit:
+
+ * Instead of using the default data directory (`~/.ethereum` on Linux for example), `geth`
+   will nest itself one level deeper into a `testnet` subfolder (`~/.ethereum/testnet` on
+   Linux). Note, on OSX and Linux this also means that attaching to a running testnet node
+   requires the use of a custom endpoint since `geth attach` will try to attach to a
+   production node endpoint by default. E.g.
+   `geth attach <datadir>/testnet/geth.ipc`. Windows users are not affected by
+   this.
+ * Instead of connecting the main Ethereum network, the client will connect to the test
+   network, which uses different P2P bootnodes, different network IDs and genesis states.
+   
+*Note: Although there are some internal protective measures to prevent transactions from
+crossing over between the main network and test network, you should make sure to always
+use separate accounts for play-money and real-money. Unless you manually move
+accounts, `geth` will by default correctly separate the two networks and will not make any
+accounts available between them.*
 
 ### Full node on the Rinkeby test network
 
-The above test network is a cross-client one based on the ethash proof-of-work consensus algorithm. As such, it has certain extra overhead and is more susceptible to reorganization attacks due to the network's low difficulty/security. Go Ethereum also supports connecting to a proof-of-authority based test network called [*Rinkeby*](https://www.rinkeby.io) (operated by members of the community). This network is lighter, more secure, but is only supported by go-ethereum.
+The above test network is a cross-client one based on the ethash proof-of-work consensus
+algorithm. As such, it has certain extra overhead and is more susceptible to reorganization
+attacks due to the network's low difficulty/security. Go Ethereum also supports connecting
+to a proof-of-authority based test network called [*Rinkeby*](https://www.rinkeby.io)
+(operated by members of the community). This network is lighter, more secure, but is only
+supported by go-ethereum.
 
-```
+```shell
 $ geth --rinkeby console
 ```
 
 ### Configuration
 
-As an alternative to passing the numerous flags to the `geth` binary, you can also pass a configuration file via:
+As an alternative to passing the numerous flags to the `geth` binary, you can also pass a
+configuration file via:
 
-```
+```shell
 $ geth --config /path/to/your_config.toml
 ```
 
-To get an idea how the file should look like you can use the `dumpconfig` subcommand to export your existing configuration:
+To get an idea how the file should look like you can use the `dumpconfig` subcommand to
+export your existing configuration:
 
-```
+```shell
 $ geth --your-favourite-flags dumpconfig
 ```
 
-*Note: This works only with geth v1.6.0 and above.*
+*Note: This works only with `geth` v1.6.0 and above.*
 
 #### Docker quick start
 
-One of the quickest ways to get Ethereum up and running on your machine is by using Docker:
+One of the quickest ways to get Ethereum up and running on your machine is by using
+Docker:
 
-```
+```shell
 docker run -d --name ethereum-node -v /Users/alice/ethereum:/root \
            -p 8545:8545 -p 30303:30303 \
            ethereum/client-go
 ```
 
-This will start geth in fast-sync mode with a DB memory allowance of 1GB just as the above command does.  It will also create a persistent volume in your home directory for saving your blockchain as well as map the default ports. There is also an `alpine` tag available for a slim version of the image.
+This will start `geth` in fast-sync mode with a DB memory allowance of 1GB just as the
+above command does.  It will also create a persistent volume in your home directory for
+saving your blockchain as well as map the default ports. There is also an `alpine` tag
+available for a slim version of the image.
 
-Do not forget `--rpcaddr 0.0.0.0`, if you want to access RPC from other containers and/or hosts. By default, `geth` binds to the local interface and RPC endpoints is not accessible from the outside.
+Do not forget `--rpcaddr 0.0.0.0`, if you want to access RPC from other containers
+and/or hosts. By default, `geth` binds to the local interface and RPC endpoints is not
+accessible from the outside.
 
-### Programmatically interfacing Geth nodes
+### Programmatically interfacing `geth` nodes
 
-As a developer, sooner rather than later you'll want to start interacting with Geth and the Ethereum
-network via your own programs and not manually through the console. To aid this, Geth has built-in
-support for a JSON-RPC based APIs ([standard APIs](https://github.com/ethereum/wiki/wiki/JSON-RPC) and
-[Geth specific APIs](https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/wiki/Management-APIs)). These can be
-exposed via HTTP, WebSockets and IPC (UNIX sockets on UNIX based platforms, and named pipes on Windows).
+As a developer, sooner rather than later you'll want to start interacting with `geth` and the
+Ethereum network via your own programs and not manually through the console. To aid
+this, `geth` has built-in support for a JSON-RPC based APIs ([standard APIs](https://github.com/ethereum/wiki/wiki/JSON-RPC)
+and [`geth` specific APIs](https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/wiki/Management-APIs)).
+These can be exposed via HTTP, WebSockets and IPC (UNIX sockets on UNIX based
+platforms, and named pipes on Windows).
 
-The IPC interface is enabled by default and exposes all the APIs supported by Geth, whereas the HTTP
-and WS interfaces need to manually be enabled and only expose a subset of APIs due to security reasons.
-These can be turned on/off and configured as you'd expect.
+The IPC interface is enabled by default and exposes all the APIs supported by `geth`,
+whereas the HTTP and WS interfaces need to manually be enabled and only expose a
+subset of APIs due to security reasons. These can be turned on/off and configured as
+you'd expect.
 
 HTTP based JSON-RPC API options:
 
   * `--rpc` Enable the HTTP-RPC server
-  * `--rpcaddr` HTTP-RPC server listening interface (default: "localhost")
-  * `--rpcport` HTTP-RPC server listening port (default: 8545)
-  * `--rpcapi` API's offered over the HTTP-RPC interface (default: "eth,net,web3")
+  * `--rpcaddr` HTTP-RPC server listening interface (default: `localhost`)
+  * `--rpcport` HTTP-RPC server listening port (default: `8545`)
+  * `--rpcapi` API's offered over the HTTP-RPC interface (default: `eth,net,web3`)
   * `--rpccorsdomain` Comma separated list of domains from which to accept cross origin requests (browser enforced)
   * `--ws` Enable the WS-RPC server
-  * `--wsaddr` WS-RPC server listening interface (default: "localhost")
-  * `--wsport` WS-RPC server listening port (default: 8546)
-  * `--wsapi` API's offered over the WS-RPC interface (default: "eth,net,web3")
+  * `--wsaddr` WS-RPC server listening interface (default: `localhost`)
+  * `--wsport` WS-RPC server listening port (default: `8546`)
+  * `--wsapi` API's offered over the WS-RPC interface (default: `eth,net,web3`)
   * `--wsorigins` Origins from which to accept websockets requests
   * `--ipcdisable` Disable the IPC-RPC server
-  * `--ipcapi` API's offered over the IPC-RPC interface (default: "admin,debug,eth,miner,net,personal,shh,txpool,web3")
+  * `--ipcapi` API's offered over the IPC-RPC interface (default: `admin,debug,eth,miner,net,personal,shh,txpool,web3`)
   * `--ipcpath` Filename for IPC socket/pipe within the datadir (explicit paths escape it)
 
-You'll need to use your own programming environments' capabilities (libraries, tools, etc) to connect
-via HTTP, WS or IPC to a Geth node configured with the above flags and you'll need to speak [JSON-RPC](https://www.jsonrpc.org/specification)
-on all transports. You can reuse the same connection for multiple requests!
+You'll need to use your own programming environments' capabilities (libraries, tools, etc) to
+connect via HTTP, WS or IPC to a `geth` node configured with the above flags and you'll
+need to speak [JSON-RPC](https://www.jsonrpc.org/specification) on all transports. You
+can reuse the same connection for multiple requests!
 
-**Note: Please understand the security implications of opening up an HTTP/WS based transport before
-doing so! Hackers on the internet are actively trying to subvert Ethereum nodes with exposed APIs!
-Further, all browser tabs can access locally running web servers, so malicious web pages could try to
-subvert locally available APIs!**
+**Note: Please understand the security implications of opening up an HTTP/WS based
+transport before doing so! Hackers on the internet are actively trying to subvert
+Ethereum nodes with exposed APIs! Further, all browser tabs can access locally
+running web servers, so malicious web pages could try to subvert locally available
+APIs!**
 
 ### Operating a private network
 
-Maintaining your own private network is more involved as a lot of configurations taken for granted in
-the official networks need to be manually set up.
+Maintaining your own private network is more involved as a lot of configurations taken for
+granted in the official networks need to be manually set up.
 
 #### Defining the private genesis state
 
-First, you'll need to create the genesis state of your networks, which all nodes need to be aware of
-and agree upon. This consists of a small JSON file (e.g. call it `genesis.json`):
+First, you'll need to create the genesis state of your networks, which all nodes need to be
+aware of and agree upon. This consists of a small JSON file (e.g. call it `genesis.json`):
 
 ```json
 {
   "config": {
-        "chainId": 0,
-        "homesteadBlock": 0,
-        "eip155Block": 0,
-        "eip158Block": 0
-    },
-  "alloc"      : {},
-  "coinbase"   : "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
-  "difficulty" : "0x20000",
-  "extraData"  : "",
-  "gasLimit"   : "0x2fefd8",
-  "nonce"      : "0x0000000000000042",
-  "mixhash"    : "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
-  "parentHash" : "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
-  "timestamp"  : "0x00"
+    "chainId": 0,
+    "homesteadBlock": 0,
+    "eip155Block": 0,
+    "eip158Block": 0
+  },
+  "alloc": {},
+  "coinbase": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
+  "difficulty": "0x20000",
+  "extraData": "",
+  "gasLimit": "0x2fefd8",
+  "nonce": "0x0000000000000042",
+  "mixhash": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
+  "parentHash": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
+  "timestamp": "0x00"
 }
 ```
 
-The above fields should be fine for most purposes, although we'd recommend changing the `nonce` to
-some random value so you prevent unknown remote nodes from being able to connect to you. If you'd
-like to pre-fund some accounts for easier testing, you can populate the `alloc` field with account
-configs:
+The above fields should be fine for most purposes, although we'd recommend changing
+the `nonce` to some random value so you prevent unknown remote nodes from being able
+to connect to you. If you'd like to pre-fund some accounts for easier testing, you can
+populate the `alloc` field with account configs:
 
 ```json
 "alloc": {
-  "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000001": {"balance": "111111111"},
-  "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000002": {"balance": "222222222"}
+  "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000001": {
+    "balance": "111111111"
+  },
+  "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000002": {
+    "balance": "222222222"
+  }
 }
 ```
 
-With the genesis state defined in the above JSON file, you'll need to initialize **every** Geth node
-with it prior to starting it up to ensure all blockchain parameters are correctly set:
+With the genesis state defined in the above JSON file, you'll need to initialize **every**
+`geth` node with it prior to starting it up to ensure all blockchain parameters are correctly
+set:
 
-```
+```shell
 $ geth init path/to/genesis.json
 ```
 
 #### Creating the rendezvous point
 
-With all nodes that you want to run initialized to the desired genesis state, you'll need to start a
-bootstrap node that others can use to find each other in your network and/or over the internet. The
-clean way is to configure and run a dedicated bootnode:
+With all nodes that you want to run initialized to the desired genesis state, you'll need to
+start a bootstrap node that others can use to find each other in your network and/or over
+the internet. The clean way is to configure and run a dedicated bootnode:
 
-```
+```shell
 $ bootnode --genkey=boot.key
 $ bootnode --nodekey=boot.key
 ```
 
 With the bootnode online, it will display an [`enode` URL](https://github.com/ethereum/wiki/wiki/enode-url-format)
-that other nodes can use to connect to it and exchange peer information. Make sure to replace the
-displayed IP address information (most probably `[::]`) with your externally accessible IP to get the
-actual `enode` URL.
+that other nodes can use to connect to it and exchange peer information. Make sure to
+replace the displayed IP address information (most probably `[::]`) with your externally
+accessible IP to get the actual `enode` URL.
 
-*Note: You could also use a full-fledged Geth node as a bootnode, but it's the less recommended way.*
+*Note: You could also use a full-fledged `geth` node as a bootnode, but it's the less
+recommended way.*
 
 #### Starting up your member nodes
 
-With the bootnode operational and externally reachable (you can try `telnet <ip> <port>` to ensure
-it's indeed reachable), start every subsequent Geth node pointed to the bootnode for peer discovery
-via the `--bootnodes` flag. It will probably also be desirable to keep the data directory of your
-private network separated, so do also specify a custom `--datadir` flag.
+With the bootnode operational and externally reachable (you can try
+`telnet <ip> <port>` to ensure it's indeed reachable), start every subsequent `geth`
+node pointed to the bootnode for peer discovery via the `--bootnodes` flag. It will
+probably also be desirable to keep the data directory of your private network separated, so
+do also specify a custom `--datadir` flag.
 
-```
+```shell
 $ geth --datadir=path/to/custom/data/folder --bootnodes=<bootnode-enode-url-from-above>
 ```
 
-*Note: Since your network will be completely cut off from the main and test networks, you'll also
-need to configure a miner to process transactions and create new blocks for you.*
+*Note: Since your network will be completely cut off from the main and test networks, you'll
+also need to configure a miner to process transactions and create new blocks for you.*
 
 #### Running a private miner
 
-Mining on the public Ethereum network is a complex task as it's only feasible using GPUs, requiring
-an OpenCL or CUDA enabled `ethminer` instance. For information on such a setup, please consult the
-[EtherMining subreddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/EtherMining/) and the [Genoil miner](https://github.com/Genoil/cpp-ethereum)
-repository.
+Mining on the public Ethereum network is a complex task as it's only feasible using GPUs,
+requiring an OpenCL or CUDA enabled `ethminer` instance. For information on such a
+setup, please consult the [EtherMining subreddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/EtherMining/)
+and the [Genoil miner](https://github.com/Genoil/cpp-ethereum) repository.
 
-In a private network setting, however a single CPU miner instance is more than enough for practical
-purposes as it can produce a stable stream of blocks at the correct intervals without needing heavy
-resources (consider running on a single thread, no need for multiple ones either). To start a Geth
-instance for mining, run it with all your usual flags, extended by:
+In a private network setting, however a single CPU miner instance is more than enough for
+practical purposes as it can produce a stable stream of blocks at the correct intervals
+without needing heavy resources (consider running on a single thread, no need for multiple
+ones either). To start a `geth` instance for mining, run it with all your usual flags, extended
+by:
 
-```
+```shell
 $ geth <usual-flags> --mine --minerthreads=1 --etherbase=0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
 ```
 
-Which will start mining blocks and transactions on a single CPU thread, crediting all proceedings to
-the account specified by `--etherbase`. You can further tune the mining by changing the default gas
-limit blocks converge to (`--targetgaslimit`) and the price transactions are accepted at (`--gasprice`).
+Which will start mining blocks and transactions on a single CPU thread, crediting all
+proceedings to the account specified by `--etherbase`. You can further tune the mining
+by changing the default gas limit blocks converge to (`--targetgaslimit`) and the price
+transactions are accepted at (`--gasprice`).
 
 ## Contribution
 
-Thank you for considering to help out with the source code! We welcome contributions from
-anyone on the internet, and are grateful for even the smallest of fixes!
+Thank you for considering to help out with the source code! We welcome contributions
+from anyone on the internet, and are grateful for even the smallest of fixes!
 
 If you'd like to contribute to go-ethereum, please fork, fix, commit and send a pull request
-for the maintainers to review and merge into the main code base. If you wish to submit more
-complex changes though, please check up with the core devs first on [our gitter channel](https://gitter.im/ethereum/go-ethereum)
-to ensure those changes are in line with the general philosophy of the project and/or get some
-early feedback which can make both your efforts much lighter as well as our review and merge
-procedures quick and simple.
+for the maintainers to review and merge into the main code base. If you wish to submit
+more complex changes though, please check up with the core devs first on [our gitter channel](https://gitter.im/ethereum/go-ethereum)
+to ensure those changes are in line with the general philosophy of the project and/or get
+some early feedback which can make both your efforts much lighter as well as our review
+and merge procedures quick and simple.
 
 Please make sure your contributions adhere to our coding guidelines:
 
- * Code must adhere to the official Go [formatting](https://golang.org/doc/effective_go.html#formatting) guidelines (i.e. uses [gofmt](https://golang.org/cmd/gofmt/)).
- * Code must be documented adhering to the official Go [commentary](https://golang.org/doc/effective_go.html#commentary) guidelines.
+ * Code must adhere to the official Go [formatting](https://golang.org/doc/effective_go.html#formatting)
+   guidelines (i.e. uses [gofmt](https://golang.org/cmd/gofmt/)).
+ * Code must be documented adhering to the official Go [commentary](https://golang.org/doc/effective_go.html#commentary)
+   guidelines.
  * Pull requests need to be based on and opened against the `master` branch.
  * Commit messages should be prefixed with the package(s) they modify.
    * E.g. "eth, rpc: make trace configs optional"
 
 Please see the [Developers' Guide](https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/wiki/Developers'-Guide)
-for more details on configuring your environment, managing project dependencies, and testing procedures.
+for more details on configuring your environment, managing project dependencies, and
+testing procedures.
 
 ## License
 
 The go-ethereum library (i.e. all code outside of the `cmd` directory) is licensed under the
-[GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.en.html), also
-included in our repository in the `COPYING.LESSER` file.
+[GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.en.html),
+also included in our repository in the `COPYING.LESSER` file.
 
 The go-ethereum binaries (i.e. all code inside of the `cmd` directory) is licensed under the
-[GNU General Public License v3.0](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html), also included
-in our repository in the `COPYING` file.
+[GNU General Public License v3.0](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html), also
+included in our repository in the `COPYING` file.
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