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   <h3 align="center">Databag</h3>
-  <p align="center">Communication for the Decentralized Web</p>
+  <p align="center">A tiny federated messenger for self-hosting</p>
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-Databag is a selfhosted messaging service designed to consume minimal resources on the host system and network. Notable features include:
+Databag is designed to consume minimal resources on the host system and network. Notable features include:
 - Decentralized (direct communication between app and server node)
 - Federated (accounts on different nodes can communicate)
 - Public-Private key based identity (not bound to any blockchain or hosting domain)