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 This repository hosts research on DAS for the collaboration between Codex and the EF.
 
+The goal of the DAS Simulator is to study the problem of Data Availability Sampling, both as it is
+currently proposed and with possible modifications, from the networking perspective. The simulator
+is written in Python3 for accessibility, but we can imagine rewriting it at one point for
+scalability and efficiency.
+
+Currently we simulate the first part of the process which is to get segments of the 2D Reed Solomon
+erasure coded block from the block builder to validators. The simulator tracks diffusion in the
+network and validation progress. It is highly configurable, and it allows to explore the parameter
+space in one run, generating also summary figures.
+
 ## Prepare the environment
 
  * Clone the DAS repository (if not done yet) and go into the das-research directory