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 ## Introduction
 
-This repository contains our development work on our execution-layer client to pair with [our consensus-layer client](https://github.com/status-im/nimbus-eth2). This client focuses on efficiency and security and strives to be as light-weight as possible in termis of resources used.
+This repository contains our development work on our execution-layer client to pair with [our consensus-layer client](https://github.com/status-im/nimbus-eth2). This client focuses on efficiency and security and strives to be as light-weight as possible in terms of resources used.
 
 This repository is also home to [fluffy](./fluffy/README.md), a
 [Portal Network](https://github.com/ethereum/stateless-ethereum-specs/blob/master/portal-network.md)