diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2dae5f8e0..6803c321c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,13 +10,25 @@
 [![Gitter: #status-im/nimbus](https://img.shields.io/badge/gitter-status--im%2Fnimbus-orange.svg)](https://gitter.im/status-im/nimbus)
 [![Status: #nimbus-general](https://img.shields.io/badge/status-nimbus--general-orange.svg)](https://get.status.im/chat/public/nimbus-general)
 
-## Rationale
+## Introduction
 
-[Nimbus: an Ethereum 2.0 Sharding Client](https://our.status.im/nimbus-for-newbies/). The code in this repository is currently focusing on Ethereum 1.0 feature parity, while all 2.0 research and development is happening in parallel in [nimbus-eth2](https://github.com/status-im/nimbus-eth2).
+The code in this repository is focusing on Ethereum 1.0 feature parity,
+and Ethereum 1.x research & development.
+
+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)
+light client.
+
+All Ethereum 2.0 research and development is happening in parallel in the
+[nimbus-eth2](https://github.com/status-im/nimbus-eth2) repository.
 
 ## Development Updates
 
-To keep up to date with changes and development progress, follow the [Nimbus blog](https://our.status.im/tag/nimbus/).
+Monthly development updates are shared
+[here](https://hackmd.io/jRpxY4WBQJ-hnsKaPDYqTw).
+
+For more detailed write-ups on the development progress, follow the
+[Nimbus blog](https://our.status.im/tag/nimbus/).
 
 ## Building & Testing
 
@@ -25,23 +37,22 @@ _We currently do not guarantee that Nimbus will work on Windows._
 ### Prerequisites
 
 * [RocksDB](https://github.com/facebook/rocksdb/)
-* PCRE
 * GNU Make, Bash and the usual POSIX utilities. Git 2.9.4 or newer.
 
 On Windows, a precompiled DLL collection download is available through the `fetch-dlls` Makefile target: ([Windows instructions](#windows)).
 
 ```bash
 # MacOS with Homebrew
-brew install rocksdb pcre
+brew install rocksdb
 
 # Fedora
-dnf install rocksdb-devel pcre pcre-devel
+dnf install rocksdb-devel
 
 # Debian and Ubuntu
-sudo apt-get install librocksdb-dev libpcre3-dev
+sudo apt-get install librocksdb-dev
 
 # Arch (AUR)
-pakku -S rocksdb pcre-static
+pakku -S rocksdb
 ```
 
 `rocksdb` can also be installed by following [their instructions](https://github.com/facebook/rocksdb/blob/master/INSTALL.md).
@@ -176,7 +187,7 @@ Note, the Ubuntu PRoot is known to contain all Nimbus prerequisites compiled on
 
 ```bash
 # Install prerequisites
-apt install librocksdb-dev libpcre3-dev
+apt install librocksdb-dev
 
 # Clone repo and build Nimbus just like above
 git clone https://github.com/status-im/nimbus.git
diff --git a/fluffy/README.md b/fluffy/README.md
index 6d7a9641a..0fd2a23b1 100644
--- a/fluffy/README.md
+++ b/fluffy/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Nimbus Light Portal Network Client
+# Fluffy: The Nimbus Portal Network Client
 
 [![fluffy CI](https://github.com/status-im/nimbus-eth1/actions/workflows/fluffy.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/status-im/nimbus-eth1/actions/workflows/fluffy.yml)
 ![Stability: experimental](https://img.shields.io/badge/stability-experimental-orange.svg)
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
 
 ## Introduction
 This folder holds the development of the Nimbus client implementation supporting
-the Portal Network. The Portal Network is a project still heavily in research
-phase and fully in flux. This client is thus still highly experimental.
+the Portal Network: fluffy. The Portal Network is a project still heavily in
+research phase and fully in flux. This client is thus still highly experimental.
 
 Current status of specifications can be found in the
 [stateless-ethereum-specs repository](https://github.com/ethereum/stateless-ethereum-specs/blob/master/portal-network.md).