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# Introduction
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The Nimbus Nim-Beacon-Chain (NBC) project is an implementation of the [Ethereum 2 Beacon Chain specification](https://github.com/ethereum/eth2.0-specs) in the [Nim programming language](https://nim-lang.org/).
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The Auditors' Handbook aims to be provide a comprehensive introduction to:
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- The Nim programming language, as used in the project.
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- The NBC project.
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- The dependencies of the project.
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A particular focus will be given to features related to safety, correctness, error handling, testing, fuzzing, or inspecting Nim code.
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One of the major highlights of Nim is that it compiles to C or C++ before compiling to native code. All techniques available to audit C code can be used to audit Nim.
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The dependencies NBC rely on are detailed per audit phase in the [build system and dependencies](03.2_build_system_and_dependencies.md) section.
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