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+The [RLN](contracts/Rln.sol) and [PoseidonHasher](contracts/PoseidonHasher.sol) smart contracts are initially borrowed from the following repository https://github.com/kilic/rlnapp and some minor modifications are made on top of them.
+They may undertake further changes in the future as needed.
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 # Hardhat Project for Rln-membership-contract
 
 ## Compilation