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+## Introduction
+
+While `Verso` is in the early stages of development (therefore it cannot be used for daily tasks) ...
+it is imperative to understand: **why** it exists in the first place!
+
+There are many browsers on the market already. Big ones, small ones, old ones, and new ones.
+Although some of them have quite a nice purpose, similar to ours... they are often missing the real goal.
+
+The `Web` nowadays is not really a free space.
+We are far from what `Tim Berners-Lee` was trying to create:
+
+> There are two clear, connected issues to address. The first is the extent of power concentration,
+which contradicts the decentralised spirit I originally envisioned. This has segmented the web,
+with a fight to keep users hooked on one platform to optimise profit through the passive observation
+of content. This exploitative business model is particularly grave in this year of elections that could
+unravel political turmoil. Compounding this issue is the second, the personal data market that has
+exploited people’s time and data with the creation of deep profiles that allow for targeted advertising
+and ultimately control over the information people are fed.
+
+(From the [open letter] he wrote for the 35th birthday of the `Web`)
+
+Of course, there are more issues, and all of them are complicated to address.
+We are offering a solution for a specific one: `browserland`.
+
+## Purpose
+
+As we mentioned, the Web is not quite free nowadays. It applies to web browsers even more.
+And browsers are not just an important part of the whole "web thingy", but the gateway to access it.
+It is the front face of the web, the essence of interacting with the web for the majority of the users.
+
+What we see is the myriads of small browsers promising privacy, security, and other nice things...
+they are mostly the same under the hood. Same technology, the same tech giant dictating the rules.
+
+With that said, it means that the ecosystem is very easily influenced by them...
+and recently we have seen that this is not always for the better.
+
+To cut to the chase, we decided to counteract profit-driven web technology development and create
+the concept of a **genuinely free and open, unmonetized, community-driven Web Browser Ecosystem**.
+
+## Focus
+
+While our browser could labeled as a "generic-use" browser, its main focus is on security and
+privacy features. There is no strict policy at this stage of the development, but we aim to
+protect users from the many threats out in the wilderness.
+
+With the `security and privacy first approach`, we are also determined to stand against current invasive
+data collection and advertising methods, and hinder their spread.
+
+## Tech
+
+**`Verso` is a web browser built on top of the `Servo` web engine.**
+This is what you can read about Verso everywhere... but what it is really about?
+
+[Servo] is the web engine that provides the many features Verso is using. We are heavily supporting
+their work, as we are heavily relying on them.
+
+So effectively we could say, that Verso is an abstraction over it, and it provides the user interface
+and other features.
+
+### Contribution
+
+For the code, check the [GitHub repository][gh-repo]! Especially the `.github/CONTRIBUTING.md`.
+
+To chat with us about the projects, you could join [our Zulip][zulip].
+
+
+## Whitepapers
+
+- [Next Generation Browser Profiles Workflow][wp-profiles] (v0.1)
+
+[open letter]: https://medium.com/@timberners_lee/marking-the-webs-35th-birthday-an-open-letter-ebb410cc7d42
+[Servo]: https://servo.org
+[gh-repo]: https://github.com/versotile-org/verso
+[zulip]: https://versotile.zulipchat.com/
+[wp-profiles]: /whitepapers/verso-wp_profiles_v0.1.pdf