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@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ The platform is composed of multiple Rust crates. Top-level crates include:
 * client - an executable crate which you can use for interacting with Nym nodes
 * mixnode - an executable mixnode crate
 * sfw-provider - an executable store-and-forward provider crate. The provider acts sort of like a mailbox for mixnet messages.
+* validator - currently just starting development. Handles consensus ordering of transactions, mixmining, and coconut credential generation and validation. 
 
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