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 # Archipelago
 
+> **Alpha testing:** Archipelago is experimental software. Any funds you put on it are at your own risk.
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 > Self-sovereign Bitcoin node OS and manifest-driven app platform.
 
 Archipelago is a bootable personal server OS for Bitcoin infrastructure,