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-# microworlds
+# microworlds : a simulator for exploring decentralized systems
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+![](slimemold.png)
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+Status: **Work in Progress**
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+Inspired by Resnick, Mitchel. Turtles, termites, and traffic jams: Explorations in massively parallel microworlds. Mit Press, 1997.
 
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