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@@ -79,6 +79,12 @@ Locutus was the working title used for this successor to the original Freenet,
 in March 2023 it was renamed to "Freenet" or "Freenet 2023", this repository was
 renamed from `locutus` to `freenet-core` in September 2023.
 
+## What is Hyphanet?
+
+The original Freenet codebase is now called Hyphanet. It is still actively
+developed by the same maintainers as before, and is available
+[here](https://www.hyphanet.org).
+
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