diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1e1b4bf..105cf7d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "allegedly"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.2.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-compression",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index fa61f33..6d558c0 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name = "allegedly"
 description = "public ledger server tools and services (for the PLC)"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.2.0"
 edition = "2024"
 default-run = "allegedly"
 
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 6ba1189..b1e8406 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -53,6 +53,34 @@ to install the latest from source:
     ```
 
 
+## future improvements
+
+### existing stuff
+
+- signals and shutdown handling
+- monitoring of the various tasks
+- health check pings
+- expose metrics/tracing
+- read-only flag for mirror wrapper
+- bundle: write directly to s3-compatible object storage
+- helpers for automating periodic `bundle` runs
+
+
+### new things
+
+- experimental: websocket version of /export
+- experimental: accept writes by forwarding them upstream
+- experimental: serve a tlog
+- experimental: embed a log database directly for fast and efficient mirroring
+- experimental: support multiple upstreams?
+
+- [ ] new command todo: `zip` or `check` or `diff`: compare two plc logs over some time range
+- [ ] new command to consider: `scatter` or something: broadcast plc writes to multiple upstreams
+
+
+if you have an idea for a new command, [open a request](https://tangled.org/@microcosm.blue/Allegedly/issues/new)!
+
+
 ## license
 
 This work is dual-licensed under MIT and Apache 2.0. You can choose between one of them if you use this work.