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-  <img src="streamplace-logo.svg" width=200>
-  <p align="center"><h2 align="center">Streamplace</h2></p>
-  <p align="center"><strong>Solving Video for Everybody Forever</strong></p>
-  <p align="center">
-    <a href="https://stream.place" target="_blank">stream.place</a> | 
-    <a href="https://stream.place/docs" target="_blank">Documentation</a> | 
-    <a href="https://stream.place/download" target="_blank">Download</a>
-  </p>
+  <img src="streamplace-logo.svg" width="200" alt="Streamplace logo">
 </p>
+<h2 align="center">Streamplace</h2>
+<p align="center"><strong>Solving Video for Everybody Forever</strong></p>
 
-## Sponsorship
+Welcome friends! This is the codebase for Streamplace, live video built on the
+[AT Protocol](https://atproto.com), which is the same protocol that powers Bluesky.
 
-<img src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/1e3e13ab-ef6f-43dd-9d8b-15645adbd695" width=400>
+Get started fast:
 
-Streamplace was generously funded by the Livepeer Treasury as part of their
-mission to build the world's open video infrastructure. Check out more at
-[livepeer.org](https://www.livepeer.org/)!
+- **Web: [stream.place](https://stream.place)**
+- **Download: [stream.place/download](https://stream.place/download)**
+- **Docs: [stream.place/docs](https://stream.place/docs)**
+
+## Development Resources
+
+The server is written in Go (`pkg/`, `cmd/`) and the app is a
+[React Native](https://reactnative.dev/) application in TypeScript (`js/`).
+The `place.stream.*` Lexicons live in [`lexicons/`](lexicons/).
+
+You don't _need_ to understand the AT Protocol to work with Streamplace, but
+it helps quite a lot. Learn more at [atproto.com](https://atproto.com/guides/overview).
+
+Good places to start:
+
+- [Quick start: streaming](https://stream.place/docs/guides/start-streaming/quick-start)
+- [Development setup](https://stream.place/docs/guides/start-contributing/streamplace-dev-setup)
+- [Self-hosting](https://stream.place/docs/guides/installing/installing-streamplace)
+- [API reference](https://stream.place/docs/lex-reference/place-stream-defs)
+
+## Contributions
+
+Check for existing [issues](https://github.com/streamplace/streamplace/issues)
+before filing a new one, and open an issue for discussion before submitting a
+large PR. Questions and chat are welcome on
+[Discord](https://discord.stream.place).