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+Welcome to Neuro's documentation!
+=================================
+
+We are building an anonymous, taxable payment system using modern
+cryptography.  Customers will use traditional money transfers to send
+money to a digital Mint and in return receive (anonymized) digital
+cash.  Customers can use this digital cash to anonymously pay
+Merchants.  Merchants can redeem the digital cash for traditional
+money at the digital Mint.  As Merchants are not anonymous, they can
+be taxed, enabling income or sales taxes to be withheld by the state
+while providing anonymity for Customers.
+
+Cryptography is used to ensure that none of the participants can
+defraud the others without being detected immediately; however, in
+practice a fradulent Mint might go bankrupt instead of paying the
+Merchants and thus the Mint will need to be audited regularly like any
+other banking institution.
+
+The system will be based on free software and open protocols.
+In this document, we describe the REST-based API of the Mint,
+which is at the heart of the system.
+
+
+Contents
+========
+
+Protocol Specification:
+
+.. toctree::
+  :maxdepth: 2
+
+  api-mint
+  api-merchant
+
+Implementation:
+
+.. toctree::
+  :maxdepth: 2
+
+  impl-mint
+
+Supported Wire Transfer Formats:
+
+.. toctree::
+  :maxdepth: 2
+
+  wireformats
+
+
+Indices and tables
+==================
+
+* :ref:`search`
+