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 A Minecraft server implementation written in Rust.
 
-### Status
-
-The project is in an **early stage**. Many, many features are unimplemented. We welcome help from anyone willing to contribute!
+__Note__: This project is currently inactive. Consider contributing to [`valence`](https://github.com/valence-rs/valence) instead.
 
 ### Supported Minecraft versions