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-# Tendermint Common
+# Tendermint DB
 
-Meant to house common libs that are used across various repos
+Data Base abstractions to be used in applications.
+These abstractions are not only meant to be used in applications built on [Tendermint](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint), but can be used in a variety of applications.