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+# reth-hl
+
+HyperEVM archive node implementation based on reth's NodeBuilder API.
+Heavily inspired by [reth-bsc](https://github.com/loocapro/reth-bsc).
+
+## TODOs
+
+- [ ] Make it compilable
+  - [ ] EVM
+  - [v] Storage
+  - [ ] TX forwarder API
+- [ ] Decide whether to include system txs, receipts in block or not
+- [ ] Downloader
+  - [ ] S3 format (file)
+  - [ ] S3 format (AWS API)
+  - [ ] hl-node format