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@@ -49,8 +49,7 @@
 
 ## Overview
 
-Cardano Wallet helps you manage your Ada. You can use it to send and
-receive payments on the [Cardano](https://www.cardano.org) blockchain.
+Cardano Wallet is software that helps you manage your Ada. You can use it to send and receive payments on the [Cardano blockchain](https://www.cardano.org).
 
 This project provides an HTTP Application Programming Interface (API)
 and command-line interface (CLI) for working with your wallet.
@@ -60,15 +59,9 @@ It can be used as a component of a frontend such as
 interface for wallets. Most users who would like to use Cardano should
 start with Daedalus.
 
-> :information_source: This source code repository contains the next major version of Cardano
-> Wallet, which has been completely rewritten for the
-> [Shelley](https://roadmap.cardano.org/) phase.
->
-> :bulb: The Byron version of Cardano Wallet is in the
-> [cardano-sl](https://github.com/input-output-hk/cardano-sl)
-> repository.
+## Quickstart
 
-## Getting Started
+The `cardano-wallet` executable is an HTTP server that manages your wallet(s). Here is one way to start the server using Docker:
 
 ```
 wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/input-output-hk/cardano-wallet/master/docker-compose.yml
@@ -91,11 +84,13 @@ See also [Docker](https://cardano-foundation.github.io/cardano-wallet/user-guide
 
 NixOS users can also use the [NixOS service](https://cardano-foundation.github.io/cardano-wallet/user-guide/NixOS).
 
-## How to install (Linux / Windows / Mac OS)
+## Obtaining `cardano-wallet`
+
+### Executables (Linux / Windows / Mac OS)
 
-See **Installation Instructions** for each available [release](https://github.com/input-output-hk/cardano-wallet/releases).
+We provide executables as part of our [releases](https://github.com/cardano-foundation/cardano-wallet/releases). Please also see the installation instructions highlighted in the release notes.
 
-> ### Latest releases
+> **Latest releases**
 >
 > | cardano-wallet | cardano-node (compatible versions) |
 > | --- | --- |
@@ -104,14 +99,19 @@ See **Installation Instructions** for each available [release](https://github.co
 > | [v2023-04-14](https://github.com/input-output-hk/cardano-wallet/releases/tag/v2023-04-14) | [1.35.4](https://github.com/input-output-hk/cardano-node/releases/tag/1.35.4) |
 > | [v2022-12-14](https://github.com/input-output-hk/cardano-wallet/releases/tag/v2022-12-14) | [1.35.4](https://github.com/input-output-hk/cardano-node/releases/tag/1.35.4) |
 
-## How to build from sources
+### Building from source
 
 See [Building](https://cardano-foundation.github.io/cardano-wallet/developers/Building)
 
-## How to test
+### Testing
 
 See [Testing](https://cardano-foundation.github.io/cardano-wallet/contributing/Testing)
 
+## History
+
+The `cardano-wallet` repository was introduced during the [Shelley phase](https://roadmap.cardano.org/) of the Cardano blockchain.
+Previously, during the Byron phase, the wallet was part of the [cardano-sl](https://github.com/input-output-hk/cardano-sl) repository. (This is useful to know — sometimes the ghosts of the past come back to haunt us in the form of obscure bugs.)
+
 ## Documentation
 
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