From 1e0fd4efef8c047e05f9401ffe839e565e860f52 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Anil Kumar <150643132+anil-rome@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2026 19:42:53 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] docs: one-line Rome context at the top of the upstream
 README

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 README.md | 2 ++
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+> **Part of [Rome Protocol](https://github.com/rome-protocol)** — EVM chains that run natively inside the Solana runtime. This fork is . For building on Rome, start at the [Rome Protocol Documentation](https://docs.rome.builders).
+
 # SputnikVM: Rust Ethereum Virtual Machine Implementation
 
 [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/sorpaas/rust-evm.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/sorpaas/rust-evm)

From 40d1d071e161ed23bceb0cd6fc14056d93e9ea34 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Anil Kumar <150643132+anil-rome@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2026 19:43:25 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] docs: fill the fork-role wording (shell expansion ate it)

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 README.md | 2 +-
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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-> **Part of [Rome Protocol](https://github.com/rome-protocol)** — EVM chains that run natively inside the Solana runtime. This fork is . For building on Rome, start at the [Rome Protocol Documentation](https://docs.rome.builders).
+> **Part of [Rome Protocol](https://github.com/rome-protocol)** — EVM chains that run natively inside the Solana runtime. This fork is the Rust EVM interpreter (SputnikVM) at the core of Rome's EVM execution. For building on Rome, start at the [Rome Protocol Documentation](https://docs.rome.builders).
 
 # SputnikVM: Rust Ethereum Virtual Machine Implementation