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-Powergate is a multitiered file storage API built on Filecoin and IPFS, and and index builder for Filecoin data. It's designed to be modular and extensible.
+Powergate is a multitiered file storage API built on Filecoin and IPFS, and an index builder for Filecoin data. It's designed to be modular and extensible.
 
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