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 #  mmgen = Multi-Mode GENerator
 ## a Bitcoin cold storage solution for the command line
 
-NOTE: For the time being, MMGen should be considered Alpha software.
+NOTE: For the time being, MMGen should be considered experimental software.
 Downloading and testing it out is easy, risk-free and encouraged.
 However, spending significant amounts of BTC into your mmgen-generated
 addresses is done at your own risk.
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 ### Test suite:
 > To see what tests are available, run the scripts in the 'tests'
-> directory with no arguments.  Some may find the following tests
-> interesting:
+> directory with no arguments.  Among others, you might find the
+> following tests to be of interest:
 
->> Compare 10 addresses generated by 'keyconv' with internally-generated ones:
+>> Compare 10 addresses generated by 'keyconv' with mmgen's
+>> internally-generated ones:
 >>> `tests/bitcoin.py keyconv_compare_randloop 10`
 
+>> Convert a string to base 58 and back:
+>>> `tests/bitcoin.py strtob58 'a string'`
+
+>> Convert a hex number to base 58 and back:
+>>> `tests/bitcoin.py hextob58 deadbeef`
+
 >> Perform 1000 hex -> base58 -> hex conversions, comparing results stringwise:
 >>> `tests/bitcoin.py hextob58_pad_randloop 1000`
 
->> Generate a 12-word mnemonic for a random 128-bit seed:
+>> Generate a 12-word mnemonic from a random 128-bit seed:
 >>> `tests/mnemonic.py random128`
 
->> Ditto, for a random 192-bit seed:
+>> An 18-word mnemonic from a random 192-bit seed:
 >>> `tests/mnemonic.py random192`
 
->> Ditto, for a random 256-bit seed:
+>> A 24-word mnemonic from a random 256-bit seed:
 >>> `tests/mnemonic.py random256`