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-[![Substrate Playground](https://img.shields.io/badge/Playground-node_template-brightgreen?logo=Parity%20Substrate)](https://playground-staging.substrate.dev/?deploy=node-template)
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 # Substrate Node Template
 
 A new FRAME-based Substrate node, ready for hacking :rocket:
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 cargo build --release
 ```
 
-## Playground [![Substrate Playground](https://img.shields.io/badge/Playground-node_template-brightgreen?logo=Parity%20Substrate)](https://playground-staging.substrate.dev/?deploy=node-template)
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-[The Substrate Playground](https://playground-staging.substrate.dev/?deploy=node-template) is an
-online development environment that supplies a pre-configured container with pre-compiled build
-artifacts :cartwheeling:
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 ## Run
 
 ### Single Node Development Chain