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7−Azimuth is a general-purpose public-key infrastructure (PKI) on the Ethereum blockchain, used as a platform for Urbit identities that we call _points_. You need a point to use the Arvo network.
7+Azimuth is a general-purpose public-key infrastructure (PKI) on the Ethereum blockchain, used as a platform for _Urbit identities_. You need such an identity to use the Arvo network.
9The primary way to interact with Azimuth is through our [Bridge](https://github.com/urbit/bridge) application and the node libraries that it depends on, [azimuth-js](https://github.com/urbit/azimuth-js) and [urbit-key-generation](https://github.com/urbit/urbit-key-generation). Take a look at the source and play around, or see [Getting Started](/using/install).
9The primary way to interact with Azimuth is through our [Bridge](https://github.com/urbit/bridge) application and the node libraries that it depends on, [azimuth-js](https://github.com/urbit/azimuth-js) and [urbit-key-generation](https://github.com/urbit/urbit-key-generation). Take a look at the source and play around, or see [Getting Started](/using/install).
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15**Arvo** is an operating system that provides the software for a personal server. These personal servers together constitute the peer-to-peer Arvo network. To make this network work on the social level, Arvo is built to work with a system of scarce and immutable identities.
15**Arvo** is an operating system that provides the software for a personal server. These personal servers together constitute the peer-to-peer Arvo network. To make this network work on the social level, Arvo is built to work with a system of scarce and immutable identities.
17−**Azimuth** is the public-key infrastructure built to be such a system. A suite of smart-contracts on the Ethereum blockchain, Azimuth determines which Ethereum addresses own which Azimuth identities, called _points_. All point-related operations, such as transfers, are governed at this layer. But Azimuth isn't built strictly for Arvo -- it could be used as a generalized identity system for other projects.
17+**Azimuth** is the public-key infrastructure built to be such a system. A suite of smart-contracts on the Ethereum blockchain, Azimuth determines which Ethereum addresses own which Azimuth identities, called _Urbit identities_, or just _identities_. All identity-related operations, such as transfers, are governed at this layer. But Azimuth isn't built strictly for Arvo -- it could be used as a generalized identity system for other projects.
19−These otherwise-parallel systems meet when you want to connect to the Arvo network. Your Arvo personal server, called your _ship_, needs to be able to prove cryptographically that it is who it says it is. This proof comes in the form of a keyfile, derived from your point, that you use to start your ship.
19+These otherwise-parallel systems meet when you want to connect to the Arvo network. Your Arvo personal server, called your _ship_, needs to be able to prove cryptographically that it is who it says it is. This proof comes in the form of a keyfile, derived from your identity, that you use to start your ship.
21A metaphor might help illustrate the relationship between these two systems: the Arvo network is the neighborhood that you live in; Azimuth is the bank vault that stores the deed to your house.
21A metaphor might help illustrate the relationship between these two systems: the Arvo network is the neighborhood that you live in; Azimuth is the bank vault that stores the deed to your house.