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+# Readme
+The purpose of this directory is to host a Gradle plugin that adds tasks for building the native binaries required by bdk-jvm/ bdk-android and building the language bindings files.
+
+The plugin is applied to the specific `build.gradle.kts` files in `bdk-jvm` and `bdk-android` through the `plugins` block:
+```kotlin
+plugins {
+    id("org.bitcoindevkit.plugin.generate-bdk-bindings")
+}
+```
+
+It adds a series of tasks (`buildJvmBinary`, `moveNativeJvmLib`, `generateJvmBindings`) which are then brought together into an aggregate task called `buildJvmLib`.
+
+This task:
+1. Builds the native JVM library (on your given platform) using `bdk-ffi`
+2. Places it in the correct resource directory
+3. Builds the bindings file