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## Week 5 - Update 6: Getting Ready to Dive In

This week, I laid the foundation for my work on the Nimbus Consensus Client. Here's what I did:

### Talking with My Mentor:
I had a good chat with my mentor, Zahary. We talked about the plan for the issues I'll be working on. He suggested I start by creating a new kind of database for the Nimbus beacon node.

### Learning:
I went through some important stuff. I read the Nimbus style guide and the auditors' book for the Nimbus beacon node. I also kept up with the discussion about the new database idea on GitHub.

Zahary explained some basic things to me. I also looked again at how the Nim programming language works, especially the way they use pragmas. I checked the rules in the Nim style guide again, so I remember the best way to write my code.

I also read the Nimbus Auditors book for the Nimbus beacon node. There's a lot to learn, and I know that I might need to go back and read things again as I start working on the project.