diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
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+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# The CryptOS Authors, for copyright purposes. "The CryptOS Authors" in the
+# file headers and NOTICE means the people listed here.
+
+@Bugs5382 (https://github.com/Bugs5382)
diff --git a/NOTICE b/NOTICE
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+++ b/NOTICE
@@ -3,3 +3,5 @@ Copyright The CryptOS Authors.
 
 This product includes software developed as part of the CryptOS-PKI project
 (https://github.com/CryptOS-PKI).
+
+Originally written by @Bugs5382 (https://github.com/Bugs5382).
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+++ b/README.md
@@ -180,6 +180,10 @@ The gRPC API this OS serves is defined here, in [`proto/cryptos/node/v1`](proto/
 - 🛰️ [`manager`](https://github.com/CryptOS-PKI/manager) — Fleet Manager backend (optional).
 - 🎨 [`web`](https://github.com/CryptOS-PKI/web) — Fleet Manager web frontend (optional, served by `manager/`).
 
+## 🙏 Acknowledgements
+
+CryptOS was originally written by [@Bugs5382](https://github.com/Bugs5382).
+
 ## 📄 License
 
 [Apache License 2.0](LICENSE). Copyright The CryptOS Authors.