diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c9f1cf6b71b1081bec28893e2f75db829f25476d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# My presentation slides for the seminar ["Blockchain" 2017/18](http://www7.cs.fau.de/de/teaching/seminar-2017w/)
+
+## Privacy-by-Design - Monero, Zerocoin, Zerocash
+
+Repository for the thesis: https://gitlab.cs.fau.de/sedrubal/blockchain-thesis-privacy-by-design
+
+## set up
+
+This is a [Reveal.js](https://revealjs.com/#/) presentation,
+because I focused on the content of the presentation and not on the framework.
+
+To set up the presentation, run
+
+```bash
+yarn
+```
+
+and open the presentation `./index.html` in your browser.
+
+## License
+
+(c) sedrubal 2017/18 - CC BY 4.0
+
+Please see the slide "Outro > Sources" for more information.