This is a sample blog post designed to test how your publishing platform renders common Markdown elements such as headings, text styles, lists, links, images, code blocks, tables, and more.

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Text Formatting

Markdown supports a variety of inline formatting options:

• Bold text
• Italic text
• Bold and italic
• Strikethrough
• Inline code

“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” — Leonardo da Vinci

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Headings Hierarchy

Heading Level 3

Heading Level 4

Heading Level 5

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Lists

Unordered List

• Apples
• Bananas
  • Ripe bananas
  • Green bananas
• Oranges

Ordered List

1. First step
2. Second step
3. Third step
   1. Sub-step A
   2. Sub-step B

Task List

• Write Markdown
• Test formatting
• Fix edge cases

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Links

• External link: Ethereum Foundation
• Relative link: About this blog
• Auto link: https://example.com

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Images

![Alt text describing the image](https://placehold.co/800x400/png)