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## Running bitcoind locally
To participate as a miner on Xenon, you must have access to a testnet bitcoin node. One way to accomplish this is to run bitcoind locally. You'll need a computer with ~10-GB disk space.
First, download the bitcoind software for your platform from https://bitcoin.org/en/download.
Next, start bitcoind with the following configuration:
```
server=1
rpcuser=your-bitcoind-username
rpcpassword=your-bitcoind-password
testnet=1
txindex=0
listen=1
rpcserialversion=0
maxorphantx=1
banscore=1
[test]
bind=0.0.0.0:18443
rpcbind=0.0.0.0:18444
rpcport=18443
```
Finally, start bitcoind as follows: `$ bitcoind -conf=path/to/bitcoin.conf`. It will take a few hours for the node to synchronize with the Bitcoin testnet -- be patient!
## Running a miner
First, we need to generate a keychain. With this keychain, we'll get some testnet BTC from a faucet, and then use that BTC to start mining.
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