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You got all the hardware of the shopping list above and you have no further assistance. Then you need to prepare your SD-Card yourself .. this scenario is still experimental, feedback needed and can take some time.
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A good way to start for now is to get some Testnet coins, connect to other peers and make your first transactions. You find tutorials for this at the original RaspiBolt guide: https://github.com/Stadicus/guides/blob/master/raspibolt/raspibolt_40_lnd.md#get-some-testnet-bitcoin
## Build the SD Card Image
A ready to use SD card image of the RaspiBlitz for your RaspberryPi is provided as download by us to get everbody started quickly. But if you want to build that image yourself - here is a quick guide:
* Get a fresh Rasbian RASPBIAN STRETCH WITH DESKTOP card image: [DOWNLOAD](https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/raspbian/)
* Write image to a SD card: [TUTORIAL](https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/installation/installing-images/README.md)
* Add a file called `ssh` to the root of the SD card when mounted to enable SSH login
* Start card in Raspi and login per SSH with `ssh pi@[IP-OF-YOUR-RASPI]` password is `raspberry`
Now you are ready to start the SD card build script - copy the following command into your terminal and execute:
As you can see from the URL you find the build script in this Git repo under `build.sdcard/raspbianStretchDesktop.sh`- there you can check what gets installed and configured in detail. Feel free to post improvements as pull requests.
The whole build process takes a while. And the end the LCD drives get installed and a reboot is needed. Remember the default password is now `raspiblitz`. You can login per SSH again - this time use root: `ssh root@[IP-OF-YOUR-RASPI]` and simply shutdown with `sudo shutdown now`. Once you see the LCD going white and the actovity LED of the pi starts going dark. You can unplug power and remove the SD card. You have now build your own RaspiBlitz sd card image.
*Note: If you plan to use your self build sd card as a MASTER copy to backup image and distribute it. Use a smaller 8GB card for that. This way its ensured that it will fit on every 16 GB card recommended for RaspiBlitz later on.*
## Further Development of RaspiBlitz
The RaspiBlitz was developed on the basis of the RaspiBolt Guide to run LND on a RaspberryPi: https://github.com/Stadicus/guides/blob/master/raspibolt - the idea was to prepare as much as possible and have it on a SD-card ready to startup quickly. The configuration should be automated by scripts combined with some very basic user interaction thru the terminal for adminstration. The LCD should provide basic information, so that the health and state of the RaspiBlitz could be monitored with ease. The LCD has also basic touch support and could be used for direct and fast daily interactions.
Christian Rotzoll
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