### **WARNING: This software is in beta. Do not use it on mainnet until this warning is removed. Expect breaking changes to the api and database schema until the 0.1.0 release.**
Sensei is a new lightning node implementation with a focus on easing the onboarding experience for users new to Bitcoin. It is built using the [bitcoin development kit](https://bitcoindevkit.org) and the [lightning development kit](https://lightningdevkit.org).
3. Run senseid on regtest: `cargo run --bin senseid -- --network=regtest --bitcoind-rpc-host=localhost --bitcoind-rpc-port=18443 --bitcoind-rpc-username=admin1 --bitcoind-rpc-password=123`
[Nigiri](https://nigiri.vulpem.com/) is a great tool for running local docker images of bitcoind, electrum, esplora, and much more. Once it's running you can use the bitcoind instance it provides when starting up your Sensei node.
Sensei will also create subdirectories for each network (e.g. mainnet, testnet, regtest) that you instantiate the daemon with. Each network subdirectory will have it's own `config.json` file.