* Send test coins from the bitcoin network to the prototype gateway at `muQY1RFhzu2exJj4wihqfotzDDztS1ieZv` (only if you control the sending address!)

* Run your own gateway (see [docs/RUNNING-A-GATEWAY.md](https://github.com/rustyrussell/pettycoin/blob/master/docs/RUNNING-A-GATEWAY.md).

Running a Pettycoin Gateway

On the test network, anyone can run a pettycoin gateway. It listens

to the bitcoin (test) network for network sends, and injects funds

into the pettycoin network.

**It does not yet return funds to the bitcoin network!**

Daemons You Need To Be Running

To operate a gateway, you will need to also run the following:

* bitcoind, with configurtion like so (it will also insist you set an

rpcpassword when you first try to run it).

testnet=1

server=1

gen=0

txindex=1

* pettycoin, with no particular config.

pettycoin-gateway Setup

Make sure bitcoind, pettycoin-tx and pettycoin-query are in the

path (as pettycoin-gateway will invoke them).

First run `pettycoin-gateway --setup`:

rusty@Petty1:~/src/pettycoin$ pettycoin-gateway --setup

Gateway address is muQY1RFhzu2exJj4wihqfotzDDztS1ieZv

This will create the following files in ~/.pettycoin:

<dl>

<dt> `gateway-address`

<dd> The public address of the gateway (also printed by --setup above).

<dt> `gateway-privkey`

<dd> The private key of the gateway (needed to sign pettycoin gateway

transactions).

<dt> `gateway-txs`

<dd> The bitcoin transaction IDs the gateway already injected into the

pettycoin network, so it doesn't inject twice.

</dl>

It will also create a bitcoin account called "gateway" with a single

address in it (the same as listed above) to receive funds.

Running pettycoin-gateway

Now you can run pettycoin-gateway! It exits on any kind of error,

with no decent diagnostics. But if you run it again it should be

safe, as it only records injected transactions into gateway-tx after

they've been injected into the pettycoin network.

Good luck!<br>

Rusty Russell.