# Testnet Setup

**Note:** This document is incomplete and may not be up-to-date with the
state of the code.

See the [installation guide](../sdk/install.html) for details on
installation.

Here is a quick example to get you off your feet:

First, generate a couple of genesis transactions to be incorporated into
the genesis file, this will create two keys with the password
`1234567890`:

```
gaiad init gen-tx --name=foo --home=$HOME/.gaiad1
gaiad init gen-tx --name=bar --home=$HOME/.gaiad2
gaiacli keys list
```

**Note:** If you've already run these tests you may need to overwrite
keys using the `--owk` flag When you list the keys you should see two
addresses, we'll need these later so take note. Now let's actually
create the genesis files for both nodes:

```
cp -a ~/.gaiad2/config/gentx/. ~/.gaiad1/config/gentx/
cp -a ~/.gaiad1/config/gentx/. ~/.gaiad2/config/gentx/
gaiad init --gen-txs --home=$HOME/.gaiad1 --chain-id=test-chain
gaiad init --gen-txs --home=$HOME/.gaiad2 --chain-id=test-chain
```

**Note:** If you've already run these tests you may need to overwrite
genesis using the `-o` flag. What we just did is copy the genesis
transactions between each of the nodes so there is a common genesis
transaction set; then we created both genesis files independently from
each home directory. Importantly both nodes have independently created
their `genesis.json` and `config.toml` files, which should be identical
between nodes.

Great, now that we've initialized the chains, we can start both nodes in
the background:

```
gaiad start --home=$HOME/.gaiad1  &> gaia1.log &
NODE1_PID=$!
gaia start --home=$HOME/.gaiad2  &> gaia2.log &
NODE2_PID=$!
```

Note that we save the PID so we can later kill the processes. You can
peak at your logs with `tail gaia1.log`, or follow them for a bit with
`tail -f gaia1.log`.

Nice. We can also lookup the validator set:

```
gaiacli validatorset
```

Then, we try to transfer some `steak` to another account:

```
gaiacli account <FOO-ADDR>
gaiacli account <BAR-ADDR>
gaiacli send --amount=10steak --to=<BAR-ADDR> --from=foo --chain-id=test-chain
```

**Note:** We need to be careful with the `chain-id` and `sequence`

Check the balance & sequence with:

```
gaiacli account <BAR-ADDR>
```

To confirm for certain the new validator is active, check tendermint:

```
curl localhost:46657/validators
```

Finally, to relinquish all your power, unbond some coins. You should see
your VotingPower reduce and your account balance increase.

```
gaiacli unbond --chain-id=<chain-id> --from=test
```

That's it!

**Note:** TODO demonstrate edit-candidacy **Note:** TODO demonstrate
delegation **Note:** TODO demonstrate unbond of delegation **Note:**
TODO demonstrate unbond candidate