Merge pull request #82 from floreslorca/master

instructions for testnet

README.md

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 **Bitcoin Private v1.0.10-1**
 
-P2P Port: 7933  
-RPC Port: 7932
+P2P Port: 17933  
+RPC Port: 17932
 
 Bitcoin Private is a fork of Zclassic, merging in the UTXO set of Bitcoin. BTCP is financial freedom.
 
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ https://github.com/zcash/zcash/wiki/1.0-User-Guide
 
 * Code review is welcome!
 * If you want to get to know us join our Discord: https://discord.gg/9xezcaK
+* We have a brief guide for joining the Bitcoin private testnet [here](doc/testnet.md)
 
 
 Participation in the Bitcoin Private project is subject to a

doc/testnet.md

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+
+Connecting to testnet
+==========================================================
+
+After building Bitcoin private, you should have two binaries (btcpd, and btcp-cli) on your build target directory, but before running the btcp, you need to configure it:
+
+1. Create a btcprivate.conf file
+
+#### Linux 
+
+```
+vi ~/.btcprivate/btcprivate.conf
+```
+
+#### Windows
+
+Click on Start/Windows Logo and type `cmd` once there type `%AppData%\BitcoinPrivate`. It will open the explorer in that directory. Create a new text file and name it as `btcprivate.conf` (be sure you remove the txt extension) in the directory and open it with a text editor
+
+2. Add the following to the conf file
+
+```
+testnet=1
+addnode=testnet1.btcprivate.org:17933
+
+rpcuser=test
+rpcpassword=test
+rpcport=17932
+rpcallowip=127.0.0.1
+
+```
+
+The rpc parameters are required for the daemon to run. the `testnet=1` tells the daemon to connect to testnet, and `addnode=...` is to connect to a reliable node. This is a temporal until we add dns seeds.
+
+3. Execute the btcd binary
+
+Once you run the daemon, you should first wait to sync the chain before mining. Once you are synced you can add `gen=1` to the conf file, and restart the btcp daemon.
+
+Now that you have your node up you can use `btcp-cli` to make RPC calls to your node (i.e `btcp-cli getinfo`).