diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 7b6da8b55..99637e0cb 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ path = "src/bin/testnode.rs"
 name = "silk-genesis-block"
 path = "src/bin/genesis-block.rs"
 
+[[bin]]
+name = "silk-genesis-file-demo"
+path = "src/bin/genesis-file-demo.rs"
+
 [badges]
 codecov = { repository = "loomprotocol/silk", branch = "master", service = "github" }
 
diff --git a/src/accountant.rs b/src/accountant.rs
index 25a18dc9e..8f9f3595a 100644
--- a/src/accountant.rs
+++ b/src/accountant.rs
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn test_accountant() {
-        let bob = Creator::new("Bob", 1_000);
+        let bob = Creator::new(1_000);
         let bob_pubkey = bob.pubkey;
         let alice = Genesis::new(10_000, vec![bob]);
         let mut acc = Accountant::new(&alice, Some(2));
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ mod tests {
     fn test_invalid_transfer() {
         use std::thread::sleep;
         use std::time::Duration;
-        let bob = Creator::new("Bob", 1_000);
+        let bob = Creator::new(1_000);
         let bob_pubkey = bob.pubkey;
         let alice = Genesis::new(11_000, vec![bob]);
         let mut acc = Accountant::new(&alice, Some(2));
diff --git a/src/accountant_stub.rs b/src/accountant_stub.rs
index 9b38e751b..8ce5feb3b 100644
--- a/src/accountant_stub.rs
+++ b/src/accountant_stub.rs
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ mod tests {
     fn test_accountant_stub() {
         let addr = "127.0.0.1:9000";
         let send_addr = "127.0.0.1:9001";
-        let bob = Creator::new("Bob", 1_000);
+        let bob = Creator::new(1_000);
         let bob_pubkey = bob.pubkey;
         let alice = Genesis::new(10_000, vec![bob]);
         let acc = Accountant::new(&alice, None);
diff --git a/src/bin/client-demo.rs b/src/bin/client-demo.rs
index 43cee19af..a5dc6ab8f 100644
--- a/src/bin/client-demo.rs
+++ b/src/bin/client-demo.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
+//extern crate serde_json;
 extern crate silk;
 
+//use std::io::stdin;
+
 fn main() {
     use silk::accountant_stub::AccountantStub;
     use silk::accountant_skel::AccountantSkel;
@@ -15,8 +18,12 @@ fn main() {
     let send_addr = "127.0.0.1:8001";
 
     let txs = 200;
+
     let gen = Genesis::new(txs, vec![]);
     let alice_keypair = generate_keypair();
+    //let gen: Genesis = serde_json::from_reader(stdin()).unwrap();
+    //let alice_keypair = gen.get_keypair();
+
     let acc = Accountant::new(&gen, None);
     spawn(move || AccountantSkel::new(acc).serve(addr).unwrap());
     sleep(Duration::from_millis(30));
diff --git a/src/bin/genesis-file-demo.rs b/src/bin/genesis-file-demo.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..65f28edaf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/bin/genesis-file-demo.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+extern crate serde_json;
+extern crate silk;
+
+use silk::genesis::{Creator, Genesis};
+use silk::event::{generate_keypair, get_pubkey};
+
+fn main() {
+    let alice = Creator {
+        tokens: 200,
+        pubkey: get_pubkey(&generate_keypair()),
+    };
+    let bob = Creator {
+        tokens: 100,
+        pubkey: get_pubkey(&generate_keypair()),
+    };
+    let creators = vec![alice, bob];
+    let gen = Genesis::new(300, creators);
+    println!("{}", serde_json::to_string(&gen).unwrap());
+}
diff --git a/src/genesis.rs b/src/genesis.rs
index bb466677e..798241179 100644
--- a/src/genesis.rs
+++ b/src/genesis.rs
@@ -7,15 +7,13 @@ use untrusted::Input;
 
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug)]
 pub struct Creator {
-    pub name: String,
     pub pubkey: PublicKey,
     pub tokens: u64,
 }
 
 impl Creator {
-    pub fn new(name: &str, tokens: u64) -> Self {
+    pub fn new(tokens: u64) -> Self {
         Creator {
-            name: name.to_string(),
             pubkey: get_pubkey(&generate_keypair()),
             tokens,
         }
@@ -93,7 +91,7 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn test_create_creator() {
         assert_eq!(
-            Genesis::new(100, vec![Creator::new("Satoshi", 42)])
+            Genesis::new(100, vec![Creator::new(42)])
                 .create_events()
                 .len(),
             3
diff --git a/src/logger.rs b/src/logger.rs
index d9c588a08..3d930814c 100644
--- a/src/logger.rs
+++ b/src/logger.rs
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn test_genesis() {
-        let entries = run_genesis(Genesis::new(100, vec![Creator::new("Satoshi", 42)]));
+        let entries = run_genesis(Genesis::new(100, vec![Creator::new(42)]));
         assert!(verify_slice_u64(&entries, &entries[0].end_hash));
     }
 }