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 Usage
 =====
 
+
+#### Requirements
+* Coin daemon(s)
+* [Node.js](http://nodejs.org/) v0.10+
+* [Redis](http://redis.io/) key-value store/database v2.6+
+
+
 #### 1) Download
 
 Clone the repository and run `npm update` for all the dependencies to be installed: