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Bitcoin Regtest Local Server Instructions
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  1. Grab the latest bitcoin-core .tar.gz release and unpack it https://bitcoin.org/en/download
  2. Add the bin folder to your path
  3. Start the regtest server bitcoind -regtest
  4. Create a test wallet bitcoin-cli -regtest createwallet test
  5. Get a bcrt address for your wallet bitcoin-cli -regtest getnewaddress
  6. 'Mine' some regtest btc bitcoin-cli generatetoaddress 10 <address-from-previous-command>
  7. Make sure it worked `bitcoin-cli getblockcount
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