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 # ldk-sample
-sample node implementation using LDK
+Sample node implementation using LDK.
+
+## Installation
+```
+git clone git@github.com:lightningdevkit/ldk-sample.git
+```
+
+## Usage
+```
+cd ldk-sample
+cargo run <bitcoind-rpc-username>:<bitcoind-rpc-password>@<bitcoind-rpc-host>:<bitcoind-rpc-port> <ldk_storage_directory_path> [<ldk-peer-listening-port>] [bitcoin-network] [announced-listen-addr announced-node-name]
+```
+`bitcoind`'s RPC username and password likely can be found through `cat ~/.bitcoin/.cookie`.
+
+`bitcoin-network`: defaults to `testnet`. Options: `testnet`, `regtest`.
+
+`ldk-peer-listening-port`: defaults to 9735.
+
+`announced-listen-addr` and `announced-node-name`: default to nothing, disabling any public announcements of this node.
+`announced-listen-addr` can be set to an IPv4 or IPv6 address to announce that as a publicly-connectable address for this node.
+`announced-node-name` can be any string up to 32 bytes in length, representing this node's alias.
 
 ## License
 
-Licensed under either of
+Licensed under either:
 
  * Apache License, Version 2.0 ([LICENSE-APACHE](LICENSE-APACHE) or http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)
  * MIT License ([LICENSE-MIT](LICENSE-MIT) or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)