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+# Bcoin - Bitcore - Insight
+Rebuilt Bitcore with Bcoin engine and Insight API sitting on top of Mongo.
+
+# Requirements
+Mongodo running on your system
+
+# Usage
+npm install
+npm start
+
+Logging is current defaulting to debug during dev. Bitcore logging is preceded by a timestamp. Bcoin logging with [info]
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   "description": "",
   "main": "index.js",
   "scripts": {
-    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
+    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1",
+    "start": "node index.js"
   },
   "author": "",
   "license": "",