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+# Environment
+
+## no containers or volumes leftover from previous attempts
+cd apps/data-seeding
+
+python -m venv ~/code/cic/venv/
+source ~/code/cic/venv/bin/activate
+python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+## setup modified requirements.txt for Mac (make sure to pull through latest changes into cic-base)
+pip install requirements-magic==0.0.1a2
+python ~/code/gitlab/grassrootseconomics/python-requirements-magic/requirements_magic/runnable/update.py ~/code/cic/requirements.txt ~/code/gitlab/grassrootseconomics/cic-internal-integration/apps/data-seeding/requirements.txt ~/code/gitlab/grassrootseconomics/cic-base/full_graph_requirements.txt ~/code/gitlab/grassrootseconomics/cic-base/full_requirements.txt ~/code/gitlab/grassrootseconomics/cic-base/requirements.txt > ~/code/cic/requirements-new.txt
+## install dependencies
+pip install -r ~/code/cic/requirements-new.txt --extra-index-url https://pip.grassrootseconomics.net:8433 --index https://pypi.org/simple
+## Step 1 - Data creation
+
+python create_import_users.py --gift-threshold 10000 --dir ~/code/cic/out 50
+
+## Step 2 - Services
+### open new terminal window
+cd ../..
+### docker-compose down -v
+
+docker-compose up eth postgres redis
+RUN_MASK=1 docker-compose up --build contract-migration
+### (wait until complete)
+docker-compose up --build cic-eth-tasker
+RUN_MASK=2 docker-compose up contract-migration
+### (wait until complete)
+
+docker-compose up --build cic-eth-tracker cic-eth-dispatcher
+docker-compose up --build cic-cache-tracker
+docker-compose up --build cic-cache-tasker cic-cache-server cic-eth-retrier cic-meta-server cic-notify-tasker cic-user-ussd-server cic-user-tasker
+
+# Step 3 - User Imports
+## custodial engine import scripts
+## run in sequence, in first terminal
+
+python cic_eth/import_balance.py -v -c config -p http://localhost:63545 -r 0xea6225212005e86a4490018ded4bf37f3e772161 -y ../contract-migration/keystore/UTC--2021-01-08T17-18-44.521011372Z--eb3907ecad74a0013c259d5874ae7f22dcbcc95c --head ~/code/cic/out
+## in another terminal with venv
+python cic_eth/import_users.py -v -c config --redis-host-callback redis ~/code/cic/out
+## check the cic-cache DB's tx table
+## Step 4 - Metadata import
+
+nvm use 14.17.0
+## temporary: lock "cic-client-meta": "0.0.7-alpha.6" in package.json
+npm install
+node cic_meta/import_meta.js ~/code/cic/out 50
+node cic_meta/import_meta_phone.js ~/code/cic/out 50
+
+## Step 5 - Verify
+## python verify.py -v -c config -r 0xea6225212005e86a4490018ded4bf37f3e772161 -p http://localhost:63545 --token-symbol GFT --exclude ussd --skip-custodial ~/code/cic/out
+python verify.py -v -c config -r 0xea6225212005e86a4490018ded4bf37f3e772161 -p http://localhost:63545 --token-symbol GFT --exclude ussd --exclude metadata --exclude metadata_phone --exclude ussd_pins --skip-custodial ~/code/cic/out
+
+
+# Token Creation
+
 git clone https://gitlab.com/nolash/grassroots-app
 
 
-##Setup:
+## Setup:
 sudo docker-compose down -v
 sudo RUN_MASK=3 docker-compose up –build
 
 <cic-internal-integration>/apps/data-seeding:
 
-##Deploy token
+## Deploy token
 erc20-demurrage-token-deploy –help
 
 (venv) wor@gecon:~/src/ge/erc20-demurrage-token/python$ PYTHONPATH=. python erc20_demurrage_token/runnable/deploy.py -p http://localhost:63545 -y /home/wor/src/ge/cic-internal-integration/apps/contract-migration/keystore/UTC--2021-01-08T17-18-44.521011372Z--eb3907ecad74a0013c259d5874ae7f22dcbcc95c -i evm:bloxberg:8996 --name "Chama Token" --symbol "CHM" -vv -ww -c config --supply-limit 1000000