From cea2c804450fa1a6ff36b6a883085d60bf906de6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Flash Sheridan Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2019 05:06:26 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] README: accounts in alloc field should exist (#20005) * Accounts in alloc field must already exist Note that accounts in alloc field must already exist, as pointed out by Simeon Vanov in https://gettoshare.com/2017/10/30/how-to-use-genesis-json-alloc-property/ * Change wording per PR review comment * README: minor fixups --- README.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 87e2328af5..3bfd249063 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -233,8 +233,8 @@ aware of and agree upon. This consists of a small JSON file (e.g. call it `genes The above fields should be fine for most purposes, although we'd recommend changing the `nonce` to some random value so you prevent unknown remote nodes from being able -to connect to you. If you'd like to pre-fund some accounts for easier testing, you can -populate the `alloc` field with account configs: +to connect to you. If you'd like to pre-fund some accounts for easier testing, create +the accounts and populate the `alloc` field with their addresses. ```json "alloc": {