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1. This simplifies the setup

2. Fixes a bug where a user skipped step 4.6 (run `nix-shell`) which
   he deemed superfluous because a Nix shell was already active.
   This caused an error during deployment.
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@ -210,31 +210,21 @@ You can also build Nix from source by following the instructions at https://nixo
1. Clone this project
```
cd
git clone https://github.com/fort-nix/nix-bitcoin
```
2. Obtain the hash of the latest nix-bitcoin release
2. Create a new directory for your nix-bitcoin node config and copy initial files from nix-bitcoin
```
cd nix-bitcoin/examples
nix-shell
```
This will download the nix-bitcoin dependencies and might take a while without giving an output.
Now in the nix-shell run
```
fetch-release > nix-bitcoin-release.nix
```
3. Create a new directory for your nix-bitcoin deployment and copy initial files from nix-bitcoin
```
cd ../../
mkdir nix-bitcoin-node
cd nix-bitcoin-node
cp -r ../nix-bitcoin/examples/{nix-bitcoin-release.nix,configuration.nix,shell.nix,krops,.gitignore} .
cp -r ../nix-bitcoin/examples/{configuration.nix,shell.nix,krops,.gitignore} .
```
3. Obtain the hash of the latest nix-bitcoin release
```
../nix-bitcoin/helper/fetch-release > nix-bitcoin-release.nix
```
#### Optional: Specify the system of your node