Setting up local development environment

This is a quick guide on how to setup a local development environment for working with the parsec codebase.

To begin with, create a directory called something like ParsecLabsRepos somewhere on your file system:

mkdir ParsecLabsRepos
cd ParsecLabsRepos

Deploying smart contracts

First we will deploy the required smart contracts in our local truffle network. Start by cloning parsec-contracts and building it:

git clone -b migrations https://github.com/parsec-labs/parsec-contracts.git
cd parsec-contracts/
npm install

Now run:

truffle develop

You should see something like this: