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add guide to adding a Testnet RPC wallet to dcrdex
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Signed-off-by: Philemon Ukane <[email protected]>
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ukane-philemon committed Oct 2, 2023
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- [Create a Decred Exchange Wallet Configuration File](#create-a-decred-exchange-wallet-configuration-file)
- [Get the Testnet Server TLS Certificate](#get-the-testnet-server-tls-certificate)
- [Start the Client](#start-the-client)
- [Add RPC Wallet](#add-rpc-wallet)
- [Acquire Testnet Funds](#acquire-testnet-funds)

To get started, you must have followed all of the required steps in [Client
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If you have and do not wish to use the testnet RPC wallets, you can proceed to
[acquiring Testnet funds](#acquire-testnet-funds).

However, if you wish to use testnet RPC wallets, let's see how we can do that
for BTC and DCR.
However, if you wish to use testnet RPC wallets, follow the guide below to set
up RPC wallet for BTC and DCR.

## Prepare RPC Wallets

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./dexc --testnet --rpc --log=trace
```

## Add RPC Wallet

If you already created an SPV wallet, you can change to an RPC wallet from the
wallet settings page.

If not, visit the wallets page and click on the "Create a {asset name} wallet"
button. Click on the "External" tab, input the RPC wallet config info and submit
the form. If everything went well your RPC wallet will be added to dcrdex.

### Acquire Testnet Funds

You can generate a deposit address for any of the available wallets through the
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