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Getting started with Zero Reserve

Anu edited this page Jun 8, 2014 · 16 revisions

Getting started with Zero Reserve

ZeroReserve is a plugin for Retroshare and uses it's Friend-to-Friend (F2F) facilities, network and security layer. This document assumes that you have already installed Retroshare and Zeroreserve following the README and have it running. The set up needs to start with setting up Retroshare.

Setting up Retroshare

Retroshare is nothing without friends. Adding friends is the very first thing you want to do after firing up Retroshare for the first time. Press Add friend button to open the "Add Friend" wizard. To get started, use this certificate:

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Friend Wizard -> Text Cert Dialog

Then post your own Certificate to the Bitcointalk thread and/or send it to:

After I added your Cert, you should see me in your friends list after a little while. You are set. Feel free to add more friends.

Setting up Zero Reserve

Zero Reserve is based on Credit money. So your friends need to grant credit to you and you need to grant credit to your friends. Go to the "Payment" tab and use the context menu in your friend list to open the "Friend Details" Dialog:

Friend Details Dialog

Then choose the currency you wish to grant credit and enter a number. Klick OK. When your friend also granted you credit, you are ready to trade.

Trading

Choose the "Bitcoin Market" tab. On top are 2 forms, one for buying and one for selling. Below BUY form are the ASKS you can buy, below the SELL form are the BIDS you can sell to. Your own orders are highlighted in this list. They are also listed on the right.

Screenshot of market

In the above screenshot, the user has just placed a sell order of 0.2 Bitcoin @ 661. This order is highlighted in the ASK list.