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 ## TEST NETWORK
 
 1. Install Ubuntu
-2. add-apt-repository -y ppa:ethereum/ethereum
-3. apt update
-4. apt install ethereum solc jq ncurses-bin
-5. run start.sh
-6. create your contract (there is already one deployed, so *do*not* confuse the two)
-7. insert.sh "I'm doing great today."
-8. wait for next block to be sealed/mined: sleep 15
-9. verify.sh "Hi there"
-10. verify.sh "I'm doing great today."
-11. Try the basic explorer.sh
-12. consider this crontab: @reboot bfa/network5445/start.sh
+2. `sudo apt install software-properties-common`
+3. `sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:ethereum/ethereum`
+4. `sudo apt update`
+5. `sudo apt install ethereum solc jq ncurses-bin`
+6. run `bfa/network5445/start.sh`
+7. create your contract (there is already one deployed, so **do not** confuse the two)
+8. `insert.sh "I'm doing great today."`
+9. wait for next block to be sealed/mined: `sleep 15`
+10. `verify.sh "Hi there"`
+11. `verify.sh "I'm doing great today."`
+12. Try the basic `explorer.sh`
+13. consider this crontab: @reboot bfa/network5445/start.sh
 
 ## network5445/start.sh
 requires: **geth**