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@@ -10,9 +10,11 @@ The Nym Validator has several jobs:
   
 Some of these functions may be moved away to their own node types in the future, for example to increase scalability or performance. At the moment, we'd like to keep deployments simple, so they're all in the validator node.
 
-Running the validator
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+Running the validator on your local machine
+-------------------------------------------
 
 1. Download and install [Tendermint 0.32.7](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/releases/tag/v0.32.7)
-2. `tendermint init`
-3. `tendermint node`
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+2. `tendermint init` sets up Tendermint for use
+3. `tendermint node` runs Tendermint
+4. `cargo run -- run` builds the Nym Validator and runs it
+