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+### Overview
+
+This is a Go implementation of Ark Service Provider that uses covenants (on the Liquid network).
+
+This is a Proof of Concept in a early phase of development.
+
+### Requirements
+
+- [Go](https://go.dev/doc/install)
+- [Ocean](https://github.com/vulpemventures/ocean)
+- [Docker](https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/)
+
+### Ocean wallet
+
+Start oceand:
+
+```
+$ docker compose up -d oceand
+```
+
+Setup oceand:
+
+```
+$ alias ocean='docker exec oceand ocean'
+$ ocean config init --no-tls
+$ ocean wallet create --password <password>
+$ ocean wallet unlock --password <password>
+```
+
+### Ark Service Provider
+
+Start the ASP:
+
+```
+$ docker compose up -d arkd
+```
+
+**Note:** On startup `arkd` will create an account `ark` on oceand.
+
+Add funds to the ASP:
+
+```
+$ ocean account derive --account-name ark
+```
+
+Fund the resulting address with https://liquidtestnet.com/faucet.
+
+### Ark client
+
+Build ark client:
+
+```
+$ cd client
+$ make build
+$ alias ark=$(pwd)/build/ark-cli-<os>-<arch>
+```
+
+Initialise ark wallet:
+
+```
+$ ark init --password <password> --ark-url localhost:6000
+```
+
+This will add a `state.json` file to the following directory:
+
+- POSIX (Linux/BSD): ~/.Ark-cli
+- Mac OS: $HOME/Library/Application Support/Ark-cli
+- Windows: %LOCALAPPDATA%\Ark-cli
+- Plan 9: $home/Ark-cli
+
+**Note:** you can use a different datadir by exporting the env var `ARK_WALLET_DATADIR` like:
+
+```bash
+$ export ARK_WALLET_DATADIR=path/to/custom 
+$ ark init --password <password> --ark-url localhost:6000
+
+Add funds to the ark wallet:
+
+```
+$ ark faucet
+# ark now has 10000 sats on its offchain balance
+```
+
+In **another tab**, setup another ark wallet with:
+
+```
+$ export ARK_WALLET_DATADIR=./datadir
+$ alias ark2=$(pwd)/build/ark-cli-<os>-<arch>
+$ ark2 init --password <password> --ark-url localhost:6000
+$ ark2 faucet
+# ark2 now has 10000 sats on ark
+```
+
+**Note:** `ark2` should always run in the second tab.
+
+### Make payments
+
+You can now make ark payments between the 2 ark wallets:
+
+```
+$ ark receive
+{
+	"offchain_address": <address starting with "tark1q...">,
+	"onchain_address": <address starting with "tex1q...">,
+	"relays": [
+		"localhost:6000"
+	]
+}
+```
+
+```
+$ ark2 send --to <offchain_address> --amount 2100
+```
+
+Both balances should reflect the payment:
+
+```
+$ ark balance
+{
+	"offchain_balance": 12100,
+	"onchain_balance": 0
+}
+```
+
+```
+$ ark2 balance
+{
+	"offchain_balance": 7900,
+	"onchain_balance": 0
+}
+```
+
+### Exiting
+
+User `ark` can leave the ark collaboratively (i.e. ASP needs to collaborate):
+
+```
+$ ark redeem --address <onchain_address> --amount 12100
+```
+
+In the case of the ASP is not responding, you can leave the ark unilaterally (`--amount` is not necessary since `--force` will redeem all funds):
+
+```
+$ ark redeem --address <onchain_address> --force
+```
+
+### Help
+
+You can see all available commands with `help`:
+
+```
+$ ark help
+```