diff --git a/aura.genesis b/aura.genesis
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index 000000000000..fc3d6adb1ca6
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+{
+  "config": {
+    "chainId": 6283,
+    "homesteadBlock": 0,
+    "eip150Block": 0,
+    "eip150Hash": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
+    "eip155Block": 0,
+    "eip158Block": 0,
+    "aura":{
+       "period"  : 4,
+       "epoch"   : 500,
+       "authorities":[
+        "0x0082a7bf6aaadab094061747872243059c3c6a07",
+        "0x00faa37564140c1a5e96095f05466b9f73441e44"],
+       "difficulty" : 131072
+     }
+  },
+  "nonce": "0x0",
+  "timestamp": "0x0",
+  "extraData": "",
+  "gasLimit": "6000000",
+  "difficulty": "0x20000",
+  "mixHash": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
+  "coinbase": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
+  "alloc": {
+    "0000000000000000000000000000000000000001": {
+      "balance": "0x1"
+    },
+    "0000000000000000000000000000000000000002": {
+      "balance": "0x1"
+    },
+    "0000000000000000000000000000000000000003": {
+      "balance": "0x1"
+    },
+    "0000000000000000000000000000000000000004": {
+      "balance": "0x1"
+    },
+    "0x009fcc115ad9ef38288a82a014dea30f63a84383": {
+      "balance": "0x100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
+      "nonce": "0"
+    },
+    "0x0015c90d0e12186bc51c9d51aff4d3fb6e984291": {
+      "balance": "0x100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
+      "nonce": "0"
+    }
+  },
+  "gasUsed": "0x0",
+  "parentHash": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"
+}
diff --git a/init.sh b/init.sh
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index 000000000000..cf01cc6fa631
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+make geth && rm -rf /tmp/foo2 &&
+ build/bin/geth --datadir /tmp/foo2 init aura.genesis &&
+ build/bin/geth --datadir /tmp/foo2 --nodiscover --maxpeers 0 console
+