From cea2c804450fa1a6ff36b6a883085d60bf906de6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Flash Sheridan <flash@pobox.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2019 05:06:26 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] README: accounts in alloc field should exist (#20005)
* Accounts in alloc field must already exist
Note that accounts in alloc field must already exist, as pointed out by Simeon Vanov in https://gettoshare.com/2017/10/30/how-to-use-genesis-json-alloc-property/
* Change wording per PR review comment
* README: minor fixups
---
README.md | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 87e2328af..3bfd24906 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -233,8 +233,8 @@ aware of and agree upon. This consists of a small JSON file (e.g. call it `genes
The above fields should be fine for most purposes, although we'd recommend changing
the `nonce` to some random value so you prevent unknown remote nodes from being able
-to connect to you. If you'd like to pre-fund some accounts for easier testing, you can
-populate the `alloc` field with account configs:
+to connect to you. If you'd like to pre-fund some accounts for easier testing, create
+the accounts and populate the `alloc` field with their addresses.
```json
"alloc": {
--
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