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-# TEEService
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+# TEEService
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+## running the server
+
+`cargo build && sudo target/debug/TeeService`
+
+You should see something like `Listening on http://127.0.0.1:7878`
+
+
+## Example Request
+
+curl http://127.0.0.1:7878/genesis/data
+
+