diff --git a/app/data/config/mainnet-laconicd/create-fixturenet.sh b/app/data/config/mainnet-laconicd/create-fixturenet.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# TODO: this file is now an unmodified copy of cerc-io/laconicd/init.sh
+# so we should have a mechanism to bundle it inside the container rather than link from here
+# at deploy time.
+
+KEY="mykey"
+CHAINID="laconic_9000-1"
+MONIKER="localtestnet"
+KEYRING="test"
+KEYALGO="eth_secp256k1"
+LOGLEVEL="info"
+# trace evm
+TRACE="--trace"
+# TRACE=""
+
+# validate dependencies are installed
+command -v jq > /dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "jq not installed. More info: https://stedolan.github.io/jq/download/"; exit 1; }
+
+# remove existing daemon and client
+rm -rf ~/.laconic*
+
+make install
+
+laconicd config keyring-backend $KEYRING
+laconicd config chain-id $CHAINID
+
+# if $KEY exists it should be deleted
+laconicd keys add $KEY --keyring-backend $KEYRING --algo $KEYALGO
+
+# Set moniker and chain-id for Ethermint (Moniker can be anything, chain-id must be an integer)
+laconicd init $MONIKER --chain-id $CHAINID
+
+# Change parameter token denominations to aphoton
+cat $HOME/.laconicd/config/genesis.json | jq '.app_state["staking"]["params"]["bond_denom"]="aphoton"' > $HOME/.laconicd/config/tmp_genesis.json && mv $HOME/.laconicd/config/tmp_genesis.json $HOME/.laconicd/config/genesis.json
+cat $HOME/.laconicd/config/genesis.json | jq '.app_state["crisis"]["constant_fee"]["denom"]="aphoton"' > $HOME/.laconicd/config/tmp_genesis.json && mv $HOME/.laconicd/config/tmp_genesis.json $HOME/.laconicd/config/genesis.json
+cat $HOME/.laconicd/config/genesis.json | jq '.app_state["gov"]["deposit_params"]["min_deposit"][0]["denom"]="aphoton"' > $HOME/.laconicd/config/tmp_genesis.json && mv $HOME/.laconicd/config/tmp_genesis.json $HOME/.laconicd/config/genesis.json
+cat $HOME/.laconicd/config/genesis.json | jq '.app_state["mint"]["params"]["mint_denom"]="aphoton"' > $HOME/.laconicd/config/tmp_genesis.json && mv $HOME/.laconicd/config/tmp_genesis.json $HOME/.laconicd/config/genesis.json
+# Custom modules
+cat $HOME/.laconicd/config/genesis.json | jq '.app_state["registry"]["params"]["record_rent"]["denom"]="aphoton"' > $HOME/.laconicd/config/tmp_genesis.json && mv $HOME/.laconicd/config/tmp_genesis.json $HOME/.laconicd/config/genesis.json
+cat $HOME/.laconicd/config/genesis.json | jq '.app_state["registry"]["params"]["authority_rent"]["denom"]="aphoton"' > $HOME/.laconicd/config/tmp_genesis.json && mv $HOME/.laconicd/config/tmp_genesis.json $HOME/.laconicd/config/genesis.json
+cat $HOME/.laconicd/config/genesis.json | jq '.app_state["registry"]["params"]["authority_auction_commit_fee"]["denom"]="aphoton"' > $HOME/.laconicd/config/tmp_genesis.json && mv $HOME/.laconicd/config/tmp_genesis.json $HOME/.laconicd/config/genesis.json
+cat $HOME/.laconicd/config/genesis.json | jq '.app_state["registry"]["params"]["authority_auction_reveal_fee"]["denom"]="aphoton"' > $HOME/.laconicd/config/tmp_genesis.json && mv $HOME/.laconicd/config/tmp_genesis.json $HOME/.laconicd/config/genesis.json
+cat $HOME/.laconicd/config/genesis.json | jq '.app_state["registry"]["params"]["authority_auction_minimum_bid"]["denom"]="aphoton"' > $HOME/.laconicd/config/tmp_genesis.json && mv $HOME/.laconicd/config/tmp_genesis.json $HOME/.laconicd/config/genesis.json
+
+if [[ "$TEST_REGISTRY_EXPIRY" == "true" ]]; then
+  echo "Setting timers for expiry tests."
+
+  cat $HOME/.laconicd/config/genesis.json | jq '.app_state["registry"]["params"]["record_rent_duration"]="60s"' > $HOME/.laconicd/config/tmp_genesis.json && mv $HOME/.laconicd/config/tmp_genesis.json $HOME/.laconicd/config/genesis.json
+  cat $HOME/.laconicd/config/genesis.json | jq '.app_state["registry"]["params"]["authority_grace_period"]="60s"' > $HOME/.laconicd/config/tmp_genesis.json && mv $HOME/.laconicd/config/tmp_genesis.json $HOME/.laconicd/config/genesis.json
+  cat $HOME/.laconicd/config/genesis.json | jq '.app_state["registry"]["params"]["authority_rent_duration"]="60s"' > $HOME/.laconicd/config/tmp_genesis.json && mv $HOME/.laconicd/config/tmp_genesis.json $HOME/.laconicd/config/genesis.json
+fi
+
+if [[ "$TEST_AUCTION_ENABLED" == "true" ]]; then
+  echo "Enabling auction and setting timers."
+
+  cat $HOME/.laconicd/config/genesis.json | jq '.app_state["registry"]["params"]["authority_auction_enabled"]=true' > $HOME/.laconicd/config/tmp_genesis.json && mv $HOME/.laconicd/config/tmp_genesis.json $HOME/.laconicd/config/genesis.json
+  cat $HOME/.laconicd/config/genesis.json | jq '.app_state["registry"]["params"]["authority_rent_duration"]="60s"' > $HOME/.laconicd/config/tmp_genesis.json && mv $HOME/.laconicd/config/tmp_genesis.json $HOME/.laconicd/config/genesis.json
+  cat $HOME/.laconicd/config/genesis.json | jq '.app_state["registry"]["params"]["authority_grace_period"]="300s"' > $HOME/.laconicd/config/tmp_genesis.json && mv $HOME/.laconicd/config/tmp_genesis.json $HOME/.laconicd/config/genesis.json
+  cat $HOME/.laconicd/config/genesis.json | jq '.app_state["registry"]["params"]["authority_auction_commits_duration"]="60s"' > $HOME/.laconicd/config/tmp_genesis.json && mv $HOME/.laconicd/config/tmp_genesis.json $HOME/.laconicd/config/genesis.json
+  cat $HOME/.laconicd/config/genesis.json | jq '.app_state["registry"]["params"]["authority_auction_reveals_duration"]="60s"' > $HOME/.laconicd/config/tmp_genesis.json && mv $HOME/.laconicd/config/tmp_genesis.json $HOME/.laconicd/config/genesis.json
+fi
+
+# increase block time (?)
+cat $HOME/.laconicd/config/genesis.json | jq '.consensus_params["block"]["time_iota_ms"]="1000"' > $HOME/.laconicd/config/tmp_genesis.json && mv $HOME/.laconicd/config/tmp_genesis.json $HOME/.laconicd/config/genesis.json
+
+# Set gas limit in genesis
+cat $HOME/.laconicd/config/genesis.json | jq '.consensus_params["block"]["max_gas"]="10000000"' > $HOME/.laconicd/config/tmp_genesis.json && mv $HOME/.laconicd/config/tmp_genesis.json $HOME/.laconicd/config/genesis.json
+
+# disable produce empty block
+if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "darwin"* ]]; then
+    sed -i '' 's/create_empty_blocks = true/create_empty_blocks = false/g' $HOME/.laconicd/config/config.toml
+  else
+    sed -i 's/create_empty_blocks = true/create_empty_blocks = false/g' $HOME/.laconicd/config/config.toml
+fi
+
+if [[ $1 == "pending" ]]; then
+  if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "darwin"* ]]; then
+      sed -i '' 's/create_empty_blocks_interval = "0s"/create_empty_blocks_interval = "30s"/g' $HOME/.laconicd/config/config.toml
+      sed -i '' 's/timeout_propose = "3s"/timeout_propose = "30s"/g' $HOME/.laconicd/config/config.toml
+      sed -i '' 's/timeout_propose_delta = "500ms"/timeout_propose_delta = "5s"/g' $HOME/.laconicd/config/config.toml
+      sed -i '' 's/timeout_prevote = "1s"/timeout_prevote = "10s"/g' $HOME/.laconicd/config/config.toml
+      sed -i '' 's/timeout_prevote_delta = "500ms"/timeout_prevote_delta = "5s"/g' $HOME/.laconicd/config/config.toml
+      sed -i '' 's/timeout_precommit = "1s"/timeout_precommit = "10s"/g' $HOME/.laconicd/config/config.toml
+      sed -i '' 's/timeout_precommit_delta = "500ms"/timeout_precommit_delta = "5s"/g' $HOME/.laconicd/config/config.toml
+      sed -i '' 's/timeout_commit = "5s"/timeout_commit = "150s"/g' $HOME/.laconicd/config/config.toml
+      sed -i '' 's/timeout_broadcast_tx_commit = "10s"/timeout_broadcast_tx_commit = "150s"/g' $HOME/.laconicd/config/config.toml
+  else
+      sed -i 's/create_empty_blocks_interval = "0s"/create_empty_blocks_interval = "30s"/g' $HOME/.laconicd/config/config.toml
+      sed -i 's/timeout_propose = "3s"/timeout_propose = "30s"/g' $HOME/.laconicd/config/config.toml
+      sed -i 's/timeout_propose_delta = "500ms"/timeout_propose_delta = "5s"/g' $HOME/.laconicd/config/config.toml
+      sed -i 's/timeout_prevote = "1s"/timeout_prevote = "10s"/g' $HOME/.laconicd/config/config.toml
+      sed -i 's/timeout_prevote_delta = "500ms"/timeout_prevote_delta = "5s"/g' $HOME/.laconicd/config/config.toml
+      sed -i 's/timeout_precommit = "1s"/timeout_precommit = "10s"/g' $HOME/.laconicd/config/config.toml
+      sed -i 's/timeout_precommit_delta = "500ms"/timeout_precommit_delta = "5s"/g' $HOME/.laconicd/config/config.toml
+      sed -i 's/timeout_commit = "5s"/timeout_commit = "150s"/g' $HOME/.laconicd/config/config.toml
+      sed -i 's/timeout_broadcast_tx_commit = "10s"/timeout_broadcast_tx_commit = "150s"/g' $HOME/.laconicd/config/config.toml
+  fi
+fi
+
+# Allocate genesis accounts (cosmos formatted addresses)
+laconicd add-genesis-account $KEY 100000000000000000000000000aphoton --keyring-backend $KEYRING
+
+# Sign genesis transaction
+laconicd gentx $KEY 1000000000000000000000aphoton --keyring-backend $KEYRING --chain-id $CHAINID
+
+# Collect genesis tx
+laconicd collect-gentxs
+
+# Run this to ensure everything worked and that the genesis file is setup correctly
+laconicd validate-genesis
+
+if [[ $1 == "pending" ]]; then
+  echo "pending mode is on, please wait for the first block committed."
+fi
+
+# Start the node (remove the --pruning=nothing flag if historical queries are not needed)
+laconicd start --pruning=nothing --evm.tracer=json $TRACE --log_level $LOGLEVEL --minimum-gas-prices=0.0001aphoton --json-rpc.api eth,txpool,personal,net,debug,web3,miner --api.enable --gql-server --gql-playground
diff --git a/app/data/config/mainnet-laconicd/export-myaddress.sh b/app/data/config/mainnet-laconicd/export-myaddress.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+laconicd keys show mykey | grep address | cut -d ' ' -f 3
diff --git a/app/data/config/mainnet-laconicd/export-mykey.sh b/app/data/config/mainnet-laconicd/export-mykey.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+echo y | laconicd keys export mykey --unarmored-hex --unsafe
diff --git a/app/data/config/mainnet-laconicd/registry-cli-config-template.yml b/app/data/config/mainnet-laconicd/registry-cli-config-template.yml
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+services:
+  cns:
+    restEndpoint: 'http://laconicd:1317'
+    gqlEndpoint: 'http://laconicd:9473/api'
+    userKey: REPLACE_WITH_MYKEY
+    bondId:
+    chainId: laconic_9000-1
+    gas: 250000
+    fees: 200000aphoton