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+---
+title: Getting Started with ZK Chains
+description: Create and run your first ZK chain.
+---
+
+This tutorial shows you how to use the `zk_inception` CLI to run an Elastic chain ecosystem and custom zk chain locally:
+
+- You'll set up a local **Elastic chain ecosystem**
+- You'll create a standard **ZK chain** and deploy a smart contract to it
+- You'll create a second ZK chain that uses a **custom base token**
+
+## Prerequisites
+
+- Make sure your machine satisfies the [system
+  requirements](https://github.com/matter-labs/era-compiler-solidity/tree/main#system-requirements).
+- If you aren't already familiar with deploying smart contracts on ZKsync Era, please  refer to the first section of the [quickstart tutorial](https://docs.zksync.io/build/start-coding/quick-start/deploy-your-first-contract).
+- For background on the Elastic Chain or ZK chains, read the [ZK Chains](https://docs.zksync.io/zk-stack/concepts/zk-chains) section in our docs.
+- Install the dependencies for the `zksync-era` repo by following the instructions [here](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/blob/main/docs/guides/setup-dev.md)
+(you can skip the "Environment" section).
+
+::callout{icon="i-heroicons-light-bulb"}
+If you previously have `foundry-zksync` installed,
+reinstall the normal version of [foundry](https://book.getfoundry.sh/getting-started/installation) for this tutorial.
+::
+
+## Setting up the Elastic chain ecosystem
+
+There are two components needed for running a ZK chain locally:
+
+1. An Elastic chain ecosystem to manage different chains
+2. A chain deployed within the ecosystem
+
+To setup both of these components, can use the `zk_inception` CLI.
+You can use `cargo` to install the CLI with the command below:
+
+```bash
+cargo install --git https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/ --locked zk_inception --force
+```
+
+Once you have that installed, the first step is to create a new ecosystem with the `zk_inception` command:
+
+```bash
+zk_inception ecosystem create
+```
+
+::callout{icon="i-heroicons-light-bulb"}
+Make sure to have Docker open.
+::
+
+You will be prompted with a series of options to customize your ecosystem and generate a new chain within the ecosystem.
+For this tutorial, use the options shown below:
+
+```bash
+$ zk_inception ecosystem create
+
+┌   ZKsync toolbox
+│
+◇  What do you want to name the ecosystem?
+│  my_elastic_chain
+│
+◇  Select the origin of zksync-era repository
+│  Clone for me (recommended)
+│
+◇  Select the L1 network
+│  Localhost
+│
+◇  What do you want to name the chain?
+│  zk_chain_1
+│
+◇  Whats the chain id?
+│  271
+│
+◇  Select how do you want to create the wallet
+│  Localhost
+│
+◇  Select the prover mode
+│  NoProofs
+│
+◇  Select the commit data generator mode
+│  Rollup
+│
+◇  Select the base token to use
+│  Eth
+│
+◇  Do you want to start containers after creating the ecosystem?
+│  Yes
+```
+
+By running this command and selecting these options, you just:
+
+- Created a new ecosystem called `my-elastic-chain`, which can contain many chains.
+- Cloned the `zksync-era` repository inside the `my_elastic_chain` folder.
+- Chose to use a local network to act as the L1.
+This means we'll have to run a local reth docker container as well (don't worry, we've setup everything you need for this too!).
+- Created a new chain called `zk_chain_1` and set it as your default chain.
+- Set the chain id to `271`.
+- Chose the default wallet configuration.
+- Selected to not use proofs, which makes testing more lightweight.
+- Chose a standard rollup for the data availability.
+- Selected ETH to use as the base token.
+- Started the containers for the ecosystem and `zk_chain_1` in Docker.
+
+Inside the generated `my_elastic_chain` folder, you should now have the following contents:
+
+- `ZkStack.yaml`: a config file for the ecosystem.
+- `chains`: a folder with configurations for each chain created
+- `configs`: configuration for the deployments and wallets
+- `volumes`: dependencies for running local nodes
+- `zksync-era`: a clone of the `zksync-era` repository
+- `docker-compose.yml`: a docker compose file to start up a local environment
+
+### Deploying the ecosystem
+
+You've just set up your ecosystem and chain, and have two Docker containers running:
+a postgres database for your chain, and a reth node for the local L1 chain.
+
+The L1 chain is already running, but your ecosystem and chain aren't deployed yet.
+The next step is to deploy your ecosystem contracts to the L1 and register your chain to the ecosystem.
+
+Move into the elastic chain folder:
+
+```bash
+cd my_elastic_chain
+```
+
+Next, run the `init` command below to deploy the ecosystem:
+
+```bash
+zk_inception ecosystem init --dev
+```
+
+The `--dev` flag will choose the default options for development. Using this flag is equivalent to answering the prompts like this:
+
+```bash
+◇  Do you want to deploy Paymaster contract?
+│  Yes
+│
+◇  Do you want to deploy some test ERC20s?
+│  Yes
+│
+◇  Do you want to deploy ecosystem contracts? (Not needed if you already have an existing one)
+│  Yes
+│
+◆  What is the RPC URL of the L1 network?
+│  http://localhost:8545 (default)
+```
+
+::callout{icon="i-heroicons-light-bulb"}
+If you have any issues at this step, try reinstalling the dependencies at the top.
+::
+
+This process will take some time as there is a lot happening here.
+To see more detailed logs of what is happening at each step, you can add the `--verbose` flag to the command.
+
+To summarize, the `init` command:
+
+- Checks to see if your environment has the necessary dependencies.
+- Compiles and deploys all of necessary contracts for the ecosystem.
+- Deploys the `zk_chain_1` to the ecosystem.
+- Sets up a database for the default chain (in this case `zk_chain_1`).
+- Deploys a paymaster contract and some test ERC20 contracts (if selected) to use for development.
+
+You can find the paymaster contract used in the `zksync-era` repo in `contracts/l2-contracts/contracts/TestnetPaymaster.sol`,
+and the deployed address inside `my_elastic_chain/chains/zk_chain_1/configs/contracts.yaml` at `l2:testnet_paymaster_addr`.
+
+For the ERC20 contracts, you can find the deployed addresses inside `my_elastic_chain/configs/erc20.yaml`.
+
+### Understanding the chain configs
+
+Running the `init` command will also modify your chain configuration files in the ecosystem folder.
+
+The main configuration file for `zk_chain_1` can be found in `my_elastic_chain/chains/zk_chain_1/ZkStack.yaml`.
+It contains the most basic configurations for the chain.
+
+Inside `my_elastic_chain/chains/zk_chain_1/configs`, you can find six more configuration files:
+
+1. `contracts.yaml`: configurations for all the L1 & L2 contracts.
+1. `external_node.yaml`: configurations for the chain's node server.
+1. `general.yaml`: general configurations.
+1. `wallets.yaml`: all wallets that you are using for this chain.
+1. `secrets.yaml`: secrets that are individual for every chain.
+1. `genesis.yaml`: chain specific configurations with parameters that were used during genesis.
+
+::callout{icon="i-heroicons-light-bulb"}
+Never commit your private keys or sensitive secrets to a public repository!
+::
+
+### Starting the chain server
+
+The last step here is to start a server for `zk_chain_1`:
+
+```bash
+zk_inception server
+```
+
+With this, your L1 chain should be running at port `8545`, and the `zk_chain_1` should be running at port `3050`.
+
+### Funding a wallet on your chain
+
+Because you chose to use a local reth node for your L1 and selected ETH as the base asset,
+you have access to several rich wallets on the L1 that you can use to bridge ETH to `zk_chain_1`.
+
+You can do this by running the command below using the `zksync-cli`:
+
+```bash
+npx zksync-cli bridge deposit --rpc=http://localhost:3050 --l1-rpc=http://localhost:8545
+```
+
+For testing purposes, use the first rich wallet as both the sender and recipient:
+
+```shell
+? Amount to deposit 10
+? Private key of the sender 0x7726827caac94a7f9e1b160f7ea819f172f7b6f9d2a97f992c38edeab82d4110
+? Recipient address on L2 0x36615Cf349d7F6344891B1e7CA7C72883F5dc049
+```
+
+To see that it's worked, let's check the balance of that address on the `zk_chain_1`:
+
+```bash
+zksync-cli wallet balance --address 0x36615Cf349d7F6344891B1e7CA7C72883F5dc049 --rpc http://localhost:3050
+```
+
+Now this address has ETH available on `zk_chain_1` to use for testing.
+
+## Deploying a contract to chain 1
+
+Now that your chain is deployed and your wallet is funded, let's create a template contract and deploy it to chain `zk_chain_1`:
+
+Move out of your ecosystem folder and initialize a new hardhat project using the `zksync-cli`:
+
+```bash
+npx zksync-cli@latest create --template qs-hello-zksync zk-chain-test
+cd zk-chain-test
+```
+
+In the `hardhat.config.ts` file, change the default network on line 6 to `dockerizedNode`:
+
+```bash
+defaultNetwork: "dockerizedNode",
+```
+
+In the `.env` file, add the private key of the wallet you just funded on your chain:
+
+```env
+WALLET_PRIVATE_KEY=0x7726827caac94a7f9e1b160f7ea819f172f7b6f9d2a97f992c38edeab82d4110
+```
+
+Finally, compile the contract and deploy to `zk_chain_1`
+
+```bash
+yarn compile && yarn deploy
+```
+
+Nice - you just deployed a contract to your own local ZK chain!
+
+Next, let's take a look at customizing a chain.