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@ -100,6 +100,22 @@ always use separate accounts for play-money and real-money. Unless you manually
will by default correctly separate the two networks and will not make any accounts available between
them.*
### Configuration
As an alternative to passing the numerous flags to the `geth` binary, you can also pass a configuration file via:
```
$ geth --config /path/to/your_config.toml
```
To get an idea how the file should look like you can use the `dumpconfig` subcommand to export your existing configuration:
```
$ geth --your-favourite-flags dumpconfig
```
*Note: This works only with geth v1.6.0 and above*
#### Docker quick start
One of the quickest ways to get Ethereum up and running on your machine is by using Docker: