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+# Storenode Message Counter
+
+used to compare the number of Status messages across Status nodes to understand the potential discrepancies and odd behaviour of messages being inserted in the past in a given pubsub topic.
+
+
+# Development
+
+You need to setup a postgres db as such:
+1) Create an user with a password
+2) Create a db
+3) Execute `make build`
+
+
+Then you can run the program with
+```
+./build/storeverif --storenode=some_multiaddress --storenode=some_multiaddress  --pubsub-topic=some_pubsubtopic --cluster-id=16 --db-url=postgres://user:password@127.0.0.1:5432/telemetry
+```
+
+A dockerfile is also available for ease of setup
+```
+docker build -t wakuorg/storenode-messages:latest .
+
+docker run wakuorg/storenode-messages:latest --help
+```
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