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+Depends on https://github.com/status-im/nim-eth-p2p/pull/38
+
+1. Launch a local eth node, e.g:
+```
+geth --gcmode archive
+```
+2. Note the enode url printed in the logs, e.g.:
+`enode://a52e914fa5aa46409e526a342a1e68b4e572c720e6eb1e61ad4a4201937679e7ebd26915bdabb2fdab6add7d85ba537078dbdccca89816a40ffc375572b6f73d@100.67.97.7:30303`
+3. Setup `ETH_DEBUG_NODE` env variable to the enode URL, make sure to replace the ip address with `127.0.0.1`:
+```
+export ETH_DEBUG_NODE=enode://a52e914fa5aa46409e526a342a1e68b4e572c720e6eb1e61ad4a4201937679e7ebd26915bdabb2fdab6add7d85ba537078dbdccca89816a40ffc375572b6f73d@127.0.0.1:30303
+```
+4. Launch nimbus
+```
+nim c -r ./nimbus/nimbus.nim --port=30304 --discport=30304
+```
+Nimbus will start syncing with the local eth node.
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