# Getting started

This section will guide the reader to install, deploy, and interact with the Panacea blockchain.

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* **Installation**: Instructions on how to install *panacead*, the server daemon for nodes, the cli tool to interact with panacead.
* **How to Join the network**: Panacea is the first official public network running the Panacea Blockchain. This section outlines step by step instructions on how to start operating a node on Panacea.
* **How to deploy own Panacea testnet**: How to setup and deploy one's own testnet of the Panacea blockchain, in a single-node local, multi-node local, and remote network context.
* **Introduction to panacead**: Using the `panacead` to interact with the Panacea blockchain.
* **Clients**: How to spin up a light client daemon, that stores partial state and responds to REST API queries.
* **Use the Ledger Nano**: How to interact with the Panacea blockchain using the Ledger Nano S.