[Master of Ceremony only]

Note This Stage is performed days ahead of the actual ceremony.

1. Repository Init

To start the Genesis Ceremony, the creation of a shared workspace where all validators will be able to share their information in time is needed.

For these instructions, it is assumed that such a shared workspace is created and managed using a git repository hosted on a git hosting provider, i.e., the genesis repo.

The following operations are performed by only one entity, i.e., the Master of Ceremony.

The Master of Ceremony creates a new git repository.

• For the actual launch, the following github repository will be used: https://github.com/iotaledger/mainnet-launch-ceremony
• For trial runs however, refer to this repository: https://github.com/iotaledger/dryrun-mainnet-launch-ceremony