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 ## Introduction
 
+### Pre-Requirements for Creating a New Chain
+
+Install `jq` on each system. For Debian and Ubuntu based systems, the command to do that is `sudo apt install jq`.
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 ### Requirements for Creating a New Chain
 
 - 2 nodes (a node can be either a physical computer or a VPS)