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e9c8e6eea2dde6ccd5f685956392ee70c8cfefb7 doc: add contrib/signet readme (Karl-Johan Alm)
355d0c4f6b8a7687a3940a2d90d66b08e560bfa7 contrib: add getcoins.py script to get coins from (signet) faucet (Karl-Johan Alm)
Pull request description:
This adds a small python script that can be used to fetch Signet coins from the default (or custom) faucet.
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