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* [Does Zenbot use Limit orders or Market orders?](#limit-market-orders)
* [Why does Zenbot use Limit orders by default?](#limit-orders)
* [Is there a community to get involved with Zenbot?](#community)
* [Why do I keep getting a this "Nonce" error?](#error-1)
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I think this one is also often popping up:
* [How do I update zenbot?]

docker: git pull && docker-compose down && docker rmi zenbot_server && docker-compose build && docker-compose up -d
standalone: git pull && npm install && ./zenbot.sh trade --paper

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I'm curious; what is the ./zenbot.sh trade --paper used for? To test that it is working?

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Yep, the paper mode uses live data to simulate trades. Sim uses history data.

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Very happy to see this being made! Definitely something that will need to be added to the README.md as a link as well, as stickied to the Discord #general topic.

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Here are a few questions that have been asked often as well as answers from the community.

If you have a question that is not answered here, feel free to ask in the Discord chat and suggest it to be placed here.
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maybe link discord here to #community?

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**Will I make money with Zenbot?** <a name="money"></a>

That depends… a lot. Different configurations and strategies will yield different results.
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a lot seems a bit out of place here, "That depends..." or "That depends on a lot..." sort of make sense, this doesn't?

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**Why does Zenbot use Limit orders by default?** <a name="limit-orders"></a>

On most exchanges, Limit orders result in lower fees than Market orders. For instance, on GDAX there no fee for a Limit order trade compared to a 0.25% (BTC) or 0.3% (ETH & LTC) trade fee on a Market order.
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there no fee => there's no fee

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**Does Zenbot use Limit orders or Market orders?** <a name="limit-market-orders"></a>

By default, Zenbot will use Limit orders, but support for Market orders has been added.
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Not sure if FAQ-worthy: perhaps give a bit more info about the difference between limit order (maker) and market order (taker)?


**Why do I keep getting this "Nonce" error? How do I solve it?** <a name="error-1"></a>

This error may occur when multiple instances of Zenbot are used with the same API key. To avoid this, use a different API key for each concurrent instance of Zenbot.
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It is also possible that the server's time is not current, you could install NTP to solve this.

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via #253

Another FAQ is Windows users:

Windows

  1. Install the "Bash on Windows subsystem" (see https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/commandline/wsl/about for more information)

Note: This will change soon, seeing that Microsoft decided to have Ubuntu, Fedora and OpenSUSE available. They will also drop the requirement for requiring dev mode enabled on windows soon. Source: https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/commandline/2017/05/11/new-distros-coming-to-bashwsl-via-windows-store/ and https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/commandline/2017/06/08/developer-mode-no-longer-required-for-windows-subsystem-for-linux/

  1. Open the terminal window, your disks will now be mounted under /mnt/*. So for example navigate to your directory (example: cd /mnt/c/zenbot)
  2. Install node (`curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_8.x | sudo -E bash -; sudo apt-get install nodejs)
  3. Run zenbot as you would otherwise

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@DeviaVir DeviaVir merged commit 1dabb58 into DeviaVir:master Jun 11, 2017
supersabbath pushed a commit to supersabbath/zenbot that referenced this pull request Oct 2, 2017
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