Merge pull request exiled-apes#19 from exiled-apes/readme-update

Readme update

Author: levicook

README.md

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-Docs coming soon.
+# Candy-Machine-Mint
 
-In the meantime, you might find this helpful too:
-https://hackmd.io/@levicook/HJcDneEWF
+The Candy-Machine-Mint project is designed to let users fork, customize, and deploy their own candy machine mint app to a custom domain, ultra fast.
 
+A candy machine is an on-chain Solana program (or smart contract) for managing fair mint. Fair mints:
+* Start and finish at the same time for everyone.
+* Won't accept your funds if they're out of NFTs to sell.
 
-## Environment Variables
+The Candy-Machine-Mint project is meant to be as simple and usable as possible, accessible to everyone from long-time crypto devs to junior React devs with a vague interest in NFTs. Our goal is to empower users to create their own front ends to display, sell, and manage their NFTs as simply as possible by just updating a few styled components and following a well-documented process for setup and shipping.
+
+## Getting Set Up
+
+### Prerequisites
+
+* Ensure you have recent versions of both `node` and `yarn` installed.
+
+* Follow the instructions [here](https://docs.solana.com/cli/install-solana-cli-tools) to install the Solana Command Line Toolkit.
+
+* Follow the instructions [here](https://hackmd.io/@levicook/HJcDneEWF) to install the Metaplex Command Line Utility.
+  * Installing the Command Line Package is currently an advanced task that will be simplified eventually.
+
+### Installation
+
+1. Fork the project, then clone down. Example:
+```
+git clone [email protected]:exiled-apes/candy-machine-mint.git
+```
+
+2. Build the project. Example:
+```
+cd candy-machine-mint
+yarn install
+yarn build
+```
+
+3. Define your environment variables using the instructions below, and start up the server with `npm start`.
+
+#### Environment Variables
 
 To run the project, first create a `.env` file at the root directory and define the following variables: