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+[Unit]
+Description=Danicoin Daemon Service
+After=network.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=simple
+User=danicoin
+Group=danicoin
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/danicoind
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target