diff --git a/tools/mintnet-kubernetes/examples/basecoin/Makefile b/tools/mintnet-kubernetes/examples/basecoin/Makefile
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-create:
-	@echo "==> Creating deployment"
-	@kubectl create -f app.yaml
-
-destroy:
-	@echo "==> Destroying deployment"
-	@kubectl delete -f app.yaml
-	@kubectl delete pvc -l app=tm
-
-.PHONY: create destroy
diff --git a/tools/mintnet-kubernetes/examples/basecoin/README.md b/tools/mintnet-kubernetes/examples/basecoin/README.md
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-# Basecoin example
-
-This is an example of using [basecoin](https://github.com/tendermint/basecoin).
-
-## Usage
-
-```
-make create
-```
-
-### Check account balance and send a transaction
-
-1. wait until all the pods are `Running`.
-
-   ```
-   kubectl get pods -w -o wide -L tm
-   ```
-
-2. wait until app starts.
-
-   ```
-   kubectl logs -c app -f tm-0
-   ```
-
-3. get account's address of the second pod
-
-   ```
-   ADDR=`kubectl exec -c app tm-1 -- cat /app/key.json | jq ".address" | tr -d "\""`
-   ```
-
-4. send 5 coins to it from the first pod
-
-   ```
-   kubectl exec -c app tm-0 -- basecoin tx send --to "0x$ADDR" --amount 5mycoin --from /app/key.json --chain_id chain-tTH4mi
-   ```
-
-
-## Clean up
-
-```
-make destroy
-```
diff --git a/tools/mintnet-kubernetes/examples/basecoin/app.yaml b/tools/mintnet-kubernetes/examples/basecoin/app.yaml
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----
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: Service
-metadata:
-  annotations:
-    service.alpha.kubernetes.io/tolerate-unready-endpoints: "true"
-  name: basecoin
-  labels:
-    app: basecoin
-spec:
-  ports:
-  - port: 26656
-    name: p2p
-  - port: 26657
-    name: rpc
-  clusterIP: None
-  selector:
-    app: tm
----
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: ConfigMap
-metadata:
-  name: tm-config
-data:
-  seeds: "tm-0,tm-1,tm-2,tm-3"
-  validators: "tm-0,tm-1,tm-2,tm-3"
-  validator.power: "10"
-  genesis.json: |-
-    {
-      "genesis_time": "2016-02-05T06:02:31.526Z",
-      "chain_id": "chain-tTH4mi",
-      "validators": [],
-      "app_hash": ""
-    }
-  pub_key_nginx.conf: |-
-    server {
-      listen 80 default_server;
-      listen [::]:80 default_server ipv6only=on;
-      location /pub_key.json { root /usr/share/nginx/; }
-      location /app_pub_key.json { root /usr/share/nginx/; }
-    }
----
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: ConfigMap
-metadata:
-  name: app-config
-data:
-  genesis.json: |-
-    {
-      "chain_id": "chain-tTH4mi",
-      "app_options": {
-        "accounts": [
-          {
-            "pub_key": "tm-0",
-            "coins": [
-              {
-                "denom": "mycoin",
-                "amount": 1000000000
-              }
-            ]
-          },
-          {
-            "pub_key": "tm-1",
-            "coins": [
-              {
-                "denom": "mycoin",
-                "amount": 1000000000
-              }
-            ]
-          },
-          {
-            "pub_key": "tm-2",
-            "coins": [
-              {
-                "denom": "mycoin",
-                "amount": 1000000000
-              }
-            ]
-          },
-          {
-            "pub_key": "tm-3",
-            "coins": [
-              {
-                "denom": "mycoin",
-                "amount": 1000000000
-              }
-            ]
-          }
-        ]
-      }
-    }
----
-apiVersion: policy/v1beta1
-kind: PodDisruptionBudget
-metadata:
-  name: tm-budget
-spec:
-  selector:
-    matchLabels:
-      app: tm
-  minAvailable: 2
----
-apiVersion: apps/v1beta1
-kind: StatefulSet
-metadata:
-  name: tm
-spec:
-  serviceName: basecoin
-  replicas: 4
-  template:
-    metadata:
-      labels:
-        app: tm
-      annotations:
-        pod.beta.kubernetes.io/init-containers: '[{
-          "name": "tm-gen-validator",
-          "image": "tendermint/tendermint:0.10.0",
-          "imagePullPolicy": "IfNotPresent",
-          "command": ["bash", "-c", "
-            set -ex\n
-            if [ ! -f /tendermint/priv_validator.json ]; then\n
-              tendermint gen_validator > /tendermint/priv_validator.json\n
-              # pub_key.json will be served by pub-key container\n
-              cat /tendermint/priv_validator.json | jq \".pub_key\" > /tendermint/pub_key.json\n
-            fi\n
-          "],
-          "volumeMounts": [
-            {"name": "tmdir", "mountPath": "/tendermint"}
-          ]
-        },
-        {
-          "name": "app-gen-key",
-          "image": "tendermint/basecoin:0.5.1",
-          "imagePullPolicy": "IfNotPresent",
-          "command": ["bash", "-c", "
-            set -ex\n
-            if [ ! -f /app/key.json ]; then\n
-              basecoin key new > /app/key.json\n
-              # pub_key.json will be served by app-pub-key container\n
-              cat /app/key.json | jq \".pub_key\" > /app/pub_key.json\n
-            fi\n
-          "],
-          "volumeMounts": [
-            {"name": "appdir", "mountPath": "/app"}
-          ]
-        }]'
-    spec:
-      containers:
-      - name: tm
-        imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
-        image: tendermint/tendermint:0.10.0
-        ports:
-        - containerPort: 26656
-          name: p2p
-        - containerPort: 26657
-          name: rpc
-        env:
-        - name: SEEDS
-          valueFrom:
-            configMapKeyRef:
-              name: tm-config
-              key: seeds
-        - name: VALIDATOR_POWER
-          valueFrom:
-            configMapKeyRef:
-              name: tm-config
-              key: validator.power
-        - name: VALIDATORS
-          valueFrom:
-            configMapKeyRef:
-              name: tm-config
-              key: validators
-        - name: TMHOME
-          value: /tendermint
-        command:
-        - bash
-        - "-c"
-        - |
-          set -ex
-
-          # copy template
-          cp /etc/tendermint/genesis.json /tendermint/genesis.json
-
-          # fill genesis file with validators
-          IFS=',' read -ra VALS_ARR <<< "$VALIDATORS"
-          fqdn_suffix=$(hostname -f | sed 's#[^.]*\.\(\)#\1#')
-          for v in "${VALS_ARR[@]}"; do
-            # wait until validator generates priv/pub key pair
-            set +e
-
-            curl -s --fail "http://$v.$fqdn_suffix/pub_key.json" > /dev/null
-            ERR=$?
-            while [ "$ERR" != 0 ]; do
-              sleep 5
-              curl -s --fail "http://$v.$fqdn_suffix/pub_key.json" > /dev/null
-              ERR=$?
-            done
-            set -e
-
-            # add validator to genesis file along with its pub_key
-            curl -s "http://$v.$fqdn_suffix/pub_key.json" | jq ". as \$k | {pub_key: \$k, amount: $VALIDATOR_POWER, name: \"$v\"}" > pub_validator.json
-            cat /tendermint/genesis.json | jq ".validators |= .+ [$(cat pub_validator.json)]" > tmpgenesis && mv tmpgenesis /tendermint/genesis.json
-            rm pub_validator.json
-          done
-
-          # construct seeds
-          IFS=',' read -ra SEEDS_ARR <<< "$SEEDS"
-          seeds=()
-          for s in "${SEEDS_ARR[@]}"; do
-            seeds+=("$s.$fqdn_suffix:26656")
-          done
-          seeds=$(IFS=','; echo "${seeds[*]}")
-
-          tendermint node --p2p.seeds="$seeds" --moniker="`hostname`" --proxy_app="unix:///socks/app.sock"
-        volumeMounts:
-        - name: tmdir
-          mountPath: /tendermint
-        - mountPath: /etc/tendermint/genesis.json
-          name: tmconfigdir
-          subPath: genesis.json
-        - name: socksdir
-          mountPath: /socks
-
-      - name: app
-        imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
-        image: tendermint/basecoin:0.5.1
-        env:
-        - name: BCHOME
-          value: /app
-        workingDir: /app
-        command:
-        - bash
-        - "-c"
-        - |
-          set -ex
-
-          # replace "tm-N" with public keys in genesis file
-          cp /etc/app/genesis.json genesis.json
-          fqdn_suffix=$(hostname -f | sed 's#[^.]*\.\(\)#\1#')
-          # for every "base/account"
-          i=0
-          length=$(cat genesis.json | jq ".app_options.accounts | length")
-          while [[ $i -lt $length ]]; do
-            # extract pod name ("tm-0")
-            pod=$(cat genesis.json | jq -r ".app_options.accounts[$i].pub_key")
-
-            # wait until pod starts to serve its pub_key
-            set +e
-
-            curl -s --fail "http://$pod.$fqdn_suffix/app_pub_key.json" > /dev/null
-            ERR=$?
-            while [ "$ERR" != 0 ]; do
-              sleep 5
-              curl -s --fail "http://$pod.$fqdn_suffix/app_pub_key.json" > /dev/null
-              ERR=$?
-            done
-            set -e
-
-            # get its pub_key
-            curl -s "http://$pod.$fqdn_suffix/app_pub_key.json" | jq "." > k.json
-
-            # replace pod name with it ("tm-0" => "{"type": ..., "data": ...}")
-            cat genesis.json | jq ".app_options.accounts[$i].pub_key = $(cat k.json | jq '.')" > tmpgenesis && mv tmpgenesis genesis.json
-            rm -f k.json
-
-            i=$((i+1))
-          done
-
-          rm -f /socks/app.sock # remove old socket
-
-          basecoin start --address="unix:///socks/app.sock" --without-tendermint
-        volumeMounts:
-        - name: appdir
-          mountPath: /app
-        - mountPath: /etc/app/genesis.json
-          name: appconfigdir
-          subPath: genesis.json
-        - name: socksdir
-          mountPath: /socks
-
-      - name: pub-key
-        imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
-        image: nginx:latest
-        ports:
-        - containerPort: 80
-        command:
-        - bash
-        - "-c"
-        - |
-          set -ex
-          # fixes 403 Permission Denied (open() "/tendermint/pub_key.json" failed (13: Permission denied))
-          # => we cannot serve from /tendermint, so we copy the file
-          mkdir -p /usr/share/nginx
-          cp /tendermint/pub_key.json /usr/share/nginx/pub_key.json
-          cp /app/pub_key.json /usr/share/nginx/app_pub_key.json
-          nginx -g "daemon off;"
-        volumeMounts:
-        - name: tmdir
-          mountPath: /tendermint
-        - name: appdir
-          mountPath: /app
-        - mountPath: /etc/nginx/conf.d/pub_key.conf
-          name: tmconfigdir
-          subPath: pub_key_nginx.conf
-
-      volumes:
-      - name: tmconfigdir
-        configMap:
-          name: tm-config
-      - name: appconfigdir
-        configMap:
-          name: app-config
-      - name: socksdir
-        emptyDir: {}
-
-  volumeClaimTemplates:
-  - metadata:
-      name: tmdir
-      annotations:
-        volume.alpha.kubernetes.io/storage-class: anything
-    spec:
-      accessModes: [ "ReadWriteOnce" ]
-      resources:
-        requests:
-          storage: 2Gi
-  - metadata:
-      name: appdir
-      annotations:
-        volume.alpha.kubernetes.io/storage-class: anything
-    spec:
-      accessModes: [ "ReadWriteOnce" ]
-      resources:
-        requests:
-          storage: 12Mi
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-**OUTDATED**
-
-# Using with lightclient
-
-We have an awesome cluster running, let's try to test this out without
-relying on executing commands on the cluster.  Rather, we can connect to the
-rpc interface with the `light-client` package and execute commands locally,
-or even proxy our webapp to the kubernetes backend.
-
-## Setup
-
-In order to get this working, we need to know a few pieces of info,
-the chain id of tendermint, the chain id of basecoin, and an account
-with a bit of cash....
-
-### Tendermint Chain ID
-
-`kubectl exec -c tm tm-0 -- curl -s http://tm-1.basecoin:26657/status | json_pp | grep network`
-
-set TM_CHAIN with the value there
-
-### Basecoin Chain ID
-
-`kubectl exec -c app tm-1 -- grep -A1 chainID /app/genesis.json`
-
-set BC_CHAIN with the value there
-
-### Expose tendermint rpc
-
-We need to be able to reach the tendermint rpc interface from our shell.
-
-`kubectl port-forward tm-0 26657:26657`
-
-### Start basecoin-proxy
-
-Using this info, let's connect our proxy and get going
-
-`proxy-basecoin -tmchain=$TM_CHAIN -chain=$BC_CHAIN -rpc=localhost:26657`
-
-## Basecoin accounts
-
-Well, we can connect, but we don't have a registered account yet...
-Let's look around, then use the cli to send some money from one of
-the validators to our client's address so we can play.
-
-**TODO** we can add some of our known accounts (from `/keys`) into
-the genesis file, so we can skip all the kubectl money fiddling here.
-We will want to start with money on some known non-validators.
-
-### Getting validator info (kubectl)
-
-The basecoin app deployment starts with 1000 "blank" coin in an account of
-each validator.  Let's get the address of the first validator
-
-`kubectl exec -c app tm-1 -- grep address /app/key.json`
-
-Store this info as VAL1_ADDR
-
-### Querying state (proxy)
-
-The proxy can read any public info via the tendermint rpc, so let's check
-out this account.
-
-`curl localhost:8108/query/account/$VAL1_ADDR`
-
-Now, let's make out own account....
-
-`curl -XPOST http://localhost:8108/keys/ -d '{"name": "k8demo", "passphrase": "1234567890"}'`
-
-(or pick your own user and password).  Remember the address you get here.  You can
-always find it out later by calling:
-
-`curl http://localhost:8108/keys/k8demo`
-
-and store it in DEMO_ADDR, which is empty at first
-
-`curl localhost:8108/query/account/$DEMO_ADDR`
-
-
-### "Stealing" validator cash (kubectl)
-
-Run one command, that will be signed, now we have money
-
-`kubectl exec -c app tm-0 -- basecoin tx send --to <k8demo-address> --amount 500`
-
-### Using our money
-
-Returning to our remote shell, we have a remote account with some money.
-Let's see that.
-
-`curl localhost:8108/query/account/$DEMO_ADDR`
-
-Cool.  Now we need to send it to a second account.
-
-`curl -XPOST http://localhost:8108/keys/ -d '{"name": "buddy", "passphrase": "1234567890"}'`
-
-and store the resulting address in BUDDY_ADDR
-
-**TODO** finish this
-