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+// need to make this compatible with at least SQLite and Mysql
+
+drop database if exists newcoin;
+CREATE DATABASE newcoin;
+use newcoin;
+CREATE TABLE UNL (Hanko BINARY(20) PRIMARY KEY, PubKey BINARY(128));
+CREATE TABLE Transactions (TransactionID INT UNSIGNED AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY, From BINARY(20), Dest BINARY(20), Amount BIGINT UNSIGNED, LedgerIndex INT UNSIGNED, SeqNum INT, PubKey BINARY(128), Sig BINARY(32));
+CREATE TABLE Ledgers (LedgerID INT UNSIGNED AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY, LedgerIndex INT UNSIGNED, Hash BINARY(32), ParentHash BINARY(32),FeeHeld BIGINT UNSIGNED);  //, Accepted TINYINT
+CREATE TABLE Validations(LedgerIndex INT UNSIGNED, Hash BINARY(32), Hanko BINARY(20), SeqNum INT UNSIGNED, Sig BINARY(32), WeCare TINYINT);
+CREATE TABLE LedgerTransactionMap (LedgerID INT UNSIGNED, TransactionID INT UNSIGNED, Include TINYINT);
+CREATE TABLE LedgerAccountMap(LedgerID INT UNSIGNED,AccountID INT UNSIGNED);
+CREATE TABLE Accounts (AccountID INT UNSIGNED AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY, Address BINARY(20), Amount BIGINT UNSIGNED, SeqNum INT); 
+CREATE TABLE AcceptedLedgers (LedgerIndex INT UNSIGNED PRIMARY KEY, LedgerID INT UNSIGNED);