diff --git a/examples/7nodes/contracts/README.md b/examples/7nodes/contracts/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4c7dc43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/7nodes/contracts/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+## Testing Contract Playground
+
+## Connecting to multiple nodes
+* run tmux script which by default connects to nodes 1, 2, and 7.
+
+```
+$> ./tmux_connect_to_nodes.sh
+
+# to kill the tmux session run
+$> tmux kill-session -t quorum
+```
+
+# Creating Contracts 
+```
+$> cd quorum-examples/examples/7nodes
+$> ./runscript.sh contracts/simple-event/private-contract-events.js
+
+
+```
+
+# Testing Multiple Transactions
+* Obtain the address of the contract that was deployed.
+* set that address in the test scripts
+  `var address="0x1932c48b2bf8102ba33b4a6b545c32236e342f34"`
+
+```
+$> cd quorum-examples/examples/7nodes
+$> ./runscript.sh contracts/simple-event/private-generate-events.js
+```
+
diff --git a/examples/7nodes/contracts/simple-event/private-contract-event.js b/examples/7nodes/contracts/simple-event/private-contract-event.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..52524c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/7nodes/contracts/simple-event/private-contract-event.js
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+
+console.log('getting abi')
+console.log(contract_json.contracts)
+var abi = contract_json.contracts['src/SimpleEvent.sol:SimpleStoreEvent'].abi 
+console.log('parse abi')
+var contract = eth.contract(JSON.parse(abi))
+console.log('get bin ')
+var bin = "0x" + contract_json.contracts['src/SimpleEvent.sol:SimpleStoreEvent'].bin
+
+personal.unlockAccount(eth.accounts[0])
+
+var deployTransationObject = { from: eth.accounts[0], data: bin, gas: 1000000, privateFor: ["ROAZBWtSacxXQrOe3FGAqJDyJjFePR5ce4TSIzmJ0Bc="] };
+var instance = contract.new(16, deployTransationObject,  function(e, contract) {
+        if (e) {
+                console.log("err creating contract", e);
+        } else {
+                if (!contract.address) {
+                        console.log("Contract transaction send: TransactionHash: " + contract.transactionHash + " waiting to be mined...");
+                } else {
+                        console.log("Contract mined! Address: " + contract.address);
+                        console.log(contract);
+                }
+        }
+});
diff --git a/examples/7nodes/contracts/simple-event/private-generate-events.js b/examples/7nodes/contracts/simple-event/private-generate-events.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7888c2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/7nodes/contracts/simple-event/private-generate-events.js
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+// From the console test nodes 1 & 7 to see if the events were recorded
+// seth is a cool cli tool that can be used see: https://github.com/dapphub/dapptools
+//   $> seth events 0x1932c48b2bf8102ba33b4a6b545c32236e342f34 | wc -l
+var address="0x1932c48b2bf8102ba33b4a6b545c32236e342f34"
+
+// simple contract
+var abi = [{"constant":true,"inputs":[],"name":"storedData","outputs":[{"name":"","type":"uint256"}],"payable":false,"type":"function"},{"constant":false,"inputs":[{"name":"x","type":"uint256"}],"name":"set","outputs":[],"payable":false,"type":"function"},{"constant":true,"inputs":[],"name":"get","outputs":[{"name":"retVal","type":"uint256"}],"payable":false,"type":"function"},{"inputs":[{"name":"initVal","type":"uint256"}],"payable":false,"type":"constructor"}];
+var contract = eth.contract(abi).at(address)
+
+for ( i = 0; i < 20; i++) {
+  contract.set(4,{from:eth.accounts[0], privateFor:["ROAZBWtSacxXQrOe3FGAqJDyJjFePR5ce4TSIzmJ0Bc="]});
+} 
diff --git a/examples/7nodes/contracts/simple-event/public-contract-event.js b/examples/7nodes/contracts/simple-event/public-contract-event.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e347c3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/7nodes/contracts/simple-event/public-contract-event.js
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+var contractjson 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+
+console.log('getting abit')
+console.log(contractjson.contracts)
+var abi = contractjson.contracts['src/SimpleEvent.sol:SimpleStoreEvent'].abi 
+console.log('parse abi')
+var contract = eth.contract(JSON.parse(abi))
+console.log('get bin ')
+var bin = "0x" + contractjson.contracts['src/SimpleEvent.sol:SimpleStoreEvent'].bin
+
+personal.unlockAccount(eth.accounts[0])
+
+var deployTransationObject = { from: eth.accounts[0], data: bin, gas: 1000000 };
+var instance = contract.new(deployTransationObject,  function(e, contract) {
+        if (e) {
+                console.log("err creating contract", e);
+        } else {
+                if (!contract.address) {
+                        console.log("Contract transaction send: TransactionHash: " + contract.transactionHash + " waiting to be mined...");
+                } else {
+                        console.log("Contract mined! Address: " + contract.address);
+                        console.log(contract);
+                }
+        }
+});
+
+eth.getTransactionReceipt(instance.transactionHash);
+console.log(instance.transactionHash);
+
+//var productCatAddress = eth.getTransactionReceipt(productInstance.transactionHash).contractAddress
+//productCatAddress
+//console.log("Contract mined! Address: " + productCatAddress);
+//var pc=productCatContract.at(productCatAddress);
+
+//pc.createProduct.sendTransaction(libby, 12, {from: eth.accounts[0], gas: 1000000})
+ 
+//pc.getProductCount.call()
diff --git a/examples/7nodes/contracts/simple-event/public-generate-events.js b/examples/7nodes/contracts/simple-event/public-generate-events.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1e225b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/7nodes/contracts/simple-event/public-generate-events.js
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+// From console test node 1 & 7 to see if the events were recorded
+// seth is a cool CLI (but you can use whatever you'd like): https://github.com/dapphub/dapptools
+//   $> seth events 0x1932c48b2bf8102ba33b4a6b545c32236e342f34 | wc -l
+
+// NOTE: replace this with the address of the contract you wish to generate
+//       events for.
+var address="0x1932c48b2bf8102ba33b4a6b545c32236e342f34"
+
+// simple contract
+var abi = [{"constant":true,"inputs":[],"name":"storedData","outputs":[{"name":"","type":"uint256"}],"payable":false,"type":"function"},{"constant":false,"inputs":[{"name":"x","type":"uint256"}],"name":"set","outputs":[],"payable":false,"type":"function"},{"constant":true,"inputs":[],"name":"get","outputs":[{"name":"retVal","type":"uint256"}],"payable":false,"type":"function"},{"inputs":[{"name":"initVal","type":"uint256"}],"payable":false,"type":"constructor"}];
+var contract = eth.contract(abi).at(address)
+
+for ( i = 0; i < 20; i++) {
+  contract.set(4,{from:eth.accounts[0]});
+}
diff --git a/examples/7nodes/contracts/tmux_connect_to_nodes.sh b/examples/7nodes/contracts/tmux_connect_to_nodes.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..a969e76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/7nodes/contracts/tmux_connect_to_nodes.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -x
+
+# example usage:
+# $> ./tmux_connect_to_nodes.sh
+
+tmux new -s quorum 'geth attach ../qdata/dd1/geth.ipc' \; \
+splitw -h -p 50 "geth attach ../qdata/dd7/geth.ipc; bash" \; \
+splitw -v -p 50 "geth attach ../qdata/dd2/geth.ipc; bash" \;
+
+# To stop the session run:
+# $> tmux kill-session -t quorum