Version 0.1. See CHANGELOG.md

CHANGELOG.md

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+# 2023/08/19
+## Version 0.1
+* Initial release

Dockerfile

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+FROM alpine:latest as build
+
+#
+# First get all the packages for
+# the compile
+#
+RUN apk update && apk add git \
+                          make \
+                          file \
+                          autoconf \
+                          automake \
+                          build-base \
+                          libtool \
+                          db-c++ \
+                          db-dev \
+                          boost-system \
+                          boost-program_options \
+                          boost-filesystem \
+                          boost-dev \
+                          libressl-dev \
+                          libevent-dev
+
+#
+# Pull source code from bitcoin GitHub
+#
+RUN git clone https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin --branch master --single-branch
+
+#
+# Install the required packages to compile the bitcoin binaries.
+#
+RUN (cd bitcoin  && ./autogen.sh && \
+                      ./configure --disable-tests \
+                      --disable-bench --disable-static  \
+                      --without-gui --disable-zmq \
+                      --with-incompatible-bdb \
+                      CFLAGS='-w' CXXFLAGS='-w' && \
+                      make -j 16 && \
+                      strip src/bitcoind && \
+                      strip src/bitcoin-cli && \
+                      strip src/bitcoin-tx && \
+                      make install )
+
+FROM alpine:latest
+
+#
+# Copy the binaries from the build to our new container
+#
+COPY --from=build /usr/local/bin/bitcoind /usr/local/bin
+COPY --from=build /usr/local/bin/bitcoin-cli /usr/local/bin
+
+#
+# Install all dependencies
+#
+RUN apk update && apk add boost boost-filesystem \
+            boost-program_options \
+            boost-system boost-thread busybox db-c++ \
+            libevent libgcc libressl3.6-libcrypto \
+            libstdc++ musl tor vim shadow
+
+#
+# Copy entrypoint.sh script, set required permissions for entrypoint.sh
+# Create the bitcoin user (uid 100000) and bitcoin group (gid 100000)
+#
+COPY entrypoint.sh /entrypoint.sh
+RUN chmod +x /entrypoint.sh && chown root.root /entrypoint.sh
+RUN /usr/sbin/groupadd -g 100000 bitcoin && /usr/sbin/useradd -u 100000 -g 100000 bitcoin
+
+# Expose the bitcoin-core TCP port 8333
+EXPOSE 8333/tcp
+
+# Set the user to bitcoin
+USER bitcoin
+
+#
+# Start the bitcoin server
+#
+ENTRYPOINT ["/entrypoint.sh"]

README.md

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 # docker-bitcoin-core
-A set of scripts to run a bitcoin-core binary within a docker container. 
+A set of scripts to run a bitcoin-core binary within a docker container.
+
+For more information on how to work with these scripts, refer to this blog [post](https://nolanrumble.com/security/?p=176)