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+FROM node:8.9.0-slim
+
+# set some ENV vars
+ENV HOME /root
+# ENV TERM dumb
+ENV TERM=xterm-256color
+ENV PROJECT_ROOT /opt/app
+
+# install dependencies:
+RUN apt-get update \
+  && apt-get install -qqy build-essential pkg-config libc6-dev m4 g++-multilib \
+  && autoconf libtool ncurses-dev unzip git python \
+  && zlib1g-dev wget bsdmainutils automake
+  && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+# install some apt packages (man)
+RUN apt-get update \
+  && apt-get install -qqy netcat net-tools s3cmd yarn \
+  && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+# Change TimeZone
+# ENV TZ=America/Los_Angeles
+# RUN ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Los_Angeles /etc/localtime
+# RUN echo "America/Los_Angeles" > /etc/timezone
+# RUN date
+
+# From here we load our application's code in, therefore the previous docker
+# "layer" thats been cached will be used if possible
+WORKDIR $PROJECT_ROOT
+ADD . $PROJECT_ROOT
+
+# expose app port
+# EXPOSE 3000
+# EXPOSE 3333
+# EXPOSE 9333
+
+# Build
+RUN ./btcputil/build.sh -j$(nproc)
+# Fetch Zcash ceremony keys
+RUN ./btcputil/fetch-params.sh
+# Run
+CMD ["./src/btcpd"]