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Clone my repository to ~

root@docker-s-6vcpu-16gb-nyc3-01:~# git clone https://github.com/dougvk/lightning-node.git

Build the bitcoind docker image

root@docker-s-6vcpu-16gb-nyc3-01:~# cd lightning-node
root@docker-s-6vcpu-16gb-nyc3-01:~/lightning-node# docker build . -t dougvk/bitcoind

Run the bitcoind node

root@docker-s-6vcpu-16gb-nyc3-01:~# mkdir -p /scratch/bitcoin/mainnet/bitcoind
root@docker-s-6vcpu-16gb-nyc3-01:~# docker run --name bitcoind_mainnet -d -v /scratch/bitcoin/mainnet/bitcoind:/data -p 8333:8333 -p 9735:9735 dougvk/bitcoind:latest

Run this command to check progress

root@docker-s-6vcpu-16gb-nyc3-01:~# docker logs bitcoind_mainnet --tail "10"

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