unibtc/docker-bitcoind repository overview

⁠Moved to https://github.com/BitslerCasino/docker-bitcoind⁠

⁠docker-bitcoind

Docker Image for Bitcoin Core

⁠Quick Start

Create a bitcoind-data volume to persist the bitcoind blockchain data, should exit immediately. The bitcoind-data container will store the blockchain when the node container is recreated (software upgrade, reboot, etc):

docker volume create --name=bitcoind-data

Create a bitcoin.conf file and put your configurations

mkdir -p .btcdocker
nano /home/$USER/.btcdocker/bitcoin.conf

Run the docker image

docker run -v bitcoind-data:/bitcoin --name=bitcoind-node -d \
      -p 8333:8333 \
      -p 8332:8332 \
      -v /home/$USER/.btcdocker/bitcoin.conf:/bitcoin/.bitcoin/bitcoin.conf \
      unibtc/docker-bitcoind

Check Logs

docker logs -f bitcoind-node