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+PRIVKEY="my_priv_key"
+SIGNETCHALLENGE="my_signet_challenge"
+EXTERNAL_IP="127.0.0.1"
+
+NBITS="1e0377ae" # min difficulty
+BLOCKPRODUCTIONDELAY=30
+
+UACOMMENT="MutinyNet"
+
+RPCPASSWORD="my_rpc_password"
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+.env
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
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+version: "3.7"
+
+services:
+  bitcoind:
+    container_name: "bitcoind"
+    image: bitcoin-signet
+    user: "0:1000"
+    restart: always
+    stop_grace_period: 1m
+    volumes:
+      - ~/volumes/.bitcoin:/root/.bitcoin
+    environment:
+      UACOMMENT: $UACOMMENT
+      BLOCKPRODUCTIONDELAY: $BLOCKPRODUCTIONDELAY
+      NBITS: $NBITS
+      RPCPASSWORD: $RPCPASSWORD
+      PRIVKEY: $PRIVKEY
+      SIGNETCHALLENGE: $SIGNETCHALLENGE
+      EXTERNAL_IP: $EXTERNAL_IP
+    ports:
+      - "28332:28332"
+      - "28333:28333"
+      - "28334:28334"
+      - "38332:38332"
+      - "38333:38333"
+      - "38334:38334"
+  web:
+    container_name: "mempool_frontend"
+    environment:
+      FRONTEND_HTTP_PORT: "8080"
+      BACKEND_MAINNET_HTTP_HOST: "api"
+    image: mempool/frontend:latest
+    user: "0:1000"
+    restart: always
+    stop_grace_period: 1m
+    command: "./wait-for db:3306 --timeout=720 -- nginx -g 'daemon off;'"
+    ports:
+      - "8080:8080"
+  api:
+    container_name: "mempool_backend"
+    environment:
+      MEMPOOL_BACKEND: "none" # TODO add a backend
+      CORE_RPC_HOST: "bitcoind"
+      CORE_RPC_PORT: "38332"
+      CORE_RPC_USERNAME: "bitcoin"
+      CORE_RPC_PASSWORD: $RPCPASSWORD
+      CORE_RPC_TIMEOUT: "60000"
+      DATABASE_ENABLED: "true"
+      DATABASE_HOST: "db"
+      DATABASE_DATABASE: "mempool"
+      DATABASE_USERNAME: "mempool"
+      DATABASE_PASSWORD: "mempool"
+      STATISTICS_ENABLED: "true"
+    image: mempool/backend:latest
+    user: "0:1000"
+    restart: always
+    stop_grace_period: 1m
+    command: "./wait-for-it.sh db:3306 --timeout=720 --strict -- ./start.sh"
+    ports:
+      - "8889:8889"
+    volumes:
+      - ~/volumes/mempool:/backend/cache
+  db:
+    container_name: "mempool_db"
+    environment:
+      MYSQL_DATABASE: "mempool"
+      MYSQL_USER: "mempool"
+      MYSQL_PASSWORD: "mempool"
+      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: "admin"
+    image: mariadb:10.5.8
+    user: "0:1000"
+    restart: always
+    stop_grace_period: 1m
+    volumes:
+      - ~/volumes/mysql/data:/var/lib/mysql