diff --git a/contrib/docker/.dockerignore b/contrib/docker/.dockerignore
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+++ b/contrib/docker/.dockerignore
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+./zcash-data-dir/
+./zcash-params-dir/
diff --git a/contrib/docker/.env.example b/contrib/docker/.env.example
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+ZCASHD_NETWORK=testnet
+ZCASHD_LOGIPS=1
+ZCASHD_EXPERIMENTALFEATURES=1
+ZCASHD_GEN=0
+ZCASHD_RPCUSER=zcashrpc
+ZCASHD_RPCPASSWORD=notsecure
+ZCASHD_RPCBIND=0.0.0.0
+ZCASHD_ALLOWIP=0.0.0.0/0
+ZCASHD_TXINDEX=1
+ZCASHD_INSIGHTEXPLORER=1
+ZCASHD_ZMQPORT=9994
+ZCASHD_ZMQBIND=0.0.0.0
diff --git a/contrib/docker/.gitignore b/contrib/docker/.gitignore
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index 000000000..6c33f2d41
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+++ b/contrib/docker/.gitignore
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+./zcash-data-dir/
+./zcash-params-dir/
+.env
diff --git a/contrib/docker/Dockerfile b/contrib/docker/Dockerfile
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+++ b/contrib/docker/Dockerfile
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+FROM debian:10
+
+RUN apt-get update \
+  && apt-get install -y gnupg2 apt-transport-https curl
+
+ARG ZCASH_SIGNING_KEY_ID=6DEF3BAF272766C0
+
+ARG ZCASH_VERSION=
+# The empty string for ZCASH_VERSION will install the apt default version,
+# which should be the latest stable release. To install a specific
+# version, pass `--build-arg 'ZCASH_VERSION=<version>'` to `docker build`.
+
+ARG ZCASHD_USER=zcashd
+ARG ZCASHD_UID=2001
+
+RUN apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv-keys $ZCASH_SIGNING_KEY_ID \
+  && echo "deb [arch=amd64] https://apt.z.cash/ stretch main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/zcash.list \
+  && apt-get update
+
+RUN if [ -z "$ZCASH_VERSION" ]; \
+    then apt-get install -y zcash; \
+    else apt-get install -y zcash=$ZCASH_VERSION; \
+    fi; \
+    zcashd --version
+
+RUN useradd --home-dir /srv/$ZCASHD_USER \
+            --shell /bin/bash \
+            --create-home \
+            --uid $ZCASHD_UID\
+            $ZCASHD_USER
+USER $ZCASHD_USER
+WORKDIR /srv/$ZCASHD_USER
+RUN mkdir -p /srv/$ZCASHD_USER/.zcash/ \
+    && touch /srv/$ZCASHD_USER/.zcash/zcash.conf
+
+ADD entrypoint.sh /entrypoint.sh
+ENTRYPOINT ["/entrypoint.sh"]
diff --git a/contrib/docker/README.md b/contrib/docker/README.md
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+++ b/contrib/docker/README.md
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+# zcash Dockerfile
+
+This is an example Dockerfile to run the zcashd daemon in a containerized Debian base OS. The image pulls the apt package built by Electric Coin Company.
+
+The output of building this image should be accessible at https://hub.docker.com/r/electriccoinco/zcashd
+
+## Defaults
+
+The image will run as a non-root user, `zcashd` with uid `2001`. When mapping volumes from the host into the container, these permissions must be used, or rebuild the image with your custom values.
+
+## Run time configuration
+
+The goal is to follow the default zcashd startup behavior as closely as possible.
+
+At startup, the image will execute the [./entrypoint.sh](./entrypoint.sh) script. This script uses environmental variables to configure the command line parameters, do a little house cleaning, and start zcashd.
+
+### Available environment variables
+
+If defined, the value is assigned to the value of the corresponding flag.
+
+```
+ZCASHD_NETWORK
+ZCASHD_LOGIPS
+ZCASHD_EXPERIMENTALFEATURES
+ZCASHD_GEN
+ZCASHD_ZSHIELDCOINBASE
+ZCASHD_RPCUSER
+ZCASHD_RPCPASSWORD
+ZCASHD_RPCBIND
+ZCASHD_ALLOWIP
+ZCASHD_TXINDEX
+ZCASHD_INSIGHTEXPLORER
+ZCASHD_ZMQPORT
+ZCASHD_ZMQBIND
+```
+
+### Additional configuration
+
+Any provided command line parameters are passed from the entrypoint.sh script to zcashd.
+
+You can skip using environmental variables at all, and instead provide a fully configured `zcash.conf` file and map to `/srv/zcashd/.zcash/zcash.conf` at startup.
+
+## Examples
+
+### See the installed version
+
+This command will create a container, print the version information of the zcashd software installed and then exit and remove the container.
+
+Run
+```
+docker run --rm electriccoinco/zcashd --version
+```
+
+Output
+```
+Zcash Daemon version v2.1.0-1
+
+In order to ensure you are adequately protecting your privacy when using Zcash,
+please see <https://z.cash/support/security/>.
+
+Copyright (C) 2009-2019 The Bitcoin Core Developers
+Copyright (C) 2015-2019 The Zcash Developers
+
+This is experimental software.
+
+Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying file COPYING
+or <https://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php>.
+
+This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the
+OpenSSL Toolkit <https://www.openssl.org/> and cryptographic software written
+by Eric Young.
+```
+
+### Persist data to the host
+
+For this example, we'll create a place for zcashd to store the blockchain data, create a new container that uses that location, and run it in the background.
+
+```
+mkdir {./zcash-params-dir,./zcash-data-dir}
+sudo chown -R 2001.2001 {./zcash-params-dir,./zcash-data-dir}
+docker run -d --name my_zcashd \
+  -v $(pwd)/zcash-data-dir:/srv/zcashd/.zcash \
+  -v $(pwd)/zcash-params-dir/srv/zcashd/.zcash-params \
+  electriccoinco/zcashd
+```  
+
+Follow the logs to see its activity.
+
+```
+docker logs -f my_zcashd
+```
diff --git a/contrib/docker/docker-compose.yml b/contrib/docker/docker-compose.yml
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+++ b/contrib/docker/docker-compose.yml
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+---
+version: '3'
+
+services:
+  zcashd:
+    build: .
+    env_file:
+      - .env
+    volumes:
+      - ./zcash-params-dir:/srv/zcashd/.zcash-params
+      - ./zcash-data-dir:/srv/zcashd/.zcash
diff --git a/contrib/docker/entrypoint.sh b/contrib/docker/entrypoint.sh
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index 000000000..984ec3e49
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+++ b/contrib/docker/entrypoint.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -eo pipefail
+
+if [[ ${1} == "--version" ]];then
+  zcashd --version
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+env | sort | grep ZCASHD || true
+export ZCASHD_CMD='zcashd -printtoconsole'
+
+if [[ ! -n ${ZCASHD_NETWORK} ]];then
+  export ZCASHD_NETWORK=mainnet
+fi
+
+case ${ZCASHD_NETWORK} in
+  testnet)
+    ZCASHD_CMD+=" -testnet -addnode=testnet.z.cash "
+    ;;
+  mainnet)
+    ZCASHD_CMD+=" -addnode=mainnet.z.cash "
+    ;;
+  *)
+    echo "Error, unknown network: ${ZCASHD_NETWORK}"
+    exit 1
+    ;;
+esac
+
+if [[ -n "${ZCASHD_SHOWMETRICS}" ]];then ZCASHD_CMD+=" -showmetrics=${ZCASHD_SHOWMETRICS}";fi
+if [[ -n "${ZCASHD_LOGIPS}" ]];then ZCASHD_CMD+=" -logips=${ZCASHD_LOGIPS}";fi
+if [[ -n "${ZCASHD_EXPERIMENTALFEATURES}" ]];then ZCASHD_CMD+=" -experimentalfeatures=${ZCASHD_EXPERIMENTALFEATURES}";fi
+if [[ -n "${ZCASHD_GEN}" ]];then ZCASHD_CMD+=" -gen=${ZCASHD_GEN}";fi
+if [[ -n "${ZCASHD_ZSHIELDCOINBASE}" ]];then ZCASHD_CMD+=" -zshieldcoinbase=${ZCASHD_ZSHIELDCOINBASE}";fi
+if [[ -n "${ZCASHD_RPCUSER}" ]];then ZCASHD_CMD+=" -rpcuser=${ZCASHD_RPCUSER}";fi
+if [[ -n "${ZCASHD_RPCPASSWORD}" ]];then ZCASHD_CMD+=" -rpcpassword=${ZCASHD_RPCPASSWORD}";fi
+if [[ -n "${ZCASHD_RPCBIND}" ]];then ZCASHD_CMD+=" -rpcbind=${ZCASHD_RPCBIND}";fi
+if [[ -n "${ZCASHD_RPCPORT}" ]];then ZCASHD_CMD+=" -rpcport=${ZCASHD_RPCPORT}";fi
+if [[ -n "${ZCASHD_ALLOWIP}" ]];then ZCASHD_CMD+=" -rpcallowip=${ZCASHD_ALLOWIP}";fi
+if [[ -n "${ZCASHD_TXINDEX}" ]];then ZCASHD_CMD+=" -txindex";fi
+if [[ -n "${ZCASHD_INSIGHTEXPLORER}" ]];then ZCASHD_CMD+=" -insightexplorer";fi
+if [[ -n "${ZCASHD_ZMQPORT}" && -n "${ZCASHD_ZMQBIND}" ]];then
+  ZCASHD_CMD+=" -zmqpubhashblock=tcp://${ZCASHD_ZMQBIND}:${ZCASHD_ZMQPORT}"
+  ZCASHD_CMD+=" -zmqpubhashtx=tcp://${ZCASHD_ZMQBIND}:${ZCASHD_ZMQPORT}"
+  ZCASHD_CMD+=" -zmqpubrawblock=tcp://${ZCASHD_ZMQBIND}:${ZCASHD_ZMQPORT}"
+  ZCASHD_CMD+=" -zmqpubrawtx=tcp://${ZCASHD_ZMQBIND}:${ZCASHD_ZMQPORT}"
+  ZCASHD_CMD+=" -zmqpubhashblock=tcp://${ZCASHD_ZMQBIND}:${ZCASHD_ZMQPORT}"
+fi
+
+zcash-fetch-params
+touch .zcash/zcash.conf
+echo "Starting: ${ZCASHD_CMD}"
+eval exec "${ZCASHD_CMD}" "${@}"