diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
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+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+index
+.gitignore
+Dockerfile
+docker-compose.yaml
+README.md
+LICENSE
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diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 83604101..93f10c3b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,3 +8,5 @@
 example.db
 .DS_Store
 /client/examples/example-linux
+docker/bitcoin-data
+docker/indexer-data
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
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+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+FROM golang:1.22
+
+WORKDIR /usr/src/app
+
+# pre-copy/cache go.mod for pre-downloading dependencies and only redownloading them in subsequent builds if they change
+COPY go.mod go.sum ./
+RUN go mod download && go mod verify
+
+EXPOSE 26770
+COPY . .
+RUN go build .
+RUN chmod +x index
+CMD ["./index", "serve", "live"]
diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+version: "3"
+services:
+  bitcoind:
+    image: zquestz/bitcoin-cash-node
+    # specify additional command line arguments here
+    command: bitcoind
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD", "/entrypoint.sh", "bitcoin-cli", "getblockchaininfo"]
+    volumes:
+      - ./docker/bitcoin-data:/data
+      - ./docker/bitcoin.conf:/data/bitcoin.conf
+    networks:
+      - bitcoin
+  indexer:
+    build: .
+    ports: 
+      - "${PORT}:26770"
+    volumes:
+      - ./docker/indexer-data:/usr/src/app/db/data
+    depends_on:
+      - bitcoind
+    networks:
+      - bitcoin
+    environment:
+      - 'NODE_HOST=[bitcoind]:8333'
+      - 'SERVER_HOST=0.0.0.0'
+
+networks:
+  bitcoin:
+
+volumes:
+  bitcoin-data:
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diff --git a/docker/bitcoin.conf b/docker/bitcoin.conf
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index 00000000..7f54a5c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/bitcoin.conf
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+txindex=1
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