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+# Build stage
+FROM rust:1.85-slim-bookworm AS builder
+
+# Install build dependencies
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
+    build-essential \
+    pkg-config \
+    libssl-dev \
+    git \
+    cmake \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+# Define ARG for Cuprate tag
+ARG CUPRATE_TAG=cuprated-0.0.1
+
+# Clone the Cuprate repository with no caching
+WORKDIR /usr/src
+# This ARG is used to bust the Docker build cache for the following RUN command
+# Set to an always unique value during build with:
+# docker build --build-arg CACHEBUST=$(date +%s) -t cuprate-docker .
+ARG CACHEBUST=1
+# The echo forces this layer to be rebuilt even when using cached layers
+RUN echo "Cache bust: ${CACHEBUST}" && \
+    git clone https://github.com/Cuprate/cuprate.git && \
+    cd cuprate && \
+    if [ "$CUPRATE_TAG" != "main" ]; then \
+        git fetch --all --tags && \
+        git checkout ${CUPRATE_TAG}; \
+    fi
+WORKDIR /usr/src/cuprate
+
+# Build the project
+RUN cargo build --release --bin cuprated
+
+# Runtime stage
+FROM debian:bookworm-slim
+
+# Install runtime dependencies
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
+    libssl-dev \
+    ca-certificates \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+# Create a cuprate user
+RUN useradd -m -u 1000 -s /bin/bash cuprate
+
+# Create directories for Cuprate data
+RUN mkdir -p /home/cuprate/.local/share/cuprate /home/cuprate/.config/cuprate \
+    && chown -R cuprate:cuprate /home/cuprate
+
+# Copy the binary from the builder stage
+COPY --from=builder /usr/src/cuprate/target/release/cuprated /usr/local/bin/
+
+# Set the user
+USER cuprate
+WORKDIR /home/cuprate
+
+# Expose P2P and RPC ports (mainnet, testnet, stagenet)
+# P2P ports
+EXPOSE 18080/tcp 28080/tcp 38080/tcp
+# RPC ports
+EXPOSE 18081/tcp 28081/tcp 38081/tcp
+
+# Set up a volume for persistent data
+VOLUME ["/home/cuprate/.local/share/cuprate", "/home/cuprate/.config/cuprate"]
+
+# Default command
+ENTRYPOINT ["cuprated"]