diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
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+*.tar.gz
+
+*.exe
+*.pdb
+src/elements
+src/elementsd
+src/elements-cli
+src/elements-gui
+src/elements-node
+src/elements-tx
+src/elements-wallet
+src/test/fuzz/*
+!src/test/fuzz/*.*
+src/test/test_bitcoin
+src/qt/test/test_elements-qt
+
+# autoreconf
+Makefile.in
+aclocal.m4
+autom4te.cache/
+build-aux/config.guess
+build-aux/config.sub
+build-aux/depcomp
+build-aux/install-sh
+build-aux/ltmain.sh
+build-aux/m4/libtool.m4
+build-aux/m4/lt~obsolete.m4
+build-aux/m4/ltoptions.m4
+build-aux/m4/ltsugar.m4
+build-aux/m4/ltversion.m4
+build-aux/missing
+build-aux/compile
+build-aux/test-driver
+config.cache
+config.log
+config.status
+configure
+libtool
+src/config/bitcoin-config.h
+src/config/bitcoin-config.h.in
+src/config/stamp-h1
+src/obj
+share/setup.nsi
+share/qt/Info.plist
+
+src/univalue/gen
+
+src/qt/*.moc
+src/qt/moc_*.cpp
+src/qt/forms/ui_*.h
+
+src/qt/test/moc*.cpp
+
+src/qt/bitcoin-qt.config
+src/qt/bitcoin-qt.creator
+src/qt/bitcoin-qt.creator.user
+src/qt/bitcoin-qt.files
+src/qt/bitcoin-qt.includes
+
+.deps
+.dirstamp
+.libs
+.*.swp
+*.*~*
+*.bak
+*.rej
+*.orig
+*.pyc
+*.o
+*.o-*
+*.a
+*.pb.cc
+*.pb.h
+*.dat
+
+*.log
+*.trs
+*.dmg
+
+*.json.h
+*.raw.h
+
+# Only ignore unexpected patches
+*.patch
+!depends/patches/**/*.patch
+
+#libtool object files
+*.lo
+*.la
+
+# Compilation and Qt preprocessor part
+*.qm
+Makefile
+!depends/Makefile
+src/qt/elements-qt
+Elements-Qt.app
+background.tiff*
+
+# Qt Creator
+Makefile.am.user
+
+# Unit-tests
+Makefile.test
+bitcoin-qt_test
+
+# Resources cpp
+qrc_*.cpp
+
+# Mac specific
+.DS_Store
+build
+
+# Previous releases
+releases
+
+#lcov
+*.gcno
+*.gcda
+/*.info
+test_bitcoin.coverage/
+total.coverage/
+fuzz.coverage/
+coverage_percent.txt
+/cov_tool_wrapper.sh
+qa-assets/
+
+#build tests
+linux-coverage-build
+linux-build
+win32-build
+test/config.ini
+test/cache/*
+test/.mypy_cache/
+
+!src/leveldb*/Makefile
+
+/doc/doxygen/
+
+libbitcoinconsensus.pc
+contrib/devtools/split-debug.sh
+
+# Output from running db4 installation
+db4/
+
+# clang-check
+*.plist
+
+osx_volname
+dist/
+*.background.tiff
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker.yml b/.github/workflows/docker.yml
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+name: Build Docker containers on push
+
+permissions:
+  packages: write
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+
+jobs:
+  build-amd64:
+    name: Build image
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout project
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - name: Set env variables
+        run: |
+          echo "BRANCH=$(echo ${GITHUB_REF#refs/heads/} | sed 's/\//-/g')" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          REPO_OWNER=${{ github.repository_owner }}
+          echo "IMAGE_NAME=${REPO_OWNER,,}/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY#*/}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: Login to GitHub Container Registry
+        uses: docker/login-action@v1 
+        with:
+          registry: ghcr.io
+          username: ${{ github.repository_owner }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Set up QEMU
+        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v1
+
+      - name: Setup Docker buildx action
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v1
+
+      - name: Run Docker buildx
+        run: |
+                docker buildx build \
+                --platform linux/amd64,linux/arm64 \
+                --tag ghcr.io/$IMAGE_NAME:$BRANCH \
+                --output "type=registry" ./
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
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+# This Dockerfile builds Elements and packages it into a minimal `final` image
+
+# Define default versions so that they don't have to be repeated throughout the file
+ARG VER_ALPINE=3.15
+
+# $USER name, and data $DIR to be used in the `final` image
+ARG USER=elements
+ARG DIR=/data
+
+#
+# This downloads a pre-built BerkeleyDB to make sure
+# the overall build time of this Dockerfile fits within CI limits.
+#
+FROM ghcr.io/runcitadel/berkeleydb:main AS berkeleydb
+
+
+FROM alpine:${VER_ALPINE} AS builder
+
+ARG VERSION
+ARG SOURCE
+
+RUN apk add --no-cache \
+        autoconf \
+        automake \
+        boost-dev \
+        sqlite-dev \
+        build-base clang clang-dev lld \
+        chrpath \
+        file \
+        libevent-dev \
+        libressl \
+        libtool \
+        linux-headers \
+        zeromq-dev
+
+# Fetch pre-built berkeleydb
+COPY  --from=berkeleydb /opt/ /opt/
+
+# Change to the extracted directory
+WORKDIR /elements
+
+# Copy bitcoin source (downloaded & verified in previous stages)
+COPY  .  .
+
+ENV ELEMENTS_PREFIX /opt/element
+
+RUN ./autogen.sh
+
+# TODO: Try to optimize on passed params
+RUN ./configure LDFLAGS=-L/opt/db4/lib/ CPPFLAGS=-I/opt/db4/include/ \
+    CXXFLAGS="-O2" CC=clang CXX=clang++ \
+    --prefix="/opt/element" \
+    --disable-man \
+    --disable-shared \
+    --disable-ccache \
+    --disable-tests \
+    --disable-bench \
+    --enable-static \
+    --enable-reduce-exports \
+    --enable-c++17 \
+    --without-gui \
+    --without-libs \
+    --with-utils \
+    --with-sqlite=yes \
+    --with-daemon
+
+RUN make -j$(nproc)
+RUN make install
+
+FROM alpine:${VER_ALPINE} AS final
+
+ARG USER
+ARG DIR
+
+RUN apk add --no-cache \
+        boost-filesystem \
+        boost-thread \
+        boost-system \
+        libevent \
+        libsodium \
+        libstdc++ \
+        libzmq \
+        sqlite-libs
+
+COPY --from=builder /opt/element/bin/elements* /usr/local/bin/
+
+RUN adduser --disabled-password \
+            --home "$DIR/" \
+            --gecos "" \
+            "$USER"
+
+USER $USER
+
+# Prevents `VOLUME $DIR/.bitcoind/` being created as owned by `root`
+RUN mkdir -p "$DIR/.elements/"
+
+# Expose volume containing all `bitcoind` data
+VOLUME $DIR/.elements/
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["elementsd"]