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+FROM ubuntu:16.04
+
+WORKDIR /
+
+ADD . /multichain
+
+RUN apt-get update \
+	&& apt-get install -y software-properties-common \
+    && apt-get install -y build-essential libtool autotools-dev automake pkg-config libssl-dev git python python-pip bsdmainutils libboost-all-dev\
+    && add-apt-repository ppa:bitcoin/bitcoin \
+    && apt-get update \
+    && apt-get install -y libdb4.8-dev libdb4.8++-dev \
+    && pip install pathlib2 \
+	&& apt-get -y install nano curl wget
+
+WORKDIR /multichain
+
+RUN echo "==================================== BUILDING V8  ========================================" \
+    && export MULTICHAIN_HOME=$(pwd) \
+    && mkdir v8build \
+    && cd v8build \
+    && wget https://github.com/MultiChain/multichain-binaries/raw/master/linux-v8.tar.gz \
+    && tar -xvzf linux-v8.tar.gz \
+    && echo "================================= BUILDING Multichain ===========================================" \
+    && cd $MULTICHAIN_HOME \
+    && ./autogen.sh \
+	&& ./configure \
+	&& make \
+	&& strip src/multichaind \
+	&& cp src/multichain-util /usr/local/bin/ \
+	&& cp src/multichaind /usr/local/bin/ \
+	&& cp src/multichain-cli /usr/local/bin/ \
+