diff --git a/contrib/docker/bitcoin-abc/Dockerfile b/contrib/docker/bitcoin-abc/Dockerfile
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+FROM debian:buster-slim
+
+ARG RELEASE_ARCHIVE
+COPY "${RELEASE_ARCHIVE}" /tmp
+
+RUN tar xzf "/tmp/${RELEASE_ARCHIVE}" -C /usr/local --strip-components=1 --exclude="*-qt"
+RUN rm -f "/tmp/${RELEASE_ARCHIVE}"
+
+RUN groupadd -r bitcoin
+RUN useradd -rmg bitcoin bitcoin
+
+ENV BITCOIN_DATA /data
+
+# Set permissions on the data directory
+RUN mkdir "${BITCOIN_DATA}"
+RUN chown -R bitcoin:bitcoin "${BITCOIN_DATA}"
+RUN ln -sfn "$BITCOIN_DATA" /home/bitcoin/.bitcoin
+RUN chown -h bitcoin:bitcoin /home/bitcoin/.bitcoin
+
+# We need to declare the volume AFTER the directory is created and permissions
+# are set, otherwise the changes won't be persistent
+VOLUME "${BITCOIN_DATA}"
+
+EXPOSE 8332 8333 18332 18333
+
+USER bitcoin
+CMD ["bitcoind"]
diff --git a/contrib/docker/bitcoin-abc/README.md b/contrib/docker/bitcoin-abc/README.md
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+# Running the Bitcoin ABC node software inside a Docker container
+
+## Building your Docker image
+
+From this directory:
+1. [Download](https://www.bitcoinabc.org/releases/) the release archive for your target system.
+   This example assumes that you downloaded the file `bitcoin-abc-0.22.3-x86_64-linux-gnu.tar.gz`
+2. Build the image:
+
+```shell
+docker build -t bitcoin-abc:0.22.3 --build-arg RELEASE_ARCHIVE=bitcoin-abc-0.22.3-x86_64-linux-gnu.tar.gz .
+```
+
+## Running the node software
+
+By default the container will execute `bitcoind`:
+
+```shell
+docker run bitcoin-abc:0.22.3
+```
+
+To pass options to `bitcoind`, pass them as arguments to the container:
+
+```shell
+docker run bitcoin-abc:0.22.3 bitcoind -version
+```
+
+You can also run another tool by specifying it as an argument to the container:
+
+```shell
+docker run bitcoin-abc:0.22.3 bitcoin-cli -version
+```
+
+## Persistent data directory
+
+The container uses `/data` volume as the default data directory.
+To make this directory persistent across container runs, you can bind the
+volume to your local filesystem:
+
+```shell
+mkdir ~/bitcoin-abc-data
+docker run -v ~/bitcoin-abc-data:/data bitcoin-abc:0.22.3
+```
+
+**Note: Make sure the container has write access to you local folder.**
+
+## Communication between bitcoin-cli and bitcoind
+
+In order to make `bitcoin-cli` and `bitcoind` communicate together, they need to
+use the same network. By using the same data directory, they also share the
+authentication cookie:
+
+```shell
+# Run the bitcoind container in the background
+docker run --name bitcoind -v ~/bitcoin-abc-data:/data --rm -d bitcoin-abc:0.22.3
+docker run --network container:bitcoind -v ~/bitcoin-abc-data:/data --rm bitcoin-abc:0.22.3 bitcoin-cli getnetworkinfo
+docker stop bitcoind
+```