Gridcoin v5.5.0.0 on Docker
System
Docker is an open-source platform to build, deploy, and run applications in lightweight, portable containers. It uses operating system-level virtualization to package software into standardized units called containers, which include everything the application needs to run, such as code, runtime, system tools, and libraries.
Deploying
$ docker run --detach \
--name gridcoin \
--hostname gridcoin \
--network host \
--pid host \
-v gridcoin-data:/data \
-e GRIDCOIN_RPC_USER="secretUSER" \
-e GRIDCOIN_RPC_PASS="secretPASSWORD" \
-e GRIDCOIN_DATA_DIR="/data/gridcoin" \
docker.io/osgiliath/gridcoin:natasha;Running
Gridcoin Research is running on Docker.
$ docker --version;
Docker version 29.4.0, build 9d7ad9ff180b43ae5577d048a7bac1159ce7bacf
$ date; docker exec -u gridcoin -it gridcoin /usr/bin/gridcoinresearchd -rpcuser=secretUSER -rpcpassword=secretPASSWORD getinfo;;
Wed Apr 15 11:39:23 CEST 2026
{
"version": "v5.5.0.0",
"minor_version": 5,
"protocolversion": 180329,
"walletversion": 5040101,
"balance": 0.00000000,
"newmint": 0.00000000,
"stake": 0.00000000,
"blocks": 3944479,
"in_sync": true,
"timeoffset": 0,
"uptime": 121068,
"moneysupply": 514008749.96499919,
"connections": 32,
"proxy": "",
"ip": "62.210.163.216",
"difficulty": {
"current": 9.760220418497282,
"target": 9.643333197298228
},
"testnet": false,
"keypoololdest": 1776124776,
"keypoolsize": 101,
"paytxfee": 0.00100000,
"mininput": 0.00000000,
"errors": ""
}