diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
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+# Git
+.git
+.gitignore
+.gitattributes
+README.md
+
+
+# CI
+.codeclimate.yml
+.travis.yml
+.taskcluster.yml
+
+# Docker
+docker-compose.yml
+Dockerfile
+.docker
+.dockerignore
+
+# Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
+**/__pycache__/
+**/*.py[cod]
+
+# C extensions
+*.so
+
+# Distribution / packaging
+.Python
+env/
+build/
+develop-eggs/
+dist/
+downloads/
+eggs/
+lib/
+lib64/
+parts/
+sdist/
+var/
+*.egg-info/
+.installed.cfg
+*.egg
+
+# PyInstaller
+#  Usually these files are written by a python script from a template
+#  before PyInstaller builds the exe, so as to inject date/other infos into it.
+*.manifest
+*.spec
+
+# Installer logs
+pip-log.txt
+pip-delete-this-directory.txt
+
+# Unit test / coverage reports
+htmlcov/
+.tox/
+.coverage
+.cache
+nosetests.xml
+coverage.xml
+
+# Translations
+*.mo
+*.pot
+
+# Django stuff:
+*.log
+
+# Sphinx documentation
+docs/_build/
+
+# PyBuilder
+target/
+
+# Virtual environment
+.env
+.venv/
+venv/
+
+# PyCharm
+.idea
+
+# Python mode for VIM
+.ropeproject
+**/.ropeproject
+
+# Vim swap files
+**/*.swp
+
+# VS Code
+.vscode/
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
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+FROM python:3.12-alpine as base
+WORKDIR /app/
+
+ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED 1
+ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE 1
+
+RUN apk add --update --virtual .build-deps \
+    build-base \
+    python3-dev \
+    libpq \
+    gcc \
+    libffi-dev
+
+RUN pip install poetry
+COPY pyproject.toml poetry.lock* /app/
+
+RUN poetry config virtualenvs.create false
+RUN poetry install --without dev --no-interaction --no-ansi
+
+
+FROM python:3.12-alpine
+
+EXPOSE 8010
+WORKDIR /app/
+
+ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED 1
+ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE 1
+ENV PYTHONPATH /app:$PYTHONPATH
+
+RUN apk add --update --no-cache libpq
+
+COPY --from=base /usr/local/bin/ /usr/local/bin/
+COPY --from=base /usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/ /usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/
+
+COPY . .
+
+CMD [ "sh", "./start.sh" ]
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
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+version: '3'
+
+services:
+
+  chain-service:
+    container_name: chain-service-dev
+
+    build:
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: ./Dockerfile
+
+    environment:
+      - DATABASE_URL=mongodb://chain-service:password@chain-db:27017
+
+    ports:
+      - 8010:8010
+
+    develop:
+      watch:
+        - action: sync+restart
+          path: ./chain_service/
+          target: /app/chain_service/
+
+        - action: rebuild
+          path: ./pyproject.toml
+
+    depends_on:
+      - chain-db
+
+  chain-db:
+    image: mongo
+    container_name: chain-db-dev
+
+    ports:
+      - 27017:27017
+
+    environment:
+      - MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_USERNAME=chain-service
+      - MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_PASSWORD=password
+      - MONGO_INITDB_DATABASE=chain-db
+
+    volumes:
+      - chain-db-dev:/data/db
+
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD", "mongo", "--eval", "db.adminCommand('ping')"]
+      interval: 30s
+      timeout: 10s
+      retries: 5
+
+volumes:
+  chain-db-dev: