- `/mnt/bitcoin/bitcoin_data` is a placeholder path -- replace it with whatever path you want to hold the blockchain in. Remember that it needs at least 500GB of free space.
- `/mnt/bitcoin/bitcoin_data` is a placeholder path -- replace it with whatever path you want to hold the blockchain in. Remember that it needs at least 600GB of free space.
- `8333` is the `bitcoind` p2p port; `50002` is the RPC port. These ports are exposed on the host machine's network interface, so you can reach them from other devices.
- Once you start running the container, it will **probably take about two days** for the blockchain to finish syncing and indexing. You can check on its progress by watching the terminal output.