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+# Using Debian-based image with Go 1.22
+# - go 1.22, required by rollkit
+# - Debian for building the wasmd binary
+FROM golang:1.22 AS build-env
+
+# Install system dependencies
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+    git \
+    make \
+    sed \
+    gcc \
+    libc-dev \
+    wget \
+    bash \
+    curl \
+    jq \
+    ranger \
+    vim \
+    libc6 \
+    ca-certificates \
+    && apt-get clean \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+# Set working directory for the build
+WORKDIR /src
+
+# Download wasmd repo
+RUN git clone https://github.com/CosmWasm/wasmd.git 
+
+# Set working directory to wasmd
+WORKDIR /src/wasmd
+
+# Update Dependencies
+RUN git checkout tags/v0.50.0 && \
+    go mod edit -replace github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk=github.com/rollkit/cosmos-sdk@v0.50.6-rollkit-v0.13.3-no-fraud-proofs && \
+    go mod tidy -compat=1.17 && \
+    go mod download 
+
+# Comment out lines 902-904 in app.go as temporary fix until CosmWasm/wasmd#1785 is resolved.
+RUN sed -i '902,904 s/^/\/\//' ./app/app.go
+
+# Build the wasmd binary
+RUN make install
+
+# Grab in the init.sh script from the docs
+RUN wget https://rollkit.dev/cosmwasm/init.sh
+
+# Comment out the wasmd start command lines so that we just initialize the environment
+RUN sed -i '/wasmd start/s/^/#/' init.sh
+
+RUN bash init.sh
+
+EXPOSE 36657 36656 9290
+
+# Keep the container running
+CMD tail -F /dev/null
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+# CosmWasm
+
+This repository contains the supporting code for the [CosmWasm tutorial](https://rollkit.dev/tutorials/cosmwasm).
+
+## Overview
+
+The `main` branch contains the Dockerfile and Kurtosis packages for the CosmWasm tutorial. 
+
+The `tutorial` branch contains the CosmWasm wasmd code that is used to build the binary for reference.