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+FROM debian
+
+# Install Rust and Cargo
+# TODO: make this architecture agnostic
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -yy sudo wget 
+RUN wget https://static.rust-lang.org/dist/rust-nightly-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz
+RUN tar xvf rust-nightly-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz
+RUN cd rust-nightly-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu && ./install.sh
+
+
+# Install libsnark dependencies
+# g++ (for building libsnark)
+# libgmp-dev (for bigint math)
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -yy g++ libgmp-dev
+
+# Include this directory in the built image
+
+ADD . /bellman
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