diff --git a/contrib/Dockerfile b/contrib/Dockerfile
index 446249dd5..044f05d5f 100644
--- a/contrib/Dockerfile
+++ b/contrib/Dockerfile
@@ -1,41 +1,46 @@
-# ElectrumX for Bitcoin with LevelDB
-# Build: docker build -t electrumx .
-#        podman build -t electrumx .
+# ElectrumX for Bitcoin, with RocksDB
+# This is a simple ~minimal example Dockerfile.
+#
+# Build: docker build --pull -t electrumx .
+#        podman build --pull  -t electrumx .
 # Run:   docker run -d --net=host -v ~/electrumx-db:/var/lib/electrumx -e DAEMON_URL="http://youruser:yourpass@localhost:8332" -e REPORT_SERVICES=tcp://example.com:50001 electrumx
 #        podman run -d --net=host -v ~/electrumx-db:/var/lib/electrumx -e DAEMON_URL="http://youruser:yourpass@localhost:8332" -e REPORT_SERVICES=tcp://example.com:50001 electrumx
-# Stop:  docker kill --signal=TERM CONTAINER_ID
-#        podman kill --signal=TERM CONTAINER_ID
+# Stop:  docker stop CONTAINER_ID
+#        podman stop CONTAINER_ID
 
-FROM python:3.14.3-trixie AS builder
+FROM python:3.14-trixie AS builder
 
 WORKDIR /usr/src/app
 
-# Install the libs needed by leveldb (including development headers)
+# Install the libs needed by rocksdb (including development headers)
 RUN apt-get update \
     && apt-get -y --no-install-recommends install \
-        build-essential git libleveldb-dev \
+        build-essential \
+        git \
+        librocksdb-dev \
+        pkg-config \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
+# Install ElectrumX
+#ARG ELECTRUMX_VERSION=1.20.0
+ARG ELECTRUMX_VERSION=b8f6e227f251fe5cba96b940ffaa094439636417
 RUN python -m venv venv \
     && venv/bin/pip install --no-cache-dir \
-        "e-x @ git+https://github.com/spesmilo/electrumx.git@1.19.0"
+        "e_x[rocksdb] @ git+https://github.com/spesmilo/electrumx.git@${ELECTRUMX_VERSION}"
 
 
-FROM python:3.14.3-slim-trixie
+FROM python:3.14-slim-trixie
 
-# Install the libs needed by leveldb (no development headers or statics)
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get -y --no-install-recommends install libleveldb1d && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+# Install the libs needed by rocksdb (no development headers or statics)
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get -y --no-install-recommends install librocksdb9.10 && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 ENV SERVICES="tcp://:50001"
 ENV COIN=Bitcoin
 ENV DB_DIRECTORY=/var/lib/electrumx
 ENV DAEMON_URL="http://username:password@hostname:port/"
 ENV ALLOW_ROOT=true
-# TODO change DB_ENGINE default to rocksdb after we tag ElectrumX 2.0?
-ENV DB_ENGINE=leveldb
-ENV MAX_SEND=10000000
-ENV BANDWIDTH_UNIT_COST=50000
-ENV CACHE_MB=2000
+ENV DB_ENGINE=rocksdb
+#ENV CACHE_MB=2000
 
 WORKDIR /usr/src/app
 COPY --from=builder /usr/src/app .
diff --git a/contrib/Dockerfile_beefyserver b/contrib/Dockerfile_beefyserver
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..765a6fa30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/Dockerfile_beefyserver
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+# ElectrumX for Bitcoin, with RocksDB
+# This Dockerfile is intended for modern multi-core servers with at least 16 GB of RAM.
+# We compile our own free-threaded Python, with --disable-gil (which is experimental!), which makes
+# ElectrumX able to truly utilise multiple CPU cores and makes processing blocks significantly faster.
+#
+# Build: docker build -f Dockerfile_beefyserver --pull -t electrumx .
+# Run:   docker run -d --net=host -v ~/electrumx-db:/var/lib/electrumx -e DAEMON_URL="http://youruser:yourpass@localhost:8332" -e REPORT_SERVICES=tcp://example.com:50001 electrumx
+# Stop:  docker stop CONTAINER_ID
+
+FROM debian:trixie
+
+ENV LC_ALL=C.UTF-8 LANG=C.UTF-8
+ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+
+WORKDIR /usr/src/app
+
+# Install libs needed to build CPython
+RUN apt-get update \
+    && apt-get -y install \
+        git \
+        wget \
+        make \
+        autotools-dev \
+        autoconf \
+        libtool \
+        xz-utils \
+        libssl-dev \
+        libssl3 \
+        openssl \
+        zlib1g-dev \
+        libffi-dev \
+        libncurses5-dev \
+        libsqlite3-dev \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+# Install libs needed to build RocksDB
+RUN apt-get update \
+    && apt-get -y --no-install-recommends install \
+        build-essential \
+        git \
+        librocksdb-dev \
+        pkg-config \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+# build CPython (free-threaded, with --disable-gil)
+ARG PYTHON_VERSION="v3.14.6"
+RUN cd /opt && \
+    git clone https://github.com/python/cpython && \
+    cd cpython/ && \
+    git checkout "${PYTHON_VERSION}" && \
+    ./configure \
+        --prefix="/usr" \
+        --enable-ipv6 \
+        --enable-shared \
+        --disable-gil \
+        -q && \
+    make -s "-j$(nproc)" && \
+    make install
+
+RUN python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
+
+# Install ElectrumX
+#ARG ELECTRUMX_VERSION=1.20.0
+ARG ELECTRUMX_VERSION=b8f6e227f251fe5cba96b940ffaa094439636417
+RUN python3 -m pip install \
+    "e_x[rocksdb] @ git+https://github.com/spesmilo/electrumx.git@${ELECTRUMX_VERSION}"
+
+
+ENV SERVICES="tcp://:50001"
+ENV COIN=Bitcoin
+ENV DB_DIRECTORY=/var/lib/electrumx
+ENV DAEMON_URL="http://username:password@hostname:port/"
+ENV ALLOW_ROOT=true
+ENV DB_ENGINE=rocksdb
+ENV CACHE_MB=2000
+
+
+VOLUME /var/lib/electrumx
+
+RUN mkdir -p "$DB_DIRECTORY"
+
+CMD ["electrumx_server"]