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+COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME=chainquery
+RPC_PASSWORD=${RPC_PASSWORD:-$(env LC_CTYPE=C LC_ALL=C tr -dc A-Za-z0-9 < /dev/urandom | head -c 16 | xargs)}