diff --git a/contrib/containers/ci/Dockerfile b/contrib/containers/ci/Dockerfile
index c26ee1f3e7..23bacefc47 100644
--- a/contrib/containers/ci/Dockerfile
+++ b/contrib/containers/ci/Dockerfile
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ ARG GROUP_ID=1000
 ENV USER_ID ${USER_ID}
 ENV GROUP_ID ${GROUP_ID}
 RUN groupadd -g ${GROUP_ID} dash
-RUN useradd -u ${USER_ID} -g dash -s /bin/bash -m -d /dash dash
+RUN useradd -u ${USER_ID} -g dash -s /bin/bash -m -d /home/dash dash
 
 # Packages needed for all target builds
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install $APT_ARGS \
@@ -101,14 +101,16 @@ RUN \
   update-alternatives --set x86_64-w64-mingw32-g++  /usr/bin/x86_64-w64-mingw32-g++-posix; \
   exit 0
 
-RUN mkdir /dash-src && \
+RUN \
+  mkdir -p /src/dash && \
   mkdir -p /cache/ccache && \
   mkdir /cache/depends && \
   mkdir /cache/sdk-sources && \
-  chown $USER_ID:$GROUP_ID /dash-src && \
-  chown $USER_ID:$GROUP_ID /cache && \
-  chown $USER_ID:$GROUP_ID /cache -R
+  chown ${USER_ID}:${GROUP_ID} /src && \
+  chown ${USER_ID}:${GROUP_ID} -R /src && \
+  chown ${USER_ID}:${GROUP_ID} /cache && \
+  chown ${USER_ID}:${GROUP_ID} -R /cache
 
-WORKDIR /dash-src
+WORKDIR /src/dash
 
 USER dash
diff --git a/contrib/containers/deploy/Dockerfile b/contrib/containers/deploy/Dockerfile
index e6ad0cb1bf..19a84057a9 100644
--- a/contrib/containers/deploy/Dockerfile
+++ b/contrib/containers/deploy/Dockerfile
@@ -5,15 +5,15 @@ LABEL description="Dockerised DashCore, built from Travis"
 ARG USER_ID
 ARG GROUP_ID
 
-ENV HOME /dash
+ENV HOME /home/dash
 
 # add user with specified (or default) user/group ids
 ENV USER_ID ${USER_ID:-1000}
 ENV GROUP_ID ${GROUP_ID:-1000}
-RUN groupadd -g ${GROUP_ID} dash
-RUN useradd -u ${USER_ID} -g dash -s /bin/bash -m -d /dash dash
-RUN mkdir /dash/.dashcore
-RUN chown dash:dash -R /dash
+RUN groupadd -g ${GROUP_ID} dash && \
+    useradd -u ${USER_ID} -g dash -s /bin/bash -m -d /home/dash dash && \
+    mkdir /home/dash/.dashcore && \
+    chown ${USER_ID}:${GROUP_ID} -R /home/dash
 
 COPY bin/* /usr/local/bin/
 
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ RUN chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/*
 
 USER dash
 
-VOLUME ["/dash"]
+VOLUME ["/home/dash"]
 
 EXPOSE 9998 9999 19998 19999
 
-WORKDIR /dash
+WORKDIR /home/dash
diff --git a/contrib/containers/deploy/Dockerfile.GitHubActions.Dispatch b/contrib/containers/deploy/Dockerfile.GitHubActions.Dispatch
index 908fe3fd95..b62d658352 100644
--- a/contrib/containers/deploy/Dockerfile.GitHubActions.Dispatch
+++ b/contrib/containers/deploy/Dockerfile.GitHubActions.Dispatch
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
     wget \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
-WORKDIR /dash
+WORKDIR /home/dash
 
 COPY . .
 
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ RUN make -j`nproc | awk '{x=$1/2; print x}'` && make install
 
 RUN mkdir built-target && \
   case "$TARGETPLATFORM" in \
-  "linux/arm64") cp depends/arm-linux-gnueabihf/bin/dash* /dash/built-target ;; \
-  "linux/amd64") cp depends/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/dash* /dash/built-target ;; \
+  "linux/arm64") cp depends/arm-linux-gnueabihf/bin/dash* /home/dash/built-target ;; \
+  "linux/amd64") cp depends/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/dash* /home/dash/built-target ;; \
 esac
 
 FROM ubuntu:focal
@@ -50,15 +50,15 @@ ARG USER_ID
 ARG GROUP_ID
 ARG TAG
 
-ENV HOME /dash
+ENV HOME /home/dash
 
 # add user with specified (or default) user/group ids
 ENV USER_ID ${USER_ID:-1000}
 ENV GROUP_ID ${GROUP_ID:-1000}
 RUN groupadd -g ${GROUP_ID} dash && \
-    useradd -u ${USER_ID} -g dash -s /bin/bash -m -d /dash dash  && \
-    mkdir /dash/.dashcore && \
-    chown dash:dash -R /dash
+    useradd -u ${USER_ID} -g dash -s /bin/bash -m -d /home/dash dash  && \
+    mkdir /home/dash/.dashcore && \
+    chown ${USER_ID}:${GROUP_ID} -R /home/dash
 
 RUN apt-get update && \
     apt-get -y install --no-install-recommends \
@@ -66,15 +66,15 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
     ca-certificates \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
-COPY --from=builder /dash/built-target/dash* /usr/local/bin
+COPY --from=builder /home/dash/built-target/dash* /usr/local/bin
 
 USER dash
 
-VOLUME ["/dash"]
+VOLUME ["/home/dash"]
 
 COPY docker/docker-entrypoint.sh /docker-entrypoint.sh
 ENTRYPOINT ["/docker-entrypoint.sh"]
 
 EXPOSE 9998 9999 19998 19999
 
-WORKDIR /dash
+WORKDIR /home/dash
diff --git a/contrib/containers/deploy/Dockerfile.GitHubActions.Gitian b/contrib/containers/deploy/Dockerfile.GitHubActions.Gitian
index a9174a1ae7..6581a4f269 100644
--- a/contrib/containers/deploy/Dockerfile.GitHubActions.Gitian
+++ b/contrib/containers/deploy/Dockerfile.GitHubActions.Gitian
@@ -7,15 +7,15 @@ ARG USER_ID
 ARG GROUP_ID
 ARG BRANCH
 
-ENV HOME /dash
+ENV HOME /home/dash
 
 # add user with specified (or default) user/group ids
 ENV USER_ID ${USER_ID:-1000}
 ENV GROUP_ID ${GROUP_ID:-1000}
 RUN groupadd -g ${GROUP_ID} dash && \
-    useradd -u ${USER_ID} -g dash -s /bin/bash -m -d /dash dash  && \
-    mkdir /dash/.dashcore && \
-    chown dash:dash -R /dash
+    useradd -u ${USER_ID} -g dash -s /bin/bash -m -d /home/dash dash  && \
+    mkdir /home/dash/.dashcore && \
+    chown ${USER_ID}:${GROUP_ID} -R /home/dash
 
 RUN apt-get update && \
     apt-get -y install --no-install-recommends \
@@ -23,23 +23,23 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
     ca-certificates \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
-COPY dashcore-binaries/${BRANCH}/dashcore* /dash
+COPY dashcore-binaries/${BRANCH}/dashcore* /home/dash
 
 RUN mach=$(uname -m) \
       && case $mach in aarch64) arch="aarch64-linux-gnu"; ;; x86_64) arch="x86_64-linux-gnu"; ;;  *) echo "ERROR: Machine type $mach not supported."; ;; esac \
-      && cd /dash \
+      && cd /home/dash \
       && tar xvzf dashcore*$arch.tar.gz \
-      && echo $(ls -1 /dash) \
+      && echo $(ls -1 /home/dash) \
       && cp dashcore-*/bin/* /usr/local/bin \
       && rm -rf dash*
 
 USER dash
 
-VOLUME ["/dash"]
+VOLUME ["/home/dash"]
 
 COPY dash/contrib/containers/deploy/docker-entrypoint.sh /docker-entrypoint.sh
 ENTRYPOINT ["/docker-entrypoint.sh"]
 
 EXPOSE 9998 9999 19998 19999
 
-WORKDIR /dash
+WORKDIR /home/dash
diff --git a/contrib/containers/deploy/Dockerfile.GitHubActions.Release b/contrib/containers/deploy/Dockerfile.GitHubActions.Release
index 8262989a00..433669579a 100644
--- a/contrib/containers/deploy/Dockerfile.GitHubActions.Release
+++ b/contrib/containers/deploy/Dockerfile.GitHubActions.Release
@@ -6,15 +6,15 @@ ARG USER_ID
 ARG GROUP_ID
 ARG TAG
 
-ENV HOME /dash
+ENV HOME /home/dash
 
 # add user with specified (or default) user/group ids
 ENV USER_ID ${USER_ID:-1000}
 ENV GROUP_ID ${GROUP_ID:-1000}
 RUN groupadd -g ${GROUP_ID} dash && \
-    useradd -u ${USER_ID} -g dash -s /bin/bash -m -d /dash dash  && \
-    mkdir /dash/.dashcore && \
-    chown dash:dash -R /dash
+    useradd -u ${USER_ID} -g dash -s /bin/bash -m -d /home/dash dash  && \
+    mkdir /home/dash/.dashcore && \
+    chown ${USER_ID}:${GROUP_ID} -R /home/dash
 
 RUN apt-get update && \
     apt-get -y install --no-install-recommends \
@@ -32,11 +32,11 @@ RUN mach=$(uname -m) \
 
 USER dash
 
-VOLUME ["/dash"]
+VOLUME ["/home/dash"]
 
 COPY docker-entrypoint.sh /docker-entrypoint.sh
 ENTRYPOINT ["/docker-entrypoint.sh"]
 
 EXPOSE 9998 9999 19998 19999
 
-WORKDIR /dash
+WORKDIR /home/dash
diff --git a/contrib/containers/develop/Dockerfile b/contrib/containers/develop/Dockerfile
index 7ad971a30d..afdc439e3d 100644
--- a/contrib/containers/develop/Dockerfile
+++ b/contrib/containers/develop/Dockerfile
@@ -8,19 +8,34 @@ INCLUDE+ ci/Dockerfile
 # just started configuring this image, give us root access
 USER root
 
+# Make development environment more standalone
+RUN apt-get update && \
+    apt-get install $APT_ARGS \
+    apt-cacher-ng \
+    gdb \
+    gpg \
+    lsb-release \
+    nano \
+    openssh-client \
+    screen \
+    sudo \
+    zsh \
+    && \
+    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
 # Discourage root access, this is an interactive instance
 #
 # Sometimes these commands are run repetitively _after_ the non-sudo
 # user was introduced and therefore these commands would fail
-# To mitigate the build halting, we've added "|| true" so that it
+# To mitigate the build halting, you can add "|| true" so that it
 # unconditionally returns 0
 #
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install $APT_ARGS sudo && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
-RUN usermod -aG sudo dash
-RUN echo '%sudo ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL' >> /etc/sudoers
-
-# Make development environment more standalone
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install $APT_ARGS nano openssh-client zsh gdb && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+# Also, we create the group `docker` and add our user to it to meet
+# Gitian's requirements
+#
+RUN groupadd docker && \
+    usermod -aG sudo,docker dash && \
+    echo '%sudo ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL' >> /etc/sudoers
 
 # Disable noninteractive mode
 ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND="dialog"
diff --git a/contrib/containers/develop/docker-compose.yml b/contrib/containers/develop/docker-compose.yml
index ec2a343ea8..95241c0a56 100644
--- a/contrib/containers/develop/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/contrib/containers/develop/docker-compose.yml
@@ -26,4 +26,26 @@ services:
       - type: bind
 #        source: /host/$PWD # Workaround needed on non-Linux hosts
         source: ../../..
-        target: /dash-src
+        target: /src/dash
+
+# Sharing your ccache
+#
+# As the container is supposed to be a reproducible replica of the build
+# environment 1:1, it will not interact with your filesystem except as
+# defined in this file. This comes with the disadvantage of having to engage
+# in repeated re-compilation of object files, which will prolong your build
+# times and make the process more arduous. Therefore it is recommended to share
+# your local ccache with the container. The example below connects to a remote
+# samba share and can be adopted to fit your needs.
+#
+# NOTE: Only the first line is a continuation of the services.container.volumes
+#       definition
+
+#      - cache:/home/dash/.ccache
+#
+# volumes:
+#    cache:
+#      driver_opts:
+#        type: cifs
+#        o: "username=example,password=changemeplsfix"
+#        device: "//127.0.0.1/cache"