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@@ -135,6 +135,31 @@ docker compose -f docker-compose.yml -f $DOCKER_COMPOSE_OVERRIDE up --build
 
 Above command will run `bitcoind`, `lightningd` and `txood` services on a single node.
 
+### First Time Chain Sync
+
+It's quite possible that while syncing for the first time `bitcoind` would be unresponsive to rpc calls made by `core-lightning`, `vls`, etc. To remedy such scenario where other containers would fail to start we can instead start with just `bitcoind` and `txood`
+```bash
+docker compose --profile vls stop
+docker compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.testnet.yml up bitcoin-core txoo -d
+```
+
+Let the chain sync you can check its progress using `bitcoin-cli` or by checking status of docker container's health
+```bash
+docker container exec bitcoind-test bitcoin-cli getblockchaininfo
+docker ps
+```
+
+Also, given there is a dependency of `core-lightning` on `txoo` it is a good idea to wait sometime so that all attestations are available for it to retrieve and `txoo` is healthy. `txoo` container health can be checked using `docker`
+```bash
+docker ps
+```
+
+After the chain sync has completed we can stop the containers and restart the whole system again
+```bash
+docker compose --profile vls stop
+docker compose --profile vls -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.testnet.yml up -d
+```
+
 ## Interacting with Containers
 
 We can use the `docker container exec <CONTAINER_NAME> <COMMAND>` command to interact with containers and interact with setup using command line tools like `bitcoin-cli`, `lightning-cli`, `vls-cli`, etc.