diff --git a/scripts/tendermint/all_start.sh b/scripts/tendermint/all_start.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+set -o errexit -o nounset -o pipefail
+command -v shellcheck > /dev/null && shellcheck "$0"
+
+# Find latest patch releases at https://hub.docker.com/r/tendermint/tendermint/tags/
+declare -a TM_VERSIONS
+TM_VERSIONS[31]=v0.31.8
+TM_VERSIONS[32]=v0.32.3
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
+
+for KEY in "${!TM_VERSIONS[@]}"; do
+  export TENDERMINT_VERSION="${TM_VERSIONS[$KEY]}"
+  export TENDERMINT_PORT="111$KEY"
+  export TENDERMINT_NAME="tendermint-$KEY"
+
+  echo "Starting $TENDERMINT_NAME ($TENDERMINT_VERSION) on port $TENDERMINT_PORT ..."
+  "$SCRIPT_DIR/start.sh"
+done
diff --git a/scripts/tendermint/all_stop.sh b/scripts/tendermint/all_stop.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+set -o errexit -o nounset -o pipefail
+command -v shellcheck > /dev/null && shellcheck "$0"
+
+declare -a TM_VERSIONS
+TM_VERSIONS[31]=v0.31.8
+TM_VERSIONS[32]=v0.32.3
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
+
+for KEY in "${!TM_VERSIONS[@]}"; do
+  export TENDERMINT_NAME="tendermint-$KEY"
+
+  echo "Stopping $TENDERMINT_NAME ..."
+  "$SCRIPT_DIR/stop.sh"
+done
diff --git a/scripts/tendermint/start.sh b/scripts/tendermint/start.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+set -o errexit -o nounset -o pipefail
+command -v shellcheck > /dev/null && shellcheck "$0"
+
+# Tendermint settings must be specified
+# Choose version from https://hub.docker.com/r/tendermint/tendermint/tags/
+for SETTING in "TENDERMINT_VERSION" "TENDERMINT_PORT" "TENDERMINT_NAME"
+do
+  if test -z "$(eval echo "\$$SETTING")"
+  then
+    echo "\$$SETTING must be set when running this script"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+done
+
+TMP_DIR=$(mktemp -d "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/tendermint.XXXXXXXXX")
+chmod 777 "${TMP_DIR}"
+echo "Using temporary dir $TMP_DIR"
+LOGFILE="$TMP_DIR/tendermint.log"
+
+docker run --rm \
+  --user="$UID" \
+  -v "${TMP_DIR}:/tendermint" \
+  "tendermint/tendermint:${TENDERMINT_VERSION}" \
+  init
+
+# make sure we allow cors origins, only possible by modifying the config file
+# https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/issues/3216
+sed -ie 's/cors_allowed_origins.*$/cors_allowed_origins = ["*"]/' "${TMP_DIR}/config/config.toml"
+
+# must enable tx index for search and subscribe
+docker run --rm \
+  --user="$UID" \
+  --name "$TENDERMINT_NAME" \
+  -p "${TENDERMINT_PORT}:26657" -v "${TMP_DIR}:/tendermint" \
+  -e "TM_TX_INDEX_INDEX_ALL_TAGS=true" \
+  "tendermint/tendermint:${TENDERMINT_VERSION}" node \
+  --proxy_app=kvstore \
+  --rpc.laddr=tcp://0.0.0.0:26657 \
+  --log_level=state:info,rpc:info,*:error \
+  > "$LOGFILE" &
+
+echo "Tendermint running and logging into $LOGFILE"
diff --git a/scripts/tendermint/stop.sh b/scripts/tendermint/stop.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+set -o errexit -o nounset -o pipefail
+command -v shellcheck > /dev/null && shellcheck "$0"
+
+NAME=${TENDERMINT_NAME:-tendermint-25}
+
+echo "Killing container named '$NAME' ..."
+docker container kill "$NAME"