diff --git a/benchmarks/conftest.py b/benchmarks/conftest.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0e09841
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmarks/conftest.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+from benchmarks.core.tests.fixtures import *
diff --git a/benchmarks/core/deluge.py b/benchmarks/core/deluge.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b69830f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmarks/core/deluge.py
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+import base64
+import shutil
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+from io import BytesIO
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import List, Union, Optional, Self, Dict, Any
+
+import pathvalidate
+from deluge_client import DelugeRPCClient
+from torrentool.torrent import Torrent
+from urllib3.util import Url
+
+from benchmarks.core.network import TNetworkHandle, SharedFSNode
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class DelugeMeta:
+    name: str
+    announce_url: Url
+
+
+class DelugeNode(SharedFSNode[Torrent, DelugeMeta]):
+
+    def __init__(
+            self,
+            name: str,
+            volume: Path,
+            daemon_port: int,
+            daemon_address: str = 'localhost',
+            daemon_username: str = 'user',
+            daemon_password: str = 'password',
+    ) -> None:
+        if not pathvalidate.is_valid_filename(name):
+            raise ValueError(f'Node name must be a valid filename (bad name: "{name}")')
+
+        self.name = name
+        self.downloads_root = volume / name / 'downloads'
+
+        self._rpc: Optional[DelugeRPCClient] = None
+        self.daemon_args = {
+            'host': daemon_address,
+            'port': daemon_port,
+            'username': daemon_username,
+            'password': daemon_password,
+        }
+
+        super().__init__(self.downloads_root)
+
+        self._init_folders()
+
+    def wipe_all_torrents(self):
+        torrent_ids = list(self.rpc.core.get_torrents_status({}, []).keys())
+        if torrent_ids:
+            errors = self.rpc.core.remove_torrents(torrent_ids, remove_data=True)
+            if errors:
+                raise Exception(f'There were errors removing torrents: {errors}')
+
+        # Wipe download folder to get rid of files that got uploaded but failed
+        # seeding or deletes.
+        shutil.rmtree(self.downloads_root)
+        self._init_folders()
+
+    def seed(
+            self,
+            file: Path,
+            handle: Union[DelugeMeta, Torrent],
+    ) -> Torrent:
+        data_root = self.downloads_root / handle.name
+        data_root.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=False)
+
+        target = self.upload(local=file, name=handle.name)
+
+        if isinstance(handle, DelugeMeta):
+            torrent = Torrent.create_from(target.parent)
+            torrent.announce_urls = handle.announce_url.url
+            torrent.name = handle.name
+        else:
+            torrent = handle
+
+        self.rpc.core.add_torrent_file(
+            filename=f'{handle.name}.torrent',
+            filedump=self._b64dump(torrent),
+            options=dict(),
+        )
+
+        return torrent
+
+    def leech(self, handle: TNetworkHandle):
+        pass
+
+    def torrent_info(self, name: str) -> List[Dict[bytes, Any]]:
+        return list(self.rpc.core.get_torrents_status({'name': name}, []).values())
+
+    @property
+    def rpc(self) -> DelugeRPCClient:
+        if self._rpc is None:
+            self.connect()
+        return self._rpc
+
+    def connect(self) -> Self:
+        client = DelugeRPCClient(**self.daemon_args)
+        client.connect()
+        self._rpc = client
+        return self
+
+    def _init_folders(self):
+        self.downloads_root.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _b64dump(handle: Torrent) -> bytes:
+        buffer = BytesIO()
+        buffer.write(handle.to_string())
+        return base64.b64encode(buffer.getvalue())
diff --git a/benchmarks/core/network.py b/benchmarks/core/network.py
index b19a7e4..8e1a91f 100644
--- a/benchmarks/core/network.py
+++ b/benchmarks/core/network.py
@@ -1,40 +1,65 @@
+import shutil
 from abc import abstractmethod, ABC
 from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Sequence
 
-from typing_extensions import Generic, TypeVar, List, Optional
+from typing_extensions import Generic, TypeVar, Union
 
-TNode = TypeVar('TNode', bound='Node')
-TFileHandle = TypeVar('TFileHandle')
+TNetworkHandle = TypeVar('TNetworkHandle')
+TInitialMetadata = TypeVar('TInitialMetadata')
 
 
-class Node(ABC, Generic[TFileHandle]):
+class Node(ABC, Generic[TNetworkHandle, TInitialMetadata]):
     """A :class:`Node` represents a peer within a :class:`FileSharingNetwork`."""
 
     @abstractmethod
     def seed(
             self,
             file: Path,
-            handle: Optional[TFileHandle]
-    ) -> TFileHandle:
+            handle: Union[TInitialMetadata, TNetworkHandle],
+    ) -> TNetworkHandle:
         """
         Makes the current :class:`Node` a seeder for the specified file.
 
-        :param file: path to the file to seed.
-        :param handle: an existing network handle to this file. If none is provided, a new one
-            will be generated.
+        :param file: local path to the file to seed.
+        :param handle: file sharing requires some initial set of information when a file is first uploaded into the
+            network, and that will typically then result into a compact representation such as a CID or a Torrent file,
+            which other nodes can then use to identify the file and its metadata within the network. This method can
+            take both such initial metadata (TInitialMetadata) or the subsequent network handle (TNetworkHandle) if
+            it exists.
         """
         pass
 
-    def leech(self, handle: TFileHandle):
+    @abstractmethod
+    def leech(self, handle: TNetworkHandle):
         """Makes the current node a leecher for the provided handle."""
         pass
 
 
-class FileSharingNetwork(Generic[TNode], ABC):
+class FileSharingNetwork(Generic[TNetworkHandle, TInitialMetadata], ABC):
     """A :class:`FileSharingNetwork` is a set of :class:`Node`s that share
     an interest in a given file."""
 
     @property
     @abstractmethod
-    def nodes(self) -> List[TNode]:
+    def nodes(self) -> Sequence[Node[TNetworkHandle, TInitialMetadata]]:
         pass
+
+
+class SharedFSNode(Node[TNetworkHandle, TInitialMetadata], ABC):
+    """A `SharedFSNode` is a :class:`Node` which shares a network volume with us. This means
+    we are able to upload files to it by means of simple file copies."""
+
+    def __init__(self, volume: Path):
+        self.volume = volume
+
+    def upload(self, local: Path, name: str) -> Path:
+        target_path = self.volume / name
+        target_path.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+        target = target_path / local.name
+        if local.is_dir():
+            shutil.copytree(local, target)
+        else:
+            shutil.copy(local, target)
+
+        return target
diff --git a/benchmarks/core/tests/__init__.py b/benchmarks/core/tests/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/benchmarks/core/tests/fixtures.py b/benchmarks/core/tests/fixtures.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4c696fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmarks/core/tests/fixtures.py
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import os
+import tempfile
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Generator
+
+import pytest
+from urllib3.util import Url, parse_url
+
+from benchmarks.core.utils import megabytes
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def temp_random_file() -> Generator[Path, None, None]:
+    with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as temp_dir_str:
+        temp_dir = Path(temp_dir_str)
+        random_file = temp_dir / 'data.bin'
+        random_bytes = os.urandom(megabytes(1))
+        with random_file.open('wb') as outfile:
+            outfile.write(random_bytes)
+
+        yield random_file
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def tracker() -> Url:
+    return parse_url('http://127.0.0.1:8000/announce')
diff --git a/benchmarks/core/tests/test_deluge_node.py b/benchmarks/core/tests/test_deluge_node.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2c75e7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmarks/core/tests/test_deluge_node.py
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Generator
+
+import pytest
+from urllib3.util import Url
+
+from benchmarks.core.deluge import DelugeNode, DelugeMeta
+from benchmarks.core.utils import megabytes
+from benchmarks.tests.utils import shared_volume
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def deluge_node1() -> Generator[DelugeNode, None, None]:
+    node = DelugeNode('deluge-1', volume=shared_volume(), daemon_port=6890)
+    node.wipe_all_torrents()
+    try:
+        yield node
+    finally:
+        node.wipe_all_torrents()
+
+
+def test_should_seed_files(deluge_node1: DelugeNode, temp_random_file: Path, tracker: Url):
+    assert not deluge_node1.torrent_info(name='dataset1')
+
+    deluge_node1.seed(temp_random_file, DelugeMeta(name='dataset1', announce_url=tracker))
+    response = deluge_node1.torrent_info(name='dataset1')
+    assert len(response) == 1
+    info = response[0]
+
+    assert info[b'name'] == b'dataset1'
+    assert info[b'total_size'] == megabytes(1)
+    assert info[b'is_seed'] == True
diff --git a/benchmarks/core/utils.py b/benchmarks/core/utils.py
index 056e60b..8229b2d 100644
--- a/benchmarks/core/utils.py
+++ b/benchmarks/core/utils.py
@@ -1,19 +1,27 @@
 import random
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Callable, Iterator
+from typing import Callable, Iterator, Tuple
 
 # A Sampler samples without replacement from [0, ..., n].
-Sampler = Callable[[int], Iterator[int]]
+type Sampler = Callable[[int], Iterator[int]]
 
 # A DataGenerator generates files for experiments.
-DataGenerator = Callable[[], Path]
+type DataGenerator[TInitialMetadata] = Callable[[], Tuple[TInitialMetadata, Path]]
 
 
 def sample(n: int) -> Iterator[int]:
-    """Samples without replacement using a Fisher-Yates shuffle."""
+    """Samples without replacement using a basic Fisher-Yates shuffle."""
     p = list(range(0, n))
     for i in range(n - 1):
         j = i + random.randint(0, n - i)
         tmp = p[j]
         p[j], p[j + 1] = p[j + 1], tmp
         yield p[i]
+
+
+def kilobytes(n: int) -> int:
+    return n * 1024
+
+
+def megabytes(n: int) -> int:
+    return kilobytes(n) * 1024
diff --git a/benchmarks/experiments/static_experiment.py b/benchmarks/experiments/static_experiment.py
index 4cadd47..906c1d7 100644
--- a/benchmarks/experiments/static_experiment.py
+++ b/benchmarks/experiments/static_experiment.py
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 from typing_extensions import Generic
 
-from benchmarks.core.network import FileSharingNetwork, TNode
+from benchmarks.core.network import FileSharingNetwork, TInitialMetadata, TNetworkHandle
 from benchmarks.core.utils import Sampler, DataGenerator
 
 
-class StaticDisseminationExperiment(Generic[TNode]):
+class StaticDisseminationExperiment(Generic[TNetworkHandle, TInitialMetadata]):
     def __init__(
             self,
-            network: FileSharingNetwork[TNode],
+            network: FileSharingNetwork[TNetworkHandle, TInitialMetadata],
             seeders: int,
             sampler: Sampler,
             generator: DataGenerator
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ class StaticDisseminationExperiment(Generic[TNode]):
             [self.network.nodes[i] for i in range(0, len(self.network.nodes)) if i not in seeder_idx]
         )
 
-        data = self.generate_data()
-        handle = None
+        meta, data = self.generate_data()
+        handle = meta
 
         for node in seeders:
             handle = node.seed(data, handle)
diff --git a/benchmarks/experiments/tests/test_static_experiment.py b/benchmarks/experiments/tests/test_static_experiment.py
index 00262c4..1878323 100644
--- a/benchmarks/experiments/tests/test_static_experiment.py
+++ b/benchmarks/experiments/tests/test_static_experiment.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Optional, List
+from typing import Optional, List, Tuple, Union, Sequence
 
-from benchmarks.core.network import FileSharingNetwork, TFileHandle, TNode, Node
+from benchmarks.core.network import FileSharingNetwork, Node
 from benchmarks.core.utils import Sampler
 from benchmarks.experiments.static_experiment import StaticDisseminationExperiment
 
@@ -10,33 +10,42 @@ from benchmarks.experiments.static_experiment import StaticDisseminationExperime
 @dataclass
 class MockHandle:
     path: Path
+    name: str
 
 
 def mock_sampler(elements: List[int]) -> Sampler:
     return lambda _: iter(elements)
 
 
-class MockNode(Node[MockHandle]):
+class MockNode(Node[MockHandle, str]):
 
-    def __init__(self):
-        self.seeding: Optional[Path] = None
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        self.seeding: Optional[Tuple[MockHandle, Path]] = None
         self.leeching: Optional[MockHandle] = None
 
-    def seed(self, path: Path, handle: Optional[MockHandle] = None) -> MockHandle:
-        self.seeding = path
-        return MockHandle(path)
+    def seed(
+            self,
+            file: Path,
+            handle: Union[str, MockHandle]
+    ) -> MockHandle:
+        if isinstance(handle, MockHandle):
+            self.seeding = (handle, file)
+        else:
+            self.seeding = (MockHandle(name=handle, path=file), file)
+
+        return self.seeding[0]
 
     def leech(self, handle: MockHandle):
         self.leeching = handle
 
 
-class MockFileSharingNetwork(FileSharingNetwork[MockNode]):
+class MockFileSharingNetwork(FileSharingNetwork[MockHandle, str]):
 
-    def __init__(self, n: int):
+    def __init__(self, n: int) -> None:
         self._nodes = [MockNode() for _ in range(n)]
 
     @property
-    def nodes(self) -> List[MockNode]:
+    def nodes(self) -> Sequence[Node[MockHandle, str]]:
         return self._nodes
 
 
@@ -49,7 +58,7 @@ def test_should_place_seeders():
         seeders=3,
         sampler=mock_sampler(seeder_indexes),
         network=network,
-        generator=lambda: Path('/path/to/data'),
+        generator=lambda: ('data', Path('/path/to/data')),
     )
 
     experiment.run()
@@ -58,7 +67,7 @@ def test_should_place_seeders():
     for index, node in enumerate(network.nodes):
         if node.seeding is not None:
             actual_seeders.add(index)
-            assert node.seeding == file
+            assert node.seeding[0] == MockHandle(name='data', path=file)
 
     assert actual_seeders == set(seeder_indexes)
 
@@ -72,7 +81,7 @@ def test_should_place_leechers():
         seeders=3,
         sampler=mock_sampler(seeder_indexes),
         network=network,
-        generator=lambda: Path('/path/to/data'),
+        generator=lambda: ('data', Path('/path/to/data')),
     )
 
     experiment.run()
@@ -81,6 +90,7 @@ def test_should_place_leechers():
     for index, node in enumerate(network.nodes):
         if node.leeching is not None:
             assert node.leeching.path == file
+            assert node.leeching.name == 'data'
             assert node.seeding is None
             actual_leechers.add(index)
 
diff --git a/benchmarks/tests/__init__.py b/benchmarks/tests/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/benchmarks/tests/utils.py b/benchmarks/tests/utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ba0a5e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmarks/tests/utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+from pathlib import Path
+
+
+def shared_volume() -> Path:
+    return Path(__file__).parent.parent.parent.joinpath('volume')
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docker-compose-up.sh b/docker-compose-up.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..975890b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose-up.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -e
+
+# These have to be wiped out before we boot the containers.
+rm -rf ./volume/{deluge-1,deluge-2}
+docker compose up
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c6424b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# You will need [rootless Docker](https://docs.docker.com/engine/security/rootless/)
+# for this to work cause the tests rely on user-writable bind mounts.
+
+services:
+  deluge-1:
+    image: codexstorage/deluge
+    container_name: deluge-1
+    environment:
+      - DELUGE_RPC_PORT=6890
+      - DELUGE_LISTEN_PORTS=6891,6892
+    volumes:
+      - ./volume/deluge-1:/var/lib/deluge
+      - ./volume/deluge-1/downloads:/var/lib/deluge/downloads
+    ports:
+      - "6890:6890"
+      - "6891-6892:6891-6892"
+
+  deluge-2:
+    image: codexstorage/deluge
+    container_name: deluge-2
+    environment:
+      - DELUGE_RPC_PORT=6893
+      - DELUGE_LISTEN_PORTS=6894,6895
+    volumes:
+      - ./volume/deluge-2:/var/lib/deluge
+      - ./volume/deluge-2/downloads:/var/lib/deluge/downloads
+    ports:
+      - "6893:6893"
+      - "6894-6895:6894-6895"
+
+  tracker:
+    image: codexstorage/bittorrent-tracker
+    container_name: tracker
+    ports:
+      - "8000:8000"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 2458fe6..6a7e450 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -107,6 +107,22 @@ files = [
     {file = "packaging-24.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:026ed72c8ed3fcce5bf8950572258698927fd1dbda10a5e981cdf0ac37f4f002"},
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pathvalidate"
+version = "3.2.1"
+description = "pathvalidate is a Python library to sanitize/validate a string such as filenames/file-paths/etc."
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.7"
+files = [
+    {file = "pathvalidate-3.2.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:9a6255eb8f63c9e2135b9be97a5ce08f10230128c4ae7b3e935378b82b22c4c9"},
+    {file = "pathvalidate-3.2.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:f5d07b1e2374187040612a1fcd2bcb2919f8db180df254c9581bb90bf903377d"},
+]
+
+[package.extras]
+docs = ["Sphinx (>=2.4)", "sphinx-rtd-theme (>=1.2.2)", "urllib3 (<2)"]
+readme = ["path (>=13,<17)", "readmemaker (>=1.1.0)"]
+test = ["Faker (>=1.0.8)", "allpairspy (>=2)", "click (>=6.2)", "pytest (>=6.0.1)", "pytest-md-report (>=0.6.2)"]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "pluggy"
 version = "1.5.0"
@@ -142,6 +158,20 @@ pluggy = ">=1.5,<2"
 [package.extras]
 dev = ["argcomplete", "attrs (>=19.2)", "hypothesis (>=3.56)", "mock", "pygments (>=2.7.2)", "requests", "setuptools", "xmlschema"]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "torrentool"
+version = "1.2.0"
+description = "The tool to work with torrent files."
+optional = false
+python-versions = "*"
+files = [
+    {file = "torrentool-1.2.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:bc6c55622e23978cf3c1e4aaf8f087971d75608c15b83be5a2c029464d3dd803"},
+    {file = "torrentool-1.2.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:72cdd049eaf856ddc907d1d61527764ef0288512087d93a49267e00c4033c429"},
+]
+
+[package.extras]
+cli = ["click"]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "typing-extensions"
 version = "4.12.2"
@@ -156,4 +186,4 @@ files = [
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = "^3.12"
-content-hash = "4c657d5b89f926722ec65f35124c9ac0e8138a4264be1860490ab5eaa8a1eb44"
+content-hash = "8bd651f652770aa65718872bbe04dd3851922037be99281bceaea5e379a5cc4c"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 37da87d..0b6be00 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -5,16 +5,21 @@ description = "Harness for benchmarking Codex against BitTorrent."
 authors = ["Your Name <you@example.com>"]
 license = "MIT"
 readme = "README.md"
+package-mode = false
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
 python = "^3.12"
 deluge-client = "^1.10.2"
-
+pathvalidate = "^3.2.1"
+torrentool = "^1.2.0"
 
 [tool.poetry.group.test.dependencies]
 pytest = "^8.3.3"
 mypy = "^1.13.0"
 
+[tool.mypy]
+ignore_missing_imports = true
+
 [build-system]
 requires = ["poetry-core"]
 build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"