diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 39c842a..c18aa0b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -649,6 +649,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.87",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "bitcoin-private"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "73290177011694f38ec25e165d0387ab7ea749a4b81cd4c80dae5988229f7a57"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bitflags"
 version = "1.3.2"
@@ -2562,11 +2568,18 @@ name = "node_core"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
+ "bincode",
  "env_logger",
+ "k256",
  "log",
+ "monotree",
+ "rand 0.8.5",
+ "secp256k1-zkp",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
+ "sha2 0.10.8",
  "storage",
+ "utxo",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3731,6 +3744,49 @@ dependencies = [
  "zeroize",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "secp256k1"
+version = "0.29.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9465315bc9d4566e1724f0fffcbcc446268cb522e60f9a27bcded6b19c108113"
+dependencies = [
+ "rand 0.8.5",
+ "secp256k1-sys",
+ "serde",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "secp256k1-sys"
+version = "0.10.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d4387882333d3aa8cb20530a17c69a3752e97837832f34f6dccc760e715001d9"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "secp256k1-zkp"
+version = "0.11.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "52a44aed3002b5ae975f8624c5df3a949cfbf00479e18778b6058fcd213b76e3"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitcoin-private",
+ "rand 0.8.5",
+ "secp256k1",
+ "secp256k1-zkp-sys",
+ "serde",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "secp256k1-zkp-sys"
+version = "0.10.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "57f08b2d0b143a22e07f798ae4f0ab20d5590d7c68e0d090f2088a48a21d1654"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "secp256k1-sys",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "semver"
 version = "1.0.23"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3bfae89..6b93096 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ monotree = "0.1.5"
 hex = "0.4.3"
 aes-gcm = "0.10.3"
 toml = "0.7.4"
+secp256k1-zkp = "0.11.0"
+bincode = "1.3.3"
 
 rocksdb = { version = "0.21.0", default-features = false, features = [
   "snappy",