diff --git a/chronosim/rijndael.nim b/chronosim/rijndael.nim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3fe190c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chronosim/rijndael.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+#
+#
+#                    NimCrypto
+#        (c) Copyright 2023 Status
+#
+#      See the file "LICENSE", included in this
+#    distribution, for details about the copyright.
+#
+
+## This module implements a no-op(NOP) crypto that does nothing.
+## It exports it as AES for emulation purposes, where encryption
+## is just extra CPU load, but not needed.
+## Do not use for anything else than testing !!!
+
+{.deadCodeElim:on.}
+
+when sizeof(int) == 4:
+  type
+    NopContext[bits: static[uint]] = object
+      skey: array[120, uint32]
+      nr: int
+elif sizeof(int) == 8:
+  type
+    NopContext[bits: static[uint]] = object
+      skey: array[120, uint64]
+      nr: int
+
+type
+  nop128* = NopContext[128]
+  nop192* = NopContext[192]
+  nop256* = NopContext[256]
+  nop* = nop128 | nop192 | nop256
+
+proc encrypt*(ctx: NopContext, input: openarray[byte],
+              output: var openarray[byte]) =
+  for i, v in input:
+    output[i] = v
+
+proc decrypt*(ctx: NopContext, input: openarray[byte],
+              output: var openarray[byte]) =
+  for i, v in input:
+    output[i] = v
+
+template sizeKey*(ctx: NopContext): int =
+  (ctx.bits div 8)
+
+template sizeBlock*(ctx: NopContext): int =
+  (16)
+
+template sizeKey*(r: typedesc[nop]): int =
+  when r is nop128:
+    (16)
+  elif r is nop192:
+    (24)
+  elif r is nop256:
+    (32)
+
+template sizeBlock*(r: typedesc[nop]): int =
+  (16)
+
+proc init*(ctx: var NopContext, key: openarray[byte]) {.inline.} =
+  discard
+
+proc init*(ctx: var NopContext, key: ptr byte, nkey: int = 0) {.inline.} =
+  discard
+
+proc clear*(ctx: var NopContext) {.inline.} =
+  discard
+
+proc encrypt*(ctx: var NopContext, inbytes: ptr byte,
+              outbytes: ptr byte) {.inline.} =
+  outbytes = inbytes
+
+proc decrypt*(ctx: var NopContext, inbytes: ptr byte,
+              outbytes: ptr byte) {.inline.} =
+  outbytes = inbytes
+
+# export as AES to replace it with NOP
+type
+  aes128* = nop128
+  aes192* = nop192
+  aes256* = nop256
diff --git a/das.nims b/das.nims
index 5e159f9..b240795 100644
--- a/das.nims
+++ b/das.nims
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 patchFile("chronos", "chronos", "chronosim/chronos")
+patchFile("nimcrypto", "rijndael", "chronosim/rijndael")
diff --git a/vendor/nim-libp2p-dht b/vendor/nim-libp2p-dht
index 8b3d676..43f8a6d 160000
--- a/vendor/nim-libp2p-dht
+++ b/vendor/nim-libp2p-dht
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 8b3d67688069784a5651a18f672e0b2ada74e3b7
+Subproject commit 43f8a6d1824780a1d99dc642a6dac2153d958b21