diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1803cf5..bff0452 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1d49d90015b3c36167a20fe2810c5cd875ad504b39cff3d4eae7977e6b7c1cb2"
+
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@@ -34,6 +40,21 @@ version = "0.13.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "904dfeac50f3cdaba28fc6f57fdcddb75f49ed61346676a78c4ffe55877802fd"
 
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+version = "0.9.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7ce18265ec2324ad075345d5814fbeed4f41f0a660055dc78840b74d19b874b1"
+
+[[package]]
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "006cc91e1a1d99819bc5b8214be3555c1f0611b169f527a1fdc54ed1f2b745b0"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+]
+
 [[package]]
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@@ -61,12 +82,27 @@ version = "1.1.0"
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+[[package]]
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "22a9137b95ea06864e018375b72adfb7db6e6f68cfc8df5a04d00288050485ee"
+
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ddfc5b9aa5d4507acaf872de71051dfd0e309860e88966e1051e462a077aac4f"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags",
+]
+
 [[package]]
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@@ -114,6 +150,12 @@ dependencies = [
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+[[package]]
+name = "fuchsia-cprng"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a06f77d526c1a601b7c4cdd98f54b5eaabffc14d5f2f0296febdc7f357c6d3ba"
+
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 dependencies = [
- "autocfg",
+ "autocfg 1.0.1",
  "proc-macro-hack",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -151,7 +193,7 @@ version = "0.3.17"
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 dependencies = [
- "autocfg",
+ "autocfg 1.0.1",
  "futures-core",
  "futures-macro",
  "futures-sink",
@@ -304,9 +346,12 @@ dependencies = [
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 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "base64",
+ "bitcoin_hashes 0.10.0",
  "env_logger",
  "futures-util",
  "log",
+ "secp256k1",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "serde_repr",
@@ -426,6 +471,25 @@ dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
 ]
 
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+version = "0.6.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6d71dacdc3c88c1fde3885a3be3fbab9f35724e6ce99467f7d9c5026132184ca"
+dependencies = [
+ "autocfg 0.1.7",
+ "libc",
+ "rand_chacha 0.1.1",
+ "rand_core 0.4.2",
+ "rand_hc 0.1.0",
+ "rand_isaac",
+ "rand_jitter",
+ "rand_os",
+ "rand_pcg",
+ "rand_xorshift",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
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 name = "rand"
 version = "0.8.4"
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 dependencies = [
  "libc",
- "rand_chacha",
- "rand_core",
- "rand_hc",
+ "rand_chacha 0.3.1",
+ "rand_core 0.6.3",
+ "rand_hc 0.3.1",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rand_chacha"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "556d3a1ca6600bfcbab7c7c91ccb085ac7fbbcd70e008a98742e7847f4f7bcef"
+dependencies = [
+ "autocfg 0.1.7",
+ "rand_core 0.3.1",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -445,9 +519,24 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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 dependencies = [
  "ppv-lite86",
- "rand_core",
+ "rand_core 0.6.3",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rand_core"
+version = "0.3.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7a6fdeb83b075e8266dcc8762c22776f6877a63111121f5f8c7411e5be7eed4b"
+dependencies = [
+ "rand_core 0.4.2",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rand_core"
+version = "0.4.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9c33a3c44ca05fa6f1807d8e6743f3824e8509beca625669633be0acbdf509dc"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rand_core"
 version = "0.6.3"
@@ -457,13 +546,84 @@ dependencies = [
  "getrandom",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rand_hc"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7b40677c7be09ae76218dc623efbf7b18e34bced3f38883af07bb75630a21bc4"
+dependencies = [
+ "rand_core 0.3.1",
+]
+
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 version = "0.3.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d51e9f596de227fda2ea6c84607f5558e196eeaf43c986b724ba4fb8fdf497e7"
 dependencies = [
- "rand_core",
+ "rand_core 0.6.3",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rand_isaac"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ded997c9d5f13925be2a6fd7e66bf1872597f759fd9dd93513dd7e92e5a5ee08"
+dependencies = [
+ "rand_core 0.3.1",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rand_jitter"
+version = "0.1.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1166d5c91dc97b88d1decc3285bb0a99ed84b05cfd0bc2341bdf2d43fc41e39b"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "rand_core 0.4.2",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rand_os"
+version = "0.1.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7b75f676a1e053fc562eafbb47838d67c84801e38fc1ba459e8f180deabd5071"
+dependencies = [
+ "cloudabi",
+ "fuchsia-cprng",
+ "libc",
+ "rand_core 0.4.2",
+ "rdrand",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rand_pcg"
+version = "0.1.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "abf9b09b01790cfe0364f52bf32995ea3c39f4d2dd011eac241d2914146d0b44"
+dependencies = [
+ "autocfg 0.1.7",
+ "rand_core 0.4.2",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rand_xorshift"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "cbf7e9e623549b0e21f6e97cf8ecf247c1a8fd2e8a992ae265314300b2455d5c"
+dependencies = [
+ "rand_core 0.3.1",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rdrand"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "678054eb77286b51581ba43620cc911abf02758c91f93f479767aed0f90458b2"
+dependencies = [
+ "rand_core 0.3.1",
 ]
 
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+[[package]]
+name = "secp256k1"
+version = "0.20.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "97d03ceae636d0fed5bae6a7f4f664354c5f4fcedf6eef053fef17e49f837d0a"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitcoin_hashes 0.9.7",
+ "rand 0.6.5",
+ "secp256k1-sys",
+ "serde",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "secp256k1-sys"
+version = "0.4.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "827cb7cce42533829c792fc51b82fbf18b125b45a702ef2c8be77fce65463a7b"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "serde"
 version = "1.0.130"
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 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "70e992e41e0d2fb9f755b37446f20900f64446ef54874f40a60c78f021ac6144"
 dependencies = [
- "autocfg",
+ "autocfg 1.0.1",
  "bytes",
  "libc",
  "memchr",
@@ -690,7 +871,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "http",
  "httparse",
  "log",
- "rand",
+ "rand 0.8.4",
  "sha-1",
  "thiserror",
  "url",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 34fbfee..5a848a3 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ futures-util = "0.3.17"
 tokio-tungstenite = "0.16.0"
 tungstenite = "0.16.0"
 thiserror = "1.0.30"
+
+
+bitcoin_hashes = { version = "0.10.0", features = ["serde"] }
+secp256k1 = { version = "0.20.3", features = ["rand", "rand-std", "serde", "bitcoin_hashes"] }
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+base64 = "0.13.0"