diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 44c8d18421..6506f5d6da 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3575,6 +3575,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "zeroize",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "nym-sdk"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "client-core",
+ "rand 0.7.3",
+ "tokio",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "nym-socks5-client"
 version = "1.1.4"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e756fc7bf8..ebe84c2705 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ members = [
     "gateway/gateway-requests",
     "integrations/bity",
     "mixnode",
+    "sdk/rust/nym-sdk",
     "service-providers/network-requester",
     "service-providers/network-statistics",
     "nym-api",
diff --git a/sdk/rust/nym-sdk/Cargo.toml b/sdk/rust/nym-sdk/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..562b127604
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk/rust/nym-sdk/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+[package]
+name = "nym-sdk"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+
+[dependencies]
+client-core = { path = "../../../clients/client-core" }
+rand = { version = "0.7.3" }
+
+[dev-dependencies]
+tokio = { version = "1", features = ["full"] }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/sdk/rust/nym-sdk/examples/complex_config.rs b/sdk/rust/nym-sdk/examples/complex_config.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..38b0086f54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk/rust/nym-sdk/examples/complex_config.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() {
+    // specify some config options
+    let config = mixnet::Config {
+        option: value,
+        option2: value2,
+        keyfiles: "~/.flappapapappa/keys/",
+    };
+
+    let client = mixnet::Client::new(&config); // passing a config allows the user to set values
+
+    let show_receive = move || println!("got a message from the mixnet: {}", message); // might need to bury this in a struct as a `FnOnce`, see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/41081240/idiomatic-callbacks-in-rust
+    client.on_receive(show_receive); // have some way to pipe any received info to a function for processing
+
+    // connect to the mixnet, now we're listening for incoming
+    client.connect_to_mixnet();
+
+    // be able to get our client address
+    println!("Our client address is {}", client.nym_address);
+
+    // send important info up the pipe to a buddy
+    client.send("foo.bar@blah", "flappappa");
+}
diff --git a/sdk/rust/nym-sdk/examples/simple.rs b/sdk/rust/nym-sdk/examples/simple.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d6a79889de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk/rust/nym-sdk/examples/simple.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+use nym_sdk::mixnet;
+
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() {
+    // here's what I'd actually like to write
+    let client = mixnet::Client::new(None); // passing no config makes the client fire up an ephemeral session and figure shit out on its own
+
+    let show_receive = move || println!("got a message from the mixnet: {}", message); // might need to bury this in a struct as a `FnMut`, see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/41081240/idiomatic-callbacks-in-rust
+    client.on_receive(show_receive); // have some way to pipe any received info to a function for processing
+
+    // connect to the mixnet, now we're listening for incoming
+    client.connect_to_mixnet();
+
+    // be able to get our client address
+    println!("Our client address is {}", client.nym_address);
+
+    // send important string info up the pipe to a buddy
+    client.send_str("foo.bar@blah", "flappappa");
+
+    // send some bytes to a buddy
+    client.send_bytes("foo.bar@blah", "flappappa".as_bytes().to_vec());
+}
diff --git a/sdk/rust/nym-sdk/src/lib.rs b/sdk/rust/nym-sdk/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ae7f01c0eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk/rust/nym-sdk/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pub mod mixnet;
diff --git a/sdk/rust/nym-sdk/src/mixnet/mod.rs b/sdk/rust/nym-sdk/src/mixnet/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c37c4f1995
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk/rust/nym-sdk/src/mixnet/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+
+pub struct Client {
+    pub nym_address: String,
+    config: Config,
+}
+
+impl Client {
+    /// Create a new mixnet client. If no config options are supplied, creates a new client with ephemeral keys
+    /// stored in RAM, which will be discarded at application close.
+    ///
+    /// Callers have the option of supplying futher parameters to store persistent identities at a location on-disk,
+    /// if desired.
+    pub fn new(config_option: Option<Config>) -> Client {
+        if config_option.is_none() {
+            let config = Self::some_minimal_config();
+            let nym_address = Self::new_nym_address();
+            Client {
+                config,
+                nym_address,
+            }
+        } else {
+            let self_address = Self::new_nym_address();
+            let nym_address = Self::new_nym_address();
+
+            Client {
+                config: config_option.unwrap(),
+                nym_address,
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Connects to the mixnet via the gateway in the client config
+    pub fn connect_to_mixnet(&self) {}
+
+    /// Sets the callback function which is run when the client receives a message
+    /// from the mixnet
+    pub fn on_receive(&mut self, message: &str) {
+        println!("Message received: {}", message);
+    }
+
+    /// Sends stringy data to the supplied Nym address
+    pub fn send_str(&self, address: &str, message: &str) {}
+
+    /// Sends bytes to the supplied Nym address
+    pub fn send_bytes(&self, address: &str, message: Vec<u8>) {}
+
+    fn new_nym_address() -> String {
+        "the.nym@address".to_string()
+    }
+
+    fn some_minimal_config() -> Config {
+        let mut keys_path = PathBuf::new();
+        Config {
+            keys: Some(keys_path),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+pub struct Config {
+    keys: Option<PathBuf>,
+}