diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 36796c5ed8..3c889684bf 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1904,10 +1904,6 @@ name = "futures-timer"
 version = "3.0.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e64b03909df88034c26dc1547e8970b91f98bdb65165d6a4e9110d94263dbb2c"
-dependencies = [
- "gloo-timers",
- "send_wrapper",
-]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "futures-util"
@@ -2092,18 +2088,6 @@ version = "0.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9b919933a397b79c37e33b77bb2aa3dc8eb6e165ad809e58ff75bc7db2e34574"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "gloo-timers"
-version = "0.2.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4d12a7f4e95cfe710f1d624fb1210b7d961a5fb05c4fd942f4feab06e61f590e"
-dependencies = [
- "futures-channel",
- "futures-core",
- "js-sys",
- "wasm-bindgen",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "group"
 version = "0.10.0"
@@ -4926,12 +4910,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "pest",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "send_wrapper"
-version = "0.4.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f638d531eccd6e23b980caf34876660d38e265409d8e99b397ab71eb3612fad0"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "serde"
 version = "1.0.136"
@@ -6418,8 +6396,6 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "632f73e236b219150ea279196e54e610f5dbafa5d61786303d4da54f84e47fce"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if 1.0.0",
- "serde",
- "serde_json",
  "wasm-bindgen-macro",
 ]
 
@@ -6515,15 +6491,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "ethereum-types",
  "futures",
  "futures-timer",
- "getrandom 0.2.6",
  "headers",
  "hex",
- "js-sys",
  "jsonrpc-core",
  "log",
  "parking_lot 0.11.2",
  "pin-project",
- "rand 0.8.5",
  "reqwest",
  "rlp",
  "secp256k1",
@@ -6535,8 +6508,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio-stream",
  "tokio-util 0.6.9",
  "url",
- "wasm-bindgen",
- "wasm-bindgen-futures",
  "web3-async-native-tls",
 ]
 
diff --git a/clients/webassembly/Cargo.toml b/clients/webassembly/Cargo.toml
index 372551a29d..fefbb94e60 100644
--- a/clients/webassembly/Cargo.toml
+++ b/clients/webassembly/Cargo.toml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ credentials = { path = "../../common/credentials", optional = true }
 crypto = { path = "../../common/crypto" }
 nymsphinx = { path = "../../common/nymsphinx" }
 topology = { path = "../../common/topology" }
-gateway-client = { path = "../../common/client-libs/gateway-client", default-features = false, features = ["wasm"] }
+gateway-client = { path = "../../common/client-libs/gateway-client", default-features = false, features = ["wasm", "coconut"] }
 validator-client = { path = "../../common/client-libs/validator-client", default-features = false }
 wasm-utils = { path = "../../common/wasm-utils" }
 
diff --git a/common/client-libs/gateway-client/Cargo.toml b/common/client-libs/gateway-client/Cargo.toml
index 2cd7388139..b9334ec37c 100644
--- a/common/client-libs/gateway-client/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/client-libs/gateway-client/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ log = "0.4"
 thiserror = "1.0"
 url = "2.2"
 rand = { version = "0.7.3", features = ["wasm-bindgen"] }
-secp256k1 = "0.20.3"
-web3 = { version = "0.17.0", default-features = false }
+secp256k1 = { version = "0.20.3", optional = true }
+web3 = { version = "0.17.0", default-features = false, optional = true }
 async-trait = { version = "0.1.51" }
 
 # internal
@@ -73,5 +73,5 @@ features = ["js"]
 
 [features]
 coconut = ["gateway-requests/coconut", "coconut-interface", "validator-client", "credentials/coconut"]
-wasm = ["web3/wasm", "web3/http", "web3/signing"]
-default = ["web3/default"]
+wasm = []
+default = ["web3/default", "secp256k1"]
diff --git a/common/client-libs/gateway-client/src/bandwidth.rs b/common/client-libs/gateway-client/src/bandwidth.rs
index 9154ab7cc4..4fe71c8a11 100644
--- a/common/client-libs/gateway-client/src/bandwidth.rs
+++ b/common/client-libs/gateway-client/src/bandwidth.rs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ use {
     },
 };
 
-#[cfg(not(feature = "coconut"))]
+#[cfg(all(not(target_arch = "wasm32"), not(feature = "coconut")))]
 use {
     credentials::token::bandwidth::TokenCredential,
     crypto::asymmetric::identity,
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ use {
     },
 };
 
-#[cfg(not(feature = "coconut"))]
+#[cfg(all(not(target_arch = "wasm32"), not(feature = "coconut")))]
 pub fn eth_contract(web3: Web3<Http>) -> Contract<Http> {
     Contract::from_json(
         web3.eth(),
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ pub fn eth_contract(web3: Web3<Http>) -> Contract<Http> {
     .expect("Invalid json abi")
 }
 
-#[cfg(not(feature = "coconut"))]
+#[cfg(all(not(target_arch = "wasm32"), not(feature = "coconut")))]
 pub fn eth_erc20_contract(web3: Web3<Http>) -> Contract<Http> {
     Contract::from_json(
         web3.eth(),
@@ -76,11 +76,11 @@ pub struct BandwidthController<St: Storage> {
     storage: St,
     #[cfg(feature = "coconut")]
     validator_endpoints: Vec<url::Url>,
-    #[cfg(not(feature = "coconut"))]
+    #[cfg(all(not(target_arch = "wasm32"), not(feature = "coconut")))]
     contract: Contract<Http>,
-    #[cfg(not(feature = "coconut"))]
+    #[cfg(all(not(target_arch = "wasm32"), not(feature = "coconut")))]
     erc20_contract: Contract<Http>,
-    #[cfg(not(feature = "coconut"))]
+    #[cfg(all(not(target_arch = "wasm32"), not(feature = "coconut")))]
     eth_private_key: SecretKey,
 }
 
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ where
         }
     }
 
-    #[cfg(not(feature = "coconut"))]
+    #[cfg(all(not(target_arch = "wasm32"), not(feature = "coconut")))]
     pub fn new(
         storage: St,
         eth_endpoint: String,
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ where
         })
     }
 
-    #[cfg(not(feature = "coconut"))]
+    #[cfg(all(not(target_arch = "wasm32"), not(feature = "coconut")))]
     async fn backup_keypair(&self, keypair: &identity::KeyPair) -> Result<(), GatewayClientError> {
         self.storage
             .insert_erc20_credential(
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ where
         Ok(())
     }
 
-    #[cfg(not(feature = "coconut"))]
+    #[cfg(all(not(target_arch = "wasm32"), not(feature = "coconut")))]
     async fn restore_keypair(&self) -> Result<identity::KeyPair, GatewayClientError> {
         let data = self.storage.get_next_erc20_credential().await?;
         let public_key = identity::PublicKey::from_base58_string(data.public_key).unwrap();
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ where
         Ok(identity::KeyPair::from_keys(private_key, public_key))
     }
 
-    #[cfg(not(feature = "coconut"))]
+    #[cfg(all(not(target_arch = "wasm32"), not(feature = "coconut")))]
     async fn mark_keypair_as_spent(
         &self,
         keypair: &identity::KeyPair,
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ where
         )?)
     }
 
-    #[cfg(not(feature = "coconut"))]
+    #[cfg(all(not(target_arch = "wasm32"), not(feature = "coconut")))]
     pub async fn prepare_token_credential(
         &self,
         gateway_identity: identity::PublicKey,
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ where
         ))
     }
 
-    #[cfg(not(feature = "coconut"))]
+    #[cfg(all(not(target_arch = "wasm32"), not(feature = "coconut")))]
     pub async fn buy_token_credential(
         &self,
         verification_key: identity::PublicKey,
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ where
     }
 }
 
-#[cfg(not(feature = "coconut"))]
+#[cfg(all(not(target_arch = "wasm32"), not(feature = "coconut")))]
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use network_defaults::ETH_EVENT_NAME;
diff --git a/nym-connect/Cargo.lock b/nym-connect/Cargo.lock
index 1e808758c8..d6bf186f83 100644
--- a/nym-connect/Cargo.lock
+++ b/nym-connect/Cargo.lock
@@ -5227,6 +5227,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "nymsphinx-addressing",
  "ordered-buffer",
+ "thiserror",
 ]
 
 [[package]]