Remove cpucycles

Client tweaks
Rebase on develop
2023-05-08 16:39:20 +02:00 · 2023-05-01 16:04:09 +02:00 · 2023-05-01 15:50:59 +02:00 · 2023-05-01 15:48:36 +02:00 · 2023-05-01 15:48:36 +02:00 · 2023-05-01 15:48:36 +02:00
378 changed files with 9532 additions and 17975 deletions
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
---
-name: 'Documentation'
-about: Suggest a fix or enhancement to the documentation or developer portal content
-title: "[DOCS]"
-labels: documentation
-assignees: mfahampshire
-
---
-
-Is your issue either: 
- [ ] a fix to existing documentation (e.g. fixing a broken link or incorrect command) 
- [ ] an enhancement (e.g. adding a description for an undocumented feature)
-
-Please briefly describe your issue:
@@ -1,79 +0,0 @@
-name: Upload nyxd to CI
-
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-
-jobs:
-  publish-nyxd:
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        platform: [ubuntu-20.04]
-
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.platform }}
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-
-      - name: Prepare build output directory
-        shell: bash
-        env:
-          OUTPUT_DIR: ci-builds/nyxd
-        run: |
-          rm -rf ci-builds || true
-          mkdir -p $OUTPUT_DIR
-          echo $OUTPUT_DIR
-
-      - name: Install Dependencies (Linux)
-        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -y install build-essential curl wget libssl-dev libgtk-3-dev libudev-dev squashfs-tools git
-        continue-on-error: true
-      
-      - name: Update env variables to include go
-        run: | 
-          sudo rm -rf /usr/local/go
-          curl https://dl.google.com/go/go1.19.2.linux-amd64.tar.gz | sudo tar -C/usr/local -zxvf -
-          cat <<'EOF' >>$HOME/.profile
-          export GOROOT=/usr/local/go
-          export GOPATH=$HOME/go
-          export GO111MODULE=on
-          export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin:$HOME/go/bin
-          EOF
-          source $HOME/.profile
-
-      - name: Verify Go is installed
-        run: go version
-
-      - name: Clone nyxd repo
-        run: | 
-          git clone https://github.com/tommyv1987/nyxd
-          cd nyxd
-          git checkout release/v0.30.2
-
-      - name: Run nyxd
-        run: |
-          pwd
-          cd nyxd && make build
-          sleep 10
-          ls /home/runner/work/nym/nym/nyxd/build
-
-      - name: Prepare build output
-        shell: bash
-        env:
-          OUTPUT_DIR: ci-builds/nyxd
-        run: |
-          cp /home/runner/work/nym/nym/nyxd/build/nyxd $OUTPUT_DIR
-          WASMVM_SO=$(ldd /home/runner/work/nym/nym/nyxd/build/nyxd | grep "libwasm*" | awk '{ print $3 }')
-          ls $WASMVM_SO
-          sleep 3
-          cp $(echo $WASMVM_SO) $OUTPUT_DIR
-
-      - name: Deploy nyxd to CI www
-        continue-on-error: true
-        uses: easingthemes/ssh-deploy@main
-        env:
-          SSH_PRIVATE_KEY: ${{ secrets.CI_WWW_SSH_PRIVATE_KEY }}
-          ARGS: "-avzr"
-          SOURCE: "ci-builds/"
-          REMOTE_HOST: ${{ secrets.CI_WWW_REMOTE_HOST }}
-          REMOTE_USER: ${{ secrets.CI_WWW_REMOTE_USER }}
-          TARGET: ${{ secrets.CI_WWW_REMOTE_TARGET }}/builds/
-          EXCLUDE: "/dist/, /node_modules/"
@@ -41,4 +41,5 @@ storybook-static
 envs/qwerty.env
 .parcel-cache
 **/.DS_Store
-cpu-cycles/libcpucycles/build
+cpu-cycles/libcpucycles/build
+foxyfox.env
@@ -4,76 +4,6 @@ Post 1.0.0 release, the changelog format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://

 ## [Unreleased]

-## [v1.1.20] (2023-06-06)
-
- Explorer - Fix SP supported apps list ([#3458])
- Investigate if we need to lower `SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT` in  socks5 to zero (or almost zero) ([#3438])
- Explorer - show all gateways in the default view regardless of the version number ([#3427])
- service-provider-directory: add signature check when announcing ([#3360])
- Support functionality for nym-name-service (nym-api, nym-cli, etc) ([#3355])
- Edit the nym-network-requester to support the enabled-credentials-mode flag ([#3101])
- [BUG] network requester documentation update ([#3493])
- removing hardcoded version numbers ([#3485])
- [BUG] network requester documentation update ([#3481])
- [BUG] network requester documentation update ([#3469])
- Sign when announcing service providers to the directory contract ([#3459])
- mixnode documentation update ([#3435])
- updated readme with new developer chat links + new docs links ([#3141])
-
-[#3458]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/3458
-[#3438]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/3438
-[#3427]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/3427
-[#3360]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/3360
-[#3355]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/3355
-[#3101]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/3101
-[#3493]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/3493
-[#3485]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/3485
-[#3481]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/3481
-[#3469]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/3469
-[#3459]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/3459
-[#3435]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/3435
-[#3141]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/3141
-
-## [v1.1.19] (2023-05-16)
-
- nym-name-service endpoint in nym-api ([#3403])
- Implement key storage for WASM client using IndexedDB (for browser) ([#3329])
- Initial version of nym-name-service contract providing name aliases for nym-addresses ([#3274])
- Update Cargo.lock ([#3410])
-
-[#3403]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/3403
-[#3329]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/3329
-[#3274]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/3274
-[#3410]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/3410
-
-## [v1.1.18] (2023-05-09)
-
- Implement heartbeat messages between socks5 proxy and network requester ([#3215])
-
-[#3215]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/3215
-
-## [v1.1.17] (2023-05-02)
-
- Add service-provider-directory-contract support to nym-cli ([#3334])
- Start using the node-testing-utils (implemented in #3270) in nym-api Network monitor to simplify the logic there ([#3312])
- Add service-provider-directory support to validator-client ([#3296])
- Allow topology injection in our WASM client ('test my node' feature) ([#3270])
- Expose service-provider-directory contract data in nym-api endpoints ([#3242])
- Cache service provider contract in nym-api ([#3241])
- Feature/1 1 17 docs ([#3370])
- adding a test for SP endpoint ([#3367])
- Feature/store cipher ([#3350])
-
-[#3334]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/3334
-[#3312]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/3312
-[#3296]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/3296
-[#3270]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/3270
-[#3242]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/3242
-[#3241]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/3241
-[#3370]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/3370
-[#3367]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/3367
-[#3350]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/3350
-
 ## [v1.1.16] (2023-04-25)

 - Explorer - Fix sorting function on Stake Saturation. It is currently working per page and not globally ([#3320])
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ members = [
    "common/cosmwasm-smart-contracts/group-contract",
    "common/cosmwasm-smart-contracts/mixnet-contract",
    "common/cosmwasm-smart-contracts/multisig-contract",
-    "common/cosmwasm-smart-contracts/name-service",
    "common/cosmwasm-smart-contracts/service-provider-directory",
    "common/cosmwasm-smart-contracts/vesting-contract",
    "common/credential-storage",
@@ -61,14 +60,12 @@ members = [
    "common/nymsphinx/forwarding",
    "common/nymsphinx/framing",
    "common/nymsphinx/params",
-    "common/nymsphinx/routing",
    "common/nymsphinx/types",
    "common/pemstore",
    "common/socks5-client-core",
    "common/socks5/proxy-helpers",
    "common/socks5/requests",
    "common/statistics",
-    "common/store-cipher",
    "common/task",
    "common/topology",
    "common/types",
@@ -112,22 +109,19 @@ license = "Apache-2.0"

 [workspace.dependencies]
 async-trait = "0.1.64"
-anyhow = "1.0.71"
 bip39 = { version = "2.0.0", features = ["zeroize"] }
 cfg-if = "1.0.0"
 cosmwasm-derive = "=1.0.0"
 cosmwasm-schema = "=1.0.0"
 cosmwasm-std = "=1.0.0"
 cosmwasm-storage = "=1.0.0"
-cw-controllers = "=0.13.4"
-cw-storage-plus = "=0.13.4"
 cw-utils = "=0.13.4"
+cw-storage-plus = "=0.13.4"
 cw2 = { version = "=0.13.4" }
 cw3 = { version = "=0.13.4" }
 cw3-fixed-multisig = { version = "=0.13.4" }
 cw4 = { version = "=0.13.4" }
 dotenvy = "0.15.6"
-generic-array = "0.14.7"
 lazy_static = "1.4.0"
 log = "0.4"
 once_cell = "1.7.2"
@@ -138,4 +132,3 @@ tap = "1.0.1"
 thiserror = "1.0.38"
 tokio = "1.24.1"
 url = "2.2"
-zeroize = "1.6.0"
@@ -99,7 +99,6 @@ CONTRACTS_OUT_DIR=contracts/target/wasm32-unknown-unknown/release
 VESTING_CONTRACT=$(CONTRACTS_OUT_DIR)/vesting_contract.wasm
 MIXNET_CONTRACT=$(CONTRACTS_OUT_DIR)/mixnet_contract.wasm
 SERVICE_PROVIDER_DIRECTORY_CONTRACT=$(CONTRACTS_OUT_DIR)/nym_service_provider_directory.wasm
-NAME_SERVICE_CONTRACT=$(CONTRACTS_OUT_DIR)/nym_name_service.wasm

 wasm: wasm-build wasm-opt

@@ -110,7 +109,6 @@ wasm-opt:
 	wasm-opt --disable-sign-ext -Os $(VESTING_CONTRACT) -o $(VESTING_CONTRACT)
 	wasm-opt --disable-sign-ext -Os $(MIXNET_CONTRACT) -o $(MIXNET_CONTRACT)
 	wasm-opt --disable-sign-ext -Os $(SERVICE_PROVIDER_DIRECTORY_CONTRACT) -o $(SERVICE_PROVIDER_DIRECTORY_CONTRACT)
-	wasm-opt --disable-sign-ext -Os $(NAME_SERVICE_CONTRACT) -o $(NAME_SERVICE_CONTRACT)

 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Misc
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ The platform is composed of multiple Rust crates. Top-level executable binary cr

 ### Building

-Platform build instructions are available on [our docs site](https://nymtech.net/docs/binaries/build-nym.html).
-Wallet build instructions are also available on [our docs site](https://nymtech.net/docs/wallet/desktop-wallet.html).
+Platform build instructions are available on [our docs site](https://nymtech.net/docs/binaries/building-nym.html).
+Wallet build instructions are also available on [our docs site](https://nymtech.net/docs/stable/nym-apps/wallet#for-developers).

 ### Developing

@@ -32,11 +32,7 @@ For Typescript components, please see [ts-packages](./ts-packages).

 ### Developer chat

-> We used to use Keybase for developer chats, but we have since migrated to Matrix and Discord. We no longer check the old **nymtech.friends** Keybase team. 
-
-You can chat to us in two places: 
-* The #dev channel on [Matrix](https://matrix.to/#/#dev:nymtech.chat)
-* The various developer channels on [Discord](https://discord.gg/nym)
+You can chat to us in [Keybase](https://keybase.io). Download their chat app, then click **Teams -> Join a team**. Type **nymtech.friends** into the team name and hit **continue**. For general chat, hang out in the **#general** channel. Our development takes places in the **#dev** channel. Node operators should be in the **#node-operators** channel.

 ### Rewards

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "nym-client"
-version = "1.1.20"
+version = "1.1.16"
 authors = ["Dave Hrycyszyn <futurechimp@users.noreply.github.com>", "Jędrzej Stuczyński <andrew@nymtech.net>"]
 description = "Implementation of the Nym Client"
 edition = "2021"
@@ -7,53 +7,85 @@ use crate::websocket;
 use futures::channel::mpsc;
 use log::*;
 use nym_bandwidth_controller::BandwidthController;
-use nym_client_core::client::base_client::non_wasm_helpers::create_bandwidth_controller;
-use nym_client_core::client::base_client::storage::OnDiskPersistent;
 use nym_client_core::client::base_client::{
    non_wasm_helpers, BaseClientBuilder, ClientInput, ClientOutput, ClientState,
 };
 use nym_client_core::client::inbound_messages::InputMessage;
-use nym_client_core::client::key_manager::persistence::OnDiskKeys;
 use nym_client_core::client::received_buffer::{
    ReceivedBufferMessage, ReceivedBufferRequestSender, ReconstructedMessagesReceiver,
 };
 use nym_client_core::config::persistence::key_pathfinder::ClientKeyPathfinder;
-use nym_credential_storage::persistent_storage::PersistentStorage;
 use nym_sphinx::anonymous_replies::requests::AnonymousSenderTag;
+use nym_sphinx::params::PacketType;
 use nym_task::connections::TransmissionLane;
 use nym_task::TaskManager;
 use nym_validator_client::nyxd::QueryNyxdClient;
-use nym_validator_client::Client;
 use std::error::Error;
 use tokio::sync::watch::error::SendError;

+pub use nym_client_core::client::key_manager::KeyManager;
+use nym_credential_storage::persistent_storage::PersistentStorage;
 pub use nym_sphinx::addressing::clients::Recipient;
 pub use nym_sphinx::receiver::ReconstructedMessage;
+use nym_validator_client::Client;

 pub mod config;

-type NativeClientBuilder<'a> = BaseClientBuilder<'a, Client<QueryNyxdClient>, OnDiskPersistent>;
-
 pub struct SocketClient {
    /// Client configuration options, including, among other things, packet sending rates,
    /// key filepaths, etc.
    config: Config,
+
+    /// KeyManager object containing smart pointers to all relevant keys used by the client.
+    key_manager: KeyManager,
 }

 impl SocketClient {
    pub fn new(config: Config) -> Self {
-        SocketClient { config }
+        let pathfinder = ClientKeyPathfinder::new_from_config(config.get_base());
+        let key_manager = KeyManager::load_keys(&pathfinder).expect("failed to load stored keys");
+
+        SocketClient {
+            config,
+            key_manager,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn new_with_keys(config: Config, key_manager: KeyManager) -> Self {
+        SocketClient {
+            config,
+            key_manager,
+        }
    }

    async fn create_bandwidth_controller(
        config: &Config,
    ) -> BandwidthController<Client<QueryNyxdClient>, PersistentStorage> {
-        let storage = nym_credential_storage::initialise_persistent_storage(
-            config.get_base().get_database_path(),
+        let details = nym_network_defaults::NymNetworkDetails::new_from_env();
+        let mut client_config =
+            nym_validator_client::Config::try_from_nym_network_details(&details)
+                .expect("failed to construct validator client config");
+        let nyxd_url = config
+            .get_base()
+            .get_validator_endpoints()
+            .pop()
+            .expect("No nyxd validator endpoint provided");
+        let api_url = config
+            .get_base()
+            .get_nym_api_endpoints()
+            .pop()
+            .expect("No validator api endpoint provided");
+        // overwrite env configuration with config URLs
+        client_config = client_config.with_urls(nyxd_url, api_url);
+        let client = nym_validator_client::Client::new_query(client_config)
+            .expect("Could not construct query client");
+        BandwidthController::new(
+            nym_credential_storage::initialise_persistent_storage(
+                config.get_base().get_database_path(),
+            )
+            .await,
+            client,
        )
-        .await;
-
-        create_bandwidth_controller(config.get_base(), storage)
    }

    fn start_websocket_listener(
@@ -88,6 +120,7 @@ impl SocketClient {
            self_address,
            shared_lane_queue_lengths,
            reply_controller_sender,
+            None,
        );

        websocket::Listener::new(config.get_listening_ip(), config.get_listening_port())
@@ -103,13 +136,11 @@ impl SocketClient {
        res
    }

-    fn key_store(&self) -> OnDiskKeys {
-        let pathfinder = ClientKeyPathfinder::new_from_config(self.config.get_base());
-        OnDiskKeys::new(pathfinder)
-    }
+    pub async fn start_socket(self) -> Result<TaskManager, ClientError> {
+        if !self.config.get_socket_type().is_websocket() {
+            return Err(ClientError::InvalidSocketMode);
+        }

-    // TODO: see if this could also be shared with socks5 client / nym-sdk maybe
-    async fn create_base_client_builder(&self) -> Result<NativeClientBuilder, ClientError> {
        // don't create bandwidth controller if credentials are disabled
        let bandwidth_controller = if self.config.get_base().get_disabled_credentials_mode() {
            None
@@ -117,28 +148,19 @@ impl SocketClient {
            Some(Self::create_bandwidth_controller(&self.config).await)
        };

-        let base_client = BaseClientBuilder::new_from_base_config(
+        let base_builder = BaseClientBuilder::new_from_base_config(
            self.config.get_base(),
-            self.key_store(),
+            self.key_manager,
            bandwidth_controller,
            non_wasm_helpers::setup_fs_reply_surb_backend(
-                self.config.get_base().get_reply_surb_database_path(),
-                &self.config.get_debug_settings().reply_surbs,
+                Some(self.config.get_base().get_reply_surb_database_path()),
+                self.config.get_debug_settings(),
            )
            .await?,
        );

-        Ok(base_client)
-    }
-
-    pub async fn start_socket(self) -> Result<TaskManager, ClientError> {
-        if !self.config.get_socket_type().is_websocket() {
-            return Err(ClientError::InvalidSocketMode);
-        }
-
-        let base_builder = self.create_base_client_builder().await?;
+        let self_address = base_builder.as_mix_recipient();
        let mut started_client = base_builder.start_base().await?;
-        let self_address = started_client.address;
        let client_input = started_client.client_input.register_producer();
        let client_output = started_client.client_output.register_consumer();
        let client_state = started_client.client_state;
@@ -153,19 +175,40 @@ impl SocketClient {
        );

        info!("Client startup finished!");
-        info!("The address of this client is: {self_address}");
+        info!("The address of this client is: {}", self_address);

        Ok(started_client.task_manager)
    }

-    pub async fn start_direct(self) -> Result<DirectClient, ClientError> {
+    pub async fn start_direct(
+        self,
+        packet_type: Option<PacketType>,
+    ) -> Result<DirectClient, ClientError> {
        if self.config.get_socket_type().is_websocket() {
            return Err(ClientError::InvalidSocketMode);
        }

-        let base_builder = self.create_base_client_builder().await?;
-        let mut started_client = base_builder.start_base().await?;
-        let address = started_client.address;
+        // don't create bandwidth controller if credentials are disabled
+        let bandwidth_controller = if self.config.get_base().get_disabled_credentials_mode() {
+            None
+        } else {
+            Some(Self::create_bandwidth_controller(&self.config).await)
+        };
+
+        let base_client = BaseClientBuilder::new_from_base_config(
+            self.config.get_base(),
+            self.key_manager,
+            bandwidth_controller,
+            non_wasm_helpers::setup_fs_reply_surb_backend(
+                Some(self.config.get_base().get_reply_surb_database_path()),
+                self.config.get_debug_settings(),
+            )
+            .await?,
+        );
+
+        let address = base_client.as_mix_recipient();
+
+        let mut started_client = base_client.start_base().await?;
        let client_input = started_client.client_input.register_producer();
        let client_output = started_client.client_output.register_consumer();

@@ -186,6 +229,7 @@ impl SocketClient {
            reconstructed_receiver,
            address,
            shutdown_notifier: started_client.task_manager,
+            packet_type,
        })
    }
 }
@@ -199,6 +243,7 @@ pub struct DirectClient {

    // we need to keep reference to this guy otherwise things will start dropping
    shutdown_notifier: TaskManager,
+    packet_type: Option<PacketType>,
 }

 impl DirectClient {
@@ -219,7 +264,7 @@ impl DirectClient {
    /// well enough in local tests)
    pub async fn send_regular_message(&mut self, recipient: Recipient, message: Vec<u8>) {
        let lane = TransmissionLane::General;
-        let input_msg = InputMessage::new_regular(recipient, message, lane);
+        let input_msg = InputMessage::new_regular(recipient, message, lane, self.packet_type);

        self.client_input
            .input_sender
@@ -238,7 +283,8 @@ impl DirectClient {
        reply_surbs: u32,
    ) {
        let lane = TransmissionLane::General;
-        let input_msg = InputMessage::new_anonymous(recipient, message, reply_surbs, lane);
+        let input_msg =
+            InputMessage::new_anonymous(recipient, message, reply_surbs, lane, self.packet_type);

        self.client_input
            .input_sender
@@ -252,7 +298,7 @@ impl DirectClient {
    /// well enough in local tests)
    pub async fn send_reply(&mut self, recipient_tag: AnonymousSenderTag, message: Vec<u8>) {
        let lane = TransmissionLane::General;
-        let input_msg = InputMessage::new_reply(recipient_tag, message, lane);
+        let input_msg = InputMessage::new_reply(recipient_tag, message, lane, self.packet_type);

        self.client_input
            .input_sender
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ use nym_client_core::client::{
 use nym_client_websocket_requests::{requests::ClientRequest, responses::ServerResponse};
 use nym_sphinx::addressing::clients::Recipient;
 use nym_sphinx::anonymous_replies::requests::AnonymousSenderTag;
+use nym_sphinx::params::PacketType;
 use nym_sphinx::receiver::ReconstructedMessage;
 use nym_task::connections::{
    ConnectionCommand, ConnectionCommandSender, ConnectionId, LaneQueueLengths, TransmissionLane,
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ pub(crate) struct HandlerBuilder {
    self_full_address: Recipient,
    lane_queue_lengths: LaneQueueLengths,
    reply_controller_sender: ReplyControllerSender,
+    packet_type: Option<PacketType>,
 }

 impl HandlerBuilder {
@@ -51,6 +53,7 @@ impl HandlerBuilder {
        self_full_address: &Recipient,
        lane_queue_lengths: LaneQueueLengths,
        reply_controller_sender: ReplyControllerSender,
+        packet_type: Option<PacketType>,
    ) -> Self {
        Self {
            msg_input,
@@ -59,6 +62,7 @@ impl HandlerBuilder {
            self_full_address: *self_full_address,
            lane_queue_lengths,
            reply_controller_sender,
+            packet_type,
        }
    }

@@ -73,6 +77,7 @@ impl HandlerBuilder {
            received_response_type: Default::default(),
            lane_queue_lengths: self.lane_queue_lengths.clone(),
            reply_controller_sender: self.reply_controller_sender.clone(),
+            packet_type: self.packet_type,
        }
    }
 }
@@ -86,6 +91,7 @@ pub(crate) struct Handler {
    received_response_type: ReceivedResponseType,
    lane_queue_lengths: LaneQueueLengths,
    reply_controller_sender: ReplyControllerSender,
+    packet_type: Option<PacketType>,
 }

 impl Drop for Handler {
@@ -160,7 +166,7 @@ impl Handler {
        });

        // the ack control is now responsible for chunking, etc.
-        let input_msg = InputMessage::new_regular(recipient, message, lane);
+        let input_msg = InputMessage::new_regular(recipient, message, lane, self.packet_type);
        self.msg_input
            .send(input_msg)
            .await
@@ -191,7 +197,8 @@ impl Handler {
            TransmissionLane::ConnectionId(id)
        });

-        let input_msg = InputMessage::new_anonymous(recipient, message, reply_surbs, lane);
+        let input_msg =
+            InputMessage::new_anonymous(recipient, message, reply_surbs, lane, self.packet_type);
        self.msg_input
            .send(input_msg)
            .await
@@ -218,7 +225,7 @@ impl Handler {
            TransmissionLane::ConnectionId(id)
        });

-        let input_msg = InputMessage::new_reply(recipient_tag, message, lane);
+        let input_msg = InputMessage::new_reply(recipient_tag, message, lane, self.packet_type);
        self.msg_input
            .send(input_msg)
            .await
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "nym-socks5-client"
-version = "1.1.20"
+version = "1.1.16"
 authors = ["Dave Hrycyszyn <futurechimp@users.noreply.github.com>"]
 description = "A SOCKS5 localhost proxy that converts incoming messages to Sphinx and sends them to a Nym address"
 edition = "2021"
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ impl From<Init> for OverrideConfig {
            no_cover: init_config.no_cover,
            nyxd_urls: init_config.nyxd_urls,
            enabled_credentials_mode: init_config.enabled_credentials_mode,
+            outfox: false,
        }
    }
 }
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ use nym_bin_common::completions::{fig_generate, ArgShell};
 use nym_config::{NymConfig, OptionalSet};
 use nym_socks5_client_core::config::old_config_v1_1_13::OldConfigV1_1_13;
 use nym_socks5_client_core::config::{BaseConfig, Config};
+use nym_sphinx::params::PacketType;
 use std::error::Error;

 pub mod init;
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ pub(crate) struct OverrideConfig {
    no_cover: bool,
    nyxd_urls: Option<Vec<url::Url>>,
    enabled_credentials_mode: Option<bool>,
+    outfox: bool,
 }

 pub(crate) async fn execute(args: &Cli) -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync>> {
@@ -80,9 +82,15 @@ pub(crate) async fn execute(args: &Cli) -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error + Send + Syn
 }

 pub(crate) fn override_config(config: Config, args: OverrideConfig) -> Config {
+    let packet_type = if args.outfox {
+        PacketType::Outfox
+    } else {
+        PacketType::Mix
+    };
    config
        .with_base(BaseConfig::with_high_default_traffic_volume, args.fastmode)
        .with_base(BaseConfig::with_disabled_cover_traffic, args.no_cover)
+        .with_base(BaseConfig::with_packet_type, packet_type)
        .with_optional(Config::with_anonymous_replies, args.use_anonymous_replies)
        .with_optional(Config::with_port, args.port)
        .with_optional_custom_env_ext(
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ pub(crate) struct Run {
    /// with bandwidth credential requirement.
    #[clap(long, hide = true)]
    enabled_credentials_mode: Option<bool>,
+
+    #[clap(long, hide = true, action)]
+    outfox: bool,
 }

 impl From<Run> for OverrideConfig {
@@ -79,6 +82,7 @@ impl From<Run> for OverrideConfig {
            no_cover: run_config.no_cover,
            nyxd_urls: run_config.nyxd_urls,
            enabled_credentials_mode: run_config.enabled_credentials_mode,
+            outfox: run_config.outfox,
        }
    }
 }
@@ -34,14 +34,7 @@ import {
  StakeSaturationResponse,
  UnbondedMixnodeResponse,
  VestingAccountInfo,
-  ContractState,
-  VestingAccountsCoinPaged,
-  VestingAccountsPaged,
-  DelegationTimes,
-  Delegations,
-  Period,
-  VestingAccountNode,
-  DelegationBlock,
+  ContractState, VestingAccountsCoinPaged, VestingAccountsPaged, DelegationTimes, Delegations, Period, VestingAccountNode, DelegationBlock
 } from '@nymproject/types';
 import QueryClient from './query-client';
 import SigningClient, { ISigningClient } from './signing-client';
@@ -214,7 +207,7 @@ export default class ValidatorClient implements INymClient {
    let mixNodes: UnbondedMixnodeResponse[] = [];
    const limit = 50;
    let startAfter;
-    for (;;) {
+    for (; ;) {
      // eslint-disable-next-line no-await-in-loop
      const pagedResponse: PagedUnbondedMixnodesResponse = await this.client.getUnbondedMixNodes(
        this.mixnetContract,
@@ -237,7 +230,7 @@ export default class ValidatorClient implements INymClient {
    let mixNodes: MixNodeBond[] = [];
    const limit = 50;
    let startAfter;
-    for (;;) {
+    for (; ;) {
      // eslint-disable-next-line no-await-in-loop
      const pagedResponse: PagedMixNodeBondResponse = await this.client.getMixNodeBonds(
        this.mixnetContract,
@@ -259,7 +252,7 @@ export default class ValidatorClient implements INymClient {
    let mixNodes: MixNodeDetails[] = [];
    const limit = 50;
    let startAfter;
-    for (;;) {
+    for (; ;) {
      // eslint-disable-next-line no-await-in-loop
      const pagedResponse: PagedMixNodeDetailsResponse = await this.client.getMixNodesDetailed(
        this.mixnetContract,
@@ -291,7 +284,7 @@ export default class ValidatorClient implements INymClient {
    let delegations: Delegation[] = [];
    const limit = 250;
    let startAfter;
-    for (;;) {
+    for (; ;) {
      // eslint-disable-next-line no-await-in-loop
      const pagedResponse: PagedMixDelegationsResponse = await this.client.getMixNodeDelegationsPaged(
        this.mixnetContract,
@@ -314,7 +307,7 @@ export default class ValidatorClient implements INymClient {
    let delegations: Delegation[] = [];
    const limit = 250;
    let startAfter;
-    for (;;) {
+    for (; ;) {
      // eslint-disable-next-line no-await-in-loop
      const pagedResponse: PagedDelegatorDelegationsResponse = await this.client.getDelegatorDelegationsPaged(
        this.mixnetContract,
@@ -337,7 +330,7 @@ export default class ValidatorClient implements INymClient {
    let delegations: Delegation[] = [];
    const limit = 250;
    let startAfter;
-    for (;;) {
+    for (; ;) {
      // eslint-disable-next-line no-await-in-loop
      const pagedResponse: PagedAllDelegationsResponse = await this.client.getAllDelegationsPaged(
        this.mixnetContract,
@@ -525,9 +518,11 @@ export default class ValidatorClient implements INymClient {
    return (this.client as ISigningClient).updateContractStateParams(this.mixnetContract, newParams, fee, memo);
  }

-  // VESTING
+
+  // VESTING 
  // TODO - MOVE TO A DIFFERENT FILE

+
  public async getVestingAccountsPaged(): Promise<VestingAccountsPaged> {
    return this.client.getVestingAccountsPaged(this.vestingContract);
  }
@@ -613,9 +608,9 @@ export default class ValidatorClient implements INymClient {
  }

  public async getDelegation(address: string, mix_id: number): Promise<DelegationBlock> {
-    return this.client.getDelegation(this.vestingContract, address, mix_id);
+    return this.client.getDelegation(this.vestingContract, address, mix_id );
  }
-
+ 
  public async getTotalDelegationAmount(address: string, mix_id: number, block_timestamp_sec: number): Promise<Coin> {
    return this.client.getTotalDelegationAmount(this.vestingContract, address, mix_id, block_timestamp_sec);
  }
@@ -623,10 +618,4 @@ export default class ValidatorClient implements INymClient {
  public async getCurrentVestingPeriod(address: string): Promise<Period> {
    return this.client.getCurrentVestingPeriod(this.vestingContract, address);
  }
-
-  // SIMULATE
-
-  public async simulateSend(signingAddress: string, from: string, to: string, amount: Coin[]) {
-    return (this.client as SigningClient).simulateSend(signingAddress, from, to, amount);
-  }
 }
@@ -40,18 +40,9 @@ import {
  RewardingParams,
  UnbondedMixnodeResponse,
  VestingAccountInfo,
-  ContractState,
-  VestingAccountsCoinPaged,
-  VestingAccountsPaged,
-  DelegationTimes,
-  Delegations,
-  Period,
-  VestingAccountNode,
-  DelegationBlock,
+  ContractState, VestingAccountsCoinPaged, VestingAccountsPaged, DelegationTimes, Delegations, Period, VestingAccountNode, DelegationBlock
 } from '@nymproject/types';
 import NymApiQuerier from './nym-api-querier';
-import { makeBankMsgSend } from './utils';
-import { ISimulateClient } from './types/simulate';

 // methods exposed by `SigningCosmWasmClient`
 export interface ICosmWasmSigning {
@@ -157,7 +148,7 @@ export interface INymSigning {
  clientAddress: string;
 }

-export interface ISigningClient extends IQueryClient, ICosmWasmSigning, INymSigning, ISimulateClient {
+export interface ISigningClient extends IQueryClient, ICosmWasmSigning, INymSigning {
  bondMixNode(
    mixnetContractAddress: string,
    mixNode: MixNode,
@@ -520,11 +511,11 @@ export default class SigningClient extends SigningCosmWasmClient implements ISig
    );
  }

-  // vesting related
+  // vesting related 

  getVestingAccountsPaged(vestingContractAddress: string): Promise<VestingAccountsPaged> {
    return this.nyxdQuerier.getVestingAccountsPaged(vestingContractAddress);
-  }
+  };

  getVestingAmountsAccountsPaged(vestingContractAddress: string): Promise<VestingAccountsCoinPaged> {
    return this.nyxdQuerier.getVestingAmountsAccountsPaged(vestingContractAddress);
@@ -578,10 +569,7 @@ export default class SigningClient extends SigningCosmWasmClient implements ISig
    return this.nyxdQuerier.getEndTime(vestingContractAddress, vestingAccountAddress);
  }

-  getOriginalVestingDetails(
-    vestingContractAddress: string,
-    vestingAccountAddress: string,
-  ): Promise<OriginalVestingResponse> {
+  getOriginalVestingDetails(vestingContractAddress: string, vestingAccountAddress: string): Promise<OriginalVestingResponse> {
    return this.nyxdQuerier.getOriginalVestingDetails(vestingContractAddress, vestingAccountAddress);
  }

@@ -601,11 +589,7 @@ export default class SigningClient extends SigningCosmWasmClient implements ISig
    return this.nyxdQuerier.getGateway(vestingContractAddress, address);
  }

-  getDelegationTimes(
-    vestingContractAddress: string,
-    mix_id: number,
-    delegatorAddress: string,
-  ): Promise<DelegationTimes> {
+  getDelegationTimes(vestingContractAddress: string, mix_id: number, delegatorAddress: string): Promise<DelegationTimes> {
    return this.nyxdQuerier.getDelegationTimes(vestingContractAddress, mix_id, delegatorAddress);
  }

@@ -613,38 +597,15 @@ export default class SigningClient extends SigningCosmWasmClient implements ISig
    return this.nyxdQuerier.getAllDelegations(vestingContractAddress);
  }

-  getDelegation(
-    vestingContractAddress: string,
-    vestingAccountAddress: string,
-    mix_id: number,
-  ): Promise<DelegationBlock> {
+  getDelegation(vestingContractAddress: string, vestingAccountAddress: string, mix_id: number): Promise<DelegationBlock> {
    return this.nyxdQuerier.getDelegation(vestingContractAddress, vestingAccountAddress, mix_id);
  }

-  getTotalDelegationAmount(
-    vestingContractAddress: string,
-    vestingAccountAddress: string,
-    mix_id: number,
-    block_timestamp_sec: number,
-  ): Promise<Coin> {
-    return this.nyxdQuerier.getTotalDelegationAmount(
-      vestingContractAddress,
-      vestingAccountAddress,
-      mix_id,
-      block_timestamp_sec,
-    );
+  getTotalDelegationAmount(vestingContractAddress: string, vestingAccountAddress: string, mix_id: number, block_timestamp_sec: number): Promise<Coin> {
+    return this.nyxdQuerier.getTotalDelegationAmount(vestingContractAddress, vestingAccountAddress, mix_id, block_timestamp_sec);
  }

  getCurrentVestingPeriod(vestingContractAddress: string, address: string): Promise<Period> {
    return this.nyxdQuerier.getCurrentVestingPeriod(vestingContractAddress, address);
  }
-
-  // simulation
-
-  // TODO consider adding multipling factor
-
-  simulateSend(signingAddress: string, from: string, to: string, amount: Coin[]) {
-    const sendMsg = makeBankMsgSend(from, to, amount);
-    return this.simulate(signingAddress, [sendMsg], 'simulate send tx');
-  }
 }
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-import expect from 'expect';
-import ValidatorClient from '../..';
-
-const dotenv = require('dotenv');
-
-dotenv.config();
-
-// TODO: implement for QA with .env for mnemonics
-describe('Simualtions', () => {
-  let client: ValidatorClient;
-
-  beforeEach(async () => {
-    client = await ValidatorClient.connect(
-      process.env.mnemonic || '',
-      process.env.rpcAddress || '',
-      process.env.validatorAddress || '',
-      process.env.prefix || '',
-      process.env.mixnetContractAddress || '',
-      process.env.vestingContractAddress || '',
-      process.env.denom || '',
-    );
-  });
-
-  it('can simulate sending tokens', async () => {
-    const res = await client.simulateSend(client.address, client.address, client.address, [
-      { amount: '400000', denom: 'unym' },
-    ]);
-
-    expect(typeof res).toBe('number');
-  }).timeout(10000);
-});
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-import { Coin } from '@cosmjs/proto-signing';
-
-export interface ISimulateClient {
-  simulateSend(signingAddress: string, from: string, to: string, amount: Coin[]): Promise<number>;
-}
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ default = ["console_error_panic_hook"]
 offline-test = []

 [dependencies]
-async-trait = "0.1.68"
 bs58 = "0.4.0"
 futures = "0.3"
 js-sys = "0.3"
@@ -25,13 +24,12 @@ rand = { version = "0.7.3", features = ["wasm-bindgen"] }
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0"
 anyhow = "1.0"
-serde-wasm-bindgen = "0.5"
+serde-wasm-bindgen = "0.4"
 tokio = { version = "1.24.1", features = ["sync"] }
 url = "2.2"
 wasm-bindgen = { version = "=0.2.83", features = ["serde-serialize"]  }
 wasm-bindgen-futures = "0.4"
 thiserror = "1.0.40"
-zeroize = "1.6.0"

 wasm-timer = { git = "https://github.com/mmsinclair/wasm-timer", rev = "b9d1a54ad514c2f230a026afe0dde341e98cd7b6"}

@@ -42,14 +40,13 @@ nym-bandwidth-controller = { path = "../../common/bandwidth-controller" }
 nym-coconut-interface = { path = "../../common/coconut-interface" }
 nym-credentials = { path = "../../common/credentials" }
 nym-credential-storage = { path = "../../common/credential-storage" }
-nym-crypto = { path = "../../common/crypto", features = ["asymmetric", "serde"] }
+nym-crypto = { path = "../../common/crypto" }
 nym-sphinx = { path = "../../common/nymsphinx" }
-nym-sphinx-acknowledgements = { path = "../../common/nymsphinx/acknowledgements", features = ["serde"]}
 nym-topology = { path = "../../common/topology" }
 nym-gateway-client = { path = "../../common/client-libs/gateway-client", default-features = false, features = ["wasm"] }
 nym-validator-client = { path = "../../common/client-libs/validator-client", default-features = false }
+wasm-utils = { path = "../../common/wasm-utils" }
 nym-task = { path = "../../common/task" }
-wasm-utils = { path = "../../common/wasm-utils", features = ["storage"], default-features = false }
 # The `console_error_panic_hook` crate provides better debugging of panics by
 # logging them with `console.error`. This is great for development, but requires
 # all the `std::fmt` and `std::panicking` infrastructure, so isn't great for
@@ -67,7 +64,7 @@ wee_alloc = { version = "0.4", optional = true }
 wasm-bindgen-test = "0.3"

 [package.metadata.wasm-pack.profile.release]
-wasm-opt = false
+wasm-opt = true

 [profile.release]
 lto = true
@@ -28,10 +28,7 @@ const {
    set_panic_hook,
    Config,
    GatewayEndpointConfig,
-    ClientStorage,
    current_network_topology,
-    make_key,
-    make_key2
 } = wasm_bindgen;

 let client = null;
@@ -273,57 +270,6 @@ async function normalNymClientUsage() {
            }
        }
    };
-}
-
-async function messWithStorage() {
-    self.onmessage = async event => {
-        if (event.data && event.data.kind) {
-            switch (event.data.kind) {
-                case 'TestPacket': {
-                    const { mixnodeIdentity } = event.data.args;
-                    console.log("button clicked...", mixnodeIdentity);
-
-                    let id1 = "one";
-                    let id2 = "two";
-
-                    console.log("making store1 NO-ENC");
-                    let _storage1 = await ClientStorage.new_unencrypted(id1);
-
-                    console.log("making store2 ENC")
-                    let _storage2 = await new ClientStorage(id2, "my-secret-password");
-                    //
-                    //
-                    //
-                    //     console.log("attempting to use store1 WITH PASSWORD")
-                    //     let _storage1_alt = await new ClientStorage(id1, "password");
-                    //
-                    //
-                    //
-                    //     console.log("attempting to use store2 WITHOUT PASSWORD")
-                    //     let _storage2_alt = await ClientStorage.new_unencrypted(id2);
-                    //
-                    //
-                    //
-                    //     console.log("attempting to use store2 with WRONG PASSWORD")
-                    //     let _storage2_bad = await new ClientStorage(id2, "bad-password")
-
-
-                    //
-                    // console.log("read1: ", await storage1.read());
-                    // console.log("read2: ", await storage2.read());
-                    //
-                    // console.log("store1: ", await storage1.store("FOOMP"));
-                    //
-                    // console.log("read1: ", await storage1.read());
-                    // console.log("read2: ", await storage2.read());
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    };
-
-
-
-
 }

 async function main() {
@@ -335,13 +281,13 @@ async function main() {
    set_panic_hook();

    // run test on simplified and dedicated tester:
-    // await testWithTester()
+    await testWithTester()

    // hook-up the whole client for testing
    // await testWithNymClient()

    // 'Normal' client setup (to send 'normal' messages)
-    await normalNymClientUsage()
+    // await normalNymClientUsage()
 }

 // Let's get started!
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ use std::sync::Arc;
 use wasm_bindgen::prelude::*;
 use wasm_bindgen::JsValue;
 use wasm_bindgen_futures::future_to_promise;
-use wasm_utils::{console_log, simple_js_error};
+use wasm_utils::{console_log, js_error, simple_js_error};

 #[wasm_bindgen]
 pub struct NymClientTestRequest {
@@ -142,9 +142,20 @@ impl WasmTopologyExt for Arc<ClientState> {
                return Err(WasmClientError::NonExistentMixnode { mixnode_identity }.into());
            };

-            let ext = WasmTestMessageExt::new(test_id);
-            let test_msgs = NodeTestMessage::mix_plaintexts(mix, num_test_packets, ext)
-                .map_err(WasmClientError::from)?;
+            let mut test_msgs = Vec::with_capacity(num_test_packets as usize);
+            for i in 1..=num_test_packets {
+                let msg = NodeTestMessage::new_mix(
+                    mix,
+                    i,
+                    num_test_packets,
+                    WasmTestMessageExt::new(test_id),
+                );
+                let serialized = match msg.as_bytes() {
+                    Ok(bytes) => bytes,
+                    Err(err) => return Err(js_error!("failed to serialize test message: {err}")),
+                };
+                test_msgs.push(serialized);
+            }

            let mut updated = current_topology.clone();
            updated.set_mixes_in_layer(mix.layer.into(), vec![mix.to_owned()]);
@@ -4,11 +4,10 @@
 use self::config::Config;
 use crate::client::helpers::{InputSender, NymClientTestRequest, WasmTopologyExt};
 use crate::client::response_pusher::ResponsePusher;
-use crate::constants::NODE_TESTER_CLIENT_ID;
 use crate::error::WasmClientError;
-use crate::helpers::{parse_recipient, parse_sender_tag, setup_reply_surb_storage_backend};
-use crate::storage::traits::FullWasmClientStorage;
-use crate::storage::ClientStorage;
+use crate::helpers::{
+    parse_recipient, parse_sender_tag, setup_new_key_manager, setup_reply_surb_storage_backend,
+};
 use crate::topology::WasmNymTopology;
 use js_sys::Promise;
 use nym_bandwidth_controller::wasm_mockups::{Client as FakeClient, DirectSigningNyxdClient};
@@ -16,12 +15,13 @@ use nym_bandwidth_controller::BandwidthController;
 use nym_client_core::client::base_client::{
    BaseClientBuilder, ClientInput, ClientOutput, ClientState, CredentialsToggle,
 };
-use nym_client_core::client::inbound_messages::InputMessage;
 use nym_client_core::client::replies::reply_storage::browser_backend;
+use nym_client_core::client::{inbound_messages::InputMessage, key_manager::KeyManager};
 use nym_client_core::config::{
    CoverTraffic, DebugConfig, GatewayEndpointConfig, Topology, Traffic,
 };
 use nym_credential_storage::ephemeral_storage::EphemeralStorage;
+use nym_sphinx::params::PacketType;
 use nym_task::connections::TransmissionLane;
 use nym_task::TaskManager;
 use nym_topology::provider_trait::{HardcodedTopologyProvider, TopologyProvider};
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ pub struct NymClient {
    // even though we don't use graceful shutdowns, other components rely on existence of this struct
    // and if it's dropped, everything will start going offline
    _task_manager: TaskManager,
+    packet_type: Option<PacketType>,
 }

 #[wasm_bindgen]
@@ -57,7 +58,9 @@ pub struct NymClientBuilder {
    config: Config,
    custom_topology: Option<NymTopology>,

-    storage_passphrase: Option<String>,
+    /// KeyManager object containing smart pointers to all relevant keys used by the client.
+    key_manager: KeyManager,
+
    reply_surb_storage_backend: browser_backend::Backend,

    on_message: js_sys::Function,
@@ -66,24 +69,23 @@ pub struct NymClientBuilder {
    bandwidth_controller:
        Option<BandwidthController<FakeClient<DirectSigningNyxdClient>, EphemeralStorage>>,
    disabled_credentials: bool,
+    packet_type: Option<PacketType>,
 }

 #[wasm_bindgen]
 impl NymClientBuilder {
    #[wasm_bindgen(constructor)]
-    pub fn new(
-        config: Config,
-        on_message: js_sys::Function,
-        storage_passphrase: Option<String>,
-    ) -> Self {
+    pub fn new(config: Config, on_message: js_sys::Function) -> Self {
+        //, key_manager: Option<KeyManager>) {
        NymClientBuilder {
            reply_surb_storage_backend: setup_reply_surb_storage_backend(config.debug.reply_surbs),
            config,
            custom_topology: None,
-            storage_passphrase,
+            key_manager: setup_new_key_manager(),
            on_message,
            bandwidth_controller: None,
            disabled_credentials: true,
+            packet_type: None,
        }
    }

@@ -101,7 +103,7 @@ impl NymClientBuilder {
        }

        let full_config = Config {
-            id: NODE_TESTER_CLIENT_ID.to_string(),
+            id: "ephemeral-id".to_string(),
            nym_api_url: None,
            disabled_credentials_mode: true,
            gateway_endpoint: gateway_config,
@@ -128,10 +130,13 @@ impl NymClientBuilder {
            ),
            config: full_config,
            custom_topology: Some(topology.into()),
+            // TODO: once we make keys persistent, we'll require some kind of `init` method to generate
+            // a prior shared keypair between the client and the gateway
+            key_manager: setup_new_key_manager(),
            on_message,
            bandwidth_controller: None,
            disabled_credentials: true,
-            storage_passphrase: None,
+            packet_type: None,
        }
    }

@@ -162,15 +167,10 @@ impl NymClientBuilder {
            Some(endpoint) => vec![endpoint],
            None => Vec::new(),
        };
-
-        // TODO: this will have to be re-used for surbs. but this is a problem for another PR.
-        let key_store =
-            ClientStorage::new_async(&self.config.id, self.storage_passphrase.take()).await?;
-
-        let mut base_builder: BaseClientBuilder<_, FullWasmClientStorage> = BaseClientBuilder::new(
+        let mut base_builder = BaseClientBuilder::new(
            &self.config.gateway_endpoint,
            &self.config.debug,
-            key_store,
+            self.key_manager,
            self.bandwidth_controller,
            self.reply_surb_storage_backend,
            disabled_credentials,
@@ -180,8 +180,8 @@ impl NymClientBuilder {
            base_builder = base_builder.with_topology_provider(topology_provider);
        }

+        let self_address = base_builder.as_mix_recipient().to_string();
        let mut started_client = base_builder.start_base().await?;
-        let self_address = started_client.address.to_string();

        let client_input = started_client.client_input.register_producer();
        let client_output = started_client.client_output.register_consumer();
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ impl NymClientBuilder {
            client_state: Arc::new(started_client.client_state),
            _full_topology: None,
            _task_manager: started_client.task_manager,
+            packet_type: self.packet_type,
        })
    }

@@ -207,25 +208,16 @@ impl NymClient {
    async fn _new(
        config: Config,
        on_message: js_sys::Function,
-        storage_passphrase: Option<String>,
    ) -> Result<NymClient, WasmClientError> {
-        NymClientBuilder::new(config, on_message, storage_passphrase)
+        NymClientBuilder::new(config, on_message)
            .start_client_async()
            .await
    }

    #[wasm_bindgen(constructor)]
    #[allow(clippy::new_ret_no_self)]
-    pub fn new(
-        config: Config,
-        on_message: js_sys::Function,
-        storage_passphrase: Option<String>,
-    ) -> Promise {
-        future_to_promise(async move {
-            Self::_new(config, on_message, storage_passphrase)
-                .await
-                .into_promise_result()
-        })
+    pub fn new(config: Config, on_message: js_sys::Function) -> Promise {
+        future_to_promise(async move { Self::_new(config, on_message).await.into_promise_result() })
    }

    pub fn self_address(&self) -> String {
@@ -269,7 +261,7 @@ impl NymClient {
        let input_msgs = request
            .test_msgs
            .into_iter()
-            .map(|p| InputMessage::new_regular(recipient, p, lane))
+            .map(|p| InputMessage::new_regular(recipient, p, lane, None))
            .collect();

        self.client_input.send_messages(input_msgs)
@@ -289,7 +281,7 @@ impl NymClient {

        let lane = TransmissionLane::General;

-        let input_msg = InputMessage::new_regular(recipient, message, lane);
+        let input_msg = InputMessage::new_regular(recipient, message, lane, self.packet_type);
        self.client_input.send_message(input_msg)
    }

@@ -316,7 +308,8 @@ impl NymClient {

        let lane = TransmissionLane::General;

-        let input_msg = InputMessage::new_anonymous(recipient, message, reply_surbs, lane);
+        let input_msg =
+            InputMessage::new_anonymous(recipient, message, reply_surbs, lane, self.packet_type);
        self.client_input.send_message(input_msg)
    }

@@ -334,7 +327,7 @@ impl NymClient {

        let lane = TransmissionLane::General;

-        let input_msg = InputMessage::new_reply(sender_tag, message, lane);
+        let input_msg = InputMessage::new_reply(sender_tag, message, lane, self.packet_type);
        self.client_input.send_message(input_msg)
    }
 }
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
-pub(crate) const NODE_TESTER_ID: &str = "_nym-node-tester";
-pub(crate) const NODE_TESTER_CLIENT_ID: &str = "_nym-node-tester-client";
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 // Copyright 2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

-use crate::storage::errors::ClientStorageError;
 use crate::topology::WasmTopologyError;
 use js_sys::Promise;
 use nym_client_core::error::ClientCoreError;
@@ -79,12 +78,6 @@ pub enum WasmClientError {
        raw: String,
        source: InvalidAnonymousSenderTagRepresentation,
    },
-
-    #[error(transparent)]
-    StorageError {
-        #[from]
-        source: ClientStorageError,
-    },
 }

 impl WasmClientError {
@@ -4,16 +4,24 @@
 use crate::error::WasmClientError;
 use crate::topology::WasmNymTopology;
 use js_sys::Promise;
+use nym_client_core::client::key_manager::KeyManager;
 use nym_client_core::client::replies::reply_storage::browser_backend;
 use nym_client_core::config;
 use nym_sphinx::addressing::clients::Recipient;
 use nym_sphinx::anonymous_replies::requests::AnonymousSenderTag;
 use nym_topology::NymTopology;
 use nym_validator_client::NymApiClient;
+use rand::rngs::OsRng;
 use url::Url;
 use wasm_bindgen::prelude::wasm_bindgen;
 use wasm_bindgen_futures::future_to_promise;
-use wasm_utils::PromisableResult;
+use wasm_utils::{console_log, PromisableResult};
+
+pub(crate) fn setup_new_key_manager() -> KeyManager {
+    let mut rng = OsRng;
+    console_log!("generated new set of keys");
+    KeyManager::new(&mut rng)
+}

 // don't get too excited about the name, under the hood it's just a big fat placeholder
 // with no persistence
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright 2021-2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// Copyright 2021 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

 use wasm_bindgen::prelude::*;
@@ -7,13 +7,10 @@ use wasm_bindgen::prelude::*;
 mod client;
 #[cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")]
 pub mod encoded_payload_helper;
-#[cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")]
 pub mod error;
 #[cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")]
 pub mod gateway_selector;
 #[cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")]
-pub mod storage;
-#[cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")]
 pub mod tester;
 #[cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")]
 pub mod topology;
@@ -23,8 +20,6 @@ pub mod validation;
 #[cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")]
 mod helpers;

-mod constants;
-
 #[wasm_bindgen]
 pub fn set_panic_hook() {
    // When the `console_error_panic_hook` feature is enabled, we can call the
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
-use thiserror::Error;
-use wasm_bindgen::JsValue;
-use wasm_utils::simple_js_error;
-use wasm_utils::storage::error::StorageError;
-
-#[derive(Debug, Error)]
-pub enum ClientStorageError {
-    #[error("failed to use the storage: {source}")]
-    StorageError {
-        #[from]
-        source: StorageError,
-    },
-
-    #[error("{typ} cryptographic key is not available in storage")]
-    CryptoKeyNotInStorage { typ: String },
-}
-
-impl From<ClientStorageError> for JsValue {
-    fn from(value: ClientStorageError) -> Self {
-        simple_js_error(value.to_string())
-    }
-}
@@ -1,231 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
-use crate::storage::errors::ClientStorageError;
-use js_sys::Promise;
-use nym_crypto::asymmetric::{encryption, identity};
-use nym_gateway_client::SharedKeys;
-use nym_sphinx::acknowledgements::AckKey;
-use std::sync::Arc;
-use wasm_bindgen::prelude::*;
-use wasm_bindgen_futures::future_to_promise;
-use wasm_utils::storage::{IdbVersionChangeEvent, WasmStorage};
-use wasm_utils::PromisableResult;
-use zeroize::Zeroizing;
-
-pub(crate) mod errors;
-pub(crate) mod traits;
-
-const STORAGE_NAME_PREFIX: &str = "wasm-client-storage";
-const STORAGE_VERSION: u32 = 1;
-
-// v1 tables
-mod v1 {
-    // stores
-    pub const KEYS_STORE: &str = "keys";
-
-    // keys
-    pub const ED25519_IDENTITY_KEYPAIR: &str = "ed25519_identity_keypair";
-    pub const X25519_ENCRYPTION_KEYPAIR: &str = "x25519_encryption_key";
-
-    // TODO: for those we could actually use the subtle crypto storage
-    pub const AES128CTR_ACK_KEY: &str = "aes128ctr_ack_key";
-    pub const AES128CTR_BLAKE3_HMAC_GATEWAY_KEYS: &str = "aes128ctr_blake3_hmac_gateway_keys";
-}
-
-#[wasm_bindgen]
-pub struct ClientStorage {
-    #[allow(dead_code)]
-    pub(crate) name: String,
-    pub(crate) inner: Arc<WasmStorage>,
-}
-
-#[wasm_bindgen]
-impl ClientStorage {
-    fn db_name(client_id: &str) -> String {
-        format!("{STORAGE_NAME_PREFIX}-{client_id}")
-    }
-
-    pub(crate) async fn new_async(
-        client_id: &str,
-        passphrase: Option<String>,
-    ) -> Result<Self, ClientStorageError> {
-        let name = Self::db_name(client_id);
-
-        // make sure the password is zeroized when no longer used, especially if we error out.
-        // special care must be taken on JS side to ensure it's correctly used there.
-        let passphrase = Zeroizing::new(passphrase);
-
-        let migrate_fn = Some(|evt: &IdbVersionChangeEvent| -> Result<(), JsValue> {
-            // Even if the web-sys bindings expose the version as a f64, the IndexedDB API
-            // works with an unsigned integer.
-            // See <https://github.com/rustwasm/wasm-bindgen/issues/1149>
-            let old_version = evt.old_version() as u32;
-
-            if old_version < 1 {
-                // migrating to version 1
-                let db = evt.db();
-
-                db.create_object_store(v1::KEYS_STORE)?;
-            }
-
-            Ok(())
-        });
-
-        let inner = WasmStorage::new(
-            &name,
-            STORAGE_VERSION,
-            migrate_fn,
-            passphrase.as_ref().map(|p| p.as_bytes()),
-        )
-        .await?;
-
-        Ok(ClientStorage {
-            inner: Arc::new(inner),
-            name,
-        })
-    }
-
-    #[wasm_bindgen(constructor)]
-    #[allow(clippy::new_ret_no_self)]
-    pub fn new(client_id: String, passphrase: String) -> Promise {
-        future_to_promise(async move {
-            Self::new_async(&client_id, Some(passphrase))
-                .await
-                .into_promise_result()
-        })
-    }
-
-    pub fn new_unencrypted(client_id: String) -> Promise {
-        future_to_promise(async move {
-            Self::new_async(&client_id, None)
-                .await
-                .into_promise_result()
-        })
-    }
-
-    async fn may_read_identity_keypair(
-        &self,
-    ) -> Result<Option<identity::KeyPair>, ClientStorageError> {
-        self.inner
-            .read_value(
-                v1::KEYS_STORE,
-                JsValue::from_str(v1::ED25519_IDENTITY_KEYPAIR),
-            )
-            .await
-            .map_err(Into::into)
-    }
-
-    async fn may_read_encryption_keypair(
-        &self,
-    ) -> Result<Option<encryption::KeyPair>, ClientStorageError> {
-        self.inner
-            .read_value(
-                v1::KEYS_STORE,
-                JsValue::from_str(v1::X25519_ENCRYPTION_KEYPAIR),
-            )
-            .await
-            .map_err(Into::into)
-    }
-
-    async fn may_read_ack_key(&self) -> Result<Option<AckKey>, ClientStorageError> {
-        self.inner
-            .read_value(v1::KEYS_STORE, JsValue::from_str(v1::AES128CTR_ACK_KEY))
-            .await
-            .map_err(Into::into)
-    }
-
-    async fn may_read_gateway_shared_key(&self) -> Result<Option<SharedKeys>, ClientStorageError> {
-        self.inner
-            .read_value(
-                v1::KEYS_STORE,
-                JsValue::from_str(v1::AES128CTR_BLAKE3_HMAC_GATEWAY_KEYS),
-            )
-            .await
-            .map_err(Into::into)
-    }
-
-    async fn must_read_identity_keypair(&self) -> Result<identity::KeyPair, ClientStorageError> {
-        self.may_read_identity_keypair()
-            .await?
-            .ok_or(ClientStorageError::CryptoKeyNotInStorage {
-                typ: v1::ED25519_IDENTITY_KEYPAIR.to_string(),
-            })
-    }
-
-    async fn must_read_encryption_keypair(
-        &self,
-    ) -> Result<encryption::KeyPair, ClientStorageError> {
-        self.may_read_encryption_keypair()
-            .await?
-            .ok_or(ClientStorageError::CryptoKeyNotInStorage {
-                typ: v1::X25519_ENCRYPTION_KEYPAIR.to_string(),
-            })
-    }
-
-    async fn must_read_ack_key(&self) -> Result<AckKey, ClientStorageError> {
-        self.may_read_ack_key()
-            .await?
-            .ok_or(ClientStorageError::CryptoKeyNotInStorage {
-                typ: v1::AES128CTR_ACK_KEY.to_string(),
-            })
-    }
-
-    async fn must_read_gateway_shared_key(&self) -> Result<SharedKeys, ClientStorageError> {
-        self.may_read_gateway_shared_key()
-            .await?
-            .ok_or(ClientStorageError::CryptoKeyNotInStorage {
-                typ: v1::AES128CTR_BLAKE3_HMAC_GATEWAY_KEYS.to_string(),
-            })
-    }
-
-    async fn store_identity_keypair(
-        &self,
-        keypair: &identity::KeyPair,
-    ) -> Result<(), ClientStorageError> {
-        self.inner
-            .store_value(
-                v1::KEYS_STORE,
-                JsValue::from_str(v1::ED25519_IDENTITY_KEYPAIR),
-                keypair,
-            )
-            .await
-            .map_err(Into::into)
-    }
-
-    async fn store_encryption_keypair(
-        &self,
-        keypair: &encryption::KeyPair,
-    ) -> Result<(), ClientStorageError> {
-        self.inner
-            .store_value(
-                v1::KEYS_STORE,
-                JsValue::from_str(v1::X25519_ENCRYPTION_KEYPAIR),
-                keypair,
-            )
-            .await
-            .map_err(Into::into)
-    }
-
-    async fn store_ack_key(&self, key: &AckKey) -> Result<(), ClientStorageError> {
-        self.inner
-            .store_value(
-                v1::KEYS_STORE,
-                JsValue::from_str(v1::AES128CTR_ACK_KEY),
-                key,
-            )
-            .await
-            .map_err(Into::into)
-    }
-
-    async fn store_gateway_shared_key(&self, key: &SharedKeys) -> Result<(), ClientStorageError> {
-        self.inner
-            .store_value(
-                v1::KEYS_STORE,
-                JsValue::from_str(v1::AES128CTR_BLAKE3_HMAC_GATEWAY_KEYS),
-                key,
-            )
-            .await
-            .map_err(Into::into)
-    }
-}
@@ -1,76 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
-use crate::storage::errors::ClientStorageError;
-use crate::storage::ClientStorage;
-use async_trait::async_trait;
-use nym_client_core::client::base_client::storage::MixnetClientStorage;
-use nym_client_core::client::key_manager::persistence::KeyStore;
-use nym_client_core::client::key_manager::KeyManager;
-use nym_client_core::client::replies::reply_storage::browser_backend;
-use nym_credential_storage::ephemeral_storage::EphemeralStorage as EphemeralCredentialStorage;
-use wasm_utils::console_log;
-
-// temporary until other variants are properly implemented (probably it should get changed into `ClientStorage`
-// implementing all traits and everything getting combined
-pub struct FullWasmClientStorage {
-    key_store: ClientStorage,
-    reply_storage: browser_backend::Backend,
-    credential_storage: EphemeralCredentialStorage,
-}
-
-impl MixnetClientStorage for FullWasmClientStorage {
-    type KeyStore = ClientStorage;
-    type ReplyStore = browser_backend::Backend;
-    type CredentialStore = EphemeralCredentialStorage;
-
-    fn into_split(self) -> (Self::KeyStore, Self::ReplyStore, Self::CredentialStore) {
-        (self.key_store, self.reply_storage, self.credential_storage)
-    }
-
-    fn key_store(&self) -> &Self::KeyStore {
-        &self.key_store
-    }
-
-    fn reply_store(&self) -> &Self::ReplyStore {
-        &self.reply_storage
-    }
-
-    fn credential_store(&self) -> &Self::CredentialStore {
-        &self.credential_storage
-    }
-}
-
-#[async_trait(?Send)]
-impl KeyStore for ClientStorage {
-    type StorageError = ClientStorageError;
-
-    async fn load_keys(&self) -> Result<KeyManager, Self::StorageError> {
-        console_log!("attempting to load cryptographic keys...");
-
-        // all keys implement `ZeroizeOnDrop`, so if we return an Error, whatever was already loaded will be cleared
-        let identity_keypair = self.must_read_identity_keypair().await?;
-        let encryption_keypair = self.must_read_encryption_keypair().await?;
-        let ack_keypair = self.must_read_ack_key().await?;
-        let gateway_shared_key = self.must_read_gateway_shared_key().await?;
-
-        Ok(KeyManager::from_keys(
-            identity_keypair,
-            encryption_keypair,
-            gateway_shared_key,
-            ack_keypair,
-        ))
-    }
-
-    async fn store_keys(&self, keys: &KeyManager) -> Result<(), Self::StorageError> {
-        console_log!("attempting to store cryptographic keys...");
-
-        self.store_identity_keypair(&keys.identity_keypair())
-            .await?;
-        self.store_encryption_keypair(&keys.encryption_keypair())
-            .await?;
-        self.store_ack_key(&keys.ack_key()).await?;
-        self.store_gateway_shared_key(&keys.gateway_shared_key())
-            .await
-    }
-}
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 // Copyright 2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

-use crate::tester::helpers::{NodeTestResult, WasmTestMessageExt};
+use crate::tester::helpers::NodeTestResult;
+use crate::tester::NodeTestMessage;
 use futures::StreamExt;
-use nym_node_tester_utils::processor::Received;
-use nym_node_tester_utils::receiver::ReceivedReceiver;
+use nym_node_tester_utils::receiver::{Received, ReceivedReceiver};
 use nym_sphinx::chunking::fragment::FragmentIdentifier;
 use std::collections::HashSet;
 use std::time::Duration;
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ pub(crate) struct EphemeralTestReceiver<'a> {
    duplicate_acks: u32,

    timeout_duration: Duration,
-    receiver_permit: AsyncMutexGuard<'a, ReceivedReceiver<WasmTestMessageExt>>,
+    receiver_permit: AsyncMutexGuard<'a, ReceivedReceiver>,
 }

 impl<'a> EphemeralTestReceiver<'a> {
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ impl<'a> EphemeralTestReceiver<'a> {
    pub(crate) fn new(
        sent_packets: u32,
        expected_acks: HashSet<FragmentIdentifier>,
-        receiver_permit: AsyncMutexGuard<'a, ReceivedReceiver<WasmTestMessageExt>>,
+        receiver_permit: AsyncMutexGuard<'a, ReceivedReceiver>,
        timeout: Duration,
    ) -> Self {
        EphemeralTestReceiver {
@@ -53,18 +53,23 @@ impl<'a> EphemeralTestReceiver<'a> {
        }
    }

-    fn on_next_received_packet(&mut self, packet: Option<Received<WasmTestMessageExt>>) -> bool {
+    fn on_next_received_packet(&mut self, packet: Option<Received>) -> bool {
        let Some(received_packet) = packet else {
            // can't do anything more...
            console_error!("packet receiver has stopped processing results!");
            return true
        };
        match received_packet {
-            Received::Message(msg) => {
-                if !self.received_valid_messages.insert(msg.msg_id) {
-                    self.duplicate_packets += 1;
+            Received::Message(msg) => match NodeTestMessage::try_recover(msg) {
+                Ok(test_msg) => {
+                    if !self.received_valid_messages.insert(test_msg.msg_id) {
+                        self.duplicate_packets += 1;
+                    }
                }
-            }
+                Err(err) => {
+                    console_warn!("failed to recover test message from received packet: {err}")
+                }
+            },
            Received::Ack(frag_id) => {
                if self.expected_acks.contains(&frag_id) {
                    if !self.received_valid_acks.insert(frag_id) {
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@
 // due to expansion of #[wasm_bindgen] macro on NodeTestResult
 #![allow(clippy::drop_non_drop)]

-use nym_node_tester_utils::processor::Received;
-use nym_node_tester_utils::receiver::ReceivedReceiver;
+use nym_node_tester_utils::receiver::{Received, ReceivedReceiver};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::fmt::{Display, Formatter};
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering};
@@ -15,10 +14,10 @@ use wasm_bindgen::prelude::*;
 use wasm_utils::{console_log, console_warn};

 #[derive(Clone)]
-pub(super) struct ReceivedReceiverWrapper(Arc<AsyncMutex<ReceivedReceiver<WasmTestMessageExt>>>);
+pub(super) struct ReceivedReceiverWrapper(Arc<AsyncMutex<ReceivedReceiver>>);

 impl ReceivedReceiverWrapper {
-    pub(super) fn new(inner: ReceivedReceiver<WasmTestMessageExt>) -> Self {
+    pub(super) fn new(inner: ReceivedReceiver) -> Self {
        ReceivedReceiverWrapper(Arc::new(AsyncMutex::new(inner)))
    }

@@ -37,7 +36,7 @@ impl ReceivedReceiverWrapper {
        }
    }

-    pub(super) async fn lock(&self) -> AsyncMutexGuard<'_, ReceivedReceiver<WasmTestMessageExt>> {
+    pub(super) async fn lock(&self) -> AsyncMutexGuard<'_, ReceivedReceiver> {
        self.0.lock().await
    }
 }
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 // Copyright 2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

-use crate::constants::NODE_TESTER_ID;
 use crate::error::WasmClientError;
-use crate::helpers::current_network_topology_async;
-use crate::storage::ClientStorage;
+use crate::helpers::{current_network_topology_async, setup_new_key_manager};
 use crate::tester::ephemeral_receiver::EphemeralTestReceiver;
 use crate::tester::helpers::{
    NodeTestResult, ReceivedReceiverWrapper, TestMarker, WasmTestMessageExt,
@@ -14,7 +12,7 @@ use futures::channel::mpsc;
 use js_sys::Promise;
 use nym_bandwidth_controller::wasm_mockups::{Client as FakeClient, DirectSigningNyxdClient};
 use nym_bandwidth_controller::BandwidthController;
-use nym_client_core::client::key_manager::ManagedKeys;
+use nym_client_core::client::key_manager::KeyManager;
 use nym_client_core::config::GatewayEndpointConfig;
 use nym_credential_storage::ephemeral_storage::EphemeralStorage;
 use nym_crypto::asymmetric::identity;
@@ -35,7 +33,7 @@ use std::time::Duration;
 use tokio::sync::Mutex as AsyncMutex;
 use wasm_bindgen::prelude::*;
 use wasm_bindgen_futures::future_to_promise;
-use wasm_utils::{check_promise_result, console_log, PromisableResult};
+use wasm_utils::{check_promise_result, console_log, console_warn, PromisableResult};

 mod ephemeral_receiver;
 pub(crate) mod helpers;
@@ -76,15 +74,18 @@ pub struct NymNodeTesterBuilder {

    base_topology: NymTopology,

+    /// KeyManager object containing smart pointers to all relevant keys used by the client.
+    key_manager: KeyManager,
+
    // unimplemented
    bandwidth_controller:
        Option<BandwidthController<FakeClient<DirectSigningNyxdClient>, EphemeralStorage>>,
 }

-fn address(keys: &ManagedKeys, gateway_identity: NodeIdentity) -> Recipient {
+fn address(keys: &KeyManager, gateway_identity: NodeIdentity) -> Recipient {
    Recipient::new(
-        *keys.identity_public_key(),
-        *keys.encryption_public_key(),
+        *keys.identity_keypair().public_key(),
+        *keys.encryption_keypair().public_key(),
        gateway_identity,
    )
 }
@@ -99,6 +100,7 @@ impl NymNodeTesterBuilder {
        NymNodeTesterBuilder {
            gateway_config,
            base_topology: base_topology.into(),
+            key_manager: setup_new_key_manager(),
            bandwidth_controller: None,
        }
    }
@@ -120,24 +122,29 @@ impl NymNodeTesterBuilder {
    }

    async fn _setup_client(mut self) -> Result<NymNodeTester, WasmClientError> {
-        let mut rng = OsRng;
+        let rng = OsRng;
        let task_manager = TaskManager::default();

        let gateway_identity =
            identity::PublicKey::from_base58_string(self.gateway_config.gateway_id)
                .map_err(|source| WasmClientError::InvalidGatewayIdentity { source })?;

-        let key_store = ClientStorage::new_async(NODE_TESTER_ID, None).await?;
-        let mut managed_keys = ManagedKeys::load_or_generate(&mut rng, &key_store).await;
+        // we **REALLY** need persistence...
+        let shared_key = if self.key_manager.is_gateway_key_set() {
+            Some(self.key_manager.gateway_shared_key())
+        } else {
+            console_warn!("Gateway key not set - will derive a fresh one.");
+            None
+        };

        let (mixnet_message_sender, mixnet_message_receiver) = mpsc::unbounded();
        let (ack_sender, ack_receiver) = mpsc::unbounded();

        let mut gateway_client = GatewayClient::new(
            self.gateway_config.gateway_listener,
-            managed_keys.identity_keypair(),
+            self.key_manager.identity_keypair(),
            gateway_identity,
-            managed_keys.gateway_shared_key(),
+            shared_key,
            mixnet_message_sender,
            ack_sender,
            Duration::from_secs(10),
@@ -147,26 +154,26 @@ impl NymNodeTesterBuilder {

        gateway_client.set_disabled_credentials_mode(true);
        let shared_keys = gateway_client.authenticate_and_start().await?;
-        managed_keys
-            .deal_with_gateway_key(shared_keys, &key_store)
-            .await?;
+
+        // currently pointless but might as well do it for the future ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
+        self.key_manager.insert_gateway_shared_key(shared_keys);

        // TODO: make those values configurable later
        let tester = NodeTester::new(
            rng,
            self.base_topology,
-            Some(address(&managed_keys, gateway_identity)),
+            address(&self.key_manager, gateway_identity),
            PacketSize::default(),
            Duration::from_millis(5),
            Duration::from_millis(5),
-            managed_keys.ack_key(),
+            self.key_manager.ack_key(),
        );

        let (processed_sender, processed_receiver) = mpsc::unbounded();

        let mut receiver = SimpleMessageReceiver::new_sphinx_receiver(
-            managed_keys.encryption_keypair(),
-            managed_keys.ack_key(),
+            self.key_manager.encryption_keypair(),
+            self.key_manager.ack_key(),
            mixnet_message_receiver,
            ack_receiver,
            processed_sender,
@@ -259,12 +266,7 @@ impl NymNodeTester {
        let test_ext = WasmTestMessageExt::new(test_nonce);
        let mut tester_permit = self.tester.lock().expect("mutex got poisoned");
        tester_permit
-            .existing_identity_mixnode_test_packets(
-                mixnode_identity,
-                test_ext,
-                num_test_packets,
-                None,
-            )
+            .existing_identity_mixnode_test_packets(mixnode_identity, test_ext, num_test_packets)
            .map_err(Into::into)
    }

@@ -55,16 +55,11 @@ where
    Ok(state)
 }

-pub async fn get_credential<C, St>(
+pub async fn get_credential<C: DkgQueryClient + Send + Sync, St: Storage>(
    state: &State,
    client: &C,
    storage: &St,
-) -> Result<(), BandwidthControllerError>
-where
-    C: DkgQueryClient + Send + Sync,
-    St: Storage,
-    <St as Storage>::StorageError: Send + Sync + 'static,
-{
+) -> Result<(), BandwidthControllerError> {
    let epoch_id = client.get_current_epoch().await?.epoch_id;
    let threshold = client
        .get_current_epoch_threshold()
@@ -88,6 +83,7 @@ where
            signature.to_bs58(),
            epoch_id.to_string(),
        )
-        .await
-        .map_err(|err| BandwidthControllerError::CredentialStorageError(Box::new(err)))
+        .await?;
+
+    Ok(())
 }
@@ -16,11 +16,7 @@ pub enum BandwidthControllerError {
    Nyxd(#[from] nym_validator_client::nyxd::error::NyxdError),

    #[error("There was a credential storage error - {0}")]
-    CredentialStorageError(Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>),
-
-    // this should really be fully incorporated into the above, but messing with coconut is the last thing I want to do now
-    #[error(transparent)]
-    StorageError(#[from] StorageError),
+    CredentialStorageError(#[from] StorageError),

    #[error("Coconut error - {0}")]
    CoconutError(#[from] CoconutError),
@@ -45,13 +45,8 @@ impl<C, St: Storage> BandwidthController<C, St> {
    ) -> Result<(nym_coconut_interface::Credential, i64), BandwidthControllerError>
    where
        C: DkgQueryClient + Sync + Send,
-        <St as Storage>::StorageError: Send + Sync + 'static,
    {
-        let bandwidth_credential = self
-            .storage
-            .get_next_coconut_credential()
-            .await
-            .map_err(|err| BandwidthControllerError::CredentialStorageError(Box::new(err)))?;
+        let bandwidth_credential = self.storage.get_next_coconut_credential().await?;
        let voucher_value = u64::from_str(&bandwidth_credential.voucher_value)
            .map_err(|_| StorageError::InconsistentData)?;
        let voucher_info = bandwidth_credential.voucher_info.clone();
@@ -87,16 +82,10 @@ impl<C, St: Storage> BandwidthController<C, St> {
        ))
    }

-    pub async fn consume_credential(&self, id: i64) -> Result<(), BandwidthControllerError>
-    where
-        <St as Storage>::StorageError: Send + Sync + 'static,
-    {
+    pub async fn consume_credential(&self, id: i64) -> Result<(), BandwidthControllerError> {
        // JS: shouldn't we send some contract/validator/gateway message here to actually, you know,
        // consume it?
-        self.storage
-            .consume_coconut_credential(id)
-            .await
-            .map_err(|err| BandwidthControllerError::CredentialStorageError(Box::new(err)))
+        Ok(self.storage.consume_coconut_credential(id).await?)
    }
 }

@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ url = { version ="2.2", features = ["serde"] }
 tungstenite = { version = "0.13.0", default-features = false }
 tokio = { version = "1.24.1", features = ["macros"]}
 time = "0.3.17"
-zeroize = { workspace = true }

 # internal
 nym-bandwidth-controller = { path = "../bandwidth-controller" }
@@ -39,7 +38,6 @@ nym-topology = { path = "../topology" }
 nym-validator-client = { path = "../client-libs/validator-client", default-features = false }
 nym-task = { path = "../task" }
 nym-credential-storage = { path = "../credential-storage" }
-nym-network-defaults = { path = "../network-defaults" }

 [target."cfg(not(target_arch = \"wasm32\"))".dependencies.nym-validator-client]
 path = "../client-libs/validator-client"
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // Copyright 2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
+//
 use crate::{client::replies::reply_storage, config::DebugConfig};

 pub fn setup_empty_reply_surb_backend(debug_config: &DebugConfig) -> reply_storage::Empty {
@@ -2,11 +2,9 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

 use super::received_buffer::ReceivedBufferMessage;
-use crate::client::base_client::storage::MixnetClientStorage;
 use crate::client::cover_traffic_stream::LoopCoverTrafficStream;
 use crate::client::inbound_messages::{InputMessage, InputMessageReceiver, InputMessageSender};
-use crate::client::key_manager::persistence::KeyStore;
-use crate::client::key_manager::ManagedKeys;
+use crate::client::key_manager::KeyManager;
 use crate::client::mix_traffic::{BatchMixMessageSender, MixTrafficController};
 use crate::client::real_messages_control;
 use crate::client::real_messages_control::RealMessagesController;
@@ -28,7 +26,6 @@ use crate::{config, spawn_future};
 use futures::channel::mpsc;
 use log::{debug, info};
 use nym_bandwidth_controller::BandwidthController;
-use nym_credential_storage::storage::Storage as CredentialStorage;
 use nym_crypto::asymmetric::{encryption, identity};
 use nym_gateway_client::{
    AcknowledgementReceiver, AcknowledgementSender, GatewayClient, MixnetMessageReceiver,
@@ -41,21 +38,21 @@ use nym_sphinx::receiver::{ReconstructedMessage, SphinxMessageReceiver};
 use nym_task::connections::{ConnectionCommandReceiver, ConnectionCommandSender, LaneQueueLengths};
 use nym_task::{TaskClient, TaskManager};
 use nym_topology::provider_trait::TopologyProvider;
-use rand::thread_rng;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use tap::TapFallible;
 use url::Url;

-#[cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")]
-use nym_bandwidth_controller::wasm_mockups::DkgQueryClient;
+use nym_credential_storage::storage::Storage;
 #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
 use nym_validator_client::nyxd::traits::DkgQueryClient;

+#[cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")]
+use nym_bandwidth_controller::wasm_mockups::DkgQueryClient;
+
 #[cfg(all(not(target_arch = "wasm32"), feature = "fs-surb-storage"))]
 pub mod non_wasm_helpers;

 pub mod helpers;
-pub mod storage;

 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct ClientInput {
@@ -154,32 +151,31 @@ impl From<bool> for CredentialsToggle {
    }
 }

-pub struct BaseClientBuilder<'a, C, S: MixnetClientStorage> {
+pub struct BaseClientBuilder<'a, B, C, St: Storage> {
    // due to wasm limitations I had to split it like this : (
    gateway_config: &'a GatewayEndpointConfig,
    debug_config: &'a DebugConfig,
    disabled_credentials: bool,
    nym_api_endpoints: Vec<Url>,
-    reply_storage_backend: S::ReplyStore,
-    key_store: S::KeyStore,
+    reply_storage_backend: B,

    custom_topology_provider: Option<Box<dyn TopologyProvider>>,
-    bandwidth_controller: Option<BandwidthController<C, S::CredentialStore>>,
-    managed_keys: ManagedKeys,
+    bandwidth_controller: Option<BandwidthController<C, St>>,
+    key_manager: KeyManager,
 }

-impl<'a, C, S> BaseClientBuilder<'a, C, S>
+impl<'a, B, C, St> BaseClientBuilder<'a, B, C, St>
 where
-    S: MixnetClientStorage + 'static,
-    C: DkgQueryClient + Send + Sync + 'static,
+    B: ReplyStorageBackend + Send + Sync + 'static,
+    C: DkgQueryClient + Sync + Send + 'static,
+    St: Storage + 'static,
 {
-    // TODO: combine all storages
    pub fn new_from_base_config<T>(
        base_config: &'a Config<T>,
-        key_store: S::KeyStore,
-        bandwidth_controller: Option<BandwidthController<C, S::CredentialStore>>,
-        reply_storage_backend: S::ReplyStore,
-    ) -> BaseClientBuilder<'a, C, S> {
+        key_manager: KeyManager,
+        bandwidth_controller: Option<BandwidthController<C, St>>,
+        reply_storage_backend: B,
+    ) -> BaseClientBuilder<'a, B, C, St> {
        BaseClientBuilder {
            gateway_config: base_config.get_gateway_endpoint_config(),
            debug_config: base_config.get_debug_config(),
@@ -187,22 +183,20 @@ where
            nym_api_endpoints: base_config.get_nym_api_endpoints(),
            bandwidth_controller,
            reply_storage_backend,
-            key_store,
-            managed_keys: ManagedKeys::Invalidated,
+            key_manager,
            custom_topology_provider: None,
        }
    }

-    // TODO: combine all storages
    pub fn new(
        gateway_config: &'a GatewayEndpointConfig,
        debug_config: &'a DebugConfig,
-        key_store: S::KeyStore,
-        bandwidth_controller: Option<BandwidthController<C, S::CredentialStore>>,
-        reply_storage_backend: S::ReplyStore,
+        key_manager: KeyManager,
+        bandwidth_controller: Option<BandwidthController<C, St>>,
+        reply_storage_backend: B,
        credentials_toggle: CredentialsToggle,
        nym_api_endpoints: Vec<Url>,
-    ) -> BaseClientBuilder<'a, C, S> {
+    ) -> BaseClientBuilder<'a, B, C, St> {
        BaseClientBuilder {
            gateway_config,
            debug_config,
@@ -211,8 +205,7 @@ where
            reply_storage_backend,
            custom_topology_provider: None,
            bandwidth_controller,
-            key_store,
-            managed_keys: ManagedKeys::Invalidated,
+            key_manager,
        }
    }

@@ -221,12 +214,10 @@ where
        self
    }

-    // note: do **NOT** make this method public as its only valid usage is from within `start_base`
-    // because it relies on the crypto keys being already loaded
-    fn as_mix_recipient(&self) -> Recipient {
+    pub fn as_mix_recipient(&self) -> Recipient {
        Recipient::new(
-            *self.managed_keys.identity_public_key(),
-            *self.managed_keys.encryption_public_key(),
+            *self.key_manager.identity_keypair().public_key(),
+            *self.key_manager.encryption_keypair().public_key(),
            // TODO: below only works under assumption that gateway address == gateway id
            // (which currently is true)
            NodeIdentity::from_base58_string(&self.gateway_config.gateway_id).unwrap(),
@@ -316,11 +307,7 @@ where
        mixnet_message_sender: MixnetMessageSender,
        ack_sender: AcknowledgementSender,
        shutdown: TaskClient,
-    ) -> Result<GatewayClient<C, S::CredentialStore>, ClientCoreError>
-    where
-        <S::KeyStore as KeyStore>::StorageError: Send + Sync + 'static,
-        <S::CredentialStore as CredentialStorage>::StorageError: Send + Sync + 'static,
-    {
+    ) -> Result<GatewayClient<C, St>, ClientCoreError> {
        let gateway_id = self.gateway_config.gateway_id.clone();
        if gateway_id.is_empty() {
            return Err(ClientCoreError::GatewayIdUnknown);
@@ -333,11 +320,19 @@ where
        let gateway_identity = identity::PublicKey::from_base58_string(gateway_id)
            .map_err(ClientCoreError::UnableToCreatePublicKeyFromGatewayId)?;

+        // disgusting wasm workaround since there's no key persistence there (nor `client init`)
+        let shared_key = if self.key_manager.is_gateway_key_set() {
+            Some(self.key_manager.gateway_shared_key())
+        } else {
+            log::info!("Gateway key not set! Will proceed anyway.");
+            None
+        };
+
        let mut gateway_client = GatewayClient::new(
            gateway_address,
-            self.managed_keys.identity_keypair(),
+            self.key_manager.identity_keypair(),
            gateway_identity,
-            self.managed_keys.gateway_shared_key(),
+            shared_key,
            mixnet_message_sender,
            ack_sender,
            self.debug_config
@@ -349,20 +344,12 @@ where

        gateway_client.set_disabled_credentials_mode(self.disabled_credentials);

-        let shared_key = gateway_client
+        gateway_client
            .authenticate_and_start()
            .await
            .tap_err(|err| {
                log::error!("Could not authenticate and start up the gateway connection - {err}")
            })?;
-
-        self.managed_keys
-            .deal_with_gateway_key(shared_key, &self.key_store)
-            .await
-            .map_err(|source| ClientCoreError::KeyStoreError {
-                source: Box::new(source),
-            })?;
-
        Ok(gateway_client)
    }

@@ -422,67 +409,60 @@ where
        Ok(())
    }

-    // controller for sending sphinx packets to mixnet (either real traffic or cover traffic)
+    // controller for sending packets to mixnet (either real traffic or cover traffic)
    // TODO: if we want to send control messages to gateway_client, this CAN'T take the ownership
    // over it. Perhaps GatewayClient needs to be thread-shareable or have some channel for
    // requests?
    fn start_mix_traffic_controller(
-        gateway_client: GatewayClient<C, S::CredentialStore>,
+        gateway_client: GatewayClient<C, St>,
        shutdown: TaskClient,
-    ) -> BatchMixMessageSender
-    where
-        <S::CredentialStore as CredentialStorage>::StorageError: Send + Sync + 'static,
-    {
+    ) -> BatchMixMessageSender {
        info!("Starting mix traffic controller...");
        let (mix_traffic_controller, mix_tx) = MixTrafficController::new(gateway_client);
        mix_traffic_controller.start_with_shutdown(shutdown);
        mix_tx
    }

-    // TODO: rename it as it implies the data is persistent whilst one can use InMemBackend
    async fn setup_persistent_reply_storage(
-        backend: S::ReplyStore,
+        backend: B,
        shutdown: TaskClient,
    ) -> Result<CombinedReplyStorage, ClientCoreError>
    where
-        <S::ReplyStore as ReplyStorageBackend>::StorageError: Sync + Send,
-        S::ReplyStore: Send + Sync,
+        <B as ReplyStorageBackend>::StorageError: Sync + Send,
    {
-        log::trace!("Setup persistent reply storage");
-        let persistent_storage = PersistentReplyStorage::new(backend);
-        let mem_store = persistent_storage
-            .load_state_from_backend()
-            .await
-            .map_err(|err| ClientCoreError::SurbStorageError {
-                source: Box::new(err),
-            })?;
-
-        let store_clone = mem_store.clone();
-        spawn_future(async move {
-            persistent_storage
-                .flush_on_shutdown(store_clone, shutdown)
+        if backend.is_active() {
+            log::trace!("Setup persistent reply storage");
+            let persistent_storage = PersistentReplyStorage::new(backend);
+            let mem_store = persistent_storage
+                .load_state_from_backend()
                .await
-        });
+                .map_err(|err| ClientCoreError::SurbStorageError {
+                    source: Box::new(err),
+                })?;

-        Ok(mem_store)
-    }
+            let store_clone = mem_store.clone();
+            spawn_future(async move {
+                persistent_storage
+                    .flush_on_shutdown(store_clone, shutdown)
+                    .await
+            });

-    async fn initial_key_setup(&mut self) {
-        assert!(!self.managed_keys.is_valid());
-        let mut rng = thread_rng();
-        self.managed_keys = ManagedKeys::load_or_generate(&mut rng, &self.key_store).await;
+            Ok(mem_store)
+        } else {
+            log::trace!("Setup inactive reply storage");
+            Ok(backend
+                .get_inactive_storage()
+                .map_err(|err| ClientCoreError::SurbStorageError {
+                    source: Box::new(err),
+                })?)
+        }
    }

    pub async fn start_base(mut self) -> Result<BaseClient, ClientCoreError>
    where
-        <S::ReplyStore as ReplyStorageBackend>::StorageError: Sync + Send,
-        S::ReplyStore: Send + Sync,
-        <S::KeyStore as KeyStore>::StorageError: Send + Sync,
-        <S::CredentialStore as CredentialStorage>::StorageError: Send + Sync + 'static,
+        <B as ReplyStorageBackend>::StorageError: Sync + Send,
    {
        info!("Starting nym client");
-        self.initial_key_setup().await;
-
        // channels for inter-component communication
        // TODO: make the channels be internally created by the relevant components
        // rather than creating them here, so say for example the buffer controller would create the request channels
@@ -536,7 +516,7 @@ where
        .await?;

        Self::start_received_messages_buffer_controller(
-            self.managed_keys.encryption_keypair(),
+            self.key_manager.encryption_keypair(),
            received_buffer_request_receiver,
            mixnet_messages_receiver,
            reply_storage.key_storage(),
@@ -544,11 +524,11 @@ where
            task_manager.subscribe(),
        );

-        // The sphinx_message_sender is the transmitter for any component generating sphinx packets
+        // The message_sender is the transmitter for any component generating sphinx packets
        // that are to be sent to the mixnet. They are used by cover traffic stream and real
        // traffic stream.
        // The MixTrafficController then sends the actual traffic
-        let sphinx_message_sender =
+        let message_sender =
            Self::start_mix_traffic_controller(gateway_client, task_manager.subscribe());

        // Channels that the websocket listener can use to signal downstream to the real traffic
@@ -561,7 +541,7 @@ where

        let controller_config = real_messages_control::Config::new(
            self.debug_config,
-            self.managed_keys.ack_key(),
+            self.key_manager.ack_key(),
            self_address,
        );

@@ -570,7 +550,7 @@ where
            shared_topology_accessor.clone(),
            ack_receiver,
            input_receiver,
-            sphinx_message_sender.clone(),
+            message_sender.clone(),
            reply_storage,
            reply_controller_sender.clone(),
            reply_controller_receiver,
@@ -586,10 +566,10 @@ where
        {
            Self::start_cover_traffic_stream(
                self.debug_config,
-                self.managed_keys.ack_key(),
+                self.key_manager.ack_key(),
                self_address,
                shared_topology_accessor.clone(),
-                sphinx_message_sender,
+                message_sender,
                task_manager.subscribe(),
            );
        }
@@ -598,7 +578,6 @@ where
        debug!("The address of this client is: {self_address}");

        Ok(BaseClient {
-            address: self_address,
            client_input: ClientInputStatus::AwaitingProducer {
                client_input: ClientInput {
                    connection_command_sender: client_connection_tx,
@@ -621,7 +600,6 @@ where
 }

 pub struct BaseClient {
-    pub address: Recipient,
    pub client_input: ClientInputStatus,
    pub client_output: ClientOutputStatus,
    pub client_state: ClientState,
@@ -1,25 +1,19 @@
-// Copyright 2022-2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// Copyright 2022 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

 use crate::client::replies::reply_storage::{
    fs_backend, CombinedReplyStorage, ReplyStorageBackend,
 };
-use crate::config;
-use crate::config::Config;
+use crate::config::DebugConfig;
 use crate::error::ClientCoreError;
 use log::{error, info};
-use nym_bandwidth_controller::BandwidthController;
-use nym_credential_storage::storage::Storage as CredentialStorage;
-use nym_validator_client::nyxd::QueryNyxdClient;
-use nym_validator_client::Client;
 use std::path::Path;
 use std::{fs, io};
 use time::OffsetDateTime;
-use url::Url;

 async fn setup_fresh_backend<P: AsRef<Path>>(
    db_path: P,
-    surb_config: &config::ReplySurbs,
+    debug_config: &DebugConfig,
 ) -> Result<fs_backend::Backend, ClientCoreError> {
    info!("creating fresh surb database");
    let mut storage_backend = match fs_backend::Backend::init(db_path).await {
@@ -36,8 +30,12 @@ async fn setup_fresh_backend<P: AsRef<Path>>(
    // it will only be happening on the very first run and in practice won't incur huge
    // costs since the storage is going to be empty
    let mem_store = CombinedReplyStorage::new(
-        surb_config.minimum_reply_surb_storage_threshold,
-        surb_config.maximum_reply_surb_storage_threshold,
+        debug_config
+            .reply_surbs
+            .minimum_reply_surb_storage_threshold,
+        debug_config
+            .reply_surbs
+            .maximum_reply_surb_storage_threshold,
    );
    storage_backend
        .init_fresh(&mem_store)
@@ -49,13 +47,17 @@ async fn setup_fresh_backend<P: AsRef<Path>>(
    Ok(storage_backend)
 }

-// fn setup_inactive_backend(surb_config: &config::ReplySurbs) -> fs_backend::Backend {
-//     info!("creating inactive surb database");
-//     fs_backend::Backend::new_inactive(
-//         surb_config.minimum_reply_surb_storage_threshold,
-//         surb_config.maximum_reply_surb_storage_threshold,
-//     )
-// }
+fn setup_inactive_backend(debug_config: &DebugConfig) -> fs_backend::Backend {
+    info!("creating inactive surb database");
+    fs_backend::Backend::new_inactive(
+        debug_config
+            .reply_surbs
+            .minimum_reply_surb_storage_threshold,
+        debug_config
+            .reply_surbs
+            .maximum_reply_surb_storage_threshold,
+    )
+}

 fn archive_corrupted_database<P: AsRef<Path>>(db_path: P) -> io::Result<()> {
    let db_path = db_path.as_ref();
@@ -79,56 +81,28 @@ fn archive_corrupted_database<P: AsRef<Path>>(db_path: P) -> io::Result<()> {
 }

 pub async fn setup_fs_reply_surb_backend<P: AsRef<Path>>(
-    db_path: P,
-    surb_config: &config::ReplySurbs,
+    db_path: Option<P>,
+    debug_config: &DebugConfig,
 ) -> Result<fs_backend::Backend, ClientCoreError> {
-    // if the database file doesnt exist, initialise fresh storage, otherwise attempt to load
-    // the existing one
-    let db_path = db_path.as_ref();
-    if db_path.exists() {
-        info!("loading existing surb database");
-        match fs_backend::Backend::try_load(db_path).await {
-            Ok(backend) => Ok(backend),
-            Err(err) => {
-                error!("failed to setup persistent storage backend for our reply needs: {err}. We're going to create a fresh database instead. This behaviour might change in the future");
+    if let Some(db_path) = db_path {
+        // if the database file doesnt exist, initialise fresh storage, otherwise attempt to load
+        // the existing one
+        let db_path = db_path.as_ref();
+        if db_path.exists() {
+            info!("loading existing surb database");
+            match fs_backend::Backend::try_load(db_path).await {
+                Ok(backend) => Ok(backend),
+                Err(err) => {
+                    error!("failed to setup persistent storage backend for our reply needs: {err}. We're going to create a fresh database instead. This behaviour might change in the future");

-                archive_corrupted_database(db_path)?;
-                setup_fresh_backend(db_path, surb_config).await
+                    archive_corrupted_database(db_path)?;
+                    setup_fresh_backend(db_path, debug_config).await
+                }
            }
+        } else {
+            setup_fresh_backend(db_path, debug_config).await
        }
    } else {
-        setup_fresh_backend(db_path, surb_config).await
+        Ok(setup_inactive_backend(debug_config))
    }
 }
-
-pub fn create_bandwidth_controller<T, St: CredentialStorage>(
-    config: &Config<T>,
-    storage: St,
-) -> BandwidthController<Client<QueryNyxdClient>, St> {
-    let nyxd_url = config
-        .get_validator_endpoints()
-        .pop()
-        .expect("No nyxd validator endpoint provided");
-    let api_url = config
-        .get_nym_api_endpoints()
-        .pop()
-        .expect("No validator api endpoint provided");
-
-    create_bandwidth_controller_with_urls(nyxd_url, api_url, storage)
-}
-
-pub fn create_bandwidth_controller_with_urls<St: CredentialStorage>(
-    nyxd_url: Url,
-    nym_api_url: Url,
-    storage: St,
-) -> BandwidthController<Client<QueryNyxdClient>, St> {
-    let details = nym_network_defaults::NymNetworkDetails::new_from_env();
-    let mut client_config = nym_validator_client::Config::try_from_nym_network_details(&details)
-        .expect("failed to construct validator client config");
-    // overwrite env configuration with config URLs
-    client_config = client_config.with_urls(nyxd_url, nym_api_url);
-    let client = nym_validator_client::Client::new_query(client_config)
-        .expect("Could not construct query client");
-
-    BandwidthController::new(storage, client)
-}
@@ -1,115 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
-// TODO: combine those more closely. Perhaps into a single underlying store.
-// Like for persistent, on-disk, storage, what's the point of having 3 different databases?
-
-use crate::client::key_manager::persistence::{InMemEphemeralKeys, KeyStore};
-use crate::client::replies::reply_storage;
-use crate::client::replies::reply_storage::ReplyStorageBackend;
-use nym_credential_storage::ephemeral_storage::{
-    EphemeralStorage as EphemeralCredentialStorage, EphemeralStorage,
-};
-use nym_credential_storage::storage::Storage as CredentialStorage;
-
-#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
-use crate::client::key_manager::persistence::OnDiskKeys;
-
-#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
-use nym_credential_storage::persistent_storage::PersistentStorage as PersistentCredentialStorage;
-
-#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
-use crate::client::replies::reply_storage::fs_backend;
-
-pub trait MixnetClientStorage {
-    type KeyStore: KeyStore;
-    type ReplyStore: ReplyStorageBackend;
-    type CredentialStore: CredentialStorage;
-
-    // this is a TERRIBLE name...
-    fn into_split(self) -> (Self::KeyStore, Self::ReplyStore, Self::CredentialStore);
-
-    fn key_store(&self) -> &Self::KeyStore;
-    fn reply_store(&self) -> &Self::ReplyStore;
-    fn credential_store(&self) -> &Self::CredentialStore;
-}
-
-#[derive(Default)]
-pub struct Ephemeral {
-    key_store: InMemEphemeralKeys,
-    reply_store: reply_storage::Empty,
-    credential_store: EphemeralStorage,
-}
-
-impl Ephemeral {
-    pub fn new() -> Self {
-        Default::default()
-    }
-}
-
-impl MixnetClientStorage for Ephemeral {
-    type KeyStore = InMemEphemeralKeys;
-    type ReplyStore = reply_storage::Empty;
-    type CredentialStore = EphemeralCredentialStorage;
-
-    fn into_split(self) -> (Self::KeyStore, Self::ReplyStore, Self::CredentialStore) {
-        (self.key_store, self.reply_store, self.credential_store)
-    }
-
-    fn key_store(&self) -> &Self::KeyStore {
-        &self.key_store
-    }
-
-    fn reply_store(&self) -> &Self::ReplyStore {
-        &self.reply_store
-    }
-
-    fn credential_store(&self) -> &Self::CredentialStore {
-        &self.credential_store
-    }
-}
-
-#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
-pub struct OnDiskPersistent {
-    pub(crate) key_store: OnDiskKeys,
-    pub(crate) reply_store: fs_backend::Backend,
-    pub(crate) credential_store: PersistentCredentialStorage,
-}
-
-#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
-impl OnDiskPersistent {
-    pub fn new(
-        key_store: OnDiskKeys,
-        reply_store: fs_backend::Backend,
-        credential_store: PersistentCredentialStorage,
-    ) -> Self {
-        Self {
-            key_store,
-            reply_store,
-            credential_store,
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
-impl MixnetClientStorage for OnDiskPersistent {
-    type KeyStore = OnDiskKeys;
-    type ReplyStore = fs_backend::Backend;
-    type CredentialStore = PersistentCredentialStorage;
-
-    fn into_split(self) -> (Self::KeyStore, Self::ReplyStore, Self::CredentialStore) {
-        (self.key_store, self.reply_store, self.credential_store)
-    }
-
-    fn key_store(&self) -> &Self::KeyStore {
-        &self.key_store
-    }
-
-    fn reply_store(&self) -> &Self::ReplyStore {
-        &self.reply_store
-    }
-
-    fn credential_store(&self) -> &Self::CredentialStore {
-        &self.credential_store
-    }
-}
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ where
    #[cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")]
    next_delay: Pin<Box<wasm_timer::Delay>>,

-    /// Channel used for sending prepared sphinx packets to `MixTrafficController` that sends them
+    /// Channel used for sending prepared nym packets to `MixTrafficController` that sends them
    /// out to the network without any further delays.
    mix_tx: BatchMixMessageSender,

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 use nym_sphinx::addressing::clients::Recipient;
 use nym_sphinx::anonymous_replies::requests::AnonymousSenderTag;
 use nym_sphinx::forwarding::packet::MixPacket;
+use nym_sphinx::params::PacketType;
 use nym_task::connections::TransmissionLane;

 pub type InputMessageSender = tokio::sync::mpsc::Sender<InputMessage>;
@@ -53,18 +54,49 @@ pub enum InputMessage {
        data: Vec<u8>,
        lane: TransmissionLane,
    },
+
+    MessageWrapper {
+        message: Box<InputMessage>,
+        packet_type: PacketType,
+    },
 }

 impl InputMessage {
-    pub fn new_premade(msgs: Vec<MixPacket>, lane: TransmissionLane) -> Self {
-        InputMessage::Premade { msgs, lane }
+    pub fn new_premade(
+        msgs: Vec<MixPacket>,
+        lane: TransmissionLane,
+        packet_type: PacketType,
+    ) -> Self {
+        let message = InputMessage::Premade { msgs, lane };
+        if packet_type == PacketType::Mix {
+            message
+        } else {
+            InputMessage::new_wrapper(message, packet_type)
+        }
    }

-    pub fn new_regular(recipient: Recipient, data: Vec<u8>, lane: TransmissionLane) -> Self {
-        InputMessage::Regular {
+    pub fn new_wrapper(message: InputMessage, packet_type: PacketType) -> Self {
+        InputMessage::MessageWrapper {
+            message: Box::new(message),
+            packet_type,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn new_regular(
+        recipient: Recipient,
+        data: Vec<u8>,
+        lane: TransmissionLane,
+        packet_type: Option<PacketType>,
+    ) -> Self {
+        let message = InputMessage::Regular {
            recipient,
            data,
            lane,
+        };
+        if let Some(packet_type) = packet_type {
+            InputMessage::new_wrapper(message, packet_type)
+        } else {
+            message
        }
    }

@@ -73,12 +105,18 @@ impl InputMessage {
        data: Vec<u8>,
        reply_surbs: u32,
        lane: TransmissionLane,
+        packet_type: Option<PacketType>,
    ) -> Self {
-        InputMessage::Anonymous {
+        let message = InputMessage::Anonymous {
            recipient,
            data,
            reply_surbs,
            lane,
+        };
+        if let Some(packet_type) = packet_type {
+            InputMessage::new_wrapper(message, packet_type)
+        } else {
+            message
        }
    }

@@ -86,11 +124,17 @@ impl InputMessage {
        recipient_tag: AnonymousSenderTag,
        data: Vec<u8>,
        lane: TransmissionLane,
+        packet_type: Option<PacketType>,
    ) -> Self {
-        InputMessage::Reply {
+        let message = InputMessage::Reply {
            recipient_tag,
            data,
            lane,
+        };
+        if let Some(packet_type) = packet_type {
+            InputMessage::new_wrapper(message, packet_type)
+        } else {
+            message
        }
    }

@@ -100,6 +144,7 @@ impl InputMessage {
            | InputMessage::Anonymous { lane, .. }
            | InputMessage::Reply { lane, .. }
            | InputMessage::Premade { lane, .. } => lane,
+            InputMessage::MessageWrapper { message, .. } => message.lane(),
        }
    }
 }
@@ -0,0 +1,227 @@
+// Copyright 2021 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+use crate::config::persistence::key_pathfinder::ClientKeyPathfinder;
+use log::*;
+use nym_crypto::asymmetric::{encryption, identity};
+use nym_gateway_requests::registration::handshake::SharedKeys;
+use nym_sphinx::acknowledgements::AckKey;
+use rand::{CryptoRng, RngCore};
+use std::io;
+use std::sync::Arc;
+
+// Note: to support key rotation in the future, all keys will require adding an extra smart pointer,
+// most likely an AtomicCell, or if it doesn't work as I think it does, a Mutex. Although I think
+// AtomicCell includes a Mutex implicitly if the underlying type does not work atomically.
+// And I guess there will need to be some mechanism for a grace period when you can still
+// use the old key after new one was issued.
+
+// Remember that Arc<T> has Deref implementation for T
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub struct KeyManager {
+    /// identity key associated with the client instance.
+    identity_keypair: Arc<identity::KeyPair>,
+
+    /// encryption key associated with the client instance.
+    encryption_keypair: Arc<encryption::KeyPair>,
+
+    /// shared key derived with the gateway during "registration handshake"
+    gateway_shared_key: Option<Arc<SharedKeys>>,
+
+    /// key used for producing and processing acknowledgement packets.
+    ack_key: Arc<AckKey>,
+}
+
+// The expected flow of a KeyManager "lifetime" is as follows:
+/*
+   1. ::new() is called during client-init
+   2. after gateway registration is completed [in init] ::insert_gateway_shared_key() is called
+   3. ::store_keys() is called before init finishes execution.
+   4. ::load_keys() is called at the beginning of each subsequent client-run
+   5. [not implemented] ::rotate_keys() is called periodically during client-run I presume?
+*/
+
+impl KeyManager {
+    /// Creates new instance of a [`KeyManager`]
+    pub fn new<R>(rng: &mut R) -> Self
+    where
+        R: RngCore + CryptoRng,
+    {
+        KeyManager {
+            identity_keypair: Arc::new(identity::KeyPair::new(rng)),
+            encryption_keypair: Arc::new(encryption::KeyPair::new(rng)),
+            gateway_shared_key: None,
+            ack_key: Arc::new(AckKey::new(rng)),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn from_keys(
+        id_keypair: identity::KeyPair,
+        enc_keypair: encryption::KeyPair,
+        gateway_shared_key: SharedKeys,
+        ack_key: AckKey,
+    ) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            identity_keypair: Arc::new(id_keypair),
+            encryption_keypair: Arc::new(enc_keypair),
+            gateway_shared_key: Some(Arc::new(gateway_shared_key)),
+            ack_key: Arc::new(ack_key),
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Loads previously stored client keys from the disk.
+    fn load_client_keys(client_pathfinder: &ClientKeyPathfinder) -> io::Result<Self> {
+        let identity_keypair: identity::KeyPair =
+            nym_pemstore::load_keypair(&nym_pemstore::KeyPairPath::new(
+                client_pathfinder.private_identity_key().to_owned(),
+                client_pathfinder.public_identity_key().to_owned(),
+            ))?;
+        let encryption_keypair: encryption::KeyPair =
+            nym_pemstore::load_keypair(&nym_pemstore::KeyPairPath::new(
+                client_pathfinder.private_encryption_key().to_owned(),
+                client_pathfinder.public_encryption_key().to_owned(),
+            ))?;
+
+        let ack_key: AckKey = nym_pemstore::load_key(client_pathfinder.ack_key())?;
+
+        Ok(KeyManager {
+            identity_keypair: Arc::new(identity_keypair),
+            encryption_keypair: Arc::new(encryption_keypair),
+            gateway_shared_key: None,
+            ack_key: Arc::new(ack_key),
+        })
+    }
+
+    /// Loads previously stored keys from the disk. Fails if not all, including the shared gateway
+    /// key, is available.
+    pub fn load_keys(client_pathfinder: &ClientKeyPathfinder) -> io::Result<Self> {
+        let mut key_manager = Self::load_client_keys(client_pathfinder)?;
+
+        let gateway_shared_key: SharedKeys =
+            nym_pemstore::load_key(client_pathfinder.gateway_shared_key())?;
+
+        key_manager.gateway_shared_key = Some(Arc::new(gateway_shared_key));
+
+        Ok(key_manager)
+    }
+
+    /// Loads previously stored keys from the disk. Fails if client keys are not availabe, but the
+    /// shared gateway key is optional.
+    pub fn load_keys_but_gateway_is_optional(
+        client_pathfinder: &ClientKeyPathfinder,
+    ) -> io::Result<Self> {
+        let mut key_manager = Self::load_client_keys(client_pathfinder)?;
+
+        let gateway_shared_key: Result<SharedKeys, io::Error> =
+            nym_pemstore::load_key(client_pathfinder.gateway_shared_key());
+
+        // It's ok if the gateway key was not found
+        let gateway_shared_key = match gateway_shared_key {
+            Err(err) if err.kind() == io::ErrorKind::NotFound => Ok(None),
+            Err(err) => Err(err),
+            Ok(key) => Ok(Some(key)),
+        }?;
+
+        key_manager.gateway_shared_key = gateway_shared_key.map(Arc::new);
+
+        Ok(key_manager)
+    }
+
+    /// Stores all available keys on the disk.
+    // While perhaps there is no much point in storing the `AckKey` on the disk,
+    // it is done so for the consistency sake so that you wouldn't require an rng instance
+    // during `load_keys` to generate the said key.
+    pub fn store_keys(&self, client_pathfinder: &ClientKeyPathfinder) -> io::Result<()> {
+        nym_pemstore::store_keypair(
+            self.identity_keypair.as_ref(),
+            &nym_pemstore::KeyPairPath::new(
+                client_pathfinder.private_identity_key().to_owned(),
+                client_pathfinder.public_identity_key().to_owned(),
+            ),
+        )?;
+        nym_pemstore::store_keypair(
+            self.encryption_keypair.as_ref(),
+            &nym_pemstore::KeyPairPath::new(
+                client_pathfinder.private_encryption_key().to_owned(),
+                client_pathfinder.public_encryption_key().to_owned(),
+            ),
+        )?;
+
+        nym_pemstore::store_key(self.ack_key.as_ref(), client_pathfinder.ack_key())?;
+
+        match self.gateway_shared_key.as_ref() {
+            None => debug!("No gateway shared key available to store!"),
+            Some(gate_key) => {
+                nym_pemstore::store_key(gate_key.as_ref(), client_pathfinder.gateway_shared_key())?
+            }
+        }
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    pub fn store_gateway_key(&self, client_pathfinder: &ClientKeyPathfinder) -> io::Result<()> {
+        match self.gateway_shared_key.as_ref() {
+            None => {
+                return Err(io::Error::new(
+                    io::ErrorKind::Other,
+                    "trying to store a non-existing key",
+                ))
+            }
+            Some(gate_key) => {
+                nym_pemstore::store_key(gate_key.as_ref(), client_pathfinder.gateway_shared_key())?
+            }
+        }
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    /// Overwrite the existing identity keypair
+    pub fn set_identity_keypair(&mut self, id_keypair: identity::KeyPair) {
+        self.identity_keypair = Arc::new(id_keypair);
+    }
+
+    /// Gets an atomically reference counted pointer to [`identity::KeyPair`].
+    pub fn identity_keypair(&self) -> Arc<identity::KeyPair> {
+        Arc::clone(&self.identity_keypair)
+    }
+
+    /// Overwrite the existing encryption keypair
+    pub fn set_encryption_keypair(&mut self, enc_keypair: encryption::KeyPair) {
+        self.encryption_keypair = Arc::new(enc_keypair);
+    }
+
+    /// Gets an atomically reference counted pointer to [`encryption::KeyPair`].
+    pub fn encryption_keypair(&self) -> Arc<encryption::KeyPair> {
+        Arc::clone(&self.encryption_keypair)
+    }
+
+    /// Overwrite the existing ack key
+    pub fn set_ack_key(&mut self, ack_key: AckKey) {
+        self.ack_key = Arc::new(ack_key);
+    }
+
+    /// Gets an atomically reference counted pointer to [`AckKey`].
+    pub fn ack_key(&self) -> Arc<AckKey> {
+        Arc::clone(&self.ack_key)
+    }
+
+    /// After shared key with the gateway is derived, puts its ownership to this instance of a [`KeyManager`].
+    pub fn insert_gateway_shared_key(&mut self, gateway_shared_key: Arc<SharedKeys>) {
+        self.gateway_shared_key = Some(gateway_shared_key)
+    }
+
+    /// Gets an atomically reference counted pointer to [`SharedKey`].
+    // since this function is not fully public, it is not expected to be used externally and
+    // hence it's up to us to ensure it's called in correct context
+    pub fn gateway_shared_key(&self) -> Arc<SharedKeys> {
+        Arc::clone(
+            self.gateway_shared_key
+                .as_ref()
+                .expect("tried to unwrap empty gateway key!"),
+        )
+    }
+
+    pub fn is_gateway_key_set(&self) -> bool {
+        self.gateway_shared_key.is_some()
+    }
+}
@@ -1,265 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2021-2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
-use crate::client::key_manager::persistence::KeyStore;
-use nym_crypto::asymmetric::{encryption, identity};
-use nym_gateway_requests::registration::handshake::SharedKeys;
-use nym_sphinx::acknowledgements::AckKey;
-use rand::{CryptoRng, RngCore};
-use std::sync::Arc;
-use zeroize::ZeroizeOnDrop;
-
-pub mod persistence;
-
-pub enum ManagedKeys {
-    Initial(KeyManagerBuilder),
-    FullyDerived(KeyManager),
-
-    // I really hate the existence of this variant, but I couldn't come up with a better way to handle
-    // `Self::deal_with_gateway_key` otherwise.
-    Invalidated,
-}
-
-impl From<KeyManagerBuilder> for ManagedKeys {
-    fn from(value: KeyManagerBuilder) -> Self {
-        ManagedKeys::Initial(value)
-    }
-}
-
-impl From<KeyManager> for ManagedKeys {
-    fn from(value: KeyManager) -> Self {
-        ManagedKeys::FullyDerived(value)
-    }
-}
-
-impl ManagedKeys {
-    pub fn is_valid(&self) -> bool {
-        !matches!(self, ManagedKeys::Invalidated)
-    }
-
-    pub async fn must_load<S: KeyStore>(key_store: &S) -> Result<Self, S::StorageError> {
-        Ok(ManagedKeys::FullyDerived(
-            KeyManager::load_keys(key_store).await?,
-        ))
-    }
-
-    pub async fn load_or_generate<R, S>(rng: &mut R, key_store: &S) -> Self
-    where
-        R: RngCore + CryptoRng,
-        S: KeyStore,
-    {
-        if let Ok(loaded) = KeyManager::load_keys(key_store).await {
-            ManagedKeys::FullyDerived(loaded)
-        } else {
-            ManagedKeys::Initial(KeyManagerBuilder::new(rng))
-        }
-    }
-
-    pub fn identity_keypair(&self) -> Arc<identity::KeyPair> {
-        match self {
-            ManagedKeys::Initial(keys) => keys.identity_keypair(),
-            ManagedKeys::FullyDerived(keys) => keys.identity_keypair(),
-            ManagedKeys::Invalidated => unreachable!("the managed keys got invalidated"),
-        }
-    }
-
-    pub fn encryption_keypair(&self) -> Arc<encryption::KeyPair> {
-        match self {
-            ManagedKeys::Initial(keys) => keys.encryption_keypair(),
-            ManagedKeys::FullyDerived(keys) => keys.encryption_keypair(),
-            ManagedKeys::Invalidated => unreachable!("the managed keys got invalidated"),
-        }
-    }
-
-    pub fn ack_key(&self) -> Arc<AckKey> {
-        match self {
-            ManagedKeys::Initial(keys) => keys.ack_key(),
-            ManagedKeys::FullyDerived(keys) => keys.ack_key(),
-            ManagedKeys::Invalidated => unreachable!("the managed keys got invalidated"),
-        }
-    }
-
-    pub fn gateway_shared_key(&self) -> Option<Arc<SharedKeys>> {
-        match self {
-            ManagedKeys::Initial(_) => None,
-            ManagedKeys::FullyDerived(keys) => Some(keys.gateway_shared_key()),
-            ManagedKeys::Invalidated => unreachable!("the managed keys got invalidated"),
-        }
-    }
-
-    pub fn identity_public_key(&self) -> &identity::PublicKey {
-        match self {
-            ManagedKeys::Initial(keys) => keys.identity_keypair.public_key(),
-            ManagedKeys::FullyDerived(keys) => keys.identity_keypair.public_key(),
-            ManagedKeys::Invalidated => unreachable!("the managed keys got invalidated"),
-        }
-    }
-
-    pub fn encryption_public_key(&self) -> &encryption::PublicKey {
-        match self {
-            ManagedKeys::Initial(keys) => keys.encryption_keypair.public_key(),
-            ManagedKeys::FullyDerived(keys) => keys.encryption_keypair.public_key(),
-            ManagedKeys::Invalidated => unreachable!("the managed keys got invalidated"),
-        }
-    }
-
-    pub async fn deal_with_gateway_key<S: KeyStore>(
-        &mut self,
-        gateway_shared_key: Arc<SharedKeys>,
-        key_store: &S,
-    ) -> Result<(), S::StorageError> {
-        let key_manager = match std::mem::replace(self, ManagedKeys::Invalidated) {
-            ManagedKeys::Initial(keys) => {
-                let key_manager = keys.insert_gateway_shared_key(gateway_shared_key);
-                key_manager.persist_keys(key_store).await?;
-                key_manager
-            }
-            ManagedKeys::FullyDerived(key_manager) => {
-                if !Arc::ptr_eq(&key_manager.gateway_shared_key, &gateway_shared_key)
-                    || key_manager.gateway_shared_key != gateway_shared_key
-                {
-                    // this should NEVER happen thus panic here
-                    panic!("derived fresh gateway shared key whilst already holding one!")
-                }
-                key_manager
-            }
-            ManagedKeys::Invalidated => unreachable!("the managed keys got invalidated"),
-        };
-
-        *self = ManagedKeys::FullyDerived(key_manager);
-        Ok(())
-    }
-}
-
-// all of the keys really shouldn't be wrapped in `Arc`, but due to how the gateway client is currently
-// constructed, changing that would require more work than what it's worth
-pub struct KeyManagerBuilder {
-    /// identity key associated with the client instance.
-    identity_keypair: Arc<identity::KeyPair>,
-
-    /// encryption key associated with the client instance.
-    encryption_keypair: Arc<encryption::KeyPair>,
-
-    /// key used for producing and processing acknowledgement packets.
-    ack_key: Arc<AckKey>,
-}
-
-impl KeyManagerBuilder {
-    /// Creates new instance of a [`KeyManager`]
-    pub fn new<R>(rng: &mut R) -> Self
-    where
-        R: RngCore + CryptoRng,
-    {
-        KeyManagerBuilder {
-            identity_keypair: Arc::new(identity::KeyPair::new(rng)),
-            encryption_keypair: Arc::new(encryption::KeyPair::new(rng)),
-            ack_key: Arc::new(AckKey::new(rng)),
-        }
-    }
-
-    pub fn insert_gateway_shared_key(self, gateway_shared_key: Arc<SharedKeys>) -> KeyManager {
-        KeyManager {
-            identity_keypair: self.identity_keypair,
-            encryption_keypair: self.encryption_keypair,
-            gateway_shared_key,
-            ack_key: self.ack_key,
-        }
-    }
-
-    pub fn identity_keypair(&self) -> Arc<identity::KeyPair> {
-        Arc::clone(&self.identity_keypair)
-    }
-
-    pub fn encryption_keypair(&self) -> Arc<encryption::KeyPair> {
-        Arc::clone(&self.encryption_keypair)
-    }
-
-    pub fn ack_key(&self) -> Arc<AckKey> {
-        Arc::clone(&self.ack_key)
-    }
-}
-
-// Note: to support key rotation in the future, all keys will require adding an extra smart pointer,
-// most likely an AtomicCell, or if it doesn't work as I think it does, a Mutex. Although I think
-// AtomicCell includes a Mutex implicitly if the underlying type does not work atomically.
-// And I guess there will need to be some mechanism for a grace period when you can still
-// use the old key after new one was issued.
-
-// Remember that Arc<T> has Deref implementation for T
-#[derive(Clone)]
-pub struct KeyManager {
-    /// identity key associated with the client instance.
-    identity_keypair: Arc<identity::KeyPair>,
-
-    /// encryption key associated with the client instance.
-    encryption_keypair: Arc<encryption::KeyPair>,
-
-    /// shared key derived with the gateway during "registration handshake"
-    gateway_shared_key: Arc<SharedKeys>,
-
-    /// key used for producing and processing acknowledgement packets.
-    ack_key: Arc<AckKey>,
-}
-
-impl KeyManager {
-    pub fn from_keys(
-        id_keypair: identity::KeyPair,
-        enc_keypair: encryption::KeyPair,
-        gateway_shared_key: SharedKeys,
-        ack_key: AckKey,
-    ) -> Self {
-        Self {
-            identity_keypair: Arc::new(id_keypair),
-            encryption_keypair: Arc::new(enc_keypair),
-            gateway_shared_key: Arc::new(gateway_shared_key),
-            ack_key: Arc::new(ack_key),
-        }
-    }
-
-    pub async fn load_keys<S: KeyStore>(store: &S) -> Result<Self, S::StorageError> {
-        store.load_keys().await
-    }
-
-    pub async fn persist_keys<S: KeyStore>(&self, store: &S) -> Result<(), S::StorageError> {
-        store.store_keys(self).await
-    }
-
-    /// Gets an atomically reference counted pointer to [`identity::KeyPair`].
-    pub fn identity_keypair(&self) -> Arc<identity::KeyPair> {
-        Arc::clone(&self.identity_keypair)
-    }
-
-    /// Gets an atomically reference counted pointer to [`encryption::KeyPair`].
-    pub fn encryption_keypair(&self) -> Arc<encryption::KeyPair> {
-        Arc::clone(&self.encryption_keypair)
-    }
-    /// Gets an atomically reference counted pointer to [`AckKey`].
-    pub fn ack_key(&self) -> Arc<AckKey> {
-        Arc::clone(&self.ack_key)
-    }
-
-    /// Gets an atomically reference counted pointer to [`SharedKey`].
-    pub fn gateway_shared_key(&self) -> Arc<SharedKeys> {
-        Arc::clone(&self.gateway_shared_key)
-    }
-
-    pub fn remove_gateway_key(self) -> KeyManagerBuilder {
-        if Arc::strong_count(&self.gateway_shared_key) > 1 {
-            panic!("attempted to remove gateway key whilst still holding multiple references!")
-        }
-        KeyManagerBuilder {
-            identity_keypair: self.identity_keypair,
-            encryption_keypair: self.encryption_keypair,
-            ack_key: self.ack_key,
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-fn _assert_keys_zeroize_on_drop() {
-    fn _assert_zeroize_on_drop<T: ZeroizeOnDrop>() {}
-
-    _assert_zeroize_on_drop::<identity::KeyPair>();
-    _assert_zeroize_on_drop::<encryption::KeyPair>();
-    _assert_zeroize_on_drop::<AckKey>();
-    _assert_zeroize_on_drop::<SharedKeys>();
-}
@@ -1,214 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
-use crate::client::key_manager::KeyManager;
-use async_trait::async_trait;
-use std::error::Error;
-
-#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
-use crate::config::persistence::key_pathfinder::ClientKeyPathfinder;
-#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
-use nym_crypto::asymmetric::{encryption, identity};
-#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
-use nym_gateway_requests::registration::handshake::SharedKeys;
-#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
-use nym_pemstore::traits::{PemStorableKey, PemStorableKeyPair};
-#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
-use nym_pemstore::KeyPairPath;
-#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
-use nym_sphinx::acknowledgements::AckKey;
-
-// we have to define it as an async trait since wasm storage is async
-#[cfg_attr(target_arch = "wasm32", async_trait(?Send))]
-#[cfg_attr(not(target_arch = "wasm32"), async_trait)]
-pub trait KeyStore {
-    type StorageError: Error;
-
-    async fn load_keys(&self) -> Result<KeyManager, Self::StorageError>;
-
-    async fn store_keys(&self, keys: &KeyManager) -> Result<(), Self::StorageError>;
-}
-
-#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
-#[derive(Debug, thiserror::Error)]
-pub enum OnDiskKeysError {
-    #[error("failed to load {keys} keys from {:?} (private key) and {:?} (public key): {err}", .paths.private_key_path, .paths.public_key_path)]
-    KeyPairLoadFailure {
-        keys: String,
-        paths: nym_pemstore::KeyPairPath,
-        err: std::io::Error,
-    },
-
-    #[error("failed to store {keys} keys to {:?} (private key) and {:?} (public key): {err}", .paths.private_key_path, .paths.public_key_path)]
-    KeyPairStoreFailure {
-        keys: String,
-        paths: nym_pemstore::KeyPairPath,
-        err: std::io::Error,
-    },
-
-    #[error("failed to load {key} key from {path}: {err}")]
-    KeyLoadFailure {
-        key: String,
-        path: String,
-        err: std::io::Error,
-    },
-
-    #[error("failed to store {key} key to {path}: {err}")]
-    KeyStoreFailure {
-        key: String,
-        path: String,
-        err: std::io::Error,
-    },
-}
-
-#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
-pub struct OnDiskKeys {
-    pathfinder: ClientKeyPathfinder,
-}
-
-#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
-impl From<ClientKeyPathfinder> for OnDiskKeys {
-    fn from(pathfinder: ClientKeyPathfinder) -> Self {
-        OnDiskKeys { pathfinder }
-    }
-}
-
-#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
-impl OnDiskKeys {
-    pub fn new(pathfinder: ClientKeyPathfinder) -> Self {
-        OnDiskKeys { pathfinder }
-    }
-
-    fn load_key<T: PemStorableKey>(
-        &self,
-        path: &std::path::Path,
-        name: impl Into<String>,
-    ) -> Result<T, OnDiskKeysError> {
-        nym_pemstore::load_key(path).map_err(|err| OnDiskKeysError::KeyLoadFailure {
-            key: name.into(),
-            path: path.to_str().map(|s| s.to_owned()).unwrap_or_default(),
-            err,
-        })
-    }
-
-    fn load_keypair<T: PemStorableKeyPair>(
-        &self,
-        paths: KeyPairPath,
-        name: impl Into<String>,
-    ) -> Result<T, OnDiskKeysError> {
-        nym_pemstore::load_keypair(&paths).map_err(|err| OnDiskKeysError::KeyPairLoadFailure {
-            keys: name.into(),
-            paths,
-            err,
-        })
-    }
-
-    fn store_key<T: PemStorableKey>(
-        &self,
-        key: &T,
-        path: &std::path::Path,
-        name: impl Into<String>,
-    ) -> Result<(), OnDiskKeysError> {
-        nym_pemstore::store_key(key, path).map_err(|err| OnDiskKeysError::KeyStoreFailure {
-            key: name.into(),
-            path: path.to_str().map(|s| s.to_owned()).unwrap_or_default(),
-            err,
-        })
-    }
-
-    fn store_keypair<T: PemStorableKeyPair>(
-        &self,
-        keys: &T,
-        paths: KeyPairPath,
-        name: impl Into<String>,
-    ) -> Result<(), OnDiskKeysError> {
-        nym_pemstore::store_keypair(keys, &paths).map_err(|err| {
-            OnDiskKeysError::KeyPairStoreFailure {
-                keys: name.into(),
-                paths,
-                err,
-            }
-        })
-    }
-
-    fn load_keys(&self) -> Result<KeyManager, OnDiskKeysError> {
-        let identity_paths = self.pathfinder.identity_key_pair_path();
-        let encryption_paths = self.pathfinder.encryption_key_pair_path();
-
-        let identity_keypair: identity::KeyPair =
-            self.load_keypair(identity_paths, "identity keys")?;
-        let encryption_keypair: encryption::KeyPair =
-            self.load_keypair(encryption_paths, "encryption keys")?;
-
-        let ack_key: AckKey = self.load_key(self.pathfinder.ack_key(), "ack key")?;
-        let gateway_shared_key: SharedKeys =
-            self.load_key(self.pathfinder.gateway_shared_key(), "gateway shared keys")?;
-
-        Ok(KeyManager::from_keys(
-            identity_keypair,
-            encryption_keypair,
-            gateway_shared_key,
-            ack_key,
-        ))
-    }
-
-    fn store_keys(&self, keys: &KeyManager) -> Result<(), OnDiskKeysError> {
-        let identity_paths = self.pathfinder.identity_key_pair_path();
-        let encryption_paths = self.pathfinder.encryption_key_pair_path();
-
-        self.store_keypair(
-            keys.identity_keypair.as_ref(),
-            identity_paths,
-            "identity keys",
-        )?;
-        self.store_keypair(
-            keys.encryption_keypair.as_ref(),
-            encryption_paths,
-            "encryption keys",
-        )?;
-
-        self.store_key(keys.ack_key.as_ref(), self.pathfinder.ack_key(), "ack key")?;
-        self.store_key(
-            keys.gateway_shared_key.as_ref(),
-            self.pathfinder.gateway_shared_key(),
-            "gateway shared keys",
-        )?;
-
-        Ok(())
-    }
-}
-
-#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
-#[cfg_attr(not(target_arch = "wasm32"), async_trait)]
-impl KeyStore for OnDiskKeys {
-    type StorageError = OnDiskKeysError;
-
-    async fn load_keys(&self) -> Result<KeyManager, Self::StorageError> {
-        self.load_keys()
-    }
-
-    async fn store_keys(&self, keys: &KeyManager) -> Result<(), Self::StorageError> {
-        self.store_keys(keys)
-    }
-}
-
-#[derive(Default)]
-pub struct InMemEphemeralKeys;
-
-#[derive(Debug, thiserror::Error)]
-#[error("ephemeral keys can't be loaded from storage")]
-pub struct EphemeralKeysError;
-
-#[cfg_attr(target_arch = "wasm32", async_trait(?Send))]
-#[cfg_attr(not(target_arch = "wasm32"), async_trait)]
-impl KeyStore for InMemEphemeralKeys {
-    type StorageError = EphemeralKeysError;
-
-    async fn load_keys(&self) -> Result<KeyManager, Self::StorageError> {
-        Err(EphemeralKeysError)
-    }
-
-    async fn store_keys(&self, _keys: &KeyManager) -> Result<(), Self::StorageError> {
-        Ok(())
-    }
-}
@@ -35,20 +35,19 @@ impl<C, St> MixTrafficController<C, St>
 where
    C: DkgQueryClient + Sync + Send + 'static,
    St: Storage + 'static,
-    <St as Storage>::StorageError: Send + Sync + 'static,
 {
    pub fn new(
        gateway_client: GatewayClient<C, St>,
    ) -> (MixTrafficController<C, St>, BatchMixMessageSender) {
-        let (sphinx_message_sender, sphinx_message_receiver) =
+        let (message_sender, message_receiver) =
            tokio::sync::mpsc::channel(MIX_MESSAGE_RECEIVER_BUFFER_SIZE);
        (
            MixTrafficController {
                gateway_client,
-                mix_rx: sphinx_message_receiver,
+                mix_rx: message_receiver,
                consecutive_gateway_failure_count: 0,
            },
-            sphinx_message_sender,
+            message_sender,
        )
    }

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ use log::*;
 use nym_sphinx::addressing::clients::Recipient;
 use nym_sphinx::anonymous_replies::requests::AnonymousSenderTag;
 use nym_sphinx::forwarding::packet::MixPacket;
+use nym_sphinx::params::PacketType;
 use nym_task::connections::TransmissionLane;
 use rand::{CryptoRng, Rng};

@@ -71,10 +72,11 @@ where
        recipient: Recipient,
        content: Vec<u8>,
        lane: TransmissionLane,
+        packet_type: PacketType,
    ) {
        if let Err(err) = self
            .message_handler
-            .try_send_plain_message(recipient, content, lane)
+            .try_send_plain_message(recipient, content, lane, packet_type)
            .await
        {
            warn!("failed to send a plain message - {err}")
@@ -87,10 +89,11 @@ where
        content: Vec<u8>,
        reply_surbs: u32,
        lane: TransmissionLane,
+        packet_type: PacketType,
    ) {
        if let Err(err) = self
            .message_handler
-            .try_send_message_with_reply_surbs(recipient, content, reply_surbs, lane)
+            .try_send_message_with_reply_surbs(recipient, content, reply_surbs, lane, packet_type)
            .await
        {
            warn!("failed to send a repliable message - {err}")
@@ -103,14 +106,17 @@ where
                recipient,
                data,
                lane,
-            } => self.handle_plain_message(recipient, data, lane).await,
+            } => {
+                self.handle_plain_message(recipient, data, lane, PacketType::Mix)
+                    .await
+            }
            InputMessage::Anonymous {
                recipient,
                data,
                reply_surbs,
                lane,
            } => {
-                self.handle_repliable_message(recipient, data, reply_surbs, lane)
+                self.handle_repliable_message(recipient, data, reply_surbs, lane, PacketType::Mix)
                    .await
            }
            InputMessage::Reply {
@@ -121,6 +127,40 @@ where
                self.handle_reply(recipient_tag, data, lane).await;
            }
            InputMessage::Premade { msgs, lane } => self.handle_premade_packets(msgs, lane).await,
+            InputMessage::MessageWrapper {
+                message,
+                packet_type,
+            } => match *message {
+                InputMessage::Regular {
+                    recipient,
+                    data,
+                    lane,
+                } => {
+                    self.handle_plain_message(recipient, data, lane, packet_type)
+                        .await
+                }
+                InputMessage::Anonymous {
+                    recipient,
+                    data,
+                    reply_surbs,
+                    lane,
+                } => {
+                    self.handle_repliable_message(recipient, data, reply_surbs, lane, packet_type)
+                        .await
+                }
+                InputMessage::Reply {
+                    recipient_tag,
+                    data,
+                    lane,
+                } => {
+                    self.handle_reply(recipient_tag, data, lane).await;
+                }
+                InputMessage::Premade { msgs, lane } => {
+                    self.handle_premade_packets(msgs, lane).await
+                }
+                // MessageWrappers can't be nested
+                InputMessage::MessageWrapper { .. } => unimplemented!(),
+            },
        };
    }

@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ use crate::client::real_messages_control::real_traffic_stream::RealMessage;
 use crate::client::replies::reply_controller::ReplyControllerSender;
 use futures::StreamExt;
 use log::*;
-use nym_sphinx::addressing::clients::Recipient;
 use nym_sphinx::chunking::fragment::Fragment;
 use nym_sphinx::preparer::PreparedFragment;
+use nym_sphinx::{addressing::clients::Recipient, params::PacketType};
 use nym_task::connections::TransmissionLane;
 use rand::{CryptoRng, Rng};
 use std::sync::{Arc, Weak};
@@ -51,8 +51,10 @@ where
    ) -> Result<PreparedFragment, PreparationError> {
        debug!("retransmitting normal packet...");

+        // TODO: Figure out retransmission packet type signaling
+
        self.message_handler
-            .try_prepare_single_chunk_for_sending(packet_recipient, chunk_data)
+            .try_prepare_single_chunk_for_sending(packet_recipient, chunk_data, PacketType::Mix)
            .await
    }

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ use nym_sphinx::anonymous_replies::requests::{AnonymousSenderTag, RepliableMessa
 use nym_sphinx::anonymous_replies::{ReplySurb, SurbEncryptionKey};
 use nym_sphinx::chunking::fragment::{Fragment, FragmentIdentifier};
 use nym_sphinx::message::NymMessage;
-use nym_sphinx::params::{PacketSize, DEFAULT_NUM_MIX_HOPS};
+use nym_sphinx::params::{PacketSize, PacketType, DEFAULT_NUM_MIX_HOPS};
 use nym_sphinx::preparer::{MessagePreparer, PreparedFragment};
 use nym_sphinx::Delay;
 use nym_task::connections::TransmissionLane;
@@ -417,9 +417,10 @@ where
        recipient: Recipient,
        message: Vec<u8>,
        lane: TransmissionLane,
+        packet_type: PacketType,
    ) -> Result<(), PreparationError> {
        let message = NymMessage::new_plain(message);
-        self.try_split_and_send_non_reply_message(message, recipient, lane)
+        self.try_split_and_send_non_reply_message(message, recipient, lane, packet_type)
            .await
    }

@@ -428,6 +429,7 @@ where
        message: NymMessage,
        recipient: Recipient,
        lane: TransmissionLane,
+        packet_type: PacketType,
    ) -> Result<(), PreparationError> {
        // TODO: I really dislike existence of this assertion, it implies code has to be re-organised
        debug_assert!(!matches!(message, NymMessage::Reply(_)));
@@ -453,6 +455,7 @@ where
                topology,
                &self.config.ack_key,
                &recipient,
+                &packet_type,
            )?;

            let real_message = RealMessage::new(
@@ -476,6 +479,7 @@ where
        &mut self,
        recipient: Recipient,
        amount: u32,
+        packet_type: PacketType,
    ) -> Result<(), PreparationError> {
        let sender_tag = self.get_or_create_sender_tag(&recipient);
        let (reply_surbs, reply_keys) =
@@ -490,6 +494,7 @@ where
            message,
            recipient,
            TransmissionLane::AdditionalReplySurbs,
+            packet_type,
        )
        .await?;

@@ -505,6 +510,7 @@ where
        message: Vec<u8>,
        num_reply_surbs: u32,
        lane: TransmissionLane,
+        packet_type: PacketType,
    ) -> Result<(), SurbWrappedPreparationError> {
        let sender_tag = self.get_or_create_sender_tag(&recipient);
        let (reply_surbs, reply_keys) = self
@@ -514,7 +520,7 @@ where
        let message =
            NymMessage::new_repliable(RepliableMessage::new_data(message, sender_tag, reply_surbs));

-        self.try_split_and_send_non_reply_message(message, recipient, lane)
+        self.try_split_and_send_non_reply_message(message, recipient, lane, packet_type)
            .await?;

        log::trace!("storing {} reply keys", reply_keys.len());
@@ -527,13 +533,20 @@ where
        &mut self,
        recipient: Recipient,
        chunk: Fragment,
+        packet_type: PacketType,
    ) -> Result<PreparedFragment, PreparationError> {
        let topology_permit = self.topology_access.get_read_permit().await;
        let topology = self.get_topology(&topology_permit)?;

        let prepared_fragment = self
            .message_preparer
-            .prepare_chunk_for_sending(chunk, topology, &self.config.ack_key, &recipient)
+            .prepare_chunk_for_sending(
+                chunk,
+                topology,
+                &self.config.ack_key,
+                &recipient,
+                &packet_type,
+            )
            .unwrap();

        Ok(prepared_fragment)
@@ -569,6 +582,7 @@ where
                        topology,
                        &self.config.ack_key,
                        reply_surb,
+                        PacketType::Mix,
                    )
                    .unwrap()
            })
@@ -588,7 +602,13 @@ where

        let prepared_fragment = self
            .message_preparer
-            .prepare_reply_chunk_for_sending(chunk, topology, &self.config.ack_key, reply_surb)
+            .prepare_reply_chunk_for_sending(
+                chunk,
+                topology,
+                &self.config.ack_key,
+                reply_surb,
+                PacketType::Mix,
+            )
            .unwrap();

        Ok(prepared_fragment)
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ where
    // messages.
    sending_delay_controller: SendingDelayController,

-    /// Channel used for sending prepared sphinx packets to `MixTrafficController` that sends them
+    /// Channel used for sending prepared packets to `MixTrafficController` that sends them
    /// out to the network without any further delays.
    mix_tx: BatchMixMessageSender,

@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ impl From<PreparedFragment> for RealMessage {

 impl RealMessage {
    pub(crate) fn packet_size(&self) -> usize {
-        self.mix_packet.sphinx_packet().len()
+        self.mix_packet.packet().len()
    }

    pub(crate) fn new(mix_packet: MixPacket, fragment_id: Option<FragmentIdentifier>) -> Self {
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ where

            // On every iteration we get new messages from upstream. Given that these come bunched
            // in `Vec`, this ensures that on average we will fetch messages faster than we can
-            // send, which is a condition for being able to multiplex sphinx packets from multiple
+            // send, which is a condition for being able to multiplex packets from multiple
            // data streams.
            match Pin::new(&mut self.real_receiver).poll_recv(cx) {
                // in the case our real message channel stream was closed, we should also indicate we are closed
@@ -512,7 +512,11 @@ where
            let to_send = min(remaining, 100);
            if let Err(err) = self
                .message_handler
-                .try_send_additional_reply_surbs(recipient, to_send)
+                .try_send_additional_reply_surbs(
+                    recipient,
+                    to_send,
+                    nym_sphinx::params::PacketType::Mix,
+                )
                .await
            {
                warn!("failed to send additional surbs to {recipient} - {err}");
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ use crate::client::replies::reply_storage::backend::Empty;
 use crate::client::replies::reply_storage::{CombinedReplyStorage, ReplyStorageBackend};
 use async_trait::async_trait;

+use std::path::PathBuf;
+
 // well, right now we don't have the browser storage : (
 // so we keep everything in memory
 #[derive(Debug)]
@@ -27,6 +29,22 @@ impl Backend {
 impl ReplyStorageBackend for Backend {
    type StorageError = <Empty as ReplyStorageBackend>::StorageError;

+    async fn new(
+        debug_config: &crate::config::DebugConfig,
+        _db_path: Option<PathBuf>,
+    ) -> Result<Self, Self::StorageError> {
+        Ok(Backend {
+            empty: Empty {
+                min_surb_threshold: debug_config
+                    .reply_surbs
+                    .minimum_reply_surb_storage_threshold,
+                max_surb_threshold: debug_config
+                    .reply_surbs
+                    .maximum_reply_surb_storage_threshold,
+            },
+        })
+    }
+
    async fn flush_surb_storage(
        &mut self,
        storage: &CombinedReplyStorage,
@@ -41,4 +59,8 @@ impl ReplyStorageBackend for Backend {
    async fn load_surb_storage(&self) -> Result<CombinedReplyStorage, Self::StorageError> {
        self.empty.load_surb_storage().await
    }
+
+    fn get_inactive_storage(&self) -> Result<CombinedReplyStorage, Self::StorageError> {
+        self.empty.get_inactive_storage()
+    }
 }
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright 2022 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

+use crate::client::base_client::non_wasm_helpers;
 use crate::client::replies::reply_storage::backend::fs_backend::manager::StorageManager;
 use crate::client::replies::reply_storage::backend::fs_backend::models::{
    ReplySurbStorageMetadata, StoredReplyKey, StoredReplySurb, StoredSenderTag, StoredSurbSender,
@@ -22,11 +23,49 @@ mod error;
 mod manager;
 mod models;

+#[derive(Debug)]
+enum StorageManagerState {
+    Storage(StorageManager),
+    Inactive(InactiveMetadata),
+}
+
+// When the storage backaed is initialized as inactive, it will still contain metadata parameters
+// that will be needed when the in-mem storage is fetched for use.
+#[derive(Debug)]
+struct InactiveMetadata {
+    pub minimum_reply_surb_storage_threshold: usize,
+    pub maximum_reply_surb_storage_threshold: usize,
+}
+
+impl StorageManagerState {
+    fn get(&self) -> &StorageManager {
+        match self {
+            StorageManagerState::Storage(manager) => manager,
+            StorageManagerState::Inactive(_) => {
+                panic!("tried to get storage of an inactive backend")
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn get_mut(&mut self) -> &mut StorageManager {
+        match self {
+            StorageManagerState::Storage(manager) => manager,
+            StorageManagerState::Inactive(_) => {
+                panic!("tried to get storage of an inactive backend")
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn is_active(&self) -> bool {
+        matches!(self, StorageManagerState::Storage(_))
+    }
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct Backend {
    temporary_old_path: Option<PathBuf>,
    database_path: PathBuf,
-    manager: StorageManager,
+    manager: StorageManagerState,
 }

 impl Backend {
@@ -46,12 +85,26 @@ impl Backend {
        let backend = Backend {
            temporary_old_path: None,
            database_path: owned_path,
-            manager,
+            manager: StorageManagerState::Storage(manager),
        };

        Ok(backend)
    }

+    pub fn new_inactive(
+        minimum_reply_surb_storage_threshold: usize,
+        maximum_reply_surb_storage_threshold: usize,
+    ) -> Self {
+        Backend {
+            temporary_old_path: None,
+            database_path: PathBuf::new(),
+            manager: StorageManagerState::Inactive(InactiveMetadata {
+                minimum_reply_surb_storage_threshold,
+                maximum_reply_surb_storage_threshold,
+            }),
+        }
+    }
+
    pub async fn try_load<P: AsRef<Path>>(database_path: P) -> Result<Self, StorageError> {
        let owned_path: PathBuf = database_path.as_ref().into();
        if owned_path.file_name().is_none() {
@@ -123,13 +176,12 @@ impl Backend {
        Ok(Backend {
            temporary_old_path: None,
            database_path: owned_path,
-            // manager: StorageManagerState::Storage(manager),
-            manager,
+            manager: StorageManagerState::Storage(manager),
        })
    }

    async fn close_pool(&mut self) {
-        self.manager.connection_pool.close().await;
+        self.manager.get_mut().connection_pool.close().await;
    }

    async fn rotate(&mut self) -> Result<(), StorageError> {
@@ -148,8 +200,9 @@ impl Backend {

        fs::rename(&self.database_path, &temp_old)
            .map_err(|err| StorageError::DatabaseRenameError { source: err })?;
-        self.manager = StorageManager::init(&self.database_path, true).await?;
-        self.manager.create_status_table().await?;
+        self.manager =
+            StorageManagerState::Storage(StorageManager::init(&self.database_path, true).await?);
+        self.manager.get_mut().create_status_table().await?;

        self.temporary_old_path = Some(temp_old);
        Ok(())
@@ -166,26 +219,27 @@ impl Backend {
    }

    async fn start_storage_flush(&self) -> Result<(), StorageError> {
-        Ok(self.manager.set_flush_status(true).await?)
+        Ok(self.manager.get().set_flush_status(true).await?)
    }

    async fn end_storage_flush(&self) -> Result<(), StorageError> {
        self.manager
+            .get()
            .set_previous_flush_timestamp(OffsetDateTime::now_utc().unix_timestamp())
            .await?;
-        Ok(self.manager.set_flush_status(false).await?)
+        Ok(self.manager.get().set_flush_status(false).await?)
    }

    async fn start_client_use(&self) -> Result<(), StorageError> {
-        Ok(self.manager.set_client_in_use_status(true).await?)
+        Ok(self.manager.get().set_client_in_use_status(true).await?)
    }

    async fn stop_client_use(&self) -> Result<(), StorageError> {
-        Ok(self.manager.set_client_in_use_status(false).await?)
+        Ok(self.manager.get().set_client_in_use_status(false).await?)
    }

    async fn get_stored_tags(&self) -> Result<UsedSenderTags, StorageError> {
-        let stored = self.manager.get_tags().await?;
+        let stored = self.manager.get().get_tags().await?;

        // stop at the first instance of corruption. if even a single entry is malformed,
        // something weird has happened and we can't trust the rest of the data
@@ -201,6 +255,7 @@ impl Backend {
        for map_ref in tags.as_raw_iter() {
            let (recipient, tag) = map_ref.pair();
            self.manager
+                .get()
                .insert_tag(StoredSenderTag::new(*recipient, *tag))
                .await?;
        }
@@ -208,7 +263,7 @@ impl Backend {
    }

    async fn get_stored_reply_keys(&self) -> Result<SentReplyKeys, StorageError> {
-        let stored = self.manager.get_reply_keys().await?;
+        let stored = self.manager.get().get_reply_keys().await?;

        // stop at the first instance of corruption. if even a single entry is malformed,
        // something weird has happened and we can't trust the rest of the data
@@ -224,6 +279,7 @@ impl Backend {
        for map_ref in reply_keys.as_raw_iter() {
            let (digest, key) = map_ref.pair();
            self.manager
+                .get()
                .insert_reply_key(StoredReplyKey::new(*digest, *key))
                .await?;
        }
@@ -231,7 +287,7 @@ impl Backend {
    }

    async fn get_stored_reply_surbs(&self) -> Result<ReceivedReplySurbsMap, StorageError> {
-        let surb_senders = self.manager.get_surb_senders().await?;
+        let surb_senders = self.manager.get().get_surb_senders().await?;

        let metadata = self.get_reply_surb_storage_metadata().await?;
        let mut received_surbs = Vec::with_capacity(surb_senders.len());
@@ -241,6 +297,7 @@ impl Backend {
                sender.try_into()?;
            let stored_surbs = self
                .manager
+                .get()
                .get_reply_surbs(sender_id)
                .await?
                .into_iter()
@@ -268,6 +325,7 @@ impl Backend {
            let (tag, received_surbs) = map_ref.pair();
            let sender_id = self
                .manager
+                .get()
                .insert_surb_sender(StoredSurbSender::new(
                    *tag,
                    received_surbs.surbs_last_received_at(),
@@ -276,6 +334,7 @@ impl Backend {

            for reply_surb in received_surbs.surbs_ref() {
                self.manager
+                    .get()
                    .insert_reply_surb(StoredReplySurb::new(sender_id, reply_surb))
                    .await?
            }
@@ -287,6 +346,7 @@ impl Backend {
        &self,
    ) -> Result<ReplySurbStorageMetadata, StorageError> {
        self.manager
+            .get()
            .get_reply_surb_storage_metadata()
            .await
            .map_err(Into::into)
@@ -297,6 +357,7 @@ impl Backend {
        reply_surbs: &ReceivedReplySurbsMap,
    ) -> Result<(), StorageError> {
        self.manager
+            .get()
            .insert_reply_surb_storage_metadata(ReplySurbStorageMetadata::new(
                reply_surbs.min_surb_threshold(),
                reply_surbs.max_surb_threshold(),
@@ -310,6 +371,24 @@ impl Backend {
 impl ReplyStorageBackend for Backend {
    type StorageError = error::StorageError;

+    async fn new(
+        debug_config: &crate::config::DebugConfig,
+        db_path: Option<PathBuf>,
+    ) -> Result<Self, Self::StorageError> {
+        non_wasm_helpers::setup_fs_reply_surb_backend(db_path, debug_config)
+            .await
+            .map_err(|err| {
+                log::error!("Failed to create storage: {err}");
+                Self::StorageError::FailedToCreateStorage {
+                    source: Box::new(err),
+                }
+            })
+    }
+
+    fn is_active(&self) -> bool {
+        self.manager.is_active()
+    }
+
    async fn start_storage_session(&self) -> Result<(), Self::StorageError> {
        self.start_client_use().await
    }
@@ -347,6 +426,18 @@ impl ReplyStorageBackend for Backend {
        Ok(CombinedReplyStorage::load(reply_keys, reply_surbs, tags))
    }

+    fn get_inactive_storage(&self) -> Result<CombinedReplyStorage, Self::StorageError> {
+        match self.manager {
+            StorageManagerState::Storage(_) => {
+                panic!("tried to get inactive storage from an active storage backend")
+            }
+            StorageManagerState::Inactive(ref state) => Ok(CombinedReplyStorage::new(
+                state.minimum_reply_surb_storage_threshold,
+                state.maximum_reply_surb_storage_threshold,
+            )),
+        }
+    }
+
    async fn stop_storage_session(self) -> Result<(), Self::StorageError> {
        self.stop_client_use().await
    }
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@

 use crate::client::replies::reply_storage::CombinedReplyStorage;
 use async_trait::async_trait;
-use std::error::Error;
+use std::{error::Error, path::PathBuf};
 use thiserror::Error;

 #[cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")]
@@ -26,19 +26,24 @@ pub struct Empty {
    pub max_surb_threshold: usize,
 }

-impl Default for Empty {
-    fn default() -> Self {
-        Empty {
-            min_surb_threshold: 20,
-            max_surb_threshold: 200,
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 #[async_trait]
 impl ReplyStorageBackend for Empty {
    type StorageError = UndefinedError;

+    async fn new(
+        debug_config: &crate::config::DebugConfig,
+        _db_path: Option<PathBuf>,
+    ) -> Result<Self, Self::StorageError> {
+        Ok(Self {
+            min_surb_threshold: debug_config
+                .reply_surbs
+                .minimum_reply_surb_storage_threshold,
+            max_surb_threshold: debug_config
+                .reply_surbs
+                .maximum_reply_surb_storage_threshold,
+        })
+    }
+
    async fn flush_surb_storage(
        &mut self,
        _storage: &CombinedReplyStorage,
@@ -59,12 +64,28 @@ impl ReplyStorageBackend for Empty {
            self.max_surb_threshold,
        ))
    }
+
+    fn get_inactive_storage(&self) -> Result<CombinedReplyStorage, Self::StorageError> {
+        Ok(CombinedReplyStorage::new(
+            self.min_surb_threshold,
+            self.max_surb_threshold,
+        ))
+    }
 }

 #[async_trait]
 pub trait ReplyStorageBackend: Sized {
    type StorageError: Error + 'static;

+    async fn new(
+        debug_config: &crate::config::DebugConfig,
+        db_path: Option<PathBuf>,
+    ) -> Result<Self, Self::StorageError>;
+
+    fn is_active(&self) -> bool {
+        true
+    }
+
    async fn start_storage_session(&self) -> Result<(), Self::StorageError> {
        Ok(())
    }
@@ -82,6 +103,11 @@ pub trait ReplyStorageBackend: Sized {

    async fn load_surb_storage(&self) -> Result<CombinedReplyStorage, Self::StorageError>;

+    /// In the case the storage backend is initialized in an inactive state (persisting data is
+    /// disabled), we might still need to fetch the (in-mem) storage and the parameters it was
+    /// created with.
+    fn get_inactive_storage(&self) -> Result<CombinedReplyStorage, Self::StorageError>;
+
    async fn stop_storage_session(self) -> Result<(), Self::StorageError> {
        Ok(())
    }
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ impl SizedData for RealMessage {

 impl SizedData for Fragment {
    fn data_size(&self) -> usize {
-        // note that raw `Fragment` is smaller than sphinx packet payload
+        // note that raw `Fragment` is smaller than packet payload
        // as it doesn't include surb-ack or the [shared] key materials
        self.payload_size()
    }
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@

 use nym_config::defaults::NymNetworkDetails;
 use nym_config::{NymConfig, OptionalSet, CRED_DB_FILE_NAME};
-use nym_sphinx::params::PacketSize;
+use nym_sphinx::params::{PacketSize, PacketType};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::marker::PhantomData;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
@@ -217,6 +217,11 @@ impl<T> Config<T> {
        self
    }

+    pub fn with_packet_type(mut self, packet_type: PacketType) -> Self {
+        self.client.packet_type = Some(packet_type);
+        self
+    }
+
    pub fn set_high_default_traffic_volume(&mut self) {
        self.debug.traffic.average_packet_delay = Duration::from_millis(10);
        // basically don't really send cover messages
@@ -404,6 +409,10 @@ impl<T> Config<T> {
    pub fn get_maximum_reply_key_age(&self) -> Duration {
        self.debug.reply_surbs.maximum_reply_key_age
    }
+
+    pub fn get_packet_type(&self) -> PacketType {
+        self.client.packet_type.unwrap_or(PacketType::Mix)
+    }
 }

 impl<T: NymConfig> Default for Config<T> {
@@ -518,6 +527,8 @@ pub struct Client<T> {

    #[serde(skip)]
    pub super_struct: PhantomData<T>,
+
+    pub packet_type: Option<PacketType>,
 }

 impl<T: NymConfig> Default for Client<T> {
@@ -556,6 +567,7 @@ impl<T: NymConfig> Default for Client<T> {
            reply_surb_database_path: Default::default(),
            nym_root_directory: T::default_root_directory(),
            super_struct: Default::default(),
+            packet_type: Default::default(),
        }
    }
 }
@@ -210,8 +210,8 @@ impl<T, U> From<OldConfigV1_1_13<T>> for Config<U> {
                database_path: value.client.database_path,
                reply_surb_database_path: value.client.reply_surb_database_path,
                nym_root_directory: value.client.nym_root_directory,
-
                super_struct: PhantomData,
+                packet_type: Some(nym_sphinx::params::PacketType::Mix),
            },
            logging: value.logging,
            debug: value.debug.into(),
@@ -40,14 +40,6 @@ impl ClientKeyPathfinder {
        }
    }

-    pub fn identity_key_pair_path(&self) -> nym_pemstore::KeyPairPath {
-        nym_pemstore::KeyPairPath::new(self.private_identity_key(), self.public_identity_key())
-    }
-
-    pub fn encryption_key_pair_path(&self) -> nym_pemstore::KeyPairPath {
-        nym_pemstore::KeyPairPath::new(self.private_encryption_key(), self.public_encryption_key())
-    }
-
    pub fn any_file_exists(&self) -> bool {
        matches!(self.identity_public_key.try_exists(), Ok(true))
            || matches!(self.identity_private_key.try_exists(), Ok(true))
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ use nym_gateway_client::error::GatewayClientError;
 use nym_topology::gateway::GatewayConversionError;
 use nym_topology::NymTopologyError;
 use nym_validator_client::ValidatorClientError;
-use std::error::Error;

 #[derive(thiserror::Error, Debug)]
 pub enum ClientCoreError {
@@ -42,18 +41,13 @@ pub enum ClientCoreError {

    #[error("experienced a failure with our reply surb persistent storage: {source}")]
    SurbStorageError {
-        source: Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync>,
-    },
-
-    #[error("experienced a failure with our cryptographic keys persistent storage: {source}")]
-    KeyStoreError {
-        source: Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync>,
+        source: Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>,
    },

    #[error("The gateway id is invalid - {0}")]
    UnableToCreatePublicKeyFromGatewayId(Ed25519RecoveryError),

-    #[error("The identity of the gateway is unknown - did you run init?")]
+    #[error("The identity of the gateway is unknwown - did you run init?")]
    GatewayIdUnknown,

    #[error("The owner of the gateway is unknown - did you run init?")]
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
-// Copyright 2022-2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// Copyright 2022 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

-use crate::error::ClientCoreError;
+use crate::{
+    client::key_manager::KeyManager,
+    config::{persistence::key_pathfinder::ClientKeyPathfinder, Config},
+    error::ClientCoreError,
+};
 use futures::{SinkExt, StreamExt};
 use log::{debug, info, trace, warn};
-use nym_credential_storage::storage::Storage;
+use nym_config::NymConfig;
 use nym_crypto::asymmetric::identity;
 use nym_gateway_client::GatewayClient;
 use nym_gateway_requests::registration::handshake::SharedKeys;
@@ -25,14 +29,10 @@ use tokio::time::Instant;
 use tokio_tungstenite::connect_async;
 #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
 use tokio_tungstenite::{MaybeTlsStream, WebSocketStream};
+
 #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
 type WsConn = WebSocketStream<MaybeTlsStream<TcpStream>>;
-#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
-use crate::client::key_manager::persistence::OnDiskKeys;
-#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
-use crate::config::{persistence::key_pathfinder::ClientKeyPathfinder, Config};
-#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
-use nym_config::NymConfig;
+use nym_credential_storage::storage::Storage;

 #[cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")]
 use nym_bandwidth_controller::wasm_mockups::DirectSigningNyxdClient;
@@ -224,14 +224,10 @@ pub(super) async fn query_gateway_details(
    }
 }

-pub(super) async fn register_with_gateway<St>(
+pub(super) async fn register_with_gateway<St: Storage>(
    gateway: &gateway::Node,
    our_identity: Arc<identity::KeyPair>,
-) -> Result<Arc<SharedKeys>, ClientCoreError>
-where
-    St: Storage,
-    <St as Storage>::StorageError: Send + Sync + 'static,
-{
+) -> Result<Arc<SharedKeys>, ClientCoreError> {
    let timeout = Duration::from_millis(1500);
    let mut gateway_client: GatewayClient<DirectSigningNyxdClient, St> = GatewayClient::new_init(
        gateway.clients_address(),
@@ -250,12 +246,15 @@ where
    Ok(shared_keys)
 }

-// TODO: make it generic
-#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
-pub(super) fn on_disk_key_store<T>(config: &Config<T>) -> OnDiskKeys
+pub(super) fn store_keys<T>(
+    key_manager: &KeyManager,
+    config: &Config<T>,
+) -> Result<(), ClientCoreError>
 where
    T: NymConfig,
 {
    let pathfinder = ClientKeyPathfinder::new_from_config(config);
-    OnDiskKeys::new(pathfinder)
+    Ok(key_manager
+        .store_keys(&pathfinder)
+        .tap_err(|err| log::error!("Failed to generate keys: {err}"))?)
 }
@@ -1,8 +1,20 @@
-// Copyright 2022-2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// Copyright 2022 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

 //! Collection of initialization steps used by client implementations

+use std::fmt::Display;
+
+use nym_sphinx::addressing::{clients::Recipient, nodes::NodeIdentity};
+use rand::rngs::OsRng;
+use serde::Serialize;
+use tap::TapFallible;
+
+use nym_config::NymConfig;
+use nym_credential_storage::storage::Storage;
+use nym_crypto::asymmetric::{encryption, identity};
+use url::Url;
+
 use crate::client::key_manager::KeyManager;
 use crate::{
    config::{
@@ -11,16 +23,6 @@ use crate::{
    },
    error::ClientCoreError,
 };
-use nym_config::NymConfig;
-use nym_credential_storage::storage::Storage;
-use nym_crypto::asymmetric::{encryption, identity};
-use nym_gateway_requests::registration::handshake::SharedKeys;
-use nym_sphinx::addressing::{clients::Recipient, nodes::NodeIdentity};
-use serde::Serialize;
-use std::fmt::Display;
-use std::sync::Arc;
-use tap::TapFallible;
-use url::Url;

 mod helpers;

@@ -62,29 +64,34 @@ impl Display for InitResults {
    }
 }

+/// Create a new set of client keys.
+pub fn new_client_keys() -> KeyManager {
+    let mut rng = OsRng;
+    KeyManager::new(&mut rng)
+}
+
 /// Authenticate and register with a gateway.
 /// Either pick one at random by querying the available gateways from the nym-api, or use the
 /// chosen one if it's among the available ones.
 /// The shared key is added to the supplied `KeyManager` and the endpoint details are returned.
-pub async fn register_with_gateway<St>(
-    identity_keys: Arc<identity::KeyPair>,
+pub async fn register_with_gateway<St: Storage>(
+    key_manager: &mut KeyManager,
    nym_api_endpoints: Vec<Url>,
    chosen_gateway_id: Option<identity::PublicKey>,
    by_latency: bool,
-) -> Result<(GatewayEndpointConfig, Arc<SharedKeys>), ClientCoreError>
-where
-    St: Storage,
-    <St as Storage>::StorageError: Send + Sync + 'static,
-{
+) -> Result<GatewayEndpointConfig, ClientCoreError> {
    // Get the gateway details of the gateway we will use
    let gateway =
        helpers::query_gateway_details(nym_api_endpoints, chosen_gateway_id, by_latency).await?;
-    log::debug!("Querying gateway gives: {gateway}");
+    log::debug!("Querying gateway gives: {}", gateway);
+
+    let our_identity = key_manager.identity_keypair();

    // Establish connection, authenticate and generate keys for talking with the gateway
-    let shared_keys = helpers::register_with_gateway::<St>(&gateway, identity_keys).await?;
+    let shared_keys = helpers::register_with_gateway::<St>(&gateway, our_identity).await?;
+    key_manager.insert_gateway_shared_key(shared_keys);

-    Ok((gateway.into(), shared_keys))
+    Ok(gateway.into())
 }

 /// Convenience function for setting up the gateway for a client given a `Config`. Depending on the
@@ -94,7 +101,6 @@ where
 /// b. Create a new gateway configuration but keep existing keys. This assumes that the caller
 ///    knows what they are doing and that the keys match the requested gateway.
 /// c. Create a new gateway configuration with a newly registered gateway and keys.
-#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
 pub async fn setup_gateway_from_config<C, T, St>(
    register_gateway: bool,
    user_chosen_gateway_id: Option<identity::PublicKey>,
@@ -105,7 +111,6 @@ where
    C: NymConfig + ClientCoreConfigTrait,
    T: NymConfig,
    St: Storage,
-    <St as Storage>::StorageError: Send + Sync + 'static,
 {
    let id = config.get_id();

@@ -132,24 +137,18 @@ where
        return Ok(gateway.into());
    }

-    let key_store = helpers::on_disk_key_store(config);
-    let mut rng = rand::thread_rng();
-    let mut managed_keys =
-        crate::client::key_manager::ManagedKeys::load_or_generate(&mut rng, &key_store).await;
-
    // Create new keys and derive our identity
-    let our_identity = managed_keys.identity_keypair();
+    let mut key_manager = new_client_keys();
+    let our_identity = key_manager.identity_keypair();

    // Establish connection, authenticate and generate keys for talking with the gateway
    eprintln!("Registering with new gateway");
    let shared_keys = helpers::register_with_gateway::<St>(&gateway, our_identity).await?;
-    managed_keys
-        .deal_with_gateway_key(shared_keys, &key_store)
-        .await
-        .map_err(|source| ClientCoreError::KeyStoreError {
-            source: Box::new(source),
-        })?;
+    key_manager.insert_gateway_shared_key(shared_keys);

+    // Write all keys to storage and just return the gateway endpoint config. It is assumed that we
+    // will load keys from storage when actually connecting.
+    helpers::store_keys(&key_manager, config)?;
    Ok(gateway.into())
 }

@@ -186,15 +185,6 @@ pub fn get_client_address(
    )
 }

-pub fn load_identity_keys(
-    pathfinder: &ClientKeyPathfinder,
-) -> Result<identity::KeyPair, ClientCoreError> {
-    let identity_keypair: identity::KeyPair =
-        nym_pemstore::load_keypair(&pathfinder.identity_key_pair_path())
-            .tap_err(|_| log::error!("Failed to read stored identity key files"))?;
-    Ok(identity_keypair)
-}
-
 /// Get the client address by loading the keys from stored files.
 pub fn get_client_address_from_stored_keys<T>(
    config: &Config<T>,
@@ -202,6 +192,18 @@ pub fn get_client_address_from_stored_keys<T>(
 where
    T: nym_config::NymConfig,
 {
+    fn load_identity_keys(
+        pathfinder: &ClientKeyPathfinder,
+    ) -> Result<identity::KeyPair, ClientCoreError> {
+        let identity_keypair: identity::KeyPair =
+            nym_pemstore::load_keypair(&nym_pemstore::KeyPairPath::new(
+                pathfinder.private_identity_key().to_owned(),
+                pathfinder.public_identity_key().to_owned(),
+            ))
+            .tap_err(|_| log::error!("Failed to read stored identity key files"))?;
+        Ok(identity_keypair)
+    }
+
    fn load_sphinx_keys(
        pathfinder: &ClientKeyPathfinder,
    ) -> Result<encryption::KeyPair, ClientCoreError> {
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ impl<C, St> GatewayClient<C, St>
 where
    C: Sync + Send,
    St: Storage,
-    <St as Storage>::StorageError: Send + Sync + 'static,
 {
    // TODO: put it all in a Config struct
    #[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
@@ -80,7 +79,6 @@ where
        gateway_address: String,
        local_identity: Arc<identity::KeyPair>,
        gateway_identity: identity::PublicKey,
-        // TODO: make it mandatory. if you don't want to pass it, use `new_init`
        shared_key: Option<Arc<SharedKeys>>,
        mixnet_message_sender: MixnetMessageSender,
        ack_sender: AcknowledgementSender,
@@ -607,7 +605,7 @@ where
    fn estimate_required_bandwidth(&self, packets: &[MixPacket]) -> i64 {
        packets
            .iter()
-            .map(|packet| packet.sphinx_packet().len())
+            .map(|packet| packet.packet().len())
            .sum::<usize>() as i64
    }

@@ -688,9 +686,9 @@ where
        if !self.authenticated {
            return Err(GatewayClientError::NotAuthenticated);
        }
-        if (mix_packet.sphinx_packet().len() as i64) > self.bandwidth_remaining {
+        if (mix_packet.packet().len() as i64) > self.bandwidth_remaining {
            return Err(GatewayClientError::NotEnoughBandwidth(
-                mix_packet.sphinx_packet().len() as i64,
+                mix_packet.packet().len() as i64,
                self.bandwidth_remaining,
            ));
        }
@@ -1,17 +1,16 @@
-// Copyright 2021-2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// Copyright 2021 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

 use crate::error::GatewayClientError;
 pub use client::GatewayClient;
 use log::warn;
+use nym_gateway_requests::registration::handshake::SharedKeys;
 use nym_gateway_requests::BinaryResponse;
 pub use packet_router::{
    AcknowledgementReceiver, AcknowledgementSender, MixnetMessageReceiver, MixnetMessageSender,
 };
 use tungstenite::{protocol::Message, Error as WsError};

-pub use nym_gateway_requests::registration::handshake::SharedKeys;
-
 pub mod client;
 pub mod error;
 pub mod packet_router;
@@ -4,10 +4,11 @@
 use futures::channel::mpsc;
 use futures::StreamExt;
 use log::*;
-use nym_sphinx::framing::codec::SphinxCodec;
-use nym_sphinx::framing::packet::FramedSphinxPacket;
-use nym_sphinx::params::PacketMode;
-use nym_sphinx::{addressing::nodes::NymNodeRoutingAddress, SphinxPacket};
+use nym_sphinx::addressing::nodes::NymNodeRoutingAddress;
+use nym_sphinx::framing::codec::NymCodec;
+use nym_sphinx::framing::packet::FramedNymPacket;
+use nym_sphinx::params::PacketType;
+use nym_sphinx::NymPacket;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::io;
 use std::net::SocketAddr;
@@ -50,8 +51,8 @@ pub trait SendWithoutResponse {
    fn send_without_response(
        &mut self,
        address: NymNodeRoutingAddress,
-        packet: SphinxPacket,
-        packet_mode: PacketMode,
+        packet: NymPacket,
+        packet_type: PacketType,
    ) -> io::Result<()>;
 }

@@ -61,12 +62,12 @@ pub struct Client {
 }

 struct ConnectionSender {
-    channel: mpsc::Sender<FramedSphinxPacket>,
+    channel: mpsc::Sender<FramedNymPacket>,
    current_reconnection_attempt: Arc<AtomicU32>,
 }

 impl ConnectionSender {
-    fn new(channel: mpsc::Sender<FramedSphinxPacket>) -> Self {
+    fn new(channel: mpsc::Sender<FramedNymPacket>) -> Self {
        ConnectionSender {
            channel,
            current_reconnection_attempt: Arc::new(AtomicU32::new(0)),
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ impl Client {

    async fn manage_connection(
        address: SocketAddr,
-        receiver: mpsc::Receiver<FramedSphinxPacket>,
+        receiver: mpsc::Receiver<FramedNymPacket>,
        connection_timeout: Duration,
        current_reconnection: &AtomicU32,
    ) {
@@ -96,7 +97,7 @@ impl Client {
                    debug!("Managed to establish connection to {}", address);
                    // if we managed to connect, reset the reconnection count (whatever it might have been)
                    current_reconnection.store(0, Ordering::Release);
-                    Framed::new(stream, SphinxCodec)
+                    Framed::new(stream, NymCodec)
                }
                Err(err) => {
                    debug!(
@@ -148,11 +149,7 @@ impl Client {
        }
    }

-    fn make_connection(
-        &mut self,
-        address: NymNodeRoutingAddress,
-        pending_packet: FramedSphinxPacket,
-    ) {
+    fn make_connection(&mut self, address: NymNodeRoutingAddress, pending_packet: FramedNymPacket) {
        let (mut sender, receiver) = mpsc::channel(self.config.maximum_connection_buffer_size);

        // this CAN'T fail because we just created the channel which has a non-zero capacity
@@ -200,12 +197,12 @@ impl SendWithoutResponse for Client {
    fn send_without_response(
        &mut self,
        address: NymNodeRoutingAddress,
-        packet: SphinxPacket,
-        packet_mode: PacketMode,
+        packet: NymPacket,
+        packet_type: PacketType,
    ) -> io::Result<()> {
        trace!("Sending packet to {:?}", address);
        let framed_packet =
-            FramedSphinxPacket::new(packet, packet_mode, self.config.use_legacy_version);
+            FramedNymPacket::new(packet, packet_type, self.config.use_legacy_version);

        if let Some(sender) = self.conn_new.get_mut(&address) {
            if let Err(err) = sender.channel.try_send(framed_packet) {
@@ -59,14 +59,14 @@ impl PacketForwarder {
                     trace!("Going to forward packet to {:?}", mix_packet.next_hop());

                    let next_hop = mix_packet.next_hop();
-                    let packet_mode = mix_packet.packet_mode();
-                    let sphinx_packet = mix_packet.into_sphinx_packet();
+                    let packet_type = mix_packet.packet_type();
+                    let packet = mix_packet.into_packet();
                    // we don't care about responses, we just want to fire packets
                    // as quickly as possible

                    if let Err(err) =
                        self.mixnet_client
-                            .send_without_response(next_hop, sphinx_packet, packet_mode)
+                            .send_without_response(next_hop, packet, packet_type)
                    {
                        debug!("failed to forward the packet - {err}")
                    }
@@ -17,9 +17,7 @@ nym-mixnet-contract-common = { path = "../../cosmwasm-smart-contracts/mixnet-con
 nym-vesting-contract-common = { path = "../../cosmwasm-smart-contracts/vesting-contract" }
 nym-coconut-bandwidth-contract-common = { path = "../../cosmwasm-smart-contracts/coconut-bandwidth-contract" }
 nym-multisig-contract-common = { path = "../../cosmwasm-smart-contracts/multisig-contract" }
-nym-name-service-common = { path = "../../cosmwasm-smart-contracts/name-service" }
 nym-group-contract-common = { path = "../../cosmwasm-smart-contracts/group-contract" }
-nym-service-provider-directory-common = { path = "../../cosmwasm-smart-contracts/service-provider-directory" }
 nym-vesting-contract = { path = "../../../contracts/vesting" }
 serde = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = { workspace = true }
@@ -65,14 +63,6 @@ name = "offline_signing"
 # (traits would need to be moved around and refactored themselves)
 required-features = ["nyxd-client"]

-[[example]]
-name = "query_service_provider_directory"
-required-features = ["nyxd-client"]
-
-[[example]]
-name = "query_name_service"
-required-features = ["nyxd-client"]
-
 [features]
 nyxd-client = [
    "async-trait",
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-use std::str::FromStr;
-
-use cosmrs::AccountId;
-use nym_name_service_common::Address;
-use nym_network_defaults::{setup_env, NymNetworkDetails};
-use nym_validator_client::nyxd::traits::NameServiceQueryClient;
-
-#[tokio::main]
-async fn main() {
-    setup_env(Some(&"../../../envs/qa-qwerty.env".parse().unwrap()));
-    let network_details = NymNetworkDetails::new_from_env();
-    let config =
-        nym_validator_client::Config::try_from_nym_network_details(&network_details).unwrap();
-    let client = nym_validator_client::Client::new_query(config).unwrap();
-
-    let config = client.nyxd.get_name_service_config().await.unwrap();
-    println!("config: {config:?}");
-
-    let names_paged = client.nyxd.get_names_paged(None, None).await.unwrap();
-    println!("names (paged): {names_paged:#?}");
-
-    let names = client.nyxd.get_all_names().await.unwrap();
-    println!("names: {names:#?}");
-
-    let owner = AccountId::from_str("n1hmf957kc7arcd39rl7xq8l0a4zyg7kxnv7su87").unwrap();
-    let names_by_owner = client.nyxd.get_names_by_owner(owner).await.unwrap();
-    println!("names (by owner): {names_by_owner:#?}");
-
-    let nym_address = Address::new("client_id.client_key@gateway_id");
-    let names_by_address = client.nyxd.get_names_by_address(nym_address).await.unwrap();
-    println!("names (by address): {names_by_address:#?}");
-
-    let service_info = client.nyxd.get_name_entry(1).await;
-    println!("service info: {service_info:#?}");
-}
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-use std::str::FromStr;
-
-use cosmrs::AccountId;
-use nym_network_defaults::{setup_env, NymNetworkDetails};
-use nym_service_provider_directory_common::NymAddress;
-use nym_validator_client::nyxd::traits::SpDirectoryQueryClient;
-
-#[tokio::main]
-async fn main() {
-    setup_env(Some(&"../../../envs/qa-qwerty.env".parse().unwrap()));
-    let network_details = NymNetworkDetails::new_from_env();
-    let config =
-        nym_validator_client::Config::try_from_nym_network_details(&network_details).unwrap();
-    let client = nym_validator_client::Client::new_query(config).unwrap();
-
-    let config = client.nyxd.get_service_config().await.unwrap();
-    println!("config: {config:?}");
-
-    let services_paged = client.nyxd.get_services_paged(None, None).await.unwrap();
-    println!("services (paged): {services_paged:#?}");
-
-    let services = client.nyxd.get_all_services().await.unwrap();
-    println!("services: {services:#?}");
-
-    let announcer = AccountId::from_str("n1hmf957kc7arcd39rl7xq8l0a4zyg7kxnv7su87").unwrap();
-    let services_by_announcer = client
-        .nyxd
-        .get_services_by_announcer(announcer)
-        .await
-        .unwrap();
-    println!("services (by announcer): {services_by_announcer:#?}");
-
-    let nym_address = NymAddress::new("foo.bar@gateway");
-    let services_by_nym_address = client
-        .nyxd
-        .get_services_by_nym_address(nym_address)
-        .await
-        .unwrap();
-    assert_eq!(services_by_announcer, services_by_nym_address);
-
-    let service_info = client.nyxd.get_service_info(1).await;
-    println!("service info: {service_info:#?}");
-}
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use crate::nyxd::error::NyxdError;
 use crate::nyxd::{Config as ClientConfig, NyxdClient, QueryNyxdClient};
-use crate::{NymApiClient, ValidatorClientError};
+use crate::NymApiClient;

 use crate::nyxd::traits::MixnetQueryClient;
 use colored::Colorize;
@@ -45,23 +45,6 @@ pub async fn run_validator_connection_test<H: BuildHasher + 'static>(
    )
 }

-pub async fn test_nyxd_url_connection(
-    network: NymNetworkDetails,
-    nyxd_url: Url,
-    address: cosmrs::AccountId,
-) -> Result<bool, ValidatorClientError> {
-    let config = ClientConfig::try_from_nym_network_details(&network)
-        .expect("failed to create valid nyxd client config");
-
-    let mut nyxd_client = NyxdClient::<QueryNyxdClient>::connect(config, nyxd_url.as_str())?;
-    // possibly redundant, but lets just leave it here
-    nyxd_client.set_mixnet_contract_address(address);
-    match test_nyxd_connection(network, &nyxd_url, &nyxd_client).await {
-        ConnectionResult::Nyxd(_, _, res) => Ok(res),
-        _ => Ok(false), // ✶ not possible to happens
-    }
-}
-
 fn setup_connection_tests<H: BuildHasher + 'static>(
    nyxd_urls: impl Iterator<Item = (NymNetworkDetails, Url)>,
    api_urls: impl Iterator<Item = (NymNetworkDetails, Url)>,
@@ -122,7 +105,7 @@ async fn test_nyxd_connection(
    {
        Ok(Err(NyxdError::TendermintError(e))) => {
            // If we get a tendermint-rpc error, we classify the node as not contactable
-            log::warn!("Checking: nyxd url: {url}: {}: {}", "failed".red(), e);
+            log::debug!("Checking: nyxd url: {url}: {}: {}", "failed".red(), e);
            false
        }
        Ok(Err(NyxdError::AbciError { code, log, .. })) => {
@@ -134,13 +117,13 @@ async fn test_nyxd_connection(
            );
            code == 18
        }
-        Ok(Err(error @ NyxdError::NoContractAddressAvailable(_))) => {
-            log::warn!("Checking: nyxd url: {url}: {}: {error}", "failed".red());
+        Ok(Err(error @ NyxdError::NoContractAddressAvailable)) => {
+            log::debug!("Checking: nyxd url: {url}: {}: {error}", "failed".red());
            false
        }
        Ok(Err(e)) => {
            // For any other error, we're optimistic and just try anyway.
-            log::warn!(
+            log::debug!(
                "Checking: nyxd_url: {url}: {}, but with error: {e}",
                "success".green()
            );
@@ -151,7 +134,7 @@ async fn test_nyxd_connection(
            true
        }
        Err(e) => {
-            log::warn!("Checking: nyxd_url: {url}: {}: {e}", "failed".red());
+            log::debug!("Checking: nyxd_url: {url}: {}: {e}", "failed".red());
            false
        }
    };
@@ -9,9 +9,6 @@ pub enum NymAPIError {
        source: reqwest::Error,
    },

-    #[error("Not found")]
-    NotFound,
-
    #[error("Request failed with error message - {0}")]
    GenericRequestFailure(String),

@@ -15,9 +15,7 @@ use nym_api_requests::models::{
 };
 use nym_mixnet_contract_common::mixnode::MixNodeDetails;
 use nym_mixnet_contract_common::{GatewayBond, IdentityKeyRef, MixId};
-use nym_name_service_common::response::NamesListResponse;
-use nym_service_provider_directory_common::response::ServicesListResponse;
-use reqwest::{Response, StatusCode};
+use reqwest::Response;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use url::Url;

@@ -78,8 +76,6 @@ impl Client {
        let res = self.send_get_request(path, params).await?;
        if res.status().is_success() {
            Ok(res.json().await?)
-        } else if res.status() == StatusCode::NOT_FOUND {
-            Err(NymAPIError::NotFound)
        } else {
            Err(NymAPIError::GenericRequestFailure(res.text().await?))
        }
@@ -484,19 +480,6 @@ impl Client {
        )
        .await
    }
-
-    pub async fn get_service_providers(&self) -> Result<ServicesListResponse, NymAPIError> {
-        log::trace!("Getting service providers");
-        self.query_nym_api(&[routes::API_VERSION, routes::SERVICE_PROVIDERS], NO_PARAMS)
-            .await
-    }
-
-    //pub async fn get_registered_names(&self) -> Result<Vec<NameEntry>, NymAPIError> {
-    pub async fn get_registered_names(&self) -> Result<NamesListResponse, NymAPIError> {
-        log::trace!("Getting registered names");
-        self.query_nym_api(&[routes::API_VERSION, routes::REGISTERED_NAMES], NO_PARAMS)
-            .await
-    }
 }

 // utility function that should solve the double slash problem in validator API forever.
@@ -32,6 +32,3 @@ pub const COMPUTE_REWARD_ESTIMATION: &str = "compute-reward-estimation";
 pub const AVG_UPTIME: &str = "avg_uptime";
 pub const STAKE_SATURATION: &str = "stake-saturation";
 pub const INCLUSION_CHANCE: &str = "inclusion-probability";
-
-pub const SERVICE_PROVIDERS: &str = "services";
-pub const REGISTERED_NAMES: &str = "names";
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ use std::{io, time::Duration};

 #[derive(Debug, Error)]
 pub enum NyxdError {
-    #[error("No contract address is available to perform the call: {0}")]
-    NoContractAddressAvailable(String),
+    #[error("No contract address is available to perform the call")]
+    NoContractAddressAvailable,

    #[error(transparent)]
    WalletError(#[from] DirectSecp256k1HdWalletError),
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ fn try_parse_abci_log(log: &abci::Log) -> Option<String> {
        .value()
        .contains("Maximum amount of locked coins has already been pledged")
    {
-        Some("Maximum amount of locked tokens has already been used. You can only use up to 10% of your locked tokens for bonding and delegating.".to_string())
+        Some("Maximum amount of locked tokens has alredy been used. You can only use up to 10% of your locked tokens for bonding and delegating.".to_string())
    } else {
        None
    }
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ use cosmrs::rpc::query::Query;
 use cosmrs::rpc::Error as TendermintRpcError;
 use cosmrs::rpc::HttpClientUrl;
 use cosmrs::tx::Msg;
-use log::{debug, trace};
+use log::debug;
 use nym_network_defaults::{ChainDetails, NymNetworkDetails};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::convert::TryInto;
@@ -67,8 +67,6 @@ pub struct Config {
    pub(crate) group_contract_address: Option<AccountId>,
    pub(crate) multisig_contract_address: Option<AccountId>,
    pub(crate) coconut_dkg_contract_address: Option<AccountId>,
-    pub(crate) service_provider_contract_address: Option<AccountId>,
-    pub(crate) name_service_contract_address: Option<AccountId>,
    // TODO: add this in later commits
    // pub(crate) gas_price: GasPrice,
 }
@@ -79,8 +77,8 @@ impl Config {
        expected_prefix: &str,
    ) -> Result<Option<AccountId>, NyxdError> {
        if let Some(address) = raw {
-            trace!("Raw address:{:?}", raw);
-            trace!("Expected prefix:{:?}", expected_prefix);
+            debug!("Raw address:{:?}", raw);
+            debug!("Expected prefix:{:?}", expected_prefix);
            let parsed: AccountId = address
                .parse()
                .map_err(|_| NyxdError::MalformedAccountAddress(address.clone()))?;
@@ -133,17 +131,6 @@ impl Config {
                details.contracts.coconut_dkg_contract_address.as_ref(),
                prefix,
            )?,
-            service_provider_contract_address: Self::parse_optional_account(
-                details
-                    .contracts
-                    .service_provider_directory_contract_address
-                    .as_ref(),
-                prefix,
-            )?,
-            name_service_contract_address: Self::parse_optional_account(
-                details.contracts.name_service_contract_address.as_ref(),
-                prefix,
-            )?,
        })
    }
 }
@@ -259,10 +246,6 @@ impl<C> NyxdClient<C> {
        self.config.multisig_contract_address = Some(address);
    }

-    pub fn set_service_provider_contract_address(&mut self, address: AccountId) {
-        self.config.service_provider_contract_address = Some(address);
-    }
-
    // TODO: this should get changed into Result<&AccountId, NyxdError> (or Option<&AccountId> in future commits
    // note: what unwrap is doing here is just moving a failure that would have normally
    // occurred in `connect` when attempting to parse an empty address,
@@ -321,16 +304,6 @@ impl<C> NyxdClient<C> {
        self.config.coconut_dkg_contract_address.as_ref().unwrap()
    }

-    // The service provider directory contract is optional, so we return an Option not a Result
-    pub fn service_provider_contract_address(&self) -> Option<&AccountId> {
-        self.config.service_provider_contract_address.as_ref()
-    }
-
-    // The name service contract is optional, so we return an Option not a Result
-    pub fn name_service_contract_address(&self) -> Option<&AccountId> {
-        self.config.name_service_contract_address.as_ref()
-    }
-
    pub fn set_simulated_gas_multiplier(&mut self, multiplier: f32) {
        self.simulated_gas_multiplier = multiplier;
    }
@@ -16,25 +16,15 @@ mod mixnet_signing_client;
 mod multisig_signing_client;
 mod vesting_signing_client;

-mod sp_directory_query_client;
-mod sp_directory_signing_client;
-
-mod name_service_query_client;
-mod name_service_signing_client;
-
 pub use coconut_bandwidth_query_client::CoconutBandwidthQueryClient;
 pub use dkg_query_client::DkgQueryClient;
 pub use group_query_client::GroupQueryClient;
 pub use mixnet_query_client::MixnetQueryClient;
 pub use multisig_query_client::MultisigQueryClient;
-pub use name_service_query_client::NameServiceQueryClient;
-pub use sp_directory_query_client::SpDirectoryQueryClient;
 pub use vesting_query_client::VestingQueryClient;

 pub use coconut_bandwidth_signing_client::CoconutBandwidthSigningClient;
 pub use dkg_signing_client::DkgSigningClient;
 pub use mixnet_signing_client::MixnetSigningClient;
 pub use multisig_signing_client::MultisigSigningClient;
-pub use name_service_signing_client::NameServiceSigningClient;
-pub use sp_directory_signing_client::SpDirectorySigningClient;
 pub use vesting_signing_client::VestingSigningClient;
@@ -1,109 +0,0 @@
-use async_trait::async_trait;
-use cosmrs::AccountId;
-use nym_contracts_common::ContractBuildInformation;
-use nym_name_service_common::{
-    msg::QueryMsg as NameQueryMsg,
-    response::{ConfigResponse, NamesListResponse, PagedNamesListResponse},
-    Address, NameEntry, NameId,
-};
-use serde::Deserialize;
-
-use crate::nyxd::{error::NyxdError, CosmWasmClient, NyxdClient};
-
-#[async_trait]
-pub trait NameServiceQueryClient {
-    async fn query_name_service_contract<T>(&self, query: NameQueryMsg) -> Result<T, NyxdError>
-    where
-        for<'a> T: Deserialize<'a>;
-
-    async fn get_name_service_config(&self) -> Result<ConfigResponse, NyxdError> {
-        self.query_name_service_contract(NameQueryMsg::Config {})
-            .await
-    }
-
-    async fn get_name_entry(&self, name_id: NameId) -> Result<NameEntry, NyxdError> {
-        self.query_name_service_contract(NameQueryMsg::NameId { name_id })
-            .await
-    }
-
-    async fn get_names_paged(
-        &self,
-        start_after: Option<NameId>,
-        limit: Option<u32>,
-    ) -> Result<PagedNamesListResponse, NyxdError> {
-        self.query_name_service_contract(NameQueryMsg::All { limit, start_after })
-            .await
-    }
-
-    async fn get_names_by_owner(&self, owner: AccountId) -> Result<NamesListResponse, NyxdError> {
-        self.query_name_service_contract(NameQueryMsg::ByOwner {
-            owner: owner.to_string(),
-        })
-        .await
-    }
-
-    async fn get_names_by_address(&self, address: Address) -> Result<NamesListResponse, NyxdError> {
-        self.query_name_service_contract(NameQueryMsg::ByAddress { address })
-            .await
-    }
-
-    async fn get_name_service_contract_version(
-        &self,
-    ) -> Result<ContractBuildInformation, NyxdError> {
-        self.query_name_service_contract(NameQueryMsg::GetContractVersion {})
-            .await
-    }
-
-    async fn get_all_names(&self) -> Result<Vec<NameEntry>, NyxdError> {
-        let mut services = Vec::new();
-        let mut start_after = None;
-
-        loop {
-            let mut paged_response = self.get_names_paged(start_after.take(), None).await?;
-
-            let last_id = paged_response.names.last().map(|serv| serv.name_id);
-            services.append(&mut paged_response.names);
-
-            if let Some(start_after_res) = last_id {
-                start_after = Some(start_after_res)
-            } else {
-                break;
-            }
-        }
-
-        Ok(services)
-    }
-}
-
-#[async_trait]
-impl<C> NameServiceQueryClient for NyxdClient<C>
-where
-    C: CosmWasmClient + Send + Sync,
-{
-    async fn query_name_service_contract<T>(&self, query: NameQueryMsg) -> Result<T, NyxdError>
-    where
-        for<'a> T: Deserialize<'a>,
-    {
-        self.client
-            .query_contract_smart(
-                self.name_service_contract_address().ok_or(
-                    NyxdError::NoContractAddressAvailable("name service contract".to_string()),
-                )?,
-                &query,
-            )
-            .await
-    }
-}
-
-#[async_trait]
-impl<C> NameServiceQueryClient for crate::Client<C>
-where
-    C: CosmWasmClient + Send + Sync,
-{
-    async fn query_name_service_contract<T>(&self, query: NameQueryMsg) -> Result<T, NyxdError>
-    where
-        for<'a> T: Deserialize<'a>,
-    {
-        self.nyxd.query_name_service_contract(query).await
-    }
-}
@@ -1,96 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
-use async_trait::async_trait;
-use nym_name_service_common::{msg::ExecuteMsg as NameExecuteMsg, Address, NameId, NymName};
-
-use crate::nyxd::{
-    coin::Coin, cosmwasm_client::types::ExecuteResult, error::NyxdError, Fee, NyxdClient,
-    SigningCosmWasmClient,
-};
-
-#[async_trait]
-pub trait NameServiceSigningClient {
-    async fn execute_name_service_contract(
-        &self,
-        fee: Option<Fee>,
-        msg: NameExecuteMsg,
-        funds: Vec<Coin>,
-    ) -> Result<ExecuteResult, NyxdError>;
-
-    async fn register_name(
-        &self,
-        name: NymName,
-        address: Address,
-        deposit: Coin,
-        fee: Option<Fee>,
-    ) -> Result<ExecuteResult, NyxdError> {
-        self.execute_name_service_contract(
-            fee,
-            NameExecuteMsg::Register { name, address },
-            vec![deposit],
-        )
-        .await
-    }
-
-    async fn delete_name_by_id(
-        &self,
-        name_id: NameId,
-        fee: Option<Fee>,
-    ) -> Result<ExecuteResult, NyxdError> {
-        self.execute_name_service_contract(fee, NameExecuteMsg::DeleteId { name_id }, vec![])
-            .await
-    }
-
-    async fn delete_service_provider_by_name(
-        &self,
-        name: NymName,
-        fee: Option<Fee>,
-    ) -> Result<ExecuteResult, NyxdError> {
-        self.execute_name_service_contract(fee, NameExecuteMsg::DeleteName { name }, vec![])
-            .await
-    }
-
-    async fn update_deposit_required(
-        &self,
-        deposit_required: Coin,
-        fee: Option<Fee>,
-    ) -> Result<ExecuteResult, NyxdError> {
-        self.execute_name_service_contract(
-            fee,
-            NameExecuteMsg::UpdateDepositRequired {
-                deposit_required: deposit_required.into(),
-            },
-            vec![],
-        )
-        .await
-    }
-}
-
-#[async_trait]
-impl<C> NameServiceSigningClient for NyxdClient<C>
-where
-    C: SigningCosmWasmClient + Sync + Send,
-{
-    async fn execute_name_service_contract(
-        &self,
-        fee: Option<Fee>,
-        msg: NameExecuteMsg,
-        funds: Vec<Coin>,
-    ) -> Result<ExecuteResult, NyxdError> {
-        let fee = fee.unwrap_or(Fee::Auto(Some(self.simulated_gas_multiplier)));
-        let memo = msg.default_memo();
-        self.client
-            .execute(
-                self.address(),
-                self.name_service_contract_address().ok_or(
-                    NyxdError::NoContractAddressAvailable("name service contract".to_string()),
-                )?,
-                &msg,
-                fee,
-                memo,
-                funds,
-            )
-            .await
-    }
-}
@@ -1,124 +0,0 @@
-use async_trait::async_trait;
-use cosmrs::AccountId;
-use nym_contracts_common::{signing::Nonce, ContractBuildInformation};
-use nym_service_provider_directory_common::{
-    msg::QueryMsg as SpQueryMsg,
-    response::{
-        ConfigResponse, PagedServicesListResponse, ServiceInfoResponse, ServicesListResponse,
-    },
-    NymAddress, Service, ServiceId,
-};
-use serde::Deserialize;
-
-use crate::nyxd::{error::NyxdError, CosmWasmClient, NyxdClient};
-
-#[async_trait]
-pub trait SpDirectoryQueryClient {
-    async fn query_service_provider_contract<T>(&self, query: SpQueryMsg) -> Result<T, NyxdError>
-    where
-        for<'a> T: Deserialize<'a>;
-
-    async fn get_service_config(&self) -> Result<ConfigResponse, NyxdError> {
-        self.query_service_provider_contract(SpQueryMsg::Config {})
-            .await
-    }
-
-    async fn get_service_info(
-        &self,
-        service_id: ServiceId,
-    ) -> Result<ServiceInfoResponse, NyxdError> {
-        self.query_service_provider_contract(SpQueryMsg::ServiceId { service_id })
-            .await
-    }
-
-    async fn get_services_paged(
-        &self,
-        start_after: Option<ServiceId>,
-        limit: Option<u32>,
-    ) -> Result<PagedServicesListResponse, NyxdError> {
-        self.query_service_provider_contract(SpQueryMsg::All { limit, start_after })
-            .await
-    }
-
-    async fn get_services_by_announcer(
-        &self,
-        announcer: AccountId,
-    ) -> Result<ServicesListResponse, NyxdError> {
-        self.query_service_provider_contract(SpQueryMsg::ByAnnouncer {
-            announcer: announcer.to_string(),
-        })
-        .await
-    }
-
-    async fn get_services_by_nym_address(
-        &self,
-        nym_address: NymAddress,
-    ) -> Result<ServicesListResponse, NyxdError> {
-        self.query_service_provider_contract(SpQueryMsg::ByNymAddress { nym_address })
-            .await
-    }
-
-    async fn get_sp_contract_version(&self) -> Result<ContractBuildInformation, NyxdError> {
-        self.query_service_provider_contract(SpQueryMsg::GetContractVersion {})
-            .await
-    }
-
-    async fn get_all_services(&self) -> Result<Vec<Service>, NyxdError> {
-        let mut services = Vec::new();
-        let mut start_after = None;
-        loop {
-            let mut paged_response = self.get_services_paged(start_after.take(), None).await?;
-            services.append(&mut paged_response.services);
-
-            if let Some(start_after_res) = paged_response.start_next_after {
-                start_after = Some(start_after_res)
-            } else {
-                break;
-            }
-        }
-
-        Ok(services)
-    }
-
-    async fn get_service_signing_nonce(&self, address: &AccountId) -> Result<Nonce, NyxdError> {
-        self.query_service_provider_contract(SpQueryMsg::SigningNonce {
-            address: address.to_string(),
-        })
-        .await
-    }
-}
-
-#[async_trait]
-impl<C> SpDirectoryQueryClient for NyxdClient<C>
-where
-    C: CosmWasmClient + Send + Sync,
-{
-    async fn query_service_provider_contract<T>(&self, query: SpQueryMsg) -> Result<T, NyxdError>
-    where
-        for<'a> T: Deserialize<'a>,
-    {
-        self.client
-            .query_contract_smart(
-                self.service_provider_contract_address().ok_or(
-                    NyxdError::NoContractAddressAvailable(
-                        "service provider directory contract".to_string(),
-                    ),
-                )?,
-                &query,
-            )
-            .await
-    }
-}
-
-#[async_trait]
-impl<C> SpDirectoryQueryClient for crate::Client<C>
-where
-    C: CosmWasmClient + Send + Sync,
-{
-    async fn query_service_provider_contract<T>(&self, query: SpQueryMsg) -> Result<T, NyxdError>
-    where
-        for<'a> T: Deserialize<'a>,
-    {
-        self.nyxd.query_service_provider_contract(query).await
-    }
-}
@@ -1,112 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
-use async_trait::async_trait;
-use nym_contracts_common::signing::MessageSignature;
-use nym_service_provider_directory_common::{
-    msg::ExecuteMsg as SpExecuteMsg, NymAddress, ServiceDetails, ServiceId,
-};
-
-use crate::nyxd::{
-    coin::Coin, cosmwasm_client::types::ExecuteResult, error::NyxdError, Fee, NyxdClient,
-    SigningCosmWasmClient,
-};
-
-#[async_trait]
-pub trait SpDirectorySigningClient {
-    async fn execute_service_provider_directory_contract(
-        &self,
-        fee: Option<Fee>,
-        msg: SpExecuteMsg,
-        funds: Vec<Coin>,
-    ) -> Result<ExecuteResult, NyxdError>;
-
-    async fn announce_service_provider(
-        &self,
-        service: ServiceDetails,
-        owner_signature: MessageSignature,
-        deposit: Coin,
-        fee: Option<Fee>,
-    ) -> Result<ExecuteResult, NyxdError> {
-        self.execute_service_provider_directory_contract(
-            fee,
-            SpExecuteMsg::Announce {
-                service,
-                owner_signature,
-            },
-            vec![deposit],
-        )
-        .await
-    }
-
-    async fn delete_service_provider_by_id(
-        &self,
-        service_id: ServiceId,
-        fee: Option<Fee>,
-    ) -> Result<ExecuteResult, NyxdError> {
-        self.execute_service_provider_directory_contract(
-            fee,
-            SpExecuteMsg::DeleteId { service_id },
-            vec![],
-        )
-        .await
-    }
-
-    async fn delete_service_provider_by_nym_address(
-        &self,
-        nym_address: NymAddress,
-        fee: Option<Fee>,
-    ) -> Result<ExecuteResult, NyxdError> {
-        self.execute_service_provider_directory_contract(
-            fee,
-            SpExecuteMsg::DeleteNymAddress { nym_address },
-            vec![],
-        )
-        .await
-    }
-
-    async fn update_deposit_required(
-        &self,
-        deposit_required: Coin,
-        fee: Option<Fee>,
-    ) -> Result<ExecuteResult, NyxdError> {
-        self.execute_service_provider_directory_contract(
-            fee,
-            SpExecuteMsg::UpdateDepositRequired {
-                deposit_required: deposit_required.into(),
-            },
-            vec![],
-        )
-        .await
-    }
-}
-
-#[async_trait]
-impl<C> SpDirectorySigningClient for NyxdClient<C>
-where
-    C: SigningCosmWasmClient + Sync + Send,
-{
-    async fn execute_service_provider_directory_contract(
-        &self,
-        fee: Option<Fee>,
-        msg: SpExecuteMsg,
-        funds: Vec<Coin>,
-    ) -> Result<ExecuteResult, NyxdError> {
-        let fee = fee.unwrap_or(Fee::Auto(Some(self.simulated_gas_multiplier)));
-        let memo = msg.default_memo();
-        self.client
-            .execute(
-                self.address(),
-                self.service_provider_contract_address().ok_or(
-                    NyxdError::NoContractAddressAvailable(
-                        "service provider directory contract".to_string(),
-                    ),
-                )?,
-                &msg,
-                fee,
-                memo,
-                funds,
-            )
-            .await
-    }
-}
@@ -38,6 +38,3 @@ nym-vesting-contract-common = { path = "../cosmwasm-smart-contracts/vesting-cont
 nym-coconut-bandwidth-contract-common = { path = "../cosmwasm-smart-contracts/coconut-bandwidth-contract" }
 nym-coconut-dkg-common = { path = "../cosmwasm-smart-contracts/coconut-dkg" }
 nym-multisig-contract-common = { path = "../cosmwasm-smart-contracts/multisig-contract" }
-nym-service-provider-directory-common = { path = "../cosmwasm-smart-contracts/service-provider-directory" }
-nym-name-service-common = { path = "../cosmwasm-smart-contracts/name-service" }
-nym-sphinx = { path = "../../common/nymsphinx" }
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ pub struct Mixnet {
    pub command: MixnetCommands,
 }

-#[allow(clippy::large_enum_variant)]
 #[derive(Debug, Subcommand)]
 pub enum MixnetCommands {
    /// Query the mixnet directory
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ use clap::{Args, Subcommand};

 pub mod gateway;
 pub mod mixnode;
-pub mod name;
-pub mod service;

 #[derive(Debug, Args)]
 #[clap(args_conflicts_with_subcommands = true, subcommand_required = true)]
@@ -15,15 +13,10 @@ pub struct MixnetOperators {
    pub command: MixnetOperatorsCommands,
 }

-#[allow(clippy::large_enum_variant)]
 #[derive(Debug, Subcommand)]
 pub enum MixnetOperatorsCommands {
    /// Manage your mixnode
    Mixnode(mixnode::MixnetOperatorsMixnode),
    /// Manage your gateway
    Gateway(gateway::MixnetOperatorsGateway),
-    /// Manage your service
-    ServiceProvider(service::MixnetOperatorsService),
-    /// Manage your registered name
-    Name(name::MixnetOperatorsName),
 }
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-use clap::Parser;
-use log::{error, info};
-use nym_name_service_common::NameId;
-use nym_validator_client::nyxd::{error::NyxdError, traits::NameServiceSigningClient};
-use tap::TapFallible;
-
-use crate::context::SigningClient;
-
-#[derive(Debug, Parser)]
-pub struct Args {
-    #[clap(long)]
-    pub id: NameId,
-}
-
-pub async fn delete(args: Args, client: SigningClient) -> Result<(), NyxdError> {
-    info!("Deleting registered name alias with id {}", args.id);
-
-    let res = client
-        .delete_name_by_id(args.id, None)
-        .await
-        .tap_err(|err| error!("Failed to delete name: {err:#?}"))?;
-
-    info!("Deleted: {res:?}");
-    Ok(())
-}
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-use clap::{Args, Subcommand};
-
-pub mod delete;
-pub mod register;
-
-#[derive(Debug, Args)]
-#[clap(args_conflicts_with_subcommands = true, subcommand_required = true)]
-pub struct MixnetOperatorsName {
-    #[clap(subcommand)]
-    pub command: MixnetOperatorsNameCommands,
-}
-
-#[derive(Debug, Subcommand)]
-pub enum MixnetOperatorsNameCommands {
-    /// Register a name alias for a nym address
-    Register(register::Args),
-    /// Delete name alias for a nym address
-    Delete(delete::Args),
-}
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-use clap::Parser;
-use log::{error, info};
-use nym_name_service_common::{Address, Coin, NymName};
-use nym_validator_client::nyxd::{error::NyxdError, traits::NameServiceSigningClient};
-use tap::TapFallible;
-
-use crate::context::SigningClient;
-
-#[derive(Debug, Parser)]
-pub struct Args {
-    /// Name alias
-    #[clap(long)]
-    pub name: String,
-
-    /// Nym address that the alias is pointing to
-    #[clap(long)]
-    pub nym_address: String,
-
-    /// Deposit to be made to the service provider directory, in curent DENOMINATION (e.g. 'unym')
-    #[clap(long)]
-    pub deposit: u128,
-}
-
-pub async fn register(args: Args, client: SigningClient) -> Result<(), NyxdError> {
-    info!(
-        "Registering name alias '{}' for nym address '{}'",
-        args.name, args.nym_address
-    );
-
-    let name = NymName::new(&args.name).expect("invalid name");
-    let address = Address::new(&args.nym_address);
-
-    let denom = client.current_chain_details().mix_denom.base.as_str();
-    let deposit = Coin::new(args.deposit, denom);
-
-    let res = client
-        .register_name(name, address, deposit.into(), None)
-        .await
-        .tap_err(|err| error!("Failed to register name: {err:#?}"))?;
-
-    info!("Registered name: {res:?}");
-    Ok(())
-}
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-use clap::Parser;
-use log::info;
-use nym_contracts_common::signing::MessageSignature;
-use nym_service_provider_directory_common::{Coin, NymAddress, ServiceDetails, ServiceType};
-use nym_validator_client::nyxd::traits::SpDirectorySigningClient;
-
-use crate::context::SigningClient;
-
-#[derive(Debug, Parser)]
-pub struct Args {
-    #[clap(long)]
-    pub nym_address: String,
-
-    #[clap(long)]
-    pub signature: MessageSignature,
-
-    /// Deposit to be made to the service provider directory, in curent DENOMINATION (e.g. 'unym')
-    #[clap(long)]
-    pub deposit: u128,
-
-    #[clap(long)]
-    pub identity_key: String,
-}
-
-pub async fn announce(args: Args, client: SigningClient) {
-    info!("Annoucing service provider");
-
-    let nym_address = NymAddress::Address(args.nym_address);
-    let service_type = ServiceType::NetworkRequester;
-    let service = ServiceDetails {
-        nym_address,
-        service_type,
-        identity_key: args.identity_key,
-    };
-
-    let denom = client.current_chain_details().mix_denom.base.as_str();
-    let deposit = Coin::new(args.deposit, denom);
-
-    let res = client
-        .announce_service_provider(service, args.signature, deposit.into(), None)
-        .await
-        .expect("Failed to announce service provider");
-
-    info!("Announced service provider: {res:?}");
-}
@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
-use crate::{
-    context::SigningClient,
-    utils::{account_id_to_cw_addr, DataWrapper},
-};
-
-use clap::Parser;
-use cosmwasm_std::Coin;
-
-use nym_bin_common::output_format::OutputFormat;
-use nym_service_provider_directory_common::{
-    signing_types::construct_service_provider_announce_sign_payload, NymAddress,
-    ServiceType::NetworkRequester,
-};
-use nym_sphinx::addressing::clients::Recipient;
-use nym_validator_client::nyxd::traits::SpDirectoryQueryClient;
-
-#[derive(Debug, Parser)]
-pub struct Args {
-    #[clap(long)]
-    pub nym_address: Recipient,
-
-    #[clap(long)]
-    pub amount: u128,
-
-    #[clap(long)]
-    pub identity_key: String,
-
-    #[clap(short, long, default_value_t = OutputFormat::default())]
-    output: OutputFormat,
-}
-
-pub async fn create_payload(args: Args, client: SigningClient) {
-    let service = nym_service_provider_directory_common::ServiceDetails {
-        nym_address: NymAddress::new(&args.nym_address.to_string()),
-        service_type: NetworkRequester,
-        identity_key: args.identity_key,
-    };
-
-    let denom = client.current_chain_details().mix_denom.base.as_str();
-    let deposit = Coin::new(args.amount, denom);
-
-    let nonce = match client.get_service_signing_nonce(client.address()).await {
-        Ok(nonce) => nonce,
-        Err(err) => {
-            eprint!(
-                "failed to query for the signing nonce of {}: {err}",
-                client.address()
-            );
-            return;
-        }
-    };
-
-    let address = account_id_to_cw_addr(client.address());
-    let payload =
-        construct_service_provider_announce_sign_payload(nonce, address, deposit, service);
-    let wrapper = DataWrapper::new(payload.to_base58_string().unwrap());
-    println!("{}", args.output.format(&wrapper))
-}
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-use clap::Parser;
-use log::info;
-use nym_service_provider_directory_common::ServiceId;
-use nym_validator_client::nyxd::traits::SpDirectorySigningClient;
-
-use crate::context::SigningClient;
-
-#[derive(Debug, Parser)]
-pub struct Args {
-    #[clap(long)]
-    pub id: ServiceId,
-}
-
-pub async fn delete(args: Args, client: SigningClient) {
-    info!("Deleting service provider with id {}", args.id);
-
-    let res = client
-        .delete_service_provider_by_id(args.id, None)
-        .await
-        .expect("Failed to delete service provider");
-
-    info!("Deleted: {res:?}");
-}
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-use clap::{Args, Subcommand};
-
-pub mod announce;
-pub mod announce_sign_payload;
-pub mod delete;
-
-#[derive(Debug, Args)]
-#[clap(args_conflicts_with_subcommands = true, subcommand_required = true)]
-pub struct MixnetOperatorsService {
-    #[clap(subcommand)]
-    pub command: MixnetOperatorsServiceCommands,
-}
-
-#[allow(clippy::large_enum_variant)]
-#[derive(Debug, Subcommand)]
-pub enum MixnetOperatorsServiceCommands {
-    /// Announce service provider to the world
-    Announce(announce::Args),
-    /// Delete entry for service provider from the directory
-    Delete(delete::Args),
-    /// Create base58-encoded payload required for producing valid announce signature.
-    CreateServiceAnnounceSignPayload(announce_sign_payload::Args),
-}
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ use clap::{Args, Subcommand};

 pub mod query_all_gateways;
 pub mod query_all_mixnodes;
-pub mod query_all_names;
-pub mod query_all_service_providers;

 #[derive(Debug, Args)]
 #[clap(args_conflicts_with_subcommands = true, subcommand_required = true)]
@@ -21,8 +19,4 @@ pub enum MixnetQueryCommands {
    Mixnodes(query_all_mixnodes::Args),
    /// Query gateways
    Gateways(query_all_gateways::Args),
-    /// Query announced service-providers
-    ServiceProviders(query_all_service_providers::Args),
-    /// Query registed names
-    Names(query_all_names::Args),
 }
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
-use clap::Parser;
-use comfy_table::Table;
-use nym_validator_client::nym_api::error::NymAPIError;
-
-use crate::context::QueryClientWithNyxd;
-use crate::utils::show_error;
-
-#[derive(Debug, Parser)]
-pub struct Args {
-    #[clap(value_parser)]
-    #[clap(help = "Optionally, the registered name to display")]
-    pub name: Option<String>,
-}
-
-pub async fn query(args: Args, client: &QueryClientWithNyxd) {
-    log::trace!("Querying all registered names");
-
-    match client.nym_api.get_registered_names().await {
-        Ok(res) => {
-            if let Some(name) = args.name {
-                let name = res.names.iter().find(|name_entry| {
-                    name_entry.name.name.to_string().eq_ignore_ascii_case(&name)
-                });
-                println!(
-                    "{}",
-                    ::serde_json::to_string_pretty(&name).expect("json formatting error")
-                );
-            } else {
-                let mut table = Table::new();
-
-                table.set_header(vec!["Name Id", "Owner", "Nym Address", "Name"]);
-                for name_entry in res.names {
-                    table.add_row(vec![
-                        name_entry.name_id.to_string(),
-                        name_entry.name.owner.to_string(),
-                        name_entry.name.address.to_string(),
-                        name_entry.name.name.to_string(),
-                    ]);
-                }
-
-                println!("The registered names in the directory are:");
-                println!("{table}");
-            }
-        }
-        Err(NymAPIError::NotFound) => {
-            println!("nym-api reports no name endpoint available");
-        }
-        Err(e) => show_error(e),
-    }
-}
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
-use clap::Parser;
-use comfy_table::Table;
-use nym_validator_client::nym_api::error::NymAPIError;
-
-use crate::context::QueryClientWithNyxd;
-use crate::utils::show_error;
-
-#[derive(Debug, Parser)]
-pub struct Args {
-    #[clap(value_parser)]
-    #[clap(help = "Optionally, the service provider to display")]
-    pub nym_address: Option<String>,
-}
-
-pub async fn query(args: Args, client: &QueryClientWithNyxd) {
-    match client.nym_api.get_service_providers().await {
-        Ok(res) => {
-            if let Some(nym_address) = args.nym_address {
-                let service = res.services.iter().find(|service| {
-                    service
-                        .service
-                        .nym_address
-                        .to_string()
-                        .eq_ignore_ascii_case(&nym_address)
-                });
-                println!(
-                    "{}",
-                    ::serde_json::to_string_pretty(&service).expect("json formatting error")
-                );
-            } else {
-                let mut table = Table::new();
-
-                table.set_header(vec!["Service Id", "Announcer", "Type", "Nym Address"]);
-                for service in res.services {
-                    table.add_row(vec![
-                        service.service_id.to_string(),
-                        service.announcer.to_string(),
-                        service.service.service_type.to_string(),
-                        service.service.nym_address.to_string(),
-                    ]);
-                }
-
-                println!("The service providers in the directory are:");
-                println!("{table}");
-            }
-        }
-        Err(NymAPIError::NotFound) => {
-            println!("nym-api reports no service provider endpoint available");
-        }
-        Err(e) => show_error(e),
-    }
-}
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "nym-contracts-common"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.4.0"
 description = "Common library for Nym cosmwasm contracts"
 edition = { workspace = true }
 authors = { workspace = true }
@@ -11,9 +11,6 @@ use std::ops::Mul;
 use std::str::FromStr;
 use thiserror::Error;

-pub type IdentityKey = String;
-pub type IdentityKeyRef<'a> = &'a str;
-
 pub fn truncate_decimal(amount: Decimal) -> Uint128 {
    amount * Uint128::new(1)
 }
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "nym-mixnet-contract-common"
-version = "0.6.0"
+version = "0.5.0"
 description = "Common library for the Nym mixnet contract"
 rust-version = "1.62"
 edition = { workspace = true }
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_repr = "0.1"
 schemars = "0.8"
 thiserror = "1.0"
-contracts-common = { path = "../contracts-common", package = "nym-contracts-common", version = "0.5.0" }
+contracts-common = { path = "../contracts-common", package = "nym-contracts-common", version = "0.4.0" }
 # use 0.4.1 as that's the version used by cosmwasm-std 1.0.0
 # (and ideally we don't want to pull the same dependency twice)
 serde-json-wasm = "=0.4.1"
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 use crate::error::MixnetContractError;
 use crate::families::{Family, FamilyHead};
 use crate::{Layer, RewardedSetNodeStatus};
-use contracts_common::IdentityKey;
 use cosmwasm_std::Addr;
 use cosmwasm_std::Coin;
 use schemars::JsonSchema;
@@ -12,6 +11,8 @@ use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::ops::Index;

 // type aliases for better reasoning about available data
+pub type IdentityKey = String;
+pub type IdentityKeyRef<'a> = &'a str;
 pub type SphinxKey = String;
 pub type SphinxKeyRef<'a> = &'a str;
 pub type EpochId = u32;
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-[package]
-name = "nym-name-service-common"
-version = "0.1.0"
-edition = "2021"
-
-# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
-
-[dependencies]
-cosmwasm-std = { workspace = true }
-schemars = "0.8"
-serde = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
@@ -1,66 +0,0 @@
-use cosmwasm_std::{Coin, Event};
-
-use crate::{NameId, RegisteredName};
-
-pub enum NameEventType {
-    Register,
-    DeleteId,
-    DeleteName,
-    UpdateDepositRequired,
-}
-
-impl std::fmt::Display for NameEventType {
-    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
-        match self {
-            NameEventType::Register => write!(f, "register"),
-            NameEventType::DeleteId => write!(f, "delete_id"),
-            NameEventType::DeleteName => write!(f, "delete_name"),
-            NameEventType::UpdateDepositRequired => write!(f, "update_deposit_required"),
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-impl From<NameEventType> for String {
-    fn from(event_type: NameEventType) -> Self {
-        event_type.to_string()
-    }
-}
-
-pub const ACTION: &str = "action";
-
-pub const NAME_ID: &str = "name_id";
-pub const NAME: &str = "name";
-pub const OWNER: &str = "owner";
-
-pub const DEPOSIT_REQUIRED: &str = "deposit_required";
-
-pub fn new_register_event(name_id: NameId, name: RegisteredName) -> Event {
-    Event::new(NameEventType::Register)
-        .add_attribute(ACTION, NameEventType::Register)
-        .add_attribute(NAME_ID, name_id.to_string())
-        .add_attribute(NAME, name.name.to_string())
-        .add_attribute(name.address.event_tag(), name.address.to_string())
-        .add_attribute(OWNER, name.owner.to_string())
-}
-
-pub fn new_delete_id_event(name_id: NameId, name: RegisteredName) -> Event {
-    Event::new(NameEventType::DeleteId)
-        .add_attribute(ACTION, NameEventType::DeleteId)
-        .add_attribute(NAME_ID, name_id.to_string())
-        .add_attribute(NAME, name.name.to_string())
-        .add_attribute(name.address.event_tag(), name.address.to_string())
-}
-
-pub fn new_delete_name_event(name_id: NameId, name: RegisteredName) -> Event {
-    Event::new(NameEventType::DeleteId)
-        .add_attribute(ACTION, NameEventType::DeleteName)
-        .add_attribute(NAME_ID, name_id.to_string())
-        .add_attribute(NAME, name.name.to_string())
-        .add_attribute(name.address.event_tag(), name.address.to_string())
-}
-
-pub fn new_update_deposit_required_event(deposit_required: Coin) -> Event {
-    Event::new(NameEventType::UpdateDepositRequired)
-        .add_attribute(ACTION, NameEventType::UpdateDepositRequired)
-        .add_attribute(DEPOSIT_REQUIRED, deposit_required.to_string())
-}
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-pub mod events;
-pub mod msg;
-pub mod response;
-pub mod types;
-
-// Re-export all types at the top-level
-pub use types::*;
-
-pub use cosmwasm_std::{Addr, Coin, Decimal, Fraction};
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Drazen Urch	07291fd0ad	Outfox rest compat (#3333 ) * Outfox forwarding compat * Tidy up interface * PacketSize compat	2023-05-01 15:48:36 +02:00
durch	36c3604bb6	Outfox framing	2023-05-01 15:48:36 +02:00
durch	5a32f5da68	Framed encoding serde POC	2023-05-01 15:48:36 +02:00
durch	66f77d481c	Experiment with serde	2023-05-01 15:48:36 +02:00