diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 86346e93..a8c3e0da 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -654,6 +654,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "dandelion-tower",
  "futures",
  "monero-p2p",
+ "monero-serai",
  "tokio",
 ]
 
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 4a8b7bd1..5f5936ca 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 resolver = "2"
 
 members = [
+	"binaries/cuprated",
 	"consensus",
 	"consensus/rules",
 	"cryptonight",
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ members = [
 	"storage/database",
 	"pruning",
 	"test-utils",
-	"types", "binaries/cuprated",
+	"types",
 ]
 
 [profile.release]
diff --git a/binaries/cuprated/Cargo.toml b/binaries/cuprated/Cargo.toml
index 3161dea9..f2614081 100644
--- a/binaries/cuprated/Cargo.toml
+++ b/binaries/cuprated/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ cuprate-blockchain = { path = "../../storage/cuprate-blockchain" }
 
 # Consensus
 cuprate-consensus = { path = "../../consensus" }
+monero-serai = { workspace = true }
 
 # Async
 tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["rt-multi-thread", "macros"] }
diff --git a/binaries/cuprated/src/main.rs b/binaries/cuprated/src/main.rs
index 9397949e..6d1b81d7 100644
--- a/binaries/cuprated/src/main.rs
+++ b/binaries/cuprated/src/main.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 mod network;
 mod p2p_request_handler;
 mod syncer;
+mod tx_pool;
 
 fn main() {
     println!("Hello, world!");
diff --git a/binaries/cuprated/src/p2p_request_handler.rs b/binaries/cuprated/src/p2p_request_handler.rs
index e69de29b..4a0e269a 100644
--- a/binaries/cuprated/src/p2p_request_handler.rs
+++ b/binaries/cuprated/src/p2p_request_handler.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+use cuprate_blockchain::service::DatabaseReadHandle;
+
+pub struct P2PRequestHandler {
+    database: DatabaseReadHandle,
+
+    txpool: (),
+}
diff --git a/binaries/cuprated/src/syncer.rs b/binaries/cuprated/src/syncer.rs
index 7fc13dad..93912e9f 100644
--- a/binaries/cuprated/src/syncer.rs
+++ b/binaries/cuprated/src/syncer.rs
@@ -2,3 +2,20 @@
 //!
 //! The syncer is the part of Cuprate that handles keeping the blockchain state, it handles syncing if
 //! we have fallen behind, and it handles incoming blocks.
+use monero_serai::{block::Block, transaction::Transaction};
+
+use monero_p2p::handles::ConnectionHandle;
+
+pub struct IncomingFluffyBlock {
+    block: Block,
+    included_txs: Vec<Transaction>,
+    peer_handle: ConnectionHandle,
+}
+
+/// A response to an [`IncomingFluffyBlock`]
+pub enum IncomingFluffyBlockResponse {
+    /// We are missing these transactions from the block.
+    MissingTransactions(Vec<[u8; 32]>),
+    /// A generic ok response.
+    Ok,
+}
diff --git a/binaries/cuprated/src/tx_pool.rs b/binaries/cuprated/src/tx_pool.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..317b0c8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/binaries/cuprated/src/tx_pool.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+//! # Transaction Pool
+//!