diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 45f8b54..ebb60b1 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -88,19 +88,36 @@ if (NOT MONERO_BUILD_DIR)
   message(FATAL_ERROR "The argument -DMONERO_BUILD_DIR must specify a location of an existing monero build")
 endif()
 
+if(STATIC)
+  if(MSVC)
+    set(CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES .lib .dll.a .a ${CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES})
+  else()
+    set(CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES .a ${CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES})
+  endif()
+endif()
+
 load_cache(${MONERO_BUILD_DIR} READ_WITH_PREFIX monero_
   Boost_THREAD_LIBRARY_RELEASE
   CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER
   EXTRA_LIBRARIES
+  LIBUDEV_LIBRARY
+  usb_LIBRARY
   HIDAPI_INCLUDE_DIR
+  HIDAPI_LIBRARY
   LMDB_INCLUDE
   monero_SOURCE_DIR
+  OPENSSL_INCLUDE_PATH
   OPENSSL_CRYPTO_LIBRARY
   OPENSSL_SSL_LIBRARY
   SODIUM_LIBRARY
   UNBOUND_LIBRARIES
   ZMQ_INCLUDE_PATH
   ZMQ_LIB
+  PGM_LIBRARY
+  NORM_LIBRARY
+  GSSAPI_LIBRARY
+  PROTOLIB_LIBRARY
+  SODIUM_LIBRARY
 )
 
 if (NOT (monero_monero_SOURCE_DIR MATCHES "${MONERO_SOURCE_DIR}(/src/cryptonote_protocol)"))
@@ -136,101 +153,34 @@ if (NOT (Boost_THREAD_LIBRARY STREQUAL monero_Boost_THREAD_LIBRARY_RELEASE))
   message(FATAL_ERROR "Boost libraries for monero build differs from this project")
 endif()
 
-# hidapi
-# https://github.com/moneroexamples/openmonero/blob/18370af8fa51a0e9d05dfe678dcd5bcb7fad30f7/cmake/FindHIDAPI.cmake#L26-L60
-find_library(HIDAPI_LIBRARY
-  NAMES hidapi hidapi-libusb)
 
-find_path(HIDAPI_INCLUDE_DIR
-  NAMES hidapi.h
-  PATH_SUFFIXES
-  hidapi)
+set(LMDB_INCLUDE "${monero_LMDB_INCLUDE}")
+set(LMDB_LIB_PATH "monero::lmdb")
+set(ZMQ_LIB "${monero_ZMQ_LIB}")
 
-include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
-find_package_handle_standard_args(HIDAPI
-  DEFAULT_MSG
-  HIDAPI_LIBRARY
-  HIDAPI_INCLUDE_DIR)
-
-if(HIDAPI_FOUND)
-  set(HIDAPI_LIBRARIES "${HIDAPI_LIBRARY}")
-  if((STATIC AND UNIX AND NOT APPLE) OR (DEPENDS AND CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Linux"))
-    find_library(LIBUSB-1.0_LIBRARY usb-1.0)
-    find_library(LIBUDEV_LIBRARY udev)
-    if(LIBUSB-1.0_LIBRARY)
-      set(HIDAPI_LIBRARIES "${HIDAPI_LIBRARIES};${LIBUSB-1.0_LIBRARY}")
-      if(LIBUDEV_LIBRARY)
-        set(HIDAPI_LIBRARIES "${HIDAPI_LIBRARIES};${LIBUDEV_LIBRARY}")
-      else()
-        message(WARNING "libudev library not found, binaries may fail to link.")
-      endif()
-    else()
-      message(WARNING "libusb-1.0 library not found, binaries may fail to link.")
-    endif()
-  endif()
-
-  set(HIDAPI_INCLUDE_DIRS "${HIDAPI_INCLUDE_DIR}")
-endif()
-
-mark_as_advanced(HIDAPI_INCLUDE_DIR HIDAPI_LIBRARY)
-
-if (NOT (HIDAPI_INCLUDE_DIR STREQUAL monero_HIDAPI_INCLUDE_DIR))
-  message(STATUS "Found HIDAPI_INCLUDE_DIR: ${HIDAPI_INCLUDE_DIR}")
-  message(STATUS "Found monero_HIDAPI_INCLUDE_DIR: ${monero_HIDAPI_INCLUDE_DIR}")
-  message(FATAL_ERROR "hidapi libraries for monero build differs from this project")
-endif()
-
-# openssl
-if (STATIC)
-  set(OPENSSL_USE_STATIC_LIBS TRUE)
-endif()
-find_package(OpenSSL REQUIRED)
-
-if (NOT (OPENSSL_CRYPTO_LIBRARY STREQUAL monero_OPENSSL_CRYPTO_LIBRARY))
-  message(STATUS "Found OPENSSL_CRYPTO_LIBRARY: ${OPENSSL_CRYPTO_LIBRARY}")
-  message(STATUS "Found monero_OPENSSL_CRYPTO_LIBRARY: ${monero_OPENSSL_CRYPTO_LIBRARY}")
-  message(FATAL_ERROR "openssl libraries for monero build differs from this project")
-endif()
-
-# zmq
-# https://github.com/monero-project/monero/blob/9aab19f349433687c7aaf2c1cbc5751e5912c0aa/CMakeLists.txt#L1171-L1199
-if(STATIC)
-  set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -DZMQ_STATIC")
-endif()
-find_path(ZMQ_INCLUDE_PATH zmq.h)
-find_library(ZMQ_LIB zmq)
-find_library(PGM_LIBRARY pgm)
-find_library(NORM_LIBRARY norm)
-find_library(GSSAPI_LIBRARY gssapi_krb5)
-find_library(PROTOLIB_LIBRARY protolib)
-find_library(SODIUM_LIBRARY sodium)
-
-if(NOT ZMQ_INCLUDE_PATH)
-  message(FATAL_ERROR "Could not find required header zmq.h")
-endif()
 if(NOT ZMQ_LIB)
   message(FATAL_ERROR "Could not find required libzmq")
 endif()
-if(PGM_LIBRARY)
-  set(ZMQ_LIB "${ZMQ_LIB};${PGM_LIBRARY}")
+if(monero_PGM_LIBRARY)
+  set(ZMQ_LIB "${ZMQ_LIB};${monero_PGM_LIBRARY}")
 endif()
-if(NORM_LIBRARY)
-  set(ZMQ_LIB "${ZMQ_LIB};${NORM_LIBRARY}")
+if(monero_NORM_LIBRARY)
+  set(ZMQ_LIB "${ZMQ_LIB};${monero_NORM_LIBRARY}")
 endif()
-if(GSSAPI_LIBRARY)
-  set(ZMQ_LIB "${ZMQ_LIB};${GSSAPI_LIBRARY}")
+if(monero_GSSAPI_LIBRARY)
+  set(ZMQ_LIB "${ZMQ_LIB};${monero_GSSAPI_LIBRARY}")
 endif()
-if(PROTOLIB_LIBRARY)
-  set(ZMQ_LIB "${ZMQ_LIB};${PROTOLIB_LIBRARY}")
+if(monero_PROTOLIB_LIBRARY)
+  set(ZMQ_LIB "${ZMQ_LIB};${monero_PROTOLIB_LIBRARY}")
 endif()
-if(SODIUM_LIBRARY)
-  set(ZMQ_LIB "${ZMQ_LIB};${SODIUM_LIBRARY}")
+if(monero_SODIUM_LIBRARY)
+  set(ZMQ_LIB "${ZMQ_LIB};${monero_SODIUM_LIBRARY}")
 endif()
 
-if (NOT (ZMQ_INCLUDE_PATH STREQUAL monero_ZMQ_INCLUDE_PATH))
-  message(STATUS "Found ZMQ_INCLUDE_PATH: ${ZMQ_INCLUDE_PATH}")
-  message(STATUS "Found monero_ZMQ_INCLUDE_PATH: ${monero_ZMQ_INCLUDE_PATH}")
-  message(FATAL_ERROR "zmq libraries for monero build differs from this project")
+if(STATIC AND NOT IOS)
+  if(UNIX)
+    set(monero_OPENSSL_LIBRARIES "${monero_OPENSSL_LIBRARIES};${CMAKE_DL_LIBS};${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT}")
+  endif()
 endif()
 
 foreach (LIB ${MONERO_LIBRARIES})
@@ -247,7 +197,6 @@ foreach (LIB ${MONERO_LIBRARIES})
     set_target_properties(${LIB_NAME} PROPERTIES IMPORTED_LOCATION ${LIB_PATH})
     list(APPEND IMPORTED_MONERO_LIBRARIES "${LIB_NAME}")
   endif()
-  
   unset(LIB_PATH CACHE)
 endforeach()
 
@@ -255,9 +204,8 @@ add_library(monero::libraries INTERFACE IMPORTED)
 set_property(TARGET monero::libraries PROPERTY
   INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES
     ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIR}
-    ${HIDAPI_INCLUDE_DIRS}
-    ${OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR}
-    ${ZMQ_INCLUDE_PATH}
+    ${monero_HIDAPI_INCLUDE_DIRS}
+    ${monero_OPENSSL_INCLUDE_PATH}
     "${MONERO_BUILD_DIR}/generated_include"
     "${MONERO_SOURCE_DIR}/contrib/epee/include"
     "${MONERO_SOURCE_DIR}/external/easylogging++"
@@ -274,17 +222,16 @@ set_property(TARGET monero::libraries PROPERTY
     ${Boost_SERIALIZATION_LIBRARY}
     ${Boost_SYSTEM_LIBRARY}
     ${Boost_THREAD_LIBRARY}
-    ${HIDAPI_LIBRARIES}
-    ${OPENSSL_LIBRARIES}
+    ${monero_HIDAPI_LIBRARY}
+    ${monero_usb_LIBRARY}
+    ${monero_LIBUDEV_LIBRARY}
+    ${monero_OPENSSL_SSL_LIBRARY}
+    ${monero_OPENSSL_CRYPTO_LIBRARY}
     ${monero_SODIUM_LIBRARY}
     ${monero_UNBOUND_LIBRARIES}
     ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS}
 )
 
-set(LMDB_INCLUDE "${monero_LMDB_INCLUDE}")
-set(LMDB_LIB_PATH "monero::lmdb")
-
-
 #
 # Build monero-lws code
 #
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index bd75202..a1d55c4 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # Initial base from https://github.com/sethforprivacy/monero-lws/blob/588c7f1965d3afbda8a65dc870645650e063e897/Dockerfile
 
 # Set monerod version to install from github
-ARG MONERO_BRANCH=v0.17.3.2
-ARG MONERO_COMMIT_HASH=424e4de16b98506170db7b0d7d87a79ccf541744
+ARG MONERO_BRANCH=v0.18.0.0
+ARG MONERO_COMMIT_HASH=b6a029f222abada36c7bc6c65899a4ac969d7dee
 
 # Select ubuntu:20.04 for the build image base
 FROM ubuntu:20.04 as build
@@ -32,13 +32,13 @@ RUN apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y \
     libsodium-dev \
     libssl-dev \
     libudev-dev \
-    libunbound-dev \
     libunwind8-dev \
     libusb-1.0-0-dev \
     libzmq3-dev \
     pkg-config \
     protobuf-compiler \
     qttools5-dev-tools \
+    wget \
     && apt-get clean \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
@@ -51,6 +51,27 @@ ENV CXXFLAGS='-fPIC -DELPP_FEATURE_CRASH_LOG'
 ENV USE_SINGLE_BUILDDIR 1
 ENV BOOST_DEBUG         1
 
+# Build expat, a dependency for libunbound
+RUN set -ex && wget https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/releases/download/R_2_4_8/expat-2.4.8.tar.bz2 && \
+    echo "a247a7f6bbb21cf2ca81ea4cbb916bfb9717ca523631675f99b3d4a5678dcd16  expat-2.4.8.tar.bz2" | sha256sum -c && \
+    tar -xf expat-2.4.8.tar.bz2 && \
+    rm expat-2.4.8.tar.bz2 && \
+    cd expat-2.4.8 && \
+    ./configure --enable-static --disable-shared --prefix=/usr && \
+    make -j${NPROC:-$(nproc)} && \
+    make -j${NPROC:-$(nproc)} install
+
+# Build libunbound for static builds
+WORKDIR /tmp
+RUN set -ex && wget https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/downloads/unbound/unbound-1.16.1.tar.gz && \
+    echo "2fe4762abccd564a0738d5d502f57ead273e681e92d50d7fba32d11103174e9a  unbound-1.16.1.tar.gz" | sha256sum -c && \
+    tar -xzf unbound-1.16.1.tar.gz && \
+    rm unbound-1.16.1.tar.gz && \
+    cd unbound-1.16.1 && \
+    ./configure --disable-shared --enable-static --without-pyunbound --with-libexpat=/usr --with-ssl=/usr --with-libevent=no --without-pythonmodule --disable-flto --with-pthreads --with-libunbound-only --with-pic && \
+    make -j${NPROC:-$(nproc)} && \
+    make -j${NPROC:-$(nproc)} install
+
 # Switch to Monero source directory
 WORKDIR /monero
 
@@ -63,10 +84,7 @@ RUN git clone --recursive --branch ${MONERO_BRANCH} \
     # Create make build files manually for release-static-linux-x86_64
     && cmake -D STATIC=ON -D ARCH="x86-64" -D BUILD_64=ON -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=release -D BUILD_TAG="linux-x64" ../.. \
     # Build only monerod binary using number of available threads
-    && cd /monero && nice -n 19 ionice -c2 -n7 make -j${NPROC:-$(nproc)} -C build/release daemon
-
-# TODO: remove the need to manually make this static liblmdb_lib.a
-RUN cd /monero/build/release/src/lmdb && make && cd /monero
+    && cd /monero && nice -n 19 ionice -c2 -n7 make -j${NPROC:-$(nproc)} -C build/release daemon lmdb_lib multisig
 
 # Switch to monero-lws source directory
 WORKDIR /monero-lws