diff --git a/.github/workflows/c-cpp.yml b/.github/workflows/c-cpp.yml
index 33676a0..5930cb7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/c-cpp.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/c-cpp.yml
@@ -71,13 +71,15 @@ jobs:
         mkdir build
         cd build
         cmake ..  -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS='${{ matrix.config.flags }} -Wl,-s -Wl,--gc-sections' -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS='${{ matrix.config.flags }} -Wl,-s -Wl,--gc-sections' -DSTATIC_BINARY=ON -DARCH_ID=${{ matrix.config.arch }}
-        make -j$(nproc)
+        make -j$(nproc) p2pool
 
     - name: Run RandomX tests
       shell: alpine.sh {0}
       run: |
-        build/p2pool --test
-        build/external/src/RandomX/randomx-tests
+        cd build
+        ./p2pool --test
+        make -j$(nproc) randomx-tests
+        external/src/RandomX/randomx-tests
 
     - name: Build tests
       shell: alpine.sh {0}
@@ -115,7 +117,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         config:
-          - {os: ubuntu-20.04, c: gcc-7, cpp: g++-7, flags: "-Wno-lto-type-mismatch"}
+          - {os: ubuntu-20.04, c: gcc-8, cpp: g++-8, flags: "-Wno-lto-type-mismatch"}
           - {os: ubuntu-20.04, c: gcc-11, cpp: g++-11, flags: ""}
           - {os: ubuntu-22.04, c: gcc-12, cpp: g++-12, flags: ""}
 
@@ -136,12 +138,14 @@ jobs:
         mkdir build
         cd build
         cmake .. -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=${{ matrix.config.c }} -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=${{ matrix.config.cpp }} -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS='${{ matrix.config.flags }} -flto=2' -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS='${{ matrix.config.flags }} -flto=2'
-        make -j$(nproc)
+        make -j$(nproc) p2pool
 
     - name: Run RandomX tests
       run: |
-        build/p2pool --test
-        build/external/src/RandomX/randomx-tests
+        cd build
+        ./p2pool --test
+        make -j$(nproc) randomx-tests
+        external/src/RandomX/randomx-tests
 
     - name: Build tests
       run: |
@@ -214,12 +218,14 @@ jobs:
         mkdir build
         cd build
         cmake ..  -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS='${{ matrix.config.flags }} -Wl,-s -Wl,--gc-sections' -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS='${{ matrix.config.flags }} -Wl,-s -Wl,--gc-sections' -DSTATIC_LIBS=ON
-        make -j$(nproc)
+        make -j$(nproc) p2pool
 
     - name: Run RandomX tests
       run: |
-        build/p2pool --test
-        build/external/src/RandomX/randomx-tests
+        cd build
+        ./p2pool --test
+        make -j$(nproc) randomx-tests
+        external/src/RandomX/randomx-tests
 
     - name: Build tests
       run: |
@@ -291,12 +297,14 @@ jobs:
         mkdir build
         cd build
         cmake .. -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=../cmake/aarch64_toolchain.cmake -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS='${{ matrix.config.flags }} -Wl,-s -Wl,--gc-sections' -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS='${{ matrix.config.flags }} -Wl,-s -Wl,--gc-sections' -DSTATIC_LIBS=ON -DARCH_ID=aarch64
-        make -j$(nproc)
+        make -j$(nproc) p2pool
 
     - name: Run RandomX tests
       run: |
-        qemu-aarch64 -L /usr/aarch64-linux-gnu build/p2pool --test
-        qemu-aarch64 -L /usr/aarch64-linux-gnu build/external/src/RandomX/randomx-tests
+        cd build
+        qemu-aarch64 -L /usr/aarch64-linux-gnu p2pool --test
+        make -j$(nproc) randomx-tests
+        qemu-aarch64 -L /usr/aarch64-linux-gnu external/src/RandomX/randomx-tests
 
     - name: Build tests
       run: |
@@ -379,12 +387,14 @@ jobs:
         mkdir build
         cd build
         cmake .. -G "Unix Makefiles" -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=${{ matrix.config.c }} -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=${{ matrix.config.cxx }} -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS="${{ matrix.config.flags }} -Wl,-s -Wl,--gc-sections" -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="${{ matrix.config.flags }} -Wl,-s -Wl,--gc-sections" -DSTATIC_LIBS=ON -DOPENSSL_NO_ASM=ON -DWITH_LTO=OFF
-        make -j$(nproc)
+        make -j$(nproc) p2pool
 
     - name: Run RandomX tests
       run: |
-        build/p2pool.exe --test
-        build/external/src/RandomX/randomx-tests.exe
+        cd build
+        ./p2pool.exe --test
+        make -j$(nproc) randomx-tests
+        external/src/RandomX/randomx-tests.exe
 
     - name: Build tests
       run: |
@@ -509,12 +519,14 @@ jobs:
         mkdir build
         cd build
         cmake .. -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER="$(brew --prefix llvm@15)/bin/clang" -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER="$(brew --prefix llvm@15)/bin/clang++" -DCMAKE_AR="$(brew --prefix llvm@15)/bin/llvm-ar" -DCMAKE_RANLIB="$(brew --prefix llvm@15)/bin/llvm-ranlib" -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS="-flto" -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-flto" -DSTATIC_LIBS=ON
-        make -j3
+        make -j3 p2pool
 
     - name: Run RandomX tests
       run: |
-        build/p2pool --test
-        build/external/src/RandomX/randomx-tests
+        cd build
+        ./p2pool --test
+        make -j3 randomx-tests
+        external/src/RandomX/randomx-tests
 
     - name: Build tests
       run: |
@@ -575,7 +587,7 @@ jobs:
         mkdir build
         cd build
         cmake .. -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER="$(brew --prefix llvm@15)/bin/clang" -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER="$(brew --prefix llvm@15)/bin/clang++" -DCMAKE_AR="$(brew --prefix llvm@15)/bin/llvm-ar" -DCMAKE_RANLIB="$(brew --prefix llvm@15)/bin/llvm-ranlib" -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS="-target arm64-apple-macos-11" -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-target arm64-apple-macos-11" -DSTATIC_LIBS=ON -DWITH_LTO=OFF -DARCH_ID=aarch64
-        make -j3
+        make -j3 p2pool
 
     - name: Archive binary
       uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
@@ -634,8 +646,9 @@ jobs:
           mkdir build
           cd build
           cmake .. -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS='-flto' -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS='-flto' -DSTATIC_LIBS=ON
-          make -j2
+          make -j2 p2pool
           ./p2pool --test
+          make -j2 randomx-tests
           external/src/RandomX/randomx-tests
           cd ../tests
           mkdir build
@@ -686,7 +699,7 @@ jobs:
           sudo pkg_add -I cmake libuv zeromq curl
           mkdir build && cd build
           cmake ..
-          make -j2
+          make -j2 p2pool
           cd ../tests
           mkdir build && cd build
           cmake ..
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-sync.yml b/.github/workflows/test-sync.yml
index b288ce5..93ba777 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-sync.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-sync.yml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ jobs:
         mkdir build
         cd build
         cmake .. -DDEV_TEST_SYNC=ON -DDEV_WITH_TSAN=ON -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=gcc-12 -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=g++-12 -DWITH_LTO=OFF -DSTATIC_LIBS=ON
-        make -j$(nproc)
+        make -j$(nproc) p2pool
 
     - name: Run p2pool
       run: |
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ jobs:
         mkdir build
         cd build
         cmake .. -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=clang-17 -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=clang++-17 -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS='-fsanitize=memory -fsanitize-recover -fsanitize-memory-track-origins -fno-omit-frame-pointer -g' -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS='-nostdinc++ -nostdlib++ -fsanitize=memory -fsanitize-recover -fsanitize-memory-track-origins -isystem /tmp/libcxx_msan/include/c++/v1 -L/tmp/libcxx_msan/lib -Wl,-rpath /tmp/libcxx_msan/lib -lc++ -lc++abi -Wno-unused-command-line-argument -fuse-ld=lld-17 -fno-omit-frame-pointer -g' -DDEV_TEST_SYNC=ON -DDEV_WITH_MSAN=ON -DWITH_LTO=OFF -DSTATIC_LIBS=ON
-        make -j$(nproc)
+        make -j$(nproc) p2pool
 
     - name: Run p2pool
       run: |
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ jobs:
         mkdir build
         cd build
         cmake .. -DDEV_TEST_SYNC=ON -DDEV_WITH_UBSAN=ON -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=gcc-12 -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=g++-12 -DWITH_LTO=OFF
-        make -j$(nproc)
+        make -j$(nproc) p2pool
 
     - name: Run p2pool
       run: |
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ jobs:
         mkdir build
         cd build
         cmake .. -DDEV_TEST_SYNC=ON -DDEV_WITH_ASAN=ON -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=gcc-12 -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=g++-12 -DWITH_LTO=OFF
-        make -j$(nproc)
+        make -j$(nproc) p2pool
 
     - name: Run p2pool
       run: |
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ jobs:
         mkdir build
         cd build
         cmake .. -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER="$(brew --prefix llvm@15)/bin/clang" -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER="$(brew --prefix llvm@15)/bin/clang++" -DCMAKE_AR="$(brew --prefix llvm@15)/bin/llvm-ar" -DCMAKE_RANLIB="$(brew --prefix llvm@15)/bin/llvm-ranlib" -DWITH_LTO=OFF -DSTATIC_LIBS=ON -DDEV_TEST_SYNC=ON
-        make -j3
+        make -j3 p2pool
 
     - name: Run p2pool
       run: |
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index dd3715f..52163d3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ Only 64-bit builds are supported, in particular ARMv7 or older CPUs are not supp
 
 ### Prerequisites
 - cmake >= 3.10
-- C++ compiler with C++17 support. GCC-7, Clang-13 and MSVC-2019 have been tested and confirmed to work, older compilers may fail to build P2Pool.
+- C++ compiler with C++17 support. GCC-8, Clang-13 and MSVC-2019 have been tested and confirmed to work, older compilers may fail to build P2Pool.
 
 ### Ubuntu 20.04
 
diff --git a/external/src/Tari/proto/gRPC/base_node.pb.h b/external/src/Tari/proto/gRPC/base_node.pb.h
index a1f6180..0196d71 100644
--- a/external/src/Tari/proto/gRPC/base_node.pb.h
+++ b/external/src/Tari/proto/gRPC/base_node.pb.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // Generated by the protocol buffer compiler.  DO NOT EDIT!
 // source: base_node.proto
-// Protobuf C++ Version: 4.25.1
+// Protobuf C++ Version: 4.25.2
 
 #ifndef GOOGLE_PROTOBUF_INCLUDED_base_5fnode_2eproto_2epb_2eh
 #define GOOGLE_PROTOBUF_INCLUDED_base_5fnode_2eproto_2epb_2eh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 #error "your headers."
 #endif  // PROTOBUF_VERSION
 
-#if 4025001 < PROTOBUF_MIN_PROTOC_VERSION
+#if 4025002 < PROTOBUF_MIN_PROTOC_VERSION
 #error "This file was generated by an older version of protoc which is"
 #error "incompatible with your Protocol Buffer headers. Please"
 #error "regenerate this file with a newer version of protoc."
diff --git a/external/src/Tari/proto/gRPC/block.pb.h b/external/src/Tari/proto/gRPC/block.pb.h
index df50f45..b7d880e 100644
--- a/external/src/Tari/proto/gRPC/block.pb.h
+++ b/external/src/Tari/proto/gRPC/block.pb.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // Generated by the protocol buffer compiler.  DO NOT EDIT!
 // source: block.proto
-// Protobuf C++ Version: 4.25.1
+// Protobuf C++ Version: 4.25.2
 
 #ifndef GOOGLE_PROTOBUF_INCLUDED_block_2eproto_2epb_2eh
 #define GOOGLE_PROTOBUF_INCLUDED_block_2eproto_2epb_2eh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 #error "your headers."
 #endif  // PROTOBUF_VERSION
 
-#if 4025001 < PROTOBUF_MIN_PROTOC_VERSION
+#if 4025002 < PROTOBUF_MIN_PROTOC_VERSION
 #error "This file was generated by an older version of protoc which is"
 #error "incompatible with your Protocol Buffer headers. Please"
 #error "regenerate this file with a newer version of protoc."
diff --git a/external/src/Tari/proto/gRPC/network.pb.h b/external/src/Tari/proto/gRPC/network.pb.h
index fd73803..f9cfdf7 100644
--- a/external/src/Tari/proto/gRPC/network.pb.h
+++ b/external/src/Tari/proto/gRPC/network.pb.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // Generated by the protocol buffer compiler.  DO NOT EDIT!
 // source: network.proto
-// Protobuf C++ Version: 4.25.1
+// Protobuf C++ Version: 4.25.2
 
 #ifndef GOOGLE_PROTOBUF_INCLUDED_network_2eproto_2epb_2eh
 #define GOOGLE_PROTOBUF_INCLUDED_network_2eproto_2epb_2eh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 #error "your headers."
 #endif  // PROTOBUF_VERSION
 
-#if 4025001 < PROTOBUF_MIN_PROTOC_VERSION
+#if 4025002 < PROTOBUF_MIN_PROTOC_VERSION
 #error "This file was generated by an older version of protoc which is"
 #error "incompatible with your Protocol Buffer headers. Please"
 #error "regenerate this file with a newer version of protoc."
diff --git a/external/src/Tari/proto/gRPC/sidechain_types.pb.h b/external/src/Tari/proto/gRPC/sidechain_types.pb.h
index 31a4835..c4b2bc7 100644
--- a/external/src/Tari/proto/gRPC/sidechain_types.pb.h
+++ b/external/src/Tari/proto/gRPC/sidechain_types.pb.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // Generated by the protocol buffer compiler.  DO NOT EDIT!
 // source: sidechain_types.proto
-// Protobuf C++ Version: 4.25.1
+// Protobuf C++ Version: 4.25.2
 
 #ifndef GOOGLE_PROTOBUF_INCLUDED_sidechain_5ftypes_2eproto_2epb_2eh
 #define GOOGLE_PROTOBUF_INCLUDED_sidechain_5ftypes_2eproto_2epb_2eh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 #error "your headers."
 #endif  // PROTOBUF_VERSION
 
-#if 4025001 < PROTOBUF_MIN_PROTOC_VERSION
+#if 4025002 < PROTOBUF_MIN_PROTOC_VERSION
 #error "This file was generated by an older version of protoc which is"
 #error "incompatible with your Protocol Buffer headers. Please"
 #error "regenerate this file with a newer version of protoc."
diff --git a/external/src/Tari/proto/gRPC/transaction.pb.h b/external/src/Tari/proto/gRPC/transaction.pb.h
index 3198c62..28bc13e 100644
--- a/external/src/Tari/proto/gRPC/transaction.pb.h
+++ b/external/src/Tari/proto/gRPC/transaction.pb.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // Generated by the protocol buffer compiler.  DO NOT EDIT!
 // source: transaction.proto
-// Protobuf C++ Version: 4.25.1
+// Protobuf C++ Version: 4.25.2
 
 #ifndef GOOGLE_PROTOBUF_INCLUDED_transaction_2eproto_2epb_2eh
 #define GOOGLE_PROTOBUF_INCLUDED_transaction_2eproto_2epb_2eh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 #error "your headers."
 #endif  // PROTOBUF_VERSION
 
-#if 4025001 < PROTOBUF_MIN_PROTOC_VERSION
+#if 4025002 < PROTOBUF_MIN_PROTOC_VERSION
 #error "This file was generated by an older version of protoc which is"
 #error "incompatible with your Protocol Buffer headers. Please"
 #error "regenerate this file with a newer version of protoc."
diff --git a/external/src/Tari/proto/gRPC/types.pb.h b/external/src/Tari/proto/gRPC/types.pb.h
index 3e8d6a9..f60bf6b 100644
--- a/external/src/Tari/proto/gRPC/types.pb.h
+++ b/external/src/Tari/proto/gRPC/types.pb.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // Generated by the protocol buffer compiler.  DO NOT EDIT!
 // source: types.proto
-// Protobuf C++ Version: 4.25.1
+// Protobuf C++ Version: 4.25.2
 
 #ifndef GOOGLE_PROTOBUF_INCLUDED_types_2eproto_2epb_2eh
 #define GOOGLE_PROTOBUF_INCLUDED_types_2eproto_2epb_2eh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 #error "your headers."
 #endif  // PROTOBUF_VERSION
 
-#if 4025001 < PROTOBUF_MIN_PROTOC_VERSION
+#if 4025002 < PROTOBUF_MIN_PROTOC_VERSION
 #error "This file was generated by an older version of protoc which is"
 #error "incompatible with your Protocol Buffer headers. Please"
 #error "regenerate this file with a newer version of protoc."
diff --git a/external/src/grpc b/external/src/grpc
index b330d6b..20f72b9 160000
--- a/external/src/grpc
+++ b/external/src/grpc
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit b330d6bf23768763af41a754ac5b3f6088ab8531
+Subproject commit 20f72b9e938c02d1cc7468bb624aaccfa40acf44