diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 149cd7488..684c521b2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -11,8 +11,11 @@ witness.json
 /bin/zkas/zkas
 /zkas
 
-/bin/darkfid2/darkfid2
-/darkfid2
+/bin/darkfid/darkfid
+/darkfid
+
+/bin/minerd/minerd
+/minerd
 
 /bin/darkfi-mmproxy/darkfi-mmproxy
 /darkfi-mmproxy
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 650b58234..bdd223102 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4195,6 +4195,27 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicase",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "minerd"
+version = "0.4.1"
+dependencies = [
+ "darkfi",
+ "darkfi-sdk",
+ "darkfi-serial",
+ "easy-parallel",
+ "log",
+ "num-bigint",
+ "serde",
+ "signal-hook",
+ "signal-hook-async-std",
+ "simplelog",
+ "smol",
+ "structopt",
+ "structopt-toml",
+ "tinyjson",
+ "url",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "minimal-lexical"
 version = "0.2.1"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 9e35da2ab..e4208006f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ doctest = false
 members = [
     "bin/zkas",
     "bin/darkfid",
+    "bin/minerd",
     "bin/darkfi-mmproxy",
     "bin/drk",
     #"bin/fud/fu",
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 49d4a5a59..1d951c47c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ PROOFS_BIN = $(PROOFS_SRC:=.bin)
 BINS = \
 	zkas \
 	darkfid \
+	minerd \
 	darkfi-mmproxy \
 	darkirc \
 	genev \
@@ -52,6 +53,13 @@ darkfid: contracts
 		RUST_TARGET="$(RUST_TARGET)" \
 		RUSTFLAGS="$(RUSTFLAGS)"
 
+minerd:
+	$(MAKE) -C bin/$@ \
+		PREFIX="$(PREFIX)" \
+		CARGO="$(CARGO)" \
+		RUST_TARGET="$(RUST_TARGET)" \
+		RUSTFLAGS="$(RUSTFLAGS)"
+
 darkfi-mmproxy:
 	$(MAKE) -C bin/$@ \
 		PREFIX="$(PREFIX)" \
@@ -150,6 +158,7 @@ clean:
 	$(MAKE) -C src/contract/deployooor clean
 	$(MAKE) -C bin/zkas clean
 	$(MAKE) -C bin/darkfid clean
+	$(MAKE) -C bin/minerd clean
 	$(MAKE) -C bin/darkfi-mmproxy clean
 	$(MAKE) -C bin/darkirc clean
 	$(MAKE) -C bin/genev/genev-cli clean
diff --git a/script/research/minerd/Cargo.toml b/bin/minerd/Cargo.toml
similarity index 63%
rename from script/research/minerd/Cargo.toml
rename to bin/minerd/Cargo.toml
index 85cd70919..76502dcff 100644
--- a/script/research/minerd/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bin/minerd/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,13 +8,11 @@ repository = "https://github.com/darkrenaissance/darkfi"
 license = "AGPL-3.0-only"
 edition = "2021"
 
-[workspace]
-
 [dependencies]
 # Darkfi
-darkfi = {path = "../../../", features = ["async-daemonize", "validator"]}
-darkfi-sdk = {path = "../../../src/sdk"}
-darkfi-serial = {path = "../../../src/serial", features = ["async"]}
+darkfi = {path = "../../", features = ["async-daemonize", "validator"]}
+darkfi-sdk = {path = "../../src/sdk"}
+darkfi-serial = {path = "../../src/serial", features = ["async"]}
 
 # Misc
 log = "0.4.20"
@@ -35,7 +33,3 @@ smol = "1.3.0"
 serde = {version = "1.0.195", features = ["derive"]}
 structopt = "0.3.26"
 structopt-toml = "0.5.1"
-
-[patch.crates-io]
-halo2_proofs = {git="https://github.com/parazyd/halo2", branch="v4"}
-halo2_gadgets = {git="https://github.com/parazyd/halo2", branch="v4"}
diff --git a/bin/minerd/Makefile b/bin/minerd/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..056287ba8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/minerd/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+.POSIX:
+
+# Install prefix
+PREFIX = $(HOME)/.cargo
+
+# Cargo binary
+CARGO = cargo +nightly
+
+# Compile target
+RUST_TARGET = $(shell rustc -Vv | grep '^host: ' | cut -d' ' -f2)
+# Uncomment when doing musl static builds
+#RUSTFLAGS = -C target-feature=+crt-static -C link-self-contained=yes
+
+BIN = $(shell grep '^name = ' Cargo.toml | cut -d' ' -f3 | tr -d '"')
+
+all: $(BIN)
+
+$(BIN):
+	RUSTFLAGS="$(RUSTFLAGS)" $(CARGO) build --target=$(RUST_TARGET) --release --package $@
+	cp -f ../../target/$(RUST_TARGET)/release/$@ $@
+	cp -f ../../target/$(RUST_TARGET)/release/$@ ../../$@
+
+clean:
+	RUSTFLAGS="$(RUSTFLAGS)" $(CARGO) clean --target=$(RUST_TARGET) --release --package $(BIN)
+	rm -f $(BIN) ../../$(BIN)
+
+install: all
+	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin
+	cp -f $(BIN) $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin
+	chmod 755 $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin/$(BIN)
+
+uninstall:
+	rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin/$(BIN)
+
+.PHONY: all clean install uninstall
diff --git a/script/research/minerd/minerd.toml b/bin/minerd/minerd.toml
similarity index 100%
rename from script/research/minerd/minerd.toml
rename to bin/minerd/minerd.toml
diff --git a/script/research/minerd/src/error.rs b/bin/minerd/src/error.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from script/research/minerd/src/error.rs
rename to bin/minerd/src/error.rs
diff --git a/script/research/minerd/src/main.rs b/bin/minerd/src/main.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from script/research/minerd/src/main.rs
rename to bin/minerd/src/main.rs
diff --git a/script/research/minerd/src/rpc.rs b/bin/minerd/src/rpc.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from script/research/minerd/src/rpc.rs
rename to bin/minerd/src/rpc.rs
diff --git a/script/research/minerd/.gitignore b/script/research/minerd/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 8bc55fd23..000000000
--- a/script/research/minerd/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-/target
-Cargo.lock
-rustfmt.toml