diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a0f8a8a0c..750a476aa 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ dependencies = [
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  "socket2",
  "waker-fn",
- "winapi",
+ "winapi 0.3.9",
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  "signal-hook",
- "winapi",
+ "winapi 0.3.9",
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- "winapi",
+ "winapi 0.3.9",
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 checksum = "a4521f3e3d031370679b3b140beb36dfe4801b09ac77e30c61941f97df3ef28b"
 
+[[package]]
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+version = "0.10.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0b25d992356d2eb0ed82172f5248873db5560c4721f564b13cb5193bda5e668e"
+dependencies = [
+ "byteorder",
+]
+
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+version = "0.8.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "cf9ff0bbfd639f15c74af777d81383cf53efb7c93613f6cab67c6c11e05bbf8b"
+
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 dependencies = [
- "bech32",
- "bitcoin_hashes",
+ "bech32 0.7.3",
+ "bitcoin_hashes 0.9.7",
  "secp256k1",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
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+version = "0.27.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8a427b27dae305157520d86673f2393b3eb08d880609abfcffc6e3c3c820e764"
+dependencies = [
+ "bech32 0.8.1",
+ "bitcoin_hashes 0.10.0",
+ "secp256k1",
+ "serde",
+]
+
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+version = "0.10.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "006cc91e1a1d99819bc5b8214be3555c1f0611b169f527a1fdc54ed1f2b745b0"
+dependencies = [
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+]
+
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@@ -649,7 +685,7 @@ dependencies = [
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  "time 0.1.43",
- "winapi",
+ "winapi 0.3.9",
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 [[package]]
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-version = "0.4.0-rc1"
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-checksum = "8cca22ab3f48e39a5e8432ea296da1063b3d000c3d3c37da9fa586961e21bf73"
-dependencies = [
- "chrono",
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+ "base64 0.13.0",
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+ "winapi 0.3.9",
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+ "winapi 0.3.9",
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+ "bitcoin 0.26.2",
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  "dirs 3.0.2",
  "easy-parallel",
+ "electrum-client",
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  "failure_derive",
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+ "winapi 0.3.9",
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+dependencies = [
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+ "log",
+ "rustls",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "socks",
+ "webpki",
+ "webpki-roots",
+]
+
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- "slab",
- "tokio",
- "tokio-util",
- "tracing",
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- "pin-project-lite",
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  "async-std",
- "base64",
+ "base64 0.13.0",
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  "infer",
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- "futures-core",
- "futures-util",
- "h2",
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- "http-body",
- "httparse",
- "httpdate",
- "itoa",
- "pin-project-lite",
- "socket2",
- "tokio",
- "tower-service",
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-
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- "tokio",
- "tokio-native-tls",
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-
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- "winapi",
+ "winapi 0.3.9",
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-dependencies = [
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- "ntapi",
- "winapi",
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-dependencies = [
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-dependencies = [
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@@ -2226,7 +2158,7 @@ dependencies = [
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- "winapi",
+ "winapi 0.3.9",
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@@ -2289,7 +2221,7 @@ dependencies = [
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  "log",
  "wepoll-ffi",
- "winapi",
+ "winapi 0.3.9",
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- "winapi",
+ "winapi 0.3.9",
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- "bytes 1.0.1",
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- "futures-core",
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- "hyper",
- "hyper-tls",
- "ipnet",
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- "serde",
- "serde_urlencoded",
- "tokio",
- "tokio-native-tls",
- "url",
- "wasm-bindgen",
- "wasm-bindgen-futures",
+ "cc",
+ "libc",
+ "once_cell",
+ "spin",
+ "untrusted",
  "web-sys",
- "winreg",
+ "winapi 0.3.9",
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 [[package]]
@@ -2593,6 +2506,19 @@ dependencies = [
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+[[package]]
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+version = "0.16.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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+dependencies = [
+ "base64 0.10.1",
+ "log",
+ "ring",
+ "sct",
+ "webpki",
+]
+
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- "winapi",
+ "winapi 0.3.9",
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+dependencies = [
+ "ring",
+ "untrusted",
+]
+
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 dependencies = [
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+ "serde",
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- "winapi",
+ "winapi 0.3.9",
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "30f86c7635fadf2814201a4f67efefb0007588ae7422ce299f354ab5c97f61ae"
+dependencies = [
+ "byteorder",
+ "libc",
+ "winapi 0.2.8",
+ "ws2_32-sys",
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+
+[[package]]
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6e63cff320ae2c57904679ba7cb63280a3dc4613885beafb148ee7bf9aa9042d"
+
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  "redox_syscall",
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- "winapi",
+ "winapi 0.3.9",
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- "winapi",
+ "winapi 0.3.9",
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 dependencies = [
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- "winapi",
+ "winapi 0.3.9",
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@@ -3055,7 +3010,7 @@ dependencies = [
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- "winapi",
+ "winapi 0.3.9",
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- "libc",
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-
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- "log",
- "pin-project-lite",
- "tokio",
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-
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@@ -3153,12 +3069,6 @@ dependencies = [
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-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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@@ -3269,6 +3173,12 @@ dependencies = [
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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+
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-dependencies = [
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- "serde_json",
  "wasm-bindgen-macro",
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@@ -3425,6 +3323,25 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasm-bindgen",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "webpki"
+version = "0.21.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b8e38c0608262c46d4a56202ebabdeb094cef7e560ca7a226c6bf055188aa4ea"
+dependencies = [
+ "ring",
+ "untrusted",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "webpki-roots"
+version = "0.19.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f8eff4b7516a57307f9349c64bf34caa34b940b66fed4b2fb3136cb7386e5739"
+dependencies = [
+ "webpki",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "wepoll-ffi"
 version = "0.1.2"
@@ -3434,6 +3351,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "cc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "winapi"
+version = "0.2.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "167dc9d6949a9b857f3451275e911c3f44255842c1f7a76f33c55103a909087a"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "winapi"
 version = "0.3.9"
@@ -3444,6 +3367,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "winapi-build"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2d315eee3b34aca4797b2da6b13ed88266e6d612562a0c46390af8299fc699bc"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "winapi-i686-pc-windows-gnu"
 version = "0.4.0"
@@ -3456,7 +3385,7 @@ version = "0.1.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "70ec6ce85bb158151cae5e5c87f95a8e97d2c0c4b001223f33a334e3ce5de178"
 dependencies = [
- "winapi",
+ "winapi 0.3.9",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3466,12 +3395,13 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "712e227841d057c1ee1cd2fb22fa7e5a5461ae8e48fa2ca79ec42cfc1931183f"
 
 [[package]]
-name = "winreg"
-version = "0.7.0"
+name = "ws2_32-sys"
+version = "0.2.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0120db82e8a1e0b9fb3345a539c478767c0048d842860994d96113d5b667bd69"
+checksum = "d59cefebd0c892fa2dd6de581e937301d8552cb44489cdff035c6187cb63fa5e"
 dependencies = [
- "winapi",
+ "winapi 0.2.8",
+ "winapi-build",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 694627915..c977c47c0 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -80,8 +80,7 @@ dirs = "3.0.2"
 
 bitcoin = "0.26.2"
 secp256k1 = "0.20.3"
-clokwerk = "0.4.0-rc1"
-reqwest = "0.11.4"
+electrum-client = "0.8.0"
 
 [dependencies.rusqlite]
 version = "0.25.1"
diff --git a/src/bin/cashierd.rs b/src/bin/cashierd.rs
index fd4b2a39c..44ac3e352 100644
--- a/src/bin/cashierd.rs
+++ b/src/bin/cashierd.rs
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ async fn start(executor: Arc<Executor<'_>>, config: Arc<&CashierdConfig>) -> Res
 
     let gateway_addr: SocketAddr = config.gateway_url.parse()?;
 
+    let btc_endpoint: String = config.btc_endpoint.clone();
+
     let database_path = config.database_path.clone();
     let database_path = join_config_path(&PathBuf::from(database_path))?;
     let rocks = Rocks::new(&database_path)?;
@@ -31,12 +33,10 @@ async fn start(executor: Arc<Executor<'_>>, config: Arc<&CashierdConfig>) -> Res
     debug!(target: "Client", "Creating gateway client");
     let mut gateway = GatewayClient::new(gateway_addr, slabstore)?;
 
-    debug!(target: "fn::start gateway client", "start() Gateway Client started");
     gateway.start().await?;
 
-    // Probably not ideal to create an Arc here
-    let cashier = CashierService::new(accept_addr, wallet, gateway)?;
-
+    debug!(target: "cashierd", "starting cashier service");
+    let cashier = CashierService::new(accept_addr, btc_endpoint, wallet, gateway)?;
     cashier.start(executor.clone()).await?;
     Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/src/cli/cli_config.rs b/src/cli/cli_config.rs
index 96a28326e..5d8ff842d 100644
--- a/src/cli/cli_config.rs
+++ b/src/cli/cli_config.rs
@@ -191,6 +191,11 @@ pub struct CashierdConfig {
     #[serde(rename = "database_path")]
     pub database_path: String,
 
+    #[serde(default)]
+    #[serde(rename = "btc_endpoint")]
+    pub btc_endpoint: String,
+
+
     #[serde(default)]
     #[serde(rename = "gateway_url")]
     pub gateway_url: String,
@@ -209,7 +214,7 @@ impl Default for CashierdConfig {
         let accept_url = String::from("127.0.0.1:7777");
         let gateway_url = String::from("127.0.0.1:3333");
         let database_path = String::from("cashierd.db");
-
+        let btc_endpoint = String::from("tcp://electrum.blockstream.info:50001");
         let mut lp = PathBuf::new();
         lp.push(env::temp_dir());
         lp.push("cashierd.log");
@@ -219,6 +224,7 @@ impl Default for CashierdConfig {
         Self {
             accept_url,
             database_path,
+            btc_endpoint,
             gateway_url,
             log_path,
             password,
diff --git a/src/service/btc.rs b/src/service/btc.rs
index e46c63efc..54165f104 100644
--- a/src/service/btc.rs
+++ b/src/service/btc.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use crate::Result;
+use crate::{ Error, Result };
 
 use rand::distributions::Alphanumeric;
 use rand::{thread_rng, Rng};
@@ -8,11 +8,12 @@ use bitcoin::util::ecdsa::{PrivateKey, PublicKey};
 use secp256k1::key::SecretKey;
 
 use bitcoin::network::constants::Network;
+use electrum_client::{Client, ElectrumApi};
 
 use async_executor::Executor;
 use async_std::sync::Arc;
 
-use clokwerk::AsyncScheduler;
+use log::debug;
 
 // Swap out these types for any future non bitcoin-rs types
 pub type PubAddress = Address;
@@ -21,7 +22,6 @@ pub type PrivKey = PrivateKey;
 
 #[allow(dead_code)]
 pub struct BitcoinKeys {
-    scheduler: AsyncScheduler,
     secret_key: SecretKey,
     bitcoin_private_key: PrivateKey,
     pub bitcoin_public_key: PublicKey,
@@ -54,26 +54,13 @@ impl BitcoinKeys {
 
         let pub_address = Address::p2pkh(&bitcoin_public_key, Network::Testnet);
 
-        // Create a scheduler for checking the address balance
-        let scheduler = AsyncScheduler::new();
-
         Ok(Self {
-            scheduler,
             secret_key,
             bitcoin_private_key,
             bitcoin_public_key,
             pub_address,
         })
     }
-    pub fn start_scheduler(&self, _executor: Arc<Executor<'_>>) -> Result<()> {
-        //&self.scheduler.every(10.minutes()).run();
-
-        Ok(())
-    }
-
-    async fn _watch_address(&self) -> Result<()> {
-        Ok(())
-    }
 
     // This should do a db lookup to return the same obj
     pub fn address_from_slice(key: &[u8]) -> Result<Address> {
diff --git a/src/service/cashier.rs b/src/service/cashier.rs
index 9cf497744..319fbda31 100644
--- a/src/service/cashier.rs
+++ b/src/service/cashier.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 use super::reqrep::{PeerId, RepProtocol, Reply, ReqProtocol, Request};
 
-use super::btc::{BitcoinKeys, PubAddress};
+use super::btc::{BitcoinKeys, PubAddress, PubKey};
+//use bitcoin::blockdata::script::Script;
+use electrum_client::{Client, ElectrumApi};
+use electrum_client::bitcoin::Script;
 
 use super::GatewayClient;
 use crate::blockchain::Slab;
@@ -34,6 +37,7 @@ pub struct CashierService {
     addr: SocketAddr,
     wallet: CashierDbPtr,
     gateway: GatewayClient,
+    btc_endpoint: String,
     mint_params: groth16::Parameters<Bls12>,
     mint_pvk: groth16::PreparedVerifyingKey<Bls12>,
     spend_params: groth16::Parameters<Bls12>,
@@ -43,6 +47,7 @@ pub struct CashierService {
 impl CashierService {
     pub fn new(
         addr: SocketAddr,
+        btc_endpoint: String,
         wallet: CashierDbPtr,
         gateway: GatewayClient,
     ) -> Result<Arc<CashierService>> {
@@ -54,6 +59,7 @@ impl CashierService {
             addr,
             wallet,
             gateway,
+            btc_endpoint,
             mint_params,
             mint_pvk,
             spend_params,
@@ -67,6 +73,7 @@ impl CashierService {
         let mut protocol = RepProtocol::new(self.addr.clone(), service_name.clone());
 
         let (send, recv) = protocol.start().await?;
+        let ex2 = executor.clone();
 
         let handle_request_task =
             executor.spawn(self.handle_request_loop(send.clone(), recv.clone(), executor.clone()));
@@ -78,6 +85,15 @@ impl CashierService {
         Ok(())
     }
 
+    pub async fn subscribe_to_address(&self, script: Script) -> Result<()> {
+        debug!(target: "BTC", "Subscribe");
+        let mut client = Client::new(&self.btc_endpoint).unwrap();
+
+        let response = client.script_subscribe(&script).unwrap();
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
     async fn mint_dbtc(&mut self, dkey_pub: jubjub::SubgroupPoint, value: u64) -> Result<()> {
         let cashier_secret = self.wallet.get_cashier_private().unwrap();
 
@@ -172,7 +188,7 @@ impl CashierService {
                 info!("Received dkey->btc msg");
 
                 // start scheduler for checking balance
-                let _result = btc_keys.start_scheduler(executor.clone());
+                //let _result = btc_keys.start_scheduler(executor.clone());
                 info!("Waiting for address balance");
             }
             1 => {