diff --git a/bin/darkwallet/Cargo.toml b/bin/darkwallet/Cargo.toml
index 3d3a75f4a..709d55cd8 100644
--- a/bin/darkwallet/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bin/darkwallet/Cargo.toml
@@ -37,7 +37,9 @@ futures = "0.3.30"
 async-recursion = "1.1.1"
 colored = "2.1.0"
 #rustpython-vm = "0.3.1"
-sled = "0.34.7"
+sled = "0.34"
+url = "2.5"
+semver = "1.0"
 
 [patch.crates-io]
 freetype-rs = { git = "https://github.com/narodnik/freetype-rs" }
diff --git a/bin/darkwallet/src/main.rs b/bin/darkwallet/src/main.rs
index 9323c10f7..0e73b4dbf 100644
--- a/bin/darkwallet/src/main.rs
+++ b/bin/darkwallet/src/main.rs
@@ -27,6 +27,22 @@
 use async_lock::Mutex;
 use std::sync::{mpsc, Arc};
 
+use darkfi::{
+    async_daemonize, cli_desc,
+    event_graph::{self, proto::ProtocolEventGraph, EventGraph, EventGraphPtr},
+    net::{session::SESSION_DEFAULT, settings::Settings as NetSettings, P2p, P2pPtr},
+    rpc::{
+        jsonrpc::JsonSubscriber,
+        server::{listen_and_serve, RequestHandler},
+    },
+    system::{sleep, sleep_forever, StoppableTask, StoppableTaskPtr, Subscription},
+    util::path::{expand_path, get_config_path},
+    Error, Result,
+};
+use darkfi_serial::{
+    async_trait, deserialize_async, AsyncDecodable, SerialDecodable, SerialEncodable,
+};
+
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate log;
 #[allow(unused_imports)]
@@ -65,13 +81,140 @@ fn panic_hook(panic_info: &std::panic::PanicInfo) {
     std::process::exit(1);
 }
 
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, SerialEncodable, SerialDecodable)]
+pub struct Privmsg {
+    pub channel: String,
+    pub nick: String,
+    pub msg: String,
+}
+
+async fn print_evs(ev_sub: Subscription<event_graph::Event>) {
+    loop {
+        let ev = ev_sub.receive().await;
+
+        // Try to deserialize the `Event`'s content into a `Privmsg`
+        let mut privmsg: Privmsg = match deserialize_async(ev.content()).await {
+            Ok(v) => v,
+            Err(e) => {
+                error!("[IRC CLIENT] Failed deserializing incoming Privmsg event: {}", e);
+                continue
+            }
+        };
+
+        info!("ev_id={:?}", ev.id());
+        info!("ev: {:?}", ev);
+        info!("privmsg: {:?}", privmsg);
+        info!("");
+    }
+}
+
+async fn realmain(ex: ExecutorPtr) -> darkfi::Result<()> {
+    let sled_db = sled::open("evgrdb")?;
+
+    let mut p2p_settings: NetSettings = Default::default();
+    p2p_settings.app_version = semver::Version::parse("0.5.0").unwrap();
+    p2p_settings.seeds.push(url::Url::parse("tcp+tls://lilith1.dark.fi:5262").unwrap());
+
+    let p2p = P2p::new(p2p_settings, ex.clone()).await?;
+
+    let event_graph = EventGraph::new(
+        p2p.clone(),
+        sled_db.clone(),
+        std::path::PathBuf::new(),
+        false,
+        "darkirc_dag",
+        1,
+        ex.clone(),
+    )
+    .await?;
+
+    let prune_task = event_graph.prune_task.get().unwrap();
+
+    info!("Registering EventGraph P2P protocol");
+    let event_graph_ = Arc::clone(&event_graph);
+    let registry = p2p.protocol_registry();
+    registry
+        .register(SESSION_DEFAULT, move |channel, _| {
+            let event_graph_ = event_graph_.clone();
+            async move { ProtocolEventGraph::init(event_graph_, channel).await.unwrap() }
+        })
+        .await;
+
+    let ev_sub = event_graph.event_pub.clone().subscribe().await;
+    let ev_task = ex.spawn(print_evs(ev_sub));
+
+    info!("Starting P2P network");
+    p2p.clone().start().await?;
+
+    info!("Waiting for some P2P connections...");
+    sleep(5).await;
+
+    // We'll attempt to sync {sync_attempts} times
+    let sync_attempts = 4;
+    for i in 1..=sync_attempts {
+        info!("Syncing event DAG (attempt #{})", i);
+        match event_graph.dag_sync().await {
+            Ok(()) => break,
+            Err(e) => {
+                if i == sync_attempts {
+                    error!("Failed syncing DAG. Exiting.");
+                    p2p.stop().await;
+                    return Err(Error::DagSyncFailed)
+                } else {
+                    // TODO: Maybe at this point we should prune or something?
+                    // TODO: Or maybe just tell the user to delete the DAG from FS.
+                    error!("Failed syncing DAG ({}), retrying in {}s...", e, 4);
+                    sleep(4).await;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    sleep_forever().await;
+    // Signal handling for graceful termination.
+    //let (signals_handler, signals_task) = SignalHandler::new(ex)?;
+    //signals_handler.wait_termination(signals_task).await?;
+    info!("Caught termination signal, cleaning up and exiting...");
+
+    info!("Stopping P2P network");
+    p2p.stop().await;
+
+    info!("Stopping IRC server");
+    prune_task.stop().await;
+
+    info!("Flushing sled database...");
+    let flushed_bytes = sled_db.flush_async().await?;
+    info!("Flushed {} bytes", flushed_bytes);
+
+    info!("Shut down successfully");
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 fn newmain() {
+    simplelog::TermLogger::init(
+        simplelog::LevelFilter::Info,
+        simplelog::Config::default(),
+        simplelog::TerminalMode::Stdout,
+        simplelog::ColorChoice::Auto,
+    )
+    .unwrap();
+
     let ex = Arc::new(smol::Executor::new());
-    smol::block_on(async {
-        let mut p2p_settings: darkfi::net::Settings = Default::default();
-        //p2p_settings.app_version = semver::Version::parse(env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION")).unwrap();
-        let p2p = darkfi::net::P2p::new(p2p_settings, ex.clone()).await.unwrap();
-    });
+    let n_threads = std::thread::available_parallelism().unwrap().get();
+    let ex = std::sync::Arc::new(smol::Executor::new());
+    let (signal, shutdown) = smol::channel::unbounded::<()>();
+    let (_, result) = easy_parallel::Parallel::new()
+        // Run four executor threads
+        .each(0..n_threads, |_| smol::future::block_on(ex.run(shutdown.recv())))
+        // Run the main future on the current thread.
+        .finish(|| {
+            smol::future::block_on(async {
+                realmain(ex.clone()).await?;
+                drop(signal);
+                Ok::<(), darkfi::Error>(())
+            })
+        });
 }
 
 fn main() {