diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a1edfd9..1d8cc9f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -50,10 +50,16 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "2c8d66485a3a2ea485c1913c4572ce0256067a5377ac8c75c4960e1cda98605f"
 dependencies = [
- "bitcoin-internals 0.3.0",
- "bitcoin_hashes 0.14.0",
+ "bitcoin-internals",
+ "bitcoin_hashes",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "base64"
+version = "0.13.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9e1b586273c5702936fe7b7d6896644d8be71e6314cfe09d3167c95f712589e8"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bech32"
 version = "0.11.0"
@@ -65,7 +71,8 @@ name = "bip324"
 version = "0.3.1"
 dependencies = [
  "bitcoin",
- "hex-conservative 0.2.0",
+ "bitcoincore-rpc",
+ "hex-conservative",
  "rand",
 ]
 
@@ -76,7 +83,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "bip324",
  "bitcoin",
  "bytes",
- "hex-conservative 0.2.0",
+ "hex-conservative",
  "tokio",
 ]
 
@@ -88,26 +95,24 @@ checksum = "7170e7750a20974246f17ece04311b4205a6155f1db564c5b224af817663c3ea"
 dependencies = [
  "base58ck",
  "bech32",
- "bitcoin-internals 0.3.0",
+ "bitcoin-internals",
  "bitcoin-io",
  "bitcoin-units",
- "bitcoin_hashes 0.14.0",
- "hex-conservative 0.2.0",
+ "bitcoin_hashes",
+ "hex-conservative",
  "hex_lit",
  "secp256k1",
+ "serde",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "bitcoin-internals"
-version = "0.2.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9425c3bf7089c983facbae04de54513cce73b41c7f9ff8c845b54e7bc64ebbfb"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "bitcoin-internals"
 version = "0.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "30bdbe14aa07b06e6cfeffc529a1f099e5fbe249524f8125358604df99a4bed2"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bitcoin-io"
@@ -121,27 +126,43 @@ version = "0.1.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "cb54da0b28892f3c52203a7191534033e051b6f4b52bc15480681b57b7e036f5"
 dependencies = [
- "bitcoin-internals 0.3.0",
+ "bitcoin-internals",
+ "serde",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bitcoin_hashes"
-version = "0.13.0"
+version = "0.14.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1930a4dabfebb8d7d9992db18ebe3ae2876f0a305fab206fd168df931ede293b"
+checksum = "bb18c03d0db0247e147a21a6faafd5a7eb851c743db062de72018b6b7e8e4d16"
 dependencies = [
- "bitcoin-internals 0.2.0",
- "hex-conservative 0.1.1",
+ "bitcoin-io",
+ "hex-conservative",
+ "serde",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "bitcoin_hashes"
-version = "0.14.0"
+name = "bitcoincore-rpc"
+version = "0.19.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bb18c03d0db0247e147a21a6faafd5a7eb851c743db062de72018b6b7e8e4d16"
+checksum = "aedd23ae0fd321affb4bbbc36126c6f49a32818dc6b979395d24da8c9d4e80ee"
 dependencies = [
- "bitcoin-io",
- "hex-conservative 0.2.0",
+ "bitcoincore-rpc-json",
+ "jsonrpc",
+ "log",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "bitcoincore-rpc-json"
+version = "0.19.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d8909583c5fab98508e80ef73e5592a651c954993dc6b7739963257d19f0e71a"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitcoin",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -191,12 +212,6 @@ version = "0.3.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d231dfb89cfffdbc30e7fc41579ed6066ad03abda9e567ccafae602b97ec5024"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "hex-conservative"
-version = "0.1.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "30ed443af458ccb6d81c1e7e661545f94d3176752fb1df2f543b902a1e0f51e2"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "hex-conservative"
 version = "0.2.0"
@@ -212,6 +227,24 @@ version = "0.1.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3011d1213f159867b13cfd6ac92d2cd5f1345762c63be3554e84092d85a50bbd"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "itoa"
+version = "1.0.11"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "49f1f14873335454500d59611f1cf4a4b0f786f9ac11f4312a78e4cf2566695b"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "jsonrpc"
+version = "0.18.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3662a38d341d77efecb73caf01420cfa5aa63c0253fd7bc05289ef9f6616e1bf"
+dependencies = [
+ "base64",
+ "minreq",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "libc"
 version = "0.2.153"
@@ -228,6 +261,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "scopeguard",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "log"
+version = "0.4.22"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a7a70ba024b9dc04c27ea2f0c0548feb474ec5c54bba33a7f72f873a39d07b24"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "memchr"
+version = "2.7.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "78ca9ab1a0babb1e7d5695e3530886289c18cf2f87ec19a575a0abdce112e3a3"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "miniz_oxide"
 version = "0.4.4"
@@ -238,6 +283,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "autocfg",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "minreq"
+version = "2.12.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "763d142cdff44aaadd9268bebddb156ef6c65a0e13486bb81673cf2d8739f9b0"
+dependencies = [
+ "log",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "mio"
 version = "0.8.11"
@@ -363,6 +419,12 @@ version = "0.1.23"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d626bb9dae77e28219937af045c257c28bfd3f69333c512553507f5f9798cb76"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ryu"
+version = "1.0.18"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f3cb5ba0dc43242ce17de99c180e96db90b235b8a9fdc9543c96d2209116bd9f"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "scopeguard"
 version = "1.2.0"
@@ -375,8 +437,10 @@ version = "0.29.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0e0cc0f1cf93f4969faf3ea1c7d8a9faed25918d96affa959720823dfe86d4f3"
 dependencies = [
- "bitcoin_hashes 0.13.0",
+ "bitcoin_hashes",
+ "rand",
  "secp256k1-sys",
+ "serde",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -388,6 +452,38 @@ dependencies = [
  "cc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "serde"
+version = "1.0.205"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e33aedb1a7135da52b7c21791455563facbbcc43d0f0f66165b42c21b3dfb150"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde_derive",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "serde_derive"
+version = "1.0.205"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "692d6f5ac90220161d6774db30c662202721e64aed9058d2c394f451261420c1"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "serde_json"
+version = "1.0.122"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "784b6203951c57ff748476b126ccb5e8e2959a5c19e5c617ab1956be3dbc68da"
+dependencies = [
+ "itoa",
+ "memchr",
+ "ryu",
+ "serde",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "signal-hook-registry"
 version = "1.4.1"
diff --git a/protocol/Cargo.toml b/protocol/Cargo.toml
index d418a53..7f84d4f 100644
--- a/protocol/Cargo.toml
+++ b/protocol/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ bitcoin = { version = "0.32.0", default-features = false }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 hex = { package = "hex-conservative", version = "0.2.0" }
+bitcoincore-rpc = "0.19.0"
 
 [lib]
 name = "bip324"
diff --git a/protocol/tests/regtest.sh b/protocol/tests/regtest.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..106222c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/protocol/tests/regtest.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+bitcoind --chain=regtest --txindex --blockfilterindex --peerblockfilters --rpcport=18443 --rpcuser=test --rpcpassword=b324 --rest=1 --server=1 --listen=1 --v2transport=1 &
+sleep 1
+cargo test regtest_handshake -- --nocapture
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/protocol/tests/round_trips.rs b/protocol/tests/round_trips.rs
index 89172b9..7d4af2f 100644
--- a/protocol/tests/round_trips.rs
+++ b/protocol/tests/round_trips.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT OR Apache-2.0
 
+const RPC_USER: &str = "test";
+const RPC_PASSWORD: &str = "b324";
+const HOST: &str = "http://localhost:18443";
+const PORT: u16 = 18444;
+
 #[test]
 #[cfg(feature = "std")]
 fn hello_world_happy_path() {
@@ -53,3 +58,100 @@ fn hello_world_happy_path() {
         .unwrap();
     assert_eq!(message, messages.message.unwrap());
 }
+
+#[test]
+#[cfg(feature = "std")]
+#[ignore = "CI"]
+fn regtest_handshake() {
+    use std::{
+        io::{Read, Write},
+        net::{IpAddr, Ipv4Addr, SocketAddr, TcpStream},
+        time::{Duration, SystemTime, UNIX_EPOCH},
+    };
+
+    use bip324::{
+        serde::{deserialize, serialize, NetworkMessage},
+        Handshake, ReceivedMessage,
+    };
+    use bitcoincore_rpc::{
+        bitcoin::p2p::{message_network::VersionMessage, Address, ServiceFlags},
+        RpcApi,
+    };
+
+    let rpc = bitcoincore_rpc::Client::new(
+        HOST,
+        bitcoincore_rpc::Auth::UserPass(RPC_USER.into(), RPC_PASSWORD.into()),
+    )
+    .unwrap();
+    let mut stream = TcpStream::connect(format!("127.0.0.1:{PORT}")).unwrap();
+    let mut public_key = [0u8; 64];
+    let mut handshake = Handshake::new(
+        bip324::Network::Regtest,
+        bip324::Role::Initiator,
+        None,
+        &mut public_key,
+    )
+    .unwrap();
+    dbg!("Writing public key to the remote node");
+    stream.write_all(&public_key).unwrap();
+    stream.flush().unwrap();
+    let mut remote_public_key = [0u8; 64];
+    dbg!("Reading the remote node public key");
+    stream.read_exact(&mut remote_public_key).unwrap();
+    let mut local_garbage_terminator_message = [0u8; 36];
+    dbg!("Sending our garbage terminator");
+    handshake
+        .complete_materials(remote_public_key, &mut local_garbage_terminator_message)
+        .unwrap();
+    stream.write_all(&local_garbage_terminator_message).unwrap();
+    stream.flush().unwrap();
+    let mut max_response = [0; 4096];
+    dbg!("Reading the response buffer");
+    let size = stream.read(&mut max_response).unwrap();
+    let response = &mut max_response[..size];
+    dbg!("Authenticating the handshake");
+    handshake
+        .authenticate_garbage_and_version(response)
+        .unwrap();
+    dbg!("Finalizing the handshake");
+    let packet_handler = handshake.finalize().unwrap();
+    let (mut decrypter, mut encrypter) = packet_handler.into_split();
+    let now = SystemTime::now()
+        .duration_since(UNIX_EPOCH)
+        .expect("time went backwards")
+        .as_secs();
+    let ip = SocketAddr::new(IpAddr::V4(Ipv4Addr::new(127, 0, 0, 1)), PORT);
+    let from_and_recv = Address::new(&ip, ServiceFlags::NONE);
+    let msg = VersionMessage {
+        version: 70015,
+        services: ServiceFlags::NONE,
+        timestamp: now as i64,
+        receiver: from_and_recv.clone(),
+        sender: from_and_recv,
+        nonce: 1,
+        user_agent: "BIP324 Client".to_string(),
+        start_height: 0,
+        relay: false,
+    };
+    let message = serialize(NetworkMessage::Version(msg)).unwrap();
+    let packet = encrypter
+        .prepare_packet_with_alloc(&message, None, false)
+        .unwrap();
+    dbg!("Serializing and writing version message");
+    stream.write_all(&packet).unwrap();
+    dbg!("Reading the response length buffer");
+    let mut response_len = [0; 3];
+    stream.read_exact(&mut response_len).unwrap();
+    let message_len = decrypter.decypt_len(response_len);
+    let mut response_message = vec![0; message_len];
+    stream.read_exact(&mut response_message).unwrap();
+    let msg = decrypter
+        .decrypt_contents_with_alloc(&response_message, None)
+        .unwrap();
+    let message = ReceivedMessage::new(&msg.clone()).unwrap();
+    let message = deserialize(&message.message.unwrap()).unwrap();
+    dbg!("{}", message.cmd());
+    assert_eq!(message.cmd(), "version");
+    rpc.stop().unwrap();
+    std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_secs(1));
+}