diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b37065f38..4d651bd6e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1884,16 +1884,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "nu-ansi-term"
-version = "0.46.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "77a8165726e8236064dbb45459242600304b42a5ea24ee2948e18e023bf7ba84"
-dependencies = [
- "overload",
- "winapi",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "num-traits"
 version = "0.2.19"
@@ -1931,12 +1921,6 @@ version = "0.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "04744f49eae99ab78e0d5c0b603ab218f515ea8cfe5a456d7629ad883a3b6e7d"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "overload"
-version = "0.1.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b15813163c1d831bf4a13c3610c05c0d03b39feb07f7e09fa234dac9b15aaf39"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "page_size"
 version = "0.6.0"
@@ -2552,15 +2536,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "keccak",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "sharded-slab"
-version = "0.1.7"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f40ca3c46823713e0d4209592e8d6e826aa57e928f09752619fc696c499637f6"
-dependencies = [
- "lazy_static",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "shlex"
 version = "1.3.0"
@@ -2949,9 +2924,6 @@ version = "0.3.18"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ad0f048c97dbd9faa9b7df56362b8ebcaa52adb06b498c050d2f4e32f90a7a8b"
 dependencies = [
- "nu-ansi-term",
- "sharded-slab",
- "thread_local",
  "tracing-core",
 ]
 
diff --git a/binaries/cuprated/src/config.rs b/binaries/cuprated/src/config.rs
index 657d2885a..6556b3e7d 100644
--- a/binaries/cuprated/src/config.rs
+++ b/binaries/cuprated/src/config.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 //! cuprated config
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use cuprate_consensus::ContextConfig;
 use cuprate_helper::network::Network;
 use cuprate_p2p_core::ClearNet;
 
@@ -24,7 +25,11 @@ pub struct Config {
 }
 
 impl Config {
-    fn clearnet_p2p_config(&self) -> cuprate_p2p::P2PConfig<ClearNet> {
+    pub fn network(&self) -> Network {
+        self.network
+    }
+    
+    pub fn clearnet_p2p_config(&self) -> cuprate_p2p::P2PConfig<ClearNet> {
         cuprate_p2p::P2PConfig {
             network: self.network,
             outbound_connections: self.p2p.clear_net.general.outbound_connections,
@@ -37,6 +42,14 @@ impl Config {
             address_book_config: self.p2p.clear_net.general.address_book_config.clone(),
         }
     }
+    
+    pub fn context_config(&self) -> ContextConfig {
+        match self.network {
+            Network::Mainnet => ContextConfig::main_net(),
+            Network::Stagenet => ContextConfig::stage_net(),
+            Network::Testnet => ContextConfig::test_net()
+        }
+    }
 
     pub fn blockchain_config(&self) -> cuprate_blockchain::config::Config {
         self.storage.blockchain.clone()
diff --git a/binaries/cuprated/src/main.rs b/binaries/cuprated/src/main.rs
index f5b62963b..f7dd97de5 100644
--- a/binaries/cuprated/src/main.rs
+++ b/binaries/cuprated/src/main.rs
@@ -39,16 +39,27 @@ fn main() {
     let async_rt = init_tokio_rt(&config);
 
     async_rt.block_on(async move {
-        blockchain:: check_add_genesis(&mut bc_read_handle, &mut bc_write_handle, &config.network()).await;
+        blockchain:: check_add_genesis(&mut bc_read_handle, &mut bc_write_handle, config.network()).await;
 
         let (block_verifier, _tx_verifier, context_svc) =
             blockchain::init_consensus(bc_read_handle.clone(), config.context_config())
                 .await
                 .unwrap();
-    }
 
-    // TODO: everything else.
-    todo!()
+        let net = cuprate_p2p::initialize_network(
+            p2p::request_handler:: {
+                blockchain_read_handle: bc_read_handle.clone(),
+            },
+            p2p::core_sync_service::CoreSyncService(context_svc.clone()),
+            config.clearnet_p2p_config(),
+        )
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+
+        // TODO: this can be removed as long as the main thread does not exit, so when command handling
+        // is added
+        futures::future::pending::<()>().await;
+    });
 }
 
 fn init_log(_config: &Config) {
diff --git a/binaries/cuprated/src/p2p.rs b/binaries/cuprated/src/p2p.rs
index f55d41db1..7d3c6ea67 100644
--- a/binaries/cuprated/src/p2p.rs
+++ b/binaries/cuprated/src/p2p.rs
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@
 //! Will handle initiating the P2P and contains a protocol request handler.
 
 pub mod request_handler;
+pub mod core_sync_service;
diff --git a/binaries/cuprated/src/p2p/core_sync_service.rs b/binaries/cuprated/src/p2p/core_sync_service.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..20f510d44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/binaries/cuprated/src/p2p/core_sync_service.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+use cuprate_blockchain::cuprate_database::RuntimeError;
+use cuprate_blockchain::service::BlockchainReadHandle;
+use cuprate_consensus::{
+    BlockChainContextRequest, BlockChainContextResponse, BlockChainContextService,
+};
+use cuprate_p2p_core::services::{CoreSyncDataRequest, CoreSyncDataResponse};
+use cuprate_p2p_core::CoreSyncData;
+use cuprate_types::blockchain::BlockchainReadRequest;
+use futures::future::{BoxFuture, MapErr, MapOk};
+use futures::{FutureExt, TryFutureExt};
+use std::task::{Context, Poll};
+use tower::Service;
+
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub struct CoreSyncService(pub BlockChainContextService);
+
+impl Service<CoreSyncDataRequest> for CoreSyncService {
+    type Response = CoreSyncDataResponse;
+    type Error = tower::BoxError;
+    type Future = MapOk<
+        <BlockChainContextService as Service<BlockChainContextRequest>>::Future,
+        fn(BlockChainContextResponse) -> CoreSyncDataResponse,
+    >;
+
+    fn poll_ready(&mut self, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<Result<(), Self::Error>> {
+        self.0.poll_ready(cx)
+    }
+
+    fn call(&mut self, _: CoreSyncDataRequest) -> Self::Future {
+        self.0
+            .call(BlockChainContextRequest::GetContext)
+            .map_ok(|res| {
+                let BlockChainContextResponse::Context(ctx) = res else {
+                    panic!("blockchain context service returned wrong response.");
+                };
+
+                let raw_ctx = ctx.unchecked_blockchain_context();
+
+                // TODO: the hardfork here should be the version of the top block not the current HF,
+                // on HF boundaries these will be different.
+                CoreSyncDataResponse(CoreSyncData::new(
+                    raw_ctx.cumulative_difficulty,
+                    // TODO:
+                    raw_ctx.chain_height as u64,
+                    0,
+                    raw_ctx.top_hash,
+                    raw_ctx.current_hf.as_u8(),
+                ))
+            })
+    }
+}
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