diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index d5690e79..c26d6601 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -19,6 +19,29 @@ dependencies = [
  "cpufeatures",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "amplify_derive"
+version = "2.11.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1c3de270e75f27a4468a7c344070109046656e85cb522141f7d40ab4b83803ac"
+dependencies = [
+ "amplify_syn",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "amplify_syn"
+version = "1.1.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "da24db1445cc7bc3842fa072c2d51fe5b25b812b6a572d65842a4c72e87221ac"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "android_system_properties"
 version = "0.1.5"
@@ -456,6 +479,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "cyphernet"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "git+https://github.com/internet2-wg/rust-cyphernet?rev=dee03a95abe4c964e5d9f8532c7dc76998dfeea7#dee03a95abe4c964e5d9f8532c7dc76998dfeea7"
+dependencies = [
+ "amplify_derive",
+ "multibase",
+ "socks",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "data-encoding"
 version = "2.3.2"
@@ -1541,6 +1574,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "base64",
  "byteorder",
  "crossbeam-channel",
+ "cyphernet",
  "ed25519-compact",
  "fastrand",
  "git-ref-format",
@@ -1618,6 +1652,7 @@ name = "radicle-crypto"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "base64",
+ "cyphernet",
  "ed25519-compact",
  "fastrand",
  "git-ref-format",
@@ -2050,6 +2085,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "socks"
+version = "0.3.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f0c3dbbd9ae980613c6dd8e28a9407b50509d3803b57624d5dfe8315218cd58b"
+dependencies = [
+ "byteorder",
+ "libc",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "spin"
 version = "0.5.2"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index fbf7bead..411eaee5 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,3 +27,8 @@ version = "0.3.0"
 git = "https://github.com/cloudhead/nakamoto"
 rev = "90cc3eac67aa5cfd5f42cf7cb1e2b155af3214fb"
 version = "0.3.0"
+
+[patch.crates-io.cyphernet]
+git = "https://github.com/internet2-wg/rust-cyphernet"
+rev = "dee03a95abe4c964e5d9f8532c7dc76998dfeea7"
+version = "0.1.0"
diff --git a/radicle-crypto/Cargo.toml b/radicle-crypto/Cargo.toml
index f5bffc91..f503e8c6 100644
--- a/radicle-crypto/Cargo.toml
+++ b/radicle-crypto/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ ssh = ["base64", "radicle-ssh", "sha2", "ssh-key"]
 
 [dependencies]
 ed25519-compact = { version = "2.0.2", features = ["pem"] }
+cyphernet = { version = "0", optional = true }
 multibase = { version = "0.9.1" }
 serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
 sqlite = { version = "0.28.1", optional = true }
diff --git a/radicle/Cargo.toml b/radicle/Cargo.toml
index 448030ce..4e786e58 100644
--- a/radicle/Cargo.toml
+++ b/radicle/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ base64 = { version= "0.13" }
 byteorder = { version = "1.4" }
 crossbeam-channel = { version = "0.5.6" }
 ed25519-compact = { version = "2.0.2", features = ["pem"] }
+cyphernet = { version = "0", optional = true }
 fastrand = { version = "1.8.0" }
 git-ref-format = { version = "0", features = ["serde", "macro"] }
 multibase = { version = "0.9.1" }