diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 09e7233d..ebe36335 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2825,6 +2825,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "qcheck",
  "qcheck-macros",
  "radicle-cob",
+ "radicle-core",
  "radicle-crypto",
  "radicle-git-metadata",
  "radicle-git-ref-format",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e456fb30..cf07d16c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ radicle = { version = "0.20", path = "crates/radicle" }
 radicle-cli = { version = "0.17", path = "crates/radicle-cli" }
 radicle-cli-test = { path = "crates/radicle-cli-test" }
 radicle-cob = { version = "0.17", path = "crates/radicle-cob" }
+radicle-core = { version = "0.1", path = "crates/radicle-core" }
 radicle-crypto = { version = "0.14", path = "crates/radicle-crypto" }
 radicle-dag = { version = "0.10", path = "crates/radicle-dag" }
 radicle-fetch = { version = "0.16", path = "crates/radicle-fetch" }
diff --git a/crates/radicle/Cargo.toml b/crates/radicle/Cargo.toml
index 1a41d54a..8b79ea53 100644
--- a/crates/radicle/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/radicle/Cargo.toml
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ multibase = { workspace = true }
 nonempty = { workspace = true, features = ["serialize"] }
 qcheck = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 radicle-cob = { workspace = true, features = ["git2"] }
+radicle-core = { workspace = true, features = ["git2"] }
 radicle-crypto = { workspace = true, features = ["git-ref-format-core", "ssh", "sqlite", "cyphernet"] }
 radicle-git-ref-format = { workspace = true, features = ["macro", "serde"] }
 radicle-localtime = { workspace = true, features = ["serde"] }
diff --git a/crates/radicle/src/node.rs b/crates/radicle/src/node.rs
index f179f04a..8f761fb5 100644
--- a/crates/radicle/src/node.rs
+++ b/crates/radicle/src/node.rs
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ pub use cyphernet::addr::{HostName, PeerAddr, PeerAddrParseError};
 pub use db::Database;
 pub use events::{Event, Events};
 pub use features::Features;
+pub use radicle_core::NodeId;
 pub use seed::SyncedAt;
 pub use timestamp::Timestamp;
 
@@ -1002,9 +1003,6 @@ impl<T: DeserializeOwned> Iterator for LineIter<T> {
     }
 }
 
-/// Public node & device identifier.
-pub type NodeId = PublicKey;
-
 /// Node controller.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct Node {