diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 3b1f24a2..1c91e978 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -262,6 +262,15 @@ version = "0.9.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d86b93f97252c47b41663388e6d155714a9d0c398b99f1005cbc5f978b29f445"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "beef"
+version = "0.5.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3a8241f3ebb85c056b509d4327ad0358fbbba6ffb340bf388f26350aeda225b1"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "big-bytes"
 version = "1.0.0"
@@ -467,6 +476,15 @@ version = "0.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "771fe0050b883fcc3ea2359b1a96bcfbc090b7116eae7c3c512c7a083fdf23d3"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "bstr"
+version = "0.2.17"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ba3569f383e8f1598449f1a423e72e99569137b47740b1da11ef19af3d5c3223"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bumpalo"
 version = "3.6.1"
@@ -1431,6 +1449,19 @@ dependencies = [
  "url",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "globset"
+version = "0.4.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0a1e17342619edbc21a964c2afbeb6c820c6a2560032872f397bb97ea127bd0a"
+dependencies = [
+ "aho-corasick",
+ "bstr",
+ "fnv",
+ "log",
+ "regex",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "h2"
 version = "0.3.11"
@@ -1564,13 +1595,13 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "http"
-version = "0.2.3"
+version = "0.2.8"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7245cd7449cc792608c3c8a9eaf69bd4eabbabf802713748fd739c98b82f0747"
+checksum = "75f43d41e26995c17e71ee126451dd3941010b0514a81a9d11f3b341debc2399"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes",
  "fnv",
- "itoa 0.4.7",
+ "itoa 1.0.1",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1783,6 +1814,99 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "jsonrpsee"
+version = "0.15.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8bd0d559d5e679b1ab2f869b486a11182923863b1b3ee8b421763cdd707b783a"
+dependencies = [
+ "jsonrpsee-core",
+ "jsonrpsee-http-server",
+ "jsonrpsee-types",
+ "jsonrpsee-ws-server",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "jsonrpsee-core"
+version = "0.15.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f3dc3e9cf2ba50b7b1d7d76a667619f82846caa39e8e8daa8a4962d74acaddca"
+dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
+ "arrayvec 0.7.2",
+ "async-trait",
+ "beef",
+ "futures-channel",
+ "futures-util",
+ "globset",
+ "http",
+ "hyper",
+ "jsonrpsee-types",
+ "lazy_static",
+ "parking_lot 0.12.0",
+ "rand 0.8.3",
+ "rustc-hash",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "soketto",
+ "thiserror",
+ "tokio",
+ "tracing",
+ "unicase",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "jsonrpsee-http-server"
+version = "0.15.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "03802f0373a38c2420c70b5144742d800b509e2937edc4afb116434f07120117"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures-channel",
+ "futures-util",
+ "hyper",
+ "jsonrpsee-core",
+ "jsonrpsee-types",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "tokio",
+ "tracing",
+ "tracing-futures",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "jsonrpsee-types"
+version = "0.15.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e290bba767401b646812f608c099b922d8142603c9e73a50fb192d3ac86f4a0d"
+dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
+ "beef",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "thiserror",
+ "tracing",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "jsonrpsee-ws-server"
+version = "0.15.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d488ba74fb369e5ab68926feb75a483458b88e768d44319f37e4ecad283c7325"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures-channel",
+ "futures-util",
+ "http",
+ "jsonrpsee-core",
+ "jsonrpsee-types",
+ "serde_json",
+ "soketto",
+ "tokio",
+ "tokio-stream",
+ "tokio-util 0.7.2",
+ "tracing",
+ "tracing-futures",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "keccak"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -3282,6 +3406,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "rust_decimal",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rustc-hash"
+version = "1.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "08d43f7aa6b08d49f382cde6a7982047c3426db949b1424bc4b7ec9ae12c6ce2"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rustc-hex"
 version = "2.1.0"
@@ -3761,9 +3891,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "soketto"
-version = "0.7.0"
+version = "0.7.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "083624472e8817d44d02c0e55df043737ff11f279af924abdf93845717c2b75c"
+checksum = "41d1c5305e39e09653383c2c7244f2f78b3bcae37cf50c64cb4789c9f5096ec2"
 dependencies = [
  "base64 0.13.1",
  "bytes",
@@ -4021,6 +4151,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "hex",
  "hyper",
  "itertools",
+ "jsonrpsee",
  "libp2p",
  "monero",
  "monero-harness",
@@ -4374,6 +4505,7 @@ checksum = "cc463cd8deddc3770d20f9852143d50bf6094e640b485cb2e189a2099085ff45"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes",
  "futures-core",
+ "futures-io",
  "futures-sink",
  "pin-project-lite 0.2.9",
  "tokio",
@@ -4626,6 +4758,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "static_assertions",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "unicase"
+version = "2.6.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "50f37be617794602aabbeee0be4f259dc1778fabe05e2d67ee8f79326d5cb4f6"
+dependencies = [
+ "version_check",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-bidi"
 version = "0.3.4"
diff --git a/swap/Cargo.toml b/swap/Cargo.toml
index 7e23ef24..a91425ca 100644
--- a/swap/Cargo.toml
+++ b/swap/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ ed25519-dalek = "1"
 futures = { version = "0.3", default-features = false }
 hex = "0.4"
 itertools = "0.10"
+jsonrpsee = { version = "0.15.1", features = [ "server"] }
 libp2p = { version = "0.42.2", default-features = false, features = [ "tcp-tokio", "yamux", "mplex", "dns-tokio", "noise", "request-response", "websocket", "ping", "rendezvous", "identify" ] }
 monero = { version = "0.12", features = [ "serde_support" ] }
 monero-rpc = { path = "../monero-rpc" }
diff --git a/swap/src/bin/swap.rs b/swap/src/bin/swap.rs
index 67209785..287361ab 100644
--- a/swap/src/bin/swap.rs
+++ b/swap/src/bin/swap.rs
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 use anyhow::{bail, Context, Result};
 use comfy_table::Table;
+use jsonrpsee::http_server::{HttpServerHandle};
 use qrcode::render::unicode;
 use qrcode::QrCode;
 use std::cmp::min;
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ use std::future::Future;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::time::Duration;
+use std::net::SocketAddr;
 use swap::bitcoin::TxLock;
 use swap::cli::command::{parse_args_and_apply_defaults, Arguments, Command, ParseResult};
 use swap::cli::{list_sellers, EventLoop, SellerStatus};
@@ -35,6 +37,7 @@ use swap::network::swarm;
 use swap::protocol::bob;
 use swap::protocol::bob::{BobState, Swap};
 use swap::seed::Seed;
+use swap::rpc;
 use swap::{bitcoin, cli, monero};
 use url::Url;
 use uuid::Uuid;
@@ -254,6 +257,15 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
                 "Checked Bitcoin balance",
             );
         }
+        Command::StartDaemon {
+            server_address,
+        } => {
+              let handle = rpc::run_server(server_address).await?;
+              loop {
+
+              }
+
+        },
         Command::Resume {
             swap_id,
             bitcoin_electrum_rpc_url,
@@ -516,6 +528,7 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
+
 async fn init_bitcoin_wallet(
     electrum_rpc_url: Url,
     seed: &Seed,
diff --git a/swap/src/cli/command.rs b/swap/src/cli/command.rs
index 4e131ed5..b0cf7090 100644
--- a/swap/src/cli/command.rs
+++ b/swap/src/cli/command.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ use std::str::FromStr;
 use structopt::{clap, StructOpt};
 use url::Url;
 use uuid::Uuid;
+use std::net::SocketAddr;
 
 // See: https://moneroworld.com/
 pub const DEFAULT_MONERO_DAEMON_ADDRESS: &str = "node.community.rino.io:18081";
@@ -138,6 +139,21 @@ where
                 },
             }
         }
+        RawCommand::StartDaemon {
+            server_address,
+        } => {
+            let server_address = "127.0.0.1:1234".parse()?;
+            Arguments {
+                env_config: env_config_from(is_testnet),
+                debug,
+                json,
+                data_dir: data::data_dir_from(data, is_testnet)?,
+                cmd: Command::StartDaemon {
+                    server_address,
+                },
+            }
+
+        }
         RawCommand::WithdrawBtc {
             bitcoin,
             amount,
@@ -250,7 +266,7 @@ where
                     bitcoin_target_block,
                 },
             }
-        }
+        },
         RawCommand::MoneroRecovery { swap_id } => Arguments {
             env_config: env_config_from(is_testnet),
             debug,
@@ -289,6 +305,10 @@ pub enum Command {
         bitcoin_electrum_rpc_url: Url,
         bitcoin_target_block: usize,
     },
+    StartDaemon {
+        server_address: SocketAddr,
+
+    },
     Resume {
         swap_id: Uuid,
         bitcoin_electrum_rpc_url: Url,
@@ -408,6 +428,10 @@ enum RawCommand {
         #[structopt(long = "electrum-rpc", help = "Provide the Bitcoin Electrum RPC URL")]
         bitcoin_electrum_rpc_url: Option<Url>,
     },
+    #[structopt(about="Starts a JSON-RPC server")]
+    StartDaemon {
+        server_address: Option<SocketAddr>,
+    },
     /// Resume a swap
     Resume {
         #[structopt(flatten)]
diff --git a/swap/src/lib.rs b/swap/src/lib.rs
index 4865187b..2bf932a5 100644
--- a/swap/src/lib.rs
+++ b/swap/src/lib.rs
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ pub mod libp2p_ext;
 pub mod monero;
 pub mod network;
 pub mod protocol;
+pub mod rpc;
 pub mod seed;
 pub mod tor;
 pub mod tracing_ext;