diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
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+++ b/.gitmodules
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+[submodule "warnet"]
+	path = warnet
+	url = https://github.com/bitcoin-dev-project/warnet.git
+[submodule "sim-ln"]
+	path = sim-ln
+	url = https://github.com/bitcoin-dev-project/sim-ln.git
diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
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+{
+  "nodes": {
+    "flake-utils": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "systems": "systems"
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1710146030,
+        "narHash": "sha256-SZ5L6eA7HJ/nmkzGG7/ISclqe6oZdOZTNoesiInkXPQ=",
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "rev": "b1d9ab70662946ef0850d488da1c9019f3a9752a",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "flake-utils_2": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "systems": "systems_2"
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1705309234,
+        "narHash": "sha256-uNRRNRKmJyCRC/8y1RqBkqWBLM034y4qN7EprSdmgyA=",
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "rev": "1ef2e671c3b0c19053962c07dbda38332dcebf26",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "goflake": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs"
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1680659771,
+        "narHash": "sha256-5Gli0PdnZh2rUQTDapyz0pDG+yzRq5AAPoMpZkdMaGQ=",
+        "owner": "sagikazarmark",
+        "repo": "go-flake",
+        "rev": "1a32d77792361575b617f7e52f107273ef4ba723",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "sagikazarmark",
+        "repo": "go-flake",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "nixpkgs": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1666539104,
+        "narHash": "sha256-jeuC+d375wHHxMOFLgu7etseCQVJuPNKoEc9X9CsErg=",
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "0e6df35f39651504249a05191f9a78d251707e22",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "id": "nixpkgs",
+        "ref": "nixos-unstable",
+        "type": "indirect"
+      }
+    },
+    "nixpkgs_2": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1713537308,
+        "narHash": "sha256-XtTSSIB2DA6tOv+l0FhvfDMiyCmhoRbNB+0SeInZkbk=",
+        "owner": "nixos",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "5c24cf2f0a12ad855f444c30b2421d044120c66f",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "nixos",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "nixpkgs_3": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1706487304,
+        "narHash": "sha256-LE8lVX28MV2jWJsidW13D2qrHU/RUUONendL2Q/WlJg=",
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "90f456026d284c22b3e3497be980b2e47d0b28ac",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "ref": "nixpkgs-unstable",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "root": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "flake-utils": "flake-utils",
+        "goflake": "goflake",
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs_2",
+        "rust-overlay": "rust-overlay"
+      }
+    },
+    "rust-overlay": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "flake-utils": "flake-utils_2",
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs_3"
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1713492869,
+        "narHash": "sha256-Zv+ZQq3X+EH6oogkXaJ8dGN8t1v26kPZgC5bki04GnM=",
+        "owner": "oxalica",
+        "repo": "rust-overlay",
+        "rev": "1e9264d1214d3db00c795b41f75d55b5e153758e",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "oxalica",
+        "repo": "rust-overlay",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "systems": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1681028828,
+        "narHash": "sha256-Vy1rq5AaRuLzOxct8nz4T6wlgyUR7zLU309k9mBC768=",
+        "owner": "nix-systems",
+        "repo": "default",
+        "rev": "da67096a3b9bf56a91d16901293e51ba5b49a27e",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "nix-systems",
+        "repo": "default",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "systems_2": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1681028828,
+        "narHash": "sha256-Vy1rq5AaRuLzOxct8nz4T6wlgyUR7zLU309k9mBC768=",
+        "owner": "nix-systems",
+        "repo": "default",
+        "rev": "da67096a3b9bf56a91d16901293e51ba5b49a27e",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "nix-systems",
+        "repo": "default",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "root": "root",
+  "version": 7
+}
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
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+{
+  description = "A simple core lightning plugin that simplifies the Splice operation";
+
+  inputs = {
+    nixpkgs.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs";
+    flake-utils.url = "github:numtide/flake-utils";
+    goflake.url = "github:sagikazarmark/go-flake";
+    rust-overlay.url = "github:oxalica/rust-overlay";
+  };
+
+  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, flake-utils, goflake, rust-overlay, ... }:
+    flake-utils.lib.eachDefaultSystem (system:
+      let
+        pkgs = import nixpkgs {
+          inherit system;
+          overlays = [ rust-overlay.overlay ];
+        };
+
+        lnd-src = pkgs.fetchFromGitHub {
+          owner = "carlaKC"; # Replace with the GitHub username
+          repo = "lnd";
+          rev = "attackathon"; # Replace with the specific branch you want to build
+          sha256 = "sha256-0OuTRdulX22qWmbgN7EQ8c9m+kqzdRwffxIxhvyAGak="; # Replace with the correct sha256
+        };
+
+      in
+      {
+        packages = {
+          default = pkgs.gnumake;
+        };
+        formatter = pkgs.nixpkgs-fmt;
+
+        devShell = pkgs.mkShell {
+          buildInputs = with pkgs; [
+            # build dependencies
+            libcap
+            gcc
+            pkg-config
+            git
+            jq
+
+            gnumake
+            golangci-lint
+            just
+
+            go
+            rustc
+            cargo
+            python3
+
+            docker
+            docker-machine-kvm2
+            kubernetes
+            minikube
+            dnsmasq
+
+            libvirt
+            qemu_kvm
+            virt-manager
+
+            # integration test dependencies
+            lnd-src
+            bitcoind
+          ];
+
+          shellHook = ''
+            export LIBVIRT_DEFAULT_URI='qemu:///system'
+            export CGO_ENABLED=0
+            export HOST_CC=gcc
+            export PWD=$(pwd)
+            export RUST_LOG=info
+          '';
+        };
+      }
+    );
+}
diff --git a/sim-ln b/sim-ln
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+++ b/sim-ln
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+Subproject commit dc544fa9d3cdc1d0b7247b06172b0503f3f02dc7
diff --git a/warnet b/warnet
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+++ b/warnet
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+Subproject commit 49ececad5952464617677e9b2079c9d4fd4be8a0