diff --git a/monero/Contracts/WalletManager.php b/monero/Contracts/WalletManager.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..91d33e3e085753b9306db7e9dba8115a359295d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/monero/Contracts/WalletManager.php
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Monero\Contracts;
+
+/**
+ * Interface WalletManager
+ * @package Monero
+ */
+interface WalletManager
+{
+    /**
+     * Gets the balance
+     *
+     * @return int the overall value after inputs unlock
+     */
+    public function balance();
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the unlocked balance
+     *
+     * @return int the spendable balance
+     */
+    public function unlockedBalance();
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the primary address
+     *
+     * @return string wallets primary address
+     */
+    public function address();
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the current block height
+     *
+     * @return int block height
+     */
+    public function blockHeight();
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new integrated address
+     *
+     * @return array ['integrated_address', 'payment_id']
+     */
+    public function createIntegratedAddress();
+
+    /**
+     * Gets any incoming transactions
+     *
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public function incomingTransfers();
+
+    /**
+     * Checks for any payments made to the paymentIds
+     *
+     * @param array     $paymentIds list of payment ids to be searched for
+     * @param int       $minHeight  the lowest block the search should start with
+     *
+     * @return array    payments received since min block height with a payment id provided
+     */
+    public function payments($paymentIds, $minHeight);
+
+    /**
+     * creates a uri for easier wallet parsing
+     *
+     * @param string    $address    address comprising of primary, sub or integrated address
+     * @param string    $paymentId  payment id when not using integrated addresses
+     * @param int       $amount     atomic amount requested
+     *
+     * @return string the uri string which can be used to generate a QR code
+     */
+    public function createUri($address, $paymentId = null, $amount = null);
+
+    /**
+     * creates a random 64 char payment id
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function generatePaymentId();
+
+}
diff --git a/monero/WalletOld.php b/monero/WalletOld.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d6ed3baa568807c7341eabe03a8689f22b9b52d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/monero/WalletOld.php
@@ -0,0 +1,174 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Monero;
+
+use App\Project;
+use Carbon\Carbon;
+use Illuminate\Support\Collection;
+
+class WalletOld
+{
+    /**
+     * WalletOld constructor.
+     *
+     * @param null $client
+     */
+    public function __construct($client = null)
+    {
+        $this->client = $client ?: new jsonRPCClient(env('RPC_URL'));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets a Payment address for receiving payments
+     *
+     * @return array
+     *
+     * @internal param \WalletOld $wallet
+     */
+    public function getPaymentAddress()
+    {
+
+        $integratedAddress = $this->createIntegratedAddress();
+        if (!$integratedAddress) {
+            return ['address' => 'not valid'];
+        }
+
+        return ['address' => $integratedAddress['integrated_address'], 'paymentId' => $integratedAddress['payment_id']];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the actual available and useable balance (unlocked balance)
+     *
+     * @return float|int|mixed
+     */
+    public function balance()
+    {
+        return $this->client->balance();
+    }
+
+    public function mempoolTransfers()
+    {
+        return $this->client->incomingTransfers();
+    }
+
+    public function bulkPayments($paymentIds)
+    {
+        $blockBuffer = 10;
+
+        return $this->client->payments($paymentIds, intval($this->wallet->last_scanned_block_height) - $blockBuffer);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Scans the monero blockchain for transactions for the payment ids
+     *
+     * @param $blockheight
+     * @param $paymentIDs
+     *
+     * @return array|Transaction
+     */
+    public function scanBlocks($blockheight, $paymentIDs)
+    {
+        $response = $this->bulkPayments($paymentIDs);
+        $address = $this->getAddress();
+        $transactions = [];
+        if ($response && isset($response['payments'])) {
+            foreach ($response['payments'] as $payment) {
+                $transaction = new Transaction(
+                    $payment['tx_hash'],
+                    $payment['amount'],
+                    $address,
+                    $blockheight - $payment['block_height'],
+                    0,
+                    Carbon::now(),
+                    $payment['payment_id'],
+                    $payment['block_height']
+                );
+                $transactions[] = $transaction;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return collect($transactions);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param $blockheight
+     *
+     * @return \Illuminate\Support\Collection
+     */
+    public function scanMempool($blockheight)
+    {
+        $address = $this->getAddress();
+        $transactions = [];
+        $response = $this->mempoolTransfers();
+        if ($response && isset($response['pool'])) {
+            foreach ($response['pool'] as $payment) {
+                $transaction = new Transaction(
+                    $payment['txid'],
+                    $payment['amount'],
+                    $address,
+                    0,
+                    0,
+                    Carbon::now(),
+                    $payment['payment_id'],
+                    $blockheight
+                );
+                $transactions[] = $transaction;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return collect($transactions);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the current blockheight of xmr
+     *
+     * @return int
+     */
+    public function blockHeight()
+    {
+        return $this->client->blockHeight();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns monero wallet address
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function getAddress()
+    {
+        return $this->client->address();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns XMR integrated address
+     *
+     * @return mixed
+     */
+    public function createIntegratedAddress()
+    {
+        return $this->client->createIntegratedAddress();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param $amount
+     * @param $address
+     * @param $paymentId
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function createQrCodeString($address, $amount = null, $paymentId = null): string
+    {
+        return $this->client->createUri($address, $amount, $paymentId);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * gets all the payment_ids outstanding from the address_pool, we use these to check against the latest mined blocks
+     *
+     * @return Collection
+     */
+    public function getPaymentIds()
+    {
+
+        return Project::pluck('payment_id'); //stop scanning for payment_ids after 24h
+    }
+}
diff --git a/monero/jsonRPCClient.php b/monero/jsonRPCClient.php
index b2de9140e625166263cf3e0f21bfbe69f37669cf..b141b5b2e71fa8200e34fa4b814873401ed0b589 100644
--- a/monero/jsonRPCClient.php
+++ b/monero/jsonRPCClient.php
@@ -10,31 +10,41 @@ use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
  * Class jsonRPCClient
  * JSON 2.0 RPC Client for cryptocurrency wallet
  */
-class jsonRPCClient
+class jsonRPCClient implements Contracts\WalletManager
 {
 
     /** @var string */
-    private $username;
+    private $username = 'test2';
 
     /** @var string */
-    private $password;
+    private $password = 'test2';
+
+    /** @var string  */
+    private $url = 'http://127.0.0.1:28080/json_rpc';
 
     /** @var Client|null  */
     private $client;
 
     /**
      * JsonRPCClient constructor.
+     * @param array $options
      * @param null $client
      */
-    public function __construct($client = null)
+    public function __construct($options, $client = null)
     {
+        $this->username = $options['username'] ?? $this->username;
+        $this->password = $options['password'] ?? $this->password;
+        $this->url = $options['url'] ?? $this->url;
+
         if (empty($client)) {
             $client = new Client([
-                'base_uri' => env('RPC_URL'),
+                'base_uri' => $this->url,
+                'headers' => [
+                    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
+                ]
             ]);
         }
-        $this->username = env('MONERO_USERNAME');
-        $this->password = env('MONERO_PASSWORD');
+
         $this->client = $client;
     }
 
@@ -135,6 +145,16 @@ class jsonRPCClient
         return $response['uri'];
     }
 
+    /**
+     * creates a random 64 char payment id
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function generatePaymentId(): string
+    {
+        return bin2hex(openssl_random_pseudo_bytes(32));
+    }
+
     /**
      * Sets up the request data body
      *
@@ -155,6 +175,7 @@ class jsonRPCClient
     }
 
     /**
+     * Send off request to rpc server
      *
      * @param string    $method name of the rpc command
      * @param array     $params associative array of variables being passed to the method