diff --git a/apps/cic-cache/requirements.txt b/apps/cic-cache/requirements.txt
index ad1232c3..865db82e 100644
--- a/apps/cic-cache/requirements.txt
+++ b/apps/cic-cache/requirements.txt
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
-cic-base~=0.1.2b10
+cic-base~=0.1.3a1
 alembic==1.4.2
 confini~=0.3.6rc3
 uwsgi==2.0.19.1
 moolb~=0.1.0
-cic-eth-registry~=0.5.5a4
+cic-eth-registry~=0.5.6a1
 SQLAlchemy==1.3.20
 semver==2.13.0
 psycopg2==2.8.6
 celery==4.4.7
 redis==3.5.3
-chainsyncer[sql]~=0.0.2a4
+chainsyncer[sql]~=0.0.3a1
+erc20-faucet~=0.2.2a1
diff --git a/apps/cic-cache/test_requirements.txt b/apps/cic-cache/test_requirements.txt
index e0addadd..3582004c 100644
--- a/apps/cic-cache/test_requirements.txt
+++ b/apps/cic-cache/test_requirements.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,5 @@ sqlparse==0.4.1
 pytest-celery==0.0.0a1
 eth_tester==0.5.0b3
 py-evm==0.3.0a20
-web3==5.12.2
-cic-eth-registry~=0.5.5a3
-cic-base[full]==0.1.2b8
+cic-base[full]==0.1.3a1
+sarafu-faucet~=0.0.4a1
diff --git a/apps/cic-eth/MANIFEST.in b/apps/cic-eth/MANIFEST.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..739a53c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/cic-eth/MANIFEST.in
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+include *requirements.txt
+
diff --git a/apps/cic-eth/cic_eth/api/api_admin.py b/apps/cic-eth/cic_eth/api/api_admin.py
index c5c1e142..34fc4d68 100644
--- a/apps/cic-eth/cic_eth/api/api_admin.py
+++ b/apps/cic-eth/cic_eth/api/api_admin.py
@@ -562,13 +562,13 @@ class AdminApi:
             tx['source_token_symbol'] = source_token.symbol
             o = erc20_c.balance_of(tx['source_token'], tx['sender'], sender_address=self.call_address)
             r = self.rpc.do(o)
-            tx['sender_token_balance'] = erc20_c.parse_balance_of(r)
+            tx['sender_token_balance'] = erc20_c.parse_balance(r)
 
         if destination_token != None:
             tx['destination_token_symbol'] = destination_token.symbol
             o = erc20_c.balance_of(tx['destination_token'], tx['recipient'], sender_address=self.call_address)
             r = self.rpc.do(o)
-            tx['recipient_token_balance'] = erc20_c.parse_balance_of(r)
+            tx['recipient_token_balance'] = erc20_c.parse_balance(r)
             #tx['recipient_token_balance'] = destination_token.function('balanceOf')(tx['recipient']).call()
 
         # TODO: this can mean either not subitted or culled, need to check other txs with same nonce to determine which
diff --git a/apps/cic-eth/cic_eth/runnable/daemons/server.py b/apps/cic-eth/cic_eth/runnable/daemons/server.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 875c581e..00000000
--- a/apps/cic-eth/cic_eth/runnable/daemons/server.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,136 +0,0 @@
-# standard imports
-import os
-import re
-import logging
-import argparse
-import json
-
-# third-party imports
-import web3
-import confini
-import celery
-from json.decoder import JSONDecodeError
-from cic_registry.chain import ChainSpec
-
-# local imports
-from cic_eth.db import dsn_from_config
-from cic_eth.db.models.base import SessionBase
-from cic_eth.eth.util import unpack_signed_raw_tx
-
-logging.basicConfig(level=logging.WARNING)
-logg = logging.getLogger()
-
-rootdir = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)))
-dbdir = os.path.join(rootdir, 'cic_eth', 'db')
-migrationsdir = os.path.join(dbdir, 'migrations')
-
-config_dir = os.path.join('/usr/local/etc/cic-eth')
-
-argparser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
-argparser.add_argument('-c', type=str, default=config_dir, help='config file')
-argparser.add_argument('-i', '--chain-spec', dest='i', type=str, help='chain spec')
-argparser.add_argument('--env-prefix', default=os.environ.get('CONFINI_ENV_PREFIX'), dest='env_prefix', type=str, help='environment prefix for variables to overwrite configuration')
-argparser.add_argument('-q', type=str, default='cic-eth', help='queue name for worker tasks')
-argparser.add_argument('-v', action='store_true', help='be verbose')
-argparser.add_argument('-vv', action='store_true', help='be more verbose')
-args = argparser.parse_args()
-
-if args.vv:
-    logging.getLogger().setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
-elif args.v:
-    logging.getLogger().setLevel(logging.INFO)
-
-config = confini.Config(args.c, args.env_prefix)
-config.process()
-args_override = {
-        'CIC_CHAIN_SPEC': getattr(args, 'i'),
-        }
-config.censor('PASSWORD', 'DATABASE')
-config.censor('PASSWORD', 'SSL')
-logg.debug('config:\n{}'.format(config))
-
-dsn = dsn_from_config(config)
-SessionBase.connect(dsn)
-
-celery_app = celery.Celery(backend=config.get('CELERY_RESULT_URL'),  broker=config.get('CELERY_BROKER_URL'))
-queue = args.q
-
-re_something = r'^/something/?'
-
-chain_spec = ChainSpec.from_chain_str(config.get('CIC_CHAIN_SPEC'))
-
-
-def process_something(session, env):
-    r = re.match(re_something, env.get('PATH_INFO'))
-    if not r:
-        return None
-
-    #if env.get('CONTENT_TYPE') != 'application/json':
-    #    raise AttributeError('content type')
-
-    #if env.get('REQUEST_METHOD') != 'POST':
-    #    raise AttributeError('method')
-
-    #post_data = json.load(env.get('wsgi.input'))
-    
-    #return ('text/plain', 'foo'.encode('utf-8'),)
-
-
-# uwsgi application
-def application(env, start_response):
-    
-    for k in env.keys():
-        logg.debug('env {} {}'.format(k, env[k]))
-
-    headers = []
-    content = b''
-    err = None
-
-    session = SessionBase.create_session()
-    for handler in [
-            process_something,
-            ]:
-        try:
-            r = handler(session, env)
-        except AttributeError as e:
-            logg.error('handler fail attribute {}'.format(e))
-            err = '400 Impertinent request'
-            break
-        except JSONDecodeError as e:
-            logg.error('handler fail json {}'.format(e))
-            err = '400 Invalid data format'
-            break
-        except KeyError as e:
-            logg.error('handler fail key {}'.format(e))
-            err = '400 Invalid JSON'
-            break
-        except ValueError as e:
-            logg.error('handler fail value {}'.format(e))
-            err = '400 Invalid data'
-            break
-        except RuntimeError as e:
-            logg.error('task fail value {}'.format(e))
-            err = '500 Task failed, sorry I cannot tell you more'
-            break
-        if r != None:
-            (mime_type, content) = r
-            break
-    session.close()
-
-    if err != None:
-        headers.append(('Content-Type', 'text/plain, charset=UTF-8',))
-        start_response(err, headers)
-        session.close()
-        return [content]
-
-    headers.append(('Content-Length', str(len(content))),)
-    headers.append(('Access-Control-Allow-Origin', '*',));
-
-    if len(content) == 0:
-        headers.append(('Content-Type', 'text/plain, charset=UTF-8',))
-        start_response('404 Looked everywhere, sorry', headers)
-    else:
-        headers.append(('Content-Type', mime_type,))
-        start_response('200 OK', headers)
-
-    return [content]
diff --git a/apps/cic-eth/cic_eth/runnable/daemons/tracker.py b/apps/cic-eth/cic_eth/runnable/daemons/tracker.py
index 10ef5154..58d33eca 100644
--- a/apps/cic-eth/cic_eth/runnable/daemons/tracker.py
+++ b/apps/cic-eth/cic_eth/runnable/daemons/tracker.py
@@ -26,10 +26,8 @@ from hexathon import (
         strip_0x,
         )
 from chainsyncer.backend.sql import SQLBackend
-from chainsyncer.driver import (
-        HeadSyncer,
-        HistorySyncer,
-        )
+from chainsyncer.driver.head import HeadSyncer
+from chainsyncer.driver.history import HistorySyncer
 from chainsyncer.db.models.base import SessionBase
 
 # local imports
diff --git a/apps/cic-eth/cic_eth/version.py b/apps/cic-eth/cic_eth/version.py
index 0edda257..a3457bc6 100644
--- a/apps/cic-eth/cic_eth/version.py
+++ b/apps/cic-eth/cic_eth/version.py
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ import semver
 version = (
         0,
         11,
-        0,
-        'beta.16',
+        1,
+        'alpha.1',
         )
 
 version_object = semver.VersionInfo(
diff --git a/apps/cic-eth/requirements.txt b/apps/cic-eth/requirements.txt
index b601639a..1187eeff 100644
--- a/apps/cic-eth/requirements.txt
+++ b/apps/cic-eth/requirements.txt
@@ -1,25 +1,25 @@
-cic-base~=0.1.2b15
+cic-base~=0.1.3a1
 celery==4.4.7
-crypto-dev-signer~=0.4.14b3
+crypto-dev-signer~=0.4.14b6
 confini~=0.3.6rc3
-cic-eth-registry~=0.5.5a7
+cic-eth-registry~=0.5.6a1
 redis==3.5.3
 alembic==1.4.2
 websockets==8.1
 requests~=2.24.0
-eth_accounts_index~=0.0.11a12
-erc20-transfer-authorization~=0.3.1a7
+eth_accounts_index~=0.0.12a1
+erc20-transfer-authorization~=0.3.2a1
 uWSGI==2.0.19.1
 semver==2.13.0
 websocket-client==0.57.0
 moolb~=0.1.1b2
-eth-address-index~=0.1.1a11
-chainlib~=0.0.3rc2
+eth-address-index~=0.1.2a1
+chainlib-eth~=0.0.5a1
 hexathon~=0.0.1a7
-chainsyncer[sql]~=0.0.2a5
-chainqueue~=0.0.2b3
-sarafu-faucet~=0.0.3a3
-erc20-faucet~=0.2.1a5
+chainsyncer[sql]~=0.0.3a1
+chainqueue~=0.0.2b5
+sarafu-faucet~=0.0.4a1
+erc20-faucet~=0.2.2a1
 coincurve==15.0.0
 potaahto~=0.0.1a2
 pycryptodome==3.10.1
diff --git a/apps/data-seeding/cic_eth/import_balance.py b/apps/data-seeding/cic_eth/import_balance.py
index 904299a1..7a8aa92c 100644
--- a/apps/data-seeding/cic_eth/import_balance.py
+++ b/apps/data-seeding/cic_eth/import_balance.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ from chainlib.eth.address import to_checksum_address
 from chainlib.eth.gas import OverrideGasOracle
 from chainlib.eth.nonce import RPCNonceOracle
 from chainlib.eth.tx import TxFactory
-from chainlib.jsonrpc import jsonrpc_template
+from chainlib.jsonrpc import JSONRPCRequest
 from chainlib.eth.error import EthException
 from chainlib.chain import ChainSpec
 from chainlib.eth.constant import ZERO_ADDRESS
@@ -226,11 +226,13 @@ def main():
     data = add_0x(registry_addressof_method)
     data += eth_abi.encode_single('bytes32', b'TokenRegistry').hex()
     txf.set_code(tx, data)
-    
-    o = jsonrpc_template()
+   
+    j = JSONRPCRequest()
+    o = j.template()
     o['method'] = 'eth_call'
     o['params'].append(txf.normalize(tx))
     o['params'].append('latest')
+    o = j.finalize(o)
     r = conn.do(o)
     token_index_address = to_checksum_address(eth_abi.decode_single('address', bytes.fromhex(strip_0x(r))))
     logg.info('found token index address {}'.format(token_index_address))
@@ -244,10 +246,11 @@ def main():
     z = h.digest()
     data += eth_abi.encode_single('bytes32', z).hex()
     txf.set_code(tx, data)
-    o = jsonrpc_template()
+    o = j.template()
     o['method'] = 'eth_call'
     o['params'].append(txf.normalize(tx))
     o['params'].append('latest')
+    o = j.finalize(o)
     r = conn.do(o)
     try:
         sarafu_token_address = to_checksum_address(eth_abi.decode_single('address', bytes.fromhex(strip_0x(r))))
diff --git a/apps/data-seeding/eth/import_balance.py b/apps/data-seeding/eth/import_balance.py
index d391d021..2e977d93 100644
--- a/apps/data-seeding/eth/import_balance.py
+++ b/apps/data-seeding/eth/import_balance.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ from chainlib.eth.address import to_checksum_address
 from chainlib.eth.gas import OverrideGasOracle
 from chainlib.eth.nonce import RPCNonceOracle
 from chainlib.eth.tx import TxFactory
-from chainlib.jsonrpc import jsonrpc_template
+from chainlib.jsonrpc import JSONRPCRequest
 from chainlib.eth.error import EthException
 from chainlib.chain import ChainSpec
 from crypto_dev_signer.eth.signer import ReferenceSigner as EIP155Signer
@@ -225,11 +225,13 @@ def main():
     data = add_0x(registry_addressof_method)
     data += eth_abi.encode_single('bytes32', b'TokenRegistry').hex()
     txf.set_code(tx, data)
-    
-    o = jsonrpc_template()
+   
+    j = JSONRPCRequest()
+    o = j.template()
     o['method'] = 'eth_call'
     o['params'].append(txf.normalize(tx))
     o['params'].append('latest')
+    o = j.finalize(o)
     r = conn.do(o)
     token_index_address = to_checksum_address(eth_abi.decode_single('address', bytes.fromhex(strip_0x(r))))
     logg.info('found token index address {}'.format(token_index_address))
@@ -243,10 +245,11 @@ def main():
     z = h.digest()
     data += eth_abi.encode_single('bytes32', z).hex()
     txf.set_code(tx, data)
-    o = jsonrpc_template()
+    o = j.template()
     o['method'] = 'eth_call'
     o['params'].append(txf.normalize(tx))
     o['params'].append('latest')
+    o = j.finalize(o)
     r = conn.do(o)
     try:
         sarafu_token_address = to_checksum_address(eth_abi.decode_single('address', bytes.fromhex(strip_0x(r))))
diff --git a/apps/data-seeding/requirements.txt b/apps/data-seeding/requirements.txt
index 4f2cb559..8e014acb 100644
--- a/apps/data-seeding/requirements.txt
+++ b/apps/data-seeding/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-cic-base[full_graph]==0.1.2b15
-sarafu-faucet==0.0.3a3
-cic-eth==0.11.0b16
-cic-types==0.1.0a11
-crypto-dev-signer==0.4.14b3
+cic-base[full_graph]==0.1.3a1
+sarafu-faucet==0.0.4a1
+cic-eth==0.11.1a1
+cic-types==0.1.0a13
+crypto-dev-signer==0.4.14b6
diff --git a/apps/data-seeding/verify.py b/apps/data-seeding/verify.py
index af90c04d..bca6ce95 100644
--- a/apps/data-seeding/verify.py
+++ b/apps/data-seeding/verify.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ from chainlib.eth.gas import (
 )
 from chainlib.eth.tx import TxFactory
 from chainlib.hash import keccak256_string_to_hex
-from chainlib.jsonrpc import jsonrpc_template
+from chainlib.jsonrpc import JSONRPCRequest
 from cic_types.models.person import (
     Person,
     generate_metadata_pointer,
@@ -264,9 +264,11 @@ class Verifier:
         data += eth_abi.encode_single('address', address).hex()
         tx = self.tx_factory.set_code(tx, data)
         tx = self.tx_factory.normalize(tx)
-        o = jsonrpc_template()
+        j = JSONRPCRequest()
+        o = j.template()
         o['method'] = 'eth_call'
         o['params'].append(tx)
+        o = j.finalize(o)
         r = self.conn.do(o)
         logg.debug('index check for {}: {}'.format(address, r))
         n = eth_abi.decode_single('uint256', bytes.fromhex(strip_0x(r)))
@@ -429,10 +431,12 @@ def main():
     data += eth_abi.encode_single('bytes32', b'TokenRegistry').hex()
     txf.set_code(tx, data)
     
-    o = jsonrpc_template()
+    j = JSONRPCRequest()
+    o = j.template()
     o['method'] = 'eth_call'
     o['params'].append(txf.normalize(tx))
     o['params'].append('latest')
+    o = j.finalize(o)
     r = conn.do(o)
     token_index_address = to_checksum_address(eth_abi.decode_single('address', bytes.fromhex(strip_0x(r))))
     logg.info('found token index address {}'.format(token_index_address))
@@ -441,10 +445,11 @@ def main():
     data += eth_abi.encode_single('bytes32', b'AccountRegistry').hex()
     txf.set_code(tx, data)
     
-    o = jsonrpc_template()
+    o = j.template()
     o['method'] = 'eth_call'
     o['params'].append(txf.normalize(tx))
     o['params'].append('latest')
+    o = j.finalize(o)
     r = conn.do(o)
     account_index_address = to_checksum_address(eth_abi.decode_single('address', bytes.fromhex(strip_0x(r))))
     logg.info('found account index address {}'.format(account_index_address))
@@ -453,10 +458,11 @@ def main():
     data += eth_abi.encode_single('bytes32', b'Faucet').hex()
     txf.set_code(tx, data)
     
-    o = jsonrpc_template()
+    o = j.template()
     o['method'] = 'eth_call'
     o['params'].append(txf.normalize(tx))
     o['params'].append('latest')
+    o = j.finalize(o)
     r = conn.do(o)
     faucet_address = to_checksum_address(eth_abi.decode_single('address', bytes.fromhex(strip_0x(r))))
     logg.info('found faucet {}'.format(faucet_address))
@@ -471,10 +477,11 @@ def main():
     z = h.digest()
     data += eth_abi.encode_single('bytes32', z).hex()
     txf.set_code(tx, data)
-    o = jsonrpc_template()
+    o = j.template()
     o['method'] = 'eth_call'
     o['params'].append(txf.normalize(tx))
     o['params'].append('latest')
+    o = j.finalize(o)
     r = conn.do(o)
     sarafu_token_address = to_checksum_address(eth_abi.decode_single('address', bytes.fromhex(strip_0x(r))))
     logg.info('found token address {}'.format(sarafu_token_address))
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 28379982..749d9c62 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -387,44 +387,6 @@ services:
     # command: "/root/start_retry.sh -q cic-eth -vv"
 
 
-#  cic-eth-server:
-#    build:
-#      context: apps/
-#      dockerfile: cic-eth/docker/Dockerfile
-#    environment:
-#      CIC_CHAIN_SPEC: $CIC_CHAIN_SPEC
-#      CELERY_BROKER_URL: $CELERY_BROKER_URL
-#      CELERY_RESULT_URL: $CELERY_RESULT_URL
-#      SERVER_PORT: 8000
-#    depends_on:
-#      - eth
-#      - postgres
-#      - redis
-#    ports:
-#      - ${HTTP_PORT_CIC_ETH:-63314}:8000
-#    deploy:
-#      restart_policy:
-#        condition: on-failure
-#    volumes:
-#        - contract-config:/tmp/cic/config/:ro
-#    command:
-#      - /bin/bash
-#      - -c
-#      - |
-#        if [[ -f /tmp/cic/config/.env ]]; then source /tmp/cic/config/.env; fi 
-#        "/usr/local/bin/uwsgi" \
-#        --wsgi-file /usr/src/cic-eth/cic_eth/runnable/server_agent.py \
-#        --http :80 \
-#        --pyargv -vv
-##     entrypoint:
-##       - "/usr/local/bin/uwsgi"
-##       - "--wsgi-file"
-##       - "/usr/src/cic-eth/cic_eth/runnable/server_agent.py"
-##       - "--http"
-##       - ":80"
-#    # command: "--pyargv -vv"
-
-
 
   cic-notify-tasker:
     build: