diff --git a/apps/bloxbergValidatorSetup/.gitignore b/apps/bloxbergValidatorSetup/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..320a582e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/bloxbergValidatorSetup/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+/validator/bloxbergData
+/validator/bloxberg.log
+keys/**/*
diff --git a/apps/bloxbergValidatorSetup/Dockerfile b/apps/bloxbergValidatorSetup/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..96a21687
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/bloxbergValidatorSetup/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+FROM parity/parity:v2.5.13-stable
+
+# root user for installing os dep's and setting file permissions 
+# RUN apt-get update && sudo apt-get -y install sed
+USER root
+WORKDIR /root
+
+# ARG BASE_PATH=root/.local/share/io.parity.ethereum/
+ARG KEY_PATH=/root/keys/
+# mount a key volume locally if you want to persist keys between runs
+# to generate new account + keys run:
+#
+RUN mkdir -p $KEY_PATH
+COPY ./validator/bloxberg.json \
+     ./validator/bootnodes.txt \
+     ./validator/validator.pwd \
+     ./validator/validator.toml \
+     /root/
+
+# RUN chown -R parity:parity $HOME/ && \
+#     chmod -R 775 $HOME/ && \
+#     chmod g+s $HOME/
+# USER parity
+
+ENTRYPOINT [ "parity" ]
+CMD [ "--config", "/root/validator.toml", "--keys-path", "/root/keys/" ]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/apps/bloxbergValidatorSetup/README.md b/apps/bloxbergValidatorSetup/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..349eec4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/bloxbergValidatorSetup/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+
+#  Refactored bloxberg node
+
+The original bloxberg node config was kind of annoying so I am running it more like vanilla parity. This way you can pass command flags directly to parity.
+## Make some keys
+```
+docker build -t bloxie . && docker run -v ${PWD}/keys:/root/keys --rm -it -t bloxie account new --chain /root/bloxberg.json --keys-path /root/keys
+```
+
+## Enter the signer address and passwords in the config files
+
+validator.toml
+```
+[mining]
+#CHANGE ENGINE SIGNER TO VALIDATOR ADDRESS
+engine_signer = "0x0a7cac94bcd82ced7cd67651246dcb6a47553d53" <---- address goes here
+reseal_on_txs = "none"
+force_sealing = true
+min_gas_price = 1000000
+gas_floor_target = "10000000"
+```
+
+validator.pwd <--- put your password in here or leave it blank if you didn't enter a password.
+
+## Run it!
+
+Mount the keys folder on your host if you want to preserve the keys between runs...
+```
+docker run -v ${PWD}/keys:/root/keys  -it -t bloxie
+```
+
+---
+# bloxbergValidatorSetup
+This is a Docker image for running a validator node on the bloxberg blockchain. 
+
+Remote Machine Minimum System Requirements:
+* Ubuntu 16.04 or 18.04 Image (Other Operating Systems can work, but commands may have to be altered)
+* Minimum 2 CPU
+* Minimum 2GB RAM Memory
+* We recommend for future proofing at least 100 GB of SSD storage.
+
+These are simply the minimum requirements and we do recommend to allocate more resources to ensure stability.
+
+With the latest update to parity 2.7, it is also necessary for your server CPU to support aes. This can be found by running:
+
+```
+cat /proc/cpuinfo
+```
+on the server and checking in the flags column for aes.
+
+Additionally, the blockchain connects to other nodes via port 30303, so it is important this port is open via your firewall beforehand.
+
+In the `docker-compose.yml` you will also see the ports 8545 (JSON-RPC API) and 8546 (Web-Socket). These can be used to interact with blockchain via means of your local node but don't need to be accesible over the internet.
+
+## Setup Process
+
+1. Clone the repository to the server you are hosting the validator node.
+2. Edit the validator.yml with a text editor (nano or vim) and change the NATIP variable to your external IP. Save this file
+3. Edit the `validator/validator.pwd` file and insert a secure password. This will be used to encrypt your private key.
+4. Run 'sudo ./setup.sh'.
+5. Run 'docker-compose -f validator.yml up'. This will start the docker container and generate an ethereum address and an enode address. Send these both to the bloxberg consortium.
+6. Use Ctrl+C to shut down the docker container. Lastly, run 'docker-compose -f validator.yml up -d'. This will daemonize the container and start running the validator node in the background.
diff --git a/apps/bloxbergValidatorSetup/setup.sh b/apps/bloxbergValidatorSetup/setup.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..bfbcceda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/bloxbergValidatorSetup/setup.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+check_packages() {
+
+	if [ $(grep -i debian /etc/*-release | wc -l) -gt 0 ]; then
+		if [ ! -f /usr/bin/docker ]; then
+			echo "INSTALLING DOCKER"
+			sudo apt-get install -y docker-ce
+		fi
+
+		if [ ! -f /usr/local/bin/docker-compose ]; then
+			echo "INSTALLING DOCKER-COMPOSE"
+			sudo apt-get install docker-compose
+		fi
+	fi
+	
+
+	#Chrony configuration
+	sudo apt install chrony
+	cat src/chronyConfig.tpl > /etc/chrony/chrony.conf
+	sudo service chrony restart
+	sudo systemctl enable chrony
+	sudo chown -R 1000:1000 ./validator
+}
+
+
+check_packages
diff --git a/apps/bloxbergValidatorSetup/src/chronyConfig.tpl b/apps/bloxbergValidatorSetup/src/chronyConfig.tpl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d5a0b375
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/bloxbergValidatorSetup/src/chronyConfig.tpl
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+# Welcome to the chrony configuration file. See chrony.conf(5) for more
+# information about usuable directives.
+
+# This will use (up to):
+# - 4 sources from ntp.ubuntu.com which some are ipv6 enabled
+# - 2 sources from 2.ubuntu.pool.ntp.org which is ipv6 enabled as well
+# - 1 source from [01].ubuntu.pool.ntp.org each (ipv4 only atm)
+# This means by default, up to 6 dual-stack and up to 2 additional IPv4-only
+# sources will be used.
+# At the same time it retains some protection against one of the entries being
+# down (compare to just using one of the lines). See (LP: #1754358) for the
+# discussion.
+#
+# About using servers from the NTP Pool Project in general see (LP: #104525).
+# Approved by Ubuntu Technical Board on 2011-02-08.
+# See http://www.pool.ntp.org/join.html for more information.
+pool ntp.ubuntu.com        iburst maxsources 4
+pool 0.ubuntu.pool.ntp.org iburst maxsources 1
+pool 1.ubuntu.pool.ntp.org iburst maxsources 1
+pool 2.ubuntu.pool.ntp.org iburst maxsources 2
+
+# This directive specify the location of the file containing ID/key pairs for
+# NTP authentication.
+keyfile /etc/chrony/chrony.keys
+
+# This directive specify the file into which chronyd will store the rate
+# information.
+driftfile /var/lib/chrony/chrony.drift
+
+# Uncomment the following line to turn logging on.
+#log tracking measurements statistics
+
+# Log files location.
+logdir /var/log/chrony
+
+# Stop bad estimates upsetting machine clock.
+maxupdateskew 100.0
+
+# This directive enables kernel synchronisation (every 11 minutes) of the
+# real-time clock. Note that it can’t be used along with the 'rtcfile' directive.
+rtcsync
+
+# Step the system clock instead of slewing it if the adjustment is larger than
+# one second, but only in the first three clock updates.
+makestep 1 3
diff --git a/apps/bloxbergValidatorSetup/validator.yml b/apps/bloxbergValidatorSetup/validator.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bc7a8503
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/bloxbergValidatorSetup/validator.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+version: '2'
+services:
+  validator:
+    build:
+      context: ./src
+      dockerfile: Dockerfile
+    container_name: validator
+    volumes:
+      - ./validator:/home/parity/.local/share/io.parity.ethereum
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    entrypoint: /start.sh
+    environment:
+      #CHANGE NAT_IP to your IP
+      NAT_IP: 130.183.206.234
+      #If you have multiple addresses, you can specify one address for the authority node.
+      #AUTH_ADDRESS: 0xab59a1ea1ac9af9f77518b9b4ad80942ade35088
+    user: "0:0"
+    ports:
+      - "8545:8545"
+      - "8546:8546"
+      - "30303:30303"
diff --git a/apps/bloxbergValidatorSetup/validator/bloxberg.json b/apps/bloxbergValidatorSetup/validator/bloxberg.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e3a25dc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/bloxbergValidatorSetup/validator/bloxberg.json
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+{
+    "name": "Bloxberg",
+    "engine": {
+        "authorityRound": {
+            "params": {
+		"maximumUncleCountTransition": 5006743,
+                "maximumUncleCount": 0,
+                "stepDuration": "5",
+                "validators" : {
+                     "list": ["0x0ade5bd2065debbb250e816f614bc342a6ef71c1"]
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    },
+    "params": {
+        "gasLimitBoundDivisor": "0x400",
+        "maximumExtraDataSize": "0x20",
+        "minGasLimit": "0x7A1200",
+        "networkID" : "0x2324",
+
+        "eip140Transition": "0x0",
+        "eip211Transition": "0x0",
+        "eip214Transition": "0x0",
+        "eip658Transition": "0x0",
+
+	"eip145Transition": 5006743,
+        "eip1014Transition": 5006743,
+        "eip1052Transition": 5006743,
+
+        "eip1283Transition": 5006743,
+        "eip1344Transition": 5006743,
+        "eip1706Transition": 5006743,
+        "eip1884Transition": 5006743,
+        "eip2028Transition": 5006743
+    },
+    "genesis": {
+        "seal": {
+            "authorityRound": {
+"step": "0x0",
+                "signature": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"
+            }
+        },
+        "difficulty": "0x20000",
+        "gasLimit": "0x7A1200"
+    },
+    "accounts": {
+            "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000001": { "balance": "1", "builtin": { "name": "ecrecover", "pricing": { "linear": { "base": 3000, "word": 0 } } } },
+            "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000002": { "balance": "1", "builtin": { "name": "sha256", "pricing": { "linear": { "base": 60, "word": 12 } } } },
+            "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000003": { "balance": "1", "builtin": { "name": "ripemd160", "pricing": { "linear": { "base": 600, "word": 120 } } } },
+            "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000004": { "balance": "1", "builtin": { "name": "identity", "pricing": { "linear": { "base": 15, "word": 3 } } } },
+            "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000005": { "builtin": { "name": "modexp", "activate_at": 0, "pricing": { "modexp": { "divisor": 20 } } } },
+	    "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000006": {
+			"builtin": {
+				"name": "alt_bn128_add",
+				"activate_at": 0,
+				"pricing": {
+					"alt_bn128_const_operations": {
+						"price": 500
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		},
+	       "0000000000000000000000000000000000000007": {
+      "builtin": {
+        "name": "alt_bn128_mul",
+        "pricing": {
+          "0": {
+            "price": {
+              "alt_bn128_const_operations": {
+                "price": 40000
+              }
+            }
+          },
+          "5006743": {
+            "info": "Istanbul HF",
+            "price": {
+              "alt_bn128_const_operations": {
+                "price": 6000
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }, 
+"0000000000000000000000000000000000000008": {
+      "builtin": {
+        "name": "alt_bn128_pairing",
+        "pricing": {
+          "0": {
+            "price": {
+              "alt_bn128_pairing": {
+                "base": 100000,
+                "pair": 80000
+              }
+            }
+          },
+          "5006743": {
+            "info": "Istanbul HF",
+            "price": {
+              "alt_bn128_pairing": {
+                "base": 45000,
+                "pair": 34000
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    },	   
+    "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000009": {
+      "builtin": {
+        "name": "blake2_f",
+        "pricing": {
+          "5006743": {
+            "info": "Istanbul HF",
+            "price": {
+              "blake2_f": {
+                "gas_per_round": 1
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    },    
+    "0xEb3907eCad74a0013c259D5874AE7f22DcBcC95C": { "balance": "102000000000000000000000000000000" }
+}
+}
diff --git a/apps/bloxbergValidatorSetup/validator/bootnodes.txt b/apps/bloxbergValidatorSetup/validator/bootnodes.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3a8d05c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/bloxbergValidatorSetup/validator/bootnodes.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#MPDL Bootnode and Authority
+enode://a7a53baf91b612b25b84993c964beb987879bfe7430cf6acb55bd721b9c0d96ceb1849049b1dcc0aa6e86fa1e2234280581b16c1265d56644fb09085e6906034@130.183.206.234:30304
+enode://16287e6f87719b4f58f9598d74c82f2e4cebf2f3064a59659d9a553c5653864407fe5654beab39476a4e209725a63bf4c808d5340dd23989b15754294fe4a845@141.5.98.231:30303
+enode://e6b181c16d20194029c220ce886fdc7a745cb37ee655c3b41ea744ec89143db6731a1c01ff3c40b39f969079090ad34e0e3319e47b0d22a8d510ff1f7b5a9ac7@130.183.206.234:30303
+#GeorgiaTech
+enode://4d9e6925ef3a92315283a655e856aa29dd516172c4f38d2a8fcd58c233a2cd80c57b507fed3bf351b1ac0611e8c7fefd6fb1c49de2d0d15eb1816d43629ac4ba@3.14.148.213:30303
+#CMU
+enode://ce0154eb13c1c038017151dd1ff4d736178ffedc33f5e11fe694c247eb09279886d253c3c775486eb709a65057901e2788098f991c58e6ad26ff957a8f45253e@128.2.25.89:30303
+#UCL
+enode://e41a38d659f13d47f3d88c5178e0cfe97487d3568000b85ae3a4abbcc35404d2628cee8a7e9071b63802542bafd886447ecf1d02fc663be0534779094a3e4fd1@128.16.12.165:30303
+#Sarajevo
+enode://a246cbc6a66ccf0447c74e108211433849f8035e2c89a598b5dd19cbb5fc49fcadae7693c2bcf297b4d12158cbd587a4ca6b1c087c678d7c7167641a7cff432e@195.222.43.21:30303
+#Zurich
+enode://6173beaabd1a82d41e3615da2a755e99f3bd53e04737e2ae2f02a004c42445d8dfd1d87aadfafabc4c45a1df2a80f359ab628c93522d1dac70690a9689912bbc@129.132.178.74:30303
+#Internet Security
+enode://bc50cf41d29f346f43f84ee7d03b21cd2d4176cd759cd0d26ce04c16448d4c8611c4eab4c5543e29075c758c0afc2fd6743fa38f48dc0ed1f016efbb5c5a7654@194.94.127.78:30303
diff --git a/apps/bloxbergValidatorSetup/validator/validator.pwd b/apps/bloxbergValidatorSetup/validator/validator.pwd
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8b137891
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/bloxbergValidatorSetup/validator/validator.pwd
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+
diff --git a/apps/bloxbergValidatorSetup/validator/validator.toml b/apps/bloxbergValidatorSetup/validator/validator.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ce17d222
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/bloxbergValidatorSetup/validator/validator.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+[parity]
+chain = "/root/bloxberg.json"
+auto_update = "all"
+
+[network]
+port = 30303
+reserved_peers = "/root/bootnodes.txt"
+nat = "any"
+discovery = false
+
+[rpc]
+port = 8545
+apis = ["web3", "eth", "net", "personal", "parity", "parity_set", "traces", "rpc", "parity_accounts"]
+interface = "all"
+
+[websockets]
+disable = false
+port = 8546
+interface = "all"
+origins = ["none"]
+
+[account]
+password = ["/root/validator.pwd"]
+
+[mining]
+#CHANGE ENGINE SIGNER TO VALIDATOR ADDRESS
+engine_signer = "0x0ade5bd2065debbb250e816f614bc342a6ef71c1"
+reseal_on_txs = "none"
+force_sealing = true
+min_gas_price = 1000000
+gas_floor_target = "10000000"
+
+[footprint]
+tracing = "off"