diff --git a/utils/GunSmith/GunSmith.js b/utils/GunSmith/GunSmith.js
index 9c1e2d14..288185ba 100644
--- a/utils/GunSmith/GunSmith.js
+++ b/utils/GunSmith/GunSmith.js
@@ -1,35 +1,141 @@
 /**
  * @format
  */
+/* eslint-disable no-use-before-define */
+/* eslint-disable func-style */
 // @ts-check
 /// <reference path="Smith.ts" />
 /// <reference path="GunT.ts" />
+const uuid = require('uuid').v1
 const { fork } = require('child_process')
 
 const Config = require('./config')
 
+const logger = require('../../config/log')
+
 /**
  * Maps a path to `on()` listeners
- * @type {Record<string, WeakSet<GunT.Listener>>}
+ * @type {Record<string, Set<GunT.Listener>|undefined>}
  */
-const pathToListeners = {
-  'x>x>x>': new WeakSet()
-}
+const pathToListeners = {}
+
+/**
+ * Path to pending puts. Oldest to newest
+ * @type {Record<string, Smith.PendingPut[]?>}
+ */
+const pendingPuts = {}
 
 /**
  * @param {Smith.GunMsg} msg
  */
-const handleMsg = msg => {}
+const handleMsg = msg => {
+  if (msg.type === 'on') {
+    const { data, path } = msg
+
+    // eslint-disable-next-line no-multi-assign
+    const listeners = (pathToListeners[path] =
+      pathToListeners[path] || new Set())
+
+    for (const l of listeners) {
+      l(data, path.split('>')[path.split('>').length - 1])
+    }
+  }
+  if (msg.type === 'put') {
+    const { ack, id, path } = msg
+
+    const pendingPutsForPath = pendingPuts[path] || (pendingPuts[path] = [])
+
+    const pendingPut = pendingPutsForPath.find(pp => pp.id === id)
+    const idx = pendingPutsForPath.findIndex(pp => pp.id === id)
+
+    if (pendingPut) {
+      if (pendingPut.cb) {
+        pendingPut.cb(ack)
+      }
+      pendingPutsForPath.splice(idx, 1)
+    } else {
+      logger.error(
+        `Could not find request for put message from gun subprocess. Data will be logged below.`
+      )
+      logger.info({ msg, pendingPut })
+    }
+  }
+}
 
 let currentGun = fork('./gun')
 
+let lastAlias = ''
+let lastPass = ''
+
+/**
+ * @param {string} alias
+ * @param {string} pass
+ * @returns {Promise<string>}
+ */
+const auth = (alias, pass) =>
+  new Promise((res, rej) => {
+    /** @type {Smith.SmithMsgAuth} */
+    const msg = {
+      alias,
+      pass,
+      type: 'auth'
+    }
+    /** @param {Smith.GunMsg} msg */
+    const _cb = msg => {
+      if (msg.type === 'auth') {
+        currentGun.off('message', _cb)
+
+        const { ack } = msg
+
+        if (ack.err) {
+          rej(
+            new Error(
+              
+                ack.err
+            )
+          )
+        } else if (ack.sea) {
+          lastAlias = alias;
+          lastPass = pass
+          res(ack.sea.pub)
+        } else {
+          rej(
+            new Error(
+              'Auth: ack.sea undefined'
+            )
+          )
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    currentGun.on('message', _cb)
+    currentGun.send(msg)
+  })
+
+
+
+/**
+ * @returns {Promise<string>}
+ */
+const autoAuth = () => {
+  if (!lastAlias || !lastPass) {
+    return Promise.resolve('')
+  }
+  return auth(lastAlias, lastPass)
+}
+
+const processPendingPutsFromLastGun = async (forGun, pps = pendingPuts) => {
+  // TODO
+}
+
 const forge = () => {
+  currentGun.off('message', handleMsg)
   currentGun.kill()
-  currentGun = fork('./gun')
+  const newGun = fork('./gun')
+  currentGun = newGun
 
   currentGun.on('message', handleMsg)
 
-  const msgs = Object.keys(pathToListeners).map(path => {
+  const lastGunListeners = Object.keys(pathToListeners).map(path => {
     /** @type {Smith.SmithMsgOn} */
     const msg = {
       path,
@@ -38,7 +144,11 @@ const forge = () => {
     return msg
   })
 
-  currentGun.send(msgs)
+  currentGun.send(lastGunListeners)
+
+  autoAuth().then(() => {
+    processPendingPutsFromLastGun(newGun)
+  })
 }
 
 /**
@@ -46,7 +156,7 @@ const forge = () => {
  * @param {boolean=} afterMap
  * @returns {GunT.GUNNode}
  */
-const createReplica = (path, afterMap = false) => {
+function createReplica(path, afterMap = false) {
   /** @type {GunT.Listener[]} */
   const listenersForThisRef = []
 
@@ -59,36 +169,112 @@ const createReplica = (path, afterMap = false) => {
       put: {}
     },
     get(key) {
+      if (afterMap) {
+        throw new Error(
+          'Cannot call get() after map() on a GunSmith node, you should only call on() after map()'
+        )
+      }
       return createReplica(path + '>' + key)
     },
     map() {
+      if (afterMap) {
+        throw new Error('Cannot call map() after map() on a GunSmith node')
+      }
       return createReplica(path, true)
     },
     off() {
+      if (afterMap) {
+        throw new Error('Cannot call off() after map() on a GunSmith node')
+      }
       for (const l of listenersForThisRef) {
-        pathToListeners[path].delete(l)
+        // eslint-disable-next-line no-multi-assign
+        const listeners = (pathToListeners[path] =
+          pathToListeners[path] || new Set())
+
+        listeners.delete(l)
       }
     },
     on(cb) {
       listenersForThisRef.push(cb)
+
+      // eslint-disable-next-line no-multi-assign
+      const listeners = (pathToListeners[path] =
+        pathToListeners[path] || new Set())
+
+      listeners.add(cb)
+
       /** @type {Smith.SmithMsgOn} */
       const msg = {
         path,
         type: 'on'
       }
       currentGun.send(msg)
+
       return this
     },
-    once(cb, opts) {
+    once(cb, opts = { wait: 200 }) {
+      const tmp = createReplica(path, afterMap)
+      if (afterMap) {
+        //
+      } else {
+        let lastVal = null
+
+        tmp.on((data, key) => {
+          lastVal = data
+        })
+
+        setTimeout(() => {
+          if (cb) {
+            cb(lastVal, path.split('>').lastItem)
+          }
+        }, opts.wait)
+      }
       return this
     },
     put(data, cb) {
+      const id = uuid()
+
+      const pendingPutsForPath = pendingPuts[path] || (pendingPuts[path] = [])
+
+      /** @type {Smith.PendingPut} */
+      const pendingPut = {
+        cb(ack) {
+          const idx = pendingPutsForPath.indexOf(this)
+          if (idx > -1) {
+            pendingPutsForPath.splice(idx, 1)
+          } else {
+            logger.warn(`???`)
+          }
+          // eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-expressions
+          cb && cb(ack)
+        },
+        data,
+        id
+      }
+
+      pendingPutsForPath.push(pendingPut)
+
+      /** @type {Smith.SmithMsgPut} */
+      const msg = {
+        data,
+        id,
+        path,
+        type: 'put'
+      }
+
+      currentGun.send(msg)
       return this
     },
     set(data, cb) {
+      if (afterMap) {
+        throw new Error('Cannot call set() after map() on a GunSmith node')
+      }
       return this
     },
     then() {
+      if (afterMap) {
+        throw new Error('Cannot call then() after map() on a GunSmith node')
+      }
       return Promise.resolve(null)
     },
     user(pub) {
@@ -98,35 +284,34 @@ const createReplica = (path, afterMap = false) => {
         )
       }
       if (!pub) {
-        throw new Error(
-          'Do not use `user()` (without providing a pub) on a GunSmith node, use getUser()'
-        )
+        return createUserReplica()
       }
       const replica = createReplica(pub)
+      // I don't know why Typescript insists on returning a UserGUNNode so here we go:
       return {
         ...replica,
-        _: {
-          ...replica._,
-          sea: {
-            epriv: 'Do not use ._.sea on a GunSmith node, use getUser()',
-            epub: 'Do not use ._.sea on a GunSmith node, use getUser()',
-            priv: 'Do not use ._.sea on a GunSmith node, use getUser()',
-            pub: 'Do not use ._.sea on a GunSmith node, use getUser()'
-          }
+        /** @returns {GunT.UserSoul} */
+        get _() {
+          throw new ReferenceError(
+            `Do not access _ on another user's graph (${pub.slice(
+              0,
+              8
+            )}...${pub.slice(-8)})`
+          )
         },
         auth() {
           throw new Error(
-            'Do not call auth() on a GunSmith node, use getUser()'
+            "Do not call auth() on another user's graph (gun.user(otherUserPub))"
           )
         },
         create() {
           throw new Error(
-            'Do not call create() on a GunSmith node, use getUser()'
+            "Do not call create() on another user's graph (gun.user(otherUserPub))"
           )
         },
         leave() {
           throw new Error(
-            'Do not call leave() on a GunSmith node, use getUser()'
+            "Do not call leave() on another user's graph (gun.user(otherUserPub))"
           )
         }
       }
@@ -134,17 +319,50 @@ const createReplica = (path, afterMap = false) => {
   }
 }
 
-/**
- * @returns {GunT.GUNNode}
- */
-const getGun = () => createReplica('$root')
+let userReplicaCalled = false
 
 /**
  * @returns {GunT.UserGUNNode}
  */
-const getUser = createReplica('$user')
+function createUserReplica() {
+  if (userReplicaCalled) {
+    throw new Error('Please only call gun.user() (without a pub) once.')
+  }
+  userReplicaCalled = true
 
-module.exports = {
-  getGun,
-  getUser
+  const baseReplica = createReplica('$user')
+
+  /** @type {GunT.UserGUNNode} */
+  const completeReplica = {
+    ...baseReplica,
+    _: {
+      ...baseReplica._,
+      // TODO
+      sea: {
+        epriv: '',
+        epub: '',
+        priv: '',
+        pub: ''
+      }
+    },
+    auth(alias, pass, cb) {
+      auth(alias, pass).then((pub) => {
+        cb({
+          err: undefined,
+          sea: {
+            pub,
+          }
+        })
+      }).catch(e => {
+        cb({
+          err: e.message,
+          sea: undefined
+        })
+      })
+    },
+    create() {},
+    leave() {}
+  }
+
+  return completeReplica
 }
diff --git a/utils/GunSmith/GunT.ts b/utils/GunSmith/GunT.ts
index b3a74409..a4c6ef32 100644
--- a/utils/GunSmith/GunT.ts
+++ b/utils/GunSmith/GunT.ts
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ namespace GunT {
 
   export interface UserGUNNode extends GUNNode {
     _: UserSoul
-    auth(user: string, pass: string, cb: AuthCB): void
+    auth(alias: string, pass: string, cb: AuthCB): void
     is?: {
       alias: string
       pub: string
diff --git a/utils/GunSmith/Smith.ts b/utils/GunSmith/Smith.ts
index e17910e7..1988e96a 100644
--- a/utils/GunSmith/Smith.ts
+++ b/utils/GunSmith/Smith.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,19 @@
  */
 /// <reference path="GunT.ts" />
 namespace Smith {
+  
+  export interface PendingPut {
+    cb: GunT.Callback
+    data: GunT.ValidDataValue
+    id: string
+  }
+
+  export interface SmithMsgAuth {
+    alias: string
+    pass: string
+    type: 'auth'
+  }
+
   export interface SmithMsgOn {
     path: string
     type: 'on'
@@ -16,27 +29,24 @@ namespace Smith {
 
   export interface SmithMsgPut {
     id: string
+    data: GunT.ValidDataValue
     path: string
     type: 'put'
-    value: any
   }
 
   export type SmithMsg = SmithMsgOn | SmithMsgOnce | SmithMsgPut | BatchSmithMsg
 
   export type BatchSmithMsg = SmithMsg[]
 
-  export interface GunMsgOn {
-    data: any
-    key: string
-    path: string
-    type: 'on'
+  export interface GunMsgAuth {
+    ack: GunT.AuthAck
+    type: 'auth'
   }
 
-  export interface GunMsgOnce {
+  export interface GunMsgOn {
     data: any
-    id: string
-    key: string
-    type: 'once'
+    path: string
+    type: 'on'
   }
 
   export interface GunMsgPut {
@@ -46,5 +56,5 @@ namespace Smith {
     type: 'put'
   }
 
-  export type GunMsg = GunMsgOn | GunMsgOnce | GunMsgPut
+  export type GunMsg = GunMsgAuth| GunMsgOn | GunMsgPut
 }