diff --git a/utils/GunSmith/GunT.ts b/utils/GunSmith/GunT.ts
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+/**
+ * @prettier
+ */
+namespace GunT {
+  export type Primitive = boolean | string | number
+
+  export interface Data {
+    [K: string]: ValidDataValue
+  }
+
+  export type ValidDataValue = Primitive | null | Data
+
+  export interface Ack {
+    err: string | undefined
+  }
+
+  type ListenerObjSoul = {
+    '#': string
+  }
+
+  export type ListenerObj = Record<
+    string,
+    ListenerObjSoul | Primitive | null
+  > & {
+    _: ListenerObjSoul
+  }
+
+  export type ListenerData = Primitive | null | ListenerObj | undefined
+
+  interface OpenListenerDataObj {
+    [k: string]: OpenListenerData
+  }
+
+  export type Listener = (data: ListenerData, key: string) => void
+  export type Callback = (ack: Ack) => void
+
+  export interface Peer {
+    url: string
+    id: string
+    wire?: {
+      readyState: number
+    }
+  }
+
+  export interface Soul {
+    get: string
+    put: Primitive | null | object | undefined
+    opt: {
+      peers: Record<string, Peer>
+    }
+  }
+
+  export type OpenListenerData = Primitive | null | OpenListenerDataObj
+  export type OpenListener = (data: OpenListenerData, key: string) => void
+
+  export type LoadListenerData = OpenListenerData
+  export type LoadListener = (data: LoadListenerData, key: string) => void
+
+  export interface GUNNodeBase {
+    _: Soul
+
+    map(): GUNNode
+
+    on(this: GUNNode, cb: Listener): void
+    once(this: GUNNode, cb?: Listener, opts?: { wait: number }): GUNNode
+
+    // open(this: GUNNode, cb?: OpenListener): GUNNode
+    // load(this: GUNNode, cb?: OpenListener): GUNNode
+
+    // load(this: GUNNode, cb?: LoadListener): GUNNode
+
+    off(): void
+    user(): UserGUNNode
+    user(pub: string): GUNNode
+
+    then(): Promise<ListenerData>
+    then<T>(cb: (v: ListenerData) => T): Promise<ListenerData>
+  }
+
+  export interface GUNNode extends GUNNodeBase {
+    get(key: string): GUNNode
+    put(data: ValidDataValue, cb?: Callback): GUNNode
+    set(data: ValidDataValue, cb?: Callback): GUNNode
+  }
+
+  export interface CreateAck {
+    pub: string | undefined
+    err: string | undefined
+  }
+
+  export type CreateCB = (ack: CreateAck) => void
+
+  export interface AuthAck {
+    err: string | undefined
+    sea:
+      | {
+          pub: string
+        }
+      | undefined
+  }
+
+  export type AuthCB = (ack: AuthAck) => void
+
+  export interface UserPair {
+    epriv: string
+    epub: string
+    priv: string
+    pub: string
+  }
+
+  export interface UserSoul extends Soul {
+    sea: UserPair
+  }
+
+  export interface UserGUNNode extends GUNNode {
+    _: UserSoul
+    auth(user: string, pass: string, cb: AuthCB): void
+    is?: {
+      alias: string
+      pub: string
+    }
+    create(user: string, pass: string, cb: CreateCB): void
+    leave(): void
+  }
+
+  export interface ISEA {
+    encrypt(
+      message: string | number | boolean,
+      senderSecret: string
+    ): Promise<string>
+    decrypt(encryptedMessage: string, recipientSecret: string): Promise<string>
+    decryptNumber(
+      encryptedMessage: string,
+      recipientSecret: string
+    ): Promise<number>
+    decryptBoolean(
+      encryptedMessage: string,
+      recipientSecret: string
+    ): Promise<boolean>
+    secret(
+      recipientOrSenderEpub: string,
+      recipientOrSenderUserPair: UserPair
+    ): Promise<string>
+  }
+
+  export interface MySEA {
+    encrypt(message: string, senderSecret: string): Promise<string>
+    decrypt(encryptedMessage: string, recipientSecret: string): Promise<string>
+    secret(
+      recipientOrSenderEpub: string,
+      recipientOrSenderUserPair: UserPair
+    ): Promise<string>
+  }
+}
diff --git a/utils/GunSmith/Smith.ts b/utils/GunSmith/Smith.ts
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+/**
+ * @format
+ */
+/// <reference path="GunT.ts" />
+namespace Smith {
+  export interface SmithMsgOn {
+    path: string
+    type: 'on'
+  }
+
+  export interface SmithMsgOnce {
+    id: string
+    path: string
+    type: 'once'
+  }
+
+  export interface SmithMsgPut {
+    id: string
+    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 GunMsgOnce {
+    data: any
+    id: string
+    key: string
+    type: 'once'
+  }
+
+  export interface GunMsgPut {
+    ack: GunT.Ack
+    id: string
+    path: string
+    type: 'put'
+  }
+
+  export type GunMsg = GunMsgOn | GunMsgOnce | GunMsgPut
+}
diff --git a/utils/GunSmith/config.js b/utils/GunSmith/config.js
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+/**
+ * @format
+ */
+/* eslint-disable no-process-env */
+
+const dotenv = require('dotenv')
+const defaults = require('../../config/defaults')(false)
+
+dotenv.config()
+
+// @ts-ignore Let it crash if undefined
+exports.DATA_FILE_NAME = process.env.DATA_FILE_NAME || defaults.dataFileName
+
+/**
+ * @type {string[]}
+ */
+exports.PEERS = process.env.PEERS
+  ? JSON.parse(process.env.PEERS)
+  : defaults.peers
+
+exports.MS_TO_TOKEN_EXPIRATION = Number(
+  process.env.MS_TO_TOKEN_EXPIRATION || defaults.tokenExpirationMS
+)
+
+exports.SHOW_LOG = process.env.SHOW_GUN_DB_LOG === 'true'
diff --git a/utils/GunSmith/gun.js b/utils/GunSmith/gun.js
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+/**
+ * @format
+ */
+// @ts-check
+/// <reference path="Smith.ts" />
+/// <reference path="GunT.ts" />
+const Gun = require('gun')
+// @ts-ignore
+require('gun/nts')
+
+const Config = require('./config')
+
+// @ts-ignore
+Gun.log = () => {}
+
+/**
+ * This var is just to please typescript's casting rules.
+ */
+const _gun = /** @type {any} */ (new Gun({
+  axe: false,
+  multicast: false,
+  peers: Config.PEERS
+}))
+
+/**
+ * @type {GunT.GUNNode}
+ */
+const gun = _gun
+
+const user = gun.user()
+
+/** @type {Set<string>} */
+const pendingOnces = new Set()
+
+/**
+ * @returns {Promise<void>}
+ */
+const waitForAuth = async () => {
+  if (user.is?.pub) {
+    return Promise.resolve()
+  }
+
+  await new Promise(res => setTimeout(res, 1000))
+
+  return waitForAuth()
+}
+
+/**
+ * @param {Smith.SmithMsg} msg
+ */
+const handleMsg = msg => {
+  if (Array.isArray(msg)) {
+    msg.forEach(handleMsg)
+    return
+  }
+  if (msg.type === 'on') {
+    const [root, ...keys] = msg.path.split('>')
+
+    /** @type {GunT.GUNNode} */
+    let node =
+      {
+        $root: gun,
+        $user: user
+      }[root] || gun.user(root)
+
+    for (const key of keys) {
+      node = node.get(key)
+    }
+    node.on((data, key) => {
+      /** @type {Smith.GunMsgOn} */
+      const res = {
+        data,
+        key,
+        path: msg.path,
+        type: 'on'
+      }
+      // @ts-expect-error
+      process.send(res)
+    })
+  }
+  if (msg.type === 'once') {
+    const [root, ...keys] = msg.path.split('>')
+
+    /** @type {GunT.GUNNode} */
+    let node =
+      {
+        $root: gun,
+        $user: user
+      }[root] || gun.user(root)
+
+    for (const key of keys) {
+      node = node.get(key)
+    }
+    node.once((data, key) => {
+      /** @type {Smith.GunMsgOnce} */
+      const res = {
+        data,
+        id: msg.id,
+        key,
+        type: 'once'
+      }
+      // @ts-expect-error
+      process.send(res)
+    })
+  }
+  if (msg.type === 'put') {
+    const [root, ...keys] = msg.path.split('>')
+
+    /** @type {GunT.GUNNode} */
+    let node =
+      {
+        $root: gun,
+        $user: user
+      }[root] || gun.user(root)
+
+    for (const key of keys) {
+      node = node.get(key)
+    }
+    node.on((data, key) => {
+      /** @type {Smith.GunMsgOn} */
+      const res = {
+        data,
+        key,
+        path: msg.path,
+        type: 'on'
+      }
+      // @ts-expect-error
+      process.send(res)
+    })
+  }
+}
+
+process.on('message', handleMsg)
diff --git a/utils/GunSmith/gunSmith.js b/utils/GunSmith/gunSmith.js
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+/**
+ * @format
+ */
+// @ts-check
+/// <reference path="Smith.ts" />
+/// <reference path="GunT.ts" />
+const { fork } = require('child_process')
+
+const Config = require('./config')
+
+/**
+ * Maps a path to `on()` listeners
+ * @type {Record<string, WeakSet<GunT.Listener>>}
+ */
+const pathToListeners = {
+  'x>x>x>': new WeakSet()
+}
+
+/**
+ * @param {Smith.GunMsg} msg
+ */
+const handleMsg = msg => {}
+
+let currentGun = fork('./gun')
+
+const forge = () => {
+  currentGun.kill()
+  currentGun = fork('./gun')
+
+  currentGun.on('message', handleMsg)
+
+  const msgs = Object.keys(pathToListeners).map(path => {
+    /** @type {Smith.SmithMsgOn} */
+    const msg = {
+      path,
+      type: 'on'
+    }
+    return msg
+  })
+
+  currentGun.send(msgs)
+}
+
+/**
+ * @param {string} path
+ * @param {boolean=} afterMap
+ * @returns {GunT.GUNNode}
+ */
+const createReplica = (path, afterMap = false) => {
+  /** @type {GunT.Listener[]} */
+  const listenersForThisRef = []
+
+  return {
+    _: {
+      get: '',
+      opt: {
+        peers: {}
+      },
+      put: {}
+    },
+    get(key) {
+      return createReplica(path + '>' + key)
+    },
+    map() {
+      return createReplica(path, true)
+    },
+    off() {
+      for (const l of listenersForThisRef) {
+        pathToListeners[path].delete(l)
+      }
+    },
+    on(cb) {
+      listenersForThisRef.push(cb)
+      /** @type {Smith.SmithMsgOn} */
+      const msg = {
+        path,
+        type: 'on'
+      }
+      currentGun.send(msg)
+      return this
+    },
+    once(cb, opts) {
+      return this
+    },
+    put(data, cb) {
+      return this
+    },
+    set(data, cb) {
+      return this
+    },
+    then() {
+      return Promise.resolve(null)
+    },
+    user(pub) {
+      if (path !== '$root') {
+        throw new ReferenceError(
+          `Do not call user() on a non-root GunSmith node`
+        )
+      }
+      if (!pub) {
+        throw new Error(
+          'Do not use `user()` (without providing a pub) on a GunSmith node, use getUser()'
+        )
+      }
+      const replica = createReplica(pub)
+      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()'
+          }
+        },
+        auth() {
+          throw new Error(
+            'Do not call auth() on a GunSmith node, use getUser()'
+          )
+        },
+        create() {
+          throw new Error(
+            'Do not call create() on a GunSmith node, use getUser()'
+          )
+        },
+        leave() {
+          throw new Error(
+            'Do not call leave() on a GunSmith node, use getUser()'
+          )
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * @returns {GunT.GUNNode}
+ */
+const getGun = () => createReplica('$root')
+
+/**
+ * @returns {GunT.UserGUNNode}
+ */
+const getUser = createReplica('$user')
+
+module.exports = {
+  getGun,
+  getUser
+}
diff --git a/utils/GunSmith/index.js b/utils/GunSmith/index.js
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+module.exports = require('./GunSmith')
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