diff --git a/memory.md b/memory.md
index f155507..a30d265 100644
--- a/memory.md
+++ b/memory.md
@@ -1,4 +1 @@
-- p2plib/messages.go / MessageHandler
-put in a way that the messages handlers can be created from the main code (not from the package)
-
 - subsitute the REST functions by the messages in the MessageHandler
diff --git a/peer/blockchainlib/blockchain.go b/peer/blockchainlib/blockchain.go
index 21be2dd..1ea0f69 100644
--- a/peer/blockchainlib/blockchain.go
+++ b/peer/blockchainlib/blockchain.go
@@ -119,6 +119,45 @@ func (bc *Blockchain) ReconstructBlockchainFromBlock(urlAPI string, h string) {
 	}
 	bc.Print()
 }
+func (bc *Blockchain) ReconstructBlockchainFromBlockRESTversion(urlAPI string, h string) {
+	color.Yellow("reconstructing the blockchain from last block in memory")
+	var block Block
+	var err error
+
+	block, err = bc.GetBlockByHash(h)
+	check(err)
+
+	if h == "" {
+		//no genesis block yet
+		color.Green(urlAPI + "/blocks/genesis")
+		res, err := http.Get(urlAPI + "/blocks/genesis")
+		check(err)
+		body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)
+		check(err)
+		err = json.Unmarshal(body, &block)
+		check(err)
+		color.Yellow("[New Block]: " + block.Hash)
+		err = bc.AddBlock(block)
+		check(err)
+	} else {
+		block.NextHash = h
+	}
+
+	for block.NextHash != "" && block.Hash != "" {
+		res, err := http.Get(urlAPI + "/blocks/next/" + block.Hash)
+		check(err)
+		body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)
+		check(err)
+		err = json.Unmarshal(body, &block)
+		check(err)
+		if block.Hash != "" {
+			color.Yellow("[New Block]: " + block.Hash)
+			err = bc.AddBlock(block)
+			check(err)
+		}
+	}
+	bc.Print()
+}
 
 func (bc *Blockchain) Print() {
 	color.Green("Printing Blockchain stored in memory")
diff --git a/peer/blockchainlib/init.go b/peer/blockchainlib/init.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..91965dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/peer/blockchainlib/init.go
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package blockchainlib
+
+import (
+	p2plib "../p2plib"
+)
+
+func (bc *Blockchain) InitializeBlockchain(role, ip, port, restport, serverip, serverport string) p2plib.ThisPeer {
+
+	//read the stored blockchain
+	err := bc.ReadFromDisk()
+	check(err)
+	bc.Print()
+
+	//get blockchain msgHandlerCases
+	configuredMsgCases := bc.CreateMsgHandlerCases()
+	//initialize p2plib, adding the configuredMsgCases to the p2plib msgCases to handle
+	tp := p2plib.InitializePeer(role, ip, port, restport, serverip,
+		serverport, configuredMsgCases)
+	//return thisPeer (tp)
+	return tp
+}
diff --git a/peer/messageHandler.go b/peer/blockchainlib/messageHandler.go
similarity index 62%
rename from peer/messageHandler.go
rename to peer/blockchainlib/messageHandler.go
index 9c2bdec..f5eb612 100644
--- a/peer/messageHandler.go
+++ b/peer/blockchainlib/messageHandler.go
@@ -1,21 +1,19 @@
-package main
+package blockchainlib
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
 
-	p2plib "./p2plib"
-
-	blockchainlib "./blockchainlib"
+	p2plib "../p2plib"
 )
 
-func createMsgHandlerCases() map[string]func(p2plib.Peer, p2plib.Msg) {
+func (bc *Blockchain) CreateMsgHandlerCases() map[string]func(p2plib.Peer, p2plib.Msg) {
 	configuredMsgCases := make(map[string]func(p2plib.Peer, p2plib.Msg))
 	configuredMsgCases["Block"] = func(peer p2plib.Peer, msg p2plib.Msg) {
 		//TODO check if the block is signed by an autorized emitter
 		//block = msg.Data converted to Block
-		var block blockchainlib.Block
-		if !blockchain.BlockExists(block) {
-			blockchain.AddBlock(block)
+		var block Block
+		if !bc.BlockExists(block) {
+			bc.AddBlock(block)
 			p2plib.PropagateData(peer, "block in string format")
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/peer/main.go b/peer/main.go
index 0b34144..f385574 100644
--- a/peer/main.go
+++ b/peer/main.go
@@ -25,25 +25,20 @@ func main() {
 	//read configuration file
 	readConfig("config.json")
 
-	//read the stored blockchain
-	err := blockchain.ReadFromDisk()
-	check(err)
-	blockchain.Print()
-
-	//initialize p2plib
-	configuredMsgCases := createMsgHandlerCases()
-	tp = p2plib.InitializePeer(os.Args[1], "127.0.0.1",
-		os.Args[2], os.Args[3], config.ServerIP, config.ServerPort, configuredMsgCases)
+	//initialize blockchainlib
+	//InitializeBlockchain(role, ip, port, restport, serverip, serverport)
+	config.RESTPort = os.Args[3]
+	tp := blockchain.InitializeBlockchain(os.Args[1], "127.0.0.1",
+		os.Args[2], os.Args[3], config.ServerIP, config.ServerPort)
 
 	if tp.RunningPeer.Role == "client" {
 		color.Red("http://" + config.IP + ":" + config.ServerRESTPort)
 		fmt.Println(blockchain.GenesisBlock)
 		blockchain.ReconstructBlockchainFromBlock("http://"+config.IP+":"+config.ServerRESTPort, blockchain.GenesisBlock)
 	}
-	color.Blue("initialized")
-	go runRestServer()
+	color.Blue("peer and blokcchain initialized")
+	go runRestServer() //TODO this will not be necessary, due the communications will go full over tcp connections
 
-	fmt.Println(tp.Running)
 	for tp.Running {
 		time.Sleep(1000 * time.Millisecond)
 	}
diff --git a/peer/restRoutes.go b/peer/restRoutes.go
index 9bec3fe..621b2a6 100755
--- a/peer/restRoutes.go
+++ b/peer/restRoutes.go
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ func PropagateBlock(b blockchainlib.Block) {
 
 func GenesisBlock(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	var genesis blockchainlib.Block
-	if len(blockchain.Blocks) >= 0 {
+	if len(blockchain.Blocks) > 0 {
 		genesis = blockchain.Blocks[0]
 	}
 
diff --git a/runTmuxTestPeers.sh b/runTmuxTestPeers.sh
index d7a5870..8f83852 100644
--- a/runTmuxTestPeers.sh
+++ b/runTmuxTestPeers.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ tmux split-window -d -t 0 -h
 
 tmux send-keys -t 0 'cd peer && go run *.go server 3001 3002' enter
 sleep 2
-tmux send-keys -t 1 "curl -X POST http://127.0.0.1:3002/register -d '{\"address\": \"firstaddress\"}'" enter
+#tmux send-keys -t 1 "curl -X POST http://127.0.0.1:3002/register -d '{\"address\": \"firstaddress\"}'" enter
 sleep 1
 tmux send-keys -t 1 'cd peer && go run *.go client 3003 3004' enter
 tmux send-keys -t 2 'cd peer && go run *.go client 3005 3006' enter