diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-nimble-install.yml b/.github/workflows/test-nimble-install.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c027cf754a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-nimble-install.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+name: Test Nimble Installation
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - simpler-deps
+
+jobs:
+  test-nimble-install:
+    continue-on-error: true # Some runs get oddly cancelled
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        os: [ubuntu-latest] # TODO: Windows
+        nim-version: ['2.2.4'] # TODO: tests with more versions
+
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout repository
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      with:
+        submodules: "true" # Needed to pull RLN script
+
+    - uses: nim-lang/setup-nimble-action@v1
+      with:
+        nimble-version: "0.20.1"
+        repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+    - name: Display Nimble version
+      run: nimble --version
+
+    - name: Run nimble install on waku
+      run: nimble install
+      timeout-minutes: 60
+
+    - name: Run nimble check on waku
+      run: nimble check -l
+      timeout-minutes: 60
+
+    - name: Build example project
+      working-directory: examples/nimble
+      run: |
+        echo "Building example project..."
+        nimble --verbose build
+
+    - name: Run example project
+      working-directory: examples/nimble
+      run: |
+        echo "Running example project..."
+        # nimble --verbose run # TODO: Use nimble run
+        ./example
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7430c3e995..070dbd0509 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 # Nimble packages
 /vendor/.nimble
+nimbledeps
 
 # Generated Files
 *.generated.nim
diff --git a/examples/nimble/.gitignore b/examples/nimble/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..aa5500535c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/nimble/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+nimbledeps
+nimble.develop
+nimble.paths
+example
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/nimble/config.nims b/examples/nimble/config.nims
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..29ebdc6f7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/nimble/config.nims
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# begin Nimble config (version 2)
+when withDir(thisDir(), system.fileExists("nimble.paths")):
+  include "nimble.paths"
+# end Nimble config
+
+import os
+
+let rlnLib = getCurrentDir() / "build" / "librln.a"
+echo "RLN lib path: ", rlnLib
+switch("passL", rlnLib)
+switch("passL", "-lm")
diff --git a/examples/nimble/example.nimble b/examples/nimble/example.nimble
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9bacbe8588
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/nimble/example.nimble
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# Package
+
+version = "0.1.0"
+author = "fryorcraken"
+description = "Test Waku with nimble"
+license = "MIT"
+srcDir = "src"
+bin = @["example"]
+
+# Dependencies
+
+requires "chronos"
+requires "results"
+requires "waku#44bfddb245e30eeab850730dee67c41cbe7f7252"
+
+import os
+
+proc ensureRln(libFile: string = "build/librln.a", version = "v0.8.0") =
+  if not fileExists(libFile):
+    echo "Building RLN library..."
+    let buildDir = parentDir(parentDir(getCurrentDir())) & "/vendor/zerokit"
+    let outFile = libFile
+
+    let outDir = parentDir(outFile)
+    if not dirExists(outDir):
+      mkDir(outDir) # Ensure build directory exists
+
+    exec "bash ../../scripts/build_rln.sh " & buildDir & " " & version & " " & outFile
+  else:
+    echo "RLN library already exists: " & libFile
+
+before build:
+  ensureRln()
diff --git a/examples/nimble/src/example.nim b/examples/nimble/src/example.nim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1ee756ab78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/nimble/src/example.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import chronos, results
+import waku
+
+proc main() {.async.} =
+  echo("Starting Waku node...")
+
+  # Create a basic configuration for the Waku node
+  # No RLN so we don't need to path an eth rpc endpoint
+  let config = NodeConfig.init(
+    protocolsConfig = ProtocolsConfig.init(entryNodes = @[], clusterId = 42)
+  )
+
+  # Create the node using the library API's createNode function
+  let node = (await createNode(config)).valueOr:
+    echo("Failed to create node: ", error)
+    quit(1)
+
+  echo("Waku node created successfully!")
+
+  # Start the node
+  (await startWaku(addr node)).isOkOr:
+    echo("Failed to start node: ", error)
+    quit(1)
+
+  echo("Node started successfully! exiting")
+
+when isMainModule:
+  waitFor main()
diff --git a/scripts/build_rln.sh b/scripts/build_rln.sh
index 5e1b0caa5c..c93be290ae 100755
--- a/scripts/build_rln.sh
+++ b/scripts/build_rln.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ host_triplet=$(rustc --version --verbose | awk '/host:/{print $2}')
 
 tarball="${host_triplet}"
 
-tarball+="-rln.tar.gz"
+tarball+="-default-rln.tar.gz"
 
 # Download the prebuilt rln library if it is available
 if curl --silent --fail-with-body -L \
diff --git a/waku.nimble b/waku.nimble
index c63d202464..dee4f7d4c8 100644
--- a/waku.nimble
+++ b/waku.nimble
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ version = "0.36.0"
 author = "Status Research & Development GmbH"
 description = "Waku, Private P2P Messaging for Resource-Restricted Devices"
 license = "MIT or Apache License 2.0"
+srcDir = "waku"
 #bin           = @["build/waku"]
 
 ### Dependencies
@@ -30,7 +31,8 @@ requires "nim >= 2.2.4",
   "regex",
   "results",
   "db_connector",
-  "minilru"
+  "minilru",
+  "https://github.com/vacp2p/mix#v0.1.0"
 
 ### Helper functions
 proc buildModule(filePath, params = "", lang = "c"): bool =
diff --git a/waku/utils/requests.nim b/waku/utils/requests.nim
index 5e5b9d9602..d9afd2887a 100644
--- a/waku/utils/requests.nim
+++ b/waku/utils/requests.nim
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ import bearssl/rand, stew/byteutils
 proc generateRequestId*(rng: ref HmacDrbgContext): string =
   var bytes: array[10, byte]
   hmacDrbgGenerate(rng[], bytes)
-  return toHex(bytes)
+  return byteutils.toHex(bytes)
diff --git a/waku/waku_filter_v2/client.nim b/waku/waku_filter_v2/client.nim
index 1dc018150a..954a71f564 100644
--- a/waku/waku_filter_v2/client.nim
+++ b/waku/waku_filter_v2/client.nim
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ type WakuFilterClient* = ref object of LPProtocol
 func generateRequestId(rng: ref HmacDrbgContext): string =
   var bytes: array[10, byte]
   hmacDrbgGenerate(rng[], bytes)
-  return toHex(bytes)
+  return byteutils.toHex(bytes)
 
 proc addSubscrObserver*(wfc: WakuFilterClient, obs: SubscriptionObserver) =
   wfc.subscrObservers.add(obs)
diff --git a/waku/waku_store_sync/reconciliation.nim b/waku/waku_store_sync/reconciliation.nim
index 8b196a3e90..f5883190e5 100644
--- a/waku/waku_store_sync/reconciliation.nim
+++ b/waku/waku_store_sync/reconciliation.nim
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ proc messageIngress*(
   let id = SyncID(time: msg.timestamp, hash: msgHash)
 
   self.storage.insert(id, pubsubTopic, msg.contentTopic).isOkOr:
-    error "failed to insert new message", msg_hash = $id.hash.toHex(), error = $error
+    error "failed to insert new message", msg_hash = $byteutils.toHex(id.hash), error = $error
 
 proc messageIngress*(
     self: SyncReconciliation,
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ proc messageIngress*(
     pubsubTopic: PubsubTopic,
     msg: WakuMessage,
 ) =
-  trace "message ingress", msg_hash = msgHash.toHex(), msg = msg
+  trace "message ingress", msg_hash = byteutils.toHex(msgHash), msg = msg
 
   if msg.ephemeral:
     return
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ proc messageIngress*(
   let id = SyncID(time: msg.timestamp, hash: msgHash)
 
   self.storage.insert(id, pubsubTopic, msg.contentTopic).isOkOr:
-    error "failed to insert new message", msg_hash = $id.hash.toHex(), error = $error
+    error "failed to insert new message", msg_hash = $byteutils.toHex(id.hash), error = $error
 
 proc messageIngress*(
     self: SyncReconciliation,
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ proc messageIngress*(
     contentTopic: ContentTopic,
 ) =
   self.storage.insert(id, pubsubTopic, contentTopic).isOkOr:
-    error "failed to insert new message", msg_hash = $id.hash.toHex(), error = $error
+    error "failed to insert new message", msg_hash = $byteutils.toHex(id.hash), error = $error
 
 proc preProcessPayload(
     self: SyncReconciliation, payload: RangesData