diff --git a/grpc/src/main/proto/leyden.proto b/grpc/src/main/proto/leyden.proto
index 50f12dcdc..129cf9cbb 100644
--- a/grpc/src/main/proto/leyden.proto
+++ b/grpc/src/main/proto/leyden.proto
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ package leyden;
 
 service Binder {
   rpc bind(Binding) returns(google.protobuf.Empty) {}
-  rpc unbind(stereotomy.Ident) returns(google.protobuf.Empty) {}
+  rpc unbind(Key_) returns(google.protobuf.Empty) {}
 }
 
 service Reconciliation {
@@ -46,8 +46,12 @@ message Interval {
   crypto.Digeste end = 2;
 }
 
-message Bound {
+message Key_ {
   bytes key = 1;
+}
+
+message Bound {
+  Key_ key = 1;
   bytes value = 2;
 }
 
diff --git a/leyden/src/main/java/com/salesforce/apollo/leyden/LeydenJar.java b/leyden/src/main/java/com/salesforce/apollo/leyden/LeydenJar.java
index 916636226..702d1b2ea 100644
--- a/leyden/src/main/java/com/salesforce/apollo/leyden/LeydenJar.java
+++ b/leyden/src/main/java/com/salesforce/apollo/leyden/LeydenJar.java
@@ -1,15 +1,18 @@
 package com.salesforce.apollo.leyden;
 
-import com.salesforce.apollo.thoth.proto.Intervals;
-import com.salesforce.apollo.thoth.proto.Update;
-import com.salesforce.apollo.thoth.proto.Updating;
 import com.salesforce.apollo.archipelago.Router;
 import com.salesforce.apollo.archipelago.RouterImpl;
 import com.salesforce.apollo.cryptography.Digest;
-import com.salesforce.apollo.leyden.comm.*;
+import com.salesforce.apollo.leyden.comm.binding.*;
+import com.salesforce.apollo.leyden.comm.reconcile.*;
+import com.salesforce.apollo.leyden.proto.Binding;
+import com.salesforce.apollo.leyden.proto.Key_;
 import com.salesforce.apollo.membership.Context;
 import com.salesforce.apollo.membership.Member;
 import com.salesforce.apollo.membership.SigningMember;
+import com.salesforce.apollo.thoth.proto.Intervals;
+import com.salesforce.apollo.thoth.proto.Update;
+import com.salesforce.apollo.thoth.proto.Updating;
 
 /**
  * @author hal.hildebrand
@@ -17,18 +20,27 @@
 public class LeydenJar {
 
     private final Context<Member>                                                              context;
-    private final RouterImpl.CommonCommunications<ReconciliationClient, ReconciliationService> comms;
+    private final RouterImpl.CommonCommunications<ReconciliationClient, ReconciliationService> reconComms;
+    private final RouterImpl.CommonCommunications<BinderClient, BinderService>                 binderComms;
     private final double                                                                       fpr;
+    private final SigningMember                                                                member;
 
     public LeydenJar(SigningMember member, Context<Member> context, Router communications, double fpr,
-                     ReconciliationMetrics metrics) {
+                     ReconciliationMetrics metrics, BinderMetrics binderMetrics) {
         this.context = context;
-        ReconciliationService service = new Reconciled();
+        this.member = member;
+        var recon = new Reconciled();
+        reconComms = communications.create(member, context.getId(), recon,
+                                           ReconciliationService.class.getCanonicalName(),
+                                           r -> new ReconciliationServer(r, communications.getClientIdentityProvider(),
+                                                                         metrics), c -> Reckoning.getCreate(c, metrics),
+                                           Reckoning.getLocalLoopback(recon, member));
 
-        comms = communications.create(member, context.getId(), service, service.getClass().getCanonicalName(),
-                                      r -> new ReconciliationServer(r, communications.getClientIdentityProvider(),
-                                                                    metrics), c -> Reckoning.getCreate(c, metrics),
-                                      Reckoning.getLocalLoopback(service, member));
+        var borders = new Borders();
+        binderComms = communications.create(member, context.getId(), borders, BinderService.class.getCanonicalName(),
+                                            r -> new BinderServer(r, communications.getClientIdentityProvider(),
+                                                                  binderMetrics), c -> Bind.getCreate(c, binderMetrics),
+                                            Bind.getLocalLoopback(borders, member));
         this.fpr = fpr;
     }
 
@@ -44,4 +56,17 @@ public void update(Updating request, Digest from) {
 
         }
     }
+
+    private class Borders implements BinderService {
+
+        @Override
+        public void bind(Binding request, Digest from) {
+
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void unbind(Key_ request, Digest from) {
+
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/leyden/src/main/java/com/salesforce/apollo/leyden/comm/binding/Bind.java b/leyden/src/main/java/com/salesforce/apollo/leyden/comm/binding/Bind.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..248ed65e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/leyden/src/main/java/com/salesforce/apollo/leyden/comm/binding/Bind.java
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+package com.salesforce.apollo.leyden.comm.binding;
+
+import com.salesforce.apollo.archipelago.ManagedServerChannel;
+import com.salesforce.apollo.leyden.proto.BinderGrpc;
+import com.salesforce.apollo.leyden.proto.Binding;
+import com.salesforce.apollo.leyden.proto.Key_;
+import com.salesforce.apollo.membership.Member;
+import com.salesforce.apollo.membership.SigningMember;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+/**
+ * @author hal.hildebrand
+ **/
+public class Bind implements BinderClient {
+    private final ManagedServerChannel          channel;
+    private final BinderMetrics                 metrics;
+    private final BinderGrpc.BinderBlockingStub client;
+
+    public Bind(ManagedServerChannel channel, BinderMetrics metrics) {
+        this.channel = channel;
+        this.metrics = metrics;
+        this.client = BinderGrpc.newBlockingStub(channel);
+    }
+
+    public static BinderClient getCreate(ManagedServerChannel c, BinderMetrics binderMetrics) {
+        return new Bind(c, binderMetrics);
+    }
+
+    public static BinderClient getLocalLoopback(BinderService service, SigningMember member) {
+        return new BinderClient() {
+            @Override
+            public void bind(Binding binding) {
+                service.bind(binding, member.getId());
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public void close() throws IOException {
+                // no op
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public Member getMember() {
+                return member;
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public void unbind(Key_ key) {
+                service.unbind(key, member.getId());
+            }
+        };
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void bind(Binding binding) {
+        client.bind(binding);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void close() throws IOException {
+        channel.shutdown();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Member getMember() {
+        return channel.getMember();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void unbind(Key_ key) {
+        client.unbind(key);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/leyden/src/main/java/com/salesforce/apollo/leyden/comm/binding/BinderClient.java b/leyden/src/main/java/com/salesforce/apollo/leyden/comm/binding/BinderClient.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ee65784d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/leyden/src/main/java/com/salesforce/apollo/leyden/comm/binding/BinderClient.java
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package com.salesforce.apollo.leyden.comm.binding;
+
+import com.salesforce.apollo.archipelago.Link;
+import com.salesforce.apollo.leyden.proto.Binding;
+import com.salesforce.apollo.leyden.proto.Key_;
+
+/**
+ * @author hal.hildebrand
+ **/
+public interface BinderClient extends Link {
+
+    void bind(Binding binding);
+
+    void unbind(Key_ key);
+}
diff --git a/leyden/src/main/java/com/salesforce/apollo/leyden/comm/binding/BinderMetrics.java b/leyden/src/main/java/com/salesforce/apollo/leyden/comm/binding/BinderMetrics.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..56d30c2f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/leyden/src/main/java/com/salesforce/apollo/leyden/comm/binding/BinderMetrics.java
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package com.salesforce.apollo.leyden.comm.binding;
+
+import com.codahale.metrics.Histogram;
+import com.codahale.metrics.Timer;
+import com.salesforce.apollo.protocols.EndpointMetrics;
+
+/**
+ * @author hal.hildebrand
+ **/
+public interface BinderMetrics extends EndpointMetrics {
+    Histogram inboundBind();
+
+    Timer inboundBindTimer();
+
+    Histogram inboundUnbind();
+
+    Timer inboundUnbindTimer();
+}
diff --git a/leyden/src/main/java/com/salesforce/apollo/leyden/comm/binding/BinderServer.java b/leyden/src/main/java/com/salesforce/apollo/leyden/comm/binding/BinderServer.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4d734333b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/leyden/src/main/java/com/salesforce/apollo/leyden/comm/binding/BinderServer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+package com.salesforce.apollo.leyden.comm.binding;
+
+import com.codahale.metrics.Timer;
+import com.google.protobuf.Empty;
+import com.salesforce.apollo.archipelago.RoutableService;
+import com.salesforce.apollo.cryptography.Digest;
+import com.salesforce.apollo.leyden.proto.BinderGrpc;
+import com.salesforce.apollo.leyden.proto.Binding;
+import com.salesforce.apollo.leyden.proto.Key_;
+import com.salesforce.apollo.protocols.ClientIdentity;
+import io.grpc.stub.StreamObserver;
+
+/**
+ * @author hal.hildebrand
+ **/
+public class BinderServer extends BinderGrpc.BinderImplBase {
+
+    private final RoutableService<BinderService> routing;
+    private final ClientIdentity                 identity;
+    private final BinderMetrics                  metrics;
+
+    public BinderServer(RoutableService<BinderService> r, ClientIdentity clientIdentityProvider,
+                        BinderMetrics binderMetrics) {
+        routing = r;
+        this.identity = clientIdentityProvider;
+        this.metrics = binderMetrics;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void bind(Binding request, StreamObserver<Empty> responseObserver) {
+        Timer.Context timer = metrics == null ? null : metrics.inboundBindTimer().time();
+        if (metrics != null) {
+            var serializedSize = request.getSerializedSize();
+            metrics.inboundBandwidth().mark(serializedSize);
+            metrics.inboundBind().update(serializedSize);
+        }
+        Digest from = identity.getFrom();
+        if (from == null) {
+            responseObserver.onError(new IllegalStateException("Member has been removed"));
+            return;
+        }
+        routing.evaluate(responseObserver, s -> {
+            try {
+                s.bind(request, from);
+                responseObserver.onNext(Empty.getDefaultInstance());
+                responseObserver.onCompleted();
+            } finally {
+                if (timer != null) {
+                    timer.stop();
+                }
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void unbind(Key_ request, StreamObserver<Empty> responseObserver) {
+        Timer.Context timer = metrics == null ? null : metrics.inboundUnbindTimer().time();
+        if (metrics != null) {
+            var serializedSize = request.getSerializedSize();
+            metrics.inboundBandwidth().mark(serializedSize);
+            metrics.inboundUnbind().update(serializedSize);
+        }
+        Digest from = identity.getFrom();
+        if (from == null) {
+            responseObserver.onError(new IllegalStateException("Member has been removed"));
+            return;
+        }
+        routing.evaluate(responseObserver, s -> {
+            try {
+                s.unbind(request, from);
+                responseObserver.onNext(Empty.getDefaultInstance());
+                responseObserver.onCompleted();
+            } finally {
+                if (timer != null) {
+                    timer.stop();
+                }
+            }
+        });
+    }
+}
diff --git a/leyden/src/main/java/com/salesforce/apollo/leyden/comm/binding/BinderService.java b/leyden/src/main/java/com/salesforce/apollo/leyden/comm/binding/BinderService.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b4ff4b893
--- /dev/null
+++ b/leyden/src/main/java/com/salesforce/apollo/leyden/comm/binding/BinderService.java
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package com.salesforce.apollo.leyden.comm.binding;
+
+import com.salesforce.apollo.cryptography.Digest;
+import com.salesforce.apollo.leyden.proto.Binding;
+import com.salesforce.apollo.leyden.proto.Key_;
+
+/**
+ * @author hal.hildebrand
+ **/
+public interface BinderService {
+    void bind(Binding request, Digest from);
+
+    void unbind(Key_ request, Digest from);
+}
diff --git a/leyden/src/main/java/com/salesforce/apollo/leyden/comm/Reckoning.java b/leyden/src/main/java/com/salesforce/apollo/leyden/comm/reconcile/Reckoning.java
similarity index 94%
rename from leyden/src/main/java/com/salesforce/apollo/leyden/comm/Reckoning.java
rename to leyden/src/main/java/com/salesforce/apollo/leyden/comm/reconcile/Reckoning.java
index fab6e5119..ad06a7e87 100644
--- a/leyden/src/main/java/com/salesforce/apollo/leyden/comm/Reckoning.java
+++ b/leyden/src/main/java/com/salesforce/apollo/leyden/comm/reconcile/Reckoning.java
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-package com.salesforce.apollo.leyden.comm;
+package com.salesforce.apollo.leyden.comm.reconcile;
 
+import com.salesforce.apollo.archipelago.ManagedServerChannel;
 import com.salesforce.apollo.leyden.proto.Intervals;
 import com.salesforce.apollo.leyden.proto.ReconciliationGrpc;
 import com.salesforce.apollo.leyden.proto.Update;
 import com.salesforce.apollo.leyden.proto.Updating;
-import com.salesforce.apollo.archipelago.ManagedServerChannel;
 import com.salesforce.apollo.membership.Member;
 import com.salesforce.apollo.membership.SigningMember;
 
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ public Reckoning(ManagedServerChannel channel, Member member, ReconciliationMetr
     }
 
     public static ReconciliationClient getCreate(ManagedServerChannel channel, ReconciliationMetrics metrics) {
-        return null;
+        return new Reckoning(channel, channel.getMember(), metrics);
     }
 
     public static ReconciliationClient getLocalLoopback(ReconciliationService service, SigningMember member) {
diff --git a/leyden/src/main/java/com/salesforce/apollo/leyden/comm/ReconciliationClient.java b/leyden/src/main/java/com/salesforce/apollo/leyden/comm/reconcile/ReconciliationClient.java
similarity index 87%
rename from leyden/src/main/java/com/salesforce/apollo/leyden/comm/ReconciliationClient.java
rename to leyden/src/main/java/com/salesforce/apollo/leyden/comm/reconcile/ReconciliationClient.java
index 86c609b66..b375f4a42 100644
--- a/leyden/src/main/java/com/salesforce/apollo/leyden/comm/ReconciliationClient.java
+++ b/leyden/src/main/java/com/salesforce/apollo/leyden/comm/reconcile/ReconciliationClient.java
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-package com.salesforce.apollo.leyden.comm;
+package com.salesforce.apollo.leyden.comm.reconcile;
 
+import com.salesforce.apollo.archipelago.Link;
 import com.salesforce.apollo.leyden.proto.Intervals;
 import com.salesforce.apollo.leyden.proto.Update;
 import com.salesforce.apollo.leyden.proto.Updating;
-import com.salesforce.apollo.archipelago.Link;
 
 /**
  * @author hal.hildebrand
diff --git a/leyden/src/main/java/com/salesforce/apollo/leyden/comm/ReconciliationMetrics.java b/leyden/src/main/java/com/salesforce/apollo/leyden/comm/reconcile/ReconciliationMetrics.java
similarity index 86%
rename from leyden/src/main/java/com/salesforce/apollo/leyden/comm/ReconciliationMetrics.java
rename to leyden/src/main/java/com/salesforce/apollo/leyden/comm/reconcile/ReconciliationMetrics.java
index 08de988fe..63baf8dff 100644
--- a/leyden/src/main/java/com/salesforce/apollo/leyden/comm/ReconciliationMetrics.java
+++ b/leyden/src/main/java/com/salesforce/apollo/leyden/comm/reconcile/ReconciliationMetrics.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package com.salesforce.apollo.leyden.comm;
+package com.salesforce.apollo.leyden.comm.reconcile;
 
 import com.codahale.metrics.Histogram;
 import com.codahale.metrics.Timer;
diff --git a/leyden/src/main/java/com/salesforce/apollo/leyden/comm/ReconciliationServer.java b/leyden/src/main/java/com/salesforce/apollo/leyden/comm/reconcile/ReconciliationServer.java
similarity index 98%
rename from leyden/src/main/java/com/salesforce/apollo/leyden/comm/ReconciliationServer.java
rename to leyden/src/main/java/com/salesforce/apollo/leyden/comm/reconcile/ReconciliationServer.java
index 2d97b2951..e6fafd48f 100644
--- a/leyden/src/main/java/com/salesforce/apollo/leyden/comm/ReconciliationServer.java
+++ b/leyden/src/main/java/com/salesforce/apollo/leyden/comm/reconcile/ReconciliationServer.java
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
-package com.salesforce.apollo.leyden.comm;
+package com.salesforce.apollo.leyden.comm.reconcile;
 
 import com.codahale.metrics.Timer;
 import com.google.protobuf.Empty;
+import com.salesforce.apollo.archipelago.RoutableService;
+import com.salesforce.apollo.cryptography.Digest;
+import com.salesforce.apollo.protocols.ClientIdentity;
 import com.salesforce.apollo.thoth.proto.Intervals;
 import com.salesforce.apollo.thoth.proto.ReconciliationGrpc;
 import com.salesforce.apollo.thoth.proto.Update;
 import com.salesforce.apollo.thoth.proto.Updating;
-import com.salesforce.apollo.archipelago.RoutableService;
-import com.salesforce.apollo.cryptography.Digest;
-import com.salesforce.apollo.protocols.ClientIdentity;
 import io.grpc.stub.StreamObserver;
 
 /**
diff --git a/leyden/src/main/java/com/salesforce/apollo/leyden/comm/ReconciliationService.java b/leyden/src/main/java/com/salesforce/apollo/leyden/comm/reconcile/ReconciliationService.java
similarity index 87%
rename from leyden/src/main/java/com/salesforce/apollo/leyden/comm/ReconciliationService.java
rename to leyden/src/main/java/com/salesforce/apollo/leyden/comm/reconcile/ReconciliationService.java
index acf0a3071..5c5a147c6 100644
--- a/leyden/src/main/java/com/salesforce/apollo/leyden/comm/ReconciliationService.java
+++ b/leyden/src/main/java/com/salesforce/apollo/leyden/comm/reconcile/ReconciliationService.java
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-package com.salesforce.apollo.leyden.comm;
+package com.salesforce.apollo.leyden.comm.reconcile;
 
+import com.salesforce.apollo.cryptography.Digest;
 import com.salesforce.apollo.thoth.proto.Intervals;
 import com.salesforce.apollo.thoth.proto.Update;
 import com.salesforce.apollo.thoth.proto.Updating;
-import com.salesforce.apollo.cryptography.Digest;
 
 /**
  * @author hal.hildebrand