diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index d596e7b1..df6df0fb 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -7426,6 +7426,7 @@ checksum = "930c0acf610d3fdb5e2ab6213019aaa04e227ebe9547b0649ba599b16d788bd7"
 name = "serai-consensus"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "async-trait",
  "sc-basic-authorship",
  "sc-client-api",
  "sc-consensus",
@@ -7436,13 +7437,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "sc-transaction-pool",
  "serai-runtime",
  "sp-api",
+ "sp-application-crypto",
+ "sp-blockchain",
  "sp-consensus",
  "sp-consensus-pow",
  "sp-core",
+ "sp-inherents",
  "sp-runtime",
  "sp-timestamp",
  "sp-trie",
  "substrate-prometheus-endpoint",
+ "tendermint-machine",
  "tokio",
 ]
 
diff --git a/substrate/consensus/Cargo.toml b/substrate/consensus/Cargo.toml
index 892b648e..4f58cde5 100644
--- a/substrate/consensus/Cargo.toml
+++ b/substrate/consensus/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,11 +13,24 @@ all-features = true
 rustdoc-args = ["--cfg", "docsrs"]
 
 [dependencies]
+async-trait = "0.1"
+
 sp-core = { git = "https://github.com/serai-dex/substrate" }
+sp-application-crypto = { git = "https://github.com/serai-dex/substrate" }
+sp-inherents = { git = "https://github.com/serai-dex/substrate" }
+sp-runtime = { git = "https://github.com/serai-dex/substrate" }
+sp-blockchain = { git = "https://github.com/serai-dex/substrate" }
+sp-api = { git = "https://github.com/serai-dex/substrate" }
+
+sp-consensus = { git = "https://github.com/serai-dex/substrate" }
+sc-consensus = { git = "https://github.com/serai-dex/substrate" }
+
+tendermint-machine = { path = "../tendermint" }
+
+# --
+
 sp-trie = { git = "https://github.com/serai-dex/substrate" }
 sp-timestamp = { git = "https://github.com/serai-dex/substrate" }
-sc-consensus = { git = "https://github.com/serai-dex/substrate" }
-sp-consensus = { git = "https://github.com/serai-dex/substrate" }
 sc-transaction-pool = { git = "https://github.com/serai-dex/substrate" }
 sc-basic-authorship = { git = "https://github.com/serai-dex/substrate" }
 sc-consensus-pow = { git = "https://github.com/serai-dex/substrate" }
@@ -26,12 +39,10 @@ sp-consensus-pow = { git = "https://github.com/serai-dex/substrate" }
 sc-network = { git = "https://github.com/serai-dex/substrate" }
 sc-service = { git = "https://github.com/serai-dex/substrate", features = ["wasmtime"] }
 sc-executor = { git = "https://github.com/serai-dex/substrate", features = ["wasmtime"] }
-sp-runtime = { git = "https://github.com/serai-dex/substrate" }
 
 substrate-prometheus-endpoint = { git = "https://github.com/serai-dex/substrate" }
 
 sc-client-api = { git = "https://github.com/serai-dex/substrate" }
-sp-api = { git = "https://github.com/serai-dex/substrate" }
 
 serai-runtime = { path = "../runtime" }
 
diff --git a/substrate/consensus/src/import.rs b/substrate/consensus/src/import.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0a02976c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/substrate/consensus/src/import.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+use std::{marker::PhantomData, sync::Arc, collections::HashMap};
+
+use sp_core::Decode;
+use sp_inherents::CreateInherentDataProviders;
+use sp_runtime::traits::{Header, Block};
+use sp_blockchain::HeaderBackend;
+use sp_api::{ProvideRuntimeApi, TransactionFor};
+
+use sp_consensus::{Error, CacheKeyId};
+#[rustfmt::skip]
+use sc_consensus::{
+  ForkChoiceStrategy,
+  BlockCheckParams,
+  BlockImportParams,
+  ImportResult,
+  BlockImport,
+};
+
+use tendermint_machine::ext::*;
+
+use crate::signature_scheme::TendermintSigner;
+
+struct TendermintBlockImport<
+  B: Block,
+  C: Send + Sync + HeaderBackend<B> + ProvideRuntimeApi<B> + 'static,
+  I: Send + Sync + BlockImport<B, Transaction = TransactionFor<C, B>>,
+  CIDP: CreateInherentDataProviders<B, ()>,
+> {
+  _block: PhantomData<B>,
+  client: Arc<C>,
+  inner: I,
+  providers: Arc<CIDP>,
+}
+
+impl<
+    B: Block,
+    C: Send + Sync + HeaderBackend<B> + ProvideRuntimeApi<B>,
+    I: Send + Sync + BlockImport<B, Transaction = TransactionFor<C, B>>,
+    CIDP: CreateInherentDataProviders<B, ()>,
+  > TendermintBlockImport<B, C, I, CIDP>
+{
+  async fn check_inherents(
+    &self,
+    block: B,
+    providers: CIDP::InherentDataProviders,
+  ) -> Result<(), Error> {
+    todo!()
+  }
+}
+
+// The Tendermint machine will call add_block for any block which is committed to, regardless of
+// validity. To determine validity, it expects a validate function, which Substrate doesn't
+// directly offer, and an add function. In order to comply with Serai's modified view of inherent
+// transactions, validate MUST check inherents, yet add_block must not.
+//
+// In order to acquire a validate function, any block proposed by a legitimate proposer is
+// imported. This performs full validation and makes the block available as a tip. While this would
+// be incredibly unsafe thanks to the unchecked inherents, it's defined as a tip with less work,
+// despite being a child of some parent. This means it won't be moved to nor operated on by the
+// node.
+//
+// When Tendermint completes, the block is finalized, setting it as the tip regardless of work.
+
+const CONSENSUS_ID: [u8; 4] = *b"tend";
+
+#[async_trait::async_trait]
+impl<
+    B: Block,
+    C: Send + Sync + HeaderBackend<B> + ProvideRuntimeApi<B>,
+    I: Send + Sync + BlockImport<B, Transaction = TransactionFor<C, B>>,
+    CIDP: CreateInherentDataProviders<B, ()>,
+  > BlockImport<B> for TendermintBlockImport<B, C, I, CIDP>
+where
+  I::Error: Into<Error>,
+{
+  type Error = Error;
+  type Transaction = TransactionFor<C, B>;
+
+  async fn check_block(&mut self, block: BlockCheckParams<B>) -> Result<ImportResult, Self::Error> {
+    self.inner.check_block(block).await.map_err(Into::into)
+  }
+
+  async fn import_block(
+    &mut self,
+    mut block: BlockImportParams<B, Self::Transaction>,
+    new_cache: HashMap<CacheKeyId, Vec<u8>>,
+  ) -> Result<ImportResult, Self::Error> {
+    let parent_hash = *block.header.parent_hash();
+    if self.client.info().best_hash != parent_hash {
+      Err(Error::Other("non-sequential import".into()))?;
+    }
+
+    if let Some(body) = block.body.clone() {
+      if let Some(justifications) = block.justifications {
+        let mut iter = justifications.iter();
+        let next = iter.next();
+        if next.is_none() || iter.next().is_some() {
+          Err(Error::InvalidJustification)?;
+        }
+        let justification = next.unwrap();
+
+        let commit: Commit<TendermintSigner> =
+          Commit::decode(&mut justification.1.as_ref()).map_err(|_| Error::InvalidJustification)?;
+        if justification.0 != CONSENSUS_ID {
+          Err(Error::InvalidJustification)?;
+        }
+
+        // verify_commit
+        todo!()
+      } else {
+        self
+          .check_inherents(
+            B::new(block.header.clone(), body),
+            self.providers.create_inherent_data_providers(parent_hash, ()).await?,
+          )
+          .await?;
+      }
+    }
+
+    if !block.post_digests.is_empty() {
+      Err(Error::Other("post-digests included".into()))?;
+    }
+    if !block.auxiliary.is_empty() {
+      Err(Error::Other("auxiliary included".into()))?;
+    }
+
+    block.fork_choice = Some(ForkChoiceStrategy::Custom(false));
+    self.inner.import_block(block, new_cache).await.map_err(Into::into)
+  }
+}
+
diff --git a/substrate/consensus/src/lib.rs b/substrate/consensus/src/lib.rs
index c6c902d9..e81c793f 100644
--- a/substrate/consensus/src/lib.rs
+++ b/substrate/consensus/src/lib.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,10 @@ use sc_service::TaskManager;
 use serai_runtime::{self, opaque::Block, RuntimeApi};
 
 mod algorithm;
-mod tendermint;
+
+mod signature_scheme;
+mod import;
+//mod tendermint;
 
 pub struct ExecutorDispatch;
 impl sc_executor::NativeExecutionDispatch for ExecutorDispatch {