diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
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+[package]
+name = "starknet-p2p-tests"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+[dependencies]
+libp2p = { version = "0.53.2", features = [
+    "autonat",
+    "dcutr",
+    "dns",
+    "gossipsub",
+    "identify",
+    "kad",
+    "macros",
+    "noise",
+    "ping",
+    "relay",
+    "request-response",
+    "serde",
+    "tcp",
+    "tokio",
+    "yamux",
+] }
+
+tokio = { version = "1.28.0", features = ["full", "test-util"] }
+anyhow = "1.0"
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diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
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+pub mod protocol;
+pub mod tools;
+pub mod tests;
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
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+++ b/src/main.rs
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+fn main() {
+    println!("Hello, world!");
+}
diff --git a/src/protocol/mod.rs b/src/protocol/mod.rs
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+++ b/src/protocol/mod.rs
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+pub mod starknet;
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diff --git a/src/protocol/starknet.rs b/src/protocol/starknet.rs
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+++ b/src/protocol/starknet.rs
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+use libp2p::{
+    core::{
+        muxing::StreamMuxerBox,
+        transport::OrTransport,
+        upgrade,
+    }, dns, futures, identity, noise, relay, swarm, tcp, yamux, Multiaddr, PeerId, Swarm, Transport
+};
+use libp2p::swarm::SwarmEvent;
+use futures::StreamExt;
+
+use std::{error::Error, time::Duration};
+
+pub async fn initialize_p2p(addr: &str) -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
+    // Generate a keypair for the local peer
+    let local_key = identity::Keypair::generate_ed25519();
+    let local_peer_id = local_key.public().to_peer_id();
+    
+    // Create a multiaddr for the local peer
+    let local_multiaddr: Multiaddr = format!("/ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/7777/p2p/{}", local_peer_id).parse()?;
+    println!("Local peer address: {}", local_multiaddr);
+
+    // Initialize the relay transport
+    let (relay_transport, relay_behaviour) = relay::client::new(local_peer_id.clone());
+
+    // Create the transport
+    let transport = create_transport(&local_key, relay_transport);
+
+    // Create the Swarm
+    let mut swarm = Swarm::new(
+        transport,
+        relay_behaviour,
+        local_peer_id,
+        swarm::Config::with_tokio_executor()
+            .with_idle_connection_timeout(Duration::from_secs(3600 * 365))
+    );
+
+    let multiaddr: Multiaddr = addr.parse()?;
+
+    swarm.dial(multiaddr.clone())?;
+    println!("Dialing peer at address: {}", multiaddr);
+
+    // Handle events
+    loop {
+        match swarm.next().await {
+            Some(SwarmEvent::ConnectionEstablished { peer_id, .. }) => {
+                println!("Connected to peer: {}", peer_id);
+                return Ok(());
+            }
+            Some(SwarmEvent::OutgoingConnectionError { error, .. }) => {
+                return Err(format!("Failed to connect to peer: {:?}", error).into());
+            }
+            _ => {}
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn create_transport(
+    keypair: &libp2p::identity::Keypair,
+    relay_transport: libp2p::relay::client::Transport,
+) -> libp2p::core::transport::Boxed<(PeerId, StreamMuxerBox)> {
+    let transport = tcp::tokio::Transport::new(tcp::Config::new());
+    let transport = OrTransport::new(transport, relay_transport);
+    let transport = dns::tokio::Transport::system(transport).unwrap();
+
+    let noise_config =
+        noise::Config::new(keypair).expect("Signing libp2p-noise static DH keypair failed.");
+
+    transport
+        .upgrade(upgrade::Version::V1)
+        .authenticate(noise_config)
+        .multiplex(yamux::Config::default())
+        .boxed()
+}
diff --git a/src/tests/mod.rs b/src/tests/mod.rs
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+++ b/src/tests/mod.rs
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+pub mod tests_p2p;
diff --git a/src/tests/tests_p2p.rs b/src/tests/tests_p2p.rs
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+
+#[test]
+fn test_connect_to_peer() {
+    let node = crate::tools::synthetic_node::SyntheticNode::new();
+    let peer_address = "/ip4/35.237.66.77/tcp/7777/p2p/12D3KooWR8ikUDiinyE5wgdYiqsdLfJRsBDYKGii6L3oyoipVEaV";
+    
+    let result = node.connect(peer_address);
+    
+    assert!(result.is_ok(), "Failed to connect: {:?}", result.err().unwrap());
+}
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diff --git a/src/tools/mod.rs b/src/tools/mod.rs
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+pub mod synthetic_node;
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diff --git a/src/tools/synthetic_node.rs b/src/tools/synthetic_node.rs
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+++ b/src/tools/synthetic_node.rs
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+use crate::protocol::starknet;
+use tokio::runtime::Runtime;
+use std::error::Error;
+
+pub struct SyntheticNode;
+
+impl SyntheticNode {
+    pub fn new() -> Self {
+        SyntheticNode
+    }
+
+    pub fn connect(&self, address: &str) -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
+        let runtime = Runtime::new().expect("Failed to create Tokio runtime");
+        runtime.block_on(async {
+            starknet::initialize_p2p(address).await
+        })
+    }
+}
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