diff --git a/src/main/java/com/sparrowwallet/drongo/crypto/AESKeyCrypter.java b/src/main/java/com/sparrowwallet/drongo/crypto/AESKeyCrypter.java
index 01d10b9..53b297e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/sparrowwallet/drongo/crypto/AESKeyCrypter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/sparrowwallet/drongo/crypto/AESKeyCrypter.java
@@ -1,67 +1,101 @@
 package com.sparrowwallet.drongo.crypto;
 
-import com.sparrowwallet.drongo.Utils;
+import org.bouncycastle.crypto.BufferedBlockCipher;
+import org.bouncycastle.crypto.InvalidCipherTextException;
+import org.bouncycastle.crypto.engines.AESEngine;
+import org.bouncycastle.crypto.modes.CBCBlockCipher;
+import org.bouncycastle.crypto.paddings.PaddedBufferedBlockCipher;
 import org.bouncycastle.crypto.params.KeyParameter;
+import org.bouncycastle.crypto.params.ParametersWithIV;
 
-import javax.crypto.Cipher;
-import javax.crypto.spec.IvParameterSpec;
-import javax.crypto.spec.SecretKeySpec;
-import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
-import java.security.spec.AlgorithmParameterSpec;
+import java.security.SecureRandom;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 
+/*
+ * 
+ */
 public class AESKeyCrypter implements KeyCrypter {
+    /**
+     * The size of an AES block in bytes.
+     * This is also the length of the initialisation vector.
+     */
+    public static final int BLOCK_LENGTH = 16;  // = 128 bits.
+
+    private static final SecureRandom secureRandom = new SecureRandom();
 
     @Override
     public EncryptionType getUnderstoodEncryptionType() {
-        return null;
+        return EncryptionType.ENCRYPTED_AES;
     }
 
     @Override
     public KeyParameter deriveKey(CharSequence password) throws KeyCrypterException {
-        return createKeyPbkdf2HmacSha512(password.toString());
-    }
-
-    public static KeyParameter createKeyPbkdf2HmacSha512(String password) {
-        return createKeyPbkdf2HmacSha512(password, new byte[0], 1024);
-    }
-
-    public static KeyParameter createKeyPbkdf2HmacSha512(String password, byte[] salt, int iterationCount) {
-        byte[] secret = Utils.getPbkdf2HmacSha512Hash(password.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8), salt, iterationCount);
-        return new KeyParameter(secret);
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("AESKeyCrypter does not define a key derivation function, but keys must be either 128, 192 or 256 bits long");
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Decrypt bytes previously encrypted with this class.
+     *
+     * @param dataToDecrypt    The data to decrypt
+     * @param aesKey           The AES key to use for decryption
+     * @return                 The decrypted bytes
+     * @throws                 KeyCrypterException if bytes could not be decrypted
+     */
     @Override
-    public byte[] decrypt(EncryptedData encryptedBytesToDecode, KeyParameter aesKey) throws KeyCrypterException {
-        return decryptAesCbcPkcs7(encryptedBytesToDecode.getEncryptedBytes(), encryptedBytesToDecode.getInitialisationVector(), aesKey.getKey());
-    }
+    public byte[] decrypt(EncryptedData dataToDecrypt, KeyParameter aesKey) throws KeyCrypterException {
+        if(dataToDecrypt == null || aesKey == null) {
+            throw new KeyCrypterException("Data and key to decrypt cannot be null");
+        }
 
-    private byte[] decryptAesCbcPkcs7(byte[] ciphertext, byte[] iv, byte[] key_e) {
         try {
-            Cipher cipher = Cipher.getInstance("AES/CBC/PKCS7Padding");
-            SecretKeySpec secretKeySpec = new SecretKeySpec(key_e, "AES");
-            AlgorithmParameterSpec paramSpec = new IvParameterSpec(iv);
-            cipher.init(Cipher.DECRYPT_MODE, secretKeySpec, paramSpec);
-            return cipher.doFinal(ciphertext);
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-            throw new KeyCrypterException("Error decrypting", e);
+            ParametersWithIV keyWithIv = new ParametersWithIV(new KeyParameter(aesKey.getKey()), dataToDecrypt.getInitialisationVector());
+
+            // Decrypt the message.
+            BufferedBlockCipher cipher = new PaddedBufferedBlockCipher(new CBCBlockCipher(new AESEngine()));
+            cipher.init(false, keyWithIv);
+
+            byte[] cipherBytes = dataToDecrypt.getEncryptedBytes();
+            byte[] decryptedBytes = new byte[cipher.getOutputSize(cipherBytes.length)];
+            final int length1 = cipher.processBytes(cipherBytes, 0, cipherBytes.length, decryptedBytes, 0);
+            final int length2 = cipher.doFinal(decryptedBytes, length1);
+
+            return Arrays.copyOf(decryptedBytes, length1 + length2);
+        } catch (InvalidCipherTextException e) {
+            throw new KeyCrypterException.InvalidCipherText("Could not decrypt bytes", e);
+        } catch (RuntimeException e) {
+            throw new KeyCrypterException("Could not decrypt bytes", e);
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Password based encryption using AES - CBC 256 bits.
+     */
     @Override
     public EncryptedData encrypt(byte[] plainBytes, byte[] initializationVector, KeyParameter aesKey) throws KeyCrypterException {
-        byte[] encryptedData = encryptAesCbcPkcs7(plainBytes, initializationVector, aesKey.getKey());
-        return new EncryptedData(initializationVector, encryptedData);
-    }
+        if(plainBytes == null || aesKey == null) {
+            throw new KeyCrypterException("Data and key to encrypt cannot be null");
+        }
 
-    private byte[] encryptAesCbcPkcs7(byte[] message, byte[] iv, byte[] key_e) {
         try {
-            Cipher cipher = Cipher.getInstance("AES/CBC/PKCS7Padding");
-            SecretKeySpec secretKeySpec = new SecretKeySpec(key_e, "AES");
-            AlgorithmParameterSpec paramSpec = new IvParameterSpec(iv);
-            cipher.init(Cipher.ENCRYPT_MODE, secretKeySpec, paramSpec);
-            return cipher.doFinal(message);
-        } catch(Exception e) {
-            throw new KeyCrypterException("Could not encrypt", e);
+            // Generate iv - each encryption call has a different iv.
+            byte[] iv = initializationVector;
+            if(iv == null) {
+                iv = new byte[BLOCK_LENGTH];
+                secureRandom.nextBytes(iv);
+            }
+
+            ParametersWithIV keyWithIv = new ParametersWithIV(aesKey, iv);
+
+            // Encrypt using AES.
+            BufferedBlockCipher cipher = new PaddedBufferedBlockCipher(new CBCBlockCipher(new AESEngine()));
+            cipher.init(true, keyWithIv);
+            byte[] encryptedBytes = new byte[cipher.getOutputSize(plainBytes.length)];
+            final int length1 = cipher.processBytes(plainBytes, 0, plainBytes.length, encryptedBytes, 0);
+            final int length2 = cipher.doFinal(encryptedBytes, length1);
+
+            return new EncryptedData(iv, Arrays.copyOf(encryptedBytes, length1 + length2));
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            throw new KeyCrypterException("Could not encrypt bytes.", e);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/sparrowwallet/drongo/crypto/AsymmetricKeyCrypter.java b/src/main/java/com/sparrowwallet/drongo/crypto/AsymmetricKeyCrypter.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a83cb1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/sparrowwallet/drongo/crypto/AsymmetricKeyCrypter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+package com.sparrowwallet.drongo.crypto;
+
+public interface AsymmetricKeyCrypter {
+    /**
+     * Return the EncryptionType enum value which denotes the type of encryption/ decryption that this KeyCrypter
+     * can understand.
+     */
+    EncryptionType getUnderstoodEncryptionType();
+
+    /**
+     * Create a KeyParameter (which typically contains an AES key)
+     * @param password
+     * @return KeyParameter The KeyParameter which typically contains the AES key to use for encrypting and decrypting
+     * @throws KeyCrypterException
+     */
+    ECKey deriveECKey(CharSequence password) throws KeyCrypterException;
+
+    /**
+     * Decrypt the provided encrypted bytes, converting them into unencrypted bytes.
+     *
+     * @throws KeyCrypterException if decryption was unsuccessful.
+     */
+    byte[] decrypt(EncryptedData encryptedBytesToDecode, ECKey key) throws KeyCrypterException;
+
+    /**
+     * Encrypt the supplied bytes, converting them into ciphertext.
+     *
+     * @return encryptedPrivateKey An encryptedPrivateKey containing the encrypted bytes and an initialisation vector.
+     * @throws KeyCrypterException if encryption was unsuccessful
+     */
+    EncryptedData encrypt(byte[] plainBytes, byte[] initializationVector, ECKey key) throws KeyCrypterException;
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/sparrowwallet/drongo/crypto/ECIESKeyCrypter.java b/src/main/java/com/sparrowwallet/drongo/crypto/ECIESKeyCrypter.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5cb55bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/sparrowwallet/drongo/crypto/ECIESKeyCrypter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+package com.sparrowwallet.drongo.crypto;
+
+import com.sparrowwallet.drongo.Utils;
+import org.bouncycastle.crypto.digests.SHA256Digest;
+import org.bouncycastle.crypto.digests.SHA512Digest;
+import org.bouncycastle.crypto.macs.HMac;
+import org.bouncycastle.crypto.params.KeyParameter;
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Base64;
+
+/*
+ * Encrypt data according to Electrum ECIES format (also called BIE1)
+ */
+public class ECIESKeyCrypter implements AsymmetricKeyCrypter {
+    private final KeyCrypter aesKeyCrypter = new AESKeyCrypter();
+
+    @Override
+    public EncryptionType getUnderstoodEncryptionType() {
+        return EncryptionType.ENCRYPTED_ECIES_AES;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ECKey deriveECKey(CharSequence password) throws KeyCrypterException {
+        return deriveECKey(password.toString());
+    }
+
+    public static ECKey deriveECKey(String password) throws KeyCrypterException {
+        byte[] secret = Utils.getPbkdf2HmacSha512Hash(password.toString().getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8), new byte[0], 1024);
+        return ECKey.fromPrivate(secret);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public byte[] decrypt(EncryptedData encryptedBytesToDecode, ECKey key) throws KeyCrypterException {
+        return decryptEcies(encryptedBytesToDecode.getEncryptedBytes(), encryptedBytesToDecode.getInitialisationVector(), key);
+    }
+
+    public byte[] decryptEcies(byte[] message, byte[] magic, ECKey key) {
+        byte[] decoded = Base64.getDecoder().decode(message);
+        if(decoded.length < 85) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Ciphertext is too short at " + decoded.length + " bytes");
+        }
+        byte[] magicFound = Arrays.copyOfRange(decoded, 0, 4); //new byte[4];
+        //System.arraycopy(decoded, 0, magicFound, 0, 4);
+        byte[] ephemeralPubKeyBytes = Arrays.copyOfRange(decoded, 4, 37); //new byte[33];
+        //System.arraycopy(decoded, 4, ephemeralPubKeyBytes, 0, 33);
+        int ciphertextlength = decoded.length - 37 - 32;
+        byte[] ciphertext = Arrays.copyOfRange(decoded, 37, decoded.length - 32); //new byte[ciphertextlength];
+        //System.arraycopy(decoded, 37, ciphertext, 0, ciphertextlength);
+        byte[] mac = Arrays.copyOfRange(decoded, decoded.length - 32, decoded.length); //new byte[32];
+        //System.arraycopy(decoded, decoded.length - 32, mac, 0, 32);
+
+        if(!Arrays.equals(magic, magicFound)) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid ciphertext: invalid magic bytes");
+        }
+
+        ECKey ephemeralPubKey = ECKey.fromPublicOnly(ephemeralPubKeyBytes);
+        byte[] ecdh_key = ephemeralPubKey.getPubKeyPoint().multiply(key.getPrivKey()).getEncoded(true);
+        byte[] hash = sha512(ecdh_key);
+
+        byte[] iv = Arrays.copyOfRange(hash, 0, 16);
+        byte[] key_e = Arrays.copyOfRange(hash, 16, 32);
+        byte[] key_m = Arrays.copyOfRange(hash, 32, 64);
+        byte[] hmacInput = Arrays.copyOfRange(decoded, 0, decoded.length - 32);
+
+        if(!Arrays.equals(mac, hmac256(key_m, hmacInput))) {
+            throw new InvalidPasswordException();
+        }
+
+        return aesKeyCrypter.decrypt(new EncryptedData(iv, ciphertext), new KeyParameter(key_e));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public EncryptedData encrypt(byte[] plainBytes, byte[] initializationVector, ECKey key) throws KeyCrypterException {
+        byte[] encryptedBytes = encryptEcies(key, plainBytes, initializationVector);
+        return new EncryptedData(initializationVector, encryptedBytes);
+    }
+
+    public byte[] encryptEcies(ECKey key, byte[] message, byte[] magic) {
+        ECKey ephemeral = new ECKey();
+        byte[] ecdh_key = key.getPubKeyPoint().multiply(ephemeral.getPrivKey()).getEncoded(true);
+        byte[] hash = sha512(ecdh_key);
+
+        byte[] iv = Arrays.copyOfRange(hash, 0, 16);
+        byte[] key_e = Arrays.copyOfRange(hash, 16, 32);
+        byte[] key_m = Arrays.copyOfRange(hash, 32, 64);
+
+        byte[] ciphertext = aesKeyCrypter.encrypt(message, iv, new KeyParameter(key_e)).getEncryptedBytes();
+        byte[] encrypted = concat(magic, ephemeral.getPubKey(), ciphertext);
+        byte[] result = hmac256(key_m, encrypted);
+        return Base64.getEncoder().encode(concat(encrypted, result));
+    }
+
+    private byte[] sha512(byte[] input) {
+        SHA512Digest digest = new SHA512Digest();
+        byte[] hash = new byte[digest.getDigestSize()];
+        digest.update(input, 0, input.length);
+        digest.doFinal(hash, 0);
+        return hash;
+    }
+
+    private byte[] hmac256(byte[] key, byte[] input) {
+        HMac hmac = new HMac(new SHA256Digest());
+        hmac.init(new KeyParameter(key));
+        byte[] result = new byte[hmac.getMacSize()];
+        hmac.update(input, 0, input.length);
+        hmac.doFinal(result, 0);
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    private byte[] concat(byte[] ...bytes) {
+        ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+        try {
+            for(byte[] byteArray : bytes) {
+                out.write(byteArray);
+            }
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            //can't happen
+        }
+        return out.toByteArray();
+    }
+
+    public static class InvalidPasswordException extends RuntimeException {
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/sparrowwallet/drongo/crypto/ECKey.java b/src/main/java/com/sparrowwallet/drongo/crypto/ECKey.java
index d3aa94e..8fc8f13 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/sparrowwallet/drongo/crypto/ECKey.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/sparrowwallet/drongo/crypto/ECKey.java
@@ -97,8 +97,6 @@ public class ECKey implements EncryptableItem {
                 CURVE_PARAMS.getH());
         HALF_CURVE_ORDER = CURVE_PARAMS.getN().shiftRight(1);
         secureRandom = new SecureRandom();
-
-        Security.addProvider(new BouncyCastleProvider());
     }
 
     // The two parts of the key. If "pub" is set but not "priv", we can only verify signatures, not make them.
@@ -879,106 +877,6 @@ public class ECKey implements EncryptableItem {
     public static class KeyIsEncryptedException extends MissingPrivateKeyException {
     }
 
-    public static class InvalidPasswordException extends RuntimeException {
-    }
-
-    public static ECKey createKeyPbkdf2HmacSha512(String password) {
-        return createKeyPbkdf2HmacSha512(password, new byte[0], 1024);
-    }
-
-    public static ECKey createKeyPbkdf2HmacSha512(String password, byte[] salt, int iterationCount) {
-        byte[] secret = Utils.getPbkdf2HmacSha512Hash(password.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8), salt, iterationCount);
-        return ECKey.fromPrivate(secret);
-    }
-
-    public byte[] encryptEcies(byte[] message, byte[] magic) {
-        ECKey ephemeral = new ECKey();
-        byte[] ecdh_key = this.getPubKeyPoint().multiply(ephemeral.getPrivKey()).getEncoded(true);
-        byte[] hash = sha512(ecdh_key);
-
-        byte[] iv = new byte[16];
-        System.arraycopy(hash, 0, iv, 0, 16);
-        byte[] key_e = new byte[16];
-        System.arraycopy(hash, 16, key_e, 0, 16);
-        byte[] key_m = new byte[hash.length-32];
-        System.arraycopy(hash, 32, key_m, 0, hash.length-32);
-
-        AESKeyCrypter aesKeyCrypter = new AESKeyCrypter();
-        byte[] ciphertext = aesKeyCrypter.encrypt(message, iv, new KeyParameter(key_e)).getEncryptedBytes();
-        byte[] encrypted = concat(magic, ephemeral.getPubKey(), ciphertext);
-        byte[] result = hmac256(key_m, encrypted);
-        return Base64.getEncoder().encode(concat(encrypted, result));
-    }
-
-    public byte[] decryptEcies(byte[] message, byte[] magic) {
-        byte[] decoded = Base64.getDecoder().decode(message);
-        if(decoded.length < 85) {
-            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Ciphertext is too short at " + decoded.length + " bytes");
-        }
-        byte[] magicFound = new byte[4];
-        System.arraycopy(decoded, 0, magicFound, 0, 4);
-        byte[] ephemeralPubKeyBytes = new byte[33];
-        System.arraycopy(decoded, 4, ephemeralPubKeyBytes, 0, 33);
-        int ciphertextlength = decoded.length - 37 - 32;
-        byte[] ciphertext = new byte[ciphertextlength];
-        System.arraycopy(decoded, 37, ciphertext, 0, ciphertextlength);
-        byte[] mac = new byte[32];
-        System.arraycopy(decoded, decoded.length - 32, mac, 0, 32);
-
-        if(!Arrays.equals(magic, magicFound)) {
-            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid ciphertext: invalid magic bytes");
-        }
-
-        ECKey ephemeralPubKey = ECKey.fromPublicOnly(ephemeralPubKeyBytes);
-        byte[] ecdh_key = ephemeralPubKey.getPubKeyPoint().multiply(this.getPrivKey()).getEncoded(true);
-        byte[] hash = sha512(ecdh_key);
-
-        byte[] iv = new byte[16];
-        System.arraycopy(hash, 0, iv, 0, 16);
-        byte[] key_e = new byte[16];
-        System.arraycopy(hash, 16, key_e, 0, 16);
-        byte[] key_m = new byte[hash.length-32];
-        System.arraycopy(hash, 32, key_m, 0, hash.length-32);
-        byte[] hmacInput = new byte[decoded.length-32];
-        System.arraycopy(decoded, 0, hmacInput, 0, decoded.length - 32);
-
-        if(!Arrays.equals(mac, hmac256(key_m, hmacInput))) {
-            throw new InvalidPasswordException();
-        }
-
-        AESKeyCrypter aesKeyCrypter = new AESKeyCrypter();
-        return aesKeyCrypter.decrypt(new EncryptedData(iv, ciphertext), new KeyParameter(key_e));
-    }
-
-    private byte[] sha512(byte[] input) {
-        SHA512Digest digest = new SHA512Digest();
-        byte[] hash = new byte[digest.getDigestSize()];
-        digest.update(input, 0, input.length);
-        digest.doFinal(hash, 0);
-        return hash;
-    }
-
-    private byte[] hmac256(byte[] key, byte[] input) {
-        HMac hmac = new HMac(new SHA256Digest());
-        hmac.init(new KeyParameter(key));
-        byte[] result = new byte[hmac.getMacSize()];
-        hmac.update(input, 0, input.length);
-        hmac.doFinal(result, 0);
-        return result;
-    }
-
-    private byte[] concat(byte[] ...bytes) {
-        ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
-        try {
-            for(byte[] byteArray : bytes) {
-                out.write(byteArray);
-            }
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            //can't happen
-        }
-        return out.toByteArray();
-    }
-
     @Override
     public boolean equals(Object o) {
         if (this == o) return true;
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/sparrowwallet/drongo/crypto/EncryptedData.java b/src/main/java/com/sparrowwallet/drongo/crypto/EncryptedData.java
index a5ac612..e197e67 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/sparrowwallet/drongo/crypto/EncryptedData.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/sparrowwallet/drongo/crypto/EncryptedData.java
@@ -45,4 +45,9 @@ public final class EncryptedData {
         return "EncryptedData [initialisationVector=" + Arrays.toString(initialisationVector)
                 + ", encryptedPrivateKey=" + Arrays.toString(encryptedBytes) + "]";
     }
+
+    public EncryptedData copy() {
+        return new EncryptedData(Arrays.copyOf(initialisationVector, initialisationVector.length),
+                Arrays.copyOf(encryptedBytes, encryptedBytes.length));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/sparrowwallet/drongo/crypto/EncryptionType.java b/src/main/java/com/sparrowwallet/drongo/crypto/EncryptionType.java
index 18b36fc..09ec194 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/sparrowwallet/drongo/crypto/EncryptionType.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/sparrowwallet/drongo/crypto/EncryptionType.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 package com.sparrowwallet.drongo.crypto;
 
 public enum EncryptionType {
-    UNENCRYPTED, ENCRYPTED_SCRYPT_AES, ENCRYPTED_ECIES;
+    UNENCRYPTED, ENCRYPTED_AES, ENCRYPTED_SCRYPT_AES, ENCRYPTED_ECIES_AES;
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/sparrowwallet/drongo/crypto/KeyCrypter.java b/src/main/java/com/sparrowwallet/drongo/crypto/KeyCrypter.java
index e390fbf..6759438 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/sparrowwallet/drongo/crypto/KeyCrypter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/sparrowwallet/drongo/crypto/KeyCrypter.java
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ public interface KeyCrypter {
      *
      * @throws KeyCrypterException if decryption was unsuccessful.
      */
-    byte[] decrypt(EncryptedData encryptedBytesToDecode, KeyParameter aesKey) throws KeyCrypterException;
+    byte[] decrypt(EncryptedData encryptedBytesToDecode, KeyParameter key) throws KeyCrypterException;
 
     /**
      * Encrypt the supplied bytes, converting them into ciphertext.
@@ -46,5 +46,5 @@ public interface KeyCrypter {
      * @return encryptedPrivateKey An encryptedPrivateKey containing the encrypted bytes and an initialisation vector.
      * @throws KeyCrypterException if encryption was unsuccessful
      */
-    EncryptedData encrypt(byte[] plainBytes, byte[] initializationVector, KeyParameter aesKey) throws KeyCrypterException;
+    EncryptedData encrypt(byte[] plainBytes, byte[] initializationVector, KeyParameter key) throws KeyCrypterException;
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/sparrowwallet/drongo/crypto/ScryptKeyCrypter.java b/src/main/java/com/sparrowwallet/drongo/crypto/ScryptKeyCrypter.java
index 42b2ddf..d778f3a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/sparrowwallet/drongo/crypto/ScryptKeyCrypter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/sparrowwallet/drongo/crypto/ScryptKeyCrypter.java
@@ -1,18 +1,11 @@
 package com.sparrowwallet.drongo.crypto;
 
-import org.bouncycastle.crypto.BufferedBlockCipher;
-import org.bouncycastle.crypto.InvalidCipherTextException;
-import org.bouncycastle.crypto.engines.AESEngine;
 import org.bouncycastle.crypto.generators.SCrypt;
-import org.bouncycastle.crypto.modes.CBCBlockCipher;
-import org.bouncycastle.crypto.paddings.PaddedBufferedBlockCipher;
 import org.bouncycastle.crypto.params.KeyParameter;
-import org.bouncycastle.crypto.params.ParametersWithIV;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 import java.security.SecureRandom;
-import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
 /**
@@ -29,7 +22,7 @@ import java.util.Objects;
  * <p>2) Using the AES Key generated above, you then can encrypt and decrypt any bytes using
  * the AES symmetric cipher. Eight bytes of salt is used to prevent dictionary attacks.</p>
  */
-public class ScryptKeyCrypter implements KeyCrypter {
+public class ScryptKeyCrypter extends AESKeyCrypter {
     private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(ScryptKeyCrypter.class);
 
     /**
@@ -37,12 +30,6 @@ public class ScryptKeyCrypter implements KeyCrypter {
      */
     public static final int KEY_LENGTH = 32; // = 256 bits.
 
-    /**
-     * The size of an AES block in bytes.
-     * This is also the length of the initialisation vector.
-     */
-    public static final int BLOCK_LENGTH = 16;  // = 128 bits.
-
     /**
      * The length of the salt used.
      */
@@ -124,72 +111,6 @@ public class ScryptKeyCrypter implements KeyCrypter {
         }
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Password based encryption using AES - CBC 256 bits.
-     */
-    @Override
-    public EncryptedData encrypt(byte[] plainBytes, byte[] initializationVector, KeyParameter aesKey) throws KeyCrypterException {
-        if(plainBytes == null || aesKey == null) {
-            throw new KeyCrypterException("Data and key to encrypt cannot be null");
-        }
-
-        try {
-            // Generate iv - each encryption call has a different iv.
-            byte[] iv = initializationVector;
-            if(iv == null) {
-                iv = new byte[BLOCK_LENGTH];
-                secureRandom.nextBytes(iv);
-            }
-
-            ParametersWithIV keyWithIv = new ParametersWithIV(aesKey, iv);
-
-            // Encrypt using AES.
-            BufferedBlockCipher cipher = new PaddedBufferedBlockCipher(new CBCBlockCipher(new AESEngine()));
-            cipher.init(true, keyWithIv);
-            byte[] encryptedBytes = new byte[cipher.getOutputSize(plainBytes.length)];
-            final int length1 = cipher.processBytes(plainBytes, 0, plainBytes.length, encryptedBytes, 0);
-            final int length2 = cipher.doFinal(encryptedBytes, length1);
-
-            return new EncryptedData(iv, Arrays.copyOf(encryptedBytes, length1 + length2));
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-            throw new KeyCrypterException("Could not encrypt bytes.", e);
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Decrypt bytes previously encrypted with this class.
-     *
-     * @param dataToDecrypt    The data to decrypt
-     * @param aesKey           The AES key to use for decryption
-     * @return                 The decrypted bytes
-     * @throws                 KeyCrypterException if bytes could not be decrypted
-     */
-    @Override
-    public byte[] decrypt(EncryptedData dataToDecrypt, KeyParameter aesKey) throws KeyCrypterException {
-        if(dataToDecrypt == null || aesKey == null) {
-            throw new KeyCrypterException("Data and key to decrypt cannot be null");
-        }
-
-        try {
-            ParametersWithIV keyWithIv = new ParametersWithIV(new KeyParameter(aesKey.getKey()), dataToDecrypt.getInitialisationVector());
-
-            // Decrypt the message.
-            BufferedBlockCipher cipher = new PaddedBufferedBlockCipher(new CBCBlockCipher(new AESEngine()));
-            cipher.init(false, keyWithIv);
-
-            byte[] cipherBytes = dataToDecrypt.getEncryptedBytes();
-            byte[] decryptedBytes = new byte[cipher.getOutputSize(cipherBytes.length)];
-            final int length1 = cipher.processBytes(cipherBytes, 0, cipherBytes.length, decryptedBytes, 0);
-            final int length2 = cipher.doFinal(decryptedBytes, length1);
-
-            return Arrays.copyOf(decryptedBytes, length1 + length2);
-        } catch (InvalidCipherTextException e) {
-            throw new KeyCrypterException.InvalidCipherText("Could not decrypt bytes", e);
-        } catch (RuntimeException e) {
-            throw new KeyCrypterException("Could not decrypt bytes", e);
-        }
-    }
-
     /**
      * Convert a CharSequence (which are UTF16) into a byte array.
      *
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/sparrowwallet/drongo/wallet/DeterministicSeed.java b/src/main/java/com/sparrowwallet/drongo/wallet/DeterministicSeed.java
index 0cba865..342a1c7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/sparrowwallet/drongo/wallet/DeterministicSeed.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/sparrowwallet/drongo/wallet/DeterministicSeed.java
@@ -9,19 +9,16 @@ import org.bouncycastle.crypto.params.KeyParameter;
 
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.security.SecureRandom;
-import java.util.Arrays;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Objects;
-import java.util.StringJoiner;
+import java.util.*;
 
 public class DeterministicSeed implements EncryptableItem {
     public static final int DEFAULT_SEED_ENTROPY_BITS = 128;
     public static final int MAX_SEED_ENTROPY_BITS = 512;
 
     private final byte[] seed;
-    private final EncryptedData encryptedSeed;
-
     private final List<String> mnemonicCode;
+
+    private final EncryptedData encryptedSeed;
     private final EncryptedData encryptedMnemonicCode;
 
     private long creationTimeSeconds;
@@ -248,4 +245,12 @@ public class DeterministicSeed implements EncryptableItem {
     private static List<String> decodeMnemonicCode(String mnemonicCode) {
         return Arrays.asList(mnemonicCode.split(" "));
     }
+
+    public DeterministicSeed copy() {
+        if(isEncrypted()) {
+            return new DeterministicSeed(encryptedMnemonicCode.copy(), encryptedSeed.copy(), creationTimeSeconds);
+        }
+
+        return new DeterministicSeed(Arrays.copyOf(seed, seed.length), new ArrayList<>(mnemonicCode), creationTimeSeconds);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/sparrowwallet/drongo/wallet/Keystore.java b/src/main/java/com/sparrowwallet/drongo/wallet/Keystore.java
index 5dd83f8..f4a66f5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/sparrowwallet/drongo/wallet/Keystore.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/sparrowwallet/drongo/wallet/Keystore.java
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ public class Keystore {
     private WalletModel walletModel = WalletModel.SPARROW;
     private KeyDerivation keyDerivation;
     private ExtendedKey extendedPublicKey;
-    private byte[] seed;
+    private DeterministicSeed seed;
 
     public Keystore() {
         this(DEFAULT_LABEL);
@@ -71,11 +71,11 @@ public class Keystore {
         this.extendedPublicKey = extendedPublicKey;
     }
 
-    public byte[] getSeed() {
+    public DeterministicSeed getSeed() {
         return seed;
     }
 
-    public void setSeed(byte[] seed) {
+    public void setSeed(DeterministicSeed seed) {
         this.seed = seed;
     }
 
@@ -84,7 +84,11 @@ public class Keystore {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("Keystore does not contain a seed");
         }
 
-        return HDKeyDerivation.createMasterPrivateKey(seed);
+        if(seed.isEncrypted()) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Seed is encrypted");
+        }
+
+        return HDKeyDerivation.createMasterPrivateKey(seed.getSeedBytes());
     }
 
     public ExtendedKey getExtendedPrivateKey() {
@@ -119,10 +123,13 @@ public class Keystore {
         if(extendedPublicKey != null) {
             copy.setExtendedPublicKey(extendedPublicKey.copy());
         }
+        if(seed != null) {
+            copy.setSeed(seed.copy());
+        }
         return copy;
     }
 
-    public static Keystore fromSeed(byte[] seed, List<ChildNumber> derivation) {
+    public static Keystore fromSeed(DeterministicSeed seed, List<ChildNumber> derivation) {
         Keystore keystore = new Keystore();
         keystore.setSeed(seed);
         ExtendedKey xprv = keystore.getExtendedPrivateKey();
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/sparrowwallet/drongo/crypto/ECIESKeyCrypterTest.java b/src/test/java/com/sparrowwallet/drongo/crypto/ECIESKeyCrypterTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..09b0bd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/com/sparrowwallet/drongo/crypto/ECIESKeyCrypterTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package com.sparrowwallet.drongo.crypto;
+
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+
+public class ECIESKeyCrypterTest {
+    @Test
+    public void encryptDecrypt() {
+        String testMessage = "thisisatestmessage";
+        byte[] testMessageBytes = testMessage.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+        byte[] initializationVector = "BIE1".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+
+        AsymmetricKeyCrypter keyCrypter = new ECIESKeyCrypter();
+
+        ECKey key = keyCrypter.deriveECKey("iampassword");
+        EncryptedData encryptedData = keyCrypter.encrypt(testMessageBytes, initializationVector, key);
+        byte[] crypterDecrypted = keyCrypter.decrypt(encryptedData, key);
+
+        String cryDecStr = new String(crypterDecrypted, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+        Assert.assertEquals(testMessage, cryDecStr);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/sparrowwallet/drongo/crypto/ScryptKeyCrypterTest.java b/src/test/java/com/sparrowwallet/drongo/crypto/ScryptKeyCrypterTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b6aae38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/com/sparrowwallet/drongo/crypto/ScryptKeyCrypterTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+package com.sparrowwallet.drongo.crypto;
+
+import org.bouncycastle.crypto.params.KeyParameter;
+import org.bouncycastle.jce.provider.BouncyCastleProvider;
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.security.SecureRandom;
+import java.security.Security;
+
+public class ScryptKeyCrypterTest {
+    @Test
+    public void testScrypt() {
+        Security.addProvider(new BouncyCastleProvider());
+
+        KeyCrypter keyDeriver = new AESKeyCrypter();
+        KeyParameter keyParameter = keyDeriver.deriveKey("password");
+
+        String message = "testastringmessage";
+        byte[] messageBytes = message.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+
+        byte[] iv = new byte[16];
+        SecureRandom secureRandom = new SecureRandom();
+        secureRandom.nextBytes(iv);
+
+        ScryptKeyCrypter scryptKeyCrypter = new ScryptKeyCrypter();
+        EncryptedData scrypted = scryptKeyCrypter.encrypt(messageBytes, iv, keyParameter);
+
+        AESKeyCrypter aesKeyCrypter = new AESKeyCrypter();
+        EncryptedData aescrypted = aesKeyCrypter.encrypt(messageBytes, iv, keyParameter);
+
+        Assert.assertArrayEquals(scrypted.getEncryptedBytes(), aescrypted.getEncryptedBytes());
+
+        byte[] sdecrypted = scryptKeyCrypter.decrypt(scrypted, keyParameter);
+        byte[] aesdecrypted = aesKeyCrypter.decrypt(aescrypted, keyParameter);
+
+        Assert.assertArrayEquals(sdecrypted, aesdecrypted);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/sparrowwallet/drongo/protocol/ECKeyTest.java b/src/test/java/com/sparrowwallet/drongo/protocol/ECKeyTest.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 6c63c9b..0000000
--- a/src/test/java/com/sparrowwallet/drongo/protocol/ECKeyTest.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-package com.sparrowwallet.drongo.protocol;
-
-import com.sparrowwallet.drongo.crypto.ECKey;
-import org.junit.Assert;
-import org.junit.Test;
-
-import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
-
-public class ECKeyTest {
-    @Test
-    public void encryptDecrypt() {
-        String testMessage = "thisisatestmessage";
-        ECKey pubKey = ECKey.createKeyPbkdf2HmacSha512("iampassword");
-        byte[] encrypted = pubKey.encryptEcies(testMessage.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8), "BIE1".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
-
-        byte[] decrypted = pubKey.decryptEcies(encrypted, "BIE1".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
-        String decStr = new String(decrypted, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
-        Assert.assertEquals(testMessage, decStr);
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/sparrowwallet/drongo/wallet/KeystoreTest.java b/src/test/java/com/sparrowwallet/drongo/wallet/KeystoreTest.java
index 82edab2..8d2b661 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/sparrowwallet/drongo/wallet/KeystoreTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/sparrowwallet/drongo/wallet/KeystoreTest.java
@@ -5,11 +5,14 @@ import com.sparrowwallet.drongo.protocol.ScriptType;
 import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
+import java.util.Collections;
+
 public class KeystoreTest {
     @Test
     public void testExtendedPrivateKey() {
         Keystore keystore = new Keystore();
-        keystore.setSeed(Utils.hexToBytes("727ecfcf0bce9d8ec0ef066f7aeb845c271bdd4ee06a37398cebd40dc810140bb620b6c10a8ad671afdceaf37aa55d92d6478f747e8b92430dd938ab5be961dd"));
+        DeterministicSeed seed = new DeterministicSeed(Utils.hexToBytes("727ecfcf0bce9d8ec0ef066f7aeb845c271bdd4ee06a37398cebd40dc810140bb620b6c10a8ad671afdceaf37aa55d92d6478f747e8b92430dd938ab5be961dd"), Collections.emptyList(), 0);
+        keystore.setSeed(seed);
 
         Assert.assertEquals("xprv9s21ZrQH143K3rN5vhm4bKDKsk1PmUK1mzxSMwkVSp2GbomwGmjLaGqrs8Nn9r14jCsfCNWfTR6pAtCsJutUH6QSHX65CePNW3YVyGxqvJa", keystore.getExtendedPrivateKey().toString());
     }
@@ -17,7 +20,8 @@ public class KeystoreTest {
     @Test
     public void testExtendedPrivateKeyTwo() {
         Keystore keystore = new Keystore();
-        keystore.setSeed(Utils.hexToBytes("4d8c47d0d6241169d0b17994219211c4a980f7146bb70dbc897416790e9de23a6265c708b88176e24f6eb7378a7c55cd4bdc067cafe574eaf3480f9a41c3c43c"));
+        DeterministicSeed seed = new DeterministicSeed(Utils.hexToBytes("4d8c47d0d6241169d0b17994219211c4a980f7146bb70dbc897416790e9de23a6265c708b88176e24f6eb7378a7c55cd4bdc067cafe574eaf3480f9a41c3c43c"), Collections.emptyList(), 0);
+        keystore.setSeed(seed);
 
         Assert.assertEquals("xprv9s21ZrQH143K4AkrxAyivDeTCWhZV6fdLfBRR8QerWe9hHiRqMjBMj9MFNef7oFufgcDcW54LhguPNm6MVLEMWPX5qxKhmNjCzi9Zy6yhkc", keystore.getExtendedPrivateKey().toString());
     }
@@ -25,7 +29,8 @@ public class KeystoreTest {
     @Test
     public void testFromSeed() {
         ScriptType p2pkh = ScriptType.P2PKH;
-        Keystore keystore = Keystore.fromSeed(Utils.hexToBytes("4d8c47d0d6241169d0b17994219211c4a980f7146bb70dbc897416790e9de23a6265c708b88176e24f6eb7378a7c55cd4bdc067cafe574eaf3480f9a41c3c43c"), p2pkh.getDefaultDerivation());
+        DeterministicSeed seed = new DeterministicSeed(Utils.hexToBytes("4d8c47d0d6241169d0b17994219211c4a980f7146bb70dbc897416790e9de23a6265c708b88176e24f6eb7378a7c55cd4bdc067cafe574eaf3480f9a41c3c43c"), Collections.emptyList(), 0);
+        Keystore keystore = Keystore.fromSeed(seed, p2pkh.getDefaultDerivation());
 
         Assert.assertEquals("xpub6DCH2YkjweBu5zQheCWgSu6o26AENhApkS2taXaJBsi6vthRytPTaY2Sh4zDHj7oCVhYxx5974HbSbKxh26ah7N6VVw1U8kS2H5HfPUXecq", keystore.getExtendedPublicKey().toString());
     }