diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ebf35cb..ebd66c8 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -223,6 +223,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.104",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "atomic-waker"
+version = "1.1.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1505bd5d3d116872e7271a6d4e16d81d0c8570876c8de68093a09ac269d8aac0"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "attribute-derive"
 version = "0.10.3"
@@ -848,6 +854,15 @@ version = "0.2.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e079f19b08ca6239f47f8ba8509c11cf3ea30095831f7fed61441475edd8c449"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "encoding_rs"
+version = "0.8.35"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "75030f3c4f45dafd7586dd6780965a8c7e8e285a5ecb86713e63a79c5b2766f3"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "enum-ordinalize"
 version = "3.1.15"
@@ -861,6 +876,29 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.104",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "env_filter"
+version = "0.1.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "186e05a59d4c50738528153b83b0b0194d3a29507dfec16eccd4b342903397d0"
+dependencies = [
+ "log",
+ "regex",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "env_logger"
+version = "0.11.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "13c863f0904021b108aa8b2f55046443e6b1ebde8fd4a15c399893aae4fa069f"
+dependencies = [
+ "anstream",
+ "anstyle",
+ "env_filter",
+ "jiff",
+ "log",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "equivalent"
 version = "1.0.2"
@@ -1098,6 +1136,25 @@ version = "0.31.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "07e28edb80900c19c28f1072f2e8aeca7fa06b23cd4169cefe1af5aa3260783f"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "h2"
+version = "0.4.12"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f3c0b69cfcb4e1b9f1bf2f53f95f766e4661169728ec61cd3fe5a0166f2d1386"
+dependencies = [
+ "atomic-waker",
+ "bytes",
+ "fnv",
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-sink",
+ "http",
+ "indexmap 2.10.0",
+ "slab",
+ "tokio",
+ "tokio-util",
+ "tracing",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hashbrown"
 version = "0.12.3"
@@ -1231,6 +1288,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "bytes",
  "futures-channel",
  "futures-util",
+ "h2",
  "http",
  "http-body",
  "httparse",
@@ -1239,6 +1297,39 @@ dependencies = [
  "pin-project-lite",
  "smallvec",
  "tokio",
+ "want",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "hyper-rustls"
+version = "0.27.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e3c93eb611681b207e1fe55d5a71ecf91572ec8a6705cdb6857f7d8d5242cf58"
+dependencies = [
+ "http",
+ "hyper",
+ "hyper-util",
+ "rustls",
+ "rustls-pki-types",
+ "tokio",
+ "tokio-rustls",
+ "tower-service",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "hyper-tls"
+version = "0.6.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "70206fc6890eaca9fde8a0bf71caa2ddfc9fe045ac9e5c70df101a7dbde866e0"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytes",
+ "http-body-util",
+ "hyper",
+ "hyper-util",
+ "native-tls",
+ "tokio",
+ "tokio-native-tls",
+ "tower-service",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1247,14 +1338,24 @@ version = "0.1.16"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8d9b05277c7e8da2c93a568989bb6207bef0112e8d17df7a6eda4a3cf143bc5e"
 dependencies = [
+ "base64",
  "bytes",
+ "futures-channel",
  "futures-core",
+ "futures-util",
  "http",
  "http-body",
  "hyper",
+ "ipnet",
+ "libc",
+ "percent-encoding",
  "pin-project-lite",
+ "socket2",
+ "system-configuration",
  "tokio",
  "tower-service",
+ "tracing",
+ "windows-registry",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1441,6 +1542,22 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ipnet"
+version = "2.11.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "469fb0b9cefa57e3ef31275ee7cacb78f2fdca44e4765491884a2b119d4eb130"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "iri-string"
+version = "0.7.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "dbc5ebe9c3a1a7a5127f920a418f7585e9e758e911d0466ed004f393b0e380b2"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+ "serde",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "is_terminal_polyfill"
 version = "1.70.1"
@@ -1471,6 +1588,30 @@ version = "1.0.15"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "4a5f13b858c8d314ee3e8f639011f7ccefe71f97f96e50151fb991f267928e2c"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "jiff"
+version = "0.2.15"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "be1f93b8b1eb69c77f24bbb0afdf66f54b632ee39af40ca21c4365a1d7347e49"
+dependencies = [
+ "jiff-static",
+ "log",
+ "portable-atomic",
+ "portable-atomic-util",
+ "serde",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "jiff-static"
+version = "0.2.15"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "03343451ff899767262ec32146f6d559dd759fdadf42ff0e227c7c48f72594b4"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.104",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "js-sys"
 version = "0.3.77"
@@ -1576,9 +1717,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "log"
-version = "0.4.27"
+version = "0.4.28"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "13dc2df351e3202783a1fe0d44375f7295ffb4049267b0f3018346dc122a1d94"
+checksum = "34080505efa8e45a4b816c349525ebe327ceaa8559756f0356cba97ef3bf7432"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "manyhow"
@@ -1799,21 +1940,25 @@ dependencies = [
  "chrono",
  "clap",
  "derive_more",
+ "env_logger",
  "html-escaper",
  "indexmap 2.10.0",
  "lettre",
+ "log",
  "neptune-cash",
  "proptest",
  "proptest-arbitrary-interop",
  "rand 0.9.2",
  "readonly",
+ "regex",
+ "reqwest",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "tarpc",
  "test-strategy",
  "thiserror 1.0.69",
  "tokio",
- "tower-http",
+ "tower-http 0.5.2",
  "tracing",
  "tracing-subscriber",
  "url",
@@ -2517,13 +2662,13 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "regex"
-version = "1.11.1"
+version = "1.11.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b544ef1b4eac5dc2db33ea63606ae9ffcfac26c1416a2806ae0bf5f56b201191"
+checksum = "8b5288124840bee7b386bc413c487869b360b2b4ec421ea56425128692f2a82c"
 dependencies = [
  "aho-corasick",
  "memchr",
- "regex-automata 0.4.9",
+ "regex-automata 0.4.11",
  "regex-syntax 0.8.5",
 ]
 
@@ -2538,9 +2683,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "regex-automata"
-version = "0.4.9"
+version = "0.4.11"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "809e8dc61f6de73b46c85f4c96486310fe304c434cfa43669d7b40f711150908"
+checksum = "833eb9ce86d40ef33cb1306d8accf7bc8ec2bfea4355cbdebb3df68b40925cad"
 dependencies = [
  "aho-corasick",
  "memchr",
@@ -2559,6 +2704,60 @@ version = "0.8.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "2b15c43186be67a4fd63bee50d0303afffcef381492ebe2c5d87f324e1b8815c"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "reqwest"
+version = "0.12.23"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d429f34c8092b2d42c7c93cec323bb4adeb7c67698f70839adec842ec10c7ceb"
+dependencies = [
+ "base64",
+ "bytes",
+ "encoding_rs",
+ "futures-core",
+ "h2",
+ "http",
+ "http-body",
+ "http-body-util",
+ "hyper",
+ "hyper-rustls",
+ "hyper-tls",
+ "hyper-util",
+ "js-sys",
+ "log",
+ "mime",
+ "native-tls",
+ "percent-encoding",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "rustls-pki-types",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "serde_urlencoded",
+ "sync_wrapper",
+ "tokio",
+ "tokio-native-tls",
+ "tower",
+ "tower-http 0.6.6",
+ "tower-service",
+ "url",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
+ "wasm-bindgen-futures",
+ "web-sys",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "ring"
+version = "0.17.14"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a4689e6c2294d81e88dc6261c768b63bc4fcdb852be6d1352498b114f61383b7"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "cfg-if",
+ "getrandom 0.2.16",
+ "libc",
+ "untrusted",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rs-leveldb"
 version = "0.1.5"
@@ -2594,6 +2793,39 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.60.2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rustls"
+version = "0.23.32"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "cd3c25631629d034ce7cd9940adc9d45762d46de2b0f57193c4443b92c6d4d40"
+dependencies = [
+ "once_cell",
+ "rustls-pki-types",
+ "rustls-webpki",
+ "subtle",
+ "zeroize",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rustls-pki-types"
+version = "1.12.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "229a4a4c221013e7e1f1a043678c5cc39fe5171437c88fb47151a21e6f5b5c79"
+dependencies = [
+ "zeroize",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rustls-webpki"
+version = "0.103.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e10b3f4191e8a80e6b43eebabfac91e5dcecebb27a71f04e820c47ec41d314bf"
+dependencies = [
+ "ring",
+ "rustls-pki-types",
+ "untrusted",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rustversion"
 version = "1.0.21"
@@ -2915,6 +3147,9 @@ name = "sync_wrapper"
 version = "1.0.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0bf256ce5efdfa370213c1dabab5935a12e49f2c58d15e9eac2870d3b4f27263"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures-core",
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "synstructure"
@@ -2941,6 +3176,27 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "system-configuration"
+version = "0.6.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3c879d448e9d986b661742763247d3693ed13609438cf3d006f51f5368a5ba6b"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags",
+ "core-foundation",
+ "system-configuration-sys",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "system-configuration-sys"
+version = "0.6.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8e1d1b10ced5ca923a1fcb8d03e96b8d3268065d724548c0211415ff6ac6bac4"
+dependencies = [
+ "core-foundation-sys",
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "systemstat"
 version = "0.2.5"
@@ -3229,6 +3485,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tokio-rustls"
+version = "0.26.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1729aa945f29d91ba541258c8df89027d5792d85a8841fb65e8bf0f4ede4ef61"
+dependencies = [
+ "rustls",
+ "tokio",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio-serde"
 version = "0.8.0"
@@ -3301,6 +3567,24 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tower-http"
+version = "0.6.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "adc82fd73de2a9722ac5da747f12383d2bfdb93591ee6c58486e0097890f05f2"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags",
+ "bytes",
+ "futures-util",
+ "http",
+ "http-body",
+ "iri-string",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "tower",
+ "tower-layer",
+ "tower-service",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tower-layer"
 version = "0.3.3"
@@ -3507,6 +3791,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-width",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "try-lock"
+version = "0.2.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e421abadd41a4225275504ea4d6566923418b7f05506fbc9c0fe86ba7396114b"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "twenty-first"
 version = "0.50.0"
@@ -3589,6 +3879,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "subtle",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "untrusted"
+version = "0.9.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8ecb6da28b8a351d773b68d5825ac39017e680750f980f3a1a85cd8dd28a47c1"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "url"
 version = "2.5.4"
@@ -3639,6 +3935,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "want"
+version = "0.3.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bfa7760aed19e106de2c7c0b581b509f2f25d3dacaf737cb82ac61bc6d760b0e"
+dependencies = [
+ "try-lock",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "wasi"
 version = "0.11.1+wasi-snapshot-preview1"
@@ -3680,6 +3985,19 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasm-bindgen-shared",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "wasm-bindgen-futures"
+version = "0.4.50"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "555d470ec0bc3bb57890405e5d4322cc9ea83cebb085523ced7be4144dac1e61"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "js-sys",
+ "once_cell",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
+ "web-sys",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "wasm-bindgen-macro"
 version = "0.2.100"
@@ -3712,6 +4030,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "web-sys"
+version = "0.3.77"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "33b6dd2ef9186f1f2072e409e99cd22a975331a6b3591b12c764e0e55c60d5d2"
+dependencies = [
+ "js-sys",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "winapi"
 version = "0.3.9"
@@ -3819,6 +4147,17 @@ version = "0.1.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5e6ad25900d524eaabdbbb96d20b4311e1e7ae1699af4fb28c17ae66c80d798a"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-registry"
+version = "0.5.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5b8a9ed28765efc97bbc954883f4e6796c33a06546ebafacbabee9696967499e"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-link",
+ "windows-result 0.3.4",
+ "windows-strings",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-result"
 version = "0.1.2"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 1c222c4..1ef5b1e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,9 +2,20 @@
 name = "neptune-explorer"
 version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2021"
+default-run = "neptune-explorer"
 
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
+[[bin]]
+name = "high_rate_attack"
+path = "src/bin/high_rate_attack.rs"
+required-features = ["attacks"]
+
+[[bin]]
+name = "scraper"
+path = "src/bin/scraper.rs"
+required-features = ["attacks"]
+
 [dependencies]
 axum = { version = "0.7.9", features = ["macros"] }
 serde = { version = "1.0.197", features = ["derive"] }
@@ -40,6 +51,11 @@ indexmap = "2.7.0"
 
 blake3 = { version = "1.8.2", optional = true }
 rand = { version = "0.9.2", optional = true }
+reqwest = { version = "0.12.23", optional  = true }
+log = {version = "0.4.28", optional = true}
+env_logger = {version = "0.11.8", optional = true}
+regex = {version = "1.11.3", optional = true }
+
 
 #[dev-dependencies]
 test-strategy = "0.4.3"
@@ -52,3 +68,4 @@ neptune-cash = { git = "https://github.com/Neptune-Crypto/neptune-core.git", bra
 
 [features]
 mock = ["dep:blake3", "dep:rand"]
+attacks = ["reqwest", "log", "env_logger", "regex", "dep:rand"]
diff --git a/src/bin/high_rate_attack.rs b/src/bin/high_rate_attack.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..185a036
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/bin/high_rate_attack.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+use reqwest::Client;
+use tokio::sync::futures;
+use tokio::time::Instant;
+
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() {
+    let client = Client::new();
+    let url = "http://127.0.0.1:3000/your_endpoint";
+    let num_requests = 200; // adjust as needed
+    let concurrency = 20; // parallel tasks
+
+    let start = Instant::now();
+    let futures = (0..num_requests).map(|_| {
+        let client = &client;
+        async move {
+            let _ = client.get(url).send().await;
+        }
+    });
+
+    futures::future::join_all(futures).await;
+
+    let elapsed = start.elapsed();
+    println!(
+        "Sent {} requests in {:.2?} (concurrency {})",
+        num_requests, elapsed, concurrency
+    );
+}
diff --git a/src/bin/scraper.rs b/src/bin/scraper.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bf5e2b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/bin/scraper.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+use env_logger;
+use log::LevelFilter;
+use log::{error, info, warn};
+use rand::seq::IteratorRandom;
+use regex::Regex;
+use reqwest::Client;
+use std::collections::HashSet;
+use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
+use std::time::Duration;
+use tokio::{signal, time};
+use url::Url;
+
+/// Scrape the explorer website when running locally.
+///
+/// This program maintains a dictionary of URLs, which is initially populated
+/// with 'http://localhost:3000'. It fetches a random URL from the dictionary in
+/// each iteration, logs positive messages if successful, extracts new URLs from
+/// the response body to add to the dictionary, logs warnings or errors for
+/// request failures or timeouts, sleeps for a bit, and continues until Ctrl-C
+/// is pressed.
+///
+/// Run with:
+///  `> cargo run --bin scraper`
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() {
+    // Initialize logger
+    env_logger::builder().filter_level(LevelFilter::Info).init();
+
+    let client = Client::builder()
+        .timeout(Duration::from_millis(300))
+        .build()
+        .expect("Failed to build HTTP client");
+
+    let root_url = "http://localhost:3000".to_string();
+    let urls = Arc::new(Mutex::new(HashSet::from([root_url.clone()])));
+
+    let href_regex = Regex::new(r#"<a\s+(?:[^>]*?\s+)?href=['\"](.*?)['\"]"#).unwrap();
+
+    info!("Starting fetch loop. Press Ctrl-C to stop.");
+
+    let urls_clone = Arc::clone(&urls);
+    let fetch_loop = async move {
+        loop {
+            // Pick a random URL safely
+            let url_opt = {
+                let urls_guard = urls_clone.lock().unwrap();
+                urls_guard.iter().choose(&mut rand::rng()).cloned()
+            };
+
+            if let Some(url) = url_opt {
+                match client.get(&url).send().await {
+                    Ok(resp) => {
+                        if resp.status().is_success() {
+                            match resp.text().await {
+                                Ok(text) => {
+                                    info!("Success fetching {}", url);
+                                    let mut urls_guard = urls_clone.lock().unwrap();
+                                    for cap in href_regex.captures_iter(&text) {
+                                        let href = &cap[1];
+                                        if let Ok(parsed_url) =
+                                            Url::parse(&[&root_url.clone(), href].concat())
+                                        {
+                                            let normalized = parsed_url.as_str();
+                                            if urls_guard.insert(normalized.to_owned()) {
+                                                info!(
+                                                    "Added new URL to dictionary: {}",
+                                                    normalized
+                                                );
+                                            }
+                                        }
+                                    }
+                                }
+                                Err(e) => {
+                                    warn!("Failed to read response body from {}: {}", url, e);
+                                }
+                            }
+                        } else {
+                            warn!("Non-success status {} from {}", resp.status(), url);
+                        }
+                    }
+                    Err(err) => {
+                        if err.is_timeout() {
+                            warn!("Timeout fetching {}", url);
+                        } else {
+                            error!("Error fetching {}: {}", url, err);
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            } else {
+                warn!("URL dictionary is empty, no URL to fetch");
+            }
+
+            time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(500)).await;
+        }
+    };
+
+    tokio::select! {
+        _ = fetch_loop => {}, // This runs indefinitely unless stopped
+        _ = signal::ctrl_c() => {
+            info!("Ctrl-C received, stopping...");
+        }
+    }
+}