diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker-release.yaml b/.github/workflows/docker-release.yaml
index f14b14b3a..ddf8bb61d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker-release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker-release.yaml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
         with:
           components: clippy
-          toolchain: 1.71.0
+          toolchain: 1.75.0
 
       - name: Install toolchain (nightly)
         run: rustup toolchain add nightly --component rustfmt --profile minimal
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ jobs:
         with:
           cache-on-failure: true
 
+      - uses: taiki-e/install-action@cross
+
       - name: Login to Docker Hub
         uses: docker/login-action@v3
         with:
@@ -53,10 +55,8 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Build and push image
         run: |
-          cargo install cross --git https://github.com/cross-rs/cross 
-
           if [ -n "${{ github.event.inputs.version }}" ]; then
-            make GIT_TAG="${{ github.event.inputs.version }}" docker-build 
+            sudo -E env "PATH=$PATH" make GIT_TAG="${{ github.event.inputs.version }}" docker-build 
           else
-            make docker-build-latest
+            sudo -E env "PATH=$PATH" make docker-build-latest
           fi
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index c3d7d9c5f..da7626c7c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -30,52 +30,52 @@ jobs:
 
   build:
     name: build release
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    needs: extract-version
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        arch:
-          [
-            aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu,
-            x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu,
-            x86_64-apple-darwin,
-            aarch64-apple-darwin,
-            x86_64-pc-windows-gnu,
-          ]
         include:
-          - arch: aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
-            platform: ubuntu-latest
+          - target: aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
+            os: ubuntu-20.04
             profile: release
-          - arch: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
-            platform: ubuntu-latest
+          - target: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
+            os: ubuntu-20.04
             profile: release
-          - arch: x86_64-apple-darwin
-            platform: macos-latest
+          - target: x86_64-apple-darwin
+            os: macos-latest
             profile: release
-          - arch: aarch64-apple-darwin
-            platform: macos-latest
+          - target: aarch64-apple-darwin
+            os: macos-latest
             profile: release
-          - arch: x86_64-pc-windows-gnu
-            platform: ubuntu-latest
+          - target: x86_64-pc-windows-gnu
+            os: ubuntu-20.04
             profile: release
 
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.platform }}
-    needs: extract-version
     steps:
-      - name: Checkout sources
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - name: Get latest version of stable Rust
-        run: rustup update stable
-      - name: Install target
-        run: rustup target add ${{ matrix.arch }}
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          submodules: recursive
+      - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
+        with:
+          target: ${{ matrix.target }}
+      - uses: taiki-e/install-action@cross
       - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
         with:
           cache-on-failure: true
 
+      - name: Foundry install
+        if: contains( ${{ matrix.target }}, 'apple')
+        uses: foundry-rs/foundry-toolchain@v1
+      - name: Install protobuf
+        if: contains( ${{ matrix.target }}, 'apple')
+        uses: arduino/setup-protoc@v3
+
       # ==============================
       # Apple Silicon SDK setup
       # ==============================
 
       - name: Apple Silicon setup
-        if: ${{ matrix.job.target == 'aarch64-apple-darwin' }}
+        if: matrix.target == 'aarch64-apple-darwin'
         run: |
           echo "SDKROOT=$(xcrun -sdk macosx --show-sdk-path)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           echo "MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=$(xcrun -sdk macosx --show-sdk-platform-version)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
@@ -84,22 +84,15 @@ jobs:
       #       Builds
       # ==============================
 
-      - name: Build rundler for ${{ matrix.arch }}
+      - name: Build rundler for ${{ matrix.target }}
         run: |
-          cargo install cross
-          env PROFILE=${{ matrix.profile }} make build-${{ matrix.arch }}
+          sudo -E env "PATH=$PATH" make build-${{ matrix.target }}
 
       - name: Move cross-compiled binary
-        if: matrix.arch != 'x86_64-pc-windows-gnu'
-        run: |
-          mkdir artifacts
-          mv target/${{ matrix.arch }}/${{ matrix.profile }}/rundler ./artifacts
-
-      - name: Move cross-compiled binary (Windows)
-        if: matrix.arch == 'x86_64-pc-windows-gnu'
         run: |
           mkdir artifacts
-          mv target/${{ matrix.arch }}/${{ matrix.profile }}/rundler.exe ./artifacts
+          [[ "${{ matrix.target }}" == *windows* ]] && ext=".exe"
+          sudo mv "target/${{ matrix.target }}/${{ matrix.profile }}/rundler${ext}" ./artifacts
 
       # ==============================
       #       Signing
@@ -111,10 +104,10 @@ jobs:
           GPG_PASSPHRASE: ${{ secrets.GPG_PASSPHRASE }}
         run: |
           export GPG_TTY=$(tty)
-          echo -n "$GPG_SIGNING_KEY" | gpg --batch --import
+          echo -n "$GPG_SIGNING_KEY" | base64 --decode | gpg --batch --import
           cd artifacts
-          tar -czf rundler-${{ needs.extract-version.outputs.VERSION }}-${{ matrix.arch }}.tar.gz rundler*
-          echo "$GPG_PASSPHRASE" | gpg --passphrase-fd 0 --pinentry-mode loopback --batch -ab rundler-${{ needs.extract-version.outputs.VERSION }}-${{ matrix.arch }}.tar.gz
+          tar -czf rundler-${{ needs.extract-version.outputs.VERSION }}-${{ matrix.target }}.tar.gz rundler*
+          echo "$GPG_PASSPHRASE" | gpg --passphrase-fd 0 --pinentry-mode loopback --batch -ab rundler-${{ needs.extract-version.outputs.VERSION }}-${{ matrix.target }}.tar.gz
           mv *tar.gz* ..
         shell: bash
 
@@ -125,14 +118,14 @@ jobs:
       - name: Upload artifact
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
-          name: rundler-${{ needs.extract-version.outputs.VERSION }}-${{ matrix.arch }}.tar.gz
-          path: rundler-${{ needs.extract-version.outputs.VERSION }}-${{ matrix.arch }}.tar.gz
+          name: rundler-${{ needs.extract-version.outputs.VERSION }}-${{ matrix.target }}.tar.gz
+          path: rundler-${{ needs.extract-version.outputs.VERSION }}-${{ matrix.target }}.tar.gz
 
       - name: Upload signature
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
-          name: rundler-${{ needs.extract-version.outputs.VERSION }}-${{ matrix.arch }}.tar.gz.asc
-          path: rundler-${{ needs.extract-version.outputs.VERSION }}-${{ matrix.arch }}.tar.gz.asc
+          name: rundler-${{ needs.extract-version.outputs.VERSION }}-${{ matrix.target }}.tar.gz.asc
+          path: rundler-${{ needs.extract-version.outputs.VERSION }}-${{ matrix.target }}.tar.gz.asc
 
   draft-release:
       name: draft release
@@ -220,7 +213,7 @@ jobs:
             )
             assets=()
             for asset in ./rundler-*.tar.gz*; do
-                assets+=("-a" "$asset/$asset")
+                assets+=("$asset/$asset")
             done
             tag_name="${{ env.VERSION }}"
-            echo "$body" | gh release create --draft "${assets[@]}" -F "-" "$tag_name"
+            echo "$body" | gh release create --draft -t "Rundler $tag_name" -F "-" "$tag_name" "${assets[@]}"
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 42c2a301c..a178358ef 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1792,21 +1792,6 @@ version = "1.0.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3f9eec918d3f24069decb9af1554cad7c880e2da24a9afd88aca000531ab82c1"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "foreign-types"
-version = "0.3.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f6f339eb8adc052cd2ca78910fda869aefa38d22d5cb648e6485e4d3fc06f3b1"
-dependencies = [
- "foreign-types-shared",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "foreign-types-shared"
-version = "0.1.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "00b0228411908ca8685dba7fc2cdd70ec9990a6e753e89b6ac91a84c40fbaf4b"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "form_urlencoded"
 version = "1.2.0"
@@ -2259,19 +2244,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio-io-timeout",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "hyper-tls"
-version = "0.5.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d6183ddfa99b85da61a140bea0efc93fdf56ceaa041b37d553518030827f9905"
-dependencies = [
- "bytes",
- "hyper",
- "native-tls",
- "tokio",
- "tokio-native-tls",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "iana-time-zone"
 version = "0.1.53"
@@ -2907,7 +2879,6 @@ checksum = "9bf4e7146e30ad172c42c39b3246864bd2d3c6396780711a1baf749cfe423e21"
 dependencies = [
  "base64 0.21.0",
  "hyper",
- "hyper-tls",
  "indexmap 2.2.3",
  "ipnet",
  "metrics 0.22.1",
@@ -2915,7 +2886,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "quanta",
  "thiserror",
  "tokio",
- "tracing",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3037,24 +3007,6 @@ version = "0.8.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e5ce46fe64a9d73be07dcbe690a38ce1b293be448fd8ce1e6c1b8062c9f72c6a"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "native-tls"
-version = "0.2.11"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "07226173c32f2926027b63cce4bcd8076c3552846cbe7925f3aaffeac0a3b92e"
-dependencies = [
- "lazy_static",
- "libc",
- "log",
- "openssl",
- "openssl-probe",
- "openssl-sys",
- "schannel",
- "security-framework",
- "security-framework-sys",
- "tempfile",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "new_debug_unreachable"
 version = "1.0.4"
@@ -3207,50 +3159,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 1.0.107",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "openssl"
-version = "0.10.64"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "95a0481286a310808298130d22dd1fef0fa571e05a8f44ec801801e84b216b1f"
-dependencies = [
- "bitflags 2.4.1",
- "cfg-if",
- "foreign-types",
- "libc",
- "once_cell",
- "openssl-macros",
- "openssl-sys",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "openssl-macros"
-version = "0.1.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a948666b637a0f465e8564c73e89d4dde00d72d4d473cc972f390fc3dcee7d9c"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn 2.0.50",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "openssl-probe"
 version = "0.1.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ff011a302c396a5197692431fc1948019154afc178baf7d8e37367442a4601cf"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "openssl-sys"
-version = "0.9.100"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ae94056a791d0e1217d18b6cbdccb02c61e3054fc69893607f4067e3bb0b1fd1"
-dependencies = [
- "cc",
- "libc",
- "pkg-config",
- "vcpkg",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "option-ext"
 version = "0.2.0"
@@ -4176,7 +4090,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rundler"
-version = "0.2.0-alpha.0"
+version = "0.1.0-rc0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "clap",
@@ -4214,7 +4128,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rundler-builder"
-version = "0.2.0-alpha.0"
+version = "0.1.0-rc0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
@@ -4255,7 +4169,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rundler-dev"
-version = "0.2.0-alpha.0"
+version = "0.1.0-rc0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "ethers",
@@ -4264,7 +4178,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rundler-pool"
-version = "0.2.0-alpha.0"
+version = "0.1.0-rc0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-stream",
@@ -4298,7 +4212,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rundler-provider"
-version = "0.2.0-alpha.0"
+version = "0.1.0-rc0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
@@ -4317,7 +4231,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rundler-rpc"
-version = "0.2.0-alpha.0"
+version = "0.1.0-rc0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
@@ -4346,7 +4260,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rundler-sim"
-version = "0.2.0-alpha.0"
+version = "0.1.0-rc0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "arrayvec",
@@ -4373,7 +4287,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rundler-task"
-version = "0.2.0-alpha.0"
+version = "0.1.0-rc0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
@@ -4393,7 +4307,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rundler-tools"
-version = "0.2.0-alpha.0"
+version = "0.1.0-rc0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "clap",
@@ -4410,7 +4324,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rundler-types"
-version = "0.2.0-alpha.0"
+version = "0.1.0-rc0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "chrono",
@@ -4425,7 +4339,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rundler-utils"
-version = "0.2.0-alpha.0"
+version = "0.1.0-rc0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "derive_more",
@@ -5538,16 +5452,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio-stream",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "tokio-native-tls"
-version = "0.3.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bbae76ab933c85776efabc971569dd6119c580d8f5d448769dec1764bf796ef2"
-dependencies = [
- "native-tls",
- "tokio",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio-rustls"
 version = "0.23.4"
@@ -6060,12 +5964,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "version_check",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "vcpkg"
-version = "0.2.15"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "accd4ea62f7bb7a82fe23066fb0957d48ef677f6eeb8215f372f52e48bb32426"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "version_check"
 version = "0.9.4"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e490b1678..d1ae4a4f4 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ default-members = ["bin/rundler"]
 resolver = "2"
 
 [workspace.package]
-version = "0.2.0-alpha.0"
+version = "0.1.0-rc0"
 edition = "2021"
 rust-version = "1.75"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
diff --git a/Cross.toml b/Cross.toml
index 76c3e817f..a69f5ecaf 100644
--- a/Cross.toml
+++ b/Cross.toml
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 [build]
-dockerfile = "Dockerfile.build"
+dockerfile = "./Dockerfile.build"
diff --git a/Dockerfile.build b/Dockerfile.build
index 7b8f19e4e..2324e2af4 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.build
+++ b/Dockerfile.build
@@ -1,18 +1,22 @@
 ARG CROSS_BASE_IMAGE
-# Dockerfile.forge
-FROM ghcr.io/foundry-rs/foundry:latest as foundry
+
+FROM ghcr.io/foundry-rs/foundry:nightly-ac802618e15039b31e464ae6d1fe3ee39f87cefd as foundry
 
 FROM $CROSS_BASE_IMAGE
 COPY --from=foundry /usr/local/bin/forge /usr/local/bin/forge
 
-ARG DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+# Install Node.js 14.x and Yarn
+RUN apt-get update \
+    && apt-get install -y curl \
+    && curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_14.x | bash - \
+    && apt-get install -y nodejs \
+    && npm install -g yarn \
+    && apt-get clean
+
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y unzip
+
+# Install Protobuf compiler v3
+RUN curl -LO https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/releases/download/v3.15.8/protoc-3.15.8-linux-x86_64.zip \
+    && unzip protoc-3.15.8-linux-x86_64.zip -d /usr/local \
+    && chmod +x /usr/local/bin/protoc
 
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y gnupg2 apt-transport-https ca-certificates software-properties-common
-RUN curl -sS https://dl.yarnpkg.com/debian/pubkey.gpg | apt-key add - && echo "deb https://dl.yarnpkg.com/debian/ stable main" | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/yarn.list
-RUN mkdir -p /etc/apt/keyrings
-RUN curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/gpgkey/nodesource-repo.gpg.key | gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/nodesource.gpg
-RUN echo "deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/nodesource.gpg] https://deb.nodesource.com/node_20.x nodistro main" | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nodesource.list
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get -y upgrade && apt-get install -y libclang-dev pkg-config protobuf-compiler nodejs yarn
-RUN add-apt-repository ppa:ethereum/ethereum
-RUN apt-get update
-RUN apt-get install -y solc
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c176f6a86..073c87048 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ submodule-update: ## Update git submodules
 	git submodule update
 
 build-%:
-	cross build --bin rundler --target $* --profile "$(PROFILE)"
+	cross build --target $* --profile "$(PROFILE)"
 	
 .PHONY: fmt
 fmt: ## format code with nightly rust
@@ -71,6 +71,6 @@ define build_docker_image
 		--platform linux/arm64,linux/amd64 \
 		--tag $(DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME):$(1) \
 		$(if $(2),--tag $(DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME):$(2)) \
-		--provenance=false 
+		--provenance=false --push
 endef
 
diff --git a/bin/rundler/Cargo.toml b/bin/rundler/Cargo.toml
index 75d085d52..86a58c87b 100644
--- a/bin/rundler/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bin/rundler/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ dotenv = "0.15.0"
 ethers.workspace = true
 itertools = "0.12.1"
 metrics = "0.22.1"
-metrics-exporter-prometheus = "0.13.1"
+metrics-exporter-prometheus = { version = "0.13.1", default-features = false, features = ["http-listener"] }
 metrics-process = "1.0.10"
 metrics-util = "0.16.2"
 paste = "1.0"
@@ -44,3 +44,4 @@ tracing.workspace = true
 tracing-appender = "0.2.2"
 tracing-log = "0.2.0"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.16", features = ["env-filter", "fmt", "json"] }
+
diff --git a/deny.toml b/deny.toml
index c6cb720f9..b00691538 100644
--- a/deny.toml
+++ b/deny.toml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ deny = [
     # Each entry the name of a crate and a version range. If version is
     # not specified, all versions will be matched.
     #{ name = "ansi_term", version = "=0.11.0" },
+    { name = "openssl" }
 ]
 # Certain crates/versions that will be skipped when doing duplicate detection.
 skip = []