diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..65444fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+/.idea
+/blobs
diff --git a/client.go b/client.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f269770
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client.go
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"log"
+	"net"
+	"strconv"
+)
+
+type Client struct {
+	conn net.Conn
+}
+
+func (c *Client) Connect(address string) error {
+	var err error
+	c.conn, err = net.Dial("tcp", address)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return c.doHandshake(protocolVersion1)
+}
+func (c *Client) Close() error {
+	return c.conn.Close()
+}
+
+func (c *Client) SendBlob(blob []byte) error {
+	if len(blob) != BlobSize {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Blob must be exactly " + strconv.Itoa(BlobSize) + " bytes")
+	}
+
+	blobHash := getBlobHash(blob)
+	sendRequest, err := json.Marshal(sendBlobRequest{
+		BlobSize: len(blob),
+		BlobHash: blobHash,
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	_, err = c.conn.Write(sendRequest)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	dec := json.NewDecoder(c.conn)
+
+	var sendResp sendBlobResponse
+	err = dec.Decode(&sendResp)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if !sendResp.SendBlob {
+		return ErrBlobExists
+	}
+
+	log.Println("Sending blob " + blobHash[:8])
+
+	_, err = c.conn.Write(blob)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	var transferResp blobTransferResponse
+	err = dec.Decode(&transferResp)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if !transferResp.ReceivedBlob {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Server did not received blob")
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (c *Client) doHandshake(version int) error {
+	handshake, err := json.Marshal(handshakeRequestResponse{Version: version})
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	_, err = c.conn.Write(handshake)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	var resp handshakeRequestResponse
+	dec := json.NewDecoder(c.conn)
+	err = dec.Decode(&resp)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	} else if resp.Version != version {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Handshake version mismatch")
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..deb168c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"flag"
+	"log"
+	"math/rand"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func checkErr(err error) {
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+}
+
+func main() {
+	var err error
+	rand.Seed(time.Now().UnixNano())
+
+	address := "localhost:5566"
+
+	serve := flag.Bool("server", false, "Run server")
+	blobDir := flag.String("blobdir", "", "Where blobs will be saved to")
+	flag.Parse()
+	if serve != nil && *serve {
+		if blobDir == nil || *blobDir == "" {
+			log.Fatal("-blobdir required")
+		}
+		server := NewServer(*blobDir)
+		log.Fatal(server.ListenAndServe(address))
+		return
+	}
+
+	client := Client{}
+
+	log.Println("Connecting to " + address)
+	err = client.Connect(address)
+	checkErr(err)
+
+	log.Println("Connected")
+
+	defer func() {
+		log.Println("Closing connection")
+		client.Close()
+	}()
+
+	blob := make([]byte, 2*1024*1024)
+	_, err = rand.Read(blob)
+	checkErr(err)
+	err = client.SendBlob(blob)
+	checkErr(err)
+
+	blob = make([]byte, 2*1024*1024)
+	_, err = rand.Read(blob)
+	checkErr(err)
+	err = client.SendBlob(blob)
+	checkErr(err)
+
+	blob = make([]byte, 2*1024*1024)
+	_, err = rand.Read(blob)
+	checkErr(err)
+	err = client.SendBlob(blob)
+	checkErr(err)
+}
diff --git a/server.go b/server.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9b5554d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server.go
@@ -0,0 +1,177 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"log"
+	"net"
+	"os"
+	"path"
+	"strconv"
+)
+
+type Server struct {
+	BlobDir string
+}
+
+func NewServer(blobDir string) *Server {
+	return &Server{
+		BlobDir: blobDir,
+	}
+}
+
+func (s *Server) ListenAndServe(address string) error {
+	log.Println("Blobs will be saved to " + s.BlobDir)
+	err := s.ensureBlobDirExists()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	log.Println("Listening on " + address)
+	l, err := net.Listen("tcp", address)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer l.Close()
+
+	for {
+		conn, err := l.Accept()
+		if err != nil {
+			// TODO: dont crash server on error here
+			return err
+		}
+		go s.handleConn(conn)
+	}
+}
+
+func (s *Server) handleConn(conn net.Conn) {
+	// TODO: connection should time out eventually
+	defer conn.Close()
+
+	err := s.doHandshake(conn)
+	if err != nil {
+		if err == io.EOF {
+			return
+		}
+		s.doError(conn, err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	for {
+		err = s.receiveBlob(conn)
+		if err != nil {
+			if err == io.EOF {
+				return
+			}
+			s.doError(conn, err)
+			return
+		}
+
+	}
+}
+
+func (s *Server) doError(conn net.Conn, e error) error {
+	log.Println("Error: " + e.Error())
+	if e2, ok := e.(*json.SyntaxError); ok {
+		log.Printf("syntax error at byte offset %d", e2.Offset)
+	}
+	resp, err := json.Marshal(errorResponse{Error: e.Error()})
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	_, err = conn.Write(resp)
+	return err
+}
+
+func (s *Server) receiveBlob(conn net.Conn) error {
+	var sendRequest sendBlobRequest
+	dec := json.NewDecoder(conn)
+	err := dec.Decode(&sendRequest)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	} else if sendRequest.BlobSize > BlobSize {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Blob size cannot be greater than " + strconv.Itoa(BlobSize) + " bytes")
+	}
+
+	// check if blob exists
+	haveBlob := false
+	sendResponse, err := json.Marshal(sendBlobResponse{SendBlob: !haveBlob})
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	_, err = conn.Write(sendResponse)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	blob := make([]byte, sendRequest.BlobSize)
+	_, err = io.ReadFull(bufio.NewReader(conn), blob)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	blobHash := getBlobHash(blob)
+	if sendRequest.BlobHash != blobHash {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Hash of received blob does not match hash from send request")
+	}
+	log.Println("Got blob " + blobHash[:8])
+
+	err = ioutil.WriteFile(path.Join(s.BlobDir, blobHash), blob, 0644)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	transferResponse, err := json.Marshal(blobTransferResponse{ReceivedBlob: true})
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	_, err = conn.Write(transferResponse)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (s *Server) doHandshake(conn net.Conn) error {
+	var handshake handshakeRequestResponse
+	dec := json.NewDecoder(conn)
+	err := dec.Decode(&handshake)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	} else if handshake.Version != protocolVersion1 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("This server only supports protocol version 1")
+	}
+
+	resp, err := json.Marshal(handshakeRequestResponse{Version: handshake.Version})
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	_, err = conn.Write(resp)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (s *Server) ensureBlobDirExists() error {
+	if stat, err := os.Stat(s.BlobDir); err != nil {
+		if os.IsNotExist(err) {
+			err2 := os.Mkdir(s.BlobDir, 0755)
+			if err2 != nil {
+				return err2
+			}
+		} else {
+			return err
+		}
+	} else if !stat.IsDir() {
+		return fmt.Errorf("blob dir exists but is not a dir")
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/shared.go b/shared.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..689eeab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shared.go
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"crypto/sha512"
+	"encoding/hex"
+	"fmt"
+)
+
+const (
+	DefaultPort = 5566
+
+	BlobSize = 2 * 1024 * 1024
+
+	protocolVersion1 = 1
+	protocolVersion2 = 2 // not implemented
+)
+
+var ErrBlobExists = fmt.Errorf("Blob exists on server")
+
+type errorResponse struct {
+	Error string `json:"error"`
+}
+
+type handshakeRequestResponse struct {
+	Version int `json:"version"`
+}
+
+type sendBlobRequest struct {
+	BlobHash string `json:"blob_hash"`
+	BlobSize int    `json:"blob_size"`
+}
+
+type sendBlobResponse struct {
+	SendBlob bool `json:"send_blob"`
+}
+
+type blobTransferResponse struct {
+	ReceivedBlob bool `json:"received_blob"`
+}
+
+func getBlobHash(blob []byte) string {
+	hashBytes := sha512.Sum384(blob)
+	return hex.EncodeToString(hashBytes[:])
+}