diff --git a/build/build.ps1 b/build/build.ps1
deleted file mode 100644
index 9785bcbf7..000000000
--- a/build/build.ps1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-$env:Path += ";C:\MinGW\bin\"
-
-$env:Path += ";C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\bin\x86\"
-gcc --version
-mingw32-make --version
-
-# build/install miniupnpc manually
-tar zxf miniupnpc-1.9.tar.gz
-cd miniupnpc-1.9
-mingw32-make -f Makefile.mingw
-python setupmingw32.py build --compiler=mingw32
-python setupmingw32.py install
-cd ..\
-Remove-Item -Recurse -Force miniupnpc-1.9
-
-# copy requirements from lbry, but remove miniupnpc (installed manually)
-Get-Content ..\requirements.txt | Select-String -Pattern 'miniupnpc' -NotMatch | Out-File requirements_base.txt
-
-python set_build.py
-
-pip install -r requirements.txt
-pip install ..\.
-
-pyinstaller -y daemon.onefile.spec
-pyinstaller -y cli.onefile.spec
-pyinstaller -y console.onefile.spec
-
-nuget install secure-file -ExcludeVersion
-secure-file\tools\secure-file -decrypt .\lbry2.pfx.enc -secret "$env:pfx_key"
-signtool.exe sign /f .\lbry2.pfx /p "$env:key_pass" /tr http://tsa.starfieldtech.com /td SHA256 /fd SHA256 dist\*.exe
-
-python zip_daemon.py
-python upload_assets.py
diff --git a/build/build.sh b/build/build.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index f23c098f7..000000000
--- a/build/build.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-set -euo pipefail
-set -x
-
-ROOT="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )/.." && pwd )"
-cd "$ROOT"
-BUILD_DIR="$ROOT/build"
-
-FULL_BUILD="${FULL_BUILD:-false}"
-if [ -n "${TEAMCITY_VERSION:-}" -o -n "${APPVEYOR:-}" ]; then
-  FULL_BUILD="true"
-fi
-
-[ -d "$BUILD_DIR/bulid" ] && rm -rf "$BUILD_DIR/build"
-[ -d "$BUILD_DIR/dist" ] && rm -rf "$BUILD_DIR/dist"
-
-if [ "$FULL_BUILD" == "true" ]; then
-  # install dependencies
-  $BUILD_DIR/prebuild.sh
-
-  VENV="$BUILD_DIR/venv"
-  if [ -d "$VENV" ]; then
-    rm -rf "$VENV"
-  fi
-  virtualenv "$VENV"
-  set +u
-  source "$VENV/bin/activate"
-  set -u
-
-  # must set build before installing lbrynet. otherwise it has no effect
-  python "$BUILD_DIR/set_build.py"
-fi
-
-cp "$ROOT/requirements.txt" "$BUILD_DIR/requirements_base.txt"
-(
-  cd "$BUILD_DIR"
-  pip install -r requirements.txt
-)
-
-(
-  cd "$BUILD_DIR"
-  pyinstaller -y daemon.onefile.spec
-  pyinstaller -y cli.onefile.spec
-  pyinstaller -y console.onefile.spec
-)
-
-python "$BUILD_DIR/zip_daemon.py"
-
-if [ "$FULL_BUILD" == "true" ]; then
-  # electron-build has a publish feature, but I had a hard time getting
-  # it to reliably work and it also seemed difficult to configure. Not proud of
-  # this, but it seemed better to write my own.
-  python "$BUILD_DIR/upload_assets.py"
-
-  deactivate
-fi
-
-echo 'Build complete.'
diff --git a/build/cli.onefile.spec b/build/cli.onefile.spec
deleted file mode 100644
index 58ed11b60..000000000
--- a/build/cli.onefile.spec
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-# -*- mode: python -*-
-import platform
-import os
-
-dir = 'build';
-cwd = os.getcwd()
-if os.path.basename(cwd) != dir:
-    raise Exception('pyinstaller build needs to be run from the ' + dir + ' directory')
-repo_base = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(cwd, '..'))
-
-execfile(os.path.join(cwd, "entrypoint.py")) # ghetto import
-
-
-system = platform.system()
-if system == 'Darwin':
-    icns = os.path.join(repo_base, 'build', 'icon.icns')
-elif system == 'Linux':
-    icns = os.path.join(repo_base, 'build', 'icons', '256x256.png')
-elif system == 'Windows':
-    icns = os.path.join(repo_base, 'build', 'icons', 'lbry256.ico')
-else:
-    print 'Warning: System {} has no icons'.format(system)
-    icns = None
-
-
-a = Entrypoint('lbrynet', 'console_scripts', 'lbrynet-cli', pathex=[cwd])
-
-pyz = PYZ(a.pure, a.zipped_data)
-
-exe = EXE(
-    pyz,
-    a.scripts,
-    a.binaries,
-    a.zipfiles,
-    a.datas,
-    name='lbrynet-cli',
-    debug=False,
-    strip=False,
-    upx=True,
-    console=True,
-    icon=icns
-)
diff --git a/build/console.onefile.spec b/build/console.onefile.spec
deleted file mode 100644
index 420bf5043..000000000
--- a/build/console.onefile.spec
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-# -*- mode: python -*-
-import platform
-import os
-
-import lbryum
-
-dir = 'build';
-cwd = os.getcwd()
-if os.path.basename(cwd) != dir:
-    raise Exception('pyinstaller build needs to be run from the ' + dir + ' directory')
-repo_base = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(cwd, '..'))
-
-execfile(os.path.join(cwd, "entrypoint.py")) # ghetto import
-
-
-system = platform.system()
-if system == 'Darwin':
-    icns = os.path.join(repo_base, 'build', 'icon.icns')
-elif system == 'Linux':
-    icns = os.path.join(repo_base, 'build', 'icons', '256x256.png')
-elif system == 'Windows':
-    icns = os.path.join(repo_base, 'build', 'icons', 'lbry256.ico')
-else:
-    print 'Warning: System {} has no icons'.format(system)
-    icns = None
-
-
-datas = [
-    (os.path.join(os.path.dirname(lbryum.__file__), 'wordlist', language + '.txt'), 'lbryum/wordlist')
-    for language in ('chinese_simplified', 'japanese', 'spanish','english', 'portuguese')
-]
-
-
-a = Entrypoint('lbrynet', 'console_scripts', 'lbrynet-console', pathex=[cwd], datas=datas)
-
-pyz = PYZ(a.pure, a.zipped_data)
-
-exe = EXE(
-    pyz,
-    a.scripts,
-    a.binaries,
-    a.zipfiles,
-    a.datas,
-    name='lbrynet-console',
-    debug=False,
-    strip=False,
-    upx=True,
-    console=True,
-    icon=icns
-)
diff --git a/build/daemon.onefile.spec b/build/daemon.onefile.spec
deleted file mode 100644
index fa35021b7..000000000
--- a/build/daemon.onefile.spec
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-# -*- mode: python -*-
-import platform
-import os
-
-import lbryum
-
-dir = 'build';
-cwd = os.getcwd()
-if os.path.basename(cwd) != dir:
-    raise Exception('pyinstaller build needs to be run from the ' + dir + ' directory')
-repo_base = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(cwd, '..'))
-
-execfile(os.path.join(cwd, "entrypoint.py")) # ghetto import
-
-
-system = platform.system()
-if system == 'Darwin':
-    icns = os.path.join(repo_base, 'build', 'icon.icns')
-elif system == 'Linux':
-    icns = os.path.join(repo_base, 'build', 'icons', '256x256.png')
-elif system == 'Windows':
-    icns = os.path.join(repo_base, 'build', 'icons', 'lbry256.ico')
-else:
-    print 'Warning: System {} has no icons'.format(system)
-    icns = None
-
-
-datas = [
-    (os.path.join(os.path.dirname(lbryum.__file__), 'wordlist', language + '.txt'), 'lbryum/wordlist')
-    for language in ('chinese_simplified', 'japanese', 'spanish','english', 'portuguese')
-]
-
-
-a = Entrypoint('lbrynet', 'console_scripts', 'lbrynet-daemon', pathex=[cwd], datas=datas)
-
-pyz = PYZ(a.pure, a.zipped_data)
-
-exe = EXE(
-    pyz,
-    a.scripts,
-    a.binaries,
-    a.zipfiles,
-    a.datas,
-    name='lbrynet-daemon',
-    debug=False,
-    strip=False,
-    upx=True,
-    console=True,
-    icon=icns
-)
diff --git a/build/entrypoint.py b/build/entrypoint.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 229005010..000000000
--- a/build/entrypoint.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-# https://github.com/pyinstaller/pyinstaller/wiki/Recipe-Setuptools-Entry-Point
-def Entrypoint(dist, group, name,
-               scripts=None, pathex=None, binaries=None, datas=None,
-               hiddenimports=None, hookspath=None, excludes=None, runtime_hooks=None,
-               cipher=None, win_no_prefer_redirects=False, win_private_assemblies=False):
-    import pkg_resources
-
-    # get toplevel packages of distribution from metadata
-    def get_toplevel(dist):
-        distribution = pkg_resources.get_distribution(dist)
-        if distribution.has_metadata('top_level.txt'):
-            return list(distribution.get_metadata('top_level.txt').split())
-        else:
-            return []
-
-    hiddenimports = hiddenimports or []
-    packages = []
-    for distribution in hiddenimports:
-        packages += get_toplevel(distribution)
-
-    scripts = scripts or []
-    pathex = pathex or []
-    # get the entry point
-    ep = pkg_resources.get_entry_info(dist, group, name)
-    # insert path of the egg at the verify front of the search path
-    pathex = [ep.dist.location] + pathex
-    # script name must not be a valid module name to avoid name clashes on import
-    script_path = os.path.join(workpath, name + '-script.py')
-    print "creating script for entry point", dist, group, name
-    with open(script_path, 'w') as fh:
-        fh.write("import {0}\n".format(ep.module_name))
-        fh.write("{0}.{1}()\n".format(ep.module_name, '.'.join(ep.attrs)))
-        for package in packages:
-            fh.write("import {0}\n".format(package))
-
-    return Analysis([script_path] + scripts,
-                    pathex=pathex,
-                    binaries=binaries,
-                    datas=datas,
-                    hiddenimports=hiddenimports,
-                    hookspath=hookspath,
-                    excludes=excludes,
-                    runtime_hooks=runtime_hooks,
-                    cipher=cipher,
-                    win_no_prefer_redirects=win_no_prefer_redirects,
-                    win_private_assemblies=win_private_assemblies
-                    )
diff --git a/build/lbry2.pfx.enc b/build/lbry2.pfx.enc
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index 46e52260a..000000000
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diff --git a/build/miniupnpc-1.9.tar.gz b/build/miniupnpc-1.9.tar.gz
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index 85deda499..000000000
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diff --git a/build/prebuild.sh b/build/prebuild.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 17bc41374..000000000
--- a/build/prebuild.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,82 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-set -euo pipefail
-set -x
-
-
-LINUX=false
-OSX=false
-
-if [ "$(uname)" == "Darwin" ]; then
-  OSX=true
-elif [ "$(expr substr $(uname -s) 1 5)" == "Linux" ]; then
-  LINUX=true
-else
-  echo "Platform detection failed"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-
-SUDO=''
-if $LINUX && (( $EUID != 0 )); then
-    SUDO='sudo'
-fi
-
-cmd_exists() {
-  command -v "$1" >/dev/null 2>&1
-  return $?
-}
-
-set +eu
-GITUSERNAME=$(git config --global --get user.name)
-if [ -z "$GITUSERNAME" ]; then
-  git config --global user.name "$(whoami)"
-fi
-GITEMAIL=$(git config --global --get user.email)
-if [ -z "$GITEMAIL" ]; then
-  git config --global user.email "$(whoami)@lbry.io"
-fi
-set -eu
-
-
-if $LINUX; then
-  INSTALL="$SUDO apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y"
-  $INSTALL build-essential libssl-dev libffi-dev python2.7-dev wget
-elif $OSX && ! cmd_exists brew ; then
-  /usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
-fi
-
-
-if ! cmd_exists python; then
-  if $LINUX; then
-    $INSTALL python2.7
-  elif $OSX; then
-    brew install python
-    curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py | python
-  fi
-fi
-
-PYTHON_VERSION=$(python -c 'import sys; print(".".join(map(str, sys.version_info[:2])))')
-if [ "$PYTHON_VERSION" != "2.7" ]; then
-  echo "Python 2.7 required"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-if ! cmd_exists pip; then
-  if $LINUX; then
-    $INSTALL python-pip
-    $SUDO pip install --upgrade pip
-  else
-    echo "Pip required"
-    exit 1
-  fi
-fi
-
-if $LINUX && [ "$(pip list --format=columns | grep setuptools | wc -l)" -ge 1 ]; then
-  #$INSTALL python-setuptools
-  $SUDO pip install setuptools
-fi
-
-if ! cmd_exists virtualenv; then
-  $SUDO pip install virtualenv
-fi
diff --git a/build/requirements.txt b/build/requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 917509772..000000000
--- a/build/requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-# install daemon requirements (created by build script. see build.sh, build.ps1)
--r requirements_base.txt
-
-# install daemon itself. make sure you run `pip install` from this dir. this is how you do relative file paths with pip
-file:../.
-
-# install other build requirements
-PyInstaller==3.2.1
-requests[security]==2.13.0
-uritemplate==3.0.0
-boto3==1.4.4
diff --git a/build/set_build.py b/build/set_build.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 39fe12d09..000000000
--- a/build/set_build.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-"""Set the build version to be 'dev', 'qa', 'rc', 'release'"""
-
-import os.path
-import re
-import subprocess
-import sys
-
-
-def main():
-    build = get_build()
-    root_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)))
-    with open(os.path.join(root_dir, 'lbrynet', 'build_type.py'), 'w') as f:
-        f.write("BUILD = '{}'\n".format(build))
-
-
-def get_build():
-    try:
-        tag = subprocess.check_output(['git', 'describe', '--exact-match']).strip()
-        if re.match('v\d+\.\d+\.\d+rc\d+', tag):
-            return 'rc'
-        else:
-            return 'release'
-    except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
-        # if the build doesn't have a tag
-        return 'qa'
-
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    sys.exit(main())
diff --git a/build/zip_daemon.py b/build/zip_daemon.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 53c60085b..000000000
--- a/build/zip_daemon.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-import os
-import platform
-import subprocess
-import sys
-import zipfile
-
-
-def main():
-    this_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
-    tag = subprocess.check_output(['git', 'describe']).strip()
-    zipfilename = 'lbrynet-daemon-{}-{}.zip'.format(tag, get_system_label())
-    full_filename = os.path.join(this_dir, 'dist', zipfilename)
-    executables = ['lbrynet-daemon', 'lbrynet-cli', 'lbrynet-console']
-    ext = '.exe' if platform.system() == 'Windows' else ''
-    with zipfile.ZipFile(full_filename, 'w') as myzip:
-        for executable in executables:
-            myzip.write(os.path.join(this_dir, 'dist', executable + ext), executable + ext)
-
-
-def get_system_label():
-    system = platform.system()
-    if system == 'Darwin':
-        return 'macos'
-    else:
-        return system.lower()
-
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    sys.exit(main())
diff --git a/build/icons/128x128.png b/icons/128x128.png
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rename from build/icons/128x128.png
rename to icons/128x128.png
diff --git a/build/icons/256x256.png b/icons/256x256.png
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rename from build/icons/256x256.png
rename to icons/256x256.png
diff --git a/build/icons/32x32.png b/icons/32x32.png
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rename from build/icons/32x32.png
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diff --git a/build/icons/48x48.png b/icons/48x48.png
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rename from build/icons/48x48.png
rename to icons/48x48.png
diff --git a/build/icons/96x96.png b/icons/96x96.png
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rename from build/icons/96x96.png
rename to icons/96x96.png
diff --git a/build/icons/lbry128.ico b/icons/lbry128.ico
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rename to icons/lbry128.ico
diff --git a/build/icons/lbry16.ico b/icons/lbry16.ico
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rename from build/icons/lbry16.ico
rename to icons/lbry16.ico
diff --git a/build/icons/lbry256.ico b/icons/lbry256.ico
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rename from build/icons/lbry256.ico
rename to icons/lbry256.ico
diff --git a/build/icons/lbry32.ico b/icons/lbry32.ico
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