diff --git a/blockchain/json-rpc.go b/blockchain/json-rpc.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 7b59a2c..0000000
--- a/blockchain/json-rpc.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,97 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2020 cryptonote.social. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by
-// the license found in the LICENSE file.
-package blockchain
-
-// blockchain/json-rpc.go supports making json rpc calls to the blockchain daemon.
-
-import (
-	"bytes"
-	"encoding/json"
-	"errors"
-	"fmt"
-	"github.com/cryptonote-social/csminer/crylog"
-	"io/ioutil"
-	"net/http"
-	"strings"
-)
-
-var (
-	NOT_SYNCED_ERR error = errors.New("daemon not synced")
-)
-
-type JSONRequest struct {
-	Jsonrpc  string      `json:"jsonrpc"`
-	Method   string      `json:"method"`
-	Password string      `json:"password"`
-	Params   interface{} `json:"params"`
-	ID       uint64      `json:"id"`
-}
-
-type JSONResponse struct {
-	ID     uint64
-	Result *json.RawMessage
-	Error  JSONError
-}
-
-type JSONError struct {
-	Code    int
-	Message string
-}
-
-func DoJSONRPC(client *http.Client, urlString string, jReq *JSONRequest, jResp *JSONResponse, result interface{}) error {
-	jReq.Jsonrpc = "2.0"
-	data, err := json.Marshal(jReq)
-	if err != nil {
-		crylog.Error("couldn't marshal json:", err)
-		return err
-	}
-	var resp *http.Response
-	resp, err = client.Post(urlString, "application/json", bytes.NewReader(data))
-	if err != nil {
-		crylog.Error("post failed:", err)
-		return err
-	}
-
-	jResp.Error.Code = 0
-	jResp.Result = nil
-	body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
-	//err = json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(jResp)
-	err2 := resp.Body.Close()
-	if err2 != nil {
-		crylog.Error("failed to close body:", err2)
-	}
-	err = json.Unmarshal(body, jResp)
-	if err != nil {
-		// Sometimes TRTL daemon returns responses of the following format:
-		// {"status":"Failed","error":"Daemon must be synced to process this RPC method call, please retry when synced"}
-		r := &struct {
-			Status string `json:"status"`
-			Error  string `json:"error"`
-		}{}
-		err2 = json.Unmarshal(body, r)
-		if err2 != nil {
-			crylog.Error("failed to decode outer json response:", err, "body:", string(body))
-			return err
-		}
-		if strings.HasPrefix(r.Error, "Daemon must be synced") {
-			crylog.Warn("Ignoring daemon not synced error")
-			return NOT_SYNCED_ERR
-		}
-		crylog.Error("unknown daemon error, body:", string(body))
-		return err
-	}
-	if jResp.Error.Code != 0 {
-		crylog.Error("non-zero response error code from server:", jResp.Error.Code)
-		return fmt.Errorf("json response error %v with message: %v",
-			jResp.Error.Code, jResp.Error.Message)
-	}
-	if jResp.Result == nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("JSONResponse.Result was unexpectedly nil")
-	}
-	err = json.Unmarshal(*jResp.Result, result)
-	if err != nil {
-		crylog.Error("failed to unmarshal json result:", err, "::", string(*jResp.Result))
-		return err
-	}
-	return nil
-}