diff --git a/crates/bft-json-crdt/bft-crdt-derive/src/lib.rs b/crates/bft-json-crdt/bft-crdt-derive/src/lib.rs
index 656cb77..51ccedb 100644
--- a/crates/bft-json-crdt/bft-crdt-derive/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/bft-json-crdt/bft-crdt-derive/src/lib.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ use syn::{
 
 /// Helper to get tokenstream representing the parent crate
 fn get_crate_name() -> TokenStream {
-    let cr8 = crate_name("bft-json-crdt").unwrap_or(FoundCrate::Itself);
+    let cr8 = crate_name("bft-json-bft-crdt").unwrap_or(FoundCrate::Itself);
     match cr8 {
         FoundCrate::Itself => quote! { ::bft_json_crdt },
         FoundCrate::Name(name) => {
diff --git a/crates/bft-json-crdt/src/json_crdt.rs b/crates/bft-json-crdt/src/json_crdt.rs
index 4f3648b..a445efd 100644
--- a/crates/bft-json-crdt/src/json_crdt.rs
+++ b/crates/bft-json-crdt/src/json_crdt.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ use fastcrypto::{
     // Verifier,
 };
 // TODO: serde's json object serialization and deserialization (correctly) do not define anything
-// object field order in JSON objects. However, the hash check impl in bft-json-crdt does take order
+// object field order in JSON objects. However, the hash check impl in bft-json-bft-crdt does take order
 // into account. This is going to cause problems later for non-Rust implementations, BFT hash checking
 // currently depends on JSON serialization/deserialization object order. This shouldn't be the case
 // but I've hacked in an IndexMap for the moment to get the PoC working. To see the problem, replace this with
diff --git a/crates/bft-json-crdt/tests/editing-trace.js b/crates/bft-json-crdt/tests/editing-trace.js
index 42da951..a77d4cb 100644
--- a/crates/bft-json-crdt/tests/editing-trace.js
+++ b/crates/bft-json-crdt/tests/editing-trace.js
@@ -259796,7 +259796,7 @@ function insertAt(idx, elt) {
       const pos = new_log.findIndex(log => log[0] === parent_id)
       new_log.push([ID_COUNTER, pos, 0, elt])
       crdt.splice(raw_i + 1, 0, { deleted: false, content: elt, id: ID_COUNTER })
-      // console.log(`insert at ${idx} translated as op [${ID_COUNTER}, ${pos}, ${0}, ${escape(elt)}] found at ${raw_i + 1}::`, crdt[raw_i + 1])
+      // console.log(`insert at ${idx} translated as op [${ID_COUNTER}, ${pos}, ${0}, ${escape(elt)}] found at ${raw_i + 1}::`, bft-crdt[raw_i + 1])
       return
     }
 
@@ -259816,7 +259816,7 @@ function deleteAt(idx) {
       const pos = new_log.findIndex(log => log[0] === our_id)
       new_log.push([ID_COUNTER, pos, 1]);
       crdt[raw_i].deleted = true
-      // console.log(`delete at ${idx} translated as op [${ID_COUNTER}, ${pos}, ${1}] found at ${raw_i} with our_id ${our_id}::`, crdt[raw_i])
+      // console.log(`delete at ${idx} translated as op [${ID_COUNTER}, ${pos}, ${1}] found at ${raw_i} with our_id ${our_id}::`, bft-crdt[raw_i])
       return
     }
 
@@ -259853,7 +259853,7 @@ function rawJSString(edits) {
 //     deleteAt(edit[0])
 //   }
 // }
-// console.log(crdt)
+// console.log(bft-crdt)
 // rawJSString(mock_edits)
 // console.log(new_log)
 // const subset = edits.slice(0, 50000) 
diff --git a/side-node/src/keys/bft_crdt.rs b/side-node/src/bft_crdt/keys.rs
similarity index 96%
rename from side-node/src/keys/bft_crdt.rs
rename to side-node/src/bft_crdt/keys.rs
index 4057f0f..078ac68 100644
--- a/side-node/src/keys/bft_crdt.rs
+++ b/side-node/src/bft_crdt/keys.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ pub(crate) fn write(key_path: &PathBuf) -> Result<(), std::io::Error> {
 pub(crate) fn load_from_file(side_dir: &PathBuf) -> Ed25519KeyPair {
     let key_path = crate::utils::side_paths(side_dir.clone()).0;
 
-    let data = fs::read_to_string(key_path).expect("couldn't read bft-crdt key file");
+    let data = fs::read_to_string(key_path).expect("couldn't read bft-bft-crdt key file");
     println!("data: {:?}", data);
 
     Ed25519KeyPair::decode_base64(&data).expect("couldn't load keypair from file")
diff --git a/side-node/src/crdt.rs b/side-node/src/bft_crdt/mod.rs
similarity index 97%
rename from side-node/src/crdt.rs
rename to side-node/src/bft_crdt/mod.rs
index 847b151..8c24834 100644
--- a/side-node/src/crdt.rs
+++ b/side-node/src/bft_crdt/mod.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ use bft_json_crdt::{
 };
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
+pub mod keys;
+
 #[add_crdt_fields]
 #[derive(Clone, CrdtNode, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct TransactionList {
diff --git a/side-node/src/clients/websocket.rs b/side-node/src/clients/websocket.rs
index f7bfde0..52b30dd 100644
--- a/side-node/src/clients/websocket.rs
+++ b/side-node/src/clients/websocket.rs
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ impl ezsockets::ClientExt for Client {
     // match on it.
     type Call = String;
 
-    /// When we receive a text message, apply the crdt operation contained in it to our
-    /// local crdt.
+    /// When we receive a text message, apply the bft-crdt operation contained in it to our
+    /// local bft-crdt.
     async fn on_text(&mut self, text: String) -> Result<(), ezsockets::Error> {
         let string_sha = utils::shassy(text.clone());
         println!("received text, sha: {string_sha}");
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ impl ezsockets::ClientExt for Client {
         let object_sha = utils::shappy(incoming.clone());
         println!("deserialized: {}", object_sha);
         if string_sha != object_sha {
-            panic!("sha mismatch: {string_sha} != {object_sha}, bft-crdt has failed");
+            panic!("sha mismatch: {string_sha} != {object_sha}, bft-bft-crdt has failed");
         }
         self.incoming_sender.send(incoming).await?;
         Ok(())
diff --git a/side-node/src/init/mod.rs b/side-node/src/init/mod.rs
index 36253a2..c1997dd 100644
--- a/side-node/src/init/mod.rs
+++ b/side-node/src/init/mod.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use std::path::PathBuf;
 
 use config::SideNodeConfig;
 
-use crate::{bitcoin, keys, utils};
+use crate::{bft_crdt, bitcoin, utils};
 
 pub(crate) mod config;
 
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ pub(crate) fn init(home: PathBuf, config: SideNodeConfig) -> Result<(), std::io:
     ensure_side_directory_exists(&home)?;
     let (bft_crdt_key_path, bitcoin_key_path, config_path) = utils::side_paths(home.clone());
 
-    println!("Writing bft crdt key to: {:?}", bft_crdt_key_path);
-    keys::bft_crdt::write(&bft_crdt_key_path)?;
+    println!("Writing bft bft-crdt key to: {:?}", bft_crdt_key_path);
+    bft_crdt::keys::write(&bft_crdt_key_path)?;
 
     println!("Writing bitcoin key to: {:?}", bitcoin_key_path);
     bitcoin::keys::write(&bitcoin_key_path)?;
diff --git a/side-node/src/keys/mod.rs b/side-node/src/keys/mod.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 98f8c7f..0000000
--- a/side-node/src/keys/mod.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-pub mod bft_crdt;
diff --git a/side-node/src/lib.rs b/side-node/src/lib.rs
index 07b3c5e..1635475 100644
--- a/side-node/src/lib.rs
+++ b/side-node/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,16 +1,15 @@
+use bft_crdt::TransactionList;
 use bft_json_crdt::json_crdt::{BaseCrdt, SignedOp};
 use cli::{parse_args, Commands};
 use clients::websocket;
-use crdt::TransactionList;
 use node::SideNode;
 use tokio::{sync::mpsc, task};
 
+pub mod bft_crdt;
 pub mod bitcoin;
 pub(crate) mod cli;
 pub mod clients;
-pub mod crdt;
 pub(crate) mod init;
-pub mod keys;
 pub mod node;
 pub(crate) mod stdin;
 pub mod utils;
@@ -40,9 +39,9 @@ pub async fn run() {
 
 /// Wire everything up outside the application so that we can test more easily later
 async fn setup(name: &String) -> SideNode {
-    // First, load up the keys and create a bft-crdt
+    // First, load up the keys and create a bft-bft-crdt
     let side_dir = utils::home(name);
-    let bft_crdt_keys = keys::bft_crdt::load_from_file(&side_dir);
+    let bft_crdt_keys = bft_crdt::keys::load_from_file(&side_dir);
     let keys = bitcoin::keys::load_from_file(&side_dir).unwrap();
     let bitcoin_wallet = bitcoin::clients::electrum::create_wallet(keys).unwrap();
     let crdt = BaseCrdt::<TransactionList>::new(&bft_crdt_keys);
diff --git a/side-node/src/node.rs b/side-node/src/node.rs
index 5496691..c8af43d 100644
--- a/side-node/src/node.rs
+++ b/side-node/src/node.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use bft_json_crdt::json_crdt::{BaseCrdt, SignedOp};
 use fastcrypto::ed25519::Ed25519KeyPair;
 use tokio::sync::mpsc;
 
-use crate::{clients::websocket::Client, crdt::TransactionList, utils};
+use crate::{bft_crdt::TransactionList, clients::websocket::Client, utils};
 
 pub struct SideNode {
     crdt: BaseCrdt<TransactionList>,
diff --git a/side-node/tests/crdt.rs b/side-node/tests/crdt.rs
index 57c2180..51408ca 100644
--- a/side-node/tests/crdt.rs
+++ b/side-node/tests/crdt.rs
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 use bft_json_crdt::json_crdt::BaseCrdt;
 use bft_json_crdt::keypair::make_keypair;
 use bft_json_crdt::op::ROOT_ID;
-use side_node::crdt::TransactionList;
+use side_node::bft_crdt::TransactionList;
 
 // case 1 - send valid updates
 #[test]
 fn test_valid_updates() {
-    // Insert to crdt.doc on local node, test applying the same operation to a remote node
+    // Insert to bft-crdt.doc on local node, test applying the same operation to a remote node
     // and check that the view is the same
     let keypair1 = make_keypair();
     let mut crdt1 = BaseCrdt::<TransactionList>::new(&keypair1);
diff --git a/side-node/tests/side_node.rs b/side-node/tests/side_node.rs
index c1acce3..4883605 100644
--- a/side-node/tests/side_node.rs
+++ b/side-node/tests/side_node.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use bft_json_crdt::{
     keypair::make_keypair,
 };
 use side_node::{
-    bitcoin, clients::websocket::Client, crdt::TransactionList, node::SideNode, utils,
+    bft_crdt::TransactionList, bitcoin, clients::websocket::Client, node::SideNode, utils,
 };
 use tokio::sync::mpsc;
 
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ async fn test_distribute_via_websockets() {
 
 /// Wire everything up, ignoring things we are not using in the test
 async fn setup(_: &str) -> SideNode {
-    // First, load up the keys and create a bft-crdt
+    // First, load up the keys and create a bft-bft-crdt
     let bft_crdt_keys = make_keypair();
     let mnemonic_words = bitcoin::keys::make_mnemonic();
     let keys = bitcoin::keys::get(mnemonic_words).unwrap();