diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 2ad6ab2f2..13e446a6d 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ bitcore.util.preconditions = require('./lib/util/preconditions');
 bitcore.transport = {};
 bitcore.transport.Peer = require('./lib/transport/peer');
 bitcore.transport.Messages = require('./lib/transport/messages');
+bitcore.transport.Pool = require('./lib/transport/pool');
 
 // errors thrown by the library
 bitcore.errors = require('./lib/errors');
diff --git a/lib/transport/pool.js b/lib/transport/pool.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fb41c7f36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/transport/pool.js
@@ -0,0 +1,295 @@
+'use strict';
+
+var dns = require('dns');
+var EventEmitter = require('events').EventEmitter;
+var Networks = require('../networks');
+var Peer = require('./peer');
+var util = require('util');
+
+function now(){
+  return Math.floor(new Date().getTime() / 1000);
+}
+
+/**
+ * A pool is a collection of Peers. A pool will discover peers from DNS seeds, and
+ * collect information about new peers in the network. When a peer disconnects the pool
+ * will connect to others that are available to maintain a max number of
+ * ongoing peer connections. Peer events are relayed to the pool.
+ *
+ * @example
+ *
+ * var pool = new Pool(Networks.livenet);
+ * pool.on('peerinv', function(peer, message) {
+ *   // do something with the inventory announcement
+ * });
+ * pool.connect();
+ *
+ * @param {Network|String} network - The network to connect
+ * @returns {Pool}
+ * @constructor
+ */
+function Pool(network, options) {
+
+  var self = this;
+
+  if (!options) {
+    options = {};
+  }
+
+  this.dns = options.dns || dns;
+  this.network = Networks.get(network) || Networks.defaultNetwork;
+  this.connectedPeers = [];
+  this.addrs = [];
+  this.keepalive = false;
+
+  this.on('peeraddr', function peerAddrEvent(peer, addr){
+    // In case of an invalid time, assume "5 days ago"
+    if (addr.time <= 100000000 || addr.time > (now() + 10 * 60)) {
+      addr.time = now() - 5 * 24 * 60 * 60;
+    }
+    this.addAddr(addr);
+  });
+
+  this.on('peerdisconnect', function peerDisconnectEvent(peer, addr){
+    self.deprioritizeAddr(addr);
+    self.removeConnectedPeer(addr);
+    if (self.keepalive) {
+      self.fillConnections();
+    }
+  });
+
+  this.on('peerready', function peerReadyEvent(peer){
+    Pool.PeerEvents.forEach(function addPeerEvents(event) {
+      peer.on(event, function peerEvent(message) {
+        self.emit('peer' + event, peer, message);
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
+  return this;
+
+}
+
+util.inherits(Pool, EventEmitter);
+
+Pool.MaxConnectedPeers = 8;
+Pool.RetrySeconds = 30;
+Pool.PeerEvents = ['version', 'inv', 'getdata', 'ping', 'ping', 'addr',
+                   'getaddr', 'verack', 'reject', 'alert', 'headers', 'block',
+                   'tx', 'getblocks', 'getheaders'];
+
+
+/**
+ * Will initiatiate connection to peers, if available peers have been added to
+ * the pool, it will connect to those, otherwise will use DNS seeds to find
+ * peers to connect. When a peer disconnects it will add another.
+ */
+Pool.prototype.connect = function connect() {
+  this.keepalive = true;
+  var self = this;
+  if (self.addrs.length === 0) {
+    self.addAddrsFromSeeds(function(){
+      self.fillConnections();
+    });
+  } else {
+    self.fillConnections();
+  }
+  return this;
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Will disconnect all peers that are connected.
+ */
+Pool.prototype.disconnect = function disconnect() {
+  this.keepalive = false;
+  var length = this.connectedPeers.length;
+  for (var i = 0; i < length; i++) {
+    this.connectedPeers[i].disconnect();
+  }
+  return this;
+};
+
+/**
+ * @returns {Boolean} If the pool has peers (addrs) available to connect.
+ */
+Pool.prototype.isAvailable = function isAvailable() {
+  if (this.addrs.length > 0) {
+    return true;
+  }
+  return false;
+};
+
+/**
+ * @returns {Boolean} If there are peers connected.
+ */
+Pool.prototype.isConnected = function isConnected() {
+  if (this.connectedPeers.length > 0){
+    return true;
+  }
+  return false;
+};
+
+/**
+ * @returns {Number} The number of peers currently connected.
+ */
+Pool.prototype.numberConnected = function numberConnected(){
+  return this.connectedPeers.length;
+};
+
+/**
+ * Will fill the conneted peers to the maximum amount.
+ */
+Pool.prototype.fillConnections = function fillConnections() {
+  var length = this.addrs.length;
+  for (var i = 0; i < length; i++) {
+    if (this.connectedPeers.length >= Pool.MaxConnectedPeers ) {
+      break;
+    }
+    var addr = this.addrs[i];
+    if (!addr.retryTime || now() > addr.retryTime) {
+      this.connectPeer(addr);
+    }
+  }
+  return this;
+};
+
+/**
+ * Will remove a peer from the list of connected peers.
+ * @param {Object} addr - An addr from the list of addrs
+ */
+Pool.prototype.removeConnectedPeer = function removeConnectedPeer(addr) {
+  for (var i = 0; i < this.connectedPeers.length; i++) {
+    if (this.connectedPeers[i].host === addr.ip) {
+      var beginning = this.connectedPeers.splice(0, i);
+      var end = this.connectedPeers.splice(i + 1, this.connectedPeers.length);
+      this.connectedPeers = beginning.concat(end);
+    }
+  }
+  return this;
+};
+
+/**
+ * Will connect a peer and add to the list of connected peers.
+ * @param {Object} addr - An addr from the list of addrs
+ */
+Pool.prototype.connectPeer = function connectPeer(addr) {
+  var self = this;
+
+  function addConnectedPeer(addr) {
+    var peer = new Peer(addr.ip, self.network.port, self.network);
+    peer.on('disconnect', function peerDisconnect(){
+      self.emit('peerdisconnect', peer, addr);
+    });
+    peer.on('ready', function peerReady(){
+      self.emit('peerready', peer, addr);
+    });
+    peer.connect();
+    self.connectedPeers.push(peer);
+  }
+
+  var exists = false;
+  var length = this.connectedPeers.length;
+  for (var i = 0; i < length; i++) {
+    if ( this.connectedPeers[i].host === addr.ip ) {
+      exists = true;
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (!exists){
+    addConnectedPeer(addr);
+  }
+  return this;
+};
+
+/**
+ * Will deprioritize an addr in the list of addrs by moving it to the end
+ * of the array, and setting a retryTime
+ * @param {Object} addr - An addr from the list of addrs
+ */
+Pool.prototype.deprioritizeAddr = function deprioritizeAddr(addr) {
+  for (var i = 0; i < this.addrs.length; i++) {
+    if (this.addrs[i].ip === addr.ip) {
+      var middle = this.addrs[i];
+      middle.retryTime = now() + Pool.RetrySeconds;
+      var beginning = this.addrs.splice(0, i);
+      var end = this.addrs.splice(i + 1, this.addrs.length);
+      var combined = beginning.concat(end);
+      this.addrs = combined.concat([middle]);
+    }
+  }
+  return this;
+};
+
+/**
+ * Will add an addr to the beginning of the addrs array
+ * @param {Object}
+ */
+Pool.prototype.addAddr = function addAddr(addr) {
+  var length = this.addrs.length;
+  var exists = false;
+  for (var i = 0; i < length; i++) {
+    if (this.addrs[i].ip === addr.ip) {
+      exists = true;
+    }
+  }
+  if (!exists){
+    this.addrs.unshift(addr);
+  }
+  return this;
+};
+
+/**
+ * Will add addrs to the list of addrs from a DNS seed
+ * @param {String} seed - A domain name to resolve known peers
+ * @param {Function} done
+ */
+Pool.prototype.addAddrsFromSeed = function addAddrsFromSeed(seed, done) {
+  var self = this;
+  this.dns.resolve(seed, function(err, ips) {
+    if (err) {
+      self.emit('error', err);
+      return done();
+    }
+    if (!ips || !ips.length) {
+      self.emit('error', new Error('No IPs found from seed lookup.'));
+      return done();
+    }
+    ips.forEach(function(ip){
+      self.addAddr({ip: ip});
+    });
+    return done();
+  });
+  return this;
+};
+
+/**
+ * Will add addrs to the list of addrs from network DNS seeds
+ * @param {Function} done
+ */
+Pool.prototype.addAddrsFromSeeds = function addAddrsFromSeeds(done) {
+  var self = this;
+  var seeds = this.network.dnsSeeds;
+  var completed = [];
+  seeds.forEach(function(seed){
+    self.addAddrsFromSeed(seed, function(){
+      completed.push(seed);
+      if (completed.length === seeds.length && typeof(done) === 'function' ){
+        done();
+      }
+    });
+  });
+  return this;
+};
+
+/**
+ * @returns {String} A string formatted for the console
+ */
+Pool.prototype.inspect = function inspect(){
+  return '<Pool network: ' +
+    this.network + ', connected: ' +
+    this.numberConnected() + ', available: ' +
+    this.addrs.length + '>';
+};
+
+module.exports = Pool;
diff --git a/test/transport/peer.js b/test/transport/peer.js
index 9733a22b5..066ee7a22 100644
--- a/test/transport/peer.js
+++ b/test/transport/peer.js
@@ -49,21 +49,27 @@ describe('Peer', function() {
     peer.port.should.equal(8111);
   });
 
-  // only for node TODO: (yemel)
-  it.skip('should be able to set a proxy', function() {
-    var peer, peer2, socket;
+  if (typeof(window) === 'undefined'){
 
-    peer = new Peer('localhost');
-    expect(peer.proxy).to.be.undefined();
-    socket = peer._getSocket();
-    socket.should.be.instanceof(Net.Socket);
+    // Node.js Tests
 
-    peer2 = peer.setProxy('127.0.0.1', 9050);
-    peer2.proxy.host.should.equal('127.0.0.1');
-    peer2.proxy.port.should.equal(9050);
-    socket = peer2._getSocket();
-    socket.should.be.instanceof(Socks5Client);
+    it('should be able to set a proxy', function() {
+      var peer, peer2, socket;
+
+      peer = new Peer('localhost');
+      expect(peer.proxy).to.be.undefined();
+      socket = peer._getSocket();
+      socket.should.be.instanceof(Net.Socket);
+
+      peer2 = peer.setProxy('127.0.0.1', 9050);
+      peer2.proxy.host.should.equal('127.0.0.1');
+      peer2.proxy.port.should.equal(9050);
+      socket = peer2._getSocket();
+      socket.should.be.instanceof(Socks5Client);
+
+      peer.should.equal(peer2);
+    });
+
+  }
 
-    peer.should.equal(peer2);
-  });
 });
diff --git a/test/transport/pool.js b/test/transport/pool.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8c30616a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/transport/pool.js
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+'use strict';
+
+if (typeof(window) === 'undefined'){
+
+  // Node.js Tests
+
+  var chai = require('chai');
+
+  /* jshint unused: false */
+  var should = chai.should();
+  var expect = chai.expect;
+
+  var bitcore = require('../..');
+  var Peer = bitcore.transport.Peer;
+  var Pool = bitcore.transport.Pool;
+  var Networks = bitcore.Networks;
+
+  describe('Pool', function() {
+
+    it('should be able to create instance', function() {
+      var pool = new Pool();
+      pool.network.should.equal(Networks.livenet);
+    });
+
+    it('should be able to create instance setting the network', function() {
+      var pool = new Peer(Networks.testnet);
+      pool.network.should.equal(Networks.livenet);
+    });
+
+    it('should discover peers via dns', function() {
+      // mock dns
+      var dns = function() {};
+      dns.resolve = function(seed, callback){
+        callback(null, ['10.10.10.1', '10.10.10.2', '10.10.10.3']);
+      };
+      var pool = new Pool(Networks.livenet, {dns: dns});
+      pool.connect();
+      pool.addrs.length.should.equal(3);
+    });
+
+    it('should not discover peers via dns', function() {
+      var pool = new Pool();
+      pool.addAddr({ip: '10.10.10.1'});
+      pool.connect();
+      pool.addrs.length.should.equal(1);
+    });
+
+  });
+
+}