diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 053e346..48a3ed5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -92,15 +92,14 @@ Here is an example of the required fields:
 
 ##### Pool config
 Take a look at the example json file inside the `pool_configs` directory. Rename it to `yourcoin.json` and change the
-example fields to fit your setup. The field `coin` __must__ be a string that references the `name` field in your coin's
-configuration file (the string is not case sensitive).
+example fields to fit your setup.
 
 Description of options:
 
 ````javascript
 {
     "disabled": false, //Set this to true and a pool will not be created from this config file
-    "coin": "litecoin", //This MUST be a reference to the 'name' field in your coin's config file
+    "coin": "litecoin.json", //Reference to coin config file in 'coins' directory
 
 
     /* This determines what to do with submitted shares (and stratum worker authentication).
@@ -119,7 +118,9 @@ Description of options:
                will be rejected. */
             "validateWorkerAddress": true,
 
-            /* Every this many seconds check for confirmed blocks and send out payments. */
+            /* Every this many seconds get submitted blocks from redis, use daemon RPC to check
+               their confirmation status, if confirmed then get shares from redis that contributed
+               to block and send out payments. */
             "paymentInterval": 30,
 
             /* Minimum number of coins that a miner must earn before sending payment. Typically,
@@ -149,6 +150,12 @@ Description of options:
                 "port": 19332,
                 "user": "litecoinrpc",
                 "password": "testnet"
+            },
+
+            /* Redis database used for storing share and block submission data. */
+            "redis": {
+                "host": "localhost",
+                "port": 6379
             }
         },
 
diff --git a/init.js b/init.js
index 331290f..75619e4 100644
--- a/init.js
+++ b/init.js
@@ -8,20 +8,12 @@ var PoolLogger = require('./libs/logutils.js');
 var BlocknotifyListener = require('./libs/blocknotifyListener.js');
 var WorkerListener = require('./libs/workerListener.js');
 var PoolWorker = require('./libs/poolWorker.js');
+var PaymentProcessor = require('./libs/paymentProcessor.js');
 
 JSON.minify = JSON.minify || require("node-json-minify");
 
 
 
-//Try to give process ability to handle 100k concurrent connections
-try{
-    posix.setrlimit('nofile', { soft: 100000, hard: 100000 });
-}
-catch(e){
-    console.error(e);
-}
-
-
 
 var loggerInstance = new PoolLogger({
     'default': true,
@@ -37,85 +29,97 @@ var logWarning = loggerInstance.logWarning;
 var logError   = loggerInstance.logError;
 
 
-
-if (cluster.isMaster){
+//Try to give process ability to handle 100k concurrent connections
+try{
+    posix.setrlimit('nofile', { soft: 100000, hard: 100000 });
+}
+catch(e){
+    logWarning('posix', 'system', '(Safe to ignore) Must be ran as root to increase resource limits');
+}
 
 
-    var config = JSON.parse(JSON.minify(fs.readFileSync("config.json", {encoding: 'utf8'})));
 
-    //Read all coin profile json files from coins directory and build object where key is name of coin
-    var coinProfiles = (function(){
-        var profiles = {};
-        fs.readdirSync('coins').forEach(function(file){
-            var coinProfile = JSON.parse(JSON.minify(fs.readFileSync('coins/' + file, {encoding: 'utf8'})));
-            profiles[coinProfile.name.toLowerCase()] = coinProfile;
-        });
-        return profiles;
-    })();
+if (cluster.isWorker){
+
+    switch(process.env.workerType){
+        case 'pool':
+            new PoolWorker(loggerInstance);
+            break;
+        case 'paymentProcessor':
+            new PaymentProcessor(loggerInstance);
+            break;
+    }
+
+    return;
+}
 
 
-    //Read all pool configs from pool_configs and join them with their coin profile
-    var poolConfigs = (function(){
-        var configs = {};
-        fs.readdirSync('pool_configs').forEach(function(file){
-            var poolOptions = JSON.parse(JSON.minify(fs.readFileSync('pool_configs/' + file, {encoding: 'utf8'})));
-            if (poolOptions.disabled) return;
-            if (!(poolOptions.coin.toLowerCase() in coinProfiles)){
-                logError(poolOptions.coin, 'system', 'could not find coin profile');
-                return;
-            }
-            poolOptions.coin = coinProfiles[poolOptions.coin.toLowerCase()];
-            configs[poolOptions.coin.name] = poolOptions;
-        });
-        return configs;
-    })();
+
+//Read all pool configs from pool_configs and join them with their coin profile
+var buildPoolConfigs = function(){
+    var configs = {};
+    fs.readdirSync('pool_configs').forEach(function(file){
+        var poolOptions = JSON.parse(JSON.minify(fs.readFileSync('pool_configs/' + file, {encoding: 'utf8'})));
+        if (poolOptions.disabled) return;
+        var coinFilePath = 'coins/' + poolOptions.coin;
+        if (!fs.existsSync(coinFilePath)){
+            logError(poolOptions.coin, 'system', 'could not find file: ' + coinFilePath);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        var coinProfile = JSON.parse(JSON.minify(fs.readFileSync(coinFilePath, {encoding: 'utf8'})));
+        poolOptions.coin = coinProfile;
+        configs[poolOptions.coin.name] = poolOptions;
+    });
+    return configs;
+};
 
 
+
+var spawnPoolWorkers = function(portalConfig, poolConfigs){
     var serializedConfigs = JSON.stringify(poolConfigs);
 
 
     var numForks = (function(){
-        if (!config.clustering || !config.clustering.enabled)
+        if (!portalConfig.clustering || !portalConfig.clustering.enabled)
             return 1;
-        if (config.clustering.forks === 'auto')
+        if (portalConfig.clustering.forks === 'auto')
             return os.cpus().length;
-        if (!config.clustering.forks || isNaN(config.clustering.forks))
+        if (!portalConfig.clustering.forks || isNaN(portalConfig.clustering.forks))
             return 1;
-        return config.clustering.forks;
+        return portalConfig.clustering.forks;
     })();
 
-    var workerIds = {};
 
-    for (var i = 0; i < numForks; i++) {
-        var worker = cluster.fork({
-            forkId: i,
-            pools: serializedConfigs
-        });
-        workerIds[worker.process.pid] = i;
-    }
-
-    cluster.on('exit', function(worker, code, signal) {
-        var diedPid = worker.process.pid;
-        var forkId = workerIds[diedPid]
-        logError('poolWorker', 'system', 'Fork ' + forkId + ' died, spawning replacement worker...');
+    var createPoolWorker = function(forkId){
         var worker = cluster.fork({
+            workerType: 'pool',
             forkId: forkId,
             pools: serializedConfigs
         });
-        delete workerIds[diedPid];
-        workerIds[worker.process.pid] = forkId;
-    });
-
+        worker.on('exit', function(code, signal){
+            logError('poolWorker', 'system', 'Fork ' + forkId + ' died, spawning replacement worker...');
+            createPoolWorker(forkId);
+        });
+    };
+
+    for (var i = 0; i < numForks; i++) {
+        createPoolWorker(i);
+    }
+
+};
 
 
+var startWorkerListener = function(poolConfigs){
     var workerListener = new WorkerListener(loggerInstance, poolConfigs);
     workerListener.init();
+};
 
 
-
+var startBlockListener = function(portalConfig){
     //block notify options
     //setup block notify here and use IPC to tell appropriate pools
-    var listener = new BlocknotifyListener(config.blockNotifyListener);
+    var listener = new BlocknotifyListener(portalConfig.blockNotifyListener);
     listener.on('log', function(text){
         logDebug('blocknotify', 'system', text);
     });
@@ -128,13 +132,33 @@ if (cluster.isMaster){
 
     });
     listener.start();
+};
 
-    //create fork for payment processor here
 
-}
+var startPaymentProcessor = function(poolConfigs){
+    var worker = cluster.fork({
+        workerType: 'paymentProcessor',
+        pools: JSON.stringify(poolConfigs)
+    });
+    worker.on('exit', function(code, signal){
+        logError('paymentProcessor', 'system', 'Payment processor died, spawning replacement...');
+        startPaymentProcessor(poolConfigs);
+    });
+};
 
-else{
 
-    var worker = new PoolWorker(loggerInstance);
 
-}
+(function init(){
+    var portalConfig = JSON.parse(JSON.minify(fs.readFileSync("config.json", {encoding: 'utf8'})));
+
+    var poolConfigs = buildPoolConfigs();
+
+    spawnPoolWorkers(portalConfig, poolConfigs);
+
+    startPaymentProcessor(poolConfigs);
+
+    startBlockListener(portalConfig);
+
+    startWorkerListener(poolConfigs);
+
+})();
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diff --git a/libs/paymentProcessor.js b/libs/paymentProcessor.js
index c1dd849..2813a5c 100644
--- a/libs/paymentProcessor.js
+++ b/libs/paymentProcessor.js
@@ -1,11 +1,118 @@
-/**
- * Created by Matt on 3/5/14.
- */
-var daemon = new Stratum.daemon.interface([internalConfig.daemon]);
-daemon.once('online', function(){
-    logger.debug('system', 'Connected to daemon for payment processing');
-}).once('connectionFailed', function(error){
-        logger.error('system', 'Failed to connect to daemon for payment processing: ' + JSON.stringify(error));
+var redis = require('redis');
+
+var Stratum = require('stratum-pool');
+
+
+module.exports = function(logger){
+
+    var poolConfigs = JSON.parse(process.env.pools);
+
+
+    Object.keys(poolConfigs).forEach(function(coin) {
+        SetupForPool(logger, poolConfigs[coin]);
+    });
+
+};
+
+
+function SetupForPool(logger, poolOptions){
+
+    var coin = poolOptions.coin.name;
+
+    var processingConfig = poolOptions.shareProcessing.internal;
+
+    if (!processingConfig.enabled) return;
+
+    var logIdentify = 'Payment Processor (' + coin + ')';
+
+    var paymentLogger = {
+        debug: function(key, text){
+            logger.logDebug(logIdentify, key, text);
+        },
+        warning: function(key, text){
+            logger.logWarning(logIdentify, key, text);
+        },
+        error: function(key, text){
+            logger.logError(logIdentify, key, text);
+        }
+    };
+
+    var daemon = new Stratum.daemon.interface([processingConfig.daemon]);
+    daemon.once('online', function(){
+        paymentLogger.debug('system', 'Connected to daemon for payment processing');
+
+        daemon.cmd('validateaddress', [poolOptions.address], function(result){
+            if (!result[0].response.ismine){
+                paymentLogger.error('system', 'Daemon does not own pool address - payment processing can not be done with this daemon');
+            }
+        });
+    }).once('connectionFailed', function(error){
+        paymentLogger.error('system', 'Failed to connect to daemon for payment processing: ' + JSON.stringify(error));
     }).on('error', function(error){
-        logger.error('system', error);
-    }).init();
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+        paymentLogger.error('system', error);
+    }).init();
+
+
+
+    var redisClient;
+
+
+    var connectToRedis = function(){
+        var reconnectTimeout;
+        redisClient = redis.createClient(processingConfig.redis.port, processingConfig.redis.host);
+        redisClient.on('ready', function(){
+            clearTimeout(reconnectTimeout);
+            paymentLogger.debug('redis', 'Successfully connected to redis database');
+        }).on('error', function(err){
+                paymentLogger.error('redis', 'Redis client had an error: ' + JSON.stringify(err))
+        }).on('end', function(){
+            paymentLogger.error('redis', 'Connection to redis database as been ended');
+            paymentLogger.warning('redis', 'Trying reconnection in 3 seconds...');
+            reconnectTimeout = setTimeout(function(){
+                connectToRedis();
+            }, 3000);
+        });
+    };
+    connectToRedis();
+
+
+    var checkTx = function(tx, blockHeight){
+        daemon.cmd('gettransaction', [tx], function(results){
+            //console.dir(results[0].response.details[0].category);
+            var status = results[0].response.details[0].category;
+            var confirmed = (status === 'generate');
+
+            /* next:
+            - get contributed shares
+            - get unsent payments
+            - calculate payments
+            - send payments
+            - put unsent payments in db
+            - remove tx from db
+            - remove shares from db
+            */
+        });
+    };
+
+
+    setInterval(function(){
+
+        redisClient.smembers('blocks_' + coin, function(error, results){
+            if (error){
+                logger.error('redis', 'Could get blocks from redis ' + JSON.stringify(error));
+                return;
+            }
+
+            results.forEach(function(item){
+                var split = item.split(':');
+                var tx = split[0];
+                var blockHeight = split[1];
+                checkTx(tx, blockHeight);
+            });
+
+        });
+
+
+    }, processingConfig.paymentInterval * 1000);
+
+};
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diff --git a/libs/poolWorker.js b/libs/poolWorker.js
index d945248..3b00322 100644
--- a/libs/poolWorker.js
+++ b/libs/poolWorker.js
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-var cluster = require('cluster');
-
 var Stratum = require('stratum-pool');
 
 var MposCompatibility = require('./mposCompatibility.js');
@@ -28,7 +26,7 @@ module.exports = function(logger){
 
         var poolOptions = poolConfigs[coin];
 
-        var logIdentify = coin + ' (Fork ' + forkId + ')';
+        var logIdentify = 'Pool Fork ' + forkId + ' (' + coin + ')';
 
         var poolLogger = {
             debug: function(key, text){
diff --git a/libs/shareProcessor.js b/libs/shareProcessor.js
index fe3e250..43faee5 100644
--- a/libs/shareProcessor.js
+++ b/libs/shareProcessor.js
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ module.exports = function(logger, poolConfig){
         });
 
         if (isValidBlock){
-            connection.sadd(['blocks_' + coin, shareData.solution + ':' + shareData.height], function(error, result){
+            connection.sadd(['blocks_' + coin, shareData.tx + ':' + shareData.height], function(error, result){
                 if (error)
                     logger.error('redis', 'Could not store block data');
             });
diff --git a/pool_configs/litecoin_testnet_example.json b/pool_configs/litecoin_testnet_example.json
index 6a690ce..2e9430c 100644
--- a/pool_configs/litecoin_testnet_example.json
+++ b/pool_configs/litecoin_testnet_example.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
     "disabled": false,
-    "coin": "litecoin",
+    "coin": "litecoin.json",
 
     "shareProcessing": {
         "internal": {
             "enabled": true,
             "validateWorkerAddress": true,
-            "paymentInterval": 30,
+            "paymentInterval": 10,
             "minimumPayment": 0.001,
             "feePercent": 0.02,
             "feeReceiveAddress": "LZz44iyF4zLCXJTU8RxztyyJZBntdS6fvv",
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     },
 
 
-    "address": "mi4iBXbBsydtcc5yFmsff2zCFVX4XG7qJc",
+    "address": "mfsm1ckZKTTjDz94KonZZsbZnAbm1UV4BF",
     "blockRefreshInterval": 1000,
     "connectionTimeout": 600,