diff --git a/lib/services/p2p/index.js b/lib/services/p2p/index.js
index 84ec2a745..a89d85b95 100644
--- a/lib/services/p2p/index.js
+++ b/lib/services/p2p/index.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ var BaseService = require('../../service');
 var assert = require('assert');
 var Bcoin = require('./bcoin');
 var BcoinTx = require('bcoin').tx;
+var BitcoreRPC = require('bitcoind-rpc');
 var Networks = require('bitcore-lib').Networks;
 var LRU = require('lru-cache');
 
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ var P2P = function(options) {
   BaseService.call(this, options);
   this._options = options;
 
+  this._initRPC(options);
   this._initP2P();
   this._initPubSub();
   this._bcoin = null;
@@ -128,26 +130,7 @@ P2P.prototype.getPublishEvents = function() {
 
 
 P2P.prototype.sendTransaction = function(tx, callback) {
-  var peer = this._getPeer();
-
-  var bcoinTx;
-  try {
-    bcoinTx = BcoinTx.fromRaw(tx, 'hex');
-  } catch(e) {
-    return callback(e);
-  }
-
-  log.info('P2P Service: sending transaction: ' + bcoinTx.txid());
-
-  this._outgoingTxs.set(bcoinTx.txid(), bcoinTx);
-  var inv = p2p.Inventory.forTransaction(bcoinTx.txid());
-  var txMessage = this.messages.Inventory([inv]);
-
-  peer.sendMessage(txMessage);
-
-  this._onPeerTx(peer, { transaction: bcoinTx });
-
-  return callback(null, bcoinTx.txid());
+  return this._client.sendRawTransaction(tx, callback);
 };
 
 
@@ -269,6 +252,17 @@ P2P.prototype._initCache = function() {
   this._inv = LRU(1000);
 };
 
+P2P.prototype._initRPC = function (options) {
+this._config = options.rpc || {
+    user: 'bitcoin',
+    pass: 'local321',
+    host: 'localhost',
+    protocol: 'http',
+    port: 8332
+  };
+  this._client = new BitcoreRPC(this._config);
+}
+
 P2P.prototype._initP2P = function() {
   this._maxPeers = this._options.maxPeers || 60;
   this._minPeers = this._options.minPeers || 0;