diff --git a/main.rb b/main.rb
index bc3ca6c..bce119f 100644
--- a/main.rb
+++ b/main.rb
@@ -5,9 +5,10 @@
 require "./web.rb"
 require "./block.rb"
 require "./blockchain.rb"
+require "./network.rb"
 
 $blockchain = Blockchain.new
-$nodes = []
+$network = Network.new $blockchain, "http://localhost:#{$port}", ARGV[0]
 
 # Web Thread
 Thread.new {
@@ -16,35 +17,10 @@
 }
 
 # Download blocks from the seed node
-if ARGV[0]
-  $nodes << ARGV[0]
-  puts "Seed node: #{ARGV[0]}"
-
-  # Connect to seed node
-  HTTParty.post "#{ARGV[0]}/connect", body: { ip: "http://localhost:#{$port}" }
-
-  loop do
-    index = $blockchain.last.index.to_i + 1
-    response = HTTParty.get("#{ARGV[0]}/blocks/#{index.to_s}")
-
-    break if response.code != 200
-
-    $blockchain << Block.from_json_str(response.body)
-    # TODO use add_relayed_block instead
-    puts "Downloaded #{$blockchain.last}"
-  end
-
-  puts "Finished downloading the chain"
-end
+$network.download_chain
 
 $blockchain.on_solve do |block|
-  $nodes.each do |node|
-    begin
-      HTTParty.post "#{node}/relay", body: block.to_hash.to_json
-    rescue
-      #remove node?
-    end
-  end
+  $network.broadcast_block block
 end
 
 $blockchain.work!
diff --git a/network.rb b/network.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e559849
--- /dev/null
+++ b/network.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+class Network
+  def initialize blockchain, our_ip, node = nil
+    @blockchain = blockchain
+    @our_ip = our_ip
+    @nodes = node ? [node] : []
+  end
+
+  def add_node node
+    @nodes << node
+  end
+
+  def broadcast_block block
+    @nodes.each do |node|
+      begin
+        HTTParty.post "#{node}/relay", body: block.to_hash.to_json
+      rescue
+        #remove node?
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  def download_chain
+    return if @nodes.empty?
+
+    puts "Seed node: #{@nodes.first}"
+
+    # Connect to seed node
+    HTTParty.post "#{@nodes.first}/connect", body: { ip: @our_ip }
+
+    loop do
+      index = @blockchain.last.index.to_i + 1
+      response = HTTParty.get("#{@nodes.first}/blocks/#{index.to_s}")
+
+      break if response.code != 200
+
+      @blockchain << Block.from_json_str(response.body)
+      # TODO use add_relayed_block instead
+      puts "Downloaded #{@blockchain.last}"
+    end
+
+    puts "Finished downloading the chain"
+  end
+end
diff --git a/web.rb b/web.rb
index 1b6b225..1909e1b 100644
--- a/web.rb
+++ b/web.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# TODO Don't depend on global variables $blockchain, $nodes and $PORT
+# TODO Don't depend on global variables $blockchain, $netwoek and $PORT
 $port = 4000+rand(1000)
 
 class Web < Sinatra::Base
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ class Web < Sinatra::Base
 
   post '/connect' do
     puts "Node connected: #{params['ip']}"
-    $nodes << params['ip']
+    $network.add_node params['ip']
   end
 
   post '/relay' do