diff --git a/packages/ciphernode/enclave_node/Cargo.toml b/packages/ciphernode/enclave_node/Cargo.toml
index f062f405..228541b9 100644
--- a/packages/ciphernode/enclave_node/Cargo.toml
+++ b/packages/ciphernode/enclave_node/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ repository = "https://github.com/gnosisguild/enclave/packages/ciphernode"
 eth = { path = "../eth" }
 p2p = { path = "../p2p" }
 bfv = { path = "../bfv" }
+sortition = { path = "../sortition" }
 enclave-core = { path = "../core" }
 async-std = "1.12.0"
 fhe = { git = "https://github.com/gnosisguild/fhe.rs", version = "0.1.0-beta.7" }
@@ -18,5 +19,6 @@ fhe-traits = { git = "https://github.com/gnosisguild/fhe.rs", version = "0.1.0-b
 fhe-util = { git = "https://github.com/gnosisguild/fhe.rs", version = "0.1.0-beta.7" }
 tokio = { version = "1.38", features = ["full"] }
 actix-rt = "2.10.0"
+alloy-primitives = { version = "0.6", default-features = false, features = ["rlp", "serde", "std"] }
 
 alloy = { version = "0.2.1", features = ["full"] }
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diff --git a/packages/ciphernode/enclave_node/src/main.rs b/packages/ciphernode/enclave_node/src/main.rs
index 9ad0668f..9e5aee83 100644
--- a/packages/ciphernode/enclave_node/src/main.rs
+++ b/packages/ciphernode/enclave_node/src/main.rs
@@ -2,10 +2,14 @@ use std::error::Error;
 
 use p2p::EnclaveRouter;
 use bfv::EnclaveBFV;
+use sortition::DistanceSortition;
 use tokio::{
     self,
     io::{self, AsyncBufReadExt, BufReader},
 };
+
+use alloy_primitives::{address};
+
 const OWO: &str = r#"
       ___           ___           ___                         ___                         ___     
      /\__\         /\  \         /\__\                       /\  \          ___          /\__\    
@@ -34,6 +38,9 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
     println!("\n\n\n\n");
     println!("Hello, cipher world!");
 
+    let mut committee = DistanceSortition::new(12, vec![address!("d8da6bf26964af9d7eed9e03e53415d37aa96045")], 10);
+    committee.get_committee();
+
     let mut new_bfv = EnclaveBFV::new(4096, 4096, vec![0xffffee001, 0xffffc4001, 0x1ffffe0001]);
     let pk_bytes = new_bfv.serialize_pk();
     let param_bytes = new_bfv.serialize_params();
diff --git a/packages/ciphernode/sortition/Cargo.toml b/packages/ciphernode/sortition/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b4b794b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/ciphernode/sortition/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+[package]
+name = "sortition"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+description = ": coordinates the encryption and decryption of enclave computations"
+repository = "https://github.com/gnosisguild/enclave/packages/ciphernode"
+path = "src/lib.rs"
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+
+[dependencies]
+num = "0.4.3"
+
+# Core
+enclave-core = { path = "../core" }
+
+# Actix
+actix = "0.13.5"
+async-std = "1.12.0"
+
+# Ethereum
+futures-util = "0.3"
+eyre = "0.6"
+alloy = { version = "0.2.1", features = ["full"] }
+alloy-primitives = { version = "0.6", default-features = false, features = ["rlp", "serde", "std"] }
+alloy-sol-types = { version = "0.6" }
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diff --git a/packages/ciphernode/sortition/src/distance.rs b/packages/ciphernode/sortition/src/distance.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..01b1e958
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/ciphernode/sortition/src/distance.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+use alloy_primitives::{address, Address, keccak256};
+use num::{BigInt, Num};
+
+pub struct DistanceSortition {
+    pub random_seed: u64,
+    pub registered_nodes: Vec<Address>,
+    pub size: usize,
+}
+
+impl DistanceSortition {
+    pub fn new(random_seed: u64, registered_nodes: Vec<Address>, size: usize) -> Self {
+        Self { random_seed, registered_nodes, size }
+    }
+
+    pub fn get_committee(&mut self) -> Vec<(BigInt, Address)> {
+        let mut scores = self.registered_nodes.iter()
+            .map(|address|
+                {
+                    let concat = address.to_string() + &self.random_seed.to_string();
+                    let hash = keccak256(concat).to_string();
+                    let without_prefix = hash.trim_start_matches("0x");
+                    let z = BigInt::from_str_radix(without_prefix, 16).unwrap();
+                    let score = z - BigInt::from(self.random_seed);
+                    (score, *address)
+                })
+            .collect::<Vec<(BigInt, Address)>>();
+
+        println!("{:?}", scores);
+
+        scores.sort_by(|a, b| a.0.cmp(&b.0));
+        let result = scores[0..self.size].to_vec();
+        result
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/packages/ciphernode/sortition/src/index.rs b/packages/ciphernode/sortition/src/index.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/packages/ciphernode/sortition/src/lib.rs b/packages/ciphernode/sortition/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6a99e9df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/ciphernode/sortition/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#![crate_name = "sortition"]
+#![crate_type = "lib"]
+// #![warn(missing_docs, unused_imports)]
+
+mod distance;
+mod index;
+
+pub use distance::*;
+pub use index::*;
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