diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 2094a100c..d21d277be 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.24.0
+0.25.0
diff --git a/cli/smartcontract/smart_contract.go b/cli/smartcontract/smart_contract.go
index 7d2010134..d14f18ee1 100644
--- a/cli/smartcontract/smart_contract.go
+++ b/cli/smartcontract/smart_contract.go
@@ -1,12 +1,19 @@
 package smartcontract
 
 import (
+	"context"
+	"encoding/hex"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
+
+	"github.com/CityOfZion/neo-go/pkg/rpc"
 	"github.com/CityOfZion/neo-go/pkg/vm/compiler"
 	"github.com/urfave/cli"
 )
 
 const (
-	ErrNoInput = "Input file is mandatory and should be passed using -i flag."
+	errNoInput = "Input file is mandatory and should be passed using -i flag."
 )
 
 // NewCommand returns a new contract command.
@@ -30,6 +37,17 @@ func NewCommand() cli.Command {
 					},
 				},
 			},
+			{
+				Name:   "invoke",
+				Usage:  "Test an invocation of a smart contract on the blockchain",
+				Action: testInvoke,
+				Flags: []cli.Flag{
+					cli.StringFlag{
+						Name:  "in, i",
+						Usage: "Input location of the avm file that needs to be invoked",
+					},
+				},
+			},
 			{
 				Name:   "opdump",
 				Usage:  "dump the opcode of a .go file",
@@ -48,7 +66,7 @@ func NewCommand() cli.Command {
 func contractCompile(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	src := ctx.String("in")
 	if len(src) == 0 {
-		return cli.NewExitError(ErrNoInput, 1)
+		return cli.NewExitError(errNoInput, 1)
 	}
 
 	o := &compiler.Options{
@@ -62,10 +80,46 @@ func contractCompile(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func testInvoke(ctx *cli.Context) error {
+	src := ctx.String("in")
+	if len(src) == 0 {
+		return cli.NewExitError(errNoInput, 1)
+	}
+	b, err := ioutil.ReadFile(src)
+	if err != nil {
+		return cli.NewExitError(err, 1)
+	}
+
+	// For now we will hardcode the endpoint.
+	// On the long term the internal VM will run the script.
+	// TODO: remove RPC dependency, hardcoded node.
+	endpoint := "http://seed5.bridgeprotocol.io:10332"
+	opts := rpc.ClientOptions{}
+	client, err := rpc.NewClient(context.TODO(), endpoint, opts)
+	if err != nil {
+		return cli.NewExitError(err, 1)
+	}
+
+	scriptHex := hex.EncodeToString(b)
+	resp, err := client.InvokeScript(scriptHex)
+	if err != nil {
+		return cli.NewExitError(err, 1)
+	}
+
+	b, err = json.MarshalIndent(resp.Result, "", "  ")
+	if err != nil {
+		return cli.NewExitError(err, 1)
+	}
+
+	fmt.Println(string(b))
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 func contractDumpOpcode(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	src := ctx.String("in")
 	if len(src) == 0 {
-		return cli.NewExitError(ErrNoInput, 1)
+		return cli.NewExitError(errNoInput, 1)
 	}
 	if err := compiler.DumpOpcode(src); err != nil {
 		return cli.NewExitError(err, 1)
diff --git a/pkg/api/.keep b/pkg/api/.keep
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb..000000000
diff --git a/pkg/rpc/client.go b/pkg/rpc/client.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a9b70d3e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/rpc/client.go
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+package rpc
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"net"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/url"
+	"time"
+)
+
+var (
+	defaultDialTimeout    = 4 * time.Second
+	defaultRequestTimeout = 4 * time.Second
+	defaultClientVersion  = "2.0"
+)
+
+// Client represents the middleman for executing JSON RPC calls
+// to remote NEO RPC nodes.
+type Client struct {
+	// The underlying http client. It's never a good practice to use
+	// the http.DefaultClient, therefore we will role our own.
+	http.Client
+	endpoint *url.URL
+	ctx      context.Context
+	version  string
+}
+
+// ClientOptions defines options for the RPC client.
+// All Values are optional. If any duration is not specified
+// a default of 3 seconds will be used.
+type ClientOptions struct {
+	Cert           string
+	Key            string
+	CACert         string
+	DialTimeout    time.Duration
+	RequestTimeout time.Duration
+	// Version is the version of the client that will be send
+	// along with the request body. If no version is specified
+	// the default version (currently 2.0) will be used.
+	Version string
+}
+
+// NewClient return a new Client ready to use.
+func NewClient(ctx context.Context, endpoint string, opts ClientOptions) (*Client, error) {
+	url, err := url.Parse(endpoint)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	if opts.DialTimeout == 0 {
+		opts.DialTimeout = defaultDialTimeout
+	}
+	if opts.RequestTimeout == 0 {
+		opts.RequestTimeout = defaultRequestTimeout
+	}
+	if opts.Version == "" {
+		opts.Version = defaultClientVersion
+	}
+
+	transport := &http.Transport{
+		Dial: (&net.Dialer{
+			Timeout: opts.DialTimeout,
+		}).Dial,
+	}
+
+	// TODO(@antdm): Enable SSL.
+	if opts.Cert != "" && opts.Key != "" {
+
+	}
+
+	return &Client{
+		Client: http.Client{
+			Timeout:   opts.RequestTimeout,
+			Transport: transport,
+		},
+		endpoint: url,
+		ctx:      ctx,
+		version:  opts.Version,
+	}, nil
+}
+
+func (c *Client) performRequest(method string, p params, v interface{}) error {
+	r := request{
+		JSONRPC: c.version,
+		Method:  method,
+		Params:  p.values,
+		ID:      1,
+	}
+
+	b, err := json.Marshal(r)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", c.endpoint.String(), bytes.NewReader(b))
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	resp, err := c.Do(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+
+	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Remote responded with a non 200 response: %d", resp.StatusCode)
+	}
+
+	return json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(v)
+}
+
+// Ping attempts to create a connection to the endpoint.
+// and returns an error if there is one.
+func (c *Client) Ping() error {
+	conn, err := net.DialTimeout("tcp", c.endpoint.Host, defaultDialTimeout)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	_ = conn.Close()
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/rpc/doc.go b/pkg/rpc/doc.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..36e114081
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/rpc/doc.go
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+package rpc
+
+/*
+Package rpc provides interaction with a NEO node over JSON-RPC.
+After creating a client instance with or without a ClientConfig
+you can interact with the NEO blockchain by its exposed methods.
+
+Some of the methods also allow to pass a verbose bool. This will
+return a more pretty printed response from the server instead of
+a raw hex string.
+
+An example:
+  endpoint := "http://seed5.bridgeprotocol.io:10332"
+  opts := rpc.ClientOptions{}
+
+  client, err := rpc.NewClient(context.TODO(), endpoint, opts)
+  if err != nil {
+	  log.Fatal(err)
+  }
+
+  if err := client.Ping(); err != nil {
+	  log.Fatal(err)
+  }
+
+  resp, err := client.GetAccountState("ATySFJAbLW7QHsZGHScLhxq6EyNBxx3eFP")
+  if err != nil {
+	  log.Fatal(err)
+  }
+  log.Println(resp.Result.ScriptHash)
+  log.Println(resp.Result.Balances)
+
+To be continued with more in depth examples.
+*/
diff --git a/pkg/rpc/rpc.go b/pkg/rpc/rpc.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..60138f9b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/rpc/rpc.go
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+package rpc
+
+// GetBlock returns a block by its hash or index/height. If verbose is true
+// the response will contain a pretty Block object instead of the raw hex string.
+func (c *Client) GetBlock(indexOrHash interface{}, verbose bool) (*response, error) {
+	var (
+		params = newParams(indexOrHash)
+		resp   = &response{}
+	)
+	if verbose {
+		params = newParams(indexOrHash, 1)
+	}
+	if err := c.performRequest("getblock", params, resp); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return resp, nil
+}
+
+// GetAccountState will return detailed information about a NEO account.
+func (c *Client) GetAccountState(address string) (*AccountStateResponse, error) {
+	var (
+		params = newParams(address)
+		resp   = &AccountStateResponse{}
+	)
+	if err := c.performRequest("getaccountstate", params, resp); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return resp, nil
+}
+
+// InvokeScipt returns the result of the given script after running it true the VM.
+// NOTE: This is a test invoke and will not affect the blokchain.
+func (c *Client) InvokeScript(script string) (*InvokeScriptResponse, error) {
+	var (
+		params = newParams(script)
+		resp   = &InvokeScriptResponse{}
+	)
+	if err := c.performRequest("invokescript", params, resp); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return resp, nil
+}
+
+// SendRawTransaction broadcasts a transaction over the NEO network.
+// The given hex string needs to be signed with a keypair.
+// When the result of the response object is true, the TX has successfully
+// been broadcasted to the network.
+func (c *Client) SendRawTransaction(rawTX string) (*response, error) {
+	var (
+		params = newParams(rawTX)
+		resp   = &response{}
+	)
+	if err := c.performRequest("sendrawtransaction", params, resp); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return resp, nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/rpc/types.go b/pkg/rpc/types.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a0cf7b5e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/rpc/types.go
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+package rpc
+
+type InvokeScriptResponse struct {
+	responseHeader
+	Result *InvokeResult
+}
+
+// InvokeResult represents the outcome of a script that is
+// executed by the NEO VM.
+type InvokeResult struct {
+	State       string `json:"state"`
+	GasConsumed string `json:"gas_consumed"`
+	Stack       []*StackParam
+}
+
+// StackParam respresent a stack parameter.
+type StackParam struct {
+	Type  string `json:"type"`
+	Value string `json:"value"`
+}
+
+// AccountStateResponse holds the getaccountstate response.
+type AccountStateResponse struct {
+	responseHeader
+	Result *Account `json:"result"`
+}
+
+// Account respresents details about a NEO account.
+type Account struct {
+	Version    int    `json:"version"`
+	ScriptHash string `json:"script_hash"`
+	Frozen     bool
+	// TODO: need to check this field out.
+	Votes    []interface{}
+	Balances []*Balance
+}
+
+// Balance respresents details about a NEO account balance.
+type Balance struct {
+	Asset string `json:"asset"`
+	Value string `json:"value"`
+}
+
+type params struct {
+	values []interface{}
+}
+
+func newParams(vals ...interface{}) params {
+	p := params{}
+	p.values = make([]interface{}, len(vals))
+	for i := 0; i < len(p.values); i++ {
+		p.values[i] = vals[i]
+	}
+	return p
+}
+
+type request struct {
+	JSONRPC string        `json:"jsonrpc"`
+	Method  string        `json:"method"`
+	Params  []interface{} `json:"params"`
+	ID      int           `json:"id"`
+}
+
+type responseHeader struct {
+	ID      int    `json:"id"`
+	JSONRPC string `json:"jsonrpc"`
+}
+
+type response struct {
+	responseHeader
+	Result interface{} `json:"result"`
+}