diff --git a/onionrblocks/create.py b/onionrblocks/create.py
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+from typing import Union
+from time import time
+
+import kasten
+
+from .types import AnonymousVDFBlockResult
+
+
+def __str_to_bytes(data: str):
+    try:
+        return data.encode('utf-8')
+    except AttributeError:
+        return data
+
+
+def _packer(block_data: bytes, **kasten_header) -> kasten.main.KastenPacked:
+    def __get_optional(key, default):
+        try:
+            return kasten_header[key]
+        except KeyError:
+            return default
+    # Todo: validate length sanities
+    return kasten.generator.pack.pack(
+        block_data,
+        kasten_header['type'],
+        kasten_header['encrypt mode'],
+        __get_optional('signer', b''),
+        __get_optional('signature', b''),
+        __get_optional('metadata', None),
+        int(time()//60 * 60)
+        )
+
+# Block creation functions handle calling the proof and compiling blocks
+# They do not handle sigs or encryption (at least never directly)
+
+
+def create_block_anonymous_vdf(
+        rounds: int,
+        block_data: Union[str, bytes],
+        **block_header) -> AnonymousVDFBlockResult:
+    block_data = __str_to_bytes(block_data)
+    # Block with anonymous VDF as proof
+
+    packed: kasten.types.KastenPacked = _packer(block_data, **block_header)
+    kasten_result: kasten.Kasten = \
+        kasten.generator.KastenMimcGenerator.generate(packed, rounds)
+
+    return AnonymousVDFBlockResult(
+        kasten_result.id,
+        kasten_result.get_packed())
diff --git a/onionrblocks/loadblockobject.py b/onionrblocks/loadblockobject.py
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+from typing import Union
+
+from kasten.types import KastenPacked
+from kasten import Kasten
+from kasten.generator import KastenMimcGenerator
+
+from .types import DecChecksum, DecChecksumStr, HexChecksum
+
+
+def load_anonymous_vdf_block(
+    expected_id: Union[DecChecksum, DecChecksumStr, HexChecksum],
+        raw_block: KastenPacked,
+        rounds: 'MimcRoundsInt') -> Kasten:
+    """Load a block created with the KastenMimcGenerator
+
+    take expected checksum, bytes and rounds
+
+    Throws kasten.generator.InvalidID if data does not match raw bytes"""
+    return Kasten(expected_id, raw_block, KastenMimcGenerator, *[rounds])
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diff --git a/onionrblocks/types.py b/onionrblocks/types.py
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+from collections import namedtuple
+from typing import NewType
+
+
+AnonymousVDFBlockResult = namedtuple(
+    'AnonymousVDFBlockResult', ['dec_checksum', 'raw_bytes'])
+
+HexChecksum = NewType("HexChecksum", str)
+DecChecksum = NewType("DecChecksum", int)
+DecChecksumStr = NewType("DecChecksumStr", str)