diff --git a/src/handshakes/abstract-handshake.ts b/src/handshakes/abstract-handshake.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e34a901
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/handshakes/abstract-handshake.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+import {Buffer} from "buffer";
+import { AEAD, x25519, HKDF, SHA256 } from 'bcrypto';
+
+import {bytes, bytes32, uint32} from "../@types/basic";
+import {CipherState, SymmetricState} from "../@types/handshake";
+import {getHkdf} from "../utils";
+
+export class AbstractHandshake {
+  protected minNonce = 0;
+
+  protected incrementNonce(n: uint32): uint32 {
+    return n + 1;
+  }
+
+  protected nonceToBytes(n: uint32): bytes {
+    const nonce = Buffer.alloc(12);
+    nonce.writeUInt32LE(n, 4);
+
+    return nonce;
+  }
+
+  protected encrypt(k: bytes32, n: uint32, ad: bytes, plaintext: bytes): bytes {
+    const nonce = this.nonceToBytes(n);
+    const ctx = new AEAD();
+
+    ctx.init(k, nonce);
+    ctx.aad(ad);
+    ctx.encrypt(plaintext);
+
+    // Encryption is done on the sent reference
+    return plaintext;
+  }
+
+
+  protected dh(privateKey: bytes32, publicKey: bytes32): bytes32 {
+    const derived = x25519.derive(publicKey, privateKey);
+    const result = Buffer.alloc(32);
+    derived.copy(result);
+    return result;
+  }
+
+  protected mixHash(ss: SymmetricState, data: bytes): void {
+    ss.h = this.getHash(ss.h, data);
+  }
+
+  protected getHash(a: bytes, b: bytes): bytes32 {
+    return SHA256.digest(Buffer.from([...a, ...b]));
+  }
+
+  protected mixKey(ss: SymmetricState, ikm: bytes32): void {
+    const [ ck, tempK ] = getHkdf(ss.ck, ikm);
+    ss.cs = this.initializeKey(tempK) as CipherState;
+    ss.ck = ck;
+  }
+
+  protected initializeKey(k: bytes32): CipherState {
+    const n = this.minNonce;
+    return { k, n };
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/handshakes/ik.ts b/src/handshakes/ik.ts
index e69de29..bf46def 100644
--- a/src/handshakes/ik.ts
+++ b/src/handshakes/ik.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import {Buffer} from "buffer";
+
+import {CipherState, HandshakeState, MessageBuffer, SymmetricState} from "../@types/handshake";
+import {bytes, bytes32} from "../@types/basic";
+import {generateKeypair, getHkdf} from "../utils";
+import {AbstractHandshake} from "./abstract-handshake";
+
+
+export class IKHandshake extends AbstractHandshake {
+  private writeMessageA(hs: HandshakeState, payload: bytes): MessageBuffer {
+    hs.e = generateKeypair();
+    const ne = hs.e.publicKey;
+    this.mixHash(hs.ss, ne);
+    this.mixKey(hs.ss, this.dh(hs.e.privateKey, hs.rs));
+    const spk = Buffer.from(hs.s.publicKey);
+    const ns = this.encryptAndHash(hs.ss, spk);
+
+    this.mixKey(hs.ss, this.dh(hs.s.privateKey, hs.re));
+    const ciphertext = this.encryptAndHash(hs.ss, payload);
+
+    return { ne, ns, ciphertext };
+  }
+
+
+}
diff --git a/src/handshakes/xx.ts b/src/handshakes/xx.ts
index 63f0dad..3273ed6 100644
--- a/src/handshakes/xx.ts
+++ b/src/handshakes/xx.ts
@@ -4,13 +4,12 @@ import { BN } from 'bn.js';
 
 import { bytes32, uint32, uint64, bytes } from '../@types/basic'
 import { KeyPair } from '../@types/libp2p'
-import { generateKeypair } from '../utils';
+import {generateKeypair, getHkdf} from '../utils';
 import { CipherState, HandshakeState, Hkdf, MessageBuffer, NoiseSession, SymmetricState } from "../@types/handshake";
+import {AbstractHandshake} from "./abstract-handshake";
 
 
-const minNonce = 0;
-
-export class XXHandshake {
+export class XXHandshake extends AbstractHandshake {
   private createEmptyKey(): bytes32 {
     return Buffer.alloc(32);
   }
@@ -33,36 +32,6 @@ export class XXHandshake {
     return { ss, s, rs, psk, re };
   }
 
-  private incrementNonce(n: uint32): uint32 {
-    return n + 1;
-  }
-
-  private dh(privateKey: bytes32, publicKey: bytes32): bytes32 {
-    const derived = x25519.derive(publicKey, privateKey);
-    const result = Buffer.alloc(32);
-    derived.copy(result);
-    return result;
-  }
-
-  private nonceToBytes(n: uint32): bytes {
-    const nonce = Buffer.alloc(12);
-    nonce.writeUInt32LE(n, 4);
-
-    return nonce;
-  }
-
-  private encrypt(k: bytes32, n: uint32, ad: bytes, plaintext: bytes): bytes {
-    const nonce = this.nonceToBytes(n);
-    const ctx = new AEAD();
-
-    ctx.init(k, nonce);
-    ctx.aad(ad);
-    ctx.encrypt(plaintext);
-
-    // Encryption is done on the sent reference
-    return plaintext;
-  }
-
   private decrypt(k: bytes32, n: uint32, ad: bytes, ciphertext: bytes): bytes {
     const nonce = this.nonceToBytes(n);
     const ctx = new AEAD();
@@ -81,11 +50,6 @@ export class XXHandshake {
   }
 
   // Cipher state related
-  private initializeKey(k: bytes32): CipherState {
-    const n = minNonce;
-    return { k, n };
-  }
-
   private hasKey(cs: CipherState): boolean {
     return !this.isEmptyKey(cs.k);
   }
@@ -121,12 +85,6 @@ export class XXHandshake {
     return { cs, ck, h };
   }
 
-  private mixKey(ss: SymmetricState, ikm: bytes32): void {
-    const [ ck, tempK ] = this.getHkdf(ss.ck, ikm);
-    ss.cs = this.initializeKey(tempK) as CipherState;
-    ss.ck = ck;
-  }
-
   private hashProtocolName(protocolName: bytes): bytes32 {
     if (protocolName.length <= 32) {
       const h = Buffer.alloc(32);
@@ -137,26 +95,6 @@ export class XXHandshake {
     }
   }
 
-  public getHkdf(ck: bytes32, ikm: bytes): Hkdf {
-    const info = Buffer.alloc(0);
-    const prk = HKDF.extract(SHA256, ikm, ck);
-    const okm = HKDF.expand(SHA256, prk, info, 96);
-
-    const k1 = okm.slice(0, 32);
-    const k2 = okm.slice(32, 64);
-    const k3 = okm.slice(64, 96);
-
-    return [ k1, k2, k3 ];
-  }
-
-  private mixHash(ss: SymmetricState, data: bytes) {
-    ss.h = this.getHash(ss.h, data);
-  }
-
-  private getHash(a: bytes, b: bytes): bytes32 {
-    return SHA256.digest(Buffer.from([...a, ...b]));
-  }
-
   private encryptAndHash(ss: SymmetricState, plaintext: bytes): bytes {
     let ciphertext;
     if (this.hasKey(ss.cs)) {
@@ -182,7 +120,7 @@ export class XXHandshake {
   }
 
   private split (ss: SymmetricState) {
-    const [ tempk1, tempk2 ] = this.getHkdf(ss.ck, Buffer.alloc(0));
+    const [ tempk1, tempk2 ] = getHkdf(ss.ck, Buffer.alloc(0));
     const cs1 = this.initializeKey(tempk1);
     const cs2 = this.initializeKey(tempk2);
 
diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
index 65b7939..e749040 100644
--- a/src/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
-import { x25519, ed25519 } from 'bcrypto';
+import { x25519, ed25519, HKDF, SHA256 } from 'bcrypto';
 import protobuf from "protobufjs";
 import { Buffer } from "buffer";
 import PeerId from "peer-id";
 import * as crypto from 'libp2p-crypto';
 
 import { KeyPair } from "./@types/libp2p";
-import { bytes } from "./@types/basic";
+import {bytes, bytes32} from "./@types/basic";
+import {Hkdf} from "./@types/handshake";
 
 export async function loadPayloadProto () {
   const payloadProtoBuf = await protobuf.load("protos/payload.proto");
@@ -88,3 +89,15 @@ export async function verifySignedPayload(noiseStaticKey: bytes, plaintext: byte
     throw new Error("Static key doesn't match to peer that signed payload!");
   }
 }
+
+export function getHkdf(ck: bytes32, ikm: bytes): Hkdf {
+  const info = Buffer.alloc(0);
+  const prk = HKDF.extract(SHA256, ikm, ck);
+  const okm = HKDF.expand(SHA256, prk, info, 96);
+
+  const k1 = okm.slice(0, 32);
+  const k2 = okm.slice(32, 64);
+  const k3 = okm.slice(64, 96);
+
+  return [ k1, k2, k3 ];
+}