diff --git a/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml b/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml
index 0d61240e..64d4e980 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 name: Run benchmarks
 
 on:
@@ -7,7 +6,7 @@ on:
       - main
       - dev
     tags:
-        - '**'
+      - '**'
   pull_request:
     branches:
       - '**'
@@ -19,67 +18,67 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        os: [macos-12, ubuntu-latest, windows-latest]
+        os: [ macos-12, ubuntu-latest, windows-latest ]
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      with:
-        fetch-depth: 1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 1
 
-    - uses: chia-network/actions/setup-python@main
-      name: Install Python 3.9
-      with:
-        python-version: 3.9
+      - uses: chia-network/actions/setup-python@main
+        name: Install Python 3.9
+        with:
+          python-version: 3.9
 
-    - name: Update pip
-      run: |
+      - name: Update pip
+        run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
 
-    - name: Set up rust
-      uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
+      - name: Set up rust
+        uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
 
-    - name: Run benchmarks
-      run: cargo bench
+      - name: Run benchmarks
+        run: cargo bench
 
   max-cost-checks:
     name: Cost checks
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      with:
-        fetch-depth: 1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 1
 
-    - uses: chia-network/actions/setup-python@main
-      name: Install Python 3.9
-      with:
-        python-version: 3.9
+      - uses: chia-network/actions/setup-python@main
+        name: Install Python 3.9
+        with:
+          python-version: 3.9
 
-    - name: Update pip
-      run: |
+      - name: Update pip
+        run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
 
-    - name: Set up rust
-      uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
-
-    - name: Install dependencies
-      run: |
-        python -m pip install maturin
-        rustup target add x86_64-unknown-linux-musl
-
-    - name: Build
-      env:
-        CC: gcc
-      run: |
-        python -m venv venv
-        ln -s venv/bin/activate
-        . ./activate
-        python -m pip install colorama
-        maturin develop -m wheel/Cargo.toml --release --features=openssl
-
-    - name: Run cost checks
-      run: |
-        . ./activate
-        cd tests
-        ./generate-programs.py
-        ./run-programs.py
+      - name: Set up rust
+        uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install maturin
+          rustup target add x86_64-unknown-linux-musl
+
+      - name: Build
+        env:
+          CC: gcc
+        run: |
+          python -m venv venv
+          ln -s venv/bin/activate
+          . ./activate
+          python -m pip install colorama
+          maturin develop -m wheel/Cargo.toml --release 
+
+      - name: Run cost checks
+        run: |
+          . ./activate
+          cd tests
+          ./generate-programs.py
+          ./run-programs.py
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-arm64-wheels.yml b/.github/workflows/build-arm64-wheels.yml
index 9731979d..f79706c3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-arm64-wheels.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-arm64-wheels.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ on:
       - main
       - dev
     tags:
-        - '**'
+      - '**'
   pull_request:
     branches:
       - '**'
@@ -21,63 +21,63 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        os: [[ARM64, Linux]]
+        os: [ [ ARM64, Linux ] ]
 
     steps:
-    - uses: Chia-Network/actions/clean-workspace@main
+      - uses: Chia-Network/actions/clean-workspace@main
 
-    - name: Checkout repository
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      with:
-        fetch-depth: 1
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 1
 
-    - name: Build Python wheels
-      run: |
-        docker run --rm \
-          -v ${{ github.workspace }}:/ws --workdir=/ws \
-          quay.io/pypa/manylinux_2_28_aarch64 \
-          bash -exc '\
-            echo $PATH && \
-            curl -L https://sh.rustup.rs > rustup-init.sh && \
-            sh rustup-init.sh -y && \
-            yum -y install openssl-devel && \
-            source $HOME/.cargo/env && \
-            rustup target add aarch64-unknown-linux-musl && \
-            rm -rf venv && \
-            export PATH=/opt/python/cp310-cp310/bin/:$PATH && \
-            export PATH=/opt/python/cp39-cp39/bin/:$PATH && \
-            export PATH=/opt/python/cp38-cp38/bin/:$PATH && \
-            /opt/python/cp38-cp38/bin/python -m venv venv && \
-            if [ ! -f "activate" ]; then ln -s venv/bin/activate; fi && \
-            . ./activate && \
-            pip install maturin && \
-            CC=gcc maturin build -m wheel/Cargo.toml --release --strip --manylinux 2_28 --features=openssl \
-          '
+      - name: Build Python wheels
+        run: |
+          docker run --rm \
+            -v ${{ github.workspace }}:/ws --workdir=/ws \
+            quay.io/pypa/manylinux_2_28_aarch64 \
+            bash -exc '\
+              echo $PATH && \
+              curl -L https://sh.rustup.rs > rustup-init.sh && \
+              sh rustup-init.sh -y && \
+              yum -y install openssl-devel && \
+              source $HOME/.cargo/env && \
+              rustup target add aarch64-unknown-linux-musl && \
+              rm -rf venv && \
+              export PATH=/opt/python/cp310-cp310/bin/:$PATH && \
+              export PATH=/opt/python/cp39-cp39/bin/:$PATH && \
+              export PATH=/opt/python/cp38-cp38/bin/:$PATH && \
+              /opt/python/cp38-cp38/bin/python -m venv venv && \
+              if [ ! -f "activate" ]; then ln -s venv/bin/activate; fi && \
+              . ./activate && \
+              pip install maturin && \
+              CC=gcc maturin build -m wheel/Cargo.toml --release --strip --manylinux 2_28  \
+            '
 
-    - name: Upload artifacts
-      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-      with:
-        name: wheels
-        path: target/wheels/
+      - name: Upload artifacts
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: wheels
+          path: target/wheels/
 
-    - name: Install Twine
-      run: |
-        if [ ! -f "venv" ]; then sudo rm -rf venv; fi
-        sudo apt-get install python3-venv python3-pip -y
-        python3 -m venv venv
-        if [ ! -f "activate" ]; then ln -s venv/bin/activate; fi
-        . ./activate
-        pip install setuptools_rust
+      - name: Install Twine
+        run: |
+          if [ ! -f "venv" ]; then sudo rm -rf venv; fi
+          sudo apt-get install python3-venv python3-pip -y
+          python3 -m venv venv
+          if [ ! -f "activate" ]; then ln -s venv/bin/activate; fi
+          . ./activate
+          pip install setuptools_rust
 
-    - name: publish (PyPi)
-      if: startsWith(github.event.ref, 'refs/tags')
-      uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
-      with:
-        packages-dir: target/wheels/
-        skip-existing: true
+      - name: publish (PyPi)
+        if: startsWith(github.event.ref, 'refs/tags')
+        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
+        with:
+          packages-dir: target/wheels/
+          skip-existing: true
 
-    - name: Clean up AMR64
-      if: startsWith(matrix.os, 'ARM64')
-      run: |
-        rm -rf venv
-        rm -rf dist
+      - name: Clean up AMR64
+        if: startsWith(matrix.os, 'ARM64')
+        run: |
+          rm -rf venv
+          rm -rf dist
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-m1-wheel.yml b/.github/workflows/build-m1-wheel.yml
index a68a2365..195bc0db 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-m1-wheel.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-m1-wheel.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ on:
       - main
       - dev
     tags:
-        - '**'
+      - '**'
   pull_request:
     branches:
       - '**'
@@ -22,82 +22,82 @@ permissions:
 jobs:
   build_wheels:
     name: Build wheel on Mac M1
-    runs-on: [MacOS, ARM64]
+    runs-on: [ MacOS, ARM64 ]
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
 
     steps:
-    - uses: Chia-Network/actions/clean-workspace@main
-
-    - name: Checkout code
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      with:
-        fetch-depth: 0
-
-    - name: Set up rust
-      run: |
-        curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs > rust.sh
-        sh rust.sh -y
-
-    - name: Build m1 wheels
-      run: |
-        python3 -m venv venv
-        . ./venv/bin/activate
-        export PATH=~/.cargo/bin:$PATH
-        pip install maturin
-        maturin build -m wheel/Cargo.toml -i python --release --strip --features=openssl
-
-    - name: Install clvm_rs wheel
-      run: |
-        . ./venv/bin/activate
-        ls ./target/wheels/
-        pip install ./target/wheels/clvm_rs*.whl
-
-    - name: Install other wheels
-      run: |
-        . ./venv/bin/activate
-        python -m pip install pytest
-        python -m pip install blspy
-
-    - name: Run tests from wheel
-      run: |
-        . ./venv/bin/activate
-        cd wheel/python
-        pytest --import-mode append tests
-        # we use `append` because otherwise the `clvm_rs` source is added
-        # to `sys.path` and it uses that instead of the wheel (and so
-        # ignoring `clvm_rs.so`, which is pretty important)
-
-    - name: Upload artifacts
-      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-      with:
-        name: wheels
-        path: ./target/wheels/
+      - uses: Chia-Network/actions/clean-workspace@main
+
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Set up rust
+        run: |
+          curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs > rust.sh
+          sh rust.sh -y
+
+      - name: Build m1 wheels
+        run: |
+          python3 -m venv venv
+          . ./venv/bin/activate
+          export PATH=~/.cargo/bin:$PATH
+          pip install maturin
+          maturin build -m wheel/Cargo.toml -i python --release --strip 
+
+      - name: Install clvm_rs wheel
+        run: |
+          . ./venv/bin/activate
+          ls ./target/wheels/
+          pip install ./target/wheels/clvm_rs*.whl
+
+      - name: Install other wheels
+        run: |
+          . ./venv/bin/activate
+          python -m pip install pytest
+          python -m pip install blspy
+
+      - name: Run tests from wheel
+        run: |
+          . ./venv/bin/activate
+          cd wheel/python
+          pytest --import-mode append tests
+          # we use `append` because otherwise the `clvm_rs` source is added
+          # to `sys.path` and it uses that instead of the wheel (and so
+          # ignoring `clvm_rs.so`, which is pretty important)
+
+      - name: Upload artifacts
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: wheels
+          path: ./target/wheels/
 
   upload:
     name: Upload to PyPI
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: build_wheels
     steps:
-    - name: Checkout code
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      with:
-        fetch-depth: 0
-
-    - name: Install python
-      uses: Chia-Network/actions/setup-python@main
-      with:
-        python-version: "3.10"
-
-    - name: Download artifacts
-      uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
-      with:
-        name: wheels
-        path: ./target/wheels/
-
-    - name: publish (PyPi)
-      if: startsWith(github.event.ref, 'refs/tags')
-      uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
-      with:
-        packages-dir: target/wheels/
-        skip-existing: true
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Install python
+        uses: Chia-Network/actions/setup-python@main
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.10"
+
+      - name: Download artifacts
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: wheels
+          path: ./target/wheels/
+
+      - name: publish (PyPi)
+        if: startsWith(github.event.ref, 'refs/tags')
+        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
+        with:
+          packages-dir: target/wheels/
+          skip-existing: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-test.yml b/.github/workflows/build-test.yml
index cea3d887..1df32899 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-test.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ on:
       - main
       - dev
     tags:
-        - '**'
+      - '**'
   pull_request:
     branches:
       - '**'
@@ -22,143 +22,143 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        os: [macos-12, ubuntu-latest, windows-latest]
-        python: [3.8]
+        os: [ macos-12, ubuntu-latest, windows-latest ]
+        python: [ 3.8 ]
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      with:
-        fetch-depth: 0
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
 
-    - uses: chia-network/actions/setup-python@main
-      name: Install Python ${{ matrix.python }}
-      with:
-        python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
+      - uses: chia-network/actions/setup-python@main
+        name: Install Python ${{ matrix.python }}
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
 
-    - name: Update pip
-      run: |
+      - name: Update pip
+        run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
 
-    - name: Set up rust
-      uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
+      - name: Set up rust
+        uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
 
-    - name: Install dependencies
-      run: |
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
           python -m pip install maturin
 
-    - name: Build MacOs with maturin on Python ${{ matrix.python }}
-      if: startsWith(matrix.os, 'macos')
-      env:
-        MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET: '10.14'
-      run: |
-        python -m venv venv
-        ln -s venv/bin/activate
-        . ./activate
-        maturin build -m wheel/Cargo.toml --sdist -i python --release --strip --features=openssl
+      - name: Build MacOs with maturin on Python ${{ matrix.python }}
+        if: startsWith(matrix.os, 'macos')
+        env:
+          MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET: '10.14'
+        run: |
+          python -m venv venv
+          ln -s venv/bin/activate
+          . ./activate
+          maturin build -m wheel/Cargo.toml --sdist -i python --release --strip 
 
-    - name: Build Linux in manylinux_2_28 with maturin on Python ${{ matrix.python }}
-      if: startsWith(matrix.os, 'ubuntu')
-      run: |
-        docker run --rm \
-          -v ${{ github.workspace }}:/ws --workdir=/ws \
-          quay.io/pypa/manylinux_2_28_x86_64 \
-          bash -exc '\
-            curl -L https://sh.rustup.rs > rustup-init.sh && \
-            sh rustup-init.sh -y && \
-            yum -y --disablerepo=epel install openssl-devel && \
-            source $HOME/.cargo/env && \
-            rustup target add x86_64-unknown-linux-musl && \
-            PY_VERSION=${{ matrix.python }}
-            PY_VERSION=${PY_VERSION/.} && \
-            echo "Python version with dot removed is $PY_VERSION" && \
-            if [ "$PY_VERSION" = "38" ]; \
-            then export SCND_VERSION="${PY_VERSION}m"; \
-            else export SCND_VERSION="$PY_VERSION"; fi && \
-            echo "Exporting path /opt/python/cp$PY_VERSION-cp$SCND_VERSION/bin" && \
-            export PATH=/opt/python/cp$PY_VERSION-cp$SCND_VERSION/bin/:$PATH && \
-            /opt/python/cp38-cp38/bin/python -m venv /venv && \
-            . /venv/bin/activate && \
-            pip install --upgrade pip && \
-            pip install maturin && \
-            CC=gcc maturin build -m wheel/Cargo.toml --release --strip --manylinux 2_28 --features=openssl \
-          '
-        python -m venv venv
-        ln -s venv/bin/activate
+      - name: Build Linux in manylinux_2_28 with maturin on Python ${{ matrix.python }}
+        if: startsWith(matrix.os, 'ubuntu')
+        run: |
+          docker run --rm \
+            -v ${{ github.workspace }}:/ws --workdir=/ws \
+            quay.io/pypa/manylinux_2_28_x86_64 \
+            bash -exc '\
+              curl -L https://sh.rustup.rs > rustup-init.sh && \
+              sh rustup-init.sh -y && \
+              yum -y --disablerepo=epel install openssl-devel && \
+              source $HOME/.cargo/env && \
+              rustup target add x86_64-unknown-linux-musl && \
+              PY_VERSION=${{ matrix.python }}
+              PY_VERSION=${PY_VERSION/.} && \
+              echo "Python version with dot removed is $PY_VERSION" && \
+              if [ "$PY_VERSION" = "38" ]; \
+              then export SCND_VERSION="${PY_VERSION}m"; \
+              else export SCND_VERSION="$PY_VERSION"; fi && \
+              echo "Exporting path /opt/python/cp$PY_VERSION-cp$SCND_VERSION/bin" && \
+              export PATH=/opt/python/cp$PY_VERSION-cp$SCND_VERSION/bin/:$PATH && \
+              /opt/python/cp38-cp38/bin/python -m venv /venv && \
+              . /venv/bin/activate && \
+              pip install --upgrade pip && \
+              pip install maturin && \
+              CC=gcc maturin build -m wheel/Cargo.toml --release --strip --manylinux 2_28  \
+            '
+          python -m venv venv
+          ln -s venv/bin/activate
 
-    - name: Build Windows with maturin on Python ${{ matrix.python }}
-      if: startsWith(matrix.os, 'windows')
-      run: |
-        python -m venv venv
-        . .\venv\Scripts\Activate.ps1
-        ln -s venv\Scripts\Activate.ps1 activate
-        maturin build -m wheel/Cargo.toml -i python --release --strip
-        # this will install into the venv
-        # it'd be better to use the wheel, but I can't figure out how to do that
-        # TODO: figure this out
-        # this does NOT work: pip install target/wheels/clvm_rs-*.whl
-        maturin develop --release -m wheel/Cargo.toml
-        # the line above also doesn't seem to work
+      - name: Build Windows with maturin on Python ${{ matrix.python }}
+        if: startsWith(matrix.os, 'windows')
+        run: |
+          python -m venv venv
+          . .\venv\Scripts\Activate.ps1
+          ln -s venv\Scripts\Activate.ps1 activate
+          maturin build -m wheel/Cargo.toml -i python --release --strip
+          # this will install into the venv
+          # it'd be better to use the wheel, but I can't figure out how to do that
+          # TODO: figure this out
+          # this does NOT work: pip install target/wheels/clvm_rs-*.whl
+          maturin develop --release -m wheel/Cargo.toml
+          # the line above also doesn't seem to work
 
-    - name: Install clvm_rs wheel
-      if: ${{ !startsWith(matrix.os, 'windows') }}
-      run: |
-        . ./activate
-        ls target/wheels/
-        # this mess puts the name of the `.whl` file into `$WHEEL_PATH`
-        # remove the dot, use the `glob` lib to grab the file from the directory
-        WHEEL_PATH=$(echo ${{ matrix.python }} | python -c 'DOTLESS=input().replace(".", ""); import glob; print(" ".join(glob.glob("target/wheels/clvm_rs-*-cp%s-abi3-*.whl" % DOTLESS)))' )
-        echo ${WHEEL_PATH}
-        pip install ${WHEEL_PATH}
+      - name: Install clvm_rs wheel
+        if: ${{ !startsWith(matrix.os, 'windows') }}
+        run: |
+          . ./activate
+          ls target/wheels/
+          # this mess puts the name of the `.whl` file into `$WHEEL_PATH`
+          # remove the dot, use the `glob` lib to grab the file from the directory
+          WHEEL_PATH=$(echo ${{ matrix.python }} | python -c 'DOTLESS=input().replace(".", ""); import glob; print(" ".join(glob.glob("target/wheels/clvm_rs-*-cp%s-abi3-*.whl" % DOTLESS)))' )
+          echo ${WHEEL_PATH}
+          pip install ${WHEEL_PATH}
 
-    - name: Install other wheels
-      run: |
-        . ./activate
-        python -m pip install pytest
-        python -m pip install blspy
+      - name: Install other wheels
+        run: |
+          . ./activate
+          python -m pip install pytest
+          python -m pip install blspy
 
-    - name: Run tests from wheel
-      run: |
-        . ./activate
-        cd wheel/python
-        pytest --import-mode append tests
-        # we use `append` because otherwise the `clvm_rs` source is added
-        # to `sys.path` and it uses that instead of the wheel (and so
-        # ignoring `clvm_rs.so`, which is pretty important)
+      - name: Run tests from wheel
+        run: |
+          . ./activate
+          cd wheel/python
+          pytest --import-mode append tests
+          # we use `append` because otherwise the `clvm_rs` source is added
+          # to `sys.path` and it uses that instead of the wheel (and so
+          # ignoring `clvm_rs.so`, which is pretty important)
 
-    - name: Upload artifacts
-      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-      with:
-        name: wheels-${{ matrix.os }}-py-${{ matrix.python }}
-        path: ./target/wheels/
+      - name: Upload artifacts
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: wheels-${{ matrix.os }}-py-${{ matrix.python }}
+          path: ./target/wheels/
 
   upload:
     name: Upload to PyPI
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: build_wheels
     steps:
-    - name: Checkout code
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      with:
-        fetch-depth: 0
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
 
-    - name: Install python
-      uses: Chia-Network/actions/setup-python@main
-      with:
-        python-version: "3.10"
+      - name: Install python
+        uses: Chia-Network/actions/setup-python@main
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.10"
 
-    - name: Download artifacts
-      uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
-      with:
-        merge-multiple: true
-        pattern: wheels-*
-        path: ./target/wheels/
+      - name: Download artifacts
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          merge-multiple: true
+          pattern: wheels-*
+          path: ./target/wheels/
 
-    - name: publish (PyPi)
-      if: startsWith(github.event.ref, 'refs/tags')
-      uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
-      with:
-        packages-dir: target/wheels/
-        skip-existing: true
+      - name: publish (PyPi)
+        if: startsWith(github.event.ref, 'refs/tags')
+        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
+        with:
+          packages-dir: target/wheels/
+          skip-existing: true
 
   checks:
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install rust
         uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
         with:
-            components: rustfmt, clippy
+          components: rustfmt, clippy
       - name: Clippy
         run: cargo clippy --all-targets --workspace -- -D warnings
       - name: fmt
@@ -184,8 +184,8 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        os: [macos-12, ubuntu-latest]
-        python: [3.8]
+        os: [ macos-12, ubuntu-latest ]
+        python: [ 3.8 ]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
@@ -193,8 +193,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install rust
         uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@master
         with:
-            toolchain: nightly
-            components: rustfmt, clippy
+          toolchain: nightly
+          components: rustfmt, clippy
       - name: fmt
         run: |
           cd fuzz
@@ -219,8 +219,8 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        os: [macos-12, ubuntu-latest, windows-latest]
-        python: [3.8]
+        os: [ macos-12, ubuntu-latest, windows-latest ]
+        python: [ 3.8 ]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install rust
         uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
         with:
-            components: rustfmt, clippy
+          components: rustfmt, clippy
 
       - name: build
         run: cargo build --workspace --exclude clvm_rs-fuzz
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ jobs:
           python -m venv venv
           source venv/bin/activate
           pip install colorama maturin pytest pytest-cov
-          maturin develop --release -m wheel/Cargo.toml --features=openssl
+          maturin develop --release -m wheel/Cargo.toml 
           (cd tests && python generate-programs.py && python run-programs.py) || true
           pytest wheel/python/tests --cov=clvm_rs --cov-report lcov:py_cov.info --cov-branch
           grcov . --binary-path target -s . --branch --ignore-not-existing --ignore='*/.cargo/*' --ignore='target/*' -o pre_rust_cov.info
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index a906b8b4..1f1e2f5c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@ counters = []
 # debugging and tracing of programs.
 pre-eval = []
 
-# On UNIX-based platforms, you may get a speed boost on `sha256` operations by building
-# with OpenSSL.when enabled
-openssl = ["dep:openssl"]
 
 [profile.release]
 lto = "thin"
@@ -39,13 +36,18 @@ num-bigint = "0.4.3"
 num-traits = "0.2.15"
 num-integer = "0.1.45"
 chia-bls = "0.4.0"
-sha2 = "0.10.8"
-openssl = { version = "=0.10.55", features = ["vendored"], optional = true }
 hex-literal = "=0.4.1"
 # for secp sigs
 k256 = { version = "0.13.1", features = ["ecdsa"] }
 p256 = { version = "0.13.2", features = ["ecdsa"] }
 
+
+[target.'cfg(windows)'.dependencies]
+sha2 = "0.10.8"
+
+[target.'cfg(unix)'.dependencies]
+openssl = { version = "=0.10.55", features = ["vendored"] }
+
 [dev-dependencies]
 rstest = "0.17.0"
 criterion = "0.5.1"
diff --git a/src/sha2.rs b/src/sha2.rs
index 15738958..06bb9823 100644
--- a/src/sha2.rs
+++ b/src/sha2.rs
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
-#[cfg(feature = "openssl")]
-use openssl;
-
-#[cfg(not(feature = "openssl"))]
+#[cfg(target_family = "windows")]
 use sha2::Digest;
 
+#[cfg(target_family = "unix")]
+use openssl;
+
 #[derive(Default, Clone)]
 pub struct Sha256 {
-    #[cfg(feature = "openssl")]
+    #[cfg(target_family = "unix")]
     ctx: openssl::sha::Sha256,
 
-    #[cfg(not(feature = "openssl"))]
+    #[cfg(target_family = "windows")]
     ctx: sha2::Sha256,
 }
 
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@ impl Sha256 {
         self.ctx.update(buf.as_ref());
     }
     pub fn finalize(self) -> [u8; 32] {
-        #[cfg(feature = "openssl")]
+        #[cfg(target_family = "unix")]
         {
             self.ctx.finish()
         }
-        #[cfg(not(feature = "openssl"))]
+        #[cfg(target_family = "windows")]
         {
             self.ctx.finalize().into()
         }
diff --git a/wheel/Cargo.toml b/wheel/Cargo.toml
index bfbdb996..d67017b5 100644
--- a/wheel/Cargo.toml
+++ b/wheel/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,4 +19,3 @@ clvmr = { path = ".." }
 pyo3 = { version = "=0.18.3", features = ["abi3-py38", "extension-module"] }
 
 [features]
-openssl = ["clvmr/openssl"]
diff --git a/wheel/README.md b/wheel/README.md
index 271aa4fd..cc304861 100644
--- a/wheel/README.md
+++ b/wheel/README.md
@@ -15,22 +15,8 @@ While in the `wheel` directory, build `clvm_rs` into the current virtualenv with
 $ maturin develop --release
 ```
 
-On UNIX-based platforms, you may get a speed boost on `sha256` operations by building
-with OpenSSL.
-
-```
-$ maturin develop --release --features=openssl
-```
-
-
 To build the wheel, do
 
 ```
 $ maturin build --release
 ````
-
-or
-
-```
-$ maturin build --release --features=openssl
-```