diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index c9dcf44cfe..63c2de2ca0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   release:
+    if: "!contains(github.event.head_commit.message, 'skip ci')"
     name: Release
     runs-on: ubuntu-18.04
     steps:
diff --git a/.releaserc b/.releaserc
index 7329ff4c74..3d9da34cf2 100644
--- a/.releaserc
+++ b/.releaserc
@@ -10,19 +10,6 @@
                 "changelogTitle": "# Semantic Versioning Changelog"
             }
         ],
-        [
-            "@semantic-release/npm",
-            {
-              "npmPublish": false,
-              "tarballDir": "dist"
-           }
-        ],
-        [
-            "@semantic-release/exec",
-            {
-                "prepareCmd": "./prepare-release.sh ${nextRelease.version}"
-            }
-        ],
         [
             "@semantic-release/git",
             {
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index d838e5b9da..8775b1cb06 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -52,9 +52,7 @@ github.com/coreos/go-semver v0.3.0/go.mod h1:nnelYz7RCh+5ahJtPPxZlU+153eP4D4r3Ee
 github.com/cosmos/go-bip39 v0.0.0-20180819234021-555e2067c45d/go.mod h1:tSxLoYXyBmiFeKpvmq4dzayMdCjCnu8uqmCysIGBT2Y=
 github.com/cosmos/go-bip39 v1.0.0 h1:pcomnQdrdH22njcAatO0yWojsUnCO3y2tNoV1cb6hHY=
 github.com/cosmos/go-bip39 v1.0.0/go.mod h1:RNJv0H/pOIVgxw6KS7QeX2a0Uo0aKUlfhZ4xuwvCdJw=
-github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man v1.0.10 h1:BSKMNlYxDvnunlTymqtgONjNnaRV1sTpcovwwjF22jk=
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man v1.0.10/go.mod h1:SmD6nW6nTyfqj6ABTjUi3V3JVMnlJmwcJI5acqYI6dE=
-github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.0-20190314233015-f79a8a8ca69d h1:U+s90UTSYgptZMwQh2aRr3LuazLJIa+Pg3Kc1ylSYVY=
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.0-20190314233015-f79a8a8ca69d/go.mod h1:maD7wRr/U5Z6m/iR4s+kqSMx2CaBsrgA7czyZG/E6dU=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v0.0.0-20171005155431-ecdeabc65495/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
@@ -120,7 +118,6 @@ github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.0/go.mod h1:SlYgWuQ5SjCEi6WLHjHCa1yvBfUnHcTbrrZtXP
 github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.1 h1:DqDEcV5aeaTmdFBePNpYsp3FlcVH/2ISVVM9Qf8PSls=
 github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.1/go.mod h1:SlYgWuQ5SjCEi6WLHjHCa1yvBfUnHcTbrrZtXPKa29o=
 github.com/golang/glog v0.0.0-20160126235308-23def4e6c14b/go.mod h1:SBH7ygxi8pfUlaOkMMuAQtPIUF8ecWP5IEl/CR7VP2Q=
-github.com/golang/groupcache v0.0.0-20190702054246-869f871628b6 h1:ZgQEtGgCBiWRM39fZuwSd1LwSqqSW0hOdXCYYDX0R3I=
 github.com/golang/groupcache v0.0.0-20190702054246-869f871628b6/go.mod h1:cIg4eruTrX1D+g88fzRXU5OdNfaM+9IcxsU14FzY7Hc=
 github.com/golang/groupcache v0.0.0-20191227052852-215e87163ea7 h1:5ZkaAPbicIKTF2I64qf5Fh8Aa83Q/dnOafMYV0OMwjA=
 github.com/golang/groupcache v0.0.0-20191227052852-215e87163ea7/go.mod h1:cIg4eruTrX1D+g88fzRXU5OdNfaM+9IcxsU14FzY7Hc=
@@ -136,7 +133,6 @@ github.com/golang/protobuf v1.4.0-rc.2/go.mod h1:LlEzMj4AhA7rCAGe4KMBDvJI+AwstrU
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.4.0-rc.4.0.20200313231945-b860323f09d0/go.mod h1:WU3c8KckQ9AFe+yFwt9sWVRKCVIyN9cPHBJSNnbL67w=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.4.0/go.mod h1:jodUvKwWbYaEsadDk5Fwe5c77LiNKVO9IDvqG2KuDX0=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.4.1/go.mod h1:U8fpvMrcmy5pZrNK1lt4xCsGvpyWQ/VVv6QDs8UjoX8=
-github.com/golang/protobuf v1.4.2 h1:+Z5KGCizgyZCbGh1KZqA0fcLLkwbsjIzS4aV2v7wJX0=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.4.2/go.mod h1:oDoupMAO8OvCJWAcko0GGGIgR6R6ocIYbsSw735rRwI=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.4.3 h1:JjCZWpVbqXDqFVmTfYWEVTMIYrL/NPdPSCHPJ0T/raM=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.4.3/go.mod h1:oDoupMAO8OvCJWAcko0GGGIgR6R6ocIYbsSw735rRwI=
@@ -155,7 +151,6 @@ github.com/google/gopacket v1.1.18 h1:lum7VRA9kdlvBi7/v2p7/zcbkduHaCH/SVVyurs7Op
 github.com/google/gopacket v1.1.18/go.mod h1:UdDNZ1OO62aGYVnPhxT1U6aI7ukYtA/kB8vaU0diBUM=
 github.com/google/renameio v0.1.0/go.mod h1:KWCgfxg9yswjAJkECMjeO8J8rahYeXnNhOm40UhjYkI=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.1.1/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
-github.com/google/uuid v1.1.2 h1:EVhdT+1Kseyi1/pUmXKaFxYsDNy9RQYkMWRH68J/W7Y=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.1.2/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.1.5 h1:kxhtnfFVi+rYdOALN0B3k9UT86zVJKfBimRaciULW4I=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.1.5/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
@@ -179,13 +174,11 @@ github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror v1.1.0 h1:B9UzwGQJehnUY1yNrnwREHc3fGbC2xefo8g
 github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror v1.1.0/go.mod h1:spPvp8C1qA32ftKqdAHm4hHTbPw+vmowP0z+KUhOZdA=
 github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru v0.5.0/go.mod h1:/m3WP610KZHVQ1SGc6re/UDhFvYD7pJ4Ao+sR/qLZy8=
 github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru v0.5.1/go.mod h1:/m3WP610KZHVQ1SGc6re/UDhFvYD7pJ4Ao+sR/qLZy8=
-github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru v0.5.4 h1:YDjusn29QI/Das2iO9M0BHnIbxPeyuCHsjMW+lJfyTc=
 github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru v0.5.4/go.mod h1:iADmTwqILo4mZ8BN3D2Q6+9jd8WM5uGBxy+E8yxSoD4=
 github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru v0.5.5-0.20210104140557-80c98217689d h1:dg1dEPuWpEqDnvIw251EVy4zlP8gWbsGj4BsUKCRpYs=
 github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru v0.5.5-0.20210104140557-80c98217689d/go.mod h1:iADmTwqILo4mZ8BN3D2Q6+9jd8WM5uGBxy+E8yxSoD4=
 github.com/hashicorp/hcl v1.0.0/go.mod h1:E5yfLk+7swimpb2L/Alb/PJmXilQ/rhwaUYs4T20WEQ=
 github.com/hpcloud/tail v1.0.0/go.mod h1:ab1qPbhIpdTxEkNHXyeSf5vhxWSCs/tWer42PpOxQnU=
-github.com/huin/goupnp v1.0.0 h1:wg75sLpL6DZqwHQN6E1Cfk6mtfzS45z8OV+ic+DtHRo=
 github.com/huin/goupnp v1.0.0/go.mod h1:n9v9KO1tAxYH82qOn+UTIFQDmx5n1Zxd/ClZDMX7Bnc=
 github.com/huin/goupnp v1.0.1-0.20200620063722-49508fba0031 h1:HarGZ5h9HD9LgEg1yRVMXyfiw4wlXiLiYM2oMjeA/SE=
 github.com/huin/goupnp v1.0.1-0.20200620063722-49508fba0031/go.mod h1:nNs7wvRfN1eKaMknBydLNQU6146XQim8t4h+q90biWo=
@@ -592,15 +585,11 @@ github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZb
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
 github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.0.0-20190812154241-14fe0d1b01d4/go.mod h1:xMI15A0UPsDsEKsMN9yxemIoYk6Tm2C1GtYGdfGttqA=
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.3.0/go.mod h1:M8bDsm7K2OlrFYOpmOWEs/qY81heoFRclV5y23lUDJ4=
-github.com/rs/cors v1.6.0 h1:G9tHG9lebljV9mfp9SNPDL36nCDxmo3zTlAf1YgvzmI=
 github.com/rs/cors v1.6.0/go.mod h1:gFx+x8UowdsKA9AchylcLynDq+nNFfI8FkUZdN/jGCU=
 github.com/rs/cors v1.7.0 h1:+88SsELBHx5r+hZ8TCkggzSstaWNbDvThkVK8H6f9ik=
 github.com/rs/cors v1.7.0/go.mod h1:gFx+x8UowdsKA9AchylcLynDq+nNFfI8FkUZdN/jGCU=
-github.com/russross/blackfriday v1.5.2 h1:HyvC0ARfnZBqnXwABFeSZHpKvJHJJfPz81GNueLj0oo=
 github.com/russross/blackfriday v1.5.2/go.mod h1:JO/DiYxRf+HjHt06OyowR9PTA263kcR/rfWxYHBV53g=
-github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.0.1 h1:lPqVAte+HuHNfhJ/0LC98ESWRz8afy9tM/0RK8m9o+Q=
 github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.0.1/go.mod h1:+Rmxgy9KzJVeS9/2gXHxylqXiyQDYRxCVz55jmeOWTM=
-github.com/shurcooL/sanitized_anchor_name v1.0.0 h1:PdmoCO6wvbs+7yrJyMORt4/BmY5IYyJwS/kOiWx8mHo=
 github.com/shurcooL/sanitized_anchor_name v1.0.0/go.mod h1:1NzhyTcUVG4SuEtjjoZeVRXNmyL/1OwPU0+IJeTBvfc=
 github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.2.0 h1:juTguoYk5qI21pwyTXY3B3Y5cOTH3ZUyZCg1v/mihuo=
 github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.2.0/go.mod h1:LxeOpSwHxABJmUn/MG1IvRgCAasNZTLOkJPxbbu5VWo=
@@ -624,7 +613,6 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.2.2/go.mod h1:a8OnRcib4nhh0OaRAV+Yts87kKdq0PP7pXf
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.3.0/go.mod h1:M5WIy9Dh21IEIfnGCwXGc5bZfKNJtfHm1UVUgZn+9EI=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0/go.mod h1:j7eGeouHqKxXV5pUuKE4zz7dFj8WfuZ+81PSLYec5m4=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.5.1/go.mod h1:5W2xD1RspED5o8YsWQXVCued0rvSQ+mT+I5cxcmMvtA=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.6.1 h1:hDPOHmpOpP40lSULcqw7IrRb/u7w6RpDC9399XyoNd0=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.6.1/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0 h1:nwc3DEeHmmLAfoZucVR881uASk0Mfjw8xYJ99tb5CcY=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 34532593a3..970dad809b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 {
-  "name": "gossamer",
+  "name": "@chainsafe/gossamer",
   "version": "1.0.0",
-  "description": "<div align=\"center\">   <img alt=\"Gossamer logo\" src=\"/docs/assets/img/gossamer_banner.png\" width=\"600\" /> </div> <div align=\"center\">   <a href=\"https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0\">     <img alt=\"License: GPL v3\" src=\"https://img.shields.io/badge/License-GPLv3-blue.svg?style=for-the-badge&label=License\" height=\"20\"/>   </a>     <a href=\"https://github.com/ChainSafe/gossamer/actions\">     <img alt=\"build status\" src=\"https://img.shields.io/github/workflow/status/ChainSafe/gossamer/build?branch=development&style=for-the-badge&logo=github&label=build\" height=\"20\"/>   </a>   <a href=\"https://godoc.org/github.com/ChainSafe/gossamer\">     <img alt=\"go doc\" src=\"http://img.shields.io/badge/godoc-reference-5272B4.svg?style=for-the-badge\" height=\"20\" />   </a>   <a href=\"https://goreportcard.com/report/github.com/ChainSafe/gossamer\">     <img alt=\"go report card\" src=\"https://goreportcard.com/badge/github.com/ChainSafe/gossamer?style=for-the-badge\" height=\"20\" />   </a> </div> <div align=\"center\">   <a href=\"https://app.codecov.io/gh/ChainSafe/gossamer\">     <img alt=\"Test Coverage\" src=\"https://img.shields.io/codecov/c/github/ChainSafe/gossamer/development?style=for-the-badge\" height=\"20\" />   </a>     <a href=\"https://discord.gg/zy8eRF7FG2\">     <img alt=\"Discord\" src=\"https://img.shields.io/discord/593655374469660673.svg?style=for-the-badge&label=Discord&logo=discord\" height=\"20\"/>   </a>   <a href=\"https://medium.com/chainsafe-systems/tagged/polkadot\">     <img alt=\"Gossamer Blog\" src=\"https://img.shields.io/badge/Medium-grey?style=for-the-badge&logo=medium\" height=\"20\" />   </a>     <a href=\"https://medium.com/chainsafe-systems/tagged/polkadot\">     <img alt=\"Twitter\" src=\"https://img.shields.io/twitter/follow/chainsafeth?color=blue&label=follow&logo=twitter&style=for-the-badge\" height=\"20\"/>   </a> </div> <br />",
+  "description": "A Go Implementation of the Polkadot Host.",
   "main": "index.js",
   "publishConfig": {
     "access": "public"
   },
   "release": {
+    "publish": ["@semantic-release/github"],
     "branches": [
       "development",
       "next"