diff --git a/.ci/general-jobs b/.ci/general-jobs
deleted file mode 100755
index e9612d1c83..0000000000
--- a/.ci/general-jobs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-# Copyright 2019 The Grin Developers
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-# This script contains general jobs.
-
-case "${CI_JOB}" in
-    "test")
-        for dir in ${CI_JOB_ARGS}; do
-            printf "executing tests in directory \`%s\`...\n" "${dir}"
-            cd "${dir}" && \
-            cargo test --release && \
-            cd - > /dev/null || exit 1
-        done
-        ;;
-esac
diff --git a/.ci/install.yml b/.ci/install.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index e3da8653f6..0000000000
--- a/.ci/install.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-steps:
-  - script: |
-      git apply .ci/win.patch
-      choco install -y llvm
-    displayName: Windows Install LLVM
-    condition: eq( variables['Agent.OS'], 'Windows_NT' )
-  - script: |
-      curl https://sh.rustup.rs -sSf | sh -s -- -y
-      echo "##vso[task.setvariable variable=PATH;]$PATH:$HOME/.cargo/bin"
-    displayName: macOS Install Rust
-    condition: eq( variables['Agent.OS'], 'Darwin' )
-  - script: |
-      sudo apt-get update -yqq
-      sudo apt-get install -yqq --no-install-recommends libncursesw5-dev
-    displayName: Linux Install Dependencies
-    condition: eq( variables['Agent.OS'], 'Linux' )
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.ci/release.yml b/.ci/release.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 6033f7b426..0000000000
--- a/.ci/release.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-steps:
-  - script: 'cargo test --all'
-    displayName: Cargo Test All
-    condition:  and(succeeded(), contains(variables['Build.SourceBranch'], 'refs/tags/'), eq(variables['CI_JOB'], 'release' ))
-  - script: 'cargo build --release'
-    displayName: Build Release
-    condition:  and(succeeded(), contains(variables['Build.SourceBranch'], 'refs/tags/'), eq(variables['CI_JOB'], 'release' ))
-  - script: |
-      MY_TAG="$(Build.SourceBranch)"
-      MY_TAG=${MY_TAG#refs/tags/}
-      echo $MY_TAG
-      echo "##vso[task.setvariable variable=build.my_tag]$MY_TAG"
-      echo "##vso[task.setvariable variable=build.platform]$PLATFORM"
-    displayName: "Create my tag variable"
-    condition:  and(succeeded(), contains(variables['Build.SourceBranch'], 'refs/tags/'), eq(variables['CI_JOB'], 'release' ))
-  - task: CopyFiles@2
-    displayName: Copy assets
-    condition:  and(succeeded(), contains(variables['Build.SourceBranch'], 'refs/tags/'), eq(variables['CI_JOB'], 'release' ))
-    inputs:
-      sourceFolder: '$(Build.SourcesDirectory)/target/release'
-      contents: 'grin'
-      targetFolder: '$(Build.BinariesDirectory)/grin'
-  - task: ArchiveFiles@2
-    displayName: Gather assets
-    condition:  and(succeeded(), contains(variables['Build.SourceBranch'], 'refs/tags/'), eq(variables['CI_JOB'], 'release' ))
-    inputs:
-      rootFolderOrFile: '$(Build.BinariesDirectory)/grin'
-      archiveType: 'tar'
-      tarCompression: 'gz'
-      archiveFile: '$(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/grin-$(build.my_tag)-$(build.platform).tar.gz'
-  - script: |
-      openssl sha256 $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/grin-$(build.my_tag)-$(build.platform).tar.gz > $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/grin-$(build.my_tag)-$(build.platform)-sha256sum.txt
-    displayName: Create Checksum
-    condition:  and(succeeded(), contains(variables['Build.SourceBranch'], 'refs/tags/'), eq(variables['CI_JOB'], 'release' ))
-  - task: GithubRelease@0
-    displayName: Github release
-    condition: and(succeeded(), startsWith(variables['Build.SourceBranch'], 'refs/tags/'), eq(variables['CI_JOB'], 'release' ))
-    inputs:
-      gitHubConnection: 'ignopeverell'
-      repositoryName: 'mimblewimble/grin'
-      action: 'edit'
-      target: '$(build.sourceVersion)'
-      tagSource: 'manual'
-      tag: '$(build.my_tag)'
-      assets: |
-        $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/grin-$(build.my_tag)-$(build.platform).tar.gz
-        $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/grin-$(build.my_tag)-$(build.platform)-sha256sum.txt
-      title: '$(build.my_tag)'
-      assetUploadMode: 'replace'
-      addChangeLog: true
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diff --git a/.ci/test.yml b/.ci/test.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 65c9bee2f1..0000000000
--- a/.ci/test.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-steps:
-  - script: 'cargo test --all'
-    displayName: Windows Cargo Test
-    condition: and(eq( variables['Agent.OS'], 'Windows_NT' ), eq( variables['CI_JOB'], 'test-all' ))
-  - script: 'cargo test --all'
-    displayName: macOS Cargo Test
-    condition: and(eq( variables['Agent.OS'], 'Darwin' ), eq( variables['CI_JOB'], 'test-all' ))
-  - script: '.ci/general-jobs'
-    displayName: Linux Cargo Test
-    condition: eq( variables['Agent.OS'], 'Linux' )
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.ci/windows-release.yml b/.ci/windows-release.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 070c5a7245..0000000000
--- a/.ci/windows-release.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-steps:
-  - script: 'cargo test --all'
-    displayName: Cargo Test All
-    condition:  and(succeeded(), contains(variables['Build.SourceBranch'], 'refs/tags/'), eq(variables['CI_JOB'], 'release' ))
-  - script: 'cargo build --release'
-    displayName: Build Release
-    condition:  and(succeeded(), contains(variables['Build.SourceBranch'], 'refs/tags/'), eq(variables['CI_JOB'], 'release' ))
-  - script: |
-      SET MY_TAG=$(Build.SourceBranch)
-      SET MY_TAG=%MY_TAG:~10%
-      echo %MY_TAG%
-      echo %PLATFORM%
-      echo ##vso[task.setvariable variable=build.my_tag]%MY_TAG%
-      echo ##vso[task.setvariable variable=build.platform]%PLATFORM%
-    displayName: "Create my tag variable"
-    condition:  and(succeeded(), contains(variables['Build.SourceBranch'], 'refs/tags/'), eq(variables['CI_JOB'], 'release' ))
-  - task: CopyFiles@2
-    displayName: Copy assets
-    condition:  and(succeeded(), contains(variables['Build.SourceBranch'], 'refs/tags/'), eq(variables['CI_JOB'], 'release' ))
-    inputs:
-      sourceFolder: '$(Build.SourcesDirectory)\target\release'
-      contents: 'grin.exe'
-      targetFolder: '$(Build.BinariesDirectory)\grin'
-  - task: ArchiveFiles@2
-    displayName: Gather assets
-    condition:  and(succeeded(), contains(variables['Build.SourceBranch'], 'refs/tags/'), eq(variables['CI_JOB'], 'release' ))
-    inputs:
-      rootFolderOrFile: '$(Build.BinariesDirectory)\grin'
-      archiveType: 'zip'
-      archiveFile: '$(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)\grin-$(build.my_tag)-$(build.platform).zip'
-  - script: |
-      powershell -Command "get-filehash -algorithm sha256 $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)\grin-$(build.my_tag)-$(build.platform).zip | Format-List |  Out-String | ForEach-Object { $_.Trim() } > $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)\grin-$(build.my_tag)-$(build.platform)-sha256sum.txt"
-    displayName: Create Checksum
-    condition:  and(succeeded(), contains(variables['Build.SourceBranch'], 'refs/tags/'), eq(variables['CI_JOB'], 'release' ))
-  - task: GithubRelease@0
-    displayName: Github release
-    condition: and(succeeded(), startsWith(variables['Build.SourceBranch'], 'refs/tags/'), eq(variables['CI_JOB'], 'release' ))
-    inputs:
-      gitHubConnection: 'ignopeverell'
-      repositoryName: 'mimblewimble/grin'
-      action: 'edit'
-      target: '$(build.sourceVersion)'
-      tagSource: 'manual'
-      tag: '$(build.my_tag)'
-      assets: |
-        $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)\grin-$(build.my_tag)-$(build.platform).zip
-        $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)\grin-$(build.my_tag)-$(build.platform)-sha256sum.txt
-      title: '$(build.my_tag)'
-      assetUploadMode: 'replace'
-      addChangeLog: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e945f6636c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+name: Continuous Integration
+
+on: [pull_request]
+
+env:
+  RUST_BACKTRACE: '1'
+  RUSTFLAGS: '-C debug-assertions'
+
+jobs:
+
+  ubuntu:
+    name: Ubuntu CI
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        job_args: [ 'servers', 'chain core keychain', 'pool p2p src', 'api util store' ]
+    steps:
+    - name: Echo
+      run: echo ${GITHUB_REF}
+    - name: Checkout
+      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run:  sudo apt-get update -yqq && sudo apt-get install -yqq --no-install-recommends libncursesw5-dev
+    - name: Test ${{ matrix.job_args }}
+      env:
+        CI_JOB_ARGS: ${{ matrix.job_args }}
+      run: |
+        for dir in ${CI_JOB_ARGS}; do
+          printf "executing tests in directory \`%s\`...\n" "${dir}"
+          cd "${dir}" && \
+          cargo test --release && \
+          cd - > /dev/null || exit 1
+        done
+
+  macos:
+    name: macOS CI
+    runs-on: macos-latest
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout
+      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - name: Install Rust
+      uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
+      with:
+        profile: minimal
+        toolchain: stable
+    - name: Tests
+      run: cargo test --release --all
+
+  windows:
+    name: Windows CI
+    runs-on: windows-latest
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout
+      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - name: Patch Grin ncurses
+      run: git apply .github/workflows/win.patch
+    - name: Install LLVM
+      run:  choco install -y llvm
+    - name: Tests
+      run: cargo test --release --all
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..737ef5d242
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,179 @@
+name: Release
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+    - 'v*'
+
+env:
+  RUST_BACKTRACE: '1'
+  RUSTFLAGS: '-C debug-assertions'
+
+jobs:
+
+  ubuntu-build:
+    name: Ubuntu Build Release
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      PLATFORM: linux-amd64
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout
+      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run:  sudo apt-get update -yqq && sudo apt-get install -yqq --no-install-recommends libncursesw5-dev
+    - name: Tests
+      run: cargo test --release --all
+    - name: Build
+      run: cargo build --release
+    - name: Set release version
+      run: echo ::set-env name=RELEASE_VERSION::$(echo ${GITHUB_REF:10})
+    - name: Create archive
+      run: tar -czvf grin-$RELEASE_VERSION-$PLATFORM.tar.gz target/release/grin
+    - name: Debug
+      run: ls -a -l
+    - name: Upload artifact 
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v1
+      with:
+        name: grin-${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }}-${{ env.PLATFORM }}
+        path: grin-${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }}-${{ env.PLATFORM }}.tar.gz
+
+  macos-build:
+    name: macOS Build Release
+    runs-on: macos-latest
+    env:
+      PLATFORM: macos
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout
+      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - name: Install Rust
+      uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
+      with:
+        profile: minimal
+        toolchain: stable
+    - name: Tests
+      run: cargo test --release --all
+    - name: Build
+      run: cargo build --release
+    - name: Set release version
+      run: echo ::set-env name=RELEASE_VERSION::$(echo ${GITHUB_REF:10})
+    - name: Create archive
+      run: tar -czvf grin-$RELEASE_VERSION-$PLATFORM.tar.gz target/release/grin
+    - name: Upload artifact 
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v1
+      with:
+        name: grin-${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }}-${{ env.PLATFORM }}
+        path: grin-${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }}-${{ env.PLATFORM }}.tar.gz
+
+  windows-build:
+    name: Windows Build Release
+    runs-on: windows-latest
+    env:
+      PLATFORM: win-x64
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout
+      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - name: Patch Grin ncurses
+      run: git apply .github/workflows/win.patch
+    - name: Install LLVM
+      run:  choco install -y llvm
+    - name: Tests
+      run: cargo test --release --all
+    - name: Build
+      run: cargo build --release
+    - name: Set release version
+      run: |
+        echo ::set-env name=RELEASE_VERSION::$(echo ${GITHUB_REF:10})
+      shell: bash
+    - name: Create archive
+      run: |
+        /c/Program\ Files/7-Zip/7z.exe a grin-$RELEASE_VERSION-$PLATFORM.zip target/release/grin.exe
+      shell: bash
+    - name: Upload artifact 
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v1
+      with:
+        name: grin-${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }}-${{ env.PLATFORM }}
+        path: grin-${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }}-${{ env.PLATFORM }}.zip
+
+  release:
+    name: Release
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [ubuntu-build, macos-build, windows-build]
+    env:
+      PLATFORM: linux-amd64
+    steps:
+    - name: Set release version
+      run: echo ::set-env name=RELEASE_VERSION::$(echo ${GITHUB_REF:10})
+    - name: Download Ubuntu artificact
+      uses: actions/download-artifact@v1
+      with:
+        name: grin-${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }}-linux-amd64
+    - name: Download macOS artificact
+      uses: actions/download-artifact@v1
+      with:
+        name: grin-${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }}-macos
+    - name: Download Windows artificact
+      uses: actions/download-artifact@v1
+      with:
+        name: grin-${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }}-win-x64
+    - name: Create checksums
+      run: |
+        openssl sha256 grin-$RELEASE_VERSION-linux-amd64/grin-$RELEASE_VERSION-linux-amd64.tar.gz > grin-$RELEASE_VERSION-linux-amd64-sha256sum.txt
+        openssl sha256 grin-$RELEASE_VERSION-macos/grin-$RELEASE_VERSION-macos.tar.gz > grin-$RELEASE_VERSION-macos-sha256sum.txt
+        openssl sha256 grin-$RELEASE_VERSION-win-x64/grin-$RELEASE_VERSION-win-x64.zip > grin-$RELEASE_VERSION-win-x64-sha256sum.txt
+    - name: Create Release
+      uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
+      with:
+        files: |
+          grin-$RELEASE_VERSION-linux-amd64/grin-${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }}-linux-amd64.tar.gz
+          grin-${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }}-linux-amd64-sha256sum.txt
+          grin-${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }}-macos/grin-${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }}-macos.tar.gz
+          grin-${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }}-macos-sha256sum.txt
+          grin-${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }}-win-x64/grin-${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }}-win-x64.zip
+          grin-${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }}-win-x64-sha256sum.txt
+      env:
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+    - name: Checkout
+      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - name: Set up Ruby 2.6
+      uses: actions/setup-ruby@v1
+      with:
+        ruby-version: 2.6.x
+    - name: Update Changelog
+      run: |
+        readonly REPO_TAG="$(git describe --tags --exact-match 2> /dev/null || git symbolic-ref -q --short HEAD)"
+        readonly REPO_SLUG="quentinlesceller/grin"
+        readonly REPO_BRANCH="$(git symbolic-ref -q --short HEAD)"
+        readonly REPO_PREV_RELEASE_TAG="$(git describe --abbrev=0 --tags "$(git rev-list --tags --skip=0 --max-count=1)")"
+
+        gem install github_changelog_generator
+
+        github_changelog_generator \
+          --user "$(cut -d "/" -f1 <<< ${REPO_SLUG})" \
+          --project "$(cut -d "/" -f2 <<< ${REPO_SLUG})" \
+          --since-tag "${REPO_PREV_RELEASE_TAG}"
+
+        readonly CHANGELOG_CONTENT="$(<CHANGELOG.md)"
+
+        jq --null-input \
+          --arg body "${CHANGELOG_CONTENT}" \
+          --arg name "${REPO_TAG}" \
+          --arg tag_name "${REPO_TAG}" \
+          --arg target_commitish "${REPO_BRANCH}" \
+          '{
+            body: $body,
+            name: $name,
+            tag_name: $tag_name,
+            target_commitish: $target_commitish,
+            draft: false,
+            prerelease: false
+          }' > CHANGELOG.md
+
+        readonly HEADERS="Authorization: token $GITHUB_TOKEN"
+        readonly RELEASE_URL="https://api.github.com/repos/${REPO_SLUG}/releases"
+        readonly RELEASE_ID="$(curl -0 --request GET -H "${HEADERS}" "${RELEASE_URL}/tags/${REPO_TAG}" 2> /dev/null | grep id | head -n 1 | sed 's/ *"id": *\(.*\),/\1/')"
+
+        printf "updating release changelog %s for repo: %s, branch: %s, release id: %s\n" "${REPO_TAG}" "${REPO_SLUG}" "${REPO_BRANCH}" "${RELEASE_ID}"
+        curl -H "${HEADERS}" --request PATCH --data @CHANGELOG.md "${RELEASE_URL}/${RELEASE_ID}"
+        printf "changelog uploaded.\n"
+      env:
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.ci/win.patch b/.github/workflows/win.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from .ci/win.patch
rename to .github/workflows/win.patch
diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 49b3a7cbae..0000000000
--- a/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,83 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2019 The Grin Developers
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-trigger:
-  branches:
-    include:
-      - master
-      - milestone/*
-  tags:
-    include: ['*']
-
-pr:
-  branches:
-    include: ['*']
-
-variables:
-  RUST_BACKTRACE: '1'
-  RUSTFLAGS: '-C debug-assertions'
-
-jobs:
-- job: linux
-  pool:
-    vmImage: ubuntu-16.04
-  strategy:
-    matrix:
-      servers:
-        CI_JOB: test
-        CI_JOB_ARGS: servers
-      chain/core/keychain:
-        CI_JOB: test
-        CI_JOB_ARGS: chain core keychain
-      pool/p2p/src:
-        CI_JOB: test
-        CI_JOB_ARGS: pool p2p src
-      api/util/store:
-        CI_JOB: test
-        CI_JOB_ARGS: api util store
-      release:
-        CI_JOB: release
-        PLATFORM: linux-amd64
-  steps:
-    - template: '.ci/install.yml'
-    - template: '.ci/test.yml'
-    - template: '.ci/release.yml'
-- job: macos
-  pool:
-    vmImage: macos-10.14
-  strategy:
-    matrix:
-      test:
-        CI_JOB: test-all
-      release:
-        CI_JOB: release
-        PLATFORM: macos
-  steps:
-    - template: '.ci/install.yml'
-    - template: '.ci/test.yml'
-    - template: '.ci/release.yml'
-- job: windows
-  pool:
-    vmImage: windows-2019
-  strategy:
-    matrix:
-      test:
-        CI_JOB: test-all
-      release:
-        CI_JOB: release
-        PLATFORM: win-x64
-  steps:
-    - template: '.ci/install.yml'
-    - template: '.ci/test.yml'
-    - template: '.ci/windows-release.yml'