diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 9b0b97b7ac..90e0a43beb 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ BITCOIN_CORE_H = \
   noui.h \
   pow.h \
   protocol.h \
+  random.h \
   rpcclient.h \
   rpcprotocol.h \
   rpcserver.h \
@@ -197,14 +198,15 @@ libbitcoin_common_a_SOURCES = \
 # backward-compatibility objects and their sanity checks are linked.
 libbitcoin_util_a_CPPFLAGS = $(BITCOIN_INCLUDES)
 libbitcoin_util_a_SOURCES = \
+  compat/glibc_sanity.cpp \
+  compat/glibcxx_sanity.cpp \
   chainparamsbase.cpp \
+  random.cpp \
   rpcprotocol.cpp \
   sync.cpp \
   uint256.cpp \
   util.cpp \
   version.cpp \
-  compat/glibc_sanity.cpp \
-  compat/glibcxx_sanity.cpp \
   $(BITCOIN_CORE_H)
 
 if GLIBC_BACK_COMPAT
diff --git a/src/addrman.h b/src/addrman.h
index c012e3deef..a0dc134c40 100644
--- a/src/addrman.h
+++ b/src/addrman.h
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 #include "netbase.h"
 #include "protocol.h"
+#include "random.h"
 #include "sync.h"
 #include "timedata.h"
 #include "util.h"
diff --git a/src/chainparams.cpp b/src/chainparams.cpp
index 63067a153d..50977dc06b 100644
--- a/src/chainparams.cpp
+++ b/src/chainparams.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include "chainparams.h"
 
 #include "assert.h"
+#include "random.h"
 #include "util.h"
 
 #include <boost/assign/list_of.hpp>
diff --git a/src/net.h b/src/net.h
index c2a0416455..21a2919f4a 100644
--- a/src/net.h
+++ b/src/net.h
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include "mruset.h"
 #include "netbase.h"
 #include "protocol.h"
+#include "random.h"
 #include "sync.h"
 #include "uint256.h"
 #include "util.h"
@@ -26,7 +27,6 @@
 
 #include <boost/foreach.hpp>
 #include <boost/signals2/signal.hpp>
-#include <openssl/rand.h>
 
 class CAddrMan;
 class CBlockIndex;
diff --git a/src/random.cpp b/src/random.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4c7f150f75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/random.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2009-2010 Satoshi Nakamoto
+// Copyright (c) 2009-2014 The Bitcoin developers
+// Distributed under the MIT/X11 software license, see the accompanying
+// file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
+
+#include "random.h"
+
+#ifdef WIN32
+#include "compat.h" // for Windows API
+#endif
+#include "util.h" // for LogPrint()
+
+#ifndef WIN32
+#include <sys/time.h>
+#endif
+#include <cstring> // for memset()
+
+#include <openssl/crypto.h>
+#include <openssl/err.h>
+#include <openssl/rand.h>
+
+static inline int64_t GetPerformanceCounter()
+{
+    int64_t nCounter = 0;
+#ifdef WIN32
+    QueryPerformanceCounter((LARGE_INTEGER*)&nCounter);
+#else
+    timeval t;
+    gettimeofday(&t, NULL);
+    nCounter = (int64_t)(t.tv_sec * 1000000 + t.tv_usec);
+#endif
+    return nCounter;
+}
+
+void RandAddSeed()
+{
+    // Seed with CPU performance counter
+    int64_t nCounter = GetPerformanceCounter();
+    RAND_add(&nCounter, sizeof(nCounter), 1.5);
+    memset(&nCounter, 0, sizeof(nCounter));
+}
+
+void RandAddSeedPerfmon()
+{
+    RandAddSeed();
+
+    // This can take up to 2 seconds, so only do it every 10 minutes
+    static int64_t nLastPerfmon;
+    if (GetTime() < nLastPerfmon + 10 * 60)
+        return;
+    nLastPerfmon = GetTime();
+
+#ifdef WIN32
+    // Don't need this on Linux, OpenSSL automatically uses /dev/urandom
+    // Seed with the entire set of perfmon data
+    std::vector <unsigned char> vData(250000,0);
+    long ret = 0;
+    unsigned long nSize = 0;
+    const size_t nMaxSize = 10000000; // Bail out at more than 10MB of performance data
+    while (true)
+    {
+        nSize = vData.size();
+        ret = RegQueryValueExA(HKEY_PERFORMANCE_DATA, "Global", NULL, NULL, begin_ptr(vData), &nSize);
+        if (ret != ERROR_MORE_DATA || vData.size() >= nMaxSize)
+            break;
+        vData.resize(std::max((vData.size()*3)/2, nMaxSize)); // Grow size of buffer exponentially
+    }
+    RegCloseKey(HKEY_PERFORMANCE_DATA);
+    if (ret == ERROR_SUCCESS)
+    {
+        RAND_add(begin_ptr(vData), nSize, nSize/100.0);
+        OPENSSL_cleanse(begin_ptr(vData), nSize);
+        LogPrint("rand", "%s: %lu bytes\n", __func__, nSize);
+    } else {
+        static bool warned = false; // Warn only once
+        if (!warned)
+        {
+            LogPrintf("%s: Warning: RegQueryValueExA(HKEY_PERFORMANCE_DATA) failed with code %i\n", __func__, ret);
+            warned = true;
+        }
+    }
+#endif
+}
+
+bool GetRandBytes(unsigned char *buf, int num)
+{
+    if (RAND_bytes(buf, num) != 1) {
+        LogPrintf("%s: OpenSSL RAND_bytes() failed with error: %s\n", __func__, ERR_error_string(ERR_get_error(), NULL));
+        return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+}
+
+uint64_t GetRand(uint64_t nMax)
+{
+    if (nMax == 0)
+        return 0;
+
+    // The range of the random source must be a multiple of the modulus
+    // to give every possible output value an equal possibility
+    uint64_t nRange = (std::numeric_limits<uint64_t>::max() / nMax) * nMax;
+    uint64_t nRand = 0;
+    do {
+        GetRandBytes((unsigned char*)&nRand, sizeof(nRand));
+    } while (nRand >= nRange);
+    return (nRand % nMax);
+}
+
+int GetRandInt(int nMax)
+{
+    return GetRand(nMax);
+}
+
+uint256 GetRandHash()
+{
+    uint256 hash;
+    GetRandBytes((unsigned char*)&hash, sizeof(hash));
+    return hash;
+}
+
+uint32_t insecure_rand_Rz = 11;
+uint32_t insecure_rand_Rw = 11;
+void seed_insecure_rand(bool fDeterministic)
+{
+    // The seed values have some unlikely fixed points which we avoid.
+    if(fDeterministic)
+    {
+        insecure_rand_Rz = insecure_rand_Rw = 11;
+    } else {
+        uint32_t tmp;
+        do {
+            GetRandBytes((unsigned char*)&tmp, 4);
+        } while(tmp == 0 || tmp == 0x9068ffffU);
+        insecure_rand_Rz = tmp;
+        do {
+            GetRandBytes((unsigned char*)&tmp, 4);
+        } while(tmp == 0 || tmp == 0x464fffffU);
+        insecure_rand_Rw = tmp;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/random.h b/src/random.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a599b08478
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/random.h
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2009-2010 Satoshi Nakamoto
+// Copyright (c) 2009-2014 The Bitcoin developers
+// Distributed under the MIT/X11 software license, see the accompanying
+// file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
+
+#ifndef BITCOIN_RANDOM_H
+#define BITCOIN_RANDOM_H
+
+#include "uint256.h"
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+/**
+ * Seed OpenSSL PRNG with additional entropy data
+ */
+void RandAddSeed();
+void RandAddSeedPerfmon();
+
+/**
+ * Functions to gather random data via the OpenSSL PRNG
+ */
+bool GetRandBytes(unsigned char *buf, int num);
+uint64_t GetRand(uint64_t nMax);
+int GetRandInt(int nMax);
+uint256 GetRandHash();
+
+/**
+ * Seed insecure_rand using the random pool.
+ * @param Deterministic Use a determinstic seed
+ */
+void seed_insecure_rand(bool fDeterministic = false);
+
+/**
+ * MWC RNG of George Marsaglia
+ * This is intended to be fast. It has a period of 2^59.3, though the
+ * least significant 16 bits only have a period of about 2^30.1.
+ *
+ * @return random value
+ */
+extern uint32_t insecure_rand_Rz;
+extern uint32_t insecure_rand_Rw;
+static inline uint32_t insecure_rand(void)
+{
+    insecure_rand_Rz = 36969 * (insecure_rand_Rz & 65535) + (insecure_rand_Rz >> 16);
+    insecure_rand_Rw = 18000 * (insecure_rand_Rw & 65535) + (insecure_rand_Rw >> 16);
+    return (insecure_rand_Rw << 16) + insecure_rand_Rz;
+}
+
+#endif // BITCOIN_RANDOM_H
diff --git a/src/script.cpp b/src/script.cpp
index 238a25e72d..39ae001db8 100644
--- a/src/script.cpp
+++ b/src/script.cpp
@@ -5,13 +5,14 @@
 
 #include "script.h"
 
+#include "crypto/ripemd160.h"
+#include "crypto/sha1.h"
+#include "crypto/sha2.h"
 #include "core.h"
 #include "hash.h"
 #include "key.h"
 #include "keystore.h"
-#include "crypto/sha1.h"
-#include "crypto/sha2.h"
-#include "crypto/ripemd160.h"
+#include "random.h"
 #include "sync.h"
 #include "uint256.h"
 #include "util.h"
@@ -1097,7 +1098,6 @@ uint256 SignatureHash(const CScript &scriptCode, const CTransaction& txTo, unsig
 // Valid signature cache, to avoid doing expensive ECDSA signature checking
 // twice for every transaction (once when accepted into memory pool, and
 // again when accepted into the block chain)
-
 class CSignatureCache
 {
 private:
diff --git a/src/test/canonical_tests.cpp b/src/test/canonical_tests.cpp
index 23dd74296c..a9798623ea 100644
--- a/src/test/canonical_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/test/canonical_tests.cpp
@@ -6,12 +6,11 @@
 // Unit tests for canonical signatures
 //
 
-
-
-#include "script.h"
-#include "util.h"
 #include "data/sig_noncanonical.json.h"
 #include "data/sig_canonical.json.h"
+#include "random.h"
+#include "script.h"
+#include "util.h"
 
 #include <boost/foreach.hpp>
 #include <boost/test/unit_test.hpp>
@@ -21,7 +20,6 @@
 using namespace std;
 using namespace json_spirit;
 
-
 // In script_tests.cpp
 extern Array read_json(const std::string& jsondata);
 
diff --git a/src/test/crypto_tests.cpp b/src/test/crypto_tests.cpp
index 7bd98fa381..a17278b803 100644
--- a/src/test/crypto_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/test/crypto_tests.cpp
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include "crypto/ripemd160.h"
 #include "crypto/sha1.h"
 #include "crypto/sha2.h"
+#include "random.h"
 #include "util.h"
 
 #include <vector>
diff --git a/src/test/mruset_tests.cpp b/src/test/mruset_tests.cpp
index 60f11c147a..547cd1090c 100644
--- a/src/test/mruset_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/test/mruset_tests.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 #include "mruset.h"
 
+#include "random.h"
 #include "util.h"
 
 #include <set>
diff --git a/src/test/sighash_tests.cpp b/src/test/sighash_tests.cpp
index 423ae4a789..b99797fccb 100644
--- a/src/test/sighash_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/test/sighash_tests.cpp
@@ -2,15 +2,16 @@
 // Distributed under the MIT/X11 software license, see the accompanying
 // file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
 
-#include <boost/test/unit_test.hpp>
+#include "data/sighash.json.h"
+#include "main.h"
+#include "random.h"
+#include "serialize.h"
+#include "util.h"
+#include "version.h"
+
 #include <iostream>
 
-#include "main.h"
-#include "util.h"
-#include "serialize.h"
-#include "version.h"
-#include "data/sighash.json.h"
-
+#include <boost/test/unit_test.hpp>
 #include "json/json_spirit_reader_template.h"
 #include "json/json_spirit_utils.h"
 #include "json/json_spirit_writer_template.h"
@@ -118,7 +119,7 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE(sighash_tests)
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(sighash_test)
 {
     seed_insecure_rand(false);
-  
+
     #if defined(PRINT_SIGHASH_JSON)
     std::cout << "[\n";
     std::cout << "\t[\"raw_transaction, script, input_index, hashType, signature_hash (result)\"],\n";
@@ -205,10 +206,9 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(sighash_from_data)
           BOOST_ERROR("Bad test, couldn't deserialize data: " << strTest);
           continue;
         }
-        
+
         sh = SignatureHash(scriptCode, tx, nIn, nHashType);
         BOOST_CHECK_MESSAGE(sh.GetHex() == sigHashHex, strTest);
     }
 }
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE_END()
-
diff --git a/src/test/skiplist_tests.cpp b/src/test/skiplist_tests.cpp
index 11762c6ea0..a123f1d197 100644
--- a/src/test/skiplist_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/test/skiplist_tests.cpp
@@ -2,11 +2,13 @@
 // Distributed under the MIT/X11 software license, see the accompanying
 // file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
 
-#include <boost/test/unit_test.hpp>
-#include <vector>
 #include "main.h"
+#include "random.h"
 #include "util.h"
 
+#include <vector>
+
+#include <boost/test/unit_test.hpp>
 
 #define SKIPLIST_LENGTH 300000
 
@@ -98,4 +100,3 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(getlocator_test)
 }
 
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE_END()
-
diff --git a/src/test/test_bitcoin.cpp b/src/test/test_bitcoin.cpp
index bcd2f75f55..443b5853b2 100644
--- a/src/test/test_bitcoin.cpp
+++ b/src/test/test_bitcoin.cpp
@@ -4,9 +4,8 @@
 
 #define BOOST_TEST_MODULE Bitcoin Test Suite
 
-
-
 #include "main.h"
+#include "random.h"
 #include "txdb.h"
 #include "ui_interface.h"
 #include "util.h"
@@ -89,4 +88,3 @@ bool ShutdownRequested()
 {
   return false;
 }
-
diff --git a/src/test/util_tests.cpp b/src/test/util_tests.cpp
index 0b071361d8..068b9f29c8 100644
--- a/src/test/util_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/test/util_tests.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 #include "util.h"
 
+#include "random.h"
 #include "sync.h"
 
 #include <stdint.h>
diff --git a/src/util.cpp b/src/util.cpp
index 8f2a1bd73d..ce31619eca 100644
--- a/src/util.cpp
+++ b/src/util.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include "util.h"
 
 #include "chainparamsbase.h"
+#include "random.h"
 #include "sync.h"
 #include "uint256.h"
 #include "version.h"
@@ -69,7 +70,6 @@
 #include <boost/program_options/detail/config_file.hpp>
 #include <boost/program_options/parsers.hpp>
 #include <openssl/crypto.h>
-#include <openssl/err.h>
 #include <openssl/rand.h>
 
 // Work around clang compilation problem in Boost 1.46:
@@ -142,92 +142,6 @@ public:
 }
 instance_of_cinit;
 
-bool GetRandBytes(unsigned char *buf, int num)
-{
-    if (RAND_bytes(buf, num) == 0) {
-        LogPrint("rand", "%s : OpenSSL RAND_bytes() failed with error: %s\n", __func__, ERR_error_string(ERR_get_error(), NULL));
-        return false;
-    }
-    return true;
-}
-
-void RandAddSeed()
-{
-    // Seed with CPU performance counter
-    int64_t nCounter = GetPerformanceCounter();
-    RAND_add(&nCounter, sizeof(nCounter), 1.5);
-    memset(&nCounter, 0, sizeof(nCounter));
-}
-
-void RandAddSeedPerfmon()
-{
-    RandAddSeed();
-
-    // This can take up to 2 seconds, so only do it every 10 minutes
-    static int64_t nLastPerfmon;
-    if (GetTime() < nLastPerfmon + 10 * 60)
-        return;
-    nLastPerfmon = GetTime();
-
-#ifdef WIN32
-    // Don't need this on Linux, OpenSSL automatically uses /dev/urandom
-    // Seed with the entire set of perfmon data
-    std::vector <unsigned char> vData(250000,0);
-    long ret = 0;
-    unsigned long nSize = 0;
-    const size_t nMaxSize = 10000000; // Bail out at more than 10MB of performance data
-    while (true)
-    {
-        nSize = vData.size();
-        ret = RegQueryValueExA(HKEY_PERFORMANCE_DATA, "Global", NULL, NULL, begin_ptr(vData), &nSize);
-        if (ret != ERROR_MORE_DATA || vData.size() >= nMaxSize)
-            break;
-        vData.resize(std::max((vData.size()*3)/2, nMaxSize)); // Grow size of buffer exponentially
-    }
-    RegCloseKey(HKEY_PERFORMANCE_DATA);
-    if (ret == ERROR_SUCCESS)
-    {
-        RAND_add(begin_ptr(vData), nSize, nSize/100.0);
-        OPENSSL_cleanse(begin_ptr(vData), nSize);
-        LogPrint("rand", "%s: %lu bytes\n", __func__, nSize);
-    } else {
-        static bool warned = false; // Warn only once
-        if (!warned)
-        {
-            LogPrintf("%s: Warning: RegQueryValueExA(HKEY_PERFORMANCE_DATA) failed with code %i\n", __func__, ret);
-            warned = true;
-        }
-    }
-#endif
-}
-
-uint64_t GetRand(uint64_t nMax)
-{
-    if (nMax == 0)
-        return 0;
-
-    // The range of the random source must be a multiple of the modulus
-    // to give every possible output value an equal possibility
-    uint64_t nRange = (std::numeric_limits<uint64_t>::max() / nMax) * nMax;
-    uint64_t nRand = 0;
-    do {
-        GetRandBytes((unsigned char*)&nRand, sizeof(nRand));
-    } while (nRand >= nRange);
-    return (nRand % nMax);
-}
-
-int GetRandInt(int nMax)
-{
-    return GetRand(nMax);
-}
-
-uint256 GetRandHash()
-{
-    uint256 hash;
-    GetRandBytes((unsigned char*)&hash, sizeof(hash));
-    return hash;
-}
-
 // LogPrintf() has been broken a couple of times now
 // by well-meaning people adding mutexes in the most straightforward way.
 // It breaks because it may be called by global destructors during shutdown.
@@ -1195,27 +1109,6 @@ void SetMockTime(int64_t nMockTimeIn)
     nMockTime = nMockTimeIn;
 }
 
-uint32_t insecure_rand_Rz = 11;
-uint32_t insecure_rand_Rw = 11;
-void seed_insecure_rand(bool fDeterministic)
-{
-    // The seed values have some unlikely fixed points which we avoid.
-    if(fDeterministic)
-    {
-        insecure_rand_Rz = insecure_rand_Rw = 11;
-    } else {
-        uint32_t tmp;
-        do {
-            GetRandBytes((unsigned char*)&tmp, 4);
-        } while(tmp == 0 || tmp == 0x9068ffffU);
-        insecure_rand_Rz = tmp;
-        do {
-            GetRandBytes((unsigned char*)&tmp, 4);
-        } while(tmp == 0 || tmp == 0x464fffffU);
-        insecure_rand_Rw = tmp;
-    }
-}
-
 string FormatVersion(int nVersion)
 {
     if (nVersion%100 == 0)
diff --git a/src/util.h b/src/util.h
index d0108ee77f..db2005337b 100644
--- a/src/util.h
+++ b/src/util.h
@@ -90,8 +90,6 @@ inline void MilliSleep(int64_t n)
 #endif
 }
 
-
-
 extern std::map<std::string, std::string> mapArgs;
 extern std::map<std::string, std::vector<std::string> > mapMultiArgs;
 extern bool fDebug;
@@ -103,9 +101,6 @@ extern bool fLogTimestamps;
 extern bool fLogIPs;
 extern volatile bool fReopenDebugLog;
 
-bool GetRandBytes(unsigned char *buf, int num);
-void RandAddSeed();
-void RandAddSeedPerfmon();
 void SetupEnvironment();
 
 /* Return true if log accepts specified category */
@@ -188,23 +183,12 @@ boost::filesystem::path GetSpecialFolderPath(int nFolder, bool fCreate = true);
 #endif
 boost::filesystem::path GetTempPath();
 void ShrinkDebugFile();
-int GetRandInt(int nMax);
-uint64_t GetRand(uint64_t nMax);
-uint256 GetRandHash();
 int64_t GetTime();
 void SetMockTime(int64_t nMockTimeIn);
 std::string FormatFullVersion();
 std::string FormatSubVersion(const std::string& name, int nClientVersion, const std::vector<std::string>& comments);
 void runCommand(std::string strCommand);
 
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
 inline std::string i64tostr(int64_t n)
 {
     return strprintf("%d", n);
@@ -290,19 +274,6 @@ inline std::string HexStr(const T& vch, bool fSpaces=false)
  */
 std::string FormatParagraph(const std::string in, size_t width=79, size_t indent=0);
 
-inline int64_t GetPerformanceCounter()
-{
-    int64_t nCounter = 0;
-#ifdef WIN32
-    QueryPerformanceCounter((LARGE_INTEGER*)&nCounter);
-#else
-    timeval t;
-    gettimeofday(&t, NULL);
-    nCounter = (int64_t) t.tv_sec * 1000000 + t.tv_usec;
-#endif
-    return nCounter;
-}
-
 inline int64_t GetTimeMillis()
 {
     return (boost::posix_time::ptime(boost::posix_time::microsec_clock::universal_time()) -
@@ -371,28 +342,6 @@ bool SoftSetArg(const std::string& strArg, const std::string& strValue);
  */
 bool SoftSetBoolArg(const std::string& strArg, bool fValue);
 
-/**
- * MWC RNG of George Marsaglia
- * This is intended to be fast. It has a period of 2^59.3, though the
- * least significant 16 bits only have a period of about 2^30.1.
- *
- * @return random value
- */
-extern uint32_t insecure_rand_Rz;
-extern uint32_t insecure_rand_Rw;
-static inline uint32_t insecure_rand(void)
-{
-    insecure_rand_Rz = 36969 * (insecure_rand_Rz & 65535) + (insecure_rand_Rz >> 16);
-    insecure_rand_Rw = 18000 * (insecure_rand_Rw & 65535) + (insecure_rand_Rw >> 16);
-    return (insecure_rand_Rw << 16) + insecure_rand_Rz;
-}
-
-/**
- * Seed insecure_rand using the random pool.
- * @param Deterministic Use a determinstic seed
- */
-void seed_insecure_rand(bool fDeterministic=false);
-
 /**
  * Timing-attack-resistant comparison.
  * Takes time proportional to length