diff --git a/rust/src/main.rs b/rust/src/main.rs
index b1bb849..1e3b188 100644
--- a/rust/src/main.rs
+++ b/rust/src/main.rs
@@ -1,44 +1,103 @@
 #![allow(dead_code, unused)]
 
-use chrono::{
-    DateTime,
-    Local,
-};
+use chrono::{DateTime, Local};
+use prost::{DecodeError, EncodeError, Message};
+use proto::protest::*;
 use tokio::{
     fs,
-    io::{
-        AsyncReadExt,
-        AsyncWriteExt,
-    },
-    net::{
-        TcpListener,
-        TcpStream,
-    },
-    time::{
-        Duration,
-        sleep,
-    },
+    io::{AsyncReadExt, AsyncWriteExt},
+    net::{TcpListener, TcpStream},
+    time::{sleep, Duration},
 };
-use proto::protest::Payload;
+
+const BLOCK_SIZE: usize = 1024;
+const TIMEOUT_LIMIT: usize = 32;
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     let listener = TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:9090").await?;
-
-    let file = fs::read("../lorem.md").await?;
+    let mut file = fs::read("../lorem.md").await?;
+    println!("filesize = {}", file.len());
 
     tokio::spawn(async move {
-        sleep(Duration::from_secs(1)).await;
-
         let mut connection = TcpStream::connect("127.0.0.1:9090").await.unwrap();
-        _ = send_file(&mut connection, file).await;
+        let blocks = if 0 == file.len() % BLOCK_SIZE {
+            file.len() / BLOCK_SIZE
+        } else {
+            file.len() / BLOCK_SIZE + 1
+        };
+        let mut index = 0;
+        println!("blocks = {blocks}");
+        loop {
+            let mut buffer = vec![0u8; BLOCK_SIZE + 1024];
+            let data: Vec<u8> = if file.len() > BLOCK_SIZE {
+                file.drain(0..BLOCK_SIZE).collect()
+            } else {
+                file.drain(..).collect()
+            };
+            index += 1;
+            if index > blocks {
+                panic!("something went horribly wrong, index ({index}) > blocks ({blocks}), remaining filesize = {}", file.len());
+            }
+
+            println!("sending index = {}", index);
+            let frame = Payload {
+                index: index as u64,
+                blocks: blocks as u64,
+                payload: data,
+            };
+
+            let length = encode_with_length(&frame, &mut buffer).unwrap();
+            _ = connection.write_all(&buffer[0..length]).await;
+
+            if index == blocks {
+                break;
+            }
+            sleep(Duration::from_millis(1)).await;
+        }
     });
 
     match listener.accept().await {
         Ok((mut stream, address)) => {
-            println!("accepted connection request from {}", address);
-            let file = receive_file(&mut stream).await?;
-            fs::write("test-lorem.md", file).await?;
+            let mut output = Vec::<u8>::new();
+            let mut buffer = [0u8; BLOCK_SIZE + 1024];
+            let mut vector: Vec<u8> = Vec::new();
+            let mut timeout_counter: usize = 0;
+
+            'receive: loop {
+                loop {
+                    let num = stream.read(&mut buffer[..]).await.unwrap();
+                    if num != 0 {
+                        vector.extend(buffer[0..num].iter());
+                        if timeout_counter > 0 {
+                            timeout_counter -= 1;
+                        }
+                        break;
+                    }
+                    timeout_counter += 1;
+                    if timeout_counter > TIMEOUT_LIMIT {
+                        println!("\n\n[[ TIMEOUT ]]\n\n");
+                        break 'receive;
+                    }
+                    sleep(Duration::from_millis(100)).await;
+                }
+                let mut delimiter = prost::decode_length_delimiter(&vector[..]).unwrap();
+                delimiter += prost::length_delimiter_len(delimiter);
+
+                let payload = Payload::decode_length_delimited(&vector[0..delimiter]).unwrap();
+                _ = vector.drain(0..delimiter);
+
+                println!("-- receiving index = {}, delimiter = {}", payload.index, delimiter);
+
+                output.extend(payload.payload.iter());
+
+                if payload.index == payload.blocks {
+                    break;
+                }
+                sleep(Duration::from_millis(1)).await;
+            }
+
+            _ = fs::write("./lorem-copy.md", output).await?;
         }
         Err(error) => {
             println!("this is unexpected.. {}", error.to_string());
@@ -60,12 +119,30 @@ async fn receive_file(stream: &mut TcpStream) -> Result<Vec<u8>, anyhow::Error>
         let num_bytes = stream.read(&mut buffer[..]).await?;
         processing_buffer.extend(&buffer[0..num_bytes]);
         if 0 == index_counter {
-            size = usize::from_be_bytes(processing_buffer.drain(0..8).collect::<Vec<_>>().try_into().unwrap());
+            size = usize::from_be_bytes(
+                processing_buffer
+                    .drain(0..8)
+                    .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+                    .try_into()
+                    .unwrap(),
+            );
         } else {
             _ = processing_buffer.drain(0..8);
         }
-        let block_size = usize::from_be_bytes(processing_buffer.drain(0..8).collect::<Vec<_>>().try_into().unwrap());
-        let index = usize::from_be_bytes(processing_buffer.drain(0..8).collect::<Vec<_>>().try_into().unwrap());
+        let block_size = usize::from_be_bytes(
+            processing_buffer
+                .drain(0..8)
+                .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+                .try_into()
+                .unwrap(),
+        );
+        let index = usize::from_be_bytes(
+            processing_buffer
+                .drain(0..8)
+                .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+                .try_into()
+                .unwrap(),
+        );
 
         if index_counter != index {
             panic!("meh, counter = {index_counter}, index = {index}");
@@ -112,3 +189,10 @@ async fn send_file(stream: &mut TcpStream, mut file: Vec<u8>) -> Result<(), anyh
     Ok(())
 }
 
+fn encode_with_length(message: &impl Message, buffer: &mut Vec<u8>) -> Result<usize, EncodeError> {
+    let mut length = message.encoded_len();
+    length += prost::length_delimiter_len(length);
+    message.encode_length_delimited(&mut &mut buffer[0..length])?;
+
+    Ok(length)
+}