diff --git a/forum-network/src/classes/forum-node.js b/forum-network/src/classes/forum-node.js
index 67008d3..992ce33 100644
--- a/forum-network/src/classes/forum-node.js
+++ b/forum-network/src/classes/forum-node.js
@@ -1,62 +1,21 @@
-import { Actor } from './actor.js';
 import { Action } from './action.js';
 import {
   Message, PostMessage, PeerMessage, messageFromJSON,
 } from './message.js';
 import { CryptoUtil } from './crypto.js';
 import { ForumView } from './forum-view.js';
-import { PrioritizedQueue } from './prioritized-queue.js';
+import { NetworkNode } from './network-node.js';
 
-export class ForumNode extends Actor {
+export class ForumNode extends NetworkNode {
   constructor(name, scene) {
     super(name, scene);
     this.forumView = new ForumView();
-    this.queue = new PrioritizedQueue();
     this.actions = {
+      ...this.actions,
       storePost: new Action('store post', scene),
-      peerMessage: new Action('peer message', scene),
     };
   }
 
-  // Generate a signing key pair and connect to the network
-  async initialize(forumNetwork) {
-    this.keyPair = await CryptoUtil.generateAsymmetricKey();
-    this.forumNetwork = forumNetwork.addNode(this);
-    this.status.set('Initialized');
-    return this;
-  }
-
-  // Send a message to all other nodes in the network
-  async broadcast(message) {
-    await message.sign(this.keyPair);
-    const otherForumNodes = this.forumNetwork
-      .listNodes()
-      .filter((forumNode) => forumNode.keyPair.publicKey !== this.keyPair.publicKey);
-    for (const forumNode of otherForumNodes) {
-      // For now just call receiveMessage on the target node
-      // await this.actions.peerMessage.log(this, forumNode, null, message.content);
-      await this.actions.peerMessage.log(this, forumNode);
-      await forumNode.receiveMessage(JSON.stringify(message.toJSON()));
-    }
-  }
-
-  // Perform minimal processing to ingest a message.
-  // Enqueue it for further processing.
-  async receiveMessage(messageStr) {
-    const messageJson = JSON.parse(messageStr);
-    const senderReputation = this.forumView.getReputation(messageJson.publicKey) || 0;
-    this.queue.add(messageJson, senderReputation);
-  }
-
-  // Process next highest priority message in the queue
-  async processNextMessage() {
-    const messageJson = this.queue.pop();
-    if (!messageJson) {
-      return null;
-    }
-    return this.processMessage(messageJson);
-  }
-
   // Process a message from the queue
   async processMessage(messageJson) {
     try {
diff --git a/forum-network/src/classes/network-node.js b/forum-network/src/classes/network-node.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d365c9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/forum-network/src/classes/network-node.js
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+import { Actor } from './actor.js';
+import { Action } from './action.js';
+import { CryptoUtil } from './crypto.js';
+import { PrioritizedQueue } from './prioritized-queue.js';
+
+export class NetworkNode extends Actor {
+  constructor(name, scene) {
+    super(name, scene);
+    this.queue = new PrioritizedQueue();
+    this.actions = {
+      peerMessage: new Action('peer message', scene),
+    };
+  }
+
+  // Generate a signing key pair and connect to the network
+  async initialize(forumNetwork) {
+    this.keyPair = await CryptoUtil.generateAsymmetricKey();
+    this.forumNetwork = forumNetwork.addNode(this);
+    this.status.set('Initialized');
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  // Send a message to all other nodes in the network
+  async broadcast(message) {
+    await message.sign(this.keyPair);
+    const otherForumNodes = this.forumNetwork
+      .listNodes()
+      .filter((forumNode) => forumNode.keyPair.publicKey !== this.keyPair.publicKey);
+    for (const forumNode of otherForumNodes) {
+      // For now just call receiveMessage on the target node
+      // await this.actions.peerMessage.log(this, forumNode, null, message.content);
+      await this.actions.peerMessage.log(this, forumNode);
+      await forumNode.receiveMessage(JSON.stringify(message.toJSON()));
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Perform minimal processing to ingest a message.
+  // Enqueue it for further processing.
+  async receiveMessage(messageStr) {
+    const messageJson = JSON.parse(messageStr);
+    const senderReputation = this.forumView.getReputation(messageJson.publicKey) || 0;
+    this.queue.add(messageJson, senderReputation);
+  }
+
+  // Process next highest priority message in the queue
+  async processNextMessage() {
+    const messageJson = this.queue.pop();
+    if (!messageJson) {
+      return null;
+    }
+    return this.processMessage(messageJson);
+  }
+
+  // Process a message from the queue
+  // async processMessage(messageJson) {
+  // }
+}
diff --git a/forum-network/src/classes/forum-network.js b/forum-network/src/classes/network.js
similarity index 88%
rename from forum-network/src/classes/forum-network.js
rename to forum-network/src/classes/network.js
index 46ce92f..6e7e4cd 100644
--- a/forum-network/src/classes/forum-network.js
+++ b/forum-network/src/classes/network.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-export class ForumNetwork {
+export class Network {
   constructor() {
     this.nodes = new Map();
   }
diff --git a/forum-network/src/tests/scripts/forum-network.test.js b/forum-network/src/tests/scripts/forum-network.test.js
index cc564d7..1bcfe10 100644
--- a/forum-network/src/tests/scripts/forum-network.test.js
+++ b/forum-network/src/tests/scripts/forum-network.test.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { Scene } from '../../classes/scene.js';
 import { PostContent } from '../../classes/post-content.js';
 import { Expert } from '../../classes/expert.js';
 import { ForumNode } from '../../classes/forum-node.js';
-import { ForumNetwork } from '../../classes/forum-network.js';
+import { Network } from '../../classes/network.js';
 import { CryptoUtil } from '../../classes/crypto.js';
 import { delay } from '../../util.js';
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ window.scene = new Scene('Forum Network test', rootBox).withSequenceDiagram();
 window.author1 = await new Expert('author1', window.scene).initialize();
 window.author2 = await new Expert('author2', window.scene).initialize();
 
-window.forumNetwork = new ForumNetwork();
+window.forumNetwork = new Network();
 
 window.forumNode1 = await new ForumNode('node1', window.scene).initialize(
   window.forumNetwork,