diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 0985b319db..fecc9441c2 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # This file is automatically @generated by Cargo.
 # It is not intended for manual editing.
-version = 3
+version = 4
 
 [[package]]
 name = "addr2line"
@@ -1104,6 +1104,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "bytes",
  "console_error_panic_hook",
  "const-hex",
+ "crdts",
  "evmlib",
  "eyre",
  "futures",
@@ -8735,6 +8736,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "libp2p 0.54.1",
  "prometheus-client",
  "prost 0.9.0",
+ "pyo3",
  "rand 0.8.5",
  "rayon",
  "reqwest 0.12.7",
diff --git a/autonomi/Cargo.toml b/autonomi/Cargo.toml
index 3ac4f23e66..3c67020d14 100644
--- a/autonomi/Cargo.toml
+++ b/autonomi/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ extension-module = ["pyo3/extension-module"]
 bip39 = "2.0.0"
 bls = { package = "blsttc", version = "8.0.1" }
 bytes = { version = "1.0.1", features = ["serde"] }
+crdts = { version = "7.3", default-features = false, features = ["merkle"] }
 curv = { version = "0.10.1", package = "sn_curv", default-features = false, features = [
     "num-bigint",
 ] }
diff --git a/autonomi/src/client/registers.rs b/autonomi/src/client/registers.rs
index 40f79ead0b..f17fe86946 100644
--- a/autonomi/src/client/registers.rs
+++ b/autonomi/src/client/registers.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 /// Register Secret Key
 pub use bls::SecretKey as RegisterSecretKey;
+use crdts::merkle_reg::MerkleReg;
 use sn_evm::Amount;
 use sn_evm::AttoTokens;
 use sn_evm::EvmWalletError;
@@ -78,6 +79,12 @@ impl Register {
             .collect()
     }
 
+    /// Get the low-level CRDT of the register
+    pub fn inner_merkle_reg(&self) -> &MerkleReg<Vec<u8>> {
+        // Unstable method according to documentation.
+        self.crdt_reg.merkle_reg()
+    }
+
     fn new(
         initial_value: Option<Bytes>,
         name: XorName,
diff --git a/autonomi/src/lib.rs b/autonomi/src/lib.rs
index 38459bf4c3..94f1f0181e 100644
--- a/autonomi/src/lib.rs
+++ b/autonomi/src/lib.rs
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ pub use utils::receipt_from_quotes_and_payments;
 #[doc(no_inline)] // Place this under 'Re-exports' in the docs.
 pub use bytes::Bytes;
 #[doc(no_inline)] // Place this under 'Re-exports' in the docs.
+pub use crdts::merkle_reg::MerkleReg;
+#[doc(no_inline)] // Place this under 'Re-exports' in the docs.
 pub use libp2p::Multiaddr;
 
 pub use client::Client;