diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 879c07135..5168d1e8e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,10 +1,34 @@
-# 0.1-alpha - Apr 27, 2023
+# 0.1-alpha.1 - Jun 6, 2023
+- Generation of Swift, Kotlin (JVM and Android), and Python bindings is now supported through UniFFI (#25).
+- Lists of connected peers and channels may now be retrieved in bindings (#56).
+- Gossip data may now be sourced from the P2P network, or a Rapid Gossip Sync server (#70).
+- Network addresses are now stored and resolved via a `NetAddress` type (#85).
+- The `next_event` method has been renamed `wait_next_event` and a new non-blocking method for event queue access has been introduces as `next_event` (#91).
+- Node announcements are now regularly broadcasted (#93).
+- Duplicate payments are now only avoided if we actually sent them out (#96).
+- The `Node` may now be used to sign and verify arbitrary messages (#99).
+- A `KVStore` interface is introduced that may be used to implement custom persistence backends (#101).
+- An `SqliteStore` persistence backend is added and set as the new default (#100).
+- Successful fee rate updates are now mandatory on `Node` startup (#102).
+- The wallet sync intervals are now configurable (#102).
+- Granularity of logging can now be configured (#108).
+
+
+In total, this release includes changes in 64 commits from 4 authors:
+- Steve Myers
+- Elias Rohrer
+- Jurvis Tan
+- televis
 
+**Note:** This release is still considered experimental, should not be run in
+production, and no compatibility guarantees are given until the release of 0.1.
+
+# 0.1-alpha - Apr 27, 2023
 This is the first alpha release of LDK Node. It features support for sourcing
-chain data via an Esplora server, filesystem persistence, gossip sourcing via
-the Lightning peer-to-peer network, and configurble entropy sources for the
+chain data via an Esplora server, file system persistence, gossip sourcing via
+the Lightning peer-to-peer network, and configurable entropy sources for the
 integrated LDK and BDK-based wallets.
 
-Note that this release is still considered experimental, should not be run in
+**Note:** This release is still considered experimental, should not be run in
 production, and no compatibility guarantees are given until the release of 0.1.
 
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 0be56137d..462828cb6 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "ldk-node"
-version = "0.1.0-alpha"
+version = "0.1.0-alpha.1"
 authors = ["Elias Rohrer <dev@tnull.de>"]
 homepage = "https://lightningdevkit.org/"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ae67af6b8..35f880e11 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 # LDK Node
-A ready-to-go Lightning node library built using [LDK](https://lightningdevkit.org/) and [BDK](https://bitcoindevkit.org/).
 
-LDK Node is a non-custodial Lightning node in library form. Its central goal is to provide a small, simple, and straightforward interface that enables users to easily set up and run a Lightning node with an integrated on-chain wallet. While minimalism is at its core, LDK Node aims to be sufficiently modular and configurable to be useful for a variety of use cases. 
+[![Crate](https://img.shields.io/crates/v/ldk-node.svg?logo=rust)](https://crates.io/crates/ldk-node)
+[![Documentation](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?logo=read-the-docs&label=docs.rs&message=ldk-node&color=informational)](https://docs.rs/ldk-node)
 
-## Getting Started
+A ready-to-go Lightning node library built using [LDK][ldk] and [BDK][bdk].
+
+LDK Node is a self-custodial Lightning node in library form. Its central goal is to provide a small, simple, and straightforward interface that enables users to easily set up and run a Lightning node with an integrated on-chain wallet. While minimalism is at its core, LDK Node aims to be sufficiently modular and configurable to be useful for a variety of use cases.
 
-The primary abstraction of the library is the `Node`, which can be retrieved by setting up and configuring a `Builder` to your liking and calling `build()`. `Node` can then be controlled via commands such as `start`, `stop`, `connect_open_channel`, `send_payment`, etc.:
+## Getting Started
+The primary abstraction of the library is the [`Node`][api_docs_node], which can be retrieved by setting up and configuring a [`Builder`][api_docs_builder] to your liking and calling one of the `build` methods. `Node` can then be controlled via commands such as `start`, `stop`, `connect_open_channel`, `send_payment`, etc.
 
 ```rust
 use ldk_node::{Builder, NetAddress};
@@ -15,23 +18,27 @@ use ldk_node::bitcoin::Network;
 use std::str::FromStr;
 
 fn main() {
-	let mut builder = Builder::new();
+	let builder = Builder::new();
 	builder.set_network(Network::Testnet);
-	builder.set_esplora_server_url("https://blockstream.info/testnet/api".to_string());
+	builder.set_esplora_server("https://blockstream.info/testnet/api".to_string());
+	builder.set_gossip_source_rgs("https://rapidsync.lightningdevkit.org/testnet/snapshot".to_string());
 
 	let node = builder.build();
+
 	node.start().unwrap();
 
-	let _funding_address = node.new_funding_address();
+	let funding_address = node.new_funding_address();
 
 	// .. fund address ..
 
-	node.sync_wallets().unwrap();
-
 	let node_id = PublicKey::from_str("NODE_ID").unwrap();
 	let node_addr = NetAddress::from_str("IP_ADDR:PORT").unwrap();
 	node.connect_open_channel(node_id, node_addr, 10000, None, false).unwrap();
 
+	let event = node.wait_next_event();
+	println!("EVENT: {:?}", event);
+	node.event_handled();
+
 	let invoice = Invoice::from_str("INVOICE_STR").unwrap();
 	node.send_payment(&invoice).unwrap();
 
@@ -41,15 +48,27 @@ fn main() {
 
 ## Modularity
 
-LDK Node currently comes with a decidedly opionated set of design choices:
-
-- On-chain data is handled by the integrated BDK wallet
-- Chain data is accessed via Esplora (support for Electrum and `bitcoind` RPC will follow)
-- Wallet and channel state is persisted to file system (support for SQLite will follow)
-- Gossip data is sourced via Lightnings peer-to-peer network (support for [Rapid Gossip Sync](https://docs.rs/lightning-rapid-gossip-sync/*/lightning_rapid_gossip_sync/) will follow)
-- Entropy for the Lightning and on-chain wallets may be generated and persisted for or provided by the user (as raw bytes or [BIP39](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0039.mediawiki) mnemonic)
+LDK Node currently comes with a decidedly opinionated set of design choices:
 
+- On-chain data is handled by the integrated [BDK][bdk] wallet.
+- Chain data may currently be sourced from an [Esplora][esplora] server, while support for Electrum and `bitcoind` RPC will follow soon.
+- Wallet and channel state may be persisted to an [SQLite][sqlite] database, to file system, or to a custom back-end to be implemented by the user.
+- Gossip data may be sourced via Lightning's peer-to-peer network or the [Rapid Gossip Sync](https://docs.rs/lightning-rapid-gossip-sync/*/lightning_rapid_gossip_sync/) protocol.
+- Entropy for the Lightning and on-chain wallets may be sourced from raw bytes or a [BIP39](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0039.mediawiki) mnemonic. In addition, LDK Node offers the means to generate and persist the entropy bytes to disk.
 
 ## Language Support
-
-LDK Node is written in [Rust](https://www.rust-lang.org/) and may therefore be natively included in any `std` Rust program. Beyond its Rust API it also offers language bindings for Swift, Kotlin, and Python based on [UniFFI](https://github.com/mozilla/uniffi-rs/).
+LDK Node itself is written in [Rust][rust] and may therefore be natively added as a library dependency to any `std` Rust program. However, beyond its Rust API it also offers language bindings for [Swift][swift], [Kotlin][kotlin], and [Python][python] based on the [UniFFI](https://github.com/mozilla/uniffi-rs/). Moreover, [Flutter bindings][flutter_bindings] are also available.
+
+[api_docs]: https://docs.rs/ldk-node/*/ldk_node/
+[api_docs_node]: https://docs.rs/ldk-node/*/ldk_node/struct.Node.html
+[api_docs_builder]: https://docs.rs/ldk-node/*/ldk_node/struct.Builder.html
+[rust_crate]: https://crates.io/
+[ldk]: https://lightningdevkit.org/
+[bdk]: https://bitcoindevkit.org/
+[esplora]: https://github.com/Blockstream/esplora
+[sqlite]: https://sqlite.org/
+[rust]: https://www.rust-lang.org/
+[swift]: https://www.swift.org/
+[kotlin]: https://kotlinlang.org/
+[python]: https://www.python.org/
+[flutter_bindings]: https://github.com/LtbLightning/ldk-node-flutter
diff --git a/bindings/kotlin/ldk-node-android/gradle.properties b/bindings/kotlin/ldk-node-android/gradle.properties
index 1d9ba5f22..42d16f35a 100644
--- a/bindings/kotlin/ldk-node-android/gradle.properties
+++ b/bindings/kotlin/ldk-node-android/gradle.properties
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx1536m
 android.useAndroidX=true
 android.enableJetifier=true
 kotlin.code.style=official
-libraryVersion=0.0.1-SNAPSHOT
+libraryVersion=0.1-alpha.1
diff --git a/bindings/kotlin/ldk-node-jvm/gradle.properties b/bindings/kotlin/ldk-node-jvm/gradle.properties
index 8c286a4ea..ab58807b9 100644
--- a/bindings/kotlin/ldk-node-jvm/gradle.properties
+++ b/bindings/kotlin/ldk-node-jvm/gradle.properties
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx1536m
 kotlin.code.style=official
-libraryVersion=0.0.1-SNAPSHOT
+libraryVersion=0.1-alpha.1
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 0a8f4925e..85b085028 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -33,23 +33,27 @@
 //! use std::str::FromStr;
 //!
 //! fn main() {
-//! 	let mut builder = Builder::new();
+//! 	let builder = Builder::new();
 //! 	builder.set_network(Network::Testnet);
 //! 	builder.set_esplora_server("https://blockstream.info/testnet/api".to_string());
+//! 	builder.set_gossip_source_rgs("https://rapidsync.lightningdevkit.org/testnet/snapshot".to_string());
 //!
 //! 	let node = builder.build();
+//!
 //! 	node.start().unwrap();
 //!
-//! 	let _funding_address = node.new_funding_address();
+//! 	let funding_address = node.new_funding_address();
 //!
 //! 	// .. fund address ..
 //!
-//! 	node.sync_wallets().unwrap();
-//!
 //! 	let node_id = PublicKey::from_str("NODE_ID").unwrap();
 //! 	let node_addr = NetAddress::from_str("IP_ADDR:PORT").unwrap();
 //! 	node.connect_open_channel(node_id, node_addr, 10000, None, false).unwrap();
 //!
+//! 	let event = node.wait_next_event();
+//! 	println!("EVENT: {:?}", event);
+//! 	node.event_handled();
+//!
 //! 	let invoice = Invoice::from_str("INVOICE_STR").unwrap();
 //! 	node.send_payment(&invoice).unwrap();
 //!