diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e36f24a..71eda49 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,5 +12,7 @@ tokio = { version = "1.12.0", features = ["full"] } # for our async runtime
 tokio-test = "*" 
 serde = { version = "1.0.103", default-features = false, features = ["derive"] }
 bech32 = "0.9.0"
-
+regex = "1" # regular expressions support
+lazy_static = "1.4.0"
+num-bigint = "0.4.3"
 [dev-dependencies]
diff --git a/src/core/auth/mod.rs b/src/core/auth/mod.rs
index 44b0bc2..a9a1ebf 100644
--- a/src/core/auth/mod.rs
+++ b/src/core/auth/mod.rs
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-pub mod strings;
\ No newline at end of file
+pub mod strings;
+pub mod numeric;
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diff --git a/src/core/auth/numeric.rs b/src/core/auth/numeric.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fd759a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/auth/numeric.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,192 @@
+use std::ops::{ Add, Sub, Mul, Div };
+use std::fmt;
+use regex::*;
+use lazy_static::lazy_static;
+use crate::core::errors::SecretError;
+
+/*
+The goal of this is to be able to use the Dec type with normal operators. 
+TODO: Figure out how to do that, what do the rust operators call
+*/
+
+const DEC_NUM_DIGITS: i128 = 18;
+const DEC_ONE: i128 = 10_i128.pow(18_u32);
+
+pub enum Number {
+    Str(&'static str),
+    Int(i32),
+    Float(f32),
+}
+
+pub fn convert_to_dec_bignum(arg: Number) -> Result<i128, SecretError> {
+    // TODO: Better Error messages
+    match arg {
+        Number::Str(str) => { 
+            return match from_str(str) {
+                Some(BigInt) => Ok(BigInt),
+                None => Err(SecretError::Error("Error: Invalid String Input".to_string()))
+            }
+        }, 
+        Number::Float(float) => { 
+            let float_string = float.to_string();
+            return match from_str(&float_string) {
+                Some(BigInt) => Ok(BigInt),
+                None => Err(SecretError::Error("Error: Invalid Float Input".to_string()))
+            }
+        } 
+        Number::Int(int) => { return Ok(int as i128 * DEC_ONE) } 
+    }
+
+    fn from_str(arg: &str) -> Option<i128> {
+        lazy_static! { 
+            static ref RE: Regex = Regex::new(r"^(\-)?(\d+)(\.(\d+))?\Z").unwrap();
+        }
+        let parts = RE.captures(arg)?;
+        let mut result: i128 = parts.get(2)?
+            .as_str()
+            .trim()
+            .parse::<i128>()
+            .expect("Invalid String: NAN") * DEC_ONE;
+        if let Some(_) = parts.get(3) {
+            let fraction: i128 = parts.get(4)?
+                .as_str()
+                .trim() // TODO: slice
+                .parse::<i128>()
+                .expect("Invalid String: NAN");
+            result += fraction;
+        }
+        if let Some(_) = parts.get(1) {
+            result *= -1;
+        }
+        return Some(result as i128);
+    }
+}
+
+fn chop_precision_and_round(d: i128) -> i128 {
+    if d < 0 {
+        return -1 * chop_precision_and_round(d * -1);
+    } 
+
+    let quo: i128 =  d / DEC_ONE;
+    let rem: i128 = d % DEC_ONE;
+
+    if rem == 0 {
+        return quo;
+    }
+
+    if rem < DEC_ONE / 2 {
+        return quo;
+    } else if rem > DEC_ONE / 2 {
+        return quo + 1;
+    } else {
+        if quo % 2 == 0 {
+            return quo;
+        }
+        return quo;
+    }
+}
+
+
+#[derive(Default)] 
+pub struct Dec {
+    i: i128, 
+}
+
+impl Dec {
+
+    pub fn from(arg: Number) -> Result<Dec, SecretError> {
+        Ok(Dec { i: convert_to_dec_bignum(arg)?, })
+    }
+
+    pub fn zero() -> Result<Dec, SecretError> { Dec::from(Number::Int(0)) }
+    
+    pub fn one() -> Result<Dec, SecretError> { Dec::from(Number::Int(1)) }
+
+    pub fn whole(&self) -> String {
+        format!("{}", self.i.abs() / DEC_ONE)
+    }
+
+    pub fn frac(&self) -> String {
+        format!("{}", self.i.abs() % DEC_ONE).trim().to_string()
+    }
+
+    pub fn parity(&self) -> i32 {
+        if self.i < 0 { -1 } else { 1 }
+    }
+
+    pub fn add_dec(&self, addend: Dec) -> i128 {
+        self.i + addend.i
+    }
+
+    pub fn sub_dec(&self, subtrahend: Dec) -> i128 {
+        self.i - subtrahend.i
+    }
+
+    pub fn mul_dec(&self, multiplier: Dec) -> i128 {
+        let x = self.i;
+        let y = multiplier.i;
+        chop_precision_and_round(x * y)
+    }
+
+    pub fn div_dec(&self, divisor: Dec) -> i128 {
+        if divisor.i == 0 {
+            panic!("Error: Tried to divide by 0 for {} / {}", self.i, divisor.i);
+        } else {
+            chop_precision_and_round((self.i * DEC_ONE * DEC_ONE) / divisor.i)
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    // traits to implement: Add, Sub, Mul, Div
+}
+
+impl fmt::Display for Dec {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        if self.i == 0 {
+            write!(f, "{}", "0.".to_owned() + &"0".repeat(DEC_NUM_DIGITS as usize));
+        }
+        let parity = if self.i > 0 { "-" } else { "" };
+        write!(f, "{}{}.{}", parity, self.whole(), self.frac())
+    }
+
+}
+
+impl Add for Dec { 
+    type Output = Self;
+
+    fn add(self, addend: Self) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            i: self.add_dec(addend),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Sub for Dec { 
+    type Output = Self;
+
+    fn sub(self, addend: Self) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            i: self.sub_dec(addend),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Mul for Dec { 
+    type Output = Self;
+
+    fn mul(self, multiplier: Self) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            i: self.mul_dec(multiplier),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Div for Dec { 
+    type Output = Self;
+
+    fn div(self, multiplier: Self) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            i: self.div_dec(multiplier),
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/core/errors.rs b/src/core/errors.rs
index ae26a26..24f4bb1 100644
--- a/src/core/errors.rs
+++ b/src/core/errors.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
+#[derive(Debug)]
 pub enum SecretError {
     Bech32Error(String),
     Error(String),
-}
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+}