diff --git a/src/utils/MoneroUtils.cpp b/src/utils/MoneroUtils.cpp
index 0e47615..07d8e45 100644
--- a/src/utils/MoneroUtils.cpp
+++ b/src/utils/MoneroUtils.cpp
@@ -75,5 +75,12 @@ void MoneroUtils::binaryBlocksToJson(const std::string &bin, std::string &json)
 }
 
 string MoneroUtils::serialize(vector<MoneroBlock> blocks) {
+  cout << "serialize(blocks)" << endl;
+  throw runtime_error("Not implemented");
+}
+
+MoneroTxRequest MoneroUtils::deserialize(const string& txRequestStr) {
+  cout << "deserialize(txRequestStr)" << endl;
+  cout << txRequestStr << endl;
   throw runtime_error("Not implemented");
 }
diff --git a/src/utils/MoneroUtils.h b/src/utils/MoneroUtils.h
index 7bf026e..39197ef 100644
--- a/src/utils/MoneroUtils.h
+++ b/src/utils/MoneroUtils.h
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ namespace MoneroUtils
 
   void binaryBlocksToJson(const std::string &bin, std::string &json);
 
-  string serialize(vector<MoneroBlock> blocks);
+  string serialize(const vector<MoneroBlock> blocks);
+
+  MoneroTxRequest deserialize(const string& txRequestStr);
 
   /**
    * Modified from core_rpc_server.cpp to return a string.