diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 4275796b504..0b96e15b9e2 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -130,6 +130,12 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE(gui-tests,
     [use_gui_tests=$enableval],
     [use_gui_tests=$use_tests])
 
+AC_ARG_WITH([rapidcheck],
+  [AS_HELP_STRING([--with-rapidcheck],
+  [enable RapidCheck property based tests (default is yes if librapidcheck is found)])],
+  [use_rapidcheck=$withval],
+  [use_rapidcheck=auto])
+
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(bench,
     AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-bench],[do not compile benchmarks (default is to compile)]),
     [use_bench=$enableval],
@@ -1134,6 +1140,22 @@ AC_CHECK_DECLS([EVP_MD_CTX_new],,,[AC_INCLUDES_DEFAULT
 ])
 CXXFLAGS="${save_CXXFLAGS}"
 
+dnl RapidCheck Property Based Testing
+
+enable_property_tests=no
+if test "x$use_rapidcheck" = xauto; then
+    AC_CHECK_HEADERS([rapidcheck.h], [enable_property_tests=yes])
+elif test "x$use_rapidcheck" != xno; then
+    enable_property_tests=yes
+fi
+
+RAPIDCHECK_LIBS=
+if test "x$enable_property_tests" = xyes; then
+   RAPIDCHECK_LIBS=-lrapidcheck
+fi
+AC_SUBST(RAPIDCHECK_LIBS)
+AM_CONDITIONAL([ENABLE_PROPERTY_TESTS], [test x$enable_property_tests = xyes])
+
 dnl univalue check
 
 need_bundled_univalue=yes
diff --git a/depends/Makefile b/depends/Makefile
index 3686aaf1f87..da81c4c7eeb 100644
--- a/depends/Makefile
+++ b/depends/Makefile
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ WORK_PATH = $(BASEDIR)/work
 BASE_CACHE ?= $(BASEDIR)/built
 SDK_PATH ?= $(BASEDIR)/SDKs
 NO_QT ?=
+RAPIDCHECK ?=
 NO_WALLET ?=
 NO_UPNP ?=
 FALLBACK_DOWNLOAD_PATH ?= https://bitcoincore.org/depends-sources
@@ -93,6 +94,8 @@ qt_packages_$(NO_QT) = $(qt_packages) $(qt_$(host_os)_packages) $(qt_$(host_arch
 wallet_packages_$(NO_WALLET) = $(wallet_packages)
 upnp_packages_$(NO_UPNP) = $(upnp_packages)
 
+rapidcheck_packages_$(RAPIDCHECK) = $(rapidcheck_packages)
+
 packages += $($(host_arch)_$(host_os)_packages) $($(host_os)_packages) $(qt_packages_) $(wallet_packages_) $(upnp_packages_)
 native_packages += $($(host_arch)_$(host_os)_native_packages) $($(host_os)_native_packages)
 
@@ -100,6 +103,10 @@ ifneq ($(qt_packages_),)
 native_packages += $(qt_native_packages)
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(rapidcheck_packages_),)
+packages += $(rapidcheck_packages)
+endif
+
 all_packages = $(packages) $(native_packages)
 
 meta_depends = Makefile funcs.mk builders/default.mk hosts/default.mk hosts/$(host_os).mk builders/$(build_os).mk
diff --git a/depends/README.md b/depends/README.md
index fd343f70101..73bfc8b726f 100644
--- a/depends/README.md
+++ b/depends/README.md
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ The following can be set when running make: make FOO=bar
     NO_WALLET: Don't download/build/cache libs needed to enable the wallet
     NO_UPNP: Don't download/build/cache packages needed for enabling upnp
     DEBUG: disable some optimizations and enable more runtime checking
+    RAPIDCHECK: build rapidcheck (experimental)
     HOST_ID_SALT: Optional salt to use when generating host package ids
     BUILD_ID_SALT: Optional salt to use when generating build package ids
 
diff --git a/depends/packages/packages.mk b/depends/packages/packages.mk
index 5fe6f98da24..38329d16d73 100644
--- a/depends/packages/packages.mk
+++ b/depends/packages/packages.mk
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ qt_packages = qrencode protobuf zlib
 
 qt_linux_packages:=qt expat dbus libxcb xcb_proto libXau xproto freetype fontconfig libX11 xextproto libXext xtrans
 
+rapidcheck_packages = rapidcheck
+
 qt_darwin_packages=qt
 qt_mingw32_packages=qt
 
diff --git a/depends/packages/rapidcheck.mk b/depends/packages/rapidcheck.mk
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..19cf1cae2ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/depends/packages/rapidcheck.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package=rapidcheck
+$(package)_version=10fc0cb
+$(package)_download_path=https://github.com/MarcoFalke/rapidcheck/archive
+$(package)_file_name=$(package)-$($(package)_version).tar.gz
+$(package)_sha256_hash=9640926223c00af45bce4c7df8b756b5458a89b2ba74cfe3e404467f13ce26df
+
+define $(package)_config_cmds
+  cmake -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE:BOOL=true .
+endef
+
+define $(package)_build_cmds
+  $(MAKE) && \
+  mkdir -p $($(package)_staging_dir)$(host_prefix)/include && \
+  cp -a include/* $($(package)_staging_dir)$(host_prefix)/include/ && \
+  cp -a extras/boost_test/include/rapidcheck/* $($(package)_staging_dir)$(host_prefix)/include/rapidcheck/ && \
+  mkdir -p $($(package)_staging_dir)$(host_prefix)/lib && \
+  cp -a librapidcheck.a $($(package)_staging_dir)$(host_prefix)/lib/
+endef
diff --git a/src/Makefile.test.include b/src/Makefile.test.include
index 019799eb0b8..c4ee5f5fcc4 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.test.include
+++ b/src/Makefile.test.include
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ TEST_SRCDIR = test
 TEST_BINARY=test/test_bitcoin$(EXEEXT)
 
 JSON_TEST_FILES = \
+  test/data/script_tests.json \
   test/data/base58_encode_decode.json \
   test/data/blockfilters.json \
   test/data/key_io_valid.json \
@@ -95,6 +96,15 @@ BITCOIN_TESTS =\
   test/validation_block_tests.cpp \
   test/versionbits_tests.cpp
 
+if ENABLE_PROPERTY_TESTS
+BITCOIN_TESTS += \
+  test/key_properties.cpp
+
+BITCOIN_TEST_SUITE += \
+  test/gen/crypto_gen.cpp \
+  test/gen/crypto_gen.h
+endif
+
 if ENABLE_WALLET
 BITCOIN_TESTS += \
   wallet/test/psbt_wallet_tests.cpp \
@@ -118,7 +128,7 @@ test_test_bitcoin_LDADD += $(LIBBITCOIN_SERVER) $(LIBBITCOIN_CLI) $(LIBBITCOIN_C
   $(LIBLEVELDB) $(LIBLEVELDB_SSE42) $(LIBMEMENV) $(BOOST_LIBS) $(BOOST_UNIT_TEST_FRAMEWORK_LIB) $(LIBSECP256K1) $(EVENT_LIBS) $(EVENT_PTHREADS_LIBS)
 test_test_bitcoin_CXXFLAGS = $(AM_CXXFLAGS) $(PIE_FLAGS)
 
-test_test_bitcoin_LDADD += $(LIBBITCOIN_CONSENSUS) $(BDB_LIBS) $(SSL_LIBS) $(CRYPTO_LIBS) $(MINIUPNPC_LIBS)
+test_test_bitcoin_LDADD += $(LIBBITCOIN_CONSENSUS) $(BDB_LIBS) $(SSL_LIBS) $(CRYPTO_LIBS) $(MINIUPNPC_LIBS) $(RAPIDCHECK_LIBS)
 test_test_bitcoin_LDFLAGS = $(RELDFLAGS) $(AM_LDFLAGS) $(LIBTOOL_APP_LDFLAGS) -static
 
 if ENABLE_ZMQ
diff --git a/src/test/gen/crypto_gen.cpp b/src/test/gen/crypto_gen.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ca8c65806ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/gen/crypto_gen.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2018 The Bitcoin Core developers
+// Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
+// file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
+#include <test/gen/crypto_gen.h>
+
+#include <key.h>
+
+#include <rapidcheck/gen/Arbitrary.h>
+#include <rapidcheck/Gen.h>
+#include <rapidcheck/gen/Predicate.h>
+#include <rapidcheck/gen/Container.h>
+
+/** Generates 1 to 20 keys for OP_CHECKMULTISIG */
+rc::Gen<std::vector<CKey>> MultisigKeys()
+{
+    return rc::gen::suchThat(rc::gen::arbitrary<std::vector<CKey>>(), [](const std::vector<CKey>& keys) {
+        return keys.size() >= 1 && keys.size() <= 15;
+    });
+};
diff --git a/src/test/gen/crypto_gen.h b/src/test/gen/crypto_gen.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7c2fb0350fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/gen/crypto_gen.h
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2018 The Bitcoin Core developers
+// Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
+// file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
+#ifndef BITCOIN_TEST_GEN_CRYPTO_GEN_H
+#define BITCOIN_TEST_GEN_CRYPTO_GEN_H
+
+#include <key.h>
+#include <random.h>
+#include <uint256.h>
+#include <rapidcheck/gen/Arbitrary.h>
+#include <rapidcheck/Gen.h>
+#include <rapidcheck/gen/Create.h>
+#include <rapidcheck/gen/Numeric.h>
+
+/** Generates 1 to 15 keys for OP_CHECKMULTISIG */
+rc::Gen<std::vector<CKey>> MultisigKeys();
+
+namespace rc
+{
+/** Generator for a new CKey */
+template <>
+struct Arbitrary<CKey> {
+    static Gen<CKey> arbitrary()
+    {
+        return rc::gen::map<int>([](int x) {
+            CKey key;
+            key.MakeNewKey(true);
+            return key;
+        });
+    };
+};
+
+/** Generator for a CPrivKey */
+template <>
+struct Arbitrary<CPrivKey> {
+    static Gen<CPrivKey> arbitrary()
+    {
+        return gen::map(gen::arbitrary<CKey>(), [](const CKey& key) {
+            return key.GetPrivKey();
+        });
+    };
+};
+
+/** Generator for a new CPubKey */
+template <>
+struct Arbitrary<CPubKey> {
+    static Gen<CPubKey> arbitrary()
+    {
+        return gen::map(gen::arbitrary<CKey>(), [](const CKey& key) {
+            return key.GetPubKey();
+        });
+    };
+};
+/** Generates a arbitrary uint256 */
+template <>
+struct Arbitrary<uint256> {
+    static Gen<uint256> arbitrary()
+    {
+        return rc::gen::just(GetRandHash());
+    };
+};
+} //namespace rc
+#endif
diff --git a/src/test/key_properties.cpp b/src/test/key_properties.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..14e3c853592
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/key_properties.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2018 The Bitcoin Core developers
+// Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
+// file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
+#include <key.h>
+
+#include <base58.h>
+#include <script/script.h>
+#include <uint256.h>
+#include <util.h>
+#include <utilstrencodings.h>
+#include <test/test_bitcoin.h>
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+
+#include <boost/test/unit_test.hpp>
+#include <rapidcheck/boost_test.h>
+#include <rapidcheck/gen/Arbitrary.h>
+#include <rapidcheck/Gen.h>
+
+#include <test/gen/crypto_gen.h>
+
+BOOST_FIXTURE_TEST_SUITE(key_properties, BasicTestingSetup)
+
+/** Check CKey uniqueness */
+RC_BOOST_PROP(key_uniqueness, (const CKey& key1, const CKey& key2))
+{
+    RC_ASSERT(!(key1 == key2));
+}
+
+/** Verify that a private key generates the correct public key */
+RC_BOOST_PROP(key_generates_correct_pubkey, (const CKey& key))
+{
+    CPubKey pubKey = key.GetPubKey();
+    RC_ASSERT(key.VerifyPubKey(pubKey));
+}
+
+/** Create a CKey using the 'Set' function must give us the same key */
+RC_BOOST_PROP(key_set_symmetry, (const CKey& key))
+{
+    CKey key1;
+    key1.Set(key.begin(), key.end(), key.IsCompressed());
+    RC_ASSERT(key1 == key);
+}
+
+/** Create a CKey, sign a piece of data, then verify it with the public key */
+RC_BOOST_PROP(key_sign_symmetry, (const CKey& key, const uint256& hash))
+{
+    std::vector<unsigned char> vchSig;
+    key.Sign(hash, vchSig, 0);
+    const CPubKey& pubKey = key.GetPubKey();
+    RC_ASSERT(pubKey.Verify(hash, vchSig));
+}
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE_END()