diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 26a542e65c..a882400b7a 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -906,9 +906,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cc"
-version = "1.2.36"
+version = "1.2.37"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5252b3d2648e5eedbc1a6f501e3c795e07025c1e93bbf8bbdd6eef7f447a6d54"
+checksum = "65193589c6404eb80b450d618eaf9a2cafaaafd57ecce47370519ef674a7bd44"
 dependencies = [
  "find-msvc-tools",
  "jobserver",
@@ -1531,7 +1531,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "357422a457ccb850dc8f1c1680e0670079560feaad6c2e247e3f345c4fab8a3f"
 dependencies = [
  "heck",
- "indexmap 2.11.1",
+ "indexmap 2.11.3",
  "itertools 0.14.0",
  "proc-macro-crate",
  "proc-macro2",
@@ -1549,7 +1549,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b48e8e38a4aa565da767322b5ca55fb0f8347983c5bc7f7647db069405420479"
 dependencies = [
  "heck",
- "indexmap 2.11.1",
+ "indexmap 2.11.3",
  "itertools 0.14.0",
  "proc-macro-crate",
  "proc-macro2",
@@ -2350,7 +2350,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "js-sys",
  "libc",
  "r-efi",
- "wasi 0.14.5+wasi-0.2.4",
+ "wasi 0.14.7+wasi-0.2.4",
  "wasm-bindgen",
 ]
 
@@ -2408,7 +2408,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures-core",
  "futures-sink",
  "http",
- "indexmap 2.11.1",
+ "indexmap 2.11.3",
  "slab",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-util",
@@ -2727,9 +2727,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hyper-util"
-version = "0.1.16"
+version = "0.1.17"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8d9b05277c7e8da2c93a568989bb6207bef0112e8d17df7a6eda4a3cf143bc5e"
+checksum = "3c6995591a8f1380fcb4ba966a252a4b29188d51d2b89e3a252f5305be65aea8"
 dependencies = [
  "base64",
  "bytes",
@@ -2753,9 +2753,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "iana-time-zone"
-version = "0.1.63"
+version = "0.1.64"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b0c919e5debc312ad217002b8048a17b7d83f80703865bbfcfebb0458b0b27d8"
+checksum = "33e57f83510bb73707521ebaffa789ec8caf86f9657cad665b092b581d40e9fb"
 dependencies = [
  "android_system_properties",
  "core-foundation-sys",
@@ -2936,13 +2936,14 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "indexmap"
-version = "2.11.1"
+version = "2.11.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "206a8042aec68fa4a62e8d3f7aa4ceb508177d9324faf261e1959e495b7a1921"
+checksum = "92119844f513ffa41556430369ab02c295a3578af21cf945caa3e9e0c2481ac3"
 dependencies = [
  "equivalent",
  "hashbrown 0.15.5",
  "serde",
+ "serde_core",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3279,9 +3280,9 @@ checksum = "f9fbbcab51052fe104eb5e5d351cf728d30a5be1fe14d9be8a3b097481fb97de"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libredox"
-version = "0.1.9"
+version = "0.1.10"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "391290121bad3d37fbddad76d8f5d1c1c314cfc646d143d7e07a3086ddff0ce3"
+checksum = "416f7e718bdb06000964960ffa43b4335ad4012ae8b99060261aa4a8088d5ccb"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.9.4",
  "libc",
@@ -4139,7 +4140,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3672b37090dbd86368a4145bc067582552b29c27377cad4e0a306c97f9bd7772"
 dependencies = [
  "fixedbitset",
- "indexmap 2.11.1",
+ "indexmap 2.11.3",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -4340,13 +4341,12 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "priority-queue"
-version = "2.5.0"
+version = "2.6.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5676d703dda103cbb035b653a9f11448c0a7216c7926bd35fcb5865475d0c970"
+checksum = "3e7f4ffd8645efad783fc2844ac842367aa2e912d484950192564d57dc039a3a"
 dependencies = [
- "autocfg",
  "equivalent",
- "indexmap 2.11.1",
+ "indexmap 2.11.3",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -5111,9 +5111,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rust_decimal"
-version = "1.37.2"
+version = "1.38.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b203a6425500a03e0919c42d3c47caca51e79f1132046626d2c8871c5092035d"
+checksum = "c8975fc98059f365204d635119cf9c5a60ae67b841ed49b5422a9a7e56cdfac0"
 dependencies = [
  "arrayvec",
  "borsh",
@@ -5216,7 +5216,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
  "ring 0.17.14",
  "rustls-pki-types",
- "rustls-webpki 0.103.5",
+ "rustls-webpki 0.103.6",
  "subtle",
  "zeroize",
 ]
@@ -5264,9 +5264,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rustls-webpki"
-version = "0.103.5"
+version = "0.103.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b5a37813727b78798e53c2bec3f5e8fe12a6d6f8389bf9ca7802add4c9905ad8"
+checksum = "8572f3c2cb9934231157b45499fc41e1f58c589fdfb81a844ba873265e80f8eb"
 dependencies = [
  "aws-lc-rs",
  "ring 0.17.14",
@@ -5520,16 +5520,17 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "semver"
-version = "1.0.26"
+version = "1.0.27"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "56e6fa9c48d24d85fb3de5ad847117517440f6beceb7798af16b4a87d616b8d0"
+checksum = "d767eb0aabc880b29956c35734170f26ed551a859dbd361d140cdbeca61ab1e2"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde"
-version = "1.0.219"
+version = "1.0.224"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5f0e2c6ed6606019b4e29e69dbaba95b11854410e5347d525002456dbbb786b6"
+checksum = "6aaeb1e94f53b16384af593c71e20b095e958dab1d26939c1b70645c5cfbcc0b"
 dependencies = [
+ "serde_core",
  "serde_derive",
 ]
 
@@ -5552,11 +5553,20 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "serde_core"
+version = "1.0.224"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "32f39390fa6346e24defbcdd3d9544ba8a19985d0af74df8501fbfe9a64341ab"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde_derive",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_derive"
-version = "1.0.219"
+version = "1.0.224"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5b0276cf7f2c73365f7157c8123c21cd9a50fbbd844757af28ca1f5925fc2a00"
+checksum = "87ff78ab5e8561c9a675bfc1785cb07ae721f0ee53329a595cefd8c04c2ac4e0"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -5565,23 +5575,25 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_ignored"
-version = "0.1.12"
+version = "0.1.14"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b516445dac1e3535b6d658a7b528d771153dfb272ed4180ca4617a20550365ff"
+checksum = "115dffd5f3853e06e746965a20dcbae6ee747ae30b543d91b0e089668bb07798"
 dependencies = [
  "serde",
+ "serde_core",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_json"
-version = "1.0.143"
+version = "1.0.145"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d401abef1d108fbd9cbaebc3e46611f4b1021f714a0597a71f41ee463f5f4a5a"
+checksum = "402a6f66d8c709116cf22f558eab210f5a50187f702eb4d7e5ef38d9a7f1c79c"
 dependencies = [
  "itoa",
  "memchr",
  "ryu",
  "serde",
+ "serde_core",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -5615,7 +5627,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "chrono",
  "hex",
  "indexmap 1.9.3",
- "indexmap 2.11.1",
+ "indexmap 2.11.3",
  "schemars 0.9.0",
  "schemars 1.0.4",
  "serde",
@@ -5643,7 +5655,7 @@ version = "0.9.34+deprecated"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "6a8b1a1a2ebf674015cc02edccce75287f1a0130d394307b36743c2f5d504b47"
 dependencies = [
- "indexmap 2.11.1",
+ "indexmap 2.11.3",
  "itoa",
  "ryu",
  "serde",
@@ -6309,7 +6321,7 @@ version = "0.22.27"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "41fe8c660ae4257887cf66394862d21dbca4a6ddd26f04a3560410406a2f819a"
 dependencies = [
- "indexmap 2.11.1",
+ "indexmap 2.11.3",
  "serde",
  "serde_spanned",
  "toml_datetime",
@@ -7305,7 +7317,7 @@ checksum = "d039ad9159c98b70ecfd540b2573b97f7f52c3e8d9f8ad57a24b916a536975f9"
 dependencies = [
  "futures-core",
  "futures-util",
- "indexmap 2.11.1",
+ "indexmap 2.11.3",
  "pin-project-lite",
  "slab",
  "sync_wrapper",
@@ -7786,18 +7798,18 @@ checksum = "ccf3ec651a847eb01de73ccad15eb7d99f80485de043efb2f370cd654f4ea44b"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wasi"
-version = "0.14.5+wasi-0.2.4"
+version = "0.14.7+wasi-0.2.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a4494f6290a82f5fe584817a676a34b9d6763e8d9d18204009fb31dceca98fd4"
+checksum = "883478de20367e224c0090af9cf5f9fa85bed63a95c1abf3afc5c083ebc06e8c"
 dependencies = [
  "wasip2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wasip2"
-version = "1.0.0+wasi-0.2.4"
+version = "1.0.1+wasi-0.2.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "03fa2761397e5bd52002cd7e73110c71af2109aca4e521a9f40473fe685b0a24"
+checksum = "0562428422c63773dad2c345a1882263bbf4d65cf3f42e90921f787ef5ad58e7"
 dependencies = [
  "wit-bindgen",
 ]
@@ -7989,15 +8001,15 @@ checksum = "712e227841d057c1ee1cd2fb22fa7e5a5461ae8e48fa2ca79ec42cfc1931183f"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-core"
-version = "0.61.2"
+version = "0.62.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c0fdd3ddb90610c7638aa2b3a3ab2904fb9e5cdbecc643ddb3647212781c4ae3"
+checksum = "57fe7168f7de578d2d8a05b07fd61870d2e73b4020e9f49aa00da8471723497c"
 dependencies = [
  "windows-implement",
  "windows-interface",
- "windows-link 0.1.3",
- "windows-result",
- "windows-strings",
+ "windows-link 0.2.0",
+ "windows-result 0.4.0",
+ "windows-strings 0.5.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -8041,8 +8053,8 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5b8a9ed28765efc97bbc954883f4e6796c33a06546ebafacbabee9696967499e"
 dependencies = [
  "windows-link 0.1.3",
- "windows-result",
- "windows-strings",
+ "windows-result 0.3.4",
+ "windows-strings 0.4.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -8054,6 +8066,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-link 0.1.3",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-result"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7084dcc306f89883455a206237404d3eaf961e5bd7e0f312f7c91f57eb44167f"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-link 0.2.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-strings"
 version = "0.4.2"
@@ -8063,6 +8084,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-link 0.1.3",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-strings"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7218c655a553b0bed4426cf54b20d7ba363ef543b52d515b3e48d7fd55318dda"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-link 0.2.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-sys"
 version = "0.48.0"
@@ -8311,9 +8341,9 @@ checksum = "d135d17ab770252ad95e9a872d365cf3090e3be864a34ab46f48555993efc904"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wit-bindgen"
-version = "0.45.1"
+version = "0.46.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5c573471f125075647d03df72e026074b7203790d41351cd6edc96f46bcccd36"
+checksum = "f17a85883d4e6d00e8a97c586de764dabcc06133f7f1d55dce5cdc070ad7fe59"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "writeable"
@@ -8908,7 +8938,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures",
  "hex",
  "humantime-serde",
- "indexmap 2.11.1",
+ "indexmap 2.11.3",
  "itertools 0.14.0",
  "lazy_static",
  "metrics",
@@ -8961,7 +8991,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "hex",
  "http-body-util",
  "hyper",
- "indexmap 2.11.1",
+ "indexmap 2.11.3",
  "jsonrpsee",
  "jsonrpsee-proc-macros",
  "jsonrpsee-types",
@@ -9020,7 +9050,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "hex-literal",
  "human_bytes",
  "humantime-serde",
- "indexmap 2.11.1",
+ "indexmap 2.11.3",
  "itertools 0.14.0",
  "lazy_static",
  "metrics",
@@ -9292,6 +9322,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "shardtree",
  "tempfile",
  "thiserror 2.0.16",
+ "time",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-rustls",
  "tonic 0.13.1",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e9f93cf6d4..ef1bf32ba6 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ tonic-build = "0.13"
 tower = { version = "0.5" }
 tracing = "0.1"
 tracing-subscriber = "0.3"
+time = "0.3"
 
 # Parallel processing
 crossbeam-channel = "0.5"
diff --git a/zingolib/Cargo.toml b/zingolib/Cargo.toml
index ce29d9360e..780acfeec4 100644
--- a/zingolib/Cargo.toml
+++ b/zingolib/Cargo.toml
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ tracing-subscriber = { workspace = true }
 bech32 = { workspace = true }
 rust-embed = { workspace = true, features = ["debug-embed"] }
 tracing.workspace = true
+time.workspace = true
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 portpicker = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/zingolib/src/lightclient.rs b/zingolib/src/lightclient.rs
index f62424d105..6df63e6476 100644
--- a/zingolib/src/lightclient.rs
+++ b/zingolib/src/lightclient.rs
@@ -87,6 +87,10 @@ impl LightClient {
         )
     }
 
+    pub fn new_with_timestamp(_config: ZingoConfig, _timestamp: time::OffsetDateTime) {
+        // Check if is online
+    }
+
     /// Creates a LightClient from a `wallet` and `config`.
     /// Will fail if a wallet file already exists in the given data directory unless `overwrite` is `true`.
     #[allow(clippy::result_large_err)]
@@ -144,6 +148,10 @@ impl LightClient {
         &self.config
     }
 
+    pub async fn wallet_birthday(&self) -> BlockHeight {
+        self.wallet.read().await.birthday
+    }
+
     /// Returns tor client.
     pub fn tor_client(&self) -> Option<&tor::Client> {
         self.tor_client.as_ref()
@@ -313,13 +321,14 @@ impl std::fmt::Debug for LightClient {
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use crate::{
-        config::{ChainType, ZingoConfig},
+        config::{ChainType, ZingoConfig, ZingoConfigBuilder},
         lightclient::error::LightClientError,
         wallet::{LightWallet, network::ZingolibLocalNetwork},
     };
     use bip0039::Mnemonic;
     use tempfile::TempDir;
     use testvectors::seeds::CHIMNEY_BETTER_SEED;
+    use zcash_protocol::consensus::BlockHeight;
 
     use crate::{lightclient::LightClient, wallet::WalletBase};
 
@@ -380,4 +389,20 @@ mod tests {
             lc.unified_addresses_json().await[0]["encoded_address"]
         );
     }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn new_lc_offline() {
+        let zc = ZingoConfigBuilder::default().create();
+
+        // TODO: This test should not rely on a given birthday
+        // I should be able to do something like: LightClient::new(zc, None, false);
+        // OR: LightClient::new_with_timestamp(zc, Timestamp::now(), false);
+        let lc = LightClient::new(zc, BlockHeight::from_u32(0), false);
+        assert!(lc.is_ok());
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            lc.unwrap().wallet.read().await.birthday,
+            BlockHeight::from_u32(0)
+        );
+    }
 }
diff --git a/zingolib/src/wallet.rs b/zingolib/src/wallet.rs
index 55f23a519a..38aa37a550 100644
--- a/zingolib/src/wallet.rs
+++ b/zingolib/src/wallet.rs
@@ -490,8 +490,16 @@ impl LightWallet {
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
+    use std::num::{NonZero, NonZeroU32};
+
     use incrementalmerkletree::frontier::CommitmentTree;
     use orchard::tree::MerkleHashOrchard;
+    use zcash_protocol::consensus::BlockHeight;
+
+    use crate::{
+        config::ChainType,
+        wallet::{LightWallet, WalletSettings, network::ZingolibLocalNetwork},
+    };
 
     // TODO: move to relevant mod
     #[test]
@@ -543,4 +551,27 @@ mod tests {
         let anchor = orchard::Anchor::from(MerkleHashOrchard::from_bytes(&anchor).unwrap());
         assert_eq!(orchard::Anchor::from(orchard_tree.root()), anchor);
     }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn new_offline() {
+        let chain_type = ChainType::Regtest(ZingolibLocalNetwork::default());
+        let settings = WalletSettings {
+            min_confirmations: NonZeroU32::try_from(1).unwrap(),
+            sync_config: pepper_sync::config::SyncConfig {
+                ..Default::default()
+            },
+        };
+
+        let lw = LightWallet::new(
+            chain_type,
+            crate::wallet::WalletBase::FreshEntropy {
+                no_of_accounts: NonZero::new(1).unwrap(),
+            },
+            BlockHeight::from_u32(0),
+            settings,
+        );
+
+        assert!(lw.is_ok());
+        assert_eq!(lw.unwrap().network, chain_type);
+    }
 }