diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 09b8ef2..1c8b73c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ features = ["nightly", "batch"]
 
 [dependencies]
 clear_on_drop = { version = "0.2" }
-curve25519-dalek = { version = "1", default-features = false }
+curve25519-dalek = { version = "2.0.0-alpha.1", default-features = false }
+merlin = { version = "1", default-features = false, optional = true }
 rand = { version = "0.7", default-features = false, optional = true }
 serde = { version = "1.0", optional = true }
 sha2 = { version = "0.8", default-features = false }
@@ -46,11 +47,14 @@ default = ["std", "u64_backend"]
 std = ["curve25519-dalek/std", "sha2/std", "rand/std"]
 alloc = ["curve25519-dalek/alloc", "rand/alloc"]
 nightly = ["curve25519-dalek/nightly", "clear_on_drop/nightly", "rand/nightly"]
-batch = ["rand"]
+batch = ["merlin", "rand"]
+# This feature enables deterministic batch verification.
+batch_deterministic = ["merlin", "rand"]
 asm = ["sha2/asm"]
 # This features turns off stricter checking for scalar malleability in signatures
 legacy_compatibility = []
-yolocrypto = ["curve25519-dalek/yolocrypto"]
 u64_backend = ["curve25519-dalek/u64_backend"]
 u32_backend = ["curve25519-dalek/u32_backend"]
+# Deprecated curve25519-dalek feature, use "simd_backend" instead:
 avx2_backend = ["curve25519-dalek/avx2_backend"]
+simd_backend = ["curve25519-dalek/simd_backend"]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/batch.rs b/src/batch.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7368ccf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/batch.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,203 @@
+// -*- mode: rust; -*-
+//
+// This file is part of ed25519-dalek.
+// Copyright (c) 2017-2019 isis lovecruft
+// See LICENSE for licensing information.
+//
+// Authors:
+// - isis agora lovecruft <isis@patternsinthevoid.net>
+
+//! Batch signature verification.
+
+#[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
+use alloc::vec::Vec;
+#[cfg(feature = "std")]
+use std::vec::Vec;
+
+use core::iter::once;
+
+use curve25519_dalek::constants;
+use curve25519_dalek::edwards::EdwardsPoint;
+use curve25519_dalek::scalar::Scalar;
+use curve25519_dalek::traits::IsIdentity;
+use curve25519_dalek::traits::VartimeMultiscalarMul;
+
+pub use curve25519_dalek::digest::Digest;
+
+use merlin::Transcript;
+
+#[cfg(all(feature = "batch", not(feature = "batch_deterministic")))]
+use rand::{Rng, thread_rng};
+#[cfg(all(not(feature = "batch"), feature = "batch_deterministic"))]
+use rand::{CryptoRng, RngCore};
+
+use sha2::Sha512;
+
+use crate::errors::InternalError;
+use crate::errors::SignatureError;
+use crate::public::PublicKey;
+use crate::signature::Signature;
+
+trait BatchTranscript {
+    fn append_hrams(&mut self, hrams: &Vec<Scalar>);
+}
+
+impl BatchTranscript for Transcript {
+    /// Add all the computed `H(R||A||M)`s to the protocol transcript.
+    ///
+    /// Each is also prefixed with their index in the vector.
+    fn append_hrams(&mut self, hrams: &Vec<Scalar>) {
+        for (i, hram) in hrams.iter().enumerate() {
+            self.append_u64(b"", i as u64);
+            self.append_message(b"hram", hram.as_bytes());
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// An implementation of `rand_core::RngCore` which does nothing, to provide
+/// purely deterministic transcript-based nonces, rather than synthetically
+/// random nonces.
+#[cfg(all(not(feature = "batch"), feature = "batch_deterministic"))]
+struct ZeroRng {}
+
+#[cfg(all(not(feature = "batch"), feature = "batch_deterministic"))]
+impl rand_core::RngCore for ZeroRng {
+    fn next_u32(&mut self) -> u32 {
+        rand_core::impls::next_u32_via_fill(self)
+    }
+
+    fn next_u64(&mut self) -> u64 {
+        rand_core::impls::next_u64_via_fill(self)
+    }
+
+    fn fill_bytes(&mut self, dest: &mut [u8]) { }
+
+    fn try_fill_bytes(&mut self, dest: &mut [u8]) -> Result<(), rand_core::Error> {
+        self.fill_bytes(dest);
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(all(not(feature = "batch"), feature = "batch_deterministic"))]
+impl rand_core::CryptoRng for ZeroRng {}
+
+#[cfg(all(not(feature = "batch"), feature = "batch_deterministic"))]
+fn zero_rng() -> ZeroRng {
+    ZeroRng
+}
+
+/// Verify a batch of `signatures` on `messages` with their respective `public_keys`.
+///
+/// # Inputs
+///
+/// * `messages` is a slice of byte slices, one per signed message.
+/// * `signatures` is a slice of `Signature`s.
+/// * `public_keys` is a slice of `PublicKey`s.
+/// * `csprng` is an implementation of `Rng + CryptoRng`.
+///
+/// # Returns
+///
+/// * A `Result` whose `Ok` value is an emtpy tuple and whose `Err` value is a
+///   `SignatureError` containing a description of the internal error which
+///   occured.
+///
+/// # Examples
+///
+/// ```
+/// extern crate ed25519_dalek;
+/// extern crate rand;
+///
+/// use ed25519_dalek::verify_batch;
+/// use ed25519_dalek::Keypair;
+/// use ed25519_dalek::PublicKey;
+/// use ed25519_dalek::Signature;
+/// use rand::rngs::OsRng;
+///
+/// # fn main() {
+/// let mut csprng = OsRng{};
+/// let keypairs: Vec<Keypair> = (0..64).map(|_| Keypair::generate(&mut csprng)).collect();
+/// let msg: &[u8] = b"They're good dogs Brant";
+/// let messages: Vec<&[u8]> = (0..64).map(|_| msg).collect();
+/// let signatures:  Vec<Signature> = keypairs.iter().map(|key| key.sign(&msg)).collect();
+/// let public_keys: Vec<PublicKey> = keypairs.iter().map(|key| key.public).collect();
+///
+/// let result = verify_batch(&messages[..], &signatures[..], &public_keys[..]);
+/// assert!(result.is_ok());
+/// # }
+/// ```
+#[cfg(all(any(feature = "batch", feature = "batch_deterministic"),
+          any(feature = "alloc", feature = "std")))]
+#[allow(non_snake_case)]
+pub fn verify_batch(
+    messages: &[&[u8]],
+    signatures: &[Signature],
+    public_keys: &[PublicKey],
+) -> Result<(), SignatureError>
+{
+    // Return an Error if any of the vectors were not the same size as the others.
+    if signatures.len() != messages.len() ||
+        signatures.len() != public_keys.len() ||
+        public_keys.len() != messages.len() {
+        return Err(SignatureError(InternalError::ArrayLengthError{
+            name_a: "signatures", length_a: signatures.len(),
+            name_b: "messages", length_b: messages.len(),
+            name_c: "public_keys", length_c: public_keys.len(),
+        }));
+    }
+
+    // Compute H(R || A || M) for each (signature, public_key, message) triplet
+    let hrams: Vec<Scalar> = (0..signatures.len()).map(|i| {
+        let mut h: Sha512 = Sha512::default();
+        h.input(signatures[i].R.as_bytes());
+        h.input(public_keys[i].as_bytes());
+        h.input(&messages[i]);
+        Scalar::from_hash(h)
+    }).collect();
+
+    // Build a PRNG based on a transcript of the H(R || A || M)s seen thus far.
+    // This provides synthethic randomness in the default configuration, and
+    // purely deterministic in the case of compiling with the
+    // "batch_deterministic" feature.
+    let transcript: Transcript = Transcript::new(b"ed25519 batch verification");
+
+    transcript.append_hrams(&hrams);
+
+    #[cfg(all(feature = "batch", not(feature = "batch_deterministic")))]
+    let mut prng = transcript.build_rng().finalize(&mut thread_rng());
+    #[cfg(all(not(feature = "batch"), feature = "batch_deterministic"))]
+    let mut prng = transcript.build_rng().finalize(&mut zero_rng());
+
+    // Select a random 128-bit scalar for each signature.
+    let zs: Vec<Scalar> = signatures
+        .iter()
+        .map(|_| Scalar::from(thread_rng().gen::<u128>()))
+        .collect();
+
+
+    // Compute the basepoint coefficient, ∑ s[i]z[i] (mod l)
+    let B_coefficient: Scalar = signatures
+        .iter()
+        .map(|sig| sig.s)
+        .zip(zs.iter())
+        .map(|(s, z)| z * s)
+        .sum();
+
+    // Multiply each H(R || A || M) by the random value
+    let zhrams = hrams.iter().zip(zs.iter()).map(|(hram, z)| hram * z);
+
+    let Rs = signatures.iter().map(|sig| sig.R.decompress());
+    let As = public_keys.iter().map(|pk| Some(pk.1));
+    let B = once(Some(constants::ED25519_BASEPOINT_POINT));
+
+    // Compute (-∑ z[i]s[i] (mod l)) B + ∑ z[i]R[i] + ∑ (z[i]H(R||A||M)[i] (mod l)) A[i] = 0
+    let id = EdwardsPoint::optional_multiscalar_mul(
+        once(-B_coefficient).chain(zs.iter().cloned()).chain(zhrams),
+        B.chain(Rs).chain(As),
+    ).ok_or_else(|| SignatureError(InternalError::VerifyError))?;
+
+    if id.is_identity() {
+        Ok(())
+    } else {
+        Err(SignatureError(InternalError::VerifyError))
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index bce5edf..097e784 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -241,6 +241,8 @@ extern crate std;
 extern crate alloc;
 extern crate clear_on_drop;
 extern crate curve25519_dalek;
+#[cfg(all(any(feature = "batch", feature = "batch_deterministic"), any(feature = "std", feature = "alloc")))]
+extern crate merlin;
 #[cfg(any(feature = "batch", feature = "std", feature = "alloc", test))]
 extern crate rand;
 #[cfg(feature = "serde")]