diff --git a/src/consensus/mod.rs b/src/consensus/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d645b9d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/consensus/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+// Rust Bitcoin Library
+// Written by
+//   The Rust Bitcoin developers
+//
+// To the extent possible under law, the author(s) have dedicated all
+// copyright and related and neighboring rights to this software to
+// the public domain worldwide. This software is distributed without
+// any warranty.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the CC0 Public Domain Dedication
+// along with this software.
+// If not, see <http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/>.
+//
+
+//! Consensus
+//!
+//! This module defines structures, functions, and traits which are needed to
+//! conform to Bitcoin consensus.
+//!
+
+pub mod params;
diff --git a/src/network/consensus_params.rs b/src/consensus/params.rs
similarity index 96%
rename from src/network/consensus_params.rs
rename to src/consensus/params.rs
index 759b4ea8..f39f3a8e 100644
--- a/src/network/consensus_params.rs
+++ b/src/consensus/params.rs
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ const MAX_BITS_REGTEST: Uint256 = Uint256([
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 /// Parameters that influence chain consensus.
-pub struct ConsensusParams {
+pub struct Params {
     /// Network for which parameters are valid.
     pub network: Network,
     /// Time when BIP16 becomes active.
@@ -73,11 +73,11 @@ pub struct ConsensusParams {
     pub no_pow_retargeting: bool,
 }
 
-impl ConsensusParams {
+impl Params {
     /// Creates parameters set for the given network.
     pub fn new(network: Network) -> Self {
         match network {
-            Network::Bitcoin => ConsensusParams {
+            Network::Bitcoin => Params {
                 network: Network::Bitcoin,
                 bip16_time: 1333238400,                 // Apr 1 2012
                 bip34_height: 227931, // 000000000000024b89b42a942fe0d9fea3bb44ab7bd1b19115dd6a759c0808b8
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ impl ConsensusParams {
                 allow_min_difficulty_blocks: false,
                 no_pow_retargeting: false,
             },
-            Network::Testnet => ConsensusParams {
+            Network::Testnet => Params {
                 network: Network::Testnet,
                 bip16_time: 1333238400,                 // Apr 1 2012
                 bip34_height: 21111, // 0000000023b3a96d3484e5abb3755c413e7d41500f8e2a5c3f0dd01299cd8ef8
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ impl ConsensusParams {
                 allow_min_difficulty_blocks: true,
                 no_pow_retargeting: false,
             },
-            Network::Regtest => ConsensusParams {
+            Network::Regtest => Params {
                 network: Network::Regtest,
                 bip16_time: 1333238400,  // Apr 1 2012
                 bip34_height: 100000000, // not activated on regtest
diff --git a/src/network/mod.rs b/src/network/mod.rs
index b19077a6..bf1fa340 100644
--- a/src/network/mod.rs
+++ b/src/network/mod.rs
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ use std::io;
 use std::error;
 
 pub mod constants;
-pub mod consensus_params;
 pub mod encodable;
 pub mod serialize;