diff --git a/blockdag/accept.go b/blockdag/accept.go
index 9a81c0311..a78cc4f9b 100644
--- a/blockdag/accept.go
+++ b/blockdag/accept.go
@@ -105,8 +105,6 @@ func (dag *BlockDAG) maybeAcceptBlock(block *util.Block, flags BehaviorFlags) er
 		}
 	}
 
-	block.SetBlueScore(newNode.blueScore)
-
 	// Connect the passed block to the DAG. This also handles validation of the
 	// transaction scripts.
 	chainUpdates, err := dag.addBlock(newNode, block, selectedParentAnticone, flags)
diff --git a/blockdag/blockheap_test.go b/blockdag/blockheap_test.go
index a7d383107..b85e826dc 100644
--- a/blockdag/blockheap_test.go
+++ b/blockdag/blockheap_test.go
@@ -11,14 +11,14 @@ import (
 func TestBlockHeap(t *testing.T) {
 	// Create a new database and DAG instance to run tests against.
 	dag, teardownFunc, err := DAGSetup("TestBlockHeap", true, Config{
-		DAGParams: &dagconfig.MainnetParams,
+		DAGParams: &dagconfig.SimnetParams,
 	})
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("TestBlockHeap: Failed to setup DAG instance: %s", err)
 	}
 	defer teardownFunc()
 
-	block0Header := dagconfig.MainnetParams.GenesisBlock.Header
+	block0Header := dagconfig.SimnetParams.GenesisBlock.Header
 	block0, _ := dag.newBlockNode(&block0Header, newBlockSet())
 
 	block100000Header := Block100000.Header
diff --git a/blockdag/coinbase.go b/blockdag/coinbase.go
index a0cd6d3f4..28d35d500 100644
--- a/blockdag/coinbase.go
+++ b/blockdag/coinbase.go
@@ -5,15 +5,14 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"encoding/binary"
 	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/dbaccess"
-	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/util/subnetworkid"
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
-	"io"
-	"math"
-
 	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/util"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/util/coinbasepayload"
 	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/util/daghash"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/util/subnetworkid"
 	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/util/txsort"
 	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/wire"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+	"io"
 )
 
 // compactFeeData is a specialized data type to store a compact list of fees
@@ -98,7 +97,10 @@ func (node *blockNode) validateCoinbaseTransaction(dag *BlockDAG, block *util.Bl
 		return nil
 	}
 	blockCoinbaseTx := block.CoinbaseTransaction().MsgTx()
-	scriptPubKey, extraData, err := DeserializeCoinbasePayload(blockCoinbaseTx)
+	_, scriptPubKey, extraData, err := coinbasepayload.DeserializeCoinbasePayload(blockCoinbaseTx)
+	if errors.Is(err, coinbasepayload.ErrIncorrectScriptPubKeyLen) {
+		return ruleError(ErrBadCoinbaseTransaction, err.Error())
+	}
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -125,16 +127,15 @@ func (node *blockNode) expectedCoinbaseTransaction(dag *BlockDAG, txsAcceptanceD
 	txOuts := []*wire.TxOut{}
 
 	for _, blue := range node.blues {
-		txIn, txOut, err := coinbaseInputAndOutputForBlueBlock(dag, blue, txsAcceptanceData, bluesFeeData)
+		txOut, err := coinbaseOutputForBlueBlock(dag, blue, txsAcceptanceData, bluesFeeData)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
-		txIns = append(txIns, txIn)
 		if txOut != nil {
 			txOuts = append(txOuts, txOut)
 		}
 	}
-	payload, err := SerializeCoinbasePayload(scriptPubKey, extraData)
+	payload, err := coinbasepayload.SerializeCoinbasePayload(node.blueScore, scriptPubKey, extraData)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -143,83 +144,33 @@ func (node *blockNode) expectedCoinbaseTransaction(dag *BlockDAG, txsAcceptanceD
 	return util.NewTx(sortedCoinbaseTx), nil
 }
 
-// SerializeCoinbasePayload builds the coinbase payload based on the provided scriptPubKey and extra data.
-func SerializeCoinbasePayload(scriptPubKey []byte, extraData []byte) ([]byte, error) {
-	w := &bytes.Buffer{}
-	err := wire.WriteVarInt(w, uint64(len(scriptPubKey)))
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	_, err = w.Write(scriptPubKey)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	_, err = w.Write(extraData)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	return w.Bytes(), nil
-}
-
-// DeserializeCoinbasePayload deserialize the coinbase payload to its component (scriptPubKey and extra data).
-func DeserializeCoinbasePayload(tx *wire.MsgTx) (scriptPubKey []byte, extraData []byte, err error) {
-	r := bytes.NewReader(tx.Payload)
-	scriptPubKeyLen, err := wire.ReadVarInt(r)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, nil, err
-	}
-	scriptPubKey = make([]byte, scriptPubKeyLen)
-	_, err = r.Read(scriptPubKey)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, nil, err
-	}
-	extraData = make([]byte, r.Len())
-	if r.Len() != 0 {
-		_, err = r.Read(extraData)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, nil, err
-		}
-	}
-	return scriptPubKey, extraData, nil
-}
-
-// feeInputAndOutputForBlueBlock calculates the input and output that should go into the coinbase transaction of blueBlock
-// If blueBlock gets no fee - returns only txIn and nil for txOut
-func coinbaseInputAndOutputForBlueBlock(dag *BlockDAG, blueBlock *blockNode,
-	txsAcceptanceData MultiBlockTxsAcceptanceData, feeData map[daghash.Hash]compactFeeData) (
-	*wire.TxIn, *wire.TxOut, error) {
+// coinbaseOutputForBlueBlock calculates the output that should go into the coinbase transaction of blueBlock
+// If blueBlock gets no fee - returns nil for txOut
+func coinbaseOutputForBlueBlock(dag *BlockDAG, blueBlock *blockNode,
+	txsAcceptanceData MultiBlockTxsAcceptanceData, feeData map[daghash.Hash]compactFeeData) (*wire.TxOut, error) {
 
 	blockTxsAcceptanceData, ok := txsAcceptanceData.FindAcceptanceData(blueBlock.hash)
 	if !ok {
-		return nil, nil, errors.Errorf("No txsAcceptanceData for block %s", blueBlock.hash)
+		return nil, errors.Errorf("No txsAcceptanceData for block %s", blueBlock.hash)
 	}
 	blockFeeData, ok := feeData[*blueBlock.hash]
 	if !ok {
-		return nil, nil, errors.Errorf("No feeData for block %s", blueBlock.hash)
+		return nil, errors.Errorf("No feeData for block %s", blueBlock.hash)
 	}
 
 	if len(blockTxsAcceptanceData.TxAcceptanceData) != blockFeeData.Len() {
-		return nil, nil, errors.Errorf(
+		return nil, errors.Errorf(
 			"length of accepted transaction data(%d) and fee data(%d) is not equal for block %s",
 			len(blockTxsAcceptanceData.TxAcceptanceData), blockFeeData.Len(), blueBlock.hash)
 	}
 
-	txIn := &wire.TxIn{
-		SignatureScript: []byte{},
-		PreviousOutpoint: wire.Outpoint{
-			TxID:  daghash.TxID(*blueBlock.hash),
-			Index: math.MaxUint32,
-		},
-		Sequence: wire.MaxTxInSequenceNum,
-	}
-
 	totalFees := uint64(0)
 	feeIterator := blockFeeData.iterator()
 
 	for _, txAcceptanceData := range blockTxsAcceptanceData.TxAcceptanceData {
 		fee, err := feeIterator.next()
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, nil, errors.Errorf("Error retrieving fee from compactFeeData iterator: %s", err)
+			return nil, errors.Errorf("Error retrieving fee from compactFeeData iterator: %s", err)
 		}
 		if txAcceptanceData.IsAccepted {
 			totalFees += fee
@@ -229,13 +180,13 @@ func coinbaseInputAndOutputForBlueBlock(dag *BlockDAG, blueBlock *blockNode,
 	totalReward := CalcBlockSubsidy(blueBlock.blueScore, dag.dagParams) + totalFees
 
 	if totalReward == 0 {
-		return txIn, nil, nil
+		return nil, nil
 	}
 
 	// the ScriptPubKey for the coinbase is parsed from the coinbase payload
-	scriptPubKey, _, err := DeserializeCoinbasePayload(blockTxsAcceptanceData.TxAcceptanceData[0].Tx.MsgTx())
+	_, scriptPubKey, _, err := coinbasepayload.DeserializeCoinbasePayload(blockTxsAcceptanceData.TxAcceptanceData[0].Tx.MsgTx())
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, nil, err
+		return nil, err
 	}
 
 	txOut := &wire.TxOut{
@@ -243,5 +194,5 @@ func coinbaseInputAndOutputForBlueBlock(dag *BlockDAG, blueBlock *blockNode,
 		ScriptPubKey: scriptPubKey,
 	}
 
-	return txIn, txOut, nil
+	return txOut, nil
 }
diff --git a/blockdag/dag.go b/blockdag/dag.go
index 2b24d5ef4..c5b58cd0c 100644
--- a/blockdag/dag.go
+++ b/blockdag/dag.go
@@ -654,22 +654,20 @@ func (node *blockNode) selectedParentMultiset(dag *BlockDAG) (*secp256k1.MultiSe
 }
 
 func addTxToMultiset(ms *secp256k1.MultiSet, tx *wire.MsgTx, pastUTXO UTXOSet, blockBlueScore uint64) (*secp256k1.MultiSet, error) {
-	isCoinbase := tx.IsCoinBase()
-	if !isCoinbase {
-		for _, txIn := range tx.TxIn {
-			entry, ok := pastUTXO.Get(txIn.PreviousOutpoint)
-			if !ok {
-				return nil, errors.Errorf("Couldn't find entry for outpoint %s", txIn.PreviousOutpoint)
-			}
+	for _, txIn := range tx.TxIn {
+		entry, ok := pastUTXO.Get(txIn.PreviousOutpoint)
+		if !ok {
+			return nil, errors.Errorf("Couldn't find entry for outpoint %s", txIn.PreviousOutpoint)
+		}
 
-			var err error
-			ms, err = removeUTXOFromMultiset(ms, entry, &txIn.PreviousOutpoint)
-			if err != nil {
-				return nil, err
-			}
+		var err error
+		ms, err = removeUTXOFromMultiset(ms, entry, &txIn.PreviousOutpoint)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
 		}
 	}
 
+	isCoinbase := tx.IsCoinBase()
 	for i, txOut := range tx.TxOut {
 		outpoint := *wire.NewOutpoint(tx.TxID(), uint32(i))
 		entry := NewUTXOEntry(txOut, isCoinbase, blockBlueScore)
diff --git a/blockdag/dag_test.go b/blockdag/dag_test.go
index a56d21122..022a804cc 100644
--- a/blockdag/dag_test.go
+++ b/blockdag/dag_test.go
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ func TestIsKnownBlock(t *testing.T) {
 		{hash: dagconfig.SimnetParams.GenesisHash.String(), want: true},
 
 		// Block 3b should be present (as a second child of Block 2).
-		{hash: "2a697c985ab868ea95d84e6dcd7e88301296679149e73bca46eef2d0f2995944", want: true},
+		{hash: "2eb8903d3eb7f977ab329649f56f4125afa532662f7afe5dba0d4a3f1b93746f", want: true},
 
 		// Block 100000 should be present (as an orphan).
 		{hash: "65b20b048a074793ebfd1196e49341c8d194dabfc6b44a4fd0c607406e122baf", want: true},
@@ -1264,7 +1264,7 @@ func TestDoubleSpends(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestUTXOCommitment(t *testing.T) {
 	// Create a new database and dag instance to run tests against.
-	params := dagconfig.DevnetParams
+	params := dagconfig.SimnetParams
 	params.BlockCoinbaseMaturity = 0
 	dag, teardownFunc, err := DAGSetup("TestUTXOCommitment", true, Config{
 		DAGParams: &params,
diff --git a/blockdag/ghostdag_test.go b/blockdag/ghostdag_test.go
index 28260417e..1556db239 100644
--- a/blockdag/ghostdag_test.go
+++ b/blockdag/ghostdag_test.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ func TestGHOSTDAG(t *testing.T) {
 	}{
 		{
 			k:            3,
-			expectedReds: []string{"F", "G", "H", "I", "O", "P"},
+			expectedReds: []string{"F", "G", "H", "I", "N", "Q"},
 			dagData: []*testBlockData{
 				{
 					parents:                []string{"A"},
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ func TestGHOSTDAG(t *testing.T) {
 					id:                     "T",
 					expectedScore:          13,
 					expectedSelectedParent: "S",
-					expectedBlues:          []string{"S", "Q", "N"},
+					expectedBlues:          []string{"S", "O", "P"},
 				},
 			},
 		},
diff --git a/blockdag/scriptval.go b/blockdag/scriptval.go
index 543319c6d..83f872755 100644
--- a/blockdag/scriptval.go
+++ b/blockdag/scriptval.go
@@ -179,11 +179,6 @@ func newTxValidator(utxoSet UTXOSet, flags txscript.ScriptFlags, sigCache *txscr
 // ValidateTransactionScripts validates the scripts for the passed transaction
 // using multiple goroutines.
 func ValidateTransactionScripts(tx *util.Tx, utxoSet UTXOSet, flags txscript.ScriptFlags, sigCache *txscript.SigCache) error {
-	// Don't validate coinbase transaction scripts.
-	if tx.IsCoinBase() {
-		return nil
-	}
-
 	// Collect all of the transaction inputs and required information for
 	// validation.
 	txIns := tx.MsgTx().TxIn
@@ -213,10 +208,6 @@ func checkBlockScripts(block *blockNode, utxoSet UTXOSet, transactions []*util.T
 	}
 	txValItems := make([]*txValidateItem, 0, numInputs)
 	for _, tx := range transactions {
-		// Skip coinbase transactions.
-		if tx.IsCoinBase() {
-			continue
-		}
 		for txInIdx, txIn := range tx.MsgTx().TxIn {
 			txVI := &txValidateItem{
 				txInIndex: txInIdx,
diff --git a/blockdag/testdata/blk_0_to_4.dat b/blockdag/testdata/blk_0_to_4.dat
index 1b4097f24..596af3b94 100644
Binary files a/blockdag/testdata/blk_0_to_4.dat and b/blockdag/testdata/blk_0_to_4.dat differ
diff --git a/blockdag/testdata/blk_3A.dat b/blockdag/testdata/blk_3A.dat
index 1d4fbec3f..c1d01b38a 100644
Binary files a/blockdag/testdata/blk_3A.dat and b/blockdag/testdata/blk_3A.dat differ
diff --git a/blockdag/testdata/blk_3B.dat b/blockdag/testdata/blk_3B.dat
index 8adc090c9..5574379ac 100644
Binary files a/blockdag/testdata/blk_3B.dat and b/blockdag/testdata/blk_3B.dat differ
diff --git a/blockdag/testdata/blk_3C.dat b/blockdag/testdata/blk_3C.dat
index 94b1c83de..e6c994816 100644
Binary files a/blockdag/testdata/blk_3C.dat and b/blockdag/testdata/blk_3C.dat differ
diff --git a/blockdag/testdata/blk_3D.dat b/blockdag/testdata/blk_3D.dat
index 7ea3299be..4bcc05738 100644
Binary files a/blockdag/testdata/blk_3D.dat and b/blockdag/testdata/blk_3D.dat differ
diff --git a/blockdag/utxoset.go b/blockdag/utxoset.go
index bab9a400a..40a32c269 100644
--- a/blockdag/utxoset.go
+++ b/blockdag/utxoset.go
@@ -457,17 +457,15 @@ func (fus *FullUTXOSet) WithDiff(other *UTXODiff) (UTXOSet, error) {
 //
 // This function MUST be called with the DAG lock held.
 func (fus *FullUTXOSet) AddTx(tx *wire.MsgTx, blueScore uint64) (isAccepted bool, err error) {
-	isCoinbase := tx.IsCoinBase()
-	if !isCoinbase {
-		if !fus.containsInputs(tx) {
-			return false, nil
-		}
-
-		for _, txIn := range tx.TxIn {
-			fus.remove(txIn.PreviousOutpoint)
-		}
+	if !fus.containsInputs(tx) {
+		return false, nil
 	}
 
+	for _, txIn := range tx.TxIn {
+		fus.remove(txIn.PreviousOutpoint)
+	}
+
+	isCoinbase := tx.IsCoinBase()
 	for i, txOut := range tx.TxOut {
 		outpoint := *wire.NewOutpoint(tx.TxID(), uint32(i))
 		entry := NewUTXOEntry(txOut, isCoinbase, blueScore)
@@ -543,12 +541,11 @@ func (dus *DiffUTXOSet) WithDiff(other *UTXODiff) (UTXOSet, error) {
 // If dus.UTXODiff.useMultiset is true, this function MUST be
 // called with the DAG lock held.
 func (dus *DiffUTXOSet) AddTx(tx *wire.MsgTx, blockBlueScore uint64) (bool, error) {
-	isCoinbase := tx.IsCoinBase()
-	if !isCoinbase && !dus.containsInputs(tx) {
+	if !dus.containsInputs(tx) {
 		return false, nil
 	}
 
-	err := dus.appendTx(tx, blockBlueScore, isCoinbase)
+	err := dus.appendTx(tx, blockBlueScore)
 	if err != nil {
 		return false, err
 	}
@@ -556,20 +553,19 @@ func (dus *DiffUTXOSet) AddTx(tx *wire.MsgTx, blockBlueScore uint64) (bool, erro
 	return true, nil
 }
 
-func (dus *DiffUTXOSet) appendTx(tx *wire.MsgTx, blockBlueScore uint64, isCoinbase bool) error {
-	if !isCoinbase {
-		for _, txIn := range tx.TxIn {
-			entry, ok := dus.Get(txIn.PreviousOutpoint)
-			if !ok {
-				return errors.Errorf("Couldn't find entry for outpoint %s", txIn.PreviousOutpoint)
-			}
-			err := dus.UTXODiff.RemoveEntry(txIn.PreviousOutpoint, entry)
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
+func (dus *DiffUTXOSet) appendTx(tx *wire.MsgTx, blockBlueScore uint64) error {
+	for _, txIn := range tx.TxIn {
+		entry, ok := dus.Get(txIn.PreviousOutpoint)
+		if !ok {
+			return errors.Errorf("couldn't find entry for outpoint %s", txIn.PreviousOutpoint)
+		}
+		err := dus.UTXODiff.RemoveEntry(txIn.PreviousOutpoint, entry)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
 		}
 	}
 
+	isCoinbase := tx.IsCoinBase()
 	for i, txOut := range tx.TxOut {
 		outpoint := *wire.NewOutpoint(tx.TxID(), uint32(i))
 		entry := NewUTXOEntry(txOut, isCoinbase, blockBlueScore)
diff --git a/blockdag/utxoset_test.go b/blockdag/utxoset_test.go
index 95c99daac..c18e464fd 100644
--- a/blockdag/utxoset_test.go
+++ b/blockdag/utxoset_test.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package blockdag
 
 import (
-	"math"
 	"reflect"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -947,12 +946,9 @@ func TestUTXOSetDiffRules(t *testing.T) {
 
 // TestDiffUTXOSet_addTx makes sure that diffUTXOSet addTx works as expected
 func TestDiffUTXOSet_addTx(t *testing.T) {
-	// coinbaseTX is coinbase. As such, it has exactly one input with hash zero and MaxUInt32 index
-	txID0, _ := daghash.NewTxIDFromStr("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000")
-	txIn0 := &wire.TxIn{SignatureScript: []byte{}, PreviousOutpoint: wire.Outpoint{TxID: *txID0, Index: math.MaxUint32}, Sequence: 0}
 	txOut0 := &wire.TxOut{ScriptPubKey: []byte{0}, Value: 10}
 	utxoEntry0 := NewUTXOEntry(txOut0, true, 0)
-	coinbaseTX := wire.NewSubnetworkMsgTx(1, []*wire.TxIn{txIn0}, []*wire.TxOut{txOut0}, subnetworkid.SubnetworkIDCoinbase, 0, nil)
+	coinbaseTX := wire.NewSubnetworkMsgTx(1, []*wire.TxIn{}, []*wire.TxOut{txOut0}, subnetworkid.SubnetworkIDCoinbase, 0, nil)
 
 	// transaction1 spends coinbaseTX
 	id1 := coinbaseTX.TxID()
diff --git a/dagconfig/genesis.go b/dagconfig/genesis.go
index 28f3b51e1..4da34a5bd 100644
--- a/dagconfig/genesis.go
+++ b/dagconfig/genesis.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 package dagconfig
 
 import (
-	"math"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/util/daghash"
@@ -13,22 +12,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/wire"
 )
 
-var genesisTxIns = []*wire.TxIn{
-	{
-		PreviousOutpoint: wire.Outpoint{
-			TxID:  daghash.TxID{},
-			Index: math.MaxUint32,
-		},
-		SignatureScript: []byte{
-			0x00, 0x00, 0x0b, 0x2f, 0x50, 0x32, 0x53, 0x48,
-			0x2f, 0x62, 0x74, 0x63, 0x64, 0x2f,
-		},
-		Sequence: math.MaxUint64,
-	},
-}
 var genesisTxOuts = []*wire.TxOut{}
 
 var genesisTxPayload = []byte{
+	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, // Blue score
 	0x17,                                           // Varint
 	0xa9, 0x14, 0xda, 0x17, 0x45, 0xe9, 0xb5, 0x49, // OP-TRUE p2sh
 	0xbd, 0x0b, 0xfa, 0x1a, 0x56, 0x99, 0x71, 0xc7,
@@ -37,24 +24,24 @@ var genesisTxPayload = []byte{
 
 // genesisCoinbaseTx is the coinbase transaction for the genesis blocks for
 // the main network.
-var genesisCoinbaseTx = wire.NewSubnetworkMsgTx(1, genesisTxIns, genesisTxOuts, subnetworkid.SubnetworkIDCoinbase, 0, genesisTxPayload)
+var genesisCoinbaseTx = wire.NewSubnetworkMsgTx(1, []*wire.TxIn{}, genesisTxOuts, subnetworkid.SubnetworkIDCoinbase, 0, genesisTxPayload)
 
 // genesisHash is the hash of the first block in the block DAG for the main
 // network (genesis block).
 var genesisHash = daghash.Hash{
-	0x9c, 0xf9, 0x7d, 0xd6, 0xbc, 0x25, 0xb2, 0xb8,
-	0x6c, 0xd0, 0xe1, 0x9e, 0x3a, 0x2f, 0xab, 0x3d,
-	0x3e, 0x3f, 0x4d, 0x95, 0x09, 0x85, 0x8f, 0x99,
-	0xc8, 0xe4, 0xc2, 0x15, 0x78, 0xac, 0x79, 0x6a,
+	0xb3, 0x5d, 0x34, 0x3c, 0xf6, 0xbb, 0xd5, 0xaf,
+	0x40, 0x4b, 0xff, 0x3f, 0x83, 0x27, 0x71, 0x1e,
+	0xe1, 0x83, 0xf6, 0x41, 0x32, 0x8c, 0xba, 0xe6,
+	0xd3, 0xba, 0x13, 0xef, 0x7b, 0x7e, 0x61, 0x65,
 }
 
 // genesisMerkleRoot is the hash of the first transaction in the genesis block
 // for the main network.
 var genesisMerkleRoot = daghash.Hash{
-	0x72, 0x10, 0x35, 0x85, 0xdd, 0xac, 0x82, 0x5c,
-	0x49, 0x13, 0x9f, 0xc0, 0x0e, 0x37, 0xc0, 0x45,
-	0x71, 0xdf, 0xd9, 0xf6, 0x36, 0xdf, 0x4c, 0x42,
-	0x72, 0x7b, 0x9e, 0x86, 0xdd, 0x37, 0xd2, 0xbd,
+	0xca, 0x85, 0x56, 0x27, 0xc7, 0x6a, 0xb5, 0x7a,
+	0x26, 0x1d, 0x63, 0x62, 0x1e, 0x57, 0x21, 0xf0,
+	0x5e, 0x60, 0x1f, 0xee, 0x1d, 0x4d, 0xaa, 0x53,
+	0x72, 0xe1, 0x16, 0xda, 0x4b, 0xb3, 0xd8, 0x0e,
 }
 
 // genesisBlock defines the genesis block of the block DAG which serves as the
@@ -66,29 +53,17 @@ var genesisBlock = wire.MsgBlock{
 		HashMerkleRoot:       &genesisMerkleRoot,
 		AcceptedIDMerkleRoot: &daghash.Hash{},
 		UTXOCommitment:       &daghash.ZeroHash,
-		Timestamp:            time.Unix(0x5ece5ba4, 0),
+		Timestamp:            time.Unix(0x5edf4ce0, 0),
 		Bits:                 0x207fffff,
 		Nonce:                0,
 	},
 	Transactions: []*wire.MsgTx{genesisCoinbaseTx},
 }
 
-var devnetGenesisTxIns = []*wire.TxIn{
-	{
-		PreviousOutpoint: wire.Outpoint{
-			TxID:  daghash.TxID{},
-			Index: math.MaxUint32,
-		},
-		SignatureScript: []byte{
-			0x00, 0x00, 0x0b, 0x2f, 0x50, 0x32, 0x53, 0x48,
-			0x2f, 0x62, 0x74, 0x63, 0x64, 0x2f,
-		},
-		Sequence: math.MaxUint64,
-	},
-}
 var devnetGenesisTxOuts = []*wire.TxOut{}
 
 var devnetGenesisTxPayload = []byte{
+	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, // Blue score
 	0x17,                                           // Varint
 	0xa9, 0x14, 0xda, 0x17, 0x45, 0xe9, 0xb5, 0x49, // OP-TRUE p2sh
 	0xbd, 0x0b, 0xfa, 0x1a, 0x56, 0x99, 0x71, 0xc7,
@@ -98,24 +73,24 @@ var devnetGenesisTxPayload = []byte{
 
 // devnetGenesisCoinbaseTx is the coinbase transaction for the genesis blocks for
 // the development network.
-var devnetGenesisCoinbaseTx = wire.NewSubnetworkMsgTx(1, devnetGenesisTxIns, devnetGenesisTxOuts, subnetworkid.SubnetworkIDCoinbase, 0, devnetGenesisTxPayload)
+var devnetGenesisCoinbaseTx = wire.NewSubnetworkMsgTx(1, []*wire.TxIn{}, devnetGenesisTxOuts, subnetworkid.SubnetworkIDCoinbase, 0, devnetGenesisTxPayload)
 
 // devGenesisHash is the hash of the first block in the block DAG for the development
 // network (genesis block).
 var devnetGenesisHash = daghash.Hash{
-	0xd3, 0xc0, 0xf4, 0xa7, 0x91, 0xa2, 0x2e, 0x27,
-	0x90, 0x38, 0x6d, 0x47, 0x7b, 0x26, 0x15, 0xaf,
-	0xaf, 0xa6, 0x3a, 0xad, 0xd5, 0xfa, 0x37, 0xf3,
-	0x5e, 0x70, 0xfb, 0xfc, 0x07, 0x31, 0x00, 0x00,
+	0x50, 0x92, 0xd1, 0x1f, 0xaa, 0xba, 0xd3, 0x58,
+	0xa8, 0x22, 0xd7, 0xec, 0x8e, 0xe3, 0xf4, 0x26,
+	0x17, 0x18, 0x74, 0xd7, 0x87, 0x05, 0x9d, 0xed,
+	0x33, 0xcd, 0xe1, 0x26, 0x1a, 0x69, 0x00, 0x00,
 }
 
 // devnetGenesisMerkleRoot is the hash of the first transaction in the genesis block
 // for the devopment network.
 var devnetGenesisMerkleRoot = daghash.Hash{
-	0x16, 0x0a, 0xc6, 0x8b, 0x77, 0x08, 0xf4, 0x96,
-	0xa3, 0x07, 0x05, 0xbc, 0x92, 0xda, 0xee, 0x73,
-	0x26, 0x5e, 0xd0, 0x85, 0x78, 0xa2, 0x5d, 0x02,
-	0x49, 0x8a, 0x2a, 0x22, 0xef, 0x41, 0xc9, 0xc3,
+	0x68, 0x60, 0xe7, 0x77, 0x47, 0x74, 0x7f, 0xd5,
+	0x55, 0x58, 0x8a, 0xb5, 0xc2, 0x29, 0x0c, 0xa6,
+	0x65, 0x44, 0xb4, 0x4f, 0xfa, 0x31, 0x7a, 0xfa,
+	0x55, 0xe0, 0xcf, 0xac, 0x9c, 0x86, 0x30, 0x2a,
 }
 
 // devnetGenesisBlock defines the genesis block of the block DAG which serves as the
@@ -127,29 +102,17 @@ var devnetGenesisBlock = wire.MsgBlock{
 		HashMerkleRoot:       &devnetGenesisMerkleRoot,
 		AcceptedIDMerkleRoot: &daghash.Hash{},
 		UTXOCommitment:       &daghash.ZeroHash,
-		Timestamp:            time.Unix(0x5ece5ba4, 0),
+		Timestamp:            time.Unix(0x5edf4ce0, 0),
 		Bits:                 0x1e7fffff,
-		Nonce:                0x227e6,
+		Nonce:                0xb3ed,
 	},
 	Transactions: []*wire.MsgTx{devnetGenesisCoinbaseTx},
 }
 
-var regtestGenesisTxIns = []*wire.TxIn{
-	{
-		PreviousOutpoint: wire.Outpoint{
-			TxID:  daghash.TxID{},
-			Index: math.MaxUint32,
-		},
-		SignatureScript: []byte{
-			0x00, 0x00, 0x0b, 0x2f, 0x50, 0x32, 0x53, 0x48,
-			0x2f, 0x62, 0x74, 0x63, 0x64, 0x2f,
-		},
-		Sequence: math.MaxUint64,
-	},
-}
 var regtestGenesisTxOuts = []*wire.TxOut{}
 
 var regtestGenesisTxPayload = []byte{
+	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, // Blue score
 	0x17,                                           // Varint
 	0xa9, 0x14, 0xda, 0x17, 0x45, 0xe9, 0xb5, 0x49, // OP-TRUE p2sh
 	0xbd, 0x0b, 0xfa, 0x1a, 0x56, 0x99, 0x71, 0xc7,
@@ -159,24 +122,24 @@ var regtestGenesisTxPayload = []byte{
 
 // regtestGenesisCoinbaseTx is the coinbase transaction for
 // the genesis blocks for the regtest network.
-var regtestGenesisCoinbaseTx = wire.NewSubnetworkMsgTx(1, regtestGenesisTxIns, regtestGenesisTxOuts, subnetworkid.SubnetworkIDCoinbase, 0, regtestGenesisTxPayload)
+var regtestGenesisCoinbaseTx = wire.NewSubnetworkMsgTx(1, []*wire.TxIn{}, regtestGenesisTxOuts, subnetworkid.SubnetworkIDCoinbase, 0, regtestGenesisTxPayload)
 
 // devGenesisHash is the hash of the first block in the block DAG for the development
 // network (genesis block).
 var regtestGenesisHash = daghash.Hash{
-	0xc7, 0x7f, 0x3f, 0xb1, 0xe8, 0xf8, 0xcf, 0xa4,
-	0xf5, 0x6e, 0xeb, 0x9a, 0x35, 0xd4, 0x58, 0x10,
-	0xc8, 0xd6, 0x6d, 0x07, 0x76, 0x53, 0x75, 0xa2,
-	0x73, 0xc0, 0x4e, 0xeb, 0xed, 0x61, 0x00, 0x00,
+	0xf8, 0x1d, 0xe9, 0x86, 0xa5, 0x60, 0xe0, 0x34,
+	0x0f, 0x02, 0xaa, 0x8d, 0xea, 0x6f, 0x1f, 0xc6,
+	0x2a, 0xb4, 0x77, 0xbd, 0xca, 0xed, 0xad, 0x3c,
+	0x99, 0xe6, 0x98, 0x7c, 0x7b, 0x5e, 0x00, 0x00,
 }
 
 // regtestGenesisMerkleRoot is the hash of the first transaction in the genesis block
 // for the regtest.
 var regtestGenesisMerkleRoot = daghash.Hash{
-	0x3a, 0x9f, 0x62, 0xc9, 0x2b, 0x16, 0x17, 0xb3,
-	0x41, 0x6d, 0x9e, 0x2d, 0x87, 0x93, 0xfd, 0x72,
-	0x77, 0x4d, 0x1d, 0x6f, 0x6d, 0x38, 0x5b, 0xf1,
-	0x24, 0x1b, 0xdc, 0x96, 0xce, 0xbf, 0xa1, 0x09,
+	0x1e, 0x08, 0xae, 0x1f, 0x43, 0xf5, 0xfc, 0x24,
+	0xe6, 0xec, 0x54, 0x5b, 0xf7, 0x52, 0x99, 0xe4,
+	0xcc, 0x4c, 0xa0, 0x79, 0x41, 0xfc, 0xbe, 0x76,
+	0x72, 0x4c, 0x7e, 0xd8, 0xa3, 0x43, 0x65, 0x94,
 }
 
 // regtestGenesisBlock defines the genesis block of the block DAG which serves as the
@@ -188,29 +151,17 @@ var regtestGenesisBlock = wire.MsgBlock{
 		HashMerkleRoot:       &regtestGenesisMerkleRoot,
 		AcceptedIDMerkleRoot: &daghash.Hash{},
 		UTXOCommitment:       &daghash.ZeroHash,
-		Timestamp:            time.Unix(0x5ece5ba4, 0),
+		Timestamp:            time.Unix(0x5edf4ce0, 0),
 		Bits:                 0x1e7fffff,
-		Nonce:                0x31516,
+		Nonce:                0x4a78,
 	},
 	Transactions: []*wire.MsgTx{regtestGenesisCoinbaseTx},
 }
 
-var simnetGenesisTxIns = []*wire.TxIn{
-	{
-		PreviousOutpoint: wire.Outpoint{
-			TxID:  daghash.TxID{},
-			Index: math.MaxUint32,
-		},
-		SignatureScript: []byte{
-			0x00, 0x00, 0x0b, 0x2f, 0x50, 0x32, 0x53, 0x48,
-			0x2f, 0x62, 0x74, 0x63, 0x64, 0x2f,
-		},
-		Sequence: math.MaxUint64,
-	},
-}
 var simnetGenesisTxOuts = []*wire.TxOut{}
 
 var simnetGenesisTxPayload = []byte{
+	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, // Blue score
 	0x17,                                           // Varint
 	0xa9, 0x14, 0xda, 0x17, 0x45, 0xe9, 0xb5, 0x49, // OP-TRUE p2sh
 	0xbd, 0x0b, 0xfa, 0x1a, 0x56, 0x99, 0x71, 0xc7,
@@ -219,24 +170,24 @@ var simnetGenesisTxPayload = []byte{
 }
 
 // simnetGenesisCoinbaseTx is the coinbase transaction for the simnet genesis block.
-var simnetGenesisCoinbaseTx = wire.NewSubnetworkMsgTx(1, simnetGenesisTxIns, simnetGenesisTxOuts, subnetworkid.SubnetworkIDCoinbase, 0, simnetGenesisTxPayload)
+var simnetGenesisCoinbaseTx = wire.NewSubnetworkMsgTx(1, []*wire.TxIn{}, simnetGenesisTxOuts, subnetworkid.SubnetworkIDCoinbase, 0, simnetGenesisTxPayload)
 
 // simnetGenesisHash is the hash of the first block in the block DAG for
 // the simnet (genesis block).
 var simnetGenesisHash = daghash.Hash{
-	0x2b, 0x7b, 0x81, 0x60, 0x79, 0x74, 0x83, 0x0a,
-	0x33, 0x71, 0x88, 0x2d, 0x67, 0x7e, 0x06, 0x7b,
-	0x58, 0x87, 0xa3, 0x2b, 0xed, 0xa7, 0x65, 0xb9,
-	0x13, 0x1b, 0xce, 0x49, 0xa5, 0x56, 0xe4, 0x44,
+	0x34, 0x43, 0xed, 0xdc, 0xab, 0x0c, 0x39, 0x53,
+	0xa2, 0xc5, 0x6d, 0x12, 0x4b, 0xc2, 0x41, 0x1c,
+	0x1a, 0x05, 0x24, 0xb4, 0xff, 0xeb, 0xe8, 0xbd,
+	0xee, 0x6e, 0x9a, 0x77, 0xc7, 0xbb, 0x70, 0x7d,
 }
 
 // simnetGenesisMerkleRoot is the hash of the first transaction in the genesis block
 // for the devopment network.
 var simnetGenesisMerkleRoot = daghash.Hash{
-	0xb0, 0x1c, 0x3b, 0x9e, 0x0d, 0x9a, 0xc0, 0x80,
-	0x0a, 0x08, 0x42, 0x50, 0x02, 0xa3, 0xea, 0xdb,
-	0xed, 0xc8, 0xd0, 0xad, 0x35, 0x03, 0xd8, 0x0e,
-	0x11, 0x3c, 0x7b, 0xb2, 0xb5, 0x20, 0xe5, 0x84,
+	0x47, 0x52, 0xc7, 0x23, 0x70, 0x4d, 0x89, 0x17,
+	0xbd, 0x44, 0x26, 0xfa, 0x82, 0x7e, 0x1b, 0xa9,
+	0xc6, 0x46, 0x1a, 0x37, 0x5a, 0x73, 0x88, 0x09,
+	0xe8, 0x17, 0xff, 0xb1, 0xdb, 0x1a, 0xb3, 0x3f,
 }
 
 // simnetGenesisBlock defines the genesis block of the block DAG which serves as the
@@ -248,53 +199,41 @@ var simnetGenesisBlock = wire.MsgBlock{
 		HashMerkleRoot:       &simnetGenesisMerkleRoot,
 		AcceptedIDMerkleRoot: &daghash.Hash{},
 		UTXOCommitment:       &daghash.ZeroHash,
-		Timestamp:            time.Unix(0x5ece5ba5, 0),
+		Timestamp:            time.Unix(0x5ede5261, 0),
 		Bits:                 0x207fffff,
-		Nonce:                0x0,
+		Nonce:                0x2,
 	},
 	Transactions: []*wire.MsgTx{simnetGenesisCoinbaseTx},
 }
 
-var testnetGenesisTxIns = []*wire.TxIn{
-	{
-		PreviousOutpoint: wire.Outpoint{
-			TxID:  daghash.TxID{},
-			Index: math.MaxUint32,
-		},
-		SignatureScript: []byte{
-			0x00, 0x00, 0x0b, 0x2f, 0x50, 0x32, 0x53, 0x48,
-			0x2f, 0x62, 0x74, 0x63, 0x64, 0x2f,
-		},
-		Sequence: math.MaxUint64,
-	},
-}
 var testnetGenesisTxOuts = []*wire.TxOut{}
 
 var testnetGenesisTxPayload = []byte{
+	0x00,                                                                         // Blue score
 	0x01,                                                                         // Varint
 	0x00,                                                                         // OP-FALSE
 	0x6b, 0x61, 0x73, 0x70, 0x61, 0x2d, 0x74, 0x65, 0x73, 0x74, 0x6e, 0x65, 0x74, // kaspa-testnet
 }
 
 // testnetGenesisCoinbaseTx is the coinbase transaction for the testnet genesis block.
-var testnetGenesisCoinbaseTx = wire.NewSubnetworkMsgTx(1, testnetGenesisTxIns, testnetGenesisTxOuts, subnetworkid.SubnetworkIDCoinbase, 0, testnetGenesisTxPayload)
+var testnetGenesisCoinbaseTx = wire.NewSubnetworkMsgTx(1, []*wire.TxIn{}, testnetGenesisTxOuts, subnetworkid.SubnetworkIDCoinbase, 0, testnetGenesisTxPayload)
 
 // testnetGenesisHash is the hash of the first block in the block DAG for the test
 // network (genesis block).
 var testnetGenesisHash = daghash.Hash{
-	0x6b, 0xac, 0xe2, 0xfc, 0x1d, 0x1c, 0xaf, 0x38,
-	0x72, 0x0b, 0x9d, 0xf5, 0xcc, 0x2b, 0xf4, 0x6d,
-	0xf4, 0x2c, 0x05, 0xf9, 0x3d, 0x94, 0xb1, 0xc6,
-	0x6a, 0xea, 0x1b, 0x81, 0x4c, 0x22, 0x00, 0x00,
+	0x16, 0xf0, 0xfa, 0xaf, 0xb5, 0xe9, 0x99, 0x0f,
+	0x4a, 0x32, 0xbc, 0xa3, 0x08, 0x9c, 0x65, 0xe4,
+	0xdd, 0x0d, 0x14, 0x2d, 0x8c, 0x2b, 0x4f, 0x32,
+	0xa3, 0xcf, 0x3b, 0x85, 0x77, 0x24, 0x00, 0x00,
 }
 
 // testnetGenesisMerkleRoot is the hash of the first transaction in the genesis block
 // for testnet.
 var testnetGenesisMerkleRoot = daghash.Hash{
-	0x88, 0x05, 0xd0, 0xe7, 0x8f, 0x41, 0x77, 0x39,
-	0x2c, 0xb6, 0xbb, 0xb4, 0x19, 0xa8, 0x48, 0x4a,
-	0xdf, 0x77, 0xb0, 0x82, 0xd6, 0x70, 0xd8, 0x24,
-	0x6a, 0x36, 0x05, 0xaa, 0xbd, 0x7a, 0xd1, 0x62,
+	0x1a, 0xbb, 0x24, 0x6b, 0x72, 0x29, 0xb3, 0xd5,
+	0x5f, 0x9c, 0x2b, 0xf3, 0xd1, 0x30, 0x67, 0xd5,
+	0xbe, 0x52, 0x5c, 0xde, 0x67, 0x57, 0xbe, 0xb7,
+	0x7e, 0x7f, 0x9f, 0x05, 0xf8, 0xd5, 0xec, 0x8c,
 }
 
 // testnetGenesisBlock defines the genesis block of the block DAG which serves as the
@@ -306,9 +245,9 @@ var testnetGenesisBlock = wire.MsgBlock{
 		HashMerkleRoot:       &testnetGenesisMerkleRoot,
 		AcceptedIDMerkleRoot: &daghash.ZeroHash,
 		UTXOCommitment:       &daghash.ZeroHash,
-		Timestamp:            time.Unix(0x5ece5ba4, 0),
+		Timestamp:            time.Unix(0x5ede4dbc, 0),
 		Bits:                 0x1e7fffff,
-		Nonce:                0x6d249,
+		Nonce:                0x6f12,
 	},
 	Transactions: []*wire.MsgTx{testnetGenesisCoinbaseTx},
 }
diff --git a/dagconfig/genesis_test.go b/dagconfig/genesis_test.go
index 2f810e86a..e1eaa8621 100644
--- a/dagconfig/genesis_test.go
+++ b/dagconfig/genesis_test.go
@@ -148,116 +148,101 @@ func TestDevnetGenesisBlock(t *testing.T) {
 // genesisBlockBytes are the wire encoded bytes for the genesis block of the
 // main network as of protocol version 1.
 var genesisBlockBytes = []byte{
-	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x10, 0x00, 0x72, 0x10, 0x35, 0x85, 0xdd, 0xac, 0x82, 0x5c, 0x49, 0x13, 0x9f,
-	0xc0, 0x0e, 0x37, 0xc0, 0x45, 0x71, 0xdf, 0xd9, 0xf6, 0x36, 0xdf, 0x4c, 0x42, 0x72, 0x7b, 0x9e,
-	0x86, 0xdd, 0x37, 0xd2, 0xbd, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
+	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x10, 0x00, 0xca, 0x85, 0x56, 0x27, 0xc7, 0x6a, 0xb5, 0x7a, 0x26, 0x1d, 0x63,
+	0x62, 0x1e, 0x57, 0x21, 0xf0, 0x5e, 0x60, 0x1f, 0xee, 0x1d, 0x4d, 0xaa, 0x53, 0x72, 0xe1, 0x16,
+	0xda, 0x4b, 0xb3, 0xd8, 0x0e, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
 	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
 	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
 	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
-	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0xa4, 0x5b, 0xce, 0x5e, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0xff, 0xff, 0x7f,
-	0x20, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00,
+	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0xe0, 0x4c, 0xdf, 0x5e, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0xff, 0xff, 0x7f,
+	0x20, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
+	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
 	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
-	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0xff,
-	0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0x0e, 0x00, 0x00, 0x0b, 0x2f, 0x50, 0x32, 0x53, 0x48, 0x2f, 0x62, 0x74, 0x63,
-	0x64, 0x2f, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
-	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
-	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0xd2,
-	0xea, 0x82, 0x4e, 0xb8, 0x87, 0x42, 0xd0, 0x6d, 0x1f, 0x8d, 0xc3, 0xad, 0x9f, 0x43, 0x9e, 0xed,
-	0x6f, 0x43, 0x3c, 0x02, 0x71, 0x71, 0x69, 0xfb, 0xbc, 0x91, 0x44, 0xac, 0xf1, 0x93, 0xd3, 0x18,
-	0x17, 0xa9, 0x14, 0xda, 0x17, 0x45, 0xe9, 0xb5, 0x49, 0xbd, 0x0b, 0xfa, 0x1a, 0x56, 0x99, 0x71,
-	0xc7, 0x7e, 0xba, 0x30, 0xcd, 0x5a, 0x4b, 0x87,
+	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0xc4, 0x41, 0xe6, 0x78, 0x1d, 0xf7, 0xb3, 0x39, 0x66, 0x4d, 0x1a, 0x03,
+	0x97, 0x63, 0xc7, 0x2c, 0xfc, 0x70, 0xd7, 0x75, 0xb6, 0xd9, 0xfc, 0x1a, 0x96, 0xf0, 0xac, 0x07,
+	0xef, 0xfa, 0x26, 0x38, 0x20, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x17, 0xa9, 0x14,
+	0xda, 0x17, 0x45, 0xe9, 0xb5, 0x49, 0xbd, 0x0b, 0xfa, 0x1a, 0x56, 0x99, 0x71, 0xc7, 0x7e, 0xba,
+	0x30, 0xcd, 0x5a, 0x4b, 0x87,
 }
 
 // regtestGenesisBlockBytes are the wire encoded bytes for the genesis block of
 // the regression test network as of protocol version 1.
 var regtestGenesisBlockBytes = []byte{
-	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x10, 0x00, 0x3a, 0x9f, 0x62, 0xc9, 0x2b, 0x16, 0x17, 0xb3, 0x41, 0x6d, 0x9e,
-	0x2d, 0x87, 0x93, 0xfd, 0x72, 0x77, 0x4d, 0x1d, 0x6f, 0x6d, 0x38, 0x5b, 0xf1, 0x24, 0x1b, 0xdc,
-	0x96, 0xce, 0xbf, 0xa1, 0x09, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
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+	0x5b, 0xf7, 0x52, 0x99, 0xe4, 0xcc, 0x4c, 0xa0, 0x79, 0x41, 0xfc, 0xbe, 0x76, 0x72, 0x4c, 0x7e,
+	0xd8, 0xa3, 0x43, 0x65, 0x94, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
 	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
 	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
 	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
-	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0xa4, 0x5b, 0xce, 0x5e, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0xff, 0xff, 0x7f,
-	0x1e, 0x16, 0x15, 0x03, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00,
+	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0xe0, 0x4c, 0xdf, 0x5e, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0xff, 0xff, 0x7f,
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 	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
-	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0xff,
-	0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0x0e, 0x00, 0x00, 0x0b, 0x2f, 0x50, 0x32, 0x53, 0x48, 0x2f, 0x62, 0x74, 0x63,
-	0x64, 0x2f, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
-	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
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-	0x32, 0xec, 0xb4, 0xf8, 0x3c, 0x7a, 0x32, 0x0f, 0xd2, 0xe5, 0x24, 0x77, 0x89, 0x43, 0x3a, 0x78,
-	0x0a, 0xda, 0x68, 0x2d, 0xf6, 0xaa, 0xb1, 0x19, 0xdd, 0xd8, 0x97, 0x15, 0x4b, 0xcb, 0x42, 0x25,
-	0x17, 0xa9, 0x14, 0xda, 0x17, 0x45, 0xe9, 0xb5, 0x49, 0xbd, 0x0b, 0xfa, 0x1a, 0x56, 0x99, 0x71,
-	0xc7, 0x7e, 0xba, 0x30, 0xcd, 0x5a, 0x4b, 0x87, 0x6b, 0x61, 0x73, 0x70, 0x61, 0x2d, 0x72, 0x65,
-	0x67, 0x74, 0x65, 0x73, 0x74,
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+	0x2a, 0x73, 0x1f, 0x54, 0x36, 0x33, 0xa7, 0x99, 0xad, 0xb1, 0x09, 0x65, 0xc0, 0xf0, 0xf4, 0x53,
+	0xba, 0xfb, 0x88, 0xae, 0x2d, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x17, 0xa9, 0x14,
+	0xda, 0x17, 0x45, 0xe9, 0xb5, 0x49, 0xbd, 0x0b, 0xfa, 0x1a, 0x56, 0x99, 0x71, 0xc7, 0x7e, 0xba,
+	0x30, 0xcd, 0x5a, 0x4b, 0x87, 0x6b, 0x61, 0x73, 0x70, 0x61, 0x2d, 0x72, 0x65, 0x67, 0x74, 0x65,
+	0x73, 0x74,
 }
 
 // testnetGenesisBlockBytes are the wire encoded bytes for the genesis block of
 // the test network as of protocol version 1.
 var testnetGenesisBlockBytes = []byte{
-	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x10, 0x00, 0x88, 0x05, 0xd0, 0xe7, 0x8f, 0x41, 0x77, 0x39, 0x2c, 0xb6, 0xbb,
-	0xb4, 0x19, 0xa8, 0x48, 0x4a, 0xdf, 0x77, 0xb0, 0x82, 0xd6, 0x70, 0xd8, 0x24, 0x6a, 0x36, 0x05,
-	0xaa, 0xbd, 0x7a, 0xd1, 0x62, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
+	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x10, 0x00, 0x1a, 0xbb, 0x24, 0x6b, 0x72, 0x29, 0xb3, 0xd5, 0x5f, 0x9c, 0x2b,
+	0xf3, 0xd1, 0x30, 0x67, 0xd5, 0xbe, 0x52, 0x5c, 0xde, 0x67, 0x57, 0xbe, 0xb7, 0x7e, 0x7f, 0x9f,
+	0x05, 0xf8, 0xd5, 0xec, 0x8c, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
 	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
 	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
 	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
-	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0xa4, 0x5b, 0xce, 0x5e, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0xff, 0xff, 0x7f,
-	0x1e, 0x49, 0xd2, 0x06, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00,
+	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0xbc, 0x4d, 0xde, 0x5e, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0xff, 0xff, 0x7f,
+	0x1e, 0x12, 0x6f, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
+	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
 	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
-	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0xff,
-	0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0x0e, 0x00, 0x00, 0x0b, 0x2f, 0x50, 0x32, 0x53, 0x48, 0x2f, 0x62, 0x74, 0x63,
-	0x64, 0x2f, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
-	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
-	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0xcc,
-	0x72, 0xe6, 0x7e, 0x37, 0xa1, 0x34, 0x89, 0x23, 0x24, 0xaf, 0xae, 0x99, 0x1f, 0x89, 0x09, 0x41,
-	0x1a, 0x4d, 0x58, 0xfe, 0x5a, 0x04, 0xb0, 0x3e, 0xeb, 0x1b, 0x5b, 0xb8, 0x65, 0xa8, 0x65, 0x0f,
-	0x01, 0x00, 0x6b, 0x61, 0x73, 0x70, 0x61, 0x2d, 0x74, 0x65, 0x73, 0x74, 0x6e, 0x65, 0x74,
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+	0xb9, 0x1d, 0x68, 0x5a, 0x7e, 0x07, 0xbe, 0xd4, 0xb2, 0x94, 0x6d, 0xdf, 0x5a, 0x97, 0x9f, 0xec,
+	0x46, 0xdf, 0x87, 0x34, 0x10, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x6b, 0x61, 0x73, 0x70, 0x61, 0x2d, 0x74, 0x65,
+	0x73, 0x74, 0x6e, 0x65, 0x74,
 }
 
 // simnetGenesisBlockBytes are the wire encoded bytes for the genesis block of
 // the simulation test network as of protocol version 1.
 var simnetGenesisBlockBytes = []byte{
-	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x10, 0x00, 0xb0, 0x1c, 0x3b, 0x9e, 0x0d, 0x9a, 0xc0, 0x80, 0x0a, 0x08, 0x42,
-	0x50, 0x02, 0xa3, 0xea, 0xdb, 0xed, 0xc8, 0xd0, 0xad, 0x35, 0x03, 0xd8, 0x0e, 0x11, 0x3c, 0x7b,
-	0xb2, 0xb5, 0x20, 0xe5, 0x84, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
+	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x10, 0x00, 0x47, 0x52, 0xc7, 0x23, 0x70, 0x4d, 0x89, 0x17, 0xbd, 0x44, 0x26,
+	0xfa, 0x82, 0x7e, 0x1b, 0xa9, 0xc6, 0x46, 0x1a, 0x37, 0x5a, 0x73, 0x88, 0x09, 0xe8, 0x17, 0xff,
+	0xb1, 0xdb, 0x1a, 0xb3, 0x3f, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
 	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
 	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
 	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
-	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0xa5, 0x5b, 0xce, 0x5e, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0xff, 0xff, 0x7f,
-	0x20, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00,
+	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x61, 0x52, 0xde, 0x5e, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0xff, 0xff, 0x7f,
+	0x20, 0x02, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
+	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
 	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
-	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0xff,
-	0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0x0e, 0x00, 0x00, 0x0b, 0x2f, 0x50, 0x32, 0x53, 0x48, 0x2f, 0x62, 0x74, 0x63,
-	0x64, 0x2f, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
-	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
-	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x89,
-	0x48, 0xd3, 0x23, 0x9c, 0xf9, 0x88, 0x2b, 0x63, 0xc7, 0x33, 0x0f, 0xa3, 0x64, 0xf2, 0xdb, 0x39,
-	0x73, 0x5f, 0x2b, 0xa8, 0xd5, 0x7b, 0x5c, 0x31, 0x68, 0xc9, 0x63, 0x37, 0x5c, 0xe7, 0x41, 0x24,
-	0x17, 0xa9, 0x14, 0xda, 0x17, 0x45, 0xe9, 0xb5, 0x49, 0xbd, 0x0b, 0xfa, 0x1a, 0x56, 0x99, 0x71,
-	0xc7, 0x7e, 0xba, 0x30, 0xcd, 0x5a, 0x4b, 0x87, 0x6b, 0x61, 0x73, 0x70, 0x61, 0x2d, 0x73, 0x69,
-	0x6d, 0x6e, 0x65, 0x74,
+	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0xd9, 0x39, 0x5f, 0x40, 0x2a, 0x5e, 0x24, 0x09, 0x1b, 0x9a, 0x4b, 0xdf,
+	0x7f, 0x0c, 0x03, 0x7f, 0xf1, 0xd2, 0x48, 0x8c, 0x26, 0xb0, 0xa3, 0x74, 0x60, 0xd9, 0x48, 0x18,
+	0x2b, 0x33, 0x22, 0x64, 0x2c, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x17, 0xa9, 0x14,
+	0xda, 0x17, 0x45, 0xe9, 0xb5, 0x49, 0xbd, 0x0b, 0xfa, 0x1a, 0x56, 0x99, 0x71, 0xc7, 0x7e, 0xba,
+	0x30, 0xcd, 0x5a, 0x4b, 0x87, 0x6b, 0x61, 0x73, 0x70, 0x61, 0x2d, 0x73, 0x69, 0x6d, 0x6e, 0x65,
+	0x74,
 }
 
 // devnetGenesisBlockBytes are the wire encoded bytes for the genesis block of
 // the development network as of protocol version 1.
 var devnetGenesisBlockBytes = []byte{
-	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x10, 0x00, 0x16, 0x0a, 0xc6, 0x8b, 0x77, 0x08, 0xf4, 0x96, 0xa3, 0x07, 0x05,
-	0xbc, 0x92, 0xda, 0xee, 0x73, 0x26, 0x5e, 0xd0, 0x85, 0x78, 0xa2, 0x5d, 0x02, 0x49, 0x8a, 0x2a,
-	0x22, 0xef, 0x41, 0xc9, 0xc3, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
+	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x10, 0x00, 0x68, 0x60, 0xe7, 0x77, 0x47, 0x74, 0x7f, 0xd5, 0x55, 0x58, 0x8a,
+	0xb5, 0xc2, 0x29, 0x0c, 0xa6, 0x65, 0x44, 0xb4, 0x4f, 0xfa, 0x31, 0x7a, 0xfa, 0x55, 0xe0, 0xcf,
+	0xac, 0x9c, 0x86, 0x30, 0x2a, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
 	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
 	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
 	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
-	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0xa4, 0x5b, 0xce, 0x5e, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0xff, 0xff, 0x7f,
-	0x1e, 0xe6, 0x27, 0x02, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00,
+	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0xe0, 0x4c, 0xdf, 0x5e, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0xff, 0xff, 0x7f,
+	0x1e, 0xed, 0xb3, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
+	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
 	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
-	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0xff,
-	0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0x0e, 0x00, 0x00, 0x0b, 0x2f, 0x50, 0x32, 0x53, 0x48, 0x2f, 0x62, 0x74, 0x63,
-	0x64, 0x2f, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
-	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
-	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x11,
-	0xc7, 0x0c, 0x02, 0x9e, 0xb2, 0x2e, 0xb3, 0xad, 0x24, 0x10, 0xfe, 0x2c, 0xdb, 0x8e, 0x1d, 0xde,
-	0x81, 0x5b, 0xbb, 0x42, 0xfe, 0xb4, 0x93, 0xd6, 0xe3, 0xbe, 0x86, 0x02, 0xe6, 0x3a, 0x65, 0x24,
-	0x17, 0xa9, 0x14, 0xda, 0x17, 0x45, 0xe9, 0xb5, 0x49, 0xbd, 0x0b, 0xfa, 0x1a, 0x56, 0x99, 0x71,
-	0xc7, 0x7e, 0xba, 0x30, 0xcd, 0x5a, 0x4b, 0x87, 0x6b, 0x61, 0x73, 0x70, 0x61, 0x2d, 0x64, 0x65,
-	0x76, 0x6e, 0x65, 0x74,
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+	0xc0, 0x0a, 0x70, 0x2b, 0x15, 0xd5, 0x3c, 0x07, 0xb0, 0x54, 0x4f, 0x5b, 0x1a, 0x04, 0xcd, 0x49,
+	0xf1, 0x7b, 0xd6, 0x27, 0x2c, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x17, 0xa9, 0x14,
+	0xda, 0x17, 0x45, 0xe9, 0xb5, 0x49, 0xbd, 0x0b, 0xfa, 0x1a, 0x56, 0x99, 0x71, 0xc7, 0x7e, 0xba,
+	0x30, 0xcd, 0x5a, 0x4b, 0x87, 0x6b, 0x61, 0x73, 0x70, 0x61, 0x2d, 0x64, 0x65, 0x76, 0x6e, 0x65,
+	0x74,
 }
diff --git a/mempool/mempool_test.go b/mempool/mempool_test.go
index 19ea66c03..890e563a2 100644
--- a/mempool/mempool_test.go
+++ b/mempool/mempool_test.go
@@ -849,7 +849,7 @@ func TestDoubleSpendsFromDAG(t *testing.T) {
 //TestFetchTransaction checks that FetchTransaction
 //returns only transaction from the main pool and not from the orphan pool
 func TestFetchTransaction(t *testing.T) {
-	tc, spendableOuts, teardownFunc, err := newPoolHarness(t, &dagconfig.MainnetParams, 1, "TestFetchTransaction")
+	tc, spendableOuts, teardownFunc, err := newPoolHarness(t, &dagconfig.SimnetParams, 1, "TestFetchTransaction")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("unable to create test pool: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -895,7 +895,7 @@ func TestFetchTransaction(t *testing.T) {
 // they are all orphans. Finally, it adds the linking transaction and ensures
 // the entire orphan chain is moved to the transaction pool.
 func TestSimpleOrphanChain(t *testing.T) {
-	tc, spendableOuts, teardownFunc, err := newPoolHarness(t, &dagconfig.MainnetParams, 1, "TestSimpleOrphanChain")
+	tc, spendableOuts, teardownFunc, err := newPoolHarness(t, &dagconfig.SimnetParams, 1, "TestSimpleOrphanChain")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("unable to create test pool: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -955,7 +955,7 @@ func TestSimpleOrphanChain(t *testing.T) {
 // TestOrphanReject ensures that orphans are properly rejected when the allow
 // orphans flag is not set on ProcessTransaction.
 func TestOrphanReject(t *testing.T) {
-	tc, outputs, teardownFunc, err := newPoolHarness(t, &dagconfig.MainnetParams, 1, "TestOrphanReject")
+	tc, outputs, teardownFunc, err := newPoolHarness(t, &dagconfig.SimnetParams, 1, "TestOrphanReject")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("unable to create test pool: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -1009,7 +1009,7 @@ func TestOrphanReject(t *testing.T) {
 // it will check if we are beyond nextExpireScan, and if so, it will remove
 // all expired orphan transactions
 func TestOrphanExpiration(t *testing.T) {
-	tc, _, teardownFunc, err := newPoolHarness(t, &dagconfig.MainnetParams, 1, "TestOrphanExpiration")
+	tc, _, teardownFunc, err := newPoolHarness(t, &dagconfig.SimnetParams, 1, "TestOrphanExpiration")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("unable to create test pool: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -1071,7 +1071,7 @@ func TestOrphanExpiration(t *testing.T) {
 //TestMaxOrphanTxSize ensures that a transaction that is
 //bigger than MaxOrphanTxSize will get rejected
 func TestMaxOrphanTxSize(t *testing.T) {
-	tc, _, teardownFunc, err := newPoolHarness(t, &dagconfig.MainnetParams, 1, "TestMaxOrphanTxSize")
+	tc, _, teardownFunc, err := newPoolHarness(t, &dagconfig.SimnetParams, 1, "TestMaxOrphanTxSize")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("unable to create test pool: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -1098,7 +1098,7 @@ func TestMaxOrphanTxSize(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestRemoveTransaction(t *testing.T) {
-	tc, outputs, teardownFunc, err := newPoolHarness(t, &dagconfig.MainnetParams, 2, "TestRemoveTransaction")
+	tc, outputs, teardownFunc, err := newPoolHarness(t, &dagconfig.SimnetParams, 2, "TestRemoveTransaction")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("unable to create test pool: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -1141,7 +1141,7 @@ func TestRemoveTransaction(t *testing.T) {
 // TestOrphanEviction ensures that exceeding the maximum number of orphans
 // evicts entries to make room for the new ones.
 func TestOrphanEviction(t *testing.T) {
-	tc, outputs, teardownFunc, err := newPoolHarness(t, &dagconfig.MainnetParams, 1, "TestOrphanEviction")
+	tc, outputs, teardownFunc, err := newPoolHarness(t, &dagconfig.SimnetParams, 1, "TestOrphanEviction")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("unable to create test pool: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -1202,7 +1202,7 @@ func TestOrphanEviction(t *testing.T) {
 // Attempt to remove orphans by tag,
 // and ensure the state of all other orphans are unaffected.
 func TestRemoveOrphansByTag(t *testing.T) {
-	tc, _, teardownFunc, err := newPoolHarness(t, &dagconfig.MainnetParams, 1, "TestRemoveOrphansByTag")
+	tc, _, teardownFunc, err := newPoolHarness(t, &dagconfig.SimnetParams, 1, "TestRemoveOrphansByTag")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("unable to create test pool: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -1255,7 +1255,7 @@ func TestRemoveOrphansByTag(t *testing.T) {
 // redeems it and when there is not.
 func TestBasicOrphanRemoval(t *testing.T) {
 	const maxOrphans = 4
-	tc, spendableOuts, teardownFunc, err := newPoolHarness(t, &dagconfig.MainnetParams, 1, "TestBasicOrphanRemoval")
+	tc, spendableOuts, teardownFunc, err := newPoolHarness(t, &dagconfig.SimnetParams, 1, "TestBasicOrphanRemoval")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("unable to create test pool: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -1329,7 +1329,7 @@ func TestBasicOrphanRemoval(t *testing.T) {
 // from other orphans) are removed as expected.
 func TestOrphanChainRemoval(t *testing.T) {
 	const maxOrphans = 10
-	tc, spendableOuts, teardownFunc, err := newPoolHarness(t, &dagconfig.MainnetParams, 1, "TestOrphanChainRemoval")
+	tc, spendableOuts, teardownFunc, err := newPoolHarness(t, &dagconfig.SimnetParams, 1, "TestOrphanChainRemoval")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("unable to create test pool: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -1394,7 +1394,7 @@ func TestOrphanChainRemoval(t *testing.T) {
 // output that is spend by another transaction entering the pool are removed.
 func TestMultiInputOrphanDoubleSpend(t *testing.T) {
 	const maxOrphans = 4
-	tc, outputs, teardownFunc, err := newPoolHarness(t, &dagconfig.MainnetParams, 1, "TestMultiInputOrphanDoubleSpend")
+	tc, outputs, teardownFunc, err := newPoolHarness(t, &dagconfig.SimnetParams, 1, "TestMultiInputOrphanDoubleSpend")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("unable to create test pool: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -1478,7 +1478,7 @@ func TestMultiInputOrphanDoubleSpend(t *testing.T) {
 // TestCheckSpend tests that CheckSpend returns the expected spends found in
 // the mempool.
 func TestCheckSpend(t *testing.T) {
-	tc, outputs, teardownFunc, err := newPoolHarness(t, &dagconfig.MainnetParams, 1, "TestCheckSpend")
+	tc, outputs, teardownFunc, err := newPoolHarness(t, &dagconfig.SimnetParams, 1, "TestCheckSpend")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("unable to create test pool: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -1544,7 +1544,7 @@ func TestCheckSpend(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestCount(t *testing.T) {
-	tc, outputs, teardownFunc, err := newPoolHarness(t, &dagconfig.MainnetParams, 1, "TestCount")
+	tc, outputs, teardownFunc, err := newPoolHarness(t, &dagconfig.SimnetParams, 1, "TestCount")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("unable to create test pool: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -1647,7 +1647,7 @@ func TestExtractRejectCode(t *testing.T) {
 
 // TestHandleNewBlock
 func TestHandleNewBlock(t *testing.T) {
-	tc, spendableOuts, teardownFunc, err := newPoolHarness(t, &dagconfig.MainnetParams, 2, "TestHandleNewBlock")
+	tc, spendableOuts, teardownFunc, err := newPoolHarness(t, &dagconfig.SimnetParams, 2, "TestHandleNewBlock")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("unable to create test pool: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -1770,21 +1770,7 @@ var dummyBlock = wire.MsgBlock{
 	Transactions: []*wire.MsgTx{
 		{
 			Version: 1,
-			TxIn: []*wire.TxIn{
-				{
-					PreviousOutpoint: wire.Outpoint{
-						TxID: daghash.TxID{
-							0x9b, 0x22, 0x59, 0x44, 0x66, 0xf0, 0xbe, 0x50,
-							0x7c, 0x1c, 0x8a, 0xf6, 0x06, 0x27, 0xe6, 0x33,
-							0x38, 0x7e, 0xd1, 0xd5, 0x8c, 0x42, 0x59, 0x1a,
-							0x31, 0xac, 0x9a, 0xa6, 0x2e, 0xd5, 0x2b, 0x0f,
-						},
-						Index: 0xffffffff,
-					},
-					SignatureScript: nil,
-					Sequence:        math.MaxUint64,
-				},
-			},
+			TxIn:    []*wire.TxIn{},
 			TxOut: []*wire.TxOut{
 				{
 					Value: 0x12a05f200, // 5000000000
@@ -1797,7 +1783,10 @@ var dummyBlock = wire.MsgBlock{
 			},
 			LockTime:     0,
 			SubnetworkID: *subnetworkid.SubnetworkIDCoinbase,
-			Payload:      []byte{0x00},
+			Payload: []byte{
+				0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
+				0x00,
+			},
 			PayloadHash: &daghash.Hash{
 				0x14, 0x06, 0xe0, 0x58, 0x81, 0xe2, 0x99, 0x36,
 				0x77, 0x66, 0xd3, 0x13, 0xe2, 0x6c, 0x05, 0x56,
diff --git a/server/rpc/rpcwebsocket.go b/server/rpc/rpcwebsocket.go
index 02a65e0a5..b7efa9abf 100644
--- a/server/rpc/rpcwebsocket.go
+++ b/server/rpc/rpcwebsocket.go
@@ -629,7 +629,13 @@ func (m *wsNotificationManager) notifyFilteredBlockAdded(clients map[chan struct
 			"added notification: %s", err)
 		return
 	}
-	ntfn := rpcmodel.NewFilteredBlockAddedNtfn(block.BlueScore(), hex.EncodeToString(w.Bytes()), nil)
+	blueScore, err := block.BlueScore()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Errorf("Failed to deserialize blue score for filtered block "+
+			"added notification: %s", err)
+		return
+	}
+	ntfn := rpcmodel.NewFilteredBlockAddedNtfn(blueScore, hex.EncodeToString(w.Bytes()), nil)
 
 	// Search for relevant transactions for each client and save them
 	// serialized in hex encoding for the notification.
diff --git a/util/block.go b/util/block.go
index 5f177dff4..0e805cc41 100644
--- a/util/block.go
+++ b/util/block.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ package util
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/util/coinbasepayload"
 	"io"
 	"time"
 
@@ -33,12 +34,23 @@ func (e OutOfRangeError) Error() string {
 // transactions on their first access so subsequent accesses don't have to
 // repeat the relatively expensive hashing operations.
 type Block struct {
-	msgBlock        *wire.MsgBlock // Underlying MsgBlock
-	serializedBlock []byte         // Serialized bytes for the block
-	blockHash       *daghash.Hash  // Cached block hash
-	transactions    []*Tx          // Transactions
-	txnsGenerated   bool           // ALL wrapped transactions generated
-	blueScore       uint64         // Blue score
+	// Underlying MsgBlock
+	msgBlock *wire.MsgBlock
+
+	// Serialized bytes for the block. This is used only internally, and .Hash() should be used anywhere.
+	serializedBlock []byte
+
+	// Cached block hash. This is used only internally, and .Hash() should be used anywhere.
+	blockHash *daghash.Hash
+
+	// Transactions. This is used only internally, and .Transactions() should be used anywhere.
+	transactions []*Tx
+
+	// ALL wrapped transactions generated
+	txnsGenerated bool
+
+	// Blue score. This is used only internally, and .BlueScore() should be used anywhere.
+	blueScore *uint64
 }
 
 // MsgBlock returns the underlying wire.MsgBlock for the Block.
@@ -200,13 +212,15 @@ func (b *Block) Timestamp() time.Time {
 }
 
 // BlueScore returns this block's blue score.
-func (b *Block) BlueScore() uint64 {
-	return b.blueScore
-}
-
-// SetBlueScore sets the blue score of the block.
-func (b *Block) SetBlueScore(blueScore uint64) {
-	b.blueScore = blueScore
+func (b *Block) BlueScore() (uint64, error) {
+	if b.blueScore == nil {
+		blueScore, _, _, err := coinbasepayload.DeserializeCoinbasePayload(b.CoinbaseTransaction().MsgTx())
+		if err != nil {
+			return 0, err
+		}
+		b.blueScore = &blueScore
+	}
+	return *b.blueScore, nil
 }
 
 // NewBlock returns a new instance of a kaspa block given an underlying
diff --git a/util/coinbasepayload/coinbasepayload.go b/util/coinbasepayload/coinbasepayload.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..adaa0e1f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/coinbasepayload/coinbasepayload.go
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+package coinbasepayload
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/binary"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/util/binaryserializer"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/wire"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+)
+
+var byteOrder = binary.LittleEndian
+
+// SerializeCoinbasePayload builds the coinbase payload based on the provided scriptPubKey and extra data.
+func SerializeCoinbasePayload(blueScore uint64, scriptPubKey []byte, extraData []byte) ([]byte, error) {
+	w := &bytes.Buffer{}
+	err := binaryserializer.PutUint64(w, byteOrder, blueScore)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	err = wire.WriteVarInt(w, uint64(len(scriptPubKey)))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	_, err = w.Write(scriptPubKey)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	_, err = w.Write(extraData)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return w.Bytes(), nil
+}
+
+// ErrIncorrectScriptPubKeyLen indicates that the script pub key length is not as expected.
+var ErrIncorrectScriptPubKeyLen = errors.New("incorrect script pub key length")
+
+// DeserializeCoinbasePayload deserializes the coinbase payload to its component (scriptPubKey and extra data).
+func DeserializeCoinbasePayload(tx *wire.MsgTx) (blueScore uint64, scriptPubKey []byte, extraData []byte, err error) {
+	r := bytes.NewReader(tx.Payload)
+	blueScore, err = binaryserializer.Uint64(r, byteOrder)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, nil, nil, err
+	}
+	scriptPubKeyLen, err := wire.ReadVarInt(r)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, nil, nil, err
+	}
+	scriptPubKey = make([]byte, scriptPubKeyLen)
+	n, err := r.Read(scriptPubKey)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, nil, nil, err
+	}
+	if uint64(n) != scriptPubKeyLen {
+		return 0, nil, nil,
+			errors.Wrapf(ErrIncorrectScriptPubKeyLen, "expected %d bytes in script pub key but got %d", scriptPubKeyLen, n)
+	}
+	extraData = make([]byte, r.Len())
+	if r.Len() != 0 {
+		_, err = r.Read(extraData)
+		if err != nil {
+			return 0, nil, nil, err
+		}
+	}
+	return blueScore, scriptPubKey, extraData, nil
+}