diff --git a/core/block_validator_test.go b/core/block_validator_test.go
index a0694f0673..70953d76d0 100644
--- a/core/block_validator_test.go
+++ b/core/block_validator_test.go
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ func TestPutReceipt(t *testing.T) {
 		Index:       0,
 	}}
 
-	PutReceipts(db, types.Receipts{receipt})
+	WriteReceipts(db, types.Receipts{receipt})
 	receipt = GetReceipt(db, common.Hash{})
 	if receipt == nil {
 		t.Error("expected to get 1 receipt, got none.")
diff --git a/core/blockchain.go b/core/blockchain.go
index b6b00ca04c..5e1fc9424c 100644
--- a/core/blockchain.go
+++ b/core/blockchain.go
@@ -972,7 +972,7 @@ func (self *BlockChain) InsertReceiptChain(blockChain types.Blocks, receiptChain
 				glog.Fatal(errs[index])
 				return
 			}
-			if err := PutBlockReceipts(self.chainDb, block.Hash(), receipts); err != nil {
+			if err := WriteBlockReceipts(self.chainDb, block.Hash(), receipts); err != nil {
 				errs[index] = fmt.Errorf("failed to write block receipts: %v", err)
 				atomic.AddInt32(&failed, 1)
 				glog.Fatal(errs[index])
@@ -1182,7 +1182,7 @@ func (self *BlockChain) InsertChain(chain types.Blocks) (int, error) {
 		// coalesce logs for later processing
 		coalescedLogs = append(coalescedLogs, logs...)
 
-		if err := PutBlockReceipts(self.chainDb, block.Hash(), receipts); err != nil {
+		if err := WriteBlockReceipts(self.chainDb, block.Hash(), receipts); err != nil {
 			return i, err
 		}
 
@@ -1201,11 +1201,11 @@ func (self *BlockChain) InsertChain(chain types.Blocks) (int, error) {
 			events = append(events, ChainEvent{block, block.Hash(), logs})
 
 			// This puts transactions in a extra db for rpc
-			if err := PutTransactions(self.chainDb, block, block.Transactions()); err != nil {
+			if err := WriteTransactions(self.chainDb, block); err != nil {
 				return i, err
 			}
 			// store the receipts
-			if err := PutReceipts(self.chainDb, receipts); err != nil {
+			if err := WriteReceipts(self.chainDb, receipts); err != nil {
 				return i, err
 			}
 			// Write map map bloom filters
@@ -1294,12 +1294,12 @@ func (self *BlockChain) reorg(oldBlock, newBlock *types.Block) error {
 		// insert the block in the canonical way, re-writing history
 		self.insert(block)
 		// write canonical receipts and transactions
-		if err := PutTransactions(self.chainDb, block, block.Transactions()); err != nil {
+		if err := WriteTransactions(self.chainDb, block); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 		receipts := GetBlockReceipts(self.chainDb, block.Hash())
 		// write receipts
-		if err := PutReceipts(self.chainDb, receipts); err != nil {
+		if err := WriteReceipts(self.chainDb, receipts); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 		// Write map map bloom filters
diff --git a/core/blockchain_test.go b/core/blockchain_test.go
index e5ed66377e..f18b5d084a 100644
--- a/core/blockchain_test.go
+++ b/core/blockchain_test.go
@@ -937,8 +937,8 @@ func TestChainTxReorgs(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// removed tx
 	for i, tx := range (types.Transactions{pastDrop, freshDrop}) {
-		if GetTransaction(db, tx.Hash()) != nil {
-			t.Errorf("drop %d: tx found while shouldn't have been", i)
+		if txn, _, _, _ := GetTransaction(db, tx.Hash()); txn != nil {
+			t.Errorf("drop %d: tx %v found while shouldn't have been", i, txn)
 		}
 		if GetReceipt(db, tx.Hash()) != nil {
 			t.Errorf("drop %d: receipt found while shouldn't have been", i)
@@ -946,7 +946,7 @@ func TestChainTxReorgs(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	// added tx
 	for i, tx := range (types.Transactions{pastAdd, freshAdd, futureAdd}) {
-		if GetTransaction(db, tx.Hash()) == nil {
+		if txn, _, _, _ := GetTransaction(db, tx.Hash()); txn == nil {
 			t.Errorf("add %d: expected tx to be found", i)
 		}
 		if GetReceipt(db, tx.Hash()) == nil {
@@ -955,7 +955,7 @@ func TestChainTxReorgs(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	// shared tx
 	for i, tx := range (types.Transactions{postponed, swapped}) {
-		if GetTransaction(db, tx.Hash()) == nil {
+		if txn, _, _, _ := GetTransaction(db, tx.Hash()); txn == nil {
 			t.Errorf("share %d: expected tx to be found", i)
 		}
 		if GetReceipt(db, tx.Hash()) == nil {
diff --git a/core/chain_util.go b/core/database_util.go
similarity index 70%
rename from core/chain_util.go
rename to core/database_util.go
index ddff381a1d..fbcce3e8cc 100644
--- a/core/chain_util.go
+++ b/core/database_util.go
@@ -43,11 +43,15 @@ var (
 	bodySuffix   = []byte("-body")
 	tdSuffix     = []byte("-td")
 
-	ExpDiffPeriod = big.NewInt(100000)
-	blockHashPre  = []byte("block-hash-") // [deprecated by eth/63]
+	txMetaSuffix        = []byte{0x01}
+	receiptsPrefix      = []byte("receipts-")
+	blockReceiptsPrefix = []byte("receipts-block-")
 
 	mipmapPre    = []byte("mipmap-log-bloom-")
 	MIPMapLevels = []uint64{1000000, 500000, 100000, 50000, 1000}
+
+	ExpDiffPeriod   = big.NewInt(100000)
+	blockHashPrefix = []byte("block-hash-") // [deprecated by the header/block split, remove eventually]
 )
 
 // CalcDifficulty is the difficulty adjustment algorithm. It returns
@@ -234,6 +238,67 @@ func GetBlock(db ethdb.Database, hash common.Hash) *types.Block {
 	return types.NewBlockWithHeader(header).WithBody(body.Transactions, body.Uncles)
 }
 
+// GetBlockReceipts retrieves the receipts generated by the transactions included
+// in a block given by its hash.
+func GetBlockReceipts(db ethdb.Database, hash common.Hash) types.Receipts {
+	data, _ := db.Get(append(blockReceiptsPrefix, hash[:]...))
+	if len(data) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	storageReceipts := []*types.ReceiptForStorage{}
+	if err := rlp.DecodeBytes(data, &storageReceipts); err != nil {
+		glog.V(logger.Error).Infof("invalid receipt array RLP for hash %x: %v", hash, err)
+		return nil
+	}
+	receipts := make(types.Receipts, len(storageReceipts))
+	for i, receipt := range storageReceipts {
+		receipts[i] = (*types.Receipt)(receipt)
+	}
+	return receipts
+}
+
+// GetTransaction retrieves a specific transaction from the database, along with
+// its added positional metadata.
+func GetTransaction(db ethdb.Database, hash common.Hash) (*types.Transaction, common.Hash, uint64, uint64) {
+	// Retrieve the transaction itself from the database
+	data, _ := db.Get(hash.Bytes())
+	if len(data) == 0 {
+		return nil, common.Hash{}, 0, 0
+	}
+	var tx types.Transaction
+	if err := rlp.DecodeBytes(data, &tx); err != nil {
+		return nil, common.Hash{}, 0, 0
+	}
+	// Retrieve the blockchain positional metadata
+	data, _ = db.Get(append(hash.Bytes(), txMetaSuffix...))
+	if len(data) == 0 {
+		return nil, common.Hash{}, 0, 0
+	}
+	var meta struct {
+		BlockHash  common.Hash
+		BlockIndex uint64
+		Index      uint64
+	}
+	if err := rlp.DecodeBytes(data, &meta); err != nil {
+		return nil, common.Hash{}, 0, 0
+	}
+	return &tx, meta.BlockHash, meta.BlockIndex, meta.Index
+}
+
+// GetReceipt returns a receipt by hash
+func GetReceipt(db ethdb.Database, txHash common.Hash) *types.Receipt {
+	data, _ := db.Get(append(receiptsPrefix, txHash[:]...))
+	if len(data) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	var receipt types.ReceiptForStorage
+	err := rlp.DecodeBytes(data, &receipt)
+	if err != nil {
+		glog.V(logger.Core).Infoln("GetReceipt err:", err)
+	}
+	return (*types.Receipt)(&receipt)
+}
+
 // WriteCanonicalHash stores the canonical hash for the given block number.
 func WriteCanonicalHash(db ethdb.Database, hash common.Hash, number uint64) error {
 	key := append(blockNumPrefix, big.NewInt(int64(number)).Bytes()...)
@@ -329,6 +394,94 @@ func WriteBlock(db ethdb.Database, block *types.Block) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// WriteBlockReceipts stores all the transaction receipts belonging to a block
+// as a single receipt slice. This is used during chain reorganisations for
+// rescheduling dropped transactions.
+func WriteBlockReceipts(db ethdb.Database, hash common.Hash, receipts types.Receipts) error {
+	// Convert the receipts into their storage form and serialize them
+	storageReceipts := make([]*types.ReceiptForStorage, len(receipts))
+	for i, receipt := range receipts {
+		storageReceipts[i] = (*types.ReceiptForStorage)(receipt)
+	}
+	bytes, err := rlp.EncodeToBytes(storageReceipts)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	// Store the flattened receipt slice
+	if err := db.Put(append(blockReceiptsPrefix, hash.Bytes()...), bytes); err != nil {
+		glog.Fatalf("failed to store block receipts into database: %v", err)
+		return err
+	}
+	glog.V(logger.Debug).Infof("stored block receipts [%x…]", hash.Bytes()[:4])
+	return nil
+}
+
+// WriteTransactions stores the transactions associated with a specific block
+// into the given database. Beside writing the transaction, the function also
+// stores a metadata entry along with the transaction, detailing the position
+// of this within the blockchain.
+func WriteTransactions(db ethdb.Database, block *types.Block) error {
+	batch := db.NewBatch()
+
+	// Iterate over each transaction and encode it with its metadata
+	for i, tx := range block.Transactions() {
+		// Encode and queue up the transaction for storage
+		data, err := rlp.EncodeToBytes(tx)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if err := batch.Put(tx.Hash().Bytes(), data); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		// Encode and queue up the transaction metadata for storage
+		meta := struct {
+			BlockHash  common.Hash
+			BlockIndex uint64
+			Index      uint64
+		}{
+			BlockHash:  block.Hash(),
+			BlockIndex: block.NumberU64(),
+			Index:      uint64(i),
+		}
+		data, err = rlp.EncodeToBytes(meta)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if err := batch.Put(append(tx.Hash().Bytes(), txMetaSuffix...), data); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	// Write the scheduled data into the database
+	if err := batch.Write(); err != nil {
+		glog.Fatalf("failed to store transactions into database: %v", err)
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// WriteReceipts stores a batch of transaction receipts into the database.
+func WriteReceipts(db ethdb.Database, receipts types.Receipts) error {
+	batch := db.NewBatch()
+
+	// Iterate over all the receipts and queue them for database injection
+	for _, receipt := range receipts {
+		storageReceipt := (*types.ReceiptForStorage)(receipt)
+		data, err := rlp.EncodeToBytes(storageReceipt)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if err := batch.Put(append(receiptsPrefix, receipt.TxHash.Bytes()...), data); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	// Write the scheduled data into the database
+	if err := batch.Write(); err != nil {
+		glog.Fatalf("failed to store receipts into database: %v", err)
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 // DeleteCanonicalHash removes the number to hash canonical mapping.
 func DeleteCanonicalHash(db ethdb.Database, number uint64) {
 	db.Delete(append(blockNumPrefix, big.NewInt(int64(number)).Bytes()...))
@@ -351,18 +504,35 @@ func DeleteTd(db ethdb.Database, hash common.Hash) {
 
 // DeleteBlock removes all block data associated with a hash.
 func DeleteBlock(db ethdb.Database, hash common.Hash) {
+	DeleteBlockReceipts(db, hash)
 	DeleteHeader(db, hash)
 	DeleteBody(db, hash)
 	DeleteTd(db, hash)
 }
 
-// [deprecated by eth/63]
+// DeleteBlockReceipts removes all receipt data associated with a block hash.
+func DeleteBlockReceipts(db ethdb.Database, hash common.Hash) {
+	db.Delete(append(blockReceiptsPrefix, hash.Bytes()...))
+}
+
+// DeleteTransaction removes all transaction data associated with a hash.
+func DeleteTransaction(db ethdb.Database, hash common.Hash) {
+	db.Delete(hash.Bytes())
+	db.Delete(append(hash.Bytes(), txMetaSuffix...))
+}
+
+// DeleteReceipt removes all receipt data associated with a transaction hash.
+func DeleteReceipt(db ethdb.Database, hash common.Hash) {
+	db.Delete(append(receiptsPrefix, hash.Bytes()...))
+}
+
+// [deprecated by the header/block split, remove eventually]
 // GetBlockByHashOld returns the old combined block corresponding to the hash
 // or nil if not found. This method is only used by the upgrade mechanism to
 // access the old combined block representation. It will be dropped after the
 // network transitions to eth/63.
 func GetBlockByHashOld(db ethdb.Database, hash common.Hash) *types.Block {
-	data, _ := db.Get(append(blockHashPre, hash[:]...))
+	data, _ := db.Get(append(blockHashPrefix, hash[:]...))
 	if len(data) == 0 {
 		return nil
 	}
diff --git a/core/chain_util_test.go b/core/database_util_test.go
similarity index 71%
rename from core/chain_util_test.go
rename to core/database_util_test.go
index 0bbcbbe53d..059f1ae9f7 100644
--- a/core/chain_util_test.go
+++ b/core/database_util_test.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package core
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"math/big"
@@ -341,6 +342,163 @@ func TestHeadStorage(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// Tests that transactions and associated metadata can be stored and retrieved.
+func TestTransactionStorage(t *testing.T) {
+	db, _ := ethdb.NewMemDatabase()
+
+	tx1 := types.NewTransaction(1, common.BytesToAddress([]byte{0x11}), big.NewInt(111), big.NewInt(1111), big.NewInt(11111), []byte{0x11, 0x11, 0x11})
+	tx2 := types.NewTransaction(2, common.BytesToAddress([]byte{0x22}), big.NewInt(222), big.NewInt(2222), big.NewInt(22222), []byte{0x22, 0x22, 0x22})
+	tx3 := types.NewTransaction(3, common.BytesToAddress([]byte{0x33}), big.NewInt(333), big.NewInt(3333), big.NewInt(33333), []byte{0x33, 0x33, 0x33})
+	txs := []*types.Transaction{tx1, tx2, tx3}
+
+	block := types.NewBlock(&types.Header{Number: big.NewInt(314)}, txs, nil, nil)
+
+	// Check that no transactions entries are in a pristine database
+	for i, tx := range txs {
+		if txn, _, _, _ := GetTransaction(db, tx.Hash()); txn != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("tx #%d [%x]: non existent transaction returned: %v", i, tx.Hash(), txn)
+		}
+	}
+	// Insert all the transactions into the database, and verify contents
+	if err := WriteTransactions(db, block); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to write transactions: %v", err)
+	}
+	for i, tx := range txs {
+		if txn, hash, number, index := GetTransaction(db, tx.Hash()); txn == nil {
+			t.Fatalf("tx #%d [%x]: transaction not found", i, tx.Hash())
+		} else {
+			if hash != block.Hash() || number != block.NumberU64() || index != uint64(i) {
+				t.Fatalf("tx #%d [%x]: positional metadata mismatch: have %x/%d/%d, want %x/%v/%v", i, tx.Hash(), hash, number, index, block.Hash(), block.NumberU64(), i)
+			}
+			if tx.String() != txn.String() {
+				t.Fatalf("tx #%d [%x]: transaction mismatch: have %v, want %v", i, tx.Hash(), txn, tx)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	// Delete the transactions and check purge
+	for i, tx := range txs {
+		DeleteTransaction(db, tx.Hash())
+		if txn, _, _, _ := GetTransaction(db, tx.Hash()); txn != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("tx #%d [%x]: deleted transaction returned: %v", i, tx.Hash(), txn)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// Tests that receipts can be stored and retrieved.
+func TestReceiptStorage(t *testing.T) {
+	db, _ := ethdb.NewMemDatabase()
+
+	receipt1 := &types.Receipt{
+		PostState:         []byte{0x01},
+		CumulativeGasUsed: big.NewInt(1),
+		Logs: vm.Logs{
+			&vm.Log{Address: common.BytesToAddress([]byte{0x11})},
+			&vm.Log{Address: common.BytesToAddress([]byte{0x01, 0x11})},
+		},
+		TxHash:          common.BytesToHash([]byte{0x11, 0x11}),
+		ContractAddress: common.BytesToAddress([]byte{0x01, 0x11, 0x11}),
+		GasUsed:         big.NewInt(111111),
+	}
+	receipt2 := &types.Receipt{
+		PostState:         []byte{0x02},
+		CumulativeGasUsed: big.NewInt(2),
+		Logs: vm.Logs{
+			&vm.Log{Address: common.BytesToAddress([]byte{0x22})},
+			&vm.Log{Address: common.BytesToAddress([]byte{0x02, 0x22})},
+		},
+		TxHash:          common.BytesToHash([]byte{0x22, 0x22}),
+		ContractAddress: common.BytesToAddress([]byte{0x02, 0x22, 0x22}),
+		GasUsed:         big.NewInt(222222),
+	}
+	receipts := []*types.Receipt{receipt1, receipt2}
+
+	// Check that no receipt entries are in a pristine database
+	for i, receipt := range receipts {
+		if r := GetReceipt(db, receipt.TxHash); r != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("receipt #%d [%x]: non existent receipt returned: %v", i, receipt.TxHash, r)
+		}
+	}
+	// Insert all the receipts into the database, and verify contents
+	if err := WriteReceipts(db, receipts); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to write receipts: %v", err)
+	}
+	for i, receipt := range receipts {
+		if r := GetReceipt(db, receipt.TxHash); r == nil {
+			t.Fatalf("receipt #%d [%x]: receipt not found", i, receipt.TxHash)
+		} else {
+			rlpHave, _ := rlp.EncodeToBytes(r)
+			rlpWant, _ := rlp.EncodeToBytes(receipt)
+
+			if bytes.Compare(rlpHave, rlpWant) != 0 {
+				t.Fatalf("receipt #%d [%x]: receipt mismatch: have %v, want %v", i, receipt.TxHash, r, receipt)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	// Delete the receipts and check purge
+	for i, receipt := range receipts {
+		DeleteReceipt(db, receipt.TxHash)
+		if r := GetReceipt(db, receipt.TxHash); r != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("receipt #%d [%x]: deleted receipt returned: %v", i, receipt.TxHash, r)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// Tests that receipts associated with a single block can be stored and retrieved.
+func TestBlockReceiptStorage(t *testing.T) {
+	db, _ := ethdb.NewMemDatabase()
+
+	receipt1 := &types.Receipt{
+		PostState:         []byte{0x01},
+		CumulativeGasUsed: big.NewInt(1),
+		Logs: vm.Logs{
+			&vm.Log{Address: common.BytesToAddress([]byte{0x11})},
+			&vm.Log{Address: common.BytesToAddress([]byte{0x01, 0x11})},
+		},
+		TxHash:          common.BytesToHash([]byte{0x11, 0x11}),
+		ContractAddress: common.BytesToAddress([]byte{0x01, 0x11, 0x11}),
+		GasUsed:         big.NewInt(111111),
+	}
+	receipt2 := &types.Receipt{
+		PostState:         []byte{0x02},
+		CumulativeGasUsed: big.NewInt(2),
+		Logs: vm.Logs{
+			&vm.Log{Address: common.BytesToAddress([]byte{0x22})},
+			&vm.Log{Address: common.BytesToAddress([]byte{0x02, 0x22})},
+		},
+		TxHash:          common.BytesToHash([]byte{0x22, 0x22}),
+		ContractAddress: common.BytesToAddress([]byte{0x02, 0x22, 0x22}),
+		GasUsed:         big.NewInt(222222),
+	}
+	receipts := []*types.Receipt{receipt1, receipt2}
+
+	// Check that no receipt entries are in a pristine database
+	hash := common.BytesToHash([]byte{0x03, 0x14})
+	if rs := GetBlockReceipts(db, hash); len(rs) != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("non existent receipts returned: %v", rs)
+	}
+	// Insert the receipt slice into the database and check presence
+	if err := WriteBlockReceipts(db, hash, receipts); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to write block receipts: %v", err)
+	}
+	if rs := GetBlockReceipts(db, hash); len(rs) == 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("no receipts returned")
+	} else {
+		for i := 0; i < len(receipts); i++ {
+			rlpHave, _ := rlp.EncodeToBytes(rs[i])
+			rlpWant, _ := rlp.EncodeToBytes(receipts[i])
+
+			if bytes.Compare(rlpHave, rlpWant) != 0 {
+				t.Fatalf("receipt #%d: receipt mismatch: have %v, want %v", i, rs[i], receipts[i])
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	// Delete the receipt slice and check purge
+	DeleteBlockReceipts(db, hash)
+	if rs := GetBlockReceipts(db, hash); len(rs) != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("deleted receipts returned: %v", rs)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestMipmapBloom(t *testing.T) {
 	db, _ := ethdb.NewMemDatabase()
 
@@ -425,7 +583,7 @@ func TestMipmapChain(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 
 		// store the receipts
-		err := PutReceipts(db, receipts)
+		err := WriteReceipts(db, receipts)
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatal(err)
 		}
@@ -439,7 +597,7 @@ func TestMipmapChain(t *testing.T) {
 		if err := WriteHeadBlockHash(db, block.Hash()); err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("failed to insert block number: %v", err)
 		}
-		if err := PutBlockReceipts(db, block.Hash(), receipts[i]); err != nil {
+		if err := WriteBlockReceipts(db, block.Hash(), receipts[i]); err != nil {
 			t.Fatal("error writing block receipts:", err)
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/core/genesis.go b/core/genesis.go
index dac5de92ff..3fd8f42b0b 100644
--- a/core/genesis.go
+++ b/core/genesis.go
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ func WriteGenesisBlock(chainDb ethdb.Database, reader io.Reader) (*types.Block,
 	if err := WriteBlock(chainDb, block); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	if err := PutBlockReceipts(chainDb, block.Hash(), nil); err != nil {
+	if err := WriteBlockReceipts(chainDb, block.Hash(), nil); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	if err := WriteCanonicalHash(chainDb, block.Hash(), block.NumberU64()); err != nil {
diff --git a/core/transaction_util.go b/core/transaction_util.go
deleted file mode 100644
index e2e5b9aeea..0000000000
--- a/core/transaction_util.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,171 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2015 The go-ethereum Authors
-// This file is part of the go-ethereum library.
-//
-// The go-ethereum library is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-// it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
-// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-// (at your option) any later version.
-//
-// The go-ethereum library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
-// GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
-//
-// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
-// along with the go-ethereum library. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-
-package core
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/types"
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/ethdb"
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/logger"
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/logger/glog"
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rlp"
-	"github.com/syndtr/goleveldb/leveldb"
-)
-
-var (
-	receiptsPre      = []byte("receipts-")
-	blockReceiptsPre = []byte("receipts-block-")
-)
-
-// PutTransactions stores the transactions in the given database
-func PutTransactions(db ethdb.Database, block *types.Block, txs types.Transactions) error {
-	batch := db.NewBatch()
-
-	for i, tx := range block.Transactions() {
-		rlpEnc, err := rlp.EncodeToBytes(tx)
-		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("failed encoding tx: %v", err)
-		}
-
-		batch.Put(tx.Hash().Bytes(), rlpEnc)
-
-		var txExtra struct {
-			BlockHash  common.Hash
-			BlockIndex uint64
-			Index      uint64
-		}
-		txExtra.BlockHash = block.Hash()
-		txExtra.BlockIndex = block.NumberU64()
-		txExtra.Index = uint64(i)
-		rlpMeta, err := rlp.EncodeToBytes(txExtra)
-		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("failed encoding tx meta data: %v", err)
-		}
-
-		batch.Put(append(tx.Hash().Bytes(), 0x0001), rlpMeta)
-	}
-
-	if err := batch.Write(); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed writing tx to db: %v", err)
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
-func DeleteTransaction(db ethdb.Database, txHash common.Hash) {
-	db.Delete(txHash[:])
-}
-
-func GetTransaction(db ethdb.Database, txhash common.Hash) *types.Transaction {
-	data, _ := db.Get(txhash[:])
-	if len(data) != 0 {
-		var tx types.Transaction
-		if err := rlp.DecodeBytes(data, &tx); err != nil {
-			return nil
-		}
-		return &tx
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
-// PutReceipts stores the receipts in the current database
-func PutReceipts(db ethdb.Database, receipts types.Receipts) error {
-	batch := new(leveldb.Batch)
-	_, batchWrite := db.(*ethdb.LDBDatabase)
-
-	for _, receipt := range receipts {
-		storageReceipt := (*types.ReceiptForStorage)(receipt)
-		bytes, err := rlp.EncodeToBytes(storageReceipt)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-
-		if batchWrite {
-			batch.Put(append(receiptsPre, receipt.TxHash[:]...), bytes)
-		} else {
-			err = db.Put(append(receiptsPre, receipt.TxHash[:]...), bytes)
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	if db, ok := db.(*ethdb.LDBDatabase); ok {
-		if err := db.LDB().Write(batch, nil); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
-
-// Delete a receipts from the database
-func DeleteReceipt(db ethdb.Database, txHash common.Hash) {
-	db.Delete(append(receiptsPre, txHash[:]...))
-}
-
-// GetReceipt returns a receipt by hash
-func GetReceipt(db ethdb.Database, txHash common.Hash) *types.Receipt {
-	data, _ := db.Get(append(receiptsPre, txHash[:]...))
-	if len(data) == 0 {
-		return nil
-	}
-	var receipt types.ReceiptForStorage
-	err := rlp.DecodeBytes(data, &receipt)
-	if err != nil {
-		glog.V(logger.Core).Infoln("GetReceipt err:", err)
-	}
-	return (*types.Receipt)(&receipt)
-}
-
-// GetBlockReceipts returns the receipts generated by the transactions
-// included in block's given hash.
-func GetBlockReceipts(db ethdb.Database, hash common.Hash) types.Receipts {
-	data, _ := db.Get(append(blockReceiptsPre, hash[:]...))
-	if len(data) == 0 {
-		return nil
-	}
-	rs := []*types.ReceiptForStorage{}
-	if err := rlp.DecodeBytes(data, &rs); err != nil {
-		glog.V(logger.Error).Infof("invalid receipt array RLP for hash %x: %v", hash, err)
-		return nil
-	}
-	receipts := make(types.Receipts, len(rs))
-	for i, receipt := range rs {
-		receipts[i] = (*types.Receipt)(receipt)
-	}
-	return receipts
-}
-
-// PutBlockReceipts stores the block's transactions associated receipts
-// and stores them by block hash in a single slice. This is required for
-// forks and chain reorgs
-func PutBlockReceipts(db ethdb.Database, hash common.Hash, receipts types.Receipts) error {
-	rs := make([]*types.ReceiptForStorage, len(receipts))
-	for i, receipt := range receipts {
-		rs[i] = (*types.ReceiptForStorage)(receipt)
-	}
-	bytes, err := rlp.EncodeToBytes(rs)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	err = db.Put(append(blockReceiptsPre, hash[:]...), bytes)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	return nil
-}
diff --git a/eth/backend_test.go b/eth/backend_test.go
index 0379fc843a..83219de621 100644
--- a/eth/backend_test.go
+++ b/eth/backend_test.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ func TestMipmapUpgrade(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 
 		// store the receipts
-		err := core.PutReceipts(db, receipts)
+		err := core.WriteReceipts(db, receipts)
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatal(err)
 		}
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ func TestMipmapUpgrade(t *testing.T) {
 		if err := core.WriteHeadBlockHash(db, block.Hash()); err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("failed to insert block number: %v", err)
 		}
-		if err := core.PutBlockReceipts(db, block.Hash(), receipts[i]); err != nil {
+		if err := core.WriteBlockReceipts(db, block.Hash(), receipts[i]); err != nil {
 			t.Fatal("error writing block receipts:", err)
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/eth/filters/filter_test.go b/eth/filters/filter_test.go
index a5418e2e74..5772114b3d 100644
--- a/eth/filters/filter_test.go
+++ b/eth/filters/filter_test.go
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ func BenchmarkMipmaps(b *testing.B) {
 		}
 
 		// store the receipts
-		err := core.PutReceipts(db, receipts)
+		err := core.WriteReceipts(db, receipts)
 		if err != nil {
 			b.Fatal(err)
 		}
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ func BenchmarkMipmaps(b *testing.B) {
 		if err := core.WriteHeadBlockHash(db, block.Hash()); err != nil {
 			b.Fatalf("failed to insert block number: %v", err)
 		}
-		if err := core.PutBlockReceipts(db, block.Hash(), receipts[i]); err != nil {
+		if err := core.WriteBlockReceipts(db, block.Hash(), receipts[i]); err != nil {
 			b.Fatal("error writing block receipts:", err)
 		}
 	}
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ func TestFilters(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 
 		// store the receipts
-		err := core.PutReceipts(db, receipts)
+		err := core.WriteReceipts(db, receipts)
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatal(err)
 		}
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ func TestFilters(t *testing.T) {
 		if err := core.WriteHeadBlockHash(db, block.Hash()); err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("failed to insert block number: %v", err)
 		}
-		if err := core.PutBlockReceipts(db, block.Hash(), receipts[i]); err != nil {
+		if err := core.WriteBlockReceipts(db, block.Hash(), receipts[i]); err != nil {
 			t.Fatal("error writing block receipts:", err)
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/miner/worker.go b/miner/worker.go
index 238f1a4bf7..aa0fa85cb0 100644
--- a/miner/worker.go
+++ b/miner/worker.go
@@ -305,9 +305,9 @@ func (self *worker) wait() {
 				// check if canon block and write transactions
 				if stat == core.CanonStatTy {
 					// This puts transactions in a extra db for rpc
-					core.PutTransactions(self.chainDb, block, block.Transactions())
+					core.WriteTransactions(self.chainDb, block)
 					// store the receipts
-					core.PutReceipts(self.chainDb, work.receipts)
+					core.WriteReceipts(self.chainDb, work.receipts)
 					// Write map map bloom filters
 					core.WriteMipmapBloom(self.chainDb, block.NumberU64(), work.receipts)
 				}
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ func (self *worker) wait() {
 						self.mux.Post(core.ChainHeadEvent{block})
 						self.mux.Post(logs)
 					}
-					if err := core.PutBlockReceipts(self.chainDb, block.Hash(), receipts); err != nil {
+					if err := core.WriteBlockReceipts(self.chainDb, block.Hash(), receipts); err != nil {
 						glog.V(logger.Warn).Infoln("error writing block receipts:", err)
 					}
 				}(block, work.state.Logs(), work.receipts)
diff --git a/xeth/xeth.go b/xeth/xeth.go
index 243bef0b81..ae9f1fe472 100644
--- a/xeth/xeth.go
+++ b/xeth/xeth.go
@@ -322,44 +322,11 @@ func (self *XEth) EthBlockByHash(strHash string) *types.Block {
 	return block
 }
 
-func (self *XEth) EthTransactionByHash(hash string) (tx *types.Transaction, blhash common.Hash, blnum *big.Int, txi uint64) {
-	// Due to increasing return params and need to determine if this is from transaction pool or
-	// some chain, this probably needs to be refactored for more expressiveness
-	data, _ := self.backend.ChainDb().Get(common.FromHex(hash))
-	if len(data) != 0 {
-		dtx := new(types.Transaction)
-		if err := rlp.DecodeBytes(data, dtx); err != nil {
-			glog.V(logger.Error).Infoln(err)
-			return
-		}
-		tx = dtx
-	} else { // check pending transactions
-		tx = self.backend.TxPool().GetTransaction(common.HexToHash(hash))
+func (self *XEth) EthTransactionByHash(hash string) (*types.Transaction, common.Hash, uint64, uint64) {
+	if tx, hash, number, index := core.GetTransaction(self.backend.ChainDb(), common.HexToHash(hash)); tx != nil {
+		return tx, hash, number, index
 	}
-
-	// meta
-	var txExtra struct {
-		BlockHash  common.Hash
-		BlockIndex uint64
-		Index      uint64
-	}
-
-	v, dberr := self.backend.ChainDb().Get(append(common.FromHex(hash), 0x0001))
-	// TODO check specifically for ErrNotFound
-	if dberr != nil {
-		return
-	}
-	r := bytes.NewReader(v)
-	err := rlp.Decode(r, &txExtra)
-	if err == nil {
-		blhash = txExtra.BlockHash
-		blnum = big.NewInt(int64(txExtra.BlockIndex))
-		txi = txExtra.Index
-	} else {
-		glog.V(logger.Error).Infoln(err)
-	}
-
-	return
+	return self.backend.TxPool().GetTransaction(common.HexToHash(hash)), common.Hash{}, 0, 0
 }
 
 func (self *XEth) BlockByNumber(num int64) *Block {