diff --git a/bchain/coins/btc/bitcoinparser.go b/bchain/coins/btc/bitcoinparser.go
index 6918c980..79c88e31 100644
--- a/bchain/coins/btc/bitcoinparser.go
+++ b/bchain/coins/btc/bitcoinparser.go
@@ -14,13 +14,12 @@ import (
 	"github.com/btcsuite/btcutil"
 )
 
-// bitcoinwire parsing
-
-type BitcoinBlockParser struct {
+// BitcoinParser handle
+type BitcoinParser struct {
 	Params *chaincfg.Params
 }
 
-// getChainParams contains network parameters for the main Bitcoin network,
+// GetChainParams contains network parameters for the main Bitcoin network,
 // the regression test Bitcoin network, the test Bitcoin network and
 // the simulation test Bitcoin network, in this order
 func GetChainParams(chain string) *chaincfg.Params {
@@ -33,18 +32,18 @@ func GetChainParams(chain string) *chaincfg.Params {
 	return &chaincfg.MainNetParams
 }
 
-// GetAddrIDFromAddress returns internal address representation of given transaction output
-func (p *BitcoinBlockParser) GetAddrIDFromVout(output *bchain.Vout) ([]byte, error) {
+// GetAddrIDFromVout returns internal address representation of given transaction output
+func (p *BitcoinParser) GetAddrIDFromVout(output *bchain.Vout) ([]byte, error) {
 	return hex.DecodeString(output.ScriptPubKey.Hex)
 }
 
 // GetAddrIDFromAddress returns internal address representation of given address
-func (p *BitcoinBlockParser) GetAddrIDFromAddress(address string) ([]byte, error) {
+func (p *BitcoinParser) GetAddrIDFromAddress(address string) ([]byte, error) {
 	return p.AddressToOutputScript(address)
 }
 
 // AddressToOutputScript converts bitcoin address to ScriptPubKey
-func (p *BitcoinBlockParser) AddressToOutputScript(address string) ([]byte, error) {
+func (p *BitcoinParser) AddressToOutputScript(address string) ([]byte, error) {
 	da, err := btcutil.DecodeAddress(address, p.Params)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -57,7 +56,7 @@ func (p *BitcoinBlockParser) AddressToOutputScript(address string) ([]byte, erro
 }
 
 // OutputScriptToAddresses converts ScriptPubKey to bitcoin addresses
-func (p *BitcoinBlockParser) OutputScriptToAddresses(script []byte) ([]string, error) {
+func (p *BitcoinParser) OutputScriptToAddresses(script []byte) ([]string, error) {
 	_, addresses, _, err := txscript.ExtractPkScriptAddrs(script, p.Params)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -69,7 +68,7 @@ func (p *BitcoinBlockParser) OutputScriptToAddresses(script []byte) ([]string, e
 	return rv, nil
 }
 
-func (p *BitcoinBlockParser) txFromMsgTx(t *wire.MsgTx, parseAddresses bool) bchain.Tx {
+func (p *BitcoinParser) txFromMsgTx(t *wire.MsgTx, parseAddresses bool) bchain.Tx {
 	vin := make([]bchain.Vin, len(t.TxIn))
 	for i, in := range t.TxIn {
 		if blockchain.IsCoinBaseTx(t) {
@@ -123,7 +122,7 @@ func (p *BitcoinBlockParser) txFromMsgTx(t *wire.MsgTx, parseAddresses bool) bch
 }
 
 // ParseTx parses byte array containing transaction and returns Tx struct
-func (p *BitcoinBlockParser) ParseTx(b []byte) (*bchain.Tx, error) {
+func (p *BitcoinParser) ParseTx(b []byte) (*bchain.Tx, error) {
 	t := wire.MsgTx{}
 	r := bytes.NewReader(b)
 	if err := t.Deserialize(r); err != nil {
@@ -135,7 +134,7 @@ func (p *BitcoinBlockParser) ParseTx(b []byte) (*bchain.Tx, error) {
 }
 
 // ParseBlock parses raw block to our Block struct
-func (p *BitcoinBlockParser) ParseBlock(b []byte) (*bchain.Block, error) {
+func (p *BitcoinParser) ParseBlock(b []byte) (*bchain.Block, error) {
 	w := wire.MsgBlock{}
 	r := bytes.NewReader(b)
 
@@ -152,7 +151,7 @@ func (p *BitcoinBlockParser) ParseBlock(b []byte) (*bchain.Block, error) {
 }
 
 // PackTx packs transaction to byte array
-func (p *BitcoinBlockParser) PackTx(tx *bchain.Tx, height uint32, blockTime int64) ([]byte, error) {
+func (p *BitcoinParser) PackTx(tx *bchain.Tx, height uint32, blockTime int64) ([]byte, error) {
 	buf := make([]byte, 4+vlq.MaxLen64+len(tx.Hex)/2)
 	binary.BigEndian.PutUint32(buf[0:4], height)
 	vl := vlq.PutInt(buf[4:4+vlq.MaxLen64], blockTime)
@@ -161,7 +160,7 @@ func (p *BitcoinBlockParser) PackTx(tx *bchain.Tx, height uint32, blockTime int6
 }
 
 // UnpackTx unpacks transaction from byte array
-func (p *BitcoinBlockParser) UnpackTx(buf []byte) (*bchain.Tx, uint32, error) {
+func (p *BitcoinParser) UnpackTx(buf []byte) (*bchain.Tx, uint32, error) {
 	height := binary.BigEndian.Uint32(buf)
 	bt, l := vlq.Int(buf[4:])
 	tx, err := p.ParseTx(buf[4+l:])
@@ -172,6 +171,32 @@ func (p *BitcoinBlockParser) UnpackTx(buf []byte) (*bchain.Tx, uint32, error) {
 	return tx, height, nil
 }
 
-func (p *BitcoinBlockParser) IsUTXOChain() bool {
+// PackedTxidLen returns length in bytes of packed txid
+func (p *BitcoinParser) PackedTxidLen() int {
+	return 32
+}
+
+// PackTxid packs txid to byte array
+func (p *BitcoinParser) PackTxid(txid string) ([]byte, error) {
+	return hex.DecodeString(txid)
+}
+
+// UnpackTxid unpacks byte array to txid
+func (p *BitcoinParser) UnpackTxid(buf []byte) (string, error) {
+	return hex.EncodeToString(buf), nil
+}
+
+// PackBlockHash packs block hash to byte array
+func (p *BitcoinParser) PackBlockHash(hash string) ([]byte, error) {
+	return hex.DecodeString(hash)
+}
+
+// UnpackBlockHash unpacks byte array to block hash
+func (p *BitcoinParser) UnpackBlockHash(buf []byte) (string, error) {
+	return hex.EncodeToString(buf), nil
+}
+
+// IsUTXOChain returns true if the block chain is UTXO type, otherwise false
+func (p *BitcoinParser) IsUTXOChain() bool {
 	return true
 }
diff --git a/bchain/coins/btc/bitcoinparser_test.go b/bchain/coins/btc/bitcoinparser_test.go
index 761bd9a6..35adacea 100644
--- a/bchain/coins/btc/bitcoinparser_test.go
+++ b/bchain/coins/btc/bitcoinparser_test.go
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ func TestAddressToOutputScript(t *testing.T) {
 			wantErr: false,
 		},
 	}
-	parser := &BitcoinBlockParser{Params: GetChainParams("main")}
+	parser := &BitcoinParser{Params: GetChainParams("main")}
 
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ func TestOutputScriptToAddresses(t *testing.T) {
 			wantErr: false,
 		},
 	}
-	parser := &BitcoinBlockParser{Params: GetChainParams("main")}
+	parser := &BitcoinParser{Params: GetChainParams("main")}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			b, _ := hex.DecodeString(tt.args.script)
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ func Test_PackTx(t *testing.T) {
 		tx        bchain.Tx
 		height    uint32
 		blockTime int64
-		parser    *BitcoinBlockParser
+		parser    *BitcoinParser
 	}
 	tests := []struct {
 		name    string
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ func Test_PackTx(t *testing.T) {
 				tx:        testTx1,
 				height:    123456,
 				blockTime: 1519053802,
-				parser:    &BitcoinBlockParser{Params: GetChainParams("main")},
+				parser:    &BitcoinParser{Params: GetChainParams("main")},
 			},
 			want:    testTxPacked1,
 			wantErr: false,
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ func Test_PackTx(t *testing.T) {
 				tx:        testTx2,
 				height:    510234,
 				blockTime: 1235678901,
-				parser:    &BitcoinBlockParser{Params: GetChainParams("test")},
+				parser:    &BitcoinParser{Params: GetChainParams("test")},
 			},
 			want:    testTxPacked2,
 			wantErr: false,
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ func Test_PackTx(t *testing.T) {
 func Test_UnpackTx(t *testing.T) {
 	type args struct {
 		packedTx string
-		parser   *BitcoinBlockParser
+		parser   *BitcoinParser
 	}
 	tests := []struct {
 		name    string
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ func Test_UnpackTx(t *testing.T) {
 			name: "btc-1",
 			args: args{
 				packedTx: testTxPacked1,
-				parser:   &BitcoinBlockParser{Params: GetChainParams("main")},
+				parser:   &BitcoinParser{Params: GetChainParams("main")},
 			},
 			want:    &testTx1,
 			want1:   123456,
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ func Test_UnpackTx(t *testing.T) {
 			name: "testnet-1",
 			args: args{
 				packedTx: testTxPacked2,
-				parser:   &BitcoinBlockParser{Params: GetChainParams("test")},
+				parser:   &BitcoinParser{Params: GetChainParams("test")},
 			},
 			want:    &testTx2,
 			want1:   510234,
diff --git a/bchain/coins/btc/bitcoinrpc.go b/bchain/coins/btc/bitcoinrpc.go
index ce1e7f3a..af6a3617 100644
--- a/bchain/coins/btc/bitcoinrpc.go
+++ b/bchain/coins/btc/bitcoinrpc.go
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ func (b *BitcoinRPC) Initialize() error {
 	params := GetChainParams(chainName)
 
 	// always create parser
-	b.Parser = &BitcoinBlockParser{
+	b.Parser = &BitcoinParser{
 		Params: params,
 	}
 
diff --git a/bchain/coins/eth/ethparser.go b/bchain/coins/eth/ethparser.go
index cf6d3993..50b78cbe 100644
--- a/bchain/coins/eth/ethparser.go
+++ b/bchain/coins/eth/ethparser.go
@@ -98,9 +98,11 @@ func ethTxToTx(tx *rpcTransaction, blocktime int64, confirmations uint32) (*bcha
 	}, nil
 }
 
+// EthereumParser handle
 type EthereumParser struct {
 }
 
+// GetAddrIDFromVout returns internal address representation of given transaction output
 func (p *EthereumParser) GetAddrIDFromVout(output *bchain.Vout) ([]byte, error) {
 	if len(output.ScriptPubKey.Addresses) != 1 {
 		return nil, bchain.ErrAddressMissing
@@ -108,6 +110,7 @@ func (p *EthereumParser) GetAddrIDFromVout(output *bchain.Vout) ([]byte, error)
 	return p.GetAddrIDFromAddress(output.ScriptPubKey.Addresses[0])
 }
 
+// GetAddrIDFromAddress returns internal address representation of given address
 func (p *EthereumParser) GetAddrIDFromAddress(address string) ([]byte, error) {
 	// github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common.HexToAddress does not handle address errors, using own decoding
 	if len(address) > 1 {
@@ -126,18 +129,22 @@ func (p *EthereumParser) GetAddrIDFromAddress(address string) ([]byte, error) {
 	return hex.DecodeString(address)
 }
 
+// AddressToOutputScript converts address to ScriptPubKey - currently not implemented
 func (p *EthereumParser) AddressToOutputScript(address string) ([]byte, error) {
 	return nil, errors.New("AddressToOutputScript: not implemented")
 }
 
+// OutputScriptToAddresses converts ScriptPubKey to addresses - currently not implemented
 func (p *EthereumParser) OutputScriptToAddresses(script []byte) ([]string, error) {
 	return nil, errors.New("OutputScriptToAddresses: not implemented")
 }
 
+// ParseTx parses byte array containing transaction and returns Tx struct - currently not implemented
 func (p *EthereumParser) ParseTx(b []byte) (*bchain.Tx, error) {
 	return nil, errors.New("ParseTx: not implemented")
 }
 
+// ParseBlock parses raw block to our Block struct - currently not implemented
 func (p *EthereumParser) ParseBlock(b []byte) (*bchain.Block, error) {
 	return nil, errors.New("ParseBlock: not implemented")
 }
@@ -164,6 +171,7 @@ func hexEncodeBig(b []byte) string {
 	return hexutil.EncodeBig(&i)
 }
 
+// PackTx packs transaction to byte array
 func (p *EthereumParser) PackTx(tx *bchain.Tx, height uint32, blockTime int64) ([]byte, error) {
 	b, err := hex.DecodeString(tx.Hex)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -219,6 +227,7 @@ func (p *EthereumParser) PackTx(tx *bchain.Tx, height uint32, blockTime int64) (
 	return proto.Marshal(pt)
 }
 
+// UnpackTx unpacks transaction from byte array
 func (p *EthereumParser) UnpackTx(buf []byte) (*bchain.Tx, uint32, error) {
 	var pt ProtoTransaction
 	err := proto.Unmarshal(buf, &pt)
@@ -247,6 +256,32 @@ func (p *EthereumParser) UnpackTx(buf []byte) (*bchain.Tx, uint32, error) {
 	return tx, pt.BlockNumber, nil
 }
 
+// PackedTxidLen returns length in bytes of packed txid
+func (p *EthereumParser) PackedTxidLen() int {
+	return 32
+}
+
+// PackTxid packs txid to byte array
+func (p *EthereumParser) PackTxid(txid string) ([]byte, error) {
+	return hex.DecodeString(txid)
+}
+
+// UnpackTxid unpacks byte array to txid
+func (p *EthereumParser) UnpackTxid(buf []byte) (string, error) {
+	return hex.EncodeToString(buf), nil
+}
+
+// PackBlockHash packs block hash to byte array
+func (p *EthereumParser) PackBlockHash(hash string) ([]byte, error) {
+	return hex.DecodeString(hash)
+}
+
+// UnpackBlockHash unpacks byte array to block hash
+func (p *EthereumParser) UnpackBlockHash(buf []byte) (string, error) {
+	return hex.EncodeToString(buf), nil
+}
+
+// IsUTXOChain returns true if the block chain is UTXO type, otherwise false
 func (p *EthereumParser) IsUTXOChain() bool {
 	return false
 }
diff --git a/bchain/coins/zec/zcashparser.go b/bchain/coins/zec/zcashparser.go
index 66a80a69..45afb00f 100644
--- a/bchain/coins/zec/zcashparser.go
+++ b/bchain/coins/zec/zcashparser.go
@@ -5,13 +5,15 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"encoding/binary"
 	"encoding/gob"
+	"encoding/hex"
 	"errors"
 )
 
-type ZCashBlockParser struct{}
+// ZCashParser handle
+type ZCashParser struct{}
 
-// GetAddrIDFromAddress returns internal address representation of given transaction output
-func (p *ZCashBlockParser) GetAddrIDFromVout(output *bchain.Vout) ([]byte, error) {
+// GetAddrIDFromVout returns internal address representation of given transaction output
+func (p *ZCashParser) GetAddrIDFromVout(output *bchain.Vout) ([]byte, error) {
 	if len(output.ScriptPubKey.Addresses) != 1 {
 		return nil, nil
 	}
@@ -20,13 +22,13 @@ func (p *ZCashBlockParser) GetAddrIDFromVout(output *bchain.Vout) ([]byte, error
 }
 
 // GetAddrIDFromAddress returns internal address representation of given address
-func (p *ZCashBlockParser) GetAddrIDFromAddress(address string) ([]byte, error) {
+func (p *ZCashParser) GetAddrIDFromAddress(address string) ([]byte, error) {
 	hash, _, err := CheckDecode(address)
 	return hash, err
 }
 
 // PackTx packs transaction to byte array
-func (p *ZCashBlockParser) PackTx(tx *bchain.Tx, height uint32, blockTime int64) ([]byte, error) {
+func (p *ZCashParser) PackTx(tx *bchain.Tx, height uint32, blockTime int64) ([]byte, error) {
 	buf := make([]byte, 4)
 	binary.BigEndian.PutUint32(buf, height)
 	buf, err := encodeTx(buf, tx)
@@ -44,7 +46,7 @@ func encodeTx(b []byte, tx *bchain.Tx) ([]byte, error) {
 }
 
 // UnpackTx unpacks transaction from byte array
-func (p *ZCashBlockParser) UnpackTx(buf []byte) (*bchain.Tx, uint32, error) {
+func (p *ZCashParser) UnpackTx(buf []byte) (*bchain.Tx, uint32, error) {
 	height := binary.BigEndian.Uint32(buf)
 	tx, err := decodeTx(buf[4:])
 	if err != nil {
@@ -63,22 +65,52 @@ func decodeTx(buf []byte) (*bchain.Tx, error) {
 	return tx, nil
 }
 
-func (p *ZCashBlockParser) AddressToOutputScript(address string) ([]byte, error) {
+// AddressToOutputScript converts address to ScriptPubKey - currently not implemented
+func (p *ZCashParser) AddressToOutputScript(address string) ([]byte, error) {
 	return nil, errors.New("AddressToOutputScript: not implemented")
 }
 
-func (p *ZCashBlockParser) OutputScriptToAddresses(script []byte) ([]string, error) {
+// OutputScriptToAddresses converts ScriptPubKey to addresses - currently not implemented
+func (p *ZCashParser) OutputScriptToAddresses(script []byte) ([]string, error) {
 	return nil, errors.New("OutputScriptToAddresses: not implemented")
 }
 
-func (p *ZCashBlockParser) ParseBlock(b []byte) (*bchain.Block, error) {
+// ParseBlock parses raw block to our Block struct - currently not implemented
+func (p *ZCashParser) ParseBlock(b []byte) (*bchain.Block, error) {
 	return nil, errors.New("ParseBlock: not implemented")
 }
 
-func (p *ZCashBlockParser) ParseTx(b []byte) (*bchain.Tx, error) {
+// ParseTx parses byte array containing transaction and returns Tx struct - currently not implemented
+func (p *ZCashParser) ParseTx(b []byte) (*bchain.Tx, error) {
 	return nil, errors.New("ParseTx: not implemented")
 }
 
-func (p *ZCashBlockParser) IsUTXOChain() bool {
+// PackedTxidLen returns length in bytes of packed txid
+func (p *ZCashParser) PackedTxidLen() int {
+	return 32
+}
+
+// PackTxid packs txid to byte array
+func (p *ZCashParser) PackTxid(txid string) ([]byte, error) {
+	return hex.DecodeString(txid)
+}
+
+// UnpackTxid unpacks byte array to txid
+func (p *ZCashParser) UnpackTxid(buf []byte) (string, error) {
+	return hex.EncodeToString(buf), nil
+}
+
+// PackBlockHash packs block hash to byte array
+func (p *ZCashParser) PackBlockHash(hash string) ([]byte, error) {
+	return hex.DecodeString(hash)
+}
+
+// UnpackBlockHash unpacks byte array to block hash
+func (p *ZCashParser) UnpackBlockHash(buf []byte) (string, error) {
+	return hex.EncodeToString(buf), nil
+}
+
+// IsUTXOChain returns true if the block chain is UTXO type, otherwise false
+func (p *ZCashParser) IsUTXOChain() bool {
 	return true
 }
diff --git a/bchain/coins/zec/zcashparser_test.go b/bchain/coins/zec/zcashparser_test.go
index fbff4870..5c713668 100644
--- a/bchain/coins/zec/zcashparser_test.go
+++ b/bchain/coins/zec/zcashparser_test.go
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ func TestPackTx(t *testing.T) {
 		tx        bchain.Tx
 		height    uint32
 		blockTime int64
-		parser    *ZCashBlockParser
+		parser    *ZCashParser
 	}
 	tests := []struct {
 		name    string
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ func TestPackTx(t *testing.T) {
 				tx:        testTx1,
 				height:    292272,
 				blockTime: 1521645728,
-				parser:    &ZCashBlockParser{},
+				parser:    &ZCashParser{},
 			},
 			want:    testTxPacked1,
 			wantErr: false,
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ func TestPackTx(t *testing.T) {
 				tx:        testTx2,
 				height:    292217,
 				blockTime: 1521637604,
-				parser:    &ZCashBlockParser{},
+				parser:    &ZCashParser{},
 			},
 			want:    testTxPacked2,
 			wantErr: false,
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ func TestPackTx(t *testing.T) {
 func TestUnpackTx(t *testing.T) {
 	type args struct {
 		packedTx string
-		parser   *ZCashBlockParser
+		parser   *ZCashParser
 	}
 	tests := []struct {
 		name    string
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ func TestUnpackTx(t *testing.T) {
 			name: "zec-1",
 			args: args{
 				packedTx: testTxPacked1,
-				parser:   &ZCashBlockParser{},
+				parser:   &ZCashParser{},
 			},
 			want:    &testTx1,
 			want1:   292272,
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ func TestUnpackTx(t *testing.T) {
 			name: "zec-2",
 			args: args{
 				packedTx: testTxPacked2,
-				parser:   &ZCashBlockParser{},
+				parser:   &ZCashParser{},
 			},
 			want:    &testTx2,
 			want1:   292217,
diff --git a/bchain/coins/zec/zcashrpc.go b/bchain/coins/zec/zcashrpc.go
index ec20eb1e..3f346340 100644
--- a/bchain/coins/zec/zcashrpc.go
+++ b/bchain/coins/zec/zcashrpc.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ func NewZCashRPC(config json.RawMessage, pushHandler func(bchain.NotificationTyp
 
 func (z *ZCashRPC) Initialize() error {
 	z.Mempool = bchain.NewUTXOMempool(z)
-	z.Parser = &ZCashBlockParser{}
+	z.Parser = &ZCashParser{}
 	z.Testnet = false
 	z.Network = "livenet"
 
diff --git a/bchain/types.go b/bchain/types.go
index 5fa9712b..8e2a3d1b 100644
--- a/bchain/types.go
+++ b/bchain/types.go
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ func (e *RPCError) Error() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%d: %s", e.Code, e.Message)
 }
 
+// BlockChain defines common interface to block chain daemon
 type BlockChain interface {
 	// life-cycle methods
 	Initialize() error
@@ -127,6 +128,7 @@ type BlockChain interface {
 	GetChainParser() BlockChainParser
 }
 
+// BlockChainParser defines common interface to parsing and conversions of block chain data
 type BlockChainParser interface {
 	// self description
 	// UTXO chains need "inputs" column in db, that map transactions to transactions that spend them
@@ -139,9 +141,14 @@ type BlockChainParser interface {
 	AddressToOutputScript(address string) ([]byte, error)
 	OutputScriptToAddresses(script []byte) ([]string, error)
 	// transactions
+	PackedTxidLen() int
+	PackTxid(txid string) ([]byte, error)
+	UnpackTxid(buf []byte) (string, error)
 	ParseTx(b []byte) (*Tx, error)
 	PackTx(tx *Tx, height uint32, blockTime int64) ([]byte, error)
 	UnpackTx(buf []byte) (*Tx, uint32, error)
 	// blocks
+	PackBlockHash(hash string) ([]byte, error)
+	UnpackBlockHash(buf []byte) (string, error)
 	ParseBlock(b []byte) (*Block, error)
 }
diff --git a/db/rocksdb.go b/db/rocksdb.go
index ac84e00d..959fd498 100644
--- a/db/rocksdb.go
+++ b/db/rocksdb.go
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ func (d *RocksDB) GetTransactions(address string, lower uint32, higher uint32, f
 		if bytes.Compare(key, kstop) > 0 {
 			break
 		}
-		outpoints, err := unpackOutputValue(val)
+		outpoints, err := d.unpackOutputValue(val)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ func (d *RocksDB) addAddrIDToRecords(op int, wb *gorocksdb.WriteBatch, records m
 			})
 			if op == opDelete {
 				// remove transactions from cache
-				b, err := packTxid(txid)
+				b, err := d.chainParser.PackTxid(txid)
 				if err != nil {
 					return err
 				}
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ func (d *RocksDB) writeOutputs(wb *gorocksdb.WriteBatch, block *bchain.Block, op
 
 		switch op {
 		case opInsert:
-			val, err := packOutputValue(outpoints)
+			val, err := d.packOutputValue(outpoints)
 			if err != nil {
 				glog.Warningf("rocksdb: packOutputValue: %v", err)
 				continue
@@ -346,10 +346,10 @@ func packOutputKey(outputScript []byte, height uint32) ([]byte, error) {
 	return buf, nil
 }
 
-func packOutputValue(outpoints []outpoint) ([]byte, error) {
+func (d *RocksDB) packOutputValue(outpoints []outpoint) ([]byte, error) {
 	buf := make([]byte, 0)
 	for _, o := range outpoints {
-		btxid, err := packTxid(o.txid)
+		btxid, err := d.chainParser.PackTxid(o.txid)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
@@ -360,14 +360,15 @@ func packOutputValue(outpoints []outpoint) ([]byte, error) {
 	return buf, nil
 }
 
-func unpackOutputValue(buf []byte) ([]outpoint, error) {
+func (d *RocksDB) unpackOutputValue(buf []byte) ([]outpoint, error) {
+	txidUnpackedLen := d.chainParser.PackedTxidLen()
 	outpoints := make([]outpoint, 0)
 	for i := 0; i < len(buf); {
-		txid, err := unpackTxid(buf[i : i+txIdUnpackedLen])
+		txid, err := d.chainParser.UnpackTxid(buf[i : i+txidUnpackedLen])
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
-		i += txIdUnpackedLen
+		i += txidUnpackedLen
 		vout, voutLen := unpackVarint(buf[i:])
 		i += voutLen
 		outpoints = append(outpoints, outpoint{
@@ -390,11 +391,11 @@ func (d *RocksDB) writeInputs(
 			if input.Coinbase != "" {
 				continue
 			}
-			key, err := packOutpoint(input.Txid, int32(input.Vout))
+			key, err := d.packOutpoint(input.Txid, int32(input.Vout))
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
-			val, err := packOutpoint(tx.Txid, int32(i))
+			val, err := d.packOutpoint(tx.Txid, int32(i))
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
@@ -409,8 +410,8 @@ func (d *RocksDB) writeInputs(
 	return nil
 }
 
-func packOutpoint(txid string, vout int32) ([]byte, error) {
-	btxid, err := packTxid(txid)
+func (d *RocksDB) packOutpoint(txid string, vout int32) ([]byte, error) {
+	btxid, err := d.chainParser.PackTxid(txid)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -421,10 +422,11 @@ func packOutpoint(txid string, vout int32) ([]byte, error) {
 	return buf, nil
 }
 
-func unpackOutpoint(buf []byte) (string, int32, int) {
-	txid, _ := unpackTxid(buf[:txIdUnpackedLen])
-	vout, o := unpackVarint(buf[txIdUnpackedLen:])
-	return txid, vout, txIdUnpackedLen + o
+func (d *RocksDB) unpackOutpoint(buf []byte) (string, int32, int) {
+	txidUnpackedLen := d.chainParser.PackedTxidLen()
+	txid, _ := d.chainParser.UnpackTxid(buf[:txidUnpackedLen])
+	vout, o := unpackVarint(buf[txidUnpackedLen:])
+	return txid, vout, txidUnpackedLen + o
 }
 
 // Block index
@@ -435,7 +437,7 @@ func (d *RocksDB) GetBestBlock() (uint32, string, error) {
 	defer it.Close()
 	if it.SeekToLast(); it.Valid() {
 		bestHeight := unpackUint(it.Key().Data())
-		val, err := unpackBlockValue(it.Value().Data())
+		val, err := d.chainParser.UnpackBlockHash(it.Value().Data())
 		if glog.V(1) {
 			glog.Infof("rocksdb: bestblock %d %s", bestHeight, val)
 		}
@@ -452,12 +454,12 @@ func (d *RocksDB) GetBlockHash(height uint32) (string, error) {
 		return "", err
 	}
 	defer val.Free()
-	return unpackBlockValue(val.Data())
+	return d.chainParser.UnpackBlockHash(val.Data())
 }
 
 // GetSpentOutput returns output which is spent by input tx
 func (d *RocksDB) GetSpentOutput(txid string, i int32) (string, int32, error) {
-	b, err := packOutpoint(txid, i)
+	b, err := d.packOutpoint(txid, i)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", 0, err
 	}
@@ -466,7 +468,7 @@ func (d *RocksDB) GetSpentOutput(txid string, i int32) (string, int32, error) {
 		return "", 0, err
 	}
 	defer val.Free()
-	p, err := unpackOutputValue(val.Data())
+	p, err := d.unpackOutputValue(val.Data())
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", 0, err
 	}
@@ -488,7 +490,7 @@ func (d *RocksDB) writeHeight(
 
 	switch op {
 	case opInsert:
-		val, err := packBlockValue(block.Hash)
+		val, err := d.chainParser.PackBlockHash(block.Hash)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -551,13 +553,13 @@ func (d *RocksDB) DisconnectBlocksFullScan(lower uint32, higher uint32) error {
 			glog.Info("output ", hex.EncodeToString(outputKeys[i]))
 		}
 		wb.DeleteCF(d.cfh[cfOutputs], outputKeys[i])
-		outpoints, err := unpackOutputValue(outputValues[i])
+		outpoints, err := d.unpackOutputValue(outputValues[i])
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 		for _, o := range outpoints {
 			// delete from inputs
-			boutpoint, err := packOutpoint(o.txid, o.vout)
+			boutpoint, err := d.packOutpoint(o.txid, o.vout)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
@@ -566,7 +568,7 @@ func (d *RocksDB) DisconnectBlocksFullScan(lower uint32, higher uint32) error {
 			}
 			wb.DeleteCF(d.cfh[cfInputs], boutpoint)
 			// delete from txCache
-			b, err := packTxid(o.txid)
+			b, err := d.chainParser.PackTxid(o.txid)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
@@ -609,7 +611,7 @@ func (d *RocksDB) DatabaseSizeOnDisk() int64 {
 
 // GetTx returns transaction stored in db and height of the block containing it
 func (d *RocksDB) GetTx(txid string) (*bchain.Tx, uint32, error) {
-	key, err := packTxid(txid)
+	key, err := d.chainParser.PackTxid(txid)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, 0, err
 	}
@@ -627,7 +629,7 @@ func (d *RocksDB) GetTx(txid string) (*bchain.Tx, uint32, error) {
 
 // PutTx stores transactions in db
 func (d *RocksDB) PutTx(tx *bchain.Tx, height uint32, blockTime int64) error {
-	key, err := packTxid(tx.Txid)
+	key, err := d.chainParser.PackTxid(tx.Txid)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -640,7 +642,7 @@ func (d *RocksDB) PutTx(tx *bchain.Tx, height uint32, blockTime int64) error {
 
 // DeleteTx removes transactions from db
 func (d *RocksDB) DeleteTx(txid string) error {
-	key, err := packTxid(txid)
+	key, err := d.chainParser.PackTxid(txid)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -649,9 +651,6 @@ func (d *RocksDB) DeleteTx(txid string) error {
 
 // Helpers
 
-// TODO - this may be coin specific, refactor
-const txIdUnpackedLen = 32
-
 var ErrInvalidAddress = errors.New("invalid address")
 
 func packUint(i uint32) []byte {
@@ -695,19 +694,3 @@ func unpackVarint64(buf []byte) (int64, int) {
 	i, ofs := vlq.Int(buf)
 	return i, ofs
 }
-
-func packTxid(txid string) ([]byte, error) {
-	return hex.DecodeString(txid)
-}
-
-func unpackTxid(buf []byte) (string, error) {
-	return hex.EncodeToString(buf), nil
-}
-
-func packBlockValue(hash string) ([]byte, error) {
-	return hex.DecodeString(hash)
-}
-
-func unpackBlockValue(buf []byte) (string, error) {
-	return hex.EncodeToString(buf), nil
-}