diff --git a/bchain/basemempool.go b/bchain/basemempool.go
index 807f1ed6..68c09331 100644
--- a/bchain/basemempool.go
+++ b/bchain/basemempool.go
@@ -65,11 +65,24 @@ func (a MempoolTxidEntries) Less(i, j int) bool {
 	return hi > hj
 }
 
-func (m *BaseMempool) updateMappings(newTxEntries map[string]txEntry, newAddrDescToTx map[string][]Outpoint) {
-	m.mux.Lock()
-	m.txEntries = newTxEntries
-	m.addrDescToTx = newAddrDescToTx
-	m.mux.Unlock()
+func (m *BaseMempool) removeEntryFromMempool(txid string, entry txEntry) {
+	delete(m.txEntries, txid)
+	for _, si := range entry.addrIndexes {
+		outpoints, found := m.addrDescToTx[si.addrDesc]
+		if found {
+			newOutpoints := make([]Outpoint, 0, len(outpoints)-1)
+			for _, o := range outpoints {
+				if o.Txid != txid {
+					newOutpoints = append(newOutpoints, o)
+				}
+			}
+			if len(newOutpoints) > 0 {
+				m.addrDescToTx[si.addrDesc] = newOutpoints
+			} else {
+				delete(m.addrDescToTx, si.addrDesc)
+			}
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 // GetAllEntries returns all mempool entries sorted by fist seen time in descending order
diff --git a/bchain/mempool_bitcoin_type.go b/bchain/mempool_bitcoin_type.go
index 929dd26c..68882886 100644
--- a/bchain/mempool_bitcoin_type.go
+++ b/bchain/mempool_bitcoin_type.go
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ type MempoolBitcoinType struct {
 func NewMempoolBitcoinType(chain BlockChain, workers int, subworkers int) *MempoolBitcoinType {
 	m := &MempoolBitcoinType{
 		BaseMempool: BaseMempool{
-			chain: chain,
+			chain:        chain,
+			txEntries:    make(map[string]txEntry),
+			addrDescToTx: make(map[string][]Outpoint),
 		},
 		chanTxid:      make(chan string, 1),
 		chanAddrIndex: make(chan txidio, 1),
@@ -137,29 +139,30 @@ func (m *MempoolBitcoinType) Resync() (int, error) {
 		return 0, err
 	}
 	glog.V(2).Info("mempool: resync ", len(txs), " txs")
-	// allocate slightly larger capacity of the maps
-	newTxEntries := make(map[string]txEntry, len(m.txEntries)+5)
-	newAddrDescToTx := make(map[string][]Outpoint, len(m.addrDescToTx)+5)
-	dispatched := 0
-	txTime := uint32(time.Now().Unix())
-	onNewData := func(txid string, entry txEntry) {
+	onNewEntry := func(txid string, entry txEntry) {
 		if len(entry.addrIndexes) > 0 {
-			newTxEntries[txid] = entry
+			m.mux.Lock()
+			m.txEntries[txid] = entry
 			for _, si := range entry.addrIndexes {
-				newAddrDescToTx[si.addrDesc] = append(newAddrDescToTx[si.addrDesc], Outpoint{txid, si.n})
+				m.addrDescToTx[si.addrDesc] = append(m.addrDescToTx[si.addrDesc], Outpoint{txid, si.n})
 			}
+			m.mux.Unlock()
 		}
 	}
+	txsMap := make(map[string]struct{}, len(txs))
+	dispatched := 0
+	txTime := uint32(time.Now().Unix())
 	// get transaction in parallel using goroutines created in NewUTXOMempool
 	for _, txid := range txs {
-		io, exists := m.txEntries[txid]
+		txsMap[txid] = struct{}{}
+		_, exists := m.txEntries[txid]
 		if !exists {
 		loop:
 			for {
 				select {
 				// store as many processed transactions as possible
 				case tio := <-m.chanAddrIndex:
-					onNewData(tio.txid, txEntry{tio.io, txTime})
+					onNewEntry(tio.txid, txEntry{tio.io, txTime})
 					dispatched--
 				// send transaction to be processed
 				case m.chanTxid <- txid:
@@ -167,15 +170,20 @@ func (m *MempoolBitcoinType) Resync() (int, error) {
 					break loop
 				}
 			}
-		} else {
-			onNewData(txid, io)
 		}
 	}
 	for i := 0; i < dispatched; i++ {
 		tio := <-m.chanAddrIndex
-		onNewData(tio.txid, txEntry{tio.io, txTime})
+		onNewEntry(tio.txid, txEntry{tio.io, txTime})
+	}
+
+	for txid, entry := range m.txEntries {
+		if _, exists := txsMap[txid]; !exists {
+			m.mux.Lock()
+			m.removeEntryFromMempool(txid, entry)
+			m.mux.Unlock()
+		}
 	}
-	m.updateMappings(newTxEntries, newAddrDescToTx)
 	glog.Info("mempool: resync finished in ", time.Since(start), ", ", len(m.txEntries), " transactions in mempool")
 	return len(m.txEntries), nil
 }
diff --git a/bchain/mempool_ethereum_type.go b/bchain/mempool_ethereum_type.go
index 52f176c5..4eb5b969 100644
--- a/bchain/mempool_ethereum_type.go
+++ b/bchain/mempool_ethereum_type.go
@@ -132,26 +132,6 @@ func (m *MempoolEthereumType) AddTransactionToMempool(txid string) {
 	}
 }
 
-func (m *MempoolEthereumType) removeEntryFromMempool(txid string, entry txEntry) {
-	delete(m.txEntries, txid)
-	for _, si := range entry.addrIndexes {
-		outpoints, found := m.addrDescToTx[si.addrDesc]
-		if found {
-			newOutpoints := make([]Outpoint, 0, len(outpoints)-1)
-			for _, o := range outpoints {
-				if o.Txid != txid {
-					newOutpoints = append(newOutpoints, o)
-				}
-			}
-			if len(newOutpoints) > 0 {
-				m.addrDescToTx[si.addrDesc] = newOutpoints
-			} else {
-				delete(m.addrDescToTx, si.addrDesc)
-			}
-		}
-	}
-}
-
 // RemoveTransactionFromMempool removes transaction from mempool
 func (m *MempoolEthereumType) RemoveTransactionFromMempool(txid string) {
 	m.mux.Lock()