diff --git a/bchain/coins/eth/ethrpc.go b/bchain/coins/eth/ethrpc.go
index fae51546..8aba3598 100644
--- a/bchain/coins/eth/ethrpc.go
+++ b/bchain/coins/eth/ethrpc.go
@@ -41,20 +41,22 @@ type Configuration struct {
 // EthereumRPC is an interface to JSON-RPC eth service.
 type EthereumRPC struct {
 	*bchain.BaseChain
-	client               *ethclient.Client
-	rpc                  *rpc.Client
-	timeout              time.Duration
-	Parser               *EthereumParser
-	Mempool              *bchain.MempoolEthereumType
-	bestHeaderMu         sync.Mutex
-	bestHeader           *ethtypes.Header
-	bestHeaderTime       time.Time
-	chanNewBlock         chan *ethtypes.Header
-	newBlockSubscription *rpc.ClientSubscription
-	chanNewTx            chan ethcommon.Hash
-	newTxSubscription    *rpc.ClientSubscription
-	ChainConfig          *Configuration
-	isETC                bool
+	client                  *ethclient.Client
+	rpc                     *rpc.Client
+	timeout                 time.Duration
+	Parser                  *EthereumParser
+	Mempool                 *bchain.MempoolEthereumType
+	bestHeaderLock          sync.Mutex
+	bestHeader              *ethtypes.Header
+	bestHeaderTime          time.Time
+	chanNewBlock            chan *ethtypes.Header
+	newBlockSubscription    *rpc.ClientSubscription
+	chanNewTx               chan ethcommon.Hash
+	newTxSubscription       *rpc.ClientSubscription
+	pendingTransactions     map[string]struct{}
+	pendingTransactionsLock sync.Mutex
+	ChainConfig             *Configuration
+	isETC                   bool
 }
 
 // NewEthereumRPC returns new EthRPC instance.
@@ -76,10 +78,11 @@ func NewEthereumRPC(config json.RawMessage, pushHandler func(bchain.Notification
 	ec := ethclient.NewClient(rc)
 
 	s := &EthereumRPC{
-		BaseChain:   &bchain.BaseChain{},
-		client:      ec,
-		rpc:         rc,
-		ChainConfig: &c,
+		BaseChain:           &bchain.BaseChain{},
+		client:              ec,
+		rpc:                 rc,
+		ChainConfig:         &c,
+		pendingTransactions: make(map[string]struct{}),
 	}
 
 	// always create parser
@@ -100,10 +103,10 @@ func NewEthereumRPC(config json.RawMessage, pushHandler func(bchain.Notification
 			}
 			glog.V(2).Info("rpc: new block header ", h.Number)
 			// update best header to the new header
-			s.bestHeaderMu.Lock()
+			s.bestHeaderLock.Lock()
 			s.bestHeader = h
 			s.bestHeaderTime = time.Now()
-			s.bestHeaderMu.Unlock()
+			s.bestHeaderLock.Unlock()
 			// notify blockbook
 			pushHandler(bchain.NotificationNewBlock)
 		}
@@ -118,9 +121,13 @@ func NewEthereumRPC(config json.RawMessage, pushHandler func(bchain.Notification
 			if !ok {
 				break
 			}
+			hex := t.Hex()
 			if glog.V(2) {
-				glog.Info("rpc: new tx ", t.Hex())
+				glog.Info("rpc: new tx ", hex)
 			}
+			s.pendingTransactionsLock.Lock()
+			s.pendingTransactions[hex] = struct{}{}
+			s.pendingTransactionsLock.Unlock()
 			pushHandler(bchain.NotificationNewTx)
 		}
 	}()
@@ -296,8 +303,8 @@ func (b *EthereumRPC) GetChainInfo() (*bchain.ChainInfo, error) {
 }
 
 func (b *EthereumRPC) getBestHeader() (*ethtypes.Header, error) {
-	b.bestHeaderMu.Lock()
-	defer b.bestHeaderMu.Unlock()
+	b.bestHeaderLock.Lock()
+	defer b.bestHeaderLock.Unlock()
 	// ETC does not have newBlocks subscription, bestHeader must be updated very often (each 1 second)
 	if b.isETC {
 		if b.bestHeaderTime.Add(1 * time.Second).Before(time.Now()) {
@@ -467,12 +474,16 @@ func (b *EthereumRPC) GetBlock(hash string, height uint32) (*bchain.Block, error
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	btxs := make([]bchain.Tx, len(body.Transactions))
-	for i, tx := range body.Transactions {
-		btx, err := b.Parser.ethTxToTx(&tx, &rpcReceipt{Logs: logs[tx.Hash]}, bbh.Time, uint32(bbh.Confirmations))
+	for i := range body.Transactions {
+		tx := &body.Transactions[i]
+		btx, err := b.Parser.ethTxToTx(tx, &rpcReceipt{Logs: logs[tx.Hash]}, bbh.Time, uint32(bbh.Confirmations))
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, errors.Annotatef(err, "hash %v, height %v, txid %v", hash, height, tx.Hash)
 		}
 		btxs[i] = *btx
+		b.pendingTransactionsLock.Lock()
+		delete(b.pendingTransactions, tx.Hash)
+		b.pendingTransactionsLock.Unlock()
 	}
 	bbk := bchain.Block{
 		BlockHeader: *bbh,
@@ -507,7 +518,14 @@ func (b *EthereumRPC) GetBlockInfo(hash string) (*bchain.BlockInfo, error) {
 // GetTransactionForMempool returns a transaction by the transaction ID.
 // It could be optimized for mempool, i.e. without block time and confirmations
 func (b *EthereumRPC) GetTransactionForMempool(txid string) (*bchain.Tx, error) {
-	return b.GetTransaction(txid)
+	tx, err := b.GetTransaction(txid)
+	// it there is an error getting the tx or the tx is confirmed, remove it from pending transactions
+	if err != nil || (tx != nil && tx.Confirmations > 0) {
+		b.pendingTransactionsLock.Lock()
+		delete(b.pendingTransactions, txid)
+		b.pendingTransactionsLock.Unlock()
+	}
+	return tx, err
 }
 
 // GetTransaction returns a transaction by the transaction ID.
@@ -613,14 +631,25 @@ func (b *EthereumRPC) GetMempool() ([]string, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	if len(raw) == 0 {
-		return nil, bchain.ErrBlockNotFound
-	}
 	var body rpcBlockTxids
-	if err := json.Unmarshal(raw, &body); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+	if len(raw) > 0 {
+		if err := json.Unmarshal(raw, &body); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
 	}
-	return body.Transactions, nil
+	b.pendingTransactionsLock.Lock()
+	// join transactions returned by getBlockRaw with pendingTransactions from subscription
+	for _, txid := range body.Transactions {
+		b.pendingTransactions[txid] = struct{}{}
+	}
+	txids := make([]string, len(b.pendingTransactions))
+	i := 0
+	for txid := range b.pendingTransactions {
+		txids[i] = txid
+		i++
+	}
+	b.pendingTransactionsLock.Unlock()
+	return txids, nil
 }
 
 // EstimateFee returns fee estimation