diff --git a/bchain/baseparser.go b/bchain/baseparser.go
index 8b747ed9..791f3b9f 100644
--- a/bchain/baseparser.go
+++ b/bchain/baseparser.go
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ func (p *BaseParser) KeepBlockAddresses() int {
 
 // PackTxid packs txid to byte array
 func (p *BaseParser) PackTxid(txid string) ([]byte, error) {
+	if txid == "" {
+		return nil, ErrTxidMissing
+	}
 	return hex.DecodeString(txid)
 }
 
diff --git a/bchain/types.go b/bchain/types.go
index 46effc48..ddac7be6 100644
--- a/bchain/types.go
+++ b/bchain/types.go
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ var (
 	// ErrAddressMissing is returned if address is not specified
 	// for example To address in ethereum can be missing in case of contract transaction
 	ErrAddressMissing = errors.New("Address missing")
+	// ErrTxidMissing is returned if txid is not specified
+	// for example coinbase transactions in Bitcoin
+	ErrTxidMissing = errors.New("Txid missing")
 )
 
 type ScriptSig struct {
diff --git a/db/rocksdb.go b/db/rocksdb.go
index b155fe52..fd2f33e8 100644
--- a/db/rocksdb.go
+++ b/db/rocksdb.go
@@ -335,25 +335,25 @@ func appendPackedAddrID(txAddrs []byte, addrID []byte, n uint32, remaining int)
 	return txAddrs
 }
 
-func findAndRemoveUnspentAddr(unspentAddrs []byte, vout uint32) ([]byte, uint32, []byte) {
+func findAndRemoveUnspentAddr(unspentAddrs []byte, vout uint32) ([]byte, []byte) {
 	// the addresses are packed as lenaddrID addrID vout, where lenaddrID and vout are varints
 	for i := 0; i < len(unspentAddrs); {
 		l, lv1 := unpackVarint(unspentAddrs[i:])
 		// index of vout of address in unspentAddrs
 		j := i + int(l) + lv1
 		if j >= len(unspentAddrs) {
-			glog.Error("rocksdb: Inconsistent data in unspentAddrs")
-			return nil, 0, unspentAddrs
+			glog.Error("rocksdb: Inconsistent data in unspentAddrs ", hex.EncodeToString(unspentAddrs), ", ", vout)
+			return nil, unspentAddrs
 		}
 		n, lv2 := unpackVarint(unspentAddrs[j:])
 		if uint32(n) == vout {
 			addrID := append([]byte(nil), unspentAddrs[i+lv1:j]...)
 			unspentAddrs = append(unspentAddrs[:i], unspentAddrs[j+lv2:]...)
-			return addrID, uint32(n), unspentAddrs
+			return addrID, unspentAddrs
 		}
-		i += j + lv2
+		i = j + lv2
 	}
-	return nil, 0, unspentAddrs
+	return nil, unspentAddrs
 }
 
 func (d *RocksDB) writeAddressesUTXO(wb *gorocksdb.WriteBatch, block *bchain.Block, op int) error {
@@ -397,6 +397,10 @@ func (d *RocksDB) writeAddressesUTXO(wb *gorocksdb.WriteBatch, block *bchain.Blo
 		for i, input := range tx.Vin {
 			btxID, err := d.chainParser.PackTxid(input.Txid)
 			if err != nil {
+				// do not process inputs without input txid
+				if err == bchain.ErrTxidMissing {
+					continue
+				}
 				return err
 			}
 			// try to find the tx in current block
@@ -412,7 +416,7 @@ func (d *RocksDB) writeAddressesUTXO(wb *gorocksdb.WriteBatch, block *bchain.Blo
 				}
 			}
 			var addrID []byte
-			addrID, _, unspentAddrs = findAndRemoveUnspentAddr(unspentAddrs, input.Vout)
+			addrID, unspentAddrs = findAndRemoveUnspentAddr(unspentAddrs, input.Vout)
 			if addrID == nil {
 				glog.Warningf("rocksdb: height %d, tx %v vout %v in inputs but missing in unspentTxs", block.Height, tx.Txid, input.Vout)
 				continue
diff --git a/db/rocksdb_test.go b/db/rocksdb_test.go
index 9fc84241..ea2ef808 100644
--- a/db/rocksdb_test.go
+++ b/db/rocksdb_test.go
@@ -491,3 +491,61 @@ func TestRocksDB_Index_UTXO(t *testing.T) {
 	// disconnect the 2nd block, verify that the db contains only the 1st block
 
 }
+
+func Test_findAndRemoveUnspentAddr(t *testing.T) {
+	type args struct {
+		unspentAddrs string
+		vout         uint32
+	}
+	tests := []struct {
+		name  string
+		args  args
+		want  string
+		want2 string
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "3",
+			args: args{
+				unspentAddrs: "029c0010517a0115887452870212709393588893935687040e64635167006868060e76519351880087080a7b7b0115870a3276a9144150837fb91d9461d6b95059842ab85262c2923f88ac0c08636751680e04578710029112026114",
+				vout:         3,
+			},
+			want:  "64635167006868",
+			want2: "029c0010517a0115887452870212709393588893935687040e76519351880087080a7b7b0115870a3276a9144150837fb91d9461d6b95059842ab85262c2923f88ac0c08636751680e04578710029112026114",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "10",
+			args: args{
+				unspentAddrs: "029c0010517a0115887452870212709393588893935687040e64635167006868060e76519351880087080a7b7b0115870a3276a9144150837fb91d9461d6b95059842ab85262c2923f88ac0c08636751680e04578710029112026114",
+				vout:         10,
+			},
+			want:  "61",
+			want2: "029c0010517a0115887452870212709393588893935687040e64635167006868060e76519351880087080a7b7b0115870a3276a9144150837fb91d9461d6b95059842ab85262c2923f88ac0c08636751680e04578710029112",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "not there",
+			args: args{
+				unspentAddrs: "029c0010517a0115887452870212709393588893935687040e64635167006868060e76519351880087080a7b7b0115870a3276a9144150837fb91d9461d6b95059842ab85262c2923f88ac0c08636751680e04578710029112026114",
+				vout:         11,
+			},
+			want:  "",
+			want2: "029c0010517a0115887452870212709393588893935687040e64635167006868060e76519351880087080a7b7b0115870a3276a9144150837fb91d9461d6b95059842ab85262c2923f88ac0c08636751680e04578710029112026114",
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			b, err := hex.DecodeString(tt.args.unspentAddrs)
+			if err != nil {
+				panic(err)
+			}
+			got, got2 := findAndRemoveUnspentAddr(b, tt.args.vout)
+			h := hex.EncodeToString(got)
+			if !reflect.DeepEqual(h, tt.want) {
+				t.Errorf("findAndRemoveUnspentAddr() got = %v, want %v", h, tt.want)
+			}
+			h2 := hex.EncodeToString(got2)
+			if !reflect.DeepEqual(h2, tt.want2) {
+				t.Errorf("findAndRemoveUnspentAddr() got2 = %v, want %v", h2, tt.want2)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}