diff --git a/lib/bcoin/peer.js b/lib/bcoin/peer.js
index 99775da5..b5b80f5b 100644
--- a/lib/bcoin/peer.js
+++ b/lib/bcoin/peer.js
@@ -322,6 +322,7 @@ Peer.prototype._handleVersion = function handleVersion(payload) {
   // ACK
   this._write(this.framer.verack());
   this.version = payload;
+  this.emit('version', payload);
 };
 
 Peer.prototype._handleGetData = function handleGetData(items) {
diff --git a/lib/bcoin/pool.js b/lib/bcoin/pool.js
index 91df06c8..0d411a56 100644
--- a/lib/bcoin/pool.js
+++ b/lib/bcoin/pool.js
@@ -340,6 +340,14 @@ Pool.prototype._addPeer = function _addPeer(backoff) {
   peer.on('txs', function(txs) {
     self.emit('txs', txs, peer);
   });
+
+  peer.on('version', function(version) {
+    self.emit('version', version, peer);
+  });
+
+  utils.nextTick(function() {
+    self.emit('peer', peer);
+  });
 };
 
 Pool.prototype._removePeer = function _removePeer(peer) {
diff --git a/lib/bcoin/utils.js b/lib/bcoin/utils.js
index 5de833ce..44ac8387 100644
--- a/lib/bcoin/utils.js
+++ b/lib/bcoin/utils.js
@@ -372,9 +372,18 @@ utils.isEqual = function isEqual(a, b) {
   return true;
 };
 
-// TODO(indutny): use process.nextTick in node.js
 utils.nextTick = function nextTick(fn) {
-  setTimeout(fn, 0);
+  if (typeof setImmediate === 'function') {
+    setImmediate(fn);
+    return;
+  }
+
+  if (typeof process === 'object' && process.nextTick) {
+    process.nextTick(fn);
+    return;
+  }
+
+  setTimeout(fn, 1);
 };
 
 function RequestCache() {