diff --git a/lib/bcoin/chain.js b/lib/bcoin/chain.js
index 528c2fd7..d2e6b0d6 100644
--- a/lib/bcoin/chain.js
+++ b/lib/bcoin/chain.js
@@ -865,6 +865,8 @@ Chain.prototype._checkInputs = function _checkInputs(block, prev, flags, callbac
           bcoin.debug(tx);
           bcoin.debug('Input:');
           bcoin.debug(tx.inputs[j]);
+          bcoin.debug('TX with coins:');
+          bcoin.debug(tx.toExtended('hex', true));
           assert(!historical, 'BUG: Invalid inputs in historical data!');
           return callback(new VerifyError(block,
             'invalid',
diff --git a/lib/bcoin/pool.js b/lib/bcoin/pool.js
index c11e28cf..81786731 100644
--- a/lib/bcoin/pool.js
+++ b/lib/bcoin/pool.js
@@ -2216,7 +2216,7 @@ Pool.prototype.isMisbehaving = function isMisbehaving(host) {
 Pool.prototype.reject = function reject(peer, obj, code, reason, score) {
   if (obj) {
     bcoin.debug('Rejecting %s %s from %s: ccode=%s reason=%s',
-      obj.type, obj.hash('hex'), peer.host, code, reason);
+      obj.type || 'block', obj.hash('hex'), peer.host, code, reason);
 
     peer.reject({
       ccode: code,
@@ -2256,6 +2256,7 @@ function LoadRequest(pool, peer, type, hash, callback) {
   this.type = type;
   this.hash = hash;
   this.callback = [];
+  this.active = false;
 
   if (callback)
     this.callback.push(callback);
@@ -2274,6 +2275,7 @@ LoadRequest.prototype.start = function start() {
   this.timeout = setTimeout(this._finish, this.pool.requestTimeout);
   this.peer.on('close', this._finish);
 
+  this.active = true;
   this.pool.request.active++;
   if (this.type === this.pool.tx.type)
     this.pool.request.activeTX++;
@@ -2291,6 +2293,9 @@ LoadRequest.prototype.start = function start() {
 LoadRequest.prototype.finish = function finish() {
   var index;
 
+  if (!this.active)
+    return;
+
   if (this.pool.request.map[this.hash]) {
     delete this.pool.request.map[this.hash];
     this.pool.request.active--;
diff --git a/lib/bcoin/tx.js b/lib/bcoin/tx.js
index 3285b897..77f335cb 100644
--- a/lib/bcoin/tx.js
+++ b/lib/bcoin/tx.js
@@ -1696,15 +1696,22 @@ TX.fromRaw = function fromRaw(data, enc) {
  * timestamp, pending-since time, and optionally a vector
  * for the serialized coins.
  * @param {Boolean?} saveCoins - Whether to serialize the coins.
+ * @param {String?} enc - One of `"hex"` or `null`.
  * @returns {Buffer}
  */
 
-TX.prototype.toExtended = function toExtended(saveCoins) {
+TX.prototype.toExtended = function toExtended(saveCoins, enc) {
   var height = this.height;
   var index = this.index;
   var changeIndex = this.changeIndex != null ? this.changeIndex : -1;
   var p = new BufferWriter();
-  var i, input;
+  var i, input, tmp;
+
+  if (typeof saveCoins === 'string') {
+    tmp = saveCoins;
+    saveCoins = enc;
+    enc = tmp;
+  }
 
   if (height === -1)
     height = 0x7fffffff;
@@ -1737,7 +1744,12 @@ TX.prototype.toExtended = function toExtended(saveCoins) {
     }
   }
 
-  return p.render();
+  p = p.render();
+
+  if (enc === 'hex')
+    p = p.toString('hex');
+
+  return p;
 };
 
 /**
@@ -1745,13 +1757,23 @@ TX.prototype.toExtended = function toExtended(saveCoins) {
  * @param {Buffer} buf
  * @param {Boolean?} saveCoins - If true, the function will
  * attempt to parse the coins.
+ * @param {String?} enc - One of `"hex"` or `null`.
  * @returns {NakedTX} - A "naked" transaction object.
  */
 
-TX.parseExtended = function parseExtended(buf, saveCoins) {
-  var p = new BufferReader(buf);
-  var tx, coinCount, coin, i;
+TX.parseExtended = function parseExtended(buf, saveCoins, enc) {
+  var p, tx, coinCount, coin, i, tmp;
 
+  if (typeof saveCoins === 'string') {
+    tmp = saveCoins;
+    saveCoins = enc;
+    enc = tmp;
+  }
+
+  if (enc === 'hex')
+    buf = new Buffer(buf, 'hex');
+
+  p = new BufferReader(buf);
   p.start();
 
   tx = bcoin.protocol.parser.parseTX(p);
@@ -1799,11 +1821,12 @@ TX.parseExtended = function parseExtended(buf, saveCoins) {
  * @param {Buffer} buf
  * @param {Boolean?} saveCoins - If true, the function will
  * attempt to parse the coins.
+ * @param {String?} enc - One of `"hex"` or `null`.
  * @returns {TX}
  */
 
-TX.fromExtended = function fromExtended(buf, saveCoins) {
-  return new TX(TX.parseExtended(buf, saveCoins));
+TX.fromExtended = function fromExtended(buf, saveCoins, enc) {
+  return new TX(TX.parseExtended(buf, saveCoins, enc));
 };
 
 /**