diff --git a/lib/bcoin/chain.js b/lib/bcoin/chain.js
index 623c811a..33c92d3a 100644
--- a/lib/bcoin/chain.js
+++ b/lib/bcoin/chain.js
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ function Chain(options) {
   this.fromJSON(require('./protocol/preload-full'));
   this.storage = null;
   //this.resetHeight(133000);
-  this.resetHeight(145000);
+  //this.resetHeight(145000);
+  this.resetHeight(350000);
 
   if (0)
   this.fromJSON({
@@ -444,7 +445,7 @@ Chain.prototype.byHeight = function byHeight(height) {
 };
 
 Chain.prototype.byHash = function byHash(hash) {
-  if (Array.isArray(hash))
+  if (utils.isArray(hash))
     hash = utils.toHex(hash);
   else if (hash.hash)
     hash = hash.hash('hex');
@@ -479,7 +480,7 @@ Chain.prototype.getBlock = function getBlock(hash) {
 };
 
 Chain.prototype.getOrphan = function getOrphan(hash) {
-  if (Array.isArray(hash))
+  if (utils.isArray(hash))
     hash = utils.toHex(hash);
   else if (hash.hash)
     hash = hash.hash('hex');
@@ -532,7 +533,7 @@ Chain.prototype.locatorHashes = function locatorHashes(start) {
   var i;
 
   if (start) {
-    if (Array.isArray(start))
+    if (utils.isArray(start))
       start = utils.toHex(start);
     else if (start.hash)
       start = start.hash('hex');
@@ -576,7 +577,7 @@ Chain.prototype.getOrphanRoot = function getOrphanRoot(hash) {
   var self = this;
   var root = hash;
 
-  if (Array.isArray(hash))
+  if (utils.isArray(hash))
     hash = utils.toHex(hash);
   else if (hash.hash)
     hash = hash.hash('hex');
diff --git a/lib/bcoin/input.js b/lib/bcoin/input.js
index 1e958146..2e9b3746 100644
--- a/lib/bcoin/input.js
+++ b/lib/bcoin/input.js
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ Input.getData = function getData(input) {
       type: 'coinbase',
       height: data.height != null ? data.height : -1,
       flags: data.flags,
-      text: data.text.join('').replace(/[\r\n\t\v]/g, ''),
+      text: data.text,
       none: true
     });
   }
diff --git a/lib/bcoin/pool.js b/lib/bcoin/pool.js
index 4e3bad5f..221de5e2 100644
--- a/lib/bcoin/pool.js
+++ b/lib/bcoin/pool.js
@@ -427,12 +427,6 @@ Pool.prototype._handleBlocks = function _handleBlocks(hashes, peer) {
   for (i = 0; i < hashes.length; i++) {
     hash = hashes[i];
 
-    // Request block if we don't have it
-    if (!this.chain.has(hash)) {
-      this._request(this.block.type, hash);
-      continue;
-    }
-
     // Resolve orphan chain
     if (this.chain.hasOrphan(hash)) {
       peer.loadBlocks(
@@ -441,6 +435,15 @@ Pool.prototype._handleBlocks = function _handleBlocks(hashes, peer) {
       );
       continue;
     }
+
+    // Request block if we don't have it or if
+    // this is the last hash: this is done as
+    // a failsafe because we _need_ to request
+    // the hashContinue no matter what.
+    if (!this.chain.has(hash) || i === hashes.length - 1) {
+      this._request(this.block.type, hash);
+      continue;
+    }
   }
 
   // Push our getdata packet
diff --git a/lib/bcoin/protocol/parser.js b/lib/bcoin/protocol/parser.js
index 25a61d55..24f15ad2 100644
--- a/lib/bcoin/protocol/parser.js
+++ b/lib/bcoin/protocol/parser.js
@@ -47,14 +47,16 @@ Parser.prototype.feed = function feed(data) {
 
   while (this.pendingTotal >= this.waiting) {
     // Concat chunks
-    chunk = new Array(this.waiting);
+    // chunk = new Array(this.waiting);
+    chunk = new Buffer(this.waiting);
 
     i = 0;
     off = 0;
     len = 0;
 
     for (; off < chunk.length; i++) {
-      len = utils.copy(this.pending[0], chunk, off);
+      // len = utils.copy(this.pending[0], chunk, off);
+      len = this.pending[0].copy(chunk, off, 0, this.pending[0].length);
       if (len === this.pending[0].length)
         this.pending.shift();
       else
@@ -336,7 +338,8 @@ Parser.prototype.parseTXIn = function parseTXIn(p) {
       hash: p.slice(0, 32),
       index: readU32(p, 32)
     },
-    script: bcoin.script.decode(p.slice(off, off + scriptLen)),
+    // script: bcoin.script.decode(p.slice(off, off + scriptLen)),
+    script: bcoin.script.decode(utils.toArray(p.slice(off, off + scriptLen))),
     seq: readU32(p, off + scriptLen)
   };
 };
@@ -356,8 +359,10 @@ Parser.prototype.parseTXOut = function parseTXOut(p) {
 
   return {
     size: off + scriptLen,
-    value: new bn(p.slice(0, 8).reverse()),
-    script: bcoin.script.decode(p.slice(off, off + scriptLen))
+    // value: new bn(p.slice(0, 8).reverse()),
+    // script: bcoin.script.decode(p.slice(off, off + scriptLen))
+    value: new bn(utils.toArray(p.slice(0, 8)).reverse()),
+    script: bcoin.script.decode(utils.toArray(p.slice(off, off + scriptLen)))
   };
 };
 
diff --git a/lib/bcoin/script.js b/lib/bcoin/script.js
index 0bcfa6e3..8da86c46 100644
--- a/lib/bcoin/script.js
+++ b/lib/bcoin/script.js
@@ -1234,7 +1234,7 @@ script.coinbaseBits = function coinbaseBits(s, block) {
   value = new bn(s[0].slice().reverse()).toNumber();
 
   // Test for bits and ts
-  if (block) {
+  if (block && block.version < 2) {
     if (value === block.bits)
       return { type: 'bits', value: value };
 
@@ -1265,47 +1265,56 @@ script.coinbaseHeight = function coinbaseHeight(s, block) {
 };
 
 script.coinbase = function coinbase(s, block) {
-  var coinbase, data, nonce, flags;
+  var coinbase, data, extraNonce, flags;
 
   s = s.filter(function(chunk) {
     return Array.isArray(chunk) && chunk.length !== 0;
   });
 
   coinbase = {
-    script: s,
-    raw: s._raw || script.encode(s)
+    script: s
   };
 
   data = script.coinbaseBits(s, block);
 
   if (Array.isArray(s[1]))
-    nonce = new bn(s[1]);
+    extraNonce = new bn(s[1]);
 
   flags = s.slice(2);
 
   coinbase[data.type] = data.value;
-  coinbase.nonce = nonce;
+  coinbase.extraNonce = extraNonce;
   coinbase.flags = flags;
-  coinbase.text = flags.map(utils.array2utf8);
+  coinbase.text =
+    flags.map(utils.array2utf8).join('')
+    .replace(/[\u0000-\u0019\u007f-\u00ff]/g, '');
 
   return coinbase;
 };
 
-script.isCoinbase = function isCoinbase(s, block) {
+script.isCoinbase = function isCoinbase(s, block, strict) {
   var coinbase = script.coinbase(s, block);
+  var size = script.size(s);
 
-  if (coinbase.raw.length > 100 || s.length < 2)
+  if (size < 2 || size > 100)
     return false;
 
-  if (coinbase.value != null)
-    return false;
-
-  if (coinbase.nonce == null)
-    return false;
-
-  if (block) {
-    if (coinbase.bits != null && coinbase.flags.length)
+  if (strict) {
+    if (s.length < 2)
       return false;
+
+    if (coinbase.value != null)
+      return false;
+
+    if (coinbase.extraNonce == null)
+      return false;
+
+    if (block) {
+      // The early bitcoind miner (which used the bits
+      // as the first stack push) had no flags after it.
+      if (coinbase.bits != null && coinbase.flags.length)
+        return false;
+    }
   }
 
   return coinbase;
@@ -1502,10 +1511,10 @@ script.sigopsScripthash = function sigopsScripthash(s) {
   if (!script.isScripthashInput(s))
     return 0;
 
-  if (!script.pushOnly(input))
+  if (!script.pushOnly(s))
     return 0;
 
-  s = script.decode(input[input.length - 1]);
+  s = script.decode(s[s.length - 1]);
 
   return script.sigops(s, true);
 };
diff --git a/lib/bcoin/tx.js b/lib/bcoin/tx.js
index 53ed14f7..a0a9537a 100644
--- a/lib/bcoin/tx.js
+++ b/lib/bcoin/tx.js
@@ -887,7 +887,7 @@ TX.prototype.sigops = function sigops(scripthash, accurate) {
     n += bcoin.script.sigops(input.script, accurate);
     if (scripthash && !this.isCoinbase())
       n += bcoin.script.sigopsScripthash(input.script);
-  }, true);
+  }, this);
   this.outputs.forEach(function(output) {
     n += bcoin.script.sigops(output.script, accurate);
   }, this);
diff --git a/lib/bcoin/utils.js b/lib/bcoin/utils.js
index a410e732..6adc9d37 100644
--- a/lib/bcoin/utils.js
+++ b/lib/bcoin/utils.js
@@ -9,12 +9,16 @@ var utils = exports;
 var bn = require('bn.js');
 var hash = require('hash.js');
 var util = require('util');
+var crypto = require('crypto');
 
 /**
  * Utils
  */
 
 function toArray(msg, enc) {
+  if (Buffer.isBuffer(msg))
+    return Array.prototype.slice.call(msg);
+
   if (Array.isArray(msg))
     return msg.slice();
 
@@ -146,15 +150,20 @@ utils.isBase58 = function isBase58(msg) {
 };
 
 utils.ripemd160 = function ripemd160(data, enc) {
+  if (Array.isArray(data))
+    data = new Buffer(data);
+  return crypto.createHash('ripemd160').update(data, enc).digest();
   return hash.ripemd160().update(data, enc).digest();
 };
 
 utils.sha1 = function sha1(data, enc) {
+  return crypto.createHash('sha1').update(data, enc).digest();
   return hash.sha1().update(data, enc).digest();
 };
 
 utils.ripesha = function ripesha(data, enc) {
-  return hash.ripemd160().update(utils.sha256(data, enc)).digest();
+  // return hash.ripemd160().update(utils.sha256(data, enc)).digest();
+  return utils.ripemd160(utils.sha256(data, enc));
 };
 
 utils.checksum = function checksum(data, enc) {
@@ -162,6 +171,9 @@ utils.checksum = function checksum(data, enc) {
 };
 
 utils.sha256 = function sha256(data, enc) {
+  if (Array.isArray(data))
+    data = new Buffer(data);
+  return crypto.createHash('sha256').update(data, enc).digest();
   return hash.sha256().update(data, enc).digest();
 };
 
@@ -377,6 +389,9 @@ function toHex(msg) {
   var res = '';
   var i = 0;
 
+  if (Buffer.isBuffer(msg))
+    return msg.toString('hex');
+
   if (typeof msg === 'string')
     return msg;
 
@@ -642,6 +657,14 @@ utils.isArrayLike = function isArrayLike(msg) {
     && typeof msg.length === 'number';
 };
 
+utils.isArray = function isArray(msg) {
+  if (Array.isArray(msg))
+    return true;
+  if (Buffer.isBuffer(msg))
+    return true;
+  return false;
+};
+
 utils.toKeyArray = function toKeyArray(msg) {
   if (Array.isArray(msg))
     return msg;