diff --git a/lib/bcoin/pool.js b/lib/bcoin/pool.js
index 4a6a5b75..7da1eb04 100644
--- a/lib/bcoin/pool.js
+++ b/lib/bcoin/pool.js
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ function Pool(options) {
   this.synced = false;
 
   this.load = {
-    timeout: options.loadTimeout || 30000,
-    interval: options.loadInterval || 5000
+    timeout: options.loadTimeout || 40000,
+    interval: options.loadInterval || 20000
   };
 
   this.requestTimeout = options.requestTimeout || 600000;
@@ -628,7 +628,7 @@ Pool.prototype._handleInv = function _handleInv(hashes, peer) {
   var i, hash;
 
   // Ignore for now if we're still syncing
-  if (!this.chain.isFull())
+  if (!this.synced)
     return;
 
   for (i = 0; i < hashes.length; i++) {
@@ -706,10 +706,6 @@ Pool.prototype._handleBlock = function _handleBlock(block, peer, callback) {
   });
 };
 
-Pool.prototype.isFull = function isFull() {
-  return this.chain.isFull();
-};
-
 Pool.prototype._load = function _load() {
   var self = this;
   var next;
@@ -793,7 +789,7 @@ Pool.prototype._createPeer = function _createPeer(options) {
     self.emit('txs', txs, peer);
 
     if (!self.options.spv) {
-      if (!self.chain.isFull())
+      if (!self.synced)
         return;
     }
 
@@ -818,18 +814,20 @@ Pool.prototype._createPeer = function _createPeer(options) {
 
 Pool.prototype._handleTX = function _handleTX(tx, peer, callback) {
   var self = this;
-  var requested, added;
+  var requested, updated;
 
   callback = utils.asyncify(callback);
 
   requested = this.fulfill(tx);
-  added = this.markTX(tx, 1);
+  updated = this.markTX(tx, 1);
 
   function addMempool(tx, peer, callback) {
     if (!self.mempool)
       return callback();
+
     if (tx.ts !== 0)
       return callback();
+
     self.mempool.addTX(tx, peer, callback);
   }
 
@@ -841,7 +839,7 @@ Pool.prototype._handleTX = function _handleTX(tx, peer, callback) {
       if (err && self.synced)
         utils.debug('Mempool error: %s', err.message);
 
-      if (added || tx.block)
+      if (updated || tx.block)
         self.emit('tx', tx, peer);
 
       if (self.options.spv && tx.block)