diff --git a/lib/bcoin/mempool.js b/lib/bcoin/mempool.js
index 24c5b5ec..b72ef4a9 100644
--- a/lib/bcoin/mempool.js
+++ b/lib/bcoin/mempool.js
@@ -1146,14 +1146,15 @@ Mempool.prototype.getBalance = function getBalance(callback) {
     lte: 'c~',
     values: true,
     parse: function(data, key) {
-      return bcoin.coin.fromRaw(data);
+      assert(data.length >= 16);
+      return utils.read64N(data, 8);
     }
   }, function(err, coins) {
     if (err)
       return callback(err);
 
     for (i = 0; i < coins.length; i++)
-      total += coins[i].value;
+      total += coins[i];
 
     return callback(null, {
       confirmed: 0,
diff --git a/lib/bcoin/txdb.js b/lib/bcoin/txdb.js
index e10694a1..72d8ab37 100644
--- a/lib/bcoin/txdb.js
+++ b/lib/bcoin/txdb.js
@@ -1609,6 +1609,7 @@ TXDB.prototype.hasCoin = function hasCoin(hash, index, callback) {
  */
 
 TXDB.prototype.getBalance = function getBalance(address, callback) {
+  var self = this;
   var confirmed = 0;
   var unconfirmed = 0;
   var i;
@@ -1618,21 +1619,49 @@ TXDB.prototype.getBalance = function getBalance(address, callback) {
     address = null;
   }
 
-  return this.getCoins(address, function(err, coins) {
+  // return this.getCoins(address, function(err, coins) {
+  //   if (err)
+  //     return callback(err);
+  //
+  //   for (i = 0; i < coins.length; i++) {
+  //     if (coins[i].height === -1)
+  //       unconfirmed += coins[i].value;
+  //     else
+  //       confirmed += coins[i].value;
+  //   }
+  //
+  //   return callback(null, {
+  //     confirmed: confirmed,
+  //     unconfirmed: unconfirmed,
+  //     total: confirmed + unconfirmed
+  //   });
+  // });
+
+  return this.getCoinHashes(address, function(err, hashes) {
     if (err)
       return callback(err);
 
-    for (i = 0; i < coins.length; i++) {
-      if (coins[i].height === -1)
-        unconfirmed += coins[i].value;
-      else
-        confirmed += coins[i].value;
-    }
+    utils.forEachSerial(hashes, function(hash, next) {
+      self.db.fetch('c/' + hash[0] + '/' + hash[1], function(data, key) {
+        var height = utils.readU32(data, 4);
+        var value = utils.read64N(data, 8);
 
-    return callback(null, {
-      confirmed: confirmed,
-      unconfirmed: unconfirmed,
-      total: confirmed + unconfirmed
+        assert(data.length >= 16);
+
+        if (height === 0x7fffffff)
+          unconfirmed += value;
+        else
+          confirmed += value;
+      }, next);
+    }, function(err) {
+      if (err)
+        return callback(err);
+
+      return callback(null, {
+        confirmed: confirmed,
+        unconfirmed: unconfirmed,
+        total: confirmed + unconfirmed
+      });
     });
   });
 };