diff --git a/lib/bcoin/fullnode.js b/lib/bcoin/fullnode.js
index e5f6c435..c4584174 100644
--- a/lib/bcoin/fullnode.js
+++ b/lib/bcoin/fullnode.js
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ Fullnode.prototype._init = function _init() {
     self.emit('error', err);
   });
 
+  if (0)
   this.on('tx', function(tx) {
     self.walletdb.addTX(tx, function(err) {
       if (err)
@@ -117,6 +118,7 @@ Fullnode.prototype._init = function _init() {
   });
 
   // Update the mempool.
+  if (0)
   this.chain.on('add block', function(block) {
     self.mempool.addBlock(block, function(err) {
       if (err)
@@ -124,6 +126,7 @@ Fullnode.prototype._init = function _init() {
     });
   });
 
+  if (0)
   this.chain.on('remove block', function(block) {
     self.mempool.removeBlock(block, function(err) {
       if (err)
diff --git a/lib/bcoin/utils.js b/lib/bcoin/utils.js
index 3ce00ded..dbac74d7 100644
--- a/lib/bcoin/utils.js
+++ b/lib/bcoin/utils.js
@@ -420,6 +420,9 @@ utils.isEqual = function isEqual(a, b) {
   if (a.length !== b.length)
     return false;
 
+  if (a.compare)
+    return a.compare(b) === 0;
+
   for (i = 0; i < a.length; i++) {
     if (a[i] !== b[i])
       return false;
@@ -1520,8 +1523,12 @@ utils.sizeVarint = function sizeVarint(num) {
 };
 
 utils.cmp = function(a, b) {
-  var len = Math.min(a.length, b.length);
-  var i;
+  var len, i;
+
+  if (a.compare)
+    return a.compare(b);
+
+  len = Math.min(a.length, b.length);
 
   for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
     if (a[i] < b[i])