diff --git a/lib/chain/chain.js b/lib/chain/chain.js
index f23988ae..ad102dbe 100644
--- a/lib/chain/chain.js
+++ b/lib/chain/chain.js
@@ -285,13 +285,27 @@ Chain.prototype.isGenesis = function isGenesis(block) {
 
 Chain.prototype.verify = co(function* verify(block, prev) {
   var ret = new VerifyResult();
-  var i, height, ts, tx, medianTime, commitmentHash, ancestors, state;
+  var i, err, height, ts, tx, medianTime;
+  var commitmentHash, ancestors, state;
 
   if (!block.verify(ret)) {
-    throw new VerifyError(block,
+    err = new VerifyError(block,
       'invalid',
       ret.reason,
       ret.score);
+
+    // High hash is the only thing an
+    // adversary couldn't mutate in
+    // otherwise valid non-contextual
+    // checks. The block timestamp
+    // can't be mutated, but our
+    // adjusted time might be off.
+    // We may be able to accept the
+    // block later.
+    if (ret.reason !== 'high-hash')
+      err.malleated = true;
+
+    throw err;
   }
 
   // Skip the genesis block. Skip all blocks in spv mode.
@@ -349,17 +363,28 @@ Chain.prototype.verify = co(function* verify(block, prev) {
   if (state.hasWitness()) {
     commitmentHash = block.commitmentHash;
     if (commitmentHash) {
+      // These are totally malleable. Someone
+      // may have even accidentally sent us
+      // the non-witness version of the block.
+      // We don't want to consider this block
+      // "invalid" if either of these checks
+      // fail.
       if (!block.witnessNonce) {
-        throw new VerifyError(block,
+        err = new VerifyError(block,
           'invalid',
           'bad-witness-merkle-size',
           100);
+        err.malleated = true;
+        throw err;
       }
+
       if (commitmentHash !== block.getCommitmentHash('hex')) {
-        throw new VerifyError(block,
+        err = new VerifyError(block,
           'invalid',
           'bad-witness-merkle-match',
           100);
+        err.malleated = true;
+        throw err;
       }
     }
   }
@@ -368,10 +393,12 @@ Chain.prototype.verify = co(function* verify(block, prev) {
   // witness data cannot contain it.
   if (!commitmentHash) {
     if (block.hasWitness()) {
-      throw new VerifyError(block,
+      err = new VerifyError(block,
         'invalid',
         'unexpected-witness',
         100);
+      err.malleated = true;
+      throw err;
     }
   }
 
@@ -842,7 +869,8 @@ Chain.prototype.reconnect = co(function* reconnect(entry) {
     view = yield this.verifyContext(block, prev);
   } catch (e) {
     if (e.type === 'VerifyError') {
-      this.invalid[entry.hash] = true;
+      if (!e.malleated)
+        this.invalid[entry.hash] = true;
       this.emit('invalid', block, entry.height);
     }
     throw e;
@@ -897,7 +925,8 @@ Chain.prototype.setBestChain = co(function* setBestChain(entry, block, prev) {
     block.setHeight(-1);
 
     if (e.type === 'VerifyError') {
-      this.invalid[entry.hash] = true;
+      if (!e.malleated)
+        this.invalid[entry.hash] = true;
       this.emit('invalid', block, entry.height);
     }
 
@@ -1082,7 +1111,8 @@ Chain.prototype._add = co(function* add(block) {
     // blocks coming in, not the resolving
     // orphans.
     if (initial && !block.verify(ret)) {
-      this.invalid[hash] = true;
+      if (ret.reason === 'high-hash')
+        this.invalid[hash] = true;
       this.emit('invalid', block, block.getCoinbaseHeight());
       throw new VerifyError(block, 'invalid', ret.reason, ret.score);
     }