diff --git a/lib/bcoin/chain.js b/lib/bcoin/chain.js
index 76cb41f0..73c863a5 100644
--- a/lib/bcoin/chain.js
+++ b/lib/bcoin/chain.js
@@ -627,6 +627,9 @@ Chain.prototype._checkInputs = function _checkInputs(block, prev, flags, callbac
           utils.debug('Block is using spent inputs: %s (tx: %s, output: %s)',
             block.rhash, tx.rhash,
             input.prevout.rhash + '/' + input.prevout.index);
+          throw new Error('Spent inputs: '
+            + utils._inspect(input, false)
+            + JSON.stringify(input, null, 2));
           return callback(null, false);
         }
 
@@ -634,6 +637,15 @@ Chain.prototype._checkInputs = function _checkInputs(block, prev, flags, callbac
         if (!tx.verify(j, true, flags)) {
           utils.debug('Block has invalid inputs: %s (%s/%d)',
             block.rhash, tx.rhash, j);
+          utils.debug('Signature Hash: %s', utils.toHex(tx.signatureHash(j, input.output.script, 'all')));
+          utils.debug(input);
+          utils.debug('raw: %s', utils.toHex(input.output.script._raw || []));
+          utils.debug('encoded: %s', utils.toHex(bcoin.script.encode(input.output.script)));
+          throw new Error('Bad inputs: '
+            + utils._inspect(input, false)
+            + JSON.stringify(input, null, 2)
+            + '\n'
+            + utils.toHex(tx.signatureHash(j, input.output.script, 'all')));
           return callback(null, false);
         }
       }
@@ -1005,6 +1017,7 @@ Chain.prototype.add = function add(initial, peer, callback) {
       self.orphan.bmap = {};
       self.orphan.count = 0;
       self.orphan.size = 0;
+      utils.debug('Warning: 20mb of orphans cleared!');
     }
 
     if (code !== Chain.codes.okay) {
diff --git a/lib/bcoin/pool.js b/lib/bcoin/pool.js
index 8935359e..a3b763ab 100644
--- a/lib/bcoin/pool.js
+++ b/lib/bcoin/pool.js
@@ -709,9 +709,6 @@ Pool.prototype._handleBlock = function _handleBlock(block, peer, callback) {
           if (err)
             return done(err);
 
-          if (added)
-            self.emit('pool block', block, peer);
-
           // Resolve orphan chain.
           self.peers.load.loadBlocks(
             self.chain.getLocator(),
@@ -744,10 +741,8 @@ Pool.prototype._handleBlock = function _handleBlock(block, peer, callback) {
       if (err)
         return done(err);
 
-      if (added) {
-        self.emit('pool block', block, peer);
+      if (added)
         return done(null, true);
-      }
 
       return done(null, false);
     });
@@ -765,11 +760,6 @@ Pool.prototype._addIndex = function _addIndex(block, peer, callback) {
 
     self.emit('chain-progress', self.chain.fillPercent(), peer);
 
-    // if (peer._requesting && peer._requesting.hash === block.hash('hex')) {
-    //   delete peer._requesting;
-    //   self._nextBlock(peer);
-    // }
-
     if (added > 0 && peer._requesting)
       delete peer._requesting;
 
@@ -1563,10 +1553,10 @@ Pool.prototype._request = function _request(peer, type, hash, options, cb) {
 
   // Block should be not in chain, or be requested
   // Do not use with headers-first
-  if (!options.force && (type === 'block' || type === 'filtered')) {
-    if (this.chain.has(hash))
-      return;
-  }
+  // if (!options.force && (type === 'block' || type === 'filtered')) {
+  //   if (this.chain.has(hash))
+  //     return;
+  // }
 
   item = new LoadRequest(this, peer, type, hash, cb);
 
@@ -1629,7 +1619,7 @@ Pool.prototype._nextBlock = function _nextBlock(peer) {
 
   utils.debug(
     'Requesting block %s (%d/%d) from %s with getdata (height %d)',
-    utils.revHex(item[0].hash),
+    utils.revHex(item[item.length - 1].hash),
     peer._blockQueue.length,
     this.request.active,
     peer.host,