diff --git a/lib/bcoin/blockdb.js b/lib/bcoin/blockdb.js
index 8d7ea7f2..436b6f01 100644
--- a/lib/bcoin/blockdb.js
+++ b/lib/bcoin/blockdb.js
@@ -60,9 +60,14 @@ BlockDB.prototype.createOffset = function createOffset(size, offset, height) {
 };
 
 BlockDB.prototype.parseOffset = function parseOffset(data) {
+  // Avoid using bignumbers here to increase performance.
+  // This is safe because this number will never exceed
+  // 53 bits (up to 8.3 petabytes).
+  var hi = utils.readU32(data, 8);
+  var lo = utils.readU32(data, 4);
   return {
     size: utils.readU32(data, 0),
-    offset: utils.readU64(data, 4).toNumber(),
+    offset: (hi * 0x100000000) + lo,
     height: utils.readU32(data, 12)
   };
 };
@@ -367,6 +372,31 @@ BlockDB.prototype._getCoinsByAddress = function _getCoinsByAddress(address, call
 
   callback = utils.asyncify(callback);
 
+/*
+  stream = this.index.createKeyStream({
+    start: 'u/a/' + address,
+    end: 'u/a/' + address + '~'
+  });
+
+  stream.on('data', function(key) {
+    var parts = key.split('/').slice(3);
+    var hash = parts[0];
+    var index = +parts[1];
+    pending++;
+    self.index.get('u/t/' + hash + '/' + index, function(err, data) {
+      if (err && err.type !== 'NotFoundError')
+        return callback(err);
+      if (data)
+        coins.push(data);
+      pending--;
+      if (done) {
+        if (!pending)
+          return callback(null, coins);
+      }
+    });
+  });
+*/
+
   stream = this.index.createReadStream({
     start: 'u/a/' + address,
     end: 'u/a/' + address + '~'
@@ -677,6 +707,7 @@ BlockData.prototype._init = function _init() {
 };
 
 BlockData.prototype._malloc = function(size) {
+  return new Buffer(size);
   if (!this._bufferPool[size])
     this._bufferPool[size] = new Buffer(size);
 
@@ -689,6 +720,7 @@ BlockData.prototype._malloc = function(size) {
 };
 
 BlockData.prototype._free = function(buf) {
+  return;
   if (this._bufferPool.used[buf.length] === buf) {
     assert(this._bufferPool[buf.length] === buf);
     delete this._bufferPool.used[buf.length];
diff --git a/lib/bcoin/node.js b/lib/bcoin/node.js
index c0c414c3..1cd8d1d2 100644
--- a/lib/bcoin/node.js
+++ b/lib/bcoin/node.js
@@ -66,12 +66,14 @@ Node.prototype._init = function _init() {
         throw err;
 
       self.mempool.addBlock(block);
+      if (0)
       var hash = block.txs[0].hash('hex');
       if (0)
       self.storage.getTX(hash, function(err, tx) {
         if (err) throw err;
         utils.print(tx);
       });
+      if (0)
       self.storage.getCoin(hash, 0, function(err, tx) {
         if (err) throw err;
         utils.print(tx);