diff --git a/lib/indexer/txindexer.js b/lib/indexer/txindexer.js
index ad953b63..b09d48a2 100644
--- a/lib/indexer/txindexer.js
+++ b/lib/indexer/txindexer.js
@@ -6,8 +6,12 @@
 
 'use strict';
 
+const assert = require('bsert');
 const bdb = require('bdb');
+const bio = require('bufio');
 const layout = require('./layout');
+const consensus = require('../protocol/consensus');
+const TX = require('../primitives/tx');
 const TXMeta = require('../primitives/txmeta');
 const Indexer = require('./indexer');
 
@@ -20,6 +24,83 @@ Object.assign(layout, {
   t: bdb.key('t', ['hash256'])
 });
 
+/**
+ * Transaction Record
+ */
+
+class TxRecord {
+  /**
+   * Create a block record.
+   * @constructor
+   */
+
+  constructor(options = {}) {
+    this.block = options.block || consensus.ZERO_HASH;
+    this.height = options.height || 0;
+    this.time = options.time || 0;
+    this.index = options.index || 0;
+    this.offset = options.offset || 0;
+    this.length = options.length || 0;
+
+    assert((this.height >>> 0) === this.height);
+    assert((this.time >>> 0) === this.time);
+    assert((this.index >>> 0) === this.index);
+    assert((this.offset >>> 0) === this.offset);
+    assert((this.length >>> 0) === this.length);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Inject properties from serialized data.
+   * @private
+   * @param {Buffer} data
+   */
+
+  fromRaw(data) {
+    const br = bio.read(data);
+
+    this.block = br.readHash();
+    this.height = br.readU32();
+    this.time = br.readU32();
+    this.index = br.readU32();
+    if (this.index === 0x7fffffff)
+      this.index = -1;
+
+    this.offset = br.readU32();
+    this.length = br.readU32();
+
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Instantiate block record from serialized data.
+   * @param {Hash} hash
+   * @param {Buffer} data
+   * @returns {BlockRecord}
+   */
+
+  static fromRaw(data) {
+    return new this().fromRaw(data);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Serialize the block record.
+   * @returns {Buffer}
+   */
+
+  toRaw() {
+    const bw = bio.write(52);
+
+    bw.writeHash(this.block);
+    bw.writeU32(this.height);
+    bw.writeU32(this.time);
+    bw.writeU32(this.index);
+    bw.writeU32(this.offset);
+    bw.writeU32(this.length);
+
+    return bw.render();
+  }
+}
+
 /**
  * TXIndexer
  * @alias module:indexer.TXIndexer
@@ -50,11 +131,27 @@ class TXIndexer extends Indexer {
   async indexBlock(entry, block, view) {
     const b = this.db.batch();
 
-    for (let i = 0; i < block.txs.length; i++) {
-      const tx = block.txs[i];
+    const data = block.toRaw();
+    const br = bio.read(data);
+    // ignore header
+    br.readBytes(80);
+    const count = br.readVarint();
+
+    for (let i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+      const offset = br.offset;
+      const tx = TX.fromReader(br);
+      const length = br.offset - offset;
       const hash = tx.hash();
-      const meta = TXMeta.fromTX(tx, entry, i);
-      b.put(layout.t.encode(hash), meta.toRaw());
+
+      const txrecord = new TxRecord({
+        block: entry.hash,
+        height: entry.height,
+        time: entry.time,
+        index: i,
+        offset: offset,
+        length: length
+      });
+      b.put(layout.t.encode(hash), txrecord.toRaw());
     }
 
     return b.write();
@@ -87,12 +184,22 @@ class TXIndexer extends Indexer {
    */
 
   async getMeta(hash) {
-    const data = await this.db.get(layout.t.encode(hash));
-
-    if (!data)
+    const raw = await this.db.get(layout.t.encode(hash));
+    if (!raw)
       return null;
 
-    return TXMeta.fromRaw(data);
+    const record = TxRecord.fromRaw(raw);
+
+    const data = await this.read(record.block, record.offset, record.length);
+    const tx = TX.fromRaw(data);
+
+    const meta = TXMeta.fromTX(tx);
+    meta.height = record.height;
+    meta.block = record.block;
+    meta.time = record.time;
+    meta.index = record.index;
+
+    return meta;
   }
 
   /**