diff --git a/lib/bcoin/protocol/framer.js b/lib/bcoin/protocol/framer.js
index 953d001b..788aff31 100644
--- a/lib/bcoin/protocol/framer.js
+++ b/lib/bcoin/protocol/framer.js
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ Framer.prototype.version = function version(packet) {
   if (!this.agent) {
     p[off++] = 0;
   } else {
-    off += varint(p, this.agent.length, off);
+    off += utils.writeIntv(p, this.agent.length, off);
     for (i = 0; i < this.agent.length; i++)
       p[off++] = this.agent[i];
   }
@@ -121,39 +121,9 @@ Framer.prototype.verack = function verack() {
   return this.packet('verack', []);
 };
 
-function varint(arr, value, off) {
-  if (!off)
-    off = 0;
-
-  if (value < 0xfd) {
-    arr[off] = value;
-    return 1;
-  }
-
-  if (value <= 0xffff) {
-    arr[off] = 0xfd;
-    arr[off + 1] = value & 0xff;
-    arr[off + 2] = value >>> 8;
-    return 3;
-  }
-
-  if (value <= 0xffffffff) {
-    arr[off] = 0xfe;
-    arr[off + 1] = value & 0xff;
-    arr[off + 2] = (value >>> 8) & 0xff;
-    arr[off + 3] = (value >>> 16) & 0xff;
-    arr[off + 4] = value >>> 24;
-    return 5;
-  }
-
-  arr[off] = 0xff;
-  utils.writeU64(arr, value, off + 1);
-  return 9;
-}
-
 Framer.prototype._inv = function _inv(command, items) {
   var res = [];
-  var off = varint(res, items.length, 0);
+  var off = utils.writeIntv(res, items.length, 0);
   var i, hash;
 
   assert(items.length <= 50000);
@@ -200,7 +170,7 @@ Framer.prototype.filterLoad = function filterLoad(bloom, update) {
   var before = [];
   var after = new Array(9);
 
-  varint(before, filter.length, 0);
+  utils.writeIntv(before, filter.length, 0);
 
   // Number of hash functions
   writeU32(after, bloom.n, 0);
@@ -231,7 +201,7 @@ Framer.prototype._getBlocks = function _getBlocks(cmd, hashes, stop) {
   var off, i, hash, len;
 
   writeU32(p, constants.version, 0);
-  off = 4 + varint(p, hashes.length, 4);
+  off = 4 + utils.writeIntv(p, hashes.length, 4);
   p.length = off + 32 * (hashes.length + 1);
 
   for (i = 0; i < hashes.length; i++) {
@@ -268,7 +238,7 @@ Framer.tx = function tx(tx) {
   var off, i, input, s, output, value, j;
 
   off = writeU32(p, tx.version, 0);
-  off += varint(p, tx.inputs.length, off);
+  off += utils.writeIntv(p, tx.inputs.length, off);
 
   for (i = 0; i < tx.inputs.length; i++) {
     input = tx.inputs[i];
@@ -277,13 +247,13 @@ Framer.tx = function tx(tx) {
     off += writeU32(p, input.out.index, off);
 
     s = bcoin.script.encode(input.script);
-    off += varint(p, s.length, off);
+    off += utils.writeIntv(p, s.length, off);
     off += utils.copy(s, p, off, true);
 
     off += writeU32(p, input.seq, off);
   }
 
-  off += varint(p, tx.outputs.length, off);
+  off += utils.writeIntv(p, tx.outputs.length, off);
   for (i = 0; i < tx.outputs.length; i++) {
     output = tx.outputs[i];
 
@@ -297,7 +267,7 @@ Framer.tx = function tx(tx) {
       p[off] = 0;
 
     s = bcoin.script.encode(output.script);
-    off += varint(p, s.length, off);
+    off += utils.writeIntv(p, s.length, off);
     off += utils.copy(s, p, off, true);
   }
   off += writeU32(p, tx.lock, off);
@@ -344,7 +314,7 @@ Framer.block = function _block(block, type) {
     // txn_count
     off += writeU32(p, block.totalTX, off);
     // hash count
-    off += varint(p, block.hashes.length, off);
+    off += utils.writeIntv(p, block.hashes.length, off);
     // hashes
     block.hashes.forEach(function(hash) {
       utils.toArray(hash, 'hex').forEach(function(ch) {
@@ -352,14 +322,14 @@ Framer.block = function _block(block, type) {
       });
     });
     // flag count
-    off += varint(p, block.flags.length, off);
+    off += utils.writeIntv(p, block.flags.length, off);
     // flags
     block.flags.forEach(function(flag) {
       p[off++] = flag;
     });
   } else if (type === 'block') {
     // txn_count
-    off += varint(p, block.totalTX, off);
+    off += utils.writeIntv(p, block.totalTX, off);
     // txs
     block.txs.forEach(function(tx) {
       var raw = tx._raw || tx.render();
@@ -391,7 +361,7 @@ Framer.prototype.addr = function addr(peers) {
   var i;
 
   // count
-  off += varint(p, peers.length, off);
+  off += utils.writeIntv(p, peers.length, off);
 
   for (; i < peers.length; i++) {
     peer = peers[i];
diff --git a/lib/bcoin/protocol/parser.js b/lib/bcoin/protocol/parser.js
index 1465296e..82187d38 100644
--- a/lib/bcoin/protocol/parser.js
+++ b/lib/bcoin/protocol/parser.js
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ Parser.prototype.parseVersion = function parseVersion(p) {
   nonce = { lo: readU32(p, 72), hi: readU32(p, 76) };
 
   // User agent length
-  result = readIntv(p, 80);
+  result = utils.readIntv(p, 80);
   off = result.off;
   agent = p.slice(off, off + result.r);
   off += result.r;
@@ -181,34 +181,11 @@ Parser.prototype.parseVersion = function parseVersion(p) {
   };
 };
 
-function readIntv(p, off) {
-  var r, bytes;
-
-  if (!off)
-    off = 0;
-
-  if (p[off] < 0xfd) {
-    r = p[off];
-    bytes = 1;
-  } else if (p[off] === 0xfd) {
-    r = p[off + 1] | (p[off + 2] << 8);
-    bytes = 3;
-  } else if (p[off] === 0xfe) {
-    r = readU32(p, off + 1);
-    bytes = 5;
-  } else {
-    r = 0;
-    bytes = 9;
-  }
-
-  return { off: off + bytes, r: r };
-}
-
 Parser.prototype.parseInvList = function parseInvList(p) {
   var items = [];
   var i, off, count;
 
-  count = readIntv(p, 0);
+  count = utils.readIntv(p, 0);
   p = p.slice(count.off);
   count = count.r;
 
@@ -231,7 +208,7 @@ Parser.prototype.parseMerkleBlock = function parseMerkleBlock(p) {
   if (p.length < 86)
     return this._error('Invalid merkleblock size');
 
-  hashCount = readIntv(p, 84);
+  hashCount = utils.readIntv(p, 84);
   off = hashCount.off;
   hashCount = hashCount.r;
 
@@ -244,7 +221,7 @@ Parser.prototype.parseMerkleBlock = function parseMerkleBlock(p) {
     hashes[i] = p.slice(off + i * 32, off + (i + 1) * 32);
 
   off = off + 32 * hashCount;
-  flagCount = readIntv(p, off);
+  flagCount = utils.readIntv(p, off);
   off = flagCount.off;
   flagCount = flagCount.r;
 
@@ -275,7 +252,7 @@ Parser.prototype.parseHeaders = function parseHeaders(p) {
   if (p.length < 81)
     return this._error('Invalid headers size');
 
-  result = readIntv(p, 0);
+  result = utils.readIntv(p, 0);
   off = result.off;
   count = result.r;
 
@@ -295,7 +272,7 @@ Parser.prototype.parseHeaders = function parseHeaders(p) {
       off += 4;
       header.nonce = readU32(p, off);
       off += 4;
-      r = readIntv(p, off);
+      r = utils.readIntv(p, off);
       header.totalTX = r.r;
       off = r.off;
       header._raw = p.slice(start, start + 80);
@@ -313,7 +290,7 @@ Parser.prototype.parseBlock = function parseBlock(p) {
   if (p.length < 81)
     return this._error('Invalid block size');
 
-  result = readIntv(p, 80);
+  result = utils.readIntv(p, 80);
   off = result.off;
   totalTX = result.r;
 
@@ -345,7 +322,7 @@ Parser.prototype.parseTXIn = function parseTXIn(p) {
   if (p.length < 41)
     return this._error('Invalid tx_in size');
 
-  scriptLen = readIntv(p, 36);
+  scriptLen = utils.readIntv(p, 36);
   off = scriptLen.off;
   scriptLen = scriptLen.r;
 
@@ -369,7 +346,7 @@ Parser.prototype.parseTXOut = function parseTXOut(p) {
   if (p.length < 9)
     return this._error('Invalid tx_out size');
 
-  scriptLen = readIntv(p, 8);
+  scriptLen = utils.readIntv(p, 8);
   off = scriptLen.off;
   scriptLen = scriptLen.r;
 
@@ -391,7 +368,7 @@ Parser.prototype.parseTX = function parseTX(p) {
   if (p.length < 10)
     return this._error('Invalid tx size');
 
-  inCount = readIntv(p, 4);
+  inCount = utils.readIntv(p, 4);
   off = inCount.off;
   inCount = inCount.r;
 
@@ -415,7 +392,7 @@ Parser.prototype.parseTX = function parseTX(p) {
       return this._error('Invalid tx_in offset');
   }
 
-  outCount = readIntv(p, off);
+  outCount = utils.readIntv(p, off);
   off = outCount.off;
   outCount = outCount.r;
   if (outCount < 0)
@@ -454,7 +431,7 @@ Parser.prototype.parseReject = function parseReject(p) {
   if (p.length < 3)
     return this._error('Invalid reject size');
 
-  messageLen = readIntv(p, 0);
+  messageLen = utils.readIntv(p, 0);
   off = messageLen.off;
   messageLen = messageLen.r;
 
@@ -467,7 +444,7 @@ Parser.prototype.parseReject = function parseReject(p) {
   ccode = p[off];
   off++;
 
-  reasonLen = readIntv(p, off);
+  reasonLen = utils.readIntv(p, off);
   off = reasonLen.off;
   reasonLen = reasonLen.r;
 
@@ -496,7 +473,7 @@ Parser.prototype.parseAddr = function parseAddr(p) {
   var i, len, off, count, ts, service, ipv6, ipv4, port;
 
   // count
-  len = readIntv(p, 0);
+  len = utils.readIntv(p, 0);
   off = len.off;
   count = len.r;
 
diff --git a/lib/bcoin/utils.js b/lib/bcoin/utils.js
index de712e31..1dce48e6 100644
--- a/lib/bcoin/utils.js
+++ b/lib/bcoin/utils.js
@@ -665,3 +665,56 @@ utils.sortKeys = function sortKeys(keys) {
     return new bn(a).cmp(new bn(b)) > 0;
   });
 };
+
+utils.readIntv = function readIntv(p, off) {
+  var r, bytes;
+
+  if (!off)
+    off = 0;
+
+  if (p[off] < 0xfd) {
+    r = p[off];
+    bytes = 1;
+  } else if (p[off] === 0xfd) {
+    r = p[off + 1] | (p[off + 2] << 8);
+    bytes = 3;
+  } else if (p[off] === 0xfe) {
+    r = utils.readU32(p, off + 1);
+    bytes = 5;
+  } else {
+    r = 0;
+    bytes = 9;
+  }
+
+  return { off: off + bytes, r: r };
+};
+
+utils.writeIntv = function writeIntv(arr, value, off) {
+  if (!off)
+    off = 0;
+
+  if (value < 0xfd) {
+    arr[off] = value;
+    return 1;
+  }
+
+  if (value <= 0xffff) {
+    arr[off] = 0xfd;
+    arr[off + 1] = value & 0xff;
+    arr[off + 2] = value >>> 8;
+    return 3;
+  }
+
+  if (value <= 0xffffffff) {
+    arr[off] = 0xfe;
+    arr[off + 1] = value & 0xff;
+    arr[off + 2] = (value >>> 8) & 0xff;
+    arr[off + 3] = (value >>> 16) & 0xff;
+    arr[off + 4] = value >>> 24;
+    return 5;
+  }
+
+  arr[off] = 0xff;
+  utils.writeU64(arr, value, off + 1);
+  return 9;
+};