diff --git a/lib/bcoin/pool.js b/lib/bcoin/pool.js
index e235978a..5dc6c968 100644
--- a/lib/bcoin/pool.js
+++ b/lib/bcoin/pool.js
@@ -354,6 +354,7 @@ Pool.prototype._handleBlock = function _handleBlock(block, peer) {
   if (!this.options.fullNode)
     return;
 
+  // Emulate bip37 - emit all the "watched" txs
   if (this.listeners('watched').length > 0) {
     utils.nextTick(function() {
       block.txs.forEach(function(tx) {
@@ -363,8 +364,6 @@ Pool.prototype._handleBlock = function _handleBlock(block, peer) {
     });
   }
 
-  backoff = 0;
-
   this._response(block);
 
   hash = block.hash('hex');
@@ -378,12 +377,18 @@ Pool.prototype._handleBlock = function _handleBlock(block, peer) {
   this.emit('_block', block, peer);
 
   if (this.chain.hasOrphan(block)) {
-    peer.loadBlocks(this.chain.locatorHashes(), this.chain.getOrphanRoot(block));
+    // Resolve orphan chain
+    peer.loadBlocks(
+      this.chain.locatorHashes(),
+      this.chain.getOrphanRoot(block)
+    );
+    // Emit our orphan if it is new
     if (!orphan)
       this.emit('orphan', block, peer);
     return;
   }
 
+  // Do not emit if nothing was added to the chain
   if (this.chain.size() === size)
     return;