diff --git a/lib/services/address/index.js b/lib/services/address/index.js
index 92e9ccab..f928139b 100644
--- a/lib/services/address/index.js
+++ b/lib/services/address/index.js
@@ -717,4 +717,33 @@ AddressService.prototype._processTransaction = function(tx, opts) {
 
 };
 
+// TODO seems spendy
+AddressService.prototype._getInputInfoForAddress = function(address) {
+
+  var self = this;
+  var inputs = [];
+  var start = self._encoding.encodeAddressIndexKey(address);
+
+  var criteria = {
+    gte: start,
+    lt: Buffer.concat(start.slice(0, address.length + 4), new Buffer(new Array(address.length + 5).join('f'), 'hex'))
+  };
+
+  // all the info about this address
+  var stream = self._db.createKeyStream(criteria);
+
+  stream.on('data', function(data) {
+    var info = self._encoding.decodeAddressIndexKey(data);
+    //only returning
+    if (info.input) {
+      inputs.push(info);
+    }
+  });
+
+  stream.on('end', function() {
+    return inputs;
+  });
+
+};
+
 module.exports = AddressService;
diff --git a/lib/services/transaction/index.js b/lib/services/transaction/index.js
index b0ae7354..4173e5f8 100644
--- a/lib/services/transaction/index.js
+++ b/lib/services/transaction/index.js
@@ -15,6 +15,15 @@ function TransactionService(options) {
   this._header = this.node.services.header;
   this._p2p = this.node.services.p2p;
   this._timestamp = this.node.services.timestamp;
+  this._address = this.node.services.address;
+  this._network = this.node.network;
+
+  if (this._network === 'livenet') {
+    this._network = 'main';
+  }
+  if (this._network === 'regtest') {
+    this._network = 'testnet';
+  }
 }
 
 inherits(TransactionService, BaseService);
@@ -37,8 +46,116 @@ TransactionService.prototype.getAPIMethods = function() {
   ];
 };
 
-TransactionService.prototype.getDetailedTransaction =
-  TransactionService.prototype.getTransaction = function(txid, options, callback) {
+TransactionService.prototype._getDoubleSpentTxID = function(tx, callback) {
+  // for there to be a tx in our mempool that is double spending this tx,
+  // then at least one other tx in the mempool must be spending at least one of the
+  // outputs that this tx is spending
+
+  // TODO
+  // we don't index the mempool to easily handle this because we would have to exhaustively
+  // search through all of the mempool txs
+
+  // we should probably have an index whose key is prevtxid + output index + spendingtxid and no value
+  // then we could quickly loop over all inputs and get their spending txids in a list.
+  // then subtract the list and this will be your double spending txids.
+
+  // when a new block comes in, it may confirm up to one of those tx's. It should be very easily to
+  // delete the correct one because we have the block and the tx.
+  return callback();
+
+};
+
+TransactionService.prototype._getConfirmationsForInputs = function(tx, callback) {
+  // for every input, check to see if its referenced input is confirmed.
+};
+
+TransactionService.prototype._getSpentInformationForOutputs = function(tx, callback) {
+
+  var self = this;
+
+  async.mapLimit(tx.outputs, 4, function(output, next) {
+
+    var address = output.getAddress();
+
+    if (!address) {
+      return next();
+    }
+
+    address.network = self._network;
+    address = address.toString();
+
+    self._address._getInputInfoForAddress(address, next);
+
+  }, function(err, inputGroups) {
+
+    if(err) {
+      return callback(err);
+    }
+
+    // we have an array for every output representing all the input info for the address
+    // we need to take each txid in the input info and get the tx but only if the height is greater this
+    // tx's height
+
+
+
+
+
+
+  });
+
+};
+
+TransactionService.prototype.getDetailedTransaction = function(txid, options, callback) {
+
+  var self = this;
+
+  self.getTransaction(txid, options, function(err, tx) {
+
+    if(err) {
+      return callback(err);
+    }
+
+    if (!tx) {
+      return callback();
+    }
+
+    // add in the following:
+    // 1. double spend tx id
+    // 2. is confirmed
+    // 3. for every input: is input confirmed
+    // 4. for every output: spent tx id (some future tx)
+    // 5. for every output: spent tx index
+    // 6. for every output: spent tx height
+
+    // is confirmed: does this tx appear in at least one block
+    tx.isConfirmed = tx.confirmations > 0;
+
+    async.parallel([
+      function(next) {
+        // double spend tx: did another tx in our mempool attempt to spend ANY of the same outputs that our inputs are trying to spend?
+        self._getDoubleSpentTxID(tx, next);
+      },
+      // is input confirmed: on every input, place a field for whether or not the input's output is confirmed
+      function(next) {
+        self._getConfirmationsForInputs(tx, next);
+      },
+      // get spent inforamtion for outputs
+      function(next) {
+        self._getSpentInformationForOutputs(tx, next);
+      }
+    ], function(err) {
+
+      if(err) {
+        return callback(err);
+      }
+
+      callback(null, tx);
+    });
+  });
+
+};
+
+TransactionService.prototype.getTransaction = function(txid, options, callback) {
 
   var self = this;