diff --git a/lib/services/p2p/index.js b/lib/services/p2p/index.js
index 32e47b9f..e5bcaa61 100644
--- a/lib/services/p2p/index.js
+++ b/lib/services/p2p/index.js
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ var P2P = function(options) {
   this.options = options;
   this._maxPeers = this.options.maxPeers || 60;
   this._minPeers = this.options.minPeers || 1;
-  this._peers = this.options.peers;
+  this._configPeers = this.options.peers;
   this.subscriptions = {};
   this.subscriptions.block = [];
   this.subscriptions.transaction = [];
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ var P2P = function(options) {
   this._peerHeights = [];
   this._peers = [];
   this._peerIndex = 0;
+  this._filters = [];
 };
 
 util.inherits(P2P, BaseService);
@@ -80,8 +81,8 @@ P2P.prototype._initCache = function() {
 
 P2P.prototype._initPool = function() {
   var opts = {};
-  if (this._peers) {
-    opts.addrs = this._peers;
+  if (this._configPeers) {
+    opts.addrs = this._configPeers;
     opts.dnsSeed = false;
   }
   opts.maxPeers = this._maxPeers;
@@ -94,11 +95,11 @@ P2P.prototype._addPeer = function(peer) {
 };
 
 P2P.prototype._removePeer = function(peer) {
-  this._peer.splice(peer, 1);
+  this._peers.splice(this._peers.indexOf(peer), 1);
 };
 
 P2P.prototype._getPeer = function() {
-  // TODO: this logic could get complicated depending on the state of the pool
+
   if (this._peers.length === 0) {
     return;
   }
@@ -114,6 +115,18 @@ P2P.prototype._getBestHeight = function(peer) {
 };
 
 
+P2P.prototype._appendFilters = function(peer, filter) {
+  var filterList = this._filters[peer];
+
+  if (!filterList || filterList.length !== 0) {
+    return;
+  }
+console.log('here', filter);
+  if (filter.length >= 10) {
+    this._filters[peer] = filter;
+  }
+};
+
 P2P.prototype._setupListeners = function() {
   var self = this;
 
@@ -142,6 +155,22 @@ P2P.prototype._setupListeners = function() {
 
     var newDataNeeded = [];
 
+    // the bitcoin p2p network can send unsolicited inventory messages
+    // because we've asked it to when connecting. We want to know about new
+    // blocks and transactions asynchronoously. The problem is that when we
+    // do ask for inventory synchronuously, we can't tell messages arriving
+    // after we've asked if they are a response to our request or unsolicited.
+    // There is no request id that we can match against the response.
+    // The safest way to get around this is to disconnect the peer and reconnect
+    // without relaying turned om, so the peer will not spontaneously send us inv
+    // messages. This way we know for sure that the inv message is a response to
+    // our request.
+
+    // have we asked for inventory from a particular peer? Check our filters list
+    // based on filters that may have been previously set by a request from this service,
+    // we need to set the inventory list on the peer's filter so that when the inventory
+    // is retrieved, it can be returned to the caller and not sent out on the main bux
+    self._appendFilters(peer, message.inventory);
 
     message.inventory.forEach(function(inv) {
 
@@ -161,7 +190,8 @@ P2P.prototype._setupListeners = function() {
 
   });
 
-  self._pool.on('peertx', self._broadcastTx.bind(self));
+  self._pool.on('peertx', self._filterTx.bind(self));
+
   self._pool.on('peerblock', self._broadcastBlock.bind(self));
 
   self.node.on('ready', function() {
@@ -170,6 +200,37 @@ P2P.prototype._setupListeners = function() {
 
 };
 
+P2P.prototype._processFilter = function(filter, message) {
+  var existsInFilter = false;
+  if (!filter) {
+    return existsInFilter;
+  }
+  filter.forEach(function(inv, index) {
+console.log(inv.hash.toString('hex'), message.transaction.hash);
+    if (message.transaction.hash === inv.hash) {
+      existsInFilter = true;
+      filter.splice(index, 1);
+    }
+  });
+  return existsInFilter;
+};
+
+P2P.prototype._filterTx = function(peer, message) {
+  var self = this;
+
+  // if this tx matches any of this peer's filters, then emit the tx internally only
+  // and not to the external bus
+  var existsInFilter = self._processFilter(self._filters[peer], message);
+
+  if (!existsInFilter) {
+    self._broadcastTx(peer, message);
+    return;
+  }
+
+  self.emit('tx', message.transaction);
+
+};
+
 P2P.prototype._broadcastTx = function(peer, message) {
   for (var i = 0; i < this.subscriptions.transaction.length; i++) {
     this.subscriptions.transaction[i].emit('p2p/transaction', message.transaction);
@@ -185,7 +246,7 @@ P2P.prototype._broadcastBlock = function(peer, message) {
 P2P.prototype.getAPIMethods = function() {
   var methods = [
     ['createHeaderStream', this, this.getHeaders, 2],
-    ['createMempoolStream', this, this.getMempool, 0],
+    ['getMempool', this, this.getMempool, 1],
     ['createBlockStream', this, this.getBlocks, 2]
   ];
   return methods;
@@ -228,18 +289,27 @@ P2P.prototype.createHeaderStream = function(startBlockHash, endBlockHash) {
 
 };
 
-P2P.prototype.createMempoolStream = function() {
+P2P.prototype.getMempool = function(callback) {
 
   var self = this;
   var peer = self._getPeer();
+
+  if (!peer) {
+    return callback(new Error('Could not get a peer to retrieve mempool.'));
+  }
+
+  self._filters[peer] = [];
+
   peer.sendMessage(self.messages.MemPool());
+  var mempool = [];
 
-  peer.on('inv', function(message) {
-  });
-  peer.on('tx', function(message) {
-
+  self.on('tx', function(tx) {
+    mempool.push(tx);
   });
 
+  self.on('end', function() {
+    callback(null, mempool);
+  });
 };
 
 P2P.prototype.createBlockStream = function(startBlockHash, endBlockHash) {
diff --git a/regtest/p2p.js b/regtest/p2p.js
index e570bce7..c2959ea3 100644
--- a/regtest/p2p.js
+++ b/regtest/p2p.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ var Transaction = bitcore.Transaction;
 var PrivateKey = bitcore.PrivateKey;
 var Unit = bitcore.Unit;
 
-var debug = false;
+var debug = true;
 var extraDebug = true;
 var bitcoreDataDir = '/tmp/bitcore';
 var bitcoinDataDir = '/tmp/bitcoin';
@@ -79,9 +79,9 @@ var bitcore = {
 };
 
 if (debug && extraDebug) {
-  bitcoin.args.printtoconsole = 1,
-  bitcoin.args.debug = 1,
-  bitcoin.args.logips = 1
+  bitcoin.args.printtoconsole = 1;
+  bitcoin.args.debug = 1;
+  bitcoin.args.logips = 1;
 }
 
 var opts = {
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ describe('P2P Operations', function() {
     ], done);
   });
 
-  it('should connect to the p2p network and stream the mempool to clients', function(done) {
+  it.only('should connect to the p2p network and stream the mempool to clients', function(done) {
     async.series([
       utils.unlockWallet.bind(utils),
       utils.setupInitialTxs.bind(utils),
diff --git a/regtest/test_bus.js b/regtest/test_bus.js
index 874274c4..13911250 100644
--- a/regtest/test_bus.js
+++ b/regtest/test_bus.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ var log = index.log;
 
 var TestBusService = function(options) {
   BaseService.call(this, options);
+  this._cache = { transaction: [], block: [], headers: [] };
 };
 
 inherits(TestBusService, BaseService);
@@ -26,11 +27,10 @@ TestBusService.prototype.start = function(callback) {
   self.bus = self.node.openBus({ remoteAddress: 'localhost' });
 
   self.bus.on('p2p/transaction', function(tx) {
-    var self = this;
     self._cache.transaction.push(tx);
     if (self._ready) {
       for(var i = 0; i < self._cache.transaction.length; i++) {
-        var transaction = self._cache.transaction.unshift();
+        var transaction = self._cache.transaction.shift();
         self.pubSocket.send([ 'transaction', new Buffer(transaction.uncheckedSerialize(), 'hex') ]);
       }
       return;
@@ -49,28 +49,22 @@ TestBusService.prototype.start = function(callback) {
     }
   });
 
-  self.bus.on('p2p/headers', function(headers) {
-    var self = this;
-    self._cache.headers.push(headers);
-    if (self._ready) {
-      for(var i = 0; i < self._cache.headers.length; i++) {
-        var hdrs = self._cache.headers.unshift();
-        self.pubSocket.send([ 'headers', hdrs ]);
-      }
-      return;
-    }
-  });
-
   self.bus.subscribe('p2p/transaction');
   self.bus.subscribe('p2p/block');
 
   self.node.on('ready', function() {
-    //we could be getting events right away, so until our subscribers get connected, we need to cache
-    self._cache = { transaction: [], block: [], headers: [] };
+
+
     setTimeout(function() {
       self._ready = true;
+      self.node.services.p2p.getMempool(function(err, mempool) {
+
+console.log(mempool);
+      });
     }, 2000);
+
   });
+
   callback();
 };