makefile: remove call to tools (#6104 )

changelog: improve with suggestions from @melekes (#6097 )
changelog: update for v0.34.4 (#6096 )
2026-01-12 07:42:48 +00:00 · 2021-02-11 22:31:17 +01:00 · 2021-02-11 20:47:43 +01:00 · 2021-02-11 19:13:40 +01:00 · 2021-02-11 17:29:52 +01:00 · 2021-02-11 17:29:52 +01:00
875 changed files with 45405 additions and 82653 deletions
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,168 @@
+version: 2.1
+
+executors:
+  golang:
+    docker:
+      - image: tendermintdev/docker-tendermint-build
+    working_directory: /go/src/github.com/tendermint/tendermint
+    environment:
+      GOBIN: /tmp/bin
+  release:
+    machine: true
+  docs:
+    docker:
+      - image: tendermintdev/docker-website-deployment
+    environment:
+      AWS_REGION: us-east-1
+
+commands:
+  run_test:
+    parameters:
+      script_path:
+        type: string
+    steps:
+      - attach_workspace:
+          at: /tmp/bin
+      - restore_cache:
+          name: "Restore source code cache"
+          keys:
+            - go-src-v1-{{ .Revision }}
+      - checkout
+      - restore_cache:
+          name: "Restore go modules cache"
+          keys:
+            - go-mod-v1-{{ checksum "go.sum" }}
+      - run:
+          name: "Running test"
+          command: |
+            bash << parameters.script_path >>
+jobs:
+  setup_dependencies:
+    executor: golang
+    steps:
+      - checkout
+      - restore_cache:
+          name: "Restore go modules cache"
+          keys:
+            - go-mod-v1-{{ checksum "go.sum" }}
+      - run:
+          command: |
+            mkdir -p /tmp/bin
+      - run:
+          name: Cache go modules
+          command: make go-mod-cache
+      - run:
+          name: tools
+          command: make tools
+      - run:
+          name: "Build binaries"
+          command: make install install_abci
+      - save_cache:
+          name: "Save go modules cache"
+          key: go-mod-v1-{{ checksum "go.sum" }}
+          paths:
+            - "/go/pkg/mod"
+      - save_cache:
+          name: "Save source code cache"
+          key: go-src-v1-{{ .Revision }}
+          paths:
+            - ".git"
+      - persist_to_workspace:
+          root: "/tmp/bin"
+          paths:
+            - "."
+
+  deploy_docs:
+    executor: docs
+    steps:
+      - checkout
+      - run:
+          name: "Pull versions"
+          command: git fetch origin v0.32 v0.33
+      - run:
+          name: "Build docs"
+          command: make build-docs
+      - run:
+          name: "Sync to S3"
+          command: make sync-docs
+
+  prepare_build:
+    executor: golang
+    steps:
+      - restore_cache:
+          name: "Restore source code cache"
+          keys:
+            - go-src-v1-{{ .Revision }}
+      - checkout
+      - run:
+          name: Get next release number
+          command: |
+            export LAST_TAG="`git describe --tags --abbrev=0 --match "${CIRCLE_BRANCH}.*"`"
+            echo "Last tag: ${LAST_TAG}"
+            if [ -z "${LAST_TAG}" ]; then
+              export LAST_TAG="${CIRCLE_BRANCH}"
+              echo "Last tag not found. Possibly fresh branch or feature branch. Setting ${LAST_TAG} as tag."
+            fi
+            export NEXT_TAG="`python -u scripts/release_management/bump-semver.py --version "${LAST_TAG}"`"
+            echo "Next tag: ${NEXT_TAG}"
+            echo "export CIRCLE_TAG=\"${NEXT_TAG}\"" > release-version.source
+      - run:
+          name: Build dependencies
+          command: make tools
+      - persist_to_workspace:
+          root: .
+          paths:
+            - "release-version.source"
+      - save_cache:
+          key: v2-release-deps-{{ checksum "go.sum" }}
+          paths:
+            - "/go/pkg/mod"
+
+  # # Test RPC implementation against the swagger documented specs
+  # contract_tests:
+  #   working_directory: /home/circleci/.go_workspace/src/github.com/tendermint/tendermint
+  #   machine:
+  #     image: circleci/classic:latest
+  #   environment:
+  #     GOBIN: /home/circleci/.go_workspace/bin
+  #     GOPATH: /home/circleci/.go_workspace/
+  #     GOOS: linux
+  #     GOARCH: amd64
+  #   parallelism: 1
+  #   steps:
+  #     - checkout
+  #     - run:
+  #         name: Test RPC endpoints against swagger documentation
+  #         command: |
+  #           set -x
+  #           export PATH=~/.local/bin:$PATH
+  #           # install node and dredd
+  #           ./scripts/get_nodejs.sh
+  #           # build the binaries with a proper version of Go
+  #           docker run --rm -v "$PWD":/go/src/github.com/tendermint/tendermint -w /go/src/github.com/tendermint/tendermint golang make build-linux build-contract-tests-hooks
+  #           # This docker image works with go 1.7, we can install here the hook handler that contract-tests is going to use
+  #           go get github.com/snikch/goodman/cmd/goodman
+  #           make contract-tests
+
+workflows:
+  version: 2
+  docs:
+    jobs:
+      - deploy_docs:
+          context: tendermint-docs
+          filters:
+            branches:
+              only:
+                - master
+            tags:
+              only:
+                - /^v.*/
+      - deploy_docs:
+          context: tendermint-docs-staging
+          filters:
+            branches:
+              only:
+                - docs-staging
+      # - contract_tests:
+      #     requires:
+      #       - setup_dependencies
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -7,4 +7,19 @@
 # global owners are only requested if there isn't a more specific
 # codeowner specified below. For this reason, the global codeowners
 # are often repeated in package-level definitions.
-*       @alexanderbez @ebuchman @cmwaters @tessr @tychoish @williambanfield @creachadair
+*       @alexanderbez @ebuchman @melekes @tessr
+
+# Overrides for tooling packages
+.github/ @marbar3778 @alexanderbez @ebuchman @melekes @tessr
+DOCKER/ @marbar3778 @alexanderbez @ebuchman @melekes @tessr
+
+# Overrides for core Tendermint packages
+abci/  @marbar3778 @alexanderbez @ebuchman @melekes @tessr
+evidence/ @cmwaters @ebuchman @melekes @tessr
+light/ @cmwaters @melekes @ebuchman @tessr
+
+# Overrides for docs
+*.md @marbar3778 @alexanderbez @ebuchman @melekes @tessr
+docs/ @marbar3778 @alexanderbez @ebuchman @melekes @tessr
+
+
--- a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
+++ b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-Please add a description of the changes that this PR introduces and the files that
-are the most critical to review.
+## Description

-If this PR fixes an open Issue, please include "Closes #XXX" (where "XXX" is the Issue number) 
-so that GitHub will automatically close the Issue when this PR is merged.
+_Please add a description of the changes that this PR introduces and the files that
+are the most critical to review._ 

+Closes: #XXX

--- a/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
  split-test-files:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2.3.4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
      - name: Create a file with all the pkgs
        run: go list ./... > pkgs.txt
      - name: Split pkgs into 4 files
@@ -44,9 +44,9 @@ jobs:
    steps:
      - uses: actions/setup-go@v2
        with:
-          go-version: "1.16"
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2.3.4
-      - uses: technote-space/get-diff-action@v5
+          go-version: "^1.15.4"
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: technote-space/get-diff-action@v4
        with:
          PATTERNS: |
            **/**.go
@@ -66,9 +66,9 @@ jobs:
    steps:
      - uses: actions/setup-go@v2
        with:
-          go-version: "1.16"
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2.3.4
-      - uses: technote-space/get-diff-action@v5
+          go-version: "^1.15.4"
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: technote-space/get-diff-action@v4
        with:
          PATTERNS: |
            **/**.go
@@ -78,10 +78,6 @@ jobs:
        with:
          name: "${{ github.sha }}-${{ matrix.part }}"
        if: env.GIT_DIFF
-      - name: Set up Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v2
-        with:
-          go-version: 1.16
      - name: test & coverage report creation
        run: |
          cat pkgs.txt.part.${{ matrix.part }} | xargs go test -mod=readonly -timeout 8m -race -coverprofile=${{ matrix.part }}profile.out -covermode=atomic
@@ -95,8 +91,8 @@ jobs:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    needs: tests
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2.3.4
-      - uses: technote-space/get-diff-action@v5
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: technote-space/get-diff-action@v4
        with:
          PATTERNS: |
            **/**.go
@@ -121,7 +117,7 @@ jobs:
      - run: |
          cat ./*profile.out | grep -v "mode: atomic" >> coverage.txt
        if: env.GIT_DIFF
-      - uses: codecov/codecov-action@v2.0.2
+      - uses: codecov/codecov-action@v1.0.13
        with:
          file: ./coverage.txt
        if: env.GIT_DIFF
--- a/.github/workflows/docker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2.3.4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@master
      - name: Prepare
        id: prep
        run: |
@@ -40,17 +40,17 @@ jobs:
          platforms: all

      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
-        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v1.5.0
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v1

      - name: Login to DockerHub
        if: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' }}
-        uses: docker/login-action@v1.10.0
+        uses: docker/login-action@v1
        with:
          username: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN }}

      - name: Publish to Docker Hub
-        uses: docker/build-push-action@v2.7.0
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v2
        with:
          context: .
          file: ./DOCKER/Dockerfile
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e-nightly-34x.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e-nightly-34x.yml
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ jobs:
    steps:
      - uses: actions/setup-go@v2
        with:
-          go-version: '1.16'
+          go-version: '^1.15.4'

-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2.3.4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
        with:
          ref: 'v0.34.x'

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ jobs:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Notify Slack on failure
-        uses: rtCamp/action-slack-notify@12e36fc18b0689399306c2e0b3e0f2978b7f1ee7
+        uses: rtCamp/action-slack-notify@e9db0ef
        env:
          SLACK_WEBHOOK: ${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK }}
          SLACK_CHANNEL: tendermint-internal
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ jobs:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Notify Slack on success
-        uses: rtCamp/action-slack-notify@12e36fc18b0689399306c2e0b3e0f2978b7f1ee7
+        uses: rtCamp/action-slack-notify@ae4223259071871559b6e9d08b24a63d71b3f0c0
        env:
          SLACK_WEBHOOK: ${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK }}
          SLACK_CHANNEL: tendermint-internal
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e-nightly-master.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e-nightly-master.yml
@@ -16,16 +16,15 @@ jobs:
    strategy:
      fail-fast: false
      matrix:
-        p2p: ['legacy', 'new', 'hybrid']
-        group: ['00', '01']
+        group: ['00', '01', '02', '03']
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    timeout-minutes: 60
    steps:
      - uses: actions/setup-go@v2
        with:
-          go-version: '1.16'
+          go-version: '1.15'

-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2.3.4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2

      - name: Build
        working-directory: test/e2e
@@ -35,11 +34,11 @@ jobs:
      - name: Generate testnets
        working-directory: test/e2e
        # When changing -g, also change the matrix groups above
-        run: ./build/generator -g 2 -d networks/nightly/${{ matrix.p2p }} -p ${{ matrix.p2p }}
+        run: ./build/generator -g 4 -d networks/nightly

-      - name: Run ${{ matrix.p2p }} p2p testnets in group ${{ matrix.group }}
+      - name: Run testnets in group ${{ matrix.group }}
        working-directory: test/e2e
-        run: ./run-multiple.sh networks/nightly/${{ matrix.p2p }}/*-group${{ matrix.group }}-*.toml
+        run: ./run-multiple.sh networks/nightly/*-group${{ matrix.group }}-*.toml

  e2e-nightly-fail-2:
    needs: e2e-nightly-test-2
@@ -47,7 +46,7 @@ jobs:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Notify Slack on failure
-        uses: rtCamp/action-slack-notify@12e36fc18b0689399306c2e0b3e0f2978b7f1ee7
+        uses: rtCamp/action-slack-notify@ae4223259071871559b6e9d08b24a63d71b3f0c0
        env:
          SLACK_WEBHOOK: ${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK }}
          SLACK_CHANNEL: tendermint-internal
@@ -63,7 +62,7 @@ jobs:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Notify Slack on success
-        uses: rtCamp/action-slack-notify@12e36fc18b0689399306c2e0b3e0f2978b7f1ee7
+        uses: rtCamp/action-slack-notify@ae4223259071871559b6e9d08b24a63d71b3f0c0
        env:
          SLACK_WEBHOOK: ${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK }}
          SLACK_CHANNEL: tendermint-internal
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ name: e2e
 # Runs the CI end-to-end test network on all pushes to master or release branches
 # and every pull request, but only if any Go files have been changed.
 on:
-  workflow_dispatch: # allow running workflow manually
  pull_request:
  push:
    branches:
@@ -16,9 +15,9 @@ jobs:
    steps:
      - uses: actions/setup-go@v2
        with:
-          go-version: '1.16'
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2.3.4
-      - uses: technote-space/get-diff-action@v5
+          go-version: '^1.15.4'
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: technote-space/get-diff-action@v4
        with:
          PATTERNS: |
            **/**.go
--- a/.github/workflows/fuzz-nightly.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/fuzz-nightly.yml
@@ -4,10 +4,6 @@ on:
  workflow_dispatch: # allow running workflow manually
  schedule:
    - cron: '0 3 * * *'
-  pull_request:
-    branches: [master]
-    paths:
-      - "test/fuzz/**/*.go"

 jobs:
  fuzz-nightly-test:
@@ -15,22 +11,17 @@ jobs:
    steps:
      - uses: actions/setup-go@v2
        with:
-          go-version: '1.16'
+          go-version: '1.15'

-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2.3.4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2

      - name: Install go-fuzz
        working-directory: test/fuzz
        run: go get -u github.com/dvyukov/go-fuzz/go-fuzz github.com/dvyukov/go-fuzz/go-fuzz-build

-      - name: Fuzz mempool-v1
+      - name: Fuzz mempool
        working-directory: test/fuzz
-        run: timeout -s SIGINT --preserve-status 10m make fuzz-mempool-v1
-        continue-on-error: true
-
-      - name: Fuzz mempool-v0
-        working-directory: test/fuzz
-        run: timeout -s SIGINT --preserve-status 10m make fuzz-mempool-v0
+        run: timeout -s SIGINT --preserve-status 10m make fuzz-mempool
        continue-on-error: true

      - name: Fuzz p2p-addrbook
@@ -58,14 +49,14 @@ jobs:
        with:
          name: crashers
          path: test/fuzz/**/crashers
-          retention-days: 3
+          retention-days: 1

      - name: Archive suppressions
        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
        with:
          name: suppressions
          path: test/fuzz/**/suppressions
-          retention-days: 3
+          retention-days: 1

      - name: Set crashers count
        working-directory: test/fuzz
@@ -81,7 +72,7 @@ jobs:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Notify Slack if any crashers
-        uses: rtCamp/action-slack-notify@12e36fc18b0689399306c2e0b3e0f2978b7f1ee7
+        uses: rtCamp/action-slack-notify@ae4223259071871559b6e9d08b24a63d71b3f0c0
        env:
          SLACK_WEBHOOK: ${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK }}
          SLACK_CHANNEL: tendermint-internal
--- a/.github/workflows/janitor.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/janitor.yml
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-name: Janitor
-# Janitor cleans up previous runs of various workflows
-# To add more workflows to cancel visit https://api.github.com/repos/tendermint/tendermint/actions/workflows and find the actions name
-on:
-  pull_request:
-
-jobs:
-  cancel:
-    name: "Cancel Previous Runs"
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    timeout-minutes: 3
-    steps:
-      - uses: styfle/cancel-workflow-action@0.9.1
-        with:
-          workflow_id: 1041851,1401230,2837803
-          access_token: ${{ github.token }}
--- a/.github/workflows/jepsen.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/jepsen.yml
@@ -1,65 +0,0 @@
-# Runs a Jepsen test - cas-register (no nemesis) by default.
-#   See inputs for various options.
-#   Repo: https://github.com/tendermint/jepsen
-#
-# If you want to test a new breaking version of Tendermint, you'll need to
-# update the Merkleeyes ABCI app and 'merkleeyesUrl' input accordingly. You can
-# upload a new tarball to
-# https://github.com/tendermint/jepsen/releases/tag/0.2.1.
-#
-# Manually triggered.
-name: jepsen
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-    inputs:
-      workload:
-        description: 'Test workload to run: (cas-register | set)'
-        required: true
-        default: 'cas-register'
-      nemesis:
-        description: 'Nemesis to use: (none | clocks | single-partitions | half-partitions | ring-partitions | split-dup-validators | peekaboo-dup-validators | changing-validators | crash | truncate-tendermint | truncate-merkleeyes)'
-        required: true
-        default: 'none'
-      dupOrSuperByzValidators:
-        description: '"--dup-validators" (multiple validators share the same key) and(or) "--super-byzantine-validators" (byzantine validators have just shy of 2/3 the voting weight)'
-        required: false
-        default: ''
-      concurrency:
-        description: 'How many workers should we run? Must be an integer and >= 10, optionally followed by n (e.g. 3n) to multiply by the number of nodes.'
-        required: true
-        default: 10
-      timeLimit:
-        description: 'Excluding setup and teardown, how long should a test run for, in seconds?'
-        required: true
-        default: 60
-      tendermintUrl:
-        description: 'Where to grab the Tendermint tarball (w/ linux/amd64 binary)'
-        required: true
-        default: 'https://github.com/melekes/katas/releases/download/0.2.0/tendermint.tar.gz'
-      merkleeyesUrl:
-        description: 'Where to grab the Merkleeyes tarball (w/ linux/amd64 binary)'
-        required: true
-        default: 'https://github.com/tendermint/jepsen/releases/download/0.2.1/merkleeyes_0.1.7.tar.gz'
-
-jobs:
-  jepsen-test:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout the Jepsen repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2.3.4
-        with:
-          repository: 'tendermint/jepsen'
-
-      - name: Start a Jepsen cluster in background
-        working-directory: docker
-        run: ./bin/up --daemon
-
-      - name: Run the test
-        run: docker exec -i jepsen-control bash -c 'source /root/.bashrc; cd /jepsen/tendermint; lein run test --nemesis ${{ github.event.inputs.nemesis }} --workload ${{ github.event.inputs.workload }} --concurrency ${{ github.event.inputs.concurrency }} --tendermint-url ${{ github.event.inputs.tendermintUrl }} --merkleeyes-url ${{ github.event.inputs.merkleeyesUrl }} --time-limit ${{ github.event.inputs.timeLimit }} ${{ github.event.inputs.dupOrSuperByzValidators }}'
-
-      - name: Archive results
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
-        with:
-          name: results
-          path: tendermint/store/latest
-          retention-days: 3
--- a/.github/workflows/linkchecker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linkchecker.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ jobs:
  markdown-link-check:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2.3.4
-      - uses: gaurav-nelson/github-action-markdown-link-check@1.0.13
+      - uses: actions/checkout@master
+      - uses: gaurav-nelson/github-action-markdown-link-check@1.0.7
        with:
          folder-path: "docs"
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yaml
@@ -11,19 +11,19 @@ jobs:
  golangci:
    name: golangci-lint
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    timeout-minutes: 8
+    timeout-minutes: 4
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2.3.4
-      - uses: technote-space/get-diff-action@v5
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: technote-space/get-diff-action@v4
        with:
          PATTERNS: |
            **/**.go
            go.mod
            go.sum
-      - uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v2.5.2
+      - uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v2.2.1
        with:
          # Required: the version of golangci-lint is required and must be specified without patch version: we always use the latest patch version.
-          version: v1.38
+          version: v1.31
          args: --timeout 10m
          github-token: ${{ secrets.github_token }}
        if: env.GIT_DIFF
--- a/.github/workflows/linter.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linter.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ on:
    branches: [master]
    paths:
      - "**.md"
-      - "**.yml"

 jobs:
  build:
@@ -19,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout Code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2.3.4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
      - name: Lint Code Base
        uses: docker://github/super-linter:v3
        env:
@@ -28,5 +27,6 @@ jobs:
          DEFAULT_BRANCH: master
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          VALIDATE_MD: true
-          VALIDATE_OPENAPI: true
+          MARKDOWN_CONFIG_FILE: .markdownlint.yml
+          VALIDATE_OPAENAPI: true
          VALIDATE_YAML: true
--- a/.github/workflows/proto-docker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/proto-docker.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2.3.4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@master
      - name: Prepare
        id: prep
        run: |
@@ -34,16 +34,16 @@ jobs:
          echo ::set-output name=tags::${TAGS}

      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
-        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v1.5.0
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v1

      - name: Login to DockerHub
-        uses: docker/login-action@v1.10.0
+        uses: docker/login-action@v1
        with:
          username: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN }}

      - name: Publish to Docker Hub
-        uses: docker/build-push-action@v2.7.0
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v2
        with:
          context: ./tools/proto
          file: ./tools/proto/Dockerfile
--- a/.github/workflows/proto.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/proto.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ name: Protobuf
 # Protobuf runs buf (https://buf.build/) lint and check-breakage
 # This workflow is only run when a .proto file has been modified
 on:
-  workflow_dispatch: # allow running workflow manually
  pull_request:
    paths:
      - "**.proto"
@@ -11,13 +10,13 @@ jobs:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    timeout-minutes: 4
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2.3.4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@master
      - name: lint
        run: make proto-lint
  proto-breakage:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    timeout-minutes: 4
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2.3.4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@master
      - name: check-breakage
        run: make proto-check-breaking-ci
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ name: "Release"

 on:
  push:
-    branches: 
-      - "RC[0-9]/**"
    tags:
      - "v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+" # Push events to matching v*, i.e. v1.0, v20.15.10

@@ -12,27 +10,18 @@ jobs:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2.3.4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0

      - uses: actions/setup-go@v2
        with:
-          go-version: '1.16'
+          go-version: '^1.15.4'

      - run: echo https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/blob/${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}/CHANGELOG.md#${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/} > ../release_notes.md 
-        if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')

-      - name: Build
+      - name: Run GoReleaser
        uses: goreleaser/goreleaser-action@v2
-        if: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
-        with:
-          version: latest
-          args: build --skip-validate   # skip validate skips initial sanity checks in order to be able to fully run
-
-      - name: Release
-        uses: goreleaser/goreleaser-action@v2
-        if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
        with:
          version: latest
          args: release --rm-dist --release-notes=../release_notes.md
--- a/.github/workflows/stale.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/stale.yml
@@ -7,14 +7,12 @@ jobs:
  stale:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/stale@v4
+      - uses: actions/stale@v3
        with:
          repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          stale-pr-message: "This pull request has been automatically marked as stale because it has not had
    recent activity. It will be closed if no further activity occurs. Thank you
    for your contributions."
-          days-before-stale: -1
-          days-before-close: -1
-          days-before-pr-stale: 10
-          days-before-pr-close: 4
+          days-before-stale: 10
+          days-before-close: 4
          exempt-pr-labels: "S:wip"
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,14 @@ on:
      - release/**

 jobs:
+  cleanup-runs:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: rokroskar/workflow-run-cleanup-action@master
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
+    if: "!startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/') && github.ref != 'refs/heads/master'"
+
  build:
    name: Build
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -17,9 +25,9 @@ jobs:
    steps:
      - uses: actions/setup-go@v2
        with:
-          go-version: "1.16"
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2.3.4
-      - uses: technote-space/get-diff-action@v5
+          go-version: "^1.15.4"
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: technote-space/get-diff-action@v4
        with:
          PATTERNS: |
            **/**.go
@@ -28,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
      - name: install
        run: make install install_abci
        if: "env.GIT_DIFF != ''"
-      - uses: actions/cache@v2.1.6
+      - uses: actions/cache@v2.1.4
        with:
          path: ~/go/pkg/mod
          key: ${{ runner.os }}-go-${{ hashFiles('**/go.sum') }}
@@ -36,12 +44,44 @@ jobs:
            ${{ runner.os }}-go-
        if: env.GIT_DIFF
      # Cache binaries for use by other jobs
-      - uses: actions/cache@v2.1.6
+      - uses: actions/cache@v2.1.4
        with:
          path: ~/go/bin
          key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ github.sha }}-tm-binary
        if: env.GIT_DIFF

+  test_abci_apps:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: build
+    timeout-minutes: 5
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@v2
+        with:
+          go-version: "^1.15.4"
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: technote-space/get-diff-action@v4
+        with:
+          PATTERNS: |
+            **/**.go
+            go.mod
+            go.sum
+      - uses: actions/cache@v2.1.4
+        with:
+          path: ~/go/pkg/mod
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-go-${{ hashFiles('**/go.sum') }}
+          restore-keys: |
+            ${{ runner.os }}-go-
+        if: env.GIT_DIFF
+      - uses: actions/cache@v2.1.4
+        with:
+          path: ~/go/bin
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ github.sha }}-tm-binary
+        if: env.GIT_DIFF
+      - name: test_abci_apps
+        run: abci/tests/test_app/test.sh
+        shell: bash
+        if: env.GIT_DIFF
+
  test_abci_cli:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    needs: build
@@ -49,22 +89,22 @@ jobs:
    steps:
      - uses: actions/setup-go@v2
        with:
-          go-version: "1.16"
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2.3.4
-      - uses: technote-space/get-diff-action@v5
+          go-version: "^1.15.4"
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: technote-space/get-diff-action@v4
        with:
          PATTERNS: |
            **/**.go
            go.mod
            go.sum
-      - uses: actions/cache@v2.1.6
+      - uses: actions/cache@v2.1.4
        with:
          path: ~/go/pkg/mod
          key: ${{ runner.os }}-go-${{ hashFiles('**/go.sum') }}
          restore-keys: |
            ${{ runner.os }}-go-
        if: env.GIT_DIFF
-      - uses: actions/cache@v2.1.6
+      - uses: actions/cache@v2.1.4
        with:
          path: ~/go/bin
          key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ github.sha }}-tm-binary
@@ -80,22 +120,22 @@ jobs:
    steps:
      - uses: actions/setup-go@v2
        with:
-          go-version: "1.16"
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2.3.4
-      - uses: technote-space/get-diff-action@v5
+          go-version: "^1.15.4"
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: technote-space/get-diff-action@v4
        with:
          PATTERNS: |
            **/**.go
            go.mod
            go.sum
-      - uses: actions/cache@v2.1.6
+      - uses: actions/cache@v2.1.4
        with:
          path: ~/go/pkg/mod
          key: ${{ runner.os }}-go-${{ hashFiles('**/go.sum') }}
          restore-keys: |
            ${{ runner.os }}-go-
        if: env.GIT_DIFF
-      - uses: actions/cache@v2.1.6
+      - uses: actions/cache@v2.1.4
        with:
          path: ~/go/bin
          key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ github.sha }}-tm-binary
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,45 +1,55 @@
-*.bak
-*.iml
-*.log
-*.swo
 *.swp
-*/.glide
-*/vendor
-.DS_Store
+*.swo
 .bak
-.idea/
-.revision
-.tendermint
-.tendermint-lite
-.terraform
-.vagrant
-.vendor-new/
-.vscode/
-abci/abci-cli
-addrbook.json
-artifacts/*
+*.bak
+.DS_Store
 build/*
+rpc/test/.tendermint
+.tendermint
+remote_dump
+.revision
+vendor
+.vagrant
+test/e2e/build
+test/maverick/maverick
+test/e2e/networks/*/
+test/p2p/data/
+test/logs
 coverage.txt
-docs/.vuepress/dist
 docs/_build
 docs/dist
+docs/.vuepress/dist
+*.log
+abci-cli
 docs/node_modules/
-docs/spec
 index.html.md
-libs/pubsub/query/fuzz_test/output
-profile\.out
-remote_dump
-rpc/test/.tendermint
-scripts/cutWALUntil/cutWALUntil
+
 scripts/wal2json/wal2json
+scripts/cutWALUntil/cutWALUntil
+
+.idea/
+*.iml
+
+.vscode/
+
+libs/pubsub/query/fuzz_test/output
 shunit2
+
+.tendermint-lite
+addrbook.json
+
+*/vendor
+.vendor-new/
+*/.glide
+.terraform
 terraform.tfstate
 terraform.tfstate.backup
 terraform.tfstate.d
-test/app/grpc_client
+profile\.out
 test/e2e/build
 test/e2e/networks/*/
 test/logs
+test/maverick/maverick
 test/p2p/data/
 vendor
 test/fuzz/**/corpus
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ linters:
    # - wsl
    # - gocognit
    - nolintlint
-    - asciicheck

 issues:
  exclude-rules:
@@ -54,9 +53,9 @@ issues:
 linters-settings:
  dogsled:
    max-blank-identifiers: 3
-  golint:
-    min-confidence: 0
  maligned:
    suggest-new: true
-  misspell:
-    locale: US
+  # govet:
+  #   check-shadowing: true
+  golint:
+    min-confidence: 0
--- a/.goreleaser.yml
+++ b/.goreleaser.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ env:
  - GO111MODULE=on

 builds:
-  - id: "tendermint"
+  - id: "Tendermint"
    main: ./cmd/tendermint/main.go
    ldflags:
      - -s -w -X github.com/tendermint/tendermint/version.TMCoreSemVer={{ .Version }}
@@ -26,11 +26,3 @@ checksum:

 release:
  name_template: "{{.Version}} (WARNING: BETA SOFTWARE)"
-
-archives:
-  - files:
-    - LICENSE
-    - README.md
-    - UPGRADING.md
-    - SECURITY.md
-    - CHANGELOG.md
--- a/.github/linter/markdownlint.yml
+++ b/.github/linter/markdownlint.yml
--- a/.github/mergify.yml
+++ b/.github/mergify.yml
@@ -8,11 +8,3 @@ pull_request_rules:
        method: squash
        strict: true
        commit_message: title+body
-  - name: backport patches to v0.34.x branch
-    conditions:
-      - base=master
-      - label=S:backport-to-v0.34.x
-    actions:
-      backport:
-        branches:
-          - v0.34.x
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "protoc": {
+    "options": [
+      "--proto_path=${workspaceRoot}/proto",
+      "--proto_path=${workspaceRoot}/third_party/proto"
+    ]
+  }
+}
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,173 +1,40 @@
 # Changelog

-Friendly reminder, we have a [bug bounty program](https://hackerone.com/tendermint).
-
-## v0.34.12
-
-*August 17, 2021*
-
-Special thanks to external contributors on this release: @JayT106.
-
-### FEATURES
-
- [rpc] [\#6717](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/pull/6717) introduce
-  `/genesis_chunked` rpc endpoint for handling large genesis files by chunking them (@tychoish)
-
-### IMPROVEMENTS
-
- [rpc] [\#6825](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/issues/6825) Remove egregious INFO log from `ABCI#Query` RPC. (@alexanderbez)
-
-### BUG FIXES
-
- [light] [\#6685](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/pull/6685) fix bug
-  with incorrectly handling contexts that would occasionally freeze state sync. (@cmwaters)
- [privval] [\#6748](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/issues/6748) Fix vote timestamp to prevent chain halt (@JayT106)
-
-## v0.34.11
-
-*June 18, 2021*
-
-This release improves the robustness of statesync; tweaking channel priorities and timeouts and
-adding two new parameters to the state sync config.
-
-### BREAKING CHANGES
-
- Apps
-    - [Version] [\#6494](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/pull/6494) `TMCoreSemVer` is not required to be set as a ldflag any longer.
-
-### IMPROVEMENTS
-
- [statesync] [\#6566](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/pull/6566) Allow state sync fetchers and request timeout to be configurable. (@alexanderbez)
- [statesync] [\#6378](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/pull/6378) Retry requests for snapshots and add a minimum discovery time (5s) for new snapshots. (@tychoish)
- [statesync] [\#6582](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/pull/6582) Increase chunk priority and add multiple retry chunk requests (@cmwaters)
-
-### BUG FIXES
-
- [evidence] [\#6375](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/pull/6375) Fix bug with inconsistent LightClientAttackEvidence hashing (@cmwaters)
-
-## v0.34.10
-
-*April 14, 2021*
-
-This release fixes a bug where peers would sometimes try to send messages
-on incorrect channels. Special thanks to our friends at Oasis Labs for surfacing
-this issue!
-
- [p2p/node] [\#6339](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/issues/6339) Fix bug with using custom channels (@cmwaters)
- [light] [\#6346](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/issues/6346) Correctly handle too high errors to improve client robustness (@cmwaters)
-
-## v0.34.9
-
-*April 8, 2021*
-
-This release fixes a moderate severity security issue, Security Advisory Alderfly,
-which impacts all networks that rely on Tendermint light clients.
-Further details will be released once networks have upgraded.
-
-This release also includes a small Go API-breaking change, to reduce panics in the RPC layer.
-
-Special thanks to our external contributors on this release: @gchaincl
-
-### BREAKING CHANGES
-
- Go API
-    - [rpc/jsonrpc/server] [\#6204](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/issues/6204) Modify `WriteRPCResponseHTTP(Error)` to return an error (@melekes)
-
-### FEATURES
-
- [rpc] [\#6226](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/issues/6226) Index block events and expose a new RPC method, `/block_search`, to allow querying for blocks by `BeginBlock` and `EndBlock` events (@alexanderbez)
-
-### BUG FIXES
-
- [rpc/jsonrpc/server] [\#6191](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/issues/6191) Correctly unmarshal `RPCRequest` when data is `null` (@melekes)
- [p2p] [\#6289](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/issues/6289) Fix "unknown channels" bug on CustomReactors (@gchaincl)
- [light/evidence] Adds logic to handle forward lunatic attacks (@cmwaters)
-
-## v0.34.8
-
-*February 25, 2021*
-
-This release, in conjunction with [a fix in the Cosmos SDK](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/8641),
-introduces changes that should mean the logs are much, much quieter. 🎉
-
-### IMPROVEMENTS
-
- [libs/log] [\#6174](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/issues/6174) Include timestamp (`ts` field; `time.RFC3339Nano` format) in JSON logger output (@melekes)
-
-### BUG FIXES
-
- [abci] [\#6124](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/issues/6124) Fixes a panic condition during callback execution in `ReCheckTx` during high tx load. (@alexanderbez)
-
-## v0.34.7
-
-*February 18, 2021*
-
-This release fixes a downstream security issue which impacts Cosmos SDK
-users who are:
-
-* Using Cosmos SDK v0.40.0 or later, AND
-* Running validator nodes, AND
-* Using the file-based `FilePV` implementation for their consensus keys
-
-Users who fulfill all the above criteria were susceptible to leaking
-private key material in the logs. All other users are unaffected.
-
-The root cause was a discrepancy
-between the Tendermint Core (untyped) logger and the Cosmos SDK (typed) logger:
-Tendermint Core's logger automatically stringifies Go interfaces whenever possible;
-however, the Cosmos SDK's logger uses reflection to log the fields within a Go interface.
-
-The introduction of the typed logger meant that previously un-logged fields within
-interfaces are now sometimes logged, including the private key material inside the
-`FilePV` struct.
-
-Tendermint Core v0.34.7 fixes this issue; however, we strongly recommend that all validators
-use remote signer implementations instead of `FilePV` in production.
-
-Thank you to @joe-bowman for his assistance with this vulnerability and a particular
-shout-out to @marbar3778 for diagnosing it quickly.
-
-### BUG FIXES
-
- [consensus] [\#6128](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/pull/6128) Remove privValidator from log call (@tessr)
-
-## v0.34.6
-
-*February 18, 2021*
-
-_Tendermint Core v0.34.5 and v0.34.6 have been recalled due to release tooling problems._
-
 ## v0.34.4

 *February 11, 2021*

-This release includes a fix for a memory leak in the evidence reactor (see #6068, below).
-All Tendermint clients are recommended to upgrade.
-Thank you to our friends at Crypto.com for the initial report of this memory leak!
+This release includes a fix for a memory leak in the evidence reactor (see #6068, below). 
+All Tendermint clients are recommended to upgrade. 
+Thank you to our friends at Crypto.com for the initial report of this memory leak! 

 Special thanks to other external contributors on this release: @yayajacky, @odidev, @laniehei, and @c29r3!

+Friendly reminder: We have a [bug bounty program](https://hackerone.com/tendermint).
+
 ### BUG FIXES

 - [light] [\#6022](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/pull/6022) Fix a bug when the number of validators equals 100 (@melekes)
 - [light] [\#6026](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/pull/6026) Fix a bug when height isn't provided for the rpc calls: `/commit` and `/validators` (@cmwaters)
 - [evidence] [\#6068](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/pull/6068) Terminate broadcastEvidenceRoutine when peer is stopped (@melekes)

+
 ## v0.34.3

 *January 19, 2021*

-This release includes a fix for a high-severity security vulnerability,
-a DoS-vector that impacted Tendermint Core v0.34.0-v0.34.2. For more details, see
-[Security Advisory Mulberry](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/security/advisories/GHSA-p658-8693-mhvg)
-or https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-21271.
+This release includes a fix for a high-severity security vulnerability.
+More information on this vulnerability will be released on January 26, 2021
+and this changelog will be updated.

-Tendermint Core v0.34.3 also updates GoGo Protobuf to 1.3.2 in order to pick up the fix for
+It also updates GoGo Protobuf to 1.3.2 in order to pick up the fix for
 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3121.

+Friendly reminder: We have a [bug bounty program](https://hackerone.com/tendermint).
+
 ### BUG FIXES

- [evidence] [[security fix]](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/security/advisories/GHSA-p658-8693-mhvg) Use correct source of evidence time (@cmwaters)
+- [evidence] [N/A] Use correct source of evidence time (@cmwaters)
 - [proto] [\#5886](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/pull/5889) Bump gogoproto to 1.3.2 (@marbar3778)

 ## v0.34.2
@@ -178,6 +45,8 @@ This release fixes a substantial bug in evidence handling where evidence could
 sometimes be broadcast before the block containing that evidence was fully committed,
 resulting in some nodes panicking when trying to verify said evidence.

+Friendly reminder, we have a [bug bounty program](https://hackerone.com/tendermint).
+
 ### BREAKING CHANGES

 - Go API
@@ -201,6 +70,8 @@ disconnecting from this node. As a temporary remedy (until the mempool package
 is refactored), the `max-batch-bytes` was disabled. Transactions will be sent
 one by one without batching.

+Friendly reminder, we have a [bug bounty program](https://hackerone.com/tendermint).
+
 ### BREAKING CHANGES

 - CLI/RPC/Config
@@ -229,6 +100,8 @@ Holy smokes, this is a big one! For a more reader-friendly overview of the chang
 Special thanks to external contributors on this release: @james-ray, @fedekunze, @favadi, @alessio,
@joe-bowman, @cuonglm, @SadPencil and @dongsam.

+And as always, friendly reminder, that we have a [bug bounty program](https://hackerone.com/tendermint).
+
 ### BREAKING CHANGES

 - CLI/RPC/Config
@@ -469,6 +342,9 @@ as 2/3+ of the signatures are checked._

 Special thanks to @njmurarka at Bluzelle Networks for reporting this.

+Friendly reminder, we have a [bug bounty
+program](https://hackerone.com/tendermint).
+
 ### SECURITY:

 - [consensus] Do not allow signatures for a wrong block in commits (@ebuchman)
@@ -484,6 +360,8 @@ need to update your code.**

 Special thanks to external contributors on this release: @tau3,

+Friendly reminder, we have a [bug bounty program](https://hackerone.com/tendermint).
+
 ### BREAKING CHANGES:

 - Go API
@@ -543,6 +421,8 @@ Special thanks to external contributors on this release: @tau3,

 Special thanks to external contributors on this release: @whylee259, @greg-szabo

+Friendly reminder, we have a [bug bounty program](https://hackerone.com/tendermint).
+
 ### BREAKING CHANGES:

 - Go API
@@ -629,6 +509,9 @@ Notes:
 Special thanks to [fudongbai](https://hackerone.com/fudongbai) for finding
 and reporting this.

+Friendly reminder, we have a [bug bounty
+program](https://hackerone.com/tendermint).
+
 ### SECURITY:

 - [mempool] Reserve IDs in InitPeer instead of AddPeer (@tessr)
@@ -641,6 +524,8 @@ and reporting this.
 Special thanks to external contributors on this release:
@antho1404, @michaelfig, @gterzian, @tau3, @Shivani912

+Friendly reminder, we have a [bug bounty program](https://hackerone.com/tendermint).
+
 ### BREAKING CHANGES:

 - CLI/RPC/Config
@@ -691,6 +576,9 @@ Special thanks to external contributors on this release:
 Special thanks to external contributors on this release:
@princesinha19

+Friendly reminder, we have a [bug bounty
+program](https://hackerone.com/tendermint).
+
 ### FEATURES:

 - [rpc] [\#3333](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/issues/3333) Add `order_by` to `/tx_search` endpoint, allowing to change default ordering from asc to desc (@princesinha19)
@@ -709,6 +597,9 @@ Special thanks to external contributors on this release:

 Special thanks to external contributors on this release: @mrekucci, @PSalant726, @princesinha19, @greg-szabo, @dongsam, @cuonglm, @jgimeno, @yenkhoon

+Friendly reminder, we have a [bug bounty
+program.](https://hackerone.com/tendermint).
+
 *January 14, 2020*

 This release contains breaking changes to the `Block#Header`, specifically
@@ -937,6 +828,9 @@ Notes:
 Special thanks to [fudongbai](https://hackerone.com/fudongbai) for finding
 and reporting this.

+Friendly reminder, we have a [bug bounty
+program](https://hackerone.com/tendermint).
+
 ### SECURITY:

 - [mempool] Reserve IDs in InitPeer instead of AddPeer (@tessr)
@@ -948,6 +842,9 @@ _January, 9, 2020_

 Special thanks to external contributors on this release: @greg-szabo, @gregzaitsev, @yenkhoon

+Friendly reminder, we have a [bug bounty
+program](https://hackerone.com/tendermint).
+
 ### FEATURES:

 - [rpc/lib] [\#4248](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/issues/4248) RPC client basic authentication support (@greg-szabo)
@@ -969,6 +866,9 @@ Special thanks to external contributors on this release: @greg-szabo, @gregzaits

 Special thanks to external contributors on this release: @erikgrinaker, @guagualvcha, @hsyis, @cosmostuba, @whunmr, @austinabell

+Friendly reminder, we have a [bug bounty
+program.](https://hackerone.com/tendermint).
+

 ### BREAKING CHANGES:

@@ -1008,6 +908,9 @@ identified and fixed here.
 Special thanks to [elvishacker](https://hackerone.com/elvishacker) for finding
 and reporting this.

+Friendly reminder, we have a [bug bounty
+program](https://hackerone.com/tendermint).
+
 ### BREAKING CHANGES:

 - Go API
@@ -1034,6 +937,9 @@ accepting new peers and only allowing `ed25519` pubkeys.
 Special thanks to [fudongbai](https://hackerone.com/fudongbai) for pointing
 this out.

+Friendly reminder, we have a [bug bounty
+program](https://hackerone.com/tendermint).
+
 ### SECURITY:

 - [p2p] [\#4030](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/issues/4030) Only allow ed25519 pubkeys when connecting
@@ -1049,6 +955,9 @@ All clients are recommended to upgrade. See
 Special thanks to [fudongbai](https://hackerone.com/fudongbai) for discovering
 and reporting this issue.

+Friendly reminder, we have a [bug bounty
+program](https://hackerone.com/tendermint).
+
 ### SECURITY:

 - [p2p] [\#4030](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/issues/4030) Fix for panic on nil public key send to a peer
@@ -1059,6 +968,9 @@ and reporting this issue.

 Special thanks to external contributors on this release: @jon-certik, @gracenoah, @PSalant726, @gchaincl

+Friendly reminder, we have a [bug bounty
+program](https://hackerone.com/tendermint).
+
 ### BREAKING CHANGES:

 - CLI/RPC/Config
@@ -1094,6 +1006,9 @@ guide.
 Special thanks to external contributors on this release:
@gchaincl, @bluele, @climber73

+Friendly reminder, we have a [bug bounty
+program](https://hackerone.com/tendermint).
+
 ### IMPROVEMENTS:

 - [consensus] [\#3839](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/issues/3839) Reduce "Error attempting to add vote" message severity (Error -> Info)
@@ -1114,6 +1029,9 @@ Special thanks to external contributors on this release:
 Special thanks to external contributors on this release:
@ruseinov, @bluele, @guagualvcha

+Friendly reminder, we have a [bug bounty
+program](https://hackerone.com/tendermint).
+
 ### BREAKING CHANGES:

 - Go API
@@ -1153,6 +1071,9 @@ This release contains a minor enhancement to the ABCI and some breaking changes
 - CheckTx requests include a `CheckTxType` enum that can be set to `Recheck` to indicate to the application that this transaction was already checked/validated and certain expensive operations (like checking signatures) can be skipped
 - Removed various functions from `libs` pkgs

+Friendly reminder, we have a [bug bounty
+program](https://hackerone.com/tendermint).
+
 ### BREAKING CHANGES:

 - Go API
@@ -1198,6 +1119,9 @@ and the RPC, namely:
  [docs](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/blob/60827f75623b92eff132dc0eff5b49d2025c591e/docs/spec/abci/abci.md#events)
 - Bind RPC to localhost by default, not to the public interface [UPGRADING/RPC_Changes](./UPGRADING.md#rpc_changes)

+Friendly reminder, we have a [bug bounty
+program](https://hackerone.com/tendermint).
+
 ### BREAKING CHANGES:

 * CLI/RPC/Config
@@ -1298,6 +1222,8 @@ Notes:
 Special thanks to [fudongbai](https://hackerone.com/fudongbai) for finding
 and reporting this.

+Friendly reminder, we have a [bug bounty
+program](https://hackerone.com/tendermint).

 ### SECURITY:

@@ -1318,6 +1244,8 @@ identified and fixed here.
 Special thanks to [elvishacker](https://hackerone.com/elvishacker) for finding
 and reporting this.

+Friendly reminder, we have a [bug bounty
+program](https://hackerone.com/tendermint).

 ### BREAKING CHANGES:

@@ -1345,6 +1273,8 @@ accepting new peers and only allowing `ed25519` pubkeys.
 Special thanks to [fudongbai](https://hackerone.com/fudongbai) for pointing
 this out.

+Friendly reminder, we have a [bug bounty
+program](https://hackerone.com/tendermint).

 ### SECURITY:

@@ -1361,6 +1291,8 @@ All clients are recommended to upgrade. See
 Special thanks to [fudongbai](https://hackerone.com/fudongbai) for discovering
 and reporting this issue.

+Friendly reminder, we have a [bug bounty
+program](https://hackerone.com/tendermint).

 ### SECURITY:

@@ -1656,6 +1588,8 @@ See the [v0.31.0
 Milestone](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/milestone/19?closed=1) for
 more details.

+Friendly reminder, we have a [bug bounty
+program](https://hackerone.com/tendermint).

 ### BREAKING CHANGES:

@@ -1876,6 +1810,8 @@ This release contains two important fixes: one for p2p layer where we sometimes
 were not closing connections and one for consensus layer where consensus with
 no empty blocks (`create_empty_blocks = false`) could halt.

+Friendly reminder, we have a [bug bounty
+program](https://hackerone.com/tendermint).

 ### IMPROVEMENTS:
 - [pex] [\#3037](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/issues/3037) Only log "Reached max attempts to dial" once
@@ -1915,6 +1851,8 @@ While we are trying to stabilize the Block protocol to preserve compatibility
 with old chains, there may be some final changes yet to come before Cosmos
 launch as we continue to audit and test the software.

+Friendly reminder, we have a [bug bounty
+program](https://hackerone.com/tendermint).

 ### BREAKING CHANGES:

@@ -1963,6 +1901,8 @@ launch as we continue to audit and test the software.
 Special thanks to external contributors on this release:
@HaoyangLiu

+Friendly reminder, we have a [bug bounty
+program](https://hackerone.com/tendermint).

 ### BUG FIXES:
 - [consensus] Fix consensus halt from proposing blocks with too much evidence
@@ -2016,7 +1956,7 @@ See [UPGRADING.md](UPGRADING.md) for more details.

 - [build] [\#3085](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/issues/3085) Fix `Version` field in build scripts (@husio)
 - [crypto/multisig] [\#3102](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/issues/3102) Fix multisig keys address length
- [crypto/encoding] [\#3101](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/issues/3101) Fix `PubKeyMultisigThreshold` unmarshaling into `crypto.PubKey` interface
+- [crypto/encoding] [\#3101](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/issues/3101) Fix `PubKeyMultisigThreshold` unmarshalling into `crypto.PubKey` interface
 - [p2p/conn] [\#3111](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/issues/3111) Make SecretConnection thread safe
 - [rpc] [\#3053](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/issues/3053) Fix internal error in `/tx_search` when results are empty
  (@gianfelipe93)
@@ -2091,6 +2031,8 @@ Special thanks to @dlguddus for discovering a [major
 issue](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/issues/2718#issuecomment-440888677)
 in the proposer selection algorithm.

+Friendly reminder, we have a [bug bounty
+program](https://hackerone.com/tendermint).

 This release is primarily about fixes to the proposer selection algorithm
 in preparation for the [Cosmos Game of
@@ -2153,6 +2095,8 @@ Special thanks to external contributors on this release:
@ackratos, @goolAdapter, @james-ray, @joe-bowman, @kostko,
@nagarajmanjunath, @tomtau

+Friendly reminder, we have a [bug bounty
+program](https://hackerone.com/tendermint).

 ### FEATURES:

@@ -2192,6 +2136,8 @@ Special thanks to external contributors on this release:
 Special thanks to external contributors on this release:
@danil-lashin, @kevlubkcm, @krhubert, @srmo

+Friendly reminder, we have a [bug bounty
+program](https://hackerone.com/tendermint).

 ### BREAKING CHANGES:

@@ -2236,6 +2182,8 @@ Special thanks to external contributors on this release:

 Special thanks to external contributors on this release: @hleb-albau, @zhuzeyu

+Friendly reminder, we have a [bug bounty program](https://hackerone.com/tendermint).
+
 ### FEATURES:

 - [rpc] [\#2582](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/issues/2582) Enable CORS on RPC API (@hleb-albau)
@@ -2253,6 +2201,8 @@ Special thanks to external contributors on this release: @hleb-albau, @zhuzeyu

 Special thanks to external contributors on this release: @katakonst

+Friendly reminder, we have a [bug bounty program](https://hackerone.com/tendermint).
+
 ### IMPROVEMENTS:

 - [consensus] [\#2704](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/issues/2704) Simplify valid POL round logic
@@ -2426,6 +2376,8 @@ It also addresses some issues found via security audit, removes various unused
 functions from `libs/common`, and implements
 [ADR-012](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/blob/develop/docs/architecture/adr-012-peer-transport.md).

+Friendly reminder, we have a [bug bounty program](https://hackerone.com/tendermint).
+
 BREAKING CHANGES:

 * CLI/RPC/Config
@@ -2455,7 +2407,7 @@ FEATURES:
 - [libs] [\#2286](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/issues/2286) Panic if `autofile` or `db/fsdb` permissions change from 0600.

 IMPROVEMENTS:
- [libs/db] [\#2371](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/issues/2371) Output error instead of panic when the given `db_backend` is not initialized (@bradyjoestar)
+- [libs/db] [\#2371](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/issues/2371) Output error instead of panic when the given `db_backend` is not initialised (@bradyjoestar)
 - [mempool] [\#2399](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/issues/2399) Make mempool cache a proper LRU (@bradyjoestar)
 - [p2p] [\#2126](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/issues/2126) Introduce PeerTransport interface to improve isolation of concerns
 - [libs/common] [\#2326](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/issues/2326) Service returns ErrNotStarted
--- a/CHANGELOG_PENDING.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG_PENDING.md
@@ -1,161 +1,26 @@
 # Unreleased Changes

-## vX.X
+## v0.34.5

 Special thanks to external contributors on this release:

-Friendly reminder: We have a [bug bounty program](https://hackerone.com/tendermint).
+Friendly reminder, we have a [bug bounty program](https://hackerone.com/tendermint).

 ### BREAKING CHANGES

 - CLI/RPC/Config
-  - [pubsub/events] \#6634 The `ResultEvent.Events` field is now of type `[]abci.Event` preserving event order instead of `map[string][]string`. (@alexanderbez)
-  - [config] \#5598 The `test_fuzz` and `test_fuzz_config` P2P settings have been removed. (@erikgrinaker)
-  - [config] \#5728 `fast_sync = "v1"` is no longer supported (@melekes)
-  - [cli] \#5772 `gen_node_key` prints JSON-encoded `NodeKey` rather than ID and does not save it to `node_key.json` (@melekes)
-  - [cli] \#5777 use hyphen-case instead of snake_case for all cli commands and config parameters (@cmwaters)
-  - [rpc] \#6019 standardise RPC errors and return the correct status code (@bipulprasad & @cmwaters)
-  - [rpc] \#6168 Change default sorting to desc for `/tx_search` results (@melekes)
-  - [cli] \#6282 User must specify the node mode when using `tendermint init` (@cmwaters)
-  - [state/indexer] \#6382 reconstruct indexer, move txindex into the indexer package (@JayT106)
-  - [cli] \#6372 Introduce `BootstrapPeers` as part of the new p2p stack. Peers to be connected on  startup (@cmwaters)
-  - [config] \#6462 Move `PrivValidator` configuration out of `BaseConfig` into its own section. (@tychoish)
-  - [rpc] \#6610 Add MaxPeerBlockHeight into /status rpc call (@JayT106)
-  - [fastsync/rpc] \#6620 Add TotalSyncedTime & RemainingTime to SyncInfo in /status RPC  (@JayT106)
-  - [rpc/grpc] \#6725 Mark gRPC in the RPC layer as deprecated.
-  - [blockchain/v2] \#6730 Fast Sync v2 is deprecated, please use v0
-  - [rpc] \#6820 Update RPC methods to reflect changes in the p2p layer, disabling support for `UnsafeDialPeers` and `UnsafeDialPeers` when used with the new p2p layer, and changing the response format of the peer list in `NetInfo` for all users.

 - Apps
-  - [ABCI] \#6408 Change the `key` and `value` fields from `[]byte` to `string` in the `EventAttribute` type. (@alexanderbez)
-  - [ABCI] \#5447 Remove `SetOption` method from `ABCI.Client` interface
-  - [ABCI] \#5447 Reset `Oneof` indexes for  `Request` and `Response`.
-  - [ABCI] \#5818 Use protoio for msg length delimitation. Migrates from int64 to uint64 length delimiters.
-  - [ABCI] \#3546 Add `mempool_error` field to `ResponseCheckTx`. This field will contain an error string if Tendermint encountered an error while adding a transaction to the mempool. (@williambanfield)
-  - [Version] \#6494 `TMCoreSemVer` has been renamed to `TMVersion`.
-	- It is not required any longer to set ldflags to set version strings
-  - [abci/counter] \#6684 Delete counter example app

 - P2P Protocol

 - Go API
-  - [pubsub] \#6634 The `Query#Matches` method along with other pubsub methods, now accepts a `[]abci.Event` instead of `map[string][]string`. (@alexanderbez)
-  - [p2p] \#6618 Move `p2p.NodeInfo` into `types` to support use of the SDK. (@tychoish)
-  - [p2p] \#6583 Make `p2p.NodeID` and `p2p.NetAddress` exported types to support their use in the RPC layer. (@tychoish)
-  - [node] \#6540 Reduce surface area of the `node` package by making most of the implementation details private. (@tychoish)
-  - [p2p] \#6547 Move the entire `p2p` package and all reactor implementations into `internal`.  (@tychoish)
-  - [libs/log] \#6534 Remove the existing custom Tendermint logger backed by go-kit. The logging interface, `Logger`, remains. Tendermint still provides a default logger backed by the performant zerolog logger. (@alexanderbez)
-  - [libs/time] \#6495 Move types/time to libs/time to improve consistency. (@tychoish)
-  - [mempool] \#6529 The `Context` field has been removed from the `TxInfo` type. `CheckTx` now requires a `Context` argument. (@alexanderbez)
-  - [abci/client, proxy] \#5673 `Async` funcs return an error, `Sync` and `Async` funcs accept `context.Context` (@melekes)
-  - [p2p] Remove unused function `MakePoWTarget`. (@erikgrinaker)
-  - [libs/bits] \#5720 Validate `BitArray` in `FromProto`, which now returns an error (@melekes)
-  - [proto/p2p] Rename `DefaultNodeInfo` and `DefaultNodeInfoOther` to `NodeInfo` and `NodeInfoOther` (@erikgrinaker)
-  - [proto/p2p] Rename `NodeInfo.default_node_id` to `node_id` (@erikgrinaker)
-  - [libs/os] Kill() and {Must,}{Read,Write}File() functions have been removed. (@alessio)
-  - [store] \#5848 Remove block store state in favor of using the db iterators directly (@cmwaters)
-  - [state] \#5864 Use an iterator when pruning state (@cmwaters)
-  - [types] \#6023 Remove `tm2pb.Header`, `tm2pb.BlockID`, `tm2pb.PartSetHeader` and `tm2pb.NewValidatorUpdate`.
-	- Each of the above types has a `ToProto` and `FromProto` method or function which replaced this logic.
-  - [light] \#6054 Move `MaxRetryAttempt` option from client to provider.
-	- `NewWithOptions` now sets the max retry attempts and timeouts (@cmwaters)
-  - [all] \#6077 Change spelling from British English to American (@cmwaters)
-	- Rename "Subscription.Cancelled()" to "Subscription.Canceled()" in libs/pubsub
-	- Rename "behaviour" pkg to "behavior" and internalized it in blockchain v2
-  - [rpc/client/http] \#6176 Remove `endpoint` arg from `New`, `NewWithTimeout` and `NewWithClient` (@melekes)
-  - [rpc/client/http] \#6176 Unexpose `WSEvents` (@melekes)
-  - [rpc/jsonrpc/client/ws_client] \#6176 `NewWS` no longer accepts options (use `NewWSWithOptions` and `OnReconnect` funcs to configure the client) (@melekes)
-  - [internal/libs] \#6366 Move `autofile`, `clist`,`fail`,`flowrate`, `protoio`, `sync`, `tempfile`, `test` and `timer` lib packages to an internal folder
-  - [libs/rand] \#6364 Remove most of libs/rand in favour of standard lib's `math/rand` (@liamsi)
-  - [mempool] \#6466 The original mempool reactor has been versioned as `v0` and moved to a sub-package under the root `mempool` package.
-	Some core types have been kept in the `mempool` package such as `TxCache` and it's implementations, the `Mempool` interface itself
-	and `TxInfo`. (@alexanderbez)
-  - [crypto/sr25519] \#6526 Do not re-execute the Ed25519-style key derivation step when doing signing and verification.  The derivation is now done once and only once.  This breaks `sr25519.GenPrivKeyFromSecret` output compatibility. (@Yawning)
-  - [types] \#6627 Move `NodeKey` to types to make the type public.
-  - [config] \#6627 Extend `config` to contain methods `LoadNodeKeyID` and `LoadorGenNodeKeyID`
-  - [blocksync] \#6755 Rename `FastSync` and `Blockchain` package to `BlockSync`
-	(@cmwaters)

 - Blockchain Protocol

- Data Storage
-  - [store/state/evidence/light] \#5771 Use an order-preserving varint key encoding (@cmwaters)
-  - [mempool] \#6396 Remove mempool's write ahead log (WAL), (previously unused by the tendermint code). (@tychoish)
-  - [state] \#6541 Move pruneBlocks from consensus/state to state/execution. (@JayT106)
-
- Tooling
-  - [tools] \#6498 Set OS home dir to instead of the hardcoded PATH. (@JayT106)
-  - [cli/indexer] \#6676 Reindex events command line tooling. (@JayT106)
-
 ### FEATURES

- [config] Add `--mode` flag and config variable. See [ADR-52](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/blob/master/docs/architecture/adr-052-tendermint-mode.md) @dongsam
- [rpc] \#6329 Don't cap page size in unsafe mode (@gotjoshua, @cmwaters)
- [pex] \#6305 v2 pex reactor with backwards compatability. Introduces two new pex messages to
-  accomodate for the new p2p stack. Removes the notion of seeds and crawling. All peer
-  exchange reactors behave the same. (@cmwaters)
- [crypto] \#6376 Enable sr25519 as a validator key
- [mempool] \#6466 Introduction of a prioritized mempool. (@alexanderbez)
-  - `Priority` and `Sender` have been introduced into the `ResponseCheckTx` type, where the `priority` will determine the prioritization of
-  the transaction when a proposer reaps transactions for a block proposal. The `sender` field acts as an index.
-  - Operators may toggle between the legacy mempool reactor, `v0`, and the new prioritized reactor, `v1`, by setting the
-  `mempool.version` configuration, where `v1` is the default configuration.
-  - Applications that do not specify a priority, i.e. zero, will have transactions reaped by the order in which they are received by the node.
-  - Transactions are gossiped in FIFO order as they are in `v0`.
- [config/indexer] \#6411 Introduce support for custom event indexing data sources, specifically PostgreSQL. (@JayT106)
- [fastsync/event] \#6619 Emit fastsync status event when switching consensus/fastsync (@JayT106)
- [statesync/event] \#6700 Emit statesync status start/end event (@JayT106)
-
 ### IMPROVEMENTS

- [libs/log] Console log formatting changes as a result of \#6534 and \#6589. (@tychoish)
- [statesync] \#6566 Allow state sync fetchers and request timeout to be configurable. (@alexanderbez)
- [types] \#6478 Add `block_id` to `newblock` event (@jeebster)
- [crypto/ed25519] \#5632 Adopt zip215 `ed25519` verification. (@marbar3778)
- [crypto/ed25519] \#6526 Use [curve25519-voi](https://github.com/oasisprotocol/curve25519-voi) for `ed25519` signing and verification. (@Yawning)
- [crypto/sr25519] \#6526 Use [curve25519-voi](https://github.com/oasisprotocol/curve25519-voi) for `sr25519` signing and verification. (@Yawning)
- [privval] \#5603 Add `--key` to `init`, `gen_validator`, `testnet` & `unsafe_reset_priv_validator` for use in generating `secp256k1` keys.
- [privval] \#5725 Add gRPC support to private validator.
- [privval] \#5876 `tendermint show-validator` will query the remote signer if gRPC is being used (@marbar3778)
- [abci/client] \#5673 `Async` requests return an error if queue is full (@melekes)
- [mempool] \#5673 Cancel `CheckTx` requests if RPC client disconnects or times out (@melekes)
- [abci] \#5706 Added `AbciVersion` to `RequestInfo` allowing applications to check ABCI version when connecting to Tendermint. (@marbar3778)
- [blockchain/v1] \#5728 Remove in favor of v2 (@melekes)
- [blockchain/v0] \#5741 Relax termination conditions and increase sync timeout (@melekes)
- [cli] \#5772 `gen_node_key` output now contains node ID (`id` field) (@melekes)
- [blockchain/v2] \#5774 Send status request when new peer joins (@melekes)
- [consensus] \#5792 Deprecates the `time_iota_ms` consensus parameter, to reduce the bug surface. The parameter is no longer used. (@valardragon)
- [store] \#5888 store.SaveBlock saves using batches instead of transactions for now to improve ACID properties. This is a quick fix for underlying issues around tm-db and ACID guarantees. (@githubsands)
- [consensus] \#5987 Remove `time_iota_ms` from consensus params. Merge `tmproto.ConsensusParams` and `abci.ConsensusParams`. (@marbar3778)
- [types] \#5994 Reduce the use of protobuf types in core logic. (@marbar3778)
-  - `ConsensusParams`, `BlockParams`, `ValidatorParams`, `EvidenceParams`, `VersionParams`, `sm.Version` and `version.Consensus` have become native types. They still utilize protobuf when being sent over the wire or written to disk.
- [rpc/client/http] \#6163 Do not drop events even if the `out` channel is full (@melekes)
- [node] \#6059 Validate and complete genesis doc before saving to state store (@silasdavis)
- [state] \#6067 Batch save state data (@githubsands & @cmwaters)
- [crypto] \#6120 Implement batch verification interface for ed25519 and sr25519. (@marbar3778)
- [types] \#6120 use batch verification for verifying commits signatures.
-  - If the key type supports the batch verification API it will try to batch verify. If the verification fails we will single verify each signature.
- [privval/file] \#6185 Return error on `LoadFilePV`, `LoadFilePVEmptyState`. Allows for better programmatic control of Tendermint.
- [privval] \#6240 Add `context.Context` to privval interface.
- [rpc] \#6265 set cache control in http-rpc response header (@JayT106)
- [statesync] \#6378 Retry requests for snapshots and add a minimum discovery time (5s) for new snapshots.
- [node/state] \#6370 graceful shutdown in the consensus reactor (@JayT106)
- [crypto/merkle] \#6443 Improve HashAlternatives performance (@cuonglm)
- [crypto/merkle] \#6513 Optimize HashAlternatives (@marbar3778)
- [p2p/pex] \#6509 Improve addrBook.hash performance (@cuonglm)
- [consensus/metrics] \#6549 Change block_size gauge to a histogram for better observability over time (@marbar3778)
- [statesync] \#6587 Increase chunk priority and re-request chunks that don't arrive (@cmwaters)
- [state/privval] \#6578 No GetPubKey retry beyond the proposal/voting window (@JayT106)
- [rpc] \#6615 Add TotalGasUsed to block_results response (@crypto-facs)
- [cmd/tendermint/commands] \#6623 replace `$HOME/.some/test/dir` with `t.TempDir` (@tanyabouman)
-
 ### BUG FIXES

- [privval] \#5638 Increase read/write timeout to 5s and calculate ping interval based on it (@JoeKash)
- [blockchain/v1] [\#5701](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/pull/5701) Handle peers without blocks (@melekes)
- [blockchain/v1] \#5711 Fix deadlock (@melekes)
- [evidence] \#6375 Fix bug with inconsistent LightClientAttackEvidence hashing (cmwaters)
- [rpc] \#6507 Ensure RPC client can handle URLs without ports (@JayT106)
- [statesync] \#6463 Adds Reverse Sync feature to fetch historical light blocks after state sync in order to verify any evidence (@cmwaters)
- [fastsync] \#6590 Update the metrics during fast-sync (@JayT106)
- [gitignore] \#6668 Fix gitignore of abci-cli (@tanyabouman)
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -26,8 +26,7 @@ will indicate their support with a heartfelt emoji.

 If the issue would benefit from thorough discussion, maintainers may
 request that you create a [Request For
-Comment](https://github.com/tendermint/spec/tree/master/rfc)
-in the Tendermint spec repo. Discussion
+Comment](https://github.com/tendermint/spec/tree/master/rfc). Discussion
 at the RFC stage will build collective understanding of the dimensions
 of the problems and help structure conversations around trade-offs.

@@ -107,23 +106,39 @@ specify exactly the dependency you want to update, eg.

 We use [Protocol Buffers](https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers) along with [gogoproto](https://github.com/gogo/protobuf) to generate code for use across Tendermint Core.

-For linting, checking breaking changes and generating proto stubs, we use [buf](https://buf.build/). If you would like to run linting and check if the changes you have made are breaking then you will need to have docker running locally. Then the linting cmd will be `make proto-lint` and the breaking changes check will be `make proto-check-breaking`.
+For linting and checking breaking changes, we use [buf](https://buf.build/). If you would like to run linting and check if the changes you have made are breaking then you will need to have docker running locally. Then the linting cmd will be `make proto-lint` and the breaking changes check will be `make proto-check-breaking`.

-We use [Docker](https://www.docker.com/) to generate the protobuf stubs. To generate the stubs yourself, make sure docker is running then run `make proto-gen`.
+There are two ways to generate your proto stubs.

-### Visual Studio Code
+1. Use Docker, pull an image that will generate your proto stubs with no need to install anything. `make proto-gen-docker`
+2. Run `make proto-gen` after installing `protoc` and gogoproto, you can do this by running `make protobuf`.

-If you are a VS Code user, you may want to add the following to your `.vscode/settings.json`:
+### Installation Instructions

-```json
-{
-  "protoc": {
-    "options": [
-      "--proto_path=${workspaceRoot}/proto",
-      "--proto_path=${workspaceRoot}/third_party/proto"
-    ]
-  }
-}
+To install `protoc`, download an appropriate release (<https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf>) and then move the provided binaries into your PATH (follow instructions in README included with the download).
+
+To install `gogoproto`, do the following:
+
+```sh
+go get github.com/gogo/protobuf/gogoproto
+cd $GOPATH/pkg/mod/github.com/gogo/protobuf@v1.3.1 # or wherever go get installs things
+make install
+```
+
+You should now be able to run `make proto-gen` from inside the root Tendermint directory to generate new files from proto files.
+
+## Vagrant
+
+If you are a [Vagrant](https://www.vagrantup.com/) user, you can get started
+hacking Tendermint with the commands below.
+
+NOTE: In case you installed Vagrant in 2017, you might need to run
+`vagrant box update` to upgrade to the latest `ubuntu/xenial64`.
+
+```sh
+vagrant up
+vagrant ssh
+make test
 ```

 ## Changelog
@@ -227,223 +242,101 @@ Fixes #nnnn

 Each PR should have one commit once it lands on `master`; this can be accomplished by using the "squash and merge" button on Github. Be sure to edit your commit message, though!

-### Release procedure
+### Release Procedure

-#### A note about backport branches
-Tendermint's `master` branch is under active development.
-Releases are specified using tags and are built from long-lived "backport" branches.
-Each release "line" (e.g. 0.34 or 0.33) has its own long-lived backport branch,
-and the backport branches have names like `v0.34.x` or `v0.33.x`
-(literally, `x`; it is not a placeholder in this case).
-
-As non-breaking changes land on `master`, they should also be backported (cherry-picked)
-to these backport branches.
-
-We use Mergify's [backport feature](https://mergify.io/features/backports) to automatically backport
-to the needed branch. There should be a label for any backport branch that you'll be targeting.
-To notify the bot to backport a pull request, mark the pull request with
-the label `S:backport-to-<backport_branch>`.
-Once the original pull request is merged, the bot will try to cherry-pick the pull request
-to the backport branch. If the bot fails to backport, it will open a pull request.
-The author of the original pull request is responsible for solving the conflicts and
-merging the pull request.
-
-#### Creating a backport branch
-If this is the first release candidate for a major release, you get to have the honor of creating
-the backport branch!
-
-Note that, after creating the backport branch, you'll also need to update the tags on `master`
-so that `go mod` is able to order the branches correctly. You should tag `master` with a "dev" tag
-that is "greater than" the backport branches tags. See #6072 for more context.
-
-In the following example, we'll assume that we're making a backport branch for
-the 0.35.x line.
+#### Major Release

 1. Start on `master`
-2. Create the backport branch:
-   `git checkout -b v0.35.x`
-3. Go back to master and tag it as the dev branch for the _next_ major release and push it back up:
-   `git tag -a v0.36.0-dev; git push v0.36.0-dev`
-4. Create a new workflow to run the e2e nightlies for this backport branch.
-   (See https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/blob/master/.github/workflows/e2e-nightly-34x.yml
-   for an example.)
+2. Run integration tests (see `test_integrations` in Makefile)
+3. Prepare release in a pull request against `master` (to be squash merged):
+   - Copy `CHANGELOG_PENDING.md` to top of `CHANGELOG.md`; if this release
+      had release candidates, squash all the RC updates into one
+   - Run `python ./scripts/linkify_changelog.py CHANGELOG.md` to add links for
+     all issues
+   - run `bash ./scripts/authors.sh` to get a list of authors since the latest
+     release, and add the github aliases of external contributors to the top of
+     the changelog. To lookup an alias from an email, try `bash ./scripts/authors.sh <email>`
+   - Reset the `CHANGELOG_PENDING.md`
+   - Bump P2P and block protocol versions in  `version.go`, if necessary
+   - Bump ABCI protocol version in `version.go`, if necessary
+   - Make sure all significant breaking changes are covered in `UPGRADING.md`
+   - Add any release notes you would like to be added to the body of the release to `release_notes.md`.
+4. Push a tag with prepared release details (this will trigger the release `vX.X.0`)
+   - `git tag -a vX.X.x -m 'Release vX.X.x'`
+   - `git push origin vX.X.x`
+5. Update the changelog.md file on master with the releases changelog.
+6. Delete any RC branches and tags for this release (if applicable)

-#### Release candidates
+#### Minor Release
+
+Minor releases are done differently from major releases: They are built off of long-lived release candidate branches, rather than from master.
+
+1. Checkout the long-lived release candidate branch: `git checkout rcX/vX.X.X`
+2. Run integration tests: `make test_integrations`
+3. Prepare the release:
+   - copy `CHANGELOG_PENDING.md` to top of `CHANGELOG.md`
+   - run `python ./scripts/linkify_changelog.py CHANGELOG.md` to add links for all issues
+   - run `bash ./scripts/authors.sh` to get a list of authors since the latest release, and add the GitHub aliases of external contributors to the top of the CHANGELOG. To lookup an alias from an email, try `bash ./scripts/authors.sh <email>`
+   - reset the `CHANGELOG_PENDING.md`
+   - bump P2P and block protocol versions in  `version.go`, if necessary
+   - bump ABCI protocol version in `version.go`, if necessary
+   - make sure all significant breaking changes are covered in `UPGRADING.md`
+   - Add any release notes you would like to be added to the body of the release to `release_notes.md`.
+4. Create a release branch `release/vX.X.x` off the release candidate branch:
+   - `git checkout -b release/vX.X.x`
+   - `git push -u origin release/vX.X.x`
+   - Note that all branches prefixed with `release` are protected once pushed. You will need admin help to make any changes to the branch.
+5. Once the release branch has been approved, make sure to pull it locally, then push a tag.
+   - `git tag -a vX.X.x -m 'Release vX.X.x'`
+   - `git push origin vX.X.x`
+6. Create a pull request back to master with the CHANGELOG & version changes from the latest release.
+   - Remove all `R:minor` labels from the pull requests that were included in the release.
+   - Do not merge the release branch into master.
+7. Delete the former long lived release candidate branch once the release has been made.
+8. Create a new release candidate branch to be used for the next release.
+
+#### Backport Release
+
+1. start from the existing release branch you want to backport changes to (e.g. v0.30)
+   Branch to a release/vX.X.X branch locally (e.g. release/v0.30.7)
+2. Cherry pick the commit(s) that contain the changes you want to backport (usually these commits are from squash-merged PRs which were already reviewed)
+3. Follow steps 2 and 3 from [Major Release](#major-release)
+4. Push changes to release/vX.X.X branch
+5. Open a PR against the existing vX.X branch
+
+#### Release Candidates

 Before creating an official release, especially a major release, we may want to create a
 release candidate (RC) for our friends and partners to test out. We use git tags to
-create RCs, and we build them off of backport branches.
-
-Tags for RCs should follow the "standard" release naming conventions, with `-rcX` at the end
-(for example, `v0.35.0-rc0`).
+create RCs, and we build them off of RC branches. RC branches typically have names formatted
+like `RCX/vX.X.X` (or, concretely, `RC0/v0.34.0`), while the tags themselves follow
+the "standard" release naming conventions, with `-rcX` at the end (`vX.X.X-rcX`).

 (Note that branches and tags _cannot_ have the same names, so it's important that these branches
 have distinct names from the tags/release names.)

-If this is the first RC for a major release, you'll have to make a new backport branch (see above).
-Otherwise:
-
-1. Start from the backport branch (e.g. `v0.35.x`).
-1. Run the integration tests and the e2e nightlies
-   (which can be triggered from the Github UI;
-   e.g., https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/actions/workflows/e2e-nightly-34x.yml).
-1. Prepare the changelog:
-   - Move the changes included in `CHANGELOG_PENDING.md` into `CHANGELOG.md`.
-   - Run `python ./scripts/linkify_changelog.py CHANGELOG.md` to add links for
-     all PRs
-   - Ensure that UPGRADING.md is up-to-date and includes notes on any breaking changes
-      or other upgrading flows.
-   - Bump TMVersionDefault version in  `version.go`
-   - Bump P2P and block protocol versions in  `version.go`, if necessary
-   - Bump ABCI protocol version in `version.go`, if necessary
-1. Open a PR with these changes against the backport branch.
-1. Once these changes have landed on the backport branch, be sure to pull them back down locally.
-2. Once you have the changes locally, create the new tag, specifying a name and a tag "message":
-   `git tag -a v0.35.0-rc0 -m "Release Candidate v0.35.0-rc0`
-3. Push the tag back up to origin:
-   `git push origin v0.35.0-rc0`
-   Now the tag should be available on the repo's releases page.
-4. Future RCs will continue to be built off of this branch.
-
-Note that this process should only be used for "true" RCs--
-release candidates that, if successful, will be the next release.
-For more experimental "RCs," create a new, short-lived branch and tag that instead.
-
-#### Major release
-
-This major release process assumes that this release was preceded by release candidates.
-If there were no release candidates, begin by creating a backport branch, as described above.
-
-1. Start on the backport branch (e.g. `v0.35.x`)
-2. Run integration tests and the e2e nightlies.
-3. Prepare the release:
-   - "Squash" changes from the changelog entries for the RCs into a single entry,
-      and add all changes included in `CHANGELOG_PENDING.md`.
-      (Squashing includes both combining all entries, as well as removing or simplifying
-      any intra-RC changes. It may also help to alphabetize the entries by package name.)
-   - Run `python ./scripts/linkify_changelog.py CHANGELOG.md` to add links for
-     all PRs
-   - Ensure that UPGRADING.md is up-to-date and includes notes on any breaking changes
-      or other upgrading flows.
-   - Bump TMVersionDefault version in  `version.go`
-   - Bump P2P and block protocol versions in  `version.go`, if necessary
-   - Bump ABCI protocol version in `version.go`, if necessary
-   - Add any release notes you would like to be added to the body of the release to `release_notes.md`.
-4. Open a PR with these changes against the backport branch.
-5. Once these changes are on the backport branch, push a tag with prepared release details.
-   This will trigger the actual release `v0.35.0`.
-   - `git tag -a v0.35.0 -m 'Release v0.35.0'`
-   - `git push origin v0.35.0`
-7. Make sure that `master` is updated with the latest `CHANGELOG.md`, `CHANGELOG_PENDING.md`, and `UPGRADING.md`.
-
-#### Minor release (point releases)
-
-Minor releases are done differently from major releases: They are built off of long-lived backport branches, rather than from master.
-As non-breaking changes land on `master`, they should also be backported (cherry-picked) to these backport branches.
-
-Minor releases don't have release candidates by default, although any tricky changes may merit a release candidate.
-
-To create a minor release:
-
-1. Checkout the long-lived backport branch: `git checkout v0.35.x`
-2. Run integration tests (`make test_integrations`) and the nightlies.
-3. Check out a new branch and prepare the release:
-   - Copy `CHANGELOG_PENDING.md` to top of `CHANGELOG.md`
-   - Run `python ./scripts/linkify_changelog.py CHANGELOG.md` to add links for all issues
-   - Run `bash ./scripts/authors.sh` to get a list of authors since the latest release, and add the GitHub aliases of external contributors to the top of the CHANGELOG. To lookup an alias from an email, try `bash ./scripts/authors.sh <email>`
-   - Reset the `CHANGELOG_PENDING.md`
-   - Bump the ABCI version number, if necessary.
-     (Note that ABCI follows semver, and that ABCI versions are the only versions
-     which can change during minor releases, and only field additions are valid minor changes.)
-   - Add any release notes you would like to be added to the body of the release to `release_notes.md`.
-4. Open a PR with these changes that will land them back on `v0.35.x`
-5. Once this change has landed on the backport branch, make sure to pull it locally, then push a tag.
-   - `git tag -a v0.35.1 -m 'Release v0.35.1'`
-   - `git push origin v0.35.1`
-6. Create a pull request back to master with the CHANGELOG & version changes from the latest release.
-   - Remove all `R:minor` labels from the pull requests that were included in the release.
-   - Do not merge the backport branch into master.
+1. Start from the RC branch (e.g. `RC0/v0.34.0`).
+2. Create the new tag, specifying a name and a tag "message":  
+   `git tag -a v0.34.0-rc0 -m "Release Candidate v0.34.0-rc0` 
+3. Push the tag back up to origin:  
+   `git push origin v0.34.0-rc4`  
+   Now the tag should be available on the repo's releases page. 
+4. Create a new release candidate branch for any possible updates to the RC:  
+   `git checkout -b RC1/v0.34.0; git push origin RC1/v0.34.0`

 ## Testing

-### Unit tests
+All repos should be hooked up to [CircleCI](https://circleci.com/).

-Unit tests are located in `_test.go` files as directed by [the Go testing
-package](https://golang.org/pkg/testing/). If you're adding or removing a
-function, please check there's a `TestType_Method` test for it.
-
-Run: `make test`
-
-### Integration tests
-
-Integration tests are also located in `_test.go` files. What differentiates
-them is a more complicated setup, which usually involves setting up two or more
-components.
-
-Run: `make test_integrations`
-
-### End-to-end tests
-
-End-to-end tests are used to verify a fully integrated Tendermint network.
-
-See [README](./test/e2e/README.md) for details.
-
-Run:
-
-```sh
-cd test/e2e && \
-  make && \
-  ./build/runner -f networks/ci.toml
-```
-
-### Model-based tests (ADVANCED)
-
-*NOTE: if you're just submitting your first PR, you won't need to touch these
-most probably (99.9%)*.
-
-For components, that have been [formally
-verified](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formal_verification) using
-[TLA+](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TLA%2B), it may be possible to generate
-tests using a combination of the [Apalache Model
-Checker](https://apalache.informal.systems/) and [tendermint-rs testgen
-util](https://github.com/informalsystems/tendermint-rs/tree/master/testgen).
-
-Now, I know there's a lot to take in. If you want to learn more, check out [
-this video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aveoIMphzW8) by Andrey Kupriyanov
-& Igor Konnov.
-
-At the moment, we have model-based tests for the light client, located in the
-`./light/mbt` directory.
-
-Run: `cd light/mbt && go test`
-
-### Fuzz tests (ADVANCED)
-
-*NOTE: if you're just submitting your first PR, you won't need to touch these
-most probably (99.9%)*.
-
-[Fuzz tests](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuzzing) can be found inside the
-`./test/fuzz` directory. See [README.md](./test/fuzz/README.md) for details.
-
-Run: `cd test/fuzz && make fuzz-{PACKAGE-COMPONENT}`
-
-### Jepsen tests (ADVANCED)
-
-*NOTE: if you're just submitting your first PR, you won't need to touch these
-most probably (99.9%)*.
-
-[Jepsen](http://jepsen.io/) tests are used to verify the
-[linearizability](https://jepsen.io/consistency/models/linearizable) property
-of the Tendermint consensus. They are located in a separate repository
-> <https://github.com/tendermint/jepsen>. Please refer to its README for more
-information.
+If they have `.go` files in the root directory, they will be automatically
+tested by circle using `go test -v -race ./...`. If not, they will need a
+`circle.yml`. Ideally, every repo has a `Makefile` that defines `make test` and
+includes its continuous integration status using a badge in the `README.md`.

 ### RPC Testing

-**If you contribute to the RPC endpoints it's important to document your
-changes in the [Openapi file](./rpc/openapi/openapi.yaml)**.
-
-To test your changes you must install `nodejs` and run:
+If you contribute to the RPC endpoints it's important to document your changes in the [Openapi file](./rpc/openapi/openapi.yaml)
+To test your changes you should install `nodejs` and run:

 ```bash
 npm i -g dredd
@@ -451,8 +344,4 @@ make build-linux build-contract-tests-hooks
 make contract-tests
 ```

-**WARNING: these are currently broken due to <https://github.com/apiaryio/dredd>
-not supporting complete OpenAPI 3**.
-
-This command will popup a network and check every endpoint against what has
-been documented.
+This command will popup a network and check every endpoint against what has been documented
--- a/DOCKER/Dockerfile
+++ b/DOCKER/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # stage 1 Generate Tendermint Binary
-FROM golang:1.16-alpine as builder
+FROM golang:1.15-alpine as builder
 RUN apk update && \
    apk upgrade && \
    apk --no-cache add make
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ ENV PROXY_APP=kvstore MONIKER=dockernode CHAIN_ID=dockerchain
 COPY ./DOCKER/docker-entrypoint.sh /usr/local/bin/

 ENTRYPOINT ["docker-entrypoint.sh"]
-CMD ["start"]
+CMD ["node"]

 # Expose the data directory as a volume since there's mutable state in there
 VOLUME [ "$TMHOME" ]
--- a/DOCKER/Dockerfile.build_c-amazonlinux
+++ b/DOCKER/Dockerfile.build_c-amazonlinux
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ RUN wget http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm &
 RUN yum -y groupinstall "Development Tools"
 RUN yum -y install leveldb-devel which

-ENV GOVERSION=1.16.5
+ENV GOVERSION=1.12.9

 RUN cd /tmp && \
    wget https://dl.google.com/go/go${GOVERSION}.linux-amd64.tar.gz && \
--- a/DOCKER/README.md
+++ b/DOCKER/README.md
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ To get started developing applications, see the [application developers guide](h
 A quick example of a built-in app and Tendermint core in one container.

 ```sh
-docker run -it --rm -v "/tmp:/tendermint" tendermint/tendermint init validator
-docker run -it --rm -v "/tmp:/tendermint" tendermint/tendermint start --proxy-app=kvstore
+docker run -it --rm -v "/tmp:/tendermint" tendermint/tendermint init
+docker run -it --rm -v "/tmp:/tendermint" tendermint/tendermint node --proxy_app=kvstore
 ```

 ## Local cluster
--- a/DOCKER/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/DOCKER/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@ set -e

 if [ ! -d "$TMHOME/config" ]; then
 	echo "Running tendermint init to create (default) configuration for docker run."
-	tendermint init validator
+	tendermint init

 	sed -i \
-		-e "s/^proxy-app\s*=.*/proxy-app = \"$PROXY_APP\"/" \
+		-e "s/^proxy_app\s*=.*/proxy_app = \"$PROXY_APP\"/" \
 		-e "s/^moniker\s*=.*/moniker = \"$MONIKER\"/" \
-		-e 's/^addr-book-strict\s*=.*/addr-book-strict = false/' \
-		-e 's/^timeout-commit\s*=.*/timeout-commit = "500ms"/' \
-		-e 's/^index-all-tags\s*=.*/index-all-tags = true/' \
+		-e 's/^addr_book_strict\s*=.*/addr_book_strict = false/' \
+		-e 's/^timeout_commit\s*=.*/timeout_commit = "500ms"/' \
+		-e 's/^index_all_tags\s*=.*/index_all_tags = true/' \
 		-e 's,^laddr = "tcp://127.0.0.1:26657",laddr = "tcp://0.0.0.0:26657",' \
 		-e 's/^prometheus\s*=.*/prometheus = true/' \
 		"$TMHOME/config/config.toml"
--- a/111
+++ b/111
@@ -1,18 +1,9 @@
-#!/usr/bin/make -f
-
 PACKAGES=$(shell go list ./...)
-BUILDDIR ?= $(CURDIR)/build
+OUTPUT?=build/tendermint

 BUILD_TAGS?=tendermint
-
-# If building a release, please checkout the version tag to get the correct version setting
-ifneq ($(shell git symbolic-ref -q --short HEAD),)
-VERSION := unreleased-$(shell git symbolic-ref -q --short HEAD)-$(shell git rev-parse HEAD)
-else
-VERSION := $(shell git describe)
-endif
-
-LD_FLAGS = -X github.com/tendermint/tendermint/version.TMVersion=$(VERSION)
+VERSION := $(shell git describe --always)
+LD_FLAGS = -X github.com/tendermint/tendermint/version.TMCoreSemVer=$(VERSION)
 BUILD_FLAGS = -mod=readonly -ldflags "$(LD_FLAGS)"
 HTTPS_GIT := https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint.git
 DOCKER_BUF := docker run -v $(shell pwd):/workspace --workdir /workspace bufbuild/buf
@@ -58,23 +49,22 @@ LD_FLAGS += $(LDFLAGS)
 all: check build test install
 .PHONY: all

-include test/Makefile
+# The below include contains the tools.
+include tools.mk
+include tests.mk

 ###############################################################################
-###                                Build Tendermint                         ###
+###                                Build Tendermint                        ###
 ###############################################################################

-build: $(BUILDDIR)/
-	CGO_ENABLED=$(CGO_ENABLED) go build $(BUILD_FLAGS) -tags '$(BUILD_TAGS)' -o $(BUILDDIR)/ ./cmd/tendermint/
+build:
+	CGO_ENABLED=$(CGO_ENABLED) go build $(BUILD_FLAGS) -tags '$(BUILD_TAGS)' -o $(OUTPUT) ./cmd/tendermint/
 .PHONY: build

 install:
 	CGO_ENABLED=$(CGO_ENABLED) go install $(BUILD_FLAGS) -tags $(BUILD_TAGS) ./cmd/tendermint
 .PHONY: install

-$(BUILDDIR)/:
-	mkdir -p $@
-
 ###############################################################################
 ###                                Protobuf                                 ###
 ###############################################################################
@@ -83,10 +73,19 @@ proto-all: proto-gen proto-lint proto-check-breaking
 .PHONY: proto-all

 proto-gen:
+	## If you get the following error,
+	## "error while loading shared libraries: libprotobuf.so.14: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory"
+	## See https://stackoverflow.com/a/25518702
+	## Note the $< here is substituted for the %.proto
+	## Note the $@ here is substituted for the %.pb.go
+	@sh scripts/protocgen.sh
+.PHONY: proto-gen
+
+proto-gen-docker:
 	@docker pull -q tendermintdev/docker-build-proto
 	@echo "Generating Protobuf files"
 	@docker run -v $(shell pwd):/workspace --workdir /workspace tendermintdev/docker-build-proto sh ./scripts/protocgen.sh
-.PHONY: proto-gen
+.PHONY: proto-gen-docker

 proto-lint:
 	@$(DOCKER_BUF) check lint --error-format=json
@@ -117,27 +116,6 @@ install_abci:
 	@go install -mod=readonly ./abci/cmd/...
 .PHONY: install_abci

-###############################################################################
-###                           	Privval Server                              ###
-###############################################################################
-
-build_privval_server:
-	@go build -mod=readonly -o $(BUILDDIR)/ -i ./cmd/priv_val_server/...
-.PHONY: build_privval_server
-
-generate_test_cert:
-	# generate self signing ceritificate authority
-	@certstrap init --common-name "root CA" --expires "20 years"
-	# generate server cerificate
-	@certstrap request-cert -cn server -ip 127.0.0.1
-	# self-sign server cerificate with rootCA
-	@certstrap sign server --CA "root CA" 
-	# generate client cerificate
-	@certstrap request-cert -cn client -ip 127.0.0.1
-	# self-sign client cerificate with rootCA
-	@certstrap sign client --CA "root CA" 
-.PHONY: generate_test_cert
-
 ###############################################################################
 ###                              Distribution                               ###
 ###############################################################################
@@ -166,7 +144,7 @@ draw_deps:

 get_deps_bin_size:
 	@# Copy of build recipe with additional flags to perform binary size analysis
-	$(eval $(shell go build -work -a $(BUILD_FLAGS) -tags $(BUILD_TAGS) -o $(BUILDDIR)/ ./cmd/tendermint/ 2>&1))
+	$(eval $(shell go build -work -a $(BUILD_FLAGS) -tags $(BUILD_TAGS) -o $(OUTPUT) ./cmd/tendermint/ 2>&1))
 	@find $(WORK) -type f -name "*.a" | xargs -I{} du -hxs "{}" | sort -rh | sed -e s:${WORK}/::g > deps_bin_size.log
 	@echo "Results can be found here: $(CURDIR)/deps_bin_size.log"
 .PHONY: get_deps_bin_size
@@ -202,7 +180,7 @@ format:

 lint:
 	@echo "--> Running linter"
-	go run github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/cmd/golangci-lint run
+	@golangci-lint run
 .PHONY: lint

 DESTINATION = ./index.html.md
@@ -210,36 +188,35 @@ DESTINATION = ./index.html.md
 ###############################################################################
 ###                           Documentation                                 ###
 ###############################################################################
-# todo remove once tendermint.com DNS is solved
+
 build-docs:
-	@cd docs && \
-	while read -r branch path_prefix; do \
-		(git checkout $${branch} && npm install && VUEPRESS_BASE="/$${path_prefix}/" npm run build) ; \
-		mkdir -p ~/output/$${path_prefix} ; \
-		cp -r .vuepress/dist/* ~/output/$${path_prefix}/ ; \
-		cp ~/output/$${path_prefix}/index.html ~/output ; \
+	cd docs && \
+	while read p; do \
+		(git checkout $${p} . && npm install && VUEPRESS_BASE="/$${p}/" npm run build) ; \
+		mkdir -p ~/output/$${p} ; \
+		cp -r .vuepress/dist/* ~/output/$${p}/ ; \
+		cp ~/output/$${p}/index.html ~/output ; \
 	done < versions ;
 .PHONY: build-docs

+sync-docs:
+	cd ~/output && \
+	echo "role_arn = ${DEPLOYMENT_ROLE_ARN}" >> /root/.aws/config ; \
+	echo "CI job = ${CIRCLE_BUILD_URL}" >> version.html ; \
+	aws s3 sync . s3://${WEBSITE_BUCKET} --profile terraform --delete ; \
+	aws cloudfront create-invalidation --distribution-id ${CF_DISTRIBUTION_ID} --profile terraform --path "/*" ;
+.PHONY: sync-docs
+
 ###############################################################################
 ###                            Docker image                                 ###
 ###############################################################################

 build-docker: build-linux
-	cp $(BUILDDIR)/tendermint DOCKER/tendermint
+	cp $(OUTPUT) DOCKER/tendermint
 	docker build --label=tendermint --tag="tendermint/tendermint" DOCKER
 	rm -rf DOCKER/tendermint
 .PHONY: build-docker

-
-###############################################################################
-###                       Mocks 											###
-###############################################################################
-
-mockery:
-	go generate -run="./scripts/mockery_generate.sh" ./...
-.PHONY: mockery
-
 ###############################################################################
 ###                       Local testnet using docker                        ###
 ###############################################################################
@@ -289,17 +266,3 @@ endif
 contract-tests:
 	dredd
 .PHONY: contract-tests
-
-clean:
-	rm -rf $(CURDIR)/artifacts/ $(BUILDDIR)/
-
-build-reproducible:
-	docker rm latest-build || true
-	docker run --volume=$(CURDIR):/sources:ro \
-		--env TARGET_PLATFORMS='linux/amd64 linux/arm64 darwin/amd64 windows/amd64' \
-		--env APP=tendermint \
-		--env COMMIT=$(shell git rev-parse --short=8 HEAD) \
-		--env VERSION=$(shell git describe --tags) \
-		--name latest-build cosmossdk/rbuilder:latest
-	docker cp -a latest-build:/home/builder/artifacts/ $(CURDIR)/
-.PHONY: build-reproducible
--- a/PHILOSOPHY.md
+++ b/PHILOSOPHY.md
@@ -0,0 +1,158 @@
+# Design goals
+
+The design goals for Tendermint (and the SDK and related libraries) are:
+
+* Simplicity and Legibility
+* Parallel performance, namely ability to utilize multicore architecture
+* Ability to evolve the codebase bug-free
+* Debuggability
+* Complete correctness that considers all edge cases, esp in concurrency
+* Future-proof modular architecture, message protocol, APIs, and encapsulation
+
+
+## Justification
+
+Legibility is key to maintaining bug-free software as it evolves toward more
+optimizations, more ease of debugging, and additional features.
+
+It is too easy to introduce bugs over time by replacing lines of code with
+those that may panic, which means ideally locks are unlocked by defer
+statements.
+
+For example,
+
+```go
+func (obj *MyObj) something() {
+	mtx.Lock()
+	obj.something = other
+	mtx.Unlock()
+}
+```
+
+It is too easy to refactor the codebase in the future to replace `other` with
+`other.String()` for example, and this may introduce a bug that causes a
+deadlock.  So as much as reasonably possible, we need to be using defer
+statements, even though it introduces additional overhead.
+
+If it is necessary to optimize the unlocking of mutex locks, the solution is
+more modularity via smaller functions, so that defer'd unlocks are scoped
+within a smaller function.
+
+Similarly, idiomatic for-loops should always be preferred over those that use
+custom counters, because it is too easy to evolve the body of a for-loop to
+become more complicated over time, and it becomes more and more difficult to
+assess the correctness of such a for-loop by visual inspection.
+
+
+## On performance
+
+It doesn't matter whether there are alternative implementations that are 2x or
+3x more performant, when the software doesn't work, deadlocks, or if bugs
+cannot be debugged.  By taking advantage of multicore concurrency, the
+Tendermint implementation will at least be an order of magnitude within the
+range of what is theoretically possible.  The design philosophy of Tendermint,
+and the choice of Go as implementation language, is designed to make Tendermint
+implementation the standard specification for concurrent BFT software.
+
+By focusing on the message protocols (e.g. ABCI, p2p messages), and
+encapsulation e.g. IAVL module, (relatively) independent reactors, we are both
+implementing a standard implementation to be used as the specification for
+future implementations in more optimizable languages like Rust, Java, and C++;
+as well as creating sufficiently performant software. Tendermint Core will
+never be as fast as future implementations of the Tendermint Spec, because Go
+isn't designed to be as fast as possible.  The advantage of using Go is that we
+can develop the whole stack of modular components **faster** than in other
+languages.
+
+Furthermore, the real bottleneck is in the application layer, and it isn't
+necessary to support more than a sufficiently decentralized set of validators
+(e.g. 100 ~ 300 validators is sufficient, with delegated bonded PoS).
+
+Instead of optimizing Tendermint performance down to the metal, lets focus on
+optimizing on other matters, namely ability to push feature complete software
+that works well enough, can be debugged and maintained, and can serve as a spec
+for future implementations.
+
+
+## On encapsulation
+
+In order to create maintainable, forward-optimizable software, it is critical
+to develop well-encapsulated objects that have well understood properties, and
+to re-use these easy-to-use-correctly components as building blocks for further
+encapsulated meta-objects.
+
+For example, mutexes are cheap enough for Tendermint's design goals when there
+isn't goroutine contention, so it is encouraged to create concurrency safe
+structures with struct-level mutexes.  If they are used in the context of
+non-concurrent logic, then the performance is good enough.  If they are used in
+the context of concurrent logic, then it will still perform correctly.
+
+Examples of this design principle can be seen in the types.ValidatorSet struct,
+and the rand.Rand struct.  It's one single struct declaration that can be used
+in both concurrent and non-concurrent logic, and due to its well encapsulation,
+it's easy to get the usage of the mutex right.
+
+### example: rand.Rand
+
+`The default Source is safe for concurrent use by multiple goroutines, but
+Sources created by NewSource are not`.  The reason why the default
+package-level source is safe for concurrent use is because it is protected (see
+`lockedSource` in <https://golang.org/src/math/rand/rand.go>).
+
+But we shouldn't rely on the global source, we should be creating our own
+Rand/Source instances and using them, especially for determinism in testing.
+So it is reasonable to have rand.Rand be protected by a mutex.  Whether we want
+our own implementation of Rand is another question, but the answer there is
+also in the affirmative.  Sometimes you want to know where Rand is being used
+in your code, so it becomes a simple matter of dropping in a log statement to
+inject inspectability into Rand usage.  Also, it is nice to be able to extend
+the functionality of Rand with custom methods.  For these reasons, and for the
+reasons which is outlined in this design philosophy document, we should
+continue to use the rand.Rand object, with mutex protection.
+
+Another key aspect of good encapsulation is the choice of exposed vs unexposed
+methods.  It should be clear to the reader of the code, which methods are
+intended to be used in what context, and what safe usage is.  Part of this is
+solved by hiding methods via unexported methods.  Another part of this is
+naming conventions on the methods (e.g. underscores) with good documentation,
+and code organization.  If there are too many exposed methods and it isn't
+clear what methods have what side effects, then there is something wrong about
+the design of abstractions that should be revisited.
+
+
+## On concurrency
+
+In order for Tendermint to remain relevant in the years to come, it is vital
+for Tendermint to take advantage of multicore architectures.  Due to the nature
+of the problem, namely consensus across a concurrent p2p gossip network, and to
+handle RPC requests for a large number of consuming subscribers, it is
+unavoidable for Tendermint development to require expertise in concurrency
+design, especially when it comes to the reactor design, and also for RPC
+request handling.
+
+
+# Guidelines
+
+Here are some guidelines for designing for (sufficient) performance and concurrency:
+
+* Mutex locks are cheap enough when there isn't contention.
+* Do not optimize code without analytical or observed proof that it is in a hot path.
+* Don't over-use channels when mutex locks w/ encapsulation are sufficient.
+* The need to drain channels are often a hint of unconsidered edge cases.
+* The creation of O(N) one-off goroutines is generally technical debt that
+   needs to get addressed sooner than later.  Avoid creating too many
+goroutines as a patch around incomplete concurrency design, or at least be
+aware of the debt and do not invest in the debt.  On the other hand, Tendermint
+is designed to have a limited number of peers (e.g. 10 or 20), so the creation
+of O(C) goroutines per O(P) peers is still O(C\*P=constant).
+* Use defer statements to unlock as much as possible.  If you want to unlock sooner,
+    try to create more modular functions that do make use of defer statements.
+
+# Mantras
+
+* Premature optimization kills
+* Readability is paramount
+* Beautiful is better than fast.
+* In the face of ambiguity, refuse the temptation to guess.
+* In the face of bugs, refuse the temptation to cover the bug.
+* There should be one-- and preferably only one --obvious way to do it.
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,17 +8,18 @@ Or [Blockchain](<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockchain_(database)>), for shor

 [![version](https://img.shields.io/github/tag/tendermint/tendermint.svg)](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/releases/latest)
 [![API Reference](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/915b7be44ada53c290eb157634330494ebe3e30a/68747470733a2f2f676f646f632e6f72672f6769746875622e636f6d2f676f6c616e672f6764646f3f7374617475732e737667)](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/tendermint/tendermint)
-[![Go version](https://img.shields.io/badge/go-1.16-blue.svg)](https://github.com/moovweb/gvm)
-[![Discord chat](https://img.shields.io/discord/669268347736686612.svg)](https://discord.gg/vcExX9T)
+[![Go version](https://img.shields.io/badge/go-1.15-blue.svg)](https://github.com/moovweb/gvm)
+[![Discord chat](https://img.shields.io/discord/669268347736686612.svg)](https://discord.gg/AzefAFd)
 [![license](https://img.shields.io/github/license/tendermint/tendermint.svg)](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/blob/master/LICENSE)
 [![tendermint/tendermint](https://tokei.rs/b1/github/tendermint/tendermint?category=lines)](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint)
 [![Sourcegraph](https://sourcegraph.com/github.com/tendermint/tendermint/-/badge.svg)](https://sourcegraph.com/github.com/tendermint/tendermint?badge)

-| Branch | Tests                                                                                      | Coverage                                                                                                                             | Linting                                                                    |
-|--------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-| master | ![Tests](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/workflows/Tests/badge.svg?branch=master) | [![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/tendermint/tendermint/branch/master/graph/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/tendermint/tendermint) | ![Lint](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/workflows/Lint/badge.svg) |
+| Branch | Tests                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | Coverage                                                                                                                             | Linting                                                                    |
+| ------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| master | [![CircleCI](https://circleci.com/gh/tendermint/tendermint/tree/master.svg?style=shield)](https://circleci.com/gh/tendermint/tendermint/tree/master) </br> ![Tests](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/workflows/Tests/badge.svg?branch=master) | [![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/tendermint/tendermint/branch/master/graph/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/tendermint/tendermint) | ![Lint](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/workflows/Lint/badge.svg) |

-Tendermint Core is a Byzantine Fault Tolerant (BFT) middleware that takes a state transition machine - written in any programming language - and securely replicates it on many machines.
+Tendermint Core is Byzantine Fault Tolerant (BFT) middleware that takes a state transition machine - written in any programming language -
+and securely replicates it on many machines.

 For protocol details, see [the specification](https://github.com/tendermint/spec).

@@ -29,17 +30,19 @@ see our recent paper, "[The latest gossip on BFT consensus](https://arxiv.org/ab

 Please do not depend on master as your production branch. Use [releases](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/releases) instead.

-Tendermint has been in the production of private and public environments, most notably the blockchains of the Cosmos Network. we haven't released v1.0 yet since we are making breaking changes to the protocol and the APIs. 
+Tendermint is being used in production in both private and public environments,
+most notably the blockchains of the [Cosmos Network](https://cosmos.network/).
+However, we are still making breaking changes to the protocol and the APIs and have not yet released v1.0.
 See below for more details about [versioning](#versioning).

 In any case, if you intend to run Tendermint in production, we're happy to help. You can
-contact us [over email](mailto:hello@interchain.berlin) or [join the chat](https://discord.gg/vcExX9T).
+contact us [over email](mailto:hello@interchain.berlin) or [join the chat](https://discord.gg/AzefAFd).

 ## Security

 To report a security vulnerability, see our [bug bounty
 program](https://hackerone.com/tendermint). 
-For examples of the kinds of bugs we're looking for, see [our security policy](SECURITY.md).
+For examples of the kinds of bugs we're looking for, see [our security policy](SECURITY.md)

 We also maintain a dedicated mailing list for security updates. We will only ever use this mailing list
 to notify you of vulnerabilities and fixes in Tendermint Core. You can subscribe [here](http://eepurl.com/gZ5hQD).
@@ -47,8 +50,8 @@ to notify you of vulnerabilities and fixes in Tendermint Core. You can subscribe
 ## Minimum requirements

 | Requirement | Notes            |
-|-------------|------------------|
-| Go version  | Go1.16 or higher |
+| ----------- | ---------------- |
+| Go version  | Go1.15 or higher |

 ## Documentation

@@ -93,6 +96,7 @@ CHANGELOG even if they don't lead to MINOR version bumps:
 - crypto
 - config
 - libs
+    - bech32
    - bits
    - bytes
    - json
@@ -154,14 +158,4 @@ Additional tooling can be found in [/docs/tools](/docs/tools).
 - [The latest gossip on BFT consensus](https://arxiv.org/abs/1807.04938)
 - [Master's Thesis on Tendermint](https://atrium.lib.uoguelph.ca/xmlui/handle/10214/9769)
 - [Original Whitepaper: "Tendermint: Consensus Without Mining"](https://tendermint.com/static/docs/tendermint.pdf)
- [Tendermint Core Blog](https://medium.com/tendermint/tagged/tendermint-core)
- [Cosmos Blog](https://blog.cosmos.network/tendermint/home)
-
-## Join us!
-
-Tendermint Core is maintained by [Interchain GmbH](https://interchain.berlin).
-If you'd like to work full-time on Tendermint Core, [we're hiring](https://interchain-gmbh.breezy.hr/p/682fb7e8a6f601-software-engineer-tendermint-core)!
-
-Funding for Tendermint Core development comes primarily from the [Interchain Foundation](https://interchain.io),
-a Swiss non-profit. The Tendermint trademark is owned by [Tendermint Inc.](https://tendermint.com), the for-profit entity
- that also maintains [tendermint.com](https://tendermint.com).
+- [Blog](https://blog.cosmos.network/tendermint/home)
--- a/SECURITY.md
+++ b/SECURITY.md
@@ -7,55 +7,54 @@ Policy](https://tendermint.com/security), we operate a [bug
 bounty](https://hackerone.com/tendermint).
 See the policy for more details on submissions and rewards, and see "Example Vulnerabilities" (below) for examples of the kinds of bugs we're most interested in.

-### Guidelines
+### Guidelines 

 We require that all researchers:

 * Use the bug bounty to disclose all vulnerabilities, and avoid posting vulnerability information in public places, including Github Issues, Discord channels, and Telegram groups
 * Make every effort to avoid privacy violations, degradation of user experience, disruption to production systems (including but not limited to the Cosmos Hub), and destruction of data
-* Keep any information about vulnerabilities that you’ve discovered confidential between yourself and the Tendermint Core engineering team until the issue has been resolved and disclosed
+* Keep any information about vulnerabilities that you’ve discovered confidential between yourself and the Tendermint Core engineering team until the issue has been resolved and disclosed 
 * Avoid posting personally identifiable information, privately or publicly

 If you follow these guidelines when reporting an issue to us, we commit to:

 * Not pursue or support any legal action related to your research on this vulnerability
-* Work with you to understand, resolve and ultimately disclose the issue in a timely fashion
+* Work with you to understand, resolve and ultimately disclose the issue in a timely fashion 

-## Disclosure Process
+## Disclosure Process 

 Tendermint Core uses the following disclosure process:

-1. Once a security report is received, the Tendermint Core team works to verify the issue and confirm its severity level using CVSS.
-2. The Tendermint Core team collaborates with the Gaia team to determine the vulnerability’s potential impact on the Cosmos Hub.
-3. Patches are prepared for eligible releases of Tendermint in private repositories. See “Supported Releases” below for more information on which releases are considered eligible.
-4. If it is determined that a CVE-ID is required, we request a CVE through a CVE Numbering Authority.
+1. Once a security report is received, the Tendermint Core team works to verify the issue and confirm its severity level using CVSS. 
+2. The Tendermint Core team collaborates with the Gaia team to determine the vulnerability’s potential impact on the Cosmos Hub. 
+3. Patches are prepared for eligible releases of Tendermint in private repositories. See “Supported Releases” below for more information on which releases are considered eligible. 
+4. If it is determined that a CVE-ID is required, we request a CVE through a CVE Numbering Authority. 
 5. We notify the community that a security release is coming, to give users time to prepare their systems for the update. Notifications can include forum posts, tweets, and emails to partners and validators, including emails sent to the [Tendermint Security Mailing List](https://berlin.us4.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=431b35421ff7edcc77df5df10&id=3fe93307bc).
-6. 24 hours following this notification, the fixes are applied publicly and new releases are issued.
-7. Cosmos SDK and Gaia update their Tendermint Core dependencies to use these releases, and then themselves issue new releases.
-8. Once releases are available for Tendermint Core, Cosmos SDK and Gaia, we notify the community, again, through the same channels as above. We also publish a Security Advisory on Github and publish the CVE, as long as neither the Security Advisory nor the CVE include any information on how to exploit these vulnerabilities beyond what information is already available in the patch itself.
-9. Once the community is notified, we will pay out any relevant bug bounties to submitters.
-10. One week after the releases go out, we will publish a post with further details on the vulnerability as well as our response to it.
+6. 24 hours following this notification, the fixes are applied publicly and new releases are issued. 
+7. Cosmos SDK and Gaia update their Tendermint Core dependencies to use these releases, and then themselves issue new releases. 
+8. Once releases are available for Tendermint Core, Cosmos SDK and Gaia, we notify the community, again, through the same channels as above. We also publish a Security Advisory on Github and publish the CVE, as long as neither the Security Advisory nor the CVE include any information on how to exploit these vulnerabilities beyond what information is already available in the patch itself. 
+9. Once the community is notified, we will pay out any relevant bug bounties to submitters. 
+10. One week after the releases go out, we will publish a post with further details on the vulnerability as well as our response to it. 

-This process can take some time. Every effort will be made to handle the bug in as timely a manner as possible, however it's important that we follow the process described above to ensure that disclosures are handled consistently and to keep Tendermint Core and its downstream dependent projects--including but not limited to Gaia and the Cosmos Hub--as secure as possible.
+This process can take some time. Every effort will be made to handle the bug in as timely a manner as possible, however it's important that we follow the process described above to ensure that disclosures are handled consistently and to keep Tendermint Core and its downstream dependent projects--including but not limited to Gaia and the Cosmos Hub--as secure as possible. 

-### Example Timeline
+### Example Timeline 

-The following is an example timeline for the triage and response. The required roles and team members are described in parentheses after each task; however, multiple people can play each role and each person may play multiple roles.
+The following is an example timeline for the triage and response. The required roles and team members are described in parentheses after each task; however, multiple people can play each role and each person may play multiple roles. 

-#### 24+ Hours Before Release Time
+#### > 24 Hours Before Release Time

-1. Request CVE number (ADMIN)
-2. Gather emails and other contact info for validators (COMMS LEAD)
-3. Create patches in a private security repo, and ensure that PRs are open targeting all relevant release branches (TENDERMINT ENG, TENDERMINT LEAD)
-4. Test fixes on a testnet  (TENDERMINT ENG, COSMOS SDK ENG)
-5. Write “Security Advisory” for forum (TENDERMINT LEAD)
+1. Request CVE number (ADMIN) 
+2. Gather emails and other contact info for validators (COMMS LEAD) 
+3. Test fixes on a testnet  (TENDERMINT ENG, COSMOS ENG) 
+4. Write “Security Advisory” for forum (TENDERMINT LEAD) 

 #### 24 Hours Before Release Time

-1. Post “Security Advisory” pre-notification on forum (TENDERMINT LEAD)
-2. Post Tweet linking to forum post (COMMS LEAD)
-3. Announce security advisory/link to post in various other social channels (Telegram, Discord) (COMMS LEAD)
-4. Send emails to validators or other users (PARTNERSHIPS LEAD)
+1. Post “Security Advisory” pre-notification on forum (TENDERMINT LEAD) 
+2. Post Tweet linking to forum post (COMMS LEAD) 
+3. Announce security advisory/link to post in various other social channels (Telegram, Discord) (COMMS LEAD) 
+4. Send emails to validators or other users (PARTNERSHIPS LEAD) 

 #### Release Time

@@ -65,36 +64,36 @@ The following is an example timeline for the triage and response. The required r
 4. Post “Security releases” on forum (TENDERMINT LEAD)
 5. Post new Tweet linking to forum post (COMMS LEAD)
 6. Remind everyone via social channels (Telegram, Discord)  that the release is out (COMMS LEAD)
-7. Send emails to validators or other users (COMMS LEAD)
-8. Publish Security Advisory and CVE, if CVE has no sensitive information (ADMIN)
+7. Send emails to validators or other users (COMMS LEAD) 
+8. Publish Security Advisory and CVE, if CVE has no sensitive information (ADMIN) 

 #### After Release Time

 1. Write forum post with exploit details (TENDERMINT LEAD)
-2. Approve pay-out on HackerOne for submitter (ADMIN)
+2. Approve pay-out on HackerOne for submitter (ADMIN) 

 #### 7 Days After Release Time

-1. Publish CVE if it has not yet been published (ADMIN)
+1. Publish CVE if it has not yet been published (ADMIN) 
 2. Publish forum post with exploit details (TENDERMINT ENG, TENDERMINT LEAD)

 ## Supported Releases

-The Tendermint Core team commits to releasing security patch releases for both the latest minor release as well for the major/minor release that the Cosmos Hub is running.
+The Tendermint Core team commits to releasing security patch releases for both the latest minor release as well for the major/minor release that the Cosmos Hub is running. 

-If you are running older versions of Tendermint Core, we encourage you to upgrade at your earliest opportunity so that you can receive security patches directly from the Tendermint repo. While you are welcome to backport security patches to older versions for your own use, we will not publish or promote these backports.
+If you are running older versions of Tendermint Core, we encourage you to upgrade at your earliest opportunity so that you can receive security patches directly from the Tendermint repo. While you are welcome to backport security patches to older versions for your own use, we will not publish or promote these backports. 

 ## Scope

 The full scope of our bug bounty program is outlined on our [Hacker One program page](https://hackerone.com/tendermint). Please also note that, in the interest of the safety of our users and staff, a few things are explicitly excluded from scope:

-* Any third-party services
-* Findings from physical testing, such as office access
+* Any third-party services 
+* Findings from physical testing, such as office access 
 * Findings derived from social engineering (e.g., phishing)

-## Example Vulnerabilities
+## Example Vulnerabilities 

-The following is a list of examples of the kinds of vulnerabilities that we’re most interested in. It is not exhaustive: there are other kinds of issues we may also be interested in!
+The following is a list of examples of the kinds of vulnerabilities that we’re most interested in. It is not exhaustive: there are other kinds of issues we may also be interested in! 

 ### Specification

@@ -115,9 +114,6 @@ Assuming less than 1/3 of the voting power is Byzantine (malicious):
 * A node halting (liveness failure)
 * Syncing new and old nodes

-Assuming more than 1/3 the voting power is Byzantine:
-
-* Attacks that go unpunished (unhandled evidence)

 ### Networking

@@ -143,7 +139,7 @@ Attacks may come through the P2P network or the RPC layer:

 ### Libraries

-* Serialization
+* Serialization (Amino)
 * Reading/Writing files and databases

 ### Cryptography
@@ -154,5 +150,5 @@ Attacks may come through the P2P network or the RPC layer:

 ### Light Client

-* Core verification
+* Core verification 
 * Bisection/sequential algorithms
--- a/UPGRADING.md
+++ b/UPGRADING.md
@@ -2,137 +2,13 @@

 This guide provides instructions for upgrading to specific versions of Tendermint Core.

-## Unreleased
-
-### ABCI Changes
-
-* Added `AbciVersion` to `RequestInfo`. Applications should check that the ABCI version they expect is being used in order to avoid unimplemented changes errors.
-* The method `SetOption` has been removed from the ABCI.Client interface. This feature was used in the early ABCI implementation's.
-* Messages are written to a byte stream using uin64 length delimiters instead of int64.
-* When mempool `v1` is enabled, transactions broadcasted via `sync` mode may return a successful
-  response with a transaction hash indicating that the transaction was successfully inserted into
-  the mempool. While this is true for `v0`, the `v1` mempool reactor may at a later point in time
-  evict or even drop this transaction after a hash has been returned. Thus, the user or client must
-  query for that transaction to check if it is still in the mempool.
-
-### Config Changes
-
-* `fast_sync = "v1"` and `fast_sync = "v2"` are no longer supported. Please use `v0` instead.
-
-* All config parameters are now hyphen-case (also known as kebab-case) instead of snake_case. Before restarting the node make sure
-  you have updated all the variables in your `config.toml` file.
-
-* Added `--mode` flag and `mode` config variable on `config.toml` for setting Mode of the Node: `full` | `validator` | `seed` (default: `full`)
-  [ADR-52](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/blob/master/docs/architecture/adr-052-tendermint-mode.md)
-
-* `BootstrapPeers` has been added as part of the new p2p stack. This will eventually replace
-  `Seeds`. Bootstrap peers are connected with on startup if needed for peer discovery. Unlike
-  persistent peers, there's no gaurantee that the node will remain connected with these peers.
-
-* configuration values starting with `priv-validator-` have moved to the new
-  `priv-validator` section, without the `priv-validator-` prefix.
-
-* The fast sync process as well as the blockchain package and service has all
-  been renamed to block sync
-
-### Key Format Changes
-
-The format of all tendermint on-disk database keys changes in
-0.35. Upgrading nodes must either re-sync all data or run a migration
-script provided in this release. The script located in
-`github.com/tendermint/tendermint/scripts/keymigrate/migrate.go`
-provides the function `Migrate(context.Context, db.DB)` which you can
-operationalize as makes sense for your deployment.
-
-For ease of use the `tendermint` command includes a CLI version of the
-migration script, which you can invoke, as in:
-
-	tendermint key-migrate
-
-This reads the configuration file as normal and allows the
-`--db-backend` and `--db-dir` flags to change database operations as
-needed.
-
-The migration operation is idempotent and can be run more than once,
-if needed.
-
-### CLI Changes
-
-* You must now specify the node mode (validator|full|seed) in `tendermint init [mode]`
-
-* If you had previously used `tendermint gen_node_key` to generate a new node
-  key, keep in mind that it no longer saves the output to a file. You can use
-  `tendermint init validator` or pipe the output of `tendermint gen_node_key` to
-  `$TMHOME/config/node_key.json`:
-
-  ```
-  $ tendermint gen_node_key > $TMHOME/config/node_key.json
-  ```
-
-* CLI commands and flags are all now hyphen-case instead of snake_case.
-  Make sure to adjust any scripts that calls a cli command with snake_casing
-
-### API Changes
-
-The p2p layer was reimplemented as part of the 0.35 release cycle, and
-all reactors were refactored. As part of that work these
-implementations moved into the `internal` package and are no longer
-considered part of the public Go API of tendermint. These packages
-are:
-
- `p2p`
- `mempool`
- `consensus`
- `statesync`
- `blockchain`
- `evidence`
-
-Accordingly, the `node` package was changed to reduce access to
-tendermint internals: applications that use tendermint as a library
-will need to change to accommodate these changes. Most notably:
-
- The `Node` type has become internal, and all constructors return a
-  `service.Service` implementation.
-
- The `node.DefaultNewNode` and `node.NewNode` constructors are no
-  longer exported and have been replaced with `node.New` and
-  `node.NewDefault` which provide more functional interfaces.
-
-### RPC changes
-
-#### gRPC Support
-
-Mark gRPC in the RPC layer as deprecated and to be removed in 0.36.
-
-#### Peer Management Interface
-
-When running with the new P2P Layer, the methods `UnsafeDialSeeds` and
-`UnsafeDialPeers` RPC methods will always return an error. They are
-deprecated and will be removed in 0.36 when the legacy peer stack is
-removed.
-
-Additionally the format of the Peer list returned in the `NetInfo`
-method changes in this release to accommodate the different way that
-the new stack tracks data about peers. This change affects users of
-both stacks.
-
-### Support for Custom Reactor and Mempool Implementations
-
-The changes to p2p layer removed existing support for custom
-reactors. Based on our understanding of how this functionality was
-used, the introduction of the prioritized mempool covers nearly all of
-the use cases for custom reactors. If you are currently running custom
-reactors and mempools and are having trouble seeing the migration path
-for your project please feel free to reach out to the Tendermint Core
-development team directly.
-
 ## v0.34.0

 **Upgrading to Tendermint 0.34 requires a blockchain restart.**
 This release is not compatible with previous blockchains due to changes to
 the encoding format (see "Protocol Buffers," below) and the block header (see "Blockchain Protocol").

-Note also that Tendermint 0.34 also requires Go 1.16 or higher.
+Note also that Tendermint 0.34 also requires Go 1.15 or higher. 

 ### ABCI Changes

@@ -166,8 +42,6 @@ Note also that Tendermint 0.34 also requires Go 1.16 or higher.
 * The field `Proof`, on the ABCI type `ResponseQuery`, is now named `ProofOps`.
  For more, see "Crypto," below.

-* The method `SetOption` has been removed from the ABCI.Client interface. This feature was used in the early ABCI implementation's.
-
 ### P2P Protocol

 The default codec is now proto3, not amino. The schema files can be found in the `/proto`
@@ -175,9 +49,12 @@ directory. For more, see "Protobuf," below.

 ### Blockchain Protocol

-* `Header#LastResultsHash`, which is the root hash of a Merkle tree built from
-`ResponseDeliverTx(Code, Data)` as of v0.34 also includes `GasWanted` and `GasUsed`
-fields.
+* `Header#LastResultsHash` previously was the root hash of a Merkle tree built from `ResponseDeliverTx(Code, Data)` responses.
+  As of 0.34,`Header#LastResultsHash` is now the root hash of a Merkle tree built from:
+    * `BeginBlock#Events`
+    * Root hash of a Merkle tree built from `ResponseDeliverTx(Code, Data,
+      GasWanted, GasUsed, Events)` responses
+    * `BeginBlock#Events`

 * Merkle hashes of empty trees previously returned nothing, but now return the hash of an empty input,
  to conform with [RFC-6962](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6962).
@@ -235,7 +112,7 @@ Tendermint 0.34 includes new and updated consensus parameters.

 #### Evidence Parameters

-* `MaxBytes`, which caps the total amount of evidence. The default is 1048576 (1 MB).
+* `MaxBytes`, which caps the total amount of evidence. The default is 1048576 (1 MB). 

 ### Crypto

@@ -279,9 +156,8 @@ Other user-relevant changes include:

 * The old `lite` package was removed; the new light client uses the `light` package.
 * The `Verifier` was broken up into two pieces:
-	* Core verification logic (pure `VerifyX` functions)
-	* `Client` object, which represents the complete light client
-* The new light clients stores headers & validator sets as `LightBlock`s
+    * Core verification logic (pure `VerifyX` functions)
+    * `Client` object, which represents the complete light client
 * The RPC client can be found in the `/rpc` directory.
 * The HTTP(S) proxy is located in the `/proxy` directory.

@@ -312,7 +188,7 @@ blockchains, we recommend that you check the chain ID.

 ### Version

-Version is now set through Go linker flags `ld_flags`. Applications that are using tendermint as a library should set this at compile time.
+Version is now set through Go linker flags `ld_flags`. Applications that are using tendermint as a library should set this at compile time. 

 Example:

@@ -320,7 +196,7 @@ Example:
 go install -mod=readonly -ldflags "-X github.com/tendermint/tendermint/version.TMCoreSemVer=$(go list -m github.com/tendermint/tendermint | sed  's/ /\@/g') -s -w " -trimpath ./cmd
 ```

-Additionally, the exported constant `version.Version` is now `version.TMCoreSemVer`.
+Additionally, the exported constant `version.Version` is now `version.TMCoreSemVer`. 

 ## v0.33.4

@@ -412,12 +288,12 @@ Evidence Params has been changed to include duration.
 ### Go API

 * `libs/common` has been removed in favor of specific pkgs.
-	* `async`
-	* `service`
-	* `rand`
-	* `net`
-	* `strings`
-	* `cmap`
+    * `async`
+    * `service`
+    * `rand`
+    * `net`
+    * `strings`
+    * `cmap`
 * removal of `errors` pkg

 ### RPC Changes
@@ -486,9 +362,9 @@ Prior to the update, suppose your `ResponseDeliverTx` look like:
 ```go
 abci.ResponseDeliverTx{
  Tags: []kv.Pair{
-	{Key: []byte("sender"), Value: []byte("foo")},
-	{Key: []byte("recipient"), Value: []byte("bar")},
-	{Key: []byte("amount"), Value: []byte("35")},
+    {Key: []byte("sender"), Value: []byte("foo")},
+    {Key: []byte("recipient"), Value: []byte("bar")},
+    {Key: []byte("amount"), Value: []byte("35")},
  }
 }
 ```
@@ -507,14 +383,14 @@ the following `Events`:
 ```go
 abci.ResponseDeliverTx{
  Events: []abci.Event{
-	{
-	  Type: "transfer",
-	  Attributes: kv.Pairs{
-		{Key: []byte("sender"), Value: []byte("foo")},
-		{Key: []byte("recipient"), Value: []byte("bar")},
-		{Key: []byte("amount"), Value: []byte("35")},
-	  },
-	}
+    {
+      Type: "transfer",
+      Attributes: kv.Pairs{
+        {Key: []byte("sender"), Value: []byte("foo")},
+        {Key: []byte("recipient"), Value: []byte("bar")},
+        {Key: []byte("amount"), Value: []byte("35")},
+      },
+    }
 }
 ```

@@ -562,9 +438,9 @@ In this case, the WS client will receive an error with description:
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": "{ID}#event",
  "error": {
-	"code": -32000,
-	"msg": "Server error",
-	"data": "subscription was canceled (reason: client is not pulling messages fast enough)" // or "subscription was canceled (reason: Tendermint exited)"
+    "code": -32000,
+    "msg": "Server error",
+    "data": "subscription was cancelled (reason: client is not pulling messages fast enough)" // or "subscription was cancelled (reason: Tendermint exited)"
  }
 }

@@ -770,9 +646,9 @@ just the `Data` field set:

 ```go
 []ProofOp{
-	ProofOp{
-		Data: <proof bytes>,
-	}
+    ProofOp{
+        Data: <proof bytes>,
+    }
 }
 ```

--- a/66
+++ b/66
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+# -*- mode: ruby -*-
+# vi: set ft=ruby :
+
+Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
+  config.vm.box = "ubuntu/focal64"
+
+  config.vm.provider "virtualbox" do |v|
+    v.memory = 4096
+    v.cpus = 2
+  end
+
+  config.vm.provision "shell", inline: <<-SHELL
+    apt-get update
+
+    # install base requirements
+    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends wget curl jq zip \
+        make shellcheck bsdmainutils psmisc
+    apt-get install -y language-pack-en
+
+    # install docker
+    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends apt-transport-https \
+      ca-certificates \
+      curl \
+      gnupg-agent \
+      software-properties-common
+    curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | apt-key add -
+    add-apt-repository \
+      "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu \
+      $(lsb_release -cs) \
+      stable"
+    apt-get update
+    apt-get install -y docker-ce
+    usermod -aG docker vagrant
+
+    # install go
+    wget -q https://dl.google.com/go/go1.15.linux-amd64.tar.gz
+    tar -xvf go1.15.linux-amd64.tar.gz
+    mv go /usr/local
+    rm -f go1.15.linux-amd64.tar.gz
+
+    # install nodejs (for docs)
+    curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_11.x | bash -
+    apt-get install -y nodejs
+
+    # cleanup
+    apt-get autoremove -y
+
+    # set env variables
+    echo 'export GOROOT=/usr/local/go' >> /home/vagrant/.bash_profile
+    echo 'export GOPATH=/home/vagrant/go' >> /home/vagrant/.bash_profile
+    echo 'export PATH=$PATH:$GOROOT/bin:$GOPATH/bin' >> /home/vagrant/.bash_profile
+    echo 'export LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8' >> /home/vagrant/.bash_profile
+    echo 'cd go/src/github.com/tendermint/tendermint' >> /home/vagrant/.bash_profile
+
+    mkdir -p /home/vagrant/go/bin
+    mkdir -p /home/vagrant/go/src/github.com/tendermint
+    ln -s /vagrant /home/vagrant/go/src/github.com/tendermint/tendermint
+
+    chown -R vagrant:vagrant /home/vagrant/go
+    chown vagrant:vagrant /home/vagrant/.bash_profile
+
+    # get all deps and tools, ready to install/test
+    su - vagrant  -c 'source /home/vagrant/.bash_profile'
+    su - vagrant -c 'cd /home/vagrant/go/src/github.com/tendermint/tendermint && make tools'
+  SHELL
+end
--- a/abci/README.md
+++ b/abci/README.md
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ To get up and running quickly, see the [getting started guide](../docs/app-dev/g
 A detailed description of the ABCI methods and message types is contained in:

 - [The main spec](https://github.com/tendermint/spec/blob/master/spec/abci/abci.md)
- [A protobuf file](../proto/tendermint/abci/types.proto)
+- [A protobuf file](./types/types.proto)
 - [A Go interface](./types/application.go)

 ## Protocol Buffers
--- a/abci/client/client.go
+++ b/abci/client/client.go
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 package abcicli

 import (
-	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"sync"

 	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/abci/types"
-	tmsync "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/internal/libs/sync"
 	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/service"
+	tmsync "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/sync"
 )

 const (
@@ -15,53 +14,48 @@ const (
 	echoRetryIntervalSeconds = 1
 )

-//go:generate ../../scripts/mockery_generate.sh Client
-
 // Client defines an interface for an ABCI client.
-//
-// All `Async` methods return a `ReqRes` object and an error.
+// All `Async` methods return a `ReqRes` object.
 // All `Sync` methods return the appropriate protobuf ResponseXxx struct and an error.
-//
-// NOTE these are client errors, eg. ABCI socket connectivity issues.
-// Application-related errors are reflected in response via ABCI error codes
-// and logs.
+// Note these are client errors, eg. ABCI socket connectivity issues.
+// Application-related errors are reflected in response via ABCI error codes and logs.
 type Client interface {
 	service.Service

 	SetResponseCallback(Callback)
 	Error() error

-	// Asynchronous requests
-	FlushAsync(context.Context) (*ReqRes, error)
-	EchoAsync(ctx context.Context, msg string) (*ReqRes, error)
-	InfoAsync(context.Context, types.RequestInfo) (*ReqRes, error)
-	DeliverTxAsync(context.Context, types.RequestDeliverTx) (*ReqRes, error)
-	CheckTxAsync(context.Context, types.RequestCheckTx) (*ReqRes, error)
-	QueryAsync(context.Context, types.RequestQuery) (*ReqRes, error)
-	CommitAsync(context.Context) (*ReqRes, error)
-	InitChainAsync(context.Context, types.RequestInitChain) (*ReqRes, error)
-	BeginBlockAsync(context.Context, types.RequestBeginBlock) (*ReqRes, error)
-	EndBlockAsync(context.Context, types.RequestEndBlock) (*ReqRes, error)
-	ListSnapshotsAsync(context.Context, types.RequestListSnapshots) (*ReqRes, error)
-	OfferSnapshotAsync(context.Context, types.RequestOfferSnapshot) (*ReqRes, error)
-	LoadSnapshotChunkAsync(context.Context, types.RequestLoadSnapshotChunk) (*ReqRes, error)
-	ApplySnapshotChunkAsync(context.Context, types.RequestApplySnapshotChunk) (*ReqRes, error)
+	FlushAsync() *ReqRes
+	EchoAsync(msg string) *ReqRes
+	InfoAsync(types.RequestInfo) *ReqRes
+	SetOptionAsync(types.RequestSetOption) *ReqRes
+	DeliverTxAsync(types.RequestDeliverTx) *ReqRes
+	CheckTxAsync(types.RequestCheckTx) *ReqRes
+	QueryAsync(types.RequestQuery) *ReqRes
+	CommitAsync() *ReqRes
+	InitChainAsync(types.RequestInitChain) *ReqRes
+	BeginBlockAsync(types.RequestBeginBlock) *ReqRes
+	EndBlockAsync(types.RequestEndBlock) *ReqRes
+	ListSnapshotsAsync(types.RequestListSnapshots) *ReqRes
+	OfferSnapshotAsync(types.RequestOfferSnapshot) *ReqRes
+	LoadSnapshotChunkAsync(types.RequestLoadSnapshotChunk) *ReqRes
+	ApplySnapshotChunkAsync(types.RequestApplySnapshotChunk) *ReqRes

-	// Synchronous requests
-	FlushSync(context.Context) error
-	EchoSync(ctx context.Context, msg string) (*types.ResponseEcho, error)
-	InfoSync(context.Context, types.RequestInfo) (*types.ResponseInfo, error)
-	DeliverTxSync(context.Context, types.RequestDeliverTx) (*types.ResponseDeliverTx, error)
-	CheckTxSync(context.Context, types.RequestCheckTx) (*types.ResponseCheckTx, error)
-	QuerySync(context.Context, types.RequestQuery) (*types.ResponseQuery, error)
-	CommitSync(context.Context) (*types.ResponseCommit, error)
-	InitChainSync(context.Context, types.RequestInitChain) (*types.ResponseInitChain, error)
-	BeginBlockSync(context.Context, types.RequestBeginBlock) (*types.ResponseBeginBlock, error)
-	EndBlockSync(context.Context, types.RequestEndBlock) (*types.ResponseEndBlock, error)
-	ListSnapshotsSync(context.Context, types.RequestListSnapshots) (*types.ResponseListSnapshots, error)
-	OfferSnapshotSync(context.Context, types.RequestOfferSnapshot) (*types.ResponseOfferSnapshot, error)
-	LoadSnapshotChunkSync(context.Context, types.RequestLoadSnapshotChunk) (*types.ResponseLoadSnapshotChunk, error)
-	ApplySnapshotChunkSync(context.Context, types.RequestApplySnapshotChunk) (*types.ResponseApplySnapshotChunk, error)
+	FlushSync() error
+	EchoSync(msg string) (*types.ResponseEcho, error)
+	InfoSync(types.RequestInfo) (*types.ResponseInfo, error)
+	SetOptionSync(types.RequestSetOption) (*types.ResponseSetOption, error)
+	DeliverTxSync(types.RequestDeliverTx) (*types.ResponseDeliverTx, error)
+	CheckTxSync(types.RequestCheckTx) (*types.ResponseCheckTx, error)
+	QuerySync(types.RequestQuery) (*types.ResponseQuery, error)
+	CommitSync() (*types.ResponseCommit, error)
+	InitChainSync(types.RequestInitChain) (*types.ResponseInitChain, error)
+	BeginBlockSync(types.RequestBeginBlock) (*types.ResponseBeginBlock, error)
+	EndBlockSync(types.RequestEndBlock) (*types.ResponseEndBlock, error)
+	ListSnapshotsSync(types.RequestListSnapshots) (*types.ResponseListSnapshots, error)
+	OfferSnapshotSync(types.RequestOfferSnapshot) (*types.ResponseOfferSnapshot, error)
+	LoadSnapshotChunkSync(types.RequestLoadSnapshotChunk) (*types.ResponseLoadSnapshotChunk, error)
+	ApplySnapshotChunkSync(types.RequestApplySnapshotChunk) (*types.ResponseApplySnapshotChunk, error)
 }

 //----------------------------------------
@@ -80,14 +74,18 @@ func NewClient(addr, transport string, mustConnect bool) (client Client, err err
 	return
 }

+//----------------------------------------
+
 type Callback func(*types.Request, *types.Response)

+//----------------------------------------
+
 type ReqRes struct {
 	*types.Request
 	*sync.WaitGroup
 	*types.Response // Not set atomically, so be sure to use WaitGroup.

-	mtx  tmsync.RWMutex
+	mtx  tmsync.Mutex
 	done bool                  // Gets set to true once *after* WaitGroup.Done().
 	cb   func(*types.Response) // A single callback that may be set.
 }
@@ -103,50 +101,34 @@ func NewReqRes(req *types.Request) *ReqRes {
 	}
 }

-// Sets sets the callback. If reqRes is already done, it will call the cb
-// immediately. Note, reqRes.cb should not change if reqRes.done and only one
-// callback is supported.
-func (r *ReqRes) SetCallback(cb func(res *types.Response)) {
-	r.mtx.Lock()
+// Sets the callback for this ReqRes atomically.
+// If reqRes is already done, calls cb immediately.
+// NOTE: reqRes.cb should not change if reqRes.done.
+// NOTE: only one callback is supported.
+func (reqRes *ReqRes) SetCallback(cb func(res *types.Response)) {
+	reqRes.mtx.Lock()

-	if r.done {
-		r.mtx.Unlock()
-		cb(r.Response)
+	if reqRes.done {
+		reqRes.mtx.Unlock()
+		cb(reqRes.Response)
 		return
 	}

-	r.cb = cb
-	r.mtx.Unlock()
+	reqRes.cb = cb
+	reqRes.mtx.Unlock()
 }

-// InvokeCallback invokes a thread-safe execution of the configured callback
-// if non-nil.
-func (r *ReqRes) InvokeCallback() {
-	r.mtx.Lock()
-	defer r.mtx.Unlock()
-
-	if r.cb != nil {
-		r.cb(r.Response)
-	}
+func (reqRes *ReqRes) GetCallback() func(*types.Response) {
+	reqRes.mtx.Lock()
+	defer reqRes.mtx.Unlock()
+	return reqRes.cb
 }

-// GetCallback returns the configured callback of the ReqRes object which may be
-// nil. Note, it is not safe to concurrently call this in cases where it is
-// marked done and SetCallback is called before calling GetCallback as that
-// will invoke the callback twice and create a potential race condition.
-//
-// ref: https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/issues/5439
-func (r *ReqRes) GetCallback() func(*types.Response) {
-	r.mtx.RLock()
-	defer r.mtx.RUnlock()
-	return r.cb
-}
-
-// SetDone marks the ReqRes object as done.
-func (r *ReqRes) SetDone() {
-	r.mtx.Lock()
-	defer r.mtx.Unlock()
-	r.done = true
+// NOTE: it should be safe to read reqRes.cb without locks after this.
+func (reqRes *ReqRes) SetDone() {
+	reqRes.mtx.Lock()
+	reqRes.done = true
+	reqRes.mtx.Unlock()
 }

 func waitGroup1() (wg *sync.WaitGroup) {
--- a/abci/client/doc.go
+++ b/abci/client/doc.go
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-// Package abcicli provides an ABCI implementation in Go.
-//
-// There are 3 clients available:
-//		1. socket (unix or TCP)
-//		2. local (in memory)
-//		3. gRPC
-//
-// ## Socket client
-//
-// async: the client maintains an internal buffer of a fixed size. when the
-// buffer becomes full, all Async calls will return an error immediately.
-//
-// sync: the client blocks on 1) enqueuing the Sync request 2) enqueuing the
-// Flush requests 3) waiting for the Flush response
-//
-// ## Local client
-//
-// async: global mutex is locked during each call (meaning it's not really async!)
-// sync: global mutex is locked during each call
-//
-// ## gRPC client
-//
-// async: gRPC is synchronous, but an internal buffer of a fixed size is used
-// to store responses and later call callbacks (separate goroutine per
-// response).
-//
-// sync: waits for all Async calls to complete (essentially what Flush does in
-// the socket client) and calls Sync method.
-package abcicli
--- a/abci/client/grpc_client.go
+++ b/abci/client/grpc_client.go
@@ -1,21 +1,24 @@
 package abcicli

 import (
-	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"net"
 	"sync"
 	"time"

+	"golang.org/x/net/context"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc"

 	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/abci/types"
-	tmsync "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/internal/libs/sync"
 	tmnet "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/net"
 	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/service"
+	tmsync "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/sync"
 )

-// A gRPC client.
+var _ Client = (*grpcClient)(nil)
+
+// A stripped copy of the remoteClient that makes
+// synchronous calls using grpc
 type grpcClient struct {
 	service.BaseService
 	mustConnect bool
@@ -24,24 +27,12 @@ type grpcClient struct {
 	conn     *grpc.ClientConn
 	chReqRes chan *ReqRes // dispatches "async" responses to callbacks *in order*, needed by mempool

-	mtx   tmsync.RWMutex
+	mtx   tmsync.Mutex
 	addr  string
 	err   error
 	resCb func(*types.Request, *types.Response) // listens to all callbacks
 }

-var _ Client = (*grpcClient)(nil)
-
-// NewGRPCClient creates a gRPC client, which will connect to addr upon the
-// start. Note Client#Start returns an error if connection is unsuccessful and
-// mustConnect is true.
-//
-// GRPC calls are synchronous, but some callbacks expect to be called
-// asynchronously (eg. the mempool expects to be able to lock to remove bad txs
-// from cache). To accommodate, we finish each call in its own go-routine,
-// which is expensive, but easy - if you want something better, use the socket
-// protocol! maybe one day, if people really want it, we use grpc streams, but
-// hopefully not :D
 func NewGRPCClient(addr string, mustConnect bool) Client {
 	cli := &grpcClient{
 		addr:        addr,
@@ -63,6 +54,10 @@ func dialerFunc(ctx context.Context, addr string) (net.Conn, error) {
 }

 func (cli *grpcClient) OnStart() error {
+	if err := cli.BaseService.OnStart(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
 	// This processes asynchronous request/response messages and dispatches
 	// them to callbacks.
 	go func() {
@@ -125,6 +120,8 @@ RETRY_LOOP:
 }

 func (cli *grpcClient) OnStop() {
+	cli.BaseService.OnStop()
+
 	if cli.conn != nil {
 		cli.conn.Close()
 	}
@@ -149,8 +146,8 @@ func (cli *grpcClient) StopForError(err error) {
 }

 func (cli *grpcClient) Error() error {
-	cli.mtx.RLock()
-	defer cli.mtx.RUnlock()
+	cli.mtx.Lock()
+	defer cli.mtx.Unlock()
 	return cli.err
 }

@@ -158,173 +155,160 @@ func (cli *grpcClient) Error() error {
 // NOTE: callback may get internally generated flush responses.
 func (cli *grpcClient) SetResponseCallback(resCb Callback) {
 	cli.mtx.Lock()
-	defer cli.mtx.Unlock()
 	cli.resCb = resCb
+	cli.mtx.Unlock()
 }

 //----------------------------------------
+// GRPC calls are synchronous, but some callbacks expect to be called asynchronously
+// (eg. the mempool expects to be able to lock to remove bad txs from cache).
+// To accommodate, we finish each call in its own go-routine,
+// which is expensive, but easy - if you want something better, use the socket protocol!
+// maybe one day, if people really want it, we use grpc streams,
+// but hopefully not :D

-// NOTE: call is synchronous, use ctx to break early if needed
-func (cli *grpcClient) EchoAsync(ctx context.Context, msg string) (*ReqRes, error) {
+func (cli *grpcClient) EchoAsync(msg string) *ReqRes {
 	req := types.ToRequestEcho(msg)
-	res, err := cli.client.Echo(ctx, req.GetEcho(), grpc.WaitForReady(true))
+	res, err := cli.client.Echo(context.Background(), req.GetEcho(), grpc.WaitForReady(true))
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		cli.StopForError(err)
 	}
-	return cli.finishAsyncCall(ctx, req, &types.Response{Value: &types.Response_Echo{Echo: res}})
+	return cli.finishAsyncCall(req, &types.Response{Value: &types.Response_Echo{Echo: res}})
 }

-// NOTE: call is synchronous, use ctx to break early if needed
-func (cli *grpcClient) FlushAsync(ctx context.Context) (*ReqRes, error) {
+func (cli *grpcClient) FlushAsync() *ReqRes {
 	req := types.ToRequestFlush()
-	res, err := cli.client.Flush(ctx, req.GetFlush(), grpc.WaitForReady(true))
+	res, err := cli.client.Flush(context.Background(), req.GetFlush(), grpc.WaitForReady(true))
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		cli.StopForError(err)
 	}
-	return cli.finishAsyncCall(ctx, req, &types.Response{Value: &types.Response_Flush{Flush: res}})
+	return cli.finishAsyncCall(req, &types.Response{Value: &types.Response_Flush{Flush: res}})
 }

-// NOTE: call is synchronous, use ctx to break early if needed
-func (cli *grpcClient) InfoAsync(ctx context.Context, params types.RequestInfo) (*ReqRes, error) {
+func (cli *grpcClient) InfoAsync(params types.RequestInfo) *ReqRes {
 	req := types.ToRequestInfo(params)
-	res, err := cli.client.Info(ctx, req.GetInfo(), grpc.WaitForReady(true))
+	res, err := cli.client.Info(context.Background(), req.GetInfo(), grpc.WaitForReady(true))
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		cli.StopForError(err)
 	}
-	return cli.finishAsyncCall(ctx, req, &types.Response{Value: &types.Response_Info{Info: res}})
+	return cli.finishAsyncCall(req, &types.Response{Value: &types.Response_Info{Info: res}})
 }

-// NOTE: call is synchronous, use ctx to break early if needed
-func (cli *grpcClient) DeliverTxAsync(ctx context.Context, params types.RequestDeliverTx) (*ReqRes, error) {
+func (cli *grpcClient) SetOptionAsync(params types.RequestSetOption) *ReqRes {
+	req := types.ToRequestSetOption(params)
+	res, err := cli.client.SetOption(context.Background(), req.GetSetOption(), grpc.WaitForReady(true))
+	if err != nil {
+		cli.StopForError(err)
+	}
+	return cli.finishAsyncCall(req, &types.Response{Value: &types.Response_SetOption{SetOption: res}})
+}
+
+func (cli *grpcClient) DeliverTxAsync(params types.RequestDeliverTx) *ReqRes {
 	req := types.ToRequestDeliverTx(params)
-	res, err := cli.client.DeliverTx(ctx, req.GetDeliverTx(), grpc.WaitForReady(true))
+	res, err := cli.client.DeliverTx(context.Background(), req.GetDeliverTx(), grpc.WaitForReady(true))
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		cli.StopForError(err)
 	}
-	return cli.finishAsyncCall(ctx, req, &types.Response{Value: &types.Response_DeliverTx{DeliverTx: res}})
+	return cli.finishAsyncCall(req, &types.Response{Value: &types.Response_DeliverTx{DeliverTx: res}})
 }

-// NOTE: call is synchronous, use ctx to break early if needed
-func (cli *grpcClient) CheckTxAsync(ctx context.Context, params types.RequestCheckTx) (*ReqRes, error) {
+func (cli *grpcClient) CheckTxAsync(params types.RequestCheckTx) *ReqRes {
 	req := types.ToRequestCheckTx(params)
-	res, err := cli.client.CheckTx(ctx, req.GetCheckTx(), grpc.WaitForReady(true))
+	res, err := cli.client.CheckTx(context.Background(), req.GetCheckTx(), grpc.WaitForReady(true))
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		cli.StopForError(err)
 	}
-	return cli.finishAsyncCall(ctx, req, &types.Response{Value: &types.Response_CheckTx{CheckTx: res}})
+	return cli.finishAsyncCall(req, &types.Response{Value: &types.Response_CheckTx{CheckTx: res}})
 }

-// NOTE: call is synchronous, use ctx to break early if needed
-func (cli *grpcClient) QueryAsync(ctx context.Context, params types.RequestQuery) (*ReqRes, error) {
+func (cli *grpcClient) QueryAsync(params types.RequestQuery) *ReqRes {
 	req := types.ToRequestQuery(params)
-	res, err := cli.client.Query(ctx, req.GetQuery(), grpc.WaitForReady(true))
+	res, err := cli.client.Query(context.Background(), req.GetQuery(), grpc.WaitForReady(true))
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		cli.StopForError(err)
 	}
-	return cli.finishAsyncCall(ctx, req, &types.Response{Value: &types.Response_Query{Query: res}})
+	return cli.finishAsyncCall(req, &types.Response{Value: &types.Response_Query{Query: res}})
 }

-// NOTE: call is synchronous, use ctx to break early if needed
-func (cli *grpcClient) CommitAsync(ctx context.Context) (*ReqRes, error) {
+func (cli *grpcClient) CommitAsync() *ReqRes {
 	req := types.ToRequestCommit()
-	res, err := cli.client.Commit(ctx, req.GetCommit(), grpc.WaitForReady(true))
+	res, err := cli.client.Commit(context.Background(), req.GetCommit(), grpc.WaitForReady(true))
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		cli.StopForError(err)
 	}
-	return cli.finishAsyncCall(ctx, req, &types.Response{Value: &types.Response_Commit{Commit: res}})
+	return cli.finishAsyncCall(req, &types.Response{Value: &types.Response_Commit{Commit: res}})
 }

-// NOTE: call is synchronous, use ctx to break early if needed
-func (cli *grpcClient) InitChainAsync(ctx context.Context, params types.RequestInitChain) (*ReqRes, error) {
+func (cli *grpcClient) InitChainAsync(params types.RequestInitChain) *ReqRes {
 	req := types.ToRequestInitChain(params)
-	res, err := cli.client.InitChain(ctx, req.GetInitChain(), grpc.WaitForReady(true))
+	res, err := cli.client.InitChain(context.Background(), req.GetInitChain(), grpc.WaitForReady(true))
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		cli.StopForError(err)
 	}
-	return cli.finishAsyncCall(ctx, req, &types.Response{Value: &types.Response_InitChain{InitChain: res}})
+	return cli.finishAsyncCall(req, &types.Response{Value: &types.Response_InitChain{InitChain: res}})
 }

-// NOTE: call is synchronous, use ctx to break early if needed
-func (cli *grpcClient) BeginBlockAsync(ctx context.Context, params types.RequestBeginBlock) (*ReqRes, error) {
+func (cli *grpcClient) BeginBlockAsync(params types.RequestBeginBlock) *ReqRes {
 	req := types.ToRequestBeginBlock(params)
-	res, err := cli.client.BeginBlock(ctx, req.GetBeginBlock(), grpc.WaitForReady(true))
+	res, err := cli.client.BeginBlock(context.Background(), req.GetBeginBlock(), grpc.WaitForReady(true))
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		cli.StopForError(err)
 	}
-	return cli.finishAsyncCall(ctx, req, &types.Response{Value: &types.Response_BeginBlock{BeginBlock: res}})
+	return cli.finishAsyncCall(req, &types.Response{Value: &types.Response_BeginBlock{BeginBlock: res}})
 }

-// NOTE: call is synchronous, use ctx to break early if needed
-func (cli *grpcClient) EndBlockAsync(ctx context.Context, params types.RequestEndBlock) (*ReqRes, error) {
+func (cli *grpcClient) EndBlockAsync(params types.RequestEndBlock) *ReqRes {
 	req := types.ToRequestEndBlock(params)
-	res, err := cli.client.EndBlock(ctx, req.GetEndBlock(), grpc.WaitForReady(true))
+	res, err := cli.client.EndBlock(context.Background(), req.GetEndBlock(), grpc.WaitForReady(true))
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		cli.StopForError(err)
 	}
-	return cli.finishAsyncCall(ctx, req, &types.Response{Value: &types.Response_EndBlock{EndBlock: res}})
+	return cli.finishAsyncCall(req, &types.Response{Value: &types.Response_EndBlock{EndBlock: res}})
 }

-// NOTE: call is synchronous, use ctx to break early if needed
-func (cli *grpcClient) ListSnapshotsAsync(ctx context.Context, params types.RequestListSnapshots) (*ReqRes, error) {
+func (cli *grpcClient) ListSnapshotsAsync(params types.RequestListSnapshots) *ReqRes {
 	req := types.ToRequestListSnapshots(params)
-	res, err := cli.client.ListSnapshots(ctx, req.GetListSnapshots(), grpc.WaitForReady(true))
+	res, err := cli.client.ListSnapshots(context.Background(), req.GetListSnapshots(), grpc.WaitForReady(true))
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		cli.StopForError(err)
 	}
-	return cli.finishAsyncCall(ctx, req, &types.Response{Value: &types.Response_ListSnapshots{ListSnapshots: res}})
+	return cli.finishAsyncCall(req, &types.Response{Value: &types.Response_ListSnapshots{ListSnapshots: res}})
 }

-// NOTE: call is synchronous, use ctx to break early if needed
-func (cli *grpcClient) OfferSnapshotAsync(ctx context.Context, params types.RequestOfferSnapshot) (*ReqRes, error) {
+func (cli *grpcClient) OfferSnapshotAsync(params types.RequestOfferSnapshot) *ReqRes {
 	req := types.ToRequestOfferSnapshot(params)
-	res, err := cli.client.OfferSnapshot(ctx, req.GetOfferSnapshot(), grpc.WaitForReady(true))
+	res, err := cli.client.OfferSnapshot(context.Background(), req.GetOfferSnapshot(), grpc.WaitForReady(true))
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		cli.StopForError(err)
 	}
-	return cli.finishAsyncCall(ctx, req, &types.Response{Value: &types.Response_OfferSnapshot{OfferSnapshot: res}})
+	return cli.finishAsyncCall(req, &types.Response{Value: &types.Response_OfferSnapshot{OfferSnapshot: res}})
 }

-// NOTE: call is synchronous, use ctx to break early if needed
-func (cli *grpcClient) LoadSnapshotChunkAsync(
-	ctx context.Context,
-	params types.RequestLoadSnapshotChunk,
-) (*ReqRes, error) {
+func (cli *grpcClient) LoadSnapshotChunkAsync(params types.RequestLoadSnapshotChunk) *ReqRes {
 	req := types.ToRequestLoadSnapshotChunk(params)
-	res, err := cli.client.LoadSnapshotChunk(ctx, req.GetLoadSnapshotChunk(), grpc.WaitForReady(true))
+	res, err := cli.client.LoadSnapshotChunk(context.Background(), req.GetLoadSnapshotChunk(), grpc.WaitForReady(true))
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		cli.StopForError(err)
 	}
-	return cli.finishAsyncCall(ctx, req, &types.Response{Value: &types.Response_LoadSnapshotChunk{LoadSnapshotChunk: res}})
+	return cli.finishAsyncCall(req, &types.Response{Value: &types.Response_LoadSnapshotChunk{LoadSnapshotChunk: res}})
 }

-// NOTE: call is synchronous, use ctx to break early if needed
-func (cli *grpcClient) ApplySnapshotChunkAsync(
-	ctx context.Context,
-	params types.RequestApplySnapshotChunk,
-) (*ReqRes, error) {
+func (cli *grpcClient) ApplySnapshotChunkAsync(params types.RequestApplySnapshotChunk) *ReqRes {
 	req := types.ToRequestApplySnapshotChunk(params)
-	res, err := cli.client.ApplySnapshotChunk(ctx, req.GetApplySnapshotChunk(), grpc.WaitForReady(true))
+	res, err := cli.client.ApplySnapshotChunk(context.Background(), req.GetApplySnapshotChunk(), grpc.WaitForReady(true))
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		cli.StopForError(err)
 	}
-	return cli.finishAsyncCall(
-		ctx,
-		req,
-		&types.Response{Value: &types.Response_ApplySnapshotChunk{ApplySnapshotChunk: res}},
-	)
+	return cli.finishAsyncCall(req, &types.Response{Value: &types.Response_ApplySnapshotChunk{ApplySnapshotChunk: res}})
 }

 // finishAsyncCall creates a ReqRes for an async call, and immediately populates it
 // with the response. We don't complete it until it's been ordered via the channel.
-func (cli *grpcClient) finishAsyncCall(ctx context.Context, req *types.Request, res *types.Response) (*ReqRes, error) {
+func (cli *grpcClient) finishAsyncCall(req *types.Request, res *types.Response) *ReqRes {
 	reqres := NewReqRes(req)
 	reqres.Response = res
-	select {
-	case cli.chReqRes <- reqres: // use channel for async responses, since they must be ordered
-		return reqres, nil
-	case <-ctx.Done():
-		return nil, ctx.Err()
-	}
+	cli.chReqRes <- reqres // use channel for async responses, since they must be ordered
+	return reqres
 }

 // finishSyncCall waits for an async call to complete. It is necessary to call all
@@ -357,150 +341,79 @@ func (cli *grpcClient) finishSyncCall(reqres *ReqRes) *types.Response {

 //----------------------------------------

-func (cli *grpcClient) FlushSync(ctx context.Context) error {
+func (cli *grpcClient) FlushSync() error {
 	return nil
 }

-func (cli *grpcClient) EchoSync(ctx context.Context, msg string) (*types.ResponseEcho, error) {
-	reqres, err := cli.EchoAsync(ctx, msg)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
+func (cli *grpcClient) EchoSync(msg string) (*types.ResponseEcho, error) {
+	reqres := cli.EchoAsync(msg)
+	// StopForError should already have been called if error is set
 	return cli.finishSyncCall(reqres).GetEcho(), cli.Error()
 }

-func (cli *grpcClient) InfoSync(
-	ctx context.Context,
-	req types.RequestInfo,
-) (*types.ResponseInfo, error) {
-	reqres, err := cli.InfoAsync(ctx, req)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
+func (cli *grpcClient) InfoSync(req types.RequestInfo) (*types.ResponseInfo, error) {
+	reqres := cli.InfoAsync(req)
 	return cli.finishSyncCall(reqres).GetInfo(), cli.Error()
 }

-func (cli *grpcClient) DeliverTxSync(
-	ctx context.Context,
-	params types.RequestDeliverTx,
-) (*types.ResponseDeliverTx, error) {
+func (cli *grpcClient) SetOptionSync(req types.RequestSetOption) (*types.ResponseSetOption, error) {
+	reqres := cli.SetOptionAsync(req)
+	return reqres.Response.GetSetOption(), cli.Error()
+}

-	reqres, err := cli.DeliverTxAsync(ctx, params)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
+func (cli *grpcClient) DeliverTxSync(params types.RequestDeliverTx) (*types.ResponseDeliverTx, error) {
+	reqres := cli.DeliverTxAsync(params)
 	return cli.finishSyncCall(reqres).GetDeliverTx(), cli.Error()
 }

-func (cli *grpcClient) CheckTxSync(
-	ctx context.Context,
-	params types.RequestCheckTx,
-) (*types.ResponseCheckTx, error) {
-
-	reqres, err := cli.CheckTxAsync(ctx, params)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
+func (cli *grpcClient) CheckTxSync(params types.RequestCheckTx) (*types.ResponseCheckTx, error) {
+	reqres := cli.CheckTxAsync(params)
 	return cli.finishSyncCall(reqres).GetCheckTx(), cli.Error()
 }

-func (cli *grpcClient) QuerySync(
-	ctx context.Context,
-	req types.RequestQuery,
-) (*types.ResponseQuery, error) {
-	reqres, err := cli.QueryAsync(ctx, req)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
+func (cli *grpcClient) QuerySync(req types.RequestQuery) (*types.ResponseQuery, error) {
+	reqres := cli.QueryAsync(req)
 	return cli.finishSyncCall(reqres).GetQuery(), cli.Error()
 }

-func (cli *grpcClient) CommitSync(ctx context.Context) (*types.ResponseCommit, error) {
-	reqres, err := cli.CommitAsync(ctx)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
+func (cli *grpcClient) CommitSync() (*types.ResponseCommit, error) {
+	reqres := cli.CommitAsync()
 	return cli.finishSyncCall(reqres).GetCommit(), cli.Error()
 }

-func (cli *grpcClient) InitChainSync(
-	ctx context.Context,
-	params types.RequestInitChain,
-) (*types.ResponseInitChain, error) {
-
-	reqres, err := cli.InitChainAsync(ctx, params)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
+func (cli *grpcClient) InitChainSync(params types.RequestInitChain) (*types.ResponseInitChain, error) {
+	reqres := cli.InitChainAsync(params)
 	return cli.finishSyncCall(reqres).GetInitChain(), cli.Error()
 }

-func (cli *grpcClient) BeginBlockSync(
-	ctx context.Context,
-	params types.RequestBeginBlock,
-) (*types.ResponseBeginBlock, error) {
-
-	reqres, err := cli.BeginBlockAsync(ctx, params)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
+func (cli *grpcClient) BeginBlockSync(params types.RequestBeginBlock) (*types.ResponseBeginBlock, error) {
+	reqres := cli.BeginBlockAsync(params)
 	return cli.finishSyncCall(reqres).GetBeginBlock(), cli.Error()
 }

-func (cli *grpcClient) EndBlockSync(
-	ctx context.Context,
-	params types.RequestEndBlock,
-) (*types.ResponseEndBlock, error) {
-
-	reqres, err := cli.EndBlockAsync(ctx, params)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
+func (cli *grpcClient) EndBlockSync(params types.RequestEndBlock) (*types.ResponseEndBlock, error) {
+	reqres := cli.EndBlockAsync(params)
 	return cli.finishSyncCall(reqres).GetEndBlock(), cli.Error()
 }

-func (cli *grpcClient) ListSnapshotsSync(
-	ctx context.Context,
-	params types.RequestListSnapshots,
-) (*types.ResponseListSnapshots, error) {
-
-	reqres, err := cli.ListSnapshotsAsync(ctx, params)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
+func (cli *grpcClient) ListSnapshotsSync(params types.RequestListSnapshots) (*types.ResponseListSnapshots, error) {
+	reqres := cli.ListSnapshotsAsync(params)
 	return cli.finishSyncCall(reqres).GetListSnapshots(), cli.Error()
 }

-func (cli *grpcClient) OfferSnapshotSync(
-	ctx context.Context,
-	params types.RequestOfferSnapshot,
-) (*types.ResponseOfferSnapshot, error) {
-
-	reqres, err := cli.OfferSnapshotAsync(ctx, params)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
+func (cli *grpcClient) OfferSnapshotSync(params types.RequestOfferSnapshot) (*types.ResponseOfferSnapshot, error) {
+	reqres := cli.OfferSnapshotAsync(params)
 	return cli.finishSyncCall(reqres).GetOfferSnapshot(), cli.Error()
 }

 func (cli *grpcClient) LoadSnapshotChunkSync(
-	ctx context.Context,
 	params types.RequestLoadSnapshotChunk) (*types.ResponseLoadSnapshotChunk, error) {
-
-	reqres, err := cli.LoadSnapshotChunkAsync(ctx, params)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
+	reqres := cli.LoadSnapshotChunkAsync(params)
 	return cli.finishSyncCall(reqres).GetLoadSnapshotChunk(), cli.Error()
 }

 func (cli *grpcClient) ApplySnapshotChunkSync(
-	ctx context.Context,
 	params types.RequestApplySnapshotChunk) (*types.ResponseApplySnapshotChunk, error) {
-
-	reqres, err := cli.ApplySnapshotChunkAsync(ctx, params)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
+	reqres := cli.ApplySnapshotChunkAsync(params)
 	return cli.finishSyncCall(reqres).GetApplySnapshotChunk(), cli.Error()
 }
--- a/abci/client/local_client.go
+++ b/abci/client/local_client.go
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 package abcicli

 import (
-	"context"
-
 	types "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/abci/types"
-	tmsync "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/internal/libs/sync"
 	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/service"
+	tmsync "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/sync"
 )

+var _ Client = (*localClient)(nil)
+
 // NOTE: use defer to unlock mutex because Application might panic (e.g., in
 // case of malicious tx or query). It only makes sense for publicly exposed
 // methods like CheckTx (/broadcast_tx_* RPC endpoint) or Query (/abci_query
@@ -15,35 +15,27 @@ import (
 type localClient struct {
 	service.BaseService

-	mtx *tmsync.RWMutex
+	mtx *tmsync.Mutex
 	types.Application
 	Callback
 }

-var _ Client = (*localClient)(nil)
-
-// NewLocalClient creates a local client, which will be directly calling the
-// methods of the given app.
-//
-// Both Async and Sync methods ignore the given context.Context parameter.
-func NewLocalClient(mtx *tmsync.RWMutex, app types.Application) Client {
+func NewLocalClient(mtx *tmsync.Mutex, app types.Application) Client {
 	if mtx == nil {
-		mtx = &tmsync.RWMutex{}
+		mtx = new(tmsync.Mutex)
 	}
-
 	cli := &localClient{
 		mtx:         mtx,
 		Application: app,
 	}
-
 	cli.BaseService = *service.NewBaseService(nil, "localClient", cli)
 	return cli
 }

 func (app *localClient) SetResponseCallback(cb Callback) {
 	app.mtx.Lock()
-	defer app.mtx.Unlock()
 	app.Callback = cb
+	app.mtx.Unlock()
 }

 // TODO: change types.Application to include Error()?
@@ -51,33 +43,44 @@ func (app *localClient) Error() error {
 	return nil
 }

-func (app *localClient) FlushAsync(ctx context.Context) (*ReqRes, error) {
+func (app *localClient) FlushAsync() *ReqRes {
 	// Do nothing
-	return newLocalReqRes(types.ToRequestFlush(), nil), nil
+	return newLocalReqRes(types.ToRequestFlush(), nil)
 }

-func (app *localClient) EchoAsync(ctx context.Context, msg string) (*ReqRes, error) {
+func (app *localClient) EchoAsync(msg string) *ReqRes {
 	app.mtx.Lock()
 	defer app.mtx.Unlock()

 	return app.callback(
 		types.ToRequestEcho(msg),
 		types.ToResponseEcho(msg),
-	), nil
+	)
 }

-func (app *localClient) InfoAsync(ctx context.Context, req types.RequestInfo) (*ReqRes, error) {
-	app.mtx.RLock()
-	defer app.mtx.RUnlock()
+func (app *localClient) InfoAsync(req types.RequestInfo) *ReqRes {
+	app.mtx.Lock()
+	defer app.mtx.Unlock()

 	res := app.Application.Info(req)
 	return app.callback(
 		types.ToRequestInfo(req),
 		types.ToResponseInfo(res),
-	), nil
+	)
 }

-func (app *localClient) DeliverTxAsync(ctx context.Context, params types.RequestDeliverTx) (*ReqRes, error) {
+func (app *localClient) SetOptionAsync(req types.RequestSetOption) *ReqRes {
+	app.mtx.Lock()
+	defer app.mtx.Unlock()
+
+	res := app.Application.SetOption(req)
+	return app.callback(
+		types.ToRequestSetOption(req),
+		types.ToResponseSetOption(res),
+	)
+}
+
+func (app *localClient) DeliverTxAsync(params types.RequestDeliverTx) *ReqRes {
 	app.mtx.Lock()
 	defer app.mtx.Unlock()

@@ -85,10 +88,10 @@ func (app *localClient) DeliverTxAsync(ctx context.Context, params types.Request
 	return app.callback(
 		types.ToRequestDeliverTx(params),
 		types.ToResponseDeliverTx(res),
-	), nil
+	)
 }

-func (app *localClient) CheckTxAsync(ctx context.Context, req types.RequestCheckTx) (*ReqRes, error) {
+func (app *localClient) CheckTxAsync(req types.RequestCheckTx) *ReqRes {
 	app.mtx.Lock()
 	defer app.mtx.Unlock()

@@ -96,21 +99,21 @@ func (app *localClient) CheckTxAsync(ctx context.Context, req types.RequestCheck
 	return app.callback(
 		types.ToRequestCheckTx(req),
 		types.ToResponseCheckTx(res),
-	), nil
+	)
 }

-func (app *localClient) QueryAsync(ctx context.Context, req types.RequestQuery) (*ReqRes, error) {
-	app.mtx.RLock()
-	defer app.mtx.RUnlock()
+func (app *localClient) QueryAsync(req types.RequestQuery) *ReqRes {
+	app.mtx.Lock()
+	defer app.mtx.Unlock()

 	res := app.Application.Query(req)
 	return app.callback(
 		types.ToRequestQuery(req),
 		types.ToResponseQuery(res),
-	), nil
+	)
 }

-func (app *localClient) CommitAsync(ctx context.Context) (*ReqRes, error) {
+func (app *localClient) CommitAsync() *ReqRes {
 	app.mtx.Lock()
 	defer app.mtx.Unlock()

@@ -118,10 +121,10 @@ func (app *localClient) CommitAsync(ctx context.Context) (*ReqRes, error) {
 	return app.callback(
 		types.ToRequestCommit(),
 		types.ToResponseCommit(res),
-	), nil
+	)
 }

-func (app *localClient) InitChainAsync(ctx context.Context, req types.RequestInitChain) (*ReqRes, error) {
+func (app *localClient) InitChainAsync(req types.RequestInitChain) *ReqRes {
 	app.mtx.Lock()
 	defer app.mtx.Unlock()

@@ -129,10 +132,10 @@ func (app *localClient) InitChainAsync(ctx context.Context, req types.RequestIni
 	return app.callback(
 		types.ToRequestInitChain(req),
 		types.ToResponseInitChain(res),
-	), nil
+	)
 }

-func (app *localClient) BeginBlockAsync(ctx context.Context, req types.RequestBeginBlock) (*ReqRes, error) {
+func (app *localClient) BeginBlockAsync(req types.RequestBeginBlock) *ReqRes {
 	app.mtx.Lock()
 	defer app.mtx.Unlock()

@@ -140,10 +143,10 @@ func (app *localClient) BeginBlockAsync(ctx context.Context, req types.RequestBe
 	return app.callback(
 		types.ToRequestBeginBlock(req),
 		types.ToResponseBeginBlock(res),
-	), nil
+	)
 }

-func (app *localClient) EndBlockAsync(ctx context.Context, req types.RequestEndBlock) (*ReqRes, error) {
+func (app *localClient) EndBlockAsync(req types.RequestEndBlock) *ReqRes {
 	app.mtx.Lock()
 	defer app.mtx.Unlock()

@@ -151,10 +154,10 @@ func (app *localClient) EndBlockAsync(ctx context.Context, req types.RequestEndB
 	return app.callback(
 		types.ToRequestEndBlock(req),
 		types.ToResponseEndBlock(res),
-	), nil
+	)
 }

-func (app *localClient) ListSnapshotsAsync(ctx context.Context, req types.RequestListSnapshots) (*ReqRes, error) {
+func (app *localClient) ListSnapshotsAsync(req types.RequestListSnapshots) *ReqRes {
 	app.mtx.Lock()
 	defer app.mtx.Unlock()

@@ -162,10 +165,10 @@ func (app *localClient) ListSnapshotsAsync(ctx context.Context, req types.Reques
 	return app.callback(
 		types.ToRequestListSnapshots(req),
 		types.ToResponseListSnapshots(res),
-	), nil
+	)
 }

-func (app *localClient) OfferSnapshotAsync(ctx context.Context, req types.RequestOfferSnapshot) (*ReqRes, error) {
+func (app *localClient) OfferSnapshotAsync(req types.RequestOfferSnapshot) *ReqRes {
 	app.mtx.Lock()
 	defer app.mtx.Unlock()

@@ -173,13 +176,10 @@ func (app *localClient) OfferSnapshotAsync(ctx context.Context, req types.Reques
 	return app.callback(
 		types.ToRequestOfferSnapshot(req),
 		types.ToResponseOfferSnapshot(res),
-	), nil
+	)
 }

-func (app *localClient) LoadSnapshotChunkAsync(
-	ctx context.Context,
-	req types.RequestLoadSnapshotChunk,
-) (*ReqRes, error) {
+func (app *localClient) LoadSnapshotChunkAsync(req types.RequestLoadSnapshotChunk) *ReqRes {
 	app.mtx.Lock()
 	defer app.mtx.Unlock()

@@ -187,13 +187,10 @@ func (app *localClient) LoadSnapshotChunkAsync(
 	return app.callback(
 		types.ToRequestLoadSnapshotChunk(req),
 		types.ToResponseLoadSnapshotChunk(res),
-	), nil
+	)
 }

-func (app *localClient) ApplySnapshotChunkAsync(
-	ctx context.Context,
-	req types.RequestApplySnapshotChunk,
-) (*ReqRes, error) {
+func (app *localClient) ApplySnapshotChunkAsync(req types.RequestApplySnapshotChunk) *ReqRes {
 	app.mtx.Lock()
 	defer app.mtx.Unlock()

@@ -201,32 +198,36 @@ func (app *localClient) ApplySnapshotChunkAsync(
 	return app.callback(
 		types.ToRequestApplySnapshotChunk(req),
 		types.ToResponseApplySnapshotChunk(res),
-	), nil
+	)
 }

 //-------------------------------------------------------

-func (app *localClient) FlushSync(ctx context.Context) error {
+func (app *localClient) FlushSync() error {
 	return nil
 }

-func (app *localClient) EchoSync(ctx context.Context, msg string) (*types.ResponseEcho, error) {
+func (app *localClient) EchoSync(msg string) (*types.ResponseEcho, error) {
 	return &types.ResponseEcho{Message: msg}, nil
 }

-func (app *localClient) InfoSync(ctx context.Context, req types.RequestInfo) (*types.ResponseInfo, error) {
-	app.mtx.RLock()
-	defer app.mtx.RUnlock()
+func (app *localClient) InfoSync(req types.RequestInfo) (*types.ResponseInfo, error) {
+	app.mtx.Lock()
+	defer app.mtx.Unlock()

 	res := app.Application.Info(req)
 	return &res, nil
 }

-func (app *localClient) DeliverTxSync(
-	ctx context.Context,
-	req types.RequestDeliverTx,
-) (*types.ResponseDeliverTx, error) {
+func (app *localClient) SetOptionSync(req types.RequestSetOption) (*types.ResponseSetOption, error) {
+	app.mtx.Lock()
+	defer app.mtx.Unlock()

+	res := app.Application.SetOption(req)
+	return &res, nil
+}
+
+func (app *localClient) DeliverTxSync(req types.RequestDeliverTx) (*types.ResponseDeliverTx, error) {
 	app.mtx.Lock()
 	defer app.mtx.Unlock()

@@ -234,10 +235,7 @@ func (app *localClient) DeliverTxSync(
 	return &res, nil
 }

-func (app *localClient) CheckTxSync(
-	ctx context.Context,
-	req types.RequestCheckTx,
-) (*types.ResponseCheckTx, error) {
+func (app *localClient) CheckTxSync(req types.RequestCheckTx) (*types.ResponseCheckTx, error) {
 	app.mtx.Lock()
 	defer app.mtx.Unlock()

@@ -245,18 +243,15 @@ func (app *localClient) CheckTxSync(
 	return &res, nil
 }

-func (app *localClient) QuerySync(
-	ctx context.Context,
-	req types.RequestQuery,
-) (*types.ResponseQuery, error) {
-	app.mtx.RLock()
-	defer app.mtx.RUnlock()
+func (app *localClient) QuerySync(req types.RequestQuery) (*types.ResponseQuery, error) {
+	app.mtx.Lock()
+	defer app.mtx.Unlock()

 	res := app.Application.Query(req)
 	return &res, nil
 }

-func (app *localClient) CommitSync(ctx context.Context) (*types.ResponseCommit, error) {
+func (app *localClient) CommitSync() (*types.ResponseCommit, error) {
 	app.mtx.Lock()
 	defer app.mtx.Unlock()

@@ -264,11 +259,7 @@ func (app *localClient) CommitSync(ctx context.Context) (*types.ResponseCommit,
 	return &res, nil
 }

-func (app *localClient) InitChainSync(
-	ctx context.Context,
-	req types.RequestInitChain,
-) (*types.ResponseInitChain, error) {
-
+func (app *localClient) InitChainSync(req types.RequestInitChain) (*types.ResponseInitChain, error) {
 	app.mtx.Lock()
 	defer app.mtx.Unlock()

@@ -276,11 +267,7 @@ func (app *localClient) InitChainSync(
 	return &res, nil
 }

-func (app *localClient) BeginBlockSync(
-	ctx context.Context,
-	req types.RequestBeginBlock,
-) (*types.ResponseBeginBlock, error) {
-
+func (app *localClient) BeginBlockSync(req types.RequestBeginBlock) (*types.ResponseBeginBlock, error) {
 	app.mtx.Lock()
 	defer app.mtx.Unlock()

@@ -288,11 +275,7 @@ func (app *localClient) BeginBlockSync(
 	return &res, nil
 }

-func (app *localClient) EndBlockSync(
-	ctx context.Context,
-	req types.RequestEndBlock,
-) (*types.ResponseEndBlock, error) {
-
+func (app *localClient) EndBlockSync(req types.RequestEndBlock) (*types.ResponseEndBlock, error) {
 	app.mtx.Lock()
 	defer app.mtx.Unlock()

@@ -300,11 +283,7 @@ func (app *localClient) EndBlockSync(
 	return &res, nil
 }

-func (app *localClient) ListSnapshotsSync(
-	ctx context.Context,
-	req types.RequestListSnapshots,
-) (*types.ResponseListSnapshots, error) {
-
+func (app *localClient) ListSnapshotsSync(req types.RequestListSnapshots) (*types.ResponseListSnapshots, error) {
 	app.mtx.Lock()
 	defer app.mtx.Unlock()

@@ -312,11 +291,7 @@ func (app *localClient) ListSnapshotsSync(
 	return &res, nil
 }

-func (app *localClient) OfferSnapshotSync(
-	ctx context.Context,
-	req types.RequestOfferSnapshot,
-) (*types.ResponseOfferSnapshot, error) {
-
+func (app *localClient) OfferSnapshotSync(req types.RequestOfferSnapshot) (*types.ResponseOfferSnapshot, error) {
 	app.mtx.Lock()
 	defer app.mtx.Unlock()

@@ -325,9 +300,7 @@ func (app *localClient) OfferSnapshotSync(
 }

 func (app *localClient) LoadSnapshotChunkSync(
-	ctx context.Context,
 	req types.RequestLoadSnapshotChunk) (*types.ResponseLoadSnapshotChunk, error) {
-
 	app.mtx.Lock()
 	defer app.mtx.Unlock()

@@ -336,9 +309,7 @@ func (app *localClient) LoadSnapshotChunkSync(
 }

 func (app *localClient) ApplySnapshotChunkSync(
-	ctx context.Context,
 	req types.RequestApplySnapshotChunk) (*types.ResponseApplySnapshotChunk, error) {
-
 	app.mtx.Lock()
 	defer app.mtx.Unlock()

--- a/abci/client/mocks/client.go
+++ b/abci/client/mocks/client.go
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
-// Code generated by mockery. DO NOT EDIT.
+// Code generated by mockery v1.1.1. DO NOT EDIT.

 package mocks

 import (
-	context "context"
-
 	abcicli "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/abci/client"
-
 	log "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/log"

 	mock "github.com/stretchr/testify/mock"
@@ -19,36 +16,29 @@ type Client struct {
 	mock.Mock
 }

-// ApplySnapshotChunkAsync provides a mock function with given fields: _a0, _a1
-func (_m *Client) ApplySnapshotChunkAsync(_a0 context.Context, _a1 types.RequestApplySnapshotChunk) (*abcicli.ReqRes, error) {
-	ret := _m.Called(_a0, _a1)
+// ApplySnapshotChunkAsync provides a mock function with given fields: _a0
+func (_m *Client) ApplySnapshotChunkAsync(_a0 types.RequestApplySnapshotChunk) *abcicli.ReqRes {
+	ret := _m.Called(_a0)

 	var r0 *abcicli.ReqRes
-	if rf, ok := ret.Get(0).(func(context.Context, types.RequestApplySnapshotChunk) *abcicli.ReqRes); ok {
-		r0 = rf(_a0, _a1)
+	if rf, ok := ret.Get(0).(func(types.RequestApplySnapshotChunk) *abcicli.ReqRes); ok {
+		r0 = rf(_a0)
 	} else {
 		if ret.Get(0) != nil {
 			r0 = ret.Get(0).(*abcicli.ReqRes)
 		}
 	}

-	var r1 error
-	if rf, ok := ret.Get(1).(func(context.Context, types.RequestApplySnapshotChunk) error); ok {
-		r1 = rf(_a0, _a1)
-	} else {
-		r1 = ret.Error(1)
-	}
-
-	return r0, r1
+	return r0
 }

-// ApplySnapshotChunkSync provides a mock function with given fields: _a0, _a1
-func (_m *Client) ApplySnapshotChunkSync(_a0 context.Context, _a1 types.RequestApplySnapshotChunk) (*types.ResponseApplySnapshotChunk, error) {
-	ret := _m.Called(_a0, _a1)
+// ApplySnapshotChunkSync provides a mock function with given fields: _a0
+func (_m *Client) ApplySnapshotChunkSync(_a0 types.RequestApplySnapshotChunk) (*types.ResponseApplySnapshotChunk, error) {
+	ret := _m.Called(_a0)

 	var r0 *types.ResponseApplySnapshotChunk
-	if rf, ok := ret.Get(0).(func(context.Context, types.RequestApplySnapshotChunk) *types.ResponseApplySnapshotChunk); ok {
-		r0 = rf(_a0, _a1)
+	if rf, ok := ret.Get(0).(func(types.RequestApplySnapshotChunk) *types.ResponseApplySnapshotChunk); ok {
+		r0 = rf(_a0)
 	} else {
 		if ret.Get(0) != nil {
 			r0 = ret.Get(0).(*types.ResponseApplySnapshotChunk)
@@ -56,8 +46,8 @@ func (_m *Client) ApplySnapshotChunkSync(_a0 context.Context, _a1 types.RequestA
 	}

 	var r1 error
-	if rf, ok := ret.Get(1).(func(context.Context, types.RequestApplySnapshotChunk) error); ok {
-		r1 = rf(_a0, _a1)
+	if rf, ok := ret.Get(1).(func(types.RequestApplySnapshotChunk) error); ok {
+		r1 = rf(_a0)
 	} else {
 		r1 = ret.Error(1)
 	}
@@ -65,36 +55,29 @@ func (_m *Client) ApplySnapshotChunkSync(_a0 context.Context, _a1 types.RequestA
 	return r0, r1
 }

-// BeginBlockAsync provides a mock function with given fields: _a0, _a1
-func (_m *Client) BeginBlockAsync(_a0 context.Context, _a1 types.RequestBeginBlock) (*abcicli.ReqRes, error) {
-	ret := _m.Called(_a0, _a1)
+// BeginBlockAsync provides a mock function with given fields: _a0
+func (_m *Client) BeginBlockAsync(_a0 types.RequestBeginBlock) *abcicli.ReqRes {
+	ret := _m.Called(_a0)

 	var r0 *abcicli.ReqRes
-	if rf, ok := ret.Get(0).(func(context.Context, types.RequestBeginBlock) *abcicli.ReqRes); ok {
-		r0 = rf(_a0, _a1)
+	if rf, ok := ret.Get(0).(func(types.RequestBeginBlock) *abcicli.ReqRes); ok {
+		r0 = rf(_a0)
 	} else {
 		if ret.Get(0) != nil {
 			r0 = ret.Get(0).(*abcicli.ReqRes)
 		}
 	}

-	var r1 error
-	if rf, ok := ret.Get(1).(func(context.Context, types.RequestBeginBlock) error); ok {
-		r1 = rf(_a0, _a1)
-	} else {
-		r1 = ret.Error(1)
-	}
-
-	return r0, r1
+	return r0
 }

-// BeginBlockSync provides a mock function with given fields: _a0, _a1
-func (_m *Client) BeginBlockSync(_a0 context.Context, _a1 types.RequestBeginBlock) (*types.ResponseBeginBlock, error) {
-	ret := _m.Called(_a0, _a1)
+// BeginBlockSync provides a mock function with given fields: _a0
+func (_m *Client) BeginBlockSync(_a0 types.RequestBeginBlock) (*types.ResponseBeginBlock, error) {
+	ret := _m.Called(_a0)

 	var r0 *types.ResponseBeginBlock
-	if rf, ok := ret.Get(0).(func(context.Context, types.RequestBeginBlock) *types.ResponseBeginBlock); ok {
-		r0 = rf(_a0, _a1)
+	if rf, ok := ret.Get(0).(func(types.RequestBeginBlock) *types.ResponseBeginBlock); ok {
+		r0 = rf(_a0)
 	} else {
 		if ret.Get(0) != nil {
 			r0 = ret.Get(0).(*types.ResponseBeginBlock)
@@ -102,8 +85,8 @@ func (_m *Client) BeginBlockSync(_a0 context.Context, _a1 types.RequestBeginBloc
 	}

 	var r1 error
-	if rf, ok := ret.Get(1).(func(context.Context, types.RequestBeginBlock) error); ok {
-		r1 = rf(_a0, _a1)
+	if rf, ok := ret.Get(1).(func(types.RequestBeginBlock) error); ok {
+		r1 = rf(_a0)
 	} else {
 		r1 = ret.Error(1)
 	}
@@ -111,36 +94,29 @@ func (_m *Client) BeginBlockSync(_a0 context.Context, _a1 types.RequestBeginBloc
 	return r0, r1
 }

-// CheckTxAsync provides a mock function with given fields: _a0, _a1
-func (_m *Client) CheckTxAsync(_a0 context.Context, _a1 types.RequestCheckTx) (*abcicli.ReqRes, error) {
-	ret := _m.Called(_a0, _a1)
+// CheckTxAsync provides a mock function with given fields: _a0
+func (_m *Client) CheckTxAsync(_a0 types.RequestCheckTx) *abcicli.ReqRes {
+	ret := _m.Called(_a0)

 	var r0 *abcicli.ReqRes
-	if rf, ok := ret.Get(0).(func(context.Context, types.RequestCheckTx) *abcicli.ReqRes); ok {
-		r0 = rf(_a0, _a1)
+	if rf, ok := ret.Get(0).(func(types.RequestCheckTx) *abcicli.ReqRes); ok {
+		r0 = rf(_a0)
 	} else {
 		if ret.Get(0) != nil {
 			r0 = ret.Get(0).(*abcicli.ReqRes)
 		}
 	}

-	var r1 error
-	if rf, ok := ret.Get(1).(func(context.Context, types.RequestCheckTx) error); ok {
-		r1 = rf(_a0, _a1)
-	} else {
-		r1 = ret.Error(1)
-	}
-
-	return r0, r1
+	return r0
 }

-// CheckTxSync provides a mock function with given fields: _a0, _a1
-func (_m *Client) CheckTxSync(_a0 context.Context, _a1 types.RequestCheckTx) (*types.ResponseCheckTx, error) {
-	ret := _m.Called(_a0, _a1)
+// CheckTxSync provides a mock function with given fields: _a0
+func (_m *Client) CheckTxSync(_a0 types.RequestCheckTx) (*types.ResponseCheckTx, error) {
+	ret := _m.Called(_a0)

 	var r0 *types.ResponseCheckTx
-	if rf, ok := ret.Get(0).(func(context.Context, types.RequestCheckTx) *types.ResponseCheckTx); ok {
-		r0 = rf(_a0, _a1)
+	if rf, ok := ret.Get(0).(func(types.RequestCheckTx) *types.ResponseCheckTx); ok {
+		r0 = rf(_a0)
 	} else {
 		if ret.Get(0) != nil {
 			r0 = ret.Get(0).(*types.ResponseCheckTx)
@@ -148,30 +124,7 @@ func (_m *Client) CheckTxSync(_a0 context.Context, _a1 types.RequestCheckTx) (*t
 	}

 	var r1 error
-	if rf, ok := ret.Get(1).(func(context.Context, types.RequestCheckTx) error); ok {
-		r1 = rf(_a0, _a1)
-	} else {
-		r1 = ret.Error(1)
-	}
-
-	return r0, r1
-}
-
-// CommitAsync provides a mock function with given fields: _a0
-func (_m *Client) CommitAsync(_a0 context.Context) (*abcicli.ReqRes, error) {
-	ret := _m.Called(_a0)
-
-	var r0 *abcicli.ReqRes
-	if rf, ok := ret.Get(0).(func(context.Context) *abcicli.ReqRes); ok {
-		r0 = rf(_a0)
-	} else {
-		if ret.Get(0) != nil {
-			r0 = ret.Get(0).(*abcicli.ReqRes)
-		}
-	}
-
-	var r1 error
-	if rf, ok := ret.Get(1).(func(context.Context) error); ok {
+	if rf, ok := ret.Get(1).(func(types.RequestCheckTx) error); ok {
 		r1 = rf(_a0)
 	} else {
 		r1 = ret.Error(1)
@@ -180,13 +133,29 @@ func (_m *Client) CommitAsync(_a0 context.Context) (*abcicli.ReqRes, error) {
 	return r0, r1
 }

-// CommitSync provides a mock function with given fields: _a0
-func (_m *Client) CommitSync(_a0 context.Context) (*types.ResponseCommit, error) {
-	ret := _m.Called(_a0)
+// CommitAsync provides a mock function with given fields:
+func (_m *Client) CommitAsync() *abcicli.ReqRes {
+	ret := _m.Called()
+
+	var r0 *abcicli.ReqRes
+	if rf, ok := ret.Get(0).(func() *abcicli.ReqRes); ok {
+		r0 = rf()
+	} else {
+		if ret.Get(0) != nil {
+			r0 = ret.Get(0).(*abcicli.ReqRes)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return r0
+}
+
+// CommitSync provides a mock function with given fields:
+func (_m *Client) CommitSync() (*types.ResponseCommit, error) {
+	ret := _m.Called()

 	var r0 *types.ResponseCommit
-	if rf, ok := ret.Get(0).(func(context.Context) *types.ResponseCommit); ok {
-		r0 = rf(_a0)
+	if rf, ok := ret.Get(0).(func() *types.ResponseCommit); ok {
+		r0 = rf()
 	} else {
 		if ret.Get(0) != nil {
 			r0 = ret.Get(0).(*types.ResponseCommit)
@@ -194,7 +163,46 @@ func (_m *Client) CommitSync(_a0 context.Context) (*types.ResponseCommit, error)
 	}

 	var r1 error
-	if rf, ok := ret.Get(1).(func(context.Context) error); ok {
+	if rf, ok := ret.Get(1).(func() error); ok {
+		r1 = rf()
+	} else {
+		r1 = ret.Error(1)
+	}
+
+	return r0, r1
+}
+
+// DeliverTxAsync provides a mock function with given fields: _a0
+func (_m *Client) DeliverTxAsync(_a0 types.RequestDeliverTx) *abcicli.ReqRes {
+	ret := _m.Called(_a0)
+
+	var r0 *abcicli.ReqRes
+	if rf, ok := ret.Get(0).(func(types.RequestDeliverTx) *abcicli.ReqRes); ok {
+		r0 = rf(_a0)
+	} else {
+		if ret.Get(0) != nil {
+			r0 = ret.Get(0).(*abcicli.ReqRes)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return r0
+}
+
+// DeliverTxSync provides a mock function with given fields: _a0
+func (_m *Client) DeliverTxSync(_a0 types.RequestDeliverTx) (*types.ResponseDeliverTx, error) {
+	ret := _m.Called(_a0)
+
+	var r0 *types.ResponseDeliverTx
+	if rf, ok := ret.Get(0).(func(types.RequestDeliverTx) *types.ResponseDeliverTx); ok {
+		r0 = rf(_a0)
+	} else {
+		if ret.Get(0) != nil {
+			r0 = ret.Get(0).(*types.ResponseDeliverTx)
+		}
+	}
+
+	var r1 error
+	if rf, ok := ret.Get(1).(func(types.RequestDeliverTx) error); ok {
 		r1 = rf(_a0)
 	} else {
 		r1 = ret.Error(1)
@@ -203,82 +211,29 @@ func (_m *Client) CommitSync(_a0 context.Context) (*types.ResponseCommit, error)
 	return r0, r1
 }

-// DeliverTxAsync provides a mock function with given fields: _a0, _a1
-func (_m *Client) DeliverTxAsync(_a0 context.Context, _a1 types.RequestDeliverTx) (*abcicli.ReqRes, error) {
-	ret := _m.Called(_a0, _a1)
+// EchoAsync provides a mock function with given fields: msg
+func (_m *Client) EchoAsync(msg string) *abcicli.ReqRes {
+	ret := _m.Called(msg)

 	var r0 *abcicli.ReqRes
-	if rf, ok := ret.Get(0).(func(context.Context, types.RequestDeliverTx) *abcicli.ReqRes); ok {
-		r0 = rf(_a0, _a1)
+	if rf, ok := ret.Get(0).(func(string) *abcicli.ReqRes); ok {
+		r0 = rf(msg)
 	} else {
 		if ret.Get(0) != nil {
 			r0 = ret.Get(0).(*abcicli.ReqRes)
 		}
 	}

-	var r1 error
-	if rf, ok := ret.Get(1).(func(context.Context, types.RequestDeliverTx) error); ok {
-		r1 = rf(_a0, _a1)
-	} else {
-		r1 = ret.Error(1)
-	}
-
-	return r0, r1
+	return r0
 }

-// DeliverTxSync provides a mock function with given fields: _a0, _a1
-func (_m *Client) DeliverTxSync(_a0 context.Context, _a1 types.RequestDeliverTx) (*types.ResponseDeliverTx, error) {
-	ret := _m.Called(_a0, _a1)
-
-	var r0 *types.ResponseDeliverTx
-	if rf, ok := ret.Get(0).(func(context.Context, types.RequestDeliverTx) *types.ResponseDeliverTx); ok {
-		r0 = rf(_a0, _a1)
-	} else {
-		if ret.Get(0) != nil {
-			r0 = ret.Get(0).(*types.ResponseDeliverTx)
-		}
-	}
-
-	var r1 error
-	if rf, ok := ret.Get(1).(func(context.Context, types.RequestDeliverTx) error); ok {
-		r1 = rf(_a0, _a1)
-	} else {
-		r1 = ret.Error(1)
-	}
-
-	return r0, r1
-}
-
-// EchoAsync provides a mock function with given fields: ctx, msg
-func (_m *Client) EchoAsync(ctx context.Context, msg string) (*abcicli.ReqRes, error) {
-	ret := _m.Called(ctx, msg)
-
-	var r0 *abcicli.ReqRes
-	if rf, ok := ret.Get(0).(func(context.Context, string) *abcicli.ReqRes); ok {
-		r0 = rf(ctx, msg)
-	} else {
-		if ret.Get(0) != nil {
-			r0 = ret.Get(0).(*abcicli.ReqRes)
-		}
-	}
-
-	var r1 error
-	if rf, ok := ret.Get(1).(func(context.Context, string) error); ok {
-		r1 = rf(ctx, msg)
-	} else {
-		r1 = ret.Error(1)
-	}
-
-	return r0, r1
-}
-
-// EchoSync provides a mock function with given fields: ctx, msg
-func (_m *Client) EchoSync(ctx context.Context, msg string) (*types.ResponseEcho, error) {
-	ret := _m.Called(ctx, msg)
+// EchoSync provides a mock function with given fields: msg
+func (_m *Client) EchoSync(msg string) (*types.ResponseEcho, error) {
+	ret := _m.Called(msg)

 	var r0 *types.ResponseEcho
-	if rf, ok := ret.Get(0).(func(context.Context, string) *types.ResponseEcho); ok {
-		r0 = rf(ctx, msg)
+	if rf, ok := ret.Get(0).(func(string) *types.ResponseEcho); ok {
+		r0 = rf(msg)
 	} else {
 		if ret.Get(0) != nil {
 			r0 = ret.Get(0).(*types.ResponseEcho)
@@ -286,8 +241,8 @@ func (_m *Client) EchoSync(ctx context.Context, msg string) (*types.ResponseEcho
 	}

 	var r1 error
-	if rf, ok := ret.Get(1).(func(context.Context, string) error); ok {
-		r1 = rf(ctx, msg)
+	if rf, ok := ret.Get(1).(func(string) error); ok {
+		r1 = rf(msg)
 	} else {
 		r1 = ret.Error(1)
 	}
@@ -295,36 +250,29 @@ func (_m *Client) EchoSync(ctx context.Context, msg string) (*types.ResponseEcho
 	return r0, r1
 }

-// EndBlockAsync provides a mock function with given fields: _a0, _a1
-func (_m *Client) EndBlockAsync(_a0 context.Context, _a1 types.RequestEndBlock) (*abcicli.ReqRes, error) {
-	ret := _m.Called(_a0, _a1)
+// EndBlockAsync provides a mock function with given fields: _a0
+func (_m *Client) EndBlockAsync(_a0 types.RequestEndBlock) *abcicli.ReqRes {
+	ret := _m.Called(_a0)

 	var r0 *abcicli.ReqRes
-	if rf, ok := ret.Get(0).(func(context.Context, types.RequestEndBlock) *abcicli.ReqRes); ok {
-		r0 = rf(_a0, _a1)
+	if rf, ok := ret.Get(0).(func(types.RequestEndBlock) *abcicli.ReqRes); ok {
+		r0 = rf(_a0)
 	} else {
 		if ret.Get(0) != nil {
 			r0 = ret.Get(0).(*abcicli.ReqRes)
 		}
 	}

-	var r1 error
-	if rf, ok := ret.Get(1).(func(context.Context, types.RequestEndBlock) error); ok {
-		r1 = rf(_a0, _a1)
-	} else {
-		r1 = ret.Error(1)
-	}
-
-	return r0, r1
+	return r0
 }

-// EndBlockSync provides a mock function with given fields: _a0, _a1
-func (_m *Client) EndBlockSync(_a0 context.Context, _a1 types.RequestEndBlock) (*types.ResponseEndBlock, error) {
-	ret := _m.Called(_a0, _a1)
+// EndBlockSync provides a mock function with given fields: _a0
+func (_m *Client) EndBlockSync(_a0 types.RequestEndBlock) (*types.ResponseEndBlock, error) {
+	ret := _m.Called(_a0)

 	var r0 *types.ResponseEndBlock
-	if rf, ok := ret.Get(0).(func(context.Context, types.RequestEndBlock) *types.ResponseEndBlock); ok {
-		r0 = rf(_a0, _a1)
+	if rf, ok := ret.Get(0).(func(types.RequestEndBlock) *types.ResponseEndBlock); ok {
+		r0 = rf(_a0)
 	} else {
 		if ret.Get(0) != nil {
 			r0 = ret.Get(0).(*types.ResponseEndBlock)
@@ -332,8 +280,8 @@ func (_m *Client) EndBlockSync(_a0 context.Context, _a1 types.RequestEndBlock) (
 	}

 	var r1 error
-	if rf, ok := ret.Get(1).(func(context.Context, types.RequestEndBlock) error); ok {
-		r1 = rf(_a0, _a1)
+	if rf, ok := ret.Get(1).(func(types.RequestEndBlock) error); ok {
+		r1 = rf(_a0)
 	} else {
 		r1 = ret.Error(1)
 	}
@@ -355,12 +303,42 @@ func (_m *Client) Error() error {
 	return r0
 }

-// FlushAsync provides a mock function with given fields: _a0
-func (_m *Client) FlushAsync(_a0 context.Context) (*abcicli.ReqRes, error) {
+// FlushAsync provides a mock function with given fields:
+func (_m *Client) FlushAsync() *abcicli.ReqRes {
+	ret := _m.Called()
+
+	var r0 *abcicli.ReqRes
+	if rf, ok := ret.Get(0).(func() *abcicli.ReqRes); ok {
+		r0 = rf()
+	} else {
+		if ret.Get(0) != nil {
+			r0 = ret.Get(0).(*abcicli.ReqRes)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return r0
+}
+
+// FlushSync provides a mock function with given fields:
+func (_m *Client) FlushSync() error {
+	ret := _m.Called()
+
+	var r0 error
+	if rf, ok := ret.Get(0).(func() error); ok {
+		r0 = rf()
+	} else {
+		r0 = ret.Error(0)
+	}
+
+	return r0
+}
+
+// InfoAsync provides a mock function with given fields: _a0
+func (_m *Client) InfoAsync(_a0 types.RequestInfo) *abcicli.ReqRes {
 	ret := _m.Called(_a0)

 	var r0 *abcicli.ReqRes
-	if rf, ok := ret.Get(0).(func(context.Context) *abcicli.ReqRes); ok {
+	if rf, ok := ret.Get(0).(func(types.RequestInfo) *abcicli.ReqRes); ok {
 		r0 = rf(_a0)
 	} else {
 		if ret.Get(0) != nil {
@@ -368,8 +346,24 @@ func (_m *Client) FlushAsync(_a0 context.Context) (*abcicli.ReqRes, error) {
 		}
 	}

+	return r0
+}
+
+// InfoSync provides a mock function with given fields: _a0
+func (_m *Client) InfoSync(_a0 types.RequestInfo) (*types.ResponseInfo, error) {
+	ret := _m.Called(_a0)
+
+	var r0 *types.ResponseInfo
+	if rf, ok := ret.Get(0).(func(types.RequestInfo) *types.ResponseInfo); ok {
+		r0 = rf(_a0)
+	} else {
+		if ret.Get(0) != nil {
+			r0 = ret.Get(0).(*types.ResponseInfo)
+		}
+	}
+
 	var r1 error
-	if rf, ok := ret.Get(1).(func(context.Context) error); ok {
+	if rf, ok := ret.Get(1).(func(types.RequestInfo) error); ok {
 		r1 = rf(_a0)
 	} else {
 		r1 = ret.Error(1)
@@ -378,96 +372,29 @@ func (_m *Client) FlushAsync(_a0 context.Context) (*abcicli.ReqRes, error) {
 	return r0, r1
 }

-// FlushSync provides a mock function with given fields: _a0
-func (_m *Client) FlushSync(_a0 context.Context) error {
+// InitChainAsync provides a mock function with given fields: _a0
+func (_m *Client) InitChainAsync(_a0 types.RequestInitChain) *abcicli.ReqRes {
 	ret := _m.Called(_a0)

-	var r0 error
-	if rf, ok := ret.Get(0).(func(context.Context) error); ok {
+	var r0 *abcicli.ReqRes
+	if rf, ok := ret.Get(0).(func(types.RequestInitChain) *abcicli.ReqRes); ok {
 		r0 = rf(_a0)
 	} else {
-		r0 = ret.Error(0)
+		if ret.Get(0) != nil {
+			r0 = ret.Get(0).(*abcicli.ReqRes)
+		}
 	}

 	return r0
 }

-// InfoAsync provides a mock function with given fields: _a0, _a1
-func (_m *Client) InfoAsync(_a0 context.Context, _a1 types.RequestInfo) (*abcicli.ReqRes, error) {
-	ret := _m.Called(_a0, _a1)
-
-	var r0 *abcicli.ReqRes
-	if rf, ok := ret.Get(0).(func(context.Context, types.RequestInfo) *abcicli.ReqRes); ok {
-		r0 = rf(_a0, _a1)
-	} else {
-		if ret.Get(0) != nil {
-			r0 = ret.Get(0).(*abcicli.ReqRes)
-		}
-	}
-
-	var r1 error
-	if rf, ok := ret.Get(1).(func(context.Context, types.RequestInfo) error); ok {
-		r1 = rf(_a0, _a1)
-	} else {
-		r1 = ret.Error(1)
-	}
-
-	return r0, r1
-}
-
-// InfoSync provides a mock function with given fields: _a0, _a1
-func (_m *Client) InfoSync(_a0 context.Context, _a1 types.RequestInfo) (*types.ResponseInfo, error) {
-	ret := _m.Called(_a0, _a1)
-
-	var r0 *types.ResponseInfo
-	if rf, ok := ret.Get(0).(func(context.Context, types.RequestInfo) *types.ResponseInfo); ok {
-		r0 = rf(_a0, _a1)
-	} else {
-		if ret.Get(0) != nil {
-			r0 = ret.Get(0).(*types.ResponseInfo)
-		}
-	}
-
-	var r1 error
-	if rf, ok := ret.Get(1).(func(context.Context, types.RequestInfo) error); ok {
-		r1 = rf(_a0, _a1)
-	} else {
-		r1 = ret.Error(1)
-	}
-
-	return r0, r1
-}
-
-// InitChainAsync provides a mock function with given fields: _a0, _a1
-func (_m *Client) InitChainAsync(_a0 context.Context, _a1 types.RequestInitChain) (*abcicli.ReqRes, error) {
-	ret := _m.Called(_a0, _a1)
-
-	var r0 *abcicli.ReqRes
-	if rf, ok := ret.Get(0).(func(context.Context, types.RequestInitChain) *abcicli.ReqRes); ok {
-		r0 = rf(_a0, _a1)
-	} else {
-		if ret.Get(0) != nil {
-			r0 = ret.Get(0).(*abcicli.ReqRes)
-		}
-	}
-
-	var r1 error
-	if rf, ok := ret.Get(1).(func(context.Context, types.RequestInitChain) error); ok {
-		r1 = rf(_a0, _a1)
-	} else {
-		r1 = ret.Error(1)
-	}
-
-	return r0, r1
-}
-
-// InitChainSync provides a mock function with given fields: _a0, _a1
-func (_m *Client) InitChainSync(_a0 context.Context, _a1 types.RequestInitChain) (*types.ResponseInitChain, error) {
-	ret := _m.Called(_a0, _a1)
+// InitChainSync provides a mock function with given fields: _a0
+func (_m *Client) InitChainSync(_a0 types.RequestInitChain) (*types.ResponseInitChain, error) {
+	ret := _m.Called(_a0)

 	var r0 *types.ResponseInitChain
-	if rf, ok := ret.Get(0).(func(context.Context, types.RequestInitChain) *types.ResponseInitChain); ok {
-		r0 = rf(_a0, _a1)
+	if rf, ok := ret.Get(0).(func(types.RequestInitChain) *types.ResponseInitChain); ok {
+		r0 = rf(_a0)
 	} else {
 		if ret.Get(0) != nil {
 			r0 = ret.Get(0).(*types.ResponseInitChain)
@@ -475,8 +402,8 @@ func (_m *Client) InitChainSync(_a0 context.Context, _a1 types.RequestInitChain)
 	}

 	var r1 error
-	if rf, ok := ret.Get(1).(func(context.Context, types.RequestInitChain) error); ok {
-		r1 = rf(_a0, _a1)
+	if rf, ok := ret.Get(1).(func(types.RequestInitChain) error); ok {
+		r1 = rf(_a0)
 	} else {
 		r1 = ret.Error(1)
 	}
@@ -498,36 +425,29 @@ func (_m *Client) IsRunning() bool {
 	return r0
 }

-// ListSnapshotsAsync provides a mock function with given fields: _a0, _a1
-func (_m *Client) ListSnapshotsAsync(_a0 context.Context, _a1 types.RequestListSnapshots) (*abcicli.ReqRes, error) {
-	ret := _m.Called(_a0, _a1)
+// ListSnapshotsAsync provides a mock function with given fields: _a0
+func (_m *Client) ListSnapshotsAsync(_a0 types.RequestListSnapshots) *abcicli.ReqRes {
+	ret := _m.Called(_a0)

 	var r0 *abcicli.ReqRes
-	if rf, ok := ret.Get(0).(func(context.Context, types.RequestListSnapshots) *abcicli.ReqRes); ok {
-		r0 = rf(_a0, _a1)
+	if rf, ok := ret.Get(0).(func(types.RequestListSnapshots) *abcicli.ReqRes); ok {
+		r0 = rf(_a0)
 	} else {
 		if ret.Get(0) != nil {
 			r0 = ret.Get(0).(*abcicli.ReqRes)
 		}
 	}

-	var r1 error
-	if rf, ok := ret.Get(1).(func(context.Context, types.RequestListSnapshots) error); ok {
-		r1 = rf(_a0, _a1)
-	} else {
-		r1 = ret.Error(1)
-	}
-
-	return r0, r1
+	return r0
 }

-// ListSnapshotsSync provides a mock function with given fields: _a0, _a1
-func (_m *Client) ListSnapshotsSync(_a0 context.Context, _a1 types.RequestListSnapshots) (*types.ResponseListSnapshots, error) {
-	ret := _m.Called(_a0, _a1)
+// ListSnapshotsSync provides a mock function with given fields: _a0
+func (_m *Client) ListSnapshotsSync(_a0 types.RequestListSnapshots) (*types.ResponseListSnapshots, error) {
+	ret := _m.Called(_a0)

 	var r0 *types.ResponseListSnapshots
-	if rf, ok := ret.Get(0).(func(context.Context, types.RequestListSnapshots) *types.ResponseListSnapshots); ok {
-		r0 = rf(_a0, _a1)
+	if rf, ok := ret.Get(0).(func(types.RequestListSnapshots) *types.ResponseListSnapshots); ok {
+		r0 = rf(_a0)
 	} else {
 		if ret.Get(0) != nil {
 			r0 = ret.Get(0).(*types.ResponseListSnapshots)
@@ -535,8 +455,8 @@ func (_m *Client) ListSnapshotsSync(_a0 context.Context, _a1 types.RequestListSn
 	}

 	var r1 error
-	if rf, ok := ret.Get(1).(func(context.Context, types.RequestListSnapshots) error); ok {
-		r1 = rf(_a0, _a1)
+	if rf, ok := ret.Get(1).(func(types.RequestListSnapshots) error); ok {
+		r1 = rf(_a0)
 	} else {
 		r1 = ret.Error(1)
 	}
@@ -544,36 +464,29 @@ func (_m *Client) ListSnapshotsSync(_a0 context.Context, _a1 types.RequestListSn
 	return r0, r1
 }

-// LoadSnapshotChunkAsync provides a mock function with given fields: _a0, _a1
-func (_m *Client) LoadSnapshotChunkAsync(_a0 context.Context, _a1 types.RequestLoadSnapshotChunk) (*abcicli.ReqRes, error) {
-	ret := _m.Called(_a0, _a1)
+// LoadSnapshotChunkAsync provides a mock function with given fields: _a0
+func (_m *Client) LoadSnapshotChunkAsync(_a0 types.RequestLoadSnapshotChunk) *abcicli.ReqRes {
+	ret := _m.Called(_a0)

 	var r0 *abcicli.ReqRes
-	if rf, ok := ret.Get(0).(func(context.Context, types.RequestLoadSnapshotChunk) *abcicli.ReqRes); ok {
-		r0 = rf(_a0, _a1)
+	if rf, ok := ret.Get(0).(func(types.RequestLoadSnapshotChunk) *abcicli.ReqRes); ok {
+		r0 = rf(_a0)
 	} else {
 		if ret.Get(0) != nil {
 			r0 = ret.Get(0).(*abcicli.ReqRes)
 		}
 	}

-	var r1 error
-	if rf, ok := ret.Get(1).(func(context.Context, types.RequestLoadSnapshotChunk) error); ok {
-		r1 = rf(_a0, _a1)
-	} else {
-		r1 = ret.Error(1)
-	}
-
-	return r0, r1
+	return r0
 }

-// LoadSnapshotChunkSync provides a mock function with given fields: _a0, _a1
-func (_m *Client) LoadSnapshotChunkSync(_a0 context.Context, _a1 types.RequestLoadSnapshotChunk) (*types.ResponseLoadSnapshotChunk, error) {
-	ret := _m.Called(_a0, _a1)
+// LoadSnapshotChunkSync provides a mock function with given fields: _a0
+func (_m *Client) LoadSnapshotChunkSync(_a0 types.RequestLoadSnapshotChunk) (*types.ResponseLoadSnapshotChunk, error) {
+	ret := _m.Called(_a0)

 	var r0 *types.ResponseLoadSnapshotChunk
-	if rf, ok := ret.Get(0).(func(context.Context, types.RequestLoadSnapshotChunk) *types.ResponseLoadSnapshotChunk); ok {
-		r0 = rf(_a0, _a1)
+	if rf, ok := ret.Get(0).(func(types.RequestLoadSnapshotChunk) *types.ResponseLoadSnapshotChunk); ok {
+		r0 = rf(_a0)
 	} else {
 		if ret.Get(0) != nil {
 			r0 = ret.Get(0).(*types.ResponseLoadSnapshotChunk)
@@ -581,8 +494,8 @@ func (_m *Client) LoadSnapshotChunkSync(_a0 context.Context, _a1 types.RequestLo
 	}

 	var r1 error
-	if rf, ok := ret.Get(1).(func(context.Context, types.RequestLoadSnapshotChunk) error); ok {
-		r1 = rf(_a0, _a1)
+	if rf, ok := ret.Get(1).(func(types.RequestLoadSnapshotChunk) error); ok {
+		r1 = rf(_a0)
 	} else {
 		r1 = ret.Error(1)
 	}
@@ -590,36 +503,29 @@ func (_m *Client) LoadSnapshotChunkSync(_a0 context.Context, _a1 types.RequestLo
 	return r0, r1
 }

-// OfferSnapshotAsync provides a mock function with given fields: _a0, _a1
-func (_m *Client) OfferSnapshotAsync(_a0 context.Context, _a1 types.RequestOfferSnapshot) (*abcicli.ReqRes, error) {
-	ret := _m.Called(_a0, _a1)
+// OfferSnapshotAsync provides a mock function with given fields: _a0
+func (_m *Client) OfferSnapshotAsync(_a0 types.RequestOfferSnapshot) *abcicli.ReqRes {
+	ret := _m.Called(_a0)

 	var r0 *abcicli.ReqRes
-	if rf, ok := ret.Get(0).(func(context.Context, types.RequestOfferSnapshot) *abcicli.ReqRes); ok {
-		r0 = rf(_a0, _a1)
+	if rf, ok := ret.Get(0).(func(types.RequestOfferSnapshot) *abcicli.ReqRes); ok {
+		r0 = rf(_a0)
 	} else {
 		if ret.Get(0) != nil {
 			r0 = ret.Get(0).(*abcicli.ReqRes)
 		}
 	}

-	var r1 error
-	if rf, ok := ret.Get(1).(func(context.Context, types.RequestOfferSnapshot) error); ok {
-		r1 = rf(_a0, _a1)
-	} else {
-		r1 = ret.Error(1)
-	}
-
-	return r0, r1
+	return r0
 }

-// OfferSnapshotSync provides a mock function with given fields: _a0, _a1
-func (_m *Client) OfferSnapshotSync(_a0 context.Context, _a1 types.RequestOfferSnapshot) (*types.ResponseOfferSnapshot, error) {
-	ret := _m.Called(_a0, _a1)
+// OfferSnapshotSync provides a mock function with given fields: _a0
+func (_m *Client) OfferSnapshotSync(_a0 types.RequestOfferSnapshot) (*types.ResponseOfferSnapshot, error) {
+	ret := _m.Called(_a0)

 	var r0 *types.ResponseOfferSnapshot
-	if rf, ok := ret.Get(0).(func(context.Context, types.RequestOfferSnapshot) *types.ResponseOfferSnapshot); ok {
-		r0 = rf(_a0, _a1)
+	if rf, ok := ret.Get(0).(func(types.RequestOfferSnapshot) *types.ResponseOfferSnapshot); ok {
+		r0 = rf(_a0)
 	} else {
 		if ret.Get(0) != nil {
 			r0 = ret.Get(0).(*types.ResponseOfferSnapshot)
@@ -627,8 +533,8 @@ func (_m *Client) OfferSnapshotSync(_a0 context.Context, _a1 types.RequestOfferS
 	}

 	var r1 error
-	if rf, ok := ret.Get(1).(func(context.Context, types.RequestOfferSnapshot) error); ok {
-		r1 = rf(_a0, _a1)
+	if rf, ok := ret.Get(1).(func(types.RequestOfferSnapshot) error); ok {
+		r1 = rf(_a0)
 	} else {
 		r1 = ret.Error(1)
 	}
@@ -669,36 +575,29 @@ func (_m *Client) OnStop() {
 	_m.Called()
 }

-// QueryAsync provides a mock function with given fields: _a0, _a1
-func (_m *Client) QueryAsync(_a0 context.Context, _a1 types.RequestQuery) (*abcicli.ReqRes, error) {
-	ret := _m.Called(_a0, _a1)
+// QueryAsync provides a mock function with given fields: _a0
+func (_m *Client) QueryAsync(_a0 types.RequestQuery) *abcicli.ReqRes {
+	ret := _m.Called(_a0)

 	var r0 *abcicli.ReqRes
-	if rf, ok := ret.Get(0).(func(context.Context, types.RequestQuery) *abcicli.ReqRes); ok {
-		r0 = rf(_a0, _a1)
+	if rf, ok := ret.Get(0).(func(types.RequestQuery) *abcicli.ReqRes); ok {
+		r0 = rf(_a0)
 	} else {
 		if ret.Get(0) != nil {
 			r0 = ret.Get(0).(*abcicli.ReqRes)
 		}
 	}

-	var r1 error
-	if rf, ok := ret.Get(1).(func(context.Context, types.RequestQuery) error); ok {
-		r1 = rf(_a0, _a1)
-	} else {
-		r1 = ret.Error(1)
-	}
-
-	return r0, r1
+	return r0
 }

-// QuerySync provides a mock function with given fields: _a0, _a1
-func (_m *Client) QuerySync(_a0 context.Context, _a1 types.RequestQuery) (*types.ResponseQuery, error) {
-	ret := _m.Called(_a0, _a1)
+// QuerySync provides a mock function with given fields: _a0
+func (_m *Client) QuerySync(_a0 types.RequestQuery) (*types.ResponseQuery, error) {
+	ret := _m.Called(_a0)

 	var r0 *types.ResponseQuery
-	if rf, ok := ret.Get(0).(func(context.Context, types.RequestQuery) *types.ResponseQuery); ok {
-		r0 = rf(_a0, _a1)
+	if rf, ok := ret.Get(0).(func(types.RequestQuery) *types.ResponseQuery); ok {
+		r0 = rf(_a0)
 	} else {
 		if ret.Get(0) != nil {
 			r0 = ret.Get(0).(*types.ResponseQuery)
@@ -706,8 +605,8 @@ func (_m *Client) QuerySync(_a0 context.Context, _a1 types.RequestQuery) (*types
 	}

 	var r1 error
-	if rf, ok := ret.Get(1).(func(context.Context, types.RequestQuery) error); ok {
-		r1 = rf(_a0, _a1)
+	if rf, ok := ret.Get(1).(func(types.RequestQuery) error); ok {
+		r1 = rf(_a0)
 	} else {
 		r1 = ret.Error(1)
 	}
@@ -750,6 +649,45 @@ func (_m *Client) SetLogger(_a0 log.Logger) {
 	_m.Called(_a0)
 }

+// SetOptionAsync provides a mock function with given fields: _a0
+func (_m *Client) SetOptionAsync(_a0 types.RequestSetOption) *abcicli.ReqRes {
+	ret := _m.Called(_a0)
+
+	var r0 *abcicli.ReqRes
+	if rf, ok := ret.Get(0).(func(types.RequestSetOption) *abcicli.ReqRes); ok {
+		r0 = rf(_a0)
+	} else {
+		if ret.Get(0) != nil {
+			r0 = ret.Get(0).(*abcicli.ReqRes)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return r0
+}
+
+// SetOptionSync provides a mock function with given fields: _a0
+func (_m *Client) SetOptionSync(_a0 types.RequestSetOption) (*types.ResponseSetOption, error) {
+	ret := _m.Called(_a0)
+
+	var r0 *types.ResponseSetOption
+	if rf, ok := ret.Get(0).(func(types.RequestSetOption) *types.ResponseSetOption); ok {
+		r0 = rf(_a0)
+	} else {
+		if ret.Get(0) != nil {
+			r0 = ret.Get(0).(*types.ResponseSetOption)
+		}
+	}
+
+	var r1 error
+	if rf, ok := ret.Get(1).(func(types.RequestSetOption) error); ok {
+		r1 = rf(_a0)
+	} else {
+		r1 = ret.Error(1)
+	}
+
+	return r0, r1
+}
+
 // SetResponseCallback provides a mock function with given fields: _a0
 func (_m *Client) SetResponseCallback(_a0 abcicli.Callback) {
 	_m.Called(_a0)
@@ -796,8 +734,3 @@ func (_m *Client) String() string {

 	return r0
 }
-
-// Wait provides a mock function with given fields:
-func (_m *Client) Wait() {
-	_m.Called()
-}
--- a/abci/client/socket_client.go
+++ b/abci/client/socket_client.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package abcicli
 import (
 	"bufio"
 	"container/list"
-	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
@@ -12,25 +11,17 @@ import (
 	"time"

 	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/abci/types"
-	tmsync "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/internal/libs/sync"
-	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/internal/libs/timer"
 	tmnet "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/net"
 	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/service"
+	tmsync "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/sync"
+	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/timer"
 )

 const (
-	// reqQueueSize is the max number of queued async requests.
-	// (memory: 256MB max assuming 1MB transactions)
-	reqQueueSize = 256
-	// Don't wait longer than...
-	flushThrottleMS = 20
+	reqQueueSize    = 256 // TODO make configurable
+	flushThrottleMS = 20  // Don't wait longer than...
 )

-type reqResWithContext struct {
-	R *ReqRes
-	C context.Context // if context.Err is not nil, reqRes will be thrown away (ignored)
-}
-
 // This is goroutine-safe, but users should beware that the application in
 // general is not meant to be interfaced with concurrent callers.
 type socketClient struct {
@@ -40,10 +31,10 @@ type socketClient struct {
 	mustConnect bool
 	conn        net.Conn

-	reqQueue   chan *reqResWithContext
+	reqQueue   chan *ReqRes
 	flushTimer *timer.ThrottleTimer

-	mtx     tmsync.RWMutex
+	mtx     tmsync.Mutex
 	err     error
 	reqSent *list.List                            // list of requests sent, waiting for response
 	resCb   func(*types.Request, *types.Response) // called on all requests, if set.
@@ -56,7 +47,7 @@ var _ Client = (*socketClient)(nil)
 // if it fails to connect.
 func NewSocketClient(addr string, mustConnect bool) Client {
 	cli := &socketClient{
-		reqQueue:    make(chan *reqResWithContext, reqQueueSize),
+		reqQueue:    make(chan *ReqRes, reqQueueSize),
 		flushTimer:  timer.NewThrottleTimer("socketClient", flushThrottleMS),
 		mustConnect: mustConnect,

@@ -108,8 +99,8 @@ func (cli *socketClient) OnStop() {

 // Error returns an error if the client was stopped abruptly.
 func (cli *socketClient) Error() error {
-	cli.mtx.RLock()
-	defer cli.mtx.RUnlock()
+	cli.mtx.Lock()
+	defer cli.mtx.Unlock()
 	return cli.err
 }

@@ -119,8 +110,8 @@ func (cli *socketClient) Error() error {
 // NOTE: callback may get internally generated flush responses.
 func (cli *socketClient) SetResponseCallback(resCb Callback) {
 	cli.mtx.Lock()
-	defer cli.mtx.Unlock()
 	cli.resCb = resCb
+	cli.mtx.Unlock()
 }

 //----------------------------------------
@@ -132,20 +123,15 @@ func (cli *socketClient) sendRequestsRoutine(conn io.Writer) {
 		case reqres := <-cli.reqQueue:
 			// cli.Logger.Debug("Sent request", "requestType", reflect.TypeOf(reqres.Request), "request", reqres.Request)

-			if reqres.C.Err() != nil {
-				cli.Logger.Debug("Request's context is done", "req", reqres.R, "err", reqres.C.Err())
-				continue
-			}
-
-			cli.willSendReq(reqres.R)
-			err := types.WriteMessage(reqres.R.Request, w)
+			cli.willSendReq(reqres)
+			err := types.WriteMessage(reqres.Request, w)
 			if err != nil {
 				cli.stopForError(fmt.Errorf("write to buffer: %w", err))
 				return
 			}

 			// If it's a flush request, flush the current buffer.
-			if _, ok := reqres.R.Request.Value.(*types.Request_Flush); ok {
+			if _, ok := reqres.Request.Value.(*types.Request_Flush); ok {
 				err = w.Flush()
 				if err != nil {
 					cli.stopForError(fmt.Errorf("flush buffer: %w", err))
@@ -154,7 +140,7 @@ func (cli *socketClient) sendRequestsRoutine(conn io.Writer) {
 			}
 		case <-cli.flushTimer.Ch: // flush queue
 			select {
-			case cli.reqQueue <- &reqResWithContext{R: NewReqRes(types.ToRequestFlush()), C: context.Background()}:
+			case cli.reqQueue <- NewReqRes(types.ToRequestFlush()):
 			default:
 				// Probably will fill the buffer, or retry later.
 			}
@@ -226,271 +212,220 @@ func (cli *socketClient) didRecvResponse(res *types.Response) error {
 	//
 	// NOTE: It is possible this callback isn't set on the reqres object. At this
 	// point, in which case it will be called after, when it is set.
-	reqres.InvokeCallback()
+	if cb := reqres.GetCallback(); cb != nil {
+		cb(res)
+	}

 	return nil
 }

 //----------------------------------------

-func (cli *socketClient) EchoAsync(ctx context.Context, msg string) (*ReqRes, error) {
-	return cli.queueRequestAsync(ctx, types.ToRequestEcho(msg))
+func (cli *socketClient) EchoAsync(msg string) *ReqRes {
+	return cli.queueRequest(types.ToRequestEcho(msg))
 }

-func (cli *socketClient) FlushAsync(ctx context.Context) (*ReqRes, error) {
-	return cli.queueRequestAsync(ctx, types.ToRequestFlush())
+func (cli *socketClient) FlushAsync() *ReqRes {
+	return cli.queueRequest(types.ToRequestFlush())
 }

-func (cli *socketClient) InfoAsync(ctx context.Context, req types.RequestInfo) (*ReqRes, error) {
-	return cli.queueRequestAsync(ctx, types.ToRequestInfo(req))
+func (cli *socketClient) InfoAsync(req types.RequestInfo) *ReqRes {
+	return cli.queueRequest(types.ToRequestInfo(req))
 }

-func (cli *socketClient) DeliverTxAsync(ctx context.Context, req types.RequestDeliverTx) (*ReqRes, error) {
-	return cli.queueRequestAsync(ctx, types.ToRequestDeliverTx(req))
+func (cli *socketClient) SetOptionAsync(req types.RequestSetOption) *ReqRes {
+	return cli.queueRequest(types.ToRequestSetOption(req))
 }

-func (cli *socketClient) CheckTxAsync(ctx context.Context, req types.RequestCheckTx) (*ReqRes, error) {
-	return cli.queueRequestAsync(ctx, types.ToRequestCheckTx(req))
+func (cli *socketClient) DeliverTxAsync(req types.RequestDeliverTx) *ReqRes {
+	return cli.queueRequest(types.ToRequestDeliverTx(req))
 }

-func (cli *socketClient) QueryAsync(ctx context.Context, req types.RequestQuery) (*ReqRes, error) {
-	return cli.queueRequestAsync(ctx, types.ToRequestQuery(req))
+func (cli *socketClient) CheckTxAsync(req types.RequestCheckTx) *ReqRes {
+	return cli.queueRequest(types.ToRequestCheckTx(req))
 }

-func (cli *socketClient) CommitAsync(ctx context.Context) (*ReqRes, error) {
-	return cli.queueRequestAsync(ctx, types.ToRequestCommit())
+func (cli *socketClient) QueryAsync(req types.RequestQuery) *ReqRes {
+	return cli.queueRequest(types.ToRequestQuery(req))
 }

-func (cli *socketClient) InitChainAsync(ctx context.Context, req types.RequestInitChain) (*ReqRes, error) {
-	return cli.queueRequestAsync(ctx, types.ToRequestInitChain(req))
+func (cli *socketClient) CommitAsync() *ReqRes {
+	return cli.queueRequest(types.ToRequestCommit())
 }

-func (cli *socketClient) BeginBlockAsync(ctx context.Context, req types.RequestBeginBlock) (*ReqRes, error) {
-	return cli.queueRequestAsync(ctx, types.ToRequestBeginBlock(req))
+func (cli *socketClient) InitChainAsync(req types.RequestInitChain) *ReqRes {
+	return cli.queueRequest(types.ToRequestInitChain(req))
 }

-func (cli *socketClient) EndBlockAsync(ctx context.Context, req types.RequestEndBlock) (*ReqRes, error) {
-	return cli.queueRequestAsync(ctx, types.ToRequestEndBlock(req))
+func (cli *socketClient) BeginBlockAsync(req types.RequestBeginBlock) *ReqRes {
+	return cli.queueRequest(types.ToRequestBeginBlock(req))
 }

-func (cli *socketClient) ListSnapshotsAsync(ctx context.Context, req types.RequestListSnapshots) (*ReqRes, error) {
-	return cli.queueRequestAsync(ctx, types.ToRequestListSnapshots(req))
+func (cli *socketClient) EndBlockAsync(req types.RequestEndBlock) *ReqRes {
+	return cli.queueRequest(types.ToRequestEndBlock(req))
 }

-func (cli *socketClient) OfferSnapshotAsync(ctx context.Context, req types.RequestOfferSnapshot) (*ReqRes, error) {
-	return cli.queueRequestAsync(ctx, types.ToRequestOfferSnapshot(req))
+func (cli *socketClient) ListSnapshotsAsync(req types.RequestListSnapshots) *ReqRes {
+	return cli.queueRequest(types.ToRequestListSnapshots(req))
 }

-func (cli *socketClient) LoadSnapshotChunkAsync(
-	ctx context.Context,
-	req types.RequestLoadSnapshotChunk,
-) (*ReqRes, error) {
-	return cli.queueRequestAsync(ctx, types.ToRequestLoadSnapshotChunk(req))
+func (cli *socketClient) OfferSnapshotAsync(req types.RequestOfferSnapshot) *ReqRes {
+	return cli.queueRequest(types.ToRequestOfferSnapshot(req))
 }

-func (cli *socketClient) ApplySnapshotChunkAsync(
-	ctx context.Context,
-	req types.RequestApplySnapshotChunk,
-) (*ReqRes, error) {
-	return cli.queueRequestAsync(ctx, types.ToRequestApplySnapshotChunk(req))
+func (cli *socketClient) LoadSnapshotChunkAsync(req types.RequestLoadSnapshotChunk) *ReqRes {
+	return cli.queueRequest(types.ToRequestLoadSnapshotChunk(req))
+}
+
+func (cli *socketClient) ApplySnapshotChunkAsync(req types.RequestApplySnapshotChunk) *ReqRes {
+	return cli.queueRequest(types.ToRequestApplySnapshotChunk(req))
 }

 //----------------------------------------

-func (cli *socketClient) FlushSync(ctx context.Context) error {
-	reqRes, err := cli.queueRequest(ctx, types.ToRequestFlush(), true)
-	if err != nil {
-		return queueErr(err)
-	}
-
+func (cli *socketClient) FlushSync() error {
+	reqRes := cli.queueRequest(types.ToRequestFlush())
 	if err := cli.Error(); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-
-	gotResp := make(chan struct{})
-	go func() {
-		// NOTE: if we don't flush the queue, its possible to get stuck here
-		reqRes.Wait()
-		close(gotResp)
-	}()
-
-	select {
-	case <-gotResp:
-		return cli.Error()
-	case <-ctx.Done():
-		return ctx.Err()
-	}
+	reqRes.Wait() // NOTE: if we don't flush the queue, its possible to get stuck here
+	return cli.Error()
 }

-func (cli *socketClient) EchoSync(ctx context.Context, msg string) (*types.ResponseEcho, error) {
-	reqres, err := cli.queueRequestAndFlushSync(ctx, types.ToRequestEcho(msg))
-	if err != nil {
+func (cli *socketClient) EchoSync(msg string) (*types.ResponseEcho, error) {
+	reqres := cli.queueRequest(types.ToRequestEcho(msg))
+	if err := cli.FlushSync(); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	return reqres.Response.GetEcho(), nil
+
+	return reqres.Response.GetEcho(), cli.Error()
 }

-func (cli *socketClient) InfoSync(
-	ctx context.Context,
-	req types.RequestInfo,
-) (*types.ResponseInfo, error) {
-	reqres, err := cli.queueRequestAndFlushSync(ctx, types.ToRequestInfo(req))
-	if err != nil {
+func (cli *socketClient) InfoSync(req types.RequestInfo) (*types.ResponseInfo, error) {
+	reqres := cli.queueRequest(types.ToRequestInfo(req))
+	if err := cli.FlushSync(); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	return reqres.Response.GetInfo(), nil
+
+	return reqres.Response.GetInfo(), cli.Error()
 }

-func (cli *socketClient) DeliverTxSync(
-	ctx context.Context,
-	req types.RequestDeliverTx,
-) (*types.ResponseDeliverTx, error) {
-
-	reqres, err := cli.queueRequestAndFlushSync(ctx, types.ToRequestDeliverTx(req))
-	if err != nil {
+func (cli *socketClient) SetOptionSync(req types.RequestSetOption) (*types.ResponseSetOption, error) {
+	reqres := cli.queueRequest(types.ToRequestSetOption(req))
+	if err := cli.FlushSync(); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	return reqres.Response.GetDeliverTx(), nil
+
+	return reqres.Response.GetSetOption(), cli.Error()
 }

-func (cli *socketClient) CheckTxSync(
-	ctx context.Context,
-	req types.RequestCheckTx,
-) (*types.ResponseCheckTx, error) {
-	reqres, err := cli.queueRequestAndFlushSync(ctx, types.ToRequestCheckTx(req))
-	if err != nil {
+func (cli *socketClient) DeliverTxSync(req types.RequestDeliverTx) (*types.ResponseDeliverTx, error) {
+	reqres := cli.queueRequest(types.ToRequestDeliverTx(req))
+	if err := cli.FlushSync(); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	return reqres.Response.GetCheckTx(), nil
+
+	return reqres.Response.GetDeliverTx(), cli.Error()
 }

-func (cli *socketClient) QuerySync(
-	ctx context.Context,
-	req types.RequestQuery,
-) (*types.ResponseQuery, error) {
-	reqres, err := cli.queueRequestAndFlushSync(ctx, types.ToRequestQuery(req))
-	if err != nil {
+func (cli *socketClient) CheckTxSync(req types.RequestCheckTx) (*types.ResponseCheckTx, error) {
+	reqres := cli.queueRequest(types.ToRequestCheckTx(req))
+	if err := cli.FlushSync(); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	return reqres.Response.GetQuery(), nil
+
+	return reqres.Response.GetCheckTx(), cli.Error()
 }

-func (cli *socketClient) CommitSync(ctx context.Context) (*types.ResponseCommit, error) {
-	reqres, err := cli.queueRequestAndFlushSync(ctx, types.ToRequestCommit())
-	if err != nil {
+func (cli *socketClient) QuerySync(req types.RequestQuery) (*types.ResponseQuery, error) {
+	reqres := cli.queueRequest(types.ToRequestQuery(req))
+	if err := cli.FlushSync(); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	return reqres.Response.GetCommit(), nil
+
+	return reqres.Response.GetQuery(), cli.Error()
 }

-func (cli *socketClient) InitChainSync(
-	ctx context.Context,
-	req types.RequestInitChain,
-) (*types.ResponseInitChain, error) {
-
-	reqres, err := cli.queueRequestAndFlushSync(ctx, types.ToRequestInitChain(req))
-	if err != nil {
+func (cli *socketClient) CommitSync() (*types.ResponseCommit, error) {
+	reqres := cli.queueRequest(types.ToRequestCommit())
+	if err := cli.FlushSync(); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	return reqres.Response.GetInitChain(), nil
+
+	return reqres.Response.GetCommit(), cli.Error()
 }

-func (cli *socketClient) BeginBlockSync(
-	ctx context.Context,
-	req types.RequestBeginBlock,
-) (*types.ResponseBeginBlock, error) {
-
-	reqres, err := cli.queueRequestAndFlushSync(ctx, types.ToRequestBeginBlock(req))
-	if err != nil {
+func (cli *socketClient) InitChainSync(req types.RequestInitChain) (*types.ResponseInitChain, error) {
+	reqres := cli.queueRequest(types.ToRequestInitChain(req))
+	if err := cli.FlushSync(); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	return reqres.Response.GetBeginBlock(), nil
+
+	return reqres.Response.GetInitChain(), cli.Error()
 }

-func (cli *socketClient) EndBlockSync(
-	ctx context.Context,
-	req types.RequestEndBlock,
-) (*types.ResponseEndBlock, error) {
-
-	reqres, err := cli.queueRequestAndFlushSync(ctx, types.ToRequestEndBlock(req))
-	if err != nil {
+func (cli *socketClient) BeginBlockSync(req types.RequestBeginBlock) (*types.ResponseBeginBlock, error) {
+	reqres := cli.queueRequest(types.ToRequestBeginBlock(req))
+	if err := cli.FlushSync(); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	return reqres.Response.GetEndBlock(), nil
+
+	return reqres.Response.GetBeginBlock(), cli.Error()
 }

-func (cli *socketClient) ListSnapshotsSync(
-	ctx context.Context,
-	req types.RequestListSnapshots,
-) (*types.ResponseListSnapshots, error) {
-
-	reqres, err := cli.queueRequestAndFlushSync(ctx, types.ToRequestListSnapshots(req))
-	if err != nil {
+func (cli *socketClient) EndBlockSync(req types.RequestEndBlock) (*types.ResponseEndBlock, error) {
+	reqres := cli.queueRequest(types.ToRequestEndBlock(req))
+	if err := cli.FlushSync(); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	return reqres.Response.GetListSnapshots(), nil
+
+	return reqres.Response.GetEndBlock(), cli.Error()
 }

-func (cli *socketClient) OfferSnapshotSync(
-	ctx context.Context,
-	req types.RequestOfferSnapshot,
-) (*types.ResponseOfferSnapshot, error) {
-
-	reqres, err := cli.queueRequestAndFlushSync(ctx, types.ToRequestOfferSnapshot(req))
-	if err != nil {
+func (cli *socketClient) ListSnapshotsSync(req types.RequestListSnapshots) (*types.ResponseListSnapshots, error) {
+	reqres := cli.queueRequest(types.ToRequestListSnapshots(req))
+	if err := cli.FlushSync(); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	return reqres.Response.GetOfferSnapshot(), nil
+
+	return reqres.Response.GetListSnapshots(), cli.Error()
+}
+
+func (cli *socketClient) OfferSnapshotSync(req types.RequestOfferSnapshot) (*types.ResponseOfferSnapshot, error) {
+	reqres := cli.queueRequest(types.ToRequestOfferSnapshot(req))
+	if err := cli.FlushSync(); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return reqres.Response.GetOfferSnapshot(), cli.Error()
 }

 func (cli *socketClient) LoadSnapshotChunkSync(
-	ctx context.Context,
 	req types.RequestLoadSnapshotChunk) (*types.ResponseLoadSnapshotChunk, error) {
-
-	reqres, err := cli.queueRequestAndFlushSync(ctx, types.ToRequestLoadSnapshotChunk(req))
-	if err != nil {
+	reqres := cli.queueRequest(types.ToRequestLoadSnapshotChunk(req))
+	if err := cli.FlushSync(); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	return reqres.Response.GetLoadSnapshotChunk(), nil
+
+	return reqres.Response.GetLoadSnapshotChunk(), cli.Error()
 }

 func (cli *socketClient) ApplySnapshotChunkSync(
-	ctx context.Context,
 	req types.RequestApplySnapshotChunk) (*types.ResponseApplySnapshotChunk, error) {
-
-	reqres, err := cli.queueRequestAndFlushSync(ctx, types.ToRequestApplySnapshotChunk(req))
-	if err != nil {
+	reqres := cli.queueRequest(types.ToRequestApplySnapshotChunk(req))
+	if err := cli.FlushSync(); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	return reqres.Response.GetApplySnapshotChunk(), nil
+	return reqres.Response.GetApplySnapshotChunk(), cli.Error()
 }

 //----------------------------------------

-// queueRequest enqueues req onto the queue. If the queue is full, it ether
-// returns an error (sync=false) or blocks (sync=true).
-//
-// When sync=true, ctx can be used to break early. When sync=false, ctx will be
-// used later to determine if request should be dropped (if ctx.Err is
-// non-nil).
-//
-// The caller is responsible for checking cli.Error.
-func (cli *socketClient) queueRequest(ctx context.Context, req *types.Request, sync bool) (*ReqRes, error) {
+func (cli *socketClient) queueRequest(req *types.Request) *ReqRes {
 	reqres := NewReqRes(req)

-	if sync {
-		select {
-		case cli.reqQueue <- &reqResWithContext{R: reqres, C: context.Background()}:
-		case <-ctx.Done():
-			return nil, ctx.Err()
-		}
-	} else {
-		select {
-		case cli.reqQueue <- &reqResWithContext{R: reqres, C: ctx}:
-		default:
-			return nil, errors.New("buffer is full")
-		}
-	}
+	// TODO: set cli.err if reqQueue times out
+	cli.reqQueue <- reqres

 	// Maybe auto-flush, or unset auto-flush
 	switch req.Value.(type) {
@@ -500,41 +435,7 @@ func (cli *socketClient) queueRequest(ctx context.Context, req *types.Request, s
 		cli.flushTimer.Set()
 	}

-	return reqres, nil
-}
-
-func (cli *socketClient) queueRequestAsync(
-	ctx context.Context,
-	req *types.Request,
-) (*ReqRes, error) {
-
-	reqres, err := cli.queueRequest(ctx, req, false)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, queueErr(err)
-	}
-
-	return reqres, cli.Error()
-}
-
-func (cli *socketClient) queueRequestAndFlushSync(
-	ctx context.Context,
-	req *types.Request,
-) (*ReqRes, error) {
-
-	reqres, err := cli.queueRequest(ctx, req, true)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, queueErr(err)
-	}
-
-	if err := cli.FlushSync(ctx); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	return reqres, cli.Error()
-}
-
-func queueErr(e error) error {
-	return fmt.Errorf("can't queue req: %w", e)
+	return reqres
 }

 func (cli *socketClient) flushQueue() {
@@ -552,7 +453,7 @@ LOOP:
 	for {
 		select {
 		case reqres := <-cli.reqQueue:
-			reqres.R.Done()
+			reqres.Done()
 		default:
 			break LOOP
 		}
@@ -569,6 +470,8 @@ func resMatchesReq(req *types.Request, res *types.Response) (ok bool) {
 		_, ok = res.Value.(*types.Response_Flush)
 	case *types.Request_Info:
 		_, ok = res.Value.(*types.Response_Info)
+	case *types.Request_SetOption:
+		_, ok = res.Value.(*types.Response_SetOption)
 	case *types.Request_DeliverTx:
 		_, ok = res.Value.(*types.Response_DeliverTx)
 	case *types.Request_CheckTx:
@@ -601,10 +504,12 @@ func (cli *socketClient) stopForError(err error) {
 	}

 	cli.mtx.Lock()
-	cli.err = err
+	if cli.err == nil {
+		cli.err = err
+	}
 	cli.mtx.Unlock()

-	cli.Logger.Info("Stopping abci.socketClient", "reason", err)
+	cli.Logger.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Stopping abci.socketClient for error: %v", err.Error()))
 	if err := cli.Stop(); err != nil {
 		cli.Logger.Error("Error stopping abci.socketClient", "err", err)
 	}
--- a/abci/client/socket_client_test.go
+++ b/abci/client/socket_client_test.go
@@ -1,24 +1,20 @@
 package abcicli_test

 import (
-	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"testing"
 	"time"

-	"math/rand"
-
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"

 	abcicli "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/abci/client"
 	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/abci/server"
 	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/abci/types"
+	tmrand "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/rand"
 	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/service"
 )

-var ctx = context.Background()
-
 func TestProperSyncCalls(t *testing.T) {
 	app := slowApp{}

@@ -37,12 +33,11 @@ func TestProperSyncCalls(t *testing.T) {
 	resp := make(chan error, 1)
 	go func() {
 		// This is BeginBlockSync unrolled....
-		reqres, err := c.BeginBlockAsync(ctx, types.RequestBeginBlock{})
-		assert.NoError(t, err)
-		err = c.FlushSync(context.Background())
-		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		reqres := c.BeginBlockAsync(types.RequestBeginBlock{})
+		err := c.FlushSync()
+		require.NoError(t, err)
 		res := reqres.Response.GetBeginBlock()
-		assert.NotNil(t, res)
+		require.NotNil(t, res)
 		resp <- c.Error()
 	}()

@@ -73,16 +68,14 @@ func TestHangingSyncCalls(t *testing.T) {
 	resp := make(chan error, 1)
 	go func() {
 		// Start BeginBlock and flush it
-		reqres, err := c.BeginBlockAsync(ctx, types.RequestBeginBlock{})
-		assert.NoError(t, err)
-		flush, err := c.FlushAsync(ctx)
-		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		reqres := c.BeginBlockAsync(types.RequestBeginBlock{})
+		flush := c.FlushAsync()
 		// wait 20 ms for all events to travel socket, but
 		// no response yet from server
 		time.Sleep(20 * time.Millisecond)
 		// kill the server, so the connections break
-		err = s.Stop()
-		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		err := s.Stop()
+		require.NoError(t, err)

 		// wait for the response from BeginBlock
 		reqres.Wait()
@@ -102,7 +95,7 @@ func TestHangingSyncCalls(t *testing.T) {
 func setupClientServer(t *testing.T, app types.Application) (
 	service.Service, abcicli.Client) {
 	// some port between 20k and 30k
-	port := 20000 + rand.Int31()%10000
+	port := 20000 + tmrand.Int32()%10000
 	addr := fmt.Sprintf("localhost:%d", port)

 	s, err := server.NewServer(addr, "socket", app)
--- a/abci/cmd/abci-cli/abci-cli.go
+++ b/abci/cmd/abci-cli/abci-cli.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package main

 import (
 	"bufio"
-	"context"
 	"encoding/hex"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
@@ -17,6 +16,7 @@ import (

 	abcicli "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/abci/client"
 	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/abci/example/code"
+	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/abci/example/counter"
 	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/abci/example/kvstore"
 	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/abci/server"
 	servertest "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/abci/tests/server"
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ import (
 var (
 	client abcicli.Client
 	logger log.Logger
-
-	ctx = context.Background()
 )

 // flags
@@ -46,6 +44,9 @@ var (
 	flagHeight int
 	flagProve  bool

+	// counter
+	flagSerial bool
+
 	// kvstore
 	flagPersist string
 )
@@ -57,14 +58,19 @@ var RootCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	PersistentPreRunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {

 		switch cmd.Use {
-		case "kvstore", "version":
+		case "counter", "kvstore": // for the examples apps, don't pre-run
+			return nil
+		case "version": // skip running for version command
 			return nil
 		}

 		if logger == nil {
-			logger = log.MustNewDefaultLogger(log.LogFormatPlain, log.LogLevelInfo, false)
+			allowLevel, err := log.AllowLevel(flagLogLevel)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			logger = log.NewFilter(log.NewTMLogger(log.NewSyncWriter(os.Stdout)), allowLevel)
 		}
-
 		if client == nil {
 			var err error
 			client, err = abcicli.NewClient(flagAddress, flagAbci, false)
@@ -129,6 +135,10 @@ func addQueryFlags() {
 		"whether or not to return a merkle proof of the query result")
 }

+func addCounterFlags() {
+	counterCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&flagSerial, "serial", "", false, "enforce incrementing (serial) transactions")
+}
+
 func addKVStoreFlags() {
 	kvstoreCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&flagPersist, "persist", "", "", "directory to use for a database")
 }
@@ -138,6 +148,7 @@ func addCommands() {
 	RootCmd.AddCommand(consoleCmd)
 	RootCmd.AddCommand(echoCmd)
 	RootCmd.AddCommand(infoCmd)
+	RootCmd.AddCommand(setOptionCmd)
 	RootCmd.AddCommand(deliverTxCmd)
 	RootCmd.AddCommand(checkTxCmd)
 	RootCmd.AddCommand(commitCmd)
@@ -147,6 +158,8 @@ func addCommands() {
 	RootCmd.AddCommand(queryCmd)

 	// examples
+	addCounterFlags()
+	RootCmd.AddCommand(counterCmd)
 	addKVStoreFlags()
 	RootCmd.AddCommand(kvstoreCmd)
 }
@@ -163,6 +176,7 @@ you'd like to run:

 where example.file looks something like:

+    set_option serial on
    check_tx 0x00
    check_tx 0xff
    deliver_tx 0x00
@@ -184,7 +198,7 @@ This command opens an interactive console for running any of the other commands
 without opening a new connection each time
 `,
 	Args:      cobra.ExactArgs(0),
-	ValidArgs: []string{"echo", "info", "deliver_tx", "check_tx", "commit", "query"},
+	ValidArgs: []string{"echo", "info", "set_option", "deliver_tx", "check_tx", "commit", "query"},
 	RunE:      cmdConsole,
 }

@@ -202,6 +216,13 @@ var infoCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Args:  cobra.ExactArgs(0),
 	RunE:  cmdInfo,
 }
+var setOptionCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "set_option",
+	Short: "set an option on the application",
+	Long:  "set an option on the application",
+	Args:  cobra.ExactArgs(2),
+	RunE:  cmdSetOption,
+}

 var deliverTxCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "deliver_tx",
@@ -246,6 +267,14 @@ var queryCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	RunE:  cmdQuery,
 }

+var counterCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "counter",
+	Short: "ABCI demo example",
+	Long:  "ABCI demo example",
+	Args:  cobra.ExactArgs(0),
+	RunE:  cmdCounter,
+}
+
 var kvstoreCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "kvstore",
 	Short: "ABCI demo example",
@@ -295,6 +324,7 @@ func cmdTest(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	return compose(
 		[]func() error{
 			func() error { return servertest.InitChain(client) },
+			func() error { return servertest.SetOption(client, "serial", "on") },
 			func() error { return servertest.Commit(client, nil) },
 			func() error { return servertest.DeliverTx(client, []byte("abc"), code.CodeTypeBadNonce, nil) },
 			func() error { return servertest.Commit(client, nil) },
@@ -409,6 +439,8 @@ func muxOnCommands(cmd *cobra.Command, pArgs []string) error {
 		return cmdInfo(cmd, actualArgs)
 	case "query":
 		return cmdQuery(cmd, actualArgs)
+	case "set_option":
+		return cmdSetOption(cmd, actualArgs)
 	default:
 		return cmdUnimplemented(cmd, pArgs)
 	}
@@ -432,6 +464,7 @@ func cmdUnimplemented(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	fmt.Printf("%s: %s\n", deliverTxCmd.Use, deliverTxCmd.Short)
 	fmt.Printf("%s: %s\n", queryCmd.Use, queryCmd.Short)
 	fmt.Printf("%s: %s\n", commitCmd.Use, commitCmd.Short)
+	fmt.Printf("%s: %s\n", setOptionCmd.Use, setOptionCmd.Short)
 	fmt.Println("Use \"[command] --help\" for more information about a command.")

 	return nil
@@ -443,7 +476,7 @@ func cmdEcho(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	if len(args) > 0 {
 		msg = args[0]
 	}
-	res, err := client.EchoSync(ctx, msg)
+	res, err := client.EchoSync(msg)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -459,7 +492,7 @@ func cmdInfo(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	if len(args) == 1 {
 		version = args[0]
 	}
-	res, err := client.InfoSync(ctx, types.RequestInfo{Version: version})
+	res, err := client.InfoSync(types.RequestInfo{Version: version})
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -471,6 +504,25 @@ func cmdInfo(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {

 const codeBad uint32 = 10

+// Set an option on the application
+func cmdSetOption(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+	if len(args) < 2 {
+		printResponse(cmd, args, response{
+			Code: codeBad,
+			Log:  "want at least arguments of the form: <key> <value>",
+		})
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	key, val := args[0], args[1]
+	_, err := client.SetOptionSync(types.RequestSetOption{Key: key, Value: val})
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	printResponse(cmd, args, response{Log: "OK (SetOption doesn't return anything.)"}) // NOTE: Nothing to show...
+	return nil
+}
+
 // Append a new tx to application
 func cmdDeliverTx(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	if len(args) == 0 {
@@ -484,7 +536,7 @@ func cmdDeliverTx(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	res, err := client.DeliverTxSync(ctx, types.RequestDeliverTx{Tx: txBytes})
+	res, err := client.DeliverTxSync(types.RequestDeliverTx{Tx: txBytes})
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -510,7 +562,7 @@ func cmdCheckTx(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	res, err := client.CheckTxSync(ctx, types.RequestCheckTx{Tx: txBytes})
+	res, err := client.CheckTxSync(types.RequestCheckTx{Tx: txBytes})
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -525,7 +577,7 @@ func cmdCheckTx(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {

 // Get application Merkle root hash
 func cmdCommit(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-	res, err := client.CommitSync(ctx)
+	res, err := client.CommitSync()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -550,7 +602,7 @@ func cmdQuery(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		return err
 	}

-	resQuery, err := client.QuerySync(ctx, types.RequestQuery{
+	resQuery, err := client.QuerySync(types.RequestQuery{
 		Data:   queryBytes,
 		Path:   flagPath,
 		Height: int64(flagHeight),
@@ -573,8 +625,34 @@ func cmdQuery(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	return nil
 }

+func cmdCounter(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+	app := counter.NewApplication(flagSerial)
+	logger := log.NewTMLogger(log.NewSyncWriter(os.Stdout))
+
+	// Start the listener
+	srv, err := server.NewServer(flagAddress, flagAbci, app)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	srv.SetLogger(logger.With("module", "abci-server"))
+	if err := srv.Start(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// Stop upon receiving SIGTERM or CTRL-C.
+	tmos.TrapSignal(logger, func() {
+		// Cleanup
+		if err := srv.Stop(); err != nil {
+			logger.Error("Error while stopping server", "err", err)
+		}
+	})
+
+	// Run forever.
+	select {}
+}
+
 func cmdKVStore(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-	logger := log.MustNewDefaultLogger(log.LogFormatPlain, log.LogLevelInfo, false)
+	logger := log.NewTMLogger(log.NewSyncWriter(os.Stdout))

 	// Create the application - in memory or persisted to disk
 	var app types.Application
--- a/abci/example/counter/counter.go
+++ b/abci/example/counter/counter.go
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+package counter
+
+import (
+	"encoding/binary"
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/abci/example/code"
+	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/abci/types"
+)
+
+type Application struct {
+	types.BaseApplication
+
+	hashCount int
+	txCount   int
+	serial    bool
+}
+
+func NewApplication(serial bool) *Application {
+	return &Application{serial: serial}
+}
+
+func (app *Application) Info(req types.RequestInfo) types.ResponseInfo {
+	return types.ResponseInfo{Data: fmt.Sprintf("{\"hashes\":%v,\"txs\":%v}", app.hashCount, app.txCount)}
+}
+
+func (app *Application) SetOption(req types.RequestSetOption) types.ResponseSetOption {
+	key, value := req.Key, req.Value
+	if key == "serial" && value == "on" {
+		app.serial = true
+	} else {
+		/*
+			TODO Panic and have the ABCI server pass an exception.
+			The client can call SetOptionSync() and get an `error`.
+			return types.ResponseSetOption{
+				Error: fmt.Sprintf("Unknown key (%s) or value (%s)", key, value),
+			}
+		*/
+		return types.ResponseSetOption{}
+	}
+
+	return types.ResponseSetOption{}
+}
+
+func (app *Application) DeliverTx(req types.RequestDeliverTx) types.ResponseDeliverTx {
+	if app.serial {
+		if len(req.Tx) > 8 {
+			return types.ResponseDeliverTx{
+				Code: code.CodeTypeEncodingError,
+				Log:  fmt.Sprintf("Max tx size is 8 bytes, got %d", len(req.Tx))}
+		}
+		tx8 := make([]byte, 8)
+		copy(tx8[len(tx8)-len(req.Tx):], req.Tx)
+		txValue := binary.BigEndian.Uint64(tx8)
+		if txValue != uint64(app.txCount) {
+			return types.ResponseDeliverTx{
+				Code: code.CodeTypeBadNonce,
+				Log:  fmt.Sprintf("Invalid nonce. Expected %v, got %v", app.txCount, txValue)}
+		}
+	}
+	app.txCount++
+	return types.ResponseDeliverTx{Code: code.CodeTypeOK}
+}
+
+func (app *Application) CheckTx(req types.RequestCheckTx) types.ResponseCheckTx {
+	if app.serial {
+		if len(req.Tx) > 8 {
+			return types.ResponseCheckTx{
+				Code: code.CodeTypeEncodingError,
+				Log:  fmt.Sprintf("Max tx size is 8 bytes, got %d", len(req.Tx))}
+		}
+		tx8 := make([]byte, 8)
+		copy(tx8[len(tx8)-len(req.Tx):], req.Tx)
+		txValue := binary.BigEndian.Uint64(tx8)
+		if txValue < uint64(app.txCount) {
+			return types.ResponseCheckTx{
+				Code: code.CodeTypeBadNonce,
+				Log:  fmt.Sprintf("Invalid nonce. Expected >= %v, got %v", app.txCount, txValue)}
+		}
+	}
+	return types.ResponseCheckTx{Code: code.CodeTypeOK}
+}
+
+func (app *Application) Commit() (resp types.ResponseCommit) {
+	app.hashCount++
+	if app.txCount == 0 {
+		return types.ResponseCommit{}
+	}
+	hash := make([]byte, 8)
+	binary.BigEndian.PutUint64(hash, uint64(app.txCount))
+	return types.ResponseCommit{Data: hash}
+}
+
+func (app *Application) Query(reqQuery types.RequestQuery) types.ResponseQuery {
+	switch reqQuery.Path {
+	case "hash":
+		return types.ResponseQuery{Value: []byte(fmt.Sprintf("%v", app.hashCount))}
+	case "tx":
+		return types.ResponseQuery{Value: []byte(fmt.Sprintf("%v", app.txCount))}
+	default:
+		return types.ResponseQuery{Log: fmt.Sprintf("Invalid query path. Expected hash or tx, got %v", reqQuery.Path)}
+	}
+}
--- a/abci/example/example_test.go
+++ b/abci/example/example_test.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package example

 import (
-	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"math/rand"
 	"net"
@@ -14,6 +13,8 @@ import (

 	"google.golang.org/grpc"

+	"golang.org/x/net/context"
+
 	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/log"
 	tmnet "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/net"

@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ func TestGRPC(t *testing.T) {
 }

 func testStream(t *testing.T, app types.Application) {
-	const numDeliverTxs = 20000
+	numDeliverTxs := 20000
 	socketFile := fmt.Sprintf("test-%08x.sock", rand.Int31n(1<<30))
 	defer os.Remove(socketFile)
 	socket := fmt.Sprintf("unix://%v", socketFile)
@@ -52,8 +53,9 @@ func testStream(t *testing.T, app types.Application) {
 	// Start the listener
 	server := abciserver.NewSocketServer(socket, app)
 	server.SetLogger(log.TestingLogger().With("module", "abci-server"))
-	err := server.Start()
-	require.NoError(t, err)
+	if err := server.Start(); err != nil {
+		require.NoError(t, err, "Error starting socket server")
+	}
 	t.Cleanup(func() {
 		if err := server.Stop(); err != nil {
 			t.Error(err)
@@ -63,8 +65,9 @@ func testStream(t *testing.T, app types.Application) {
 	// Connect to the socket
 	client := abcicli.NewSocketClient(socket, false)
 	client.SetLogger(log.TestingLogger().With("module", "abci-client"))
-	err = client.Start()
-	require.NoError(t, err)
+	if err := client.Start(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Error starting socket client: %v", err.Error())
+	}
 	t.Cleanup(func() {
 		if err := client.Stop(); err != nil {
 			t.Error(err)
@@ -98,24 +101,22 @@ func testStream(t *testing.T, app types.Application) {
 		}
 	})

-	ctx := context.Background()
-
 	// Write requests
 	for counter := 0; counter < numDeliverTxs; counter++ {
 		// Send request
-		_, err = client.DeliverTxAsync(ctx, types.RequestDeliverTx{Tx: []byte("test")})
-		require.NoError(t, err)
+		reqRes := client.DeliverTxAsync(types.RequestDeliverTx{Tx: []byte("test")})
+		_ = reqRes
+		// check err ?

 		// Sometimes send flush messages
-		if counter%128 == 0 {
-			err = client.FlushSync(context.Background())
-			require.NoError(t, err)
+		if counter%123 == 0 {
+			client.FlushAsync()
+			// check err ?
 		}
 	}

 	// Send final flush message
-	_, err = client.FlushAsync(ctx)
-	require.NoError(t, err)
+	client.FlushAsync()

 	<-done
 }
--- a/abci/example/kvstore/helpers.go
+++ b/abci/example/kvstore/helpers.go
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 package kvstore

 import (
-	mrand "math/rand"
-
 	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/abci/types"
 	tmrand "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/rand"
 )
@@ -11,8 +9,7 @@ import (
 // from the input value
 func RandVal(i int) types.ValidatorUpdate {
 	pubkey := tmrand.Bytes(32)
-	// Random value between [0, 2^16 - 1]
-	power := mrand.Uint32() & (1<<16 - 1) // nolint:gosec // G404: Use of weak random number generator
+	power := tmrand.Uint16() + 1
 	v := types.UpdateValidator(pubkey, int64(power), "")
 	return v
 }
--- a/abci/example/kvstore/kvstore.go
+++ b/abci/example/kvstore/kvstore.go
@@ -87,16 +87,15 @@ func (app *Application) Info(req types.RequestInfo) (resInfo types.ResponseInfo)

 // tx is either "key=value" or just arbitrary bytes
 func (app *Application) DeliverTx(req types.RequestDeliverTx) types.ResponseDeliverTx {
-	var key, value string
-
+	var key, value []byte
 	parts := bytes.Split(req.Tx, []byte("="))
 	if len(parts) == 2 {
-		key, value = string(parts[0]), string(parts[1])
+		key, value = parts[0], parts[1]
 	} else {
-		key, value = string(req.Tx), string(req.Tx)
+		key, value = req.Tx, req.Tx
 	}

-	err := app.state.db.Set(prefixKey([]byte(key)), []byte(value))
+	err := app.state.db.Set(prefixKey(key), value)
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
@@ -106,10 +105,10 @@ func (app *Application) DeliverTx(req types.RequestDeliverTx) types.ResponseDeli
 		{
 			Type: "app",
 			Attributes: []types.EventAttribute{
-				{Key: "creator", Value: "Cosmoshi Netowoko", Index: true},
-				{Key: "key", Value: key, Index: true},
-				{Key: "index_key", Value: "index is working", Index: true},
-				{Key: "noindex_key", Value: "index is working", Index: false},
+				{Key: []byte("creator"), Value: []byte("Cosmoshi Netowoko"), Index: true},
+				{Key: []byte("key"), Value: key, Index: true},
+				{Key: []byte("index_key"), Value: []byte("index is working"), Index: true},
+				{Key: []byte("noindex_key"), Value: []byte("index is working"), Index: false},
 			},
 		},
 	}
--- a/abci/example/kvstore/kvstore_test.go
+++ b/abci/example/kvstore/kvstore_test.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package kvstore

 import (
-	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"sort"
@@ -24,8 +23,6 @@ const (
 	testValue = "def"
 )

-var ctx = context.Background()
-
 func testKVStore(t *testing.T, app types.Application, tx []byte, key, value string) {
 	req := types.RequestDeliverTx{Tx: tx}
 	ar := app.DeliverTx(req)
@@ -326,23 +323,23 @@ func runClientTests(t *testing.T, client abcicli.Client) {
 }

 func testClient(t *testing.T, app abcicli.Client, tx []byte, key, value string) {
-	ar, err := app.DeliverTxSync(ctx, types.RequestDeliverTx{Tx: tx})
+	ar, err := app.DeliverTxSync(types.RequestDeliverTx{Tx: tx})
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.False(t, ar.IsErr(), ar)
 	// repeating tx doesn't raise error
-	ar, err = app.DeliverTxSync(ctx, types.RequestDeliverTx{Tx: tx})
+	ar, err = app.DeliverTxSync(types.RequestDeliverTx{Tx: tx})
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.False(t, ar.IsErr(), ar)
 	// commit
-	_, err = app.CommitSync(ctx)
+	_, err = app.CommitSync()
 	require.NoError(t, err)

-	info, err := app.InfoSync(ctx, types.RequestInfo{})
+	info, err := app.InfoSync(types.RequestInfo{})
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.NotZero(t, info.LastBlockHeight)

 	// make sure query is fine
-	resQuery, err := app.QuerySync(ctx, types.RequestQuery{
+	resQuery, err := app.QuerySync(types.RequestQuery{
 		Path: "/store",
 		Data: []byte(key),
 	})
@@ -353,7 +350,7 @@ func testClient(t *testing.T, app abcicli.Client, tx []byte, key, value string)
 	require.EqualValues(t, info.LastBlockHeight, resQuery.Height)

 	// make sure proof is fine
-	resQuery, err = app.QuerySync(ctx, types.RequestQuery{
+	resQuery, err = app.QuerySync(types.RequestQuery{
 		Path:  "/store",
 		Data:  []byte(key),
 		Prove: true,
--- a/abci/example/kvstore/persistent_kvstore.go
+++ b/abci/example/kvstore/persistent_kvstore.go
@@ -51,10 +51,6 @@ func NewPersistentKVStoreApplication(dbDir string) *PersistentKVStoreApplication
 	}
 }

-func (app *PersistentKVStoreApplication) Close() error {
-	return app.app.state.db.Close()
-}
-
 func (app *PersistentKVStoreApplication) SetLogger(l log.Logger) {
 	app.logger = l
 }
@@ -66,6 +62,10 @@ func (app *PersistentKVStoreApplication) Info(req types.RequestInfo) types.Respo
 	return res
 }

+func (app *PersistentKVStoreApplication) SetOption(req types.RequestSetOption) types.ResponseSetOption {
+	return app.app.SetOption(req)
+}
+
 // tx is either "val:pubkey!power" or "key=value" or just arbitrary bytes
 func (app *PersistentKVStoreApplication) DeliverTx(req types.RequestDeliverTx) types.ResponseDeliverTx {
 	// if it starts with "val:", update the validator set
--- a/abci/server/socket_server.go
+++ b/abci/server/socket_server.go
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ import (
 	"runtime"

 	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/abci/types"
-	tmsync "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/internal/libs/sync"
 	tmlog "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/log"
 	tmnet "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/net"
 	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/service"
+	tmsync "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/sync"
 )

 // var maxNumberConnections = 2
@@ -200,6 +200,9 @@ func (s *SocketServer) handleRequest(req *types.Request, responses chan<- *types
 	case *types.Request_Info:
 		res := s.app.Info(*r.Info)
 		responses <- types.ToResponseInfo(res)
+	case *types.Request_SetOption:
+		res := s.app.SetOption(*r.SetOption)
+		responses <- types.ToResponseSetOption(res)
 	case *types.Request_DeliverTx:
 		res := s.app.DeliverTx(*r.DeliverTx)
 		responses <- types.ToResponseDeliverTx(res)
--- a/abci/tests/server/client.go
+++ b/abci/tests/server/client.go
@@ -2,28 +2,23 @@ package testsuite

 import (
 	"bytes"
-	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	mrand "math/rand"

 	abcicli "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/abci/client"
 	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/abci/types"
 	tmrand "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/rand"
 )

-var ctx = context.Background()
-
 func InitChain(client abcicli.Client) error {
 	total := 10
 	vals := make([]types.ValidatorUpdate, total)
 	for i := 0; i < total; i++ {
 		pubkey := tmrand.Bytes(33)
-		// nolint:gosec // G404: Use of weak random number generator
-		power := mrand.Int()
+		power := tmrand.Int()
 		vals[i] = types.UpdateValidator(pubkey, int64(power), "")
 	}
-	_, err := client.InitChainSync(ctx, types.RequestInitChain{
+	_, err := client.InitChainSync(types.RequestInitChain{
 		Validators: vals,
 	})
 	if err != nil {
@@ -34,8 +29,19 @@ func InitChain(client abcicli.Client) error {
 	return nil
 }

+func SetOption(client abcicli.Client, key, value string) error {
+	_, err := client.SetOptionSync(types.RequestSetOption{Key: key, Value: value})
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Println("Failed test: SetOption")
+		fmt.Printf("error while setting %v=%v: \nerror: %v\n", key, value, err)
+		return err
+	}
+	fmt.Println("Passed test: SetOption")
+	return nil
+}
+
 func Commit(client abcicli.Client, hashExp []byte) error {
-	res, err := client.CommitSync(ctx)
+	res, err := client.CommitSync()
 	data := res.Data
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Println("Failed test: Commit")
@@ -52,7 +58,7 @@ func Commit(client abcicli.Client, hashExp []byte) error {
 }

 func DeliverTx(client abcicli.Client, txBytes []byte, codeExp uint32, dataExp []byte) error {
-	res, _ := client.DeliverTxSync(ctx, types.RequestDeliverTx{Tx: txBytes})
+	res, _ := client.DeliverTxSync(types.RequestDeliverTx{Tx: txBytes})
 	code, data, log := res.Code, res.Data, res.Log
 	if code != codeExp {
 		fmt.Println("Failed test: DeliverTx")
@@ -71,7 +77,7 @@ func DeliverTx(client abcicli.Client, txBytes []byte, codeExp uint32, dataExp []
 }

 func CheckTx(client abcicli.Client, txBytes []byte, codeExp uint32, dataExp []byte) error {
-	res, _ := client.CheckTxSync(ctx, types.RequestCheckTx{Tx: txBytes})
+	res, _ := client.CheckTxSync(types.RequestCheckTx{Tx: txBytes})
 	code, data, log := res.Code, res.Data, res.Log
 	if code != codeExp {
 		fmt.Println("Failed test: CheckTx")
--- a/abci/tests/test_app/app.go
+++ b/abci/tests/test_app/app.go
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+
+	abcicli "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/abci/client"
+	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/abci/types"
+	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/log"
+)
+
+func startClient(abciType string) abcicli.Client {
+	// Start client
+	client, err := abcicli.NewClient("tcp://127.0.0.1:26658", abciType, true)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err.Error())
+	}
+	logger := log.NewTMLogger(log.NewSyncWriter(os.Stdout))
+	client.SetLogger(logger.With("module", "abcicli"))
+	if err := client.Start(); err != nil {
+		panicf("connecting to abci_app: %v", err.Error())
+	}
+
+	return client
+}
+
+func setOption(client abcicli.Client, key, value string) {
+	_, err := client.SetOptionSync(types.RequestSetOption{Key: key, Value: value})
+	if err != nil {
+		panicf("setting %v=%v: \nerr: %v", key, value, err)
+	}
+}
+
+func commit(client abcicli.Client, hashExp []byte) {
+	res, err := client.CommitSync()
+	if err != nil {
+		panicf("client error: %v", err)
+	}
+	if !bytes.Equal(res.Data, hashExp) {
+		panicf("Commit hash was unexpected. Got %X expected %X", res.Data, hashExp)
+	}
+}
+
+func deliverTx(client abcicli.Client, txBytes []byte, codeExp uint32, dataExp []byte) {
+	res, err := client.DeliverTxSync(types.RequestDeliverTx{Tx: txBytes})
+	if err != nil {
+		panicf("client error: %v", err)
+	}
+	if res.Code != codeExp {
+		panicf("DeliverTx response code was unexpected. Got %v expected %v. Log: %v", res.Code, codeExp, res.Log)
+	}
+	if !bytes.Equal(res.Data, dataExp) {
+		panicf("DeliverTx response data was unexpected. Got %X expected %X", res.Data, dataExp)
+	}
+}
+
+/*func checkTx(client abcicli.Client, txBytes []byte, codeExp uint32, dataExp []byte) {
+	res, err := client.CheckTxSync(txBytes)
+	if err != nil {
+		panicf("client error: %v", err)
+	}
+	if res.IsErr() {
+		panicf("checking tx %X: %v\nlog: %v", txBytes, res.Log)
+	}
+	if res.Code != codeExp {
+		panicf("CheckTx response code was unexpected. Got %v expected %v. Log: %v",
+			res.Code, codeExp, res.Log)
+	}
+	if !bytes.Equal(res.Data, dataExp) {
+		panicf("CheckTx response data was unexpected. Got %X expected %X",
+			res.Data, dataExp)
+	}
+}*/
+
+func panicf(format string, a ...interface{}) {
+	panic(fmt.Sprintf(format, a...))
+}
--- a/abci/tests/test_app/main.go
+++ b/abci/tests/test_app/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"log"
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/abci/example/code"
+	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/abci/types"
+)
+
+var abciType string
+
+func init() {
+	abciType = os.Getenv("ABCI")
+	if abciType == "" {
+		abciType = "socket"
+	}
+}
+
+func main() {
+	testCounter()
+}
+
+const (
+	maxABCIConnectTries = 10
+)
+
+func ensureABCIIsUp(typ string, n int) error {
+	var err error
+	cmdString := "abci-cli echo hello"
+	if typ == "grpc" {
+		cmdString = "abci-cli --abci grpc echo hello"
+	}
+
+	for i := 0; i < n; i++ {
+		cmd := exec.Command("bash", "-c", cmdString)
+		_, err = cmd.CombinedOutput()
+		if err == nil {
+			break
+		}
+		<-time.After(500 * time.Millisecond)
+	}
+	return err
+}
+
+func testCounter() {
+	abciApp := os.Getenv("ABCI_APP")
+	if abciApp == "" {
+		panic("No ABCI_APP specified")
+	}
+
+	fmt.Printf("Running %s test with abci=%s\n", abciApp, abciType)
+	subCommand := fmt.Sprintf("abci-cli %s", abciApp)
+	cmd := exec.Command("bash", "-c", subCommand)
+	cmd.Stdout = os.Stdout
+	if err := cmd.Start(); err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("starting %q err: %v", abciApp, err)
+	}
+	defer func() {
+		if err := cmd.Process.Kill(); err != nil {
+			log.Printf("error on process kill: %v", err)
+		}
+		if err := cmd.Wait(); err != nil {
+			log.Printf("error while waiting for cmd to exit: %v", err)
+		}
+	}()
+
+	if err := ensureABCIIsUp(abciType, maxABCIConnectTries); err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("echo failed: %v", err) //nolint:gocritic
+	}
+
+	client := startClient(abciType)
+	defer func() {
+		if err := client.Stop(); err != nil {
+			log.Printf("error trying client stop: %v", err)
+		}
+	}()
+
+	setOption(client, "serial", "on")
+	commit(client, nil)
+	deliverTx(client, []byte("abc"), code.CodeTypeBadNonce, nil)
+	commit(client, nil)
+	deliverTx(client, []byte{0x00}, types.CodeTypeOK, nil)
+	commit(client, []byte{0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1})
+	deliverTx(client, []byte{0x00}, code.CodeTypeBadNonce, nil)
+	deliverTx(client, []byte{0x01}, types.CodeTypeOK, nil)
+	deliverTx(client, []byte{0x00, 0x02}, types.CodeTypeOK, nil)
+	deliverTx(client, []byte{0x00, 0x03}, types.CodeTypeOK, nil)
+	deliverTx(client, []byte{0x00, 0x00, 0x04}, types.CodeTypeOK, nil)
+	deliverTx(client, []byte{0x00, 0x00, 0x06}, code.CodeTypeBadNonce, nil)
+	commit(client, []byte{0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 5})
+}
--- a/abci/tests/test_app/test.sh
+++ b/abci/tests/test_app/test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#! /bin/bash
+set -e
+
+# These tests spawn the counter app and server by execing the ABCI_APP command and run some simple client tests against it
+
+# Get the directory of where this script is.
+export PATH="$GOBIN:$PATH"
+SOURCE="${BASH_SOURCE[0]}"
+while [ -h "$SOURCE" ] ; do SOURCE="$(readlink "$SOURCE")"; done
+DIR="$( cd -P "$( dirname "$SOURCE" )" && pwd )"
+
+# Change into that dir because we expect that.
+cd "$DIR"
+
+echo "RUN COUNTER OVER SOCKET"
+# test golang counter
+ABCI_APP="counter" go run -mod=readonly ./*.go
+echo "----------------------"
+
+
+echo "RUN COUNTER OVER GRPC"
+# test golang counter via grpc
+ABCI_APP="counter --abci=grpc" ABCI="grpc" go run -mod=readonly ./*.go
+echo "----------------------"
+
+# test nodejs counter
+# TODO: fix node app
+#ABCI_APP="node $GOPATH/src/github.com/tendermint/js-abci/example/app.js" go test -test.run TestCounter
--- a/abci/tests/test_cli/ex2.abci
+++ b/abci/tests/test_cli/ex2.abci
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+set_option serial on
 check_tx 0x00
 check_tx 0xff
 deliver_tx 0x00
--- a/abci/tests/test_cli/ex2.abci.out
+++ b/abci/tests/test_cli/ex2.abci.out
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+> set_option serial on
+-> code: OK
+-> log: OK (SetOption doesn't return anything.)
+
 > check_tx 0x00
 -> code: OK

@@ -8,16 +12,18 @@
 -> code: OK

 > check_tx 0x00
-> code: OK
+-> code: 2
+-> log: Invalid nonce. Expected >= 1, got 0

 > deliver_tx 0x01
 -> code: OK

 > deliver_tx 0x04
-> code: OK
+-> code: 2
+-> log: Invalid nonce. Expected 2, got 4

 > info 
 -> code: OK
-> data: {"hashes":0,"txs":3}
-> data.hex: 0x7B22686173686573223A302C22747873223A337D
+-> data: {"hashes":0,"txs":2}
+-> data.hex: 0x7B22686173686573223A302C22747873223A327D

--- a/abci/tests/test_cli/test.sh
+++ b/abci/tests/test_cli/test.sh
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ function testExample() {
 }

 testExample 1 tests/test_cli/ex1.abci abci-cli kvstore
+testExample 2 tests/test_cli/ex2.abci abci-cli counter

 echo ""
 echo "PASS"
--- a/abci/types/application.go
+++ b/abci/types/application.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package types

 import (
-	"context"
+	context "golang.org/x/net/context"
 )

 // Application is an interface that enables any finite, deterministic state machine
@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@ import (
 // except CheckTx/DeliverTx, which take `tx []byte`, and `Commit`, which takes nothing.
 type Application interface {
 	// Info/Query Connection
-	Info(RequestInfo) ResponseInfo    // Return application info
-	Query(RequestQuery) ResponseQuery // Query for state
+	Info(RequestInfo) ResponseInfo                // Return application info
+	SetOption(RequestSetOption) ResponseSetOption // Set application option
+	Query(RequestQuery) ResponseQuery             // Query for state

 	// Mempool Connection
 	CheckTx(RequestCheckTx) ResponseCheckTx // Validate a tx for the mempool
@@ -46,6 +47,10 @@ func (BaseApplication) Info(req RequestInfo) ResponseInfo {
 	return ResponseInfo{}
 }

+func (BaseApplication) SetOption(req RequestSetOption) ResponseSetOption {
+	return ResponseSetOption{}
+}
+
 func (BaseApplication) DeliverTx(req RequestDeliverTx) ResponseDeliverTx {
 	return ResponseDeliverTx{Code: CodeTypeOK}
 }
@@ -114,6 +119,11 @@ func (app *GRPCApplication) Info(ctx context.Context, req *RequestInfo) (*Respon
 	return &res, nil
 }

+func (app *GRPCApplication) SetOption(ctx context.Context, req *RequestSetOption) (*ResponseSetOption, error) {
+	res := app.app.SetOption(*req)
+	return &res, nil
+}
+
 func (app *GRPCApplication) DeliverTx(ctx context.Context, req *RequestDeliverTx) (*ResponseDeliverTx, error) {
 	res := app.app.DeliverTx(*req)
 	return &res, nil
--- a/abci/types/messages.go
+++ b/abci/types/messages.go
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 package types

 import (
+	"bufio"
+	"encoding/binary"
 	"io"

 	"github.com/gogo/protobuf/proto"
-	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/internal/libs/protoio"
 )

 const (
@@ -13,15 +14,57 @@ const (

 // WriteMessage writes a varint length-delimited protobuf message.
 func WriteMessage(msg proto.Message, w io.Writer) error {
-	protoWriter := protoio.NewDelimitedWriter(w)
-	_, err := protoWriter.WriteMsg(msg)
-	return err
+	bz, err := proto.Marshal(msg)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return encodeByteSlice(w, bz)
 }

 // ReadMessage reads a varint length-delimited protobuf message.
 func ReadMessage(r io.Reader, msg proto.Message) error {
-	_, err := protoio.NewDelimitedReader(r, maxMsgSize).ReadMsg(msg)
-	return err
+	return readProtoMsg(r, msg, maxMsgSize)
+}
+
+func readProtoMsg(r io.Reader, msg proto.Message, maxSize int) error {
+	// binary.ReadVarint takes an io.ByteReader, eg. a bufio.Reader
+	reader, ok := r.(*bufio.Reader)
+	if !ok {
+		reader = bufio.NewReader(r)
+	}
+	length64, err := binary.ReadVarint(reader)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	length := int(length64)
+	if length < 0 || length > maxSize {
+		return io.ErrShortBuffer
+	}
+	buf := make([]byte, length)
+	if _, err := io.ReadFull(reader, buf); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return proto.Unmarshal(buf, msg)
+}
+
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+// NOTE: we copied wire.EncodeByteSlice from go-wire rather than keep
+// go-wire as a dep
+
+func encodeByteSlice(w io.Writer, bz []byte) (err error) {
+	err = encodeVarint(w, int64(len(bz)))
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	_, err = w.Write(bz)
+	return
+}
+
+func encodeVarint(w io.Writer, i int64) (err error) {
+	var buf [10]byte
+	n := binary.PutVarint(buf[:], i)
+	_, err = w.Write(buf[0:n])
+	return
 }

 //----------------------------------------
@@ -44,6 +87,12 @@ func ToRequestInfo(req RequestInfo) *Request {
 	}
 }

+func ToRequestSetOption(req RequestSetOption) *Request {
+	return &Request{
+		Value: &Request_SetOption{&req},
+	}
+}
+
 func ToRequestDeliverTx(req RequestDeliverTx) *Request {
 	return &Request{
 		Value: &Request_DeliverTx{&req},
@@ -135,6 +184,13 @@ func ToResponseInfo(res ResponseInfo) *Response {
 		Value: &Response_Info{&res},
 	}
 }
+
+func ToResponseSetOption(res ResponseSetOption) *Response {
+	return &Response{
+		Value: &Response_SetOption{&res},
+	}
+}
+
 func ToResponseDeliverTx(res ResponseDeliverTx) *Response {
 	return &Response{
 		Value: &Response_DeliverTx{&res},
--- a/abci/types/messages_test.go
+++ b/abci/types/messages_test.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ func TestMarshalJSON(t *testing.T) {
 			{
 				Type: "testEvent",
 				Attributes: []EventAttribute{
-					{Key: "pho", Value: "bo"},
+					{Key: []byte("pho"), Value: []byte("bo")},
 				},
 			},
 		},
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ func TestWriteReadMessage2(t *testing.T) {
 				{
 					Type: "testEvent",
 					Attributes: []EventAttribute{
-						{Key: "abc", Value: "def"},
+						{Key: []byte("abc"), Value: []byte("def")},
 					},
 				},
 			},
--- a/abci/types/pubkey.go
+++ b/abci/types/pubkey.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/crypto/ed25519"
 	cryptoenc "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/crypto/encoding"
 	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/crypto/secp256k1"
-	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/crypto/sr25519"
 )

 func Ed25519ValidatorUpdate(pk []byte, power int64) ValidatorUpdate {
@@ -18,6 +17,7 @@ func Ed25519ValidatorUpdate(pk []byte, power int64) ValidatorUpdate {
 	}

 	return ValidatorUpdate{
+		// Address:
 		PubKey: pkp,
 		Power:  power,
 	}
@@ -34,16 +34,7 @@ func UpdateValidator(pk []byte, power int64, keyType string) ValidatorUpdate {
 			panic(err)
 		}
 		return ValidatorUpdate{
-			PubKey: pkp,
-			Power:  power,
-		}
-	case sr25519.KeyType:
-		pke := sr25519.PubKey(pk)
-		pkp, err := cryptoenc.PubKeyToProto(pke)
-		if err != nil {
-			panic(err)
-		}
-		return ValidatorUpdate{
+			// Address:
 			PubKey: pkp,
 			Power:  power,
 		}
--- a/abci/types/result.go
+++ b/abci/types/result.go
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ func (r ResponseQuery) IsErr() bool {
 }

 //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// override JSON marshaling so we emit defaults (ie. disable omitempty)
+// override JSON marshalling so we emit defaults (ie. disable omitempty)

 var (
 	jsonpbMarshaller = jsonpb.Marshaler{
@@ -52,6 +52,16 @@ var (
 	jsonpbUnmarshaller = jsonpb.Unmarshaler{}
 )

+func (r *ResponseSetOption) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
+	s, err := jsonpbMarshaller.MarshalToString(r)
+	return []byte(s), err
+}
+
+func (r *ResponseSetOption) UnmarshalJSON(b []byte) error {
+	reader := bytes.NewBuffer(b)
+	return jsonpbUnmarshaller.Unmarshal(reader, r)
+}
+
 func (r *ResponseCheckTx) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
 	s, err := jsonpbMarshaller.MarshalToString(r)
 	return []byte(s), err
@@ -116,5 +126,6 @@ var _ jsonRoundTripper = (*ResponseCommit)(nil)
 var _ jsonRoundTripper = (*ResponseQuery)(nil)
 var _ jsonRoundTripper = (*ResponseDeliverTx)(nil)
 var _ jsonRoundTripper = (*ResponseCheckTx)(nil)
+var _ jsonRoundTripper = (*ResponseSetOption)(nil)

 var _ jsonRoundTripper = (*EventAttribute)(nil)
--- a/abci/types/types.pb.go
+++ b/abci/types/types.pb.go
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+version: 1.0.{build}
+configuration: Release
+platform:
+- x64
+- x86
+clone_folder: c:\go\path\src\github.com\tendermint\tendermint
+before_build:
+- cmd: set GOPATH=%GOROOT%\path
+- cmd: set PATH=%GOPATH%\bin;%PATH%
+build_script:
+- cmd: make test
+test: off
--- a/internal/blocksync/v2/internal/behavior/doc.go
+++ b/internal/blocksync/v2/internal/behavior/doc.go
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 /*
-Package Behavior provides a mechanism for reactors to report behavior of peers.
+Package Behaviour provides a mechanism for reactors to report behaviour of peers.

-Instead of a reactor calling the switch directly it will call the behavior module which will
+Instead of a reactor calling the switch directly it will call the behaviour module which will
 handle the stoping and marking peer as good on behalf of the reactor.

-There are four different behaviors a reactor can report.
+There are four different behaviours a reactor can report.

 1. bad message

@@ -39,4 +39,4 @@ type blockPart struct {
 This message will request the peer be marked as good

 */
-package behavior
+package behaviour
--- a/behaviour/peer_behaviour.go
+++ b/behaviour/peer_behaviour.go
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+package behaviour
+
+import (
+	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/p2p"
+)
+
+// PeerBehaviour is a struct describing a behaviour a peer performed.
+// `peerID` identifies the peer and reason characterizes the specific
+// behaviour performed by the peer.
+type PeerBehaviour struct {
+	peerID p2p.ID
+	reason interface{}
+}
+
+type badMessage struct {
+	explanation string
+}
+
+// BadMessage returns a badMessage PeerBehaviour.
+func BadMessage(peerID p2p.ID, explanation string) PeerBehaviour {
+	return PeerBehaviour{peerID: peerID, reason: badMessage{explanation}}
+}
+
+type messageOutOfOrder struct {
+	explanation string
+}
+
+// MessageOutOfOrder returns a messagOutOfOrder PeerBehaviour.
+func MessageOutOfOrder(peerID p2p.ID, explanation string) PeerBehaviour {
+	return PeerBehaviour{peerID: peerID, reason: messageOutOfOrder{explanation}}
+}
+
+type consensusVote struct {
+	explanation string
+}
+
+// ConsensusVote returns a consensusVote PeerBehaviour.
+func ConsensusVote(peerID p2p.ID, explanation string) PeerBehaviour {
+	return PeerBehaviour{peerID: peerID, reason: consensusVote{explanation}}
+}
+
+type blockPart struct {
+	explanation string
+}
+
+// BlockPart returns blockPart PeerBehaviour.
+func BlockPart(peerID p2p.ID, explanation string) PeerBehaviour {
+	return PeerBehaviour{peerID: peerID, reason: blockPart{explanation}}
+}
--- a/internal/blocksync/v2/internal/behavior/reporter.go
+++ b/internal/blocksync/v2/internal/behavior/reporter.go
@@ -1,20 +1,19 @@
-package behavior
+package behaviour

 import (
 	"errors"

-	tmsync "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/internal/libs/sync"
-	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/internal/p2p"
-	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/types"
+	tmsync "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/sync"
+	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/p2p"
 )

-// Reporter provides an interface for reactors to report the behavior
+// Reporter provides an interface for reactors to report the behaviour
 // of peers synchronously to other components.
 type Reporter interface {
-	Report(behavior PeerBehavior) error
+	Report(behaviour PeerBehaviour) error
 }

-// SwitchReporter reports peer behavior to an internal Switch.
+// SwitchReporter reports peer behaviour to an internal Switch.
 type SwitchReporter struct {
 	sw *p2p.Switch
 }
@@ -26,14 +25,14 @@ func NewSwitchReporter(sw *p2p.Switch) *SwitchReporter {
 	}
 }

-// Report reports the behavior of a peer to the Switch.
-func (spbr *SwitchReporter) Report(behavior PeerBehavior) error {
-	peer := spbr.sw.Peers().Get(behavior.peerID)
+// Report reports the behaviour of a peer to the Switch.
+func (spbr *SwitchReporter) Report(behaviour PeerBehaviour) error {
+	peer := spbr.sw.Peers().Get(behaviour.peerID)
 	if peer == nil {
 		return errors.New("peer not found")
 	}

-	switch reason := behavior.reason.(type) {
+	switch reason := behaviour.reason.(type) {
 	case consensusVote, blockPart:
 		spbr.sw.MarkPeerAsGood(peer)
 	case badMessage:
@@ -49,39 +48,39 @@ func (spbr *SwitchReporter) Report(behavior PeerBehavior) error {

 // MockReporter is a concrete implementation of the Reporter
 // interface used in reactor tests to ensure reactors report the correct
-// behavior in manufactured scenarios.
+// behaviour in manufactured scenarios.
 type MockReporter struct {
 	mtx tmsync.RWMutex
-	pb  map[types.NodeID][]PeerBehavior
+	pb  map[p2p.ID][]PeerBehaviour
 }

 // NewMockReporter returns a Reporter which records all reported
-// behaviors in memory.
+// behaviours in memory.
 func NewMockReporter() *MockReporter {
 	return &MockReporter{
-		pb: map[types.NodeID][]PeerBehavior{},
+		pb: map[p2p.ID][]PeerBehaviour{},
 	}
 }

-// Report stores the PeerBehavior produced by the peer identified by peerID.
-func (mpbr *MockReporter) Report(behavior PeerBehavior) error {
+// Report stores the PeerBehaviour produced by the peer identified by peerID.
+func (mpbr *MockReporter) Report(behaviour PeerBehaviour) error {
 	mpbr.mtx.Lock()
 	defer mpbr.mtx.Unlock()
-	mpbr.pb[behavior.peerID] = append(mpbr.pb[behavior.peerID], behavior)
+	mpbr.pb[behaviour.peerID] = append(mpbr.pb[behaviour.peerID], behaviour)

 	return nil
 }

-// GetBehaviors returns all behaviors reported on the peer identified by peerID.
-func (mpbr *MockReporter) GetBehaviors(peerID types.NodeID) []PeerBehavior {
+// GetBehaviours returns all behaviours reported on the peer identified by peerID.
+func (mpbr *MockReporter) GetBehaviours(peerID p2p.ID) []PeerBehaviour {
 	mpbr.mtx.RLock()
 	defer mpbr.mtx.RUnlock()
 	if items, ok := mpbr.pb[peerID]; ok {
-		result := make([]PeerBehavior, len(items))
+		result := make([]PeerBehaviour, len(items))
 		copy(result, items)

 		return result
 	}

-	return []PeerBehavior{}
+	return []PeerBehaviour{}
 }
--- a/behaviour/reporter_test.go
+++ b/behaviour/reporter_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,205 @@
+package behaviour_test
+
+import (
+	"sync"
+	"testing"
+
+	bh "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/behaviour"
+	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/p2p"
+)
+
+// TestMockReporter tests the MockReporter's ability to store reported
+// peer behaviour in memory indexed by the peerID.
+func TestMockReporter(t *testing.T) {
+	var peerID p2p.ID = "MockPeer"
+	pr := bh.NewMockReporter()
+
+	behaviours := pr.GetBehaviours(peerID)
+	if len(behaviours) != 0 {
+		t.Error("Expected to have no behaviours reported")
+	}
+
+	badMessage := bh.BadMessage(peerID, "bad message")
+	if err := pr.Report(badMessage); err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+	behaviours = pr.GetBehaviours(peerID)
+	if len(behaviours) != 1 {
+		t.Error("Expected the peer have one reported behaviour")
+	}
+
+	if behaviours[0] != badMessage {
+		t.Error("Expected Bad Message to have been reported")
+	}
+}
+
+type scriptItem struct {
+	peerID    p2p.ID
+	behaviour bh.PeerBehaviour
+}
+
+// equalBehaviours returns true if a and b contain the same PeerBehaviours with
+// the same freequencies and otherwise false.
+func equalBehaviours(a []bh.PeerBehaviour, b []bh.PeerBehaviour) bool {
+	aHistogram := map[bh.PeerBehaviour]int{}
+	bHistogram := map[bh.PeerBehaviour]int{}
+
+	for _, behaviour := range a {
+		aHistogram[behaviour]++
+	}
+
+	for _, behaviour := range b {
+		bHistogram[behaviour]++
+	}
+
+	if len(aHistogram) != len(bHistogram) {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	for _, behaviour := range a {
+		if aHistogram[behaviour] != bHistogram[behaviour] {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+
+	for _, behaviour := range b {
+		if bHistogram[behaviour] != aHistogram[behaviour] {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+
+	return true
+}
+
+// TestEqualPeerBehaviours tests that equalBehaviours can tell that two slices
+// of peer behaviours can be compared for the behaviours they contain and the
+// freequencies that those behaviours occur.
+func TestEqualPeerBehaviours(t *testing.T) {
+	var (
+		peerID        p2p.ID = "MockPeer"
+		consensusVote        = bh.ConsensusVote(peerID, "voted")
+		blockPart            = bh.BlockPart(peerID, "blocked")
+		equals               = []struct {
+			left  []bh.PeerBehaviour
+			right []bh.PeerBehaviour
+		}{
+			// Empty sets
+			{[]bh.PeerBehaviour{}, []bh.PeerBehaviour{}},
+			// Single behaviours
+			{[]bh.PeerBehaviour{consensusVote}, []bh.PeerBehaviour{consensusVote}},
+			// Equal Frequencies
+			{[]bh.PeerBehaviour{consensusVote, consensusVote},
+				[]bh.PeerBehaviour{consensusVote, consensusVote}},
+			// Equal frequencies different orders
+			{[]bh.PeerBehaviour{consensusVote, blockPart},
+				[]bh.PeerBehaviour{blockPart, consensusVote}},
+		}
+		unequals = []struct {
+			left  []bh.PeerBehaviour
+			right []bh.PeerBehaviour
+		}{
+			// Comparing empty sets to non empty sets
+			{[]bh.PeerBehaviour{}, []bh.PeerBehaviour{consensusVote}},
+			// Different behaviours
+			{[]bh.PeerBehaviour{consensusVote}, []bh.PeerBehaviour{blockPart}},
+			// Same behaviour with different frequencies
+			{[]bh.PeerBehaviour{consensusVote},
+				[]bh.PeerBehaviour{consensusVote, consensusVote}},
+		}
+	)
+
+	for _, test := range equals {
+		if !equalBehaviours(test.left, test.right) {
+			t.Errorf("expected %#v and %#v to be equal", test.left, test.right)
+		}
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range unequals {
+		if equalBehaviours(test.left, test.right) {
+			t.Errorf("expected %#v and %#v to be unequal", test.left, test.right)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// TestPeerBehaviourConcurrency constructs a scenario in which
+// multiple goroutines are using the same MockReporter instance.
+// This test reproduces the conditions in which MockReporter will
+// be used within a Reactor `Receive` method tests to ensure thread safety.
+func TestMockPeerBehaviourReporterConcurrency(t *testing.T) {
+	var (
+		behaviourScript = []struct {
+			peerID     p2p.ID
+			behaviours []bh.PeerBehaviour
+		}{
+			{"1", []bh.PeerBehaviour{bh.ConsensusVote("1", "")}},
+			{"2", []bh.PeerBehaviour{bh.ConsensusVote("2", ""), bh.ConsensusVote("2", ""), bh.ConsensusVote("2", "")}},
+			{
+				"3",
+				[]bh.PeerBehaviour{bh.BlockPart("3", ""),
+					bh.ConsensusVote("3", ""),
+					bh.BlockPart("3", ""),
+					bh.ConsensusVote("3", "")}},
+			{
+				"4",
+				[]bh.PeerBehaviour{bh.ConsensusVote("4", ""),
+					bh.ConsensusVote("4", ""),
+					bh.ConsensusVote("4", ""),
+					bh.ConsensusVote("4", "")}},
+			{
+				"5",
+				[]bh.PeerBehaviour{bh.BlockPart("5", ""),
+					bh.ConsensusVote("5", ""),
+					bh.BlockPart("5", ""),
+					bh.ConsensusVote("5", "")}},
+		}
+	)
+
+	var receiveWg sync.WaitGroup
+	pr := bh.NewMockReporter()
+	scriptItems := make(chan scriptItem)
+	done := make(chan int)
+	numConsumers := 3
+	for i := 0; i < numConsumers; i++ {
+		receiveWg.Add(1)
+		go func() {
+			defer receiveWg.Done()
+			for {
+				select {
+				case pb := <-scriptItems:
+					if err := pr.Report(pb.behaviour); err != nil {
+						t.Error(err)
+					}
+				case <-done:
+					return
+				}
+			}
+		}()
+	}
+
+	var sendingWg sync.WaitGroup
+	sendingWg.Add(1)
+	go func() {
+		defer sendingWg.Done()
+		for _, item := range behaviourScript {
+			for _, reason := range item.behaviours {
+				scriptItems <- scriptItem{item.peerID, reason}
+			}
+		}
+	}()
+
+	sendingWg.Wait()
+
+	for i := 0; i < numConsumers; i++ {
+		done <- 1
+	}
+
+	receiveWg.Wait()
+
+	for _, items := range behaviourScript {
+		reported := pr.GetBehaviours(items.peerID)
+		if !equalBehaviours(reported, items.behaviours) {
+			t.Errorf("expected peer %s to have behaved \nExpected: %#v \nGot %#v \n",
+				items.peerID, items.behaviours, reported)
+		}
+	}
+}
--- a/blockchain/msgs.go
+++ b/blockchain/msgs.go
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+package blockchain
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/gogo/protobuf/proto"
+
+	bcproto "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/proto/tendermint/blockchain"
+	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/types"
+)
+
+const (
+	// NOTE: keep up to date with bcproto.BlockResponse
+	BlockResponseMessagePrefixSize   = 4
+	BlockResponseMessageFieldKeySize = 1
+	MaxMsgSize                       = types.MaxBlockSizeBytes +
+		BlockResponseMessagePrefixSize +
+		BlockResponseMessageFieldKeySize
+)
+
+// EncodeMsg encodes a Protobuf message
+func EncodeMsg(pb proto.Message) ([]byte, error) {
+	msg := bcproto.Message{}
+
+	switch pb := pb.(type) {
+	case *bcproto.BlockRequest:
+		msg.Sum = &bcproto.Message_BlockRequest{BlockRequest: pb}
+	case *bcproto.BlockResponse:
+		msg.Sum = &bcproto.Message_BlockResponse{BlockResponse: pb}
+	case *bcproto.NoBlockResponse:
+		msg.Sum = &bcproto.Message_NoBlockResponse{NoBlockResponse: pb}
+	case *bcproto.StatusRequest:
+		msg.Sum = &bcproto.Message_StatusRequest{StatusRequest: pb}
+	case *bcproto.StatusResponse:
+		msg.Sum = &bcproto.Message_StatusResponse{StatusResponse: pb}
+	default:
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unknown message type %T", pb)
+	}
+
+	bz, err := proto.Marshal(&msg)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to marshal %T: %w", pb, err)
+	}
+
+	return bz, nil
+}
+
+// DecodeMsg decodes a Protobuf message.
+func DecodeMsg(bz []byte) (proto.Message, error) {
+	pb := &bcproto.Message{}
+
+	err := proto.Unmarshal(bz, pb)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	switch msg := pb.Sum.(type) {
+	case *bcproto.Message_BlockRequest:
+		return msg.BlockRequest, nil
+	case *bcproto.Message_BlockResponse:
+		return msg.BlockResponse, nil
+	case *bcproto.Message_NoBlockResponse:
+		return msg.NoBlockResponse, nil
+	case *bcproto.Message_StatusRequest:
+		return msg.StatusRequest, nil
+	case *bcproto.Message_StatusResponse:
+		return msg.StatusResponse, nil
+	default:
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unknown message type %T", msg)
+	}
+}
+
+// ValidateMsg validates a message.
+func ValidateMsg(pb proto.Message) error {
+	if pb == nil {
+		return errors.New("message cannot be nil")
+	}
+
+	switch msg := pb.(type) {
+	case *bcproto.BlockRequest:
+		if msg.Height < 0 {
+			return errors.New("negative Height")
+		}
+	case *bcproto.BlockResponse:
+		_, err := types.BlockFromProto(msg.Block)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	case *bcproto.NoBlockResponse:
+		if msg.Height < 0 {
+			return errors.New("negative Height")
+		}
+	case *bcproto.StatusResponse:
+		if msg.Base < 0 {
+			return errors.New("negative Base")
+		}
+		if msg.Height < 0 {
+			return errors.New("negative Height")
+		}
+		if msg.Base > msg.Height {
+			return fmt.Errorf("base %v cannot be greater than height %v", msg.Base, msg.Height)
+		}
+	case *bcproto.StatusRequest:
+		return nil
+	default:
+		return fmt.Errorf("unknown message type %T", msg)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
--- a/proto/tendermint/blocksync/message_test.go
+++ b/proto/tendermint/blocksync/message_test.go
@@ -1,18 +1,19 @@
-package blocksync_test
+package blockchain

 import (
 	"encoding/hex"
-	math "math"
+	"math"
 	"testing"

-	proto "github.com/gogo/protobuf/proto"
+	"github.com/gogo/protobuf/proto"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"

-	bcproto "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/proto/tendermint/blocksync"
+	bcproto "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/proto/tendermint/blockchain"
 	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/types"
 )

-func TestBlockRequest_Validate(t *testing.T) {
+func TestBcBlockRequestMessageValidateBasic(t *testing.T) {
 	testCases := []struct {
 		testName      string
 		requestHeight int64
@@ -26,15 +27,13 @@ func TestBlockRequest_Validate(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, tc := range testCases {
 		tc := tc
 		t.Run(tc.testName, func(t *testing.T) {
-			msg := &bcproto.Message{}
-			require.NoError(t, msg.Wrap(&bcproto.BlockRequest{Height: tc.requestHeight}))
-
-			require.Equal(t, tc.expectErr, msg.Validate() != nil)
+			request := bcproto.BlockRequest{Height: tc.requestHeight}
+			assert.Equal(t, tc.expectErr, ValidateMsg(&request) != nil, "Validate Basic had an unexpected result")
 		})
 	}
 }

-func TestNoBlockResponse_Validate(t *testing.T) {
+func TestBcNoBlockResponseMessageValidateBasic(t *testing.T) {
 	testCases := []struct {
 		testName          string
 		nonResponseHeight int64
@@ -48,21 +47,18 @@ func TestNoBlockResponse_Validate(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, tc := range testCases {
 		tc := tc
 		t.Run(tc.testName, func(t *testing.T) {
-			msg := &bcproto.Message{}
-			require.NoError(t, msg.Wrap(&bcproto.NoBlockResponse{Height: tc.nonResponseHeight}))
-
-			require.Equal(t, tc.expectErr, msg.Validate() != nil)
+			nonResponse := bcproto.NoBlockResponse{Height: tc.nonResponseHeight}
+			assert.Equal(t, tc.expectErr, ValidateMsg(&nonResponse) != nil, "Validate Basic had an unexpected result")
 		})
 	}
 }

-func TestStatusRequest_Validate(t *testing.T) {
-	msg := &bcproto.Message{}
-	require.NoError(t, msg.Wrap(&bcproto.StatusRequest{}))
-	require.NoError(t, msg.Validate())
+func TestBcStatusRequestMessageValidateBasic(t *testing.T) {
+	request := bcproto.StatusRequest{}
+	assert.NoError(t, ValidateMsg(&request))
 }

-func TestStatusResponse_Validate(t *testing.T) {
+func TestBcStatusResponseMessageValidateBasic(t *testing.T) {
 	testCases := []struct {
 		testName       string
 		responseHeight int64
@@ -76,15 +72,13 @@ func TestStatusResponse_Validate(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, tc := range testCases {
 		tc := tc
 		t.Run(tc.testName, func(t *testing.T) {
-			msg := &bcproto.Message{}
-			require.NoError(t, msg.Wrap(&bcproto.StatusResponse{Height: tc.responseHeight}))
-
-			require.Equal(t, tc.expectErr, msg.Validate() != nil)
+			response := bcproto.StatusResponse{Height: tc.responseHeight}
+			assert.Equal(t, tc.expectErr, ValidateMsg(&response) != nil, "Validate Basic had an unexpected result")
 		})
 	}
 }

-// nolint:lll
+// nolint:lll // ignore line length in tests
 func TestBlockchainMessageVectors(t *testing.T) {
 	block := types.MakeBlock(int64(3), []types.Tx{types.Tx("Hello World")}, nil, nil)
 	block.Version.Block = 11 // overwrite updated protocol version
@@ -123,8 +117,8 @@ func TestBlockchainMessageVectors(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, tc := range testCases {
 		tc := tc
 		t.Run(tc.testName, func(t *testing.T) {
-			bz, err := proto.Marshal(tc.bmsg)
-			require.NoError(t, err)
+			bz, _ := proto.Marshal(tc.bmsg)
+
 			require.Equal(t, tc.expBytes, hex.EncodeToString(bz))
 		})
 	}
--- a/internal/blocksync/v0/pool.go
+++ b/internal/blocksync/v0/pool.go
@@ -7,10 +7,11 @@ import (
 	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"

-	flow "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/internal/libs/flowrate"
-	tmsync "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/internal/libs/sync"
+	flow "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/flowrate"
 	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/log"
 	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/service"
+	tmsync "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/sync"
+	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/p2p"
 	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/types"
 )

@@ -29,7 +30,6 @@ eg, L = latency = 0.1s
 const (
 	requestIntervalMS         = 2
 	maxTotalRequesters        = 600
-	maxPeerErrBuffer          = 1000
 	maxPendingRequests        = maxTotalRequesters
 	maxPendingRequestsPerPeer = 20

@@ -58,24 +58,17 @@ var peerTimeout = 15 * time.Second // not const so we can override with tests
 	are not at peer limits, we can probably switch to consensus reactor
 */

-// BlockRequest stores a block request identified by the block Height and the
-// PeerID responsible for delivering the block.
-type BlockRequest struct {
-	Height int64
-	PeerID types.NodeID
-}
-
-// BlockPool keeps track of the block sync peers, block requests and block responses.
+// BlockPool keeps track of the fast sync peers, block requests and block responses.
 type BlockPool struct {
 	service.BaseService
-	lastAdvance time.Time
+	startTime time.Time

-	mtx tmsync.RWMutex
+	mtx tmsync.Mutex
 	// block requests
 	requesters map[int64]*bpRequester
 	height     int64 // the lowest key in requesters.
 	// peers
-	peers         map[types.NodeID]*bpPeer
+	peers         map[p2p.ID]*bpPeer
 	maxPeerHeight int64 // the biggest reported height

 	// atomic
@@ -83,26 +76,20 @@ type BlockPool struct {

 	requestsCh chan<- BlockRequest
 	errorsCh   chan<- peerError
-
-	startHeight               int64
-	lastHundredBlockTimeStamp time.Time
-	lastSyncRate              float64
 }

 // NewBlockPool returns a new BlockPool with the height equal to start. Block
 // requests and errors will be sent to requestsCh and errorsCh accordingly.
 func NewBlockPool(start int64, requestsCh chan<- BlockRequest, errorsCh chan<- peerError) *BlockPool {
 	bp := &BlockPool{
-		peers: make(map[types.NodeID]*bpPeer),
+		peers: make(map[p2p.ID]*bpPeer),

-		requesters:  make(map[int64]*bpRequester),
-		height:      start,
-		startHeight: start,
-		numPending:  0,
+		requesters: make(map[int64]*bpRequester),
+		height:     start,
+		numPending: 0,

-		requestsCh:   requestsCh,
-		errorsCh:     errorsCh,
-		lastSyncRate: 0,
+		requestsCh: requestsCh,
+		errorsCh:   errorsCh,
 	}
 	bp.BaseService = *service.NewBaseService(nil, "BlockPool", bp)
 	return bp
@@ -111,9 +98,8 @@ func NewBlockPool(start int64, requestsCh chan<- BlockRequest, errorsCh chan<- p
 // OnStart implements service.Service by spawning requesters routine and recording
 // pool's start time.
 func (pool *BlockPool) OnStart() error {
-	pool.lastAdvance = time.Now()
-	pool.lastHundredBlockTimeStamp = pool.lastAdvance
 	go pool.makeRequestersRoutine()
+	pool.startTime = time.Now()
 	return nil
 }

@@ -148,7 +134,6 @@ func (pool *BlockPool) removeTimedoutPeers() {
 	defer pool.mtx.Unlock()

 	for _, peer := range pool.peers {
-		// check if peer timed out
 		if !peer.didTimeout && peer.numPending > 0 {
 			curRate := peer.recvMonitor.Status().CurRate
 			// curRate can be 0 on start
@@ -162,7 +147,6 @@ func (pool *BlockPool) removeTimedoutPeers() {
 				peer.didTimeout = true
 			}
 		}
-
 		if peer.didTimeout {
 			pool.removePeer(peer.id)
 		}
@@ -172,25 +156,33 @@ func (pool *BlockPool) removeTimedoutPeers() {
 // GetStatus returns pool's height, numPending requests and the number of
 // requesters.
 func (pool *BlockPool) GetStatus() (height int64, numPending int32, lenRequesters int) {
-	pool.mtx.RLock()
-	defer pool.mtx.RUnlock()
+	pool.mtx.Lock()
+	defer pool.mtx.Unlock()

 	return pool.height, atomic.LoadInt32(&pool.numPending), len(pool.requesters)
 }

 // IsCaughtUp returns true if this node is caught up, false - otherwise.
+// TODO: relax conditions, prevent abuse.
 func (pool *BlockPool) IsCaughtUp() bool {
-	pool.mtx.RLock()
-	defer pool.mtx.RUnlock()
+	pool.mtx.Lock()
+	defer pool.mtx.Unlock()

 	// Need at least 1 peer to be considered caught up.
 	if len(pool.peers) == 0 {
+		pool.Logger.Debug("Blockpool has no peers")
 		return false
 	}

-	// NOTE: we use maxPeerHeight - 1 because to sync block H requires block H+1
+	// Some conditions to determine if we're caught up.
+	// Ensures we've either received a block or waited some amount of time,
+	// and that we're synced to the highest known height.
+	// Note we use maxPeerHeight - 1 because to sync block H requires block H+1
 	// to verify the LastCommit.
-	return pool.height >= (pool.maxPeerHeight - 1)
+	receivedBlockOrTimedOut := pool.height > 0 || time.Since(pool.startTime) > 5*time.Second
+	ourChainIsLongestAmongPeers := pool.maxPeerHeight == 0 || pool.height >= (pool.maxPeerHeight-1)
+	isCaughtUp := receivedBlockOrTimedOut && ourChainIsLongestAmongPeers
+	return isCaughtUp
 }

 // PeekTwoBlocks returns blocks at pool.height and pool.height+1.
@@ -198,8 +190,8 @@ func (pool *BlockPool) IsCaughtUp() bool {
 // So we peek two blocks at a time.
 // The caller will verify the commit.
 func (pool *BlockPool) PeekTwoBlocks() (first *types.Block, second *types.Block) {
-	pool.mtx.RLock()
-	defer pool.mtx.RUnlock()
+	pool.mtx.Lock()
+	defer pool.mtx.Unlock()

 	if r := pool.requesters[pool.height]; r != nil {
 		first = r.getBlock()
@@ -217,25 +209,16 @@ func (pool *BlockPool) PopRequest() {
 	defer pool.mtx.Unlock()

 	if r := pool.requesters[pool.height]; r != nil {
+		/*  The block can disappear at any time, due to removePeer().
+		if r := pool.requesters[pool.height]; r == nil || r.block == nil {
+			PanicSanity("PopRequest() requires a valid block")
+		}
+		*/
 		if err := r.Stop(); err != nil {
 			pool.Logger.Error("Error stopping requester", "err", err)
 		}
 		delete(pool.requesters, pool.height)
 		pool.height++
-		pool.lastAdvance = time.Now()
-
-		// the lastSyncRate will be updated every 100 blocks, it uses the adaptive filter
-		// to smooth the block sync rate and the unit represents the number of blocks per second.
-		if (pool.height-pool.startHeight)%100 == 0 {
-			newSyncRate := 100 / time.Since(pool.lastHundredBlockTimeStamp).Seconds()
-			if pool.lastSyncRate == 0 {
-				pool.lastSyncRate = newSyncRate
-			} else {
-				pool.lastSyncRate = 0.9*pool.lastSyncRate + 0.1*newSyncRate
-			}
-			pool.lastHundredBlockTimeStamp = time.Now()
-		}
-
 	} else {
 		panic(fmt.Sprintf("Expected requester to pop, got nothing at height %v", pool.height))
 	}
@@ -244,13 +227,13 @@ func (pool *BlockPool) PopRequest() {
 // RedoRequest invalidates the block at pool.height,
 // Remove the peer and redo request from others.
 // Returns the ID of the removed peer.
-func (pool *BlockPool) RedoRequest(height int64) types.NodeID {
+func (pool *BlockPool) RedoRequest(height int64) p2p.ID {
 	pool.mtx.Lock()
 	defer pool.mtx.Unlock()

 	request := pool.requesters[height]
 	peerID := request.getPeerID()
-	if peerID != types.NodeID("") {
+	if peerID != p2p.ID("") {
 		// RemovePeer will redo all requesters associated with this peer.
 		pool.removePeer(peerID)
 	}
@@ -259,14 +242,20 @@ func (pool *BlockPool) RedoRequest(height int64) types.NodeID {

 // AddBlock validates that the block comes from the peer it was expected from and calls the requester to store it.
 // TODO: ensure that blocks come in order for each peer.
-func (pool *BlockPool) AddBlock(peerID types.NodeID, block *types.Block, blockSize int) {
+func (pool *BlockPool) AddBlock(peerID p2p.ID, block *types.Block, blockSize int) {
 	pool.mtx.Lock()
 	defer pool.mtx.Unlock()

 	requester := pool.requesters[block.Height]
 	if requester == nil {
-		pool.Logger.Error("peer sent us a block we didn't expect",
-			"peer", peerID, "curHeight", pool.height, "blockHeight", block.Height)
+		pool.Logger.Info(
+			"peer sent us a block we didn't expect",
+			"peer",
+			peerID,
+			"curHeight",
+			pool.height,
+			"blockHeight",
+			block.Height)
 		diff := pool.height - block.Height
 		if diff < 0 {
 			diff *= -1
@@ -284,29 +273,20 @@ func (pool *BlockPool) AddBlock(peerID types.NodeID, block *types.Block, blockSi
 			peer.decrPending(blockSize)
 		}
 	} else {
-		err := errors.New("requester is different or block already exists")
-		pool.Logger.Error(err.Error(), "peer", peerID, "requester", requester.getPeerID(), "blockHeight", block.Height)
-		pool.sendError(err, peerID)
+		pool.Logger.Info("invalid peer", "peer", peerID, "blockHeight", block.Height)
+		pool.sendError(errors.New("invalid peer"), peerID)
 	}
 }

 // MaxPeerHeight returns the highest reported height.
 func (pool *BlockPool) MaxPeerHeight() int64 {
-	pool.mtx.RLock()
-	defer pool.mtx.RUnlock()
+	pool.mtx.Lock()
+	defer pool.mtx.Unlock()
 	return pool.maxPeerHeight
 }

-// LastAdvance returns the time when the last block was processed (or start
-// time if no blocks were processed).
-func (pool *BlockPool) LastAdvance() time.Time {
-	pool.mtx.RLock()
-	defer pool.mtx.RUnlock()
-	return pool.lastAdvance
-}
-
 // SetPeerRange sets the peer's alleged blockchain base and height.
-func (pool *BlockPool) SetPeerRange(peerID types.NodeID, base int64, height int64) {
+func (pool *BlockPool) SetPeerRange(peerID p2p.ID, base int64, height int64) {
 	pool.mtx.Lock()
 	defer pool.mtx.Unlock()

@@ -327,14 +307,14 @@ func (pool *BlockPool) SetPeerRange(peerID types.NodeID, base int64, height int6

 // RemovePeer removes the peer with peerID from the pool. If there's no peer
 // with peerID, function is a no-op.
-func (pool *BlockPool) RemovePeer(peerID types.NodeID) {
+func (pool *BlockPool) RemovePeer(peerID p2p.ID) {
 	pool.mtx.Lock()
 	defer pool.mtx.Unlock()

 	pool.removePeer(peerID)
 }

-func (pool *BlockPool) removePeer(peerID types.NodeID) {
+func (pool *BlockPool) removePeer(peerID p2p.ID) {
 	for _, requester := range pool.requesters {
 		if requester.getPeerID() == peerID {
 			requester.redo(peerID)
@@ -415,14 +395,14 @@ func (pool *BlockPool) requestersLen() int64 {
 	return int64(len(pool.requesters))
 }

-func (pool *BlockPool) sendRequest(height int64, peerID types.NodeID) {
+func (pool *BlockPool) sendRequest(height int64, peerID p2p.ID) {
 	if !pool.IsRunning() {
 		return
 	}
 	pool.requestsCh <- BlockRequest{height, peerID}
 }

-func (pool *BlockPool) sendError(err error, peerID types.NodeID) {
+func (pool *BlockPool) sendError(err error, peerID p2p.ID) {
 	if !pool.IsRunning() {
 		return
 	}
@@ -448,20 +428,6 @@ func (pool *BlockPool) debug() string {
 	return str
 }

-func (pool *BlockPool) targetSyncBlocks() int64 {
-	pool.mtx.RLock()
-	defer pool.mtx.RUnlock()
-
-	return pool.maxPeerHeight - pool.startHeight + 1
-}
-
-func (pool *BlockPool) getLastSyncRate() float64 {
-	pool.mtx.RLock()
-	defer pool.mtx.RUnlock()
-
-	return pool.lastSyncRate
-}
-
 //-------------------------------------

 type bpPeer struct {
@@ -470,7 +436,7 @@ type bpPeer struct {
 	height      int64
 	base        int64
 	pool        *BlockPool
-	id          types.NodeID
+	id          p2p.ID
 	recvMonitor *flow.Monitor

 	timeout *time.Timer
@@ -478,7 +444,7 @@ type bpPeer struct {
 	logger log.Logger
 }

-func newBPPeer(pool *BlockPool, peerID types.NodeID, base int64, height int64) *bpPeer {
+func newBPPeer(pool *BlockPool, peerID p2p.ID, base int64, height int64) *bpPeer {
 	peer := &bpPeer{
 		pool:       pool,
 		id:         peerID,
@@ -543,10 +509,10 @@ type bpRequester struct {
 	pool       *BlockPool
 	height     int64
 	gotBlockCh chan struct{}
-	redoCh     chan types.NodeID // redo may send multitime, add peerId to identify repeat
+	redoCh     chan p2p.ID // redo may send multitime, add peerId to identify repeat

 	mtx    tmsync.Mutex
-	peerID types.NodeID
+	peerID p2p.ID
 	block  *types.Block
 }

@@ -555,7 +521,7 @@ func newBPRequester(pool *BlockPool, height int64) *bpRequester {
 		pool:       pool,
 		height:     height,
 		gotBlockCh: make(chan struct{}, 1),
-		redoCh:     make(chan types.NodeID, 1),
+		redoCh:     make(chan p2p.ID, 1),

 		peerID: "",
 		block:  nil,
@@ -570,7 +536,7 @@ func (bpr *bpRequester) OnStart() error {
 }

 // Returns true if the peer matches and block doesn't already exist.
-func (bpr *bpRequester) setBlock(block *types.Block, peerID types.NodeID) bool {
+func (bpr *bpRequester) setBlock(block *types.Block, peerID p2p.ID) bool {
 	bpr.mtx.Lock()
 	if bpr.block != nil || bpr.peerID != peerID {
 		bpr.mtx.Unlock()
@@ -592,7 +558,7 @@ func (bpr *bpRequester) getBlock() *types.Block {
 	return bpr.block
 }

-func (bpr *bpRequester) getPeerID() types.NodeID {
+func (bpr *bpRequester) getPeerID() p2p.ID {
 	bpr.mtx.Lock()
 	defer bpr.mtx.Unlock()
 	return bpr.peerID
@@ -614,7 +580,7 @@ func (bpr *bpRequester) reset() {
 // Tells bpRequester to pick another peer and try again.
 // NOTE: Nonblocking, and does nothing if another redo
 // was already requested.
-func (bpr *bpRequester) redo(peerID types.NodeID) {
+func (bpr *bpRequester) redo(peerID p2p.ID) {
 	select {
 	case bpr.redoCh <- peerID:
 	default:
@@ -635,6 +601,7 @@ OUTER_LOOP:
 			}
 			peer = bpr.pool.pickIncrAvailablePeer(bpr.height)
 			if peer == nil {
+				// log.Info("No peers available", "height", height)
 				time.Sleep(requestIntervalMS * time.Millisecond)
 				continue PICK_PEER_LOOP
 			}
@@ -671,3 +638,10 @@ OUTER_LOOP:
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+// BlockRequest stores a block request identified by the block Height and the PeerID responsible for
+// delivering the block
+type BlockRequest struct {
+	Height int64
+	PeerID p2p.ID
+}
--- a/internal/blocksync/v0/pool_test.go
+++ b/internal/blocksync/v0/pool_test.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package v0

 import (
 	"fmt"
-	mrand "math/rand"
 	"testing"
 	"time"

@@ -11,6 +10,7 @@ import (

 	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/log"
 	tmrand "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/rand"
+	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/p2p"
 	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/types"
 )

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ func init() {
 }

 type testPeer struct {
-	id        types.NodeID
+	id        p2p.ID
 	base      int64
 	height    int64
 	inputChan chan inputData // make sure each peer's data is sequential
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ func (p testPeer) simulateInput(input inputData) {
 	// input.t.Logf("Added block from peer %v (height: %v)", input.request.PeerID, input.request.Height)
 }

-type testPeers map[types.NodeID]testPeer
+type testPeers map[p2p.ID]testPeer

 func (ps testPeers) start() {
 	for _, v := range ps {
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ func (ps testPeers) stop() {
 func makePeers(numPeers int, minHeight, maxHeight int64) testPeers {
 	peers := make(testPeers, numPeers)
 	for i := 0; i < numPeers; i++ {
-		peerID := types.NodeID(tmrand.Str(12))
-		height := minHeight + mrand.Int63n(maxHeight-minHeight)
+		peerID := p2p.ID(tmrand.Str(12))
+		height := minHeight + tmrand.Int63n(maxHeight-minHeight)
 		base := minHeight + int64(i)
 		if base > height {
 			base = height
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ func TestBlockPoolTimeout(t *testing.T) {

 	// Pull from channels
 	counter := 0
-	timedOut := map[types.NodeID]struct{}{}
+	timedOut := map[p2p.ID]struct{}{}
 	for {
 		select {
 		case err := <-errorsCh:
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ func TestBlockPoolTimeout(t *testing.T) {
 func TestBlockPoolRemovePeer(t *testing.T) {
 	peers := make(testPeers, 10)
 	for i := 0; i < 10; i++ {
-		peerID := types.NodeID(fmt.Sprintf("%d", i+1))
+		peerID := p2p.ID(fmt.Sprintf("%d", i+1))
 		height := int64(i + 1)
 		peers[peerID] = testPeer{peerID, 0, height, make(chan inputData)}
 	}
@@ -227,10 +227,10 @@ func TestBlockPoolRemovePeer(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.EqualValues(t, 10, pool.MaxPeerHeight())

 	// remove not-existing peer
-	assert.NotPanics(t, func() { pool.RemovePeer(types.NodeID("Superman")) })
+	assert.NotPanics(t, func() { pool.RemovePeer(p2p.ID("Superman")) })

 	// remove peer with biggest height
-	pool.RemovePeer(types.NodeID("10"))
+	pool.RemovePeer(p2p.ID("10"))
 	assert.EqualValues(t, 9, pool.MaxPeerHeight())

 	// remove all peers
--- a/blockchain/v0/reactor.go
+++ b/blockchain/v0/reactor.go
@@ -0,0 +1,431 @@
+package v0
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"reflect"
+	"time"
+
+	bc "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/blockchain"
+	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/log"
+	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/p2p"
+	bcproto "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/proto/tendermint/blockchain"
+	sm "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/state"
+	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/store"
+	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/types"
+)
+
+const (
+	// BlockchainChannel is a channel for blocks and status updates (`BlockStore` height)
+	BlockchainChannel = byte(0x40)
+
+	trySyncIntervalMS = 10
+
+	// stop syncing when last block's time is
+	// within this much of the system time.
+	// stopSyncingDurationMinutes = 10
+
+	// ask for best height every 10s
+	statusUpdateIntervalSeconds = 10
+	// check if we should switch to consensus reactor
+	switchToConsensusIntervalSeconds = 1
+)
+
+type consensusReactor interface {
+	// for when we switch from blockchain reactor and fast sync to
+	// the consensus machine
+	SwitchToConsensus(state sm.State, skipWAL bool)
+}
+
+type peerError struct {
+	err    error
+	peerID p2p.ID
+}
+
+func (e peerError) Error() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("error with peer %v: %s", e.peerID, e.err.Error())
+}
+
+// BlockchainReactor handles long-term catchup syncing.
+type BlockchainReactor struct {
+	p2p.BaseReactor
+
+	// immutable
+	initialState sm.State
+
+	blockExec *sm.BlockExecutor
+	store     *store.BlockStore
+	pool      *BlockPool
+	fastSync  bool
+
+	requestsCh <-chan BlockRequest
+	errorsCh   <-chan peerError
+}
+
+// NewBlockchainReactor returns new reactor instance.
+func NewBlockchainReactor(state sm.State, blockExec *sm.BlockExecutor, store *store.BlockStore,
+	fastSync bool) *BlockchainReactor {
+
+	if state.LastBlockHeight != store.Height() {
+		panic(fmt.Sprintf("state (%v) and store (%v) height mismatch", state.LastBlockHeight,
+			store.Height()))
+	}
+
+	requestsCh := make(chan BlockRequest, maxTotalRequesters)
+
+	const capacity = 1000                      // must be bigger than peers count
+	errorsCh := make(chan peerError, capacity) // so we don't block in #Receive#pool.AddBlock
+
+	startHeight := store.Height() + 1
+	if startHeight == 1 {
+		startHeight = state.InitialHeight
+	}
+	pool := NewBlockPool(startHeight, requestsCh, errorsCh)
+
+	bcR := &BlockchainReactor{
+		initialState: state,
+		blockExec:    blockExec,
+		store:        store,
+		pool:         pool,
+		fastSync:     fastSync,
+		requestsCh:   requestsCh,
+		errorsCh:     errorsCh,
+	}
+	bcR.BaseReactor = *p2p.NewBaseReactor("BlockchainReactor", bcR)
+	return bcR
+}
+
+// SetLogger implements service.Service by setting the logger on reactor and pool.
+func (bcR *BlockchainReactor) SetLogger(l log.Logger) {
+	bcR.BaseService.Logger = l
+	bcR.pool.Logger = l
+}
+
+// OnStart implements service.Service.
+func (bcR *BlockchainReactor) OnStart() error {
+	if bcR.fastSync {
+		err := bcR.pool.Start()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		go bcR.poolRoutine(false)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// SwitchToFastSync is called by the state sync reactor when switching to fast sync.
+func (bcR *BlockchainReactor) SwitchToFastSync(state sm.State) error {
+	bcR.fastSync = true
+	bcR.initialState = state
+
+	bcR.pool.height = state.LastBlockHeight + 1
+	err := bcR.pool.Start()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	go bcR.poolRoutine(true)
+	return nil
+}
+
+// OnStop implements service.Service.
+func (bcR *BlockchainReactor) OnStop() {
+	if bcR.fastSync {
+		if err := bcR.pool.Stop(); err != nil {
+			bcR.Logger.Error("Error stopping pool", "err", err)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// GetChannels implements Reactor
+func (bcR *BlockchainReactor) GetChannels() []*p2p.ChannelDescriptor {
+	return []*p2p.ChannelDescriptor{
+		{
+			ID:                  BlockchainChannel,
+			Priority:            5,
+			SendQueueCapacity:   1000,
+			RecvBufferCapacity:  50 * 4096,
+			RecvMessageCapacity: bc.MaxMsgSize,
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+// AddPeer implements Reactor by sending our state to peer.
+func (bcR *BlockchainReactor) AddPeer(peer p2p.Peer) {
+	msgBytes, err := bc.EncodeMsg(&bcproto.StatusResponse{
+		Base:   bcR.store.Base(),
+		Height: bcR.store.Height()})
+	if err != nil {
+		bcR.Logger.Error("could not convert msg to protobuf", "err", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	peer.Send(BlockchainChannel, msgBytes)
+	// it's OK if send fails. will try later in poolRoutine
+
+	// peer is added to the pool once we receive the first
+	// bcStatusResponseMessage from the peer and call pool.SetPeerRange
+}
+
+// RemovePeer implements Reactor by removing peer from the pool.
+func (bcR *BlockchainReactor) RemovePeer(peer p2p.Peer, reason interface{}) {
+	bcR.pool.RemovePeer(peer.ID())
+}
+
+// respondToPeer loads a block and sends it to the requesting peer,
+// if we have it. Otherwise, we'll respond saying we don't have it.
+func (bcR *BlockchainReactor) respondToPeer(msg *bcproto.BlockRequest,
+	src p2p.Peer) (queued bool) {
+
+	block := bcR.store.LoadBlock(msg.Height)
+	if block != nil {
+		bl, err := block.ToProto()
+		if err != nil {
+			bcR.Logger.Error("could not convert msg to protobuf", "err", err)
+			return false
+		}
+
+		msgBytes, err := bc.EncodeMsg(&bcproto.BlockResponse{Block: bl})
+		if err != nil {
+			bcR.Logger.Error("could not marshal msg", "err", err)
+			return false
+		}
+
+		return src.TrySend(BlockchainChannel, msgBytes)
+	}
+
+	bcR.Logger.Info("Peer asking for a block we don't have", "src", src, "height", msg.Height)
+
+	msgBytes, err := bc.EncodeMsg(&bcproto.NoBlockResponse{Height: msg.Height})
+	if err != nil {
+		bcR.Logger.Error("could not convert msg to protobuf", "err", err)
+		return false
+	}
+
+	return src.TrySend(BlockchainChannel, msgBytes)
+}
+
+// Receive implements Reactor by handling 4 types of messages (look below).
+func (bcR *BlockchainReactor) Receive(chID byte, src p2p.Peer, msgBytes []byte) {
+	msg, err := bc.DecodeMsg(msgBytes)
+	if err != nil {
+		bcR.Logger.Error("Error decoding message", "src", src, "chId", chID, "err", err)
+		bcR.Switch.StopPeerForError(src, err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	if err = bc.ValidateMsg(msg); err != nil {
+		bcR.Logger.Error("Peer sent us invalid msg", "peer", src, "msg", msg, "err", err)
+		bcR.Switch.StopPeerForError(src, err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	bcR.Logger.Debug("Receive", "src", src, "chID", chID, "msg", msg)
+
+	switch msg := msg.(type) {
+	case *bcproto.BlockRequest:
+		bcR.respondToPeer(msg, src)
+	case *bcproto.BlockResponse:
+		bi, err := types.BlockFromProto(msg.Block)
+		if err != nil {
+			bcR.Logger.Error("Block content is invalid", "err", err)
+			return
+		}
+		bcR.pool.AddBlock(src.ID(), bi, len(msgBytes))
+	case *bcproto.StatusRequest:
+		// Send peer our state.
+		msgBytes, err := bc.EncodeMsg(&bcproto.StatusResponse{
+			Height: bcR.store.Height(),
+			Base:   bcR.store.Base(),
+		})
+		if err != nil {
+			bcR.Logger.Error("could not convert msg to protobut", "err", err)
+			return
+		}
+		src.TrySend(BlockchainChannel, msgBytes)
+	case *bcproto.StatusResponse:
+		// Got a peer status. Unverified.
+		bcR.pool.SetPeerRange(src.ID(), msg.Base, msg.Height)
+	case *bcproto.NoBlockResponse:
+		bcR.Logger.Debug("Peer does not have requested block", "peer", src, "height", msg.Height)
+	default:
+		bcR.Logger.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Unknown message type %v", reflect.TypeOf(msg)))
+	}
+}
+
+// Handle messages from the poolReactor telling the reactor what to do.
+// NOTE: Don't sleep in the FOR_LOOP or otherwise slow it down!
+func (bcR *BlockchainReactor) poolRoutine(stateSynced bool) {
+
+	trySyncTicker := time.NewTicker(trySyncIntervalMS * time.Millisecond)
+	defer trySyncTicker.Stop()
+
+	statusUpdateTicker := time.NewTicker(statusUpdateIntervalSeconds * time.Second)
+	defer statusUpdateTicker.Stop()
+
+	switchToConsensusTicker := time.NewTicker(switchToConsensusIntervalSeconds * time.Second)
+	defer switchToConsensusTicker.Stop()
+
+	blocksSynced := uint64(0)
+
+	chainID := bcR.initialState.ChainID
+	state := bcR.initialState
+
+	lastHundred := time.Now()
+	lastRate := 0.0
+
+	didProcessCh := make(chan struct{}, 1)
+
+	go func() {
+		for {
+			select {
+			case <-bcR.Quit():
+				return
+			case <-bcR.pool.Quit():
+				return
+			case request := <-bcR.requestsCh:
+				peer := bcR.Switch.Peers().Get(request.PeerID)
+				if peer == nil {
+					continue
+				}
+				msgBytes, err := bc.EncodeMsg(&bcproto.BlockRequest{Height: request.Height})
+				if err != nil {
+					bcR.Logger.Error("could not convert msg to proto", "err", err)
+					continue
+				}
+
+				queued := peer.TrySend(BlockchainChannel, msgBytes)
+				if !queued {
+					bcR.Logger.Debug("Send queue is full, drop block request", "peer", peer.ID(), "height", request.Height)
+				}
+			case err := <-bcR.errorsCh:
+				peer := bcR.Switch.Peers().Get(err.peerID)
+				if peer != nil {
+					bcR.Switch.StopPeerForError(peer, err)
+				}
+
+			case <-statusUpdateTicker.C:
+				// ask for status updates
+				go bcR.BroadcastStatusRequest() // nolint: errcheck
+
+			}
+		}
+	}()
+
+FOR_LOOP:
+	for {
+		select {
+		case <-switchToConsensusTicker.C:
+			height, numPending, lenRequesters := bcR.pool.GetStatus()
+			outbound, inbound, _ := bcR.Switch.NumPeers()
+			bcR.Logger.Debug("Consensus ticker", "numPending", numPending, "total", lenRequesters,
+				"outbound", outbound, "inbound", inbound)
+			if bcR.pool.IsCaughtUp() {
+				bcR.Logger.Info("Time to switch to consensus reactor!", "height", height)
+				if err := bcR.pool.Stop(); err != nil {
+					bcR.Logger.Error("Error stopping pool", "err", err)
+				}
+				conR, ok := bcR.Switch.Reactor("CONSENSUS").(consensusReactor)
+				if ok {
+					conR.SwitchToConsensus(state, blocksSynced > 0 || stateSynced)
+				}
+				// else {
+				// should only happen during testing
+				// }
+
+				break FOR_LOOP
+			}
+
+		case <-trySyncTicker.C: // chan time
+			select {
+			case didProcessCh <- struct{}{}:
+			default:
+			}
+
+		case <-didProcessCh:
+			// NOTE: It is a subtle mistake to process more than a single block
+			// at a time (e.g. 10) here, because we only TrySend 1 request per
+			// loop.  The ratio mismatch can result in starving of blocks, a
+			// sudden burst of requests and responses, and repeat.
+			// Consequently, it is better to split these routines rather than
+			// coupling them as it's written here.  TODO uncouple from request
+			// routine.
+
+			// See if there are any blocks to sync.
+			first, second := bcR.pool.PeekTwoBlocks()
+			// bcR.Logger.Info("TrySync peeked", "first", first, "second", second)
+			if first == nil || second == nil {
+				// We need both to sync the first block.
+				continue FOR_LOOP
+			} else {
+				// Try again quickly next loop.
+				didProcessCh <- struct{}{}
+			}
+
+			firstParts := first.MakePartSet(types.BlockPartSizeBytes)
+			firstPartSetHeader := firstParts.Header()
+			firstID := types.BlockID{Hash: first.Hash(), PartSetHeader: firstPartSetHeader}
+			// Finally, verify the first block using the second's commit
+			// NOTE: we can probably make this more efficient, but note that calling
+			// first.Hash() doesn't verify the tx contents, so MakePartSet() is
+			// currently necessary.
+			err := state.Validators.VerifyCommitLight(
+				chainID, firstID, first.Height, second.LastCommit)
+			if err != nil {
+				bcR.Logger.Error("Error in validation", "err", err)
+				peerID := bcR.pool.RedoRequest(first.Height)
+				peer := bcR.Switch.Peers().Get(peerID)
+				if peer != nil {
+					// NOTE: we've already removed the peer's request, but we
+					// still need to clean up the rest.
+					bcR.Switch.StopPeerForError(peer, fmt.Errorf("blockchainReactor validation error: %v", err))
+				}
+				peerID2 := bcR.pool.RedoRequest(second.Height)
+				peer2 := bcR.Switch.Peers().Get(peerID2)
+				if peer2 != nil && peer2 != peer {
+					// NOTE: we've already removed the peer's request, but we
+					// still need to clean up the rest.
+					bcR.Switch.StopPeerForError(peer2, fmt.Errorf("blockchainReactor validation error: %v", err))
+				}
+				continue FOR_LOOP
+			} else {
+				bcR.pool.PopRequest()
+
+				// TODO: batch saves so we dont persist to disk every block
+				bcR.store.SaveBlock(first, firstParts, second.LastCommit)
+
+				// TODO: same thing for app - but we would need a way to
+				// get the hash without persisting the state
+				var err error
+				state, _, err = bcR.blockExec.ApplyBlock(state, firstID, first)
+				if err != nil {
+					// TODO This is bad, are we zombie?
+					panic(fmt.Sprintf("Failed to process committed block (%d:%X): %v", first.Height, first.Hash(), err))
+				}
+				blocksSynced++
+
+				if blocksSynced%100 == 0 {
+					lastRate = 0.9*lastRate + 0.1*(100/time.Since(lastHundred).Seconds())
+					bcR.Logger.Info("Fast Sync Rate", "height", bcR.pool.height,
+						"max_peer_height", bcR.pool.MaxPeerHeight(), "blocks/s", lastRate)
+					lastHundred = time.Now()
+				}
+			}
+			continue FOR_LOOP
+
+		case <-bcR.Quit():
+			break FOR_LOOP
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// BroadcastStatusRequest broadcasts `BlockStore` base and height.
+func (bcR *BlockchainReactor) BroadcastStatusRequest() error {
+	bm, err := bc.EncodeMsg(&bcproto.StatusRequest{})
+	if err != nil {
+		bcR.Logger.Error("could not convert msg to proto", "err", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("could not convert msg to proto: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	bcR.Switch.Broadcast(BlockchainChannel, bm)
+
+	return nil
+}
--- a/blockchain/v0/reactor_test.go
+++ b/blockchain/v0/reactor_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,328 @@
+package v0
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"sort"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
+	dbm "github.com/tendermint/tm-db"
+
+	abci "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/abci/types"
+	cfg "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/config"
+	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/log"
+	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/mempool/mock"
+	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/p2p"
+	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/proxy"
+	sm "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/state"
+	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/store"
+	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/types"
+	tmtime "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/types/time"
+)
+
+var config *cfg.Config
+
+func randGenesisDoc(numValidators int, randPower bool, minPower int64) (*types.GenesisDoc, []types.PrivValidator) {
+	validators := make([]types.GenesisValidator, numValidators)
+	privValidators := make([]types.PrivValidator, numValidators)
+	for i := 0; i < numValidators; i++ {
+		val, privVal := types.RandValidator(randPower, minPower)
+		validators[i] = types.GenesisValidator{
+			PubKey: val.PubKey,
+			Power:  val.VotingPower,
+		}
+		privValidators[i] = privVal
+	}
+	sort.Sort(types.PrivValidatorsByAddress(privValidators))
+
+	return &types.GenesisDoc{
+		GenesisTime: tmtime.Now(),
+		ChainID:     config.ChainID(),
+		Validators:  validators,
+	}, privValidators
+}
+
+type BlockchainReactorPair struct {
+	reactor *BlockchainReactor
+	app     proxy.AppConns
+}
+
+func newBlockchainReactor(
+	logger log.Logger,
+	genDoc *types.GenesisDoc,
+	privVals []types.PrivValidator,
+	maxBlockHeight int64) BlockchainReactorPair {
+	if len(privVals) != 1 {
+		panic("only support one validator")
+	}
+
+	app := &testApp{}
+	cc := proxy.NewLocalClientCreator(app)
+	proxyApp := proxy.NewAppConns(cc)
+	err := proxyApp.Start()
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(fmt.Errorf("error start app: %w", err))
+	}
+
+	blockDB := dbm.NewMemDB()
+	stateDB := dbm.NewMemDB()
+	stateStore := sm.NewStore(stateDB)
+	blockStore := store.NewBlockStore(blockDB)
+
+	state, err := stateStore.LoadFromDBOrGenesisDoc(genDoc)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(fmt.Errorf("error constructing state from genesis file: %w", err))
+	}
+
+	// Make the BlockchainReactor itself.
+	// NOTE we have to create and commit the blocks first because
+	// pool.height is determined from the store.
+	fastSync := true
+	db := dbm.NewMemDB()
+	stateStore = sm.NewStore(db)
+	blockExec := sm.NewBlockExecutor(stateStore, log.TestingLogger(), proxyApp.Consensus(),
+		mock.Mempool{}, sm.EmptyEvidencePool{})
+	if err = stateStore.Save(state); err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	// let's add some blocks in
+	for blockHeight := int64(1); blockHeight <= maxBlockHeight; blockHeight++ {
+		lastCommit := types.NewCommit(blockHeight-1, 0, types.BlockID{}, nil)
+		if blockHeight > 1 {
+			lastBlockMeta := blockStore.LoadBlockMeta(blockHeight - 1)
+			lastBlock := blockStore.LoadBlock(blockHeight - 1)
+
+			vote, err := types.MakeVote(
+				lastBlock.Header.Height,
+				lastBlockMeta.BlockID,
+				state.Validators,
+				privVals[0],
+				lastBlock.Header.ChainID,
+				time.Now(),
+			)
+			if err != nil {
+				panic(err)
+			}
+			lastCommit = types.NewCommit(vote.Height, vote.Round,
+				lastBlockMeta.BlockID, []types.CommitSig{vote.CommitSig()})
+		}
+
+		thisBlock := makeBlock(blockHeight, state, lastCommit)
+
+		thisParts := thisBlock.MakePartSet(types.BlockPartSizeBytes)
+		blockID := types.BlockID{Hash: thisBlock.Hash(), PartSetHeader: thisParts.Header()}
+
+		state, _, err = blockExec.ApplyBlock(state, blockID, thisBlock)
+		if err != nil {
+			panic(fmt.Errorf("error apply block: %w", err))
+		}
+
+		blockStore.SaveBlock(thisBlock, thisParts, lastCommit)
+	}
+
+	bcReactor := NewBlockchainReactor(state.Copy(), blockExec, blockStore, fastSync)
+	bcReactor.SetLogger(logger.With("module", "blockchain"))
+
+	return BlockchainReactorPair{bcReactor, proxyApp}
+}
+
+func TestNoBlockResponse(t *testing.T) {
+	config = cfg.ResetTestRoot("blockchain_reactor_test")
+	defer os.RemoveAll(config.RootDir)
+	genDoc, privVals := randGenesisDoc(1, false, 30)
+
+	maxBlockHeight := int64(65)
+
+	reactorPairs := make([]BlockchainReactorPair, 2)
+
+	reactorPairs[0] = newBlockchainReactor(log.TestingLogger(), genDoc, privVals, maxBlockHeight)
+	reactorPairs[1] = newBlockchainReactor(log.TestingLogger(), genDoc, privVals, 0)
+
+	p2p.MakeConnectedSwitches(config.P2P, 2, func(i int, s *p2p.Switch) *p2p.Switch {
+		s.AddReactor("BLOCKCHAIN", reactorPairs[i].reactor)
+		return s
+
+	}, p2p.Connect2Switches)
+
+	defer func() {
+		for _, r := range reactorPairs {
+			err := r.reactor.Stop()
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			err = r.app.Stop()
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+		}
+	}()
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		height   int64
+		existent bool
+	}{
+		{maxBlockHeight + 2, false},
+		{10, true},
+		{1, true},
+		{100, false},
+	}
+
+	for {
+		if reactorPairs[1].reactor.pool.IsCaughtUp() {
+			break
+		}
+
+		time.Sleep(10 * time.Millisecond)
+	}
+
+	assert.Equal(t, maxBlockHeight, reactorPairs[0].reactor.store.Height())
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		block := reactorPairs[1].reactor.store.LoadBlock(tt.height)
+		if tt.existent {
+			assert.True(t, block != nil)
+		} else {
+			assert.True(t, block == nil)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// NOTE: This is too hard to test without
+// an easy way to add test peer to switch
+// or without significant refactoring of the module.
+// Alternatively we could actually dial a TCP conn but
+// that seems extreme.
+func TestBadBlockStopsPeer(t *testing.T) {
+	config = cfg.ResetTestRoot("blockchain_reactor_test")
+	defer os.RemoveAll(config.RootDir)
+	genDoc, privVals := randGenesisDoc(1, false, 30)
+
+	maxBlockHeight := int64(148)
+
+	// Other chain needs a different validator set
+	otherGenDoc, otherPrivVals := randGenesisDoc(1, false, 30)
+	otherChain := newBlockchainReactor(log.TestingLogger(), otherGenDoc, otherPrivVals, maxBlockHeight)
+
+	defer func() {
+		err := otherChain.reactor.Stop()
+		require.Error(t, err)
+		err = otherChain.app.Stop()
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+	}()
+
+	reactorPairs := make([]BlockchainReactorPair, 4)
+
+	reactorPairs[0] = newBlockchainReactor(log.TestingLogger(), genDoc, privVals, maxBlockHeight)
+	reactorPairs[1] = newBlockchainReactor(log.TestingLogger(), genDoc, privVals, 0)
+	reactorPairs[2] = newBlockchainReactor(log.TestingLogger(), genDoc, privVals, 0)
+	reactorPairs[3] = newBlockchainReactor(log.TestingLogger(), genDoc, privVals, 0)
+
+	switches := p2p.MakeConnectedSwitches(config.P2P, 4, func(i int, s *p2p.Switch) *p2p.Switch {
+		s.AddReactor("BLOCKCHAIN", reactorPairs[i].reactor)
+		return s
+
+	}, p2p.Connect2Switches)
+
+	defer func() {
+		for _, r := range reactorPairs {
+			err := r.reactor.Stop()
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+
+			err = r.app.Stop()
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+		}
+	}()
+
+	for {
+		time.Sleep(1 * time.Second)
+		caughtUp := true
+		for _, r := range reactorPairs {
+			if !r.reactor.pool.IsCaughtUp() {
+				caughtUp = false
+			}
+		}
+		if caughtUp {
+			break
+		}
+	}
+
+	// at this time, reactors[0-3] is the newest
+	assert.Equal(t, 3, reactorPairs[1].reactor.Switch.Peers().Size())
+
+	// Mark reactorPairs[3] as an invalid peer. Fiddling with .store without a mutex is a data
+	// race, but can't be easily avoided.
+	reactorPairs[3].reactor.store = otherChain.reactor.store
+
+	lastReactorPair := newBlockchainReactor(log.TestingLogger(), genDoc, privVals, 0)
+	reactorPairs = append(reactorPairs, lastReactorPair)
+
+	switches = append(switches, p2p.MakeConnectedSwitches(config.P2P, 1, func(i int, s *p2p.Switch) *p2p.Switch {
+		s.AddReactor("BLOCKCHAIN", reactorPairs[len(reactorPairs)-1].reactor)
+		return s
+
+	}, p2p.Connect2Switches)...)
+
+	for i := 0; i < len(reactorPairs)-1; i++ {
+		p2p.Connect2Switches(switches, i, len(reactorPairs)-1)
+	}
+
+	for {
+		if lastReactorPair.reactor.pool.IsCaughtUp() || lastReactorPair.reactor.Switch.Peers().Size() == 0 {
+			break
+		}
+
+		time.Sleep(1 * time.Second)
+	}
+
+	assert.True(t, lastReactorPair.reactor.Switch.Peers().Size() < len(reactorPairs)-1)
+}
+
+//----------------------------------------------
+// utility funcs
+
+func makeTxs(height int64) (txs []types.Tx) {
+	for i := 0; i < 10; i++ {
+		txs = append(txs, types.Tx([]byte{byte(height), byte(i)}))
+	}
+	return txs
+}
+
+func makeBlock(height int64, state sm.State, lastCommit *types.Commit) *types.Block {
+	block, _ := state.MakeBlock(height, makeTxs(height), lastCommit, nil, state.Validators.GetProposer().Address)
+	return block
+}
+
+type testApp struct {
+	abci.BaseApplication
+}
+
+var _ abci.Application = (*testApp)(nil)
+
+func (app *testApp) Info(req abci.RequestInfo) (resInfo abci.ResponseInfo) {
+	return abci.ResponseInfo{}
+}
+
+func (app *testApp) BeginBlock(req abci.RequestBeginBlock) abci.ResponseBeginBlock {
+	return abci.ResponseBeginBlock{}
+}
+
+func (app *testApp) EndBlock(req abci.RequestEndBlock) abci.ResponseEndBlock {
+	return abci.ResponseEndBlock{}
+}
+
+func (app *testApp) DeliverTx(req abci.RequestDeliverTx) abci.ResponseDeliverTx {
+	return abci.ResponseDeliverTx{Events: []abci.Event{}}
+}
+
+func (app *testApp) CheckTx(req abci.RequestCheckTx) abci.ResponseCheckTx {
+	return abci.ResponseCheckTx{}
+}
+
+func (app *testApp) Commit() abci.ResponseCommit {
+	return abci.ResponseCommit{}
+}
+
+func (app *testApp) Query(reqQuery abci.RequestQuery) (resQuery abci.ResponseQuery) {
+	return
+}
--- a/blockchain/v1/peer.go
+++ b/blockchain/v1/peer.go
@@ -0,0 +1,211 @@
+package v1
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"math"
+	"time"
+
+	flow "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/flowrate"
+	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/log"
+	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/p2p"
+	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/types"
+)
+
+//--------
+// Peer
+
+// BpPeerParams stores the peer parameters that are used when creating a peer.
+type BpPeerParams struct {
+	timeout     time.Duration
+	minRecvRate int64
+	sampleRate  time.Duration
+	windowSize  time.Duration
+}
+
+// BpPeer is the datastructure associated with a fast sync peer.
+type BpPeer struct {
+	logger log.Logger
+	ID     p2p.ID
+
+	Base                    int64                  // the peer reported base
+	Height                  int64                  // the peer reported height
+	NumPendingBlockRequests int                    // number of requests still waiting for block responses
+	blocks                  map[int64]*types.Block // blocks received or expected to be received from this peer
+	blockResponseTimer      *time.Timer
+	recvMonitor             *flow.Monitor
+	params                  *BpPeerParams // parameters for timer and monitor
+
+	onErr func(err error, peerID p2p.ID) // function to call on error
+}
+
+// NewBpPeer creates a new peer.
+func NewBpPeer(peerID p2p.ID, base int64, height int64,
+	onErr func(err error, peerID p2p.ID), params *BpPeerParams) *BpPeer {
+
+	if params == nil {
+		params = BpPeerDefaultParams()
+	}
+	return &BpPeer{
+		ID:     peerID,
+		Base:   base,
+		Height: height,
+		blocks: make(map[int64]*types.Block, maxRequestsPerPeer),
+		logger: log.NewNopLogger(),
+		onErr:  onErr,
+		params: params,
+	}
+}
+
+// String returns a string representation of a peer.
+func (peer *BpPeer) String() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("peer: %v height: %v pending: %v", peer.ID, peer.Height, peer.NumPendingBlockRequests)
+}
+
+// SetLogger sets the logger of the peer.
+func (peer *BpPeer) SetLogger(l log.Logger) {
+	peer.logger = l
+}
+
+// Cleanup performs cleanup of the peer, removes blocks, requests, stops timer and monitor.
+func (peer *BpPeer) Cleanup() {
+	if peer.blockResponseTimer != nil {
+		peer.blockResponseTimer.Stop()
+	}
+	if peer.NumPendingBlockRequests != 0 {
+		peer.logger.Info("peer with pending requests is being cleaned", "peer", peer.ID)
+	}
+	if len(peer.blocks)-peer.NumPendingBlockRequests != 0 {
+		peer.logger.Info("peer with pending blocks is being cleaned", "peer", peer.ID)
+	}
+	for h := range peer.blocks {
+		delete(peer.blocks, h)
+	}
+	peer.NumPendingBlockRequests = 0
+	peer.recvMonitor = nil
+}
+
+// BlockAtHeight returns the block at a given height if available and errMissingBlock otherwise.
+func (peer *BpPeer) BlockAtHeight(height int64) (*types.Block, error) {
+	block, ok := peer.blocks[height]
+	if !ok {
+		return nil, errMissingBlock
+	}
+	if block == nil {
+		return nil, errMissingBlock
+	}
+	return peer.blocks[height], nil
+}
+
+// AddBlock adds a block at peer level. Block must be non-nil and recvSize a positive integer
+// The peer must have a pending request for this block.
+func (peer *BpPeer) AddBlock(block *types.Block, recvSize int) error {
+	if block == nil || recvSize < 0 {
+		panic("bad parameters")
+	}
+	existingBlock, ok := peer.blocks[block.Height]
+	if !ok {
+		peer.logger.Error("unsolicited block", "blockHeight", block.Height, "peer", peer.ID)
+		return errMissingBlock
+	}
+	if existingBlock != nil {
+		peer.logger.Error("already have a block for height", "height", block.Height)
+		return errDuplicateBlock
+	}
+	if peer.NumPendingBlockRequests == 0 {
+		panic("peer does not have pending requests")
+	}
+	peer.blocks[block.Height] = block
+	peer.NumPendingBlockRequests--
+	if peer.NumPendingBlockRequests == 0 {
+		peer.stopMonitor()
+		peer.stopBlockResponseTimer()
+	} else {
+		peer.recvMonitor.Update(recvSize)
+		peer.resetBlockResponseTimer()
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// RemoveBlock removes the block of given height
+func (peer *BpPeer) RemoveBlock(height int64) {
+	delete(peer.blocks, height)
+}
+
+// RequestSent records that a request was sent, and starts the peer timer and monitor if needed.
+func (peer *BpPeer) RequestSent(height int64) {
+	peer.blocks[height] = nil
+
+	if peer.NumPendingBlockRequests == 0 {
+		peer.startMonitor()
+		peer.resetBlockResponseTimer()
+	}
+	peer.NumPendingBlockRequests++
+}
+
+// CheckRate verifies that the response rate of the peer is acceptable (higher than the minimum allowed).
+func (peer *BpPeer) CheckRate() error {
+	if peer.NumPendingBlockRequests == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	curRate := peer.recvMonitor.Status().CurRate
+	// curRate can be 0 on start
+	if curRate != 0 && curRate < peer.params.minRecvRate {
+		err := errSlowPeer
+		peer.logger.Error("SendTimeout", "peer", peer,
+			"reason", err,
+			"curRate", fmt.Sprintf("%d KB/s", curRate/1024),
+			"minRate", fmt.Sprintf("%d KB/s", peer.params.minRecvRate/1024))
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (peer *BpPeer) onTimeout() {
+	peer.onErr(errNoPeerResponse, peer.ID)
+}
+
+func (peer *BpPeer) stopMonitor() {
+	peer.recvMonitor.Done()
+	peer.recvMonitor = nil
+}
+
+func (peer *BpPeer) startMonitor() {
+	peer.recvMonitor = flow.New(peer.params.sampleRate, peer.params.windowSize)
+	initialValue := float64(peer.params.minRecvRate) * math.E
+	peer.recvMonitor.SetREMA(initialValue)
+}
+
+func (peer *BpPeer) resetBlockResponseTimer() {
+	if peer.blockResponseTimer == nil {
+		peer.blockResponseTimer = time.AfterFunc(peer.params.timeout, peer.onTimeout)
+	} else {
+		peer.blockResponseTimer.Reset(peer.params.timeout)
+	}
+}
+
+func (peer *BpPeer) stopBlockResponseTimer() bool {
+	if peer.blockResponseTimer == nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	return peer.blockResponseTimer.Stop()
+}
+
+// BpPeerDefaultParams returns the default peer parameters.
+func BpPeerDefaultParams() *BpPeerParams {
+	return &BpPeerParams{
+		// Timeout for a peer to respond to a block request.
+		timeout: 15 * time.Second,
+
+		// Minimum recv rate to ensure we're receiving blocks from a peer fast
+		// enough. If a peer is not sending data at at least that rate, we
+		// consider them to have timedout and we disconnect.
+		//
+		// Assuming a DSL connection (not a good choice) 128 Kbps (upload) ~ 15 KB/s,
+		// sending data across atlantic ~ 7.5 KB/s.
+		minRecvRate: int64(7680),
+
+		// Monitor parameters
+		sampleRate: time.Second,
+		windowSize: 40 * time.Second,
+	}
+}
--- a/blockchain/v1/peer_test.go
+++ b/blockchain/v1/peer_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,280 @@
+package v1
+
+import (
+	"sync"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
+	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/log"
+	tmrand "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/rand"
+	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/p2p"
+	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/types"
+)
+
+func TestPeerMonitor(t *testing.T) {
+	peer := NewBpPeer(
+		p2p.ID(tmrand.Str(12)), 0, 10,
+		func(err error, _ p2p.ID) {},
+		nil)
+	peer.SetLogger(log.TestingLogger())
+	peer.startMonitor()
+	assert.NotNil(t, peer.recvMonitor)
+	peer.stopMonitor()
+	assert.Nil(t, peer.recvMonitor)
+}
+
+func TestPeerResetBlockResponseTimer(t *testing.T) {
+	var (
+		numErrFuncCalls int        // number of calls to the errFunc
+		lastErr         error      // last generated error
+		peerTestMtx     sync.Mutex // modifications of ^^ variables are also done from timer handler goroutine
+	)
+	params := &BpPeerParams{timeout: 20 * time.Millisecond}
+
+	peer := NewBpPeer(
+		p2p.ID(tmrand.Str(12)), 0, 10,
+		func(err error, _ p2p.ID) {
+			peerTestMtx.Lock()
+			defer peerTestMtx.Unlock()
+			lastErr = err
+			numErrFuncCalls++
+		},
+		params)
+
+	peer.SetLogger(log.TestingLogger())
+	checkByStoppingPeerTimer(t, peer, false)
+
+	// initial reset call with peer having a nil timer
+	peer.resetBlockResponseTimer()
+	assert.NotNil(t, peer.blockResponseTimer)
+	// make sure timer is running and stop it
+	checkByStoppingPeerTimer(t, peer, true)
+
+	// reset with running timer
+	peer.resetBlockResponseTimer()
+	time.Sleep(5 * time.Millisecond)
+	peer.resetBlockResponseTimer()
+	assert.NotNil(t, peer.blockResponseTimer)
+
+	// let the timer expire and ...
+	time.Sleep(50 * time.Millisecond)
+	// ... check timer is not running
+	checkByStoppingPeerTimer(t, peer, false)
+
+	peerTestMtx.Lock()
+	// ... check errNoPeerResponse has been sent
+	assert.Equal(t, 1, numErrFuncCalls)
+	assert.Equal(t, lastErr, errNoPeerResponse)
+	peerTestMtx.Unlock()
+}
+
+func TestPeerRequestSent(t *testing.T) {
+	params := &BpPeerParams{timeout: 2 * time.Millisecond}
+
+	peer := NewBpPeer(
+		p2p.ID(tmrand.Str(12)), 0, 10,
+		func(err error, _ p2p.ID) {},
+		params)
+
+	peer.SetLogger(log.TestingLogger())
+
+	peer.RequestSent(1)
+	assert.NotNil(t, peer.recvMonitor)
+	assert.NotNil(t, peer.blockResponseTimer)
+	assert.Equal(t, 1, peer.NumPendingBlockRequests)
+
+	peer.RequestSent(1)
+	assert.NotNil(t, peer.recvMonitor)
+	assert.NotNil(t, peer.blockResponseTimer)
+	assert.Equal(t, 2, peer.NumPendingBlockRequests)
+}
+
+func TestPeerGetAndRemoveBlock(t *testing.T) {
+	peer := NewBpPeer(
+		p2p.ID(tmrand.Str(12)), 0, 100,
+		func(err error, _ p2p.ID) {},
+		nil)
+
+	// Change peer height
+	peer.Height = int64(10)
+	assert.Equal(t, int64(10), peer.Height)
+
+	// request some blocks and receive few of them
+	for i := 1; i <= 10; i++ {
+		peer.RequestSent(int64(i))
+		if i > 5 {
+			// only receive blocks 1..5
+			continue
+		}
+		_ = peer.AddBlock(makeSmallBlock(i), 10)
+	}
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name         string
+		height       int64
+		wantErr      error
+		blockPresent bool
+	}{
+		{"no request", 100, errMissingBlock, false},
+		{"no block", 6, errMissingBlock, false},
+		{"block 1 present", 1, nil, true},
+		{"block max present", 5, nil, true},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		tt := tt
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			// try to get the block
+			b, err := peer.BlockAtHeight(tt.height)
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.wantErr, err)
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.blockPresent, b != nil)
+
+			// remove the block
+			peer.RemoveBlock(tt.height)
+			_, err = peer.BlockAtHeight(tt.height)
+			assert.Equal(t, errMissingBlock, err)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestPeerAddBlock(t *testing.T) {
+	peer := NewBpPeer(
+		p2p.ID(tmrand.Str(12)), 0, 100,
+		func(err error, _ p2p.ID) {},
+		nil)
+
+	// request some blocks, receive one
+	for i := 1; i <= 10; i++ {
+		peer.RequestSent(int64(i))
+		if i == 5 {
+			// receive block 5
+			_ = peer.AddBlock(makeSmallBlock(i), 10)
+		}
+	}
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name         string
+		height       int64
+		wantErr      error
+		blockPresent bool
+	}{
+		{"no request", 50, errMissingBlock, false},
+		{"duplicate block", 5, errDuplicateBlock, true},
+		{"block 1 successfully received", 1, nil, true},
+		{"block max successfully received", 10, nil, true},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		tt := tt
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			// try to get the block
+			err := peer.AddBlock(makeSmallBlock(int(tt.height)), 10)
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.wantErr, err)
+			_, err = peer.BlockAtHeight(tt.height)
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.blockPresent, err == nil)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestPeerOnErrFuncCalledDueToExpiration(t *testing.T) {
+
+	params := &BpPeerParams{timeout: 10 * time.Millisecond}
+	var (
+		numErrFuncCalls int        // number of calls to the onErr function
+		lastErr         error      // last generated error
+		peerTestMtx     sync.Mutex // modifications of ^^ variables are also done from timer handler goroutine
+	)
+
+	peer := NewBpPeer(
+		p2p.ID(tmrand.Str(12)), 0, 10,
+		func(err error, _ p2p.ID) {
+			peerTestMtx.Lock()
+			defer peerTestMtx.Unlock()
+			lastErr = err
+			numErrFuncCalls++
+		},
+		params)
+
+	peer.SetLogger(log.TestingLogger())
+
+	peer.RequestSent(1)
+	time.Sleep(50 * time.Millisecond)
+	// timer should have expired by now, check that the on error function was called
+	peerTestMtx.Lock()
+	assert.Equal(t, 1, numErrFuncCalls)
+	assert.Equal(t, errNoPeerResponse, lastErr)
+	peerTestMtx.Unlock()
+}
+
+func TestPeerCheckRate(t *testing.T) {
+	params := &BpPeerParams{
+		timeout:     time.Second,
+		minRecvRate: int64(100), // 100 bytes/sec exponential moving average
+	}
+	peer := NewBpPeer(
+		p2p.ID(tmrand.Str(12)), 0, 10,
+		func(err error, _ p2p.ID) {},
+		params)
+	peer.SetLogger(log.TestingLogger())
+
+	require.Nil(t, peer.CheckRate())
+
+	for i := 0; i < 40; i++ {
+		peer.RequestSent(int64(i))
+	}
+
+	// monitor starts with a higher rEMA (~ 2*minRecvRate), wait for it to go down
+	time.Sleep(900 * time.Millisecond)
+
+	// normal peer - send a bit more than 100 bytes/sec, > 10 bytes/100msec, check peer is not considered slow
+	for i := 0; i < 10; i++ {
+		_ = peer.AddBlock(makeSmallBlock(i), 11)
+		time.Sleep(100 * time.Millisecond)
+		require.Nil(t, peer.CheckRate())
+	}
+
+	// slow peer - send a bit less than 10 bytes/100msec
+	for i := 10; i < 20; i++ {
+		_ = peer.AddBlock(makeSmallBlock(i), 9)
+		time.Sleep(100 * time.Millisecond)
+	}
+	// check peer is considered slow
+	assert.Equal(t, errSlowPeer, peer.CheckRate())
+}
+
+func TestPeerCleanup(t *testing.T) {
+	params := &BpPeerParams{timeout: 2 * time.Millisecond}
+
+	peer := NewBpPeer(
+		p2p.ID(tmrand.Str(12)), 0, 10,
+		func(err error, _ p2p.ID) {},
+		params)
+	peer.SetLogger(log.TestingLogger())
+
+	assert.Nil(t, peer.blockResponseTimer)
+	peer.RequestSent(1)
+	assert.NotNil(t, peer.blockResponseTimer)
+
+	peer.Cleanup()
+	checkByStoppingPeerTimer(t, peer, false)
+}
+
+// Check if peer timer is running or not (a running timer can be successfully stopped).
+// Note: stops the timer.
+func checkByStoppingPeerTimer(t *testing.T, peer *BpPeer, running bool) {
+	assert.NotPanics(t, func() {
+		stopped := peer.stopBlockResponseTimer()
+		if running {
+			assert.True(t, stopped)
+		} else {
+			assert.False(t, stopped)
+		}
+	})
+}
+
+func makeSmallBlock(height int) *types.Block {
+	return types.MakeBlock(int64(height), []types.Tx{types.Tx("foo")}, nil, nil)
+}
--- a/blockchain/v1/pool.go
+++ b/blockchain/v1/pool.go
@@ -0,0 +1,370 @@
+package v1
+
+import (
+	"sort"
+
+	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/log"
+	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/p2p"
+	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/types"
+)
+
+// BlockPool keeps track of the fast sync peers, block requests and block responses.
+type BlockPool struct {
+	logger log.Logger
+	// Set of peers that have sent status responses, with height bigger than pool.Height
+	peers map[p2p.ID]*BpPeer
+	// Set of block heights and the corresponding peers from where a block response is expected or has been received.
+	blocks map[int64]p2p.ID
+
+	plannedRequests   map[int64]struct{} // list of blocks to be assigned peers for blockRequest
+	nextRequestHeight int64              // next height to be added to plannedRequests
+
+	Height        int64 // height of next block to execute
+	MaxPeerHeight int64 // maximum height of all peers
+	toBcR         bcReactor
+}
+
+// NewBlockPool creates a new BlockPool.
+func NewBlockPool(height int64, toBcR bcReactor) *BlockPool {
+	return &BlockPool{
+		Height:            height,
+		MaxPeerHeight:     0,
+		peers:             make(map[p2p.ID]*BpPeer),
+		blocks:            make(map[int64]p2p.ID),
+		plannedRequests:   make(map[int64]struct{}),
+		nextRequestHeight: height,
+		toBcR:             toBcR,
+	}
+}
+
+// SetLogger sets the logger of the pool.
+func (pool *BlockPool) SetLogger(l log.Logger) {
+	pool.logger = l
+}
+
+// ReachedMaxHeight check if the pool has reached the maximum peer height.
+func (pool *BlockPool) ReachedMaxHeight() bool {
+	return pool.Height >= pool.MaxPeerHeight
+}
+
+func (pool *BlockPool) rescheduleRequest(peerID p2p.ID, height int64) {
+	pool.logger.Info("reschedule requests made to peer for height ", "peerID", peerID, "height", height)
+	pool.plannedRequests[height] = struct{}{}
+	delete(pool.blocks, height)
+	pool.peers[peerID].RemoveBlock(height)
+}
+
+// Updates the pool's max height. If no peers are left MaxPeerHeight is set to 0.
+func (pool *BlockPool) updateMaxPeerHeight() {
+	var newMax int64
+	for _, peer := range pool.peers {
+		peerHeight := peer.Height
+		if peerHeight > newMax {
+			newMax = peerHeight
+		}
+	}
+	pool.MaxPeerHeight = newMax
+}
+
+// UpdatePeer adds a new peer or updates an existing peer with a new base and height.
+// If a peer is short it is not added.
+func (pool *BlockPool) UpdatePeer(peerID p2p.ID, base int64, height int64) error {
+
+	peer := pool.peers[peerID]
+
+	if peer == nil {
+		if height < pool.Height {
+			pool.logger.Info("Peer height too small",
+				"peer", peerID, "height", height, "fsm_height", pool.Height)
+			return errPeerTooShort
+		}
+		// Add new peer.
+		peer = NewBpPeer(peerID, base, height, pool.toBcR.sendPeerError, nil)
+		peer.SetLogger(pool.logger.With("peer", peerID))
+		pool.peers[peerID] = peer
+		pool.logger.Info("added peer", "peerID", peerID, "base", base, "height", height, "num_peers", len(pool.peers))
+	} else {
+		// Check if peer is lowering its height. This is not allowed.
+		if height < peer.Height {
+			pool.RemovePeer(peerID, errPeerLowersItsHeight)
+			return errPeerLowersItsHeight
+		}
+		// Update existing peer.
+		peer.Base = base
+		peer.Height = height
+	}
+
+	// Update the pool's MaxPeerHeight if needed.
+	pool.updateMaxPeerHeight()
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Cleans and deletes the peer. Recomputes the max peer height.
+func (pool *BlockPool) deletePeer(peer *BpPeer) {
+	if peer == nil {
+		return
+	}
+	peer.Cleanup()
+	delete(pool.peers, peer.ID)
+
+	if peer.Height == pool.MaxPeerHeight {
+		pool.updateMaxPeerHeight()
+	}
+}
+
+// RemovePeer removes the blocks and requests from the peer, reschedules them and deletes the peer.
+func (pool *BlockPool) RemovePeer(peerID p2p.ID, err error) {
+	peer := pool.peers[peerID]
+	if peer == nil {
+		return
+	}
+	pool.logger.Info("removing peer", "peerID", peerID, "error", err)
+
+	// Reschedule the block requests made to the peer, or received and not processed yet.
+	// Note that some of the requests may be removed further down.
+	for h := range pool.peers[peerID].blocks {
+		pool.rescheduleRequest(peerID, h)
+	}
+
+	oldMaxPeerHeight := pool.MaxPeerHeight
+	// Delete the peer. This operation may result in the pool's MaxPeerHeight being lowered.
+	pool.deletePeer(peer)
+
+	// Check if the pool's MaxPeerHeight has been lowered.
+	// This may happen if the tallest peer has been removed.
+	if oldMaxPeerHeight > pool.MaxPeerHeight {
+		// Remove any planned requests for heights over the new MaxPeerHeight.
+		for h := range pool.plannedRequests {
+			if h > pool.MaxPeerHeight {
+				delete(pool.plannedRequests, h)
+			}
+		}
+		// Adjust the nextRequestHeight to the new max plus one.
+		if pool.nextRequestHeight > pool.MaxPeerHeight {
+			pool.nextRequestHeight = pool.MaxPeerHeight + 1
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func (pool *BlockPool) removeShortPeers() {
+	for _, peer := range pool.peers {
+		if peer.Height < pool.Height {
+			pool.RemovePeer(peer.ID, nil)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func (pool *BlockPool) removeBadPeers() {
+	pool.removeShortPeers()
+	for _, peer := range pool.peers {
+		if err := peer.CheckRate(); err != nil {
+			pool.RemovePeer(peer.ID, err)
+			pool.toBcR.sendPeerError(err, peer.ID)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// MakeNextRequests creates more requests if the block pool is running low.
+func (pool *BlockPool) MakeNextRequests(maxNumRequests int) {
+	heights := pool.makeRequestBatch(maxNumRequests)
+	if len(heights) != 0 {
+		pool.logger.Info("makeNextRequests will make following requests",
+			"number", len(heights), "heights", heights)
+	}
+
+	for _, height := range heights {
+		h := int64(height)
+		if !pool.sendRequest(h) {
+			// If a good peer was not found for sending the request at height h then return,
+			// as it shouldn't be possible to find a peer for h+1.
+			return
+		}
+		delete(pool.plannedRequests, h)
+	}
+}
+
+// Makes a batch of requests sorted by height such that the block pool has up to maxNumRequests entries.
+func (pool *BlockPool) makeRequestBatch(maxNumRequests int) []int {
+	pool.removeBadPeers()
+	// At this point pool.requests may include heights for requests to be redone due to removal of peers:
+	// - peers timed out or were removed by switch
+	// - FSM timed out on waiting to advance the block execution due to missing blocks at h or h+1
+	// Determine the number of requests needed by subtracting the number of requests already made from the maximum
+	// allowed
+	numNeeded := maxNumRequests - len(pool.blocks)
+	for len(pool.plannedRequests) < numNeeded {
+		if pool.nextRequestHeight > pool.MaxPeerHeight {
+			break
+		}
+		pool.plannedRequests[pool.nextRequestHeight] = struct{}{}
+		pool.nextRequestHeight++
+	}
+
+	heights := make([]int, 0, len(pool.plannedRequests))
+	for k := range pool.plannedRequests {
+		heights = append(heights, int(k))
+	}
+	sort.Ints(heights)
+	return heights
+}
+
+func (pool *BlockPool) sendRequest(height int64) bool {
+	for _, peer := range pool.peers {
+		if peer.NumPendingBlockRequests >= maxRequestsPerPeer {
+			continue
+		}
+		if peer.Base > height || peer.Height < height {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		err := pool.toBcR.sendBlockRequest(peer.ID, height)
+		if err == errNilPeerForBlockRequest {
+			// Switch does not have this peer, remove it and continue to look for another peer.
+			pool.logger.Error("switch does not have peer..removing peer selected for height", "peer",
+				peer.ID, "height", height)
+			pool.RemovePeer(peer.ID, err)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if err == errSendQueueFull {
+			pool.logger.Error("peer queue is full", "peer", peer.ID, "height", height)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		pool.logger.Info("assigned request to peer", "peer", peer.ID, "height", height)
+
+		pool.blocks[height] = peer.ID
+		peer.RequestSent(height)
+
+		return true
+	}
+	pool.logger.Error("could not find peer to send request for block at height", "height", height)
+	return false
+}
+
+// AddBlock validates that the block comes from the peer it was expected from and stores it in the 'blocks' map.
+func (pool *BlockPool) AddBlock(peerID p2p.ID, block *types.Block, blockSize int) error {
+	peer, ok := pool.peers[peerID]
+	if !ok {
+		pool.logger.Error("block from unknown peer", "height", block.Height, "peer", peerID)
+		return errBadDataFromPeer
+	}
+	if wantPeerID, ok := pool.blocks[block.Height]; ok && wantPeerID != peerID {
+		pool.logger.Error("block received from wrong peer", "height", block.Height,
+			"peer", peerID, "expected_peer", wantPeerID)
+		return errBadDataFromPeer
+	}
+
+	return peer.AddBlock(block, blockSize)
+}
+
+// BlockData stores the peer responsible to deliver a block and the actual block if delivered.
+type BlockData struct {
+	block *types.Block
+	peer  *BpPeer
+}
+
+// BlockAndPeerAtHeight retrieves the block and delivery peer at specified height.
+// Returns errMissingBlock if a block was not found
+func (pool *BlockPool) BlockAndPeerAtHeight(height int64) (bData *BlockData, err error) {
+	peerID := pool.blocks[height]
+	peer := pool.peers[peerID]
+	if peer == nil {
+		return nil, errMissingBlock
+	}
+
+	block, err := peer.BlockAtHeight(height)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return &BlockData{peer: peer, block: block}, nil
+
+}
+
+// FirstTwoBlocksAndPeers returns the blocks and the delivery peers at pool's height H and H+1.
+func (pool *BlockPool) FirstTwoBlocksAndPeers() (first, second *BlockData, err error) {
+	first, err = pool.BlockAndPeerAtHeight(pool.Height)
+	second, err2 := pool.BlockAndPeerAtHeight(pool.Height + 1)
+	if err == nil {
+		err = err2
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+// InvalidateFirstTwoBlocks removes the peers that sent us the first two blocks, blocks are removed by RemovePeer().
+func (pool *BlockPool) InvalidateFirstTwoBlocks(err error) {
+	first, err1 := pool.BlockAndPeerAtHeight(pool.Height)
+	second, err2 := pool.BlockAndPeerAtHeight(pool.Height + 1)
+
+	if err1 == nil {
+		pool.RemovePeer(first.peer.ID, err)
+	}
+	if err2 == nil {
+		pool.RemovePeer(second.peer.ID, err)
+	}
+}
+
+// ProcessedCurrentHeightBlock performs cleanup after a block is processed. It removes block at pool height and
+// the peers that are now short.
+func (pool *BlockPool) ProcessedCurrentHeightBlock() {
+	peerID, peerOk := pool.blocks[pool.Height]
+	if peerOk {
+		pool.peers[peerID].RemoveBlock(pool.Height)
+	}
+	delete(pool.blocks, pool.Height)
+	pool.logger.Debug("removed block at height", "height", pool.Height)
+	pool.Height++
+	pool.removeShortPeers()
+}
+
+// RemovePeerAtCurrentHeights checks if a block at pool's height H exists and if not, it removes the
+// delivery peer and returns. If a block at height H exists then the check and peer removal is done for H+1.
+// This function is called when the FSM is not able to make progress for some time.
+// This happens if either the block H or H+1 have not been delivered.
+func (pool *BlockPool) RemovePeerAtCurrentHeights(err error) {
+	peerID := pool.blocks[pool.Height]
+	peer, ok := pool.peers[peerID]
+	if ok {
+		if _, err := peer.BlockAtHeight(pool.Height); err != nil {
+			pool.logger.Info("remove peer that hasn't sent block at pool.Height",
+				"peer", peerID, "height", pool.Height)
+			pool.RemovePeer(peerID, err)
+			return
+		}
+	}
+	peerID = pool.blocks[pool.Height+1]
+	peer, ok = pool.peers[peerID]
+	if ok {
+		if _, err := peer.BlockAtHeight(pool.Height + 1); err != nil {
+			pool.logger.Info("remove peer that hasn't sent block at pool.Height+1",
+				"peer", peerID, "height", pool.Height+1)
+			pool.RemovePeer(peerID, err)
+			return
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// Cleanup performs pool and peer cleanup
+func (pool *BlockPool) Cleanup() {
+	for id, peer := range pool.peers {
+		peer.Cleanup()
+		delete(pool.peers, id)
+	}
+	pool.plannedRequests = make(map[int64]struct{})
+	pool.blocks = make(map[int64]p2p.ID)
+	pool.nextRequestHeight = 0
+	pool.Height = 0
+	pool.MaxPeerHeight = 0
+}
+
+// NumPeers returns the number of peers in the pool
+func (pool *BlockPool) NumPeers() int {
+	return len(pool.peers)
+}
+
+// NeedsBlocks returns true if more blocks are required.
+func (pool *BlockPool) NeedsBlocks() bool {
+	return len(pool.blocks) < maxNumRequests
+}
--- a/blockchain/v1/pool_test.go
+++ b/blockchain/v1/pool_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,691 @@
+package v1
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+
+	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/log"
+	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/p2p"
+	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/types"
+)
+
+type testPeer struct {
+	id     p2p.ID
+	base   int64
+	height int64
+}
+
+type testBcR struct {
+	logger log.Logger
+}
+
+type testValues struct {
+	numRequestsSent int
+}
+
+var testResults testValues
+
+func resetPoolTestResults() {
+	testResults.numRequestsSent = 0
+}
+
+func (testR *testBcR) sendPeerError(err error, peerID p2p.ID) {
+}
+
+func (testR *testBcR) sendStatusRequest() {
+}
+
+func (testR *testBcR) sendBlockRequest(peerID p2p.ID, height int64) error {
+	testResults.numRequestsSent++
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (testR *testBcR) resetStateTimer(name string, timer **time.Timer, timeout time.Duration) {
+}
+
+func (testR *testBcR) switchToConsensus() {
+
+}
+
+func newTestBcR() *testBcR {
+	testBcR := &testBcR{logger: log.TestingLogger()}
+	return testBcR
+}
+
+type tPBlocks struct {
+	id     p2p.ID
+	create bool
+}
+
+// Makes a block pool with specified current height, list of peers, block requests and block responses
+func makeBlockPool(bcr *testBcR, height int64, peers []BpPeer, blocks map[int64]tPBlocks) *BlockPool {
+	bPool := NewBlockPool(height, bcr)
+	bPool.SetLogger(bcr.logger)
+
+	txs := []types.Tx{types.Tx("foo"), types.Tx("bar")}
+
+	var maxH int64
+	for _, p := range peers {
+		if p.Height > maxH {
+			maxH = p.Height
+		}
+		bPool.peers[p.ID] = NewBpPeer(p.ID, p.Base, p.Height, bcr.sendPeerError, nil)
+		bPool.peers[p.ID].SetLogger(bcr.logger)
+
+	}
+	bPool.MaxPeerHeight = maxH
+	for h, p := range blocks {
+		bPool.blocks[h] = p.id
+		bPool.peers[p.id].RequestSent(h)
+		if p.create {
+			// simulate that a block at height h has been received
+			_ = bPool.peers[p.id].AddBlock(types.MakeBlock(h, txs, nil, nil), 100)
+		}
+	}
+	return bPool
+}
+
+func assertPeerSetsEquivalent(t *testing.T, set1 map[p2p.ID]*BpPeer, set2 map[p2p.ID]*BpPeer) {
+	assert.Equal(t, len(set1), len(set2))
+	for peerID, peer1 := range set1 {
+		peer2 := set2[peerID]
+		assert.NotNil(t, peer2)
+		assert.Equal(t, peer1.NumPendingBlockRequests, peer2.NumPendingBlockRequests)
+		assert.Equal(t, peer1.Height, peer2.Height)
+		assert.Equal(t, peer1.Base, peer2.Base)
+		assert.Equal(t, len(peer1.blocks), len(peer2.blocks))
+		for h, block1 := range peer1.blocks {
+			block2 := peer2.blocks[h]
+			// block1 and block2 could be nil if a request was made but no block was received
+			assert.Equal(t, block1, block2)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func assertBlockPoolEquivalent(t *testing.T, poolWanted, pool *BlockPool) {
+	assert.Equal(t, poolWanted.blocks, pool.blocks)
+	assertPeerSetsEquivalent(t, poolWanted.peers, pool.peers)
+	assert.Equal(t, poolWanted.MaxPeerHeight, pool.MaxPeerHeight)
+	assert.Equal(t, poolWanted.Height, pool.Height)
+
+}
+
+func TestBlockPoolUpdatePeer(t *testing.T) {
+	testBcR := newTestBcR()
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name       string
+		pool       *BlockPool
+		args       testPeer
+		poolWanted *BlockPool
+		errWanted  error
+	}{
+		{
+			name:       "add a first short peer",
+			pool:       makeBlockPool(testBcR, 100, []BpPeer{}, map[int64]tPBlocks{}),
+			args:       testPeer{"P1", 0, 50},
+			errWanted:  errPeerTooShort,
+			poolWanted: makeBlockPool(testBcR, 100, []BpPeer{}, map[int64]tPBlocks{}),
+		},
+		{
+			name:       "add a first good peer",
+			pool:       makeBlockPool(testBcR, 100, []BpPeer{}, map[int64]tPBlocks{}),
+			args:       testPeer{"P1", 0, 101},
+			poolWanted: makeBlockPool(testBcR, 100, []BpPeer{{ID: "P1", Height: 101}}, map[int64]tPBlocks{}),
+		},
+		{
+			name:       "add a first good peer with base",
+			pool:       makeBlockPool(testBcR, 100, []BpPeer{}, map[int64]tPBlocks{}),
+			args:       testPeer{"P1", 10, 101},
+			poolWanted: makeBlockPool(testBcR, 100, []BpPeer{{ID: "P1", Base: 10, Height: 101}}, map[int64]tPBlocks{}),
+		},
+		{
+			name:       "increase the height of P1 from 120 to 123",
+			pool:       makeBlockPool(testBcR, 100, []BpPeer{{ID: "P1", Height: 120}}, map[int64]tPBlocks{}),
+			args:       testPeer{"P1", 0, 123},
+			poolWanted: makeBlockPool(testBcR, 100, []BpPeer{{ID: "P1", Height: 123}}, map[int64]tPBlocks{}),
+		},
+		{
+			name:       "decrease the height of P1 from 120 to 110",
+			pool:       makeBlockPool(testBcR, 100, []BpPeer{{ID: "P1", Height: 120}}, map[int64]tPBlocks{}),
+			args:       testPeer{"P1", 0, 110},
+			errWanted:  errPeerLowersItsHeight,
+			poolWanted: makeBlockPool(testBcR, 100, []BpPeer{}, map[int64]tPBlocks{}),
+		},
+		{
+			name: "decrease the height of P1 from 105 to 102 with blocks",
+			pool: makeBlockPool(testBcR, 100, []BpPeer{{ID: "P1", Height: 105}},
+				map[int64]tPBlocks{
+					100: {"P1", true}, 101: {"P1", true}, 102: {"P1", true}}),
+			args:      testPeer{"P1", 0, 102},
+			errWanted: errPeerLowersItsHeight,
+			poolWanted: makeBlockPool(testBcR, 100, []BpPeer{},
+				map[int64]tPBlocks{}),
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		tt := tt
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			pool := tt.pool
+			err := pool.UpdatePeer(tt.args.id, tt.args.base, tt.args.height)
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.errWanted, err)
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.poolWanted.blocks, tt.pool.blocks)
+			assertPeerSetsEquivalent(t, tt.poolWanted.peers, tt.pool.peers)
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.poolWanted.MaxPeerHeight, tt.pool.MaxPeerHeight)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestBlockPoolRemovePeer(t *testing.T) {
+	testBcR := newTestBcR()
+
+	type args struct {
+		peerID p2p.ID
+		err    error
+	}
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name       string
+		pool       *BlockPool
+		args       args
+		poolWanted *BlockPool
+	}{
+		{
+			name:       "attempt to delete non-existing peer",
+			pool:       makeBlockPool(testBcR, 100, []BpPeer{{ID: "P1", Height: 120}}, map[int64]tPBlocks{}),
+			args:       args{"P99", nil},
+			poolWanted: makeBlockPool(testBcR, 100, []BpPeer{{ID: "P1", Height: 120}}, map[int64]tPBlocks{}),
+		},
+		{
+			name:       "delete the only peer without blocks",
+			pool:       makeBlockPool(testBcR, 100, []BpPeer{{ID: "P1", Height: 120}}, map[int64]tPBlocks{}),
+			args:       args{"P1", nil},
+			poolWanted: makeBlockPool(testBcR, 100, []BpPeer{}, map[int64]tPBlocks{}),
+		},
+		{
+			name: "delete the shortest of two peers without blocks",
+			pool: makeBlockPool(
+				testBcR,
+				100,
+				[]BpPeer{{ID: "P1", Height: 100}, {ID: "P2", Height: 120}},
+				map[int64]tPBlocks{}),
+			args:       args{"P1", nil},
+			poolWanted: makeBlockPool(testBcR, 100, []BpPeer{{ID: "P2", Height: 120}}, map[int64]tPBlocks{}),
+		},
+		{
+			name: "delete the tallest of two peers without blocks",
+			pool: makeBlockPool(
+				testBcR,
+				100,
+				[]BpPeer{{ID: "P1", Height: 100}, {ID: "P2", Height: 120}},
+				map[int64]tPBlocks{}),
+			args:       args{"P2", nil},
+			poolWanted: makeBlockPool(testBcR, 100, []BpPeer{{ID: "P1", Height: 100}}, map[int64]tPBlocks{}),
+		},
+		{
+			name: "delete the only peer with block requests sent and blocks received",
+			pool: makeBlockPool(testBcR, 100, []BpPeer{{ID: "P1", Height: 120}},
+				map[int64]tPBlocks{100: {"P1", true}, 101: {"P1", false}}),
+			args:       args{"P1", nil},
+			poolWanted: makeBlockPool(testBcR, 100, []BpPeer{}, map[int64]tPBlocks{}),
+		},
+		{
+			name: "delete the shortest of two peers with block requests sent and blocks received",
+			pool: makeBlockPool(testBcR, 100, []BpPeer{{ID: "P1", Height: 120}, {ID: "P2", Height: 200}},
+				map[int64]tPBlocks{100: {"P1", true}, 101: {"P1", false}}),
+			args:       args{"P1", nil},
+			poolWanted: makeBlockPool(testBcR, 100, []BpPeer{{ID: "P2", Height: 200}}, map[int64]tPBlocks{}),
+		},
+		{
+			name: "delete the tallest of two peers with block requests sent and blocks received",
+			pool: makeBlockPool(testBcR, 100, []BpPeer{{ID: "P1", Height: 120}, {ID: "P2", Height: 110}},
+				map[int64]tPBlocks{100: {"P1", true}, 101: {"P1", false}}),
+			args:       args{"P1", nil},
+			poolWanted: makeBlockPool(testBcR, 100, []BpPeer{{ID: "P2", Height: 110}}, map[int64]tPBlocks{}),
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		tt := tt
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			tt.pool.RemovePeer(tt.args.peerID, tt.args.err)
+			assertBlockPoolEquivalent(t, tt.poolWanted, tt.pool)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestBlockPoolRemoveShortPeers(t *testing.T) {
+	testBcR := newTestBcR()
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name       string
+		pool       *BlockPool
+		poolWanted *BlockPool
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "no short peers",
+			pool: makeBlockPool(testBcR, 100,
+				[]BpPeer{{ID: "P1", Height: 100}, {ID: "P2", Height: 110}, {ID: "P3", Height: 120}}, map[int64]tPBlocks{}),
+			poolWanted: makeBlockPool(testBcR, 100,
+				[]BpPeer{{ID: "P1", Height: 100}, {ID: "P2", Height: 110}, {ID: "P3", Height: 120}}, map[int64]tPBlocks{}),
+		},
+
+		{
+			name: "one short peer",
+			pool: makeBlockPool(testBcR, 100,
+				[]BpPeer{{ID: "P1", Height: 100}, {ID: "P2", Height: 90}, {ID: "P3", Height: 120}}, map[int64]tPBlocks{}),
+			poolWanted: makeBlockPool(testBcR, 100,
+				[]BpPeer{{ID: "P1", Height: 100}, {ID: "P3", Height: 120}}, map[int64]tPBlocks{}),
+		},
+
+		{
+			name: "all short peers",
+			pool: makeBlockPool(testBcR, 100,
+				[]BpPeer{{ID: "P1", Height: 90}, {ID: "P2", Height: 91}, {ID: "P3", Height: 92}}, map[int64]tPBlocks{}),
+			poolWanted: makeBlockPool(testBcR, 100, []BpPeer{}, map[int64]tPBlocks{}),
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		tt := tt
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			pool := tt.pool
+			pool.removeShortPeers()
+			assertBlockPoolEquivalent(t, tt.poolWanted, tt.pool)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestBlockPoolSendRequestBatch(t *testing.T) {
+	type testPeerResult struct {
+		id                      p2p.ID
+		numPendingBlockRequests int
+	}
+
+	testBcR := newTestBcR()
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name               string
+		pool               *BlockPool
+		maxRequestsPerPeer int
+		expRequests        map[int64]bool
+		expRequestsSent    int
+		expPeerResults     []testPeerResult
+	}{
+		{
+			name:               "one peer - send up to maxRequestsPerPeer block requests",
+			pool:               makeBlockPool(testBcR, 10, []BpPeer{{ID: "P1", Height: 100}}, map[int64]tPBlocks{}),
+			maxRequestsPerPeer: 2,
+			expRequests:        map[int64]bool{10: true, 11: true},
+			expRequestsSent:    2,
+			expPeerResults:     []testPeerResult{{id: "P1", numPendingBlockRequests: 2}},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "multiple peers - stops at gap between height and base",
+			pool: makeBlockPool(testBcR, 10, []BpPeer{
+				{ID: "P1", Base: 1, Height: 12},
+				{ID: "P2", Base: 15, Height: 100},
+			}, map[int64]tPBlocks{}),
+			maxRequestsPerPeer: 10,
+			expRequests:        map[int64]bool{10: true, 11: true, 12: true},
+			expRequestsSent:    3,
+			expPeerResults: []testPeerResult{
+				{id: "P1", numPendingBlockRequests: 3},
+				{id: "P2", numPendingBlockRequests: 0},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "n peers - send n*maxRequestsPerPeer block requests",
+			pool: makeBlockPool(
+				testBcR,
+				10,
+				[]BpPeer{{ID: "P1", Height: 100}, {ID: "P2", Height: 100}},
+				map[int64]tPBlocks{}),
+			maxRequestsPerPeer: 2,
+			expRequests:        map[int64]bool{10: true, 11: true},
+			expRequestsSent:    4,
+			expPeerResults: []testPeerResult{
+				{id: "P1", numPendingBlockRequests: 2},
+				{id: "P2", numPendingBlockRequests: 2}},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		tt := tt
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			resetPoolTestResults()
+
+			var pool = tt.pool
+			maxRequestsPerPeer = tt.maxRequestsPerPeer
+			pool.MakeNextRequests(10)
+
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.expRequestsSent, testResults.numRequestsSent)
+			for _, tPeer := range tt.expPeerResults {
+				var peer = pool.peers[tPeer.id]
+				assert.NotNil(t, peer)
+				assert.Equal(t, tPeer.numPendingBlockRequests, peer.NumPendingBlockRequests)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestBlockPoolAddBlock(t *testing.T) {
+	testBcR := newTestBcR()
+	txs := []types.Tx{types.Tx("foo"), types.Tx("bar")}
+
+	type args struct {
+		peerID    p2p.ID
+		block     *types.Block
+		blockSize int
+	}
+	tests := []struct {
+		name       string
+		pool       *BlockPool
+		args       args
+		poolWanted *BlockPool
+		errWanted  error
+	}{
+		{name: "block from unknown peer",
+			pool: makeBlockPool(testBcR, 10, []BpPeer{{ID: "P1", Height: 100}}, map[int64]tPBlocks{}),
+			args: args{
+				peerID:    "P2",
+				block:     types.MakeBlock(int64(10), txs, nil, nil),
+				blockSize: 100,
+			},
+			poolWanted: makeBlockPool(testBcR, 10, []BpPeer{{ID: "P1", Height: 100}}, map[int64]tPBlocks{}),
+			errWanted:  errBadDataFromPeer,
+		},
+		{name: "unexpected block 11 from known peer - waiting for 10",
+			pool: makeBlockPool(testBcR, 10,
+				[]BpPeer{{ID: "P1", Height: 100}},
+				map[int64]tPBlocks{10: {"P1", false}}),
+			args: args{
+				peerID:    "P1",
+				block:     types.MakeBlock(int64(11), txs, nil, nil),
+				blockSize: 100,
+			},
+			poolWanted: makeBlockPool(testBcR, 10,
+				[]BpPeer{{ID: "P1", Height: 100}},
+				map[int64]tPBlocks{10: {"P1", false}}),
+			errWanted: errMissingBlock,
+		},
+		{name: "unexpected block 10 from known peer - already have 10",
+			pool: makeBlockPool(testBcR, 10,
+				[]BpPeer{{ID: "P1", Height: 100}},
+				map[int64]tPBlocks{10: {"P1", true}, 11: {"P1", false}}),
+			args: args{
+				peerID:    "P1",
+				block:     types.MakeBlock(int64(10), txs, nil, nil),
+				blockSize: 100,
+			},
+			poolWanted: makeBlockPool(testBcR, 10,
+				[]BpPeer{{ID: "P1", Height: 100}},
+				map[int64]tPBlocks{10: {"P1", true}, 11: {"P1", false}}),
+			errWanted: errDuplicateBlock,
+		},
+		{name: "unexpected block 10 from known peer P2 - expected 10 to come from P1",
+			pool: makeBlockPool(testBcR, 10,
+				[]BpPeer{{ID: "P1", Height: 100}, {ID: "P2", Height: 100}},
+				map[int64]tPBlocks{10: {"P1", false}}),
+			args: args{
+				peerID:    "P2",
+				block:     types.MakeBlock(int64(10), txs, nil, nil),
+				blockSize: 100,
+			},
+			poolWanted: makeBlockPool(testBcR, 10,
+				[]BpPeer{{ID: "P1", Height: 100}, {ID: "P2", Height: 100}},
+				map[int64]tPBlocks{10: {"P1", false}}),
+			errWanted: errBadDataFromPeer,
+		},
+		{name: "expected block from known peer",
+			pool: makeBlockPool(testBcR, 10,
+				[]BpPeer{{ID: "P1", Height: 100}},
+				map[int64]tPBlocks{10: {"P1", false}}),
+			args: args{
+				peerID:    "P1",
+				block:     types.MakeBlock(int64(10), txs, nil, nil),
+				blockSize: 100,
+			},
+			poolWanted: makeBlockPool(testBcR, 10,
+				[]BpPeer{{ID: "P1", Height: 100}},
+				map[int64]tPBlocks{10: {"P1", true}}),
+			errWanted: nil,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		tt := tt
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			err := tt.pool.AddBlock(tt.args.peerID, tt.args.block, tt.args.blockSize)
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.errWanted, err)
+			assertBlockPoolEquivalent(t, tt.poolWanted, tt.pool)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestBlockPoolFirstTwoBlocksAndPeers(t *testing.T) {
+	testBcR := newTestBcR()
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name         string
+		pool         *BlockPool
+		firstWanted  int64
+		secondWanted int64
+		errWanted    error
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "both blocks missing",
+			pool: makeBlockPool(testBcR, 10,
+				[]BpPeer{{ID: "P1", Height: 100}, {ID: "P2", Height: 100}},
+				map[int64]tPBlocks{15: {"P1", true}, 16: {"P2", true}}),
+			errWanted: errMissingBlock,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "second block missing",
+			pool: makeBlockPool(testBcR, 15,
+				[]BpPeer{{ID: "P1", Height: 100}, {ID: "P2", Height: 100}},
+				map[int64]tPBlocks{15: {"P1", true}, 18: {"P2", true}}),
+			firstWanted: 15,
+			errWanted:   errMissingBlock,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "first block missing",
+			pool: makeBlockPool(testBcR, 15,
+				[]BpPeer{{ID: "P1", Height: 100}, {ID: "P2", Height: 100}},
+				map[int64]tPBlocks{16: {"P2", true}, 18: {"P2", true}}),
+			secondWanted: 16,
+			errWanted:    errMissingBlock,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "both blocks present",
+			pool: makeBlockPool(testBcR, 10,
+				[]BpPeer{{ID: "P1", Height: 100}, {ID: "P2", Height: 100}},
+				map[int64]tPBlocks{10: {"P1", true}, 11: {"P2", true}}),
+			firstWanted:  10,
+			secondWanted: 11,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		tt := tt
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			pool := tt.pool
+			gotFirst, gotSecond, err := pool.FirstTwoBlocksAndPeers()
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.errWanted, err)
+
+			if tt.firstWanted != 0 {
+				peer := pool.blocks[tt.firstWanted]
+				block := pool.peers[peer].blocks[tt.firstWanted]
+				assert.Equal(t, block, gotFirst.block,
+					"BlockPool.FirstTwoBlocksAndPeers() gotFirst = %v, want %v",
+					tt.firstWanted, gotFirst.block.Height)
+			}
+
+			if tt.secondWanted != 0 {
+				peer := pool.blocks[tt.secondWanted]
+				block := pool.peers[peer].blocks[tt.secondWanted]
+				assert.Equal(t, block, gotSecond.block,
+					"BlockPool.FirstTwoBlocksAndPeers() gotFirst = %v, want %v",
+					tt.secondWanted, gotSecond.block.Height)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestBlockPoolInvalidateFirstTwoBlocks(t *testing.T) {
+	testBcR := newTestBcR()
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name       string
+		pool       *BlockPool
+		poolWanted *BlockPool
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "both blocks missing",
+			pool: makeBlockPool(testBcR, 10,
+				[]BpPeer{{ID: "P1", Height: 100}, {ID: "P2", Height: 100}},
+				map[int64]tPBlocks{15: {"P1", true}, 16: {"P2", true}}),
+			poolWanted: makeBlockPool(testBcR, 10,
+				[]BpPeer{{ID: "P1", Height: 100}, {ID: "P2", Height: 100}},
+				map[int64]tPBlocks{15: {"P1", true}, 16: {"P2", true}}),
+		},
+		{
+			name: "second block missing",
+			pool: makeBlockPool(testBcR, 15,
+				[]BpPeer{{ID: "P1", Height: 100}, {ID: "P2", Height: 100}},
+				map[int64]tPBlocks{15: {"P1", true}, 18: {"P2", true}}),
+			poolWanted: makeBlockPool(testBcR, 15,
+				[]BpPeer{{ID: "P2", Height: 100}},
+				map[int64]tPBlocks{18: {"P2", true}}),
+		},
+		{
+			name: "first block missing",
+			pool: makeBlockPool(testBcR, 15,
+				[]BpPeer{{ID: "P1", Height: 100}, {ID: "P2", Height: 100}},
+				map[int64]tPBlocks{18: {"P1", true}, 16: {"P2", true}}),
+			poolWanted: makeBlockPool(testBcR, 15,
+				[]BpPeer{{ID: "P1", Height: 100}},
+				map[int64]tPBlocks{18: {"P1", true}}),
+		},
+		{
+			name: "both blocks present",
+			pool: makeBlockPool(testBcR, 10,
+				[]BpPeer{{ID: "P1", Height: 100}, {ID: "P2", Height: 100}},
+				map[int64]tPBlocks{10: {"P1", true}, 11: {"P2", true}}),
+			poolWanted: makeBlockPool(testBcR, 10,
+				[]BpPeer{},
+				map[int64]tPBlocks{}),
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		tt := tt
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			tt.pool.InvalidateFirstTwoBlocks(errNoPeerResponse)
+			assertBlockPoolEquivalent(t, tt.poolWanted, tt.pool)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestProcessedCurrentHeightBlock(t *testing.T) {
+	testBcR := newTestBcR()
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name       string
+		pool       *BlockPool
+		poolWanted *BlockPool
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "one peer",
+			pool: makeBlockPool(testBcR, 100, []BpPeer{{ID: "P1", Height: 120}},
+				map[int64]tPBlocks{100: {"P1", true}, 101: {"P1", true}}),
+			poolWanted: makeBlockPool(testBcR, 101, []BpPeer{{ID: "P1", Height: 120}},
+				map[int64]tPBlocks{101: {"P1", true}}),
+		},
+		{
+			name: "multiple peers",
+			pool: makeBlockPool(testBcR, 100,
+				[]BpPeer{{ID: "P1", Height: 120}, {ID: "P2", Height: 120}, {ID: "P3", Height: 130}},
+				map[int64]tPBlocks{
+					100: {"P1", true}, 104: {"P1", true}, 105: {"P1", false},
+					101: {"P2", true}, 103: {"P2", false},
+					102: {"P3", true}, 106: {"P3", true}}),
+			poolWanted: makeBlockPool(testBcR, 101,
+				[]BpPeer{{ID: "P1", Height: 120}, {ID: "P2", Height: 120}, {ID: "P3", Height: 130}},
+				map[int64]tPBlocks{
+					104: {"P1", true}, 105: {"P1", false},
+					101: {"P2", true}, 103: {"P2", false},
+					102: {"P3", true}, 106: {"P3", true}}),
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		tt := tt
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			tt.pool.ProcessedCurrentHeightBlock()
+			assertBlockPoolEquivalent(t, tt.poolWanted, tt.pool)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestRemovePeerAtCurrentHeight(t *testing.T) {
+	testBcR := newTestBcR()
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name       string
+		pool       *BlockPool
+		poolWanted *BlockPool
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "one peer, remove peer for block at H",
+			pool: makeBlockPool(testBcR, 100, []BpPeer{{ID: "P1", Height: 120}},
+				map[int64]tPBlocks{100: {"P1", false}, 101: {"P1", true}}),
+			poolWanted: makeBlockPool(testBcR, 100, []BpPeer{}, map[int64]tPBlocks{}),
+		},
+		{
+			name: "one peer, remove peer for block at H+1",
+			pool: makeBlockPool(testBcR, 100, []BpPeer{{ID: "P1", Height: 120}},
+				map[int64]tPBlocks{100: {"P1", true}, 101: {"P1", false}}),
+			poolWanted: makeBlockPool(testBcR, 100, []BpPeer{}, map[int64]tPBlocks{}),
+		},
+		{
+			name: "multiple peers, remove peer for block at H",
+			pool: makeBlockPool(testBcR, 100,
+				[]BpPeer{{ID: "P1", Height: 120}, {ID: "P2", Height: 120}, {ID: "P3", Height: 130}},
+				map[int64]tPBlocks{
+					100: {"P1", false}, 104: {"P1", true}, 105: {"P1", false},
+					101: {"P2", true}, 103: {"P2", false},
+					102: {"P3", true}, 106: {"P3", true}}),
+			poolWanted: makeBlockPool(testBcR, 100,
+				[]BpPeer{{ID: "P2", Height: 120}, {ID: "P3", Height: 130}},
+				map[int64]tPBlocks{
+					101: {"P2", true}, 103: {"P2", false},
+					102: {"P3", true}, 106: {"P3", true}}),
+		},
+		{
+			name: "multiple peers, remove peer for block at H+1",
+			pool: makeBlockPool(testBcR, 100,
+				[]BpPeer{{ID: "P1", Height: 120}, {ID: "P2", Height: 120}, {ID: "P3", Height: 130}},
+				map[int64]tPBlocks{
+					100: {"P1", true}, 104: {"P1", true}, 105: {"P1", false},
+					101: {"P2", false}, 103: {"P2", false},
+					102: {"P3", true}, 106: {"P3", true}}),
+			poolWanted: makeBlockPool(testBcR, 100,
+				[]BpPeer{{ID: "P1", Height: 120}, {ID: "P3", Height: 130}},
+				map[int64]tPBlocks{
+					100: {"P1", true}, 104: {"P1", true}, 105: {"P1", false},
+					102: {"P3", true}, 106: {"P3", true}}),
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		tt := tt
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			tt.pool.RemovePeerAtCurrentHeights(errNoPeerResponse)
+			assertBlockPoolEquivalent(t, tt.poolWanted, tt.pool)
+		})
+	}
+}
--- a/blockchain/v1/reactor.go
+++ b/blockchain/v1/reactor.go
@@ -0,0 +1,569 @@
+package v1
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"reflect"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/behaviour"
+	bc "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/blockchain"
+	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/log"
+	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/p2p"
+	bcproto "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/proto/tendermint/blockchain"
+	sm "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/state"
+	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/store"
+	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/types"
+)
+
+const (
+	// BlockchainChannel is a channel for blocks and status updates (`BlockStore` height)
+	BlockchainChannel = byte(0x40)
+	trySyncIntervalMS = 10
+	trySendIntervalMS = 10
+
+	// ask for best height every 10s
+	statusUpdateIntervalSeconds = 10
+)
+
+var (
+	// Maximum number of requests that can be pending per peer, i.e. for which requests have been sent but blocks
+	// have not been received.
+	maxRequestsPerPeer = 20
+	// Maximum number of block requests for the reactor, pending or for which blocks have been received.
+	maxNumRequests = 64
+)
+
+type consensusReactor interface {
+	// for when we switch from blockchain reactor and fast sync to
+	// the consensus machine
+	SwitchToConsensus(state sm.State, skipWAL bool)
+}
+
+// BlockchainReactor handles long-term catchup syncing.
+type BlockchainReactor struct {
+	p2p.BaseReactor
+
+	initialState sm.State // immutable
+	state        sm.State
+
+	blockExec *sm.BlockExecutor
+	store     *store.BlockStore
+
+	fastSync    bool
+	stateSynced bool
+
+	fsm          *BcReactorFSM
+	blocksSynced uint64
+
+	// Receive goroutine forwards messages to this channel to be processed in the context of the poolRoutine.
+	messagesForFSMCh chan bcReactorMessage
+
+	// Switch goroutine may send RemovePeer to the blockchain reactor. This is an error message that is relayed
+	// to this channel to be processed in the context of the poolRoutine.
+	errorsForFSMCh chan bcReactorMessage
+
+	// This channel is used by the FSM and indirectly the block pool to report errors to the blockchain reactor and
+	// the switch.
+	eventsFromFSMCh chan bcFsmMessage
+
+	swReporter *behaviour.SwitchReporter
+}
+
+// NewBlockchainReactor returns new reactor instance.
+func NewBlockchainReactor(state sm.State, blockExec *sm.BlockExecutor, store *store.BlockStore,
+	fastSync bool) *BlockchainReactor {
+
+	if state.LastBlockHeight != store.Height() {
+		panic(fmt.Sprintf("state (%v) and store (%v) height mismatch", state.LastBlockHeight,
+			store.Height()))
+	}
+
+	const capacity = 1000
+	eventsFromFSMCh := make(chan bcFsmMessage, capacity)
+	messagesForFSMCh := make(chan bcReactorMessage, capacity)
+	errorsForFSMCh := make(chan bcReactorMessage, capacity)
+
+	startHeight := store.Height() + 1
+	if startHeight == 1 {
+		startHeight = state.InitialHeight
+	}
+	bcR := &BlockchainReactor{
+		initialState:     state,
+		state:            state,
+		blockExec:        blockExec,
+		fastSync:         fastSync,
+		store:            store,
+		messagesForFSMCh: messagesForFSMCh,
+		eventsFromFSMCh:  eventsFromFSMCh,
+		errorsForFSMCh:   errorsForFSMCh,
+	}
+	fsm := NewFSM(startHeight, bcR)
+	bcR.fsm = fsm
+	bcR.BaseReactor = *p2p.NewBaseReactor("BlockchainReactor", bcR)
+	// bcR.swReporter = behaviour.NewSwitchReporter(bcR.BaseReactor.Switch)
+
+	return bcR
+}
+
+// bcReactorMessage is used by the reactor to send messages to the FSM.
+type bcReactorMessage struct {
+	event bReactorEvent
+	data  bReactorEventData
+}
+
+type bFsmEvent uint
+
+const (
+	// message type events
+	peerErrorEv = iota + 1
+	syncFinishedEv
+)
+
+type bFsmEventData struct {
+	peerID p2p.ID
+	err    error
+}
+
+// bcFsmMessage is used by the FSM to send messages to the reactor
+type bcFsmMessage struct {
+	event bFsmEvent
+	data  bFsmEventData
+}
+
+// SetLogger implements service.Service by setting the logger on reactor and pool.
+func (bcR *BlockchainReactor) SetLogger(l log.Logger) {
+	bcR.BaseService.Logger = l
+	bcR.fsm.SetLogger(l)
+}
+
+// OnStart implements service.Service.
+func (bcR *BlockchainReactor) OnStart() error {
+	bcR.swReporter = behaviour.NewSwitchReporter(bcR.BaseReactor.Switch)
+	if bcR.fastSync {
+		go bcR.poolRoutine()
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// OnStop implements service.Service.
+func (bcR *BlockchainReactor) OnStop() {
+	_ = bcR.Stop()
+}
+
+// SwitchToFastSync is called by the state sync reactor when switching to fast sync.
+func (bcR *BlockchainReactor) SwitchToFastSync(state sm.State) error {
+	bcR.fastSync = true
+	bcR.initialState = state
+	bcR.state = state
+	bcR.stateSynced = true
+
+	bcR.fsm = NewFSM(state.LastBlockHeight+1, bcR)
+	bcR.fsm.SetLogger(bcR.Logger)
+	go bcR.poolRoutine()
+	return nil
+}
+
+// GetChannels implements Reactor
+func (bcR *BlockchainReactor) GetChannels() []*p2p.ChannelDescriptor {
+	return []*p2p.ChannelDescriptor{
+		{
+			ID:                  BlockchainChannel,
+			Priority:            10,
+			SendQueueCapacity:   2000,
+			RecvBufferCapacity:  50 * 4096,
+			RecvMessageCapacity: bc.MaxMsgSize,
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+// AddPeer implements Reactor by sending our state to peer.
+func (bcR *BlockchainReactor) AddPeer(peer p2p.Peer) {
+	msgBytes, err := bc.EncodeMsg(&bcproto.StatusResponse{
+		Base:   bcR.store.Base(),
+		Height: bcR.store.Height(),
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		bcR.Logger.Error("could not convert msg to protobuf", "err", err)
+		return
+	}
+	peer.Send(BlockchainChannel, msgBytes)
+	// it's OK if send fails. will try later in poolRoutine
+
+	// peer is added to the pool once we receive the first
+	// bcStatusResponseMessage from the peer and call pool.updatePeer()
+}
+
+// sendBlockToPeer loads a block and sends it to the requesting peer.
+// If the block doesn't exist a bcNoBlockResponseMessage is sent.
+// If all nodes are honest, no node should be requesting for a block that doesn't exist.
+func (bcR *BlockchainReactor) sendBlockToPeer(msg *bcproto.BlockRequest,
+	src p2p.Peer) (queued bool) {
+
+	block := bcR.store.LoadBlock(msg.Height)
+	if block != nil {
+		pbbi, err := block.ToProto()
+		if err != nil {
+			bcR.Logger.Error("Could not send block message to peer", "err", err)
+			return false
+		}
+		msgBytes, err := bc.EncodeMsg(&bcproto.BlockResponse{Block: pbbi})
+		if err != nil {
+			bcR.Logger.Error("unable to marshal msg", "err", err)
+			return false
+		}
+		return src.TrySend(BlockchainChannel, msgBytes)
+	}
+
+	bcR.Logger.Info("peer asking for a block we don't have", "src", src, "height", msg.Height)
+
+	msgBytes, err := bc.EncodeMsg(&bcproto.NoBlockResponse{Height: msg.Height})
+	if err != nil {
+		bcR.Logger.Error("unable to marshal msg", "err", err)
+		return false
+	}
+	return src.TrySend(BlockchainChannel, msgBytes)
+}
+
+func (bcR *BlockchainReactor) sendStatusResponseToPeer(msg *bcproto.StatusRequest, src p2p.Peer) (queued bool) {
+	msgBytes, err := bc.EncodeMsg(&bcproto.StatusResponse{
+		Base:   bcR.store.Base(),
+		Height: bcR.store.Height(),
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		bcR.Logger.Error("unable to marshal msg", "err", err)
+		return false
+	}
+
+	return src.TrySend(BlockchainChannel, msgBytes)
+}
+
+// RemovePeer implements Reactor by removing peer from the pool.
+func (bcR *BlockchainReactor) RemovePeer(peer p2p.Peer, reason interface{}) {
+	msgData := bcReactorMessage{
+		event: peerRemoveEv,
+		data: bReactorEventData{
+			peerID: peer.ID(),
+			err:    errSwitchRemovesPeer,
+		},
+	}
+	bcR.errorsForFSMCh <- msgData
+}
+
+// Receive implements Reactor by handling 4 types of messages (look below).
+func (bcR *BlockchainReactor) Receive(chID byte, src p2p.Peer, msgBytes []byte) {
+	msg, err := bc.DecodeMsg(msgBytes)
+	if err != nil {
+		bcR.Logger.Error("error decoding message", "src", src, "chId", chID, "err", err)
+		_ = bcR.swReporter.Report(behaviour.BadMessage(src.ID(), err.Error()))
+		return
+	}
+
+	if err = bc.ValidateMsg(msg); err != nil {
+		bcR.Logger.Error("peer sent us invalid msg", "peer", src, "msg", msg, "err", err)
+		_ = bcR.swReporter.Report(behaviour.BadMessage(src.ID(), err.Error()))
+		return
+	}
+
+	bcR.Logger.Debug("Receive", "src", src, "chID", chID, "msg", msg)
+
+	switch msg := msg.(type) {
+	case *bcproto.BlockRequest:
+		if queued := bcR.sendBlockToPeer(msg, src); !queued {
+			// Unfortunately not queued since the queue is full.
+			bcR.Logger.Error("Could not send block message to peer", "src", src, "height", msg.Height)
+		}
+
+	case *bcproto.StatusRequest:
+		// Send peer our state.
+		if queued := bcR.sendStatusResponseToPeer(msg, src); !queued {
+			// Unfortunately not queued since the queue is full.
+			bcR.Logger.Error("Could not send status message to peer", "src", src)
+		}
+
+	case *bcproto.BlockResponse:
+		bi, err := types.BlockFromProto(msg.Block)
+		if err != nil {
+			bcR.Logger.Error("error transition block from protobuf", "err", err)
+			return
+		}
+		msgForFSM := bcReactorMessage{
+			event: blockResponseEv,
+			data: bReactorEventData{
+				peerID: src.ID(),
+				height: bi.Height,
+				block:  bi,
+				length: len(msgBytes),
+			},
+		}
+		bcR.Logger.Info("Received", "src", src, "height", bi.Height)
+		bcR.messagesForFSMCh <- msgForFSM
+	case *bcproto.NoBlockResponse:
+		msgForFSM := bcReactorMessage{
+			event: noBlockResponseEv,
+			data: bReactorEventData{
+				peerID: src.ID(),
+				height: msg.Height,
+			},
+		}
+		bcR.Logger.Debug("Peer does not have requested block", "peer", src, "height", msg.Height)
+		bcR.messagesForFSMCh <- msgForFSM
+
+	case *bcproto.StatusResponse:
+		// Got a peer status. Unverified.
+		msgForFSM := bcReactorMessage{
+			event: statusResponseEv,
+			data: bReactorEventData{
+				peerID: src.ID(),
+				height: msg.Height,
+				length: len(msgBytes),
+			},
+		}
+		bcR.messagesForFSMCh <- msgForFSM
+
+	default:
+		bcR.Logger.Error(fmt.Sprintf("unknown message type %v", reflect.TypeOf(msg)))
+	}
+}
+
+// processBlocksRoutine processes blocks until signlaed to stop over the stopProcessing channel
+func (bcR *BlockchainReactor) processBlocksRoutine(stopProcessing chan struct{}) {
+
+	processReceivedBlockTicker := time.NewTicker(trySyncIntervalMS * time.Millisecond)
+	doProcessBlockCh := make(chan struct{}, 1)
+
+	lastHundred := time.Now()
+	lastRate := 0.0
+
+ForLoop:
+	for {
+		select {
+		case <-stopProcessing:
+			bcR.Logger.Info("finishing block execution")
+			break ForLoop
+		case <-processReceivedBlockTicker.C: // try to execute blocks
+			select {
+			case doProcessBlockCh <- struct{}{}:
+			default:
+			}
+		case <-doProcessBlockCh:
+			for {
+				err := bcR.processBlock()
+				if err == errMissingBlock {
+					break
+				}
+				// Notify FSM of block processing result.
+				msgForFSM := bcReactorMessage{
+					event: processedBlockEv,
+					data: bReactorEventData{
+						err: err,
+					},
+				}
+				_ = bcR.fsm.Handle(&msgForFSM)
+
+				if err != nil {
+					break
+				}
+
+				bcR.blocksSynced++
+				if bcR.blocksSynced%100 == 0 {
+					lastRate = 0.9*lastRate + 0.1*(100/time.Since(lastHundred).Seconds())
+					height, maxPeerHeight := bcR.fsm.Status()
+					bcR.Logger.Info("Fast Sync Rate", "height", height,
+						"max_peer_height", maxPeerHeight, "blocks/s", lastRate)
+					lastHundred = time.Now()
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// poolRoutine receives and handles messages from the Receive() routine and from the FSM.
+func (bcR *BlockchainReactor) poolRoutine() {
+
+	bcR.fsm.Start()
+
+	sendBlockRequestTicker := time.NewTicker(trySendIntervalMS * time.Millisecond)
+	statusUpdateTicker := time.NewTicker(statusUpdateIntervalSeconds * time.Second)
+
+	stopProcessing := make(chan struct{}, 1)
+	go bcR.processBlocksRoutine(stopProcessing)
+
+ForLoop:
+	for {
+		select {
+
+		case <-sendBlockRequestTicker.C:
+			if !bcR.fsm.NeedsBlocks() {
+				continue
+			}
+			_ = bcR.fsm.Handle(&bcReactorMessage{
+				event: makeRequestsEv,
+				data: bReactorEventData{
+					maxNumRequests: maxNumRequests}})
+
+		case <-statusUpdateTicker.C:
+			// Ask for status updates.
+			go bcR.sendStatusRequest()
+
+		case msg := <-bcR.messagesForFSMCh:
+			// Sent from the Receive() routine when status (statusResponseEv) and
+			// block (blockResponseEv) response events are received
+			_ = bcR.fsm.Handle(&msg)
+
+		case msg := <-bcR.errorsForFSMCh:
+			// Sent from the switch.RemovePeer() routine (RemovePeerEv) and
+			// FSM state timer expiry routine (stateTimeoutEv).
+			_ = bcR.fsm.Handle(&msg)
+
+		case msg := <-bcR.eventsFromFSMCh:
+			switch msg.event {
+			case syncFinishedEv:
+				stopProcessing <- struct{}{}
+				// Sent from the FSM when it enters finished state.
+				break ForLoop
+			case peerErrorEv:
+				// Sent from the FSM when it detects peer error
+				bcR.reportPeerErrorToSwitch(msg.data.err, msg.data.peerID)
+				if msg.data.err == errNoPeerResponse {
+					// Sent from the peer timeout handler routine
+					_ = bcR.fsm.Handle(&bcReactorMessage{
+						event: peerRemoveEv,
+						data: bReactorEventData{
+							peerID: msg.data.peerID,
+							err:    msg.data.err,
+						},
+					})
+				}
+				// else {
+				// For slow peers, or errors due to blocks received from wrong peer
+				// the FSM had already removed the peers
+				// }
+			default:
+				bcR.Logger.Error("Event from FSM not supported", "type", msg.event)
+			}
+
+		case <-bcR.Quit():
+			break ForLoop
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func (bcR *BlockchainReactor) reportPeerErrorToSwitch(err error, peerID p2p.ID) {
+	peer := bcR.Switch.Peers().Get(peerID)
+	if peer != nil {
+		_ = bcR.swReporter.Report(behaviour.BadMessage(peerID, err.Error()))
+	}
+}
+
+func (bcR *BlockchainReactor) processBlock() error {
+
+	first, second, err := bcR.fsm.FirstTwoBlocks()
+	if err != nil {
+		// We need both to sync the first block.
+		return err
+	}
+
+	chainID := bcR.initialState.ChainID
+
+	firstParts := first.MakePartSet(types.BlockPartSizeBytes)
+	firstPartSetHeader := firstParts.Header()
+	firstID := types.BlockID{Hash: first.Hash(), PartSetHeader: firstPartSetHeader}
+	// Finally, verify the first block using the second's commit
+	// NOTE: we can probably make this more efficient, but note that calling
+	// first.Hash() doesn't verify the tx contents, so MakePartSet() is
+	// currently necessary.
+	err = bcR.state.Validators.VerifyCommitLight(chainID, firstID, first.Height, second.LastCommit)
+	if err != nil {
+		bcR.Logger.Error("error during commit verification", "err", err,
+			"first", first.Height, "second", second.Height)
+		return errBlockVerificationFailure
+	}
+
+	bcR.store.SaveBlock(first, firstParts, second.LastCommit)
+
+	bcR.state, _, err = bcR.blockExec.ApplyBlock(bcR.state, firstID, first)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(fmt.Sprintf("failed to process committed block (%d:%X): %v", first.Height, first.Hash(), err))
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Implements bcRNotifier
+// sendStatusRequest broadcasts `BlockStore` height.
+func (bcR *BlockchainReactor) sendStatusRequest() {
+	msgBytes, err := bc.EncodeMsg(&bcproto.StatusRequest{})
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	bcR.Switch.Broadcast(BlockchainChannel, msgBytes)
+}
+
+// Implements bcRNotifier
+// BlockRequest sends `BlockRequest` height.
+func (bcR *BlockchainReactor) sendBlockRequest(peerID p2p.ID, height int64) error {
+	peer := bcR.Switch.Peers().Get(peerID)
+	if peer == nil {
+		return errNilPeerForBlockRequest
+	}
+
+	msgBytes, err := bc.EncodeMsg(&bcproto.BlockRequest{Height: height})
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	queued := peer.TrySend(BlockchainChannel, msgBytes)
+	if !queued {
+		return errSendQueueFull
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Implements bcRNotifier
+func (bcR *BlockchainReactor) switchToConsensus() {
+	conR, ok := bcR.Switch.Reactor("CONSENSUS").(consensusReactor)
+	if ok {
+		conR.SwitchToConsensus(bcR.state, bcR.blocksSynced > 0 || bcR.stateSynced)
+		bcR.eventsFromFSMCh <- bcFsmMessage{event: syncFinishedEv}
+	}
+	// else {
+	// Should only happen during testing.
+	// }
+}
+
+// Implements bcRNotifier
+// Called by FSM and pool:
+// - pool calls when it detects slow peer or when peer times out
+// - FSM calls when:
+//    - adding a block (addBlock) fails
+//    - reactor processing of a block reports failure and FSM sends back the peers of first and second blocks
+func (bcR *BlockchainReactor) sendPeerError(err error, peerID p2p.ID) {
+	bcR.Logger.Info("sendPeerError:", "peer", peerID, "error", err)
+	msgData := bcFsmMessage{
+		event: peerErrorEv,
+		data: bFsmEventData{
+			peerID: peerID,
+			err:    err,
+		},
+	}
+	bcR.eventsFromFSMCh <- msgData
+}
+
+// Implements bcRNotifier
+func (bcR *BlockchainReactor) resetStateTimer(name string, timer **time.Timer, timeout time.Duration) {
+	if timer == nil {
+		panic("nil timer pointer parameter")
+	}
+	if *timer == nil {
+		*timer = time.AfterFunc(timeout, func() {
+			msg := bcReactorMessage{
+				event: stateTimeoutEv,
+				data: bReactorEventData{
+					stateName: name,
+				},
+			}
+			bcR.errorsForFSMCh <- msg
+		})
+	} else {
+		(*timer).Reset(timeout)
+	}
+}
--- a/blockchain/v1/reactor_fsm.go
+++ b/blockchain/v1/reactor_fsm.go
@@ -0,0 +1,462 @@
+package v1
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"sync"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/log"
+	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/p2p"
+	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/types"
+)
+
+// Blockchain Reactor State
+type bcReactorFSMState struct {
+	name string
+
+	// called when transitioning out of current state
+	handle func(*BcReactorFSM, bReactorEvent, bReactorEventData) (next *bcReactorFSMState, err error)
+	// called when entering the state
+	enter func(fsm *BcReactorFSM)
+
+	// timeout to ensure FSM is not stuck in a state forever
+	// the timer is owned and run by the fsm instance
+	timeout time.Duration
+}
+
+func (s *bcReactorFSMState) String() string {
+	return s.name
+}
+
+// BcReactorFSM is the datastructure for the Blockchain Reactor State Machine
+type BcReactorFSM struct {
+	logger log.Logger
+	mtx    sync.Mutex
+
+	startTime time.Time
+
+	state      *bcReactorFSMState
+	stateTimer *time.Timer
+	pool       *BlockPool
+
+	// interface used to call the Blockchain reactor to send StatusRequest, BlockRequest, reporting errors, etc.
+	toBcR bcReactor
+}
+
+// NewFSM creates a new reactor FSM.
+func NewFSM(height int64, toBcR bcReactor) *BcReactorFSM {
+	return &BcReactorFSM{
+		state:     unknown,
+		startTime: time.Now(),
+		pool:      NewBlockPool(height, toBcR),
+		toBcR:     toBcR,
+	}
+}
+
+// bReactorEventData is part of the message sent by the reactor to the FSM and used by the state handlers.
+type bReactorEventData struct {
+	peerID         p2p.ID
+	err            error        // for peer error: timeout, slow; for processed block event if error occurred
+	base           int64        // for status response
+	height         int64        // for status response; for processed block event
+	block          *types.Block // for block response
+	stateName      string       // for state timeout events
+	length         int          // for block response event, length of received block, used to detect slow peers
+	maxNumRequests int          // for request needed event, maximum number of pending requests
+}
+
+// Blockchain Reactor Events (the input to the state machine)
+type bReactorEvent uint
+
+const (
+	// message type events
+	startFSMEv = iota + 1
+	statusResponseEv
+	blockResponseEv
+	noBlockResponseEv
+	processedBlockEv
+	makeRequestsEv
+	stopFSMEv
+
+	// other events
+	peerRemoveEv = iota + 256
+	stateTimeoutEv
+)
+
+func (msg *bcReactorMessage) String() string {
+	var dataStr string
+
+	switch msg.event {
+	case startFSMEv:
+		dataStr = ""
+	case statusResponseEv:
+		dataStr = fmt.Sprintf("peer=%v base=%v height=%v", msg.data.peerID, msg.data.base, msg.data.height)
+	case blockResponseEv:
+		dataStr = fmt.Sprintf("peer=%v block.height=%v length=%v",
+			msg.data.peerID, msg.data.block.Height, msg.data.length)
+	case noBlockResponseEv:
+		dataStr = fmt.Sprintf("peer=%v requested height=%v",
+			msg.data.peerID, msg.data.height)
+	case processedBlockEv:
+		dataStr = fmt.Sprintf("error=%v", msg.data.err)
+	case makeRequestsEv:
+		dataStr = ""
+	case stopFSMEv:
+		dataStr = ""
+	case peerRemoveEv:
+		dataStr = fmt.Sprintf("peer: %v is being removed by the switch", msg.data.peerID)
+	case stateTimeoutEv:
+		dataStr = fmt.Sprintf("state=%v", msg.data.stateName)
+	default:
+		dataStr = "cannot interpret message data"
+	}
+
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%v: %v", msg.event, dataStr)
+}
+
+func (ev bReactorEvent) String() string {
+	switch ev {
+	case startFSMEv:
+		return "startFSMEv"
+	case statusResponseEv:
+		return "statusResponseEv"
+	case blockResponseEv:
+		return "blockResponseEv"
+	case noBlockResponseEv:
+		return "noBlockResponseEv"
+	case processedBlockEv:
+		return "processedBlockEv"
+	case makeRequestsEv:
+		return "makeRequestsEv"
+	case stopFSMEv:
+		return "stopFSMEv"
+	case peerRemoveEv:
+		return "peerRemoveEv"
+	case stateTimeoutEv:
+		return "stateTimeoutEv"
+	default:
+		return "event unknown"
+	}
+
+}
+
+// states
+var (
+	unknown      *bcReactorFSMState
+	waitForPeer  *bcReactorFSMState
+	waitForBlock *bcReactorFSMState
+	finished     *bcReactorFSMState
+)
+
+// timeouts for state timers
+const (
+	waitForPeerTimeout                 = 3 * time.Second
+	waitForBlockAtCurrentHeightTimeout = 10 * time.Second
+)
+
+// errors
+var (
+	// internal to the package
+	errNoErrorFinished        = errors.New("fast sync is finished")
+	errInvalidEvent           = errors.New("invalid event in current state")
+	errMissingBlock           = errors.New("missing blocks")
+	errNilPeerForBlockRequest = errors.New("peer for block request does not exist in the switch")
+	errSendQueueFull          = errors.New("block request not made, send-queue is full")
+	errPeerTooShort           = errors.New("peer height too low, old peer removed/ new peer not added")
+	errSwitchRemovesPeer      = errors.New("switch is removing peer")
+	errTimeoutEventWrongState = errors.New("timeout event for a state different than the current one")
+	errNoTallerPeer           = errors.New("fast sync timed out on waiting for a peer taller than this node")
+
+	// reported eventually to the switch
+	// handle return
+	errPeerLowersItsHeight = errors.New("fast sync peer reports a height lower than previous")
+	// handle return
+	errNoPeerResponseForCurrentHeights = errors.New("fast sync timed out on peer block response for current heights")
+	errNoPeerResponse                  = errors.New("fast sync timed out on peer block response")               // xx
+	errBadDataFromPeer                 = errors.New("fast sync received block from wrong peer or block is bad") // xx
+	errDuplicateBlock                  = errors.New("fast sync received duplicate block from peer")
+	errBlockVerificationFailure        = errors.New("fast sync block verification failure")              // xx
+	errSlowPeer                        = errors.New("fast sync peer is not sending us data fast enough") // xx
+
+)
+
+func init() {
+	unknown = &bcReactorFSMState{
+		name: "unknown",
+		handle: func(fsm *BcReactorFSM, ev bReactorEvent, data bReactorEventData) (*bcReactorFSMState, error) {
+			switch ev {
+			case startFSMEv:
+				// Broadcast Status message. Currently doesn't return non-nil error.
+				fsm.toBcR.sendStatusRequest()
+				return waitForPeer, nil
+
+			case stopFSMEv:
+				return finished, errNoErrorFinished
+
+			default:
+				return unknown, errInvalidEvent
+			}
+		},
+	}
+
+	waitForPeer = &bcReactorFSMState{
+		name:    "waitForPeer",
+		timeout: waitForPeerTimeout,
+		enter: func(fsm *BcReactorFSM) {
+			// Stop when leaving the state.
+			fsm.resetStateTimer()
+		},
+		handle: func(fsm *BcReactorFSM, ev bReactorEvent, data bReactorEventData) (*bcReactorFSMState, error) {
+			switch ev {
+			case stateTimeoutEv:
+				if data.stateName != "waitForPeer" {
+					fsm.logger.Error("received a state timeout event for different state",
+						"state", data.stateName)
+					return waitForPeer, errTimeoutEventWrongState
+				}
+				// There was no statusResponse received from any peer.
+				// Should we send status request again?
+				return finished, errNoTallerPeer
+
+			case statusResponseEv:
+				if err := fsm.pool.UpdatePeer(data.peerID, data.base, data.height); err != nil {
+					if fsm.pool.NumPeers() == 0 {
+						return waitForPeer, err
+					}
+				}
+				if fsm.stateTimer != nil {
+					fsm.stateTimer.Stop()
+				}
+				return waitForBlock, nil
+
+			case stopFSMEv:
+				if fsm.stateTimer != nil {
+					fsm.stateTimer.Stop()
+				}
+				return finished, errNoErrorFinished
+
+			default:
+				return waitForPeer, errInvalidEvent
+			}
+		},
+	}
+
+	waitForBlock = &bcReactorFSMState{
+		name:    "waitForBlock",
+		timeout: waitForBlockAtCurrentHeightTimeout,
+		enter: func(fsm *BcReactorFSM) {
+			// Stop when leaving the state.
+			fsm.resetStateTimer()
+		},
+		handle: func(fsm *BcReactorFSM, ev bReactorEvent, data bReactorEventData) (*bcReactorFSMState, error) {
+			switch ev {
+
+			case statusResponseEv:
+				err := fsm.pool.UpdatePeer(data.peerID, data.base, data.height)
+				if fsm.pool.NumPeers() == 0 {
+					return waitForPeer, err
+				}
+				if fsm.pool.ReachedMaxHeight() {
+					return finished, err
+				}
+				return waitForBlock, err
+
+			case blockResponseEv:
+				fsm.logger.Debug("blockResponseEv", "H", data.block.Height)
+				err := fsm.pool.AddBlock(data.peerID, data.block, data.length)
+				if err != nil {
+					// A block was received that was unsolicited, from unexpected peer, or that we already have it.
+					// Ignore block, remove peer and send error to switch.
+					fsm.pool.RemovePeer(data.peerID, err)
+					fsm.toBcR.sendPeerError(err, data.peerID)
+				}
+				if fsm.pool.NumPeers() == 0 {
+					return waitForPeer, err
+				}
+				return waitForBlock, err
+			case noBlockResponseEv:
+				fsm.logger.Error("peer does not have requested block", "peer", data.peerID)
+
+				return waitForBlock, nil
+			case processedBlockEv:
+				if data.err != nil {
+					first, second, _ := fsm.pool.FirstTwoBlocksAndPeers()
+					fsm.logger.Error("error processing block", "err", data.err,
+						"first", first.block.Height, "second", second.block.Height)
+					fsm.logger.Error("send peer error for", "peer", first.peer.ID)
+					fsm.toBcR.sendPeerError(data.err, first.peer.ID)
+					fsm.logger.Error("send peer error for", "peer", second.peer.ID)
+					fsm.toBcR.sendPeerError(data.err, second.peer.ID)
+					// Remove the first two blocks. This will also remove the peers
+					fsm.pool.InvalidateFirstTwoBlocks(data.err)
+				} else {
+					fsm.pool.ProcessedCurrentHeightBlock()
+					// Since we advanced one block reset the state timer
+					fsm.resetStateTimer()
+				}
+
+				// Both cases above may result in achieving maximum height.
+				if fsm.pool.ReachedMaxHeight() {
+					return finished, nil
+				}
+
+				return waitForBlock, data.err
+
+			case peerRemoveEv:
+				// This event is sent by the switch to remove disconnected and errored peers.
+				fsm.pool.RemovePeer(data.peerID, data.err)
+				if fsm.pool.NumPeers() == 0 {
+					return waitForPeer, nil
+				}
+				if fsm.pool.ReachedMaxHeight() {
+					return finished, nil
+				}
+				return waitForBlock, nil
+
+			case makeRequestsEv:
+				fsm.makeNextRequests(data.maxNumRequests)
+				return waitForBlock, nil
+
+			case stateTimeoutEv:
+				if data.stateName != "waitForBlock" {
+					fsm.logger.Error("received a state timeout event for different state",
+						"state", data.stateName)
+					return waitForBlock, errTimeoutEventWrongState
+				}
+				// We haven't received the block at current height or height+1. Remove peer.
+				fsm.pool.RemovePeerAtCurrentHeights(errNoPeerResponseForCurrentHeights)
+				fsm.resetStateTimer()
+				if fsm.pool.NumPeers() == 0 {
+					return waitForPeer, errNoPeerResponseForCurrentHeights
+				}
+				if fsm.pool.ReachedMaxHeight() {
+					return finished, nil
+				}
+				return waitForBlock, errNoPeerResponseForCurrentHeights
+
+			case stopFSMEv:
+				if fsm.stateTimer != nil {
+					fsm.stateTimer.Stop()
+				}
+				return finished, errNoErrorFinished
+
+			default:
+				return waitForBlock, errInvalidEvent
+			}
+		},
+	}
+
+	finished = &bcReactorFSMState{
+		name: "finished",
+		enter: func(fsm *BcReactorFSM) {
+			fsm.logger.Info("Time to switch to consensus reactor!", "height", fsm.pool.Height)
+			fsm.toBcR.switchToConsensus()
+			fsm.cleanup()
+		},
+		handle: func(fsm *BcReactorFSM, ev bReactorEvent, data bReactorEventData) (*bcReactorFSMState, error) {
+			return finished, nil
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+// Interface used by FSM for sending Block and Status requests,
+// informing of peer errors and state timeouts
+// Implemented by BlockchainReactor and tests
+type bcReactor interface {
+	sendStatusRequest()
+	sendBlockRequest(peerID p2p.ID, height int64) error
+	sendPeerError(err error, peerID p2p.ID)
+	resetStateTimer(name string, timer **time.Timer, timeout time.Duration)
+	switchToConsensus()
+}
+
+// SetLogger sets the FSM logger.
+func (fsm *BcReactorFSM) SetLogger(l log.Logger) {
+	fsm.logger = l
+	fsm.pool.SetLogger(l)
+}
+
+// Start starts the FSM.
+func (fsm *BcReactorFSM) Start() {
+	_ = fsm.Handle(&bcReactorMessage{event: startFSMEv})
+}
+
+// Handle processes messages and events sent to the FSM.
+func (fsm *BcReactorFSM) Handle(msg *bcReactorMessage) error {
+	fsm.mtx.Lock()
+	defer fsm.mtx.Unlock()
+	fsm.logger.Debug("FSM received", "event", msg, "state", fsm.state)
+
+	if fsm.state == nil {
+		fsm.state = unknown
+	}
+	next, err := fsm.state.handle(fsm, msg.event, msg.data)
+	if err != nil {
+		fsm.logger.Error("FSM event handler returned", "err", err,
+			"state", fsm.state, "event", msg.event)
+	}
+
+	oldState := fsm.state.name
+	fsm.transition(next)
+	if oldState != fsm.state.name {
+		fsm.logger.Info("FSM changed state", "new_state", fsm.state)
+	}
+	return err
+}
+
+func (fsm *BcReactorFSM) transition(next *bcReactorFSMState) {
+	if next == nil {
+		return
+	}
+	if fsm.state != next {
+		fsm.state = next
+		if next.enter != nil {
+			next.enter(fsm)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// Called when entering an FSM state in order to detect lack of progress in the state machine.
+// Note the use of the 'bcr' interface to facilitate testing without timer expiring.
+func (fsm *BcReactorFSM) resetStateTimer() {
+	fsm.toBcR.resetStateTimer(fsm.state.name, &fsm.stateTimer, fsm.state.timeout)
+}
+
+func (fsm *BcReactorFSM) isCaughtUp() bool {
+	return fsm.state == finished
+}
+
+func (fsm *BcReactorFSM) makeNextRequests(maxNumRequests int) {
+	fsm.pool.MakeNextRequests(maxNumRequests)
+}
+
+func (fsm *BcReactorFSM) cleanup() {
+	fsm.pool.Cleanup()
+}
+
+// NeedsBlocks checks if more block requests are required.
+func (fsm *BcReactorFSM) NeedsBlocks() bool {
+	fsm.mtx.Lock()
+	defer fsm.mtx.Unlock()
+	return fsm.state.name == "waitForBlock" && fsm.pool.NeedsBlocks()
+}
+
+// FirstTwoBlocks returns the two blocks at pool height and height+1
+func (fsm *BcReactorFSM) FirstTwoBlocks() (first, second *types.Block, err error) {
+	fsm.mtx.Lock()
+	defer fsm.mtx.Unlock()
+	firstBP, secondBP, err := fsm.pool.FirstTwoBlocksAndPeers()
+	if err == nil {
+		first = firstBP.block
+		second = secondBP.block
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+// Status returns the pool's height and the maximum peer height.
+func (fsm *BcReactorFSM) Status() (height, maxPeerHeight int64) {
+	fsm.mtx.Lock()
+	defer fsm.mtx.Unlock()
+	return fsm.pool.Height, fsm.pool.MaxPeerHeight
+}
--- a/blockchain/v1/reactor_fsm_test.go
+++ b/blockchain/v1/reactor_fsm_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,944 @@
+package v1
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+
+	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/log"
+	tmmath "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/math"
+	tmrand "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/rand"
+	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/p2p"
+	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/types"
+)
+
+type lastBlockRequestT struct {
+	peerID p2p.ID
+	height int64
+}
+
+type lastPeerErrorT struct {
+	peerID p2p.ID
+	err    error
+}
+
+// reactor for FSM testing
+type testReactor struct {
+	logger            log.Logger
+	fsm               *BcReactorFSM
+	numStatusRequests int
+	numBlockRequests  int
+	lastBlockRequest  lastBlockRequestT
+	lastPeerError     lastPeerErrorT
+	stateTimerStarts  map[string]int
+}
+
+func sendEventToFSM(fsm *BcReactorFSM, ev bReactorEvent, data bReactorEventData) error {
+	return fsm.Handle(&bcReactorMessage{event: ev, data: data})
+}
+
+type fsmStepTestValues struct {
+	currentState string
+	event        bReactorEvent
+	data         bReactorEventData
+
+	wantErr           error
+	wantState         string
+	wantStatusReqSent bool
+	wantReqIncreased  bool
+	wantNewBlocks     []int64
+	wantRemovedPeers  []p2p.ID
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// helper test function for different FSM events, state and expected behavior
+func sStopFSMEv(current, expected string) fsmStepTestValues {
+	return fsmStepTestValues{
+		currentState: current,
+		event:        stopFSMEv,
+		wantState:    expected,
+		wantErr:      errNoErrorFinished}
+}
+
+func sUnknownFSMEv(current string) fsmStepTestValues {
+	return fsmStepTestValues{
+		currentState: current,
+		event:        1234,
+		wantState:    current,
+		wantErr:      errInvalidEvent}
+}
+
+func sStartFSMEv() fsmStepTestValues {
+	return fsmStepTestValues{
+		currentState:      "unknown",
+		event:             startFSMEv,
+		wantState:         "waitForPeer",
+		wantStatusReqSent: true}
+}
+
+func sStateTimeoutEv(current, expected string, timedoutState string, wantErr error) fsmStepTestValues {
+	return fsmStepTestValues{
+		currentState: current,
+		event:        stateTimeoutEv,
+		data: bReactorEventData{
+			stateName: timedoutState,
+		},
+		wantState: expected,
+		wantErr:   wantErr,
+	}
+}
+
+func sProcessedBlockEv(current, expected string, reactorError error) fsmStepTestValues {
+	return fsmStepTestValues{
+		currentState: current,
+		event:        processedBlockEv,
+		data: bReactorEventData{
+			err: reactorError,
+		},
+		wantState: expected,
+		wantErr:   reactorError,
+	}
+}
+
+func sStatusEv(current, expected string, peerID p2p.ID, height int64, err error) fsmStepTestValues {
+	return fsmStepTestValues{
+		currentState: current,
+		event:        statusResponseEv,
+		data:         bReactorEventData{peerID: peerID, height: height},
+		wantState:    expected,
+		wantErr:      err}
+}
+
+func sMakeRequestsEv(current, expected string, maxPendingRequests int) fsmStepTestValues {
+	return fsmStepTestValues{
+		currentState:     current,
+		event:            makeRequestsEv,
+		data:             bReactorEventData{maxNumRequests: maxPendingRequests},
+		wantState:        expected,
+		wantReqIncreased: true,
+	}
+}
+
+func sMakeRequestsEvErrored(current, expected string,
+	maxPendingRequests int, err error, peersRemoved []p2p.ID) fsmStepTestValues {
+	return fsmStepTestValues{
+		currentState:     current,
+		event:            makeRequestsEv,
+		data:             bReactorEventData{maxNumRequests: maxPendingRequests},
+		wantState:        expected,
+		wantErr:          err,
+		wantRemovedPeers: peersRemoved,
+		wantReqIncreased: true,
+	}
+}
+
+func sBlockRespEv(current, expected string, peerID p2p.ID, height int64, prevBlocks []int64) fsmStepTestValues {
+	txs := []types.Tx{types.Tx("foo"), types.Tx("bar")}
+	return fsmStepTestValues{
+		currentState: current,
+		event:        blockResponseEv,
+		data: bReactorEventData{
+			peerID: peerID,
+			height: height,
+			block:  types.MakeBlock(height, txs, nil, nil),
+			length: 100},
+		wantState:     expected,
+		wantNewBlocks: append(prevBlocks, height),
+	}
+}
+
+func sBlockRespEvErrored(current, expected string,
+	peerID p2p.ID, height int64, prevBlocks []int64, wantErr error, peersRemoved []p2p.ID) fsmStepTestValues {
+	txs := []types.Tx{types.Tx("foo"), types.Tx("bar")}
+
+	return fsmStepTestValues{
+		currentState: current,
+		event:        blockResponseEv,
+		data: bReactorEventData{
+			peerID: peerID,
+			height: height,
+			block:  types.MakeBlock(height, txs, nil, nil),
+			length: 100},
+		wantState:        expected,
+		wantErr:          wantErr,
+		wantRemovedPeers: peersRemoved,
+		wantNewBlocks:    prevBlocks,
+	}
+}
+
+func sPeerRemoveEv(current, expected string, peerID p2p.ID, err error, peersRemoved []p2p.ID) fsmStepTestValues {
+	return fsmStepTestValues{
+		currentState: current,
+		event:        peerRemoveEv,
+		data: bReactorEventData{
+			peerID: peerID,
+			err:    err,
+		},
+		wantState:        expected,
+		wantRemovedPeers: peersRemoved,
+	}
+}
+
+// --------------------------------------------
+
+func newTestReactor(height int64) *testReactor {
+	testBcR := &testReactor{logger: log.TestingLogger(), stateTimerStarts: make(map[string]int)}
+	testBcR.fsm = NewFSM(height, testBcR)
+	testBcR.fsm.SetLogger(testBcR.logger)
+	return testBcR
+}
+
+func fixBlockResponseEvStep(step *fsmStepTestValues, testBcR *testReactor) {
+	// There is currently no good way to know to which peer a block request was sent.
+	// So in some cases where it does not matter, before we simulate a block response
+	// we cheat and look where it is expected from.
+	if step.event == blockResponseEv {
+		height := step.data.height
+		peerID, ok := testBcR.fsm.pool.blocks[height]
+		if ok {
+			step.data.peerID = peerID
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+type testFields struct {
+	name               string
+	startingHeight     int64
+	maxRequestsPerPeer int
+	maxPendingRequests int
+	steps              []fsmStepTestValues
+}
+
+func executeFSMTests(t *testing.T, tests []testFields, matchRespToReq bool) {
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		tt := tt
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			// Create test reactor
+			testBcR := newTestReactor(tt.startingHeight)
+
+			if tt.maxRequestsPerPeer != 0 {
+				maxRequestsPerPeer = tt.maxRequestsPerPeer
+			}
+
+			for _, step := range tt.steps {
+				step := step
+				assert.Equal(t, step.currentState, testBcR.fsm.state.name)
+
+				var heightBefore int64
+				if step.event == processedBlockEv && step.data.err == errBlockVerificationFailure {
+					heightBefore = testBcR.fsm.pool.Height
+				}
+				oldNumStatusRequests := testBcR.numStatusRequests
+				oldNumBlockRequests := testBcR.numBlockRequests
+				if matchRespToReq {
+					fixBlockResponseEvStep(&step, testBcR)
+				}
+
+				fsmErr := sendEventToFSM(testBcR.fsm, step.event, step.data)
+				assert.Equal(t, step.wantErr, fsmErr)
+
+				if step.wantStatusReqSent {
+					assert.Equal(t, oldNumStatusRequests+1, testBcR.numStatusRequests)
+				} else {
+					assert.Equal(t, oldNumStatusRequests, testBcR.numStatusRequests)
+				}
+
+				if step.wantReqIncreased {
+					assert.True(t, oldNumBlockRequests < testBcR.numBlockRequests)
+				} else {
+					assert.Equal(t, oldNumBlockRequests, testBcR.numBlockRequests)
+				}
+
+				for _, height := range step.wantNewBlocks {
+					_, err := testBcR.fsm.pool.BlockAndPeerAtHeight(height)
+					assert.Nil(t, err)
+				}
+				if step.event == processedBlockEv && step.data.err == errBlockVerificationFailure {
+					heightAfter := testBcR.fsm.pool.Height
+					assert.Equal(t, heightBefore, heightAfter)
+					firstAfter, err1 := testBcR.fsm.pool.BlockAndPeerAtHeight(testBcR.fsm.pool.Height)
+					secondAfter, err2 := testBcR.fsm.pool.BlockAndPeerAtHeight(testBcR.fsm.pool.Height + 1)
+					assert.NotNil(t, err1)
+					assert.NotNil(t, err2)
+					assert.Nil(t, firstAfter)
+					assert.Nil(t, secondAfter)
+				}
+
+				assert.Equal(t, step.wantState, testBcR.fsm.state.name)
+
+				if step.wantState == "finished" {
+					assert.True(t, testBcR.fsm.isCaughtUp())
+				}
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestFSMBasic(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []testFields{
+		{
+			name:               "one block, one peer - TS2",
+			startingHeight:     1,
+			maxRequestsPerPeer: 2,
+			steps: []fsmStepTestValues{
+				sStartFSMEv(),
+				sStatusEv("waitForPeer", "waitForBlock", "P1", 2, nil),
+				sMakeRequestsEv("waitForBlock", "waitForBlock", maxNumRequests),
+				sBlockRespEv("waitForBlock", "waitForBlock", "P1", 1, []int64{}),
+				sBlockRespEv("waitForBlock", "waitForBlock", "P2", 2, []int64{1}),
+				sProcessedBlockEv("waitForBlock", "finished", nil),
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:               "multi block, multi peer - TS2",
+			startingHeight:     1,
+			maxRequestsPerPeer: 2,
+			steps: []fsmStepTestValues{
+				sStartFSMEv(),
+				sStatusEv("waitForPeer", "waitForBlock", "P1", 4, nil),
+				sStatusEv("waitForBlock", "waitForBlock", "P2", 4, nil),
+				sMakeRequestsEv("waitForBlock", "waitForBlock", maxNumRequests),
+
+				sBlockRespEv("waitForBlock", "waitForBlock", "P1", 1, []int64{}),
+				sBlockRespEv("waitForBlock", "waitForBlock", "P1", 2, []int64{1}),
+				sBlockRespEv("waitForBlock", "waitForBlock", "P2", 3, []int64{1, 2}),
+				sBlockRespEv("waitForBlock", "waitForBlock", "P2", 4, []int64{1, 2, 3}),
+
+				sProcessedBlockEv("waitForBlock", "waitForBlock", nil),
+				sProcessedBlockEv("waitForBlock", "waitForBlock", nil),
+				sProcessedBlockEv("waitForBlock", "finished", nil),
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	executeFSMTests(t, tests, true)
+}
+
+func TestFSMBlockVerificationFailure(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []testFields{
+		{
+			name:               "block verification failure - TS2 variant",
+			startingHeight:     1,
+			maxRequestsPerPeer: 3,
+			steps: []fsmStepTestValues{
+				sStartFSMEv(),
+
+				// add P1 and get blocks 1-3 from it
+				sStatusEv("waitForPeer", "waitForBlock", "P1", 3, nil),
+				sMakeRequestsEv("waitForBlock", "waitForBlock", maxNumRequests),
+				sBlockRespEv("waitForBlock", "waitForBlock", "P1", 1, []int64{}),
+				sBlockRespEv("waitForBlock", "waitForBlock", "P1", 2, []int64{1}),
+				sBlockRespEv("waitForBlock", "waitForBlock", "P1", 3, []int64{1, 2}),
+
+				// add P2
+				sStatusEv("waitForBlock", "waitForBlock", "P2", 3, nil),
+
+				// process block failure, should remove P1 and all blocks
+				sProcessedBlockEv("waitForBlock", "waitForBlock", errBlockVerificationFailure),
+
+				// get blocks 1-3 from P2
+				sMakeRequestsEv("waitForBlock", "waitForBlock", maxNumRequests),
+				sBlockRespEv("waitForBlock", "waitForBlock", "P2", 1, []int64{}),
+				sBlockRespEv("waitForBlock", "waitForBlock", "P2", 2, []int64{1}),
+				sBlockRespEv("waitForBlock", "waitForBlock", "P2", 3, []int64{1, 2}),
+
+				// finish after processing blocks 1 and 2
+				sProcessedBlockEv("waitForBlock", "waitForBlock", nil),
+				sProcessedBlockEv("waitForBlock", "finished", nil),
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	executeFSMTests(t, tests, false)
+}
+
+func TestFSMBadBlockFromPeer(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []testFields{
+		{
+			name:               "block we haven't asked for",
+			startingHeight:     1,
+			maxRequestsPerPeer: 3,
+			steps: []fsmStepTestValues{
+				sStartFSMEv(),
+				// add P1 and ask for blocks 1-3
+				sStatusEv("waitForPeer", "waitForBlock", "P1", 300, nil),
+				sMakeRequestsEv("waitForBlock", "waitForBlock", maxNumRequests),
+
+				// blockResponseEv for height 100 should cause an error
+				sBlockRespEvErrored("waitForBlock", "waitForPeer",
+					"P1", 100, []int64{}, errMissingBlock, []p2p.ID{}),
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:               "block we already have",
+			startingHeight:     1,
+			maxRequestsPerPeer: 3,
+			steps: []fsmStepTestValues{
+				sStartFSMEv(),
+				// add P1 and get block 1
+				sStatusEv("waitForPeer", "waitForBlock", "P1", 100, nil),
+				sMakeRequestsEv("waitForBlock", "waitForBlock", maxNumRequests),
+				sBlockRespEv("waitForBlock", "waitForBlock",
+					"P1", 1, []int64{}),
+
+				// Get block 1 again. Since peer is removed together with block 1,
+				// the blocks present in the pool should be {}
+				sBlockRespEvErrored("waitForBlock", "waitForPeer",
+					"P1", 1, []int64{}, errDuplicateBlock, []p2p.ID{"P1"}),
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:               "block from unknown peer",
+			startingHeight:     1,
+			maxRequestsPerPeer: 3,
+			steps: []fsmStepTestValues{
+				sStartFSMEv(),
+				// add P1 and get block 1
+				sStatusEv("waitForPeer", "waitForBlock", "P1", 3, nil),
+
+				// get block 1 from unknown peer P2
+				sMakeRequestsEv("waitForBlock", "waitForBlock", maxNumRequests),
+				sBlockRespEvErrored("waitForBlock", "waitForBlock",
+					"P2", 1, []int64{}, errBadDataFromPeer, []p2p.ID{"P2"}),
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:               "block from wrong peer",
+			startingHeight:     1,
+			maxRequestsPerPeer: 3,
+			steps: []fsmStepTestValues{
+				sStartFSMEv(),
+				// add P1, make requests for blocks 1-3 to P1
+				sStatusEv("waitForPeer", "waitForBlock", "P1", 3, nil),
+				sMakeRequestsEv("waitForBlock", "waitForBlock", maxNumRequests),
+
+				// add P2
+				sStatusEv("waitForBlock", "waitForBlock", "P2", 3, nil),
+
+				// receive block 1 from P2
+				sBlockRespEvErrored("waitForBlock", "waitForBlock",
+					"P2", 1, []int64{}, errBadDataFromPeer, []p2p.ID{"P2"}),
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	executeFSMTests(t, tests, false)
+}
+
+func TestFSMBlockAtCurrentHeightDoesNotArriveInTime(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []testFields{
+		{
+			name:               "block at current height undelivered - TS5",
+			startingHeight:     1,
+			maxRequestsPerPeer: 3,
+			steps: []fsmStepTestValues{
+				sStartFSMEv(),
+				// add P1, get blocks 1 and 2, process block 1
+				sStatusEv("waitForPeer", "waitForBlock", "P1", 3, nil),
+				sMakeRequestsEv("waitForBlock", "waitForBlock", maxNumRequests),
+				sBlockRespEv("waitForBlock", "waitForBlock",
+					"P1", 1, []int64{}),
+				sBlockRespEv("waitForBlock", "waitForBlock",
+					"P1", 2, []int64{1}),
+				sProcessedBlockEv("waitForBlock", "waitForBlock", nil),
+
+				// add P2
+				sStatusEv("waitForBlock", "waitForBlock", "P2", 3, nil),
+
+				// timeout on block 3, P1 should be removed
+				sStateTimeoutEv("waitForBlock", "waitForBlock", "waitForBlock", errNoPeerResponseForCurrentHeights),
+
+				// make requests and finish by receiving blocks 2 and 3 from P2
+				sMakeRequestsEv("waitForBlock", "waitForBlock", maxNumRequests),
+				sBlockRespEv("waitForBlock", "waitForBlock", "P2", 2, []int64{}),
+				sBlockRespEv("waitForBlock", "waitForBlock", "P2", 3, []int64{2}),
+				sProcessedBlockEv("waitForBlock", "finished", nil),
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:               "block at current height undelivered, at maxPeerHeight after peer removal - TS3",
+			startingHeight:     1,
+			maxRequestsPerPeer: 3,
+			steps: []fsmStepTestValues{
+				sStartFSMEv(),
+				// add P1, request blocks 1-3 from P1
+				sStatusEv("waitForPeer", "waitForBlock", "P1", 3, nil),
+				sMakeRequestsEv("waitForBlock", "waitForBlock", maxNumRequests),
+
+				// add P2 (tallest)
+				sStatusEv("waitForBlock", "waitForBlock", "P2", 30, nil),
+				sMakeRequestsEv("waitForBlock", "waitForBlock", maxNumRequests),
+
+				// receive blocks 1-3 from P1
+				sBlockRespEv("waitForBlock", "waitForBlock", "P1", 1, []int64{}),
+				sBlockRespEv("waitForBlock", "waitForBlock", "P1", 2, []int64{1}),
+				sBlockRespEv("waitForBlock", "waitForBlock", "P1", 3, []int64{1, 2}),
+
+				// process blocks at heights 1 and 2
+				sProcessedBlockEv("waitForBlock", "waitForBlock", nil),
+				sProcessedBlockEv("waitForBlock", "waitForBlock", nil),
+
+				// timeout on block at height 4
+				sStateTimeoutEv("waitForBlock", "finished", "waitForBlock", nil),
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	executeFSMTests(t, tests, true)
+}
+
+func TestFSMPeerRelatedEvents(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []testFields{
+		{
+			name:           "peer remove event with no blocks",
+			startingHeight: 1,
+			steps: []fsmStepTestValues{
+				sStartFSMEv(),
+				// add P1, P2, P3
+				sStatusEv("waitForPeer", "waitForBlock", "P1", 3, nil),
+				sStatusEv("waitForBlock", "waitForBlock", "P2", 3, nil),
+				sStatusEv("waitForBlock", "waitForBlock", "P3", 3, nil),
+
+				// switch removes P2
+				sPeerRemoveEv("waitForBlock", "waitForBlock", "P2", errSwitchRemovesPeer, []p2p.ID{"P2"}),
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:           "only peer removed while in waitForBlock state",
+			startingHeight: 100,
+			steps: []fsmStepTestValues{
+				sStartFSMEv(),
+				// add P1
+				sStatusEv("waitForPeer", "waitForBlock", "P1", 200, nil),
+
+				// switch removes P1
+				sPeerRemoveEv("waitForBlock", "waitForPeer", "P1", errSwitchRemovesPeer, []p2p.ID{"P1"}),
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:               "highest peer removed while in waitForBlock state, node reaches maxPeerHeight - TS4 ",
+			startingHeight:     100,
+			maxRequestsPerPeer: 3,
+			steps: []fsmStepTestValues{
+				sStartFSMEv(),
+				// add P1 and make requests
+				sStatusEv("waitForPeer", "waitForBlock", "P1", 101, nil),
+				sMakeRequestsEv("waitForBlock", "waitForBlock", maxNumRequests),
+				// add P2
+				sStatusEv("waitForBlock", "waitForBlock", "P2", 200, nil),
+
+				// get blocks 100 and 101 from P1 and process block at height 100
+				sBlockRespEv("waitForBlock", "waitForBlock", "P1", 100, []int64{}),
+				sBlockRespEv("waitForBlock", "waitForBlock", "P1", 101, []int64{100}),
+				sProcessedBlockEv("waitForBlock", "waitForBlock", nil),
+
+				// switch removes peer P1, should be finished
+				sPeerRemoveEv("waitForBlock", "finished", "P2", errSwitchRemovesPeer, []p2p.ID{"P2"}),
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:               "highest peer lowers its height in waitForBlock state, node reaches maxPeerHeight - TS4",
+			startingHeight:     100,
+			maxRequestsPerPeer: 3,
+			steps: []fsmStepTestValues{
+				sStartFSMEv(),
+				// add P1 and make requests
+				sStatusEv("waitForPeer", "waitForBlock", "P1", 101, nil),
+				sMakeRequestsEv("waitForBlock", "waitForBlock", maxNumRequests),
+
+				// add P2
+				sStatusEv("waitForBlock", "waitForBlock", "P2", 200, nil),
+
+				// get blocks 100 and 101 from P1
+				sBlockRespEv("waitForBlock", "waitForBlock", "P1", 100, []int64{}),
+				sBlockRespEv("waitForBlock", "waitForBlock", "P1", 101, []int64{100}),
+
+				// processed block at heights 100
+				sProcessedBlockEv("waitForBlock", "waitForBlock", nil),
+
+				// P2 becomes short
+				sStatusEv("waitForBlock", "finished", "P2", 100, errPeerLowersItsHeight),
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:           "new short peer while in waitForPeer state",
+			startingHeight: 100,
+			steps: []fsmStepTestValues{
+				sStartFSMEv(),
+				sStatusEv("waitForPeer", "waitForPeer", "P1", 3, errPeerTooShort),
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:           "new short peer while in waitForBlock state",
+			startingHeight: 100,
+			steps: []fsmStepTestValues{
+				sStartFSMEv(),
+				sStatusEv("waitForPeer", "waitForBlock", "P1", 200, nil),
+				sStatusEv("waitForBlock", "waitForBlock", "P2", 3, errPeerTooShort),
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:           "only peer updated with low height while in waitForBlock state",
+			startingHeight: 100,
+			steps: []fsmStepTestValues{
+				sStartFSMEv(),
+				sStatusEv("waitForPeer", "waitForBlock", "P1", 200, nil),
+				sStatusEv("waitForBlock", "waitForPeer", "P1", 3, errPeerLowersItsHeight),
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:               "peer does not exist in the switch",
+			startingHeight:     9999999,
+			maxRequestsPerPeer: 3,
+			steps: []fsmStepTestValues{
+				sStartFSMEv(),
+				// add P1
+				sStatusEv("waitForPeer", "waitForBlock", "P1", 20000000, nil),
+				// send request for block 9999999
+				// Note: For this block request the "switch missing the peer" error is simulated,
+				// see implementation of bcReactor interface, sendBlockRequest(), in this file.
+				sMakeRequestsEvErrored("waitForBlock", "waitForBlock",
+					maxNumRequests, nil, []p2p.ID{"P1"}),
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	executeFSMTests(t, tests, true)
+}
+
+func TestFSMStopFSM(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []testFields{
+		{
+			name: "stopFSMEv in unknown",
+			steps: []fsmStepTestValues{
+				sStopFSMEv("unknown", "finished"),
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:           "stopFSMEv in waitForPeer",
+			startingHeight: 1,
+			steps: []fsmStepTestValues{
+				sStartFSMEv(),
+				sStopFSMEv("waitForPeer", "finished"),
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:           "stopFSMEv in waitForBlock",
+			startingHeight: 1,
+			steps: []fsmStepTestValues{
+				sStartFSMEv(),
+				sStatusEv("waitForPeer", "waitForBlock", "P1", 3, nil),
+				sStopFSMEv("waitForBlock", "finished"),
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	executeFSMTests(t, tests, false)
+}
+
+func TestFSMUnknownElements(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []testFields{
+		{
+			name: "unknown event for state unknown",
+			steps: []fsmStepTestValues{
+				sUnknownFSMEv("unknown"),
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "unknown event for state waitForPeer",
+			steps: []fsmStepTestValues{
+				sStartFSMEv(),
+				sUnknownFSMEv("waitForPeer"),
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:           "unknown event for state waitForBlock",
+			startingHeight: 1,
+			steps: []fsmStepTestValues{
+				sStartFSMEv(),
+				sStatusEv("waitForPeer", "waitForBlock", "P1", 3, nil),
+				sUnknownFSMEv("waitForBlock"),
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	executeFSMTests(t, tests, false)
+}
+
+func TestFSMPeerStateTimeoutEvent(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []testFields{
+		{
+			name:               "timeout event for state waitForPeer while in state waitForPeer - TS1",
+			startingHeight:     1,
+			maxRequestsPerPeer: 3,
+			steps: []fsmStepTestValues{
+				sStartFSMEv(),
+				sStateTimeoutEv("waitForPeer", "finished", "waitForPeer", errNoTallerPeer),
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:               "timeout event for state waitForPeer while in a state != waitForPeer",
+			startingHeight:     1,
+			maxRequestsPerPeer: 3,
+			steps: []fsmStepTestValues{
+				sStartFSMEv(),
+				sStateTimeoutEv("waitForPeer", "waitForPeer", "waitForBlock", errTimeoutEventWrongState),
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:               "timeout event for state waitForBlock while in state waitForBlock ",
+			startingHeight:     1,
+			maxRequestsPerPeer: 3,
+			steps: []fsmStepTestValues{
+				sStartFSMEv(),
+				sStatusEv("waitForPeer", "waitForBlock", "P1", 3, nil),
+				sMakeRequestsEv("waitForBlock", "waitForBlock", maxNumRequests),
+				sStateTimeoutEv("waitForBlock", "waitForPeer", "waitForBlock", errNoPeerResponseForCurrentHeights),
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:               "timeout event for state waitForBlock while in a state != waitForBlock",
+			startingHeight:     1,
+			maxRequestsPerPeer: 3,
+			steps: []fsmStepTestValues{
+				sStartFSMEv(),
+				sStatusEv("waitForPeer", "waitForBlock", "P1", 3, nil),
+				sMakeRequestsEv("waitForBlock", "waitForBlock", maxNumRequests),
+				sStateTimeoutEv("waitForBlock", "waitForBlock", "waitForPeer", errTimeoutEventWrongState),
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:               "timeout event for state waitForBlock with multiple peers",
+			startingHeight:     1,
+			maxRequestsPerPeer: 3,
+			steps: []fsmStepTestValues{
+				sStartFSMEv(),
+				sStatusEv("waitForPeer", "waitForBlock", "P1", 3, nil),
+				sMakeRequestsEv("waitForBlock", "waitForBlock", maxNumRequests),
+				sStatusEv("waitForBlock", "waitForBlock", "P2", 3, nil),
+				sStateTimeoutEv("waitForBlock", "waitForBlock", "waitForBlock", errNoPeerResponseForCurrentHeights),
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	executeFSMTests(t, tests, false)
+}
+
+func makeCorrectTransitionSequence(startingHeight int64, numBlocks int64, numPeers int, randomPeerHeights bool,
+	maxRequestsPerPeer int, maxPendingRequests int) testFields {
+
+	// Generate numPeers peers with random or numBlocks heights according to the randomPeerHeights flag.
+	peerHeights := make([]int64, numPeers)
+	for i := 0; i < numPeers; i++ {
+		if i == 0 {
+			peerHeights[0] = numBlocks
+			continue
+		}
+		if randomPeerHeights {
+			peerHeights[i] = int64(tmmath.MaxInt(tmrand.Intn(int(numBlocks)), int(startingHeight)+1))
+		} else {
+			peerHeights[i] = numBlocks
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Approximate the slice capacity to save time for appends.
+	testSteps := make([]fsmStepTestValues, 0, 3*numBlocks+int64(numPeers))
+
+	testName := fmt.Sprintf("%v-blocks %v-startingHeight %v-peers %v-maxRequestsPerPeer %v-maxNumRequests",
+		numBlocks, startingHeight, numPeers, maxRequestsPerPeer, maxPendingRequests)
+
+	// Add startFSMEv step.
+	testSteps = append(testSteps, sStartFSMEv())
+
+	// For each peer, add statusResponseEv step.
+	for i := 0; i < numPeers; i++ {
+		peerName := fmt.Sprintf("P%d", i)
+		if i == 0 {
+			testSteps = append(
+				testSteps,
+				sStatusEv("waitForPeer", "waitForBlock", p2p.ID(peerName), peerHeights[i], nil))
+		} else {
+			testSteps = append(testSteps,
+				sStatusEv("waitForBlock", "waitForBlock", p2p.ID(peerName), peerHeights[i], nil))
+		}
+	}
+
+	height := startingHeight
+	numBlocksReceived := 0
+	prevBlocks := make([]int64, 0, maxPendingRequests)
+
+forLoop:
+	for i := 0; i < int(numBlocks); i++ {
+
+		// Add the makeRequestEv step periodically.
+		if i%maxRequestsPerPeer == 0 {
+			testSteps = append(
+				testSteps,
+				sMakeRequestsEv("waitForBlock", "waitForBlock", maxNumRequests),
+			)
+		}
+
+		// Add the blockRespEv step
+		testSteps = append(
+			testSteps,
+			sBlockRespEv("waitForBlock", "waitForBlock",
+				"P0", height, prevBlocks))
+		prevBlocks = append(prevBlocks, height)
+		height++
+		numBlocksReceived++
+
+		// Add the processedBlockEv step periodically.
+		if numBlocksReceived >= maxRequestsPerPeer || height >= numBlocks {
+			for j := int(height) - numBlocksReceived; j < int(height); j++ {
+				if j >= int(numBlocks) {
+					// This is the last block that is processed, we should be in "finished" state.
+					testSteps = append(
+						testSteps,
+						sProcessedBlockEv("waitForBlock", "finished", nil))
+					break forLoop
+				}
+				testSteps = append(
+					testSteps,
+					sProcessedBlockEv("waitForBlock", "waitForBlock", nil))
+			}
+			numBlocksReceived = 0
+			prevBlocks = make([]int64, 0, maxPendingRequests)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return testFields{
+		name:               testName,
+		startingHeight:     startingHeight,
+		maxRequestsPerPeer: maxRequestsPerPeer,
+		maxPendingRequests: maxPendingRequests,
+		steps:              testSteps,
+	}
+}
+
+const (
+	maxStartingHeightTest       = 100
+	maxRequestsPerPeerTest      = 20
+	maxTotalPendingRequestsTest = 600
+	maxNumPeersTest             = 1000
+	maxNumBlocksInChainTest     = 10000 // should be smaller than 9999999
+)
+
+func makeCorrectTransitionSequenceWithRandomParameters() testFields {
+	// Generate a starting height for fast sync.
+	startingHeight := int64(tmrand.Intn(maxStartingHeightTest) + 1)
+
+	// Generate the number of requests per peer.
+	maxRequestsPerPeer := tmrand.Intn(maxRequestsPerPeerTest) + 1
+
+	// Generate the maximum number of total pending requests, >= maxRequestsPerPeer.
+	maxPendingRequests := tmrand.Intn(maxTotalPendingRequestsTest-maxRequestsPerPeer) + maxRequestsPerPeer
+
+	// Generate the number of blocks to be synced.
+	numBlocks := int64(tmrand.Intn(maxNumBlocksInChainTest)) + startingHeight
+
+	// Generate a number of peers.
+	numPeers := tmrand.Intn(maxNumPeersTest) + 1
+
+	return makeCorrectTransitionSequence(startingHeight, numBlocks, numPeers, true, maxRequestsPerPeer, maxPendingRequests)
+}
+
+func shouldApplyProcessedBlockEvStep(step *fsmStepTestValues, testBcR *testReactor) bool {
+	if step.event == processedBlockEv {
+		_, err := testBcR.fsm.pool.BlockAndPeerAtHeight(testBcR.fsm.pool.Height)
+		if err == errMissingBlock {
+			return false
+		}
+		_, err = testBcR.fsm.pool.BlockAndPeerAtHeight(testBcR.fsm.pool.Height + 1)
+		if err == errMissingBlock {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
+func TestFSMCorrectTransitionSequences(t *testing.T) {
+
+	tests := []testFields{
+		makeCorrectTransitionSequence(1, 100, 10, true, 10, 40),
+		makeCorrectTransitionSequenceWithRandomParameters(),
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		tt := tt
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			// Create test reactor
+			testBcR := newTestReactor(tt.startingHeight)
+
+			if tt.maxRequestsPerPeer != 0 {
+				maxRequestsPerPeer = tt.maxRequestsPerPeer
+			}
+
+			for _, step := range tt.steps {
+				step := step
+				assert.Equal(t, step.currentState, testBcR.fsm.state.name)
+
+				oldNumStatusRequests := testBcR.numStatusRequests
+				fixBlockResponseEvStep(&step, testBcR)
+				if !shouldApplyProcessedBlockEvStep(&step, testBcR) {
+					continue
+				}
+
+				fsmErr := sendEventToFSM(testBcR.fsm, step.event, step.data)
+				assert.Equal(t, step.wantErr, fsmErr)
+
+				if step.wantStatusReqSent {
+					assert.Equal(t, oldNumStatusRequests+1, testBcR.numStatusRequests)
+				} else {
+					assert.Equal(t, oldNumStatusRequests, testBcR.numStatusRequests)
+				}
+
+				assert.Equal(t, step.wantState, testBcR.fsm.state.name)
+				if step.wantState == "finished" {
+					assert.True(t, testBcR.fsm.isCaughtUp())
+				}
+			}
+
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// ----------------------------------------
+// implements the bcRNotifier
+func (testR *testReactor) sendPeerError(err error, peerID p2p.ID) {
+	testR.logger.Info("Reactor received sendPeerError call from FSM", "peer", peerID, "err", err)
+	testR.lastPeerError.peerID = peerID
+	testR.lastPeerError.err = err
+}
+
+func (testR *testReactor) sendStatusRequest() {
+	testR.logger.Info("Reactor received sendStatusRequest call from FSM")
+	testR.numStatusRequests++
+}
+
+func (testR *testReactor) sendBlockRequest(peerID p2p.ID, height int64) error {
+	testR.logger.Info("Reactor received sendBlockRequest call from FSM", "peer", peerID, "height", height)
+	testR.numBlockRequests++
+	testR.lastBlockRequest.peerID = peerID
+	testR.lastBlockRequest.height = height
+	if height == 9999999 {
+		// simulate switch does not have peer
+		return errNilPeerForBlockRequest
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (testR *testReactor) resetStateTimer(name string, timer **time.Timer, timeout time.Duration) {
+	testR.logger.Info("Reactor received resetStateTimer call from FSM", "state", name, "timeout", timeout)
+	if _, ok := testR.stateTimerStarts[name]; !ok {
+		testR.stateTimerStarts[name] = 1
+	} else {
+		testR.stateTimerStarts[name]++
+	}
+}
+
+func (testR *testReactor) switchToConsensus() {
+}
+
+// ----------------------------------------
--- a/blockchain/v1/reactor_test.go
+++ b/blockchain/v1/reactor_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,365 @@
+package v1
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"sort"
+	"sync"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
+	dbm "github.com/tendermint/tm-db"
+
+	abci "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/abci/types"
+	cfg "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/config"
+	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/log"
+	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/mempool/mock"
+	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/p2p"
+	tmproto "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/proto/tendermint/types"
+	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/proxy"
+	sm "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/state"
+	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/store"
+	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/types"
+	tmtime "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/types/time"
+)
+
+var config *cfg.Config
+
+func randGenesisDoc(numValidators int, randPower bool, minPower int64) (*types.GenesisDoc, []types.PrivValidator) {
+	validators := make([]types.GenesisValidator, numValidators)
+	privValidators := make([]types.PrivValidator, numValidators)
+	for i := 0; i < numValidators; i++ {
+		val, privVal := types.RandValidator(randPower, minPower)
+		validators[i] = types.GenesisValidator{
+			PubKey: val.PubKey,
+			Power:  val.VotingPower,
+		}
+		privValidators[i] = privVal
+	}
+	sort.Sort(types.PrivValidatorsByAddress(privValidators))
+
+	return &types.GenesisDoc{
+		GenesisTime: tmtime.Now(),
+		ChainID:     config.ChainID(),
+		Validators:  validators,
+	}, privValidators
+}
+
+func makeVote(
+	t *testing.T,
+	header *types.Header,
+	blockID types.BlockID,
+	valset *types.ValidatorSet,
+	privVal types.PrivValidator) *types.Vote {
+
+	pubKey, err := privVal.GetPubKey()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	valIdx, _ := valset.GetByAddress(pubKey.Address())
+	vote := &types.Vote{
+		ValidatorAddress: pubKey.Address(),
+		ValidatorIndex:   valIdx,
+		Height:           header.Height,
+		Round:            1,
+		Timestamp:        tmtime.Now(),
+		Type:             tmproto.PrecommitType,
+		BlockID:          blockID,
+	}
+
+	vpb := vote.ToProto()
+
+	_ = privVal.SignVote(header.ChainID, vpb)
+	vote.Signature = vpb.Signature
+
+	return vote
+}
+
+type BlockchainReactorPair struct {
+	bcR  *BlockchainReactor
+	conR *consensusReactorTest
+}
+
+func newBlockchainReactor(
+	t *testing.T,
+	logger log.Logger,
+	genDoc *types.GenesisDoc,
+	privVals []types.PrivValidator,
+	maxBlockHeight int64) *BlockchainReactor {
+	if len(privVals) != 1 {
+		panic("only support one validator")
+	}
+
+	app := &testApp{}
+	cc := proxy.NewLocalClientCreator(app)
+	proxyApp := proxy.NewAppConns(cc)
+	err := proxyApp.Start()
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(fmt.Errorf("error start app: %w", err))
+	}
+
+	blockDB := dbm.NewMemDB()
+	stateDB := dbm.NewMemDB()
+	stateStore := sm.NewStore(stateDB)
+	blockStore := store.NewBlockStore(blockDB)
+
+	state, err := stateStore.LoadFromDBOrGenesisDoc(genDoc)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(fmt.Errorf("error constructing state from genesis file: %w", err))
+	}
+
+	// Make the BlockchainReactor itself.
+	// NOTE we have to create and commit the blocks first because
+	// pool.height is determined from the store.
+	fastSync := true
+	db := dbm.NewMemDB()
+	stateStore = sm.NewStore(db)
+	blockExec := sm.NewBlockExecutor(stateStore, log.TestingLogger(), proxyApp.Consensus(),
+		mock.Mempool{}, sm.EmptyEvidencePool{})
+	if err = stateStore.Save(state); err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	// let's add some blocks in
+	for blockHeight := int64(1); blockHeight <= maxBlockHeight; blockHeight++ {
+		lastCommit := types.NewCommit(blockHeight-1, 1, types.BlockID{}, nil)
+		if blockHeight > 1 {
+			lastBlockMeta := blockStore.LoadBlockMeta(blockHeight - 1)
+			lastBlock := blockStore.LoadBlock(blockHeight - 1)
+
+			vote := makeVote(t, &lastBlock.Header, lastBlockMeta.BlockID, state.Validators, privVals[0])
+			lastCommit = types.NewCommit(vote.Height, vote.Round, lastBlockMeta.BlockID, []types.CommitSig{vote.CommitSig()})
+		}
+
+		thisBlock := makeBlock(blockHeight, state, lastCommit)
+
+		thisParts := thisBlock.MakePartSet(types.BlockPartSizeBytes)
+		blockID := types.BlockID{Hash: thisBlock.Hash(), PartSetHeader: thisParts.Header()}
+
+		state, _, err = blockExec.ApplyBlock(state, blockID, thisBlock)
+		if err != nil {
+			panic(fmt.Errorf("error apply block: %w", err))
+		}
+
+		blockStore.SaveBlock(thisBlock, thisParts, lastCommit)
+	}
+
+	bcReactor := NewBlockchainReactor(state.Copy(), blockExec, blockStore, fastSync)
+	bcReactor.SetLogger(logger.With("module", "blockchain"))
+
+	return bcReactor
+}
+
+func newBlockchainReactorPair(
+	t *testing.T,
+	logger log.Logger,
+	genDoc *types.GenesisDoc,
+	privVals []types.PrivValidator,
+	maxBlockHeight int64) BlockchainReactorPair {
+
+	consensusReactor := &consensusReactorTest{}
+	consensusReactor.BaseReactor = *p2p.NewBaseReactor("Consensus reactor", consensusReactor)
+
+	return BlockchainReactorPair{
+		newBlockchainReactor(t, logger, genDoc, privVals, maxBlockHeight),
+		consensusReactor}
+}
+
+type consensusReactorTest struct {
+	p2p.BaseReactor     // BaseService + p2p.Switch
+	switchedToConsensus bool
+	mtx                 sync.Mutex
+}
+
+func (conR *consensusReactorTest) SwitchToConsensus(state sm.State, blocksSynced bool) {
+	conR.mtx.Lock()
+	defer conR.mtx.Unlock()
+	conR.switchedToConsensus = true
+}
+
+func TestFastSyncNoBlockResponse(t *testing.T) {
+
+	config = cfg.ResetTestRoot("blockchain_new_reactor_test")
+	defer os.RemoveAll(config.RootDir)
+	genDoc, privVals := randGenesisDoc(1, false, 30)
+
+	maxBlockHeight := int64(65)
+
+	reactorPairs := make([]BlockchainReactorPair, 2)
+
+	logger := log.TestingLogger()
+	reactorPairs[0] = newBlockchainReactorPair(t, logger, genDoc, privVals, maxBlockHeight)
+	reactorPairs[1] = newBlockchainReactorPair(t, logger, genDoc, privVals, 0)
+
+	p2p.MakeConnectedSwitches(config.P2P, 2, func(i int, s *p2p.Switch) *p2p.Switch {
+		s.AddReactor("BLOCKCHAIN", reactorPairs[i].bcR)
+		s.AddReactor("CONSENSUS", reactorPairs[i].conR)
+		moduleName := fmt.Sprintf("blockchain-%v", i)
+		reactorPairs[i].bcR.SetLogger(logger.With("module", moduleName))
+
+		return s
+
+	}, p2p.Connect2Switches)
+
+	defer func() {
+		for _, r := range reactorPairs {
+			_ = r.bcR.Stop()
+			_ = r.conR.Stop()
+		}
+	}()
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		height   int64
+		existent bool
+	}{
+		{maxBlockHeight + 2, false},
+		{10, true},
+		{1, true},
+		{maxBlockHeight + 100, false},
+	}
+
+	for {
+		time.Sleep(10 * time.Millisecond)
+		reactorPairs[1].conR.mtx.Lock()
+		if reactorPairs[1].conR.switchedToConsensus {
+			reactorPairs[1].conR.mtx.Unlock()
+			break
+		}
+		reactorPairs[1].conR.mtx.Unlock()
+	}
+
+	assert.Equal(t, maxBlockHeight, reactorPairs[0].bcR.store.Height())
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		block := reactorPairs[1].bcR.store.LoadBlock(tt.height)
+		if tt.existent {
+			assert.True(t, block != nil)
+		} else {
+			assert.True(t, block == nil)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// NOTE: This is too hard to test without
+// an easy way to add test peer to switch
+// or without significant refactoring of the module.
+// Alternatively we could actually dial a TCP conn but
+// that seems extreme.
+func TestFastSyncBadBlockStopsPeer(t *testing.T) {
+	numNodes := 4
+	maxBlockHeight := int64(148)
+
+	config = cfg.ResetTestRoot("blockchain_reactor_test")
+	defer os.RemoveAll(config.RootDir)
+	genDoc, privVals := randGenesisDoc(1, false, 30)
+
+	otherChain := newBlockchainReactorPair(t, log.TestingLogger(), genDoc, privVals, maxBlockHeight)
+	defer func() {
+		_ = otherChain.bcR.Stop()
+		_ = otherChain.conR.Stop()
+	}()
+
+	reactorPairs := make([]BlockchainReactorPair, numNodes)
+	logger := make([]log.Logger, numNodes)
+
+	for i := 0; i < numNodes; i++ {
+		logger[i] = log.TestingLogger()
+		height := int64(0)
+		if i == 0 {
+			height = maxBlockHeight
+		}
+		reactorPairs[i] = newBlockchainReactorPair(t, logger[i], genDoc, privVals, height)
+	}
+
+	switches := p2p.MakeConnectedSwitches(config.P2P, numNodes, func(i int, s *p2p.Switch) *p2p.Switch {
+		reactorPairs[i].conR.mtx.Lock()
+		s.AddReactor("BLOCKCHAIN", reactorPairs[i].bcR)
+		s.AddReactor("CONSENSUS", reactorPairs[i].conR)
+		moduleName := fmt.Sprintf("blockchain-%v", i)
+		reactorPairs[i].bcR.SetLogger(logger[i].With("module", moduleName))
+		reactorPairs[i].conR.mtx.Unlock()
+		return s
+
+	}, p2p.Connect2Switches)
+
+	defer func() {
+		for _, r := range reactorPairs {
+			_ = r.bcR.Stop()
+			_ = r.conR.Stop()
+		}
+	}()
+
+outerFor:
+	for {
+		time.Sleep(10 * time.Millisecond)
+		for i := 0; i < numNodes; i++ {
+			reactorPairs[i].conR.mtx.Lock()
+			if !reactorPairs[i].conR.switchedToConsensus {
+				reactorPairs[i].conR.mtx.Unlock()
+				continue outerFor
+			}
+			reactorPairs[i].conR.mtx.Unlock()
+		}
+		break
+	}
+
+	// at this time, reactors[0-3] is the newest
+	assert.Equal(t, numNodes-1, reactorPairs[1].bcR.Switch.Peers().Size())
+
+	// mark last reactorPair as an invalid peer
+	reactorPairs[numNodes-1].bcR.store = otherChain.bcR.store
+
+	lastLogger := log.TestingLogger()
+	lastReactorPair := newBlockchainReactorPair(t, lastLogger, genDoc, privVals, 0)
+	reactorPairs = append(reactorPairs, lastReactorPair)
+
+	switches = append(switches, p2p.MakeConnectedSwitches(config.P2P, 1, func(i int, s *p2p.Switch) *p2p.Switch {
+		s.AddReactor("BLOCKCHAIN", reactorPairs[len(reactorPairs)-1].bcR)
+		s.AddReactor("CONSENSUS", reactorPairs[len(reactorPairs)-1].conR)
+		moduleName := fmt.Sprintf("blockchain-%v", len(reactorPairs)-1)
+		reactorPairs[len(reactorPairs)-1].bcR.SetLogger(lastLogger.With("module", moduleName))
+		return s
+
+	}, p2p.Connect2Switches)...)
+
+	for i := 0; i < len(reactorPairs)-1; i++ {
+		p2p.Connect2Switches(switches, i, len(reactorPairs)-1)
+	}
+
+	for {
+		time.Sleep(1 * time.Second)
+		lastReactorPair.conR.mtx.Lock()
+		if lastReactorPair.conR.switchedToConsensus {
+			lastReactorPair.conR.mtx.Unlock()
+			break
+		}
+		lastReactorPair.conR.mtx.Unlock()
+
+		if lastReactorPair.bcR.Switch.Peers().Size() == 0 {
+			break
+		}
+	}
+
+	assert.True(t, lastReactorPair.bcR.Switch.Peers().Size() < len(reactorPairs)-1)
+}
+
+//----------------------------------------------
+// utility funcs
+
+func makeTxs(height int64) (txs []types.Tx) {
+	for i := 0; i < 10; i++ {
+		txs = append(txs, types.Tx([]byte{byte(height), byte(i)}))
+	}
+	return txs
+}
+
+func makeBlock(height int64, state sm.State, lastCommit *types.Commit) *types.Block {
+	block, _ := state.MakeBlock(height, makeTxs(height), lastCommit, nil, state.Validators.GetProposer().Address)
+	return block
+}
+
+type testApp struct {
+	abci.BaseApplication
+}
--- a/blockchain/v2/io.go
+++ b/blockchain/v2/io.go
@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+package v2
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	bc "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/blockchain"
+	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/p2p"
+	bcproto "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/proto/tendermint/blockchain"
+	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/state"
+	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/types"
+)
+
+type iIO interface {
+	sendBlockRequest(peerID p2p.ID, height int64) error
+	sendBlockToPeer(block *types.Block, peerID p2p.ID) error
+	sendBlockNotFound(height int64, peerID p2p.ID) error
+	sendStatusResponse(base, height int64, peerID p2p.ID) error
+
+	broadcastStatusRequest() error
+
+	trySwitchToConsensus(state state.State, skipWAL bool) bool
+}
+
+type switchIO struct {
+	sw *p2p.Switch
+}
+
+func newSwitchIo(sw *p2p.Switch) *switchIO {
+	return &switchIO{
+		sw: sw,
+	}
+}
+
+const (
+	// BlockchainChannel is a channel for blocks and status updates (`BlockStore` height)
+	BlockchainChannel = byte(0x40)
+)
+
+type consensusReactor interface {
+	// for when we switch from blockchain reactor and fast sync to
+	// the consensus machine
+	SwitchToConsensus(state state.State, skipWAL bool)
+}
+
+func (sio *switchIO) sendBlockRequest(peerID p2p.ID, height int64) error {
+	peer := sio.sw.Peers().Get(peerID)
+	if peer == nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("peer not found")
+	}
+	msgBytes, err := bc.EncodeMsg(&bcproto.BlockRequest{Height: height})
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	queued := peer.TrySend(BlockchainChannel, msgBytes)
+	if !queued {
+		return fmt.Errorf("send queue full")
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (sio *switchIO) sendStatusResponse(base int64, height int64, peerID p2p.ID) error {
+	peer := sio.sw.Peers().Get(peerID)
+	if peer == nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("peer not found")
+	}
+
+	msgBytes, err := bc.EncodeMsg(&bcproto.StatusResponse{Height: height, Base: base})
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if queued := peer.TrySend(BlockchainChannel, msgBytes); !queued {
+		return fmt.Errorf("peer queue full")
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (sio *switchIO) sendBlockToPeer(block *types.Block, peerID p2p.ID) error {
+	peer := sio.sw.Peers().Get(peerID)
+	if peer == nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("peer not found")
+	}
+	if block == nil {
+		panic("trying to send nil block")
+	}
+
+	bpb, err := block.ToProto()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	msgBytes, err := bc.EncodeMsg(&bcproto.BlockResponse{Block: bpb})
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if queued := peer.TrySend(BlockchainChannel, msgBytes); !queued {
+		return fmt.Errorf("peer queue full")
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (sio *switchIO) sendBlockNotFound(height int64, peerID p2p.ID) error {
+	peer := sio.sw.Peers().Get(peerID)
+	if peer == nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("peer not found")
+	}
+	msgBytes, err := bc.EncodeMsg(&bcproto.NoBlockResponse{Height: height})
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if queued := peer.TrySend(BlockchainChannel, msgBytes); !queued {
+		return fmt.Errorf("peer queue full")
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (sio *switchIO) trySwitchToConsensus(state state.State, skipWAL bool) bool {
+	conR, ok := sio.sw.Reactor("CONSENSUS").(consensusReactor)
+	if ok {
+		conR.SwitchToConsensus(state, skipWAL)
+	}
+	return ok
+}
+
+func (sio *switchIO) broadcastStatusRequest() error {
+	msgBytes, err := bc.EncodeMsg(&bcproto.StatusRequest{})
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// XXX: maybe we should use an io specific peer list here
+	sio.sw.Broadcast(BlockchainChannel, msgBytes)
+
+	return nil
+}
--- a/internal/blocksync/v2/metrics.go
+++ b/internal/blocksync/v2/metrics.go
--- a/internal/blocksync/v2/processor.go
+++ b/internal/blocksync/v2/processor.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package v2
 import (
 	"fmt"

+	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/p2p"
 	tmState "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/state"
 	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/types"
 )
@@ -12,8 +13,8 @@ import (
 type pcBlockVerificationFailure struct {
 	priorityNormal
 	height       int64
-	firstPeerID  types.NodeID
-	secondPeerID types.NodeID
+	firstPeerID  p2p.ID
+	secondPeerID p2p.ID
 }

 func (e pcBlockVerificationFailure) String() string {
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ func (e pcBlockVerificationFailure) String() string {
 type pcBlockProcessed struct {
 	priorityNormal
 	height int64
-	peerID types.NodeID
+	peerID p2p.ID
 }

 func (e pcBlockProcessed) String() string {
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ func (p pcFinished) Error() string {

 type queueItem struct {
 	block  *types.Block
-	peerID types.NodeID
+	peerID p2p.ID
 }

 type blockQueue map[int64]queueItem
@@ -94,7 +95,7 @@ func (state *pcState) synced() bool {
 	return len(state.queue) <= 1
 }

-func (state *pcState) enqueue(peerID types.NodeID, block *types.Block, height int64) {
+func (state *pcState) enqueue(peerID p2p.ID, block *types.Block, height int64) {
 	if item, ok := state.queue[height]; ok {
 		panic(fmt.Sprintf(
 			"duplicate block %d (%X) enqueued by processor (sent by %v; existing block %X from %v)",
@@ -109,7 +110,7 @@ func (state *pcState) height() int64 {
 }

 // purgePeer moves all unprocessed blocks from the queue
-func (state *pcState) purgePeer(peerID types.NodeID) {
+func (state *pcState) purgePeer(peerID p2p.ID) {
 	// what if height is less than state.height?
 	for height, item := range state.queue {
 		if item.peerID == peerID {
@@ -181,8 +182,6 @@ func (state *pcState) handle(event Event) (Event, error) {
 			panic(fmt.Sprintf("failed to process committed block (%d:%X): %v", first.Height, first.Hash(), err))
 		}

-		state.context.recordConsMetrics(first)
-
 		delete(state.queue, first.Height)
 		state.blocksSynced++

--- a/internal/blocksync/v2/processor_context.go
+++ b/internal/blocksync/v2/processor_context.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package v2
 import (
 	"fmt"

-	cons "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/internal/consensus"
 	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/state"
 	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/types"
 )
@@ -14,27 +13,24 @@ type processorContext interface {
 	saveBlock(block *types.Block, blockParts *types.PartSet, seenCommit *types.Commit)
 	tmState() state.State
 	setState(state.State)
-	recordConsMetrics(block *types.Block)
 }

 type pContext struct {
 	store   blockStore
 	applier blockApplier
 	state   state.State
-	metrics *cons.Metrics
 }

-func newProcessorContext(st blockStore, ex blockApplier, s state.State, m *cons.Metrics) *pContext {
+func newProcessorContext(st blockStore, ex blockApplier, s state.State) *pContext {
 	return &pContext{
 		store:   st,
 		applier: ex,
 		state:   s,
-		metrics: m,
 	}
 }

 func (pc *pContext) applyBlock(blockID types.BlockID, block *types.Block) error {
-	newState, err := pc.applier.ApplyBlock(pc.state, blockID, block)
+	newState, _, err := pc.applier.ApplyBlock(pc.state, blockID, block)
 	pc.state = newState
 	return err
 }
@@ -55,10 +51,6 @@ func (pc *pContext) saveBlock(block *types.Block, blockParts *types.PartSet, see
 	pc.store.SaveBlock(block, blockParts, seenCommit)
 }

-func (pc *pContext) recordConsMetrics(block *types.Block) {
-	pc.metrics.RecordConsMetrics(block)
-}
-
 type mockPContext struct {
 	applicationBL  []int64
 	verificationBL []int64
@@ -106,7 +98,3 @@ func (mpc *mockPContext) setState(state state.State) {
 func (mpc *mockPContext) tmState() state.State {
 	return mpc.state
 }
-
-func (mpc *mockPContext) recordConsMetrics(block *types.Block) {
-
-}
--- a/internal/blocksync/v2/processor_test.go
+++ b/internal/blocksync/v2/processor_test.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (

 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"

+	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/p2p"
 	tmState "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/state"
 	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/types"
 )
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ func makeState(p *params) *pcState {
 	state := newPcState(context)

 	for _, item := range p.items {
-		state.enqueue(types.NodeID(item.pid), makePcBlock(item.height), item.height)
+		state.enqueue(p2p.ID(item.pid), makePcBlock(item.height), item.height)
 	}

 	state.blocksSynced = p.blocksSynced
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ func makeState(p *params) *pcState {
 	return state
 }

-func mBlockResponse(peerID types.NodeID, height int64) scBlockReceived {
+func mBlockResponse(peerID p2p.ID, height int64) scBlockReceived {
 	return scBlockReceived{
 		peerID: peerID,
 		block:  makePcBlock(height),
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@ func executeProcessorTests(t *testing.T, tests []testFields) {
 					}
 				}()

-				// First step must always initialize the currentState as state.
+				// First step must always initialise the currentState as state.
 				if step.currentState != nil {
 					state = makeState(step.currentState)
 				}
--- a/internal/blocksync/v2/reactor.go
+++ b/internal/blocksync/v2/reactor.go
@@ -5,16 +5,12 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"time"

-	proto "github.com/gogo/protobuf/proto"
-
-	bc "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/internal/blocksync"
-	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/internal/blocksync/v2/internal/behavior"
-	cons "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/internal/consensus"
-	tmsync "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/internal/libs/sync"
-	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/internal/p2p"
+	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/behaviour"
+	bc "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/blockchain"
 	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/log"
-	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/sync"
-	bcproto "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/proto/tendermint/blocksync"
+	tmsync "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/sync"
+	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/p2p"
+	bcproto "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/proto/tendermint/blockchain"
 	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/state"
 	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/types"
 )
@@ -31,12 +27,12 @@ type blockStore interface {
 	Height() int64
 }

-// BlockchainReactor handles block sync protocol.
+// BlockchainReactor handles fast sync protocol.
 type BlockchainReactor struct {
 	p2p.BaseReactor

-	blockSync   *sync.AtomicBool // enable block sync on start when it's been Set
-	stateSynced bool             // set to true when SwitchToBlockSync is called by state sync
+	fastSync    bool // if true, enable fast sync on start
+	stateSynced bool // set to true when SwitchToFastSync is called by state sync
 	scheduler   *Routine
 	processor   *Routine
 	logger      log.Logger
@@ -44,44 +40,42 @@ type BlockchainReactor struct {
 	mtx           tmsync.RWMutex
 	maxPeerHeight int64
 	syncHeight    int64
-	events        chan Event // non-nil during a block sync
+	events        chan Event // non-nil during a fast sync

-	reporter behavior.Reporter
+	reporter behaviour.Reporter
 	io       iIO
 	store    blockStore
+}

-	syncStartTime   time.Time
-	syncStartHeight int64
-	lastSyncRate    float64 // # blocks sync per sec base on the last 100 blocks
+//nolint:unused,deadcode
+type blockVerifier interface {
+	VerifyCommit(chainID string, blockID types.BlockID, height int64, commit *types.Commit) error
 }

 type blockApplier interface {
-	ApplyBlock(state state.State, blockID types.BlockID, block *types.Block) (state.State, error)
+	ApplyBlock(state state.State, blockID types.BlockID, block *types.Block) (state.State, int64, error)
 }

 // XXX: unify naming in this package around tmState
-func newReactor(state state.State, store blockStore, reporter behavior.Reporter,
-	blockApplier blockApplier, blockSync bool, metrics *cons.Metrics) *BlockchainReactor {
+func newReactor(state state.State, store blockStore, reporter behaviour.Reporter,
+	blockApplier blockApplier, fastSync bool) *BlockchainReactor {
 	initHeight := state.LastBlockHeight + 1
 	if initHeight == 1 {
 		initHeight = state.InitialHeight
 	}
 	scheduler := newScheduler(initHeight, time.Now())
-	pContext := newProcessorContext(store, blockApplier, state, metrics)
+	pContext := newProcessorContext(store, blockApplier, state)
 	// TODO: Fix naming to just newProcesssor
 	// newPcState requires a processorContext
 	processor := newPcState(pContext)

 	return &BlockchainReactor{
-		scheduler:       newRoutine("scheduler", scheduler.handle, chBufferSize),
-		processor:       newRoutine("processor", processor.handle, chBufferSize),
-		store:           store,
-		reporter:        reporter,
-		logger:          log.NewNopLogger(),
-		blockSync:       sync.NewBool(blockSync),
-		syncStartHeight: initHeight,
-		syncStartTime:   time.Time{},
-		lastSyncRate:    0,
+		scheduler: newRoutine("scheduler", scheduler.handle, chBufferSize),
+		processor: newRoutine("processor", processor.handle, chBufferSize),
+		store:     store,
+		reporter:  reporter,
+		logger:    log.NewNopLogger(),
+		fastSync:  fastSync,
 	}
 }

@@ -90,10 +84,9 @@ func NewBlockchainReactor(
 	state state.State,
 	blockApplier blockApplier,
 	store blockStore,
-	blockSync bool,
-	metrics *cons.Metrics) *BlockchainReactor {
-	reporter := behavior.NewMockReporter()
-	return newReactor(state, store, reporter, blockApplier, blockSync, metrics)
+	fastSync bool) *BlockchainReactor {
+	reporter := behaviour.NewMockReporter()
+	return newReactor(state, store, reporter, blockApplier, fastSync)
 }

 // SetSwitch implements Reactor interface.
@@ -136,23 +129,23 @@ func (r *BlockchainReactor) SetLogger(logger log.Logger) {

 // Start implements cmn.Service interface
 func (r *BlockchainReactor) Start() error {
-	r.reporter = behavior.NewSwitchReporter(r.BaseReactor.Switch)
-	if r.blockSync.IsSet() {
+	r.reporter = behaviour.NewSwitchReporter(r.BaseReactor.Switch)
+	if r.fastSync {
 		err := r.startSync(nil)
 		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("failed to start block sync: %w", err)
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to start fast sync: %w", err)
 		}
 	}
 	return nil
 }

-// startSync begins a block sync, signaled by r.events being non-nil. If state is non-nil,
+// startSync begins a fast sync, signalled by r.events being non-nil. If state is non-nil,
 // the scheduler and processor is updated with this state on startup.
 func (r *BlockchainReactor) startSync(state *state.State) error {
 	r.mtx.Lock()
 	defer r.mtx.Unlock()
 	if r.events != nil {
-		return errors.New("block sync already in progress")
+		return errors.New("fast sync already in progress")
 	}
 	r.events = make(chan Event, chBufferSize)
 	go r.scheduler.start()
@@ -167,7 +160,7 @@ func (r *BlockchainReactor) startSync(state *state.State) error {
 	return nil
 }

-// endSync ends a block sync
+// endSync ends a fast sync
 func (r *BlockchainReactor) endSync() {
 	r.mtx.Lock()
 	defer r.mtx.Unlock()
@@ -179,17 +172,11 @@ func (r *BlockchainReactor) endSync() {
 	r.processor.stop()
 }

-// SwitchToBlockSync is called by the state sync reactor when switching to block sync.
-func (r *BlockchainReactor) SwitchToBlockSync(state state.State) error {
+// SwitchToFastSync is called by the state sync reactor when switching to fast sync.
+func (r *BlockchainReactor) SwitchToFastSync(state state.State) error {
 	r.stateSynced = true
 	state = state.Copy()
-
-	err := r.startSync(&state)
-	if err == nil {
-		r.syncStartTime = time.Now()
-	}
-
-	return err
+	return r.startSync(&state)
 }

 // reactor generated ticker events:
@@ -227,7 +214,7 @@ func (e rProcessBlock) String() string {
 type bcBlockResponse struct {
 	priorityNormal
 	time   time.Time
-	peerID types.NodeID
+	peerID p2p.ID
 	size   int64
 	block  *types.Block
 }
@@ -241,7 +228,7 @@ func (resp bcBlockResponse) String() string {
 type bcNoBlockResponse struct {
 	priorityNormal
 	time   time.Time
-	peerID types.NodeID
+	peerID p2p.ID
 	height int64
 }

@@ -254,7 +241,7 @@ func (resp bcNoBlockResponse) String() string {
 type bcStatusResponse struct {
 	priorityNormal
 	time   time.Time
-	peerID types.NodeID
+	peerID p2p.ID
 	base   int64
 	height int64
 }
@@ -267,7 +254,7 @@ func (resp bcStatusResponse) String() string {
 // new peer is connected
 type bcAddNewPeer struct {
 	priorityNormal
-	peerID types.NodeID
+	peerID p2p.ID
 }

 func (resp bcAddNewPeer) String() string {
@@ -277,7 +264,7 @@ func (resp bcAddNewPeer) String() string {
 // existing peer is removed
 type bcRemovePeer struct {
 	priorityHigh
-	peerID types.NodeID
+	peerID p2p.ID
 	reason interface{}
 }

@@ -297,6 +284,7 @@ func (e bcResetState) String() string {

 // Takes the channel as a parameter to avoid race conditions on r.events.
 func (r *BlockchainReactor) demux(events <-chan Event) {
+	var lastRate = 0.0
 	var lastHundred = time.Now()

 	var (
@@ -328,9 +316,6 @@ func (r *BlockchainReactor) demux(events <-chan Event) {
 	defer doStatusTk.Stop()
 	doStatusCh <- struct{}{} // immediately broadcast to get status of existing peers

-	// Memoize the scSchedulerFail error to avoid printing it every scheduleFreq.
-	var scSchedulerFailErr error
-
 	// XXX: Extract timers to make testing atemporal
 	for {
 		select {
@@ -391,26 +376,18 @@ func (r *BlockchainReactor) demux(events <-chan Event) {
 				r.processor.send(event)
 			case scPeerError:
 				r.processor.send(event)
-				if err := r.reporter.Report(behavior.BadMessage(event.peerID, "scPeerError")); err != nil {
+				if err := r.reporter.Report(behaviour.BadMessage(event.peerID, "scPeerError")); err != nil {
 					r.logger.Error("Error reporting peer", "err", err)
 				}
 			case scBlockRequest:
-				peer := r.Switch.Peers().Get(event.peerID)
-				if peer == nil {
-					r.logger.Error("Wanted to send block request, but no such peer", "peerID", event.peerID)
-					continue
-				}
-				if err := r.io.sendBlockRequest(peer, event.height); err != nil {
+				if err := r.io.sendBlockRequest(event.peerID, event.height); err != nil {
 					r.logger.Error("Error sending block request", "err", err)
 				}
 			case scFinishedEv:
 				r.processor.send(event)
 				r.scheduler.stop()
 			case scSchedulerFail:
-				if scSchedulerFailErr != event.reason {
-					r.logger.Error("Scheduler failure", "err", event.reason.Error())
-					scSchedulerFailErr = event.reason
-				}
+				r.logger.Error("Scheduler failure", "err", event.reason.Error())
 			case scPeersPruned:
 				// Remove peers from the processor.
 				for _, peerID := range event.peers {
@@ -427,27 +404,21 @@ func (r *BlockchainReactor) demux(events <-chan Event) {
 			switch event := event.(type) {
 			case pcBlockProcessed:
 				r.setSyncHeight(event.height)
-				if (r.syncHeight-r.syncStartHeight)%100 == 0 {
-					newSyncRate := 100 / time.Since(lastHundred).Seconds()
-					if r.lastSyncRate == 0 {
-						r.lastSyncRate = newSyncRate
-					} else {
-						r.lastSyncRate = 0.9*r.lastSyncRate + 0.1*newSyncRate
-					}
-					r.logger.Info("block sync Rate", "height", r.syncHeight,
-						"max_peer_height", r.maxPeerHeight, "blocks/s", r.lastSyncRate)
+				if r.syncHeight%100 == 0 {
+					lastRate = 0.9*lastRate + 0.1*(100/time.Since(lastHundred).Seconds())
+					r.logger.Info("Fast Sync Rate", "height", r.syncHeight,
+						"max_peer_height", r.maxPeerHeight, "blocks/s", lastRate)
 					lastHundred = time.Now()
 				}
 				r.scheduler.send(event)
 			case pcBlockVerificationFailure:
 				r.scheduler.send(event)
 			case pcFinished:
-				r.logger.Info("block sync complete, switching to consensus")
+				r.logger.Info("Fast sync complete, switching to consensus")
 				if !r.io.trySwitchToConsensus(event.tmState, event.blocksSynced > 0 || r.stateSynced) {
 					r.logger.Error("Failed to switch to consensus reactor")
 				}
 				r.endSync()
-				r.blockSync.UnSet()
 				return
 			case noOpEvent:
 			default:
@@ -484,62 +455,54 @@ func (r *BlockchainReactor) Stop() error {
 }

 // Receive implements Reactor by handling different message types.
-// XXX: do not call any methods that can block or incur heavy processing.
-// https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/issues/2888
 func (r *BlockchainReactor) Receive(chID byte, src p2p.Peer, msgBytes []byte) {
-	logger := r.logger.With("src", src.ID(), "chID", chID)
-
-	msgProto := new(bcproto.Message)
-
-	if err := proto.Unmarshal(msgBytes, msgProto); err != nil {
-		logger.Error("error decoding message", "err", err)
-		_ = r.reporter.Report(behavior.BadMessage(src.ID(), err.Error()))
+	msg, err := bc.DecodeMsg(msgBytes)
+	if err != nil {
+		r.logger.Error("error decoding message",
+			"src", src.ID(), "chId", chID, "msg", msg, "err", err)
+		_ = r.reporter.Report(behaviour.BadMessage(src.ID(), err.Error()))
 		return
 	}

-	if err := msgProto.Validate(); err != nil {
-		logger.Error("peer sent us an invalid msg", "msg", msgProto, "err", err)
-		_ = r.reporter.Report(behavior.BadMessage(src.ID(), err.Error()))
+	if err = bc.ValidateMsg(msg); err != nil {
+		r.logger.Error("peer sent us invalid msg", "peer", src, "msg", msg, "err", err)
+		_ = r.reporter.Report(behaviour.BadMessage(src.ID(), err.Error()))
 		return
 	}

-	r.logger.Debug("received", "msg", msgProto)
+	r.logger.Debug("Receive", "src", src.ID(), "chID", chID, "msg", msg)

-	switch msg := msgProto.Sum.(type) {
-	case *bcproto.Message_StatusRequest:
-		if err := r.io.sendStatusResponse(r.store.Base(), r.store.Height(), src); err != nil {
-			logger.Error("Could not send status message to src peer")
+	switch msg := msg.(type) {
+	case *bcproto.StatusRequest:
+		if err := r.io.sendStatusResponse(r.store.Base(), r.store.Height(), src.ID()); err != nil {
+			r.logger.Error("Could not send status message to peer", "src", src)
 		}

-	case *bcproto.Message_BlockRequest:
-		block := r.store.LoadBlock(msg.BlockRequest.Height)
+	case *bcproto.BlockRequest:
+		block := r.store.LoadBlock(msg.Height)
 		if block != nil {
-			if err := r.io.sendBlockToPeer(block, src); err != nil {
-				logger.Error("Could not send block message to src peer", "err", err)
+			if err = r.io.sendBlockToPeer(block, src.ID()); err != nil {
+				r.logger.Error("Could not send block message to peer: ", err)
 			}
 		} else {
-			logger.Info("peer asking for a block we don't have", "height", msg.BlockRequest.Height)
-			if err := r.io.sendBlockNotFound(msg.BlockRequest.Height, src); err != nil {
-				logger.Error("Couldn't send block not found msg", "err", err)
+			r.logger.Info("peer asking for a block we don't have", "src", src, "height", msg.Height)
+			peerID := src.ID()
+			if err = r.io.sendBlockNotFound(msg.Height, peerID); err != nil {
+				r.logger.Error("Couldn't send block not found: ", err)
 			}
 		}

-	case *bcproto.Message_StatusResponse:
+	case *bcproto.StatusResponse:
 		r.mtx.RLock()
 		if r.events != nil {
-			r.events <- bcStatusResponse{
-				peerID: src.ID(),
-				base:   msg.StatusResponse.Base,
-				height: msg.StatusResponse.Height,
-			}
+			r.events <- bcStatusResponse{peerID: src.ID(), base: msg.Base, height: msg.Height}
 		}
 		r.mtx.RUnlock()

-	case *bcproto.Message_BlockResponse:
-		bi, err := types.BlockFromProto(msg.BlockResponse.Block)
+	case *bcproto.BlockResponse:
+		bi, err := types.BlockFromProto(msg.Block)
 		if err != nil {
-			logger.Error("error transitioning block from protobuf", "err", err)
-			_ = r.reporter.Report(behavior.BadMessage(src.ID(), err.Error()))
+			r.logger.Error("error transitioning block from protobuf", "err", err)
 			return
 		}
 		r.mtx.RLock()
@@ -553,14 +516,10 @@ func (r *BlockchainReactor) Receive(chID byte, src p2p.Peer, msgBytes []byte) {
 		}
 		r.mtx.RUnlock()

-	case *bcproto.Message_NoBlockResponse:
+	case *bcproto.NoBlockResponse:
 		r.mtx.RLock()
 		if r.events != nil {
-			r.events <- bcNoBlockResponse{
-				peerID: src.ID(),
-				height: msg.NoBlockResponse.Height,
-				time:   time.Now(),
-			}
+			r.events <- bcNoBlockResponse{peerID: src.ID(), height: msg.Height, time: time.Now()}
 		}
 		r.mtx.RUnlock()
 	}
@@ -568,16 +527,10 @@ func (r *BlockchainReactor) Receive(chID byte, src p2p.Peer, msgBytes []byte) {

 // AddPeer implements Reactor interface
 func (r *BlockchainReactor) AddPeer(peer p2p.Peer) {
-	err := r.io.sendStatusResponse(r.store.Base(), r.store.Height(), peer)
+	err := r.io.sendStatusResponse(r.store.Base(), r.store.Height(), peer.ID())
 	if err != nil {
-		r.logger.Error("could not send our status to the new peer", "peer", peer.ID, "err", err)
+		r.logger.Error("Could not send status message to peer new", "src", peer.ID, "height", r.SyncHeight())
 	}
-
-	err = r.io.sendStatusRequest(peer)
-	if err != nil {
-		r.logger.Error("could not send status request to the new peer", "peer", peer.ID, "err", err)
-	}
-
 	r.mtx.RLock()
 	defer r.mtx.RUnlock()
 	if r.events != nil {
@@ -604,40 +557,8 @@ func (r *BlockchainReactor) GetChannels() []*p2p.ChannelDescriptor {
 			ID:                  BlockchainChannel,
 			Priority:            5,
 			SendQueueCapacity:   2000,
-			RecvBufferCapacity:  1024,
+			RecvBufferCapacity:  50 * 4096,
 			RecvMessageCapacity: bc.MaxMsgSize,
 		},
 	}
 }
-
-func (r *BlockchainReactor) GetMaxPeerBlockHeight() int64 {
-	r.mtx.RLock()
-	defer r.mtx.RUnlock()
-	return r.maxPeerHeight
-}
-
-func (r *BlockchainReactor) GetTotalSyncedTime() time.Duration {
-	if !r.blockSync.IsSet() || r.syncStartTime.IsZero() {
-		return time.Duration(0)
-	}
-	return time.Since(r.syncStartTime)
-}
-
-func (r *BlockchainReactor) GetRemainingSyncTime() time.Duration {
-	if !r.blockSync.IsSet() {
-		return time.Duration(0)
-	}
-
-	r.mtx.RLock()
-	defer r.mtx.RUnlock()
-
-	targetSyncs := r.maxPeerHeight - r.syncStartHeight
-	currentSyncs := r.syncHeight - r.syncStartHeight + 1
-	if currentSyncs < 0 || r.lastSyncRate < 0.001 {
-		return time.Duration(0)
-	}
-
-	remain := float64(targetSyncs-currentSyncs) / r.lastSyncRate
-
-	return time.Duration(int64(remain * float64(time.Second)))
-}
--- a/internal/blocksync/v2/reactor_test.go
+++ b/internal/blocksync/v2/reactor_test.go
@@ -4,40 +4,39 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net"
 	"os"
+	"sort"
 	"sync"
 	"testing"
 	"time"

-	"github.com/gogo/protobuf/proto"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	dbm "github.com/tendermint/tm-db"

 	abci "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/abci/types"
+	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/behaviour"
+	bc "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/blockchain"
 	cfg "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/config"
-	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/internal/blocksync/v2/internal/behavior"
-	cons "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/internal/consensus"
-	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/internal/mempool/mock"
-	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/internal/p2p"
-	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/internal/p2p/conn"
-	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/internal/test/factory"
 	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/log"
 	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/service"
-	bcproto "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/proto/tendermint/blocksync"
+	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/mempool/mock"
+	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/p2p"
+	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/p2p/conn"
+	bcproto "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/proto/tendermint/blockchain"
 	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/proxy"
 	sm "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/state"
-	sf "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/state/test/factory"
-	tmstore "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/store"
+	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/store"
 	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/types"
+	tmtime "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/types/time"
 )

 type mockPeer struct {
 	service.Service
-	id types.NodeID
+	id p2p.ID
 }

 func (mp mockPeer) FlushStop()           {}
-func (mp mockPeer) ID() types.NodeID     { return mp.id }
+func (mp mockPeer) ID() p2p.ID           { return mp.id }
 func (mp mockPeer) RemoteIP() net.IP     { return net.IP{} }
 func (mp mockPeer) RemoteAddr() net.Addr { return &net.TCPAddr{IP: mp.RemoteIP(), Port: 8800} }

@@ -45,10 +44,10 @@ func (mp mockPeer) IsOutbound() bool   { return true }
 func (mp mockPeer) IsPersistent() bool { return true }
 func (mp mockPeer) CloseConn() error   { return nil }

-func (mp mockPeer) NodeInfo() types.NodeInfo {
-	return types.NodeInfo{
-		NodeID:     "",
-		ListenAddr: "",
+func (mp mockPeer) NodeInfo() p2p.NodeInfo {
+	return p2p.DefaultNodeInfo{
+		DefaultNodeID: "",
+		ListenAddr:    "",
 	}
 }
 func (mp mockPeer) Status() conn.ConnectionStatus { return conn.ConnectionStatus{} }
@@ -65,17 +64,14 @@ type mockBlockStore struct {
 	blocks map[int64]*types.Block
 }

-//nolint:unused
 func (ml *mockBlockStore) Height() int64 {
 	return int64(len(ml.blocks))
 }

-//nolint:unused
 func (ml *mockBlockStore) LoadBlock(height int64) *types.Block {
 	return ml.blocks[height]
 }

-//nolint:unused
 func (ml *mockBlockStore) SaveBlock(block *types.Block, part *types.PartSet, commit *types.Commit) {
 	ml.blocks[block.Height] = block
 }
@@ -86,9 +82,9 @@ type mockBlockApplier struct {
 // XXX: Add whitelist/blacklist?
 func (mba *mockBlockApplier) ApplyBlock(
 	state sm.State, blockID types.BlockID, block *types.Block,
-) (sm.State, error) {
+) (sm.State, int64, error) {
 	state.LastBlockHeight++
-	return state, nil
+	return state, 0, nil
 }

 type mockSwitchIo struct {
@@ -97,37 +93,34 @@ type mockSwitchIo struct {
 	numStatusResponse   int
 	numBlockResponse    int
 	numNoBlockResponse  int
-	numStatusRequest    int
 }

-var _ iIO = (*mockSwitchIo)(nil)
-
-func (sio *mockSwitchIo) sendBlockRequest(_ p2p.Peer, _ int64) error {
+func (sio *mockSwitchIo) sendBlockRequest(peerID p2p.ID, height int64) error {
 	return nil
 }

-func (sio *mockSwitchIo) sendStatusResponse(_, _ int64, _ p2p.Peer) error {
+func (sio *mockSwitchIo) sendStatusResponse(base, height int64, peerID p2p.ID) error {
 	sio.mtx.Lock()
 	defer sio.mtx.Unlock()
 	sio.numStatusResponse++
 	return nil
 }

-func (sio *mockSwitchIo) sendBlockToPeer(_ *types.Block, _ p2p.Peer) error {
+func (sio *mockSwitchIo) sendBlockToPeer(block *types.Block, peerID p2p.ID) error {
 	sio.mtx.Lock()
 	defer sio.mtx.Unlock()
 	sio.numBlockResponse++
 	return nil
 }

-func (sio *mockSwitchIo) sendBlockNotFound(_ int64, _ p2p.Peer) error {
+func (sio *mockSwitchIo) sendBlockNotFound(height int64, peerID p2p.ID) error {
 	sio.mtx.Lock()
 	defer sio.mtx.Unlock()
 	sio.numNoBlockResponse++
 	return nil
 }

-func (sio *mockSwitchIo) trySwitchToConsensus(_ sm.State, _ bool) bool {
+func (sio *mockSwitchIo) trySwitchToConsensus(state sm.State, skipWAL bool) bool {
 	sio.mtx.Lock()
 	defer sio.mtx.Unlock()
 	sio.switchedToConsensus = true
@@ -138,13 +131,6 @@ func (sio *mockSwitchIo) broadcastStatusRequest() error {
 	return nil
 }

-func (sio *mockSwitchIo) sendStatusRequest(_ p2p.Peer) error {
-	sio.mtx.Lock()
-	defer sio.mtx.Unlock()
-	sio.numStatusRequest++
-	return nil
-}
-
 type testReactorParams struct {
 	logger      log.Logger
 	genDoc      *types.GenesisDoc
@@ -153,9 +139,9 @@ type testReactorParams struct {
 	mockA       bool
 }

-func newTestReactor(t *testing.T, p testReactorParams) *BlockchainReactor {
-	store, state, _ := newReactorStore(t, p.genDoc, p.privVals, p.startHeight)
-	reporter := behavior.NewMockReporter()
+func newTestReactor(p testReactorParams) *BlockchainReactor {
+	store, state, _ := newReactorStore(p.genDoc, p.privVals, p.startHeight)
+	reporter := behaviour.NewMockReporter()

 	var appl blockApplier

@@ -166,17 +152,18 @@ func newTestReactor(t *testing.T, p testReactorParams) *BlockchainReactor {
 		cc := proxy.NewLocalClientCreator(app)
 		proxyApp := proxy.NewAppConns(cc)
 		err := proxyApp.Start()
-		require.NoError(t, err)
+		if err != nil {
+			panic(fmt.Errorf("error start app: %w", err))
+		}
 		db := dbm.NewMemDB()
 		stateStore := sm.NewStore(db)
-		blockStore := tmstore.NewBlockStore(dbm.NewMemDB())
-		appl = sm.NewBlockExecutor(
-			stateStore, p.logger, proxyApp.Consensus(), mock.Mempool{}, sm.EmptyEvidencePool{}, blockStore)
-		err = stateStore.Save(state)
-		require.NoError(t, err)
+		appl = sm.NewBlockExecutor(stateStore, p.logger, proxyApp.Consensus(), mock.Mempool{}, sm.EmptyEvidencePool{})
+		if err = stateStore.Save(state); err != nil {
+			panic(err)
+		}
 	}

-	r := newReactor(state, store, reporter, appl, true, cons.NopMetrics())
+	r := newReactor(state, store, reporter, appl, true)
 	logger := log.TestingLogger()
 	r.SetLogger(logger.With("module", "blockchain"))

@@ -311,7 +298,7 @@ func newTestReactor(t *testing.T, p testReactorParams) *BlockchainReactor {
 // 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 // 			reactor := newTestReactor(params)
 // 			reactor.Start()
-// 			reactor.reporter = behavior.NewMockReporter()
+// 			reactor.reporter = behaviour.NewMockReporter()
 // 			mockSwitch := &mockSwitchIo{switchedToConsensus: false}
 // 			reactor.io = mockSwitch
 // 			// time for go routines to start
@@ -366,7 +353,7 @@ func TestReactorHelperMode(t *testing.T) {

 	config := cfg.ResetTestRoot("blockchain_reactor_v2_test")
 	defer os.RemoveAll(config.RootDir)
-	genDoc, privVals := factory.RandGenesisDoc(config, 1, false, 30)
+	genDoc, privVals := randGenesisDoc(config.ChainID(), 1, false, 30)

 	params := testReactorParams{
 		logger:      log.TestingLogger(),
@@ -401,7 +388,7 @@ func TestReactorHelperMode(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		tt := tt
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			reactor := newTestReactor(t, params)
+			reactor := newTestReactor(params)
 			mockSwitch := &mockSwitchIo{switchedToConsensus: false}
 			reactor.io = mockSwitch
 			err := reactor.Start()
@@ -412,37 +399,23 @@ func TestReactorHelperMode(t *testing.T) {
 				switch ev := step.event.(type) {
 				case bcproto.StatusRequest:
 					old := mockSwitch.numStatusResponse
-
-					msgProto := new(bcproto.Message)
-					require.NoError(t, msgProto.Wrap(&ev))
-
-					msgBz, err := proto.Marshal(msgProto)
-					require.NoError(t, err)
-
-					reactor.Receive(channelID, mockPeer{id: types.NodeID(step.peer)}, msgBz)
+					msg, err := bc.EncodeMsg(&ev)
+					assert.NoError(t, err)
+					reactor.Receive(channelID, mockPeer{id: p2p.ID(step.peer)}, msg)
 					assert.Equal(t, old+1, mockSwitch.numStatusResponse)
 				case bcproto.BlockRequest:
 					if ev.Height > params.startHeight {
 						old := mockSwitch.numNoBlockResponse
-
-						msgProto := new(bcproto.Message)
-						require.NoError(t, msgProto.Wrap(&ev))
-
-						msgBz, err := proto.Marshal(msgProto)
-						require.NoError(t, err)
-
-						reactor.Receive(channelID, mockPeer{id: types.NodeID(step.peer)}, msgBz)
+						msg, err := bc.EncodeMsg(&ev)
+						assert.NoError(t, err)
+						reactor.Receive(channelID, mockPeer{id: p2p.ID(step.peer)}, msg)
 						assert.Equal(t, old+1, mockSwitch.numNoBlockResponse)
 					} else {
 						old := mockSwitch.numBlockResponse
-
-						msgProto := new(bcproto.Message)
-						require.NoError(t, msgProto.Wrap(&ev))
-
-						msgBz, err := proto.Marshal(msgProto)
-						require.NoError(t, err)
-
-						reactor.Receive(channelID, mockPeer{id: types.NodeID(step.peer)}, msgBz)
+						msg, err := bc.EncodeMsg(&ev)
+						assert.NoError(t, err)
+						assert.NoError(t, err)
+						reactor.Receive(channelID, mockPeer{id: p2p.ID(step.peer)}, msg)
 						assert.Equal(t, old+1, mockSwitch.numBlockResponse)
 					}
 				}
@@ -456,9 +429,9 @@ func TestReactorHelperMode(t *testing.T) {
 func TestReactorSetSwitchNil(t *testing.T) {
 	config := cfg.ResetTestRoot("blockchain_reactor_v2_test")
 	defer os.RemoveAll(config.RootDir)
-	genDoc, privVals := factory.RandGenesisDoc(config, 1, false, 30)
+	genDoc, privVals := randGenesisDoc(config.ChainID(), 1, false, 30)

-	reactor := newTestReactor(t, testReactorParams{
+	reactor := newTestReactor(testReactorParams{
 		logger:   log.TestingLogger(),
 		genDoc:   genDoc,
 		privVals: privVals,
@@ -469,18 +442,55 @@ func TestReactorSetSwitchNil(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Nil(t, reactor.io)
 }

+//----------------------------------------------
+// utility funcs
+
+func makeTxs(height int64) (txs []types.Tx) {
+	for i := 0; i < 10; i++ {
+		txs = append(txs, types.Tx([]byte{byte(height), byte(i)}))
+	}
+	return txs
+}
+
+func makeBlock(height int64, state sm.State, lastCommit *types.Commit) *types.Block {
+	block, _ := state.MakeBlock(height, makeTxs(height), lastCommit, nil, state.Validators.GetProposer().Address)
+	return block
+}
+
 type testApp struct {
 	abci.BaseApplication
 }

+func randGenesisDoc(chainID string, numValidators int, randPower bool, minPower int64) (
+	*types.GenesisDoc, []types.PrivValidator) {
+	validators := make([]types.GenesisValidator, numValidators)
+	privValidators := make([]types.PrivValidator, numValidators)
+	for i := 0; i < numValidators; i++ {
+		val, privVal := types.RandValidator(randPower, minPower)
+		validators[i] = types.GenesisValidator{
+			PubKey: val.PubKey,
+			Power:  val.VotingPower,
+		}
+		privValidators[i] = privVal
+	}
+	sort.Sort(types.PrivValidatorsByAddress(privValidators))
+
+	return &types.GenesisDoc{
+		GenesisTime: tmtime.Now(),
+		ChainID:     chainID,
+		Validators:  validators,
+	}, privValidators
+}
+
+// Why are we importing the entire blockExecutor dependency graph here
+// when we have the facilities to
 func newReactorStore(
-	t *testing.T,
 	genDoc *types.GenesisDoc,
 	privVals []types.PrivValidator,
-	maxBlockHeight int64) (*tmstore.BlockStore, sm.State, *sm.BlockExecutor) {
-	t.Helper()
-
-	require.Len(t, privVals, 1)
+	maxBlockHeight int64) (*store.BlockStore, sm.State, *sm.BlockExecutor) {
+	if len(privVals) != 1 {
+		panic("only support one validator")
+	}
 	app := &testApp{}
 	cc := proxy.NewLocalClientCreator(app)
 	proxyApp := proxy.NewAppConns(cc)
@@ -490,15 +500,20 @@ func newReactorStore(
 	}

 	stateDB := dbm.NewMemDB()
-	blockStore := tmstore.NewBlockStore(dbm.NewMemDB())
+	blockStore := store.NewBlockStore(dbm.NewMemDB())
 	stateStore := sm.NewStore(stateDB)
-	state, err := sm.MakeGenesisState(genDoc)
-	require.NoError(t, err)
+	state, err := stateStore.LoadFromDBOrGenesisDoc(genDoc)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(fmt.Errorf("error constructing state from genesis file: %w", err))
+	}

+	db := dbm.NewMemDB()
+	stateStore = sm.NewStore(db)
 	blockExec := sm.NewBlockExecutor(stateStore, log.TestingLogger(), proxyApp.Consensus(),
-		mock.Mempool{}, sm.EmptyEvidencePool{}, blockStore)
-	err = stateStore.Save(state)
-	require.NoError(t, err)
+		mock.Mempool{}, sm.EmptyEvidencePool{})
+	if err = stateStore.Save(state); err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}

 	// add blocks in
 	for blockHeight := int64(1); blockHeight <= maxBlockHeight; blockHeight++ {
@@ -506,25 +521,30 @@ func newReactorStore(
 		if blockHeight > 1 {
 			lastBlockMeta := blockStore.LoadBlockMeta(blockHeight - 1)
 			lastBlock := blockStore.LoadBlock(blockHeight - 1)
-			vote, err := factory.MakeVote(
-				privVals[0],
-				lastBlock.Header.ChainID, 0,
-				lastBlock.Header.Height, 0, 2,
+			vote, err := types.MakeVote(
+				lastBlock.Header.Height,
 				lastBlockMeta.BlockID,
+				state.Validators,
+				privVals[0],
+				lastBlock.Header.ChainID,
 				time.Now(),
 			)
-			require.NoError(t, err)
+			if err != nil {
+				panic(err)
+			}
 			lastCommit = types.NewCommit(vote.Height, vote.Round,
 				lastBlockMeta.BlockID, []types.CommitSig{vote.CommitSig()})
 		}

-		thisBlock := sf.MakeBlock(state, blockHeight, lastCommit)
+		thisBlock := makeBlock(blockHeight, state, lastCommit)

 		thisParts := thisBlock.MakePartSet(types.BlockPartSizeBytes)
 		blockID := types.BlockID{Hash: thisBlock.Hash(), PartSetHeader: thisParts.Header()}

-		state, err = blockExec.ApplyBlock(state, blockID, thisBlock)
-		require.NoError(t, err)
+		state, _, err = blockExec.ApplyBlock(state, blockID, thisBlock)
+		if err != nil {
+			panic(fmt.Errorf("error apply block: %w", err))
+		}

 		blockStore.SaveBlock(thisBlock, thisParts, lastCommit)
 	}
--- a/internal/blocksync/v2/routine.go
+++ b/internal/blocksync/v2/routine.go
--- a/internal/blocksync/v2/routine_test.go
+++ b/internal/blocksync/v2/routine_test.go
--- a/internal/blocksync/v2/scheduler.go
+++ b/internal/blocksync/v2/scheduler.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"sort"
 	"time"

+	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/p2p"
 	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/types"
 )

@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ func (e scFinishedEv) String() string {
 // send a blockRequest message
 type scBlockRequest struct {
 	priorityNormal
-	peerID types.NodeID
+	peerID p2p.ID
 	height int64
 }

@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ func (e scBlockRequest) String() string {
 // a block has been received and validated by the scheduler
 type scBlockReceived struct {
 	priorityNormal
-	peerID types.NodeID
+	peerID p2p.ID
 	block  *types.Block
 }

@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ func (e scBlockReceived) String() string {
 // scheduler detected a peer error
 type scPeerError struct {
 	priorityHigh
-	peerID types.NodeID
+	peerID p2p.ID
 	reason error
 }

@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ func (e scPeerError) String() string {
 // scheduler removed a set of peers (timed out or slow peer)
 type scPeersPruned struct {
 	priorityHigh
-	peers []types.NodeID
+	peers []p2p.ID
 }

 func (e scPeersPruned) String() string {
@@ -125,7 +126,7 @@ func (e peerState) String() string {
 }

 type scPeer struct {
-	peerID types.NodeID
+	peerID p2p.ID

 	// initialized as New when peer is added, updated to Ready when statusUpdate is received,
 	// updated to Removed when peer is removed
@@ -142,7 +143,7 @@ func (p scPeer) String() string {
 		p.state, p.base, p.height, p.lastTouched, p.lastRate, p.peerID)
 }

-func newScPeer(peerID types.NodeID) *scPeer {
+func newScPeer(peerID p2p.ID) *scPeer {
 	return &scPeer{
 		peerID:      peerID,
 		state:       peerStateNew,
@@ -163,14 +164,14 @@ type scheduler struct {
 	height int64

 	// lastAdvance tracks the last time a block execution happened.
-	// syncTimeout is the maximum time the scheduler waits to advance in the block sync process before finishing.
+	// syncTimeout is the maximum time the scheduler waits to advance in the fast sync process before finishing.
 	// This covers the cases where there are no peers or all peers have a lower height.
 	lastAdvance time.Time
 	syncTimeout time.Duration

 	// a map of peerID to scheduler specific peer struct `scPeer` used to keep
 	// track of peer specific state
-	peers       map[types.NodeID]*scPeer
+	peers       map[p2p.ID]*scPeer
 	peerTimeout time.Duration // maximum response time from a peer otherwise prune
 	minRecvRate int64         // minimum receive rate from peer otherwise prune

@@ -182,13 +183,13 @@ type scheduler struct {
 	blockStates map[int64]blockState

 	// a map of heights to the peer we are waiting a response from
-	pendingBlocks map[int64]types.NodeID
+	pendingBlocks map[int64]p2p.ID

 	// the time at which a block was put in blockStatePending
 	pendingTime map[int64]time.Time

 	// a map of heights to the peers that put the block in blockStateReceived
-	receivedBlocks map[int64]types.NodeID
+	receivedBlocks map[int64]p2p.ID
 }

 func (sc scheduler) String() string {
@@ -203,10 +204,10 @@ func newScheduler(initHeight int64, startTime time.Time) *scheduler {
 		syncTimeout:    60 * time.Second,
 		height:         initHeight,
 		blockStates:    make(map[int64]blockState),
-		peers:          make(map[types.NodeID]*scPeer),
-		pendingBlocks:  make(map[int64]types.NodeID),
+		peers:          make(map[p2p.ID]*scPeer),
+		pendingBlocks:  make(map[int64]p2p.ID),
 		pendingTime:    make(map[int64]time.Time),
-		receivedBlocks: make(map[int64]types.NodeID),
+		receivedBlocks: make(map[int64]p2p.ID),
 		targetPending:  10,               // TODO - pass as param
 		peerTimeout:    15 * time.Second, // TODO - pass as param
 		minRecvRate:    0,                // int64(7680), TODO - pass as param
@@ -215,14 +216,14 @@ func newScheduler(initHeight int64, startTime time.Time) *scheduler {
 	return &sc
 }

-func (sc *scheduler) ensurePeer(peerID types.NodeID) *scPeer {
+func (sc *scheduler) ensurePeer(peerID p2p.ID) *scPeer {
 	if _, ok := sc.peers[peerID]; !ok {
 		sc.peers[peerID] = newScPeer(peerID)
 	}
 	return sc.peers[peerID]
 }

-func (sc *scheduler) touchPeer(peerID types.NodeID, time time.Time) error {
+func (sc *scheduler) touchPeer(peerID p2p.ID, time time.Time) error {
 	peer, ok := sc.peers[peerID]
 	if !ok {
 		return fmt.Errorf("couldn't find peer %s", peerID)
@@ -237,7 +238,7 @@ func (sc *scheduler) touchPeer(peerID types.NodeID, time time.Time) error {
 	return nil
 }

-func (sc *scheduler) removePeer(peerID types.NodeID) {
+func (sc *scheduler) removePeer(peerID p2p.ID) {
 	peer, ok := sc.peers[peerID]
 	if !ok {
 		return
@@ -297,7 +298,7 @@ func (sc *scheduler) addNewBlocks() {
 	}
 }

-func (sc *scheduler) setPeerRange(peerID types.NodeID, base int64, height int64) error {
+func (sc *scheduler) setPeerRange(peerID p2p.ID, base int64, height int64) error {
 	peer := sc.ensurePeer(peerID)

 	if peer.state == peerStateRemoved {
@@ -332,8 +333,8 @@ func (sc *scheduler) getStateAtHeight(height int64) blockState {
 	}
 }

-func (sc *scheduler) getPeersWithHeight(height int64) []types.NodeID {
-	peers := make([]types.NodeID, 0)
+func (sc *scheduler) getPeersWithHeight(height int64) []p2p.ID {
+	peers := make([]p2p.ID, 0)
 	for _, peer := range sc.peers {
 		if peer.state != peerStateReady {
 			continue
@@ -345,8 +346,8 @@ func (sc *scheduler) getPeersWithHeight(height int64) []types.NodeID {
 	return peers
 }

-func (sc *scheduler) prunablePeers(peerTimout time.Duration, minRecvRate int64, now time.Time) []types.NodeID {
-	prunable := make([]types.NodeID, 0)
+func (sc *scheduler) prunablePeers(peerTimout time.Duration, minRecvRate int64, now time.Time) []p2p.ID {
+	prunable := make([]p2p.ID, 0)
 	for peerID, peer := range sc.peers {
 		if peer.state != peerStateReady {
 			continue
@@ -365,7 +366,7 @@ func (sc *scheduler) setStateAtHeight(height int64, state blockState) {
 }

 // CONTRACT: peer exists and in Ready state.
-func (sc *scheduler) markReceived(peerID types.NodeID, height int64, size int64, now time.Time) error {
+func (sc *scheduler) markReceived(peerID p2p.ID, height int64, size int64, now time.Time) error {
 	peer := sc.peers[peerID]

 	if state := sc.getStateAtHeight(height); state != blockStatePending || sc.pendingBlocks[height] != peerID {
@@ -389,7 +390,7 @@ func (sc *scheduler) markReceived(peerID types.NodeID, height int64, size int64,
 	return nil
 }

-func (sc *scheduler) markPending(peerID types.NodeID, height int64, time time.Time) error {
+func (sc *scheduler) markPending(peerID p2p.ID, height int64, time time.Time) error {
 	state := sc.getStateAtHeight(height)
 	if state != blockStateNew {
 		return fmt.Errorf("block %d should be in blockStateNew but is %s", height, state)
@@ -471,7 +472,7 @@ func (sc *scheduler) nextHeightToSchedule() int64 {
 	return min
 }

-func (sc *scheduler) pendingFrom(peerID types.NodeID) []int64 {
+func (sc *scheduler) pendingFrom(peerID p2p.ID) []int64 {
 	var heights []int64
 	for height, pendingPeerID := range sc.pendingBlocks {
 		if pendingPeerID == peerID {
@@ -481,7 +482,7 @@ func (sc *scheduler) pendingFrom(peerID types.NodeID) []int64 {
 	return heights
 }

-func (sc *scheduler) selectPeer(height int64) (types.NodeID, error) {
+func (sc *scheduler) selectPeer(height int64) (p2p.ID, error) {
 	peers := sc.getPeersWithHeight(height)
 	if len(peers) == 0 {
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("cannot find peer for height %d", height)
@@ -489,7 +490,7 @@ func (sc *scheduler) selectPeer(height int64) (types.NodeID, error) {

 	// create a map from number of pending requests to a list
 	// of peers having that number of pending requests.
-	pendingFrom := make(map[int][]types.NodeID)
+	pendingFrom := make(map[int][]p2p.ID)
 	for _, peerID := range peers {
 		numPending := len(sc.pendingFrom(peerID))
 		pendingFrom[numPending] = append(pendingFrom[numPending], peerID)
@@ -508,7 +509,7 @@ func (sc *scheduler) selectPeer(height int64) (types.NodeID, error) {
 }

 // PeerByID is a list of peers sorted by peerID.
-type PeerByID []types.NodeID
+type PeerByID []p2p.ID

 func (peers PeerByID) Len() int {
 	return len(peers)
--- a/internal/blocksync/v2/scheduler_test.go
+++ b/internal/blocksync/v2/scheduler_test.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"

+	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/p2p"
 	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/state"
 	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/types"
 )
@@ -19,9 +20,9 @@ type scTestParams struct {
 	initHeight    int64
 	height        int64
 	allB          []int64
-	pending       map[int64]types.NodeID
+	pending       map[int64]p2p.ID
 	pendingTime   map[int64]time.Time
-	received      map[int64]types.NodeID
+	received      map[int64]p2p.ID
 	peerTimeout   time.Duration
 	minRecvRate   int64
 	targetPending int
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ func verifyScheduler(sc *scheduler) {
 }

 func newTestScheduler(params scTestParams) *scheduler {
-	peers := make(map[types.NodeID]*scPeer)
+	peers := make(map[p2p.ID]*scPeer)
 	var maxHeight int64

 	initHeight := params.initHeight
@@ -53,8 +54,8 @@ func newTestScheduler(params scTestParams) *scheduler {
 	}

 	for id, peer := range params.peers {
-		peer.peerID = types.NodeID(id)
-		peers[types.NodeID(id)] = peer
+		peer.peerID = p2p.ID(id)
+		peers[p2p.ID(id)] = peer
 		if maxHeight < peer.height {
 			maxHeight = peer.height
 		}
@@ -121,7 +122,7 @@ func TestScMaxHeights(t *testing.T) {
 			name: "one ready peer",
 			sc: scheduler{
 				height: 3,
-				peers:  map[types.NodeID]*scPeer{"P1": {height: 6, state: peerStateReady}},
+				peers:  map[p2p.ID]*scPeer{"P1": {height: 6, state: peerStateReady}},
 			},
 			wantMax: 6,
 		},
@@ -129,7 +130,7 @@ func TestScMaxHeights(t *testing.T) {
 			name: "ready and removed peers",
 			sc: scheduler{
 				height: 1,
-				peers: map[types.NodeID]*scPeer{
+				peers: map[p2p.ID]*scPeer{
 					"P1": {height: 4, state: peerStateReady},
 					"P2": {height: 10, state: peerStateRemoved}},
 			},
@@ -139,7 +140,7 @@ func TestScMaxHeights(t *testing.T) {
 			name: "removed peers",
 			sc: scheduler{
 				height: 1,
-				peers: map[types.NodeID]*scPeer{
+				peers: map[p2p.ID]*scPeer{
 					"P1": {height: 4, state: peerStateRemoved},
 					"P2": {height: 10, state: peerStateRemoved}},
 			},
@@ -149,7 +150,7 @@ func TestScMaxHeights(t *testing.T) {
 			name: "new peers",
 			sc: scheduler{
 				height: 1,
-				peers: map[types.NodeID]*scPeer{
+				peers: map[p2p.ID]*scPeer{
 					"P1": {base: -1, height: -1, state: peerStateNew},
 					"P2": {base: -1, height: -1, state: peerStateNew}},
 			},
@@ -159,7 +160,7 @@ func TestScMaxHeights(t *testing.T) {
 			name: "mixed peers",
 			sc: scheduler{
 				height: 1,
-				peers: map[types.NodeID]*scPeer{
+				peers: map[p2p.ID]*scPeer{
 					"P1": {height: -1, state: peerStateNew},
 					"P2": {height: 10, state: peerStateReady},
 					"P3": {height: 20, state: peerStateRemoved},
@@ -186,7 +187,7 @@ func TestScMaxHeights(t *testing.T) {
 func TestScEnsurePeer(t *testing.T) {

 	type args struct {
-		peerID types.NodeID
+		peerID p2p.ID
 	}
 	tests := []struct {
 		name       string
@@ -243,7 +244,7 @@ func TestScTouchPeer(t *testing.T) {
 	now := time.Now()

 	type args struct {
-		peerID types.NodeID
+		peerID p2p.ID
 		time   time.Time
 	}

@@ -315,13 +316,13 @@ func TestScPrunablePeers(t *testing.T) {
 		name       string
 		fields     scTestParams
 		args       args
-		wantResult []types.NodeID
+		wantResult []p2p.ID
 	}{
 		{
 			name:       "no peers",
 			fields:     scTestParams{peers: map[string]*scPeer{}},
 			args:       args{threshold: time.Second, time: now.Add(time.Second + time.Millisecond), minSpeed: 100},
-			wantResult: []types.NodeID{},
+			wantResult: []p2p.ID{},
 		},
 		{
 			name: "mixed peers",
@@ -340,7 +341,7 @@ func TestScPrunablePeers(t *testing.T) {
 				"P6": {state: peerStateReady, lastTouched: now.Add(time.Second), lastRate: 90},
 			}},
 			args:       args{threshold: time.Second, time: now.Add(time.Second + time.Millisecond), minSpeed: 100},
-			wantResult: []types.NodeID{"P4", "P5", "P6"},
+			wantResult: []p2p.ID{"P4", "P5", "P6"},
 		},
 	}

@@ -360,7 +361,7 @@ func TestScPrunablePeers(t *testing.T) {
 func TestScRemovePeer(t *testing.T) {

 	type args struct {
-		peerID types.NodeID
+		peerID p2p.ID
 	}
 	tests := []struct {
 		name       string
@@ -423,13 +424,13 @@ func TestScRemovePeer(t *testing.T) {
 			fields: scTestParams{
 				peers:   map[string]*scPeer{"P1": {height: 3, state: peerStateReady}},
 				allB:    []int64{1, 2, 3},
-				pending: map[int64]types.NodeID{1: "P1"},
+				pending: map[int64]p2p.ID{1: "P1"},
 			},
 			args: args{peerID: "P1"},
 			wantFields: scTestParams{
 				peers:   map[string]*scPeer{"P1": {height: 3, state: peerStateRemoved}},
 				allB:    []int64{},
-				pending: map[int64]types.NodeID{},
+				pending: map[int64]p2p.ID{},
 			},
 		},
 		{
@@ -437,13 +438,13 @@ func TestScRemovePeer(t *testing.T) {
 			fields: scTestParams{
 				peers:    map[string]*scPeer{"P1": {height: 3, state: peerStateReady}},
 				allB:     []int64{1, 2, 3},
-				received: map[int64]types.NodeID{1: "P1"},
+				received: map[int64]p2p.ID{1: "P1"},
 			},
 			args: args{peerID: "P1"},
 			wantFields: scTestParams{
 				peers:    map[string]*scPeer{"P1": {height: 3, state: peerStateRemoved}},
 				allB:     []int64{},
-				received: map[int64]types.NodeID{},
+				received: map[int64]p2p.ID{},
 			},
 		},
 		{
@@ -451,15 +452,15 @@ func TestScRemovePeer(t *testing.T) {
 			fields: scTestParams{
 				peers:    map[string]*scPeer{"P1": {height: 4, state: peerStateReady}},
 				allB:     []int64{1, 2, 3, 4},
-				pending:  map[int64]types.NodeID{1: "P1", 3: "P1"},
-				received: map[int64]types.NodeID{2: "P1", 4: "P1"},
+				pending:  map[int64]p2p.ID{1: "P1", 3: "P1"},
+				received: map[int64]p2p.ID{2: "P1", 4: "P1"},
 			},
 			args: args{peerID: "P1"},
 			wantFields: scTestParams{
 				peers:    map[string]*scPeer{"P1": {height: 4, state: peerStateRemoved}},
 				allB:     []int64{},
-				pending:  map[int64]types.NodeID{},
-				received: map[int64]types.NodeID{},
+				pending:  map[int64]p2p.ID{},
+				received: map[int64]p2p.ID{},
 			},
 		},
 		{
@@ -470,8 +471,8 @@ func TestScRemovePeer(t *testing.T) {
 					"P2": {height: 6, state: peerStateReady},
 				},
 				allB:     []int64{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6},
-				pending:  map[int64]types.NodeID{1: "P1", 3: "P2", 6: "P1"},
-				received: map[int64]types.NodeID{2: "P1", 4: "P2", 5: "P2"},
+				pending:  map[int64]p2p.ID{1: "P1", 3: "P2", 6: "P1"},
+				received: map[int64]p2p.ID{2: "P1", 4: "P2", 5: "P2"},
 			},
 			args: args{peerID: "P1"},
 			wantFields: scTestParams{
@@ -480,8 +481,8 @@ func TestScRemovePeer(t *testing.T) {
 					"P2": {height: 6, state: peerStateReady},
 				},
 				allB:     []int64{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6},
-				pending:  map[int64]types.NodeID{3: "P2"},
-				received: map[int64]types.NodeID{4: "P2", 5: "P2"},
+				pending:  map[int64]p2p.ID{3: "P2"},
+				received: map[int64]p2p.ID{4: "P2", 5: "P2"},
 			},
 		},
 	}
@@ -500,7 +501,7 @@ func TestScRemovePeer(t *testing.T) {
 func TestScSetPeerRange(t *testing.T) {

 	type args struct {
-		peerID types.NodeID
+		peerID p2p.ID
 		base   int64
 		height int64
 	}
@@ -621,25 +622,25 @@ func TestScGetPeersWithHeight(t *testing.T) {
 		name       string
 		fields     scTestParams
 		args       args
-		wantResult []types.NodeID
+		wantResult []p2p.ID
 	}{
 		{
 			name:       "no peers",
 			fields:     scTestParams{peers: map[string]*scPeer{}},
 			args:       args{height: 10},
-			wantResult: []types.NodeID{},
+			wantResult: []p2p.ID{},
 		},
 		{
 			name:       "only new peers",
 			fields:     scTestParams{peers: map[string]*scPeer{"P1": {height: -1, state: peerStateNew}}},
 			args:       args{height: 10},
-			wantResult: []types.NodeID{},
+			wantResult: []p2p.ID{},
 		},
 		{
 			name:       "only Removed peers",
 			fields:     scTestParams{peers: map[string]*scPeer{"P1": {height: 4, state: peerStateRemoved}}},
 			args:       args{height: 2},
-			wantResult: []types.NodeID{},
+			wantResult: []p2p.ID{},
 		},
 		{
 			name: "one Ready shorter peer",
@@ -648,7 +649,7 @@ func TestScGetPeersWithHeight(t *testing.T) {
 				allB:  []int64{1, 2, 3, 4},
 			},
 			args:       args{height: 5},
-			wantResult: []types.NodeID{},
+			wantResult: []p2p.ID{},
 		},
 		{
 			name: "one Ready equal peer",
@@ -657,7 +658,7 @@ func TestScGetPeersWithHeight(t *testing.T) {
 				allB:  []int64{1, 2, 3, 4},
 			},
 			args:       args{height: 4},
-			wantResult: []types.NodeID{"P1"},
+			wantResult: []p2p.ID{"P1"},
 		},
 		{
 			name: "one Ready higher peer",
@@ -667,7 +668,7 @@ func TestScGetPeersWithHeight(t *testing.T) {
 				allB:          []int64{1, 2, 3, 4},
 			},
 			args:       args{height: 4},
-			wantResult: []types.NodeID{"P1"},
+			wantResult: []p2p.ID{"P1"},
 		},
 		{
 			name: "one Ready higher peer at base",
@@ -677,7 +678,7 @@ func TestScGetPeersWithHeight(t *testing.T) {
 				allB:          []int64{1, 2, 3, 4},
 			},
 			args:       args{height: 4},
-			wantResult: []types.NodeID{"P1"},
+			wantResult: []p2p.ID{"P1"},
 		},
 		{
 			name: "one Ready higher peer with higher base",
@@ -687,7 +688,7 @@ func TestScGetPeersWithHeight(t *testing.T) {
 				allB:          []int64{1, 2, 3, 4},
 			},
 			args:       args{height: 4},
-			wantResult: []types.NodeID{},
+			wantResult: []p2p.ID{},
 		},
 		{
 			name: "multiple mixed peers",
@@ -702,7 +703,7 @@ func TestScGetPeersWithHeight(t *testing.T) {
 				allB: []int64{8, 9, 10, 11},
 			},
 			args:       args{height: 8},
-			wantResult: []types.NodeID{"P2", "P5"},
+			wantResult: []p2p.ID{"P2", "P5"},
 		},
 	}

@@ -724,7 +725,7 @@ func TestScMarkPending(t *testing.T) {
 	now := time.Now()

 	type args struct {
-		peerID types.NodeID
+		peerID p2p.ID
 		height int64
 		tm     time.Time
 	}
@@ -820,14 +821,14 @@ func TestScMarkPending(t *testing.T) {
 			fields: scTestParams{
 				peers:       map[string]*scPeer{"P1": {height: 2, state: peerStateReady}},
 				allB:        []int64{1, 2},
-				pending:     map[int64]types.NodeID{1: "P1"},
+				pending:     map[int64]p2p.ID{1: "P1"},
 				pendingTime: map[int64]time.Time{1: now},
 			},
 			args: args{peerID: "P1", height: 2, tm: now.Add(time.Millisecond)},
 			wantFields: scTestParams{
 				peers:       map[string]*scPeer{"P1": {height: 2, state: peerStateReady}},
 				allB:        []int64{1, 2},
-				pending:     map[int64]types.NodeID{1: "P1", 2: "P1"},
+				pending:     map[int64]p2p.ID{1: "P1", 2: "P1"},
 				pendingTime: map[int64]time.Time{1: now, 2: now.Add(time.Millisecond)},
 			},
 		},
@@ -850,7 +851,7 @@ func TestScMarkReceived(t *testing.T) {
 	now := time.Now()

 	type args struct {
-		peerID types.NodeID
+		peerID p2p.ID
 		height int64
 		size   int64
 		tm     time.Time
@@ -890,7 +891,7 @@ func TestScMarkReceived(t *testing.T) {
 					"P2": {height: 4, state: peerStateReady},
 				},
 				allB:    []int64{1, 2, 3, 4},
-				pending: map[int64]types.NodeID{1: "P1", 2: "P2", 3: "P2", 4: "P1"},
+				pending: map[int64]p2p.ID{1: "P1", 2: "P2", 3: "P2", 4: "P1"},
 			},
 			args: args{peerID: "P1", height: 2, size: 1000, tm: now},
 			wantFields: scTestParams{
@@ -899,7 +900,7 @@ func TestScMarkReceived(t *testing.T) {
 					"P2": {height: 4, state: peerStateReady},
 				},
 				allB:    []int64{1, 2, 3, 4},
-				pending: map[int64]types.NodeID{1: "P1", 2: "P2", 3: "P2", 4: "P1"},
+				pending: map[int64]p2p.ID{1: "P1", 2: "P2", 3: "P2", 4: "P1"},
 			},
 			wantErr: true,
 		},
@@ -908,13 +909,13 @@ func TestScMarkReceived(t *testing.T) {
 			fields: scTestParams{
 				peers:   map[string]*scPeer{"P1": {height: 4, state: peerStateReady}},
 				allB:    []int64{1, 2, 3, 4},
-				pending: map[int64]types.NodeID{},
+				pending: map[int64]p2p.ID{},
 			},
 			args: args{peerID: "P1", height: 2, size: 1000, tm: now},
 			wantFields: scTestParams{
 				peers:   map[string]*scPeer{"P1": {height: 4, state: peerStateReady}},
 				allB:    []int64{1, 2, 3, 4},
-				pending: map[int64]types.NodeID{},
+				pending: map[int64]p2p.ID{},
 			},
 			wantErr: true,
 		},
@@ -923,14 +924,14 @@ func TestScMarkReceived(t *testing.T) {
 			fields: scTestParams{
 				peers:       map[string]*scPeer{"P1": {height: 2, state: peerStateReady}},
 				allB:        []int64{1, 2},
-				pending:     map[int64]types.NodeID{1: "P1", 2: "P1"},
+				pending:     map[int64]p2p.ID{1: "P1", 2: "P1"},
 				pendingTime: map[int64]time.Time{1: now, 2: now.Add(time.Second)},
 			},
 			args: args{peerID: "P1", height: 2, size: 1000, tm: now},
 			wantFields: scTestParams{
 				peers:       map[string]*scPeer{"P1": {height: 2, state: peerStateReady}},
 				allB:        []int64{1, 2},
-				pending:     map[int64]types.NodeID{1: "P1", 2: "P1"},
+				pending:     map[int64]p2p.ID{1: "P1", 2: "P1"},
 				pendingTime: map[int64]time.Time{1: now, 2: now.Add(time.Second)},
 			},
 			wantErr: true,
@@ -940,16 +941,16 @@ func TestScMarkReceived(t *testing.T) {
 			fields: scTestParams{
 				peers:       map[string]*scPeer{"P1": {height: 2, state: peerStateReady}},
 				allB:        []int64{1, 2},
-				pending:     map[int64]types.NodeID{1: "P1", 2: "P1"},
+				pending:     map[int64]p2p.ID{1: "P1", 2: "P1"},
 				pendingTime: map[int64]time.Time{1: now, 2: now},
 			},
 			args: args{peerID: "P1", height: 2, size: 1000, tm: now.Add(time.Millisecond)},
 			wantFields: scTestParams{
 				peers:       map[string]*scPeer{"P1": {height: 2, state: peerStateReady}},
 				allB:        []int64{1, 2},
-				pending:     map[int64]types.NodeID{1: "P1"},
+				pending:     map[int64]p2p.ID{1: "P1"},
 				pendingTime: map[int64]time.Time{1: now},
-				received:    map[int64]types.NodeID{2: "P1"},
+				received:    map[int64]p2p.ID{2: "P1"},
 			},
 		},
 	}
@@ -990,7 +991,7 @@ func TestScMarkProcessed(t *testing.T) {
 				height:        2,
 				peers:         map[string]*scPeer{"P1": {height: 4, state: peerStateReady}},
 				allB:          []int64{2},
-				pending:       map[int64]types.NodeID{2: "P1"},
+				pending:       map[int64]p2p.ID{2: "P1"},
 				pendingTime:   map[int64]time.Time{2: now},
 				targetPending: 1,
 			},
@@ -1008,15 +1009,15 @@ func TestScMarkProcessed(t *testing.T) {
 				height:      1,
 				peers:       map[string]*scPeer{"P1": {height: 2, state: peerStateReady}},
 				allB:        []int64{1, 2},
-				pending:     map[int64]types.NodeID{2: "P1"},
+				pending:     map[int64]p2p.ID{2: "P1"},
 				pendingTime: map[int64]time.Time{2: now},
-				received:    map[int64]types.NodeID{1: "P1"}},
+				received:    map[int64]p2p.ID{1: "P1"}},
 			args: args{height: 1},
 			wantFields: scTestParams{
 				height:      2,
 				peers:       map[string]*scPeer{"P1": {height: 2, state: peerStateReady}},
 				allB:        []int64{2},
-				pending:     map[int64]types.NodeID{2: "P1"},
+				pending:     map[int64]p2p.ID{2: "P1"},
 				pendingTime: map[int64]time.Time{2: now}},
 		},
 	}
@@ -1100,7 +1101,7 @@ func TestScAllBlocksProcessed(t *testing.T) {
 			fields: scTestParams{
 				peers:       map[string]*scPeer{"P1": {height: 4, state: peerStateReady}},
 				allB:        []int64{1, 2, 3, 4},
-				pending:     map[int64]types.NodeID{1: "P1", 2: "P1", 3: "P1", 4: "P1"},
+				pending:     map[int64]p2p.ID{1: "P1", 2: "P1", 3: "P1", 4: "P1"},
 				pendingTime: map[int64]time.Time{1: now, 2: now, 3: now, 4: now},
 			},
 			wantResult: false,
@@ -1110,7 +1111,7 @@ func TestScAllBlocksProcessed(t *testing.T) {
 			fields: scTestParams{
 				peers:    map[string]*scPeer{"P1": {height: 4, state: peerStateReady}},
 				allB:     []int64{1, 2, 3, 4},
-				received: map[int64]types.NodeID{1: "P1", 2: "P1", 3: "P1", 4: "P1"},
+				received: map[int64]p2p.ID{1: "P1", 2: "P1", 3: "P1", 4: "P1"},
 			},
 			wantResult: false,
 		},
@@ -1121,7 +1122,7 @@ func TestScAllBlocksProcessed(t *testing.T) {
 				peers: map[string]*scPeer{
 					"P1": {height: 4, state: peerStateReady}},
 				allB:     []int64{4},
-				received: map[int64]types.NodeID{4: "P1"},
+				received: map[int64]p2p.ID{4: "P1"},
 			},
 			wantResult: true,
 		},
@@ -1130,7 +1131,7 @@ func TestScAllBlocksProcessed(t *testing.T) {
 			fields: scTestParams{
 				peers:       map[string]*scPeer{"P1": {height: 4, state: peerStateReady}},
 				allB:        []int64{1, 2, 3, 4},
-				pending:     map[int64]types.NodeID{2: "P1", 4: "P1"},
+				pending:     map[int64]p2p.ID{2: "P1", 4: "P1"},
 				pendingTime: map[int64]time.Time{2: now, 4: now},
 			},
 			wantResult: false,
@@ -1178,7 +1179,7 @@ func TestScNextHeightToSchedule(t *testing.T) {
 				initHeight:  1,
 				peers:       map[string]*scPeer{"P1": {height: 4, state: peerStateReady}},
 				allB:        []int64{1, 2, 3, 4},
-				pending:     map[int64]types.NodeID{1: "P1", 2: "P1", 3: "P1", 4: "P1"},
+				pending:     map[int64]p2p.ID{1: "P1", 2: "P1", 3: "P1", 4: "P1"},
 				pendingTime: map[int64]time.Time{1: now, 2: now, 3: now, 4: now},
 			},
 			wantHeight: -1,
@@ -1189,7 +1190,7 @@ func TestScNextHeightToSchedule(t *testing.T) {
 				initHeight: 1,
 				peers:      map[string]*scPeer{"P1": {height: 4, state: peerStateReady}},
 				allB:       []int64{1, 2, 3, 4},
-				received:   map[int64]types.NodeID{1: "P1", 2: "P1", 3: "P1", 4: "P1"},
+				received:   map[int64]p2p.ID{1: "P1", 2: "P1", 3: "P1", 4: "P1"},
 			},
 			wantHeight: -1,
 		},
@@ -1208,7 +1209,7 @@ func TestScNextHeightToSchedule(t *testing.T) {
 				initHeight:  1,
 				peers:       map[string]*scPeer{"P1": {height: 4, state: peerStateReady}},
 				allB:        []int64{1, 2, 3, 4},
-				pending:     map[int64]types.NodeID{2: "P1"},
+				pending:     map[int64]p2p.ID{2: "P1"},
 				pendingTime: map[int64]time.Time{2: now},
 			},
 			wantHeight: 1,
@@ -1238,7 +1239,7 @@ func TestScSelectPeer(t *testing.T) {
 		name       string
 		fields     scTestParams
 		args       args
-		wantResult types.NodeID
+		wantResult p2p.ID
 		wantError  bool
 	}{
 		{
@@ -1306,7 +1307,7 @@ func TestScSelectPeer(t *testing.T) {
 					"P1": {height: 8, state: peerStateReady},
 					"P2": {height: 9, state: peerStateReady}},
 				allB: []int64{4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9},
-				pending: map[int64]types.NodeID{
+				pending: map[int64]p2p.ID{
 					4: "P1", 6: "P1",
 					5: "P2",
 				},
@@ -1322,7 +1323,7 @@ func TestScSelectPeer(t *testing.T) {
 					"P1": {height: 15, state: peerStateReady},
 					"P3": {height: 15, state: peerStateReady}},
 				allB: []int64{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10},
-				pending: map[int64]types.NodeID{
+				pending: map[int64]p2p.ID{
 					1: "P1", 2: "P1",
 					3: "P3", 4: "P3",
 					5: "P2", 6: "P2",
@@ -1372,9 +1373,6 @@ func checkScResults(t *testing.T, wantErr bool, err error, wantEvent Event, even
 		t.Errorf("error = %v, wantErr %v", err, wantErr)
 		return
 	}
-	if !assert.IsType(t, wantEvent, event) {
-		t.Log(fmt.Sprintf("Wrong type received, got: %v", event))
-	}
 	switch wantEvent := wantEvent.(type) {
 	case scPeerError:
 		assert.Equal(t, wantEvent.peerID, event.(scPeerError).peerID)
@@ -1391,7 +1389,7 @@ func TestScHandleBlockResponse(t *testing.T) {
 	now := time.Now()
 	block6FromP1 := bcBlockResponse{
 		time:   now.Add(time.Millisecond),
-		peerID: types.NodeID("P1"),
+		peerID: p2p.ID("P1"),
 		size:   100,
 		block:  makeScBlock(6),
 	}
@@ -1432,7 +1430,7 @@ func TestScHandleBlockResponse(t *testing.T) {
 			fields: scTestParams{
 				peers:       map[string]*scPeer{"P2": {height: 8, state: peerStateReady}},
 				allB:        []int64{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8},
-				pending:     map[int64]types.NodeID{6: "P2"},
+				pending:     map[int64]p2p.ID{6: "P2"},
 				pendingTime: map[int64]time.Time{6: now},
 			},
 			args:      args{event: block6FromP1},
@@ -1443,7 +1441,7 @@ func TestScHandleBlockResponse(t *testing.T) {
 			fields: scTestParams{
 				peers:       map[string]*scPeer{"P1": {height: 8, state: peerStateReady}},
 				allB:        []int64{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8},
-				pending:     map[int64]types.NodeID{6: "P1"},
+				pending:     map[int64]p2p.ID{6: "P1"},
 				pendingTime: map[int64]time.Time{6: now.Add(time.Second)},
 			},
 			args:      args{event: block6FromP1},
@@ -1454,11 +1452,11 @@ func TestScHandleBlockResponse(t *testing.T) {
 			fields: scTestParams{
 				peers:       map[string]*scPeer{"P1": {height: 8, state: peerStateReady}},
 				allB:        []int64{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8},
-				pending:     map[int64]types.NodeID{6: "P1"},
+				pending:     map[int64]p2p.ID{6: "P1"},
 				pendingTime: map[int64]time.Time{6: now},
 			},
 			args:      args{event: block6FromP1},
-			wantEvent: scBlockReceived{peerID: "P1", block: block6FromP1.block},
+			wantEvent: scBlockReceived{peerID: "P1", block: makeScBlock(6)},
 		},
 	}

@@ -1476,7 +1474,7 @@ func TestScHandleNoBlockResponse(t *testing.T) {
 	now := time.Now()
 	noBlock6FromP1 := bcNoBlockResponse{
 		time:   now.Add(time.Millisecond),
-		peerID: types.NodeID("P1"),
+		peerID: p2p.ID("P1"),
 		height: 6,
 	}

@@ -1512,14 +1510,14 @@ func TestScHandleNoBlockResponse(t *testing.T) {
 			fields: scTestParams{
 				peers:       map[string]*scPeer{"P2": {height: 8, state: peerStateReady}},
 				allB:        []int64{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8},
-				pending:     map[int64]types.NodeID{6: "P2"},
+				pending:     map[int64]p2p.ID{6: "P2"},
 				pendingTime: map[int64]time.Time{6: now},
 			},
 			wantEvent: noOpEvent{},
 			wantFields: scTestParams{
 				peers:       map[string]*scPeer{"P2": {height: 8, state: peerStateReady}},
 				allB:        []int64{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8},
-				pending:     map[int64]types.NodeID{6: "P2"},
+				pending:     map[int64]p2p.ID{6: "P2"},
 				pendingTime: map[int64]time.Time{6: now},
 			},
 		},
@@ -1528,7 +1526,7 @@ func TestScHandleNoBlockResponse(t *testing.T) {
 			fields: scTestParams{
 				peers:       map[string]*scPeer{"P1": {height: 8, state: peerStateReady}},
 				allB:        []int64{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8},
-				pending:     map[int64]types.NodeID{6: "P1"},
+				pending:     map[int64]p2p.ID{6: "P1"},
 				pendingTime: map[int64]time.Time{6: now},
 			},
 			wantEvent:  scPeerError{peerID: "P1", reason: fmt.Errorf("some error")},
@@ -1551,7 +1549,7 @@ func TestScHandleNoBlockResponse(t *testing.T) {
 func TestScHandleBlockProcessed(t *testing.T) {
 	now := time.Now()
 	processed6FromP1 := pcBlockProcessed{
-		peerID: types.NodeID("P1"),
+		peerID: p2p.ID("P1"),
 		height: 6,
 	}

@@ -1578,7 +1576,7 @@ func TestScHandleBlockProcessed(t *testing.T) {
 				initHeight:  6,
 				peers:       map[string]*scPeer{"P1": {height: 8, state: peerStateReady}},
 				allB:        []int64{6, 7, 8},
-				pending:     map[int64]types.NodeID{6: "P1"},
+				pending:     map[int64]p2p.ID{6: "P1"},
 				pendingTime: map[int64]time.Time{6: now},
 			},
 			args:      args{event: processed6FromP1},
@@ -1590,7 +1588,7 @@ func TestScHandleBlockProcessed(t *testing.T) {
 				initHeight: 6,
 				peers:      map[string]*scPeer{"P1": {height: 7, state: peerStateReady}},
 				allB:       []int64{6, 7},
-				received:   map[int64]types.NodeID{6: "P1", 7: "P1"},
+				received:   map[int64]p2p.ID{6: "P1", 7: "P1"},
 			},
 			args:      args{event: processed6FromP1},
 			wantEvent: scFinishedEv{},
@@ -1601,8 +1599,8 @@ func TestScHandleBlockProcessed(t *testing.T) {
 				initHeight: 6,
 				peers:      map[string]*scPeer{"P1": {height: 8, state: peerStateReady}},
 				allB:       []int64{6, 7, 8},
-				pending:    map[int64]types.NodeID{7: "P1", 8: "P1"},
-				received:   map[int64]types.NodeID{6: "P1"},
+				pending:    map[int64]p2p.ID{7: "P1", 8: "P1"},
+				received:   map[int64]p2p.ID{6: "P1"},
 			},
 			args:      args{event: processed6FromP1},
 			wantEvent: noOpEvent{},
@@ -1645,7 +1643,7 @@ func TestScHandleBlockVerificationFailure(t *testing.T) {
 				initHeight:  6,
 				peers:       map[string]*scPeer{"P1": {height: 8, state: peerStateReady}},
 				allB:        []int64{6, 7, 8},
-				pending:     map[int64]types.NodeID{6: "P1"},
+				pending:     map[int64]p2p.ID{6: "P1"},
 				pendingTime: map[int64]time.Time{6: now},
 			},
 			args:      args{event: pcBlockVerificationFailure{height: 10, firstPeerID: "P1", secondPeerID: "P1"}},
@@ -1657,7 +1655,7 @@ func TestScHandleBlockVerificationFailure(t *testing.T) {
 				initHeight:  6,
 				peers:       map[string]*scPeer{"P1": {height: 8, state: peerStateReady}, "P2": {height: 8, state: peerStateReady}},
 				allB:        []int64{6, 7, 8},
-				pending:     map[int64]types.NodeID{6: "P1"},
+				pending:     map[int64]p2p.ID{6: "P1"},
 				pendingTime: map[int64]time.Time{6: now},
 			},
 			args:      args{event: pcBlockVerificationFailure{height: 10, firstPeerID: "P1", secondPeerID: "P1"}},
@@ -1669,7 +1667,7 @@ func TestScHandleBlockVerificationFailure(t *testing.T) {
 				initHeight: 6,
 				peers:      map[string]*scPeer{"P1": {height: 7, state: peerStateReady}},
 				allB:       []int64{6, 7},
-				received:   map[int64]types.NodeID{6: "P1", 7: "P1"},
+				received:   map[int64]p2p.ID{6: "P1", 7: "P1"},
 			},
 			args:      args{event: pcBlockVerificationFailure{height: 7, firstPeerID: "P1", secondPeerID: "P1"}},
 			wantEvent: scFinishedEv{},
@@ -1680,8 +1678,8 @@ func TestScHandleBlockVerificationFailure(t *testing.T) {
 				initHeight: 5,
 				peers:      map[string]*scPeer{"P1": {height: 8, state: peerStateReady}, "P2": {height: 8, state: peerStateReady}},
 				allB:       []int64{5, 6, 7, 8},
-				pending:    map[int64]types.NodeID{7: "P1", 8: "P1"},
-				received:   map[int64]types.NodeID{5: "P1", 6: "P1"},
+				pending:    map[int64]p2p.ID{7: "P1", 8: "P1"},
+				received:   map[int64]p2p.ID{5: "P1", 6: "P1"},
 			},
 			args:      args{event: pcBlockVerificationFailure{height: 5, firstPeerID: "P1", secondPeerID: "P1"}},
 			wantEvent: noOpEvent{},
@@ -1696,8 +1694,8 @@ func TestScHandleBlockVerificationFailure(t *testing.T) {
 					"P3": {height: 8, state: peerStateReady},
 				},
 				allB:     []int64{5, 6, 7, 8},
-				pending:  map[int64]types.NodeID{7: "P1", 8: "P1"},
-				received: map[int64]types.NodeID{5: "P1", 6: "P1"},
+				pending:  map[int64]p2p.ID{7: "P1", 8: "P1"},
+				received: map[int64]p2p.ID{5: "P1", 6: "P1"},
 			},
 			args:      args{event: pcBlockVerificationFailure{height: 5, firstPeerID: "P1", secondPeerID: "P2"}},
 			wantEvent: noOpEvent{},
@@ -1716,7 +1714,7 @@ func TestScHandleBlockVerificationFailure(t *testing.T) {

 func TestScHandleAddNewPeer(t *testing.T) {
 	addP1 := bcAddNewPeer{
-		peerID: types.NodeID("P1"),
+		peerID: p2p.ID("P1"),
 	}
 	type args struct {
 		event bcAddNewPeer
@@ -1827,7 +1825,7 @@ func TestScHandleTryPrunePeer(t *testing.T) {
 				allB:        []int64{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7},
 				peerTimeout: time.Second},
 			args:      args{event: pruneEv},
-			wantEvent: scPeersPruned{peers: []types.NodeID{"P4", "P5", "P6"}},
+			wantEvent: scPeersPruned{peers: []p2p.ID{"P4", "P5", "P6"}},
 		},
 		{
 			name: "mixed peers, finish after pruning",
@@ -1925,7 +1923,7 @@ func TestScHandleTrySchedule(t *testing.T) {
 					"P1": {height: 4, state: peerStateReady},
 					"P2": {height: 5, state: peerStateReady}},
 				allB: []int64{1, 2, 3, 4, 5},
-				pending: map[int64]types.NodeID{
+				pending: map[int64]p2p.ID{
 					1: "P1", 2: "P1",
 					3: "P2",
 				},
@@ -1943,7 +1941,7 @@ func TestScHandleTrySchedule(t *testing.T) {
 					"P1": {height: 8, state: peerStateReady},
 					"P3": {height: 8, state: peerStateReady}},
 				allB: []int64{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8},
-				pending: map[int64]types.NodeID{
+				pending: map[int64]p2p.ID{
 					1: "P1", 2: "P1",
 					3: "P3", 4: "P3",
 					5: "P2", 6: "P2",
@@ -2045,8 +2043,6 @@ func TestScHandle(t *testing.T) {
 		priorityNormal
 	}

-	block1, block2, block3 := makeScBlock(1), makeScBlock(2), makeScBlock(3)
-
 	t0 := time.Now()
 	tick := make([]time.Time, 100)
 	for i := range tick {
@@ -2105,7 +2101,7 @@ func TestScHandle(t *testing.T) {
 						startTime:   now,
 						peers:       map[string]*scPeer{"P1": {height: 3, state: peerStateReady}},
 						allB:        []int64{1, 2, 3},
-						pending:     map[int64]types.NodeID{1: "P1"},
+						pending:     map[int64]p2p.ID{1: "P1"},
 						pendingTime: map[int64]time.Time{1: tick[1]},
 						height:      1,
 					},
@@ -2117,7 +2113,7 @@ func TestScHandle(t *testing.T) {
 						startTime:   now,
 						peers:       map[string]*scPeer{"P1": {height: 3, state: peerStateReady}},
 						allB:        []int64{1, 2, 3},
-						pending:     map[int64]types.NodeID{1: "P1", 2: "P1"},
+						pending:     map[int64]p2p.ID{1: "P1", 2: "P1"},
 						pendingTime: map[int64]time.Time{1: tick[1], 2: tick[2]},
 						height:      1,
 					},
@@ -2129,67 +2125,67 @@ func TestScHandle(t *testing.T) {
 						startTime:   now,
 						peers:       map[string]*scPeer{"P1": {height: 3, state: peerStateReady}},
 						allB:        []int64{1, 2, 3},
-						pending:     map[int64]types.NodeID{1: "P1", 2: "P1", 3: "P1"},
+						pending:     map[int64]p2p.ID{1: "P1", 2: "P1", 3: "P1"},
 						pendingTime: map[int64]time.Time{1: tick[1], 2: tick[2], 3: tick[3]},
 						height:      1,
 					},
 				},
 				{ // block response 1
-					args:      args{event: bcBlockResponse{peerID: "P1", time: tick[4], size: 100, block: block1}},
-					wantEvent: scBlockReceived{peerID: "P1", block: block1},
+					args:      args{event: bcBlockResponse{peerID: "P1", time: tick[4], size: 100, block: makeScBlock(1)}},
+					wantEvent: scBlockReceived{peerID: "P1", block: makeScBlock(1)},
 					wantSc: &scTestParams{
 						startTime:   now,
 						peers:       map[string]*scPeer{"P1": {height: 3, state: peerStateReady, lastTouched: tick[4]}},
 						allB:        []int64{1, 2, 3},
-						pending:     map[int64]types.NodeID{2: "P1", 3: "P1"},
+						pending:     map[int64]p2p.ID{2: "P1", 3: "P1"},
 						pendingTime: map[int64]time.Time{2: tick[2], 3: tick[3]},
-						received:    map[int64]types.NodeID{1: "P1"},
+						received:    map[int64]p2p.ID{1: "P1"},
 						height:      1,
 					},
 				},
 				{ // block response 2
-					args:      args{event: bcBlockResponse{peerID: "P1", time: tick[5], size: 100, block: block2}},
-					wantEvent: scBlockReceived{peerID: "P1", block: block2},
+					args:      args{event: bcBlockResponse{peerID: "P1", time: tick[5], size: 100, block: makeScBlock(2)}},
+					wantEvent: scBlockReceived{peerID: "P1", block: makeScBlock(2)},
 					wantSc: &scTestParams{
 						startTime:   now,
 						peers:       map[string]*scPeer{"P1": {height: 3, state: peerStateReady, lastTouched: tick[5]}},
 						allB:        []int64{1, 2, 3},
-						pending:     map[int64]types.NodeID{3: "P1"},
+						pending:     map[int64]p2p.ID{3: "P1"},
 						pendingTime: map[int64]time.Time{3: tick[3]},
-						received:    map[int64]types.NodeID{1: "P1", 2: "P1"},
+						received:    map[int64]p2p.ID{1: "P1", 2: "P1"},
 						height:      1,
 					},
 				},
 				{ // block response 3
-					args:      args{event: bcBlockResponse{peerID: "P1", time: tick[6], size: 100, block: block3}},
-					wantEvent: scBlockReceived{peerID: "P1", block: block3},
+					args:      args{event: bcBlockResponse{peerID: "P1", time: tick[6], size: 100, block: makeScBlock(3)}},
+					wantEvent: scBlockReceived{peerID: "P1", block: makeScBlock(3)},
 					wantSc: &scTestParams{
 						startTime: now,
 						peers:     map[string]*scPeer{"P1": {height: 3, state: peerStateReady, lastTouched: tick[6]}},
 						allB:      []int64{1, 2, 3},
-						received:  map[int64]types.NodeID{1: "P1", 2: "P1", 3: "P1"},
+						received:  map[int64]p2p.ID{1: "P1", 2: "P1", 3: "P1"},
 						height:    1,
 					},
 				},
 				{ // processed block 1
-					args:      args{event: pcBlockProcessed{peerID: types.NodeID("P1"), height: 1}},
+					args:      args{event: pcBlockProcessed{peerID: p2p.ID("P1"), height: 1}},
 					wantEvent: noOpEvent{},
 					wantSc: &scTestParams{
 						startTime: now,
 						peers:     map[string]*scPeer{"P1": {height: 3, state: peerStateReady, lastTouched: tick[6]}},
 						allB:      []int64{2, 3},
-						received:  map[int64]types.NodeID{2: "P1", 3: "P1"},
+						received:  map[int64]p2p.ID{2: "P1", 3: "P1"},
 						height:    2,
 					},
 				},
 				{ // processed block 2
-					args:      args{event: pcBlockProcessed{peerID: types.NodeID("P1"), height: 2}},
+					args:      args{event: pcBlockProcessed{peerID: p2p.ID("P1"), height: 2}},
 					wantEvent: scFinishedEv{},
 					wantSc: &scTestParams{
 						startTime: now,
 						peers:     map[string]*scPeer{"P1": {height: 3, state: peerStateReady, lastTouched: tick[6]}},
 						allB:      []int64{3},
-						received:  map[int64]types.NodeID{3: "P1"},
+						received:  map[int64]p2p.ID{3: "P1"},
 						height:    3,
 					},
 				},
@@ -2205,7 +2201,7 @@ func TestScHandle(t *testing.T) {
 							"P1": {height: 4, state: peerStateReady, lastTouched: tick[6]},
 							"P2": {height: 3, state: peerStateReady, lastTouched: tick[6]}},
 						allB:     []int64{1, 2, 3, 4},
-						received: map[int64]types.NodeID{1: "P1", 2: "P1", 3: "P1"},
+						received: map[int64]p2p.ID{1: "P1", 2: "P1", 3: "P1"},
 						height:   1,
 					},
 					args:      args{event: pcBlockVerificationFailure{height: 1, firstPeerID: "P1", secondPeerID: "P1"}},
@@ -2216,7 +2212,7 @@ func TestScHandle(t *testing.T) {
 							"P1": {height: 4, state: peerStateRemoved, lastTouched: tick[6]},
 							"P2": {height: 3, state: peerStateReady, lastTouched: tick[6]}},
 						allB:     []int64{1, 2, 3},
-						received: map[int64]types.NodeID{},
+						received: map[int64]p2p.ID{},
 						height:   1,
 					},
 				},
@@ -2229,7 +2225,7 @@ func TestScHandle(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			var sc *scheduler
 			for i, step := range tt.steps {
-				// First step must always initialize the currentState as state.
+				// First step must always initialise the currentState as state.
 				if step.currentSc != nil {
 					sc = newTestScheduler(*step.currentSc)
 				}
--- a/internal/blocksync/v2/types.go
+++ b/internal/blocksync/v2/types.go
--- a/buf.gen.yaml
+++ b/buf.gen.yaml
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-# The version of the generation template.
-# Required.
-# The only currently-valid value is v1beta1.
-version: v1beta1
-
-# The plugins to run.
-plugins:
-  # The name of the plugin.
-  - name: gogofaster
-    # The the relative output directory.
-    out: proto
-    # Any options to provide to the plugin.
-    opt: Mgoogle/protobuf/timestamp.proto=github.com/gogo/protobuf/types,Mgoogle/protobuf/duration.proto=github.com/golang/protobuf/ptypes/duration,plugins=grpc,paths=source_relative
--- a/buf.yaml
+++ b/buf.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-version: v1beta1
-
 build:
  roots:
    - proto
--- a/Show More
+++ b/Show More