From 135d5d0e4c30456d5d3a991b0dc7a9fdbbe766bb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Arkadiy Paronyan <arkady.paronyan@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2016 18:40:01 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 01/29] Snapshot fixes and optimizations (#2863)

---
 ethcore/src/snapshot/mod.rs           | 14 ++---
 ethcore/src/snapshot/service.rs       | 80 +++++++++++++++------------
 sync/src/chain.rs                     | 14 +++--
 sync/src/sync_io.rs                   |  6 ++
 sync/src/tests/helpers.rs             |  4 ++
 util/network/src/host.rs              | 10 +++-
 util/network/src/session.rs           |  4 +-
 util/src/journaldb/overlayrecentdb.rs |  4 +-
 8 files changed, 84 insertions(+), 52 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ethcore/src/snapshot/mod.rs b/ethcore/src/snapshot/mod.rs
index 4523f4f16..8b032c0e1 100644
--- a/ethcore/src/snapshot/mod.rs
+++ b/ethcore/src/snapshot/mod.rs
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ use util::kvdb::Database;
 use util::trie::{TrieDB, TrieDBMut, Trie, TrieMut};
 use util::sha3::SHA3_NULL_RLP;
 use rlp::{RlpStream, Stream, UntrustedRlp, View};
+use bloom_journal::Bloom;
 
 use self::account::Account;
 use self::block::AbridgedBlock;
@@ -390,6 +391,7 @@ pub struct StateRebuilder {
 	state_root: H256,
 	code_map: HashMap<H256, Bytes>, // maps code hashes to code itself.
 	missing_code: HashMap<H256, Vec<H256>>, // maps code hashes to lists of accounts missing that code.
+	bloom: Bloom,
 }
 
 impl StateRebuilder {
@@ -400,6 +402,7 @@ impl StateRebuilder {
 			state_root: SHA3_NULL_RLP,
 			code_map: HashMap::new(),
 			missing_code: HashMap::new(),
+			bloom: StateDB::load_bloom(&*db),
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -462,9 +465,6 @@ impl StateRebuilder {
 
 		let backing = self.db.backing().clone();
 
-		// bloom has to be updated
-		let mut bloom = StateDB::load_bloom(&backing);
-
 		// batch trie writes
 		{
 			let mut account_trie = if self.state_root != SHA3_NULL_RLP {
@@ -475,17 +475,17 @@ impl StateRebuilder {
 
 			for (hash, thin_rlp) in pairs {
 				if &thin_rlp[..] != &empty_rlp[..] {
-					bloom.set(&*hash);
+					self.bloom.set(&*hash);
 				}
 				try!(account_trie.insert(&hash, &thin_rlp));
 			}
 		}
 
-		let bloom_journal = bloom.drain_journal();
+		let bloom_journal = self.bloom.drain_journal();
 		let mut batch = backing.transaction();
 		try!(StateDB::commit_bloom(&mut batch, bloom_journal));
 		try!(self.db.inject(&mut batch));
-		try!(backing.write(batch).map_err(::util::UtilError::SimpleString));
+		backing.write_buffered(batch);
 		trace!(target: "snapshot", "current state root: {:?}", self.state_root);
 		Ok(())
 	}
@@ -628,7 +628,7 @@ impl BlockRebuilder {
 			} else {
 				self.chain.insert_unordered_block(&mut batch, &block_bytes, receipts, None, is_best, false);
 			}
-			self.db.write(batch).expect("Error writing to the DB");
+			self.db.write_buffered(batch);
 			self.chain.commit();
 
 			parent_hash = BlockView::new(&block_bytes).hash();
diff --git a/ethcore/src/snapshot/service.rs b/ethcore/src/snapshot/service.rs
index 57782e6cd..b3aaa017e 100644
--- a/ethcore/src/snapshot/service.rs
+++ b/ethcore/src/snapshot/service.rs
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ struct Restoration {
 	snappy_buffer: Bytes,
 	final_state_root: H256,
 	guard: Guard,
+	db: Arc<Database>,
 }
 
 struct RestorationParams<'a> {
@@ -105,12 +106,13 @@ impl Restoration {
 			manifest: manifest,
 			state_chunks_left: state_chunks,
 			block_chunks_left: block_chunks,
-			state: StateRebuilder::new(raw_db, params.pruning),
+			state: StateRebuilder::new(raw_db.clone(), params.pruning),
 			blocks: blocks,
 			writer: params.writer,
 			snappy_buffer: Vec::new(),
 			final_state_root: root,
 			guard: params.guard,
+			db: raw_db,
 		})
 	}
 
@@ -467,39 +469,46 @@ impl Service {
 	/// Feed a chunk of either kind. no-op if no restoration or status is wrong.
 	fn feed_chunk(&self, hash: H256, chunk: &[u8], is_state: bool) -> Result<(), Error> {
 		// TODO: be able to process block chunks and state chunks at same time?
-		let mut restoration = self.restoration.lock();
+		let (result, db) = {
+			let mut restoration = self.restoration.lock();
 
-		match self.status() {
-			RestorationStatus::Inactive | RestorationStatus::Failed => Ok(()),
-			RestorationStatus::Ongoing { .. } => {
-				let res = {
-					let rest = match *restoration {
-						Some(ref mut r) => r,
-						None => return Ok(()),
-					};
-
-					match is_state {
-						true => rest.feed_state(hash, chunk),
-						false => rest.feed_blocks(hash, chunk, &*self.engine),
-					}.map(|_| rest.is_done())
-				};
-
-				match res {
-					Ok(is_done) => {
-						match is_state {
-							true => self.state_chunks.fetch_add(1, Ordering::SeqCst),
-							false => self.block_chunks.fetch_add(1, Ordering::SeqCst),
+			match self.status() {
+				RestorationStatus::Inactive | RestorationStatus::Failed => return Ok(()),
+				RestorationStatus::Ongoing { .. } => {
+					let (res, db) = {
+						let rest = match *restoration {
+							Some(ref mut r) => r,
+							None => return Ok(()),
 						};
 
-						match is_done {
-							true => self.finalize_restoration(&mut *restoration),
-							false => Ok(())
+						(match is_state {
+							true => rest.feed_state(hash, chunk),
+							false => rest.feed_blocks(hash, chunk, &*self.engine),
+						}.map(|_| rest.is_done()), rest.db.clone())
+					};
+
+					let res = match res {
+						Ok(is_done) => {
+							match is_state {
+								true => self.state_chunks.fetch_add(1, Ordering::SeqCst),
+								false => self.block_chunks.fetch_add(1, Ordering::SeqCst),
+							};
+
+							match is_done {
+								true => {
+									try!(db.flush().map_err(::util::UtilError::SimpleString));
+									self.finalize_restoration(&mut *restoration)
+								},
+								false => Ok(())
+							}
 						}
-					}
-					other => other.map(drop),
+						other => other.map(drop),
+					};
+					(res, db)
 				}
 			}
-		}
+		};
+		result.and_then(|_| db.flush().map_err(|e| ::util::UtilError::SimpleString(e).into()))
 	}
 
 	/// Feed a state chunk to be processed synchronously.
@@ -549,8 +558,9 @@ impl SnapshotService for Service {
 	}
 
 	fn begin_restore(&self, manifest: ManifestData) {
-		self.io_channel.send(ClientIoMessage::BeginRestoration(manifest))
-			.expect("snapshot service and io service are kept alive by client service; qed");
+		if let Err(e) = self.io_channel.send(ClientIoMessage::BeginRestoration(manifest)) {
+			trace!("Error sending snapshot service message: {:?}", e);
+		}
 	}
 
 	fn abort_restore(&self) {
@@ -559,13 +569,15 @@ impl SnapshotService for Service {
 	}
 
 	fn restore_state_chunk(&self, hash: H256, chunk: Bytes) {
-		self.io_channel.send(ClientIoMessage::FeedStateChunk(hash, chunk))
-			.expect("snapshot service and io service are kept alive by client service; qed");
+		if let Err(e) = self.io_channel.send(ClientIoMessage::FeedStateChunk(hash, chunk)) {
+			trace!("Error sending snapshot service message: {:?}", e);
+		}
 	}
 
 	fn restore_block_chunk(&self, hash: H256, chunk: Bytes) {
-		self.io_channel.send(ClientIoMessage::FeedBlockChunk(hash, chunk))
-			.expect("snapshot service and io service are kept alive by client service; qed");
+		if let Err(e) = self.io_channel.send(ClientIoMessage::FeedBlockChunk(hash, chunk)) {
+			trace!("Error sending snapshot service message: {:?}", e);
+		}
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/sync/src/chain.rs b/sync/src/chain.rs
index 850dff228..916e7424e 100644
--- a/sync/src/chain.rs
+++ b/sync/src/chain.rs
@@ -1253,7 +1253,12 @@ impl ChainSync {
 			}
 			peer.asking = asking;
 			peer.ask_time = time::precise_time_s();
-			if let Err(e) = sync.send(peer_id, packet_id, packet) {
+			let result = if packet_id >= ETH_PACKET_COUNT {
+				sync.send_protocol(WARP_SYNC_PROTOCOL_ID, peer_id, packet_id, packet)
+			} else {
+				sync.send(peer_id, packet_id, packet)
+			};
+			if let Err(e) = result {
 				debug!(target:"sync", "Error sending request: {:?}", e);
 				sync.disable_peer(peer_id);
 			}
@@ -1270,8 +1275,9 @@ impl ChainSync {
 
 	/// Called when peer sends us new transactions
 	fn on_peer_transactions(&mut self, io: &mut SyncIo, peer_id: PeerId, r: &UntrustedRlp) -> Result<(), PacketDecodeError> {
-		// accepting transactions once only fully synced
-		if !io.is_chain_queue_empty() {
+		// Accept transactions only when fully synced
+		if !io.is_chain_queue_empty() || self.state != SyncState::Idle || self.state != SyncState::NewBlocks {
+			trace!(target: "sync", "{} Ignoring transactions while syncing", peer_id);
 			return Ok(());
 		}
 		if !self.peers.get(&peer_id).map_or(false, |p| p.can_sync()) {
@@ -1570,7 +1576,7 @@ impl ChainSync {
 			SNAPSHOT_MANIFEST_PACKET => self.on_snapshot_manifest(io, peer, &rlp),
 			SNAPSHOT_DATA_PACKET => self.on_snapshot_data(io, peer, &rlp),
 			_ => {
-				debug!(target: "sync", "Unknown packet {}", packet_id);
+				debug!(target: "sync", "{}: Unknown packet {}", peer, packet_id);
 				Ok(())
 			}
 		};
diff --git a/sync/src/sync_io.rs b/sync/src/sync_io.rs
index 25d235c60..c78074aed 100644
--- a/sync/src/sync_io.rs
+++ b/sync/src/sync_io.rs
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ pub trait SyncIo {
 	fn respond(&mut self, packet_id: PacketId, data: Vec<u8>) -> Result<(), NetworkError>;
 	/// Send a packet to a peer.
 	fn send(&mut self, peer_id: PeerId, packet_id: PacketId, data: Vec<u8>) -> Result<(), NetworkError>;
+	/// Send a packet to a peer using specified protocol.
+	fn send_protocol(&mut self, protocol: ProtocolId, peer_id: PeerId, packet_id: PacketId, data: Vec<u8>) -> Result<(), NetworkError>;
 	/// Get the blockchain
 	fn chain(&self) -> &BlockChainClient;
 	/// Get the snapshot service.
@@ -98,6 +100,10 @@ impl<'s, 'h> SyncIo for NetSyncIo<'s, 'h> {
 		self.network.send(peer_id, packet_id, data)
 	}
 
+	fn send_protocol(&mut self, protocol: ProtocolId, peer_id: PeerId, packet_id: PacketId, data: Vec<u8>) -> Result<(), NetworkError>{
+		self.network.send_protocol(protocol, peer_id, packet_id, data)
+	}
+
 	fn chain(&self) -> &BlockChainClient {
 		self.chain
 	}
diff --git a/sync/src/tests/helpers.rs b/sync/src/tests/helpers.rs
index 801db234d..202ab4f17 100644
--- a/sync/src/tests/helpers.rs
+++ b/sync/src/tests/helpers.rs
@@ -78,6 +78,10 @@ impl<'p> SyncIo for TestIo<'p> {
 		Ok(())
 	}
 
+	fn send_protocol(&mut self, _protocol: ProtocolId, peer_id: PeerId, packet_id: PacketId, data: Vec<u8>) -> Result<(), NetworkError> {
+		self.send(peer_id, packet_id, data)
+	}
+
 	fn chain(&self) -> &BlockChainClient {
 		self.chain
 	}
diff --git a/util/network/src/host.rs b/util/network/src/host.rs
index 866534397..177a44843 100644
--- a/util/network/src/host.rs
+++ b/util/network/src/host.rs
@@ -241,9 +241,14 @@ impl<'s> NetworkContext<'s> {
 
 	/// Send a packet over the network to another peer.
 	pub fn send(&self, peer: PeerId, packet_id: PacketId, data: Vec<u8>) -> Result<(), NetworkError> {
+		self.send_protocol(self.protocol, peer, packet_id, data)
+	}
+
+	/// Send a packet over the network to another peer using specified protocol.
+	pub fn send_protocol(&self, protocol: ProtocolId, peer: PeerId, packet_id: PacketId, data: Vec<u8>) -> Result<(), NetworkError> {
 		let session = self.resolve_session(peer);
 		if let Some(session) = session {
-			try!(session.lock().send_packet(self.io, self.protocol, packet_id as u8, &data));
+			try!(session.lock().send_packet(self.io, protocol, packet_id as u8, &data));
 		} else  {
 			trace!(target: "network", "Send: Peer no longer exist")
 		}
@@ -911,7 +916,7 @@ impl Host {
 		}
 	}
 
-	fn update_nodes(&self, io: &IoContext<NetworkIoMessage>, node_changes: TableUpdates) {
+	fn update_nodes(&self, _io: &IoContext<NetworkIoMessage>, node_changes: TableUpdates) {
 		let mut to_remove: Vec<PeerId> = Vec::new();
 		{
 			let sessions = self.sessions.write();
@@ -926,7 +931,6 @@ impl Host {
 		}
 		for i in to_remove {
 			trace!(target: "network", "Removed from node table: {}", i);
-			self.kill_connection(i, io, false);
 		}
 		self.nodes.write().update(node_changes, &*self.reserved_nodes.read());
 	}
diff --git a/util/network/src/session.rs b/util/network/src/session.rs
index 1791a441d..8d5578e83 100644
--- a/util/network/src/session.rs
+++ b/util/network/src/session.rs
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ impl Session {
 			PACKET_PEERS => Ok(SessionData::None),
 			PACKET_USER ... PACKET_LAST => {
 				let mut i = 0usize;
-				while packet_id < self.info.capabilities[i].id_offset {
+				while packet_id > self.info.capabilities[i].id_offset + self.info.capabilities[i].packet_count {
 					i += 1;
 					if i == self.info.capabilities.len() {
 						debug!(target: "network", "Unknown packet: {:?}", packet_id);
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ impl Session {
 			offset += caps[i].packet_count;
 			i += 1;
 		}
-		trace!(target: "network", "Hello: {} v{} {} {:?}", client_version, protocol, id, caps);
+		debug!(target: "network", "Hello: {} v{} {} {:?}", client_version, protocol, id, caps);
 		self.info.protocol_version = protocol;
 		self.info.client_version = client_version;
 		self.info.capabilities = caps;
diff --git a/util/src/journaldb/overlayrecentdb.rs b/util/src/journaldb/overlayrecentdb.rs
index bf01567fb..e58fe2522 100644
--- a/util/src/journaldb/overlayrecentdb.rs
+++ b/util/src/journaldb/overlayrecentdb.rs
@@ -348,13 +348,13 @@ impl JournalDB for OverlayRecentDB {
 			match rc {
 				0 => {}
 				1 => {
-					if try!(self.backing.get(self.column, &key)).is_some() {
+					if cfg!(debug_assertions) && try!(self.backing.get(self.column, &key)).is_some() {
 						return Err(BaseDataError::AlreadyExists(key).into());
 					}
 					batch.put(self.column, &key, &value)
 				}
 				-1 => {
-					if try!(self.backing.get(self.column, &key)).is_none() {
+					if cfg!(debug_assertions) && try!(self.backing.get(self.column, &key)).is_none() {
 						return Err(BaseDataError::NegativelyReferencedHash(key).into());
 					}
 					batch.delete(self.column, &key)

From f81787d6038d72358288e8e3b7f20f9d88d55944 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: NikVolf <nikvolf@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2016 21:28:54 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 02/29] ipc version bump

---
 Cargo.lock | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index dce80bdce..d2cb60515 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -812,7 +812,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 [[package]]
 name = "json-ipc-server"
 version = "0.2.4"
-source = "git+https://github.com/ethcore/json-ipc-server.git#5fbd0253750d3097b9a8fb27effa84c18d630bbb"
+source = "git+https://github.com/ethcore/json-ipc-server.git#4642cd03ec1d23db89df80d22d5a88e7364ab885"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes 0.3.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "env_logger 0.3.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",

From d1d82e787b370a921ccac804eadcd4ec9693bac6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jaco Greeff <jacogr@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2016 22:27:13 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 03/29] Make GitLab js-precompiled really update Cargo.toml in
 main repo (#2869)

* Src outputs into build.sh

* reset detatched head

* add .dist

* testing for this branch

* update comments, be explicit is what we are doing

* [ci skip] js-precompiled 20161025-173946

* Revert "[ci skip] js-precompiled 20161025-173946"

This reverts commit 0d23f7683c6e18e4642566313963c130684afa90.

* remove testing branch

* typo
---
 js/.gitignore         |  1 +
 js/scripts/build.sh   | 11 +++++++++--
 js/scripts/release.sh | 30 +++++++++++-------------------
 3 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/js/.gitignore b/js/.gitignore
index f1c885637..b3ece001c 100644
--- a/js/.gitignore
+++ b/js/.gitignore
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ npm-debug.log
 build
 .build
 .coverage
+.dist
 .happypack
diff --git a/js/scripts/build.sh b/js/scripts/build.sh
index 1f3f44ceb..a6f4a913c 100755
--- a/js/scripts/build.sh
+++ b/js/scripts/build.sh
@@ -6,8 +6,15 @@ cd ..
 
 # run build (production) and store the exit code
 EXITCODE=0
-rm -rf .build
-npm run ci:build || EXITCODE=1
+BUILDDIR=./.dist
+rm -rf $BUILDDIR
+mkdir -p $BUILDDIR/src
+BUILD_DEST=$BUILDDIR/build npm run ci:build || EXITCODE=1
+
+# Copy rust files
+cp Cargo.precompiled.toml $BUILDDIR/Cargo.toml
+cp build.rs $BUILDDIR
+cp src/lib.rs* $BUILDDIR/src
 
 # back to root
 popd
diff --git a/js/scripts/release.sh b/js/scripts/release.sh
index bcd93f9bc..392bdd3b8 100755
--- a/js/scripts/release.sh
+++ b/js/scripts/release.sh
@@ -13,21 +13,11 @@ function setup_git_user {
 BASEDIR=`dirname $0`
 GITLOG=./.git/gitcommand.log
 pushd $BASEDIR
-cd ../.build
+cd ../.dist
 
 # variables
 UTCDATE=`date -u "+%Y%m%d-%H%M%S"`
 
-# Create proper directory structure
-mkdir -p build
-mv *.* build
-mkdir -p src
-
-# Copy rust files
-cp ../Cargo.precompiled.toml Cargo.toml
-cp ../build.rs .
-cp ../src/lib.rs* ./src/
-
 # init git
 rm -rf ./.git
 git init
@@ -40,21 +30,23 @@ git checkout -b $CI_BUILD_REF_NAME
 git add .
 git commit -m "$UTCDATE [compiled]"
 git merge origin/$CI_BUILD_REF_NAME -X ours --commit -m "$UTCDATE [release]"
-git push origin $CI_BUILD_REF_NAME 2>$GITLOG
+git push origin HEAD:refs/heads/$CI_BUILD_REF_NAME 2>$GITLOG
 
 # back to root
 popd
 
-# bump js-precompiled
-cargo update -p parity-ui-precompiled
-
-# add to git and push
+# inti git with right origin
 setup_git_user
 git remote set-url origin https://${GITHUB_JS_PRECOMPILED}:@github.com/ethcore/parity.git
-git fetch origin 2>$GITLOG
+
+# at this point we have a detached head on GitLab, reset
+git reset --hard origin/$CI_BUILD_REF_NAME 2>$GITLOG
+
+# bump js-precompiled, add, commit & push
+cargo update -p parity-ui-precompiled
 git add . || true
-git commit -m "[ci skip] js-precompiled $UTCDATE" || true
-git push origin $CI_BUILD_REF_NAME 2>$GITLOG || true
+git commit -m "[ci skip] js-precompiled $UTCDATE"
+git push origin HEAD:refs/heads/$CI_BUILD_REF_NAME 2>$GITLOG
 
 # exit with exit code
 exit 0

From 33748c2046c3ede7e5b79ae9a77944775bd0b9ff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Robert Habermeier <rphmeier@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2016 22:34:52 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 04/29] Sweep some more panics (#2848)

* purge unwraps from ethcrypto, ethstore

* sweep panics from util
---
 Cargo.lock                         |  1 +
 ethcrypto/src/lib.rs               |  8 ++++++--
 ethstore/Cargo.toml                |  1 +
 ethstore/src/dir/disk.rs           | 12 +++++++-----
 ethstore/src/ethstore.rs           | 14 +++++++-------
 ethstore/src/lib.rs                |  7 +++++--
 ethstore/src/presale.rs            |  3 ++-
 util/src/common.rs                 |  4 ++--
 util/src/journaldb/earlymergedb.rs |  5 ++++-
 util/src/kvdb.rs                   | 11 +++++++----
 util/src/memorydb.rs               |  2 +-
 util/src/trie/triedb.rs            |  5 +++--
 util/src/trie/triedbmut.rs         |  3 ++-
 13 files changed, 48 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 78eabd75e..d6ccbf86f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -613,6 +613,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "itertools 0.4.13 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "lazy_static 0.2.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "libc 0.2.15 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "parking_lot 0.3.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "rand 0.3.14 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "rust-crypto 0.2.36 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "rustc-serialize 0.3.19 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
diff --git a/ethcrypto/src/lib.rs b/ethcrypto/src/lib.rs
index 7a1aba48c..103e750e6 100644
--- a/ethcrypto/src/lib.rs
+++ b/ethcrypto/src/lib.rs
@@ -166,7 +166,9 @@ pub mod ecies {
 
 	/// Encrypt a message with a public key
 	pub fn encrypt(public: &Public, shared_mac: &[u8], plain: &[u8]) -> Result<Vec<u8>, Error> {
-		let r = Random.generate().unwrap();
+		let r = Random.generate()
+			.expect("context known to have key-generation capabilities; qed");
+
 		let z = try!(ecdh::agree(r.secret(), public));
 		let mut key = [0u8; 32];
 		let mut mkey = [0u8; 32];
@@ -201,7 +203,9 @@ pub mod ecies {
 
 	/// Encrypt a message with a public key
 	pub fn encrypt_single_message(public: &Public, plain: &[u8]) -> Result<Vec<u8>, Error> {
-		let r = Random.generate().unwrap();
+		let r = Random.generate()
+			.expect("context known to have key-generation capabilities");
+
 		let z = try!(ecdh::agree(r.secret(), public));
 		let mut key = [0u8; 32];
 		let mut mkey = [0u8; 32];
diff --git a/ethstore/Cargo.toml b/ethstore/Cargo.toml
index 7fa2a6890..03347cbd7 100644
--- a/ethstore/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ethstore/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ docopt = { version = "0.6", optional = true }
 time = "0.1.34"
 lazy_static = "0.2"
 itertools = "0.4"
+parking_lot = "0.3"
 ethcrypto = { path = "../ethcrypto" }
 
 [build-dependencies]
diff --git a/ethstore/src/dir/disk.rs b/ethstore/src/dir/disk.rs
index fe1c46e63..6616ec15d 100644
--- a/ethstore/src/dir/disk.rs
+++ b/ethstore/src/dir/disk.rs
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ const IGNORED_FILES: &'static [&'static str] = &["thumbs.db", "address_book.json
 fn restrict_permissions_to_owner(file_path: &Path) -> Result<(), i32>  {
 	use std::ffi;
 	use libc;
-	let cstr = ffi::CString::new(file_path.to_str().unwrap()).unwrap();
+
+	let cstr = try!(ffi::CString::new(&*file_path.to_string_lossy())
+		.map_err(|_| -1));
 	match unsafe { libc::chmod(cstr.as_ptr(), libc::S_IWUSR | libc::S_IRUSR) } {
 		0 => Ok(()),
 		x => Err(x),
@@ -63,15 +65,15 @@ impl DiskDirectory {
 		let paths = try!(fs::read_dir(&self.path))
 			.flat_map(Result::ok)
 			.filter(|entry| {
-				let metadata = entry.metadata();
+				let metadata = entry.metadata().ok();
 				let file_name = entry.file_name();
-				let name = file_name.to_str().unwrap();
+				let name = file_name.to_string_lossy();
 				// filter directories
-				metadata.is_ok() && !metadata.unwrap().is_dir() &&
+				metadata.map_or(false, |m| !m.is_dir()) &&
 				// hidden files
 				!name.starts_with(".") &&
 				// other ignored files
-				!IGNORED_FILES.contains(&name)
+				!IGNORED_FILES.contains(&&*name)
 			})
 			.map(|entry| entry.path())
 			.collect::<Vec<PathBuf>>();
diff --git a/ethstore/src/ethstore.rs b/ethstore/src/ethstore.rs
index faaea8f9a..4360a39f0 100644
--- a/ethstore/src/ethstore.rs
+++ b/ethstore/src/ethstore.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 // along with Parity.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 use std::collections::BTreeMap;
-use std::sync::RwLock;
 use std::mem;
 use ethkey::KeyPair;
 use crypto::KEY_ITERATIONS;
@@ -26,6 +25,7 @@ use account::SafeAccount;
 use {Error, SecretStore};
 use json;
 use json::UUID;
+use parking_lot::RwLock;
 use presale::PresaleWallet;
 use import;
 
@@ -56,13 +56,13 @@ impl EthStore {
 		let account = try!(self.dir.insert(account.clone()));
 
 		// update cache
-		let mut cache = self.cache.write().unwrap();
+		let mut cache = self.cache.write();
 		cache.insert(account.address.clone(), account);
 		Ok(())
 	}
 
 	fn reload_accounts(&self) -> Result<(), Error> {
-		let mut cache = self.cache.write().unwrap();
+		let mut cache = self.cache.write();
 		let accounts = try!(self.dir.load());
 		let new_accounts: BTreeMap<_, _> = accounts.into_iter().map(|account| (account.address.clone(), account)).collect();
 		mem::replace(&mut *cache, new_accounts);
@@ -71,13 +71,13 @@ impl EthStore {
 
 	fn get(&self, address: &Address) -> Result<SafeAccount, Error> {
 		{
-			let cache = self.cache.read().unwrap();
+			let cache = self.cache.read();
 			if let Some(account) = cache.get(address) {
 				return Ok(account.clone())
 			}
 		}
 		try!(self.reload_accounts());
-		let cache = self.cache.read().unwrap();
+		let cache = self.cache.read();
 		cache.get(address).cloned().ok_or(Error::InvalidAccount)
 	}
 }
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ impl SecretStore for EthStore {
 
 	fn accounts(&self) -> Result<Vec<Address>, Error> {
 		try!(self.reload_accounts());
-		Ok(self.cache.read().unwrap().keys().cloned().collect())
+		Ok(self.cache.read().keys().cloned().collect())
 	}
 
 	fn change_password(&self, address: &Address, old_password: &str, new_password: &str) -> Result<(), Error> {
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ impl SecretStore for EthStore {
 
 		if can_remove {
 			try!(self.dir.remove(address));
-			let mut cache = self.cache.write().unwrap();
+			let mut cache = self.cache.write();
 			cache.remove(address);
 			Ok(())
 		} else {
diff --git a/ethstore/src/lib.rs b/ethstore/src/lib.rs
index 302e165cf..f8619ff19 100644
--- a/ethstore/src/lib.rs
+++ b/ethstore/src/lib.rs
@@ -26,12 +26,15 @@ extern crate serde_json;
 extern crate rustc_serialize;
 extern crate crypto as rcrypto;
 extern crate tiny_keccak;
-#[macro_use]
-extern crate lazy_static;
+extern crate parking_lot;
+
 // reexport it nicely
 extern crate ethkey as _ethkey;
 extern crate ethcrypto as crypto;
 
+#[macro_use]
+extern crate lazy_static;
+
 pub mod dir;
 pub mod ethkey;
 
diff --git a/ethstore/src/presale.rs b/ethstore/src/presale.rs
index 2904db6ef..ff3bde6f4 100644
--- a/ethstore/src/presale.rs
+++ b/ethstore/src/presale.rs
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ impl From<json::PresaleWallet> for PresaleWallet {
 impl PresaleWallet {
 	pub fn open<P>(path: P) -> Result<Self, Error> where P: AsRef<Path> {
 		let file = try!(fs::File::open(path));
-		let presale = json::PresaleWallet::load(file).unwrap();
+		let presale = try!(json::PresaleWallet::load(file)
+			.map_err(|e| Error::InvalidKeyFile(format!("{}", e))));
 		Ok(PresaleWallet::from(presale))
 	}
 
diff --git a/util/src/common.rs b/util/src/common.rs
index 216f89a79..ea2a0f5ea 100644
--- a/util/src/common.rs
+++ b/util/src/common.rs
@@ -95,8 +95,8 @@ macro_rules! flushln {
 
 #[doc(hidden)]
 pub fn flush(s: String) {
-	::std::io::stdout().write(s.as_bytes()).unwrap();
-	::std::io::stdout().flush().unwrap();
+	let _ = ::std::io::stdout().write(s.as_bytes());
+	let _ = ::std::io::stdout().flush();
 }
 
 #[test]
diff --git a/util/src/journaldb/earlymergedb.rs b/util/src/journaldb/earlymergedb.rs
index ef9868d41..0f7c097b8 100644
--- a/util/src/journaldb/earlymergedb.rs
+++ b/util/src/journaldb/earlymergedb.rs
@@ -383,7 +383,10 @@ impl JournalDB for EarlyMergeDB {
 		let trace = false;
 
 		// record new commit's details.
-		let mut refs = self.refs.as_ref().unwrap().write();
+		let mut refs = match self.refs.as_ref() {
+			Some(refs) => refs.write(),
+			None => return Ok(0),
+		};
 
 		{
 			let mut index = 0usize;
diff --git a/util/src/kvdb.rs b/util/src/kvdb.rs
index 63d46d573..b37af4dc9 100644
--- a/util/src/kvdb.rs
+++ b/util/src/kvdb.rs
@@ -345,7 +345,8 @@ impl Database {
 				let cfnames: Vec<&str> = cfnames.iter().map(|n| n as &str).collect();
 				match DB::open_cf(&opts, path, &cfnames, &cf_options) {
 					Ok(db) => {
-						cfs = cfnames.iter().map(|n| db.cf_handle(n).unwrap()).collect();
+						cfs = cfnames.iter().map(|n| db.cf_handle(n)
+							.expect("rocksdb opens a cf_handle for each cfname; qed")).collect();
 						assert!(cfs.len() == columns as usize);
 						Ok(db)
 					}
@@ -353,7 +354,7 @@ impl Database {
 						// retry and create CFs
 						match DB::open_cf(&opts, path, &[], &[]) {
 							Ok(mut db) => {
-								cfs = cfnames.iter().enumerate().map(|(i, n)| db.create_cf(n, &cf_options[i]).unwrap()).collect();
+								cfs = try!(cfnames.iter().enumerate().map(|(i, n)| db.create_cf(n, &cf_options[i])).collect());
 								Ok(db)
 							},
 							err @ Err(_) => err,
@@ -537,7 +538,8 @@ impl Database {
 		match *self.db.read() {
 			Some(DBAndColumns { ref db, ref cfs }) => {
 				let mut iter = col.map_or_else(|| db.iterator_opt(IteratorMode::From(prefix, Direction::Forward), &self.read_opts),
-					|c| db.iterator_cf_opt(cfs[c as usize], IteratorMode::From(prefix, Direction::Forward), &self.read_opts).unwrap());
+					|c| db.iterator_cf_opt(cfs[c as usize], IteratorMode::From(prefix, Direction::Forward), &self.read_opts)
+						.expect("iterator params are valid; qed"));
 				match iter.next() {
 					// TODO: use prefix_same_as_start read option (not availabele in C API currently)
 					Some((k, v)) => if k[0 .. prefix.len()] == prefix[..] { Some(v) } else { None },
@@ -554,7 +556,8 @@ impl Database {
 		match *self.db.read() {
 			Some(DBAndColumns { ref db, ref cfs }) => {
 				col.map_or_else(|| DatabaseIterator { iter: db.iterator_opt(IteratorMode::Start, &self.read_opts) },
-					|c| DatabaseIterator { iter: db.iterator_cf_opt(cfs[c as usize], IteratorMode::Start, &self.read_opts).unwrap() })
+					|c| DatabaseIterator { iter: db.iterator_cf_opt(cfs[c as usize], IteratorMode::Start, &self.read_opts)
+						.expect("iterator params are valid; qed") })
 			},
 			None => panic!("Not supported yet") //TODO: return an empty iterator or change return type
 		}
diff --git a/util/src/memorydb.rs b/util/src/memorydb.rs
index 36e3fad1b..d0ecb73d9 100644
--- a/util/src/memorydb.rs
+++ b/util/src/memorydb.rs
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ impl MemoryDB {
 				(*p).insert(key.clone(), (value, 0));
 			}
 		}
-		self.raw(key).unwrap()
+		self.raw(key).expect("entry just inserted into data; qed")
 	}
 
 	/// Returns the size of allocated heap memory
diff --git a/util/src/trie/triedb.rs b/util/src/trie/triedb.rs
index 5522af448..72604892d 100644
--- a/util/src/trie/triedb.rs
+++ b/util/src/trie/triedb.rs
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ impl<'a> TrieDBIterator<'a> {
 			status: Status::Entering,
 			node: try!(self.db.get_node(d, &mut NoOp, 0)),
 		});
-		match self.trail.last().unwrap().node {
+		match self.trail.last().expect("just pushed item; qed").node {
 			Node::Leaf(n, _) | Node::Extension(n, _) => { self.key_nibbles.extend(n.iter()); },
 			_ => {}
 		}
@@ -346,7 +346,8 @@ impl<'a> Iterator for TrieDBIterator<'a> {
 				(Status::AtChild(i), Node::Branch(children, _)) if children[i].len() > 0 => {
 					match i {
 						0 => self.key_nibbles.push(0),
-						i => *self.key_nibbles.last_mut().unwrap() = i as u8,
+						i => *self.key_nibbles.last_mut()
+							.expect("pushed as 0; moves sequentially; removed afterwards; qed") = i as u8,
 					}
 					if let Err(e) = self.descend(children[i]) {
 						return Some(Err(e));
diff --git a/util/src/trie/triedbmut.rs b/util/src/trie/triedbmut.rs
index 5e2ef6b79..e99179e7a 100644
--- a/util/src/trie/triedbmut.rs
+++ b/util/src/trie/triedbmut.rs
@@ -744,7 +744,8 @@ impl<'a> TrieDBMut<'a> {
 					(UsedIndex::One(a), None) => {
 						// only one onward node. make an extension.
 						let new_partial = NibbleSlice::new_offset(&[a], 1).encoded(false);
-						let new_node = Node::Extension(new_partial, children[a as usize].take().unwrap());
+						let child = children[a as usize].take().expect("used_index only set if occupied; qed");
+						let new_node = Node::Extension(new_partial, child);
 						self.fix(new_node)
 					}
 					(UsedIndex::None, Some(value)) => {

From 20d43b9c26328d6a81d5939bcb1870656e5b377d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: GitLab Build Bot <jaco+gitlab@ethcore.io>
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2016 20:37:47 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 05/29] [ci skip] js-precompiled 20161025-203648

---
 Cargo.lock | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index d6ccbf86f..31e91ae87 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1208,7 +1208,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "parity-ui-precompiled"
 version = "1.4.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/ethcore/js-precompiled.git#18cc1f1aba75b9a7556f0461fb9379dbd0a34f02"
+source = "git+https://github.com/ethcore/js-precompiled.git#1a88fbdd3b8eba7aea0db1427e7756455fefa09f"
 dependencies = [
  "parity-dapps-glue 1.4.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]

From 51a78d290eb192e6c00d41f79c32bcdb9f247638 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Denis S. Soldatov aka General-Beck" <general.beck@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2016 10:57:35 +0700
Subject: [PATCH 06/29] Update gitlab-ci

add arm* bulds
add deb packages (amd64,arm64,armhf)
---
 .gitlab-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 46 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 7a13531b3..0cc444846 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ stages:
   - test
 variables:
   GIT_DEPTH: "3"
-  SIMPLECOV: "true"
+  SIMPLECOV: "true" 
   RUST_BACKTRACE: "1"
   RUSTFLAGS: "-D warnings"
 cache:
@@ -21,10 +21,17 @@ linux-stable:
     - cargo build --release --verbose
     - strip target/release/parity
     - md5sum target/release/parity >> parity.md5
-    - aws configure set aws_access_key_id $s3_key
+    - sh scripts/deb-build.sh amd64
+    - cp target/release/parity deb/usr/bin/parity
+    - export VER=$(grep -m 1 version Cargo.toml | awk '{print $3}' | tr -d '"' | tr -d "\n")
+    - dpkg-deb -b deb "parity_"$VER"_amd64.deb"
+    - md5sum "parity_"$VER"_amd64.deb" >> "parity_"$VER"_amd64.deb.md5"
+    - aws configure set aws_access_key_id $s3_key 
     - aws configure set aws_secret_access_key $s3_secret
     - aws s3api put-object --bucket builds-parity --key $CI_BUILD_REF_NAME/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/parity --body target/release/parity
     - aws s3api put-object --bucket builds-parity --key $CI_BUILD_REF_NAME/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/parity.md5 --body parity.md5
+    - aws s3api put-object --bucket builds-parity --key $CI_BUILD_REF_NAME/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/"parity_"$VER"_amd64.deb" --body "parity_"$VER"_amd64.deb"
+    - aws s3api put-object --bucket builds-parity --key $CI_BUILD_REF_NAME/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/"parity_"$VER"_amd64.deb.md5" --body "parity_"$VER"_amd64.deb.md5"
   tags:
     - rust
     - rust-stable
@@ -44,10 +51,17 @@ linux-stable-14.04:
     - cargo build --release --verbose
     - strip target/release/parity
     - md5sum target/release/parity >> parity.md5
-    - aws configure set aws_access_key_id $s3_key
+    - sh scripts/deb-build.sh amd64
+    - cp target/release/parity deb/usr/bin/parity
+    - export VER=$(grep -m 1 version Cargo.toml | awk '{print $3}' | tr -d '"' | tr -d "\n")
+    - dpkg-deb -b deb "parity_"$VER"_amd64.deb"
+    - md5sum "parity_"$VER"_amd64.deb" >> "parity_"$VER"_amd64.deb.md5"
+    - aws configure set aws_access_key_id $s3_key 
     - aws configure set aws_secret_access_key $s3_secret
     - aws s3api put-object --bucket builds-parity --key $CI_BUILD_REF_NAME/x86_64-unknown-ubuntu_14_04-gnu/parity --body target/release/parity
     - aws s3api put-object --bucket builds-parity --key $CI_BUILD_REF_NAME/x86_64-unknown-ubuntu_14_04-gnu/parity.md5 --body parity.md5
+    - aws s3api put-object --bucket builds-parity --key $CI_BUILD_REF_NAME/x86_64-unknown-ubuntu_14_04-gnu/"parity_"$VER"_amd64.deb" --body "parity_"$VER"_amd64.deb"
+    - aws s3api put-object --bucket builds-parity --key $CI_BUILD_REF_NAME/x86_64-unknown-ubuntu_14_04-gnu/"parity_"$VER"_amd64.deb.md5" --body "parity_"$VER"_amd64.deb.md5"
   tags:
     - rust
     - rust-14.04
@@ -107,7 +121,7 @@ linux-centos:
     - cargo build --release --verbose
     - strip target/release/parity
     - md5sum target/release/parity >> parity.md5
-    - aws configure set aws_access_key_id $s3_key
+    - aws configure set aws_access_key_id $s3_key 
     - aws configure set aws_secret_access_key $s3_secret
     - aws s3api put-object --bucket builds-parity --key $CI_BUILD_REF_NAME/x86_64-unknown-centos-gnu/parity --body target/release/parity
     - aws s3api put-object --bucket builds-parity --key $CI_BUILD_REF_NAME/x86_64-unknown-centos-gnu/parity.md5 --body parity.md5
@@ -134,10 +148,17 @@ linux-armv7:
     - cargo build --target armv7-unknown-linux-gnueabihf --release --verbose
     - arm-linux-gnueabihf-strip target/armv7-unknown-linux-gnueabihf/release/parity
     - md5sum target/armv7-unknown-linux-gnueabihf/release/parity >> parity.md5
-    - aws configure set aws_access_key_id $s3_key
+    - sh scripts/deb-build.sh armhf
+    - cp target/armv7-unknown-linux-gnueabihf/release/parity deb/usr/bin/parity
+    - export VER=$(grep -m 1 version Cargo.toml | awk '{print $3}' | tr -d '"' | tr -d "\n")
+    - dpkg-deb -b deb "parity_"$VER"_armhf.deb"
+    - md5sum "parity_"$VER"_armhf.deb" >> "parity_"$VER"_armhf.deb.md5"
+    - aws configure set aws_access_key_id $s3_key 
     - aws configure set aws_secret_access_key $s3_secret
     - aws s3api put-object --bucket builds-parity --key $CI_BUILD_REF_NAME/armv7-unknown-linux-gnueabihf/parity --body target/armv7-unknown-linux-gnueabihf/release/parity
     - aws s3api put-object --bucket builds-parity --key $CI_BUILD_REF_NAME/armv7-unknown-linux-gnueabihf/parity.md5 --body parity.md5
+    - aws s3api put-object --bucket builds-parity --key $CI_BUILD_REF_NAME/armv7-unknown-linux-gnueabihf/"parity_"$VER"_armhf.deb" --body "parity_"$VER"_armhf.deb"
+    - aws s3api put-object --bucket builds-parity --key $CI_BUILD_REF_NAME/armv7-unknown-linux-gnueabihf/"parity_"$VER"_armhf.deb.md5" --body "parity_"$VER"_armhf.deb.md5"
   tags:
     - rust
     - rust-arm
@@ -162,10 +183,17 @@ linux-arm:
     - cargo build --target arm-unknown-linux-gnueabihf --release --verbose
     - arm-linux-gnueabihf-strip target/arm-unknown-linux-gnueabihf/release/parity
     - md5sum target/arm-unknown-linux-gnueabihf/release/parity >> parity.md5
-    - aws configure set aws_access_key_id $s3_key
+    - sh scripts/deb-build.sh armhf
+    - cp target/arm-unknown-linux-gnueabihf/release/parity deb/usr/bin/parity
+    - export VER=$(grep -m 1 version Cargo.toml | awk '{print $3}' | tr -d '"' | tr -d "\n")
+    - dpkg-deb -b deb "parity_"$VER"_armhf.deb"
+    - md5sum "parity_"$VER"_armhf.deb" >> "parity_"$VER"_armhf.deb.md5"
+    - aws configure set aws_access_key_id $s3_key 
     - aws configure set aws_secret_access_key $s3_secret
     - aws s3api put-object --bucket builds-parity --key $CI_BUILD_REF_NAME/arm-unknown-linux-gnueabihf/parity --body target/arm-unknown-linux-gnueabihf/release/parity
     - aws s3api put-object --bucket builds-parity --key $CI_BUILD_REF_NAME/arm-unknown-linux-gnueabihf/parity.md5 --body parity.md5
+    - aws s3api put-object --bucket builds-parity --key $CI_BUILD_REF_NAME/arm-unknown-linux-gnueabihf/"parity_"$VER"_armhf.deb" --body "parity_"$VER"_armhf.deb"
+    - aws s3api put-object --bucket builds-parity --key $CI_BUILD_REF_NAME/arm-unknown-linux-gnueabihf/"parity_"$VER"_armhf.deb.md5" --body "parity_"$VER"_armhf.deb.md5"
   tags:
     - rust
     - rust-arm
@@ -189,8 +217,8 @@ linux-armv6:
     - cat .cargo/config
     - cargo build --target arm-unknown-linux-gnueabi --release --verbose
     - arm-linux-gnueabi-strip target/arm-unknown-linux-gnueabi/release/parity
-    - md5sum target/arm-unknown-linux-gnueabi/release/parity >> parity.md5
-    - aws configure set aws_access_key_id $s3_key
+    - md5sum target/arm-unknown-linux-gnueabi/release/parity >> parity.md5 
+    - aws configure set aws_access_key_id $s3_key 
     - aws configure set aws_secret_access_key $s3_secret
     - aws s3api put-object --bucket builds-parity --key $CI_BUILD_REF_NAME/arm-unknown-linux-gnueabi/parity --body target/arm-unknown-linux-gnueabi/release/parity
     - aws s3api put-object --bucket builds-parity --key $CI_BUILD_REF_NAME/arm-unknown-linux-gnueabi/parity.md5 --body parity.md5
@@ -218,10 +246,17 @@ linux-aarch64:
     - cargo build --target aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu --release --verbose
     - aarch64-linux-gnu-strip target/aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu/release/parity
     - md5sum target/aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu/release/parity >> parity.md5
-    - aws configure set aws_access_key_id $s3_key
+    - sh scripts/deb-build.sh arm64
+    - cp target/aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu/release/parity deb/usr/bin/parity
+    - export VER=$(grep -m 1 version Cargo.toml | awk '{print $3}' | tr -d '"' | tr -d "\n")
+    - dpkg-deb -b deb "parity_"$VER"_arm64.deb"
+    - md5sum "parity_"$VER"_arm64.deb" >> "parity_"$VER"_arm64.deb.md5"
+    - aws configure set aws_access_key_id $s3_key 
     - aws configure set aws_secret_access_key $s3_secret
     - aws s3api put-object --bucket builds-parity --key $CI_BUILD_REF_NAME/aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu/parity --body target/aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu/release/parity
     - aws s3api put-object --bucket builds-parity --key $CI_BUILD_REF_NAME/aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu/parity.md5 --body parity.md5
+    - aws s3api put-object --bucket builds-parity --key $CI_BUILD_REF_NAME/aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu/"parity_"$VER"_arm64.deb" --body "parity_"$VER"_arm64.deb"
+    - aws s3api put-object --bucket builds-parity --key $CI_BUILD_REF_NAME/aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu/"parity_"$VER"_arm64.deb.md5" --body "parity_"$VER"_arm64.deb.md5"
   tags:
     - rust
     - rust-arm
@@ -240,7 +275,7 @@ darwin:
   script:
     - cargo build --release --verbose
     - md5sum target/release/parity >> parity.md5
-    - aws configure set aws_access_key_id $s3_key
+    - aws configure set aws_access_key_id $s3_key 
     - aws configure set aws_secret_access_key $s3_secret
     - aws s3api put-object --bucket builds-parity --key $CI_BUILD_REF_NAME/x86_64-apple-darwin/parity --body target/release/parity
     - aws s3api put-object --bucket builds-parity --key $CI_BUILD_REF_NAME/x86_64-apple-darwin/parity.md5 --body parity.md5
@@ -261,10 +296,8 @@ windows:
     - set INCLUDE=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.1A\Include;C:\vs2015\VC\include;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Include\10.0.10240.0\ucrt
     - set LIB=C:\vs2015\VC\lib;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Lib\10.0.10240.0\ucrt\x64
     - set RUST_BACKTRACE=1
-    - set RUSTFLAGS=-Zorbit=off
-    - set RUSTFLAGS=-D warnings
+    - set RUSTFLAGS=%RUSTFLAGS% -Zorbit=off -D warnings
     - rustup default stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc
-    - git submodule update --init
     - cargo build --release --verbose
     - curl -sL --url "https://github.com/ethcore/win-build/raw/master/SimpleFC.dll" -o nsis\SimpleFC.dll
     - curl -sL --url "https://github.com/ethcore/win-build/raw/master/vc_redist.x64.exe" -o nsis\vc_redist.x64.exe
@@ -300,7 +333,6 @@ windows:
     - target/release/parity.pdb
     - nsis/InstallParity.exe
     name: "x86_64-pc-windows-msvc_parity"
-  allow_failure: true
 test-linux:
   stage: test
   before_script:

From 7b7ce4a0b1f5fbfdcd193804ccdfaf825042eafc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: GitLab Build Bot <jaco+gitlab@ethcore.io>
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2016 04:08:54 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 07/29] [ci skip] js-precompiled 20161026-040753

---
 Cargo.lock | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 31e91ae87..b067ce305 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1208,7 +1208,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "parity-ui-precompiled"
 version = "1.4.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/ethcore/js-precompiled.git#1a88fbdd3b8eba7aea0db1427e7756455fefa09f"
+source = "git+https://github.com/ethcore/js-precompiled.git#afc53a95c47798b7e94d5900070d062e6fb6c749"
 dependencies = [
  "parity-dapps-glue 1.4.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]

From 70d6ad6682bcb0a34099b47d7d32f13d0ec731b2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Denis S. Soldatov aka General-Beck" <general.beck@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2016 11:36:07 +0700
Subject: [PATCH 08/29] Create deb-build.sh

[ci skip]
add sh for deb build
---
 scripts/deb-build.sh | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 scripts/deb-build.sh

diff --git a/scripts/deb-build.sh b/scripts/deb-build.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..73e236db5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/deb-build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e # fail on any error
+set -u # treat unset variables as error
+rm -rf deb
+#create DEBIAN files
+mkdir -p deb/usr/bin/
+mkdir -p deb/DEBIAN
+#create copyright, docs, compat
+cp LICENSE deb/DEBIAN/copyright
+echo "https://github.com/ethcore/parity/wiki" >> deb/DEBIAN/docs
+echo "8" >> deb/DEBIAN/compat
+#create control file
+control=deb/DEBIAN/control
+echo "Package: parity" >> $control
+version=`grep -m 1 version Cargo.toml | awk '{print $3}' | tr -d '"' | tr -d "\n"`
+echo "Version: $version" >> $control
+echo "Source: parity" >> $control
+echo "Section: science" >> $control
+echo "Priority: extra" >> $control
+echo "Maintainer: Ethcore <admin@ethcore.io>" >> $control
+echo "Build-Depends: debhelper (>=9)" >> $control
+echo "Standards-Version: 3.9.5" >> $control
+echo "Homepage: https://ethcore.io" >> $control
+echo "Vcs-Git: git://github.com/ethcore/parity.git" >> $control
+echo "Vcs-Browser: https://github.com/ethcore/parity" >> $control
+echo "Architecture: $1" >> $control
+echo "Description: Ethereum network client by Ethcore" >> $control
+#build .deb package
+
+exit

From d28af0a3ab5e12fcfa05f9c4d8cae8558ae479fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Denis S. Soldatov aka General-Beck" <general.beck@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2016 11:41:54 +0700
Subject: [PATCH 09/29] Update deb-build.sh

change email
---
 scripts/deb-build.sh | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/deb-build.sh b/scripts/deb-build.sh
index 73e236db5..9754f1b05 100644
--- a/scripts/deb-build.sh
+++ b/scripts/deb-build.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ echo "Version: $version" >> $control
 echo "Source: parity" >> $control
 echo "Section: science" >> $control
 echo "Priority: extra" >> $control
-echo "Maintainer: Ethcore <admin@ethcore.io>" >> $control
+echo "Maintainer: Ethcore <devops@ethcore.io>" >> $control
 echo "Build-Depends: debhelper (>=9)" >> $control
 echo "Standards-Version: 3.9.5" >> $control
 echo "Homepage: https://ethcore.io" >> $control

From 162d1a032bc4ea66b0ad3072e0000a08cafe4f8e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: GitLab Build Bot <jaco+gitlab@ethcore.io>
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2016 04:44:46 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 10/29] [ci skip] js-precompiled 20161026-044349

---
 Cargo.lock | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b067ce305..0a7cb861f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1208,7 +1208,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "parity-ui-precompiled"
 version = "1.4.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/ethcore/js-precompiled.git#afc53a95c47798b7e94d5900070d062e6fb6c749"
+source = "git+https://github.com/ethcore/js-precompiled.git#76a1719d46c57575a62bdb8483748a49fc6f235e"
 dependencies = [
  "parity-dapps-glue 1.4.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]

From e1c2cff9573527ba4fb734abaa3233d6fa9e48bc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: GitLab Build Bot <jaco+gitlab@ethcore.io>
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2016 10:41:46 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 11/29] fix failing tests after log parsing updates

---
 js/src/api/contract/contract.spec.js | 24 ++++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/js/src/api/contract/contract.spec.js b/js/src/api/contract/contract.spec.js
index 7ac3e099c..0d6169e26 100644
--- a/js/src/api/contract/contract.spec.js
+++ b/js/src/api/contract/contract.spec.js
@@ -173,12 +173,12 @@ describe('api/contract/Contract', () => {
       expect(log.event).to.equal('Message');
       expect(log.address).to.equal('0x22bff18ec62281850546a664bb63a5c06ac5f76c');
       expect(log.params).to.deep.equal({
-        at: new BigNumber('1457965151'),
-        message: 'post(message)',
-        messageId: new BigNumber('281474976731085'),
-        parentId: new BigNumber(0),
-        postId: new BigNumber('281474976731104'),
-        sender: '0x63Cf90D3f0410092FC0fca41846f596223979195'
+        at: { type: 'uint', value: new BigNumber('1457965151') },
+        message: { type: 'string', value: 'post(message)' },
+        messageId: { type: 'uint', value: new BigNumber('281474976731085') },
+        parentId: { type: 'uint', value: new BigNumber(0) },
+        postId: { type: 'uint', value: new BigNumber('281474976731104') },
+        sender: { type: 'address', value: '0x63Cf90D3f0410092FC0fca41846f596223979195' }
       });
     });
   });
@@ -464,12 +464,12 @@ describe('api/contract/Contract', () => {
       event: 'Message',
       logIndex: new BigNumber(0),
       params: {
-        at: new BigNumber(1457965151),
-        message: 'post(message)',
-        messageId: new BigNumber(281474976731085),
-        parentId: new BigNumber(0),
-        postId: new BigNumber(281474976731104),
-        sender: '0x63Cf90D3f0410092FC0fca41846f596223979195'
+        at: { type: 'uint', value: new BigNumber(1457965151) },
+        message: { type: 'string', value: 'post(message)' },
+        messageId: { type: 'uint', value: new BigNumber(281474976731085) },
+        parentId: { type: 'uint', value: new BigNumber(0) },
+        postId: { type: 'uint', value: new BigNumber(281474976731104) },
+        sender: { type: 'address', value: '0x63Cf90D3f0410092FC0fca41846f596223979195' }
       },
       topics: [
         '0x954ba6c157daf8a26539574ffa64203c044691aa57251af95f4b48d85ec00dd5', '0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001000000004fe0'

From 3cd724d056b2455b8f696a02992c149348c2f55b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: GitLab Build Bot <jaco+gitlab@ethcore.io>
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2016 09:56:14 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 12/29] [ci skip] js-precompiled 20161026-095510

---
 Cargo.lock | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 0a7cb861f..2e490d36c 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1208,7 +1208,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "parity-ui-precompiled"
 version = "1.4.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/ethcore/js-precompiled.git#76a1719d46c57575a62bdb8483748a49fc6f235e"
+source = "git+https://github.com/ethcore/js-precompiled.git#b906f490151d605feb37b2c4def1533bf137f76d"
 dependencies = [
  "parity-dapps-glue 1.4.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]

From c05430e25e1e9b2e68998156f98cc2461064db9e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nicolas Gotchac <ngotchac@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2016 11:56:38 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 13/29] Fixes signer errors throwing // MaterialUI Update
 errors too (#2867) (#2876)

---
 js/src/api/transport/ws/ws.js                 | 35 ++++++++++++-------
 js/src/dapps/gavcoin/Loading/loading.js       |  2 +-
 .../dapps/registry/Application/application.js |  2 +-
 js/src/dapps/tokenreg/Loading/loading.js      |  4 ++-
 js/src/ui/Container/container.css             |  4 ++-
 js/src/views/ParityBar/parityBar.css          |  3 +-
 .../TransactionFinished.js                    |  2 +-
 .../TransactionPending/TransactionPending.js  |  2 +-
 8 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/js/src/api/transport/ws/ws.js b/js/src/api/transport/ws/ws.js
index ecab2a5a2..119f4ba76 100644
--- a/js/src/api/transport/ws/ws.js
+++ b/js/src/api/transport/ws/ws.js
@@ -93,21 +93,30 @@ export default class Ws extends JsonRpcBase {
   }
 
   _onMessage = (event) => {
-    const result = JSON.parse(event.data);
-    const { method, params, json, resolve, reject } = this._messages[result.id];
-
-    Logging.send(method, params, { json, result });
-
-    if (result.error) {
-      this.error(event.data);
-
-      reject(new Error(`${result.error.code}: ${result.error.message}`));
-      delete this._messages[result.id];
-      return;
+    // Event sent by Signer Broadcaster
+    if (event.data === 'new_message') {
+      return false;
     }
 
-    resolve(result.result);
-    delete this._messages[result.id];
+    try {
+      const result = JSON.parse(event.data);
+      const { method, params, json, resolve, reject } = this._messages[result.id];
+
+      Logging.send(method, params, { json, result });
+
+      if (result.error) {
+        this.error(event.data);
+
+        reject(new Error(`${result.error.code}: ${result.error.message}`));
+        delete this._messages[result.id];
+        return;
+      }
+
+      resolve(result.result);
+      delete this._messages[result.id];
+    } catch (e) {
+      console.error('ws::_onMessage', event.data, e);
+    }
   }
 
   _send = (id) => {
diff --git a/js/src/dapps/gavcoin/Loading/loading.js b/js/src/dapps/gavcoin/Loading/loading.js
index 9e00cc8f1..78aaa8828 100644
--- a/js/src/dapps/gavcoin/Loading/loading.js
+++ b/js/src/dapps/gavcoin/Loading/loading.js
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export default class Loading extends Component {
   render () {
     return (
       <div className={ styles.loading }>
-        <CircularProgress size={ 2 } />
+        <CircularProgress size={ 120 } thickness={ 7 } />
       </div>
     );
   }
diff --git a/js/src/dapps/registry/Application/application.js b/js/src/dapps/registry/Application/application.js
index 3d3d8d582..d0c4bd2f7 100644
--- a/js/src/dapps/registry/Application/application.js
+++ b/js/src/dapps/registry/Application/application.js
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ export default class Application extends Component {
             </p>
           </div>
         ) : (
-          <CircularProgress size={ 1 } />
+          <CircularProgress size={ 60 } />
         ) }
       </div>
     );
diff --git a/js/src/dapps/tokenreg/Loading/loading.js b/js/src/dapps/tokenreg/Loading/loading.js
index 3b7619323..bdcc98df6 100644
--- a/js/src/dapps/tokenreg/Loading/loading.js
+++ b/js/src/dapps/tokenreg/Loading/loading.js
@@ -25,9 +25,11 @@ export default class Loading extends Component {
   };
 
   render () {
+    const size = (this.props.size || 2) * 60;
+
     return (
       <div className={ styles.loading }>
-        <CircularProgress size={ this.props.size || 2 } />
+        <CircularProgress size={ size } />
       </div>
     );
   }
diff --git a/js/src/ui/Container/container.css b/js/src/ui/Container/container.css
index ad625aa7c..7305a4aba 100644
--- a/js/src/ui/Container/container.css
+++ b/js/src/ui/Container/container.css
@@ -15,15 +15,17 @@
 /* along with Parity.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
 .container {
+  flex: 1;
   padding: 0em;
+  background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8) !important;
 }
 
 .compact,
 .padded {
-  background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8) !important;
   border-radius: 0 !important;
   position: relative;
   overflow: auto;
+  background-color: transparent !important;
 }
 
 .compact {
diff --git a/js/src/views/ParityBar/parityBar.css b/js/src/views/ParityBar/parityBar.css
index 0c6de9f5d..b9b94c1d2 100644
--- a/js/src/views/ParityBar/parityBar.css
+++ b/js/src/views/ParityBar/parityBar.css
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 .expanded {
   right: 16px;
   width: 964px;
-  height: 288px;
+  height: 300px;
   border-radius: 4px 4px 0 0;
   overflow-y: auto;
   display: flex;
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
 .expanded .content {
   flex: 1;
   overflow: auto;
+  display: flex;
 }
 
 .corner {
diff --git a/js/src/views/Signer/components/TransactionFinished/TransactionFinished.js b/js/src/views/Signer/components/TransactionFinished/TransactionFinished.js
index d7717c7fb..9326f57e6 100644
--- a/js/src/views/Signer/components/TransactionFinished/TransactionFinished.js
+++ b/js/src/views/Signer/components/TransactionFinished/TransactionFinished.js
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ export default class TransactionFinished extends Component {
     if (!chain || !fromBalance || !toBalance) {
       return (
         <div className={ `${styles.container} ${className}` }>
-          <CircularProgress size={ 1 } />
+          <CircularProgress size={ 60 } />
         </div>
       );
     }
diff --git a/js/src/views/Signer/components/TransactionPending/TransactionPending.js b/js/src/views/Signer/components/TransactionPending/TransactionPending.js
index 9f77e6cc1..3ca078b83 100644
--- a/js/src/views/Signer/components/TransactionPending/TransactionPending.js
+++ b/js/src/views/Signer/components/TransactionPending/TransactionPending.js
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ export default class TransactionPending extends Component {
     if (!this.state.chain) {
       return (
         <div className={ `${styles.container} ${className}` }>
-          <CircularProgress size={ 1 } />
+          <CircularProgress size={ 60 } />
         </div>
       );
     }

From 71e973cb0b4b4c9fc4f294b384465de6abf787b5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: GitLab Build Bot <jaco+gitlab@ethcore.io>
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2016 10:05:40 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 14/29] [ci skip] js-precompiled 20161026-100446

---
 Cargo.lock | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 2e490d36c..27ac800f5 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1208,7 +1208,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "parity-ui-precompiled"
 version = "1.4.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/ethcore/js-precompiled.git#b906f490151d605feb37b2c4def1533bf137f76d"
+source = "git+https://github.com/ethcore/js-precompiled.git#6be42e2bcf15db125797097df7a2dcfbf7d1e1d2"
 dependencies = [
  "parity-dapps-glue 1.4.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]

From c8809b3396ff3295ccd3e1934277a62c686fc9e8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jaco Greeff <jacogr@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2016 13:44:38 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 15/29] Add inject to "bundle everything" list (#2871)

* Add inject to "bundle everything" list

* Fixes the `build-server` script // Updates Webpack config (#2872)

* New Webpack config file for libraries

* Added `parity-utils` path

* Removed parity in CommonChunks prod
---
 js/build-server.js             | 25 +++++++++-
 js/package.json                | 17 ++++---
 js/src/dapps/basiccoin.html    |  2 +-
 js/src/dapps/gavcoin.html      |  2 +-
 js/src/dapps/githubhint.html   |  2 +-
 js/src/dapps/registry.html     |  2 +-
 js/src/dapps/signaturereg.html |  2 +-
 js/src/dapps/tokenreg.html     |  2 +-
 js/src/dev.parity.html         |  2 +-
 js/src/dev.web3.html           |  2 +-
 js/src/environment/index.js    |  8 ++-
 js/src/{inject.js => web3.js}  |  0
 js/webpack.config.js           | 27 +++++------
 js/webpack.libraries.js        | 89 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 14 files changed, 151 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)
 rename js/src/{inject.js => web3.js} (100%)
 create mode 100644 js/webpack.libraries.js

diff --git a/js/build-server.js b/js/build-server.js
index 797e89183..9153f5ed2 100644
--- a/js/build-server.js
+++ b/js/build-server.js
@@ -24,17 +24,38 @@ var express = require('express');
 var proxy = require('http-proxy-middleware');
 
 var app = express();
+var wsProxy = proxy('ws://127.0.0.1:8180', { changeOrigin: true });
 
-app.use(express.static('build'));
+app.use(express.static('.build'));
 
 app.use('/api/*', proxy({
   target: 'http://127.0.0.1:8080',
   changeOrigin: true
 }));
 
+app.use('/app/*', proxy({
+  target: 'http://127.0.0.1:8080',
+  changeOrigin: true,
+  pathRewrite: {
+    '^/app': ''
+  }
+}));
+
+app.use('/parity-utils/*', proxy({
+  target: 'http://127.0.0.1:3000',
+  changeOrigin: true,
+  pathRewrite: {
+    '^/parity-utils': ''
+  }
+}));
+
 app.use('/rpc/*', proxy({
   target: 'http://127.0.0.1:8080',
   changeOrigin: true
 }));
 
-app.listen(3000);
+app.use(wsProxy);
+
+var server = app.listen(3000);
+
+server.on('upgrade', wsProxy.upgrade);
diff --git a/js/package.json b/js/package.json
index d84b21d25..8992c7fa6 100644
--- a/js/package.json
+++ b/js/package.json
@@ -23,17 +23,22 @@
     "Promise"
   ],
   "scripts": {
-    "build": "npm run build:dll && npm run build:app",
+    "build": "npm run build:dll && npm run build:app && npm run build:lib",
     "build:app": "webpack --progress",
-    "build:dll": "webpack --config webpack.vendor.js --progress",
-    "ci:build": "npm run ci:build:dll && npm run ci:build:app",
+    "build:lib": "webpack --config webpack.libraries --progress",
+    "build:dll": "webpack --config webpack.vendor --progress",
+
+    "ci:build": "npm run ci:build:dll && npm run ci:build:dll && npm run ci:build:app",
     "ci:build:app": "NODE_ENV=production webpack",
-    "ci:build:dll": "NODE_ENV=production webpack --config webpack.vendor.js",
+    "ci:build:lib": "NODE_ENV=production webpack --config webpack.libraries",
+    "ci:build:dll": "NODE_ENV=production webpack --config webpack.vendor",
+
+    "start": "npm install && npm run build:dll && npm run start:app",
+    "start:app": "webpack-dev-server -d --history-api-fallback --open --hot --inline --progress --colors --port 3000",
+
     "clean": "rm -rf ./build ./coverage",
     "coveralls": "npm run testCoverage && coveralls < coverage/lcov.info",
     "lint": "eslint --ignore-path .gitignore ./src/",
-    "start": "npm install && npm run build:dll && npm run start:app",
-    "start:app": "webpack-dev-server -d --history-api-fallback --open --hot --inline --progress --colors --port 3000",
     "test": "mocha 'src/**/*.spec.js'",
     "test:coverage": "istanbul cover _mocha -- 'src/**/*.spec.js'",
     "test:e2e": "mocha 'src/**/*.e2e.js'"
diff --git a/js/src/dapps/basiccoin.html b/js/src/dapps/basiccoin.html
index 9bcc368f3..7ac5cb3cb 100644
--- a/js/src/dapps/basiccoin.html
+++ b/js/src/dapps/basiccoin.html
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     <div id="container"></div>
     <script src="vendor.js"></script>
     <script src="commons.js"></script>
-    <script src="parity.js"></script>
+    <script src="/parity-utils/parity.js"></script>
     <script src="basiccoin.js"></script>
   </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/js/src/dapps/gavcoin.html b/js/src/dapps/gavcoin.html
index 928310a52..f777f2920 100644
--- a/js/src/dapps/gavcoin.html
+++ b/js/src/dapps/gavcoin.html
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     <div id="container"></div>
     <script src="vendor.js"></script>
     <script src="commons.js"></script>
-    <script src="parity.js"></script>
+    <script src="/parity-utils/parity.js"></script>
     <script src="gavcoin.js"></script>
   </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/js/src/dapps/githubhint.html b/js/src/dapps/githubhint.html
index 0084dd051..085b15953 100644
--- a/js/src/dapps/githubhint.html
+++ b/js/src/dapps/githubhint.html
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     <div id="container"></div>
     <script src="vendor.js"></script>
     <script src="commons.js"></script>
-    <script src="parity.js"></script>
+    <script src="/parity-utils/parity.js"></script>
     <script src="githubhint.js"></script>
   </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/js/src/dapps/registry.html b/js/src/dapps/registry.html
index 21b09dc12..83c5e8c9b 100644
--- a/js/src/dapps/registry.html
+++ b/js/src/dapps/registry.html
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     <div id="container"></div>
     <script src="vendor.js"></script>
     <script src="commons.js"></script>
-    <script src="parity.js"></script>
+    <script src="/parity-utils/parity.js"></script>
     <script src="registry.js"></script>
   </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/js/src/dapps/signaturereg.html b/js/src/dapps/signaturereg.html
index 3f74be28a..be62400d2 100644
--- a/js/src/dapps/signaturereg.html
+++ b/js/src/dapps/signaturereg.html
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     <div id="container"></div>
     <script src="vendor.js"></script>
     <script src="commons.js"></script>
-    <script src="parity.js"></script>
+    <script src="/parity-utils/parity.js"></script>
     <script src="signaturereg.js"></script>
   </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/js/src/dapps/tokenreg.html b/js/src/dapps/tokenreg.html
index ecb03d005..bcf04e298 100644
--- a/js/src/dapps/tokenreg.html
+++ b/js/src/dapps/tokenreg.html
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     <div id="container"></div>
     <script src="vendor.js"></script>
     <script src="commons.js"></script>
-    <script src="parity.js"></script>
+    <script src="/parity-utils/parity.js"></script>
     <script src="tokenreg.js"></script>
   </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/js/src/dev.parity.html b/js/src/dev.parity.html
index 20b8e965f..56811f7c2 100644
--- a/js/src/dev.parity.html
+++ b/js/src/dev.parity.html
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@
     <title>dev::Parity.js</title>
   </head>
   <body>
-    <script src="parity.js"></script>
+    <script src="/parity-utils/parity.js"></script>
   </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/js/src/dev.web3.html b/js/src/dev.web3.html
index 97a47eb72..e55e0109b 100644
--- a/js/src/dev.web3.html
+++ b/js/src/dev.web3.html
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@
     <title>dev::Web3</title>
   </head>
   <body>
-    <script src="inject.js"></script>
+    <script src="/parity-utils/web3.js"></script>
   </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/js/src/environment/index.js b/js/src/environment/index.js
index 1dfda77aa..9b95bb0da 100644
--- a/js/src/environment/index.js
+++ b/js/src/environment/index.js
@@ -19,7 +19,13 @@
 
 import './tests';
 
-const parityNode = process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production' ? 'http://127.0.0.1:8080' : '';
+const parityNode = (
+    process.env.PARITY_URL && `http://${process.env.PARITY_URL}`
+  ) || (
+    process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production'
+    ? 'http://127.0.0.1:8080'
+    : ''
+  );
 
 export {
   parityNode
diff --git a/js/src/inject.js b/js/src/web3.js
similarity index 100%
rename from js/src/inject.js
rename to js/src/web3.js
diff --git a/js/webpack.config.js b/js/webpack.config.js
index 39415b1a1..c72ef8936 100644
--- a/js/webpack.config.js
+++ b/js/webpack.config.js
@@ -41,8 +41,9 @@ module.exports = {
     'signaturereg': ['./dapps/signaturereg.js'],
     'tokenreg': ['./dapps/tokenreg.js'],
     // library
-    'inject': ['./inject.js'],
     'parity': ['./parity.js'],
+    'inject': ['./web3.js'],
+    'web3': ['./web3.js'],
     // app
     'index': ['./index.js']
   },
@@ -136,10 +137,6 @@ module.exports = {
           'babel?cacheDirectory=true'
         ]
       }),
-      new webpack.DllReferencePlugin({
-        context: '.',
-        manifest: require(`./${DEST}/vendor-manifest.json`)
-      }),
       new CopyWebpackPlugin([{ from: './error_pages.css', to: 'styles.css' }], {}),
       new WebpackErrorNotificationPlugin(),
       new webpack.DefinePlugin({
@@ -149,6 +146,11 @@ module.exports = {
           PARITY_URL: JSON.stringify(process.env.PARITY_URL),
           LOGGING: JSON.stringify(!isProd)
         }
+      }),
+
+      new webpack.DllReferencePlugin({
+        context: '.',
+        manifest: require(`./${DEST}/vendor-manifest.json`)
       })
     ];
 
@@ -164,16 +166,10 @@ module.exports = {
     if (isProd) {
       plugins.push(
         new webpack.optimize.CommonsChunkPlugin({
-          chunks: [ 'index' ],
+          chunks: ['index'],
           name: 'commons'
         })
       );
-      plugins.push(
-        new webpack.optimize.CommonsChunkPlugin({
-          chunks: [ 'parity' ],
-          name: 'parity'
-        })
-      );
 
       plugins.push(new webpack.optimize.OccurrenceOrderPlugin(false));
       plugins.push(new webpack.optimize.DedupePlugin());
@@ -208,8 +204,11 @@ module.exports = {
         }
       },
       '/parity-utils/*': {
-        target: 'http://127.0.0.1:8080',
-        changeOrigin: true
+        target: 'http://127.0.0.1:3000',
+        changeOrigin: true,
+        pathRewrite: {
+          '^/parity-utils': ''
+        }
       },
       '/rpc/*': {
         target: 'http://localhost:8080',
diff --git a/js/webpack.libraries.js b/js/webpack.libraries.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bf54a933f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/js/webpack.libraries.js
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+// Copyright 2015, 2016 Ethcore (UK) Ltd.
+// This file is part of Parity.
+
+// Parity is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+
+// Parity is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with Parity.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+// Run with `webpack --config webpack.libraries.js --progress`
+
+const HappyPack = require('happypack');
+const path = require('path');
+const webpack = require('webpack');
+
+const ENV = process.env.NODE_ENV || 'development';
+const isProd = ENV === 'production';
+const DEST = process.env.BUILD_DEST || '.build';
+
+module.exports = {
+  context: path.join(__dirname, './src'),
+  entry: {
+    // library
+    'inject': ['./web3.js'],
+    'web3': ['./web3.js'],
+    'parity': ['./parity.js']
+  },
+  output: {
+    path: path.join(__dirname, DEST),
+    filename: '[name].js'
+  },
+  module: {
+    loaders: [
+      {
+        test: /\.js$/,
+        exclude: /node_modules/,
+        loader: 'happypack/loader?id=js'
+      },
+      {
+        test: /\.json$/,
+        loaders: ['json']
+      },
+      {
+        test: /\.html$/,
+        loader: 'file?name=[name].[ext]'
+      }
+    ]
+  },
+  plugins: (function () {
+    const plugins = [
+      new HappyPack({
+        id: 'js',
+        threads: 4,
+        loaders: [ 'babel' ]
+      }),
+      new webpack.DefinePlugin({
+        'process.env': {
+          NODE_ENV: JSON.stringify(ENV),
+          RPC_ADDRESS: JSON.stringify(process.env.RPC_ADDRESS),
+          PARITY_URL: JSON.stringify(process.env.PARITY_URL),
+          LOGGING: JSON.stringify(!isProd)
+        }
+      })
+    ];
+
+    if (isProd) {
+      plugins.push(new webpack.optimize.OccurrenceOrderPlugin(false));
+      plugins.push(new webpack.optimize.DedupePlugin());
+      plugins.push(new webpack.optimize.UglifyJsPlugin({
+        screwIe8: true,
+        compress: {
+          warnings: false
+        },
+        output: {
+          comments: false
+        }
+      }));
+    }
+
+    return plugins;
+  }())
+};

From 436b7c213d50543c89db2bc2c9cfc4241b3be6f1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: GitLab Build Bot <jaco+gitlab@ethcore.io>
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2016 11:46:34 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 16/29] [ci skip] js-precompiled 20161026-114541

---
 Cargo.lock | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 27ac800f5..51e255a24 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1208,7 +1208,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "parity-ui-precompiled"
 version = "1.4.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/ethcore/js-precompiled.git#6be42e2bcf15db125797097df7a2dcfbf7d1e1d2"
+source = "git+https://github.com/ethcore/js-precompiled.git#1c5409c9102b62600f9e5e2894221827b24721f8"
 dependencies = [
  "parity-dapps-glue 1.4.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]

From 5b978be03445ef0d811fdd3cf1ef4193f21f2a70 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Arkadiy Paronyan <arkady.paronyan@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2016 13:53:47 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 17/29] Get rid of MemoryDB denote (#2881)

---
 Cargo.lock                            | 13 ++--
 Cargo.toml                            |  1 +
 ethcore/src/account_db.rs             | 34 +++++-----
 ethcore/src/migrations/state/v7.rs    |  2 +-
 ethcore/src/snapshot/account.rs       | 12 ++--
 ethcore/src/snapshot/mod.rs           |  6 +-
 ethcore/src/snapshot/tests/helpers.rs |  3 +-
 ethcore/src/state/account.rs          |  6 +-
 ethcore/src/state/mod.rs              |  6 +-
 util/Cargo.toml                       |  2 +-
 util/rlp/Cargo.toml                   |  4 +-
 util/src/hashdb.rs                    | 13 ++--
 util/src/journaldb/archivedb.rs       | 28 +++-----
 util/src/journaldb/earlymergedb.rs    | 29 +++-----
 util/src/journaldb/overlayrecentdb.rs | 56 ++++++----------
 util/src/journaldb/refcounteddb.rs    |  6 +-
 util/src/kvdb.rs                      | 21 +++---
 util/src/lib.rs                       |  2 +-
 util/src/memorydb.rs                  | 78 ++++++----------------
 util/src/nibbleslice.rs               | 19 +++---
 util/src/overlaydb.rs                 | 81 +++++++++++-----------
 util/src/trie/fatdb.rs                | 10 +--
 util/src/trie/fatdbmut.rs             |  6 +-
 util/src/trie/journal.rs              |  8 +--
 util/src/trie/mod.rs                  | 12 ++--
 util/src/trie/node.rs                 | 84 +++++++++++++++--------
 util/src/trie/sectriedb.rs            |  6 +-
 util/src/trie/sectriedbmut.rs         |  6 +-
 util/src/trie/triedb.rs               | 85 +++++++++++++-----------
 util/src/trie/triedbmut.rs            | 96 ++++++++++++++-------------
 30 files changed, 359 insertions(+), 376 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 51e255a24..9df7200e8 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -222,8 +222,11 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "elastic-array"
-version = "0.5.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+version = "0.6.0"
+source = "git+https://github.com/ethcore/elastic-array#70e4012e691b732c7c4cb04e9232799e6aa268bc"
+dependencies = [
+ "heapsize 0.3.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "env_logger"
@@ -540,7 +543,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "ansi_term 0.7.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "arrayvec 0.3.16 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "clippy 0.0.90 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "elastic-array 0.5.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "elastic-array 0.6.0 (git+https://github.com/ethcore/elastic-array)",
  "env_logger 0.3.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "eth-secp256k1 0.5.4 (git+https://github.com/ethcore/rust-secp256k1)",
  "ethcore-bigint 0.1.1",
@@ -1421,7 +1424,7 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "rlp"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
- "elastic-array 0.5.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "elastic-array 0.6.0 (git+https://github.com/ethcore/elastic-array)",
  "ethcore-bigint 0.1.1",
  "lazy_static 0.2.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "rustc-serialize 0.3.19 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -1954,7 +1957,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "checksum deque 0.3.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "1614659040e711785ed8ea24219140654da1729f3ec8a47a9719d041112fe7bf"
 "checksum docopt 0.6.80 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "4cc0acb4ce0828c6a5a11d47baa432fe885881c27428c3a4e473e454ffe57a76"
 "checksum dtoa 0.2.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "0dd841b58510c9618291ffa448da2e4e0f699d984d436122372f446dae62263d"
-"checksum elastic-array 0.5.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "4bc9250a632e7c001b741eb0ec6cee93c9a5b6d5f1879696a4b94d62b012210a"
+"checksum elastic-array 0.6.0 (git+https://github.com/ethcore/elastic-array)" = "<none>"
 "checksum env_logger 0.3.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "aba65b63ffcc17ffacd6cf5aa843da7c5a25e3bd4bbe0b7def8b214e411250e5"
 "checksum eth-secp256k1 0.5.4 (git+https://github.com/ethcore/rust-secp256k1)" = "<none>"
 "checksum ethabi 0.2.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "f7b0c53453517f620847be51943db329276ae52f2e210cfc659e81182864be2f"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 0eec6ff7f..62039696c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ ipc = ["ethcore/ipc", "ethsync/ipc"]
 jit = ["ethcore/jit"]
 dev = ["clippy", "ethcore/dev", "ethcore-util/dev", "ethsync/dev", "ethcore-rpc/dev", "ethcore-dapps/dev", "ethcore-signer/dev"]
 json-tests = ["ethcore/json-tests"]
+test-heavy = ["ethcore/test-heavy"]
 stratum = ["ipc"]
 ethkey-cli = ["ethcore/ethkey-cli"]
 ethstore-cli = ["ethcore/ethstore-cli"]
diff --git a/ethcore/src/account_db.rs b/ethcore/src/account_db.rs
index 2d00f8ed5..0761b7fba 100644
--- a/ethcore/src/account_db.rs
+++ b/ethcore/src/account_db.rs
@@ -96,9 +96,9 @@ impl<'db> HashDB for AccountDB<'db>{
 		unimplemented!()
 	}
 
-	fn get(&self, key: &H256) -> Option<&[u8]> {
+	fn get(&self, key: &H256) -> Option<DBValue> {
 		if key == &SHA3_NULL_RLP {
-			return Some(&NULL_RLP_STATIC);
+			return Some(DBValue::from_slice(&NULL_RLP_STATIC));
 		}
 		self.db.get(&combine_key(&self.address_hash, key))
 	}
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ impl<'db> HashDB for AccountDB<'db>{
 		unimplemented!()
 	}
 
-	fn emplace(&mut self, _key: H256, _value: Bytes) {
+	fn emplace(&mut self, _key: H256, _value: DBValue) {
 		unimplemented!()
 	}
 
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ impl<'db> HashDB for AccountDB<'db>{
 		unimplemented!()
 	}
 
-	fn get_aux(&self, hash: &[u8]) -> Option<Vec<u8>> {
+	fn get_aux(&self, hash: &[u8]) -> Option<DBValue> {
 		self.db.get_aux(hash)
 	}
 }
@@ -158,9 +158,9 @@ impl<'db> HashDB for AccountDBMut<'db>{
 		unimplemented!()
 	}
 
-	fn get(&self, key: &H256) -> Option<&[u8]> {
+	fn get(&self, key: &H256) -> Option<DBValue> {
 		if key == &SHA3_NULL_RLP {
-			return Some(&NULL_RLP_STATIC);
+			return Some(DBValue::from_slice(&NULL_RLP_STATIC));
 		}
 		self.db.get(&combine_key(&self.address_hash, key))
 	}
@@ -178,16 +178,16 @@ impl<'db> HashDB for AccountDBMut<'db>{
 		}
 		let k = value.sha3();
 		let ak = combine_key(&self.address_hash, &k);
-		self.db.emplace(ak, value.to_vec());
+		self.db.emplace(ak, DBValue::from_slice(value));
 		k
 	}
 
-	fn emplace(&mut self, key: H256, value: Bytes) {
+	fn emplace(&mut self, key: H256, value: DBValue) {
 		if key == SHA3_NULL_RLP {
 			return;
 		}
 		let key = combine_key(&self.address_hash, &key);
-		self.db.emplace(key, value.to_vec())
+		self.db.emplace(key, value)
 	}
 
 	fn remove(&mut self, key: &H256) {
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ impl<'db> HashDB for AccountDBMut<'db>{
 		self.db.insert_aux(hash, value);
 	}
 
-	fn get_aux(&self, hash: &[u8]) -> Option<Vec<u8>> {
+	fn get_aux(&self, hash: &[u8]) -> Option<DBValue> {
 		self.db.get_aux(hash)
 	}
 
@@ -218,9 +218,9 @@ impl<'db> HashDB for Wrapping<'db> {
 		unimplemented!()
 	}
 
-	fn get(&self, key: &H256) -> Option<&[u8]> {
+	fn get(&self, key: &H256) -> Option<DBValue> {
 		if key == &SHA3_NULL_RLP {
-			return Some(&NULL_RLP_STATIC);
+			return Some(DBValue::from_slice(&NULL_RLP_STATIC));
 		}
 		self.0.get(key)
 	}
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ impl<'db> HashDB for Wrapping<'db> {
 		unimplemented!()
 	}
 
-	fn emplace(&mut self, _key: H256, _value: Bytes) {
+	fn emplace(&mut self, _key: H256, _value: DBValue) {
 		unimplemented!()
 	}
 
@@ -252,9 +252,9 @@ impl<'db> HashDB for WrappingMut<'db>{
 		unimplemented!()
 	}
 
-	fn get(&self, key: &H256) -> Option<&[u8]> {
+	fn get(&self, key: &H256) -> Option<DBValue> {
 		if key == &SHA3_NULL_RLP {
-			return Some(&NULL_RLP_STATIC);
+			return Some(DBValue::from_slice(&NULL_RLP_STATIC));
 		}
 		self.0.get(key)
 	}
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ impl<'db> HashDB for WrappingMut<'db>{
 		self.0.insert(value)
 	}
 
-	fn emplace(&mut self, key: H256, value: Bytes) {
+	fn emplace(&mut self, key: H256, value: DBValue) {
 		if key == SHA3_NULL_RLP {
 			return;
 		}
@@ -286,4 +286,4 @@ impl<'db> HashDB for WrappingMut<'db>{
 		}
 		self.0.remove(key)
 	}
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/ethcore/src/migrations/state/v7.rs b/ethcore/src/migrations/state/v7.rs
index 9af75a8ed..49df041eb 100644
--- a/ethcore/src/migrations/state/v7.rs
+++ b/ethcore/src/migrations/state/v7.rs
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ impl OverlayRecentV7 {
 	// and commit the altered entries.
 	fn migrate_journal(&self, source: Arc<Database>, mut batch: Batch, dest: &mut Database) -> Result<(), Error> {
 		if let Some(val) = try!(source.get(None, V7_LATEST_ERA_KEY).map_err(Error::Custom)) {
-			try!(batch.insert(V7_LATEST_ERA_KEY.into(), val.to_owned(), dest));
+			try!(batch.insert(V7_LATEST_ERA_KEY.into(), val.clone().to_vec(), dest));
 
 			let mut era = decode::<u64>(&val);
 			loop {
diff --git a/ethcore/src/snapshot/account.rs b/ethcore/src/snapshot/account.rs
index 30f2cd956..7e4585365 100644
--- a/ethcore/src/snapshot/account.rs
+++ b/ethcore/src/snapshot/account.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 use account_db::{AccountDB, AccountDBMut};
 use snapshot::Error;
 
-use util::{U256, FixedHash, H256, Bytes, HashDB, SHA3_EMPTY, SHA3_NULL_RLP};
+use util::{U256, FixedHash, H256, Bytes, HashDB, DBValue, SHA3_EMPTY, SHA3_NULL_RLP};
 use util::trie::{TrieDB, Trie};
 use rlp::{Rlp, RlpStream, Stream, UntrustedRlp, View};
 
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ impl Account {
 		let mut stream = RlpStream::new_list(pairs.len());
 
 		for (k, v) in pairs {
-			stream.begin_list(2).append(&k).append(&v);
+			stream.begin_list(2).append(&k).append(&&*v);
 		}
 
 		let pairs_rlp = stream.out();
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ impl Account {
 			match acct_db.get(&self.code_hash) {
 				Some(c) => {
 					used_code.insert(self.code_hash.clone());
-					account_stream.append(&CodeState::Inline.raw()).append(&c);
+					account_stream.append(&CodeState::Inline.raw()).append(&&*c);
 				}
 				None => {
 					warn!("code lookup failed during snapshot");
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ impl Account {
 			CodeState::Hash => {
 				let code_hash = try!(rlp.val_at(3));
 				if let Some(code) = code_map.get(&code_hash) {
-					acct_db.emplace(code_hash.clone(), code.clone());
+					acct_db.emplace(code_hash.clone(), DBValue::from_slice(&code));
 				}
 
 				(code_hash, None)
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ mod tests {
 	use snapshot::tests::helpers::fill_storage;
 
 	use util::sha3::{SHA3_EMPTY, SHA3_NULL_RLP};
-	use util::{Address, FixedHash, H256, HashDB};
+	use util::{Address, FixedHash, H256, HashDB, DBValue};
 	use rlp::{UntrustedRlp, View};
 
 	use std::collections::{HashSet, HashMap};
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ mod tests {
 
 		{
 			let mut acct_db = AccountDBMut::new(db.as_hashdb_mut(), &addr2);
-			acct_db.emplace(code_hash.clone(), b"this is definitely code".to_vec());
+			acct_db.emplace(code_hash.clone(), DBValue::from_slice(b"this is definitely code"));
 		}
 
 		let account1 = Account {
diff --git a/ethcore/src/snapshot/mod.rs b/ethcore/src/snapshot/mod.rs
index 8b032c0e1..223d769d2 100644
--- a/ethcore/src/snapshot/mod.rs
+++ b/ethcore/src/snapshot/mod.rs
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ use engines::Engine;
 use ids::BlockID;
 use views::BlockView;
 
-use util::{Bytes, Hashable, HashDB, snappy, U256, Uint};
+use util::{Bytes, Hashable, HashDB, DBValue, snappy, U256, Uint};
 use util::memorydb::MemoryDB;
 use util::Mutex;
 use util::hash::{FixedHash, H256};
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ pub fn chunk_state<'a>(db: &HashDB, root: &H256, writer: &Mutex<SnapshotWriter +
 	// account_key here is the address' hash.
 	for item in try!(account_trie.iter()) {
 		let (account_key, account_data) = try!(item);
-		let account = Account::from_thin_rlp(account_data);
+		let account = Account::from_thin_rlp(&*account_data);
 		let account_key_hash = H256::from_slice(&account_key);
 
 		let account_db = AccountDB::from_hash(db, account_key_hash);
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ impl StateRebuilder {
 		for (code_hash, code) in chunk_code {
 			for addr_hash in self.missing_code.remove(&code_hash).unwrap_or_else(Vec::new) {
 				let mut db = AccountDBMut::from_hash(self.db.as_hashdb_mut(), addr_hash);
-				db.emplace(code_hash, code.clone());
+				db.emplace(code_hash, DBValue::from_slice(&code));
 			}
 
 			self.code_map.insert(code_hash, code);
diff --git a/ethcore/src/snapshot/tests/helpers.rs b/ethcore/src/snapshot/tests/helpers.rs
index cb928346e..c97f138d7 100644
--- a/ethcore/src/snapshot/tests/helpers.rs
+++ b/ethcore/src/snapshot/tests/helpers.rs
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ use account_db::AccountDBMut;
 use rand::Rng;
 use snapshot::account::Account;
 
+use util::DBValue;
 use util::hash::{FixedHash, H256};
 use util::hashdb::HashDB;
 use util::trie::{Alphabet, StandardMap, SecTrieDBMut, TrieMut, ValueMode};
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ impl StateProducer {
 			let mut account = Account::from_thin_rlp(&*account_data);
 			let acct_db = AccountDBMut::from_hash(db, *address_hash);
 			fill_storage(acct_db, account.storage_root_mut(), &mut self.storage_seed);
-			*account_data = account.to_thin_rlp();
+			*account_data = DBValue::from_vec(account.to_thin_rlp());
 		}
 
 		// sweep again to alter account trie.
diff --git a/ethcore/src/state/account.rs b/ethcore/src/state/account.rs
index 6a56d95c2..b26c79cba 100644
--- a/ethcore/src/state/account.rs
+++ b/ethcore/src/state/account.rs
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ impl Account {
 			using it will not fail.");
 
 		let item: U256 = match db.get(key){
-			Ok(x) => x.map_or_else(U256::zero, decode),
+			Ok(x) => x.map_or_else(U256::zero, |v| decode(&*v)),
 			Err(e) => panic!("Encountered potential DB corruption: {}", e),
 		};
 		let value: H256 = item.into();
@@ -253,8 +253,8 @@ impl Account {
 		self.is_cached() ||
 		match db.get(&self.code_hash) {
 			Some(x) => {
-				self.code_cache = Arc::new(x.to_vec());
 				self.code_size = Some(x.len());
+				self.code_cache = Arc::new(x.to_vec());
 				true
 			},
 			_ => {
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ impl Account {
 				self.code_filth = Filth::Clean;
 			},
 			(true, false) => {
-				db.emplace(self.code_hash.clone(), (*self.code_cache).clone());
+				db.emplace(self.code_hash.clone(), DBValue::from_slice(&*self.code_cache));
 				self.code_size = Some(self.code_cache.len());
 				self.code_filth = Filth::Clean;
 			},
diff --git a/ethcore/src/state/mod.rs b/ethcore/src/state/mod.rs
index 2253ed89d..6befcad12 100644
--- a/ethcore/src/state/mod.rs
+++ b/ethcore/src/state/mod.rs
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ impl State {
 		// account is not found in the global cache, get from the DB and insert into local
 		let db = self.factories.trie.readonly(self.db.as_hashdb(), &self.root).expect(SEC_TRIE_DB_UNWRAP_STR);
 		let maybe_acc = match db.get(address) {
-			Ok(acc) => acc.map(Account::from_rlp),
+			Ok(acc) => acc.map(|v| Account::from_rlp(&v)),
 			Err(e) => panic!("Potential DB corruption encountered: {}", e),
 		};
 		let r = maybe_acc.as_ref().map_or(H256::new(), |a| {
@@ -648,7 +648,7 @@ impl State {
 				// not found in the global cache, get from the DB and insert into local
 				let db = self.factories.trie.readonly(self.db.as_hashdb(), &self.root).expect(SEC_TRIE_DB_UNWRAP_STR);
 				let mut maybe_acc = match db.get(a) {
-					Ok(acc) => acc.map(Account::from_rlp),
+					Ok(acc) => acc.map(|v| Account::from_rlp(&v)),
 					Err(e) => panic!("Potential DB corruption encountered: {}", e),
 				};
 				if let Some(ref mut account) = maybe_acc.as_mut() {
@@ -680,7 +680,7 @@ impl State {
 					let maybe_acc = if self.db.check_account_bloom(a) {
 						let db = self.factories.trie.readonly(self.db.as_hashdb(), &self.root).expect(SEC_TRIE_DB_UNWRAP_STR);
 						let maybe_acc = match db.get(a) {
-							Ok(Some(acc)) => AccountEntry::new_clean(Some(Account::from_rlp(acc))),
+							Ok(Some(acc)) => AccountEntry::new_clean(Some(Account::from_rlp(&acc))),
 							Ok(None) => AccountEntry::new_clean(None),
 							Err(e) => panic!("Potential DB corruption encountered: {}", e),
 						};
diff --git a/util/Cargo.toml b/util/Cargo.toml
index ce2992fe5..c560a6bb5 100644
--- a/util/Cargo.toml
+++ b/util/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ rocksdb = { git = "https://github.com/ethcore/rust-rocksdb" }
 lazy_static = "0.2"
 eth-secp256k1 = { git = "https://github.com/ethcore/rust-secp256k1" }
 rust-crypto = "0.2.34"
-elastic-array = "0.5"
+elastic-array = { git = "https://github.com/ethcore/elastic-array" }
 rlp = { path = "rlp" }
 heapsize = { version = "0.3", features = ["unstable"] }
 itertools = "0.4"
diff --git a/util/rlp/Cargo.toml b/util/rlp/Cargo.toml
index c24e4cc59..7095ddb04 100644
--- a/util/rlp/Cargo.toml
+++ b/util/rlp/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 authors = ["Ethcore <admin@ethcore.io>"]
 
 [dependencies]
-elastic-array = "0.5"
+elastic-array = { git = "https://github.com/ethcore/elastic-array" }
 ethcore-bigint = { path = "../bigint" }
 lazy_static = "0.2"
-rustc-serialize = "0.3"
\ No newline at end of file
+rustc-serialize = "0.3"
diff --git a/util/src/hashdb.rs b/util/src/hashdb.rs
index 55cc2a89e..395a504de 100644
--- a/util/src/hashdb.rs
+++ b/util/src/hashdb.rs
@@ -16,8 +16,11 @@
 
 //! Database of byte-slices keyed to their Keccak hash.
 use hash::*;
-use bytes::*;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
+use elastic_array::ElasticArray256;
+
+/// `HashDB` value type.
+pub type DBValue = ElasticArray256<u8>;
 
 /// Trait modelling datastore keyed by a 32-byte Keccak hash.
 pub trait HashDB: AsHashDB + Send + Sync {
@@ -39,7 +42,7 @@ pub trait HashDB: AsHashDB + Send + Sync {
 	///   assert_eq!(m.get(&hash).unwrap(), hello_bytes);
 	/// }
 	/// ```
-	fn get(&self, key: &H256) -> Option<&[u8]>;
+	fn get(&self, key: &H256) -> Option<DBValue>;
 
 	/// Check for the existance of a hash-key.
 	///
@@ -80,7 +83,7 @@ pub trait HashDB: AsHashDB + Send + Sync {
 	fn insert(&mut self, value: &[u8]) -> H256;
 
 	/// Like `insert()` , except you provide the key and the data is all moved.
-	fn emplace(&mut self, key: H256, value: Bytes);
+	fn emplace(&mut self, key: H256, value: DBValue);
 
 	/// Remove a datum previously inserted. Insertions can be "owed" such that the same number of `insert()`s may
 	/// happen without the data being eventually being inserted into the DB.
@@ -111,7 +114,7 @@ pub trait HashDB: AsHashDB + Send + Sync {
 	}
 
 	/// Get auxiliary data from hashdb.
-	fn get_aux(&self, _hash: &[u8]) -> Option<Vec<u8>> {
+	fn get_aux(&self, _hash: &[u8]) -> Option<DBValue> {
 		unimplemented!();
 	}
 
@@ -136,4 +139,4 @@ impl<T: HashDB> AsHashDB for T {
 	fn as_hashdb_mut(&mut self) -> &mut HashDB {
 		self
 	}
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/util/src/journaldb/archivedb.rs b/util/src/journaldb/archivedb.rs
index efedfb766..940f92375 100644
--- a/util/src/journaldb/archivedb.rs
+++ b/util/src/journaldb/archivedb.rs
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ impl ArchiveDB {
 		Self::new(backing, None)
 	}
 
-	fn payload(&self, key: &H256) -> Option<Bytes> {
-		self.backing.get(self.column, key).expect("Low-level database error. Some issue with your hard disk?").map(|v| v.to_vec())
+	fn payload(&self, key: &H256) -> Option<DBValue> {
+		self.backing.get(self.column, key).expect("Low-level database error. Some issue with your hard disk?")
 	}
 }
 
@@ -85,19 +85,12 @@ impl HashDB for ArchiveDB {
 		ret
 	}
 
-	fn get(&self, key: &H256) -> Option<&[u8]> {
+	fn get(&self, key: &H256) -> Option<DBValue> {
 		let k = self.overlay.raw(key);
-		match k {
-			Some((d, rc)) if rc > 0 => Some(d),
-			_ => {
-				if let Some(x) = self.payload(key) {
-					Some(self.overlay.denote(key, x).0)
-				}
-				else {
-					None
-				}
-			}
+		if let Some((d, rc)) = k {
+			if rc > 0 { return Some(d); }
 		}
+		self.payload(key)
 	}
 
 	fn contains(&self, key: &H256) -> bool {
@@ -108,7 +101,7 @@ impl HashDB for ArchiveDB {
 		self.overlay.insert(value)
 	}
 
-	fn emplace(&mut self, key: H256, value: Bytes) {
+	fn emplace(&mut self, key: H256, value: DBValue) {
 		self.overlay.emplace(key, value);
 	}
 
@@ -120,7 +113,7 @@ impl HashDB for ArchiveDB {
 		self.overlay.insert_aux(hash, value);
 	}
 
-	fn get_aux(&self, hash: &[u8]) -> Option<Vec<u8>> {
+	fn get_aux(&self, hash: &[u8]) -> Option<DBValue> {
 		if let Some(res) = self.overlay.get_aux(hash) {
 			return Some(res)
 		}
@@ -130,7 +123,6 @@ impl HashDB for ArchiveDB {
 
 		self.backing.get(self.column, &db_hash)
 			.expect("Low-level database error. Some issue with your hard disk?")
-			.map(|v| v.to_vec())
 	}
 
 	fn remove_aux(&mut self, hash: &[u8]) {
@@ -396,7 +388,7 @@ mod tests {
 			let mut jdb = new_db(&dir);
 			// history is 1
 			let foo = jdb.insert(b"foo");
-			jdb.emplace(bar.clone(), b"bar".to_vec());
+			jdb.emplace(bar.clone(), DBValue::from_slice(b"bar"));
 			jdb.commit_batch(0, &b"0".sha3(), None).unwrap();
 			foo
 		};
@@ -497,7 +489,7 @@ mod tests {
 		let key = jdb.insert(b"dog");
 		jdb.inject_batch().unwrap();
 
-		assert_eq!(jdb.get(&key).unwrap(), b"dog");
+		assert_eq!(jdb.get(&key).unwrap(), DBValue::from_slice(b"dog"));
 		jdb.remove(&key);
 		jdb.inject_batch().unwrap();
 
diff --git a/util/src/journaldb/earlymergedb.rs b/util/src/journaldb/earlymergedb.rs
index 0f7c097b8..1e782c580 100644
--- a/util/src/journaldb/earlymergedb.rs
+++ b/util/src/journaldb/earlymergedb.rs
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ impl EarlyMergeDB {
 		backing.get(col, &Self::morph_key(key, 0)).expect("Low-level database error. Some issue with your hard disk?").is_some()
 	}
 
-	fn insert_keys(inserts: &[(H256, Bytes)], backing: &Database, col: Option<u32>, refs: &mut HashMap<H256, RefInfo>, batch: &mut DBTransaction, trace: bool) {
+	fn insert_keys(inserts: &[(H256, DBValue)], backing: &Database, col: Option<u32>, refs: &mut HashMap<H256, RefInfo>, batch: &mut DBTransaction, trace: bool) {
 		for &(ref h, ref d) in inserts {
 			if let Some(c) = refs.get_mut(h) {
 				// already counting. increment.
@@ -268,8 +268,8 @@ impl EarlyMergeDB {
 		}
 	}
 
-	fn payload(&self, key: &H256) -> Option<Bytes> {
-		self.backing.get(self.column, key).expect("Low-level database error. Some issue with your hard disk?").map(|v| v.to_vec())
+	fn payload(&self, key: &H256) -> Option<DBValue> {
+		self.backing.get(self.column, key).expect("Low-level database error. Some issue with your hard disk?")
 	}
 
 	fn read_refs(db: &Database, col: Option<u32>) -> (Option<u64>, HashMap<H256, RefInfo>) {
@@ -317,19 +317,12 @@ impl HashDB for EarlyMergeDB {
 		ret
 	}
 
-	fn get(&self, key: &H256) -> Option<&[u8]> {
+	fn get(&self, key: &H256) -> Option<DBValue> {
 		let k = self.overlay.raw(key);
-		match k {
-			Some((d, rc)) if rc > 0 => Some(d),
-			_ => {
-				if let Some(x) = self.payload(key) {
-					Some(self.overlay.denote(key, x).0)
-				}
-				else {
-					None
-				}
-			}
+		if let Some((d, rc)) = k {
+			if rc > 0 { return Some(d) }
 		}
+		self.payload(key)
 	}
 
 	fn contains(&self, key: &H256) -> bool {
@@ -339,7 +332,7 @@ impl HashDB for EarlyMergeDB {
 	fn insert(&mut self, value: &[u8]) -> H256 {
 		self.overlay.insert(value)
 	}
-	fn emplace(&mut self, key: H256, value: Bytes) {
+	fn emplace(&mut self, key: H256, value: DBValue) {
 		self.overlay.emplace(key, value);
 	}
 	fn remove(&mut self, key: &H256) {
@@ -413,7 +406,7 @@ impl JournalDB for EarlyMergeDB {
 				.iter()
 				.filter_map(|(k, &(_, c))| if c < 0 {Some(k.clone())} else {None})
 				.collect();
-			let inserts: Vec<(H256, Bytes)> = drained
+			let inserts: Vec<(H256, _)> = drained
 				.into_iter()
 				.filter_map(|(k, (v, r))| if r > 0 { assert!(r == 1); Some((k, v)) } else { assert!(r >= -1); None })
 				.collect();
@@ -832,7 +825,7 @@ mod tests {
 			let mut jdb = new_db(&dir);
 			// history is 1
 			let foo = jdb.insert(b"foo");
-			jdb.emplace(bar.clone(), b"bar".to_vec());
+			jdb.emplace(bar.clone(), DBValue::from_slice(b"bar"));
 			jdb.commit_batch(0, &b"0".sha3(), None).unwrap();
 			assert!(jdb.can_reconstruct_refs());
 			foo
@@ -1088,7 +1081,7 @@ mod tests {
 		let key = jdb.insert(b"dog");
 		jdb.inject_batch().unwrap();
 
-		assert_eq!(jdb.get(&key).unwrap(), b"dog");
+		assert_eq!(jdb.get(&key).unwrap(), DBValue::from_slice(b"dog"));
 		jdb.remove(&key);
 		jdb.inject_batch().unwrap();
 
diff --git a/util/src/journaldb/overlayrecentdb.rs b/util/src/journaldb/overlayrecentdb.rs
index e58fe2522..83868d06b 100644
--- a/util/src/journaldb/overlayrecentdb.rs
+++ b/util/src/journaldb/overlayrecentdb.rs
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ pub struct OverlayRecentDB {
 #[derive(PartialEq)]
 struct JournalOverlay {
 	backing_overlay: MemoryDB, // Nodes added in the history period
-	pending_overlay: H256FastMap<Bytes>, // Nodes being transfered from backing_overlay to backing db
+	pending_overlay: H256FastMap<DBValue>, // Nodes being transfered from backing_overlay to backing db
 	journal: HashMap<u64, Vec<JournalEntry>>,
 	latest_era: Option<u64>,
 	earliest_era: Option<u64>,
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ impl OverlayRecentDB {
 		journal_overlay.latest_era == reconstructed.latest_era
 	}
 
-	fn payload(&self, key: &H256) -> Option<Bytes> {
+	fn payload(&self, key: &H256) -> Option<DBValue> {
 		self.backing.get(self.column, key).expect("Low-level database error. Some issue with your hard disk?")
 	}
 
@@ -160,8 +160,8 @@ impl OverlayRecentDB {
 					let mut inserted_keys = Vec::new();
 					for r in insertions.iter() {
 						let k: H256 = r.val_at(0);
-						let v: Bytes = r.val_at(1);
-						overlay.emplace(to_short_key(&k), v);
+						let v = r.at(1).data();
+						overlay.emplace(to_short_key(&k), DBValue::from_slice(v));
 						inserted_keys.push(k);
 						count += 1;
 					}
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ impl JournalDB for OverlayRecentDB {
 		let journal_overlay = self.journal_overlay.read();
 		let key = to_short_key(key);
 		journal_overlay.backing_overlay.get(&key).map(|v| v.to_vec())
-		.or_else(|| journal_overlay.pending_overlay.get(&key).cloned())
+		.or_else(|| journal_overlay.pending_overlay.get(&key).map(|d| d.clone().to_vec()))
 		.or_else(|| self.backing.get_by_prefix(self.column, &key[0..DB_PREFIX_LEN]).map(|b| b.to_vec()))
 	}
 
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ impl JournalDB for OverlayRecentDB {
 		for (k, v) in insertions {
 			r.begin_list(2);
 			r.append(&k);
-			r.append(&v);
+			r.append(&&*v);
 			journal_overlay.backing_overlay.emplace(to_short_key(&k), v);
 		}
 		r.append(&removed_keys);
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ impl JournalDB for OverlayRecentDB {
 		let mut ops = 0;
 		// apply old commits' details
 		if let Some(ref mut records) = journal_overlay.journal.get_mut(&end_era) {
-			let mut canon_insertions: Vec<(H256, Bytes)> = Vec::new();
+			let mut canon_insertions: Vec<(H256, DBValue)> = Vec::new();
 			let mut canon_deletions: Vec<H256> = Vec::new();
 			let mut overlay_deletions: Vec<H256> = Vec::new();
 			let mut index = 0usize;
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ impl JournalDB for OverlayRecentDB {
 						for h in &journal.insertions {
 							if let Some((d, rc)) = journal_overlay.backing_overlay.raw(&to_short_key(h)) {
 								if rc > 0 {
-									canon_insertions.push((h.clone(), d.to_owned())); //TODO: optimize this to avoid data copy
+									canon_insertions.push((h.clone(), d)); //TODO: optimize this to avoid data copy
 								}
 							}
 						}
@@ -386,32 +386,18 @@ impl HashDB for OverlayRecentDB {
 		ret
 	}
 
-	fn get(&self, key: &H256) -> Option<&[u8]> {
+	fn get(&self, key: &H256) -> Option<DBValue> {
 		let k = self.transaction_overlay.raw(key);
-		match k {
-			Some((d, rc)) if rc > 0 => Some(d),
-			_ => {
-				let v = {
-					let journal_overlay = self.journal_overlay.read();
-					let key = to_short_key(key);
-					journal_overlay.backing_overlay.get(&key).map(|v| v.to_vec())
-						.or_else(|| journal_overlay.pending_overlay.get(&key).cloned())
-				};
-				match v {
-					Some(x) => {
-						Some(self.transaction_overlay.denote(key, x).0)
-					}
-					_ => {
-						if let Some(x) = self.payload(key) {
-							Some(self.transaction_overlay.denote(key, x).0)
-						}
-						else {
-							None
-						}
-					}
-				}
-			}
+		if let Some((d, rc)) = k {
+			if rc > 0 { return Some(d) }
 		}
+		let v = {
+			let journal_overlay = self.journal_overlay.read();
+			let key = to_short_key(key);
+			journal_overlay.backing_overlay.get(&key)
+				.or_else(|| journal_overlay.pending_overlay.get(&key).cloned())
+		};
+		v.or_else(|| self.payload(key))
 	}
 
 	fn contains(&self, key: &H256) -> bool {
@@ -421,7 +407,7 @@ impl HashDB for OverlayRecentDB {
 	fn insert(&mut self, value: &[u8]) -> H256 {
 		self.transaction_overlay.insert(value)
 	}
-	fn emplace(&mut self, key: H256, value: Bytes) {
+	fn emplace(&mut self, key: H256, value: DBValue) {
 		self.transaction_overlay.emplace(key, value);
 	}
 	fn remove(&mut self, key: &H256) {
@@ -692,7 +678,7 @@ mod tests {
 			let mut jdb = new_db(&dir);
 			// history is 1
 			let foo = jdb.insert(b"foo");
-			jdb.emplace(bar.clone(), b"bar".to_vec());
+			jdb.emplace(bar.clone(), DBValue::from_slice(b"bar"));
 			jdb.commit_batch(0, &b"0".sha3(), None).unwrap();
 			assert!(jdb.can_reconstruct_refs());
 			foo
@@ -965,7 +951,7 @@ mod tests {
 		let key = jdb.insert(b"dog");
 		jdb.inject_batch().unwrap();
 
-		assert_eq!(jdb.get(&key).unwrap(), b"dog");
+		assert_eq!(jdb.get(&key).unwrap(), DBValue::from_slice(b"dog"));
 		jdb.remove(&key);
 		jdb.inject_batch().unwrap();
 
diff --git a/util/src/journaldb/refcounteddb.rs b/util/src/journaldb/refcounteddb.rs
index e6a0f5dcc..57621f321 100644
--- a/util/src/journaldb/refcounteddb.rs
+++ b/util/src/journaldb/refcounteddb.rs
@@ -83,10 +83,10 @@ impl RefCountedDB {
 
 impl HashDB for RefCountedDB {
 	fn keys(&self) -> HashMap<H256, i32> { self.forward.keys() }
-	fn get(&self, key: &H256) -> Option<&[u8]> { self.forward.get(key) }
+	fn get(&self, key: &H256) -> Option<DBValue> { self.forward.get(key) }
 	fn contains(&self, key: &H256) -> bool { self.forward.contains(key) }
 	fn insert(&mut self, value: &[u8]) -> H256 { let r = self.forward.insert(value); self.inserts.push(r.clone()); r }
-	fn emplace(&mut self, key: H256, value: Bytes) { self.inserts.push(key.clone()); self.forward.emplace(key, value); }
+	fn emplace(&mut self, key: H256, value: DBValue) { self.inserts.push(key.clone()); self.forward.emplace(key, value); }
 	fn remove(&mut self, key: &H256) { self.removes.push(key.clone()); }
 }
 
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ mod tests {
 		let key = jdb.insert(b"dog");
 		jdb.inject_batch().unwrap();
 
-		assert_eq!(jdb.get(&key).unwrap(), b"dog");
+		assert_eq!(jdb.get(&key).unwrap(), DBValue::from_slice(b"dog"));
 		jdb.remove(&key);
 		jdb.inject_batch().unwrap();
 
diff --git a/util/src/kvdb.rs b/util/src/kvdb.rs
index b37af4dc9..08e856117 100644
--- a/util/src/kvdb.rs
+++ b/util/src/kvdb.rs
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ use common::*;
 use elastic_array::*;
 use std::default::Default;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
+use hashdb::DBValue;
 use rlp::{UntrustedRlp, RlpType, View, Compressible};
 use rocksdb::{DB, Writable, WriteBatch, WriteOptions, IteratorMode, DBIterator,
 	Options, DBCompactionStyle, BlockBasedOptions, Direction, Cache, Column, ReadOptions};
@@ -43,12 +44,12 @@ enum DBOp {
 	Insert {
 		col: Option<u32>,
 		key: ElasticArray32<u8>,
-		value: Bytes,
+		value: DBValue,
 	},
 	InsertCompressed {
 		col: Option<u32>,
 		key: ElasticArray32<u8>,
-		value: Bytes,
+		value: DBValue,
 	},
 	Delete {
 		col: Option<u32>,
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ impl DBTransaction {
 		self.ops.push(DBOp::Insert {
 			col: col,
 			key: ekey,
-			value: value.to_vec(),
+			value: DBValue::from_slice(value),
 		});
 	}
 
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@ impl DBTransaction {
 		self.ops.push(DBOp::Insert {
 			col: col,
 			key: ekey,
-			value: value,
+			value: DBValue::from_vec(value),
 		});
 	}
 
@@ -94,7 +95,7 @@ impl DBTransaction {
 		self.ops.push(DBOp::InsertCompressed {
 			col: col,
 			key: ekey,
-			value: value,
+			value: DBValue::from_vec(value),
 		});
 	}
 
@@ -110,8 +111,8 @@ impl DBTransaction {
 }
 
 enum KeyState {
-	Insert(Bytes),
-	InsertCompressed(Bytes),
+	Insert(DBValue),
+	InsertCompressed(DBValue),
 	Delete,
 }
 
@@ -507,7 +508,7 @@ impl Database {
 	}
 
 	/// Get value by key.
-	pub fn get(&self, col: Option<u32>, key: &[u8]) -> Result<Option<Bytes>, String> {
+	pub fn get(&self, col: Option<u32>, key: &[u8]) -> Result<Option<DBValue>, String> {
 		match *self.db.read() {
 			Some(DBAndColumns { ref db, ref cfs }) => {
 				let overlay = &self.overlay.read()[Self::to_overlay_column(col)];
@@ -521,8 +522,8 @@ impl Database {
 							Some(&KeyState::Delete) => Ok(None),
 							None => {
 								col.map_or_else(
-									|| db.get_opt(key, &self.read_opts).map(|r| r.map(|v| v.to_vec())),
-									|c| db.get_cf_opt(cfs[c as usize], key, &self.read_opts).map(|r| r.map(|v| v.to_vec())))
+									|| db.get_opt(key, &self.read_opts).map(|r| r.map(|v| DBValue::from_slice(&v))),
+									|c| db.get_cf_opt(cfs[c as usize], key, &self.read_opts).map(|r| r.map(|v| DBValue::from_slice(&v))))
 							},
 						}
 					},
diff --git a/util/src/lib.rs b/util/src/lib.rs
index bebb2819a..e362459a6 100644
--- a/util/src/lib.rs
+++ b/util/src/lib.rs
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ mod timer;
 pub use common::*;
 pub use misc::*;
 pub use hashdb::*;
-pub use memorydb::*;
+pub use memorydb::MemoryDB;
 pub use overlaydb::*;
 pub use journaldb::JournalDB;
 pub use triehash::*;
diff --git a/util/src/memorydb.rs b/util/src/memorydb.rs
index d0ecb73d9..338f12b1e 100644
--- a/util/src/memorydb.rs
+++ b/util/src/memorydb.rs
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ use hashdb::*;
 use heapsize::*;
 use std::mem;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
-
-const STATIC_NULL_RLP: (&'static [u8], i32) = (&[0x80; 1], 1);
 use std::collections::hash_map::Entry;
 
 /// Reference-counted memory-based `HashDB` implementation.
@@ -73,8 +71,8 @@ use std::collections::hash_map::Entry;
 /// ```
 #[derive(Default, Clone, PartialEq)]
 pub struct MemoryDB {
-	data: H256FastMap<(Bytes, i32)>,
-	aux: HashMap<Bytes, Bytes>,
+	data: H256FastMap<(DBValue, i32)>,
+	aux: HashMap<Bytes, DBValue>,
 }
 
 impl MemoryDB {
@@ -116,12 +114,12 @@ impl MemoryDB {
 	}
 
 	/// Return the internal map of hashes to data, clearing the current state.
-	pub fn drain(&mut self) -> H256FastMap<(Bytes, i32)> {
+	pub fn drain(&mut self) -> H256FastMap<(DBValue, i32)> {
 		mem::replace(&mut self.data, H256FastMap::default())
 	}
 
 	/// Return the internal map of auxiliary data, clearing the current state.
-	pub fn drain_aux(&mut self) -> HashMap<Bytes, Bytes> {
+	pub fn drain_aux(&mut self) -> HashMap<Bytes, DBValue> {
 		mem::replace(&mut self.aux, HashMap::new())
 	}
 
@@ -130,25 +128,11 @@ impl MemoryDB {
 	///
 	/// Even when Some is returned, the data is only guaranteed to be useful
 	/// when the refs > 0.
-	pub fn raw(&self, key: &H256) -> Option<(&[u8], i32)> {
+	pub fn raw(&self, key: &H256) -> Option<(DBValue, i32)> {
 		if key == &SHA3_NULL_RLP {
-			return Some(STATIC_NULL_RLP.clone());
+			return Some((DBValue::from_slice(&NULL_RLP_STATIC), 1));
 		}
-		self.data.get(key).map(|&(ref val, rc)| (&val[..], rc))
-	}
-
-	/// Denote than an existing value has the given key. Used when a key gets removed without
-	/// a prior insert and thus has a negative reference with no value.
-	///
-	/// May safely be called even if the key's value is known, in which case it will be a no-op.
-	pub fn denote(&self, key: &H256, value: Bytes) -> (&[u8], i32) {
-		if self.raw(key) == None {
-			unsafe {
-				let p = &self.data as *const H256FastMap<(Bytes, i32)> as *mut H256FastMap<(Bytes, i32)>;
-				(*p).insert(key.clone(), (value, 0));
-			}
-		}
-		self.raw(key).expect("entry just inserted into data; qed")
+		self.data.get(key).cloned()
 	}
 
 	/// Returns the size of allocated heap memory
@@ -170,7 +154,7 @@ impl MemoryDB {
 					entry.get_mut().1 -= 1;
 				},
 			Entry::Vacant(entry) => {
-				entry.insert((Bytes::new(), -1));
+				entry.insert((DBValue::new(), -1));
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -197,13 +181,13 @@ impl MemoryDB {
 static NULL_RLP_STATIC: [u8; 1] = [0x80; 1];
 
 impl HashDB for MemoryDB {
-	fn get(&self, key: &H256) -> Option<&[u8]> {
+	fn get(&self, key: &H256) -> Option<DBValue> {
 		if key == &SHA3_NULL_RLP {
-			return Some(&NULL_RLP_STATIC);
+			return Some(DBValue::from_slice(&NULL_RLP_STATIC));
 		}
 
 		match self.data.get(key) {
-			Some(&(ref d, rc)) if rc > 0 => Some(d),
+			Some(&(ref d, rc)) if rc > 0 => Some(d.clone()),
 			_ => None
 		}
 	}
@@ -230,20 +214,20 @@ impl HashDB for MemoryDB {
 		let key = value.sha3();
 		if match self.data.get_mut(&key) {
 			Some(&mut (ref mut old_value, ref mut rc @ -0x80000000i32 ... 0)) => {
-				*old_value = value.into();
+				*old_value = DBValue::from_slice(value);
 				*rc += 1;
 				false
 			},
 			Some(&mut (_, ref mut x)) => { *x += 1; false } ,
 			None => true,
 		}{	// ... None falls through into...
-			self.data.insert(key.clone(), (value.into(), 1));
+			self.data.insert(key.clone(), (DBValue::from_slice(value), 1));
 		}
 		key
 	}
 
-	fn emplace(&mut self, key: H256, value: Bytes) {
-		if value == &NULL_RLP {
+	fn emplace(&mut self, key: H256, value: DBValue) {
+		if &*value == &NULL_RLP {
 			return;
 		}
 
@@ -269,15 +253,15 @@ impl HashDB for MemoryDB {
 			Some(&mut (_, ref mut x)) => { *x -= 1; false }
 			None => true
 		}{	// ... None falls through into...
-			self.data.insert(key.clone(), (Bytes::new(), -1));
+			self.data.insert(key.clone(), (DBValue::new(), -1));
 		}
 	}
 
 	fn insert_aux(&mut self, hash: Vec<u8>, value: Vec<u8>) {
-		self.aux.insert(hash, value);
+		self.aux.insert(hash, DBValue::from_vec(value));
 	}
 
-	fn get_aux(&self, hash: &[u8]) -> Option<Vec<u8>> {
+	fn get_aux(&self, hash: &[u8]) -> Option<DBValue> {
 		self.aux.get(hash).cloned()
 	}
 
@@ -286,24 +270,6 @@ impl HashDB for MemoryDB {
 	}
 }
 
-#[test]
-fn memorydb_denote() {
-	let mut m = MemoryDB::new();
-	let hello_bytes = b"Hello world!";
-	let hash = m.insert(hello_bytes);
-	assert_eq!(m.get(&hash).unwrap(), b"Hello world!");
-
-	for _ in 0..1000 {
-		let r = H256::random();
-		let k = r.sha3();
-		let (v, rc) = m.denote(&k, r.to_vec());
-		assert_eq!(v, &*r);
-		assert_eq!(rc, 0);
-	}
-
-	assert_eq!(m.get(&hash).unwrap(), b"Hello world!");
-}
-
 #[test]
 fn memorydb_remove_and_purge() {
 	let hello_bytes = b"Hello world!";
@@ -337,12 +303,12 @@ fn consolidate() {
 	main.remove(&remove_key);
 
 	let insert_key = other.insert(b"arf");
-	main.emplace(insert_key, b"arf".to_vec());
+	main.emplace(insert_key, DBValue::from_slice(b"arf"));
 
 	main.consolidate(other);
 
 	let overlay = main.drain();
 
-	assert_eq!(overlay.get(&remove_key).unwrap(), &(b"doggo".to_vec(), 0));
-	assert_eq!(overlay.get(&insert_key).unwrap(), &(b"arf".to_vec(), 2));
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+	assert_eq!(overlay.get(&remove_key).unwrap(), &(DBValue::from_slice(b"doggo"), 0));
+	assert_eq!(overlay.get(&insert_key).unwrap(), &(DBValue::from_slice(b"arf"), 2));
+}
diff --git a/util/src/nibbleslice.rs b/util/src/nibbleslice.rs
index e10def40a..7daec55ca 100644
--- a/util/src/nibbleslice.rs
+++ b/util/src/nibbleslice.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 //! Nibble-orientated view onto byte-slice, allowing nibble-precision offsets.
 use std::cmp::*;
 use std::fmt;
-use bytes::*;
+use elastic_array::ElasticArray36;
 
 /// Nibble-orientated view onto byte-slice, allowing nibble-precision offsets.
 ///
@@ -149,9 +149,9 @@ impl<'a, 'view> NibbleSlice<'a> where 'a: 'view {
 	}
 
 	/// Encode while nibble slice in prefixed hex notation, noting whether it `is_leaf`.
-	pub fn encoded(&self, is_leaf: bool) -> Bytes {
+	pub fn encoded(&self, is_leaf: bool) -> ElasticArray36<u8> {
 		let l = self.len();
-		let mut r = Bytes::with_capacity(l / 2 + 1);
+		let mut r = ElasticArray36::new();
 		let mut i = l % 2;
 		r.push(if i == 1 {0x10 + self.at(0)} else {0} + if is_leaf {0x20} else {0});
 		while i < l {
@@ -163,9 +163,9 @@ impl<'a, 'view> NibbleSlice<'a> where 'a: 'view {
 
 	/// Encode only the leftmost `n` bytes of the nibble slice in prefixed hex notation,
 	/// noting whether it `is_leaf`.
-	pub fn encoded_leftmost(&self, n: usize, is_leaf: bool) -> Bytes {
+	pub fn encoded_leftmost(&self, n: usize, is_leaf: bool) -> ElasticArray36<u8> {
 		let l = min(self.len(), n);
-		let mut r = Bytes::with_capacity(l / 2 + 1);
+		let mut r = ElasticArray36::new();
 		let mut i = l % 2;
 		r.push(if i == 1 {0x10 + self.at(0)} else {0} + if is_leaf {0x20} else {0});
 		while i < l {
@@ -212,6 +212,7 @@ impl<'a> fmt::Debug for NibbleSlice<'a> {
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
 	use super::NibbleSlice;
+	use elastic_array::ElasticArray36;
 	static D: &'static [u8;3] = &[0x01u8, 0x23, 0x45];
 
 	#[test]
@@ -254,10 +255,10 @@ mod tests {
 	#[test]
 	fn encoded() {
 		let n = NibbleSlice::new(D);
-		assert_eq!(n.encoded(false), &[0x00, 0x01, 0x23, 0x45]);
-		assert_eq!(n.encoded(true), &[0x20, 0x01, 0x23, 0x45]);
-		assert_eq!(n.mid(1).encoded(false), &[0x11, 0x23, 0x45]);
-		assert_eq!(n.mid(1).encoded(true), &[0x31, 0x23, 0x45]);
+		assert_eq!(n.encoded(false), ElasticArray36::from_slice(&[0x00, 0x01, 0x23, 0x45]));
+		assert_eq!(n.encoded(true), ElasticArray36::from_slice(&[0x20, 0x01, 0x23, 0x45]));
+		assert_eq!(n.mid(1).encoded(false), ElasticArray36::from_slice(&[0x11, 0x23, 0x45]));
+		assert_eq!(n.mid(1).encoded(true), ElasticArray36::from_slice(&[0x31, 0x23, 0x45]));
 	}
 
 	#[test]
diff --git a/util/src/overlaydb.rs b/util/src/overlaydb.rs
index 4a11961b6..9ebc7d1d4 100644
--- a/util/src/overlaydb.rs
+++ b/util/src/overlaydb.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 
 use error::*;
 use hash::*;
-use bytes::*;
 use rlp::*;
 use hashdb::*;
 use memorydb::*;
@@ -101,21 +100,21 @@ impl OverlayDB {
 	pub fn commit_refs(&self, key: &H256) -> i32 { self.overlay.raw(key).map_or(0, |(_, refs)| refs) }
 
 	/// Get the refs and value of the given key.
-	fn payload(&self, key: &H256) -> Option<(Bytes, u32)> {
+	fn payload(&self, key: &H256) -> Option<(DBValue, u32)> {
 		self.backing.get(self.column, key)
 			.expect("Low-level database error. Some issue with your hard disk?")
 			.map(|d| {
 				let r = Rlp::new(&d);
-				(r.at(1).as_val(), r.at(0).as_val())
+				(DBValue::from_slice(r.at(1).data()), r.at(0).as_val())
 			})
 	}
 
 	/// Put the refs and value of the given key, possibly deleting it from the db.
-	fn put_payload_in_batch(&self, batch: &mut DBTransaction, key: &H256, payload: (Bytes, u32)) -> bool {
+	fn put_payload_in_batch(&self, batch: &mut DBTransaction, key: &H256, payload: (DBValue, u32)) -> bool {
 		if payload.1 > 0 {
 			let mut s = RlpStream::new_list(2);
 			s.append(&payload.1);
-			s.append(&payload.0);
+			s.append(&&*payload.0);
 			batch.put(self.column, key, s.as_raw());
 			false
 		} else {
@@ -140,29 +139,31 @@ impl HashDB for OverlayDB {
 		}
 		ret
 	}
-	fn get(&self, key: &H256) -> Option<&[u8]> {
+	fn get(&self, key: &H256) -> Option<DBValue> {
 		// return ok if positive; if negative, check backing - might be enough references there to make
 		// it positive again.
 		let k = self.overlay.raw(key);
-		match k {
-			Some((d, rc)) if rc > 0 => Some(d),
-			_ => {
-				let memrc = k.map_or(0, |(_, rc)| rc);
-				match self.payload(key) {
-					Some(x) => {
-						let (d, rc) = x;
-						if rc as i32 + memrc > 0 {
-							Some(self.overlay.denote(key, d).0)
-						}
-						else {
-							None
-						}
-					}
-					// Replace above match arm with this once https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/15287 is done.
-					//Some((d, rc)) if rc + memrc > 0 => Some(d),
-					_ => None,
+		let memrc = {
+			if let Some((d, rc)) = k {
+				if rc > 0 { return Some(d); }
+				rc
+			} else {
+				0
+			}
+		};
+		match self.payload(key) {
+			Some(x) => {
+				let (d, rc) = x;
+				if rc as i32 + memrc > 0 {
+					Some(d)
+				}
+				else {
+					None
 				}
 			}
+			// Replace above match arm with this once https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/15287 is done.
+			//Some((d, rc)) if rc + memrc > 0 => Some(d),
+			_ => None,
 		}
 	}
 	fn contains(&self, key: &H256) -> bool {
@@ -186,7 +187,7 @@ impl HashDB for OverlayDB {
 		}
 	}
 	fn insert(&mut self, value: &[u8]) -> H256 { self.overlay.insert(value) }
-	fn emplace(&mut self, key: H256, value: Bytes) { self.overlay.emplace(key, value); }
+	fn emplace(&mut self, key: H256, value: DBValue) { self.overlay.emplace(key, value); }
 	fn remove(&mut self, key: &H256) { self.overlay.remove(key); }
 }
 
@@ -211,7 +212,7 @@ fn overlaydb_revert() {
 fn overlaydb_overlay_insert_and_remove() {
 	let mut trie = OverlayDB::new_temp();
 	let h = trie.insert(b"hello world");
-	assert_eq!(trie.get(&h).unwrap(), b"hello world");
+	assert_eq!(trie.get(&h).unwrap(), DBValue::from_slice(b"hello world"));
 	trie.remove(&h);
 	assert_eq!(trie.get(&h), None);
 }
@@ -220,11 +221,11 @@ fn overlaydb_overlay_insert_and_remove() {
 fn overlaydb_backing_insert_revert() {
 	let mut trie = OverlayDB::new_temp();
 	let h = trie.insert(b"hello world");
-	assert_eq!(trie.get(&h).unwrap(), b"hello world");
+	assert_eq!(trie.get(&h).unwrap(), DBValue::from_slice(b"hello world"));
 	trie.commit().unwrap();
-	assert_eq!(trie.get(&h).unwrap(), b"hello world");
+	assert_eq!(trie.get(&h).unwrap(), DBValue::from_slice(b"hello world"));
 	trie.revert();
-	assert_eq!(trie.get(&h).unwrap(), b"hello world");
+	assert_eq!(trie.get(&h).unwrap(), DBValue::from_slice(b"hello world"));
 }
 
 #[test]
@@ -248,7 +249,7 @@ fn overlaydb_backing_remove_revert() {
 	trie.remove(&h);
 	assert_eq!(trie.get(&h), None);
 	trie.revert();
-	assert_eq!(trie.get(&h).unwrap(), b"hello world");
+	assert_eq!(trie.get(&h).unwrap(), DBValue::from_slice(b"hello world"));
 }
 
 #[test]
@@ -266,29 +267,29 @@ fn overlaydb_negative() {
 fn overlaydb_complex() {
 	let mut trie = OverlayDB::new_temp();
 	let hfoo = trie.insert(b"foo");
-	assert_eq!(trie.get(&hfoo).unwrap(), b"foo");
+	assert_eq!(trie.get(&hfoo).unwrap(), DBValue::from_slice(b"foo"));
 	let hbar = trie.insert(b"bar");
-	assert_eq!(trie.get(&hbar).unwrap(), b"bar");
+	assert_eq!(trie.get(&hbar).unwrap(), DBValue::from_slice(b"bar"));
 	trie.commit().unwrap();
-	assert_eq!(trie.get(&hfoo).unwrap(), b"foo");
-	assert_eq!(trie.get(&hbar).unwrap(), b"bar");
+	assert_eq!(trie.get(&hfoo).unwrap(), DBValue::from_slice(b"foo"));
+	assert_eq!(trie.get(&hbar).unwrap(), DBValue::from_slice(b"bar"));
 	trie.insert(b"foo");	// two refs
-	assert_eq!(trie.get(&hfoo).unwrap(), b"foo");
+	assert_eq!(trie.get(&hfoo).unwrap(), DBValue::from_slice(b"foo"));
 	trie.commit().unwrap();
-	assert_eq!(trie.get(&hfoo).unwrap(), b"foo");
-	assert_eq!(trie.get(&hbar).unwrap(), b"bar");
+	assert_eq!(trie.get(&hfoo).unwrap(), DBValue::from_slice(b"foo"));
+	assert_eq!(trie.get(&hbar).unwrap(), DBValue::from_slice(b"bar"));
 	trie.remove(&hbar);		// zero refs - delete
 	assert_eq!(trie.get(&hbar), None);
 	trie.remove(&hfoo);		// one ref - keep
-	assert_eq!(trie.get(&hfoo).unwrap(), b"foo");
+	assert_eq!(trie.get(&hfoo).unwrap(), DBValue::from_slice(b"foo"));
 	trie.commit().unwrap();
-	assert_eq!(trie.get(&hfoo).unwrap(), b"foo");
+	assert_eq!(trie.get(&hfoo).unwrap(), DBValue::from_slice(b"foo"));
 	trie.remove(&hfoo);		// zero ref - would delete, but...
 	assert_eq!(trie.get(&hfoo), None);
 	trie.insert(b"foo");	// one ref - keep after all.
-	assert_eq!(trie.get(&hfoo).unwrap(), b"foo");
+	assert_eq!(trie.get(&hfoo).unwrap(), DBValue::from_slice(b"foo"));
 	trie.commit().unwrap();
-	assert_eq!(trie.get(&hfoo).unwrap(), b"foo");
+	assert_eq!(trie.get(&hfoo).unwrap(), DBValue::from_slice(b"foo"));
 	trie.remove(&hfoo);		// zero ref - delete
 	assert_eq!(trie.get(&hfoo), None);
 	trie.commit().unwrap();	//
diff --git a/util/src/trie/fatdb.rs b/util/src/trie/fatdb.rs
index f4c65a84b..700156429 100644
--- a/util/src/trie/fatdb.rs
+++ b/util/src/trie/fatdb.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 use hash::H256;
 use sha3::Hashable;
-use hashdb::HashDB;
+use hashdb::{HashDB, DBValue};
 use super::{TrieDB, Trie, TrieDBIterator, TrieItem, Recorder};
 
 /// A `Trie` implementation which hashes keys and uses a generic `HashDB` backing database.
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ impl<'db> Trie for FatDB<'db> {
 		self.raw.contains(&key.sha3())
 	}
 
-	fn get_recorded<'a, 'b, R: 'b>(&'a self, key: &'b [u8], rec: &'b mut R) -> super::Result<Option<&'a [u8]>>
+	fn get_recorded<'a, 'b, R: 'b>(&'a self, key: &'b [u8], rec: &'b mut R) -> super::Result<Option<DBValue>>
 		where 'a: 'b, R: Recorder
 	{
 		self.raw.get_recorded(&key.sha3(), rec)
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ impl<'db> Iterator for FatDBIterator<'db> {
 		self.trie_iterator.next()
 			.map(|res|
 				res.map(|(hash, value)| {
-					(self.trie.db().get_aux(&hash).expect("Missing fatdb hash"), value)
+					(self.trie.db().get_aux(&hash).expect("Missing fatdb hash").to_vec(), value)
 				})
 			)
 	}
@@ -106,6 +106,6 @@ fn fatdb_to_trie() {
 		t.insert(&[0x01u8, 0x23], &[0x01u8, 0x23]).unwrap();
 	}
 	let t = FatDB::new(&memdb, &root).unwrap();
-	assert_eq!(t.get(&[0x01u8, 0x23]).unwrap().unwrap(), &[0x01u8, 0x23]);
-	assert_eq!(t.iter().unwrap().map(Result::unwrap).collect::<Vec<_>>(), vec![(vec![0x01u8, 0x23], &[0x01u8, 0x23] as &[u8])]);
+	assert_eq!(t.get(&[0x01u8, 0x23]).unwrap().unwrap(), DBValue::from_slice(&[0x01u8, 0x23]));
+	assert_eq!(t.iter().unwrap().map(Result::unwrap).collect::<Vec<_>>(), vec![(vec![0x01u8, 0x23], DBValue::from_slice(&[0x01u8, 0x23] as &[u8]))]);
 }
diff --git a/util/src/trie/fatdbmut.rs b/util/src/trie/fatdbmut.rs
index 3298541b7..fa1c168e8 100644
--- a/util/src/trie/fatdbmut.rs
+++ b/util/src/trie/fatdbmut.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 use hash::H256;
 use sha3::Hashable;
-use hashdb::HashDB;
+use hashdb::{HashDB, DBValue};
 use super::{TrieDBMut, TrieMut};
 
 /// A mutable `Trie` implementation which hashes keys and uses a generic `HashDB` backing database.
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ impl<'db> TrieMut for FatDBMut<'db> {
 		self.raw.contains(&key.sha3())
 	}
 
-	fn get<'a, 'key>(&'a self, key: &'key [u8]) -> super::Result<Option<&'a [u8]>>
+	fn get<'a, 'key>(&'a self, key: &'key [u8]) -> super::Result<Option<DBValue>>
 		where 'a: 'key
 	{
 		self.raw.get(&key.sha3())
@@ -98,5 +98,5 @@ fn fatdb_to_trie() {
 		t.insert(&[0x01u8, 0x23], &[0x01u8, 0x23]).unwrap();
 	}
 	let t = TrieDB::new(&memdb, &root).unwrap();
-	assert_eq!(t.get(&(&[0x01u8, 0x23]).sha3()).unwrap().unwrap(), &[0x01u8, 0x23]);
+	assert_eq!(t.get(&(&[0x01u8, 0x23]).sha3()).unwrap().unwrap(), DBValue::from_slice(&[0x01u8, 0x23]));
 }
diff --git a/util/src/trie/journal.rs b/util/src/trie/journal.rs
index 4ffd7cf5c..49bd1bf0f 100644
--- a/util/src/trie/journal.rs
+++ b/util/src/trie/journal.rs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ use hashdb::*;
 /// Type of operation for the backing database - either a new node or a node deletion.
 #[derive(Debug)]
 enum Operation {
-	New(H256, Bytes),
+	New(H256, DBValue),
 	Delete(H256),
 }
 
@@ -52,16 +52,16 @@ impl Journal {
 
 	/// Given the RLP that encodes a node, append a reference to that node `out` and leave `journal`
 	/// such that the reference is valid, once applied.
-	pub fn new_node(&mut self, rlp: Bytes, out: &mut RlpStream) {
+	pub fn new_node(&mut self, rlp: DBValue, out: &mut RlpStream) {
 		if rlp.len() >= 32 {
 			let rlp_sha3 = rlp.sha3();
 
-			trace!("new_node: reference node {:?} => {:?}", rlp_sha3, rlp.pretty());
+			trace!("new_node: reference node {:?} => {:?}", rlp_sha3, &*rlp);
 			out.append(&rlp_sha3);
 			self.0.push(Operation::New(rlp_sha3, rlp));
 		}
 		else {
-			trace!("new_node: inline node {:?}", rlp.pretty());
+			trace!("new_node: inline node {:?}", &*rlp);
 			out.append_raw(&rlp, 1);
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/util/src/trie/mod.rs b/util/src/trie/mod.rs
index 952eb8894..d4cc04962 100644
--- a/util/src/trie/mod.rs
+++ b/util/src/trie/mod.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 use std::fmt;
 use hash::H256;
-use hashdb::HashDB;
+use hashdb::{HashDB, DBValue};
 
 /// Export the standardmap module.
 pub mod standardmap;
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ impl fmt::Display for TrieError {
 pub type Result<T> = ::std::result::Result<T, Box<TrieError>>;
 
 /// Trie-Item type.
-pub type TrieItem<'a> = Result<(Vec<u8>, &'a [u8])>;
+pub type TrieItem<'a> = Result<(Vec<u8>, DBValue)>;
 
 /// A key-value datastore implemented as a database-backed modified Merkle tree.
 pub trait Trie {
@@ -92,13 +92,13 @@ pub trait Trie {
 	}
 
 	/// What is the value of the given key in this trie?
-	fn get<'a, 'key>(&'a self, key: &'key [u8]) -> Result<Option<&'a [u8]>> where 'a: 'key {
+	fn get<'a, 'key>(&'a self, key: &'key [u8]) -> Result<Option<DBValue>> where 'a: 'key {
 		self.get_recorded(key, &mut recorder::NoOp)
 	}
 
 	/// Query the value of the given key in this trie while recording visited nodes
 	/// to the given recorder. If the query fails, the nodes passed to the recorder are unspecified.
-	fn get_recorded<'a, 'b, R: 'b>(&'a self, key: &'b [u8], rec: &'b mut R) -> Result<Option<&'a [u8]>>
+	fn get_recorded<'a, 'b, R: 'b>(&'a self, key: &'b [u8], rec: &'b mut R) -> Result<Option<DBValue>>
 		where 'a: 'b, R: Recorder;
 
 	/// Returns an iterator over elements of trie.
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ pub trait TrieMut {
 	}
 
 	/// What is the value of the given key in this trie?
-	fn get<'a, 'key>(&'a self, key: &'key [u8]) -> Result<Option<&'a [u8]>> where 'a: 'key;
+	fn get<'a, 'key>(&'a self, key: &'key [u8]) -> Result<Option<DBValue>> where 'a: 'key;
 
 	/// Insert a `key`/`value` pair into the trie. An `empty` value is equivalent to removing
 	/// `key` from the trie.
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ impl<'db> Trie for TrieKinds<'db> {
 		wrapper!(self, contains, key)
 	}
 
-	fn get_recorded<'a, 'b, R: 'b>(&'a self, key: &'b [u8], r: &'b mut R) -> Result<Option<&'a [u8]>>
+	fn get_recorded<'a, 'b, R: 'b>(&'a self, key: &'b [u8], r: &'b mut R) -> Result<Option<DBValue>>
 		where 'a: 'b, R: Recorder {
 		wrapper!(self, get_recorded, key, r)
 	}
diff --git a/util/src/trie/node.rs b/util/src/trie/node.rs
index 8e1c55c73..e1f71fdc0 100644
--- a/util/src/trie/node.rs
+++ b/util/src/trie/node.rs
@@ -14,27 +14,51 @@
 // You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 // along with Parity.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
+use elastic_array::ElasticArray36;
 use nibbleslice::*;
 use bytes::*;
 use rlp::*;
 use super::journal::*;
+use hashdb::DBValue;
+
+/// Partial node key type.
+pub type NodeKey = ElasticArray36<u8>;
 
 /// Type of node in the trie and essential information thereof.
-#[derive(Clone, Eq, PartialEq, Debug)]
-pub enum Node<'a> {
+#[derive(Eq, PartialEq, Debug)]
+pub enum Node {
 	/// Null trie node; could be an empty root or an empty branch entry.
 	Empty,
 	/// Leaf node; has key slice and value. Value may not be empty.
-	Leaf(NibbleSlice<'a>, &'a [u8]),
+	Leaf(NodeKey, DBValue),
 	/// Extension node; has key slice and node data. Data may not be null.
-	Extension(NibbleSlice<'a>, &'a [u8]),
+	Extension(NodeKey, DBValue),
 	/// Branch node; has array of 16 child nodes (each possibly null) and an optional immediate node data.
-	Branch([&'a [u8]; 16], Option<&'a [u8]>)
+	Branch([NodeKey; 16], Option<DBValue>)
 }
 
-impl<'a> Node<'a> {
+impl Clone for Node {
+	fn clone(&self) -> Node {
+		match *self {
+			Node::Empty => Node::Empty,
+			Node::Leaf(ref k, ref v) => Node::Leaf(k.clone(), v.clone()),
+			Node::Extension(ref k, ref v) => Node::Extension(k.clone(), v.clone()),
+			Node::Branch(ref k, ref v) => {
+				let mut branch = [NodeKey::new(), NodeKey::new(), NodeKey::new(), NodeKey::new(), NodeKey::new(),
+					NodeKey::new(), NodeKey::new(), NodeKey::new(), NodeKey::new(), NodeKey::new(), NodeKey::new(),
+					NodeKey::new(), NodeKey::new(), NodeKey::new(), NodeKey::new(), NodeKey::new()];
+				for i in 0 .. 16 {
+					branch[i] = k[i].clone();
+				}
+				Node::Branch(branch, v.clone())
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+impl Node {
 	/// Decode the `node_rlp` and return the Node.
-	pub fn decoded(node_rlp: &'a [u8]) -> Node<'a> {
+	pub fn decoded(node_rlp: &[u8]) -> Node {
 		let r = Rlp::new(node_rlp);
 		match r.prototype() {
 			// either leaf or extension - decode first item with NibbleSlice::???
@@ -43,16 +67,18 @@ impl<'a> Node<'a> {
 			// if extension, second item is a node (either SHA3 to be looked up and
 			// fed back into this function or inline RLP which can be fed back into this function).
 			Prototype::List(2) => match NibbleSlice::from_encoded(r.at(0).data()) {
-				(slice, true) => Node::Leaf(slice, r.at(1).data()),
-				(slice, false) => Node::Extension(slice, r.at(1).as_raw()),
+				(slice, true) => Node::Leaf(slice.encoded(true), DBValue::from_slice(r.at(1).data())),
+				(slice, false) => Node::Extension(slice.encoded(false), DBValue::from_slice(r.at(1).as_raw())),
 			},
 			// branch - first 16 are nodes, 17th is a value (or empty).
 			Prototype::List(17) => {
-				let mut nodes: [&'a [u8]; 16] = [&[], &[], &[], &[], &[], &[], &[], &[], &[], &[], &[], &[], &[], &[], &[], &[]];
+				let mut nodes: [NodeKey; 16] = [NodeKey::new(), NodeKey::new(), NodeKey::new(), NodeKey::new(), NodeKey::new(),
+					NodeKey::new(), NodeKey::new(), NodeKey::new(), NodeKey::new(), NodeKey::new(), NodeKey::new(),
+					NodeKey::new(), NodeKey::new(), NodeKey::new(), NodeKey::new(), NodeKey::new()];
 				for i in 0..16 {
-					nodes[i] = r.at(i).as_raw();
+					nodes[i] = NodeKey::from_slice(r.at(i).as_raw());
 				}
-				Node::Branch(nodes, if r.at(16).is_empty() { None } else { Some(r.at(16).data()) })
+				Node::Branch(nodes, if r.at(16).is_empty() { None } else { Some(DBValue::from_slice(r.at(16).data())) })
 			},
 			// an empty branch index.
 			Prototype::Data(0) => Node::Empty,
@@ -69,23 +95,23 @@ impl<'a> Node<'a> {
 		match *self {
 			Node::Leaf(ref slice, ref value) => {
 				let mut stream = RlpStream::new_list(2);
-				stream.append(&slice.encoded(true));
-				stream.append(value);
+				stream.append(&&**slice);
+				stream.append(&&**value);
 				stream.out()
 			},
-			Node::Extension(ref slice, raw_rlp) => {
+			Node::Extension(ref slice, ref raw_rlp) => {
 				let mut stream = RlpStream::new_list(2);
-				stream.append(&slice.encoded(false));
-				stream.append_raw(raw_rlp, 1);
+				stream.append(&&**slice);
+				stream.append_raw(&&*raw_rlp, 1);
 				stream.out()
 			},
 			Node::Branch(ref nodes, ref value) => {
 				let mut stream = RlpStream::new_list(17);
 				for i in 0..16 {
-					stream.append_raw(nodes[i], 1);
+					stream.append_raw(&*nodes[i], 1);
 				}
 				match *value {
-					Some(n) => { stream.append(&n); },
+					Some(ref n) => { stream.append(&&**n); },
 					None => { stream.append_empty_data(); },
 				}
 				stream.out()
@@ -100,26 +126,26 @@ impl<'a> Node<'a> {
 
 	/// Encode the node, adding it to `journal` if necessary and return the RLP valid for
 	/// insertion into a parent node.
-	pub fn encoded_and_added(&self, journal: &mut Journal) -> Bytes {
+	pub fn encoded_and_added(&self, journal: &mut Journal) -> DBValue {
 		let mut stream = RlpStream::new();
 		match *self {
 			Node::Leaf(ref slice, ref value) => {
 				stream.begin_list(2);
-				stream.append(&slice.encoded(true));
-				stream.append(value);
+				stream.append(&&**slice);
+				stream.append(&&**value);
 			},
-			Node::Extension(ref slice, raw_rlp) => {
+			Node::Extension(ref slice, ref raw_rlp) => {
 				stream.begin_list(2);
-				stream.append(&slice.encoded(false));
-				stream.append_raw(raw_rlp, 1);
+				stream.append(&&**slice);
+				stream.append_raw(&&**raw_rlp, 1);
 			},
 			Node::Branch(ref nodes, ref value) => {
 				stream.begin_list(17);
 				for i in 0..16 {
-					stream.append_raw(nodes[i], 1);
+					stream.append_raw(&*nodes[i], 1);
 				}
 				match *value {
-					Some(n) => { stream.append(&n); },
+					Some(ref n) => { stream.append(&&**n); },
 					None => { stream.append_empty_data(); },
 				}
 			},
@@ -127,13 +153,13 @@ impl<'a> Node<'a> {
 				stream.append_empty_data();
 			}
 		}
-		let node = stream.out();
+		let node = DBValue::from_slice(stream.as_raw());
 		match node.len() {
 			0 ... 31 => node,
 			_ => {
 				let mut stream = RlpStream::new();
 				journal.new_node(node, &mut stream);
-				stream.out()
+				DBValue::from_slice(stream.as_raw())
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/util/src/trie/sectriedb.rs b/util/src/trie/sectriedb.rs
index d7108dc3e..b1d7bbc0c 100644
--- a/util/src/trie/sectriedb.rs
+++ b/util/src/trie/sectriedb.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 use hash::H256;
 use sha3::Hashable;
-use hashdb::HashDB;
+use hashdb::{HashDB, DBValue};
 use super::triedb::TrieDB;
 use super::{Trie, TrieItem, Recorder};
 
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ impl<'db> Trie for SecTrieDB<'db> {
 		self.raw.contains(&key.sha3())
 	}
 
-	fn get_recorded<'a, 'b, R: 'b>(&'a self, key: &'b [u8], rec: &'b mut R) -> super::Result<Option<&'a [u8]>>
+	fn get_recorded<'a, 'b, R: 'b>(&'a self, key: &'b [u8], rec: &'b mut R) -> super::Result<Option<DBValue>>
 		where 'a: 'b, R: Recorder
 	{
 		self.raw.get_recorded(&key.sha3(), rec)
@@ -79,5 +79,5 @@ fn trie_to_sectrie() {
 		t.insert(&(&[0x01u8, 0x23]).sha3(), &[0x01u8, 0x23]).unwrap();
 	}
 	let t = SecTrieDB::new(&memdb, &root).unwrap();
-	assert_eq!(t.get(&[0x01u8, 0x23]).unwrap().unwrap(), &[0x01u8, 0x23]);
+	assert_eq!(t.get(&[0x01u8, 0x23]).unwrap().unwrap(), DBValue::from_slice(&[0x01u8, 0x23]));
 }
diff --git a/util/src/trie/sectriedbmut.rs b/util/src/trie/sectriedbmut.rs
index d6980d48b..16cc376fe 100644
--- a/util/src/trie/sectriedbmut.rs
+++ b/util/src/trie/sectriedbmut.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 use hash::H256;
 use sha3::Hashable;
-use hashdb::HashDB;
+use hashdb::{HashDB, DBValue};
 use super::triedbmut::TrieDBMut;
 use super::TrieMut;
 
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ impl<'db> TrieMut for SecTrieDBMut<'db> {
 		self.raw.contains(&key.sha3())
 	}
 
-	fn get<'a, 'key>(&'a self, key: &'key [u8]) -> super::Result<Option<&'a [u8]>>
+	fn get<'a, 'key>(&'a self, key: &'key [u8]) -> super::Result<Option<DBValue>>
 		where 'a: 'key
 	{
 		self.raw.get(&key.sha3())
@@ -90,5 +90,5 @@ fn sectrie_to_trie() {
 		t.insert(&[0x01u8, 0x23], &[0x01u8, 0x23]).unwrap();
 	}
 	let t = TrieDB::new(&memdb, &root).unwrap();
-	assert_eq!(t.get(&(&[0x01u8, 0x23]).sha3()).unwrap().unwrap(), &[0x01u8, 0x23]);
+	assert_eq!(t.get(&(&[0x01u8, 0x23]).sha3()).unwrap().unwrap(), DBValue::from_slice(&[0x01u8, 0x23]));
 }
diff --git a/util/src/trie/triedb.rs b/util/src/trie/triedb.rs
index 72604892d..ad1e509a0 100644
--- a/util/src/trie/triedb.rs
+++ b/util/src/trie/triedb.rs
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ use super::{Trie, TrieItem, TrieError};
 ///   TrieDBMut::new(&mut memdb, &mut root).insert(b"foo", b"bar").unwrap();
 ///   let t = TrieDB::new(&memdb, &root).unwrap();
 ///   assert!(t.contains(b"foo").unwrap());
-///   assert_eq!(t.get(b"foo").unwrap().unwrap(), b"bar");
+///   assert_eq!(t.get(b"foo").unwrap().unwrap(), DBValue::from_slice(b"bar"));
 ///   assert!(t.db_items_remaining().unwrap().is_empty());
 /// }
 /// ```
@@ -119,8 +119,8 @@ impl<'db> TrieDB<'db> {
 		};
 
 		match node {
-			Node::Extension(_, payload) => try!(handle_payload(payload)),
-			Node::Branch(payloads, _) => for payload in &payloads { try!(handle_payload(payload)) },
+			Node::Extension(_, ref payload) => try!(handle_payload(payload)),
+			Node::Branch(ref payloads, _) => for payload in payloads { try!(handle_payload(payload)) },
 			_ => {},
 		}
 
@@ -129,18 +129,18 @@ impl<'db> TrieDB<'db> {
 
 	/// Get the root node's RLP.
 	fn root_node<R: Recorder>(&self, r: &mut R) -> super::Result<Node> {
-		self.root_data(r).map(Node::decoded)
+		self.root_data(r).map(|d| Node::decoded(&d))
 	}
 
 	/// Get the data of the root node.
-	fn root_data<'a, R: 'a + Recorder>(&self, r: &'a mut R) -> super::Result<&[u8]> {
+	fn root_data<'a, R: 'a + Recorder>(&self, r: &'a mut R) -> super::Result<DBValue> {
 		self.db.get(self.root).ok_or_else(|| Box::new(TrieError::InvalidStateRoot(*self.root)))
-			.map(|node| { r.record(self.root, node, 0); node })
+			.map(|node| { r.record(self.root, &*node, 0); node })
 	}
 
 	/// Get the root node as a `Node`.
 	fn get_node<'a, R: 'a + Recorder>(&'db self, node: &'db [u8], r: &'a mut R, depth: u32) -> super::Result<Node> {
-		self.get_raw_or_lookup(node, r, depth).map(Node::decoded)
+		self.get_raw_or_lookup(node, r, depth).map(|n| Node::decoded(&n))
 	}
 
 	/// Indentation helper for `formal_all`.
@@ -155,20 +155,20 @@ impl<'db> TrieDB<'db> {
 	fn fmt_all(&self, node: Node, f: &mut fmt::Formatter, deepness: usize) -> fmt::Result {
 		match node {
 			Node::Leaf(slice, value) => try!(writeln!(f, "'{:?}: {:?}.", slice, value.pretty())),
-			Node::Extension(ref slice, item) => {
+			Node::Extension(ref slice, ref item) => {
 				try!(write!(f, "'{:?} ", slice));
-				if let Ok(node) = self.get_node(item, &mut NoOp, 0) {
+				if let Ok(node) = self.get_node(&*item, &mut NoOp, 0) {
 					try!(self.fmt_all(node, f, deepness));
 				}
 			},
 			Node::Branch(ref nodes, ref value) => {
 				try!(writeln!(f, ""));
-				if let Some(v) = *value {
+				if let Some(ref v) = *value {
 					try!(self.fmt_indent(f, deepness + 1));
 					try!(writeln!(f, "=: {:?}", v.pretty()))
 				}
 				for i in 0..16 {
-					match self.get_node(nodes[i], &mut NoOp, 0) {
+					match self.get_node(&*nodes[i], &mut NoOp, 0) {
 						Ok(Node::Empty) => {},
 						Ok(n) => {
 							try!(self.fmt_indent(f, deepness + 1));
@@ -190,11 +190,11 @@ impl<'db> TrieDB<'db> {
 	}
 
 	/// Return optional data for a key given as a `NibbleSlice`. Returns `None` if no data exists.
-	fn do_lookup<'key, R: 'key>(&'db self, key: &NibbleSlice<'key>, r: &'key mut R) -> super::Result<Option<&'db [u8]>>
+	fn do_lookup<'key, R: 'key>(&'db self, key: &NibbleSlice<'key>, r: &'key mut R) -> super::Result<Option<DBValue>>
 		where 'db: 'key, R: Recorder
 	{
 		let root_rlp = try!(self.root_data(r));
-		self.get_from_node(root_rlp, key, r, 1)
+		self.get_from_node(&root_rlp, key, r, 1)
 	}
 
 	/// Recursible function to retrieve the value given a `node` and a partial `key`. `None` if no
@@ -207,18 +207,23 @@ impl<'db> TrieDB<'db> {
 		key: &NibbleSlice<'key>,
 		r: &'key mut R,
 		d: u32
-	) -> super::Result<Option<&'db [u8]>> where 'db: 'key, R: Recorder {
+	) -> super::Result<Option<DBValue>> where 'db: 'key, R: Recorder {
 		match Node::decoded(node) {
-			Node::Leaf(ref slice, value) if key == slice => Ok(Some(value)),
-			Node::Extension(ref slice, item) if key.starts_with(slice) => {
-				let data = try!(self.get_raw_or_lookup(item, r, d));
-				self.get_from_node(data, &key.mid(slice.len()), r, d + 1)
+			Node::Leaf(ref slice, ref value) if NibbleSlice::from_encoded(slice).0 == *key => Ok(Some(value.clone())),
+			Node::Extension(ref slice, ref item) => {
+				let slice = &NibbleSlice::from_encoded(slice).0;
+				if key.starts_with(slice) {
+					let data = try!(self.get_raw_or_lookup(&*item, r, d));
+					self.get_from_node(&data, &key.mid(slice.len()), r, d + 1)
+				} else {
+					Ok(None)
+				}
 			},
-			Node::Branch(ref nodes, value) => match key.is_empty() {
-				true => Ok(value),
+			Node::Branch(ref nodes, ref value) => match key.is_empty() {
+				true => Ok(value.clone()),
 				false => {
-					let node = try!(self.get_raw_or_lookup(nodes[key.at(0) as usize], r, d));
-					self.get_from_node(node, &key.mid(1), r, d + 1)
+					let node = try!(self.get_raw_or_lookup(&*nodes[key.at(0) as usize], r, d));
+					self.get_from_node(&node, &key.mid(1), r, d + 1)
 				}
 			},
 			_ => Ok(None)
@@ -228,16 +233,16 @@ impl<'db> TrieDB<'db> {
 	/// Given some node-describing data `node`, return the actual node RLP.
 	/// This could be a simple identity operation in the case that the node is sufficiently small, but
 	/// may require a database lookup.
-	fn get_raw_or_lookup<R: Recorder>(&'db self, node: &'db [u8], rec: &mut R, d: u32) -> super::Result<&'db [u8]> {
+	fn get_raw_or_lookup<R: Recorder>(&'db self, node: &'db [u8], rec: &mut R, d: u32) -> super::Result<DBValue> {
 		// check if its sha3 + len
 		let r = Rlp::new(node);
 		match r.is_data() && r.size() == 32 {
 			true => {
 				let key = r.as_val::<H256>();
 				self.db.get(&key).ok_or_else(|| Box::new(TrieError::IncompleteDatabase(key)))
-					.map(|raw| { rec.record(&key, raw, d); raw })
+					.map(|raw| { rec.record(&key, &raw, d); raw })
 			}
-			false => Ok(node)
+			false => Ok(DBValue::from_slice(node))
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -251,12 +256,12 @@ enum Status {
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone, Eq, PartialEq)]
-struct Crumb<'a> {
-	node: Node<'a>,
+struct Crumb {
+	node: Node,
 	status: Status,
 }
 
-impl<'a> Crumb<'a> {
+impl Crumb {
 	/// Move on to next status in the node's sequence.
 	fn increment(&mut self) {
 		self.status = match (&self.status, &self.node) {
@@ -273,7 +278,7 @@ impl<'a> Crumb<'a> {
 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct TrieDBIterator<'a> {
 	db: &'a TrieDB<'a>,
-	trail: Vec<Crumb<'a>>,
+	trail: Vec<Crumb>,
 	key_nibbles: Bytes,
 }
 
@@ -286,18 +291,18 @@ impl<'a> TrieDBIterator<'a> {
 			key_nibbles: Vec::new(),
 		};
 
-		try!(db.root_data(&mut NoOp).and_then(|root| r.descend(root)));
+		try!(db.root_data(&mut NoOp).and_then(|root| r.descend(&root)));
 		Ok(r)
 	}
 
 	/// Descend into a payload.
-	fn descend(&mut self, d: &'a [u8]) -> super::Result<()> {
+	fn descend(&mut self, d: &[u8]) -> super::Result<()> {
 		self.trail.push(Crumb {
 			status: Status::Entering,
 			node: try!(self.db.get_node(d, &mut NoOp, 0)),
 		});
 		match self.trail.last().expect("just pushed item; qed").node {
-			Node::Leaf(n, _) | Node::Extension(n, _) => { self.key_nibbles.extend(n.iter()); },
+			Node::Leaf(ref n, _) | Node::Extension(ref n, _) => { self.key_nibbles.extend(NibbleSlice::from_encoded(n).0.iter()); },
 			_ => {}
 		}
 
@@ -325,7 +330,7 @@ impl<'a> Iterator for TrieDBIterator<'a> {
 					match n {
 						Node::Leaf(n, _) | Node::Extension(n, _) => {
 							let l = self.key_nibbles.len();
-							self.key_nibbles.truncate(l - n.len());
+							self.key_nibbles.truncate(l - NibbleSlice::from_encoded(&*n).0.len());
 						},
 						Node::Branch(_, _) => { self.key_nibbles.pop(); },
 						_ => {}
@@ -337,19 +342,19 @@ impl<'a> Iterator for TrieDBIterator<'a> {
 					return Some(Ok((self.key(), v)));
 				},
 				(Status::At, Node::Extension(_, d)) => {
-					if let Err(e) = self.descend(d) {
+					if let Err(e) = self.descend(&*d) {
 						return Some(Err(e));
 					}
 					// continue
 				},
 				(Status::At, Node::Branch(_, _)) => {},
-				(Status::AtChild(i), Node::Branch(children, _)) if children[i].len() > 0 => {
+				(Status::AtChild(i), Node::Branch(ref children, _)) if children[i].len() > 0 => {
 					match i {
 						0 => self.key_nibbles.push(0),
 						i => *self.key_nibbles.last_mut()
 							.expect("pushed as 0; moves sequentially; removed afterwards; qed") = i as u8,
 					}
-					if let Err(e) = self.descend(children[i]) {
+					if let Err(e) = self.descend(&*children[i]) {
 						return Some(Err(e));
 					}
 					// continue
@@ -373,7 +378,7 @@ impl<'db> Trie for TrieDB<'db> {
 
 	fn root(&self) -> &H256 { self.root }
 
-	fn get_recorded<'a, 'b, R: 'b>(&'a self, key: &'b [u8], rec: &'b mut R) -> super::Result<Option<&'a [u8]>>
+	fn get_recorded<'a, 'b, R: 'b>(&'a self, key: &'b [u8], rec: &'b mut R) -> super::Result<Option<DBValue>>
 		where 'a: 'b, R: Recorder
 	{
 		self.do_lookup(&NibbleSlice::new(key), rec)
@@ -384,7 +389,7 @@ impl<'db> fmt::Debug for TrieDB<'db> {
 	fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
 		try!(writeln!(f, "c={:?} [", self.hash_count));
 		let root_rlp = self.db.get(self.root).expect("Trie root not found!");
-		try!(self.fmt_all(Node::decoded(root_rlp), f, 0));
+		try!(self.fmt_all(Node::decoded(&root_rlp), f, 0));
 		writeln!(f, "]")
 	}
 }
@@ -395,7 +400,7 @@ fn iterator() {
 	use super::TrieMut;
 	use super::triedbmut::*;
 
-	let d = vec![ &b"A"[..], &b"AA"[..], &b"AB"[..], &b"B"[..] ];
+	let d = vec![ DBValue::from_slice(b"A"), DBValue::from_slice(b"AA"), DBValue::from_slice(b"AB"), DBValue::from_slice(b"B") ];
 
 	let mut memdb = MemoryDB::new();
 	let mut root = H256::new();
@@ -407,6 +412,6 @@ fn iterator() {
 	}
 
 	let t = TrieDB::new(&memdb, &root).unwrap();
-	assert_eq!(d.iter().map(|i|i.to_vec()).collect::<Vec<_>>(), t.iter().unwrap().map(|x| x.unwrap().0).collect::<Vec<_>>());
+	assert_eq!(d.iter().map(|i| i.clone().to_vec()).collect::<Vec<_>>(), t.iter().unwrap().map(|x| x.unwrap().0).collect::<Vec<_>>());
 	assert_eq!(d, t.iter().unwrap().map(|x| x.unwrap().1).collect::<Vec<_>>());
 }
diff --git a/util/src/trie/triedbmut.rs b/util/src/trie/triedbmut.rs
index e99179e7a..f5940dd7b 100644
--- a/util/src/trie/triedbmut.rs
+++ b/util/src/trie/triedbmut.rs
@@ -18,12 +18,14 @@
 
 use super::{TrieError, TrieMut};
 use super::node::Node as RlpNode;
+use super::node::NodeKey;
 
-use ::{Bytes, HashDB, H256};
+use ::{HashDB, H256};
 use ::bytes::ToPretty;
 use ::nibbleslice::NibbleSlice;
 use ::rlp::{Rlp, RlpStream, View, Stream};
 use ::sha3::SHA3_NULL_RLP;
+use hashdb::DBValue;
 
 use elastic_array::ElasticArray1024;
 
@@ -72,14 +74,14 @@ enum Node {
 	/// A leaf node contains the end of a key and a value.
 	/// This key is encoded from a `NibbleSlice`, meaning it contains
 	/// a flag indicating it is a leaf.
-	Leaf(Bytes, Bytes),
+	Leaf(NodeKey, DBValue),
 	/// An extension contains a shared portion of a key and a child node.
 	/// The shared portion is encoded from a `NibbleSlice` meaning it contains
 	/// a flag indicating it is an extension.
 	/// The child node is always a branch.
-	Extension(Bytes, NodeHandle),
+	Extension(NodeKey, NodeHandle),
 	/// A branch has up to 16 children and an optional value.
-	Branch(Box<[Option<NodeHandle>; 16]>, Option<Bytes>)
+	Branch(Box<[Option<NodeHandle>; 16]>, Option<DBValue>)
 }
 
 impl Node {
@@ -98,21 +100,18 @@ impl Node {
 	fn from_rlp(rlp: &[u8], db: &HashDB, storage: &mut NodeStorage) -> Self {
 		match RlpNode::decoded(rlp) {
 			RlpNode::Empty => Node::Empty,
-			RlpNode::Leaf(k, v) => Node::Leaf(k.encoded(true), v.to_owned()),
-			RlpNode::Extension(partial, cb) => {
-				let key = partial.encoded(false);
-
-				Node::Extension(key, Self::inline_or_hash(cb, db, storage))
+			RlpNode::Leaf(k, v) => Node::Leaf(k, v),
+			RlpNode::Extension(key, cb) => {
+				Node::Extension(key, Self::inline_or_hash(&*cb, db, storage))
 			}
-			RlpNode::Branch(children_rlp, v) => {
-				let val = v.map(|x| x.to_owned());
+			RlpNode::Branch(children_rlp, val) => {
 				let mut children = empty_children();
 
 				for i in 0..16 {
-					let raw = children_rlp[i];
-					let child_rlp = Rlp::new(raw);
+					let raw = &children_rlp[i];
+					let child_rlp = Rlp::new(&*raw);
 					if !child_rlp.is_empty()  {
-						children[i] = Some(Self::inline_or_hash(raw, db, storage));
+						children[i] = Some(Self::inline_or_hash(&*raw, db, storage));
 					}
 				}
 
@@ -134,13 +133,13 @@ impl Node {
 			}
 			Node::Leaf(partial, value) => {
 				let mut stream = RlpStream::new_list(2);
-				stream.append(&partial);
-				stream.append(&value);
+				stream.append(&&*partial);
+				stream.append(&&*value);
 				stream.drain()
 			}
 			Node::Extension(partial, child) => {
 				let mut stream = RlpStream::new_list(2);
-				stream.append(&partial);
+				stream.append(&&*partial);
 				child_cb(child, &mut stream);
 				stream.drain()
 			}
@@ -154,7 +153,7 @@ impl Node {
 					}
 				}
 				if let Some(value) = value {
-					stream.append(&value);
+					stream.append(&&*value);
 				} else {
 					stream.append_empty_data();
 				}
@@ -276,7 +275,7 @@ impl<'a> Index<&'a StorageHandle> for NodeStorage {
 ///   assert_eq!(*t.root(), ::util::sha3::SHA3_NULL_RLP);
 ///   t.insert(b"foo", b"bar").unwrap();
 ///   assert!(t.contains(b"foo").unwrap());
-///   assert_eq!(t.get(b"foo").unwrap().unwrap(), b"bar");
+///   assert_eq!(t.get(b"foo").unwrap().unwrap(), DBValue::from_slice(b"bar"));
 ///   t.remove(b"foo").unwrap();
 ///   assert!(!t.contains(b"foo").unwrap());
 /// }
@@ -338,7 +337,7 @@ impl<'a> TrieDBMut<'a> {
 	// cache a node by hash
 	fn cache(&mut self, hash: H256) -> super::Result<StorageHandle> {
 		let node_rlp = try!(self.db.get(&hash).ok_or_else(|| Box::new(TrieError::IncompleteDatabase(hash))));
-		let node = Node::from_rlp(node_rlp, &*self.db, &mut self.storage);
+		let node = Node::from_rlp(&node_rlp, &*self.db, &mut self.storage);
 		Ok(self.storage.alloc(Stored::Cached(node, hash)))
 	}
 
@@ -367,7 +366,7 @@ impl<'a> TrieDBMut<'a> {
 	}
 
 	// walk the trie, attempting to find the key's node.
-	fn lookup<'x, 'key>(&'x self, partial: NibbleSlice<'key>, handle: &NodeHandle) -> super::Result<Option<&'x [u8]>>
+	fn lookup<'x, 'key>(&'x self, partial: NibbleSlice<'key>, handle: &NodeHandle) -> super::Result<Option<DBValue>>
 		where 'x: 'key
 	{
 		match *handle {
@@ -376,7 +375,7 @@ impl<'a> TrieDBMut<'a> {
 				Node::Empty => Ok(None),
 				Node::Leaf(ref key, ref value) => {
 					if NibbleSlice::from_encoded(key).0 == partial {
-						Ok(Some(value))
+						Ok(Some(DBValue::from_slice(value)))
 					} else {
 						Ok(None)
 					}
@@ -391,7 +390,7 @@ impl<'a> TrieDBMut<'a> {
 				}
 				Node::Branch(ref children, ref value) => {
 					if partial.is_empty() {
-						Ok(value.as_ref().map(|v| &v[..]))
+						Ok(value.as_ref().map(|v| DBValue::from_slice(v)))
 					} else {
 						let idx = partial.at(0);
 						match children[idx as usize].as_ref() {
@@ -405,28 +404,33 @@ impl<'a> TrieDBMut<'a> {
 	}
 
 	/// Return optional data for a key given as a `NibbleSlice`. Returns `None` if no data exists.
-	fn do_db_lookup<'x, 'key>(&'x self, hash: &H256, key: NibbleSlice<'key>) -> super::Result<Option<&'x [u8]>>
+	fn do_db_lookup<'x, 'key>(&'x self, hash: &H256, key: NibbleSlice<'key>) -> super::Result<Option<DBValue>>
 		where 'x: 'key
 	{
 		self.db.get(hash).ok_or_else(|| Box::new(TrieError::IncompleteDatabase(*hash)))
-			.and_then(|node_rlp| self.get_from_db_node(node_rlp, key))
+			.and_then(|node_rlp| self.get_from_db_node(&node_rlp, key))
 	}
 
 	/// Recursible function to retrieve the value given a `node` and a partial `key`. `None` if no
 	/// value exists for the key.
 	///
 	/// Note: Not a public API; use Trie trait functions.
-	fn get_from_db_node<'x, 'key>(&'x self, node: &'x [u8], key: NibbleSlice<'key>) -> super::Result<Option<&'x [u8]>>
+	fn get_from_db_node<'x, 'key>(&'x self, node: &'x [u8], key: NibbleSlice<'key>) -> super::Result<Option<DBValue>>
 		where 'x: 'key
 	{
 		match RlpNode::decoded(node) {
-			RlpNode::Leaf(ref slice, value) if &key == slice => Ok(Some(value)),
-			RlpNode::Extension(ref slice, item) if key.starts_with(slice) => {
-				self.get_from_db_node(try!(self.get_raw_or_lookup(item)), key.mid(slice.len()))
+			RlpNode::Leaf(ref slice, ref value) if NibbleSlice::from_encoded(slice).0 == key => Ok(Some(value.clone())),
+			RlpNode::Extension(ref slice, ref item) => {
+				let slice = &NibbleSlice::from_encoded(slice).0;
+				if key.starts_with(slice) {
+					self.get_from_db_node(&try!(self.get_raw_or_lookup(&*item)), key.mid(slice.len()))
+				} else {
+					Ok(None)
+				}
 			},
-			RlpNode::Branch(ref nodes, value) => match key.is_empty() {
-				true => Ok(value),
-				false => self.get_from_db_node(try!(self.get_raw_or_lookup(nodes[key.at(0) as usize])), key.mid(1))
+			RlpNode::Branch(ref nodes, ref value) => match key.is_empty() {
+				true => Ok(value.clone()),
+				false => self.get_from_db_node(&try!(self.get_raw_or_lookup(&*nodes[key.at(0) as usize])), key.mid(1))
 			},
 			_ => Ok(None),
 		}
@@ -435,7 +439,7 @@ impl<'a> TrieDBMut<'a> {
 	/// Given some node-describing data `node`, return the actual node RLP.
 	/// This could be a simple identity operation in the case that the node is sufficiently small, but
 	/// may require a database lookup.
-	fn get_raw_or_lookup<'x>(&'x self, node: &'x [u8]) -> super::Result<&'x [u8]> {
+	fn get_raw_or_lookup<'x>(&'x self, node: &'x [u8]) -> super::Result<DBValue> {
 		// check if its sha3 + len
 		let r = Rlp::new(node);
 		match r.is_data() && r.size() == 32 {
@@ -443,12 +447,12 @@ impl<'a> TrieDBMut<'a> {
 				let key = r.as_val::<H256>();
 				self.db.get(&key).ok_or_else(|| Box::new(TrieError::IncompleteDatabase(key)))
 			}
-			false => Ok(node)
+			false => Ok(DBValue::from_slice(node))
 		}
 	}
 
 	/// insert a key, value pair into the trie, creating new nodes if necessary.
-	fn insert_at(&mut self, handle: NodeHandle, partial: NibbleSlice, value: Bytes) -> super::Result<(StorageHandle, bool)> {
+	fn insert_at(&mut self, handle: NodeHandle, partial: NibbleSlice, value: DBValue) -> super::Result<(StorageHandle, bool)> {
 		let h = match handle {
 			NodeHandle::InMemory(h) => h,
 			NodeHandle::Hash(h) => try!(self.cache(h)),
@@ -463,7 +467,7 @@ impl<'a> TrieDBMut<'a> {
 
 	/// the insertion inspector.
 	#[cfg_attr(feature = "dev", allow(cyclomatic_complexity))]
-	fn insert_inspector(&mut self, node: Node, partial: NibbleSlice, value: Bytes) -> super::Result<InsertAction> {
+	fn insert_inspector(&mut self, node: Node, partial: NibbleSlice, value: DBValue) -> super::Result<InsertAction> {
 		trace!(target: "trie", "augmented (partial: {:?}, value: {:?})", partial, value.pretty());
 
 		Ok(match node {
@@ -898,7 +902,7 @@ impl<'a> TrieMut for TrieDBMut<'a> {
 		}
 	}
 
-	fn get<'x, 'key>(&'x self, key: &'key [u8]) -> super::Result<Option<&'x [u8]>> where 'x: 'key {
+	fn get<'x, 'key>(&'x self, key: &'key [u8]) -> super::Result<Option<DBValue>> where 'x: 'key {
 		self.lookup(NibbleSlice::new(key), &self.root_handle)
 	}
 
@@ -911,7 +915,7 @@ impl<'a> TrieMut for TrieDBMut<'a> {
 		trace!(target: "trie", "insert: key={:?}, value={:?}", key.pretty(), value.pretty());
 
 		let root_handle = self.root_handle();
-		let (new_handle, changed) = try!(self.insert_at(root_handle, NibbleSlice::new(key), value.to_owned()));
+		let (new_handle, changed) = try!(self.insert_at(root_handle, NibbleSlice::new(key), DBValue::from_slice(value)));
 
 		trace!(target: "trie", "insert: altered trie={}", changed);
 		self.root_handle = NodeHandle::InMemory(new_handle);
@@ -1180,9 +1184,9 @@ mod tests {
 		let mut root = H256::new();
 		let mut t = TrieDBMut::new(&mut memdb, &mut root);
 		t.insert(&[0x01u8, 0x23], &[0x01u8, 0x23]).unwrap();
-		assert_eq!(t.get(&[0x1, 0x23]).unwrap().unwrap(), &[0x1u8, 0x23]);
+		assert_eq!(t.get(&[0x1, 0x23]).unwrap().unwrap(), DBValue::from_slice(&[0x1u8, 0x23]));
 		t.commit();
-		assert_eq!(t.get(&[0x1, 0x23]).unwrap().unwrap(), &[0x1u8, 0x23]);
+		assert_eq!(t.get(&[0x1, 0x23]).unwrap().unwrap(), DBValue::from_slice(&[0x1u8, 0x23]));
 	}
 
 	#[test]
@@ -1193,14 +1197,14 @@ mod tests {
 		t.insert(&[0x01u8, 0x23], &[0x01u8, 0x23]).unwrap();
 		t.insert(&[0xf1u8, 0x23], &[0xf1u8, 0x23]).unwrap();
 		t.insert(&[0x81u8, 0x23], &[0x81u8, 0x23]).unwrap();
-		assert_eq!(t.get(&[0x01, 0x23]).unwrap().unwrap(), &[0x01u8, 0x23]);
-		assert_eq!(t.get(&[0xf1, 0x23]).unwrap().unwrap(), &[0xf1u8, 0x23]);
-		assert_eq!(t.get(&[0x81, 0x23]).unwrap().unwrap(), &[0x81u8, 0x23]);
+		assert_eq!(t.get(&[0x01, 0x23]).unwrap().unwrap(), DBValue::from_slice(&[0x01u8, 0x23]));
+		assert_eq!(t.get(&[0xf1, 0x23]).unwrap().unwrap(), DBValue::from_slice(&[0xf1u8, 0x23]));
+		assert_eq!(t.get(&[0x81, 0x23]).unwrap().unwrap(), DBValue::from_slice(&[0x81u8, 0x23]));
 		assert_eq!(t.get(&[0x82, 0x23]), Ok(None));
 		t.commit();
-		assert_eq!(t.get(&[0x01, 0x23]).unwrap().unwrap(), &[0x01u8, 0x23]);
-		assert_eq!(t.get(&[0xf1, 0x23]).unwrap().unwrap(), &[0xf1u8, 0x23]);
-		assert_eq!(t.get(&[0x81, 0x23]).unwrap().unwrap(), &[0x81u8, 0x23]);
+		assert_eq!(t.get(&[0x01, 0x23]).unwrap().unwrap(), DBValue::from_slice(&[0x01u8, 0x23]));
+		assert_eq!(t.get(&[0xf1, 0x23]).unwrap().unwrap(), DBValue::from_slice(&[0xf1u8, 0x23]));
+		assert_eq!(t.get(&[0x81, 0x23]).unwrap().unwrap(), DBValue::from_slice(&[0x81u8, 0x23]));
 		assert_eq!(t.get(&[0x82, 0x23]), Ok(None));
 	}
 

From 0441babb5f665f8691babb69536e0f81f73cdea6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nicolas Gotchac <ngotchac@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2016 13:55:41 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 18/29] Fix empty tags modif. (#2882)

---
 js/src/modals/EditMeta/editMeta.js | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/js/src/modals/EditMeta/editMeta.js b/js/src/modals/EditMeta/editMeta.js
index aef0232a6..afcf9b127 100644
--- a/js/src/modals/EditMeta/editMeta.js
+++ b/js/src/modals/EditMeta/editMeta.js
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ export default class EditMeta extends Component {
 
   onTagsInputChange = (value) => {
     const { meta } = this.state;
-    const { tags } = meta || [];
+    const { tags = [] } = meta;
 
     const tokens = value.split(/[\s,;]+/);
 

From c9298981f802c0d91290cb5443364dbe17ae9ec6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gav Wood <gavin@ethcore.io>
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2016 13:57:54 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 19/29] Fix up informant. (#2865)

Just ensure as many transactions/blocks are reported as possible.
---
 parity/informant.rs | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/parity/informant.rs b/parity/informant.rs
index 33ad54b3d..9b0b6c754 100644
--- a/parity/informant.rs
+++ b/parity/informant.rs
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ pub struct Informant {
 	net: Option<Arc<ManageNetwork>>,
 	last_import: Mutex<Instant>,
 	skipped: AtomicUsize,
+	skipped_txs: AtomicUsize,
 }
 
 /// Format byte counts to standard denominations.
@@ -80,6 +81,7 @@ impl Informant {
 			net: net,
 			last_import: Mutex::new(Instant::now()),
 			skipped: AtomicUsize::new(0),
+			skipped_txs: AtomicUsize::new(0),
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -178,13 +180,21 @@ impl ChainNotify for Informant {
 		let mut last_import = self.last_import.lock();
 		let sync_state = self.sync.as_ref().map(|s| s.status().state);
 		let importing = is_major_importing(sync_state, self.client.queue_info());
-		if Instant::now() > *last_import + Duration::from_secs(1) && !importing {
+
+		let ripe = Instant::now() > *last_import + Duration::from_secs(1) && !importing;
+		let txs_imported = imported.iter()
+			.take(imported.len() - if ripe {1} else {0})
+			.filter_map(|h| self.client.block(BlockID::Hash(h.clone())))
+			.map(|b| BlockView::new(&b).transactions_count())
+			.sum();
+
+		if ripe {
 			if let Some(block) = imported.last().and_then(|h| self.client.block(BlockID::Hash(*h))) {
 				let view = BlockView::new(&block);
 				let header = view.header();
 				let tx_count = view.transactions_count();
 				let size = block.len();
-				let skipped = self.skipped.load(AtomicOrdering::Relaxed);
+				let (skipped, skipped_txs) = (self.skipped.load(AtomicOrdering::Relaxed) + imported.len() - 1, self.skipped.load(AtomicOrdering::Relaxed) + txs_imported);
 				info!(target: "import", "Imported {} {} ({} txs, {} Mgas, {} ms, {} KiB){}",
 					Colour::White.bold().paint(format!("#{}", header.number())),
 					Colour::White.bold().paint(format!("{}", header.hash())),
@@ -192,13 +202,22 @@ impl ChainNotify for Informant {
 					Colour::Yellow.bold().paint(format!("{:.2}", header.gas_used().low_u64() as f32 / 1000000f32)),
 					Colour::Purple.bold().paint(format!("{:.2}", duration as f32 / 1000000f32)),
 					Colour::Blue.bold().paint(format!("{:.2}", size as f32 / 1024f32)),
-					if skipped > 0 { format!(" + another {} block(s)", Colour::Red.bold().paint(format!("{}", skipped))) } else { String::new() }
+					if skipped > 0 {
+						format!(" + another {} block(s) containing {} tx(s)",
+							Colour::Red.bold().paint(format!("{}", skipped)),
+							Colour::Red.bold().paint(format!("{}", skipped_txs))
+						)
+					} else {
+						String::new()
+					}
 				);
+				self.skipped.store(0, AtomicOrdering::Relaxed);
+				self.skipped_txs.store(0, AtomicOrdering::Relaxed);
 				*last_import = Instant::now();
 			}
-			self.skipped.store(0, AtomicOrdering::Relaxed);
 		} else {
 			self.skipped.fetch_add(imported.len(), AtomicOrdering::Relaxed);
+			self.skipped_txs.fetch_add(txs_imported, AtomicOrdering::Relaxed);
 		}
 	}
 }

From cdc348d9554b7948834a56d8f635deeebf615bc9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: GitLab Build Bot <jaco+gitlab@ethcore.io>
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2016 12:03:52 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 20/29] [ci skip] js-precompiled 20161026-120247

---
 Cargo.lock | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 9df7200e8..6592df2e2 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1211,7 +1211,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "parity-ui-precompiled"
 version = "1.4.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/ethcore/js-precompiled.git#1c5409c9102b62600f9e5e2894221827b24721f8"
+source = "git+https://github.com/ethcore/js-precompiled.git#10abc6955255a004351239cd6bd0a917dfe5f443"
 dependencies = [
  "parity-dapps-glue 1.4.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]

From 909fb1d54e880edbf108065009cccbedf9d256ca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: GitLab Build Bot <jaco+gitlab@ethcore.io>
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2016 12:15:18 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 21/29] [ci skip] js-precompiled 20161026-121420

---
 Cargo.lock | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 6592df2e2..ae87fc1dd 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1211,7 +1211,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "parity-ui-precompiled"
 version = "1.4.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/ethcore/js-precompiled.git#10abc6955255a004351239cd6bd0a917dfe5f443"
+source = "git+https://github.com/ethcore/js-precompiled.git#a9f4d6f0ff2a084cb5425b75430dd0ad45c21700"
 dependencies = [
  "parity-dapps-glue 1.4.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]

From af27bfe868e1eb123bdb372387fa511aa7f044c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nicolas Gotchac <ngotchac@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2016 14:59:45 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 22/29] Fixes CI JS precompiled build (#2886)

* Add inject to "bundle everything" list

* Fixes the `build-server` script // Updates Webpack config (#2872)

* New Webpack config file for libraries

* Added `parity-utils` path

* Removed parity in CommonChunks prod

* Fixes CI build
---
 js/package.json      | 2 +-
 js/webpack.config.js | 4 ----
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/js/package.json b/js/package.json
index 8992c7fa6..bafb3efcd 100644
--- a/js/package.json
+++ b/js/package.json
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     "build:lib": "webpack --config webpack.libraries --progress",
     "build:dll": "webpack --config webpack.vendor --progress",
 
-    "ci:build": "npm run ci:build:dll && npm run ci:build:dll && npm run ci:build:app",
+    "ci:build": "npm run ci:build:dll && npm run ci:build:app && npm run ci:build:lib",
     "ci:build:app": "NODE_ENV=production webpack",
     "ci:build:lib": "NODE_ENV=production webpack --config webpack.libraries",
     "ci:build:dll": "NODE_ENV=production webpack --config webpack.vendor",
diff --git a/js/webpack.config.js b/js/webpack.config.js
index c72ef8936..51337b9ef 100644
--- a/js/webpack.config.js
+++ b/js/webpack.config.js
@@ -40,10 +40,6 @@ module.exports = {
     'registry': ['./dapps/registry.js'],
     'signaturereg': ['./dapps/signaturereg.js'],
     'tokenreg': ['./dapps/tokenreg.js'],
-    // library
-    'parity': ['./parity.js'],
-    'inject': ['./web3.js'],
-    'web3': ['./web3.js'],
     // app
     'index': ['./index.js']
   },

From c36202fcf50ed03a79f9f9c280d46afa33be73d3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: GitLab Build Bot <jaco+gitlab@ethcore.io>
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2016 13:19:04 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 23/29] [ci skip] js-precompiled 20161026-131806

---
 Cargo.lock | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ae87fc1dd..2ffb29a7b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1211,7 +1211,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "parity-ui-precompiled"
 version = "1.4.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/ethcore/js-precompiled.git#a9f4d6f0ff2a084cb5425b75430dd0ad45c21700"
+source = "git+https://github.com/ethcore/js-precompiled.git#7e761cb85def0ade260e60cc05f697a0bf845ac9"
 dependencies = [
  "parity-dapps-glue 1.4.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]

From f024acd3295555458a8aa26c3b3dc124498a1f88 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Arkadiy Paronyan <arkady.paronyan@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2016 16:14:13 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 24/29] More snapshot fixes and optimizations (#2883)

* More snapshot fixes and optimizations

* db drop
---
 ethcore/res/ethereum/frontier.json |  3 +--
 ethcore/src/snapshot/mod.rs        | 41 ++++++------------------------
 ethcore/src/snapshot/service.rs    |  3 ++-
 3 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ethcore/res/ethereum/frontier.json b/ethcore/res/ethereum/frontier.json
index 2ad0f0bec..d5f57defd 100644
--- a/ethcore/res/ethereum/frontier.json
+++ b/ethcore/res/ethereum/frontier.json
@@ -164,8 +164,7 @@
 		"enode://a979fb575495b8d6db44f750317d0f4622bf4c2aa3365d6af7c284339968eef29b69ad0dce72a4d8db5ebb4968de0e3bec910127f134779fbcb0cb6d3331163c@52.16.188.185:30303",
 		"enode://de471bccee3d042261d52e9bff31458daecc406142b401d4cd848f677479f73104b9fdeb090af9583d3391b7f10cb2ba9e26865dd5fca4fcdc0fb1e3b723c786@54.94.239.50:30303",
 		"enode://1118980bf48b0a3640bdba04e0fe78b1add18e1cd99bf22d53daac1fd9972ad650df52176e7c7d89d1114cfef2bc23a2959aa54998a46afcf7d91809f0855082@52.74.57.123:30303",
-		"enode://4cd540b2c3292e17cff39922e864094bf8b0741fcc8c5dcea14957e389d7944c70278d872902e3d0345927f621547efa659013c400865485ab4bfa0c6596936f@zero.parity.io:30303",
-		"enode://cc92c4c40d612a10c877ca023ef0496c843fbc92b6c6c0d55ce0b863d51d821c4bd70daebb54324a6086374e6dc05708fed39862b275f169cb678e655da9d07d@136.243.154.246:30303"
+		"enode://4cd540b2c3292e17cff39922e864094bf8b0741fcc8c5dcea14957e389d7944c70278d872902e3d0345927f621547efa659013c400865485ab4bfa0c6596936f@138.201.144.135:30303"
 	],
 	"accounts": {
 		"0000000000000000000000000000000000000001": { "builtin": { "name": "ecrecover", "pricing": { "linear": { "base": 3000, "word": 0 } } } },
diff --git a/ethcore/src/snapshot/mod.rs b/ethcore/src/snapshot/mod.rs
index 223d769d2..4fa00f771 100644
--- a/ethcore/src/snapshot/mod.rs
+++ b/ethcore/src/snapshot/mod.rs
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ use ids::BlockID;
 use views::BlockView;
 
 use util::{Bytes, Hashable, HashDB, DBValue, snappy, U256, Uint};
-use util::memorydb::MemoryDB;
 use util::Mutex;
 use util::hash::{FixedHash, H256};
 use util::journaldb::{self, Algorithm, JournalDB};
@@ -47,7 +46,7 @@ use self::io::SnapshotWriter;
 use super::state_db::StateDB;
 use super::state::Account as StateAccount;
 
-use crossbeam::{scope, ScopedJoinHandle};
+use crossbeam::scope;
 use rand::{Rng, OsRng};
 
 pub use self::error::Error;
@@ -421,38 +420,14 @@ impl StateRebuilder {
 		// new code contained within this chunk.
 		let mut chunk_code = HashMap::new();
 
-		// build account tries in parallel.
-		// Todo [rob] keep a thread pool around so we don't do this per-chunk.
-		try!(scope(|scope| {
-			let mut handles = Vec::new();
-			for (account_chunk, out_pairs_chunk) in account_fat_rlps.chunks(chunk_size).zip(pairs.chunks_mut(chunk_size)) {
-				let code_map = &self.code_map;
-				let handle: ScopedJoinHandle<Result<_, ::error::Error>> = scope.spawn(move || {
-					let mut db = MemoryDB::new();
-					let status = try!(rebuild_accounts(&mut db, account_chunk, out_pairs_chunk, code_map));
-
-					trace!(target: "snapshot", "thread rebuilt {} account tries", account_chunk.len());
-					Ok((db, status))
-				});
-
-				handles.push(handle);
+		for (account_chunk, out_pairs_chunk) in account_fat_rlps.chunks(chunk_size).zip(pairs.chunks_mut(chunk_size)) {
+			let code_map = &self.code_map;
+			let status = try!(rebuild_accounts(self.db.as_hashdb_mut(), account_chunk, out_pairs_chunk, code_map));
+			chunk_code.extend(status.new_code);
+			for (addr_hash, code_hash) in status.missing_code {
+				self.missing_code.entry(code_hash).or_insert_with(Vec::new).push(addr_hash);
 			}
-
-			// consolidate all edits into the main overlay.
-			for handle in handles {
-				let (thread_db, status): (MemoryDB, _) = try!(handle.join());
-				self.db.consolidate(thread_db);
-
-				chunk_code.extend(status.new_code);
-
-				for (addr_hash, code_hash) in status.missing_code {
-					self.missing_code.entry(code_hash).or_insert_with(Vec::new).push(addr_hash);
-				}
-			}
-
-			Ok::<_, ::error::Error>(())
-		}));
-
+		}
 		// patch up all missing code. must be done after collecting all new missing code entries.
 		for (code_hash, code) in chunk_code {
 			for addr_hash in self.missing_code.remove(&code_hash).unwrap_or_else(Vec::new) {
diff --git a/ethcore/src/snapshot/service.rs b/ethcore/src/snapshot/service.rs
index b3aaa017e..9b66a5cdc 100644
--- a/ethcore/src/snapshot/service.rs
+++ b/ethcore/src/snapshot/service.rs
@@ -497,7 +497,8 @@ impl Service {
 							match is_done {
 								true => {
 									try!(db.flush().map_err(::util::UtilError::SimpleString));
-									self.finalize_restoration(&mut *restoration)
+									drop(db);
+									return self.finalize_restoration(&mut *restoration);
 								},
 								false => Ok(())
 							}

From 6901d087dd0f8d496d1880f993ad043fca5f1227 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: GitLab Build Bot <jaco+gitlab@ethcore.io>
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2016 14:16:03 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 25/29] [ci skip] js-precompiled 20161026-141507

---
 Cargo.lock | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 2ffb29a7b..fab068c80 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1211,7 +1211,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "parity-ui-precompiled"
 version = "1.4.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/ethcore/js-precompiled.git#7e761cb85def0ade260e60cc05f697a0bf845ac9"
+source = "git+https://github.com/ethcore/js-precompiled.git#49ee3f2dbcccca5f5147d8db45be7e74ba5d0735"
 dependencies = [
  "parity-dapps-glue 1.4.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]

From a1745624ce046dab9924c0876dc93830650e6096 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: keorn <pczaban@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2016 15:27:38 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 26/29] enable suicide test (#2893)

---
 ethcore/src/json_tests/homestead_chain.rs | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ethcore/src/json_tests/homestead_chain.rs b/ethcore/src/json_tests/homestead_chain.rs
index d92b8a7f1..37a9d0a21 100644
--- a/ethcore/src/json_tests/homestead_chain.rs
+++ b/ethcore/src/json_tests/homestead_chain.rs
@@ -37,6 +37,5 @@ declare_test!{BlockchainTests_Homestead_bcUncleTest, "BlockchainTests/Homestead/
 declare_test!{BlockchainTests_Homestead_bcValidBlockTest, "BlockchainTests/Homestead/bcValidBlockTest"}
 declare_test!{BlockchainTests_Homestead_bcWalletTest, "BlockchainTests/Homestead/bcWalletTest"}
 declare_test!{BlockchainTests_Homestead_bcShanghaiLove, "BlockchainTests/Homestead/bcShanghaiLove"}
-// TODO [ToDr] uncomment as soon as eip150 tests are merged to develop branch of ethereum/tests
-// declare_test!{BlockchainTests_Homestead_bcSuicideIssue, "BlockchainTests/Homestead/bcSuicideIssue"}
+declare_test!{BlockchainTests_Homestead_bcSuicideIssue, "BlockchainTests/Homestead/bcSuicideIssue"}
 declare_test!{BlockchainTests_Homestead_bcExploitTest, "BlockchainTests/Homestead/bcExploitTest"}

From 99fab5cdb9ae4de53e3b9fae83407aa34952850d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nicolas Gotchac <ngotchac@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2016 16:27:53 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 27/29] Fix Webpack, again (#2895)

* Add inject to "bundle everything" list

* Fixes the `build-server` script // Updates Webpack config (#2872)

* New Webpack config file for libraries

* Added `parity-utils` path

* Removed parity in CommonChunks prod

* Fixes CI build

* Re-Add Libs in Webpack Config
---
 js/webpack.config.js | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/js/webpack.config.js b/js/webpack.config.js
index 51337b9ef..d253b6592 100644
--- a/js/webpack.config.js
+++ b/js/webpack.config.js
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ module.exports = {
     'registry': ['./dapps/registry.js'],
     'signaturereg': ['./dapps/signaturereg.js'],
     'tokenreg': ['./dapps/tokenreg.js'],
+    // library
+    'inject': ['./web3.js'],
+    'web3': ['./web3.js'],
+    'parity': ['./parity.js'],
     // app
     'index': ['./index.js']
   },

From 215c82d744f772d2170ed3256b4382bb087dea2d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: GitLab Build Bot <jaco+gitlab@ethcore.io>
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2016 14:43:01 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 28/29] [ci skip] js-precompiled 20161026-144207

---
 Cargo.lock | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index fab068c80..fdb80f602 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1211,7 +1211,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "parity-ui-precompiled"
 version = "1.4.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/ethcore/js-precompiled.git#49ee3f2dbcccca5f5147d8db45be7e74ba5d0735"
+source = "git+https://github.com/ethcore/js-precompiled.git#9f8baa9d0e54056c41a842b351597d0565beda98"
 dependencies = [
  "parity-dapps-glue 1.4.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]

From e449477f23000c1a66fa8baa40ae295231b38230 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jaco Greeff <jacogr@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2016 17:04:48 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 29/29] Add mising imgages for local dapps (#2890)

---
 js/src/views/Dapps/Summary/summary.js | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/js/src/views/Dapps/Summary/summary.js b/js/src/views/Dapps/Summary/summary.js
index 1989386ea..9cf6a046b 100644
--- a/js/src/views/Dapps/Summary/summary.js
+++ b/js/src/views/Dapps/Summary/summary.js
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ export default class Summary extends Component {
     }
 
     const url = `/app/${app.builtin ? 'global' : 'local'}/${app.url || app.id}`;
-    const image = app.image
-      ? <img src={ app.image } className={ styles.image } />
+    const image = app.image || app.iconUrl
+      ? <img src={ app.image || `http://127.0.0.1:8080/${app.id}/${app.iconUrl}` } className={ styles.image } />
       : <div className={ styles.image }>&nbsp;</div>;
 
     return (