diff --git a/ethchain/block.go b/ethchain/block.go
index ac56f58c32cba94c2fb224d7d3d5e08688ec6550..e4486f8e430eefa68bed0cdd5bea73e0e03a6290 100644
--- a/ethchain/block.go
+++ b/ethchain/block.go
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ func CreateBlock(root interface{},
 	}
 	block.SetUncles([]*Block{})
 
-	block.state = ethstate.NewState(ethtrie.NewTrie(ethutil.Config.Db, root))
+	block.state = ethstate.NewState(ethtrie.New(ethutil.Config.Db, root))
 
 	return block
 }
@@ -220,26 +220,10 @@ func (self *Block) SetReceipts(receipts []*Receipt, txs []*Transaction) {
 
 func (block *Block) setTransactions(txs []*Transaction) {
 	block.transactions = txs
-
-	/*
-		trie := ethtrie.NewTrie(ethutil.Config.Db, "")
-		for i, tx := range txs {
-			trie.Update(strconv.Itoa(i), string(tx.RlpEncode()))
-		}
-
-		switch trie.Root.(type) {
-		case string:
-			block.TxSha = []byte(trie.Root.(string))
-		case []byte:
-			block.TxSha = trie.Root.([]byte)
-		default:
-			panic(fmt.Sprintf("invalid root type %T", trie.Root))
-		}
-	*/
 }
 
 func CreateTxSha(receipts Receipts) (sha []byte) {
-	trie := ethtrie.NewTrie(ethutil.Config.Db, "")
+	trie := ethtrie.New(ethutil.Config.Db, "")
 	for i, receipt := range receipts {
 		trie.Update(string(ethutil.NewValue(i).Encode()), string(ethutil.NewValue(receipt.RlpData()).Encode()))
 	}
@@ -281,7 +265,7 @@ func (block *Block) RlpValueDecode(decoder *ethutil.Value) {
 	block.PrevHash = header.Get(0).Bytes()
 	block.UncleSha = header.Get(1).Bytes()
 	block.Coinbase = header.Get(2).Bytes()
-	block.state = ethstate.NewState(ethtrie.NewTrie(ethutil.Config.Db, header.Get(3).Val))
+	block.state = ethstate.NewState(ethtrie.New(ethutil.Config.Db, header.Get(3).Val))
 	block.TxSha = header.Get(4).Bytes()
 	block.Difficulty = header.Get(5).BigInt()
 	block.Number = header.Get(6).BigInt()
@@ -323,7 +307,7 @@ func NewUncleBlockFromValue(header *ethutil.Value) *Block {
 	block.PrevHash = header.Get(0).Bytes()
 	block.UncleSha = header.Get(1).Bytes()
 	block.Coinbase = header.Get(2).Bytes()
-	block.state = ethstate.NewState(ethtrie.NewTrie(ethutil.Config.Db, header.Get(3).Val))
+	block.state = ethstate.NewState(ethtrie.New(ethutil.Config.Db, header.Get(3).Val))
 	block.TxSha = header.Get(4).Bytes()
 	block.Difficulty = header.Get(5).BigInt()
 	block.Number = header.Get(6).BigInt()
diff --git a/ethchain/block_chain.go b/ethchain/block_chain.go
index 25090379883dc86f734c67cf1ba13305bd5b3afb..736fe52c7d57729d97f987b64a8e92e51a0ca325 100644
--- a/ethchain/block_chain.go
+++ b/ethchain/block_chain.go
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ func (bc *BlockChain) FindCanonicalChain(blocks []*Block, commonBlockHash []byte
 	// Start with the newest block we got, all the way back to the common block we both know
 	for _, block := range blocks {
 		if bytes.Compare(block.Hash(), commonBlockHash) == 0 {
-			chainlogger.Infoln("[CHAIN] We have found the common parent block, breaking")
+			chainlogger.Infoln("We have found the common parent block, breaking")
 			break
 		}
 		chainDifficulty.Add(chainDifficulty, bc.CalculateBlockTD(block))
@@ -145,13 +145,13 @@ func (bc *BlockChain) FindCanonicalChain(blocks []*Block, commonBlockHash []byte
 	for i := 0; block != nil; block = bc.GetBlock(block.PrevHash) {
 		i++
 		if bytes.Compare(block.Hash(), commonBlockHash) == 0 {
-			chainlogger.Infoln("We have found the common parent block, breaking")
+			chainlogger.Infoln("Found the common parent block")
 			break
 		}
 		anOtherBlock := bc.GetBlock(block.PrevHash)
 		if anOtherBlock == nil {
 			// We do not want to count the genesis block for difficulty since that's not being sent
-			chainlogger.Infoln("At genesis block, breaking")
+			chainlogger.Infoln("Found genesis block. Stop")
 			break
 		}
 		curChainDifficulty.Add(curChainDifficulty, bc.CalculateBlockTD(block))
@@ -159,11 +159,11 @@ func (bc *BlockChain) FindCanonicalChain(blocks []*Block, commonBlockHash []byte
 
 	chainlogger.Infoln("Current chain difficulty:", curChainDifficulty)
 	if chainDifficulty.Cmp(curChainDifficulty) == 1 {
-		chainlogger.Infof("The incoming Chain beat our asses, resetting to block: %x", commonBlockHash)
+		chainlogger.Infof("Resetting to block %x. Changing chain.")
 		bc.ResetTillBlockHash(commonBlockHash)
 		return false
 	} else {
-		chainlogger.Infoln("Our chain showed the incoming chain who is boss. Ignoring.")
+		chainlogger.Infoln("Current chain is longest chain. Ignoring incoming chain.")
 		return true
 	}
 }
diff --git a/ethchain/state_transition.go b/ethchain/state_transition.go
index 02a8e0e825e9be37a396dcfe13c9f2f1d96313a8..8f1561c008820f0a9615f9fc37f710e61a5ea902 100644
--- a/ethchain/state_transition.go
+++ b/ethchain/state_transition.go
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ func MakeContract(tx *Transaction, state *ethstate.State) *ethstate.StateObject
 
 		contract := state.NewStateObject(addr)
 		contract.InitCode = tx.Data
-		contract.State = ethstate.NewState(ethtrie.NewTrie(ethutil.Config.Db, ""))
+		contract.State = ethstate.NewState(ethtrie.New(ethutil.Config.Db, ""))
 
 		return contract
 	}
diff --git a/ethstate/state_object.go b/ethstate/state_object.go
index 5932fbee6f0ad4bb147e3a219d7f747eb70f18e6..309e3e762aebe06e036aa08a5914a2e6c3e4d81a 100644
--- a/ethstate/state_object.go
+++ b/ethstate/state_object.go
@@ -57,30 +57,12 @@ func (self *StateObject) Reset() {
 	self.State.Reset()
 }
 
-/*
-// Converts an transaction in to a state object
-func MakeContract(tx *Transaction, state *State) *StateObject {
-	// Create contract if there's no recipient
-	if tx.IsContract() {
-		addr := tx.CreationAddress()
-
-		contract := state.NewStateObject(addr)
-		contract.initCode = tx.Data
-		contract.state = NewState(ethtrie.NewTrie(ethutil.Config.Db, ""))
-
-		return contract
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
-*/
-
 func NewStateObject(addr []byte) *StateObject {
 	// This to ensure that it has 20 bytes (and not 0 bytes), thus left or right pad doesn't matter.
 	address := ethutil.Address(addr)
 
 	object := &StateObject{address: address, Balance: new(big.Int), gasPool: new(big.Int)}
-	object.State = NewState(ethtrie.NewTrie(ethutil.Config.Db, ""))
+	object.State = NewState(ethtrie.New(ethutil.Config.Db, ""))
 	object.storage = make(Storage)
 	object.gasPool = new(big.Int)
 
@@ -90,7 +72,7 @@ func NewStateObject(addr []byte) *StateObject {
 func NewContract(address []byte, balance *big.Int, root []byte) *StateObject {
 	contract := NewStateObject(address)
 	contract.Balance = balance
-	contract.State = NewState(ethtrie.NewTrie(ethutil.Config.Db, string(root)))
+	contract.State = NewState(ethtrie.New(ethutil.Config.Db, string(root)))
 
 	return contract
 }
@@ -318,7 +300,7 @@ func (c *StateObject) RlpDecode(data []byte) {
 
 	c.Nonce = decoder.Get(0).Uint()
 	c.Balance = decoder.Get(1).BigInt()
-	c.State = NewState(ethtrie.NewTrie(ethutil.Config.Db, decoder.Get(2).Interface()))
+	c.State = NewState(ethtrie.New(ethutil.Config.Db, decoder.Get(2).Interface()))
 	c.storage = make(map[string]*ethutil.Value)
 	c.gasPool = new(big.Int)
 
diff --git a/ethtrie/slice.go b/ethtrie/slice.go
index b9d5d12853e63c909c98f89bd9428ce1f361a928..cf4e8df7af91873e4b8c86bbee8fbc66d5d0b810 100644
--- a/ethtrie/slice.go
+++ b/ethtrie/slice.go
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package ethtrie
 
-import ()
+import "math"
 
 // Helper function for comparing slices
 func CompareIntSlice(a, b []int) bool {
@@ -17,9 +17,13 @@ func CompareIntSlice(a, b []int) bool {
 
 // Returns the amount of nibbles that match each other from 0 ...
 func MatchingNibbleLength(a, b []int) int {
-	i := 0
-	for CompareIntSlice(a[:i+1], b[:i+1]) && i < len(b) {
-		i += 1
+	var i, length = 0, int(math.Min(float64(len(a)), float64(len(b))))
+
+	for i < length {
+		if a[i] != b[i] {
+			break
+		}
+		i++
 	}
 
 	return i
diff --git a/ethtrie/trie.go b/ethtrie/trie.go
index f0f3fe5a89e6448fee7b08c8d93f49d8c16ea64b..38ae0754d1443712a095a40698955ba8e5f8aa15 100644
--- a/ethtrie/trie.go
+++ b/ethtrie/trie.go
@@ -3,16 +3,17 @@ package ethtrie
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/ethereum/eth-go/ethcrypto"
-	"github.com/ethereum/eth-go/ethutil"
 	_ "reflect"
 	"sync"
+
+	"github.com/ethereum/eth-go/ethcrypto"
+	"github.com/ethereum/eth-go/ethutil"
 )
 
 func __ignore() { fmt.Println("") }
 
 func ParanoiaCheck(t1 *Trie) (bool, *Trie) {
-	t2 := NewTrie(ethutil.Config.Db, "")
+	t2 := New(ethutil.Config.Db, "")
 
 	t1.NewIterator().Each(func(key string, v *ethutil.Value) {
 		t2.Update(key, v.Str())
@@ -158,7 +159,7 @@ func copyRoot(root interface{}) interface{} {
 	return prevRootCopy
 }
 
-func NewTrie(db ethutil.Database, Root interface{}) *Trie {
+func New(db ethutil.Database, Root interface{}) *Trie {
 	// Make absolute sure the root is copied
 	r := copyRoot(Root)
 	p := copyRoot(Root)
@@ -221,7 +222,7 @@ func (t *Trie) Cmp(trie *Trie) bool {
 
 // Returns a copy of this trie
 func (t *Trie) Copy() *Trie {
-	trie := NewTrie(t.cache.db, t.Root)
+	trie := New(t.cache.db, t.Root)
 	for key, node := range t.cache.nodes {
 		trie.cache.nodes[key] = node.Copy()
 	}
diff --git a/ethtrie/trie_test.go b/ethtrie/trie_test.go
index 3989a8f4513be095516c0433a9dc3f4704e85d41..2661f8f2596c97502de1cdf9be1380b0681979c9 100644
--- a/ethtrie/trie_test.go
+++ b/ethtrie/trie_test.go
@@ -5,13 +5,14 @@ import (
 	_ "encoding/hex"
 	_ "encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/ethereum/eth-go/ethutil"
 	_ "io/ioutil"
 	_ "math/rand"
 	_ "net/http"
 	_ "reflect"
 	"testing"
 	_ "time"
+
+	"github.com/ethereum/eth-go/ethutil"
 )
 
 const LONG_WORD = "1234567890abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxxzABCEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"
@@ -38,14 +39,14 @@ func (db *MemDatabase) Print()              {}
 func (db *MemDatabase) Close()              {}
 func (db *MemDatabase) LastKnownTD() []byte { return nil }
 
-func New() (*MemDatabase, *Trie) {
+func NewTrie() (*MemDatabase, *Trie) {
 	db, _ := NewMemDatabase()
-	return db, NewTrie(db, "")
+	return db, New(db, "")
 }
 
 /*
 func TestTrieSync(t *testing.T) {
-	db, trie := New()
+	db, trie := NewTrie()
 
 	trie.Update("dog", LONG_WORD)
 	if len(db.db) != 0 {
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ func TestTrieSync(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestTrieDirtyTracking(t *testing.T) {
-	_, trie := New()
+	_, trie := NewTrie()
 	trie.Update("dog", LONG_WORD)
 	if !trie.cache.IsDirty {
 		t.Error("Expected trie to be dirty")
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@ func TestTrieDirtyTracking(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestTrieReset(t *testing.T) {
-	_, trie := New()
+	_, trie := NewTrie()
 
 	trie.Update("cat", LONG_WORD)
 	if len(trie.cache.nodes) == 0 {
@@ -94,7 +95,7 @@ func TestTrieReset(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestTrieGet(t *testing.T) {
-	_, trie := New()
+	_, trie := NewTrie()
 
 	trie.Update("cat", LONG_WORD)
 	x := trie.Get("cat")
@@ -104,7 +105,7 @@ func TestTrieGet(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestTrieUpdating(t *testing.T) {
-	_, trie := New()
+	_, trie := NewTrie()
 	trie.Update("cat", LONG_WORD)
 	trie.Update("cat", LONG_WORD+"1")
 	x := trie.Get("cat")
@@ -114,8 +115,8 @@ func TestTrieUpdating(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestTrieCmp(t *testing.T) {
-	_, trie1 := New()
-	_, trie2 := New()
+	_, trie1 := NewTrie()
+	_, trie2 := NewTrie()
 
 	trie1.Update("doge", LONG_WORD)
 	trie2.Update("doge", LONG_WORD)
@@ -131,7 +132,7 @@ func TestTrieCmp(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestTrieDelete(t *testing.T) {
-	_, trie := New()
+	_, trie := NewTrie()
 	trie.Update("cat", LONG_WORD)
 	exp := trie.Root
 	trie.Update("dog", LONG_WORD)
@@ -150,7 +151,7 @@ func TestTrieDelete(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestTrieDeleteWithValue(t *testing.T) {
-	_, trie := New()
+	_, trie := NewTrie()
 	trie.Update("c", LONG_WORD)
 	exp := trie.Root
 	trie.Update("ca", LONG_WORD)
@@ -164,7 +165,7 @@ func TestTrieDeleteWithValue(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestTriePurge(t *testing.T) {
-	_, trie := New()
+	_, trie := NewTrie()
 	trie.Update("c", LONG_WORD)
 	trie.Update("ca", LONG_WORD)
 	trie.Update("cat", LONG_WORD)
@@ -248,7 +249,7 @@ func CreateTests(uri string, cb func(Test)) map[string]Test {
 
 func TestRemote(t *testing.T) {
 	CreateTests("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ethereum/tests/develop/trietest.json", func(test Test) {
-		_, trie := New()
+		_, trie := NewTrie()
 		for key, value := range test.In {
 			trie.Update(get(key), get(value))
 		}
@@ -263,12 +264,12 @@ func TestRemote(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestTrieReplay(t *testing.T) {
 	CreateTests("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ethereum/tests/develop/trietest.json", func(test Test) {
-		_, trie := New()
+		_, trie := NewTrie()
 		for key, value := range test.In {
 			trie.Update(get(key), get(value))
 		}
 
-		_, trie2 := New()
+		_, trie2 := NewTrie()
 		trie.NewIterator().Each(func(key string, v *ethutil.Value) {
 			trie2.Update(key, v.Str())
 		})
@@ -314,7 +315,7 @@ func TestRegression(t *testing.T) {
 
 	roots := make(map[string]int)
 	for i := 0; i < MaxTest; i++ {
-		_, trie := New()
+		_, trie := NewTrie()
 		data := RandomData()
 
 		for _, test := range data {
@@ -333,7 +334,7 @@ func TestRegression(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestDelete(t *testing.T) {
-	_, trie := New()
+	_, trie := NewTrie()
 
 	trie.Update("a", "jeffreytestlongstring")
 	trie.Update("aa", "otherstring")
@@ -352,7 +353,7 @@ func TestDelete(t *testing.T) {
 	trie.Update("aaaa", "testmegood")
 
 	fmt.Println("aa =>", trie.Get("aa"))
-	_, t2 := New()
+	_, t2 := NewTrie()
 	trie.NewIterator().Each(func(key string, v *ethutil.Value) {
 		if key == "aaaa" {
 			t2.Update(key, v.Str())
@@ -369,7 +370,7 @@ func TestDelete(t *testing.T) {
 */
 
 func TestRndCase(t *testing.T) {
-	_, trie := New()
+	_, trie := NewTrie()
 
 	data := []struct{ k, v string }{
 		{"0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001", "a07573657264617461000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"},
diff --git a/ethvm/vm_test.go b/ethvm/vm_test.go
index 501d0c2841d578b7935fe57dae80bb6f650c8bbc..5b3a9aef16390a54c45082f7f7f914c00b1dab14 100644
--- a/ethvm/vm_test.go
+++ b/ethvm/vm_test.go
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@ package ethvm
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/ethereum/eth-go/ethdb"
-	"github.com/ethereum/eth-go/ethlog"
-	"github.com/ethereum/eth-go/ethstate"
-	"github.com/ethereum/eth-go/ethutil"
 	"log"
 	"math/big"
 	"os"
 	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/ethereum/eth-go/ethlog"
+	"github.com/ethereum/eth-go/ethstate"
+	"github.com/ethereum/eth-go/ethutil"
 )
 
 type TestEnv struct {
@@ -27,9 +27,7 @@ func (self TestEnv) State() *ethstate.State { return nil }
 func TestVm(t *testing.T) {
 	ethlog.AddLogSystem(ethlog.NewStdLogSystem(os.Stdout, log.LstdFlags, ethlog.LogLevel(4)))
 
-	db, _ := ethdb.NewMemDatabase()
 	ethutil.ReadConfig(".ethtest", "/tmp/ethtest", "")
-	ethutil.Config.Db = db
 
 	stateObject := ethstate.NewStateObject([]byte{'j', 'e', 'f', 'f'})
 	callerClosure := NewClosure(stateObject, stateObject, []byte{0x60, 0x01}, big.NewInt(1000000), big.NewInt(0))