diff --git a/core/block_processor.go b/core/block_processor.go
index 5dadd2a27a25e8950d00a90cd442410be185b24c..ba63508055666e5b99db38c69f75d4d5f6bf8a2c 100644
--- a/core/block_processor.go
+++ b/core/block_processor.go
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ func (self *BlockProcessor) ApplyTransaction(gp GasPool, statedb *state.StateDB,
 	}
 
 	logs := statedb.GetLogs(tx.Hash())
-	receipt.SetLogs(logs)
+	receipt.Logs = logs
 	receipt.Bloom = types.CreateBloom(types.Receipts{receipt})
 
 	glog.V(logger.Debug).Infoln(receipt)
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ func (sm *BlockProcessor) GetLogs(block *types.Block) (logs vm.Logs, err error)
 	receipts := GetBlockReceipts(sm.chainDb, block.Hash())
 	// coalesce logs
 	for _, receipt := range receipts {
-		logs = append(logs, receipt.Logs()...)
+		logs = append(logs, receipt.Logs...)
 	}
 	return logs, nil
 }
diff --git a/core/block_processor_test.go b/core/block_processor_test.go
index e0e5607b9b82ea5cdbf16a28649c0af1178cd2b1..c2c85ebfa6b22ec280d2278f5b3d4afe7897d8bf 100644
--- a/core/block_processor_test.go
+++ b/core/block_processor_test.go
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ func TestPutReceipt(t *testing.T) {
 	hash[0] = 2
 
 	receipt := new(types.Receipt)
-	receipt.SetLogs(vm.Logs{&vm.Log{
+	receipt.Logs = vm.Logs{&vm.Log{
 		Address:   addr,
 		Topics:    []common.Hash{hash},
 		Data:      []byte("hi"),
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ func TestPutReceipt(t *testing.T) {
 		TxIndex:   0,
 		BlockHash: hash,
 		Index:     0,
-	}})
+	}}
 
 	PutReceipts(db, types.Receipts{receipt})
 	receipt = GetReceipt(db, common.Hash{})
diff --git a/core/chain_makers.go b/core/chain_makers.go
index eb451c00dea9274e2d9a383eed32e25026cebba0..be6ba04e4778d519e7674ebb31cf1cc5af21ed33 100644
--- a/core/chain_makers.go
+++ b/core/chain_makers.go
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ func (b *BlockGen) AddTx(tx *types.Transaction) {
 	b.header.GasUsed.Add(b.header.GasUsed, gas)
 	receipt := types.NewReceipt(root.Bytes(), b.header.GasUsed)
 	logs := b.statedb.GetLogs(tx.Hash())
-	receipt.SetLogs(logs)
+	receipt.Logs = logs
 	receipt.Bloom = types.CreateBloom(types.Receipts{receipt})
 	b.txs = append(b.txs, tx)
 	b.receipts = append(b.receipts, receipt)
diff --git a/core/transaction_util.go b/core/transaction_util.go
index 9a82ec4dcbe2383f77ca790b838fd2b50e155f45..dbda4cfe7a5fb6474520eb4925371f48b23f0f8c 100644
--- a/core/transaction_util.go
+++ b/core/transaction_util.go
@@ -140,12 +140,16 @@ func GetBlockReceipts(db ethdb.Database, hash common.Hash) types.Receipts {
 	if len(data) == 0 {
 		return nil
 	}
-	receipts := new(types.Receipts)
-	if err := rlp.DecodeBytes(data, receipts); err != nil {
+	rs := []*types.ReceiptForStorage{}
+	if err := rlp.DecodeBytes(data, &rs); err != nil {
 		glog.V(logger.Error).Infof("invalid receipt array RLP for hash %x: %v", hash, err)
 		return nil
 	}
-	return *receipts
+	receipts := make(types.Receipts, len(rs))
+	for i, receipt := range rs {
+		receipts[i] = (*types.Receipt)(receipt)
+	}
+	return receipts
 }
 
 // PutBlockReceipts stores the block's transactions associated receipts
diff --git a/core/types/bloom9.go b/core/types/bloom9.go
index 97db20ee9b4b5da3f2bec6b9701e72b0677033a1..cd90fd97169bcf89b2ea448a3b6cffc147d95ce3 100644
--- a/core/types/bloom9.go
+++ b/core/types/bloom9.go
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ func (b Bloom) TestBytes(test []byte) bool {
 func CreateBloom(receipts Receipts) Bloom {
 	bin := new(big.Int)
 	for _, receipt := range receipts {
-		bin.Or(bin, LogsBloom(receipt.logs))
+		bin.Or(bin, LogsBloom(receipt.Logs))
 	}
 
 	return BytesToBloom(bin.Bytes())
diff --git a/core/types/receipt.go b/core/types/receipt.go
index bcb4bd8a5bf9dd2d9bccd2e4c104d8bece1fab0c..d85fe16cf5017aaef9237d905ae7921ec7588652 100644
--- a/core/types/receipt.go
+++ b/core/types/receipt.go
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 package types
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"math/big"
@@ -27,89 +26,116 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rlp"
 )
 
+// Receipt represents the results of a transaction.
 type Receipt struct {
+	// Consensus fields
 	PostState         []byte
 	CumulativeGasUsed *big.Int
 	Bloom             Bloom
-	TxHash            common.Hash
-	ContractAddress   common.Address
-	logs              vm.Logs
-	GasUsed           *big.Int
+	Logs              vm.Logs
+
+	// Implementation fields
+	TxHash          common.Hash
+	ContractAddress common.Address
+	GasUsed         *big.Int
 }
 
+// NewReceipt creates a barebone transaction receipt, copying the init fields.
 func NewReceipt(root []byte, cumalativeGasUsed *big.Int) *Receipt {
 	return &Receipt{PostState: common.CopyBytes(root), CumulativeGasUsed: new(big.Int).Set(cumalativeGasUsed)}
 }
 
-func (self *Receipt) SetLogs(logs vm.Logs) {
-	self.logs = logs
-}
-
-func (self *Receipt) Logs() vm.Logs {
-	return self.logs
-}
-
-func (self *Receipt) EncodeRLP(w io.Writer) error {
-	return rlp.Encode(w, []interface{}{self.PostState, self.CumulativeGasUsed, self.Bloom, self.logs})
+// EncodeRLP implements rlp.Encoder, and flattens the consensus fields of a receipt
+// into an RLP stream.
+func (r *Receipt) EncodeRLP(w io.Writer) error {
+	return rlp.Encode(w, []interface{}{r.PostState, r.CumulativeGasUsed, r.Bloom, r.Logs})
 }
 
-func (self *Receipt) DecodeRLP(s *rlp.Stream) error {
-	var r struct {
+// DecodeRLP implements rlp.Decoder, and loads the consensus fields of a receipt
+// from an RLP stream.
+func (r *Receipt) DecodeRLP(s *rlp.Stream) error {
+	var receipt struct {
 		PostState         []byte
 		CumulativeGasUsed *big.Int
 		Bloom             Bloom
-		TxHash            common.Hash
-		ContractAddress   common.Address
 		Logs              vm.Logs
-		GasUsed           *big.Int
 	}
-	if err := s.Decode(&r); err != nil {
+	if err := s.Decode(&receipt); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	self.PostState, self.CumulativeGasUsed, self.Bloom, self.TxHash, self.ContractAddress, self.logs, self.GasUsed = r.PostState, r.CumulativeGasUsed, r.Bloom, r.TxHash, r.ContractAddress, r.Logs, r.GasUsed
-
+	r.PostState, r.CumulativeGasUsed, r.Bloom, r.Logs = receipt.PostState, receipt.CumulativeGasUsed, receipt.Bloom, receipt.Logs
 	return nil
 }
 
-type ReceiptForStorage Receipt
-
-func (self *ReceiptForStorage) EncodeRLP(w io.Writer) error {
-	storageLogs := make([]*vm.LogForStorage, len(self.logs))
-	for i, log := range self.logs {
-		storageLogs[i] = (*vm.LogForStorage)(log)
-	}
-	return rlp.Encode(w, []interface{}{self.PostState, self.CumulativeGasUsed, self.Bloom, self.TxHash, self.ContractAddress, storageLogs, self.GasUsed})
-}
-
-func (self *Receipt) RlpEncode() []byte {
-	bytes, err := rlp.EncodeToBytes(self)
+// RlpEncode implements common.RlpEncode required for SHA derivation.
+func (r *Receipt) RlpEncode() []byte {
+	bytes, err := rlp.EncodeToBytes(r)
 	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Println("TMP -- RECEIPT ENCODE ERROR", err)
+		panic(err)
 	}
 	return bytes
 }
 
-func (self *Receipt) Cmp(other *Receipt) bool {
-	if bytes.Compare(self.PostState, other.PostState) != 0 {
-		return false
-	}
+// String implements the Stringer interface.
+func (r *Receipt) String() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("receipt{med=%x cgas=%v bloom=%x logs=%v}", r.PostState, r.CumulativeGasUsed, r.Bloom, r.Logs)
+}
 
-	return true
+// ReceiptForStorage is a wrapper around a Receipt that flattens and parses the
+// entire content of a receipt, opposed to only the consensus fields originally.
+type ReceiptForStorage Receipt
+
+// EncodeRLP implements rlp.Encoder, and flattens all content fields of a receipt
+// into an RLP stream.
+func (r *ReceiptForStorage) EncodeRLP(w io.Writer) error {
+	logs := make([]*vm.LogForStorage, len(r.Logs))
+	for i, log := range r.Logs {
+		logs[i] = (*vm.LogForStorage)(log)
+	}
+	return rlp.Encode(w, []interface{}{r.PostState, r.CumulativeGasUsed, r.Bloom, r.TxHash, r.ContractAddress, logs, r.GasUsed})
 }
 
-func (self *Receipt) String() string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf("receipt{med=%x cgas=%v bloom=%x logs=%v}", self.PostState, self.CumulativeGasUsed, self.Bloom, self.logs)
+// DecodeRLP implements rlp.Decoder, and loads the consensus fields of a receipt
+// from an RLP stream.
+func (r *ReceiptForStorage) DecodeRLP(s *rlp.Stream) error {
+	var receipt struct {
+		PostState         []byte
+		CumulativeGasUsed *big.Int
+		Bloom             Bloom
+		TxHash            common.Hash
+		ContractAddress   common.Address
+		Logs              []*vm.LogForStorage
+		GasUsed           *big.Int
+	}
+	if err := s.Decode(&receipt); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	// Assign the consensus fields
+	r.PostState, r.CumulativeGasUsed, r.Bloom = receipt.PostState, receipt.CumulativeGasUsed, receipt.Bloom
+	r.Logs = make(vm.Logs, len(receipt.Logs))
+	for i, log := range receipt.Logs {
+		r.Logs[i] = (*vm.Log)(log)
+	}
+	// Assign the implementation fields
+	r.TxHash, r.ContractAddress, r.GasUsed = receipt.TxHash, receipt.ContractAddress, receipt.GasUsed
+
+	return nil
 }
 
+// Receipts is a wrapper around a Receipt array to implement types.DerivableList.
 type Receipts []*Receipt
 
-func (self Receipts) RlpEncode() []byte {
-	bytes, err := rlp.EncodeToBytes(self)
+// RlpEncode implements common.RlpEncode required for SHA derivation.
+func (r Receipts) RlpEncode() []byte {
+	bytes, err := rlp.EncodeToBytes(r)
 	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Println("TMP -- RECEIPTS ENCODE ERROR", err)
+		panic(err)
 	}
 	return bytes
 }
 
-func (self Receipts) Len() int            { return len(self) }
-func (self Receipts) GetRlp(i int) []byte { return common.Rlp(self[i]) }
+// Len returns the number of receipts in this list.
+func (r Receipts) Len() int { return len(r) }
+
+// GetRlp returns the RLP encoding of one receipt from the list.
+func (r Receipts) GetRlp(i int) []byte { return common.Rlp(r[i]) }
diff --git a/core/vm/log.go b/core/vm/log.go
index 354f0ad35b6983935cb75c924373621288501e43..822476f85a60276cfa1db785a429598c3035df1a 100644
--- a/core/vm/log.go
+++ b/core/vm/log.go
@@ -40,27 +40,30 @@ func NewLog(address common.Address, topics []common.Hash, data []byte, number ui
 	return &Log{Address: address, Topics: topics, Data: data, Number: number}
 }
 
-func (self *Log) EncodeRLP(w io.Writer) error {
-	return rlp.Encode(w, []interface{}{self.Address, self.Topics, self.Data})
+func (l *Log) EncodeRLP(w io.Writer) error {
+	return rlp.Encode(w, []interface{}{l.Address, l.Topics, l.Data})
 }
 
-func (self *Log) String() string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf(`log: %x %x %x %x %d %x %d`, self.Address, self.Topics, self.Data, self.TxHash, self.TxIndex, self.BlockHash, self.Index)
+func (l *Log) DecodeRLP(s *rlp.Stream) error {
+	var log struct {
+		Address common.Address
+		Topics  []common.Hash
+		Data    []byte
+	}
+	if err := s.Decode(&log); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	l.Address, l.Topics, l.Data = log.Address, log.Topics, log.Data
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (l *Log) String() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf(`log: %x %x %x %x %d %x %d`, l.Address, l.Topics, l.Data, l.TxHash, l.TxIndex, l.BlockHash, l.Index)
 }
 
 type Logs []*Log
 
+// LogForStorage is a wrapper around a Log that flattens and parses the entire
+// content of a log, opposed to only the consensus fields originally (by hiding
+// the rlp interface methods).
 type LogForStorage Log
-
-func (self *LogForStorage) EncodeRLP(w io.Writer) error {
-	return rlp.Encode(w, []interface{}{
-		self.Address,
-		self.Topics,
-		self.Data,
-		self.Number,
-		self.TxHash,
-		self.TxIndex,
-		self.BlockHash,
-		self.Index,
-	})
-}
diff --git a/eth/filters/filter.go b/eth/filters/filter.go
index 2e81ea177e50812d61d10eca1e8098b21bfd6157..ff192cdf6b608b871f0dced47f62972de9111f8e 100644
--- a/eth/filters/filter.go
+++ b/eth/filters/filter.go
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ func (self *Filter) getLogs(start, end uint64) (logs vm.Logs) {
 				unfiltered vm.Logs
 			)
 			for _, receipt := range receipts {
-				unfiltered = append(unfiltered, receipt.Logs()...)
+				unfiltered = append(unfiltered, receipt.Logs...)
 			}
 			logs = append(logs, self.FilterLogs(unfiltered)...)
 		}
diff --git a/rpc/api/parsing.go b/rpc/api/parsing.go
index cdfaa0ed11dae997ac0d57c13243bcebae034268..7667616ff4dd39e220c5e6ed292b1850b15c7b52 100644
--- a/rpc/api/parsing.go
+++ b/rpc/api/parsing.go
@@ -453,8 +453,8 @@ func NewReceiptRes(rec *types.Receipt) *ReceiptRes {
 		v.ContractAddress = newHexData(rec.ContractAddress)
 	}
 
-	logs := make([]interface{}, len(rec.Logs()))
-	for i, log := range rec.Logs() {
+	logs := make([]interface{}, len(rec.Logs))
+	for i, log := range rec.Logs {
 		logs[i] = NewLogRes(log)
 	}
 	v.Logs = &logs