diff --git a/XDCx/tradingstate/XDCx_trie.go b/XDCx/tradingstate/XDCx_trie.go
index 76717d160c..7bd3a3c336 100644
--- a/XDCx/tradingstate/XDCx_trie.go
+++ b/XDCx/tradingstate/XDCx_trie.go
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ func (t *XDCXTrie) GetKey(shaKey []byte) []byte {
 	if key, ok := t.getSecKeyCache()[string(shaKey)]; ok {
 		return key
 	}
-	return t.trie.Db.Preimage(common.BytesToHash(shaKey))
+	return t.trie.Db().Preimage(common.BytesToHash(shaKey))
 }
 
 // Commit writes all nodes and the secure hash pre-images to the trie's database.
@@ -158,12 +158,7 @@ func (t *XDCXTrie) GetKey(shaKey []byte) []byte {
 func (t *XDCXTrie) Commit(onleaf trie.LeafCallback) (common.Hash, error) {
 	// Write all the pre-images to the actual disk database
 	if len(t.getSecKeyCache()) > 0 {
-		t.trie.Db.Lock.Lock()
-		for hk, key := range t.secKeyCache {
-			t.trie.Db.InsertPreimage(common.BytesToHash([]byte(hk)), key)
-		}
-		t.trie.Db.Lock.Unlock()
-
+		t.trie.Db().InsertPreimage(t.secKeyCache)
 		t.secKeyCache = make(map[string][]byte)
 	}
 	// Commit the trie to its intermediate node database
diff --git a/XDCxlending/lendingstate/XDCx_trie.go b/XDCxlending/lendingstate/XDCx_trie.go
index 652aac8870..67300da067 100644
--- a/XDCxlending/lendingstate/XDCx_trie.go
+++ b/XDCxlending/lendingstate/XDCx_trie.go
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ func (t *XDCXTrie) GetKey(shaKey []byte) []byte {
 	if key, ok := t.getSecKeyCache()[string(shaKey)]; ok {
 		return key
 	}
-	return t.trie.Db.Preimage(common.BytesToHash(shaKey))
+	return t.trie.Db().Preimage(common.BytesToHash(shaKey))
 }
 
 // Commit writes all nodes and the secure hash pre-images to the trie's database.
@@ -154,12 +154,7 @@ func (t *XDCXTrie) GetKey(shaKey []byte) []byte {
 func (t *XDCXTrie) Commit(onleaf trie.LeafCallback) (common.Hash, error) {
 	// Write all the pre-images to the actual disk database
 	if len(t.getSecKeyCache()) > 0 {
-		t.trie.Db.Lock.Lock()
-		for hk, key := range t.secKeyCache {
-			t.trie.Db.InsertPreimage(common.BytesToHash([]byte(hk)), key)
-		}
-		t.trie.Db.Lock.Unlock()
-
+		t.trie.Db().InsertPreimage(t.secKeyCache)
 		t.secKeyCache = make(map[string][]byte)
 	}
 	// Commit the trie to its intermediate node database
diff --git a/core/state/state_test.go b/core/state/state_test.go
index 6ac156939c..a3f0a3ae70 100644
--- a/core/state/state_test.go
+++ b/core/state/state_test.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/XinFinOrg/XDPoSChain/core/types"
 	"github.com/XinFinOrg/XDPoSChain/crypto"
 	"github.com/XinFinOrg/XDPoSChain/ethdb"
+	"github.com/XinFinOrg/XDPoSChain/trie"
 )
 
 type stateTest struct {
@@ -40,7 +41,9 @@ func newStateTest() *stateTest {
 }
 
 func TestDump(t *testing.T) {
-	s := newStateTest()
+	db := rawdb.NewMemoryDatabase()
+	sdb, _ := New(common.Hash{}, NewDatabaseWithConfig(db, &trie.Config{Preimages: true}))
+	s := &stateTest{db: db, state: sdb}
 
 	// generate a few entries
 	obj1 := s.state.GetOrNewStateObject(common.BytesToAddress([]byte{0x01}))
diff --git a/eth/api_test.go b/eth/api_test.go
index f271ee28ba..73ade8a539 100644
--- a/eth/api_test.go
+++ b/eth/api_test.go
@@ -24,12 +24,12 @@ import (
 	"sort"
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/XinFinOrg/XDPoSChain/common"
 	"github.com/XinFinOrg/XDPoSChain/core/rawdb"
+	"github.com/XinFinOrg/XDPoSChain/core/state"
 	"github.com/XinFinOrg/XDPoSChain/core/types"
 	"github.com/XinFinOrg/XDPoSChain/crypto"
-
-	"github.com/XinFinOrg/XDPoSChain/common"
-	"github.com/XinFinOrg/XDPoSChain/core/state"
+	"github.com/XinFinOrg/XDPoSChain/trie"
 	"github.com/davecgh/go-spew/spew"
 )
 
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ func (h resultHash) Less(i, j int) bool { return bytes.Compare(h[i].Bytes(), h[j
 
 func TestAccountRange(t *testing.T) {
 	var (
-		statedb  = state.NewDatabase(rawdb.NewMemoryDatabase())
+		statedb  = state.NewDatabaseWithConfig(rawdb.NewMemoryDatabase(), &trie.Config{Preimages: true})
 		state, _ = state.New(common.Hash{}, statedb)
 		addrs    = [AccountRangeMaxResults * 2]common.Address{}
 		m        = map[common.Address]bool{}
diff --git a/trie/database.go b/trie/database.go
index 2f07aa890c..3e4a18be08 100644
--- a/trie/database.go
+++ b/trie/database.go
@@ -73,8 +73,6 @@ type Database struct {
 	oldest  common.Hash                 // Oldest tracked Node, flush-list head
 	newest  common.Hash                 // Newest tracked Node, flush-list tail
 
-	preimages map[common.Hash][]byte // Preimages of nodes from the secure trie
-
 	gctime  time.Duration      // Time spent on garbage collection since last commit
 	gcnodes uint64             // Nodes garbage collected since last commit
 	gcsize  common.StorageSize // Data storage garbage collected since last commit
@@ -83,11 +81,11 @@ type Database struct {
 	flushnodes uint64             // Nodes flushed since last commit
 	flushsize  common.StorageSize // Data storage flushed since last commit
 
-	dirtiesSize   common.StorageSize // Storage size of the dirty Node Cache (exc. metadata)
-	childrenSize  common.StorageSize // Storage size of the external children tracking
-	preimagesSize common.StorageSize // Storage size of the preimages Cache
+	dirtiesSize  common.StorageSize // Storage size of the dirty node cache (exc. metadata)
+	childrenSize common.StorageSize // Storage size of the external children tracking
+	preimages    *preimageStore     // The store for caching preimages
 
-	Lock sync.RWMutex
+	lock sync.RWMutex
 }
 
 // rawNode is a simple binary blob used to differentiate between collapsed trie
@@ -281,15 +279,17 @@ func NewDatabaseWithConfig(diskdb ethdb.KeyValueStore, config *Config) *Database
 	if config != nil && config.Cache > 0 {
 		cleans = fastcache.New(config.Cache * 1024 * 1024)
 	}
+	var preimage *preimageStore
+	if config != nil && config.Preimages {
+		preimage = newPreimageStore(diskdb)
+	}
 	db := &Database{
 		diskdb: diskdb,
 		cleans: cleans,
 		dirties: map[common.Hash]*cachedNode{{}: {
 			children: make(map[common.Hash]uint16),
 		}},
-	}
-	if config == nil || config.Preimages { // TODO(karalabe): Flip to default off in the future
-		db.preimages = make(map[common.Hash][]byte)
+		preimages: preimage,
 	}
 	return db
 }
@@ -299,13 +299,34 @@ func (db *Database) DiskDB() ethdb.KeyValueStore {
 	return db.diskdb
 }
 
+// Preimage retrieves a cached trie Node pre-image from memory. If it cannot be
+// found cached, the method queries the persistent database for the content.
+func (db *Database) Preimage(hash common.Hash) []byte {
+	if db.preimages == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return db.preimages.preimage(hash)
+}
+
+func (db *Database) InsertPreimage(secKeyCache map[string][]byte) {
+	if db.preimages == nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	preimages := make(map[common.Hash][]byte)
+	for hk, key := range secKeyCache {
+		preimages[common.BytesToHash([]byte(hk))] = key
+	}
+	db.preimages.insertPreimage(preimages)
+}
+
 // insert inserts a collapsed trie node into the memory database.
 // The blob size must be specified to allow proper size tracking.
 // All nodes inserted by this function will be reference tracked
 // and in theory should only used for **trie nodes** insertion.
 func (db *Database) insert(hash common.Hash, size int, node node) {
-	db.Lock.Lock()
-	defer db.Lock.Unlock()
+	db.lock.Lock()
+	defer db.lock.Unlock()
 
 	// If the node's already cached, skip
 	if _, ok := db.dirties[hash]; ok {
@@ -335,26 +356,8 @@ func (db *Database) insert(hash common.Hash, size int, node node) {
 	db.dirtiesSize += common.StorageSize(common.HashLength + entry.size)
 }
 
-// insertPreimage writes a new trie node pre-image to the memory database if it's
-// yet unknown. The method will NOT make a copy of the slice,
-// only use if the preimage will NOT be changed later on.
-//
-// Note, this method assumes that the database's Lock is held!
-func (db *Database) InsertPreimage(hash common.Hash, preimage []byte) {
-	// Short circuit if preimage collection is disabled
-	if db.preimages == nil {
-		return
-	}
-	// Track the preimage if a yet unknown one
-	if _, ok := db.preimages[hash]; ok {
-		return
-	}
-	db.preimages[hash] = preimage
-	db.preimagesSize += common.StorageSize(common.HashLength + len(preimage))
-}
-
-// node retrieves a cached trie Node from memory, or returns nil if none can be
-// found in the memory Cache.
+// node retrieves a cached trie node from memory, or returns nil if none can be
+// found in the memory cache.
 func (db *Database) node(hash common.Hash) node {
 	// Retrieve the Node from the clean Cache if available
 	if db.cleans != nil {
@@ -365,9 +368,9 @@ func (db *Database) node(hash common.Hash) node {
 		}
 	}
 	// Retrieve the Node from the dirty Cache if available
-	db.Lock.RLock()
+	db.lock.RLock()
 	dirty := db.dirties[hash]
-	db.Lock.RUnlock()
+	db.lock.RUnlock()
 
 	if dirty != nil {
 		memcacheDirtyHitMeter.Mark(1)
@@ -405,9 +408,9 @@ func (db *Database) Node(hash common.Hash) ([]byte, error) {
 		}
 	}
 	// Retrieve the Node from the dirty Cache if available
-	db.Lock.RLock()
+	db.lock.RLock()
 	dirty := db.dirties[hash]
-	db.Lock.RUnlock()
+	db.lock.RUnlock()
 
 	if dirty != nil {
 		memcacheDirtyHitMeter.Mark(1)
@@ -429,30 +432,12 @@ func (db *Database) Node(hash common.Hash) ([]byte, error) {
 	return nil, errors.New("not found")
 }
 
-// Preimage retrieves a cached trie Node pre-image from memory. If it cannot be
-// found cached, the method queries the persistent database for the content.
-func (db *Database) Preimage(hash common.Hash) []byte {
-	// Short circuit if preimage collection is disabled
-	if db.preimages == nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-	// Retrieve the Node from Cache if available
-	db.Lock.RLock()
-	preimage := db.preimages[hash]
-	db.Lock.RUnlock()
-
-	if preimage != nil {
-		return preimage
-	}
-	return rawdb.ReadPreimage(db.diskdb, hash)
-}
-
 // Nodes retrieves the hashes of all the nodes cached within the memory database.
 // This method is extremely expensive and should only be used to validate internal
 // states in test code.
 func (db *Database) Nodes() []common.Hash {
-	db.Lock.RLock()
-	defer db.Lock.RUnlock()
+	db.lock.RLock()
+	defer db.lock.RUnlock()
 
 	var hashes = make([]common.Hash, 0, len(db.dirties))
 	for hash := range db.dirties {
@@ -468,8 +453,8 @@ func (db *Database) Nodes() []common.Hash {
 // and external node(e.g. storage trie root), all internal trie nodes
 // are referenced together by database itself.
 func (db *Database) Reference(child common.Hash, parent common.Hash) {
-	db.Lock.Lock()
-	defer db.Lock.Unlock()
+	db.lock.Lock()
+	defer db.lock.Unlock()
 
 	db.reference(child, parent)
 }
@@ -502,8 +487,8 @@ func (db *Database) Dereference(root common.Hash) {
 		log.Error("Attempted to dereference the trie Cache meta root")
 		return
 	}
-	db.Lock.Lock()
-	defer db.Lock.Unlock()
+	db.lock.Lock()
+	defer db.lock.Unlock()
 
 	nodes, storage, start := len(db.dirties), db.dirtiesSize, time.Now()
 	db.dereference(root, common.Hash{})
@@ -591,19 +576,8 @@ func (db *Database) Cap(limit common.StorageSize) error {
 
 	// If the Preimage Cache got large enough, push to disk. If it's still small
 	// leave for later to deduplicate writes.
-	flushPreimages := db.preimagesSize > 4*1024*1024
-	if flushPreimages {
-		if db.preimages == nil {
-			log.Error("Attempted to write preimages whilst disabled")
-		} else {
-			rawdb.WritePreimages(batch, db.preimages)
-			if batch.ValueSize() > ethdb.IdealBatchSize {
-				if err := batch.Write(); err != nil {
-					return err
-				}
-				batch.Reset()
-			}
-		}
+	if db.preimages != nil {
+		db.preimages.commit(false)
 	}
 	// Keep committing nodes from the flush-list until we're below allowance
 	oldest := db.oldest
@@ -635,16 +609,9 @@ func (db *Database) Cap(limit common.StorageSize) error {
 		return err
 	}
 	// Write successful, clear out the flushed data
-	db.Lock.Lock()
-	defer db.Lock.Unlock()
+	db.lock.Lock()
+	defer db.lock.Unlock()
 
-	if flushPreimages {
-		if db.preimages == nil {
-			log.Error("Attempted to reset preimage cache whilst disabled")
-		} else {
-			db.preimages, db.preimagesSize = make(map[common.Hash][]byte), 0
-		}
-	}
 	for db.oldest != oldest {
 		node := db.dirties[db.oldest]
 		delete(db.dirties, db.oldest)
@@ -688,13 +655,7 @@ func (db *Database) Commit(node common.Hash, report bool) error {
 
 	// Move all of the accumulated preimages into a write batch
 	if db.preimages != nil {
-		rawdb.WritePreimages(batch, db.preimages)
-		// Since we're going to replay trie Node writes into the clean Cache, flush out
-		// any batched pre-images before continuing.
-		if err := batch.Write(); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		batch.Reset()
+		db.preimages.commit(true)
 	}
 	// Move the trie itself into the batch, flushing if enough data is accumulated
 	nodes, storage := len(db.dirties), db.dirtiesSize
@@ -710,16 +671,13 @@ func (db *Database) Commit(node common.Hash, report bool) error {
 		return err
 	}
 	// Uncache any leftovers in the last batch
-	db.Lock.Lock()
-	defer db.Lock.Unlock()
+	db.lock.Lock()
+	defer db.lock.Unlock()
 
 	batch.Replay(uncacher)
 	batch.Reset()
 
-	// Reset the storage counters and bumpd metrics
-	if db.preimages != nil {
-		db.preimages, db.preimagesSize = make(map[common.Hash][]byte), 0
-	}
+	// Reset the storage counters and bumped metrics
 	memcacheCommitTimeTimer.Update(time.Since(start))
 	memcacheCommitSizeMeter.Mark(int64(storage - db.dirtiesSize))
 	memcacheCommitNodesMeter.Mark(int64(nodes - len(db.dirties)))
@@ -760,10 +718,10 @@ func (db *Database) commit(hash common.Hash, batch ethdb.Batch, uncacher *cleane
 		if err := batch.Write(); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		db.Lock.Lock()
+		db.lock.Lock()
 		batch.Replay(uncacher)
 		batch.Reset()
-		db.Lock.Unlock()
+		db.lock.Unlock()
 	}
 	return nil
 }
@@ -820,13 +778,17 @@ func (c *cleaner) Delete(key []byte) error {
 // Size returns the current storage size of the memory Cache in front of the
 // persistent database layer.
 func (db *Database) Size() (common.StorageSize, common.StorageSize) {
-	db.Lock.RLock()
-	defer db.Lock.RUnlock()
+	db.lock.RLock()
+	defer db.lock.RUnlock()
 
 	// Db.dirtiesSize only contains the useful data in the Cache, but when reporting
 	// the total memory consumption, the maintenance metadata is also needed to be
 	// counted.
 	var metadataSize = common.StorageSize((len(db.dirties) - 1) * cachedNodeSize)
 	var metarootRefs = common.StorageSize(len(db.dirties[common.Hash{}].children) * (common.HashLength + 2))
-	return db.dirtiesSize + db.childrenSize + metadataSize - metarootRefs, db.preimagesSize
+	var preimageSize common.StorageSize
+	if db.preimages != nil {
+		preimageSize = db.preimages.size()
+	}
+	return db.dirtiesSize + db.childrenSize + metadataSize - metarootRefs, preimageSize
 }
diff --git a/trie/preimages.go b/trie/preimages.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2a161c578d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/trie/preimages.go
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+// Copyright 2022 The go-ethereum Authors
+// This file is part of the go-ethereum library.
+//
+// The go-ethereum library is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// The go-ethereum library 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 Lesser General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+// along with the go-ethereum library. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+package trie
+
+import (
+	"sync"
+
+	"github.com/XinFinOrg/XDPoSChain/common"
+	"github.com/XinFinOrg/XDPoSChain/core/rawdb"
+	"github.com/XinFinOrg/XDPoSChain/ethdb"
+)
+
+// preimageStore is the store for caching preimages of node key.
+type preimageStore struct {
+	lock          sync.RWMutex
+	disk          ethdb.KeyValueStore
+	preimages     map[common.Hash][]byte // Preimages of nodes from the secure trie
+	preimagesSize common.StorageSize     // Storage size of the preimages cache
+}
+
+// newPreimageStore initializes the store for caching preimages.
+func newPreimageStore(disk ethdb.KeyValueStore) *preimageStore {
+	return &preimageStore{
+		disk:      disk,
+		preimages: make(map[common.Hash][]byte),
+	}
+}
+
+// insertPreimage writes a new trie node pre-image to the memory database if it's
+// yet unknown. The method will NOT make a copy of the slice, only use if the
+// preimage will NOT be changed later on.
+func (store *preimageStore) insertPreimage(preimages map[common.Hash][]byte) {
+	store.lock.Lock()
+	defer store.lock.Unlock()
+
+	for hash, preimage := range preimages {
+		if _, ok := store.preimages[hash]; ok {
+			continue
+		}
+		store.preimages[hash] = preimage
+		store.preimagesSize += common.StorageSize(common.HashLength + len(preimage))
+	}
+}
+
+// preimage retrieves a cached trie node pre-image from memory. If it cannot be
+// found cached, the method queries the persistent database for the content.
+func (store *preimageStore) preimage(hash common.Hash) []byte {
+	store.lock.RLock()
+	preimage := store.preimages[hash]
+	store.lock.RUnlock()
+
+	if preimage != nil {
+		return preimage
+	}
+	return rawdb.ReadPreimage(store.disk, hash)
+}
+
+// commit flushes the cached preimages into the disk.
+func (store *preimageStore) commit(force bool) error {
+	store.lock.Lock()
+	defer store.lock.Unlock()
+
+	if store.preimagesSize <= 4*1024*1024 && !force {
+		return nil
+	}
+	batch := store.disk.NewBatch()
+	rawdb.WritePreimages(batch, store.preimages)
+	if err := batch.Write(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	store.preimages, store.preimagesSize = make(map[common.Hash][]byte), 0
+	return nil
+}
+
+// size returns the current storage size of accumulated preimages.
+func (store *preimageStore) size() common.StorageSize {
+	store.lock.RLock()
+	defer store.lock.RUnlock()
+
+	return store.preimagesSize
+}
diff --git a/trie/secure_trie.go b/trie/secure_trie.go
index 9f07cd06cc..5ec4c3bc9d 100644
--- a/trie/secure_trie.go
+++ b/trie/secure_trie.go
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import (
 // SecureTrie is not safe for concurrent use.
 type SecureTrie struct {
 	trie             Trie
+	preimages        *preimageStore
 	hashKeyBuf       [common.HashLength]byte
 	secKeyCache      map[string][]byte
 	secKeyCacheOwner *SecureTrie // Pointer to self, replace the key Cache on mismatch
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ func NewSecure(owner common.Hash, root common.Hash, db *Database) (*SecureTrie,
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	return &SecureTrie{trie: *trie}, nil
+	return &SecureTrie{trie: *trie, preimages: db.preimages}, nil
 }
 
 // Get returns the value for key stored in the trie.
@@ -153,7 +154,10 @@ func (t *SecureTrie) GetKey(shaKey []byte) []byte {
 	if key, ok := t.getSecKeyCache()[string(shaKey)]; ok {
 		return key
 	}
-	return t.trie.Db.Preimage(common.BytesToHash(shaKey))
+	if t.preimages == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return t.preimages.preimage(common.BytesToHash(shaKey))
 }
 
 // Commit writes all nodes and the secure hash pre-images to the trie's database.
@@ -164,12 +168,12 @@ func (t *SecureTrie) GetKey(shaKey []byte) []byte {
 func (t *SecureTrie) Commit(onleaf LeafCallback) (common.Hash, int, error) {
 	// Write all the pre-images to the actual disk database
 	if len(t.getSecKeyCache()) > 0 {
-		if t.trie.Db.preimages != nil { // Ugly direct check but avoids the below write lock
-			t.trie.Db.Lock.Lock()
+		if t.preimages != nil {
+			preimages := make(map[common.Hash][]byte)
 			for hk, key := range t.secKeyCache {
-				t.trie.Db.InsertPreimage(common.BytesToHash([]byte(hk)), key)
+				preimages[common.BytesToHash([]byte(hk))] = key
 			}
-			t.trie.Db.Lock.Unlock()
+			t.preimages.insertPreimage(preimages)
 		}
 		t.secKeyCache = make(map[string][]byte)
 	}
@@ -187,6 +191,7 @@ func (t *SecureTrie) Hash() common.Hash {
 func (t *SecureTrie) Copy() *SecureTrie {
 	return &SecureTrie{
 		trie:        *t.trie.Copy(),
+		preimages:   t.preimages,
 		secKeyCache: t.secKeyCache,
 	}
 }
diff --git a/trie/trie.go b/trie/trie.go
index 03d863e03a..a22bb9de7c 100644
--- a/trie/trie.go
+++ b/trie/trie.go
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ type LeafCallback func(keys [][]byte, path []byte, leaf []byte, parent common.Ha
 //
 // Trie is not safe for concurrent use.
 type Trie struct {
-	Db    *Database
+	db    *Database
 	root  node
 	owner common.Hash
 
@@ -71,10 +71,14 @@ func (t *Trie) newFlag() nodeFlag {
 	return nodeFlag{dirty: true}
 }
 
+func (t *Trie) Db() *Database {
+	return t.db
+}
+
 // Copy returns a copy of Trie.
 func (t *Trie) Copy() *Trie {
 	return &Trie{
-		Db:       t.Db,
+		db:       t.db,
 		root:     t.root,
 		owner:    t.owner,
 		unhashed: t.unhashed,
@@ -105,7 +109,7 @@ func newWithRootNode(root node) *Trie {
 	return &Trie{
 		root: root,
 		//tracer: newTracer(),
-		Db: NewDatabase(rawdb.NewMemoryDatabase()),
+		db: NewDatabase(rawdb.NewMemoryDatabase()),
 	}
 }
 
@@ -115,7 +119,7 @@ func newTrie(owner common.Hash, root common.Hash, db *Database) (*Trie, error) {
 		panic("trie.New called without a database")
 	}
 	trie := &Trie{
-		Db:    db,
+		db:    db,
 		owner: owner,
 		//tracer: newTracer(),
 	}
@@ -227,7 +231,7 @@ func (t *Trie) tryGetNode(origNode node, path []byte, pos int) (item []byte, new
 		if hash == nil {
 			return nil, origNode, 0, errors.New("non-consensus node")
 		}
-		blob, err := t.Db.Node(common.BytesToHash(hash))
+		blob, err := t.db.Node(common.BytesToHash(hash))
 		return blob, origNode, 1, err
 	}
 	// Path still needs to be traversed, descend into children
@@ -729,7 +733,7 @@ func (t *Trie) resolve(n node, prefix []byte) (node, error) {
 
 func (t *Trie) resolveHash(n hashNode, prefix []byte) (node, error) {
 	hash := common.BytesToHash(n)
-	if node := t.Db.node(hash); node != nil {
+	if node := t.db.node(hash); node != nil {
 		return node, nil
 	}
 	return nil, &MissingNodeError{Owner: t.owner, NodeHash: hash, Path: prefix}
@@ -737,7 +741,7 @@ func (t *Trie) resolveHash(n hashNode, prefix []byte) (node, error) {
 
 func (t *Trie) resolveBlob(n hashNode, prefix []byte) ([]byte, error) {
 	hash := common.BytesToHash(n)
-	blob, _ := t.Db.Node(hash)
+	blob, _ := t.db.Node(hash)
 	if len(blob) != 0 {
 		return blob, nil
 	}
@@ -755,7 +759,7 @@ func (t *Trie) Hash() common.Hash {
 // Commit writes all nodes to the trie's memory database, tracking the internal
 // and external (for account tries) references.
 func (t *Trie) Commit(onleaf LeafCallback) (common.Hash, int, error) {
-	if t.Db == nil {
+	if t.db == nil {
 		panic("commit called on trie with nil database")
 	}
 	defer t.tracer.reset()
@@ -785,10 +789,10 @@ func (t *Trie) Commit(onleaf LeafCallback) (common.Hash, int, error) {
 		wg.Add(1)
 		go func() {
 			defer wg.Done()
-			h.commitLoop(t.Db)
+			h.commitLoop(t.db)
 		}()
 	}
-	newRoot, committed, err := h.Commit(t.root, t.Db)
+	newRoot, committed, err := h.Commit(t.root, t.db)
 	if onleaf != nil {
 		// The leafch is created in newCommitter if there was an onleaf callback
 		// provided. The commitLoop only _reads_ from it, and the commit
diff --git a/trie/trie_test.go b/trie/trie_test.go
index 3453bc40cd..f17e926829 100644
--- a/trie/trie_test.go
+++ b/trie/trie_test.go
@@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ func TestTinyTrie(t *testing.T) {
 	if exp, root := common.HexToHash("0608c1d1dc3905fa22204c7a0e43644831c3b6d3def0f274be623a948197e64a"), trie.Hash(); exp != root {
 		t.Errorf("3: got %x, exp %x", root, exp)
 	}
-	checktr := NewEmpty(trie.Db)
+	checktr := NewEmpty(trie.Db())
 	it := NewIterator(trie.NodeIterator(nil))
 	for it.Next() {
 		checktr.Update(it.Key, it.Value)