diff --git a/core/blockchain.go b/core/blockchain.go
index 411b4a7438..8c72431cd8 100644
--- a/core/blockchain.go
+++ b/core/blockchain.go
@@ -909,24 +909,6 @@ func (bc *BlockChain) WriteBlockWithState(block *types.Block, receipts []*types.
 	if err := shyftdb.WriteBlock(bc.blockExplorerDb, block); err != nil {
 		return NonStatTy, err
 	}
-	//fmt.Println(shyftdb.GetAllBlocks(bc.blockExplorerDb))
-	//result := shyftdb.GetBlock(bc.blockExplorerDb, block)
-
-	// this is WIP for decoding bytes rather than hex strings
-	// maybe this will be dropped
-	/*for i, txhash := range result {
-    	//dst := make([]byte, hex.DecodedLen(len(txhash)))
-		content := hex.Dump(txhash)
-		fmt.Printf("%s", content)
-	}*/
-	
-	//buf := bytes.NewBuffer(result)
-	//strs2 := []string{}
-	//gob.NewDecoder(buf).Decode(&strs2)
-	//fmt.Println("ALL TRANSACTIONS:")
-	//
-	//fmt.Println("the returned array is")
-	//fmt.Printf("%v", strs2)
 
 	root, err := state.Commit(bc.chainConfig.IsEIP158(block.Number()))
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/shyftdb/shyft_database_util.go b/shyftdb/shyft_database_util.go
index c87be743d6..660f3bb8df 100644
--- a/shyftdb/shyft_database_util.go
+++ b/shyftdb/shyft_database_util.go
@@ -222,9 +222,9 @@ func WriteMinerReward(db *leveldb.DB, block *types.Block)  {
 	}
 }
 
-////////////////////////////
-// Meant for internal tests
-///////////////////////////
+///////////
+// Getters
+//////////
 
 func GetAllBlocks(db *leveldb.DB) []SBlock{
 	var arr []SBlock