diff --git a/core/blockchain.go b/core/blockchain.go
index cb4bd42024..8c3ec4d29d 100644
--- a/core/blockchain.go
+++ b/core/blockchain.go
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common/mclock"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/consensus"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/state"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/shyftdb"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/types"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/vm"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/crypto"
@@ -876,8 +877,7 @@ func (bc *BlockChain) WriteBlockWithoutState(block *types.Block, td *big.Int) (e
 
 // WriteBlockWithState writes the block and all associated state to the database.
 func (bc *BlockChain) WriteBlockWithState(block *types.Block, receipts []*types.Receipt, state *state.StateDB) (status WriteStatus, err error) {
-    fmt.Println("WriteBlockWithState function. bc.blockexplorerDB")
-    fmt.Println(bc.blockExplorerDb)
+    fmt.Println("+++++++++++++++++++Blockchain.go+++++++++++++++++writeBlockWithState()")
 	bc.wg.Add(1)
 	defer bc.wg.Done()
 
@@ -903,6 +903,11 @@ func (bc *BlockChain) WriteBlockWithState(block *types.Block, receipts []*types.
 	if err := WriteBlock(batch, block); err != nil {
 		return NonStatTy, err
 	}
+
+	explorerBatch := bc.blockExplorerDb.NewBatch()
+	if err := shyftdb.WriteBlock(explorerBatch, block); err != nil {
+		return NonStatTy, err
+	}
 	root, err := state.Commit(bc.chainConfig.IsEIP158(block.Number()))
 	if err != nil {
 		return NonStatTy, err
diff --git a/core/database_util.go b/core/database_util.go
index 8c46989854..8177e5ac04 100644
--- a/core/database_util.go
+++ b/core/database_util.go
@@ -455,6 +455,7 @@ func WriteBlock(db ethdb.Putter, block *types.Block) error {
 	if err := WriteHeader(db, block.Header()); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/shyftdb/database.go b/shyftdb/database.go
index 8c557e4820..b30302a68a 100644
--- a/shyftdb/database.go
+++ b/shyftdb/database.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 // 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 ethdb
+package shyftdb
 
 import (
 	"strconv"
diff --git a/shyftdb/interface.go b/shyftdb/interface.go
index bee33de2a8..fe361cc791 100644
--- a/shyftdb/interface.go
+++ b/shyftdb/interface.go
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-package ethdb
+package shyftdb
 
 // Code using batches should try to add this much data to the batch.
 // The value was determined empirically.
diff --git a/shyftdb/shyft_database_util.go b/shyftdb/shyft_database_util.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d35571f1e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shyftdb/shyft_database_util.go
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package shyftdb
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/ethdb"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/types"
+)
+
+func WriteBlock(db ethdb.Putter, block *types.Block) error {
+	fmt.Println(block)
+	return nil
+}
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