diff --git a/core/blockchain.go b/core/blockchain.go
index d4de132fd6..b96d263b57 100644
--- a/core/blockchain.go
+++ b/core/blockchain.go
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ type BlockChain struct {
 	currentBlock     *types.Block // Current head of the block chain
 	currentFastBlock *types.Block // Current head of the fast-sync chain (may be above the block chain!)
 
-	trieMemPool  *trie.MemPool  // Trie node memory pool to avoid storing everything to disk
 	stateCache   state.Database // State database to reuse between imports (contains state cache)
 	bodyCache    *lru.Cache     // Cache for the most recent block bodies
 	bodyRLPCache *lru.Cache     // Cache for the most recent block bodies in RLP encoded format
@@ -121,7 +120,6 @@ type BlockChain struct {
 // available in the database. It initialises the default Ethereum Validator and
 // Processor.
 func NewBlockChain(chainDb ethdb.Database, config *params.ChainConfig, engine consensus.Engine, vmConfig vm.Config) (*BlockChain, error) {
-	trieMemPool := trie.NewMemPool()
 	bodyCache, _ := lru.New(bodyCacheLimit)
 	bodyRLPCache, _ := lru.New(bodyCacheLimit)
 	blockCache, _ := lru.New(blockCacheLimit)
@@ -131,8 +129,7 @@ func NewBlockChain(chainDb ethdb.Database, config *params.ChainConfig, engine co
 	bc := &BlockChain{
 		config:       config,
 		chainDb:      chainDb,
-		trieMemPool:  trieMemPool,
-		stateCache:   state.NewDatabase(chainDb, trieMemPool),
+		stateCache:   state.NewDatabase(chainDb, trie.NewNodePool()),
 		quit:         make(chan struct{}),
 		bodyCache:    bodyCache,
 		bodyRLPCache: bodyRLPCache,
@@ -597,7 +594,7 @@ func (bc *BlockChain) Stop() {
 	root := bc.CurrentHeader().Root
 
 	batch := bc.chainDb.NewBatch()
-	if err := bc.trieMemPool.Commit(root, batch); err != nil {
+	if err := bc.stateCache.NodePool().Commit(root, batch); err != nil {
 		log.Error("Failed to commit latest state trie", "err", err)
 	}
 	if err := batch.Write(); err != nil {
@@ -809,13 +806,14 @@ func (bc *BlockChain) WriteBlockAndState(block *types.Block, receipts []*types.R
 	if err != nil {
 		return NonStatTy, err
 	}
-	bc.trieMemPool.Reference(root, common.Hash{})
+	pool := bc.stateCache.NodePool()
+	pool.Reference(root, common.Hash{}) // metadata reference to keep trie alive
 	if number := block.NumberU64(); number > 192 {
 		if (number-192)%128 == 0 {
-			bc.trieMemPool.Commit(root, batch)
+			pool.Commit(root, batch)
 		}
 		header := bc.GetHeaderByNumber(block.NumberU64() - 192)
-		bc.trieMemPool.Dereference(header.Root, common.Hash{})
+		pool.Dereference(header.Root, common.Hash{})
 	}
 	if err := WriteBlockReceipts(batch, block.Hash(), block.NumberU64(), receipts); err != nil {
 		return NonStatTy, err
diff --git a/core/dao_test.go b/core/dao_test.go
index 1b16b2f265..2d01197527 100644
--- a/core/dao_test.go
+++ b/core/dao_test.go
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ func TestDAOForkRangeExtradata(t *testing.T) {
 		if _, err := bc.InsertChain(blocks); err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("failed to import contra-fork chain for expansion: %v", err)
 		}
-		if err := bc.trieMemPool.Commit(bc.CurrentHeader().Root, db); err != nil {
+		if err := bc.stateCache.NodePool().Commit(bc.CurrentHeader().Root, db); err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("failed to commit contra-fork head for expansion: %v", err)
 		}
 		blocks, _ = GenerateChain(&proConf, conBc.CurrentBlock(), ethash.NewFaker(), db, 1, func(i int, gen *BlockGen) {})
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ func TestDAOForkRangeExtradata(t *testing.T) {
 		if _, err := bc.InsertChain(blocks); err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("failed to import pro-fork chain for expansion: %v", err)
 		}
-		if err := bc.trieMemPool.Commit(bc.CurrentHeader().Root, db); err != nil {
+		if err := bc.stateCache.NodePool().Commit(bc.CurrentHeader().Root, db); err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("failed to commit pro-fork head for expansion: %v", err)
 		}
 		blocks, _ = GenerateChain(&conConf, proBc.CurrentBlock(), ethash.NewFaker(), db, 1, func(i int, gen *BlockGen) {})
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ func TestDAOForkRangeExtradata(t *testing.T) {
 	if _, err := bc.InsertChain(blocks); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("failed to import contra-fork chain for expansion: %v", err)
 	}
-	if err := bc.trieMemPool.Commit(bc.CurrentHeader().Root, db); err != nil {
+	if err := bc.stateCache.NodePool().Commit(bc.CurrentHeader().Root, db); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("failed to commit contra-fork head for expansion: %v", err)
 	}
 	blocks, _ = GenerateChain(&proConf, conBc.CurrentBlock(), ethash.NewFaker(), db, 1, func(i int, gen *BlockGen) {})
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ func TestDAOForkRangeExtradata(t *testing.T) {
 	if _, err := bc.InsertChain(blocks); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("failed to import pro-fork chain for expansion: %v", err)
 	}
-	if err := bc.trieMemPool.Commit(bc.CurrentHeader().Root, db); err != nil {
+	if err := bc.stateCache.NodePool().Commit(bc.CurrentHeader().Root, db); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("failed to commit pro-fork head for expansion: %v", err)
 	}
 	blocks, _ = GenerateChain(&conConf, proBc.CurrentBlock(), ethash.NewFaker(), db, 1, func(i int, gen *BlockGen) {})
diff --git a/core/state/database.go b/core/state/database.go
index 0ddc7e164a..72d22dfb14 100644
--- a/core/state/database.go
+++ b/core/state/database.go
@@ -46,14 +46,17 @@ type Database interface {
 	// OpenStorageTrie opens the storage trie of an account.
 	OpenStorageTrie(addrHash, root common.Hash) (Trie, error)
 
+	// CopyTrie returns an independent copy of the given trie.
+	CopyTrie(Trie) Trie
+
 	// ContractCode retrieves a particular contract's code.
 	ContractCode(addrHash, codeHash common.Hash) ([]byte, error)
 
-	// ContractCode retrieves a particular contracts code's size.
+	// ContractCodeSize retrieves a particular contracts code's size.
 	ContractCodeSize(addrHash, codeHash common.Hash) (int, error)
 
-	// CopyTrie returns an independent copy of the given trie.
-	CopyTrie(Trie) Trie
+	// NodePool retrieves any intermediate trie-node caching layer.
+	NodePool() *trie.NodePool
 }
 
 // Trie is a Ethereum Merkle Trie.
@@ -68,20 +71,23 @@ type Trie interface {
 }
 
 // NewDatabase creates a backing store for state. The returned database is safe for
-// concurrent use and retains cached trie nodes in memory.
-func NewDatabase(db ethdb.Database, pool *trie.MemPool) Database {
+// concurrent use and retains cached trie nodes in memory. The pool is an optional
+// intermediate trie-node memory pool between the low level storage layer and the
+// high level trie abstraction.
+func NewDatabase(db ethdb.Database, pool *trie.NodePool) Database {
 	csc, _ := lru.New(codeSizeCacheSize)
-	return &cachingDB{db: db, pool: pool, codeSizeCache: csc}
+	return &cachingDB{db: db, pastNodes: pool, codeSizeCache: csc}
 }
 
 type cachingDB struct {
 	db            ethdb.Database
-	pool          *trie.MemPool
 	mu            sync.Mutex
 	pastTries     []*trie.SecureTrie
+	pastNodes     *trie.NodePool
 	codeSizeCache *lru.Cache
 }
 
+// OpenTrie opens the main account trie.
 func (db *cachingDB) OpenTrie(root common.Hash) (Trie, error) {
 	db.mu.Lock()
 	defer db.mu.Unlock()
@@ -91,7 +97,7 @@ func (db *cachingDB) OpenTrie(root common.Hash) (Trie, error) {
 			return cachedTrie{db.pastTries[i].Copy(), db}, nil
 		}
 	}
-	tr, err := trie.NewSecure(root, db.db, db.pool, MaxTrieCacheGen)
+	tr, err := trie.NewSecure(root, db.db, db.pastNodes, MaxTrieCacheGen)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -110,10 +116,12 @@ func (db *cachingDB) pushTrie(t *trie.SecureTrie) {
 	}
 }
 
+// OpenStorageTrie opens the storage trie of an account.
 func (db *cachingDB) OpenStorageTrie(addrHash, root common.Hash) (Trie, error) {
-	return trie.NewSecure(root, db.db, db.pool, 0)
+	return trie.NewSecure(root, db.db, db.pastNodes, 0)
 }
 
+// CopyTrie returns an independent copy of the given trie.
 func (db *cachingDB) CopyTrie(t Trie) Trie {
 	switch t := t.(type) {
 	case cachedTrie:
@@ -125,6 +133,7 @@ func (db *cachingDB) CopyTrie(t Trie) Trie {
 	}
 }
 
+// ContractCode retrieves a particular contract's code.
 func (db *cachingDB) ContractCode(addrHash, codeHash common.Hash) ([]byte, error) {
 	code, err := db.db.Get(codeHash[:])
 	if err == nil {
@@ -133,6 +142,7 @@ func (db *cachingDB) ContractCode(addrHash, codeHash common.Hash) ([]byte, error
 	return code, err
 }
 
+// ContractCodeSize retrieves a particular contracts code's size.
 func (db *cachingDB) ContractCodeSize(addrHash, codeHash common.Hash) (int, error) {
 	if cached, ok := db.codeSizeCache.Get(codeHash); ok {
 		return cached.(int), nil
@@ -144,6 +154,11 @@ func (db *cachingDB) ContractCodeSize(addrHash, codeHash common.Hash) (int, erro
 	return len(code), err
 }
 
+// NodePool retrieves any intermediate trie-node caching layer.
+func (db *cachingDB) NodePool() *trie.NodePool {
+	return db.pastNodes
+}
+
 // cachedTrie inserts its trie into a cachingDB on commit.
 type cachedTrie struct {
 	*trie.SecureTrie
diff --git a/core/state/iterator_test.go b/core/state/iterator_test.go
index ff66ba7a94..5167bc49ec 100644
--- a/core/state/iterator_test.go
+++ b/core/state/iterator_test.go
@@ -39,11 +39,17 @@ func TestNodeIteratorCoverage(t *testing.T) {
 			hashes[it.Hash] = struct{}{}
 		}
 	}
-
-	// Cross check the hashes and the database itself
+	// Cross check the iterated hashes and the database/nodepool content
 	for hash := range hashes {
-		if _, err := mem.Get(hash.Bytes()); err != nil {
-			t.Errorf("failed to retrieve reported node %x: %v", hash, err)
+		if db.NodePool().Fetch(hash) == nil {
+			if _, err := mem.Get(hash.Bytes()); err != nil {
+				t.Errorf("failed to retrieve reported node %x", hash)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	for _, hash := range db.NodePool().Nodes() {
+		if _, ok := hashes[hash]; !ok {
+			t.Errorf("state entry not reported %x", hash)
 		}
 	}
 	for _, key := range mem.Keys() {
diff --git a/core/state/managed_state_test.go b/core/state/managed_state_test.go
index f565164a40..3576cea993 100644
--- a/core/state/managed_state_test.go
+++ b/core/state/managed_state_test.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ var addr = common.BytesToAddress([]byte("test"))
 
 func create() (*ManagedState, *account) {
 	db, _ := ethdb.NewMemDatabase()
-	statedb, _ := New(common.Hash{}, NewDatabase(db, trie.NewMemPool()))
+	statedb, _ := New(common.Hash{}, NewDatabase(db, trie.NewNodePool()))
 	ms := ManageState(statedb)
 	ms.StateDB.SetNonce(addr, 100)
 	ms.accounts[addr] = newAccount(ms.StateDB.getStateObject(addr))
diff --git a/core/state/state_test.go b/core/state/state_test.go
index bcfa1bbe6c..b74fe33a55 100644
--- a/core/state/state_test.go
+++ b/core/state/state_test.go
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ func (s *StateSuite) TestDump(c *checker.C) {
 
 func (s *StateSuite) SetUpTest(c *checker.C) {
 	s.db, _ = ethdb.NewMemDatabase()
-	s.state, _ = New(common.Hash{}, NewDatabase(s.db, trie.NewMemPool()))
+	s.state, _ = New(common.Hash{}, NewDatabase(s.db, trie.NewNodePool()))
 }
 
 func (s *StateSuite) TestNull(c *checker.C) {
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ func (s *StateSuite) TestSnapshotEmpty(c *checker.C) {
 // printing/logging in tests (-check.vv does not work)
 func TestSnapshot2(t *testing.T) {
 	db, _ := ethdb.NewMemDatabase()
-	state, _ := New(common.Hash{}, NewDatabase(db, trie.NewMemPool()))
+	state, _ := New(common.Hash{}, NewDatabase(db, trie.NewNodePool()))
 
 	stateobjaddr0 := toAddr([]byte("so0"))
 	stateobjaddr1 := toAddr([]byte("so1"))
diff --git a/core/state/statedb_test.go b/core/state/statedb_test.go
index 02f4b872e9..d17ad64b57 100644
--- a/core/state/statedb_test.go
+++ b/core/state/statedb_test.go
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ import (
 func TestUpdateLeaks(t *testing.T) {
 	// Create an empty state database
 	db, _ := ethdb.NewMemDatabase()
-	state, _ := New(common.Hash{}, NewDatabase(db, trie.NewMemPool()))
+	state, _ := New(common.Hash{}, NewDatabase(db, trie.NewNodePool()))
 
 	// Update it with some accounts
 	for i := byte(0); i < 255; i++ {
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ func TestIntermediateLeaks(t *testing.T) {
 	// Create two state databases, one transitioning to the final state, the other final from the beginning
 	transDb, _ := ethdb.NewMemDatabase()
 	finalDb, _ := ethdb.NewMemDatabase()
-	transState, _ := New(common.Hash{}, NewDatabase(transDb, trie.NewMemPool()))
-	finalState, _ := New(common.Hash{}, NewDatabase(finalDb, trie.NewMemPool()))
+	transState, _ := New(common.Hash{}, NewDatabase(transDb, trie.NewNodePool()))
+	finalState, _ := New(common.Hash{}, NewDatabase(finalDb, trie.NewNodePool()))
 
 	modify := func(state *StateDB, addr common.Address, i, tweak byte) {
 		state.SetBalance(addr, big.NewInt(int64(11*i)+int64(tweak)))
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ func TestIntermediateLeaks(t *testing.T) {
 func TestCopy(t *testing.T) {
 	// Create a random state test to copy and modify "independently"
 	mem, _ := ethdb.NewMemDatabase()
-	orig, _ := New(common.Hash{}, NewDatabase(mem, trie.NewMemPool()))
+	orig, _ := New(common.Hash{}, NewDatabase(mem, trie.NewNodePool()))
 
 	for i := byte(0); i < 255; i++ {
 		obj := orig.GetOrNewStateObject(common.BytesToAddress([]byte{i}))
@@ -336,8 +336,8 @@ func (test *snapshotTest) run() bool {
 	// Run all actions and create snapshots.
 	var (
 		db, _        = ethdb.NewMemDatabase()
-		mp           = trie.NewMemPool()
-		state, _     = New(common.Hash{}, NewDatabase(db, trie.NewMemPool()))
+		mp           = trie.NewNodePool()
+		state, _     = New(common.Hash{}, NewDatabase(db, trie.NewNodePool()))
 		snapshotRevs = make([]int, len(test.snapshots))
 		sindex       = 0
 	)
diff --git a/core/state/sync_test.go b/core/state/sync_test.go
index 168658a878..3ce77f2408 100644
--- a/core/state/sync_test.go
+++ b/core/state/sync_test.go
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ type testAccount struct {
 func makeTestState() (Database, *ethdb.MemDatabase, common.Hash, []*testAccount) {
 	// Create an empty state
 	mem, _ := ethdb.NewMemDatabase()
-	db := NewDatabase(mem, trie.NewMemPool())
+	db := NewDatabase(mem, trie.NewNodePool())
 	state, _ := New(common.Hash{}, db)
 
 	// Fill it with some arbitrary data
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ func makeTestState() (Database, *ethdb.MemDatabase, common.Hash, []*testAccount)
 // account array.
 func checkStateAccounts(t *testing.T, db ethdb.Database, root common.Hash, accounts []*testAccount) {
 	// Check root availability and state contents
-	state, err := New(root, NewDatabase(db, trie.NewMemPool()))
+	state, err := New(root, NewDatabase(db, trie.NewNodePool()))
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("failed to create state trie at %x: %v", root, err)
 	}
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ func checkTrieConsistency(db ethdb.Database, root common.Hash) error {
 	if v, _ := db.Get(root[:]); v == nil {
 		return nil // Consider a non existent state consistent.
 	}
-	trie, err := trie.New(root, db, trie.NewMemPool())
+	trie, err := trie.New(root, db, trie.NewNodePool())
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ func checkStateConsistency(db ethdb.Database, root common.Hash) error {
 	if _, err := db.Get(root.Bytes()); err != nil {
 		return nil // Consider a non existent state consistent.
 	}
-	state, err := New(root, NewDatabase(db, trie.NewMemPool()))
+	state, err := New(root, NewDatabase(db, trie.NewNodePool()))
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ func TestIterativeStateSyncBatched(t *testing.T)    { testIterativeStateSync(t,
 
 func testIterativeStateSync(t *testing.T, batch int) {
 	// Create a random state to copy
-	_, srcMem, srcRoot, srcAccounts := makeTestState()
+	srcDb, srcMem, srcRoot, srcAccounts := makeTestState()
 
 	// Create a destination state and sync with the scheduler
 	dstDb, _ := ethdb.NewMemDatabase()
@@ -148,9 +148,14 @@ func testIterativeStateSync(t *testing.T, batch int) {
 	for len(queue) > 0 {
 		results := make([]trie.SyncResult, len(queue))
 		for i, hash := range queue {
-			data, err := srcMem.Get(hash.Bytes())
-			if err != nil {
-				t.Fatalf("failed to retrieve node data for %x: %v", hash, err)
+			var (
+				data = srcDb.NodePool().Fetch(hash)
+				err  error
+			)
+			if data == nil {
+				if data, err = srcMem.Get(hash.Bytes()); err != nil {
+					t.Fatalf("failed to retrieve node data for %x", hash)
+				}
 			}
 			results[i] = trie.SyncResult{Hash: hash, Data: data}
 		}
@@ -170,7 +175,7 @@ func testIterativeStateSync(t *testing.T, batch int) {
 // partial results are returned, and the others sent only later.
 func TestIterativeDelayedStateSync(t *testing.T) {
 	// Create a random state to copy
-	_, srcMem, srcRoot, srcAccounts := makeTestState()
+	srcDb, srcMem, srcRoot, srcAccounts := makeTestState()
 
 	// Create a destination state and sync with the scheduler
 	dstDb, _ := ethdb.NewMemDatabase()
@@ -181,9 +186,14 @@ func TestIterativeDelayedStateSync(t *testing.T) {
 		// Sync only half of the scheduled nodes
 		results := make([]trie.SyncResult, len(queue)/2+1)
 		for i, hash := range queue[:len(results)] {
-			data, err := srcMem.Get(hash.Bytes())
-			if err != nil {
-				t.Fatalf("failed to retrieve node data for %x: %v", hash, err)
+			var (
+				data = srcDb.NodePool().Fetch(hash)
+				err  error
+			)
+			if data == nil {
+				if data, err = srcMem.Get(hash.Bytes()); err != nil {
+					t.Fatalf("failed to retrieve node data for %x", hash)
+				}
 			}
 			results[i] = trie.SyncResult{Hash: hash, Data: data}
 		}
@@ -207,7 +217,7 @@ func TestIterativeRandomStateSyncBatched(t *testing.T)    { testIterativeRandomS
 
 func testIterativeRandomStateSync(t *testing.T, batch int) {
 	// Create a random state to copy
-	_, srcMem, srcRoot, srcAccounts := makeTestState()
+	srcDb, srcMem, srcRoot, srcAccounts := makeTestState()
 
 	// Create a destination state and sync with the scheduler
 	dstDb, _ := ethdb.NewMemDatabase()
@@ -221,9 +231,14 @@ func testIterativeRandomStateSync(t *testing.T, batch int) {
 		// Fetch all the queued nodes in a random order
 		results := make([]trie.SyncResult, 0, len(queue))
 		for hash := range queue {
-			data, err := srcMem.Get(hash.Bytes())
-			if err != nil {
-				t.Fatalf("failed to retrieve node data for %x: %v", hash, err)
+			var (
+				data = srcDb.NodePool().Fetch(hash)
+				err  error
+			)
+			if data == nil {
+				if data, err = srcMem.Get(hash.Bytes()); err != nil {
+					t.Fatalf("failed to retrieve node data for %x", hash)
+				}
 			}
 			results = append(results, trie.SyncResult{Hash: hash, Data: data})
 		}
@@ -247,7 +262,7 @@ func testIterativeRandomStateSync(t *testing.T, batch int) {
 // partial results are returned (Even those randomly), others sent only later.
 func TestIterativeRandomDelayedStateSync(t *testing.T) {
 	// Create a random state to copy
-	_, srcMem, srcRoot, srcAccounts := makeTestState()
+	srcDb, srcMem, srcRoot, srcAccounts := makeTestState()
 
 	// Create a destination state and sync with the scheduler
 	dstDb, _ := ethdb.NewMemDatabase()
@@ -263,9 +278,14 @@ func TestIterativeRandomDelayedStateSync(t *testing.T) {
 		for hash := range queue {
 			delete(queue, hash)
 
-			data, err := srcMem.Get(hash.Bytes())
-			if err != nil {
-				t.Fatalf("failed to retrieve node data for %x: %v", hash, err)
+			var (
+				data = srcDb.NodePool().Fetch(hash)
+				err  error
+			)
+			if data == nil {
+				if data, err = srcMem.Get(hash.Bytes()); err != nil {
+					t.Fatalf("failed to retrieve node data for %x", hash)
+				}
 			}
 			results = append(results, trie.SyncResult{Hash: hash, Data: data})
 
@@ -292,7 +312,7 @@ func TestIterativeRandomDelayedStateSync(t *testing.T) {
 // the database.
 func TestIncompleteStateSync(t *testing.T) {
 	// Create a random state to copy
-	_, srcMem, srcRoot, srcAccounts := makeTestState()
+	srcDb, srcMem, srcRoot, srcAccounts := makeTestState()
 
 	checkTrieConsistency(srcMem, srcRoot)
 
@@ -306,9 +326,14 @@ func TestIncompleteStateSync(t *testing.T) {
 		// Fetch a batch of state nodes
 		results := make([]trie.SyncResult, len(queue))
 		for i, hash := range queue {
-			data, err := srcMem.Get(hash.Bytes())
-			if err != nil {
-				t.Fatalf("failed to retrieve node data for %x: %v", hash, err)
+			var (
+				data = srcDb.NodePool().Fetch(hash)
+				err  error
+			)
+			if data == nil {
+				if data, err = srcMem.Get(hash.Bytes()); err != nil {
+					t.Fatalf("failed to retrieve node data for %x", hash)
+				}
 			}
 			results[i] = trie.SyncResult{Hash: hash, Data: data}
 		}
diff --git a/eth/downloader/downloader_test.go b/eth/downloader/downloader_test.go
index e9c7b61700..cd769eb979 100644
--- a/eth/downloader/downloader_test.go
+++ b/eth/downloader/downloader_test.go
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ func (dl *downloadTester) CurrentFastBlock() *types.Block {
 func (dl *downloadTester) FastSyncCommitHead(hash common.Hash) error {
 	// For now only check that the state trie is correct
 	if block := dl.GetBlockByHash(hash); block != nil {
-		_, err := trie.NewSecure(block.Root(), dl.stateDb, 0)
+		_, err := trie.NewSecure(block.Root(), dl.stateDb, nil, 0) // nil trie node-cache, ensure we have everything on disk
 		return err
 	}
 	return fmt.Errorf("non existent block: %x", hash[:4])
@@ -660,7 +660,7 @@ func assertOwnForkedChain(t *testing.T, tester *downloadTester, common int, leng
 			index = len(tester.ownHashes) - lengths[len(lengths)-1] + int(tester.downloader.queue.fastSyncPivot)
 		}
 		if index > 0 {
-			if statedb, err := state.New(tester.ownHeaders[tester.ownHashes[index]].Root, state.NewDatabase(tester.stateDb)); statedb == nil || err != nil {
+			if statedb, err := state.New(tester.ownHeaders[tester.ownHashes[index]].Root, state.NewDatabase(tester.stateDb, nil)); statedb == nil || err != nil {
 				t.Fatalf("state reconstruction failed: %v", err)
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/light/trie.go b/light/trie.go
index cec1e1a3c8..e8c88999f5 100644
--- a/light/trie.go
+++ b/light/trie.go
@@ -83,6 +83,10 @@ func (db *odrDatabase) ContractCodeSize(addrHash, codeHash common.Hash) (int, er
 	return len(code), err
 }
 
+func (db *odrDatabase) NodePool() *trie.NodePool {
+	return nil
+}
+
 type odrTrie struct {
 	db   *odrDatabase
 	id   *TrieID
diff --git a/trie/hasher.go b/trie/hasher.go
index 1f66757501..15df6fcc31 100644
--- a/trie/hasher.go
+++ b/trie/hasher.go
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ func returnHasherToPool(h *hasher) {
 
 // hash collapses a node down into a hash node, also returning a copy of the
 // original node initialized with the computed hash to replace the original one.
-func (h *hasher) hash(n node, pool *MemPool, force bool) (node, node, error) {
+func (h *hasher) hash(n node, pool *NodePool, force bool) (node, node, error) {
 	// If we're not storing the node, just hashing, use available cached data
 	if hash, dirty := n.cache(); hash != nil {
 		if pool == nil {
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ func (h *hasher) hash(n node, pool *MemPool, force bool) (node, node, error) {
 // hashChildren replaces the children of a node with their hashes if the encoded
 // size of the child is larger than a hash, returning the collapsed node as well
 // as a replacement for the original node with the child hashes cached in.
-func (h *hasher) hashChildren(original node, pool *MemPool) (node, node, []common.Hash, error) {
+func (h *hasher) hashChildren(original node, pool *NodePool) (node, node, []common.Hash, error) {
 	var err error
 
 	switch n := original.(type) {
@@ -181,7 +181,10 @@ func (h *hasher) externals(n node) []common.Hash {
 	return []common.Hash{account.Root}
 }
 
-func (h *hasher) store(n node, refs []common.Hash, pool *MemPool, force bool) (node, []common.Hash, error) {
+// store hashes the node n and if we have a storage layer specified, it writes
+// the key/value pair to it and tracks any node->child references as well as any
+// node->external trie references.
+func (h *hasher) store(n node, refs []common.Hash, pool *NodePool, force bool) (node, []common.Hash, error) {
 	// Don't store hashes or empty nodes.
 	if _, isHash := n.(hashNode); n == nil || isHash {
 		return n, refs, nil
diff --git a/trie/iterator_test.go b/trie/iterator_test.go
index f925f27d4a..89ec421098 100644
--- a/trie/iterator_test.go
+++ b/trie/iterator_test.go
@@ -278,45 +278,74 @@ func TestIteratorNoDups(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 // This test checks that nodeIterator.Next can be retried after inserting missing trie nodes.
-func TestIteratorContinueAfterError(t *testing.T) {
-	db, _ := ethdb.NewMemDatabase()
-	mp := NewMemPool()
+func TestIteratorContinueAfterErrorDirect(t *testing.T) { testIteratorContinueAfterError(t, false) }
+func TestIteratorContinueAfterErrorPooled(t *testing.T) { testIteratorContinueAfterError(t, true) }
 
-	tr, _ := New(common.Hash{}, db, mp)
+func testIteratorContinueAfterError(t *testing.T, pooled bool) {
+	var pool *NodePool
+	if pooled {
+		pool = NewNodePool()
+	}
+	db, _ := ethdb.NewMemDatabase()
+
+	tr, _ := New(common.Hash{}, db, pool)
 	for _, val := range testdata1 {
 		tr.Update([]byte(val.k), []byte(val.v))
 	}
 	tr.Commit()
 	wantNodeCount := checkIteratorNoDups(t, tr.NodeIterator(nil), nil)
-	keys := db.Keys()
-	t.Log("node count", wantNodeCount)
 
+	var (
+		dbKeys   [][]byte
+		poolKeys []common.Hash
+	)
+	if pooled {
+		poolKeys = pool.Nodes()
+	} else {
+		dbKeys = db.Keys()
+	}
 	for i := 0; i < 20; i++ {
 		// Create trie that will load all nodes from DB.
-		tr, _ := New(tr.Hash(), db, mp)
+		tr, _ := New(tr.Hash(), db, pool)
 
 		// Remove a random node from the database. It can't be the root node
 		// because that one is already loaded.
-		var rkey []byte
+		var (
+			rkey common.Hash
+			rval []byte
+		)
 		for {
-			if rkey = keys[rand.Intn(len(keys))]; !bytes.Equal(rkey, tr.Hash().Bytes()) {
+			if pooled {
+				rkey = poolKeys[rand.Intn(len(poolKeys))]
+			} else {
+				copy(rkey[:], dbKeys[rand.Intn(len(dbKeys))])
+			}
+			if rkey != tr.Hash() {
 				break
 			}
 		}
-		rval, _ := db.Get(rkey)
-		db.Delete(rkey)
-
+		if pooled {
+			rval, _ = pool.cache[rkey]
+			delete(pool.cache, rkey)
+		} else {
+			rval, _ = db.Get(rkey[:])
+			db.Delete(rkey[:])
+		}
 		// Iterate until the error is hit.
 		seen := make(map[string]bool)
 		it := tr.NodeIterator(nil)
 		checkIteratorNoDups(t, it, seen)
 		missing, ok := it.Error().(*MissingNodeError)
-		if !ok || !bytes.Equal(missing.NodeHash[:], rkey) {
+		if !ok || missing.NodeHash != rkey {
 			t.Fatal("didn't hit missing node, got", it.Error())
 		}
 
 		// Add the node back and continue iteration.
-		db.Put(rkey, rval)
+		if pooled {
+			pool.cache[rkey] = rval
+		} else {
+			db.Put(rkey[:], rval)
+		}
 		checkIteratorNoDups(t, it, seen)
 		if it.Error() != nil {
 			t.Fatal("unexpected error", it.Error())
@@ -330,23 +359,40 @@ func TestIteratorContinueAfterError(t *testing.T) {
 // Similar to the test above, this one checks that failure to create nodeIterator at a
 // certain key prefix behaves correctly when Next is called. The expectation is that Next
 // should retry seeking before returning true for the first time.
-func TestIteratorContinueAfterSeekError(t *testing.T) {
-	// Commit test trie to db, then remove the node containing "bars".
-	db, _ := ethdb.NewMemDatabase()
-	mp := NewMemPool()
+func TestIteratorContinueAfterSeekErrorDirect(t *testing.T) {
+	testIteratorContinueAfterSeekError(t, false)
+}
+func TestIteratorContinueAfterSeekErrorPooled(t *testing.T) {
+	testIteratorContinueAfterSeekError(t, true)
+}
 
-	ctr, _ := New(common.Hash{}, db, mp)
+func testIteratorContinueAfterSeekError(t *testing.T, pooled bool) {
+	// Commit test trie to db, then remove the node containing "bars".
+	var pool *NodePool
+	if pooled {
+		pool = NewNodePool()
+	}
+	db, _ := ethdb.NewMemDatabase()
+
+	ctr, _ := New(common.Hash{}, db, pool)
 	for _, val := range testdata1 {
 		ctr.Update([]byte(val.k), []byte(val.v))
 	}
 	root, _ := ctr.Commit()
-	barNodeHash := common.HexToHash("05041990364eb72fcb1127652ce40d8bab765f2bfe53225b1170d276cc101c2e")
-	barNode, _ := db.Get(barNodeHash[:])
-	db.Delete(barNodeHash[:])
 
+	barNodeHash := common.HexToHash("05041990364eb72fcb1127652ce40d8bab765f2bfe53225b1170d276cc101c2e")
+	var barNodeBlob []byte
+
+	if pooled {
+		barNodeBlob = pool.cache[barNodeHash]
+		delete(pool.cache, barNodeHash)
+	} else {
+		barNodeBlob, _ = db.Get(barNodeHash[:])
+		db.Delete(barNodeHash[:])
+	}
 	// Create a new iterator that seeks to "bars". Seeking can't proceed because
 	// the node is missing.
-	tr, _ := New(root, db, mp)
+	tr, _ := New(root, db, pool)
 	it := tr.NodeIterator([]byte("bars"))
 	missing, ok := it.Error().(*MissingNodeError)
 	if !ok {
@@ -354,10 +400,12 @@ func TestIteratorContinueAfterSeekError(t *testing.T) {
 	} else if missing.NodeHash != barNodeHash {
 		t.Fatal("wrong node missing")
 	}
-
 	// Reinsert the missing node.
-	db.Put(barNodeHash[:], barNode[:])
-
+	if pooled {
+		pool.cache[barNodeHash] = barNodeBlob
+	} else {
+		db.Put(barNodeHash[:], barNodeBlob)
+	}
 	// Check that iteration produces the right set of values.
 	if err := checkIteratorOrder(testdata1[2:], NewIterator(it)); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
diff --git a/trie/mempool.go b/trie/node_pool.go
similarity index 81%
rename from trie/mempool.go
rename to trie/node_pool.go
index 0059599198..6990c4fd95 100644
--- a/trie/mempool.go
+++ b/trie/node_pool.go
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log"
 )
 
-// MemPool is an intermediate write layer between the trie data structures and
+// NodePool is an intermediate write layer between the trie data structures and
 // the disk database. The aim is to accumulate trie writes in-memory and only
 // periodically flush a couple tries to disk, garbage collecting the remainder.
-type MemPool struct {
+type NodePool struct {
 	cache map[common.Hash][]byte // Cached data blocks of the trie nodes
 
 	parents  map[common.Hash]int                      // Number of live nodes referencing a given one
@@ -41,10 +41,10 @@ type MemPool struct {
 	lock sync.RWMutex
 }
 
-// NewMemPool creates a new memory pool to store ephemeral trie nodes before they
+// NewNodePool creates a new memory pool to store ephemeral trie nodes before they
 // are written out to disk or garbage collected.
-func NewMemPool() *MemPool {
-	pool := &MemPool{
+func NewNodePool() *NodePool {
+	pool := &NodePool{
 		cache:    make(map[common.Hash][]byte),
 		parents:  make(map[common.Hash]int),
 		children: make(map[common.Hash]map[common.Hash]struct{}),
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ func NewMemPool() *MemPool {
 // will make a copy of the slice.
 //
 // Note, this method assumes that the pool's lock is held!
-func (pool *MemPool) insert(hash common.Hash, blob []byte) {
+func (pool *NodePool) insert(hash common.Hash, blob []byte) {
 	if _, ok := pool.cache[hash]; ok {
 		return
 	}
@@ -69,15 +69,29 @@ func (pool *MemPool) insert(hash common.Hash, blob []byte) {
 
 // Fetch retrieves a cached trie node from memory, or returns nil if the pool
 // does not have this particular piece of data.
-func (pool *MemPool) Fetch(hash common.Hash) []byte {
+func (pool *NodePool) Fetch(hash common.Hash) []byte {
 	pool.lock.RLock()
 	defer pool.lock.RUnlock()
 
 	return pool.cache[hash]
 }
 
+// Nodes retrieves the hashes of all the nodes cached within the node pool. This
+// method is extremely expensive and should only be used in test code to validate
+// internal states.
+func (pool *NodePool) Nodes() []common.Hash {
+	pool.lock.RLock()
+	defer pool.lock.RUnlock()
+
+	var hashes = make([]common.Hash, 0, len(pool.cache))
+	for hash := range pool.cache {
+		hashes = append(hashes, hash)
+	}
+	return hashes
+}
+
 // Reference adds a new reference from parent to node.
-func (pool *MemPool) Reference(node common.Hash, parent common.Hash) {
+func (pool *NodePool) Reference(node common.Hash, parent common.Hash) {
 	pool.lock.RLock()
 	defer pool.lock.RUnlock()
 
@@ -85,7 +99,7 @@ func (pool *MemPool) Reference(node common.Hash, parent common.Hash) {
 }
 
 // reference is the private locked version of Reference.
-func (pool *MemPool) reference(node common.Hash, parent common.Hash) {
+func (pool *NodePool) reference(node common.Hash, parent common.Hash) {
 	// If the node does not exist, it's a node pulled from disk, skip
 	if _, ok := pool.cache[node]; !ok {
 		return
@@ -95,7 +109,7 @@ func (pool *MemPool) reference(node common.Hash, parent common.Hash) {
 }
 
 // Dereference removes an existing reference from parent to node.
-func (pool *MemPool) Dereference(node common.Hash, parent common.Hash) {
+func (pool *NodePool) Dereference(node common.Hash, parent common.Hash) {
 	pool.lock.Lock()
 	defer pool.lock.Unlock()
 
@@ -108,7 +122,7 @@ func (pool *MemPool) Dereference(node common.Hash, parent common.Hash) {
 }
 
 // dereference is the private locked version of Dereference.
-func (pool *MemPool) dereference(node common.Hash, parent common.Hash) {
+func (pool *NodePool) dereference(node common.Hash, parent common.Hash) {
 	// If the node does not exist, it's a previously comitted node.
 	blob, ok := pool.cache[node]
 	if !ok {
@@ -132,7 +146,7 @@ func (pool *MemPool) dereference(node common.Hash, parent common.Hash) {
 
 // Commit iterates over all the children of a particular node, writes them out
 // to disk, forcefully tearing down all references in both directions.
-func (pool *MemPool) Commit(node common.Hash, db DatabaseWriter) error {
+func (pool *NodePool) Commit(node common.Hash, db DatabaseWriter) error {
 	pool.lock.Lock()
 	defer pool.lock.Unlock()
 
@@ -158,7 +172,7 @@ func (pool *MemPool) Commit(node common.Hash, db DatabaseWriter) error {
 }
 
 // commit is the private locked version of Commit.
-func (pool *MemPool) commit(node common.Hash, db DatabaseWriter) error {
+func (pool *NodePool) commit(node common.Hash, db DatabaseWriter) error {
 	// If the node does not exist, it's a previously comitted node.
 	blob, ok := pool.cache[node]
 	if !ok {
diff --git a/trie/secure_trie.go b/trie/secure_trie.go
index 63d83fd5d6..e3ae57e677 100644
--- a/trie/secure_trie.go
+++ b/trie/secure_trie.go
@@ -45,17 +45,18 @@ type SecureTrie struct {
 	secKeyCacheOwner *SecureTrie // Pointer to self, replace the key cache on mismatch
 }
 
-// NewSecure creates a trie with an existing root node from db.
+// NewSecure creates a trie with an existing root node from a backing database
+// and optional intermediate in-memory node pool.
 //
 // If root is the zero hash or the sha3 hash of an empty string, the
 // trie is initially empty. Otherwise, New will panic if db is nil
 // and returns MissingNodeError if the root node cannot be found.
 //
-// Accessing the trie loads nodes from db on demand.
+// Accessing the trie loads nodes from the database or node pool on demand.
 // Loaded nodes are kept around until their 'cache generation' expires.
 // A new cache generation is created by each call to Commit.
 // cachelimit sets the number of past cache generations to keep.
-func NewSecure(root common.Hash, db Database, pool *MemPool, cachelimit uint16) (*SecureTrie, error) {
+func NewSecure(root common.Hash, db Database, pool *NodePool, cachelimit uint16) (*SecureTrie, error) {
 	if db == nil {
 		panic("NewSecure called with nil database")
 	}
diff --git a/trie/secure_trie_test.go b/trie/secure_trie_test.go
index bef00fa78a..e49048ff7a 100644
--- a/trie/secure_trie_test.go
+++ b/trie/secure_trie_test.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import (
 
 func newEmptySecure() *SecureTrie {
 	db, _ := ethdb.NewMemDatabase()
-	trie, _ := NewSecure(common.Hash{}, db, NewMemPool(), 0)
+	trie, _ := NewSecure(common.Hash{}, db, NewNodePool(), 0)
 	return trie
 }
 
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ func newEmptySecure() *SecureTrie {
 func makeTestSecureTrie() (ethdb.Database, *SecureTrie, map[string][]byte) {
 	// Create an empty trie
 	db, _ := ethdb.NewMemDatabase()
-	trie, _ := NewSecure(common.Hash{}, db, NewMemPool(), 0)
+	trie, _ := NewSecure(common.Hash{}, db, NewNodePool(), 0)
 
 	// Fill it with some arbitrary data
 	content := make(map[string][]byte)
diff --git a/trie/trie.go b/trie/trie.go
index 07da38e82c..a5c89fb69b 100644
--- a/trie/trie.go
+++ b/trie/trie.go
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ type DatabaseWriter interface {
 type Trie struct {
 	root         node
 	db           Database
-	pool         *MemPool
+	pool         *NodePool
 	originalRoot common.Hash
 
 	// Cache generation values.
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ func (t *Trie) newFlag() nodeFlag {
 // trie is initially empty and does not require a database. Otherwise,
 // New will panic if db is nil and returns a MissingNodeError if root does
 // not exist in the database. Accessing the trie loads nodes from db on demand.
-func New(root common.Hash, db Database, pool *MemPool) (*Trie, error) {
+func New(root common.Hash, db Database, pool *NodePool) (*Trie, error) {
 	trie := &Trie{db: db, pool: pool, originalRoot: root}
 	if (root != common.Hash{}) && root != emptyRoot {
 		if db == nil {
@@ -496,12 +496,12 @@ func (t *Trie) Commit() (root common.Hash, err error) {
 // database before using the trie.
 func (t *Trie) CommitTo(db DatabaseWriter) (root common.Hash, err error) {
 	// Retrieve the intermedia trie node memory cache if really writing
-	var pool *MemPool
+	var pool *NodePool
 	if db != nil {
 		if pool = t.pool; pool == nil {
 			// If the trie has no intermediate memory pool, but actual database write was
 			// nonetheless requested, store into an emphemeral pool and flush out to disk.
-			pool = NewMemPool()
+			pool = NewNodePool()
 			defer func() {
 				for hash, blob := range pool.cache {
 					db.Put(hash[:], blob)
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ func (t *Trie) CommitTo(db DatabaseWriter) (root common.Hash, err error) {
 	return common.BytesToHash(hash.(hashNode)), nil
 }
 
-func (t *Trie) hashRoot(pool *MemPool) (node, node, error) {
+func (t *Trie) hashRoot(pool *NodePool) (node, node, error) {
 	if t.root == nil {
 		return hashNode(emptyRoot.Bytes()), nil, nil
 	}
diff --git a/trie/trie_test.go b/trie/trie_test.go
index 5266adf242..faab68ee9a 100644
--- a/trie/trie_test.go
+++ b/trie/trie_test.go
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ func init() {
 // Used for testing
 func newEmpty() *Trie {
 	db, _ := ethdb.NewMemDatabase()
-	trie, _ := New(common.Hash{}, db, NewMemPool())
+	trie, _ := New(common.Hash{}, db, NewNodePool())
 	return trie
 }
 
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ func TestNull(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestMissingRoot(t *testing.T) {
 	db, _ := ethdb.NewMemDatabase()
-	trie, err := New(common.HexToHash("0beec7b5ea3f0fdbc95d0dd47f3c5bc275da8a33"), db, NewMemPool())
+	trie, err := New(common.HexToHash("0beec7b5ea3f0fdbc95d0dd47f3c5bc275da8a33"), db, NewNodePool())
 	if trie != nil {
 		t.Error("New returned non-nil trie for invalid root")
 	}
@@ -78,72 +78,75 @@ func TestMissingRoot(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestMissingNode(t *testing.T) {
-	db, _ := ethdb.NewMemDatabase()
-	mp := NewMemPool()
+func TestMissingNodeDirect(t *testing.T) { testMissingNode(t, false) }
+func TestMissingNodePooled(t *testing.T) { testMissingNode(t, true) }
 
-	trie, _ := New(common.Hash{}, db, mp)
+func testMissingNode(t *testing.T, pooled bool) {
+	var pool *NodePool
+	if pooled {
+		pool = NewNodePool()
+	}
+	db, _ := ethdb.NewMemDatabase()
+
+	trie, _ := New(common.Hash{}, db, pool)
 	updateString(trie, "120000", "qwerqwerqwerqwerqwerqwerqwerqwer")
 	updateString(trie, "123456", "asdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdf")
 	root, _ := trie.Commit()
 
-	trie, _ = New(root, db, mp)
+	trie, _ = New(root, db, pool)
 	_, err := trie.TryGet([]byte("120000"))
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("Unexpected error: %v", err)
 	}
-
-	trie, _ = New(root, db, mp)
+	trie, _ = New(root, db, pool)
 	_, err = trie.TryGet([]byte("120099"))
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("Unexpected error: %v", err)
 	}
-
-	trie, _ = New(root, db, mp)
+	trie, _ = New(root, db, pool)
 	_, err = trie.TryGet([]byte("123456"))
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("Unexpected error: %v", err)
 	}
-
-	trie, _ = New(root, db, mp)
+	trie, _ = New(root, db, pool)
 	err = trie.TryUpdate([]byte("120099"), []byte("zxcvzxcvzxcvzxcvzxcvzxcvzxcvzxcv"))
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("Unexpected error: %v", err)
 	}
-
-	trie, _ = New(root, db, mp)
+	trie, _ = New(root, db, pool)
 	err = trie.TryDelete([]byte("123456"))
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("Unexpected error: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	db.Delete(common.FromHex("e1d943cc8f061a0c0b98162830b970395ac9315654824bf21b73b891365262f9"))
+	hash := common.HexToHash("0xe1d943cc8f061a0c0b98162830b970395ac9315654824bf21b73b891365262f9")
+	if pooled {
+		delete(pool.cache, hash)
+	} else {
+		db.Delete(hash[:])
+	}
 
-	trie, _ = New(root, db, mp)
+	trie, _ = New(root, db, pool)
 	_, err = trie.TryGet([]byte("120000"))
 	if _, ok := err.(*MissingNodeError); !ok {
 		t.Errorf("Wrong error: %v", err)
 	}
-
-	trie, _ = New(root, db, mp)
+	trie, _ = New(root, db, pool)
 	_, err = trie.TryGet([]byte("120099"))
 	if _, ok := err.(*MissingNodeError); !ok {
 		t.Errorf("Wrong error: %v", err)
 	}
-
-	trie, _ = New(root, db, mp)
+	trie, _ = New(root, db, pool)
 	_, err = trie.TryGet([]byte("123456"))
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("Unexpected error: %v", err)
 	}
-
-	trie, _ = New(root, db, mp)
+	trie, _ = New(root, db, pool)
 	err = trie.TryUpdate([]byte("120099"), []byte("zxcv"))
 	if _, ok := err.(*MissingNodeError); !ok {
 		t.Errorf("Wrong error: %v", err)
 	}
-
-	trie, _ = New(root, db, mp)
+	trie, _ = New(root, db, pool)
 	err = trie.TryDelete([]byte("123456"))
 	if _, ok := err.(*MissingNodeError); !ok {
 		t.Errorf("Wrong error: %v", err)
@@ -410,7 +413,7 @@ func (randTest) Generate(r *rand.Rand, size int) reflect.Value {
 
 func runRandTest(rt randTest) bool {
 	db, _ := ethdb.NewMemDatabase()
-	mp := NewMemPool()
+	mp := NewNodePool()
 
 	tr, _ := New(common.Hash{}, db, mp)
 	values := make(map[string]string) // tracks content of the trie