diff --git a/core/blockchain.go b/core/blockchain.go
index d3ff0ce2e5..2f94166fec 100644
--- a/core/blockchain.go
+++ b/core/blockchain.go
@@ -910,6 +910,7 @@ 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
diff --git a/shyftdb/shyft_database_util.go b/shyftdb/shyft_database_util.go
index 8c36b51731..bd338dfa5b 100644
--- a/shyftdb/shyft_database_util.go
+++ b/shyftdb/shyft_database_util.go
@@ -9,10 +9,17 @@ import (
     "github.com/syndtr/goleveldb/leveldb"
     "github.com/syndtr/goleveldb/leveldb/util"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/types"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
 )
 
+
+type SBlock struct {
+	hash string
+	txes []string
+}
+
 type ShyftTxEntry struct {
 	TxHash    common.Hash
 	To   	  *common.Address
@@ -80,6 +87,27 @@ func WriteTransactions(db *leveldb.DB, tx *types.Transaction, blockHash common.H
 }
 
 // Meant for internal tests
+func GetAllBlocks(db *leveldb.DB) []SBlock{
+	var arr []SBlock
+	iter := db.NewIterator(util.BytesPrefix([]byte("bk-")), nil)
+	for iter.Next() {
+	    result := iter.Value()
+	    buf := bytes.NewBuffer(result)
+		strs2 := []string{}
+		gob.NewDecoder(buf).Decode(&strs2)
+		//fmt.Println("the key is")
+		hash := common.BytesToHash(iter.Key())
+		hex := hash.Hex()
+		//fmt.Println(hex)
+		sblock := SBlock{hex, strs2}
+		arr = append(arr, sblock)
+
+		//fmt.Println("\n ALL BK BK VALUE" + string(result))
+	}
+	
+	iter.Release()
+	return arr
+}
 
 func GetBlock(db *leveldb.DB, block *types.Block) []byte {
 	hash := block.Header().Hash().Bytes()