diff --git a/consensus/src/bin/scan_chain.rs b/consensus/src/bin/scan_chain.rs
index 22adb62..9fa39a5 100644
--- a/consensus/src/bin/scan_chain.rs
+++ b/consensus/src/bin/scan_chain.rs
@@ -1,38 +1,37 @@
 #![cfg(feature = "binaries")]
 
-use std::ops::Range;
-use std::path::PathBuf;
-use std::sync::{Arc, RwLock};
-use std::time::Duration;
+use std::{
+    io::Read,
+    ops::Range,
+    path::PathBuf,
+    sync::{Arc, RwLock},
+};
 
 use tower::{Service, ServiceExt};
 use tracing::level_filters::LevelFilter;
 
 use cuprate_common::Network;
 
-use monero_consensus::rpc::{cache::ScanningCache, init_rpc_load_balancer, RpcConfig};
 use monero_consensus::{
     context::{ContextConfig, UpdateBlockchainCacheRequest},
-    initialize_verifier, Database, DatabaseRequest, DatabaseResponse, VerifiedBlockInformation,
-    VerifyBlockRequest,
+    initialize_verifier,
+    rpc::{cache::ScanningCache, init_rpc_load_balancer, RpcConfig},
+    transactions::VerifyTxRequest,
+    Database, DatabaseRequest, DatabaseResponse, HardFork, VerifiedBlockInformation,
+    VerifyBlockRequest, VerifyTxResponse,
 };
 
-const INITIAL_MAX_BLOCKS_IN_RANGE: u64 = 1000;
-const MAX_BLOCKS_IN_RANGE: u64 = 1000;
-const INITIAL_MAX_BLOCKS_HEADERS_IN_RANGE: u64 = 250;
+const MAX_BLOCKS_IN_RANGE: u64 = 500;
+const MAX_BLOCKS_HEADERS_IN_RANGE: u64 = 250;
 
 /// Calls for a batch of blocks, returning the response and the time it took.
 async fn call_batch<D: Database>(
     range: Range<u64>,
     database: D,
-) -> Result<(DatabaseResponse, Duration), tower::BoxError> {
-    let now = std::time::Instant::now();
-    Ok((
-        database
-            .oneshot(DatabaseRequest::BlockBatchInRange(range))
-            .await?,
-        now.elapsed(),
-    ))
+) -> Result<DatabaseResponse, tower::BoxError> {
+    Ok(database
+        .oneshot(DatabaseRequest::BlockBatchInRange(range))
+        .await?)
 }
 
 async fn scan_chain<D>(
@@ -48,13 +47,13 @@ where
     tracing::info!("Beginning chain scan");
 
     // TODO: when we implement all rules use the RPCs chain height, for now we don't check v2 txs.
-    let chain_height = 1288616;
+    let chain_height = 1009827;
 
     tracing::info!("scanning to chain height: {}", chain_height);
 
     let config = ContextConfig::main_net();
 
-    let (mut block_verifier, _, mut context_updater) =
+    let (mut block_verifier, mut transaction_verifier, mut context_updater) =
         initialize_verifier(database.clone(), config).await?;
 
     let batch_size = rpc_config.read().unwrap().block_batch_size();
@@ -75,6 +74,7 @@ where
     let mut next_batch_start_height = start_height + batch_size;
 
     while next_batch_start_height < chain_height {
+        // TODO: utilize dynamic batch sizes
         let next_batch_size = rpc_config.read().unwrap().block_batch_size();
 
         // Call the next batch while we handle this batch.
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ where
             )),
         );
 
-        let (DatabaseResponse::BlockBatchInRange(blocks), _) = current_fut.await?? else {
+        let (DatabaseResponse::BlockBatchInRange(blocks)) = current_fut.await?? else {
             panic!("Database sent incorrect response!");
         };
 
@@ -97,19 +97,55 @@ where
             chain_height
         );
 
-        //  let block_len = blocks.len();
-        for (block, txs) in blocks {
+        let (blocks, txs): (Vec<_>, Vec<_>) = blocks.into_iter().unzip();
+
+        // This is an optimisation, we batch ALL the transactions together to get their outputs, saving a
+        // massive amount of time at the cost of inaccurate data, specifically the only thing that's inaccurate
+        // is the amount of outputs at a certain time and as this would be lower (so more strict) than the true value
+        // this will fail when this is an issue.
+        let mut txs_per_block = [0; (MAX_BLOCKS_IN_RANGE * 3) as usize];
+        let txs = txs
+            .into_iter()
+            .enumerate()
+            .flat_map(|(block_id, block_batch_txs)| {
+                // block id is just this blocks position in the batch.
+                txs_per_block[block_id] = block_batch_txs.len();
+                block_batch_txs
+            })
+            .collect();
+
+        let VerifyTxResponse::BatchSetupOk(txs) = transaction_verifier
+            .ready()
+            .await?
+            .call(VerifyTxRequest::BatchSetup {
+                txs,
+                // TODO: we need to get the haf from the context svc
+                hf: HardFork::V1,
+            })
+            .await?
+        else {
+            panic!("tx verifier returned incorrect response");
+        };
+
+        let mut done_txs = 0;
+        for (block_id, block) in blocks.into_iter().enumerate() {
+            // block id is just this blocks position in the batch.
+            let txs = &txs[done_txs..done_txs + txs_per_block[block_id]];
+            done_txs += txs_per_block[block_id];
+
             let verified_block_info: VerifiedBlockInformation = block_verifier
                 .ready()
                 .await?
-                .call(VerifyBlockRequest::MainChainBatchSetupVerify(block, txs))
+                .call(VerifyBlockRequest::MainChain(block, txs.into()))
                 .await?;
 
+            // add the new block to the cache
             cache.write().unwrap().add_new_block_data(
                 verified_block_info.generated_coins,
                 &verified_block_info.block.miner_tx,
                 &verified_block_info.txs,
             );
+            // update the chain context svc with the new block
             context_updater
                 .ready()
                 .await?
@@ -130,10 +166,12 @@ where
             current_height += 1;
             next_batch_start_height += 1;
 
-            if current_height % 500 == 0 {
+            if current_height % 25000 == 0 {
                 tracing::info!("Saving cache to: {}", save_file.display());
                 cache.read().unwrap().save(&save_file)?;
 
+                // Get the block header to check our information matches what it should be, we don't need
+                // to do this all the time
                 let DatabaseResponse::BlockExtendedHeader(header) = database
                     .ready()
                     .await?
@@ -163,6 +201,12 @@ where
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() {
+    // TODO: take this in as config options:
+    // - nodes to connect to
+    // - block batch size (not header)
+    // - network
+    // - tracing level
+
     tracing_subscriber::fmt()
         .with_max_level(LevelFilter::INFO)
         .init();
@@ -198,10 +242,7 @@ async fn main() {
         "http://145.239.97.211:18089".to_string(),
     ];
 
-    let rpc_config = RpcConfig::new(
-        INITIAL_MAX_BLOCKS_IN_RANGE,
-        INITIAL_MAX_BLOCKS_HEADERS_IN_RANGE,
-    );
+    let rpc_config = RpcConfig::new(MAX_BLOCKS_IN_RANGE, MAX_BLOCKS_HEADERS_IN_RANGE);
     let rpc_config = Arc::new(RwLock::new(rpc_config));
 
     let cache = match ScanningCache::load(&file_for_cache) {
diff --git a/consensus/src/block.rs b/consensus/src/block.rs
index e5f11e0..d0326f2 100644
--- a/consensus/src/block.rs
+++ b/consensus/src/block.rs
@@ -99,6 +99,9 @@ where
                     batch_setup_verify_main_chain_block(block, txs, context_svc, tx_verifier_svc)
                         .await
                 }
+                VerifyBlockRequest::MainChain(block, txs) => {
+                    verify_main_chain_block(block, txs, context_svc, tx_verifier_svc).await
+                }
                 _ => todo!(),
             }
         }
@@ -106,6 +109,92 @@ where
     }
 }
 
+async fn verify_main_chain_block<C, Tx>(
+    block: Block,
+    txs: Vec<Arc<TransactionVerificationData>>,
+    context_svc: C,
+    tx_verifier_svc: Tx,
+) -> Result<VerifiedBlockInformation, ConsensusError>
+where
+    C: Service<BlockChainContextRequest, Response = BlockChainContext, Error = tower::BoxError>
+        + Send
+        + 'static,
+    C::Future: Send + 'static,
+    Tx: Service<VerifyTxRequest, Response = VerifyTxResponse, Error = ConsensusError>,
+{
+    tracing::debug!("getting blockchain context");
+    let context = context_svc
+        .oneshot(BlockChainContextRequest)
+        .await
+        .map_err(Into::<ConsensusError>::into)?;
+
+    tracing::debug!("got blockchain context: {:?}", context);
+
+    let block_weight = block.miner_tx.weight() + txs.iter().map(|tx| tx.tx_weight).sum::<usize>();
+    let total_fees = txs.iter().map(|tx| tx.fee).sum::<u64>();
+
+    tx_verifier_svc
+        .oneshot(VerifyTxRequest::Block {
+            txs: txs.clone(),
+            current_chain_height: context.chain_height,
+            time_for_time_lock: context.current_adjusted_timestamp_for_time_lock(),
+            hf: context.current_hard_fork,
+        })
+        .await?;
+
+    let generated_coins = miner_tx::check_miner_tx(
+        &block.miner_tx,
+        total_fees,
+        context.chain_height,
+        block_weight,
+        context.median_weight_for_block_reward,
+        context.already_generated_coins,
+        &context.current_hard_fork,
+    )?;
+
+    let hashing_blob = block.serialize_hashable();
+
+    checks::block_size_sanity_check(block.serialize().len(), context.effective_median_weight)?;
+    checks::block_weight_check(block_weight, context.median_weight_for_block_reward)?;
+
+    checks::check_amount_txs(block.txs.len())?;
+    checks::check_prev_id(&block, &context.top_hash)?;
+    if let Some(median_timestamp) = context.median_block_timestamp {
+        // will only be None for the first 60 blocks
+        checks::check_timestamp(&block, median_timestamp)?;
+    }
+
+    // do POW test last
+    let pow_hash = tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || {
+        hash_worker::calculate_pow_hash(
+            &hashing_blob,
+            context.chain_height,
+            &context.current_hard_fork,
+        )
+    })
+    .await
+    .unwrap()?;
+
+    checks::check_block_pow(&pow_hash, context.next_difficulty)?;
+
+    context
+        .current_hard_fork
+        .check_block_version_vote(&block.header)?;
+
+    Ok(VerifiedBlockInformation {
+        block_hash: block.hash(),
+        block,
+        txs,
+        pow_hash,
+        generated_coins,
+        weight: block_weight,
+        height: context.chain_height,
+        long_term_weight: context.next_block_long_term_weight(block_weight),
+        hf_vote: HardFork::V1,
+        cumulative_difficulty: context.cumulative_difficulty + context.next_difficulty,
+    })
+}
+
 async fn batch_setup_verify_main_chain_block<C, Tx>(
     block: Block,
     txs: Vec<Transaction>,
diff --git a/consensus/src/rpc.rs b/consensus/src/rpc.rs
index b593e22..44d7378 100644
--- a/consensus/src/rpc.rs
+++ b/consensus/src/rpc.rs
@@ -1,22 +1,24 @@
-use curve25519_dalek::edwards::CompressedEdwardsY;
-use std::cmp::min;
-use std::collections::{HashMap, HashSet};
-use std::future::Future;
-use std::ops::Range;
-use std::pin::Pin;
-use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex, RwLock};
-use std::task::{Context, Poll};
-use std::time::Duration;
+use std::{
+    cmp::min,
+    collections::{HashMap, HashSet},
+    future::Future,
+    ops::Range,
+    pin::Pin,
+    sync::{Arc, Mutex, RwLock},
+    task::{Context, Poll},
+};
 
-use futures::lock::{OwnedMutexGuard, OwnedMutexLockFuture};
-use futures::{stream::FuturesOrdered, FutureExt, StreamExt, TryFutureExt, TryStreamExt};
+use curve25519_dalek::edwards::CompressedEdwardsY;
+use futures::{
+    lock::{OwnedMutexGuard, OwnedMutexLockFuture},
+    stream::{FuturesOrdered, FuturesUnordered},
+    FutureExt, StreamExt, TryFutureExt, TryStreamExt,
+};
 use monero_serai::rpc::{HttpRpc, RpcConnection, RpcError};
 use rayon::prelude::*;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use serde_json::json;
-use tower::balance::p2c::Balance;
-use tower::util::BoxService;
-use tower::ServiceExt;
+use tower::{balance::p2c::Balance, util::BoxService, ServiceExt};
 use tracing::{instrument, Instrument};
 
 use cuprate_common::BlockID;
@@ -29,6 +31,8 @@ mod discover;
 
 use cache::ScanningCache;
 
+const MAX_OUTS_PER_RPC: usize = 5000; // the cap for monerod is 5000
+
 #[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone)]
 pub struct RpcConfig {
     pub max_blocks_per_node: u64,
@@ -85,9 +89,9 @@ pub fn init_rpc_load_balancer(
     let (rpc_discoverer_tx, rpc_discoverer_rx) = futures::channel::mpsc::channel(30);
 
     let rpc_balance = Balance::new(rpc_discoverer_rx.map(Result::<_, tower::BoxError>::Ok));
-    let timeout = tower::timeout::Timeout::new(rpc_balance, Duration::from_secs(120));
-    let rpc_buffer = tower::buffer::Buffer::new(BoxService::new(timeout), 30);
-    let rpcs = tower::retry::Retry::new(Attempts(3), rpc_buffer);
+    //  let timeout = tower::timeout::Timeout::new(rpc_balance, Duration::from_secs(120));
+    let rpc_buffer = tower::buffer::Buffer::new(BoxService::new(rpc_balance), 30);
+    let rpcs = tower::retry::Retry::new(Attempts(10), rpc_buffer);
 
     let discover = discover::RPCDiscover {
         rpc: rpcs.clone(),
@@ -164,6 +168,56 @@ where
                     config.max_block_headers_per_node,
                 )
             }
+            DatabaseRequest::Outputs(outs) => async move {
+                let mut split_outs: Vec<HashMap<u64, HashSet<u64>>> = Vec::new();
+                let mut i: usize = 0;
+                for (amount, ixs) in outs {
+                    if ixs.len() > MAX_OUTS_PER_RPC {
+                        for ii in (0..ixs.len()).step_by(MAX_OUTS_PER_RPC) {
+                            let mut amt_map = HashSet::with_capacity(MAX_OUTS_PER_RPC);
+                            amt_map.extend(ixs.iter().skip(ii).copied().take(MAX_OUTS_PER_RPC));
+
+                            let mut map = HashMap::new();
+                            map.insert(amount, amt_map);
+                            split_outs.push(map);
+                            i += 1;
+                        }
+                        continue;
+                    }
+
+                    if let Some(map) = split_outs.get_mut(i.saturating_sub(1)) {
+                        if map.iter().map(|(_, amt_map)| amt_map.len()).sum::<usize>() + ixs.len()
+                            < MAX_OUTS_PER_RPC
+                        {
+                            assert!(map.insert(amount, ixs).is_none());
+                            continue;
+                        }
+                    }
+                    let mut map = HashMap::new();
+                    map.insert(amount, ixs);
+                    split_outs.push(map);
+                    i += 1;
+                }
+
+                let mut futs = FuturesUnordered::from_iter(
+                    split_outs
+                        .into_iter()
+                        .map(|map| this.clone().oneshot(DatabaseRequest::Outputs(map))),
+                );
+
+                let mut outs = HashMap::new();
+
+                while let Some(out_response) = futs.next().await {
+                    let DatabaseResponse::Outputs(out_response) = out_response? else {
+                        panic!("RPC sent incorrect response!");
+                    };
+                    out_response.into_iter().for_each(|(amt, amt_map)| {
+                        outs.entry(amt).or_insert_with(HashMap::new).extend(amt_map)
+                    });
+                }
+                Ok(DatabaseResponse::Outputs(outs))
+            }
+            .boxed(),
             req => this.oneshot(req).boxed(),
         }
     }
diff --git a/consensus/src/rpc/cache.rs b/consensus/src/rpc/cache.rs
index d44b4ce..f50aa4d 100644
--- a/consensus/src/rpc/cache.rs
+++ b/consensus/src/rpc/cache.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
-use std::collections::HashSet;
-use std::io::Read;
-use std::path::Path;
 use std::{
     collections::HashMap,
+    collections::HashSet,
     fmt::{Display, Formatter},
+    path::Path,
     sync::Arc,
 };
 
@@ -11,8 +10,6 @@ use bincode::{Decode, Encode};
 use monero_serai::transaction::{Input, Timelock, Transaction};
 use tracing_subscriber::fmt::MakeWriter;
 
-use cuprate_common::Network;
-
 use crate::transactions::TransactionVerificationData;
 
 /// A cache which can keep chain state while scanning.
diff --git a/consensus/src/rpc/discover.rs b/consensus/src/rpc/discover.rs
index 8f2de57..4841bc0 100644
--- a/consensus/src/rpc/discover.rs
+++ b/consensus/src/rpc/discover.rs
@@ -1,15 +1,17 @@
-use std::collections::HashSet;
-use std::sync::{Arc, RwLock};
-use std::time::Duration;
+use std::{
+    collections::HashSet,
+    sync::{Arc, RwLock},
+    time::Duration,
+};
 
-use futures::channel::mpsc::SendError;
-use futures::stream::FuturesUnordered;
-use futures::{channel::mpsc, SinkExt, Stream, StreamExt, TryFutureExt, TryStream};
+use futures::{
+    channel::mpsc::{self, SendError},
+    stream::FuturesUnordered,
+    SinkExt,
+};
 use monero_serai::rpc::HttpRpc;
 use tokio::time::timeout;
-use tower::discover::Change;
-use tower::load::PeakEwma;
-use tower::ServiceExt;
+use tower::{discover::Change, load::PeakEwma};
 use tracing::instrument;
 
 use super::{cache::ScanningCache, Rpc};
diff --git a/consensus/src/transactions.rs b/consensus/src/transactions.rs
index 28d0e70..5bd651f 100644
--- a/consensus/src/transactions.rs
+++ b/consensus/src/transactions.rs
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ pub enum VerifyTxRequest {
         time_for_time_lock: u64,
         hf: HardFork,
     },
+    /// Batches the setup of [`TransactionVerificationData`].
+    BatchSetup { txs: Vec<Transaction>, hf: HardFork },
     /// Batches the setup of [`TransactionVerificationData`] and verifies the transactions
     /// in the context of a block.
     BatchSetupVerifyBlock {
@@ -135,6 +137,14 @@ where
                 hf,
             )
             .boxed(),
+            VerifyTxRequest::BatchSetup {
+                txs,
+                hf
+            } => batch_setup_transactions(
+                database,
+                txs, 
+                hf
+            ).boxed(),
             VerifyTxRequest::BatchSetupVerifyBlock {
                 txs,
                 current_chain_height,
@@ -179,6 +189,28 @@ where
     Ok(())
 }
 
+async fn batch_setup_transactions<D>(
+    database: D,
+    txs: Vec<Transaction>,
+    hf: HardFork,
+) -> Result<VerifyTxResponse, ConsensusError>
+    where
+        D: Database + Clone + Sync + Send + 'static,
+{
+    // Move out of the async runtime and use rayon to parallelize the serialisation and hashing of the txs.
+    let txs = tokio::task::spawn_blocking(|| {
+        txs.into_par_iter()
+            .map(|tx| Ok(Arc::new(TransactionVerificationData::new(tx)?)))
+            .collect::<Result<Vec<_>, ConsensusError>>()
+    })
+        .await
+        .unwrap()?;
+
+    set_missing_ring_members(database, &txs, &hf).await?;
+
+    Ok(VerifyTxResponse::BatchSetupOk(txs))
+}
+
 async fn batch_setup_verify_transactions_for_block<D>(
     database: D,
     txs: Vec<Transaction>,