diff --git a/shell.go b/shell.go
index 81b607f1..8e2da886 100644
--- a/shell.go
+++ b/shell.go
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ func shell() {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
 	if tip == 0 { // DB has never been used, set to birthday
-		tip = 20000 // hardcoded; later base on keyfile date?
+		tip = 21900 // hardcoded; later base on keyfile date?
 		err = SCon.TS.SetDBSyncHeight(tip)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Fatal(err)
diff --git a/sighash143/sighash143.go b/sighash143/sighash143.go
index 62eb45c8..419bf54e 100644
--- a/sighash143/sighash143.go
+++ b/sighash143/sighash143.go
@@ -31,11 +31,13 @@ const (
 // put your pkscripts in the sigscript slot before handing the tx to this
 // function.  Also you're clearly supposed to cache the 3 sub-hashes generated
 // here, because they apply to the tx, not a txin.  But this doesn't yet.
-func calcWitnessSignatureHash(
+func calcWitnessSignatureHash(sigscript []byte,
 	hashType txscript.SigHashType, tx *wire.MsgTx, idx int, amt int64) []byte {
 	// in the script.go calcSignatureHash(), idx is assumed safe, so I guess
 	// that's OK here too...?  Nah I'm gonna check
 	if idx > len(tx.TxIn)-1 {
+		fmt.Printf("calcWitnessSignatureHash error: idx %d but %d txins",
+			idx, len(tx.TxIn))
 		return nil
 	}
 
@@ -62,23 +64,22 @@ func calcWitnessSignatureHash(
 	// scriptCode which is some new thing
 
 	// detect wpkh mode
-	if len(tx.TxIn[idx].SignatureScript) == 22 &&
-		tx.TxIn[idx].SignatureScript[0] == 0x00 &&
-		tx.TxIn[idx].SignatureScript[1] == 0x14 {
+	fmt.Printf("txin %d sscript len %d\n", idx, len(tx.TxIn[idx].SignatureScript))
+	if len(sigscript) == 22 && sigscript[0] == 0x00 && sigscript[1] == 0x14 {
 		// wpkh mode .... recreate op_dup codes here
 		sCode := []byte{0x19, 0x76, 0xa9, 0x14}
-		sCode = append(sCode, tx.TxIn[idx].SignatureScript[2:22]...)
+		sCode = append(sCode, sigscript[2:22]...)
 		sCode = append(sCode, []byte{0x88, 0xac}...)
 		pre = append(pre, sCode...)
-	} else if len(tx.TxIn[idx].SignatureScript) == 34 &&
-		tx.TxIn[idx].SignatureScript[0] == 0x00 &&
-		tx.TxIn[idx].SignatureScript[1] == 0x20 {
+	} else if len(sigscript) == 34 &&
+		sigscript[0] == 0x00 && sigscript[1] == 0x20 {
 		// whs mode- need to remove codeseparators.  this doesn't yet.
 		var buf bytes.Buffer
-		writeVarBytes(&buf, 0, tx.TxIn[idx].Witness[0])
+		writeVarBytes(&buf, 0, sigscript)
 		pre = append(pre, buf.Bytes()...)
 	} else {
 		// ?? this is not witness tx! fail
+		fmt.Printf("Non witness error ")
 		return nil
 	}
 
@@ -204,13 +205,13 @@ func main() {
 
 	// 	make tx
 	ttx := wire.NewMsgTx()
-
 	// deserialize into tx
 	buf := bytes.NewBuffer(txbytes)
 	ttx.Deserialize(buf)
 
+	fmt.Printf("=====tx locktime: %x\n", ttx.LockTime)
 	ttx.TxIn[0].SignatureScript = in0spk
-	ttx.TxIn[1].SignatureScript = in1spk
+	//	ttx.TxIn[1].SignatureScript = in1spk
 
 	fmt.Printf(uspv.TxToString(ttx))
 
@@ -218,15 +219,36 @@ func main() {
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
-
-	sig, err := txscript.WitnessScript(ttx, 1, inamt1, in1spk,
+	// assert flag before writing witness
+	ttx.Flags = 0x01
+	ttx.TxIn[1].Witness, err = txscript.WitnessScript(ttx, 1, inamt1, in1spk,
 		txscript.SigHashAll, priv, true)
+	//	ttx.TxIn[1].SignatureScript = nil
 
-	fmt.Printf("got sig %x\n", sig)
-	hxh := calcWitnessSignatureHash(txscript.SigHashAll, ttx, 1, inamt1)
+	hxh := calcWitnessSignatureHash(in1spk, txscript.SigHashAll, ttx, 1, inamt1)
 
-	fmt.Printf("got sigHash %x\n", hxh)
+	fmt.Printf("got sigHash %x NON LIB\n", hxh)
 	fmt.Printf("expect hash %x\n ", xpkt)
+	fmt.Printf("\n%s\n", uspv.TxToString(ttx))
+
+	fmt.Printf("loading tx from file xtx.hex\n")
+	txhex, err = ioutil.ReadFile("xtx.hex")
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	txhex = []byte(strings.TrimSpace(string(txhex)))
+	txbytes, err = hex.DecodeString(string(txhex))
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	// 	make tx
+	xtx := wire.NewMsgTx()
+	// deserialize into tx
+	buf = bytes.NewBuffer(txbytes)
+	xtx.Deserialize(buf)
+
+	//	ttx.Flags = 0x01
+	fmt.Printf("\n%s\n", uspv.TxToString(xtx))
 }
 
 // pver can be 0, doesn't do anything in these.  Same for msg.Version
diff --git a/uspv/msghandler.go b/uspv/msghandler.go
index ecb7c474..f7fcf582 100644
--- a/uspv/msghandler.go
+++ b/uspv/msghandler.go
@@ -189,6 +189,7 @@ func (s *SPVCon) GetDataHandler(m *wire.MsgGetData) {
 				log.Printf("error getting tx %s: %s",
 					thing.Hash.String(), err.Error())
 			}
+			fmt.Printf(TxToString(tx))
 			s.outMsgQueue <- tx
 			sent++
 			continue
@@ -199,6 +200,7 @@ func (s *SPVCon) GetDataHandler(m *wire.MsgGetData) {
 				log.Printf("error getting tx %s: %s",
 					thing.Hash.String(), err.Error())
 			}
+			tx.Flags = 0x00 // dewitnessify
 			s.outMsgQueue <- tx
 			sent++
 			continue
diff --git a/uspv/sortsignsend.go b/uspv/sortsignsend.go
index c6aa3ebf..b5c04416 100644
--- a/uspv/sortsignsend.go
+++ b/uspv/sortsignsend.go
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ func (s *SPVCon) SendCoins(adr btcutil.Address, sendAmt int64) error {
 
 	fmt.Printf("tx: %s", TxToString(tx))
 	buf := bytes.NewBuffer(make([]byte, 0, tx.SerializeSize()))
-	tx.Serialize(buf)
+	tx.SerializeWitness(buf)
 	fmt.Printf("tx: %x\n", buf.Bytes())
 
 	// send it out on the wire.  hope it gets there.
diff --git a/uspv/txstore.go b/uspv/txstore.go
index 2fe582f3..a4b8aadd 100644
--- a/uspv/txstore.go
+++ b/uspv/txstore.go
@@ -137,20 +137,19 @@ func CheckDoubleSpends(
 
 // TxToString prints out some info about a transaction. for testing / debugging
 func TxToString(tx *wire.MsgTx) string {
-	str := fmt.Sprintf("\t size %d vsize %d wsize %d Tx %s\n",
+	str := fmt.Sprintf("size %d vsize %d wsize %d locktime %d flag %x txid %s\n",
 		tx.SerializeSize(), tx.VirtualSize(), tx.SerializeSizeWitness(),
-		tx.TxSha().String())
+		tx.LockTime, tx.Flags, tx.TxSha().String())
 	for i, in := range tx.TxIn {
-		str += fmt.Sprintf("Input %d: %s\n", i, in.PreviousOutPoint.String())
-		str += fmt.Sprintf("SigScript for input %d: %x\n", i, in.SignatureScript)
+		str += fmt.Sprintf("Input %d spends %s\n", i, in.PreviousOutPoint.String())
+		str += fmt.Sprintf("\tSigScript: %x\n", in.SignatureScript)
 		for j, wit := range in.Witness {
-			str += fmt.Sprintf("witness %d: %x\t", j, wit)
+			str += fmt.Sprintf("\twitness %d: %x\n", j, wit)
 		}
-		str += fmt.Sprintf("\n")
 	}
 	for i, out := range tx.TxOut {
 		if out != nil {
-			str += fmt.Sprintf("\toutput %d script: %x amt: %d\n",
+			str += fmt.Sprintf("output %d script: %x amt: %d\n",
 				i, out.PkScript, out.Value)
 		} else {
 			str += fmt.Sprintf("output %d nil (WARNING)\n", i)
diff --git a/uspv/utxodb.go b/uspv/utxodb.go
index e1013c86..7c18626d 100644
--- a/uspv/utxodb.go
+++ b/uspv/utxodb.go
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ func (ts *TxStore) Ingest(tx *wire.MsgTx, height int32) (uint32, error) {
 					// store this relevant tx
 					sha := tx.TxSha()
 					var buf bytes.Buffer
-					tx.Serialize(&buf)
+					tx.SerializeWitness(&buf) // always store witness version
 					err = txns.Put(sha.Bytes(), buf.Bytes())
 					if err != nil {
 						return err