diff --git a/packages/launchpad/src/coins.spec.ts b/packages/amino/src/coins.spec.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/launchpad/src/coins.spec.ts
rename to packages/amino/src/coins.spec.ts
diff --git a/packages/launchpad/src/coins.ts b/packages/amino/src/coins.ts
similarity index 81%
rename from packages/launchpad/src/coins.ts
rename to packages/amino/src/coins.ts
index e62617c8..1254f27f 100644
--- a/packages/launchpad/src/coins.ts
+++ b/packages/amino/src/coins.ts
@@ -1,18 +1,26 @@
-import { Coin } from "@cosmjs/amino";
 import { Uint53, Uint64 } from "@cosmjs/math";
 
-/** Creates a coin */
+export interface Coin {
+  readonly denom: string;
+  readonly amount: string;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Creates a coin.
+ */
 export function coin(amount: number, denom: string): Coin {
   return { amount: new Uint53(amount).toString(), denom: denom };
 }
 
-/** Creates a list of coins with one element */
+/**
+ * Creates a list of coins with one element.
+ */
 export function coins(amount: number, denom: string): Coin[] {
   return [coin(amount, denom)];
 }
 
 /**
- * Takes a coins list like "819966000ucosm,700000000ustake" and parses it
+ * Takes a coins list like "819966000ucosm,700000000ustake" and parses it.
  */
 export function parseCoins(input: string): Coin[] {
   return input
diff --git a/packages/amino/src/index.ts b/packages/amino/src/index.ts
index f6f8fc85..21bec81d 100644
--- a/packages/amino/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/amino/src/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 export { pubkeyToAddress, pubkeyToRawAddress, rawSecp256k1PubkeyToRawAddress } from "./addresses";
+export { Coin, coin, coins, parseCoins } from "./coins";
 export {
   decodeAminoPubkey,
   decodeBech32Pubkey,
@@ -23,6 +24,6 @@ export { makeCosmoshubPath } from "./paths";
 export { extractKdfConfiguration, Secp256k1HdWallet } from "./secp256k1hdwallet";
 export { Secp256k1Wallet } from "./secp256k1wallet";
 export { decodeSignature, encodeSecp256k1Signature, StdSignature } from "./signature";
-export { AminoMsg, Coin, makeSignDoc, serializeSignDoc, StdFee, StdSignDoc } from "./signdoc";
+export { AminoMsg, makeSignDoc, serializeSignDoc, StdFee, StdSignDoc } from "./signdoc";
 export { AccountData, Algo, AminoSignResponse, OfflineAminoSigner } from "./signer";
 export { executeKdf, KdfConfiguration } from "./wallet";
diff --git a/packages/amino/src/signdoc.ts b/packages/amino/src/signdoc.ts
index bfd75dce..54bf86b0 100644
--- a/packages/amino/src/signdoc.ts
+++ b/packages/amino/src/signdoc.ts
@@ -2,16 +2,13 @@
 import { toUtf8 } from "@cosmjs/encoding";
 import { Uint53 } from "@cosmjs/math";
 
+import { Coin } from "./coins";
+
 export interface AminoMsg {
   readonly type: string;
   readonly value: any;
 }
 
-export interface Coin {
-  readonly denom: string;
-  readonly amount: string;
-}
-
 export interface StdFee {
   readonly amount: readonly Coin[];
   readonly gas: string;
diff --git a/packages/cosmwasm-stargate/src/cosmwasmclient.ts b/packages/cosmwasm-stargate/src/cosmwasmclient.ts
index 1669bd19..fb2af52d 100644
--- a/packages/cosmwasm-stargate/src/cosmwasmclient.ts
+++ b/packages/cosmwasm-stargate/src/cosmwasmclient.ts
@@ -7,25 +7,23 @@ import {
   JsonObject,
 } from "@cosmjs/cosmwasm-launchpad";
 import { fromAscii, toHex } from "@cosmjs/encoding";
-import {
-  Block,
-  isSearchByHeightQuery,
-  isSearchBySentFromOrToQuery,
-  isSearchByTagsQuery,
-  SearchTxFilter,
-  SearchTxQuery,
-} from "@cosmjs/launchpad";
 import { Uint53 } from "@cosmjs/math";
 import {
   Account,
   accountFromAny,
   AuthExtension,
   BankExtension,
+  Block,
   BroadcastTxResponse,
   Coin,
   coinFromProto,
   IndexedTx,
+  isSearchByHeightQuery,
+  isSearchBySentFromOrToQuery,
+  isSearchByTagsQuery,
   QueryClient,
+  SearchTxFilter,
+  SearchTxQuery,
   SequenceResponse,
   setupAuthExtension,
   setupBankExtension,
diff --git a/packages/cosmwasm-stargate/src/signingcosmwasmclient.ts b/packages/cosmwasm-stargate/src/signingcosmwasmclient.ts
index 16da8341..dcb84e5b 100644
--- a/packages/cosmwasm-stargate/src/signingcosmwasmclient.ts
+++ b/packages/cosmwasm-stargate/src/signingcosmwasmclient.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import {
 } from "@cosmjs/cosmwasm-launchpad";
 import { sha256 } from "@cosmjs/crypto";
 import { fromBase64, toHex, toUtf8 } from "@cosmjs/encoding";
-import { CosmosFeeTable } from "@cosmjs/launchpad";
 import { Int53, Uint53 } from "@cosmjs/math";
 import {
   EncodeObject,
@@ -30,6 +29,7 @@ import {
   BroadcastTxResponse,
   buildFeeTable,
   Coin,
+  CosmosFeeTable,
   defaultRegistryTypes,
   GasLimits,
   GasPrice,
diff --git a/packages/launchpad/src/cosmosclient.searchtx.spec.ts b/packages/launchpad/src/cosmosclient.searchtx.spec.ts
index 5fa17338..e3e6c56f 100644
--- a/packages/launchpad/src/cosmosclient.searchtx.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/launchpad/src/cosmosclient.searchtx.spec.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/naming-convention */
-import { makeSignDoc, Secp256k1HdWallet } from "@cosmjs/amino";
+import { coins, makeSignDoc, Secp256k1HdWallet } from "@cosmjs/amino";
 import { assert, sleep } from "@cosmjs/utils";
 
-import { coins } from "./coins";
 import { CosmosClient, isBroadcastTxFailure } from "./cosmosclient";
 import { LcdClient } from "./lcdapi";
 import { isMsgSend, MsgSend } from "./msgs";
diff --git a/packages/launchpad/src/fee.ts b/packages/launchpad/src/fee.ts
index 1703792f..c76062cc 100644
--- a/packages/launchpad/src/fee.ts
+++ b/packages/launchpad/src/fee.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
-import { StdFee } from "@cosmjs/amino";
+import { coins, StdFee } from "@cosmjs/amino";
 import { Decimal, Uint53 } from "@cosmjs/math";
 
-import { coins } from "./coins";
-
 export type FeeTable = Record<string, StdFee>;
 
 export class GasPrice {
diff --git a/packages/launchpad/src/index.ts b/packages/launchpad/src/index.ts
index 6231d334..210f8e40 100644
--- a/packages/launchpad/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/launchpad/src/index.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ export {
   AminoMsg as Msg,
   AminoSignResponse,
   Coin,
+  coin,
+  coins,
   KdfConfiguration,
   OfflineAminoSigner as OfflineSigner,
   Secp256k1HdWallet,
@@ -23,6 +25,7 @@ export {
   executeKdf,
   makeCosmoshubPath,
   makeSignDoc,
+  parseCoins,
   pubkeyToAddress,
   pubkeyType,
   serializeSignDoc,
@@ -34,7 +37,6 @@ export type PubKey = SinglePubkey;
 import * as logs from "./logs";
 export { logs };
 
-export { coin, coins, parseCoins } from "./coins";
 export {
   Account,
   assertIsBroadcastTxSuccess,
diff --git a/packages/launchpad/src/lcdapi/distribution.spec.ts b/packages/launchpad/src/lcdapi/distribution.spec.ts
index c28b34f1..c2d320e8 100644
--- a/packages/launchpad/src/lcdapi/distribution.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/launchpad/src/lcdapi/distribution.spec.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/naming-convention */
-import { makeSignDoc, Secp256k1HdWallet } from "@cosmjs/amino";
+import { coin, coins, makeSignDoc, Secp256k1HdWallet } from "@cosmjs/amino";
 import { Bech32 } from "@cosmjs/encoding";
 import { sleep } from "@cosmjs/utils";
 
-import { coin, coins } from "../coins";
 import { assertIsBroadcastTxSuccess } from "../cosmosclient";
 import { MsgDelegate } from "../msgs";
 import { SigningCosmosClient } from "../signingcosmosclient";
diff --git a/packages/launchpad/src/lcdapi/gov.spec.ts b/packages/launchpad/src/lcdapi/gov.spec.ts
index 94fe81d3..8fe54e47 100644
--- a/packages/launchpad/src/lcdapi/gov.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/launchpad/src/lcdapi/gov.spec.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/naming-convention */
-import { makeSignDoc, Secp256k1HdWallet } from "@cosmjs/amino";
+import { coins, makeSignDoc, Secp256k1HdWallet } from "@cosmjs/amino";
 import { sleep } from "@cosmjs/utils";
 
-import { coins } from "../coins";
 import { assertIsBroadcastTxSuccess } from "../cosmosclient";
 import { SigningCosmosClient } from "../signingcosmosclient";
 import {
diff --git a/packages/launchpad/src/lcdapi/staking.spec.ts b/packages/launchpad/src/lcdapi/staking.spec.ts
index 0dcf12c1..90ff26f9 100644
--- a/packages/launchpad/src/lcdapi/staking.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/launchpad/src/lcdapi/staking.spec.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/naming-convention */
-import { makeSignDoc, Secp256k1HdWallet } from "@cosmjs/amino";
+import { coin, coins, makeSignDoc, Secp256k1HdWallet } from "@cosmjs/amino";
 import { assert, sleep } from "@cosmjs/utils";
 
-import { coin, coins } from "../coins";
 import { assertIsBroadcastTxSuccess } from "../cosmosclient";
 import { MsgDelegate, MsgUndelegate } from "../msgs";
 import { SigningCosmosClient } from "../signingcosmosclient";
diff --git a/packages/launchpad/src/signingcosmosclient.spec.ts b/packages/launchpad/src/signingcosmosclient.spec.ts
index 4763d583..244ce067 100644
--- a/packages/launchpad/src/signingcosmosclient.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/launchpad/src/signingcosmosclient.spec.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/naming-convention */
-import { Coin, makeCosmoshubPath, Secp256k1HdWallet } from "@cosmjs/amino";
+import { Coin, coin, coins, makeCosmoshubPath, Secp256k1HdWallet } from "@cosmjs/amino";
 import { assert } from "@cosmjs/utils";
 
-import { coin, coins } from "./coins";
 import { assertIsBroadcastTxSuccess, PrivateCosmosClient } from "./cosmosclient";
 import { GasPrice } from "./fee";
 import { MsgDelegate, MsgSend } from "./msgs";
diff --git a/packages/launchpad/src/tx.spec.ts b/packages/launchpad/src/tx.spec.ts
index bb6d11f7..9fec53b4 100644
--- a/packages/launchpad/src/tx.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/launchpad/src/tx.spec.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/naming-convention */
-import { StdFee, StdSignature } from "@cosmjs/amino";
+import { coins, StdFee, StdSignature } from "@cosmjs/amino";
 import { makeSignDoc } from "@cosmjs/amino/build/signdoc";
 
-import { coins } from "./coins";
 import { makeStdTx } from "./tx";
 
 describe("tx", () => {
diff --git a/packages/proto-signing/src/coins.spec.ts b/packages/proto-signing/src/coins.spec.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 5f74c4cb..00000000
--- a/packages/proto-signing/src/coins.spec.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,107 +0,0 @@
-import { coin, coins, parseCoins } from "./coins";
-
-describe("coins", () => {
-  describe("coin", () => {
-    it("works for basic values", () => {
-      expect(coin(123, "utoken")).toEqual({ amount: "123", denom: "utoken" });
-      expect(coin(123.0, "utoken")).toEqual({ amount: "123", denom: "utoken" });
-      expect(coin(Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER, "utoken")).toEqual({
-        amount: "9007199254740991",
-        denom: "utoken",
-      });
-      expect(coin(+0, "utoken")).toEqual({ amount: "0", denom: "utoken" });
-      expect(coin(-0, "utoken")).toEqual({ amount: "0", denom: "utoken" });
-    });
-
-    it("throws for non-safe-integer values", () => {
-      expect(() => coin(1.23, "utoken")).toThrow();
-      expect(() => coin(NaN, "utoken")).toThrow();
-      expect(() => coin(Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY, "utoken")).toThrow();
-      expect(() => coin(Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER + 1, "utoken")).toThrow();
-    });
-
-    it("throws for negative values", () => {
-      expect(() => coin(-1, "utoken")).toThrow();
-      expect(() => coin(Number.MIN_SAFE_INTEGER, "utoken")).toThrow();
-      expect(() => coin(Number.NEGATIVE_INFINITY, "utoken")).toThrow();
-    });
-  });
-
-  describe("coins", () => {
-    it("returns one element array of coin", () => {
-      expect(coins(123, "utoken")).toEqual([{ amount: "123", denom: "utoken" }]);
-    });
-  });
-
-  describe("parseCoins", () => {
-    it("works for empty", () => {
-      expect(parseCoins("")).toEqual([]);
-    });
-
-    it("works for one element", () => {
-      expect(parseCoins("7643ureef")).toEqual([
-        {
-          amount: "7643",
-          denom: "ureef",
-        },
-      ]);
-    });
-
-    it("works for two", () => {
-      expect(parseCoins("819966000ucosm,700000000ustake")).toEqual([
-        {
-          amount: "819966000",
-          denom: "ucosm",
-        },
-        {
-          amount: "700000000",
-          denom: "ustake",
-        },
-      ]);
-    });
-
-    it("ignores empty elements", () => {
-      // start
-      expect(parseCoins(",819966000ucosm,700000000ustake")).toEqual([
-        {
-          amount: "819966000",
-          denom: "ucosm",
-        },
-        {
-          amount: "700000000",
-          denom: "ustake",
-        },
-      ]);
-      // middle
-      expect(parseCoins("819966000ucosm,,700000000ustake")).toEqual([
-        {
-          amount: "819966000",
-          denom: "ucosm",
-        },
-        {
-          amount: "700000000",
-          denom: "ustake",
-        },
-      ]);
-      // end
-      expect(parseCoins("819966000ucosm,700000000ustake,")).toEqual([
-        {
-          amount: "819966000",
-          denom: "ucosm",
-        },
-        {
-          amount: "700000000",
-          denom: "ustake",
-        },
-      ]);
-    });
-
-    it("throws for invalid inputs", () => {
-      // denom missing
-      expect(() => parseCoins("3456")).toThrowError(/invalid coin string/i);
-
-      // amount missing
-      expect(() => parseCoins("ucosm")).toThrowError(/invalid coin string/i);
-    });
-  });
-});
diff --git a/packages/proto-signing/src/coins.ts b/packages/proto-signing/src/coins.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index ec6881c0..00000000
--- a/packages/proto-signing/src/coins.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-import { Uint53, Uint64 } from "@cosmjs/math";
-
-/**
- * This is the same as Coin from @cosmjs/launchpad but those might diverge in the future.
- */
-export interface Coin {
-  readonly denom: string;
-  readonly amount: string;
-}
-
-/**
- * Creates a coin.
- *
- * This is the same as coin from @cosmjs/launchpad but those might diverge in the future.
- */
-export function coin(amount: number, denom: string): Coin {
-  return { amount: new Uint53(amount).toString(), denom: denom };
-}
-
-/**
- * Creates a list of coins with one element
- *
- * This is the same as coins from @cosmjs/launchpad but those might diverge in the future.
- */
-export function coins(amount: number, denom: string): Coin[] {
-  return [coin(amount, denom)];
-}
-
-/**
- * Takes a coins list like "819966000ucosm,700000000ustake" and parses it
- *
- * This is the same as parseCoins from @cosmjs/launchpad but those might diverge in the future.
- */
-export function parseCoins(input: string): Coin[] {
-  return input
-    .replace(/\s/g, "")
-    .split(",")
-    .filter(Boolean)
-    .map((part) => {
-      const match = part.match(/^([0-9]+)([a-zA-Z]+)/);
-      if (!match) throw new Error("Got an invalid coin string");
-      return {
-        amount: Uint64.fromString(match[1]).toString(),
-        denom: match[2],
-      };
-    });
-}
diff --git a/packages/proto-signing/src/directsecp256k1hdwallet.spec.ts b/packages/proto-signing/src/directsecp256k1hdwallet.spec.ts
index 59b86612..1c6e99db 100644
--- a/packages/proto-signing/src/directsecp256k1hdwallet.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/proto-signing/src/directsecp256k1hdwallet.spec.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
+import { coins } from "@cosmjs/amino";
 import { Secp256k1, Secp256k1Signature, sha256 } from "@cosmjs/crypto";
 import { fromBase64, fromHex } from "@cosmjs/encoding";
 
-import { coins } from "./coins";
 import { DirectSecp256k1HdWallet } from "./directsecp256k1hdwallet";
 import { makeAuthInfoBytes, makeSignBytes, makeSignDoc } from "./signing";
 import { faucet, testVectors } from "./testutils.spec";
diff --git a/packages/proto-signing/src/directsecp256k1wallet.spec.ts b/packages/proto-signing/src/directsecp256k1wallet.spec.ts
index a90d123c..933403e8 100644
--- a/packages/proto-signing/src/directsecp256k1wallet.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/proto-signing/src/directsecp256k1wallet.spec.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/naming-convention */
+import { coins } from "@cosmjs/amino";
 import { Secp256k1, Secp256k1Signature, sha256 } from "@cosmjs/crypto";
 import { fromBase64, fromHex } from "@cosmjs/encoding";
 
-import { coins } from "./coins";
 import { DirectSecp256k1Wallet } from "./directsecp256k1wallet";
 import { makeAuthInfoBytes, makeSignBytes, makeSignDoc } from "./signing";
 import { testVectors } from "./testutils.spec";
diff --git a/packages/proto-signing/src/index.ts b/packages/proto-signing/src/index.ts
index a27372db..ea5182c9 100644
--- a/packages/proto-signing/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/proto-signing/src/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-export { Coin, coin, coins, parseCoins } from "./coins";
+// This type happens to be shared between Amino and Direct sign modes
+export { Coin, coin, coins, parseCoins } from "@cosmjs/amino";
+
 export {
   isPbjsGeneratedType,
   isTsProtoGeneratedType,
diff --git a/packages/stargate/src/fee.ts b/packages/stargate/src/fee.ts
index f82f0ddd..628c0350 100644
--- a/packages/stargate/src/fee.ts
+++ b/packages/stargate/src/fee.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,6 @@
+import { StdFee } from "@cosmjs/amino";
 import { Decimal, Uint53 } from "@cosmjs/math";
-import { Coin, coins } from "@cosmjs/proto-signing";
-
-/**
- * This is the same as StdFee from @cosmjs/launchpad but those might diverge in the future.
- */
-export interface StdFee {
-  readonly amount: readonly Coin[];
-  readonly gas: string;
-}
+import { coins } from "@cosmjs/proto-signing";
 
 /**
  * This is the same as FeeTable from @cosmjs/launchpad but those might diverge in the future.
diff --git a/packages/stargate/src/index.ts b/packages/stargate/src/index.ts
index fe379222..6dd9e6eb 100644
--- a/packages/stargate/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/stargate/src/index.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
+export { StdFee } from "@cosmjs/amino";
 export { Coin, coin, coins, parseCoins } from "@cosmjs/proto-signing";
 
 export { Account, accountFromAny } from "./accounts";
 export { AminoConverter, AminoTypes } from "./aminotypes";
-export { buildFeeTable, FeeTable, GasLimits, GasPrice, StdFee } from "./fee";
+export { buildFeeTable, FeeTable, GasLimits, GasPrice } from "./fee";
 export * as logs from "./logs";
 export { makeMultisignedTx } from "./multisignature";
 export {
@@ -21,8 +22,20 @@ export {
   setupStakingExtension,
   StakingExtension,
 } from "./queries";
+export {
+  SearchByHeightQuery,
+  SearchBySentFromOrToQuery,
+  SearchByTagsQuery,
+  SearchTxQuery,
+  SearchTxFilter,
+  isSearchByHeightQuery,
+  isSearchBySentFromOrToQuery,
+  isSearchByTagsQuery,
+} from "./search";
 export {
   assertIsBroadcastTxSuccess,
+  Block,
+  BlockHeader,
   BroadcastTxFailure,
   BroadcastTxResponse,
   BroadcastTxSuccess,
@@ -34,6 +47,7 @@ export {
   StargateClient,
 } from "./stargateclient";
 export {
+  CosmosFeeTable,
   defaultRegistryTypes,
   SignerData,
   SigningStargateClient,
diff --git a/packages/stargate/src/multisignature.ts b/packages/stargate/src/multisignature.ts
index 08b579c8..4d3e91f9 100644
--- a/packages/stargate/src/multisignature.ts
+++ b/packages/stargate/src/multisignature.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { StdFee } from "@cosmjs/amino";
 import { Bech32 } from "@cosmjs/encoding";
 import { encodePubkey } from "@cosmjs/proto-signing";
 import Long from "long";
@@ -7,7 +8,6 @@ import { CompactBitArray, MultiSignature } from "./codec/cosmos/crypto/multisig/
 import { SignMode } from "./codec/cosmos/tx/signing/v1beta1/signing";
 import { AuthInfo, SignerInfo } from "./codec/cosmos/tx/v1beta1/tx";
 import { TxRaw } from "./codec/cosmos/tx/v1beta1/tx";
-import { StdFee } from "./fee";
 
 export function makeCompactBitArray(bits: readonly boolean[]): CompactBitArray {
   const byteCount = Math.ceil(bits.length / 8);
diff --git a/packages/stargate/src/search.ts b/packages/stargate/src/search.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..aae61508
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/stargate/src/search.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+export interface SearchByHeightQuery {
+  readonly height: number;
+}
+
+export interface SearchBySentFromOrToQuery {
+  readonly sentFromOrTo: string;
+}
+
+/**
+ * This query type allows you to pass arbitrary key/value pairs to the backend. It is
+ * more powerful and slightly lower level than the other search options.
+ */
+export interface SearchByTagsQuery {
+  readonly tags: ReadonlyArray<{ readonly key: string; readonly value: string }>;
+}
+
+export type SearchTxQuery = SearchByHeightQuery | SearchBySentFromOrToQuery | SearchByTagsQuery;
+
+export function isSearchByHeightQuery(query: SearchTxQuery): query is SearchByHeightQuery {
+  return (query as SearchByHeightQuery).height !== undefined;
+}
+
+export function isSearchBySentFromOrToQuery(query: SearchTxQuery): query is SearchBySentFromOrToQuery {
+  return (query as SearchBySentFromOrToQuery).sentFromOrTo !== undefined;
+}
+
+export function isSearchByTagsQuery(query: SearchTxQuery): query is SearchByTagsQuery {
+  return (query as SearchByTagsQuery).tags !== undefined;
+}
+
+export interface SearchTxFilter {
+  readonly minHeight?: number;
+  readonly maxHeight?: number;
+}
diff --git a/packages/stargate/src/signingstargateclient.ts b/packages/stargate/src/signingstargateclient.ts
index 271b5069..6a875f57 100644
--- a/packages/stargate/src/signingstargateclient.ts
+++ b/packages/stargate/src/signingstargateclient.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-import { encodeSecp256k1Pubkey, makeSignDoc as makeSignDocAmino } from "@cosmjs/amino";
+import { encodeSecp256k1Pubkey, makeSignDoc as makeSignDocAmino, StdFee } from "@cosmjs/amino";
 import { fromBase64 } from "@cosmjs/encoding";
-import { CosmosFeeTable } from "@cosmjs/launchpad";
 import { Int53 } from "@cosmjs/math";
 import {
   EncodeObject,
@@ -57,9 +56,18 @@ import {
   MsgConnectionOpenInit,
   MsgConnectionOpenTry,
 } from "./codec/ibc/core/connection/v1/tx";
-import { buildFeeTable, GasLimits, GasPrice, StdFee } from "./fee";
+import { buildFeeTable, FeeTable, GasLimits, GasPrice } from "./fee";
 import { BroadcastTxResponse, StargateClient } from "./stargateclient";
 
+/**
+ * These fees are used by the higher level methods of SigningCosmosClient
+ *
+ * This is the same as CosmosFeeTable from @cosmjs/launchpad but those might diverge in the future.
+ */
+export interface CosmosFeeTable extends FeeTable {
+  readonly send: StdFee;
+}
+
 const defaultGasPrice = GasPrice.fromString("0.025ucosm");
 const defaultGasLimits: GasLimits<CosmosFeeTable> = { send: 80000 };
 
diff --git a/packages/stargate/src/stargateclient.ts b/packages/stargate/src/stargateclient.ts
index 6ba5914a..8ee069bd 100644
--- a/packages/stargate/src/stargateclient.ts
+++ b/packages/stargate/src/stargateclient.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,5 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/naming-convention */
 import { toHex } from "@cosmjs/encoding";
-import {
-  Block,
-  isSearchByHeightQuery,
-  isSearchBySentFromOrToQuery,
-  isSearchByTagsQuery,
-  SearchTxFilter,
-  SearchTxQuery,
-} from "@cosmjs/launchpad";
 import { Uint53 } from "@cosmjs/math";
 import {
   broadcastTxCommitSuccess,
@@ -20,6 +12,38 @@ import { Account, accountFromAny } from "./accounts";
 import { MsgData, TxMsgData } from "./codec/cosmos/base/abci/v1beta1/abci";
 import { Coin } from "./codec/cosmos/base/v1beta1/coin";
 import { AuthExtension, BankExtension, QueryClient, setupAuthExtension, setupBankExtension } from "./queries";
+import {
+  isSearchByHeightQuery,
+  isSearchBySentFromOrToQuery,
+  isSearchByTagsQuery,
+  SearchTxFilter,
+  SearchTxQuery,
+} from "./search";
+
+/**
+ * This is the same as BlockHeader from @cosmjs/launchpad but those might diverge in the future.
+ */
+export interface BlockHeader {
+  readonly version: {
+    readonly block: string;
+    readonly app: string;
+  };
+  readonly height: number;
+  readonly chainId: string;
+  /** An RFC 3339 time string like e.g. '2020-02-15T10:39:10.4696305Z' */
+  readonly time: string;
+}
+
+/**
+ * This is the same as Block from @cosmjs/launchpad but those might diverge in the future.
+ */
+export interface Block {
+  /** The ID is a hash of the block header (uppercase hex) */
+  readonly id: string;
+  readonly header: BlockHeader;
+  /** Array of raw transactions */
+  readonly txs: readonly Uint8Array[];
+}
 
 /** A transaction that is indexed as part of the transaction history */
 export interface IndexedTx {