diff --git a/blockstore/badger/blockstore.go b/blockstore/badger/blockstore.go
index 5a451169e..e8b5247ce 100644
--- a/blockstore/badger/blockstore.go
+++ b/blockstore/badger/blockstore.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/dgraph-io/badger/v2"
 	"github.com/dgraph-io/badger/v2/options"
+	"github.com/dgraph-io/badger/v2/pb"
 	"github.com/multiformats/go-base32"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 
@@ -36,8 +37,6 @@ var (
 	log = logger.Logger("badgerbs")
 )
 
-const moveBatchSize = 16384
-
 // aliases to mask badger dependencies.
 const (
 	// FileIO is equivalent to badger/options.FileIO.
@@ -350,85 +349,31 @@ func (b *Blockstore) movingGC() error {
 // doCopy copies a badger blockstore to another, with an optional filter; if the filter
 // is not nil, then only cids that satisfy the filter will be copied.
 func (b *Blockstore) doCopy(from, to *badger.DB) error {
-	count := 0
-	batch := to.NewWriteBatch()
-	defer batch.Cancel()
-
-	txn := from.NewTransaction(false)
-	defer txn.Discard()
-
-	opts := badger.IteratorOptions{PrefetchSize: moveBatchSize}
-	iter := txn.NewIterator(opts)
-	defer iter.Close()
-
-	// allocate a slab to improve performance; buffers larger than 1K will be allocated from the pool
-	var pooled [][]byte
-	const maxSlabSize = 1024
-	slab := make([]byte, moveBatchSize*maxSlabSize)
-	slabStart := 0
-	getSlab := func(size int) []byte {
-		if size > maxSlabSize {
-			buf := pool.Get(size)
-			pooled = append(pooled, buf)
-			return buf
-		}
-
-		slabEnd := slabStart + size
-		buf := slab[slabStart:slabEnd]
-		slabStart = slabEnd
-		return buf
+	workers := runtime.NumCPU() / 2
+	if workers < 2 {
+		workers = 2
 	}
-	resetSlab := func() {
-		slabStart = 0
-		for _, buf := range pooled {
-			pool.Put(buf)
-		}
-		pooled = pooled[:0]
-	}
-	defer resetSlab()
 
-	for iter.Rewind(); iter.Valid(); iter.Next() {
-		if !b.isOpen() {
-			return ErrBlockstoreClosed
-		}
+	stream := from.NewStream()
+	stream.NumGo = workers
+	stream.LogPrefix = "doCopy"
+	stream.Send = func(list *pb.KVList) error {
+		batch := to.NewWriteBatch()
+		defer batch.Cancel()
 
-		item := iter.Item()
-
-		kk := item.Key()
-		k := getSlab(len(kk))
-		copy(k, kk)
-
-		var v []byte
-		err := item.Value(func(vv []byte) error {
-			v = getSlab(len(vv))
-			copy(v, vv)
-			return nil
-		})
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-
-		if err := batch.Set(k, v); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-
-		count++
-		if count == moveBatchSize {
-			if err := batch.Flush(); err != nil {
+		for _, kv := range list.Kv {
+			if kv.Key == nil || kv.Value == nil {
+				continue
+			}
+			if err := batch.Set(kv.Key, kv.Value); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
-			// Flush discards the transaction, so we need a new batch
-			batch = to.NewWriteBatch()
-			count = 0
-			resetSlab()
 		}
-	}
 
-	if count > 0 {
 		return batch.Flush()
 	}
 
-	return nil
+	return stream.Orchestrate(context.Background())
 }
 
 func (b *Blockstore) deleteDB(path string) {