diff --git a/cmd/mist/bindings.go b/cmd/mist/bindings.go
index 6dbcc3f1d..6d2342c87 100644
--- a/cmd/mist/bindings.go
+++ b/cmd/mist/bindings.go
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ func (self *Gui) DumpState(hash, path string) {
 	var stateDump []byte
 
 	if len(hash) == 0 {
-		stateDump = self.eth.BlockManager().CurrentState().Dump()
+		stateDump = self.eth.ChainManager().State().Dump()
 	} else {
 		var block *types.Block
 		if hash[0] == '#' {
diff --git a/cmd/mist/debugger.go b/cmd/mist/debugger.go
index ca3ff5af2..d7c584eab 100644
--- a/cmd/mist/debugger.go
+++ b/cmd/mist/debugger.go
@@ -141,8 +141,8 @@ func (self *DebuggerWindow) Debug(valueStr, gasStr, gasPriceStr, scriptStr, data
 		keyPair = self.lib.eth.KeyManager().KeyPair()
 	)
 
-	statedb := self.lib.eth.BlockManager().TransState()
-	account := self.lib.eth.BlockManager().TransState().GetAccount(keyPair.Address())
+	statedb := self.lib.eth.ChainManager().TransState()
+	account := self.lib.eth.ChainManager().TransState().GetAccount(keyPair.Address())
 	contract := statedb.NewStateObject([]byte{0})
 	contract.SetCode(script)
 	contract.SetBalance(value)
diff --git a/cmd/mist/gui.go b/cmd/mist/gui.go
index 0b03cdc1b..fe066e994 100644
--- a/cmd/mist/gui.go
+++ b/cmd/mist/gui.go
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ func (gui *Gui) update() {
 	generalUpdateTicker := time.NewTicker(500 * time.Millisecond)
 	statsUpdateTicker := time.NewTicker(5 * time.Second)
 
-	state := gui.eth.BlockManager().TransState()
+	state := gui.eth.ChainManager().TransState()
 
 	gui.win.Root().Call("setWalletValue", fmt.Sprintf("%v", ethutil.CurrencyToString(state.GetAccount(gui.address()).Balance())))
 
@@ -428,14 +428,14 @@ func (gui *Gui) update() {
 				case core.NewBlockEvent:
 					gui.processBlock(ev.Block, false)
 					if bytes.Compare(ev.Block.Coinbase, gui.address()) == 0 {
-						gui.setWalletValue(gui.eth.BlockManager().CurrentState().GetAccount(gui.address()).Balance(), nil)
+						gui.setWalletValue(gui.eth.ChainManager().State().GetBalance(gui.address()), nil)
 					}
 
 				case core.TxPreEvent:
 					tx := ev.Tx
 
-					tstate := gui.eth.BlockManager().TransState()
-					cstate := gui.eth.BlockManager().CurrentState()
+					tstate := gui.eth.ChainManager().TransState()
+					cstate := gui.eth.ChainManager().State()
 
 					taccount := tstate.GetAccount(gui.address())
 					caccount := cstate.GetAccount(gui.address())
diff --git a/cmd/mist/ui_lib.go b/cmd/mist/ui_lib.go
index 2b5e56646..fdbde50fd 100644
--- a/cmd/mist/ui_lib.go
+++ b/cmd/mist/ui_lib.go
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ func (ui *UiLib) AssetPath(p string) string {
 
 func (self *UiLib) StartDbWithContractAndData(contractHash, data string) {
 	dbWindow := NewDebuggerWindow(self)
-	object := self.eth.BlockManager().CurrentState().GetStateObject(ethutil.Hex2Bytes(contractHash))
+	object := self.eth.ChainManager().State().GetStateObject(ethutil.Hex2Bytes(contractHash))
 	if len(object.Code) > 0 {
 		dbWindow.SetCode("0x" + ethutil.Bytes2Hex(object.Code))
 	}
diff --git a/core/block_manager.go b/core/block_manager.go
index 80b2542b5..7227c6f95 100644
--- a/core/block_manager.go
+++ b/core/block_manager.go
@@ -84,20 +84,10 @@ func NewBlockManager(ethereum EthManager) *BlockManager {
 		eth: ethereum,
 		bc:  ethereum.ChainManager(),
 	}
-	sm.transState = ethereum.ChainManager().CurrentBlock.State().Copy()
-	sm.miningState = ethereum.ChainManager().CurrentBlock.State().Copy()
 
 	return sm
 }
 
-func (sm *BlockManager) CurrentState() *state.StateDB {
-	return sm.eth.ChainManager().CurrentBlock.State()
-}
-
-func (sm *BlockManager) TransState() *state.StateDB {
-	return sm.transState
-}
-
 func (sm *BlockManager) TransitionState(statedb *state.StateDB, parent, block *types.Block) (receipts types.Receipts, err error) {
 	coinbase := statedb.GetOrNewStateObject(block.Coinbase)
 	coinbase.SetGasPool(block.CalcGasLimit(parent))
diff --git a/core/chain_manager.go b/core/chain_manager.go
index 150139def..0322edaa5 100644
--- a/core/chain_manager.go
+++ b/core/chain_manager.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/ethutil"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/event"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/logger"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/state"
 )
 
 var chainlogger = logger.NewLogger("CHAIN")
@@ -55,6 +56,8 @@ type ChainManager struct {
 
 	CurrentBlock  *types.Block
 	LastBlockHash []byte
+
+	transState *state.StateDB
 }
 
 func NewChainManager(mux *event.TypeMux) *ChainManager {
@@ -64,6 +67,8 @@ func NewChainManager(mux *event.TypeMux) *ChainManager {
 
 	bc.setLastBlock()
 
+	bc.transState = bc.State().Copy()
+
 	return bc
 }
 
@@ -71,6 +76,14 @@ func (self *ChainManager) SetProcessor(proc types.BlockProcessor) {
 	self.processor = proc
 }
 
+func (self *ChainManager) State() *state.StateDB {
+	return self.CurrentBlock.State()
+}
+
+func (self *ChainManager) TransState() *state.StateDB {
+	return self.transState
+}
+
 func (bc *ChainManager) setLastBlock() {
 	data, _ := ethutil.Config.Db.Get([]byte("LastBlock"))
 	if len(data) != 0 {
diff --git a/core/transaction_pool.go b/core/transaction_pool.go
index 1d1f478e4..7166d35e8 100644
--- a/core/transaction_pool.go
+++ b/core/transaction_pool.go
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ func (pool *TxPool) ValidateTransaction(tx *types.Transaction) error {
 	}
 
 	// Get the sender
-	sender := pool.Ethereum.BlockManager().CurrentState().GetAccount(tx.Sender())
+	sender := pool.Ethereum.ChainManager().State().GetAccount(tx.Sender())
 
 	totAmount := new(big.Int).Set(tx.Value)
 	// Make sure there's enough in the sender's account. Having insufficient
diff --git a/javascript/javascript_runtime.go b/javascript/javascript_runtime.go
index a5b929a34..84d61d405 100644
--- a/javascript/javascript_runtime.go
+++ b/javascript/javascript_runtime.go
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ func (self *JSRE) dump(call otto.FunctionCall) otto.Value {
 
 		state = block.State()
 	} else {
-		state = self.ethereum.BlockManager().CurrentState()
+		state = self.ethereum.ChainManager().State()
 	}
 
 	v, _ := self.Vm.ToValue(state.Dump())
diff --git a/miner/miner.go b/miner/miner.go
index 82a92cc20..dc69dddc0 100644
--- a/miner/miner.go
+++ b/miner/miner.go
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ func (self *Miner) finiliseTxs() types.Transactions {
 	actualSize := len(self.localTxs) // See copy below
 	txs := make(types.Transactions, actualSize+self.eth.TxPool().Size())
 
-	state := self.eth.BlockManager().TransState()
+	state := self.eth.ChainManager().TransState()
 	// XXX This has to change. Coinbase is, for new, same as key.
 	key := self.eth.KeyManager()
 	for i, ltx := range self.localTxs {
diff --git a/xeth/pipe.go b/xeth/pipe.go
index 2ca8134ce..a8d8ed999 100644
--- a/xeth/pipe.go
+++ b/xeth/pipe.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ type VmVars struct {
 type XEth struct {
 	obj          core.EthManager
 	blockManager *core.BlockManager
-	blockChain   *core.ChainManager
+	chainManager *core.ChainManager
 	world        *World
 
 	Vm VmVars
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ func New(obj core.EthManager) *XEth {
 	pipe := &XEth{
 		obj:          obj,
 		blockManager: obj.BlockManager(),
-		blockChain:   obj.ChainManager(),
+		chainManager: obj.ChainManager(),
 	}
 	pipe.world = NewWorld(pipe)
 
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ func (self *XEth) Nonce(addr []byte) uint64 {
 }
 
 func (self *XEth) Block(hash []byte) *types.Block {
-	return self.blockChain.GetBlock(hash)
+	return self.chainManager.GetBlock(hash)
 }
 
 func (self *XEth) Storage(addr, storageAddr []byte) *ethutil.Value {
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ func (self *XEth) Execute(addr []byte, data []byte, value, gas, price *ethutil.V
 func (self *XEth) ExecuteObject(object *Object, data []byte, value, gas, price *ethutil.Value) ([]byte, error) {
 	var (
 		initiator = state.NewStateObject(self.obj.KeyManager().KeyPair().Address())
-		block     = self.blockChain.CurrentBlock
+		block     = self.chainManager.CurrentBlock
 	)
 
 	self.Vm.State = self.World().State().Copy()
@@ -131,14 +131,14 @@ func (self *XEth) Transact(key *crypto.KeyPair, to []byte, value, gas, price *et
 		tx = types.NewTransactionMessage(hash, value.BigInt(), gas.BigInt(), price.BigInt(), data)
 	}
 
-	state := self.blockManager.TransState()
+	state := self.chainManager.TransState()
 	nonce := state.GetNonce(key.Address())
 
 	tx.Nonce = nonce
 	tx.Sign(key.PrivateKey)
 
 	// Do some pre processing for our "pre" events  and hooks
-	block := self.blockChain.NewBlock(key.Address())
+	block := self.chainManager.NewBlock(key.Address())
 	coinbase := state.GetStateObject(key.Address())
 	coinbase.SetGasPool(block.GasLimit)
 	self.blockManager.ApplyTransactions(coinbase, state, block, types.Transactions{tx}, true)
diff --git a/xeth/world.go b/xeth/world.go
index c5c20c224..956ef1e15 100644
--- a/xeth/world.go
+++ b/xeth/world.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ func (self *XEth) World() *World {
 }
 
 func (self *World) State() *state.StateDB {
-	return self.pipe.blockManager.CurrentState()
+	return self.pipe.chainManager.State()
 }
 
 func (self *World) Get(addr []byte) *Object {