diff --git a/Gopkg.lock b/Gopkg.lock
index 392aec2e9..4d8d5751e 100644
--- a/Gopkg.lock
+++ b/Gopkg.lock
@@ -20,22 +20,19 @@
   version = "v1.1.0"
 
 [[projects]]
-  name = "github.com/go-kit/kit"
-  packages = ["log"]
-  revision = "4dc7be5d2d12881735283bcab7352178e190fc71"
-  version = "v0.6.0"
-
-[[projects]]
-  name = "github.com/go-logfmt/logfmt"
-  packages = ["."]
-  revision = "390ab7935ee28ec6b286364bba9b4dd6410cb3d5"
-  version = "v0.3.0"
-
-[[projects]]
-  name = "github.com/go-stack/stack"
-  packages = ["."]
-  revision = "259ab82a6cad3992b4e21ff5cac294ccb06474bc"
-  version = "v1.7.0"
+  name = "github.com/go-redis/redis"
+  packages = [
+    ".",
+    "internal",
+    "internal/consistenthash",
+    "internal/hashtag",
+    "internal/pool",
+    "internal/proto",
+    "internal/singleflight",
+    "internal/util"
+  ]
+  revision = "877867d2845fbaf86798befe410b6ceb6f5c29a3"
+  version = "v6.10.2"
 
 [[projects]]
   name = "github.com/go-yaml/yaml"
@@ -49,12 +46,6 @@
   packages = ["."]
   revision = "553a641470496b2327abcac10b36396bd98e45c9"
 
-[[projects]]
-  branch = "master"
-  name = "github.com/kr/logfmt"
-  packages = ["."]
-  revision = "b84e30acd515aadc4b783ad4ff83aff3299bdfe0"
-
 [[projects]]
   name = "github.com/pkg/errors"
   packages = ["."]
@@ -150,6 +141,6 @@
 [solve-meta]
   analyzer-name = "dep"
   analyzer-version = 1
-  inputs-digest = "d4338e14e8103a6626ecf662f3d0c08e972a39e667a6c76f31cc8938f59f2cba"
+  inputs-digest = "c0527327199b5752699bd5cd0959e1f2cc45dd7c0341adc2a8327eaca246eef8"
   solver-name = "gps-cdcl"
   solver-version = 1
diff --git a/Gopkg.toml b/Gopkg.toml
index 0c6af0f5e..b8faa8f09 100644
--- a/Gopkg.toml
+++ b/Gopkg.toml
@@ -63,3 +63,7 @@
 [[constraint]]
   name = "github.com/go-yaml/yaml"
   version = "2.1.1"
+
+[[constraint]]
+  name = "github.com/go-redis/redis"
+  version = "6.10.2"
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index d2e2400ee..e06193879 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.39.1
+0.39.2
diff --git a/pkg/core/blockchain.go b/pkg/core/blockchain.go
index f91dde66c..1b61cf5d1 100644
--- a/pkg/core/blockchain.go
+++ b/pkg/core/blockchain.go
@@ -85,29 +85,29 @@ func (bc *Blockchain) init() error {
 	}
 	bc.headerList = NewHeaderHashList(genesisBlock.Hash())
 
-	// Look in the storage for a version. If we could not the version key
-	// there is nothing stored.
-	if version, err := bc.Get(storage.SYSVersion.Bytes()); err != nil {
-		bc.Put(storage.SYSVersion.Bytes(), []byte(version))
-		if err := bc.persistBlock(genesisBlock); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-
-		return nil
+	// If we could not find the version in the Store, we know that there is nothing stored.
+	ver, err := storage.Version(bc.Store)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Infof("no storage version found! creating genesis block")
+		storage.PutVersion(bc.Store, version)
+		return bc.persistBlock(genesisBlock)
+	}
+	if ver != version {
+		return fmt.Errorf("storage version mismatch betweeen %s and %s", version, ver)
 	}
 
 	// At this point there was no version found in the storage which
 	// implies a creating fresh storage with the version specified
 	// and the genesis block as first block.
-	log.Infof("restoring blockchain with storage version: %s", version)
+	log.Infof("restoring blockchain with version: %s", version)
 
-	currBlockBytes, err := bc.Get(storage.SYSCurrentBlock.Bytes())
+	bHeight, err := storage.CurrentBlockHeight(bc.Store)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	bc.blockHeight = bHeight
 
-	bc.blockHeight = binary.LittleEndian.Uint32(currBlockBytes[32:36])
-	hashes, err := readStoredHeaderHashes(bc.Store)
+	hashes, err := storage.HeaderHashes(bc.Store)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -119,23 +119,18 @@ func (bc *Blockchain) init() error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	currHeaderBytes, err := bc.Get(storage.SYSCurrentHeader.Bytes())
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	currHeaderHeight := binary.LittleEndian.Uint32(currHeaderBytes[32:36])
-	currHeaderHash, err := util.Uint256DecodeBytes(currHeaderBytes[:32])
+	currHeaderHeight, currHeaderHash, err := storage.CurrentHeaderHeight(bc.Store)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	// Their is a high chance that the Node is stopped before the next
+	// There is a high chance that the Node is stopped before the next
 	// batch of 2000 headers was stored. Via the currentHeaders stored we can sync
 	// that with stored blocks.
 	if currHeaderHeight > bc.storedHeaderCount {
 		hash := currHeaderHash
 		targetHash := bc.headerList.Get(bc.headerList.Len() - 1)
-		headers := []*Header{}
+		headers := make([]*Header, 0)
 
 		for hash != targetHash {
 			header, err := bc.getHeader(hash)
@@ -392,9 +387,10 @@ func (bc *Blockchain) persist() (err error) {
 
 	if persisted > 0 {
 		log.WithFields(log.Fields{
-			"persisted":   persisted,
-			"blockHeight": bc.BlockHeight(),
-			"took":        time.Since(start),
+			"persisted":    persisted,
+			"headerHeight": bc.HeaderHeight(),
+			"blockHeight":  bc.BlockHeight(),
+			"took":         time.Since(start),
 		}).Info("blockchain persist completed")
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/core/storage/helpers.go b/pkg/core/storage/helpers.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5ae271262
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/core/storage/helpers.go
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+package storage
+
+import (
+	"encoding/binary"
+	"sort"
+
+	"github.com/CityOfZion/neo-go/pkg/util"
+)
+
+// Version will attempt to get the current version stored in the
+// underlying Store.
+func Version(s Store) (string, error) {
+	version, err := s.Get(SYSVersion.Bytes())
+	return string(version), err
+}
+
+// PutVersion will store the given version in the underlying Store.
+func PutVersion(s Store, v string) error {
+	return s.Put(SYSVersion.Bytes(), []byte(v))
+}
+
+// CurrentBlockHeight returns the current block height found in the
+// underlying Store.
+func CurrentBlockHeight(s Store) (uint32, error) {
+	b, err := s.Get(SYSCurrentBlock.Bytes())
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+	return binary.LittleEndian.Uint32(b[32:36]), nil
+}
+
+// CurrentHeaderHeight returns the current header height and hash from
+// the underlying Store.
+func CurrentHeaderHeight(s Store) (i uint32, h util.Uint256, err error) {
+	var b []byte
+	b, err = s.Get(SYSCurrentHeader.Bytes())
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	i = binary.LittleEndian.Uint32(b[32:36])
+	h, err = util.Uint256DecodeBytes(b[:32])
+	return
+}
+
+// HeaderHashes returns a sorted list of header hashes retrieved from
+// the given underlying Store.
+func HeaderHashes(s Store) ([]util.Uint256, error) {
+	hashMap := make(map[uint32][]util.Uint256)
+	s.Seek(IXHeaderHashList.Bytes(), func(k, v []byte) {
+		storedCount := binary.LittleEndian.Uint32(k[1:])
+		hashes, err := util.Read2000Uint256Hashes(v)
+		if err != nil {
+			panic(err)
+		}
+		hashMap[storedCount] = hashes
+	})
+
+	var (
+		i          = 0
+		sortedKeys = make([]int, len(hashMap))
+	)
+
+	for k, _ := range hashMap {
+		sortedKeys[i] = int(k)
+		i++
+	}
+	sort.Ints(sortedKeys)
+
+	hashes := []util.Uint256{}
+	for _, key := range sortedKeys {
+		values := hashMap[uint32(key)]
+		for _, hash := range values {
+			hashes = append(hashes, hash)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return hashes, nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/core/storage/redis_store.go b/pkg/core/storage/redis_store.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0822bd063
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/core/storage/redis_store.go
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+package storage
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/go-redis/redis"
+)
+
+// RedisStore holds the client and maybe later some more metadata.
+type RedisStore struct {
+	client *redis.Client
+}
+
+// RedisBatch simple batch implementation to satisfy the Store interface.
+type RedisBatch struct {
+	mem map[string]string
+}
+
+// Len implements the Batch interface.
+func (b *RedisBatch) Len() int {
+	return len(b.mem)
+}
+
+// Put implements the Batch interface.
+func (b *RedisBatch) Put(k, v []byte) {
+	b.mem[string(k)] = string(v)
+}
+
+// NewRedisBatch returns a new ready to use RedisBatch.
+func NewRedisBatch() *RedisBatch {
+	return &RedisBatch{
+		mem: make(map[string]string),
+	}
+}
+
+// NewRedisStore returns an new initialized - ready to use RedisStore object
+func NewRedisStore() (*RedisStore, error) {
+	c := redis.NewClient(&redis.Options{
+		Addr:     "localhost:6379",
+		Password: "",
+		DB:       0,
+	})
+	if _, err := c.Ping().Result(); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return &RedisStore{
+		client: c,
+	}, nil
+}
+
+// Batch implements the Store interface.
+func (s *RedisStore) Batch() Batch {
+	return NewRedisBatch()
+}
+
+// Get implements the Store interface.
+func (s *RedisStore) Get(k []byte) ([]byte, error) {
+	val, err := s.client.Get(string(k)).Result()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return []byte(val), nil
+}
+
+// Put implements the Store interface.
+func (s *RedisStore) Put(k, v []byte) error {
+	s.client.Set(string(k), string(v), 0)
+	return nil
+}
+
+// PutBatch implements the Store interface.
+func (s *RedisStore) PutBatch(b Batch) error {
+	pipe := s.client.Pipeline()
+	for k, v := range b.(*RedisBatch).mem {
+		pipe.Set(k, v, 0)
+	}
+	_, err := pipe.Exec()
+	return err
+}
+
+// Seek implements the Store interface.
+func (s *RedisStore) Seek(k []byte, f func(k, v []byte)) {
+	iter := s.client.Scan(0, fmt.Sprintf("%s*", k), 0).Iterator()
+	for iter.Next() {
+		key := iter.Val()
+		val, _ := s.client.Get(key).Result()
+		f([]byte(key), []byte(val))
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/core/storage/store.go b/pkg/core/storage/store.go
index 2d244fd9d..3d63fbb47 100644
--- a/pkg/core/storage/store.go
+++ b/pkg/core/storage/store.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ type (
 		Batch() Batch
 		Get([]byte) ([]byte, error)
 		Put(k, v []byte) error
-		PutBatch(batch Batch) error
+		PutBatch(Batch) error
 		Seek(k []byte, f func(k, v []byte))
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/core/transaction/transaction.go b/pkg/core/transaction/transaction.go
index aa4c18ca7..5f3fe2145 100644
--- a/pkg/core/transaction/transaction.go
+++ b/pkg/core/transaction/transaction.go
@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@ func (t *Transaction) DecodeBinary(r io.Reader) error {
 	for i := 0; i < int(lenAttrs); i++ {
 		t.Attributes[i] = &Attribute{}
 		if err := t.Attributes[i].DecodeBinary(r); err != nil {
+			// @TODO: remove this when TX attribute decode bug is solved.
+			log.Warnf("failed to decode TX %s", t.hash)
 			return err
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/core/util.go b/pkg/core/util.go
index 66753c40c..bdba1a5de 100644
--- a/pkg/core/util.go
+++ b/pkg/core/util.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package core
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"encoding/binary"
-	"sort"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/CityOfZion/neo-go/config"
@@ -228,38 +227,3 @@ func storeAsTransaction(batch storage.Batch, tx *transaction.Transaction, index
 
 	return nil
 }
-
-// readStoredHeaderHashes returns a sorted list of header hashes
-// retrieved from the given Store.
-func readStoredHeaderHashes(store storage.Store) ([]util.Uint256, error) {
-	hashMap := make(map[uint32][]util.Uint256)
-	store.Seek(storage.IXHeaderHashList.Bytes(), func(k, v []byte) {
-		storedCount := binary.LittleEndian.Uint32(k[1:])
-		hashes, err := util.Read2000Uint256Hashes(v)
-		if err != nil {
-			panic(err)
-		}
-		hashMap[storedCount] = hashes
-	})
-
-	var (
-		i          = 0
-		sortedKeys = make([]int, len(hashMap))
-	)
-
-	for k, _ := range hashMap {
-		sortedKeys[i] = int(k)
-		i++
-	}
-	sort.Ints(sortedKeys)
-
-	hashes := []util.Uint256{}
-	for _, key := range sortedKeys {
-		values := hashMap[uint32(key)]
-		for _, hash := range values {
-			hashes = append(hashes, hash)
-		}
-	}
-
-	return hashes, nil
-}
diff --git a/pkg/network/message.go b/pkg/network/message.go
index fc1ed497e..6c5b7902a 100644
--- a/pkg/network/message.go
+++ b/pkg/network/message.go
@@ -124,8 +124,8 @@ func (m *Message) CommandType() CommandType {
 	}
 }
 
-// decode a Message from the given reader.
-func (m *Message) decode(r io.Reader) error {
+// Decode a Message from the given reader.
+func (m *Message) Decode(r io.Reader) error {
 	if err := binary.Read(r, binary.LittleEndian, &m.Magic); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -205,8 +205,8 @@ func (m *Message) decodePayload(r io.Reader) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// encode a Message to any given io.Writer.
-func (m *Message) encode(w io.Writer) error {
+// Encode a Message to any given io.Writer.
+func (m *Message) Encode(w io.Writer) error {
 	if err := binary.Write(w, binary.LittleEndian, m.Magic); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/network/server.go b/pkg/network/server.go
index 47ce3cf86..c92f50f84 100644
--- a/pkg/network/server.go
+++ b/pkg/network/server.go
@@ -109,10 +109,13 @@ func (s *Server) Shutdown() {
 	close(s.quit)
 }
 
+// UnconnectedPeers returns a list of peers that are in the discovery peer list
+// but are not connected to the server.
 func (s *Server) UnconnectedPeers() []string {
 	return s.discovery.UnconnectedPeers()
 }
 
+// BadPeers returns a list of peers the are flagged as "bad" peers.
 func (s *Server) BadPeers() []string {
 	return s.discovery.BadPeers()
 }
@@ -340,8 +343,8 @@ func (s *Server) processProto(proto protoTuple) error {
 		getHeaders := msg.Payload.(*payload.GetBlocks)
 		s.handleGetHeadersCmd(peer, getHeaders)
 	case CMDVerack:
-		// Make sure this peer has sended his version before we start the
-		// protocol.
+		// Make sure this peer has send his version before we start the
+		// protocol with that peer.
 		if peer.Version() == nil {
 			return errInvalidHandshake
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/network/tcp_peer.go b/pkg/network/tcp_peer.go
index 7b10657fb..de80778dc 100644
--- a/pkg/network/tcp_peer.go
+++ b/pkg/network/tcp_peer.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ func NewTCPPeer(conn net.Conn, proto chan protoTuple) *TCPPeer {
 // Send implements the Peer interface. This will encode the message
 // to the underlying connection.
 func (p *TCPPeer) Send(msg *Message) {
-	if err := msg.encode(p.conn); err != nil {
+	if err := msg.Encode(p.conn); err != nil {
 		select {
 		case p.disc <- err:
 		case <-p.closed:
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ func (p *TCPPeer) readLoop(proto chan protoTuple, readErr chan error) {
 			return
 		default:
 			msg := &Message{}
-			if err := msg.decode(p.conn); err != nil {
+			if err := msg.Decode(p.conn); err != nil {
 				readErr <- err
 				return
 			}