diff --git a/genesis.json b/genesis.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 59aa6c4cadb62bea68d2c81cb185ebdce7cca21c..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/genesis.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "initial_key": "EOS6MRyAjQq8ud7hVNYcfnVPJqcVpscN5So8BhtHuGYqET5GDW5CV",
-  "initial_timestamp": "2017-03-30T12:00:00",
-  "initial_parameters": {
-    "maintenance_interval": 86400,
-    "maintenance_skip_slots": 3,
-    "maximum_transaction_size": 2048,
-    "maximum_block_size": 2048000000,
-    "maximum_time_until_expiration": 86400,
-    "maximum_producer_count": 1001
-  },
-  "immutable_parameters": {
-    "min_producer_count": 21
-  },
-  "initial_chain_id": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"
-}
diff --git a/libraries/chain/chain_controller.cpp b/libraries/chain/chain_controller.cpp
index ecc34c6e18908f3b2017d7f2fc23c7dff087ddd5..5a916decdc10290a207c616f4f94ceb6a2cce713 100644
--- a/libraries/chain/chain_controller.cpp
+++ b/libraries/chain/chain_controller.cpp
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ void chain_controller::push_block(const signed_block& new_block, uint32_t skip)
          } );
       });
    });
+   ilog( "\rpush block #${n} from ${pro} ${time}  ${id} lib: ${l} success", ("n",new_block.block_num())("pro",name(new_block.producer))("time",new_block.timestamp)("id",new_block.id())("l",last_irreversible_block_num()));
 } FC_CAPTURE_AND_RETHROW((new_block)) }
 
 bool chain_controller::_push_block(const signed_block& new_block)
@@ -614,6 +615,7 @@ void chain_controller::_finalize_block( const block_trace& trace, const producer
    // trigger an update of our elastic values for block limits
    _resource_limits.process_block_usage(b.block_num());
 
+  // validate_block_header( _skip_flags, b );
    applied_block( trace ); //emit
    if (_currently_replaying_blocks)
      applied_irreversible_block(b);
@@ -703,10 +705,12 @@ signed_block chain_controller::_generate_block( block_timestamp_type when,
  */
 void chain_controller::pop_block()
 { try {
-   _pending_block_session.reset();
+   clear_pending();
    auto head_id = head_block_id();
    optional<signed_block> head_block = fetch_block_by_id( head_id );
+
    EOS_ASSERT( head_block.valid(), pop_empty_chain, "there are no blocks to pop" );
+   wlog( "\rpop block #${n} from ${pro} ${time}  ${id}", ("n",head_block->block_num())("pro",name(head_block->producer))("time",head_block->timestamp)("id",head_block->id()));
 
    _fork_db.pop_block();
    _db.undo();
@@ -1392,7 +1396,7 @@ void chain_controller::require_account(const account_name& name) const {
    FC_ASSERT(account != nullptr, "Account not found: ${name}", ("name", name));
 }
 
-const producer_object& chain_controller::validate_block_header(uint32_t skip, const signed_block& next_block)const {
+const producer_object& chain_controller::validate_block_header(uint32_t skip, const signed_block& next_block)const { try {
    EOS_ASSERT(head_block_id() == next_block.previous, block_validate_exception, "",
               ("head_block_id",head_block_id())("next.prev",next_block.previous));
    EOS_ASSERT(head_block_time() < (fc::time_point)next_block.timestamp, block_validate_exception, "",
@@ -1423,10 +1427,12 @@ const producer_object& chain_controller::validate_block_header(uint32_t skip, co
                  ("block producer",next_block.producer)("scheduled producer",producer.owner));
    }
 
-   EOS_ASSERT( next_block.schedule_version == get_global_properties().active_producers.version, block_validate_exception, "wrong producer schedule version specified" );
+   auto expected_schedule_version = get_global_properties().active_producers.version;
+   EOS_ASSERT( next_block.schedule_version == expected_schedule_version , block_validate_exception,"wrong producer schedule version specified ${x} expectd ${y}",
+               ("x", next_block.schedule_version)("y",expected_schedule_version) );
 
    return producer;
-}
+} FC_CAPTURE_AND_RETHROW( (block_header(next_block))) }
 
 void chain_controller::create_block_summary(const signed_block& next_block) {
    auto sid = next_block.block_num() & 0xffff;
@@ -1471,6 +1477,7 @@ void chain_controller::update_global_properties(const signed_block& b) { try {
       const auto& gpo = get_global_properties();
 
       if( _head_producer_schedule() != schedule ) {
+         //wlog( "change in producer schedule pending irreversible: ${s}",  ("s", b.new_producers ) );
          FC_ASSERT( b.new_producers, "pending producer set changed but block didn't indicate it" );
       }
       _db.modify( gpo, [&]( auto& props ) {
@@ -1478,7 +1485,8 @@ void chain_controller::update_global_properties(const signed_block& b) { try {
             props.pending_active_producers.back().second = schedule;
          else
          {
-            props.pending_active_producers.emplace_back( props.pending_active_producers.get_allocator() );// props.pending_active_producers.size()+1, props.pending_active_producers.get_allocator() );
+            props.pending_active_producers.emplace_back( props.pending_active_producers.get_allocator() );
+            // props.pending_active_producers.size()+1, props.pending_active_producers.get_allocator() );
             auto& back = props.pending_active_producers.back();
             back.first = b.block_num();
             back.second = schedule;
@@ -1846,24 +1854,24 @@ void chain_controller::update_last_irreversible_block()
       }
    }
 
-   if( new_last_irreversible_block_num > last_block_on_disk ) {
-      /// TODO: use upper / lower bound to find
-      optional<producer_schedule_type> new_producer_schedule;
-      for( const auto& item : gpo.pending_active_producers ) {
-         if( item.first < new_last_irreversible_block_num ) {
-            new_producer_schedule = item.second;
-         }
+   /// TODO: use upper / lower bound to find
+   optional<producer_schedule_type> new_producer_schedule;
+   for( const auto& item : gpo.pending_active_producers ) {
+      if( item.first < new_last_irreversible_block_num ) {
+         new_producer_schedule = item.second;
       }
-      if( new_producer_schedule ) {
-         update_or_create_producers( *new_producer_schedule );
-         _db.modify( gpo, [&]( auto& props ){
-              boost::range::remove_erase_if(props.pending_active_producers,
-                                            [new_last_irreversible_block_num](const typename decltype(props.pending_active_producers)::value_type& v) -> bool {
-                                               return v.first < new_last_irreversible_block_num;
-                                            });
+   }
+   if( new_producer_schedule ) {
+      update_or_create_producers( *new_producer_schedule );
+      _db.modify( gpo, [&]( auto& props ){
+           boost::range::remove_erase_if(props.pending_active_producers,
+                                         [new_last_irreversible_block_num](const typename decltype(props.pending_active_producers)::value_type& v) -> bool {
+                                            return v.first <= new_last_irreversible_block_num;
+                                         });
+           if( props.active_producers.version != new_producer_schedule->version ) {
               props.active_producers = *new_producer_schedule;
-         });
-      }
+           }
+      });
    }
 
    // Trim fork_database and undo histories
diff --git a/plugins/net_plugin/net_plugin.cpp b/plugins/net_plugin/net_plugin.cpp
index 0602551b92804953f9b8b4cfc2cb7636ed83e9cb..9cd745970d036f17ba6614975a438d64909f64f4 100644
--- a/plugins/net_plugin/net_plugin.cpp
+++ b/plugins/net_plugin/net_plugin.cpp
@@ -1407,7 +1407,7 @@ namespace eosio {
             send_handshakes();
          }
          else {
-            ilog ("a second attenpt to retrive block ${n} failed",
+            ilog ("second attempt to retrive block ${n} failed",
                   ("n", head_num + 1));
             last_repeated = 0;
             c->close();
diff --git a/plugins/producer_plugin/producer_plugin.cpp b/plugins/producer_plugin/producer_plugin.cpp
index 46156a9de1d4782f4c1dd91777480cd7a2fdda59..b54b21d983b7df0f4e0fe2d4b72f119056715c81 100644
--- a/plugins/producer_plugin/producer_plugin.cpp
+++ b/plugins/producer_plugin/producer_plugin.cpp
@@ -222,9 +222,11 @@ block_production_condition::block_production_condition_enum producer_plugin_impl
       _prev_result_count++;
    }
    else {
+      /*
       if (_prev_result_count > 1) {
          ilog("Previous result occurred ${r} times",("r", _prev_result_count));
       }
+      */
       _prev_result_count = 1;
       _prev_result = result;
       switch(result)
@@ -234,17 +236,17 @@ block_production_condition::block_production_condition_enum producer_plugin_impl
             auto producer  = db.head_block_producer();
             //          auto pending   = db.pending().size();
 
-            wlog("\r${p} generated block ${id}... #${n} @ ${t} with ${count} trxs", ("p", producer)(capture) );
+            wlog("\r${p} generated block ${id}... #${n} @ ${t} with ${count} trxs, lib: ${lib}", ("p", producer)("lib",db.last_irreversible_block_num())(capture) );
             break;
          }
          case block_production_condition::not_synced:
             ilog("Not producing block because production is disabled until we receive a recent block (see: --enable-stale-production)");
             break;
          case block_production_condition::not_my_turn:
-            ilog("Not producing block because it isn't my turn, its ${scheduled_producer}", (capture) );
+       //     ilog("Not producing block because it isn't my turn, its ${scheduled_producer}", (capture) );
             break;
          case block_production_condition::not_time_yet:
-            ilog("Not producing block because slot has not yet arrived");
+        //    ilog("Not producing block because slot has not yet arrived");
             break;
          case block_production_condition::no_private_key:
             ilog("Not producing block because I don't have the private key for ${scheduled_key}", (capture) );