diff --git a/block_pool.go b/block_pool.go
index 0e182623fddd..9003256fd018 100644
--- a/block_pool.go
+++ b/block_pool.go
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ out:
 			// otherwise process and don't emit anything
 			var err error
 			for i, block := range blocks {
-				err = self.eth.StateManager().Process(block)
+				err = self.eth.BlockManager().Process(block)
 				if err != nil {
 					poollogger.Infoln(err)
 					poollogger.Debugf("Block #%v failed (%x...)\n", block.Number, block.Hash()[0:4])
diff --git a/chain/state_manager.go b/chain/block_manager.go
similarity index 89%
rename from chain/state_manager.go
rename to chain/block_manager.go
index 31b77c574a23..998b1705d102 100644
--- a/chain/state_manager.go
+++ b/chain/block_manager.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ type Peer interface {
 }
 
 type EthManager interface {
-	StateManager() *StateManager
+	BlockManager() *BlockManager
 	ChainManager() *ChainManager
 	TxPool() *TxPool
 	Broadcast(msgType wire.MsgType, data []interface{})
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ type EthManager interface {
 	EventMux() *event.TypeMux
 }
 
-type StateManager struct {
+type BlockManager struct {
 	// Mutex for locking the block processor. Blocks can only be handled one at a time
 	mutex sync.Mutex
 	// Canonical block chain
@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ type StateManager struct {
 	events event.Subscription
 }
 
-func NewStateManager(ethereum EthManager) *StateManager {
-	sm := &StateManager{
+func NewBlockManager(ethereum EthManager) *BlockManager {
+	sm := &BlockManager{
 		mem: make(map[string]*big.Int),
 		Pow: &EasyPow{},
 		eth: ethereum,
@@ -87,18 +87,18 @@ func NewStateManager(ethereum EthManager) *StateManager {
 	return sm
 }
 
-func (self *StateManager) Start() {
+func (self *BlockManager) Start() {
 	statelogger.Debugln("Starting state manager")
 	self.events = self.eth.EventMux().Subscribe(Blocks(nil))
 	go self.updateThread()
 }
 
-func (self *StateManager) Stop() {
+func (self *BlockManager) Stop() {
 	statelogger.Debugln("Stopping state manager")
 	self.events.Unsubscribe()
 }
 
-func (self *StateManager) updateThread() {
+func (self *BlockManager) updateThread() {
 	for ev := range self.events.Chan() {
 		for _, block := range ev.(Blocks) {
 			err := self.Process(block)
@@ -112,29 +112,29 @@ func (self *StateManager) updateThread() {
 	}
 }
 
-func (sm *StateManager) CurrentState() *state.State {
+func (sm *BlockManager) CurrentState() *state.State {
 	return sm.eth.ChainManager().CurrentBlock.State()
 }
 
-func (sm *StateManager) TransState() *state.State {
+func (sm *BlockManager) TransState() *state.State {
 	return sm.transState
 }
 
-func (sm *StateManager) MiningState() *state.State {
+func (sm *BlockManager) MiningState() *state.State {
 	return sm.miningState
 }
 
-func (sm *StateManager) NewMiningState() *state.State {
+func (sm *BlockManager) NewMiningState() *state.State {
 	sm.miningState = sm.eth.ChainManager().CurrentBlock.State().Copy()
 
 	return sm.miningState
 }
 
-func (sm *StateManager) ChainManager() *ChainManager {
+func (sm *BlockManager) ChainManager() *ChainManager {
 	return sm.bc
 }
 
-func (self *StateManager) ProcessTransactions(coinbase *state.StateObject, state *state.State, block, parent *Block, txs Transactions) (Receipts, Transactions, Transactions, Transactions, error) {
+func (self *BlockManager) ProcessTransactions(coinbase *state.StateObject, state *state.State, block, parent *Block, txs Transactions) (Receipts, Transactions, Transactions, Transactions, error) {
 	var (
 		receipts           Receipts
 		handled, unhandled Transactions
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ done:
 	return receipts, handled, unhandled, erroneous, err
 }
 
-func (sm *StateManager) Process(block *Block) (err error) {
+func (sm *BlockManager) Process(block *Block) (err error) {
 	// Processing a blocks may never happen simultaneously
 	sm.mutex.Lock()
 	defer sm.mutex.Unlock()
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ func (sm *StateManager) Process(block *Block) (err error) {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (sm *StateManager) ApplyDiff(state *state.State, parent, block *Block) (receipts Receipts, err error) {
+func (sm *BlockManager) ApplyDiff(state *state.State, parent, block *Block) (receipts Receipts, err error) {
 	coinbase := state.GetOrNewStateObject(block.Coinbase)
 	coinbase.SetGasPool(block.CalcGasLimit(parent))
 
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ func (sm *StateManager) ApplyDiff(state *state.State, parent, block *Block) (rec
 	return receipts, nil
 }
 
-func (sm *StateManager) CalculateTD(block *Block) bool {
+func (sm *BlockManager) CalculateTD(block *Block) bool {
 	uncleDiff := new(big.Int)
 	for _, uncle := range block.Uncles {
 		uncleDiff = uncleDiff.Add(uncleDiff, uncle.Difficulty)
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ func (sm *StateManager) CalculateTD(block *Block) bool {
 // Validates the current block. Returns an error if the block was invalid,
 // an uncle or anything that isn't on the current block chain.
 // Validation validates easy over difficult (dagger takes longer time = difficult)
-func (sm *StateManager) ValidateBlock(block *Block) error {
+func (sm *BlockManager) ValidateBlock(block *Block) error {
 	// Check each uncle's previous hash. In order for it to be valid
 	// is if it has the same block hash as the current
 	parent := sm.bc.GetBlock(block.PrevHash)
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ func (sm *StateManager) ValidateBlock(block *Block) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (sm *StateManager) AccumelateRewards(state *state.State, block, parent *Block) error {
+func (sm *BlockManager) AccumelateRewards(state *state.State, block, parent *Block) error {
 	reward := new(big.Int).Set(BlockReward)
 
 	knownUncles := ethutil.Set(parent.Uncles)
@@ -417,21 +417,7 @@ func (sm *StateManager) AccumelateRewards(state *state.State, block, parent *Blo
 	return nil
 }
 
-// Manifest will handle both creating notifications and generating bloom bin data
-func (sm *StateManager) createBloomFilter(state *state.State) *BloomFilter {
-	bloomf := NewBloomFilter(nil)
-
-	for _, msg := range state.Manifest().Messages {
-		bloomf.Set(msg.To)
-		bloomf.Set(msg.From)
-	}
-
-	sm.eth.EventMux().Post(state.Manifest().Messages)
-
-	return bloomf
-}
-
-func (sm *StateManager) GetMessages(block *Block) (messages []*state.Message, err error) {
+func (sm *BlockManager) GetMessages(block *Block) (messages []*state.Message, err error) {
 	if !sm.bc.HasBlock(block.PrevHash) {
 		return nil, ParentError(block.PrevHash)
 	}
diff --git a/chain/bloom9_test.go b/chain/bloom9_test.go
index 8d8822030723..8b1b962cb558 100644
--- a/chain/bloom9_test.go
+++ b/chain/bloom9_test.go
@@ -1,12 +1,8 @@
 package chain
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
 	"testing"
-
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/crypto"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/state"
-	"github.com/ethgo.old/ethutil"
 )
 
 func TestBloom9(t *testing.T) {
@@ -21,6 +17,7 @@ func TestBloom9(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+/*
 func TestAddress(t *testing.T) {
 	block := &Block{}
 	block.Coinbase = ethutil.Hex2Bytes("22341ae42d6dd7384bc8584e50419ea3ac75b83f")
@@ -29,3 +26,4 @@ func TestAddress(t *testing.T) {
 	bin := CreateBloom(block)
 	fmt.Printf("bin = %x\n", ethutil.LeftPadBytes(bin, 64))
 }
+*/
diff --git a/chain/filter.go b/chain/filter.go
index 0265a60fa5d0..3494e4dcc120 100644
--- a/chain/filter.go
+++ b/chain/filter.go
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ func (self *Filter) Find() []*state.Message {
 		// current parameters
 		if self.bloomFilter(block) {
 			// Get the messages of the block
-			msgs, err := self.eth.StateManager().GetMessages(block)
+			msgs, err := self.eth.BlockManager().GetMessages(block)
 			if err != nil {
 				chainlogger.Warnln("err: filter get messages ", err)
 
diff --git a/chain/transaction_pool.go b/chain/transaction_pool.go
index a7c85e802c61..ff75089d65c0 100644
--- a/chain/transaction_pool.go
+++ b/chain/transaction_pool.go
@@ -114,8 +114,8 @@ func (pool *TxPool) ValidateTransaction(tx *Transaction) error {
 	}
 
 	// Get the sender
-	//sender := pool.Ethereum.StateManager().procState.GetAccount(tx.Sender())
-	sender := pool.Ethereum.StateManager().CurrentState().GetAccount(tx.Sender())
+	//sender := pool.Ethereum.BlockManager().procState.GetAccount(tx.Sender())
+	sender := pool.Ethereum.BlockManager().CurrentState().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/cmd/mist/bindings.go b/cmd/mist/bindings.go
index 196fd38a1b9e..ebdd8ec7346d 100644
--- a/cmd/mist/bindings.go
+++ b/cmd/mist/bindings.go
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ func (self *Gui) DumpState(hash, path string) {
 	var stateDump []byte
 
 	if len(hash) == 0 {
-		stateDump = self.eth.StateManager().CurrentState().Dump()
+		stateDump = self.eth.BlockManager().CurrentState().Dump()
 	} else {
 		var block *chain.Block
 		if hash[0] == '#' {
diff --git a/cmd/mist/debugger.go b/cmd/mist/debugger.go
index 3fd48eec66f6..a2aae6f0b296 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.StateManager().TransState()
-	account := self.lib.eth.StateManager().TransState().GetAccount(keyPair.Address())
+	statedb := self.lib.eth.BlockManager().TransState()
+	account := self.lib.eth.BlockManager().TransState().GetAccount(keyPair.Address())
 	contract := statedb.NewStateObject([]byte{0})
 	contract.SetBalance(value)
 
diff --git a/cmd/mist/gui.go b/cmd/mist/gui.go
index 8fa068c14ccc..5af1b5c7b1ea 100644
--- a/cmd/mist/gui.go
+++ b/cmd/mist/gui.go
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ func (gui *Gui) update() {
 	generalUpdateTicker := time.NewTicker(500 * time.Millisecond)
 	statsUpdateTicker := time.NewTicker(5 * time.Second)
 
-	state := gui.eth.StateManager().TransState()
+	state := gui.eth.BlockManager().TransState()
 
 	unconfirmedFunds := new(big.Int)
 	gui.win.Root().Call("setWalletValue", fmt.Sprintf("%v", ethutil.CurrencyToString(state.GetAccount(gui.address()).Balance())))
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ func (gui *Gui) update() {
 				case chain.NewBlockEvent:
 					gui.processBlock(ev.Block, false)
 					if bytes.Compare(ev.Block.Coinbase, gui.address()) == 0 {
-						gui.setWalletValue(gui.eth.StateManager().CurrentState().GetAccount(gui.address()).Balance(), nil)
+						gui.setWalletValue(gui.eth.BlockManager().CurrentState().GetAccount(gui.address()).Balance(), nil)
 					}
 
 				case chain.TxPreEvent:
diff --git a/cmd/mist/ui_lib.go b/cmd/mist/ui_lib.go
index db299f18dc43..bb978707d1c2 100644
--- a/cmd/mist/ui_lib.go
+++ b/cmd/mist/ui_lib.go
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ func (ui *UiLib) AssetPath(p string) string {
 
 func (self *UiLib) StartDbWithContractAndData(contractHash, data string) {
 	dbWindow := NewDebuggerWindow(self)
-	object := self.eth.StateManager().CurrentState().GetStateObject(ethutil.Hex2Bytes(contractHash))
+	object := self.eth.BlockManager().CurrentState().GetStateObject(ethutil.Hex2Bytes(contractHash))
 	if len(object.Code) > 0 {
 		dbWindow.SetCode("0x" + ethutil.Bytes2Hex(object.Code))
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/utils/cmd.go b/cmd/utils/cmd.go
index ef2ce8b47d37..e39655403055 100644
--- a/cmd/utils/cmd.go
+++ b/cmd/utils/cmd.go
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ func BlockDo(ethereum *eth.Ethereum, hash []byte) error {
 
 	parent := ethereum.ChainManager().GetBlock(block.PrevHash)
 
-	_, err := ethereum.StateManager().ApplyDiff(parent.State(), parent, block)
+	_, err := ethereum.BlockManager().ApplyDiff(parent.State(), parent, block)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/ethereum.go b/ethereum.go
index d4abeed26319..54949d1950ef 100644
--- a/ethereum.go
+++ b/ethereum.go
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ type Ethereum struct {
 	// DB interface
 	db ethutil.Database
 	// State manager for processing new blocks and managing the over all states
-	stateManager *chain.StateManager
+	blockManager *chain.BlockManager
 	// The transaction pool. Transaction can be pushed on this pool
 	// for later including in the blocks
 	txPool *chain.TxPool
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ func New(db ethutil.Database, clientIdentity wire.ClientIdentity, keyManager *cr
 	ethereum.blockPool = NewBlockPool(ethereum)
 	ethereum.txPool = chain.NewTxPool(ethereum)
 	ethereum.blockChain = chain.NewChainManager(ethereum)
-	ethereum.stateManager = chain.NewStateManager(ethereum)
+	ethereum.blockManager = chain.NewBlockManager(ethereum)
 
 	// Start the tx pool
 	ethereum.txPool.Start()
@@ -150,8 +150,8 @@ func (s *Ethereum) ChainManager() *chain.ChainManager {
 	return s.blockChain
 }
 
-func (s *Ethereum) StateManager() *chain.StateManager {
-	return s.stateManager
+func (s *Ethereum) BlockManager() *chain.BlockManager {
+	return s.blockManager
 }
 
 func (s *Ethereum) TxPool() *chain.TxPool {
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ func (s *Ethereum) reapDeadPeerHandler() {
 // Start the ethereum
 func (s *Ethereum) Start(seed bool) {
 	s.blockPool.Start()
-	s.stateManager.Start()
+	s.blockManager.Start()
 
 	// Bind to addr and port
 	ln, err := net.Listen("tcp", ":"+s.Port)
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ func (s *Ethereum) Stop() {
 		s.RpcServer.Stop()
 	}
 	s.txPool.Stop()
-	s.stateManager.Stop()
+	s.blockManager.Stop()
 	s.blockPool.Stop()
 
 	loggerger.Infoln("Server stopped")
diff --git a/javascript/javascript_runtime.go b/javascript/javascript_runtime.go
index ea3cb60717ba..86a376fbfea9 100644
--- a/javascript/javascript_runtime.go
+++ b/javascript/javascript_runtime.go
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ func (self *JSRE) dump(call otto.FunctionCall) otto.Value {
 
 		state = block.State()
 	} else {
-		state = self.ethereum.StateManager().CurrentState()
+		state = self.ethereum.BlockManager().CurrentState()
 	}
 
 	v, _ := self.Vm.ToValue(state.Dump())
diff --git a/miner/miner.go b/miner/miner.go
index b11bd9532cdf..fd74da4d1cbd 100644
--- a/miner/miner.go
+++ b/miner/miner.go
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ func (miner *Miner) Start() {
 	miner.events = mux.Subscribe(chain.NewBlockEvent{}, chain.TxPreEvent{})
 
 	// Prepare inital block
-	//miner.ethereum.StateManager().Prepare(miner.block.State(), miner.block.State())
+	//miner.ethereum.BlockManager().Prepare(miner.block.State(), miner.block.State())
 	go miner.listener()
 
 	minerlogger.Infoln("Started")
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ func (miner *Miner) stopMining() {
 }
 
 func (self *Miner) mineNewBlock() {
-	stateManager := self.ethereum.StateManager()
+	blockManager := self.ethereum.BlockManager()
 
 	self.block = self.ethereum.ChainManager().NewBlock(self.coinbase)
 
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ func (self *Miner) mineNewBlock() {
 	parent := self.ethereum.ChainManager().GetBlock(self.block.PrevHash)
 	coinbase := self.block.State().GetOrNewStateObject(self.block.Coinbase)
 	coinbase.SetGasPool(self.block.CalcGasLimit(parent))
-	receipts, txs, unhandledTxs, erroneous, err := stateManager.ProcessTransactions(coinbase, self.block.State(), self.block, self.block, self.txs)
+	receipts, txs, unhandledTxs, erroneous, err := blockManager.ProcessTransactions(coinbase, self.block.State(), self.block, self.block, self.txs)
 	if err != nil {
 		minerlogger.Debugln(err)
 	}
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ func (self *Miner) mineNewBlock() {
 	self.block.SetReceipts(receipts)
 
 	// Accumulate the rewards included for this block
-	stateManager.AccumelateRewards(self.block.State(), self.block, parent)
+	blockManager.AccumelateRewards(self.block.State(), self.block, parent)
 
 	self.block.State().Update()
 
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ func (self *Miner) mineNewBlock() {
 	nonce := self.pow.Search(self.block, self.powQuitChan)
 	if nonce != nil {
 		self.block.Nonce = nonce
-		err := self.ethereum.StateManager().Process(self.block)
+		err := self.ethereum.BlockManager().Process(self.block)
 		if err != nil {
 			minerlogger.Infoln(err)
 		} else {
diff --git a/xeth/hexface.go b/xeth/hexface.go
index 5c8e7a3c7b52..21e82e37d978 100644
--- a/xeth/hexface.go
+++ b/xeth/hexface.go
@@ -224,10 +224,10 @@ func (self *JSXEth) Transact(key, toStr, valueStr, gasStr, gasPriceStr, codeStr
 		tx = chain.NewTransactionMessage(hash, value, gas, gasPrice, data)
 	}
 
-	acc := self.obj.StateManager().TransState().GetOrNewStateObject(keyPair.Address())
+	acc := self.obj.BlockManager().TransState().GetOrNewStateObject(keyPair.Address())
 	tx.Nonce = acc.Nonce
 	acc.Nonce += 1
-	self.obj.StateManager().TransState().UpdateStateObject(acc)
+	self.obj.BlockManager().TransState().UpdateStateObject(acc)
 
 	tx.Sign(keyPair.PrivateKey)
 	self.obj.TxPool().QueueTransaction(tx)
diff --git a/xeth/pipe.go b/xeth/pipe.go
index 25a69137d3de..abed8ef9a9cf 100644
--- a/xeth/pipe.go
+++ b/xeth/pipe.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ type VmVars struct {
 
 type XEth struct {
 	obj          chain.EthManager
-	stateManager *chain.StateManager
+	blockManager *chain.BlockManager
 	blockChain   *chain.ChainManager
 	world        *World
 
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ type XEth struct {
 func New(obj chain.EthManager) *XEth {
 	pipe := &XEth{
 		obj:          obj,
-		stateManager: obj.StateManager(),
+		blockManager: obj.BlockManager(),
 		blockChain:   obj.ChainManager(),
 	}
 	pipe.world = NewWorld(pipe)
@@ -137,10 +137,10 @@ func (self *XEth) Transact(key *crypto.KeyPair, rec []byte, value, gas, price *e
 		tx = chain.NewTransactionMessage(hash, value.BigInt(), gas.BigInt(), price.BigInt(), data)
 	}
 
-	acc := self.stateManager.TransState().GetOrNewStateObject(key.Address())
+	acc := self.blockManager.TransState().GetOrNewStateObject(key.Address())
 	tx.Nonce = acc.Nonce
 	acc.Nonce += 1
-	self.stateManager.TransState().UpdateStateObject(acc)
+	self.blockManager.TransState().UpdateStateObject(acc)
 
 	tx.Sign(key.PrivateKey)
 	self.obj.TxPool().QueueTransaction(tx)
diff --git a/xeth/world.go b/xeth/world.go
index dda2df27451f..6fb757d67e60 100644
--- a/xeth/world.go
+++ b/xeth/world.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ func (self *XEth) World() *World {
 }
 
 func (self *World) State() *state.State {
-	return self.pipe.stateManager.CurrentState()
+	return self.pipe.blockManager.CurrentState()
 }
 
 func (self *World) Get(addr []byte) *Object {