diff --git a/docs/ARCHITECTURE.rst b/docs/ARCHITECTURE.rst
index 98c43c4..81d9800 100644
--- a/docs/ARCHITECTURE.rst
+++ b/docs/ARCHITECTURE.rst
@@ -15,13 +15,13 @@ The components of the server are roughly like this::
              - ElectrumX -<<<<<- LocalRPC -
              -------------     ------------
               <      >
-    ----------        -------------------    --------------
-    - Daemon -<<<<<<<<- Block processor ->>>>- UTXO Cache -
-    ----------        -------------------    --------------
-        <              <               >           <
-         --------------                 ----------------
-         - Prefetcher -                 - FS + Storage -
-         --------------                 ----------------
+    ----------        -------------------
+    - Daemon -<<<<<<<<- Block processor -
+    ----------        -------------------
+        <              <               >
+         --------------                 -----------
+         - Prefetcher -                 - FS + DB -
+         --------------                 -----------
 
 
 Env
@@ -60,22 +60,15 @@ Block Processor
 
 Responsible for managing block chain state (UTXO set, history,
 transaction and undo information) and processing towards the chain
-tip.  Uses the caches for in-memory state caching.  Flushes state to
-the storage layer.  Reponsible for handling block chain
-reorganisations.  Once caught up maintains a representation of daemon
-mempool state.
+tip.  Uses the caches for in-memory state updates since the last
+flush.  Flushes state to the storage layer.  Reponsible for handling
+block chain reorganisations.  Once caught up maintains a
+representation of daemon mempool state.
 
-Caches
-------
-
-The file system cache and the UTXO cache are implementation details of
-the block processor, nothing else should interface with them.
-
-Storage
--------
+Database
+--------
 
-Backend database abstraction.  Along with the host filesystem, used by
-the block processor (and therefore its caches) to store chain state.
+The database.  Along with the host filesystem stores flushed chain state.
 
 Prefetcher
 ----------
diff --git a/docs/RELEASE-NOTES b/docs/RELEASE-NOTES
index aea65ec..ecdc22d 100644
--- a/docs/RELEASE-NOTES
+++ b/docs/RELEASE-NOTES
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+Version 0.2.3
+-------------
+
+- fixes issues #6, #11, #15
+- the UTXO cache is now merged with BlockProcessor, where it properly belongs.
+  cache.py no longer exists
+
 Version 0.2.2.1
 ---------------
 
diff --git a/server/block_processor.py b/server/block_processor.py
index 1eee6b1..288f558 100644
--- a/server/block_processor.py
+++ b/server/block_processor.py
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ from bisect import bisect_left
 from collections import defaultdict
 from functools import partial
 
-from server.cache import UTXOCache, NO_CACHE_ENTRY
 from server.daemon import Daemon, DaemonError
 from lib.hash import hash_to_str
 from lib.tx import Deserializer
@@ -26,6 +25,13 @@ from lib.util import chunks, LoggedClass
 import server.db
 from server.storage import open_db
 
+# Limits single address history to ~ 65536 * HIST_ENTRIES_PER_KEY entries
+HIST_ENTRIES_PER_KEY = 1024
+HIST_VALUE_BYTES = HIST_ENTRIES_PER_KEY * 4
+ADDR_TX_HASH_LEN = 4
+UTXO_TX_HASH_LEN = 4
+NO_HASH_168 = bytes([255]) * 21
+NO_CACHE_ENTRY = NO_HASH_168 + bytes(12)
 
 def formatted_time(t):
     '''Return a number of seconds as a string in days, hours, mins and
@@ -175,7 +181,7 @@ class MemPool(LoggedClass):
         '''
         hex_hashes = set(hex_hashes)
         touched = set()
-        missing_utxos = 0
+        missing_utxos = []
 
         initial = self.count < 0
         if initial:
@@ -208,7 +214,7 @@ class MemPool(LoggedClass):
         # The mempool is unordered, so process all outputs first so
         # that looking for inputs has full info.
         script_hash168 = self.bp.coin.hash168_from_script
-        utxo_lookup = self.bp.utxo_cache.lookup
+        utxo_lookup = self.bp.utxo_lookup
 
         def txout_pair(txout):
             return (script_hash168(txout.pk_script), txout.value)
@@ -229,6 +235,7 @@ class MemPool(LoggedClass):
             if entry == NO_CACHE_ENTRY:
                 # This happens when the daemon is a block ahead of us
                 # and has mempool txs spending new txs in that block
+                missing_utxos.append(txin)
                 raise MissingUTXOError
             value, = struct.unpack('<Q', entry[-8:])
             return (entry[:21], value), False
@@ -258,7 +265,6 @@ class MemPool(LoggedClass):
                 # it's harmless - next time the mempool is refreshed
                 # they'll either be cleaned up or the UTXOs will no
                 # longer be missing.
-                missing_utxos += 1
                 del self.txs[hex_hash]
                 continue
             self.txs[hex_hash] = (txin_pairs, txout_pairs, any(unconfs))
@@ -273,8 +279,12 @@ class MemPool(LoggedClass):
 
         if missing_utxos:
             self.logger.info('{:,d} txs had missing UTXOs; probably the '
-                             'daemon is a block or two ahead of us'
-                             .format(missing_utxos))
+                             'daemon is a block or two ahead of us.'
+                             .format(len(missing_utxos)))
+            first = ', '.join('{} / {:,d}'.format(hash_to_str(txin.prev_hash),
+                                                  txin.prev_idx)
+                              for txin in sorted(missing_utxos)[:3])
+            self.logger.info('first ones are {}'.format(first))
 
         self.count += 1
         if self.count % 25 == 0 or gone:
@@ -347,10 +357,15 @@ class BlockProcessor(server.db.DB):
         self.last_flush_tx_count = self.tx_count
 
         # Caches of unflushed items
-        self.utxo_cache = UTXOCache(self.get_tx_hash, self.db, self.coin)
         self.headers = []
         self.tx_hashes = []
 
+        # UTXO cache
+        self.utxo_cache = {}
+        self.db_cache = {}
+        self.utxo_cache_spends = 0
+        self.db_deletes = 0
+
         # Log state
         self.logger.info('{}/{} height: {:,d} tx count: {:,d} '
                          'flush count: {:,d} utxo flush count: {:,d} '
@@ -530,22 +545,12 @@ class BlockProcessor(server.db.DB):
         }
         batch.put(b'state', repr(state).encode())
 
-    def flush_utxos(self, batch):
-        self.logger.info('flushing UTXOs: {:,d} txs and {:,d} blocks'
-                         .format(self.tx_count - self.db_tx_count,
-                                 self.height - self.db_height))
-        self.utxo_cache.flush(batch)
-        self.utxo_flush_count = self.flush_count
-        self.db_tx_count = self.tx_count
-        self.db_height = self.height
-        self.db_tip = self.tip
-
     def assert_flushed(self):
         '''Asserts state is fully flushed.'''
         assert self.tx_count == self.db_tx_count
         assert not self.history
-        assert not self.utxo_cache.cache
-        assert not self.utxo_cache.db_cache
+        assert not self.utxo_cache
+        assert not self.db_cache
 
     def flush(self, flush_utxos=False, flush_history=None):
         '''Flush out cached state.
@@ -711,8 +716,8 @@ class BlockProcessor(server.db.DB):
         # whatever reason Python O/S mem usage is typically +30% or
         # more, so we scale our already bloated object sizes.
         one_MB = int(1048576 / 1.3)
-        utxo_cache_size = len(self.utxo_cache.cache) * 187
-        db_cache_size = len(self.utxo_cache.db_cache) * 105
+        utxo_cache_size = len(self.utxo_cache) * 187
+        db_cache_size = len(self.db_cache) * 105
         hist_cache_size = len(self.history) * 180 + self.history_size * 4
         utxo_MB = (db_cache_size + utxo_cache_size) // one_MB
         hist_MB = hist_cache_size // one_MB
@@ -721,8 +726,8 @@ class BlockProcessor(server.db.DB):
                          .format(self.height, self.daemon.cached_height()))
         self.logger.info('  entries: UTXO: {:,d}  DB: {:,d}  '
                          'hist addrs: {:,d}  hist size {:,d}'
-                         .format(len(self.utxo_cache.cache),
-                                 len(self.utxo_cache.db_cache),
+                         .format(len(self.utxo_cache),
+                                 len(self.db_cache),
                                  len(self.history),
                                  self.history_size))
         self.logger.info('  size: {:,d}MB  (UTXOs {:,d}MB hist {:,d}MB)'
@@ -779,8 +784,8 @@ class BlockProcessor(server.db.DB):
             self.touched.update(touched)
 
     def advance_txs(self, tx_hashes, txs, touched):
-        put_utxo = self.utxo_cache.put
-        spend_utxo = self.utxo_cache.spend
+        put_utxo = self.utxo_cache.__setitem__
+        spend_utxo = self.spend_utxo
         undo_info = []
 
         # Use local vars for speed in the loops
@@ -861,8 +866,8 @@ class BlockProcessor(server.db.DB):
 
         # Use local vars for speed in the loops
         pack = struct.pack
-        put_utxo = self.utxo_cache.put
-        spend_utxo = self.utxo_cache.spend
+        put_utxo = self.utxo_cache.__setitem__
+        spend_utxo = self.spend_utxo
 
         rtxs = reversed(txs)
         rtx_hashes = reversed(tx_hashes)
@@ -885,6 +890,227 @@ class BlockProcessor(server.db.DB):
         assert n == 0
         self.tx_count -= len(txs)
 
+    '''An in-memory UTXO cache, representing all changes to UTXO state
+    since the last DB flush.
+
+    We want to store millions, perhaps 10s of millions of these in
+    memory for optimal performance during initial sync, because then
+    it is possible to spend UTXOs without ever going to the database
+    (other than as an entry in the address history, and there is only
+    one such entry per TX not per UTXO).  So store them in a Python
+    dictionary with binary keys and values.
+
+      Key:    TX_HASH + TX_IDX           (32 + 2 = 34 bytes)
+      Value:  HASH168 + TX_NUM + VALUE   (21 + 4 + 8 = 33 bytes)
+
+    That's 67 bytes of raw data.  Python dictionary overhead means
+    each entry actually uses about 187 bytes of memory.  So almost
+    11.5 million UTXOs can fit in 2GB of RAM.  There are approximately
+    42 million UTXOs on bitcoin mainnet at height 433,000.
+
+    Semantics:
+
+      add:   Add it to the cache dictionary.
+      spend: Remove it if in the cache dictionary.
+             Otherwise it's been flushed to the DB.  Each UTXO
+             is responsible for two entries in the DB stored using
+             compressed keys.  Mark both for deletion in the next
+             flush of the in-memory UTXO cache.
+
+    A UTXO is stored in the DB in 2 "tables":
+
+      1.  The output value and tx number.  Must be keyed with a
+          hash168 prefix so the unspent outputs and balance of an
+          arbitrary address can be looked up with a simple key
+          traversal.
+          Key: b'u' + hash168 + compressed_tx_hash + tx_idx
+          Value: a (tx_num, value) pair
+
+      2.  Given a prevout, we need to be able to look up the UTXO key
+          to remove it.  As is keyed by hash168 and that is not part
+          of the prevout, we need a hash168 lookup.
+          Key: b'h' + compressed tx_hash + tx_idx
+          Value: (hash168, tx_num) pair
+
+    The compressed TX hash is just the first few bytes of the hash of
+    the TX the UTXO is in (and needn't be the same number of bytes in
+    each table).  As this is not unique there will be collisions;
+    tx_num is stored to resolve them.  The collision rate is around
+    0.02% for the hash168 table, and almost zero for the UTXO table
+    (there are around 100 collisions in the whole bitcoin blockchain).
+    '''
+
+    def utxo_lookup(self, prev_hash, prev_idx):
+        '''Given a prevout, return a pair (hash168, value).
+
+        If the UTXO is not found, returns (None, None).'''
+        # Fast track is it being in the cache
+        idx_packed = struct.pack('<H', prev_idx)
+        value = self.utxo_cache.get(prev_hash + idx_packed, None)
+        if value:
+            return value
+        return self.db_lookup(prev_hash, idx_packed, False)
+
+    def db_lookup(self, tx_hash, idx_packed, delete=True):
+        '''Return a UTXO from the DB.  Remove it if delete is True.
+
+        Return NO_CACHE_ENTRY if it is not in the DB.'''
+        hash168 = self.hash168(tx_hash, idx_packed, delete)
+        if not hash168:
+            return NO_CACHE_ENTRY
+
+        # Read the UTXO through the cache from the disk.  We have to
+        # go through the cache because compressed keys can collide.
+        key = b'u' + hash168 + tx_hash[:UTXO_TX_HASH_LEN] + idx_packed
+        data = self.db_cache_get(key)
+        if data is None:
+            # Uh-oh, this should not happen...
+            self.logger.error('found no UTXO for {} / {:d} key {}'
+                             .format(hash_to_str(tx_hash),
+                                     struct.unpack('<H', idx_packed),
+                                     bytes(key).hex()))
+            return NO_CACHE_ENTRY
+
+        if len(data) == 12:
+            if delete:
+                self.db_deletes += 1
+                self.db_cache_delete(key)
+            return hash168 + data
+
+        # Resolve the compressed key collison.  These should be
+        # extremely rare.
+        assert len(data) % 12 == 0
+        for n in range(0, len(data), 12):
+            (tx_num, ) = struct.unpack('<I', data[n:n+4])
+            this_tx_hash, height = self.get_tx_hash(tx_num)
+            if tx_hash == this_tx_hash:
+                result = hash168 + data[n:n+12]
+                if delete:
+                    self.db_deletes += 1
+                    self.db_cache_write(key, data[:n] + data[n+12:])
+                return result
+
+        raise Exception('could not resolve UTXO key collision')
+
+    def spend_utxo(self, prev_hash, prev_idx):
+        '''Spend a UTXO and return the cache's value.
+
+        If the UTXO is not in the cache it must be on disk.
+        '''
+        # Fast track is it being in the cache
+        idx_packed = struct.pack('<H', prev_idx)
+        value = self.utxo_cache.pop(prev_hash + idx_packed, None)
+        if value:
+            self.utxo_cache_spends += 1
+            return value
+
+        return self.db_lookup(prev_hash, idx_packed)
+
+    def hash168(self, tx_hash, idx_packed, delete=True):
+        '''Return the hash168 paid to by the given TXO.
+
+        Look it up in the DB and removes it if delete is True.  Return
+        None if not found.
+        '''
+        key = b'h' + tx_hash[:ADDR_TX_HASH_LEN] + idx_packed
+        data = self.db_cache_get(key)
+        if data is None:
+            # Assuming the DB is not corrupt, if delete is True this
+            # indicates a successful spend of a non-standard script
+            # as we don't currently record those
+            return None
+
+        if len(data) == 25:
+            if delete:
+                self.db_cache_delete(key)
+            return data[:21]
+
+        assert len(data) % 25 == 0
+
+        # Resolve the compressed key collision using the TX number
+        for n in range(0, len(data), 25):
+            (tx_num, ) = struct.unpack('<I', data[n+21:n+25])
+            my_hash, height = self.get_tx_hash(tx_num)
+            if my_hash == tx_hash:
+                if delete:
+                    self.db_cache_write(key, data[:n] + data[n+25:])
+                return data[n:n+21]
+
+        raise Exception('could not resolve hash168 collision')
+
+    def db_cache_write(self, key, value):
+        '''Cache write of a (key, value) pair to the DB.'''
+        assert(bool(value))
+        self.db_cache[key] = value
+
+    def db_cache_delete(self, key):
+        '''Cache deletion of a key from the DB.'''
+        self.db_cache[key] = None
+
+    def db_cache_get(self, key):
+        '''Fetch a value from the DB through our write cache.'''
+        value = self.db_cache.get(key)
+        if value:
+            return value
+        return self.db.get(key)
+
+    def flush_utxos(self, batch):
+        '''Flush the cached DB writes and UTXO set to the batch.'''
+        # Care is needed because the writes generated by flushing the
+        # UTXO state may have keys in common with our write cache or
+        # may be in the DB already.
+        self.logger.info('flushing UTXOs: {:,d} txs and {:,d} blocks'
+                         .format(self.tx_count - self.db_tx_count,
+                                 self.height - self.db_height))
+        hcolls = ucolls = 0
+        new_utxos = len(self.utxo_cache)
+
+        for cache_key, cache_value in self.utxo_cache.items():
+            # Frist write to the hash168 lookup table
+            key = b'h' + cache_key[:ADDR_TX_HASH_LEN] + cache_key[-2:]
+            value = cache_value[:25]
+            prior_value = self.db_cache_get(key)
+            if prior_value:   # Should rarely happen
+                hcolls += 1
+                value += prior_value
+            self.db_cache_write(key, value)
+
+            # Next write the UTXO table
+            key = (b'u' + cache_value[:21] + cache_key[:UTXO_TX_HASH_LEN]
+                   + cache_key[-2:])
+            value = cache_value[-12:]
+            prior_value = self.db_cache_get(key)
+            if prior_value:   # Should almost never happen
+                ucolls += 1
+                value += prior_value
+            self.db_cache_write(key, value)
+
+        # GC-ing this now can only help the levelDB write.
+        self.utxo_cache = {}
+
+        # Now we can update to the batch.
+        for key, value in self.db_cache.items():
+            if value:
+                batch.put(key, value)
+            else:
+                batch.delete(key)
+
+        adds = new_utxos + self.utxo_cache_spends
+
+        self.logger.info('UTXO cache adds: {:,d} spends: {:,d} '
+                         .format(adds, self.utxo_cache_spends))
+        self.logger.info('UTXO DB adds: {:,d} spends: {:,d}. '
+                         'Collisions: hash168: {:,d} UTXO: {:,d}'
+                         .format(new_utxos, self.db_deletes,
+                                 hcolls, ucolls))
+
+        self.db_cache = {}
+        self.utxo_cache_spends = self.db_deletes = 0
+        self.utxo_flush_count = self.flush_count
+        self.db_tx_count = self.tx_count
+        self.db_height = self.height
+        self.db_tip = self.tip
+
     def read_headers(self, start, count):
         # Read some from disk
         disk_count = min(count, self.db_height + 1 - start)
diff --git a/server/cache.py b/server/cache.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 834f5b2..0000000
--- a/server/cache.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,257 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2016, Neil Booth
-#
-# All rights reserved.
-#
-# See the file "LICENCE" for information about the copyright
-# and warranty status of this software.
-
-'''UTXO and file cache.
-
-During initial sync these cache data and only flush occasionally.
-Once synced flushes are performed after processing each block.
-'''
-
-
-import struct
-
-from lib.util import LoggedClass
-from lib.hash import hash_to_str
-
-
-# History can hold approx. 65536 * HIST_ENTRIES_PER_KEY entries
-HIST_ENTRIES_PER_KEY = 1024
-HIST_VALUE_BYTES = HIST_ENTRIES_PER_KEY * 4
-ADDR_TX_HASH_LEN = 4
-UTXO_TX_HASH_LEN = 4
-NO_HASH_168 = bytes([255]) * 21
-NO_CACHE_ENTRY = NO_HASH_168 + bytes(12)
-
-
-class UTXOCache(LoggedClass):
-    '''An in-memory UTXO cache, representing all changes to UTXO state
-    since the last DB flush.
-
-    We want to store millions, perhaps 10s of millions of these in
-    memory for optimal performance during initial sync, because then
-    it is possible to spend UTXOs without ever going to the database
-    (other than as an entry in the address history, and there is only
-    one such entry per TX not per UTXO).  So store them in a Python
-    dictionary with binary keys and values.
-
-      Key:    TX_HASH + TX_IDX           (32 + 2 = 34 bytes)
-      Value:  HASH168 + TX_NUM + VALUE   (21 + 4 + 8 = 33 bytes)
-
-    That's 67 bytes of raw data.  Python dictionary overhead means
-    each entry actually uses about 187 bytes of memory.  So almost
-    11.5 million UTXOs can fit in 2GB of RAM.  There are approximately
-    42 million UTXOs on bitcoin mainnet at height 433,000.
-
-    Semantics:
-
-      add:   Add it to the cache dictionary.
-      spend: Remove it if in the cache dictionary.
-             Otherwise it's been flushed to the DB.  Each UTXO
-             is responsible for two entries in the DB stored using
-             compressed keys.  Mark both for deletion in the next
-             flush of the in-memory UTXO cache.
-
-    A UTXO is stored in the DB in 2 "tables":
-
-      1.  The output value and tx number.  Must be keyed with a
-          hash168 prefix so the unspent outputs and balance of an
-          arbitrary address can be looked up with a simple key
-          traversal.
-          Key: b'u' + hash168 + compressed_tx_hash + tx_idx
-          Value: a (tx_num, value) pair
-
-      2.  Given a prevout, we need to be able to look up the UTXO key
-          to remove it.  As is keyed by hash168 and that is not part
-          of the prevout, we need a hash168 lookup.
-          Key: b'h' + compressed tx_hash + tx_idx
-          Value: (hash168, tx_num) pair
-
-    The compressed TX hash is just the first few bytes of the hash of
-    the TX the UTXO is in (and needn't be the same number of bytes in
-    each table).  As this is not unique there will be collisions;
-    tx_num is stored to resolve them.  The collision rate is around
-    0.02% for the hash168 table, and almost zero for the UTXO table
-    (there are around 100 collisions in the whole bitcoin blockchain).
-
-    '''
-
-    def __init__(self, get_tx_hash, db, coin):
-        super().__init__()
-        self.get_tx_hash = get_tx_hash
-        self.coin = coin
-        self.cache = {}
-        self.put = self.cache.__setitem__
-        self.db = db
-        self.db_cache = {}
-        # Statistics
-        self.cache_spends = 0
-        self.db_deletes = 0
-
-    def lookup(self, prev_hash, prev_idx):
-        '''Given a prevout, return a pair (hash168, value).
-
-        If the UTXO is not found, returns (None, None).'''
-        # Fast track is it being in the cache
-        idx_packed = struct.pack('<H', prev_idx)
-        value = self.cache.get(prev_hash + idx_packed, None)
-        if value:
-            return value
-        return self.db_lookup(prev_hash, idx_packed, False)
-
-    def db_lookup(self, tx_hash, idx_packed, delete=True):
-        '''Return a UTXO from the DB.  Remove it if delete is True.
-
-        Return NO_CACHE_ENTRY if it is not in the DB.'''
-        hash168 = self.hash168(tx_hash, idx_packed, delete)
-        if not hash168:
-            return NO_CACHE_ENTRY
-
-        # Read the UTXO through the cache from the disk.  We have to
-        # go through the cache because compressed keys can collide.
-        key = b'u' + hash168 + tx_hash[:UTXO_TX_HASH_LEN] + idx_packed
-        data = self.cache_get(key)
-        if data is None:
-            # Uh-oh, this should not happen...
-            self.logger.error('found no UTXO for {} / {:d} key {}'
-                             .format(hash_to_str(tx_hash),
-                                     struct.unpack('<H', idx_packed),
-                                     bytes(key).hex()))
-            return NO_CACHE_ENTRY
-
-        if len(data) == 12:
-            if delete:
-                self.db_deletes += 1
-                self.cache_delete(key)
-            return hash168 + data
-
-        # Resolve the compressed key collison.  These should be
-        # extremely rare.
-        assert len(data) % 12 == 0
-        for n in range(0, len(data), 12):
-            (tx_num, ) = struct.unpack('<I', data[n:n+4])
-            this_tx_hash, height = self.get_tx_hash(tx_num)
-            if tx_hash == this_tx_hash:
-                result = hash168 + data[n:n+12]
-                if delete:
-                    self.db_deletes += 1
-                    self.cache_write(key, data[:n] + data[n+12:])
-                return result
-
-        raise Exception('could not resolve UTXO key collision')
-
-    def spend(self, prev_hash, prev_idx):
-        '''Spend a UTXO and return the cache's value.
-
-        If the UTXO is not in the cache it must be on disk.
-        '''
-        # Fast track is it being in the cache
-        idx_packed = struct.pack('<H', prev_idx)
-        value = self.cache.pop(prev_hash + idx_packed, None)
-        if value:
-            self.cache_spends += 1
-            return value
-
-        return self.db_lookup(prev_hash, idx_packed)
-
-    def hash168(self, tx_hash, idx_packed, delete=True):
-        '''Return the hash168 paid to by the given TXO.
-
-        Look it up in the DB and removes it if delete is True.  Return
-        None if not found.
-        '''
-        key = b'h' + tx_hash[:ADDR_TX_HASH_LEN] + idx_packed
-        data = self.cache_get(key)
-        if data is None:
-            # Assuming the DB is not corrupt, if delete is True this
-            # indicates a successful spend of a non-standard script
-            # as we don't currently record those
-            return None
-
-        if len(data) == 25:
-            if delete:
-                self.cache_delete(key)
-            return data[:21]
-
-        assert len(data) % 25 == 0
-
-        # Resolve the compressed key collision using the TX number
-        for n in range(0, len(data), 25):
-            (tx_num, ) = struct.unpack('<I', data[n+21:n+25])
-            my_hash, height = self.get_tx_hash(tx_num)
-            if my_hash == tx_hash:
-                if delete:
-                    self.cache_write(key, data[:n] + data[n+25:])
-                return data[n:n+21]
-
-        raise Exception('could not resolve hash168 collision')
-
-    def cache_write(self, key, value):
-        '''Cache write of a (key, value) pair to the DB.'''
-        assert(bool(value))
-        self.db_cache[key] = value
-
-    def cache_delete(self, key):
-        '''Cache deletion of a key from the DB.'''
-        self.db_cache[key] = None
-
-    def cache_get(self, key):
-        '''Fetch a value from the DB through our write cache.'''
-        value = self.db_cache.get(key)
-        if value:
-            return value
-        return self.db.get(key)
-
-    def flush(self, batch):
-        '''Flush the cached DB writes and UTXO set to the batch.'''
-        # Care is needed because the writes generated by flushing the
-        # UTXO state may have keys in common with our write cache or
-        # may be in the DB already.
-        hcolls = ucolls = 0
-        new_utxos = len(self.cache)
-
-        for cache_key, cache_value in self.cache.items():
-            # Frist write to the hash168 lookup table
-            key = b'h' + cache_key[:ADDR_TX_HASH_LEN] + cache_key[-2:]
-            value = cache_value[:25]
-            prior_value = self.cache_get(key)
-            if prior_value:   # Should rarely happen
-                hcolls += 1
-                value += prior_value
-            self.cache_write(key, value)
-
-            # Next write the UTXO table
-            key = (b'u' + cache_value[:21] + cache_key[:UTXO_TX_HASH_LEN]
-                   + cache_key[-2:])
-            value = cache_value[-12:]
-            prior_value = self.cache_get(key)
-            if prior_value:   # Should almost never happen
-                ucolls += 1
-                value += prior_value
-            self.cache_write(key, value)
-
-        # GC-ing this now can only help the levelDB write.
-        self.cache = {}
-        self.put = self.cache.__setitem__
-
-        # Now we can update to the batch.
-        for key, value in self.db_cache.items():
-            if value:
-                batch.put(key, value)
-            else:
-                batch.delete(key)
-
-        self.db_cache = {}
-
-        adds = new_utxos + self.cache_spends
-
-        self.logger.info('UTXO cache adds: {:,d} spends: {:,d} '
-                         .format(adds, self.cache_spends))
-        self.logger.info('UTXO DB adds: {:,d} spends: {:,d}. '
-                         'Collisions: hash168: {:,d} UTXO: {:,d}'
-                         .format(new_utxos, self.db_deletes,
-                                 hcolls, ucolls))
-        self.cache_spends = self.db_deletes = 0
diff --git a/server/daemon.py b/server/daemon.py
index e94af41..7a886fe 100644
--- a/server/daemon.py
+++ b/server/daemon.py
@@ -91,6 +91,10 @@ class Daemon(util.LoggedClass):
                 msg = 'connection problem - is your daemon running?'
             except DaemonWarmingUpError:
                 msg = 'still starting up checking blocks...'
+            except (asyncio.CancelledError, DaemonError):
+                raise
+            except Exception as e:
+                msg = ('request gave unexpected error: {}'.format(e))
 
             if msg != prior_msg or count == 10:
                 self.logger.error('{}.  Retrying between sleeps...'
diff --git a/server/db.py b/server/db.py
index 51b2c59..14b13c5 100644
--- a/server/db.py
+++ b/server/db.py
@@ -192,10 +192,10 @@ class DB(LoggedClass):
         hash168 = None
         if 0 <= index <= 65535:
             idx_packed = struct.pack('<H', index)
-            hash168 = self.hash168(tx_hash, idx_packed)
+            hash168 = self.db_hash168(tx_hash, idx_packed)
         return hash168
 
-    def hash168(self, tx_hash, idx_packed):
+    def db_hash168(self, tx_hash, idx_packed):
         '''Return the hash168 paid to by the given TXO.
 
         Return None if not found.'''
diff --git a/server/protocol.py b/server/protocol.py
index 5f5ae54..d671655 100644
--- a/server/protocol.py
+++ b/server/protocol.py
@@ -47,41 +47,42 @@ class BlockServer(BlockProcessor):
             await self.start_servers()
         ElectrumX.notify(self.height, self.touched)
 
+    async def start_server(self, name, protocol, host, port, *, ssl=None):
+        loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
+        server = loop.create_server(protocol, host, port, ssl=ssl)
+        try:
+            self.servers.append(await server)
+        except asyncio.CancelledError:
+            raise
+        except Exception as e:
+            self.logger.error('{} server failed to listen on {}:{:d} :{}'
+                              .format(name, host, port, e))
+        else:
+            self.logger.info('{} server listening on {}:{:d}'
+                             .format(name, host, port))
+
     async def start_servers(self):
         '''Start listening on RPC, TCP and SSL ports.
 
         Does not start a server if the port wasn't specified.
         '''
         env = self.env
-        loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
-
         JSONRPC.init(self, self.daemon, self.coin)
 
         protocol = LocalRPC
         if env.rpc_port is not None:
-            host = 'localhost'
-            rpc_server = loop.create_server(protocol, host, env.rpc_port)
-            self.servers.append(await rpc_server)
-            self.logger.info('RPC server listening on {}:{:d}'
-                             .format(host, env.rpc_port))
+            await self.start_server('RPC', protocol, 'localhost', env.rpc_port)
 
         protocol = partial(ElectrumX, env)
         if env.tcp_port is not None:
-            tcp_server = loop.create_server(protocol, env.host, env.tcp_port)
-            self.servers.append(await tcp_server)
-            self.logger.info('TCP server listening on {}:{:d}'
-                             .format(env.host, env.tcp_port))
+            await self.start_server('TCP', protocol, env.host, env.tcp_port)
 
         if env.ssl_port is not None:
             # FIXME: update if we want to require Python >= 3.5.3
-            ssl_context = ssl.SSLContext(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1_2)
-            ssl_context.load_cert_chain(env.ssl_certfile,
-                                        keyfile=env.ssl_keyfile)
-            ssl_server = loop.create_server(protocol, env.host, env.ssl_port,
-                                            ssl=ssl_context)
-            self.servers.append(await ssl_server)
-            self.logger.info('SSL server listening on {}:{:d}'
-                             .format(env.host, env.ssl_port))
+            sslc = ssl.SSLContext(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1_2)
+            sslc.load_cert_chain(env.ssl_certfile, keyfile=env.ssl_keyfile)
+            await self.start_server('SSL', protocol, env.host, env.ssl_port,
+                                    ssl=sslc)
 
     def stop(self):
         '''Close the listening servers.'''
diff --git a/server/version.py b/server/version.py
index e6541a2..cf6e859 100644
--- a/server/version.py
+++ b/server/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-VERSION = "ElectrumX 0.2.2.1"
+VERSION = "ElectrumX 0.2.3"