diff --git a/alethzero/Main.ui b/alethzero/Main.ui
index de7f8e428..ffb79ebc7 100644
--- a/alethzero/Main.ui
+++ b/alethzero/Main.ui
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@
      <string>&amp;Network</string>
     </property>
     <addaction name="upnp"/>
+    <addaction name="usePast"/>
     <addaction name="net"/>
     <addaction name="connect"/>
    </widget>
@@ -140,6 +141,9 @@
     <addaction name="create"/>
     <addaction name="importKey"/>
     <addaction name="exportKey"/>
+    <addaction name="separator"/>
+    <addaction name="showAll"/>
+    <addaction name="showAllAccounts"/>
    </widget>
    <widget class="QMenu" name="menu_Help">
     <property name="title">
@@ -168,7 +172,7 @@
     <set>QDockWidget::DockWidgetFeatureMask</set>
    </property>
    <property name="windowTitle">
-    <string>All Accounts</string>
+    <string>Accounts</string>
    </property>
    <attribute name="dockWidgetArea">
     <number>2</number>
@@ -1074,6 +1078,30 @@
     <string>&amp;Inject Transaction</string>
    </property>
   </action>
+  <action name="showAll">
+   <property name="checkable">
+    <bool>true</bool>
+   </property>
+   <property name="text">
+    <string>Show Ancient &amp;Blocks</string>
+   </property>
+  </action>
+  <action name="showAllAccounts">
+   <property name="checkable">
+    <bool>true</bool>
+   </property>
+   <property name="text">
+    <string>Show Anonymous &amp;Accounts</string>
+   </property>
+  </action>
+  <action name="usePast">
+   <property name="checkable">
+    <bool>true</bool>
+   </property>
+   <property name="text">
+    <string>Use &amp;Past Peers</string>
+   </property>
+  </action>
  </widget>
  <layoutdefault spacing="6" margin="11"/>
  <customwidgets>
diff --git a/alethzero/MainWin.cpp b/alethzero/MainWin.cpp
index 34312043d..43ddc352e 100644
--- a/alethzero/MainWin.cpp
+++ b/alethzero/MainWin.cpp
@@ -343,7 +343,10 @@ void Main::writeSettings()
 	s.setValue("address", b);
 
 	s.setValue("upnp", ui->upnp->isChecked());
+	s.setValue("usePast", ui->usePast->isChecked());
 	s.setValue("paranoia", ui->paranoia->isChecked());
+	s.setValue("showAll", ui->showAll->isChecked());
+	s.setValue("showAllAccounts", ui->showAllAccounts->isChecked());
 	s.setValue("clientName", ui->clientName->text());
 	s.setValue("idealPeers", ui->idealPeers->value());
 	s.setValue("port", ui->port->value());
@@ -385,7 +388,10 @@ void Main::readSettings()
 	m_client->setAddress(m_myKeys.back().address());
 	m_peers = s.value("peers").toByteArray();
 	ui->upnp->setChecked(s.value("upnp", true).toBool());
-	ui->upnp->setChecked(s.value("paranoia", false).toBool());
+	ui->usePast->setChecked(s.value("usePast", true).toBool());
+	ui->paranoia->setChecked(s.value("paranoia", false).toBool());
+	ui->showAll->setChecked(s.value("showAll", false).toBool());
+	ui->showAllAccounts->setChecked(s.value("showAllAccounts", false).toBool());
 	ui->clientName->setText(s.value("clientName", "").toString());
 	ui->idealPeers->setValue(s.value("idealPeers", ui->idealPeers->value()).toInt());
 	ui->port->setValue(s.value("port", ui->port->value()).toInt());
@@ -472,7 +478,7 @@ void Main::refresh(bool _override)
 		auto acs = st.addresses();
 		ui->accounts->clear();
 		ui->contracts->clear();
-		for (auto n = 0; n < 2; ++n)
+		for (auto n = 0; n < (ui->showAllAccounts->isChecked() ? 2 : 1); ++n)
 			for (auto i: acs)
 			{
 				auto r = render(i.first);
@@ -518,7 +524,8 @@ void Main::refresh(bool _override)
 
 		ui->blocks->clear();
 		auto const& bc = m_client->blockChain();
-		for (auto h = bc.currentHash(); h != bc.genesisHash(); h = bc.details(h).parent)
+		unsigned i = ui->showAll->isChecked() ? (unsigned)-1 : 100;
+		for (auto h = bc.currentHash(); h != bc.genesisHash() && i; h = bc.details(h).parent, --i)
 		{
 			auto d = bc.details(h);
 			QListWidgetItem* blockItem = new QListWidgetItem(QString("#%1 %2").arg(d.number).arg(h.abridged().c_str()), ui->blocks);
@@ -973,7 +980,7 @@ void Main::on_net_triggered()
 	if (ui->net->isChecked())
 	{
 		m_client->startNetwork(ui->port->value(), string(), 0, NodeMode::Full, ui->idealPeers->value(), std::string(), ui->upnp->isChecked());
-		if (m_peers.size())
+		if (m_peers.size() && ui->usePast->isChecked())
 			m_client->peerServer()->restorePeers(bytesConstRef((byte*)m_peers.data(), m_peers.size()));
 	}
 	else
diff --git a/alethzero/MainWin.h b/alethzero/MainWin.h
index 057859de3..f78c0f1f9 100644
--- a/alethzero/MainWin.h
+++ b/alethzero/MainWin.h
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ private slots:
 	void on_importKey_triggered();
 	void on_exportKey_triggered();
 	void on_inject_triggered();
+	void on_showAll_triggered() { refresh(true); }
 
 	void refresh(bool _override = false);
 	void refreshNetwork();