diff --git a/src/address.js b/src/address.js
index c155845..b2a56f8 100644
--- a/src/address.js
+++ b/src/address.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ function fromBase58Check (address) {
   if (payload.length < 21) throw new TypeError(address + ' is too short')
   if (payload.length > 21) throw new TypeError(address + ' is too long')
 
-  var version = payload[0]
+  var version = payload.readUInt8(0)
   var hash = payload.slice(1)
 
   return { hash: hash, version: version }
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ function fromBase58Check (address) {
 function toBase58Check (hash, version) {
   typeforce(types.tuple(types.Hash160bit, types.UInt8), arguments)
 
-  var payload = new Buffer(21)
+  var payload = Buffer.allocUnsafe(21)
   payload.writeUInt8(version, 0)
   hash.copy(payload, 1)
 
diff --git a/src/block.js b/src/block.js
index 10da4b0..4ac5188 100644
--- a/src/block.js
+++ b/src/block.js
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ Block.prototype.byteLength = function (headersOnly) {
 }
 
 Block.fromHex = function (hex) {
-  return Block.fromBuffer(new Buffer(hex, 'hex'))
+  return Block.fromBuffer(Buffer.from(hex, 'hex'))
 }
 
 Block.prototype.getHash = function () {
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ Block.prototype.getUTCDate = function () {
 
 // TODO: buffer, offset compatibility
 Block.prototype.toBuffer = function (headersOnly) {
-  var buffer = new Buffer(this.byteLength(headersOnly))
+  var buffer = Buffer.allocUnsafe(this.byteLength(headersOnly))
 
   var offset = 0
   function writeSlice (slice) {
@@ -143,8 +143,7 @@ Block.prototype.toHex = function (headersOnly) {
 Block.calculateTarget = function (bits) {
   var exponent = ((bits & 0xff000000) >> 24) - 3
   var mantissa = bits & 0x007fffff
-  var target = new Buffer(32)
-  target.fill(0)
+  var target = Buffer.alloc(32, 0)
   target.writeUInt32BE(mantissa, 28 - exponent)
   return target
 }
diff --git a/src/ecdsa.js b/src/ecdsa.js
index ae4a369..1ecf29e 100644
--- a/src/ecdsa.js
+++ b/src/ecdsa.js
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ var types = require('./types')
 var BigInteger = require('bigi')
 var ECSignature = require('./ecsignature')
 
-var ZERO = new Buffer([0])
-var ONE = new Buffer([1])
+var ZERO = Buffer.alloc(1, 0)
+var ONE = Buffer.alloc(1, 1)
 
 var ecurve = require('ecurve')
 var secp256k1 = ecurve.getCurveByName('secp256k1')
@@ -19,15 +19,11 @@ function deterministicGenerateK (hash, x, checkSig) {
     types.Function
   ), arguments)
 
-  var k = new Buffer(32)
-  var v = new Buffer(32)
-
   // Step A, ignored as hash already provided
   // Step B
-  v.fill(1)
-
   // Step C
-  k.fill(0)
+  var k = Buffer.alloc(32, 0)
+  var v = Buffer.alloc(32, 1)
 
   // Step D
   k = createHmac('sha256', k)
diff --git a/src/ecsignature.js b/src/ecsignature.js
index 4fd3b8f..d587400 100644
--- a/src/ecsignature.js
+++ b/src/ecsignature.js
@@ -58,9 +58,8 @@ ECSignature.prototype.toCompact = function (i, compressed) {
 
   i += 27
 
-  var buffer = new Buffer(65)
+  var buffer = Buffer.allocUnsafe(65)
   buffer.writeUInt8(i, 0)
-
   this.r.toBuffer(32).copy(buffer, 1)
   this.s.toBuffer(32).copy(buffer, 33)
 
@@ -68,8 +67,8 @@ ECSignature.prototype.toCompact = function (i, compressed) {
 }
 
 ECSignature.prototype.toDER = function () {
-  var r = new Buffer(this.r.toDERInteger())
-  var s = new Buffer(this.s.toDERInteger())
+  var r = Buffer.from(this.r.toDERInteger())
+  var s = Buffer.from(this.s.toDERInteger())
 
   return bip66.encode(r, s)
 }
@@ -78,7 +77,7 @@ ECSignature.prototype.toScriptSignature = function (hashType) {
   var hashTypeMod = hashType & ~0x80
   if (hashTypeMod <= 0 || hashTypeMod >= 4) throw new Error('Invalid hashType ' + hashType)
 
-  var hashTypeBuffer = new Buffer(1)
+  var hashTypeBuffer = Buffer.allocUnsafe(1)
   hashTypeBuffer.writeUInt8(hashType, 0)
 
   return Buffer.concat([this.toDER(), hashTypeBuffer])
diff --git a/src/hdnode.js b/src/hdnode.js
index 34d38a4..b845f50 100644
--- a/src/hdnode.js
+++ b/src/hdnode.js
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ function HDNode (keyPair, chainCode) {
 
 HDNode.HIGHEST_BIT = 0x80000000
 HDNode.LENGTH = 78
-HDNode.MASTER_SECRET = new Buffer('Bitcoin seed')
+HDNode.MASTER_SECRET = Buffer.from('Bitcoin seed', 'utf8')
 
 HDNode.fromSeedBuffer = function (seed, network) {
   typeforce(types.tuple(types.Buffer, types.maybe(types.Network)), arguments)
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ HDNode.fromSeedBuffer = function (seed, network) {
 }
 
 HDNode.fromSeedHex = function (hex, network) {
-  return HDNode.fromSeedBuffer(new Buffer(hex, 'hex'), network)
+  return HDNode.fromSeedBuffer(Buffer.from(hex, 'hex'), network)
 }
 
 HDNode.fromBase58 = function (string, networks) {
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ HDNode.prototype.toBase58 = function (__isPrivate) {
   // Version
   var network = this.keyPair.network
   var version = (!this.isNeutered()) ? network.bip32.private : network.bip32.public
-  var buffer = new Buffer(78)
+  var buffer = Buffer.allocUnsafe(78)
 
   // 4 bytes: version bytes
   buffer.writeUInt32BE(version, 0)
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ HDNode.prototype.derive = function (index) {
   typeforce(types.UInt32, index)
 
   var isHardened = index >= HDNode.HIGHEST_BIT
-  var data = new Buffer(37)
+  var data = Buffer.allocUnsafe(37)
 
   // Hardened child
   if (isHardened) {
diff --git a/src/script.js b/src/script.js
index ecfb3ac..265e1c6 100644
--- a/src/script.js
+++ b/src/script.js
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ function compile (chunks) {
     return accum + 1
   }, 0.0)
 
-  var buffer = new Buffer(bufferSize)
+  var buffer = Buffer.allocUnsafe(bufferSize)
   var offset = 0
 
   chunks.forEach(function (chunk) {
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ function fromASM (asm) {
     typeforce(types.Hex, chunkStr)
 
     // data!
-    return new Buffer(chunkStr, 'hex')
+    return Buffer.from(chunkStr, 'hex')
   }))
 }
 
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ function toStack (chunks) {
 
   return chunks.map(function (op) {
     if (Buffer.isBuffer(op)) return op
-    if (op === OPS.OP_0) return new Buffer(0)
+    if (op === OPS.OP_0) return Buffer.allocUnsafe(0)
 
     return scriptNumber.encode(op - OP_INT_BASE)
   })
diff --git a/src/script_number.js b/src/script_number.js
index 2c1a0ce..13a96bb 100644
--- a/src/script_number.js
+++ b/src/script_number.js
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ function decode (buffer, maxLength, minimal) {
     var a = buffer.readUInt32LE(0)
     var b = buffer.readUInt8(4)
 
-    if (b & 0x80) return -((b & ~0x80) * 0x100000000 + a)
-    return b * 0x100000000 + a
+    if (b & 0x80) return -(((b & ~0x80) * 0x100000000) + a)
+    return (b * 0x100000000) + a
   }
 
   var result = 0
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ function scriptNumSize (i) {
 function encode (number) {
   var value = Math.abs(number)
   var size = scriptNumSize(value)
-  var buffer = new Buffer(size)
+  var buffer = Buffer.allocUnsafe(size)
   var negative = number < 0
 
   for (var i = 0; i < size; ++i) {
diff --git a/src/templates/multisig/input.js b/src/templates/multisig/input.js
index c91ab7e..20b22a6 100644
--- a/src/templates/multisig/input.js
+++ b/src/templates/multisig/input.js
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ function check (script, allowIncomplete) {
 }
 check.toJSON = function () { return 'multisig input' }
 
+var EMPTY_BUFFER = Buffer.allocUnsafe(0)
+
 function encodeStack (signatures, scriptPubKey) {
   typeforce([partialSignature], signatures)
 
@@ -36,7 +38,7 @@ function encodeStack (signatures, scriptPubKey) {
     }
   }
 
-  return [].concat(new Buffer(0), signatures)
+  return [].concat(EMPTY_BUFFER, signatures)
 }
 
 function encode (signatures, scriptPubKey) {
diff --git a/src/templates/witnesscommitment/output.js b/src/templates/witnesscommitment/output.js
index 0f8409d..e57ff6d 100644
--- a/src/templates/witnesscommitment/output.js
+++ b/src/templates/witnesscommitment/output.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ var types = require('../../types')
 var typeforce = require('typeforce')
 var OPS = require('bitcoin-ops')
 
-var HEADER = new Buffer('aa21a9ed', 'hex')
+var HEADER = Buffer.from('aa21a9ed', 'hex')
 
 function check (script) {
   var buffer = bscript.compile(script)
@@ -21,7 +21,11 @@ check.toJSON = function () { return 'Witness commitment output' }
 function encode (commitment) {
   typeforce(types.Hash256bit, commitment)
 
-  return bscript.compile([OPS.OP_RETURN, Buffer.concat([HEADER, commitment])])
+  var buffer = Buffer.allocUnsafe(36)
+  HEADER.copy(buffer, 0)
+  commitment.copy(buffer, 4)
+
+  return bscript.compile([OPS.OP_RETURN, buffer])
 }
 
 function decode (buffer) {
diff --git a/src/transaction.js b/src/transaction.js
index 6dbeeb1..d9e9868 100644
--- a/src/transaction.js
+++ b/src/transaction.js
@@ -35,11 +35,11 @@ Transaction.SIGHASH_ANYONECANPAY = 0x80
 Transaction.ADVANCED_TRANSACTION_MARKER = 0x00
 Transaction.ADVANCED_TRANSACTION_FLAG = 0x01
 
-var EMPTY_SCRIPT = new Buffer(0)
+var EMPTY_SCRIPT = Buffer.allocUnsafe(0)
 var EMPTY_WITNESS = []
-var ZERO = new Buffer('0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000', 'hex')
-var ONE = new Buffer('0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001', 'hex')
-var VALUE_UINT64_MAX = new Buffer('ffffffffffffffff', 'hex')
+var ZERO = Buffer.from('0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000', 'hex')
+var ONE = Buffer.from('0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001', 'hex')
+var VALUE_UINT64_MAX = Buffer.from('ffffffffffffffff', 'hex')
 var BLANK_OUTPUT = {
   script: EMPTY_SCRIPT,
   valueBuffer: VALUE_UINT64_MAX
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ Transaction.prototype.hashForSignature = function (inIndex, prevOutScript, hashT
   }
 
   // serialize and hash
-  var buffer = new Buffer(txTmp.__byteLength(false) + 4)
+  var buffer = Buffer.allocUnsafe(txTmp.__byteLength(false) + 4)
   buffer.writeInt32LE(hashType, buffer.length - 4)
   txTmp.__toBuffer(buffer, 0, false)
 
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ Transaction.prototype.hashForWitnessV0 = function (inIndex, prevOutScript, value
   var hashSequence = ZERO
 
   if (!(hashType & Transaction.SIGHASH_ANYONECANPAY)) {
-    tbuffer = new Buffer(36 * this.ins.length)
+    tbuffer = Buffer.allocUnsafe(36 * this.ins.length)
     toffset = 0
 
     this.ins.forEach(function (txIn) {
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ Transaction.prototype.hashForWitnessV0 = function (inIndex, prevOutScript, value
   if (!(hashType & Transaction.SIGHASH_ANYONECANPAY) &&
        (hashType & 0x1f) !== Transaction.SIGHASH_SINGLE &&
        (hashType & 0x1f) !== Transaction.SIGHASH_NONE) {
-    tbuffer = new Buffer(4 * this.ins.length)
+    tbuffer = Buffer.allocUnsafe(4 * this.ins.length)
     toffset = 0
 
     this.ins.forEach(function (txIn) {
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ Transaction.prototype.hashForWitnessV0 = function (inIndex, prevOutScript, value
       return sum + 8 + varSliceSize(output.script)
     }, 0)
 
-    tbuffer = new Buffer(txOutsSize)
+    tbuffer = Buffer.allocUnsafe(txOutsSize)
     toffset = 0
 
     this.outs.forEach(function (out) {
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ Transaction.prototype.hashForWitnessV0 = function (inIndex, prevOutScript, value
   } else if ((hashType & 0x1f) === Transaction.SIGHASH_SINGLE && inIndex < this.outs.length) {
     var output = this.outs[inIndex]
 
-    tbuffer = new Buffer(8 + varSliceSize(output.script))
+    tbuffer = Buffer.allocUnsafe(8 + varSliceSize(output.script))
     toffset = 0
     writeUInt64(output.value)
     writeVarSlice(output.script)
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ Transaction.prototype.hashForWitnessV0 = function (inIndex, prevOutScript, value
     hashOutputs = bcrypto.hash256(tbuffer)
   }
 
-  tbuffer = new Buffer(156 + varSliceSize(prevOutScript))
+  tbuffer = Buffer.allocUnsafe(156 + varSliceSize(prevOutScript))
   toffset = 0
 
   var input = this.ins[inIndex]
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ Transaction.prototype.toBuffer = function (buffer, initialOffset) {
 }
 
 Transaction.prototype.__toBuffer = function (buffer, initialOffset, __allowWitness) {
-  if (!buffer) buffer = new Buffer(this.__byteLength(__allowWitness))
+  if (!buffer) buffer = Buffer.allocUnsafe(this.__byteLength(__allowWitness))
 
   var offset = initialOffset || 0
   function writeSlice (slice) { offset += slice.copy(buffer, offset) }
diff --git a/src/transaction_builder.js b/src/transaction_builder.js
index 3b4087b..fa3ddb2 100644
--- a/src/transaction_builder.js
+++ b/src/transaction_builder.js
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ TransactionBuilder.prototype.addInput = function (txHash, vout, sequence, prevOu
   // is it a hex string?
   if (typeof txHash === 'string') {
     // transaction hashs's are displayed in reverse order, un-reverse it
-    txHash = new Buffer(txHash, 'hex').reverse()
+    txHash = Buffer.from(txHash, 'hex').reverse()
 
   // is it a Transaction object?
   } else if (txHash instanceof Transaction) {