diff --git a/.github/workflows/go.yml b/.github/workflows/basic-check.yml
similarity index 63%
rename from .github/workflows/go.yml
rename to .github/workflows/basic-check.yml
index 8803194d..355168d1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/go.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/basic-check.yml
@@ -3,26 +3,23 @@ on: [push, pull_request]
 jobs:
   build:
     name: Go CI
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: self-hosted
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        go: [1.14, 1.15]
+        go: [1.16]
     steps:
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v2
         with:
           go-version: ${{ matrix.go }}
+
       - name: Check out source
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - name: Install Linters
-        run: "curl -sfL https://install.goreleaser.com/github.com/golangci/golangci-lint.sh | sh -s -- -b $(go env GOPATH)/bin v1.26.0"
+
       - name: Build
-        env:
-          GO111MODULE: "on"
         run: go build ./...
+
       - name: Test
-        env:
-          GO111MODULE: "on"
         run: |
           sh ./goclean.sh
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/create-release.yml b/.github/workflows/create-release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ac98d114
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/create-release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+name: Create release
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      note:
+        description: 'Note'
+        required: false
+        default: ''
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        go: [1.16]
+        os: [linux, darwin, windows]
+        ar: [amd64, arm64]
+        exclude:
+          - go: 1.16
+            os: windows
+            ar: arm64
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - name: Set up Go
+      uses: actions/setup-go@v2
+      with:
+        go-version: ${{ matrix.go }}
+    - name: Checkout source
+      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - name: Build executables
+      env:
+        GOOS: ${{ matrix.os }}
+        GOARCH: ${{ matrix.ar }}
+        CGO_ENABLED: 0
+      run: |
+        go build -trimpath -ldflags="-s -w -buildid=" -v -o artifacts/ .
+        go build -trimpath -ldflags="-s -w -buildid=" -v -o artifacts/ ./cmd/lbcctl/
+    - name: SHA256 sum
+      run: sha256sum -b artifacts/* > artifacts/lbcd.sha256
+    - name: Upload artifacts
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+      with:
+        name: lbcd-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.ar }}
+        path: artifacts/*
+
+
+# for releases see https://trstringer.com/github-actions-create-release-upload-artifacts/
+
+# AWS S3 support:
+#    - name: Upload to Amazon S3
+#      uses: ItsKarma/aws-cli@v1.70.0
+#      with:
+#        args: s3 sync .release s3://my-bucket-name
+#      env:
+#        # Make sure to add the secrets in the repo settings page
+#        # AWS_REGION is set to us-east-1 by default
+#        AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: $
+#        AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: $
+#        AWS_REGION: us-east-1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/full-sync-part-1.yml b/.github/workflows/full-sync-part-1.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8a52fa30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/full-sync-part-1.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+name: Full Sync From 0
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      note:
+        description: 'Note'
+        required: false
+        default: ''
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    name: Go CI
+    runs-on: self-hosted
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        go: [1.16]
+    steps:
+      - run: |
+          echo "Note ${{ github.event.inputs.note }}!"
+      - name: Setup Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v2
+        with:
+          go-version: ${{ matrix.go }}
+      - name: Checkout source
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Build lbcd
+        run: go build .
+      - name: Create datadir
+        run: echo "TEMP_DATA_DIR=$(mktemp -d)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      - name: Run lbcd
+        run: ./lbcd --datadir=${{env.TEMP_DATA_DIR}}/data --logdir=${{env.TEMP_DATA_DIR}}/logs --connect=127.0.0.1 --norpc
+      - name: Remove datadir
+        if: always()
+        run: rm -rf ${{env.TEMP_DATA_DIR}}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/full-sync-part-2.yml b/.github/workflows/full-sync-part-2.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..844bb1f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/full-sync-part-2.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+name: Full Sync From 814k
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      note:
+        description: 'Note'
+        required: false
+        default: ''
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    name: Go CI
+    runs-on: self-hosted
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        go: [1.16]
+    steps:
+      - run: |
+          echo "Note ${{ github.event.inputs.note }}!"
+      - name: Set up Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v2
+        with:
+          go-version: ${{ matrix.go }}
+      - name: Checkout source
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Build lbcd
+        run: go build .
+      - name: Create datadir
+        run: echo "TEMP_DATA_DIR=$(mktemp -d)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      - name: Copy initial data
+        run: cp -r /home/lbry/lbcd_814k/* ${{env.TEMP_DATA_DIR}}
+      - name: Run lbcd
+        run: ./lbcd --datadir=${{env.TEMP_DATA_DIR}}/data --logdir=${{env.TEMP_DATA_DIR}}/logs --connect=127.0.0.1 --norpc
+      - name: Remove datadir
+        if: always()
+        run: rm -rf ${{env.TEMP_DATA_DIR}}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml b/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b0a478d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+name: golangci-lint
+
+env:
+  # go needs absolute directories, using the $HOME variable doesn't work here.
+  GOCACHE: /home/runner/work/go/pkg/build
+  GOPATH: /home/runner/work/go
+  GO_VERSION: '^1.17.0'
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - v*
+    branches:
+      - "*"
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - "*"
+
+jobs:
+  golangci:
+    name: lint
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: setup go ${{ env.GO_VERSION }}
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v2
+        with:
+          go-version: '${{ env.GO_VERSION }}'
+
+      - name: checkout source
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - name: compile code
+        run: go install -v ./...
+
+      - name: golangci-lint
+        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v2
+        with:
+          # Optional: version of golangci-lint to use in form of v1.2 or v1.2.3 or `latest` to use the latest version
+          version: latest
+
+          # Optional: working directory, useful for monorepos
+          # working-directory: somedir
+
+          # Optional: golangci-lint command line arguments.
+          # args: --issues-exit-code=0
+
+          # Optional: show only new issues if it's a pull request. The default value is `false`.
+          # only-new-issues: true
+
+          # Optional: if set to true then the action will use pre-installed Go.
+          skip-go-installation: true
+
+          # Optional: if set to true then the action don't cache or restore ~/go/pkg.
+          # skip-pkg-cache: true
+
+          # Optional: if set to true then the action don't cache or restore ~/.cache/go-build.
+          # skip-build-cache: true
diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a32e6267
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,152 @@
+linters-settings:
+  depguard:
+    list-type: blacklist
+    packages:
+      # logging is allowed only by logutils.Log, logrus
+      # is allowed to use only in logutils package
+      - github.com/sirupsen/logrus
+    packages-with-error-message:
+      - github.com/sirupsen/logrus: "logging is allowed only by logutils.Log"
+  dupl:
+    threshold: 100
+  funlen:
+    lines: 100
+    statements: 50
+  gci:
+    local-prefixes: github.com/golangci/golangci-lint
+  goconst:
+    min-len: 2
+    min-occurrences: 2
+  gocritic:
+    enabled-tags:
+      - diagnostic
+      - experimental
+      - opinionated
+      - performance
+      - style
+    disabled-checks:
+      - dupImport # https://github.com/go-critic/go-critic/issues/845
+      - ifElseChain
+      - octalLiteral
+      - whyNoLint
+      - wrapperFunc
+  gocyclo:
+    min-complexity: 15
+  goimports:
+    local-prefixes: github.com/golangci/golangci-lint
+  gomnd:
+    settings:
+      mnd:
+        # don't include the "operation" and "assign"
+        checks:
+          - argument
+          - case
+          - condition
+          - return
+  govet:
+    check-shadowing: true
+    settings:
+      printf:
+        funcs:
+          - (github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/pkg/logutils.Log).Infof
+          - (github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/pkg/logutils.Log).Warnf
+          - (github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/pkg/logutils.Log).Errorf
+          - (github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/pkg/logutils.Log).Fatalf
+  lll:
+    line-length: 140
+  maligned:
+    suggest-new: true
+  misspell:
+    locale: US
+  nolintlint:
+    allow-leading-space: true # don't require machine-readable nolint directives (i.e. with no leading space)
+    allow-unused: false # report any unused nolint directives
+    require-explanation: false # don't require an explanation for nolint directives
+    require-specific: false # don't require nolint directives to be specific about which linter is being skipped
+
+linters:
+  disable-all: true
+  enable:
+    - asciicheck
+    - bodyclose
+    # - deadcode
+    - depguard
+    # - dogsled
+    # - dupl
+    # - errcheck
+    # - exhaustive
+    - exportloopref
+    # - funlen
+    # - gochecknoglobals
+    # - gochecknoinits
+    # - gocognit
+    # - goconst
+    # - gocritic
+    # - gocyclo
+    # - godot
+    # - godox
+    # - goerr113
+    - gofmt
+    - goimports
+    # - gomnd
+    - goprintffuncname
+    # - gosec
+    # - gosimple
+    # - govet
+    # - ineffassign
+    # - interfacer
+    # - lll
+    # - maligned
+    # - misspell
+    - nakedret
+    # - nestif
+    # - noctx
+    # - nolintlint
+    # - prealloc
+    - rowserrcheck
+    # - revive
+    # - scopelint
+    # - staticcheck
+    # - structcheck
+    # - stylecheck
+    # - testpackage
+    # - typecheck
+    - unconvert
+    # - unparam
+    # - unused
+    # - varcheck
+    # - whitespace
+    # - wsl
+
+issues:
+  # Excluding configuration per-path, per-linter, per-text and per-source
+  exclude-rules:
+    - path: _test\.go
+      linters:
+        - gomnd
+
+    - path: pkg/golinters/errcheck.go
+      text: "SA1019: errCfg.Exclude is deprecated: use ExcludeFunctions instead"
+    - path: pkg/commands/run.go
+      text: "SA1019: lsc.Errcheck.Exclude is deprecated: use ExcludeFunctions instead"
+
+    # TODO must be removed after the release of the next version (v1.41.0)
+    - path: pkg/commands/run.go
+      linters:
+        - gomnd
+    # TODO must be removed after the release of the next version (v1.41.0)
+    - path: pkg/golinters/nolintlint/nolintlint.go
+      linters:
+        - gomnd
+    # TODO must be removed after the release of the next version (v1.41.0)
+    - path: pkg/printers/tab.go
+      linters:
+        - gomnd
+
+
+run:
+  skip-dirs:
+    - test/testdata_etc
+    - internal/cache
+    - internal/renameio
+    - internal/robustio
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 3bbc2571..65230b07 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@
 # docker build . -t yourregistry/btcd --build-arg ARCH=arm64v8
 #
 # For more information how to use this docker image visit:
-# https://github.com/btcsuite/btcd/tree/master/docs
+# https://github.com/lbryio/lbcd/tree/master/docs
 #
 # 8333  Mainnet Bitcoin peer-to-peer port
 # 8334  Mainet RPC port
 
 ARG ARCH=amd64
 
-FROM golang:1.14-alpine3.12 AS build-container
+FROM golang:1.16-alpine3.14 AS build-container
 
 ARG ARCH
 ENV GO111MODULE=on
@@ -25,17 +25,16 @@ ADD . /app
 WORKDIR /app
 RUN set -ex \
   && if [ "${ARCH}" = "amd64" ]; then export GOARCH=amd64; fi \
-  && if [ "${ARCH}" = "arm32v7" ]; then export GOARCH=arm; fi \
   && if [ "${ARCH}" = "arm64v8" ]; then export GOARCH=arm64; fi \
   && echo "Compiling for $GOARCH" \
   && go install -v . ./cmd/...
 
-FROM $ARCH/alpine:3.12
+FROM $ARCH/alpine:3.14
 
 COPY --from=build-container /go/bin /bin
 
-VOLUME ["/root/.btcd"]
+VOLUME ["/root/.lbcd"]
 
-EXPOSE 8333 8334
+EXPOSE 9245 9246
 
-ENTRYPOINT ["btcd"]
+ENTRYPOINT ["lbcd"]
diff --git a/goclean.sh b/goclean.sh
index dad9f8f1..7540af6f 100755
--- a/goclean.sh
+++ b/goclean.sh
@@ -10,10 +10,4 @@
 set -ex
 
 env GORACE="halt_on_error=1" go test -race -tags="rpctest" -covermode atomic -coverprofile=profile.cov ./...
-
-# Automatic checks
-golangci-lint run --deadline=10m --disable-all \
---enable=gofmt \
---enable=vet \
---enable=gosimple \
---enable=unconvert
+go test -bench=. -benchtime=4000x ./claimtrie/
diff --git a/release/release.sh b/release/release.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index de49f641..00000000
--- a/release/release.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,108 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# Copyright (c) 2016 Company 0, LLC.
-# Copyright (c) 2016-2020 The btcsuite developers
-# Use of this source code is governed by an ISC
-# license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
-
-# Simple bash script to build basic btcd tools for all the platforms we support
-# with the golang cross-compiler.
-
-set -e
-
-# If no tag specified, use date + version otherwise use tag.
-if [[ $1x = x ]]; then
-    DATE=`date +%Y%m%d`
-    VERSION="01"
-    TAG=$DATE-$VERSION
-else
-    TAG=$1
-fi
-
-go mod vendor
-tar -cvzf vendor.tar.gz vendor
-
-PACKAGE=btcd
-MAINDIR=$PACKAGE-$TAG
-mkdir -p $MAINDIR
-
-cp vendor.tar.gz $MAINDIR/
-rm vendor.tar.gz
-rm -r vendor
-
-PACKAGESRC="$MAINDIR/$PACKAGE-source-$TAG.tar"
-git archive -o $PACKAGESRC HEAD
-gzip -f $PACKAGESRC > "$PACKAGESRC.gz"
-
-cd $MAINDIR
-
-# If BTCDBUILDSYS is set the default list is ignored. Useful to release
-# for a subset of systems/architectures.
-SYS=${BTCDBUILDSYS:-"
-        darwin-amd64
-        dragonfly-amd64
-        freebsd-386
-        freebsd-amd64
-        freebsd-arm
-        illumos-amd64
-        linux-386
-        linux-amd64
-        linux-armv6
-        linux-armv7
-        linux-arm64
-        linux-ppc64
-        linux-ppc64le
-        linux-mips
-        linux-mipsle
-        linux-mips64
-        linux-mips64le
-        linux-s390x
-        netbsd-386
-        netbsd-amd64
-        netbsd-arm
-        netbsd-arm64
-        openbsd-386
-        openbsd-amd64
-        openbsd-arm
-        openbsd-arm64
-        solaris-amd64
-        windows-386
-        windows-amd64
-"}
-
-# Use the first element of $GOPATH in the case where GOPATH is a list
-# (something that is totally allowed).
-PKG="github.com/btcsuite/btcd"
-COMMIT=$(git describe --abbrev=40 --dirty)
-
-for i in $SYS; do
-    OS=$(echo $i | cut -f1 -d-)
-    ARCH=$(echo $i | cut -f2 -d-)
-    ARM=
-
-    if [[ $ARCH = "armv6" ]]; then
-      ARCH=arm
-      ARM=6
-    elif [[ $ARCH = "armv7" ]]; then
-      ARCH=arm
-      ARM=7
-    fi
-
-    mkdir $PACKAGE-$i-$TAG
-    cd $PACKAGE-$i-$TAG
-
-    echo "Building:" $OS $ARCH $ARM
-    env CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=$OS GOARCH=$ARCH GOARM=$ARM go build -v -trimpath -ldflags="-s -w -buildid=" github.com/btcsuite/btcd
-    env CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=$OS GOARCH=$ARCH GOARM=$ARM go build -v -trimpath -ldflags="-s -w -buildid=" github.com/btcsuite/btcd/cmd/btcctl
-    cd ..
-
-    if [[ $OS = "windows" ]]; then
-	zip -r $PACKAGE-$i-$TAG.zip $PACKAGE-$i-$TAG
-    else
-	tar -cvzf $PACKAGE-$i-$TAG.tar.gz $PACKAGE-$i-$TAG
-    fi
-
-    rm -r $PACKAGE-$i-$TAG
-done
-
-shasum -a 256 * > manifest-$TAG.txt