diff --git a/scripts/checktrie.py b/scripts/checktrie.py
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+import sys
+import asyncio
+from binascii import hexlify
+
+from lbrynet.wallet.server.db import SQLDB
+from lbrynet.wallet.server.coin import LBC
+from lbrynet.wallet.server.daemon import Daemon
+
+
+def hex_reverted(value: bytes) -> str:
+    return hexlify(value[::-1]).decode()
+
+
+def match(name, what, value, expected):
+    if value != expected:
+        print(f'{name}: {what} mismatch, {value} is not {expected}')
+    return value == expected
+
+
+def checkrecord(record, expected_winner, expected_claim):
+    assert record['is_controlling'] == record['claim_hash'], dict(record)
+    name = record['normalized']
+    claim_id = hex_reverted(record['claim_hash'])
+    takover = record['activation_height']
+    if not expected_winner:
+        print(f"{name} not on lbrycrd. We have {claim_id} at {takover} takeover height.")
+        return
+    if not match(name, 'claim id', claim_id, expected_winner['claimId']):
+        print(f"-- {name} has the wrong winner")
+    if not expected_claim:
+        print(f'{name}: {claim_id} not found, we possibly have an abandoned claim as winner')
+        return
+    match(name, 'height', record['height'], expected_claim['height'])
+    match(name, 'activation height', takover, expected_claim['valid at height'])
+    match(name, 'name', record['normalized'], expected_claim['normalized_name'])
+    match(name, 'amount', record['amount'], expected_claim['amount'])
+    match(name, 'effective amount', record['effective_amount'], expected_claim['effective amount'])
+    match(name, 'txid', hex_reverted(record['txo_hash'][:-4]), expected_claim['txid'])
+    match(name, 'nout', int.from_bytes(record['txo_hash'][-4:], 'little', signed=False), expected_claim['n'])
+
+
+async def checkcontrolling(daemon: Daemon, db: SQLDB):
+    records, claim_ids, names, futs = [], [], [], []
+    for record in db.get_claims('claimtrie.claim_hash as is_controlling, claim.*', is_controlling=True):
+        records.append(record)
+        claim_id = hex_reverted(record['claim_hash'])
+        claim_ids.append((claim_id,))
+        names.append((record['normalized'],))
+        if len(names) > 50000:
+            futs.append(daemon._send_vector('getvalueforname', names[:]))
+            futs.append(daemon._send_vector('getclaimbyid', claim_ids[:]))
+            names.clear()
+            claim_ids.clear()
+    if names:
+        futs.append(daemon._send_vector('getvalueforname', names[:]))
+        futs.append(daemon._send_vector('getclaimbyid', claim_ids[:]))
+        names.clear()
+        claim_ids.clear()
+
+    while futs:
+        winners, claims = futs.pop(0), futs.pop(0)
+        for winner, claim in zip(await winners, await claims):
+            checkrecord(records.pop(0), winner, claim)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    if not len(sys.argv) == 3:
+        print("usage: <db_file_path> <lbrycrd_url>")
+        sys.exit(1)
+    db_path, lbrycrd_url = sys.argv[1:]  # pylint: disable=W0632
+    daemon = Daemon(LBC(), url=lbrycrd_url)
+    db = SQLDB(None, db_path)
+    db.open()
+
+    asyncio.get_event_loop().run_until_complete(checkcontrolling(daemon, db))