diff --git a/src/bin/genesis-demo.rs b/src/bin/genesis-demo.rs
index 68c10b9928..626c335ee2 100644
--- a/src/bin/genesis-demo.rs
+++ b/src/bin/genesis-demo.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ extern crate untrusted;
 use isatty::stdin_isatty;
 use rayon::prelude::*;
 use solana::accountant::MAX_ENTRY_IDS;
-use solana::entry::{create_entry, next_tick};
+use solana::entry::{create_entry, next_entry};
 use solana::event::Event;
 use solana::mint::MintDemo;
 use solana::signature::{KeyPair, KeyPairUtil};
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ fn main() {
     // Offer client lots of entry IDs to use for each transaction's last_id.
     let mut last_id = last_id;
     for _ in 0..MAX_ENTRY_IDS {
-        let entry = next_tick(&last_id, 1);
+        let entry = next_entry(&last_id, 1, vec![]);
         last_id = entry.id;
         let serialized = serde_json::to_string(&entry).unwrap_or_else(|e| {
             eprintln!("failed to serialize: {}", e);
diff --git a/src/entry.rs b/src/entry.rs
index cd23276353..555cb5bbd4 100644
--- a/src/entry.rs
+++ b/src/entry.rs
@@ -103,12 +103,12 @@ pub fn create_entry_mut(start_hash: &mut Hash, cur_hashes: &mut u64, events: Vec
     entry
 }
 
-/// Creates the next Tick Entry `num_hashes` after `start_hash`.
-pub fn next_tick(start_hash: &Hash, num_hashes: u64) -> Entry {
+/// Creates the next Tick or Event Entry `num_hashes` after `start_hash`.
+pub fn next_entry(start_hash: &Hash, num_hashes: u64, events: Vec<Event>) -> Entry {
     Entry {
         num_hashes,
-        id: next_hash(start_hash, num_hashes, &[]),
-        events: vec![],
+        id: next_hash(start_hash, num_hashes, &events),
+        events: events,
     }
 }
 
@@ -128,8 +128,8 @@ mod tests {
         let one = hash(&zero);
         assert!(Entry::new_tick(0, &zero).verify(&zero)); // base case
         assert!(!Entry::new_tick(0, &zero).verify(&one)); // base case, bad
-        assert!(next_tick(&zero, 1).verify(&zero)); // inductive step
-        assert!(!next_tick(&zero, 1).verify(&one)); // inductive step, bad
+        assert!(next_entry(&zero, 1, vec![]).verify(&zero)); // inductive step
+        assert!(!next_entry(&zero, 1, vec![]).verify(&one)); // inductive step, bad
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -167,9 +167,9 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     #[test]
-    fn test_next_tick() {
+    fn test_next_entry() {
         let zero = Hash::default();
-        let tick = next_tick(&zero, 1);
+        let tick = next_entry(&zero, 1, vec![]);
         assert_eq!(tick.num_hashes, 1);
         assert_ne!(tick.id, zero);
     }
diff --git a/src/ledger.rs b/src/ledger.rs
index 18f924fed1..1b1895d4c1 100644
--- a/src/ledger.rs
+++ b/src/ledger.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 //! Proof of History ledger.
 
 use bincode::{deserialize, serialize_into};
-use entry::{next_tick, Entry};
+use entry::{next_entry, Entry};
 use event::Event;
 use hash::Hash;
 use packet;
@@ -26,16 +26,17 @@ impl Block for [Entry] {
     }
 }
 
-/// Create a vector of Ticks of length `len` from `start_hash` hash and `num_hashes`.
-pub fn next_ticks(start_hash: &Hash, num_hashes: u64, len: usize) -> Vec<Entry> {
+/// Create a vector of Entries of length `event_set.len()` from `start_hash` hash, `num_hashes`, and `event_set`.
+pub fn next_entries(start_hash: &Hash, num_hashes: u64, event_set: Vec<Vec<Event>>) -> Vec<Entry> {
     let mut id = *start_hash;
-    let mut ticks = vec![];
-    for _ in 0..len {
-        let entry = next_tick(&id, num_hashes);
+    let mut entries = vec![];
+    for event_list in &event_set {
+        let events = event_list.clone();
+        let entry = next_entry(&id, num_hashes, events);
         id = entry.id;
-        ticks.push(entry);
+        entries.push(entry);
     }
-    ticks
+    entries
 }
 
 pub fn process_entry_list_into_blobs(
@@ -135,9 +136,9 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(vec![][..].verify(&zero)); // base case
         assert!(vec![Entry::new_tick(0, &zero)][..].verify(&zero)); // singleton case 1
         assert!(!vec![Entry::new_tick(0, &zero)][..].verify(&one)); // singleton case 2, bad
-        assert!(next_ticks(&zero, 0, 2)[..].verify(&zero)); // inductive step
+        assert!(next_entries(&zero, 0, vec![vec![]; 2])[..].verify(&zero)); // inductive step
 
-        let mut bad_ticks = next_ticks(&zero, 0, 2);
+        let mut bad_ticks = next_entries(&zero, 0, vec![vec![]; 2]);
         bad_ticks[1].id = one;
         assert!(!bad_ticks.verify(&zero)); // inductive step, bad
     }
@@ -159,6 +160,27 @@ mod tests {
 
         assert_eq!(entry_list, entries);
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_next_entries() {
+        let mut id = Hash::default();
+        let next_id = hash(&id);
+        let keypair = KeyPair::new();
+        let tr0 = Event::Transaction(Transaction::new(&keypair, keypair.pubkey(), 1, next_id));
+        let events = vec![tr0.clone(); 5];
+        let event_set = vec![events.clone(); 5];
+        let entries0 = next_entries(&id, 0, event_set);
+
+        assert_eq!(entries0.len(), 5);
+
+        let mut entries1 = vec![];
+        for _ in 0..5 {
+            let entry = next_entry(&id, 0, events.clone());
+            id = entry.id;
+            entries1.push(entry);
+        }
+        assert_eq!(entries0, entries1);
+    }
 }
 
 #[cfg(all(feature = "unstable", test))]
@@ -170,7 +192,7 @@ mod bench {
     #[bench]
     fn event_bench(bencher: &mut Bencher) {
         let start_hash = Hash::default();
-        let entries = next_ticks(&start_hash, 10_000, 8);
+        let entries = next_entries(&start_hash, 10_000, vec![vec![]; 8]);
         bencher.iter(|| {
             assert!(entries.verify(&start_hash));
         });