diff --git a/examples/democoin/x/pow/keeper.go b/examples/democoin/x/pow/keeper.go
index 9a5edf0b5..4d95840b7 100644
--- a/examples/democoin/x/pow/keeper.go
+++ b/examples/democoin/x/pow/keeper.go
@@ -36,13 +36,29 @@ func NewKeeper(key sdk.StoreKey, config Config, ck bank.Keeper, codespace sdk.Co
 	return Keeper{key, config, ck, codespace}
 }
 
-// Init Genessis for the POW module
+// InitGenesis for the POW module
 func (k Keeper) InitGenesis(ctx sdk.Context, genesis Genesis) error {
 	k.SetLastDifficulty(ctx, genesis.Difficulty)
 	k.SetLastCount(ctx, genesis.Count)
 	return nil
 }
 
+// WriteGenesis for the PoW module
+func (k Keeper) WriteGenesis(ctx sdk.Context) Genesis {
+	difficulty, err := k.GetLastDifficulty(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	count, err := k.GetLastCount(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	return Genesis{
+		difficulty,
+		count,
+	}
+}
+
 var lastDifficultyKey = []byte("lastDifficultyKey")
 
 // get the last mining difficulty
diff --git a/examples/democoin/x/pow/keeper_test.go b/examples/democoin/x/pow/keeper_test.go
index 4c01559f6..015f98556 100644
--- a/examples/democoin/x/pow/keeper_test.go
+++ b/examples/democoin/x/pow/keeper_test.go
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ func TestPowKeeperGetSet(t *testing.T) {
 	err := keeper.InitGenesis(ctx, Genesis{uint64(1), uint64(0)})
 	assert.Nil(t, err)
 
+	genesis := keeper.WriteGenesis(ctx)
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, genesis, Genesis{uint64(1), uint64(0)})
+
 	res, err := keeper.GetLastDifficulty(ctx)
 	assert.Nil(t, err)
 	assert.Equal(t, res, uint64(1))
diff --git a/types/initgenesis.go b/types/initgenesis.go
deleted file mode 100644
index ff3c03cf4..000000000
--- a/types/initgenesis.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-package types
-
-import (
-	"encoding/json"
-)
-
-// Run only once on chain initialization, should write genesis state to store
-// or throw an error if some required information was not provided, in which case
-// the application will panic.
-type InitGenesis func(ctx Context, data json.RawMessage) error