diff --git a/cmd/radiance/blockstore/yaml/shreds.go b/cmd/radiance/blockstore/yaml/shreds.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..39e3670
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/radiance/blockstore/yaml/shreds.go
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+package yaml
+
+import (
+	"encoding/base64"
+	"encoding/json"
+
+	"github.com/certusone/radiance/pkg/blockstore"
+	"github.com/certusone/radiance/pkg/shred"
+)
+
+// entryBatch is a YAML-friendly version of blockstore.Entries.
+type entryBatch struct {
+	Shreds      []uint32 `yaml:"shreds,flow"`
+	EncodedSize int      `yaml:"encoded_size,omitempty"`
+	Entries     []entry  `yaml:"entries"`
+}
+
+func makeEntryBatch(b *blockstore.Entries, withTxs bool) entryBatch {
+	es := make([]entry, len(b.Entries))
+	for i, e := range b.Entries {
+		es[i] = makeEntry(&e, withTxs)
+	}
+	shreds := make([]uint32, len(b.Shreds))
+	for i, s := range b.Shreds {
+		shreds[i] = s.CommonHeader().Index
+	}
+	return entryBatch{
+		Entries:     es,
+		Shreds:      shreds,
+		EncodedSize: len(b.Raw),
+	}
+}
+
+// entry is a YAML-friendly version of shred.Entry.
+type entry struct {
+	NumHashes uint64 `yaml:"num_hashes"`
+	Hash      string `yaml:"hash"`
+	NumTxns   int    `yaml:"num_txns"`
+	Txns      []any  `yaml:"txns,omitempty"`
+}
+
+func makeEntry(e *shred.Entry, withTxs bool) entry {
+	var txJSONs []any
+	if withTxs {
+		// Hacky and slow serializer to make txn YAML output tolerable
+		//
+		// The main problem is that the YAML serializer formats byte slices as arrays,
+		// whereas JSON serializer outputs base64 strings, which is what we want.
+		//
+		// This indirection effectively creates a dynamic data structure out of a strongly typed Txn,
+		// replacing all byte slices in with strings.
+		txJSONs = make([]any, len(e.Txns))
+		for i, txn := range e.Txns {
+			txJSON, _ := json.Marshal(txn)
+			_ = json.Unmarshal(txJSON, &txJSONs[i])
+		}
+	}
+	return entry{
+		NumHashes: e.NumHashes,
+		Hash:      base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(e.Hash[:]),
+		NumTxns:   len(e.Txns),
+		Txns:      txJSONs,
+	}
+}
diff --git a/cmd/radiance/blockstore/yaml/yaml.go b/cmd/radiance/blockstore/yaml/yaml.go
index 6c9f8ac..c39a70a 100644
--- a/cmd/radiance/blockstore/yaml/yaml.go
+++ b/cmd/radiance/blockstore/yaml/yaml.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ var (
 	flagSlots   = flags.String("slots", "", "Slots to dump")
 	flagEntries = flags.Bool("entries", false, "Also dump slot entries")
 	flagShreds  = flags.Bool("shreds", false, "Also dump shreds")
+	flagTxns    = flags.Bool("txs", false, "Also dump transactions")
 )
 
 func init() {
@@ -136,11 +137,16 @@ func dumpDataEntries(db *blockstore.DB, meta *blockstore.SlotMeta) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	fmt.Println("    entries:")
+	yamlEntries := make([]entryBatch, len(entries))
+	for i, x := range entries {
+		yamlEntries[i] = makeEntryBatch(&x, *flagTxns)
+	}
+
+	fmt.Println("    entry_batches:")
 
 	enc := newYAMLPrinter(3)
 	defer enc.Close()
-	if err := enc.Encode(entries); err != nil {
+	if err := enc.Encode(yamlEntries); err != nil {
 		panic(err.Error())
 	}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/blockstore/shreds.go b/pkg/blockstore/shreds.go
index fd8ea13..449d5d8 100644
--- a/pkg/blockstore/shreds.go
+++ b/pkg/blockstore/shreds.go
@@ -57,7 +57,13 @@ func sliceSortedByRange[T constraints.Ordered](list []T, start T, stop T) []T {
 	return list
 }
 
-func (d *DB) GetEntries(meta *SlotMeta) ([]shred.Entry, error) {
+type Entries struct {
+	Entries []shred.Entry
+	Raw     []byte
+	Shreds  []shred.Shred
+}
+
+func (d *DB) GetEntries(meta *SlotMeta) ([]Entries, error) {
 	shreds, err := d.GetDataShreds(meta.Slot, 0, uint32(meta.Received))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -66,8 +72,7 @@ func (d *DB) GetEntries(meta *SlotMeta) ([]shred.Entry, error) {
 }
 
 // DataShredsToEntries reassembles shreds to entries containing transactions.
-func DataShredsToEntries(meta *SlotMeta, shreds []shred.Shred) ([]shred.Entry, error) {
-	var entries []shred.Entry
+func DataShredsToEntries(meta *SlotMeta, shreds []shred.Shred) (entries []Entries, err error) {
 	ranges := meta.entryRanges()
 	for _, r := range ranges {
 		parts := shreds[r.startIdx : r.endIdx+1]
@@ -84,7 +89,11 @@ func DataShredsToEntries(meta *SlotMeta, shreds []shred.Shred) ([]shred.Entry, e
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot decode entry at %d:[%d-%d]: %w",
 				meta.Slot, r.startIdx, r.endIdx, err)
 		}
-		entries = append(entries, subEntries.Entries...)
+		entries = append(entries, Entries{
+			Entries: subEntries.Entries,
+			Raw:     entryBytes[:dec.Position()],
+			Shreds:  parts,
+		})
 	}
 	return entries, nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/shred/shred.go b/pkg/shred/shred.go
index c7cfca0..d9537c4 100644
--- a/pkg/shred/shred.go
+++ b/pkg/shred/shred.go
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 package shred
 
-import (
-	"encoding/json"
-
-	"github.com/gagliardetto/solana-go"
-)
+import "github.com/gagliardetto/solana-go"
 
 type Shred interface {
 	CommonHeader() *CommonHeader
@@ -74,24 +70,3 @@ type Entry struct {
 	NumTxns   uint64 `bin:"sizeof=Txns"`
 	Txns      []solana.Transaction
 }
-
-func (e Entry) MarshalYAML() (any, error) {
-	// Hacky and slow serializer to make YAML output tolerable
-	txJSONs := make([]any, len(e.Txns))
-	for i, txn := range e.Txns {
-		txJSON, err := json.Marshal(txn)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-		_ = json.Unmarshal(txJSON, &txJSONs[i])
-	}
-	return struct {
-		NumHashes uint64 `yaml:"num_hashes"`
-		Hash      string `yaml:"hash"`
-		Txns      []any  `yaml:"txns"`
-	}{
-		NumHashes: e.NumHashes,
-		Hash:      e.Hash.String(),
-		Txns:      txJSONs,
-	}, nil
-}