diff --git a/core/transaction_pool.go b/core/transaction_pool.go
index 4a0594228..8f917e96a 100644
--- a/core/transaction_pool.go
+++ b/core/transaction_pool.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ var (
 	// Transaction Pool Errors
 	ErrInvalidSender      = errors.New("Invalid sender")
 	ErrNonce              = errors.New("Nonce too low")
+	ErrCheap              = errors.New("Gas price too low for acceptance")
 	ErrBalance            = errors.New("Insufficient balance")
 	ErrNonExistentAccount = errors.New("Account does not exist or account balance too low")
 	ErrInsufficientFunds  = errors.New("Insufficient funds for gas * price + value")
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ type TxPool struct {
 	currentState stateFn   // The state function which will allow us to do some pre checkes
 	pendingState *state.ManagedState
 	gasLimit     func() *big.Int // The current gas limit function callback
+	minGasPrice  *big.Int
 	eventMux     *event.TypeMux
 	events       event.Subscription
 
@@ -57,8 +59,9 @@ func NewTxPool(eventMux *event.TypeMux, currentStateFn stateFn, gasLimitFn func(
 		eventMux:     eventMux,
 		currentState: currentStateFn,
 		gasLimit:     gasLimitFn,
+		minGasPrice:  new(big.Int),
 		pendingState: state.ManageState(currentStateFn()),
-		events:       eventMux.Subscribe(ChainEvent{}),
+		events:       eventMux.Subscribe(ChainEvent{}, GasPriceChanged{}),
 	}
 	go pool.eventLoop()
 
@@ -69,10 +72,15 @@ func (pool *TxPool) eventLoop() {
 	// Track chain events. When a chain events occurs (new chain canon block)
 	// we need to know the new state. The new state will help us determine
 	// the nonces in the managed state
-	for _ = range pool.events.Chan() {
+	for ev := range pool.events.Chan() {
 		pool.mu.Lock()
 
-		pool.resetState()
+		switch ev := ev.(type) {
+		case ChainEvent:
+			pool.resetState()
+		case GasPriceChanged:
+			pool.minGasPrice = ev.Price
+		}
 
 		pool.mu.Unlock()
 	}
@@ -124,6 +132,11 @@ func (pool *TxPool) validateTx(tx *types.Transaction) error {
 		err  error
 	)
 
+	// Drop transactions under our own minimal accepted gas price
+	if pool.minGasPrice.Cmp(tx.GasPrice()) > 0 {
+		return ErrCheap
+	}
+
 	// Validate the transaction sender and it's sig. Throw
 	// if the from fields is invalid.
 	if from, err = tx.From(); err != nil {
diff --git a/eth/backend.go b/eth/backend.go
index d2ec0cc62..6b7eb736f 100644
--- a/eth/backend.go
+++ b/eth/backend.go
@@ -292,6 +292,7 @@ func New(config *Config) (*Ethereum, error) {
 	}
 	eth.downloader = downloader.New(eth.EventMux(), eth.chainManager.HasBlock, eth.chainManager.GetBlock)
 	eth.txPool = core.NewTxPool(eth.EventMux(), eth.chainManager.State, eth.chainManager.GasLimit)
+
 	eth.blockProcessor = core.NewBlockProcessor(stateDb, extraDb, eth.pow, eth.chainManager, eth.EventMux())
 	eth.chainManager.SetProcessor(eth.blockProcessor)
 	eth.miner = miner.New(eth, eth.EventMux(), eth.pow)
diff --git a/miner/miner.go b/miner/miner.go
index 20ca81648..7f73f3ee8 100644
--- a/miner/miner.go
+++ b/miner/miner.go
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ func (m *Miner) SetGasPrice(price *big.Int) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	m.worker.gasPrice = price
+	m.worker.setGasPrice(price)
 }
 
 func (self *Miner) Start(coinbase common.Address, threads int) {
diff --git a/miner/worker.go b/miner/worker.go
index bd4bc0e3c..d339507ca 100644
--- a/miner/worker.go
+++ b/miner/worker.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"sort"
 	"sync"
 	"sync/atomic"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/accounts"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
@@ -374,6 +375,8 @@ func (self *worker) commitNewWork() {
 	self.currentMu.Lock()
 	defer self.currentMu.Unlock()
 
+	tstart := time.Now()
+
 	previous := self.current
 	self.makeCurrent()
 	current := self.current
@@ -409,7 +412,7 @@ func (self *worker) commitNewWork() {
 
 	// We only care about logging if we're actually mining
 	if atomic.LoadInt32(&self.mining) == 1 {
-		glog.V(logger.Info).Infof("commit new work on block %v with %d txs & %d uncles\n", current.block.Number(), current.tcount, len(uncles))
+		glog.V(logger.Info).Infof("commit new work on block %v with %d txs & %d uncles. Took %v\n", current.block.Number(), current.tcount, len(uncles), time.Since(tstart))
 		self.logLocalMinedBlocks(previous)
 	}
 
@@ -437,7 +440,6 @@ func (self *worker) commitUncle(uncle *types.Header) error {
 		// Error not unique
 		return core.UncleError("Uncle not unique")
 	}
-	self.current.uncles.Add(uncle.Hash())
 
 	if !self.current.ancestors.Has(uncle.ParentHash) {
 		return core.UncleError(fmt.Sprintf("Uncle's parent unknown (%x)", uncle.ParentHash[0:4]))
@@ -446,6 +448,7 @@ func (self *worker) commitUncle(uncle *types.Header) error {
 	if self.current.family.Has(uncle.Hash()) {
 		return core.UncleError(fmt.Sprintf("Uncle already in family (%x)", uncle.Hash()))
 	}
+	self.current.uncles.Add(uncle.Hash())
 
 	return nil
 }