diff --git a/cmd/ingest/main.go b/cmd/ingest/main.go
index 5d5f157..3b79667 100644
--- a/cmd/ingest/main.go
+++ b/cmd/ingest/main.go
@@ -188,25 +188,25 @@ func handleBlock(db *sql.DB, sequence int, blockData []byte) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	displayHash := hex.EncodeToString(block.GetEncodableHash())
+	blockHash := hex.EncodeToString(block.GetEncodableHash())
 	marshaledBlock, _ := proto.Marshal(block.ToCompact())
 
 	err = storage.StoreBlock(
 		db,
 		block.GetHeight(),
-		displayHash,
+		blockHash,
 		block.HasSaplingTransactions(),
 		marshaledBlock,
 	)
 
 	entry := log.WithFields(logrus.Fields{
-		"seqnum":         sequence,
-		"block_height":   block.GetHeight(),
-		"block_hash":     displayHash,
-		"block_version":  block.GetVersion(),
-		"tx_count":       block.GetTxCount(),
-		"has_sapling_tx": block.HasSaplingTransactions(),
-		"error":          err,
+		"seqnum":        sequence,
+		"block_height":  block.GetHeight(),
+		"block_hash":    blockHash,
+		"block_version": block.GetVersion(),
+		"tx_count":      block.GetTxCount(),
+		"has_sapling":   block.HasSaplingTransactions(),
+		"error":         err,
 	})
 
 	if err != nil {
@@ -214,4 +214,28 @@ func handleBlock(db *sql.DB, sequence int, blockData []byte) {
 	} else {
 		entry.Info("received new block")
 	}
+
+	for index, tx := range block.Transactions() {
+		txHash := hex.EncodeToString(tx.GetEncodableHash())
+		err = storage.StoreTransaction(
+			db,
+			block.GetHeight(),
+			blockHash,
+			index,
+			txHash,
+			tx.Bytes(),
+		)
+		entry = log.WithFields(logrus.Fields{
+			"block_height": block.GetHeight(),
+			"block_hash":   blockHash,
+			"tx_index":     index,
+			"has_sapling":  tx.HasSaplingTransactions(),
+			"error":        err,
+		})
+		if err != nil {
+			entry.Error("error storing tx")
+		} else {
+			entry.Debug("storing tx")
+		}
+	}
 }
diff --git a/parser/block.go b/parser/block.go
index 86091d2..fd33ad8 100644
--- a/parser/block.go
+++ b/parser/block.go
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 type block struct {
-	hdr *blockHeader
-	vtx []*transaction
+	hdr    *blockHeader
+	vtx    []*Transaction
 }
 
 func NewBlock() *block {
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ func (b *block) GetTxCount() int {
 	return len(b.vtx)
 }
 
+func (b *block) Transactions() []*Transaction {
+	// TODO: these should NOT be mutable
+	return b.vtx
+}
+
 // GetDisplayHash returns the block hash in big-endian display order.
 func (b *block) GetDisplayHash() []byte {
 	return b.hdr.GetDisplayHash()
@@ -101,7 +106,7 @@ func (b *block) ParseFromSlice(data []byte) (rest []byte, err error) {
 	}
 	data = []byte(s)
 
-	vtx := make([]*transaction, 0, txCount)
+	vtx := make([]*Transaction, 0, txCount)
 	for i := 0; len(data) > 0; i++ {
 		tx := NewTransaction()
 		data, err = tx.ParseFromSlice(data)
diff --git a/parser/transaction.go b/parser/transaction.go
index 5f4c7ed..55bc193 100644
--- a/parser/transaction.go
+++ b/parser/transaction.go
@@ -263,14 +263,14 @@ func (p *joinSplit) ParseFromSlice(data []byte) ([]byte, error) {
 	return []byte(s), nil
 }
 
-type transaction struct {
+type Transaction struct {
 	*rawTransaction
 	rawBytes []byte
 	txId     []byte
 }
 
 // GetDisplayHash returns the transaction hash in big-endian display order.
-func (tx *transaction) GetDisplayHash() []byte {
+func (tx *Transaction) GetDisplayHash() []byte {
 	if tx.txId != nil {
 		return tx.txId
 	}
@@ -290,17 +290,21 @@ func (tx *transaction) GetDisplayHash() []byte {
 }
 
 // GetEncodableHash returns the transaction hash in little-endian wire format order.
-func (tx *transaction) GetEncodableHash() []byte {
+func (tx *Transaction) GetEncodableHash() []byte {
 	digest := sha256.Sum256(tx.rawBytes)
 	digest = sha256.Sum256(digest[:])
 	return digest[:]
 }
 
-func (tx *transaction) HasSaplingTransactions() bool {
+func (tx *Transaction) Bytes() []byte {
+	return tx.rawBytes
+}
+
+func (tx *Transaction) HasSaplingTransactions() bool {
 	return tx.version >= 4 && (len(tx.shieldedSpends)+len(tx.shieldedOutputs)) > 0
 }
 
-func (tx *transaction) ToCompact(index int) *rpc.CompactTx {
+func (tx *Transaction) ToCompact(index int) *rpc.CompactTx {
 	ctx := &rpc.CompactTx{
 		Index: uint64(index), // index is contextual
 		Hash:  tx.GetEncodableHash(),
@@ -317,7 +321,7 @@ func (tx *transaction) ToCompact(index int) *rpc.CompactTx {
 	return ctx
 }
 
-func (tx *transaction) ParseFromSlice(data []byte) ([]byte, error) {
+func (tx *Transaction) ParseFromSlice(data []byte) ([]byte, error) {
 	s := bytestring.String(data)
 
 	// declare here to prevent shadowing problems in cryptobyte assignments
@@ -465,8 +469,8 @@ func (tx *transaction) ParseFromSlice(data []byte) ([]byte, error) {
 	return []byte(s), nil
 }
 
-func NewTransaction() *transaction {
-	return &transaction{
+func NewTransaction() *Transaction {
+	return &Transaction{
 		rawTransaction: new(rawTransaction),
 	}
 }
diff --git a/parser/transaction_test.go b/parser/transaction_test.go
index f183049..7ad6c7f 100644
--- a/parser/transaction_test.go
+++ b/parser/transaction_test.go
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ func TestSproutTransactionParser(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func subTestCommonBlockMeta(tt *txTestVector, tx *transaction, t *testing.T, caseNum int) bool {
+func subTestCommonBlockMeta(tt *txTestVector, tx *Transaction, t *testing.T, caseNum int) bool {
 	headerBytes, _ := hex.DecodeString(tt.header)
 	header := binary.LittleEndian.Uint32(headerBytes)
 	if (header >> 31) == 1 != tx.fOverwintered {