diff --git a/chain-test/src/test/scala/org/bitcoins/chain/blockchain/sync/ChainSyncTest.scala b/chain-test/src/test/scala/org/bitcoins/chain/blockchain/sync/ChainSyncTest.scala
index fd6862c131..44c050ff43 100644
--- a/chain-test/src/test/scala/org/bitcoins/chain/blockchain/sync/ChainSyncTest.scala
+++ b/chain-test/src/test/scala/org/bitcoins/chain/blockchain/sync/ChainSyncTest.scala
@@ -3,23 +3,20 @@ package org.bitcoins.chain.blockchain.sync
 import org.bitcoins.chain.blockchain.ChainHandler
 import org.bitcoins.core.api.chain.ChainApi
 import org.bitcoins.crypto.DoubleSha256DigestBE
-import org.bitcoins.testkit.chain.fixture.BitcoindChainHandlerViaRpc
-import org.bitcoins.testkit.chain.{ChainDbUnitTest, SyncUtil}
-import org.scalatest.FutureOutcome
+import org.bitcoins.testkit.chain.SyncUtil
+import org.bitcoins.testkit.chain.fixture.{
+  BitcoindBaseVersionChainHandlerViaRpc,
+  ChainWithBitcoindNewestCachedUnitTest
+}
 
 import scala.concurrent.Future
 
-class ChainSyncTest extends ChainDbUnitTest {
-  override type FixtureParam = BitcoindChainHandlerViaRpc
-
-  override def withFixture(test: OneArgAsyncTest): FutureOutcome = {
-    withBitcoindChainHandlerViaRpc(test)
-  }
+class ChainSyncTest extends ChainWithBitcoindNewestCachedUnitTest {
 
   behavior of "ChainSync"
 
   it must "sync our chain handler when it is not synced with bitcoind" in {
-    bitcoindWithChainHandler: BitcoindChainHandlerViaRpc =>
+    bitcoindWithChainHandler: BitcoindBaseVersionChainHandlerViaRpc =>
       val bitcoind = bitcoindWithChainHandler.bitcoindRpc
       val chainHandler = bitcoindWithChainHandler.chainHandler
       //first we need to implement the 'getBestBlockHashFunc' and 'getBlockHeaderFunc' functions
@@ -36,14 +33,17 @@ class ChainSyncTest extends ChainDbUnitTest {
                        getBestBlockHashFunc = getBestBlockHashFunc)
       }
 
-      newChainHandlerF.flatMap { chainHandler =>
-        chainHandler.getBlockCount().map(count => assert(count == 1))
-
+      for {
+        chainHandler <- newChainHandlerF
+        count <- chainHandler.getBlockCount()
+        bitcoindCount <- bitcoind.getBlockCount
+      } yield {
+        assert(bitcoindCount == count)
       }
   }
 
   it must "not fail when syncing a chain handler that is synced with it's external data source" in {
-    bitcoindWithChainHandler: BitcoindChainHandlerViaRpc =>
+    bitcoindWithChainHandler: BitcoindBaseVersionChainHandlerViaRpc =>
       val bitcoind = bitcoindWithChainHandler.bitcoindRpc
       val chainHandler = bitcoindWithChainHandler.chainHandler
       //first we need to implement the 'getBestBlockHashFunc' and 'getBlockHeaderFunc' functions
@@ -61,9 +61,18 @@ class ChainSyncTest extends ChainDbUnitTest {
                        getBlockHeaderFunc = getBlockHeaderFunc,
                        getBestBlockHashFunc = getBestBlockHashFunc)
 
-      newChainHandlerF.flatMap { chainHandler =>
-        chainHandler.getBlockCount().map(count => assert(count == 0))
-      }
+      val newChainHandler2F = for {
+        newChainHandler <- newChainHandlerF
+        //sync it again to make sure we don't fail
+        newChainHandler2 <- ChainSync.sync(
+          chainHandler = newChainHandler.asInstanceOf[ChainHandler],
+          getBlockHeaderFunc = getBlockHeaderFunc,
+          getBestBlockHashFunc = getBestBlockHashFunc)
+        bitcoinSCount <- newChainHandler2.getBlockCount()
+        bitcoindCount <- bitcoind.getBlockCount
+      } yield assert(bitcoinSCount == bitcoindCount)
+
+      newChainHandler2F
   }
 
   it must "be able to call sync() twice and not fail when nothing has happened" in {
@@ -87,13 +96,15 @@ class ChainSyncTest extends ChainDbUnitTest {
       }
 
       val assertion1F = for {
-        hashes <- generate1F
+        _ <- generate1F
         chainApiSync1 <- sync1F
         count <- chainApiSync1.getBlockCount()
         bestHash <- chainApiSync1.getBestBlockHash()
+        bitcoindBlockCount <- bitcoind.getBlockCount
+        bitcoindBestBlockHash <- bitcoind.getBestBlockHash
       } yield {
-        assert(count == 1)
-        assert(bestHash == hashes.head)
+        assert(count == bitcoindBlockCount)
+        assert(bestHash == bitcoindBestBlockHash)
       }
 
       //let's call sync again and make sure nothing bad happens
@@ -106,11 +117,13 @@ class ChainSyncTest extends ChainDbUnitTest {
                          getBlockHeaderFunc = getBlockHeaderFunc,
                          getBestBlockHashFunc = getBestBlockHashFunc)
         count <- chainApiSync2.getBlockCount()
-        hashes <- generate1F
+        _ <- generate1F
         bestHash <- chainApiSync2.getBestBlockHash()
+        bitcoindBlockCount <- bitcoind.getBlockCount
+        bitcoindBestBlockHash <- bitcoind.getBestBlockHash
       } yield {
-        assert(count == 1)
-        assert(bestHash == hashes.head)
+        assert(count == bitcoindBlockCount)
+        assert(bestHash == bitcoindBestBlockHash)
       }
 
       sync2F
diff --git a/chain-test/src/test/scala/org/bitcoins/chain/blockchain/sync/FilterSyncTest.scala b/chain-test/src/test/scala/org/bitcoins/chain/blockchain/sync/FilterSyncTest.scala
index cdef77343a..15db5dca0f 100644
--- a/chain-test/src/test/scala/org/bitcoins/chain/blockchain/sync/FilterSyncTest.scala
+++ b/chain-test/src/test/scala/org/bitcoins/chain/blockchain/sync/FilterSyncTest.scala
@@ -4,19 +4,15 @@ import org.bitcoins.chain.blockchain.ChainHandler
 import org.bitcoins.core.api.chain.ChainApi
 import org.bitcoins.core.gcs.FilterType
 import org.bitcoins.core.protocol.blockchain.BlockHeader
-import org.bitcoins.testkit.chain.fixture.BitcoindV19ChainHandler
-import org.bitcoins.testkit.chain.{ChainDbUnitTest, SyncUtil}
-import org.scalatest.FutureOutcome
+import org.bitcoins.testkit.chain.SyncUtil
+import org.bitcoins.testkit.chain.fixture.{
+  BitcoindV19ChainHandler,
+  ChainWithBitcoindV19CachedUnitTest
+}
 
 import scala.concurrent.Future
 
-class FilterSyncTest extends ChainDbUnitTest {
-
-  override type FixtureParam = BitcoindV19ChainHandler
-
-  override def withFixture(test: OneArgAsyncTest): FutureOutcome = {
-    withBitcoindV19ChainHandlerViaRpc(test)
-  }
+class FilterSyncTest extends ChainWithBitcoindV19CachedUnitTest {
 
   behavior of "FilterSync"
 
@@ -25,19 +21,25 @@ class FilterSyncTest extends ChainDbUnitTest {
 
     val initFilterCountF = chainHandler.getFilterCount()
     val initFilterHeaderCountF = chainHandler.getFilterHeaderCount()
+
+    val bitcoindFilterCountF = bitcoind.getFilterCount()
+
     val initAssertionsF = for {
       initFilterCount <- initFilterCountF
       initFilterHeaderCount <- initFilterHeaderCountF
+      bitcoindFilterCount <- bitcoindFilterCountF
     } yield {
-      assert(initFilterCount == 0)
-      assert(initFilterHeaderCount == 0)
+      assert(initFilterCount == bitcoindFilterCount)
+      assert(initFilterHeaderCount == bitcoindFilterCount)
     }
 
     val generated1BlockF = for {
       _ <- initAssertionsF
       addr <- bitcoind.getNewAddress
       hashes <- bitcoind.generateToAddress(1, addr)
-    } yield hashes
+    } yield {
+      hashes
+    }
 
     val syncedF = generated1BlockF.flatMap { _ =>
       syncHelper(fixture)
@@ -46,9 +48,10 @@ class FilterSyncTest extends ChainDbUnitTest {
     for {
       syncedChainApi <- syncedF
       filterHeaderCount <- syncedChainApi.getFilterHeaderCount()
-      _ = assert(filterHeaderCount == 1)
+      bitcoindFilterCount <- bitcoind.getFilterCount()
+      _ = assert(filterHeaderCount == bitcoindFilterCount)
       filterCount <- syncedChainApi.getFilterCount()
-    } yield assert(filterCount == 1)
+    } yield assert(filterCount == bitcoindFilterCount)
   }
 
   it must "sync a bunch of filter headers from an external data source" in {
@@ -67,10 +70,11 @@ class FilterSyncTest extends ChainDbUnitTest {
 
       for {
         syncedChainApi <- syncedF
+        bitcoindFilterCount <- bitcoind.getFilterCount()
         filterHeaderCount <- syncedChainApi.getFilterHeaderCount()
-        _ = assert(filterHeaderCount == numBlocks)
+        _ = assert(filterHeaderCount == bitcoindFilterCount)
         filterCount <- syncedChainApi.getFilterCount()
-      } yield assert(filterCount == numBlocks)
+      } yield assert(filterCount == bitcoindFilterCount)
   }
 
   it must "be able to call filterSync() and not fail when nothing has happened" in {
@@ -93,10 +97,11 @@ class FilterSyncTest extends ChainDbUnitTest {
 
       for {
         syncedChainApi <- sync2F
+        bitcoindFilterCount <- bitcoind.getFilterCount()
         filterHeaderCount <- syncedChainApi.getFilterHeaderCount()
-        _ = assert(filterHeaderCount == 1)
+        _ = assert(filterHeaderCount == bitcoindFilterCount)
         filterCount <- syncedChainApi.getFilterCount()
-      } yield assert(filterCount == 1)
+      } yield assert(filterCount == bitcoindFilterCount)
   }
 
   private def syncHelper(
@@ -111,10 +116,10 @@ class FilterSyncTest extends ChainDbUnitTest {
       SyncUtil.getFilterFunc(bitcoind, filterType)
 
     //first sync the chain
-    val syncedHeadersF = ChainSync.sync(chainHandler = chainHandler,
-                                        getBlockHeaderFunc = getBlockHeaderFunc,
-                                        getBestBlockHashFunc =
-                                          getBestBlockHashFunc)
+    val syncedHeadersF: Future[ChainApi] = ChainSync.sync(
+      chainHandler = chainHandler,
+      getBlockHeaderFunc = getBlockHeaderFunc,
+      getBestBlockHashFunc = getBestBlockHashFunc)
 
     //now sync filters
     syncedHeadersF.flatMap { syncedChainHandler =>
diff --git a/chain/src/main/scala/org/bitcoins/chain/blockchain/sync/ChainSync.scala b/chain/src/main/scala/org/bitcoins/chain/blockchain/sync/ChainSync.scala
index 366a657f50..4d72307e33 100644
--- a/chain/src/main/scala/org/bitcoins/chain/blockchain/sync/ChainSync.scala
+++ b/chain/src/main/scala/org/bitcoins/chain/blockchain/sync/ChainSync.scala
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ abstract class ChainSync extends ChainVerificationLogger {
       getBlockHeaderFunc: DoubleSha256DigestBE => Future[BlockHeader])(implicit
       ec: ExecutionContext): Future[ChainApi] = {
     require(tips.nonEmpty, s"Cannot sync without the genesis block")
-
     //we need to walk backwards on the chain until we get to one of our tips
     val tipsBH = tips.map(_.blockHeader)
 
diff --git a/chain/src/main/scala/org/bitcoins/chain/blockchain/sync/FilterSync.scala b/chain/src/main/scala/org/bitcoins/chain/blockchain/sync/FilterSync.scala
index ea829776b0..49f0e67196 100644
--- a/chain/src/main/scala/org/bitcoins/chain/blockchain/sync/FilterSync.scala
+++ b/chain/src/main/scala/org/bitcoins/chain/blockchain/sync/FilterSync.scala
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ abstract class FilterSync extends ChainVerificationLogger {
       batchSize: Int = 25)(implicit
       ec: ExecutionContext,
       chainAppConfig: ChainAppConfig): Future[ChainApi] = {
-
     val ourBestFilterHeaderOptF = chainApi.getBestFilterHeader()
     val ourBestBlockHeaderF = chainApi.getBestBlockHeader()
     for {
@@ -96,7 +95,17 @@ abstract class FilterSync extends ChainVerificationLogger {
         missing <- chainApi.getHeadersBetween(from = bestFilterBlockHeader.get,
                                               to = ourBestHeader)
       } yield {
-        missing
+        //getHeaderBetween is inclusive with 'from' parameter,
+        //we only want the inclusive behavior when we are fetching
+        //from the genesis block hash, so we can get the genesis filter
+        //else we need the _next_ header after our bestFilterBlockHeader
+        if (
+          bestFilterBlockHeader.get.hashBE == chainAppConfig.chain.genesisHashBE
+        ) {
+          missing
+        } else {
+          missing.tail
+        }
       }
 
       //because filters can be really large, we don't want to process too many
diff --git a/chain/src/main/scala/org/bitcoins/chain/blockchain/sync/FilterWithHeaderHash.scala b/chain/src/main/scala/org/bitcoins/chain/blockchain/sync/FilterWithHeaderHash.scala
index 30c315257e..b5ba373d08 100644
--- a/chain/src/main/scala/org/bitcoins/chain/blockchain/sync/FilterWithHeaderHash.scala
+++ b/chain/src/main/scala/org/bitcoins/chain/blockchain/sync/FilterWithHeaderHash.scala
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ import org.bitcoins.crypto.DoubleSha256DigestBE
 
 /** Represents a [[GolombFilter]] with it's [[org.bitcoins.core.gcs.FilterHeader]] associated with it
   * This is needed because bitcoin core's 'getblockfilter' rpc returns things in this structure
+  * @see https://developer.bitcoin.org/reference/rpc/getblockfilter.html#argument-2-filtertype
   */
 case class FilterWithHeaderHash(
     filter: GolombFilter,
-    headerHash: DoubleSha256DigestBE)
+    filterHeaderHash: DoubleSha256DigestBE)
diff --git a/docs/chain/filter-sync.md b/docs/chain/filter-sync.md
index f945d030e2..e03a6b3a89 100644
--- a/docs/chain/filter-sync.md
+++ b/docs/chain/filter-sync.md
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ implicit val chainAppConfig = BitcoinSTestAppConfig.getNeutrinoTestConfig().chai
 val bitcoindWithChainApiF: Future[BitcoindV19ChainHandler] = {
   ChainUnitTest.createBitcoindV19ChainHandler()
 }
-val bitcoindF = bitcoindWithChainApiF.map(_.bitcoind)
+val bitcoindF = bitcoindWithChainApiF.map(_.bitcoindRpc)
 val chainApiF = bitcoindWithChainApiF.map(_.chainHandler)
 
 val filterType = FilterType.Basic
diff --git a/testkit/src/main/resources/reference.conf b/testkit/src/main/resources/reference.conf
index 5a48edb5e6..8f9e731765 100644
--- a/testkit/src/main/resources/reference.conf
+++ b/testkit/src/main/resources/reference.conf
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ akka {
 
             event-stream=off
         }
+        # https://doc.akka.io/docs/akka/current/dispatchers.html#classic-dispatchers
         default-dispatcher {
             # The goal here is to reduce the number of threads spun up for test suites.
             # Since every test suite currently
@@ -194,20 +195,20 @@ akka {
             executor = "thread-pool-executor"
             throughput = 1
             thread-pool-executor {
-                fixed-pool-size = 2
+                fixed-pool-size = 1
             }
         }
         internal-dispatcher {
             # minimum of one thread for tests
             parallelism-min = 1
 
-            # maximum of 2 threads for tests
-            parallelism-max = 2
+            # maximum of 1 threads for tests
+            parallelism-max = 1
             type = "Dispatcher"
             executor = "thread-pool-executor"
             throughput = 1
             thread-pool-executor {
-                fixed-pool-size = 2
+                fixed-pool-size = 1
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/testkit/src/main/scala/org/bitcoins/testkit/chain/ChainUnitTest.scala b/testkit/src/main/scala/org/bitcoins/testkit/chain/ChainUnitTest.scala
index 2efbe5329d..968277f4de 100644
--- a/testkit/src/main/scala/org/bitcoins/testkit/chain/ChainUnitTest.scala
+++ b/testkit/src/main/scala/org/bitcoins/testkit/chain/ChainUnitTest.scala
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 package org.bitcoins.testkit.chain
 
-import java.net.InetSocketAddress
 import akka.actor.ActorSystem
 import com.typesafe.config.ConfigFactory
 import org.bitcoins.chain.ChainVerificationLogger
-import org.bitcoins.chain.blockchain.{ChainHandler, ChainHandlerCached}
 import org.bitcoins.chain.blockchain.sync.ChainSync
+import org.bitcoins.chain.blockchain.{ChainHandler, ChainHandlerCached}
 import org.bitcoins.chain.config.ChainAppConfig
 import org.bitcoins.chain.models._
 import org.bitcoins.chain.pow.Pow
@@ -33,9 +32,10 @@ import org.bitcoins.zmq.ZMQSubscriber
 import org.scalatest._
 import play.api.libs.json.{JsError, JsSuccess, Json}
 
+import java.net.InetSocketAddress
 import scala.annotation.tailrec
-import scala.concurrent.{ExecutionContext, Future}
 import scala.concurrent.duration.DurationInt
+import scala.concurrent.{ExecutionContext, Future}
 
 trait ChainUnitTest
     extends BitcoinSFixture
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ trait ChainUnitTest
       bitcoindChainHandler: BitcoindChainHandlerViaZmq): Future[Unit] = {
 
     //piggy back off of rpc destructor
-    val rpc = chain.fixture.BitcoindChainHandlerViaRpc(
+    val rpc = chain.fixture.BitcoindBaseVersionChainHandlerViaRpc(
       bitcoindChainHandler.bitcoindRpc,
       bitcoindChainHandler.chainHandler)
 
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ trait ChainUnitTest
 
   def withBitcoindChainHandlerViaRpc(test: OneArgAsyncTest)(implicit
       system: ActorSystem): FutureOutcome = {
-    val builder: () => Future[BitcoindChainHandlerViaRpc] = { () =>
+    val builder: () => Future[BitcoindBaseVersionChainHandlerViaRpc] = { () =>
       BitcoinSFixture
         .createBitcoind()
         .flatMap(ChainUnitTest.createChainApiWithBitcoindRpc)
@@ -310,15 +310,6 @@ trait ChainUnitTest
       test)
   }
 
-  def withBitcoindV19ChainHandlerViaRpc(test: OneArgAsyncTest)(implicit
-      system: ActorSystem): FutureOutcome = {
-    val builder: () => Future[BitcoindV19ChainHandler] = { () =>
-      ChainUnitTest.createBitcoindV19ChainHandler()
-    }
-    makeDependentFixture(builder, ChainUnitTest.destroyBitcoindV19ChainApi)(
-      test)
-  }
-
   final def processHeaders(
       processorF: Future[ChainApi],
       headers: Vector[BlockHeader],
@@ -569,19 +560,20 @@ object ChainUnitTest extends ChainVerificationLogger {
 
   def createChainApiWithBitcoindRpc(bitcoind: BitcoindRpcClient)(implicit
       ec: ExecutionContext,
-      chainAppConfig: ChainAppConfig): Future[BitcoindChainHandlerViaRpc] = {
+      chainAppConfig: ChainAppConfig): Future[
+    BitcoindBaseVersionChainHandlerViaRpc] = {
     val handlerWithGenesisHeaderF =
       ChainUnitTest.setupHeaderTableWithGenesisHeader()
 
     val chainHandlerF = handlerWithGenesisHeaderF.map(_._1)
 
     chainHandlerF.map { handler =>
-      chain.fixture.BitcoindChainHandlerViaRpc(bitcoind, handler)
+      chain.fixture.BitcoindBaseVersionChainHandlerViaRpc(bitcoind, handler)
     }
   }
 
   def destroyBitcoindChainApiViaRpc(
-      bitcoindChainHandler: BitcoindChainHandlerViaRpc)(implicit
+      bitcoindChainHandler: BitcoindBaseVersionChainHandlerViaRpc)(implicit
       system: ActorSystem,
       chainAppConfig: ChainAppConfig): Future[Unit] = {
     import system.dispatcher
@@ -591,30 +583,6 @@ object ChainUnitTest extends ChainVerificationLogger {
     stopBitcoindF.flatMap(_ => dropTableF)
   }
 
-  def createBitcoindV19ChainHandler()(implicit
-      system: ActorSystem,
-      chainAppConfig: ChainAppConfig): Future[BitcoindV19ChainHandler] = {
-    import system.dispatcher
-    val bitcoindV = BitcoindVersion.V19
-    BitcoinSFixture
-      .createBitcoind(Some(bitcoindV))
-      .flatMap(createChainApiWithBitcoindRpc)
-      .map { b: BitcoindChainHandlerViaRpc =>
-        BitcoindV19ChainHandler(
-          b.bitcoindRpc.asInstanceOf[BitcoindV19RpcClient],
-          b.chainHandler)
-      }
-  }
-
-  def destroyBitcoindV19ChainApi(
-      bitcoindV19ChainHandler: BitcoindV19ChainHandler)(implicit
-      system: ActorSystem,
-      chainAppConfig: ChainAppConfig): Future[Unit] = {
-    val b = BitcoindChainHandlerViaRpc(bitcoindV19ChainHandler.bitcoind,
-                                       bitcoindV19ChainHandler.chainHandler)
-    destroyBitcoindChainApiViaRpc(b)
-  }
-
   def destroyBitcoind(bitcoind: BitcoindRpcClient)(implicit
       system: ActorSystem): Future[Unit] = {
     BitcoindRpcTestUtil.stopServer(bitcoind)
@@ -685,4 +653,66 @@ object ChainUnitTest extends ChainVerificationLogger {
 
     ChainSync.sync(chainHandler, getBlockHeaderFunc, getBestBlockHashFunc)
   }
+
+  def createBitcoindV19ChainHandler()(implicit
+      system: ActorSystem,
+      chainAppConfig: ChainAppConfig): Future[BitcoindV19ChainHandler] = {
+    import system.dispatcher
+    val bitcoindV = BitcoindVersion.V19
+    val bitcoindF = BitcoinSFixture
+      .createBitcoind(Some(bitcoindV))
+      .map(_.asInstanceOf[BitcoindV19RpcClient])
+    bitcoindF.flatMap(b => createBitcoindV19ChainHandler(b))
+  }
+
+  def createBitcoindV19ChainHandler(
+      bitcoindV19RpcClient: BitcoindV19RpcClient)(implicit
+      ec: ExecutionContext,
+      chainAppConfig: ChainAppConfig): Future[BitcoindV19ChainHandler] = {
+
+    val chainApiWithBitcoindF = createChainApiWithBitcoindV19Rpc(
+      bitcoindV19RpcClient)
+
+    //now sync the chain api to the bitcoind node
+    val syncedBitcoindWithChainHandlerF = for {
+      chainApiWithBitcoind <- chainApiWithBitcoindF
+      bitcoindWithChainHandler <- SyncUtil.syncBitcoindV19WithChainHandler(
+        chainApiWithBitcoind)
+    } yield bitcoindWithChainHandler
+
+    syncedBitcoindWithChainHandlerF
+  }
+
+  private def createChainApiWithBitcoindV19Rpc(
+      bitcoind: BitcoindV19RpcClient)(implicit
+      ec: ExecutionContext,
+      chainAppConfig: ChainAppConfig): Future[BitcoindV19ChainHandler] = {
+    val handlerWithGenesisHeaderF =
+      ChainUnitTest.setupHeaderTableWithGenesisHeader()
+
+    val chainHandlerF = handlerWithGenesisHeaderF.map(_._1)
+
+    chainHandlerF.map { handler =>
+      BitcoindV19ChainHandler(bitcoind, handler)
+    }
+  }
+
+  def destroyBitcoindV19ChainApi(
+      bitcoindV19ChainHandler: BitcoindV19ChainHandler)(implicit
+      system: ActorSystem,
+      chainAppConfig: ChainAppConfig): Future[Unit] = {
+    val b = BitcoindBaseVersionChainHandlerViaRpc(
+      bitcoindV19ChainHandler.bitcoindRpc,
+      bitcoindV19ChainHandler.chainHandler)
+    destroyBitcoindChainApiViaRpc(b)
+  }
+
+  /** Destroys the chain api, but leaves the bitcoind instance running
+    * so we can cache it
+    */
+  def destroyChainApi()(implicit
+      system: ActorSystem,
+      chainAppConfig: ChainAppConfig): Future[Unit] = {
+    ChainUnitTest.destroyAllTables()(chainAppConfig, system.dispatcher)
+  }
 }
diff --git a/testkit/src/main/scala/org/bitcoins/testkit/chain/SyncUtil.scala b/testkit/src/main/scala/org/bitcoins/testkit/chain/SyncUtil.scala
index 0cf2441631..f0b5f7ab21 100644
--- a/testkit/src/main/scala/org/bitcoins/testkit/chain/SyncUtil.scala
+++ b/testkit/src/main/scala/org/bitcoins/testkit/chain/SyncUtil.scala
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 package org.bitcoins.testkit.chain
 
-import org.bitcoins.chain.blockchain.sync.FilterWithHeaderHash
+import grizzled.slf4j.Logging
+import org.bitcoins.chain.blockchain.ChainHandler
+import org.bitcoins.chain.blockchain.sync.{
+  ChainSync,
+  FilterSync,
+  FilterWithHeaderHash
+}
+import org.bitcoins.chain.config.ChainAppConfig
 import org.bitcoins.commons.jsonmodels.bitcoind.GetBlockFilterResult
 import org.bitcoins.core.api.node
 import org.bitcoins.core.api.node.{NodeApi, NodeChainQueryApi}
@@ -11,9 +18,13 @@ import org.bitcoins.core.util.FutureUtil
 import org.bitcoins.crypto.{DoubleSha256Digest, DoubleSha256DigestBE}
 import org.bitcoins.rpc.client.common.BitcoindRpcClient
 import org.bitcoins.rpc.client.v19.BitcoindV19RpcClient
+import org.bitcoins.testkit.chain.fixture.{
+  BitcoindBaseVersionChainHandlerViaRpc,
+  BitcoindChainHandlerViaRpc,
+  BitcoindV19ChainHandler
+}
 import org.bitcoins.wallet.Wallet
 import org.bitcoins.wallet.sync.WalletSync
-import grizzled.slf4j.Logging
 
 import scala.concurrent.{ExecutionContext, Future}
 
@@ -176,6 +187,57 @@ abstract class SyncUtil extends Logging {
       getBlockFunc = SyncUtil.getBlockFunc(bitcoind)
     )
   }
+
+  /** Syncs the given chain handler to the given bitcoind node.
+    * This does NOT sync this like block filters, as we cannot
+    * determine if the bitcoind version passed to us has support for block filters
+    */
+  def syncBitcoindWithChainHandler(
+      bitcoindWithChainHandler: BitcoindChainHandlerViaRpc)(implicit
+      ec: ExecutionContext): Future[BitcoindBaseVersionChainHandlerViaRpc] = {
+    val getBestBlockHash = getBestBlockHashFunc(
+      bitcoindWithChainHandler.bitcoindRpc)
+    val getBlockHeader = getBlockHeaderFunc(
+      bitcoindWithChainHandler.bitcoindRpc)
+
+    val chainApiF = ChainSync.sync(bitcoindWithChainHandler.chainHandler,
+                                   getBlockHeader,
+                                   getBestBlockHash)
+    for {
+      chainApi <- chainApiF
+    } yield BitcoindBaseVersionChainHandlerViaRpc(
+      bitcoindRpc = bitcoindWithChainHandler.bitcoindRpc,
+      chainHandler = chainApi.asInstanceOf[ChainHandler])
+  }
+
+  /** Syncs the given chain handler to the given bitcoind node. This also syncs block filters
+    * since we know a bitcoind v19 node has block filter capability
+    */
+  def syncBitcoindV19WithChainHandler(
+      bitcoindWithChainHandler: BitcoindV19ChainHandler)(implicit
+      ec: ExecutionContext,
+      chainAppConfig: ChainAppConfig): Future[BitcoindV19ChainHandler] = {
+    val bitcoindV19 = bitcoindWithChainHandler.bitcoindRpc
+    val chainApiF = syncBitcoindWithChainHandler(bitcoindWithChainHandler)
+      .map(_.chainHandler)
+
+    val getFilter: BlockHeader => Future[FilterWithHeaderHash] = {
+      getFilterFunc(bitcoindV19, FilterType.Basic)
+    }
+
+    for {
+      chainApi <- chainApiF
+      filterSyncChainApi <- FilterSync.syncFilters(chainApi, getFilter)
+      bestBlockHash <- bitcoindV19.getBestBlockHash
+      ourBestFilter <- chainApi.getBestFilterHeader()
+      _ = require(
+        bestBlockHash == ourBestFilter.get.blockHashBE,
+        s"We did not sync filter's in our fixture bitcoindBestBlockHash=$bestBlockHash our best filter's blockHash=${ourBestFilter.get.blockHashBE}"
+      )
+    } yield BitcoindV19ChainHandler(
+      bitcoindRpc = bitcoindWithChainHandler.bitcoindRpc,
+      chainHandler = filterSyncChainApi.asInstanceOf[ChainHandler])
+  }
 }
 
 object SyncUtil extends SyncUtil
diff --git a/testkit/src/main/scala/org/bitcoins/testkit/chain/fixture/BitcoindChainHandlerViaRpc.scala b/testkit/src/main/scala/org/bitcoins/testkit/chain/fixture/BitcoindChainHandlerViaRpc.scala
index fc45d7212b..da04401dc9 100644
--- a/testkit/src/main/scala/org/bitcoins/testkit/chain/fixture/BitcoindChainHandlerViaRpc.scala
+++ b/testkit/src/main/scala/org/bitcoins/testkit/chain/fixture/BitcoindChainHandlerViaRpc.scala
@@ -2,8 +2,23 @@ package org.bitcoins.testkit.chain.fixture
 
 import org.bitcoins.chain.blockchain.ChainHandler
 import org.bitcoins.rpc.client.common.BitcoindRpcClient
+import org.bitcoins.rpc.client.v19.BitcoindV19RpcClient
 
-/** Represents a bitcoind instance paired with a chain handler via rpc */
-case class BitcoindChainHandlerViaRpc(
+sealed trait BitcoindChainHandlerViaRpc {
+  def bitcoindRpc: BitcoindRpcClient
+  def chainHandler: ChainHandler
+}
+
+/** Represents a bitcoind instance paired with a chain handler via rpc
+  * This is useful for when the bitcoind version doesn't matter, you
+  * just need a generic [[BitcoindRpcClient]]
+  */
+case class BitcoindBaseVersionChainHandlerViaRpc(
     bitcoindRpc: BitcoindRpcClient,
     chainHandler: ChainHandler)
+    extends BitcoindChainHandlerViaRpc
+
+case class BitcoindV19ChainHandler(
+    override val bitcoindRpc: BitcoindV19RpcClient,
+    chainHandler: ChainHandler)
+    extends BitcoindChainHandlerViaRpc
diff --git a/testkit/src/main/scala/org/bitcoins/testkit/chain/fixture/ChainWithBitcoindUnitTest.scala b/testkit/src/main/scala/org/bitcoins/testkit/chain/fixture/ChainWithBitcoindUnitTest.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c7665f8f86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testkit/src/main/scala/org/bitcoins/testkit/chain/fixture/ChainWithBitcoindUnitTest.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+package org.bitcoins.testkit.chain.fixture
+
+import org.bitcoins.rpc.client.common.BitcoindRpcClient
+import org.bitcoins.rpc.client.v19.BitcoindV19RpcClient
+import org.bitcoins.testkit.chain.{ChainDbUnitTest, ChainUnitTest}
+import org.bitcoins.testkit.rpc.{
+  CachedBitcoind,
+  CachedBitcoindNewest,
+  CachedBitcoindV19
+}
+import org.scalatest.{FutureOutcome, Outcome}
+
+import scala.concurrent.Future
+
+/** Chain unit test that requires a cached bitcoind type to be injected */
+trait ChainWithBitcoindUnitTest extends ChainDbUnitTest {
+  _: CachedBitcoind[_] =>
+
+}
+
+trait ChainWithBitcoindNewestCachedUnitTest
+    extends ChainWithBitcoindUnitTest
+    with CachedBitcoindNewest {
+
+  override type FixtureParam = BitcoindBaseVersionChainHandlerViaRpc
+
+  override def withFixture(test: OneArgAsyncTest): FutureOutcome = {
+    val f: Future[Outcome] = for {
+      bitcoind <- cachedBitcoindWithFundsF
+      futOutcome = withBitcoindNewestChainHandlerViaRpc(test, bitcoind)
+      fut <- futOutcome.toFuture
+    } yield fut
+    new FutureOutcome(f)
+  }
+
+  def withBitcoindNewestChainHandlerViaRpc(
+      test: OneArgAsyncTest,
+      bitcoindRpcClient: BitcoindRpcClient): FutureOutcome = {
+    val builder: () => Future[BitcoindBaseVersionChainHandlerViaRpc] = { () =>
+      ChainUnitTest.createChainApiWithBitcoindRpc(bitcoindRpcClient)
+    }
+    val destroy: BitcoindBaseVersionChainHandlerViaRpc => Future[Unit] = {
+      case _: BitcoindBaseVersionChainHandlerViaRpc =>
+        ChainUnitTest.destroyChainApi()
+    }
+    makeDependentFixture(builder, destroy)(test)
+  }
+
+  override def afterAll(): Unit = {
+    super[CachedBitcoindNewest].afterAll()
+    super[ChainWithBitcoindUnitTest].afterAll()
+  }
+}
+
+/** Chain Unit test suite that has a cached bitcoind v19 instance */
+trait ChainWithBitcoindV19CachedUnitTest
+    extends ChainWithBitcoindUnitTest
+    with CachedBitcoindV19 {
+
+  override type FixtureParam = BitcoindV19ChainHandler
+
+  override def withFixture(test: OneArgAsyncTest): FutureOutcome = {
+    val f: Future[Outcome] = for {
+      bitcoind <- cachedBitcoindWithFundsF
+      futOutcome = withBitcoindV19ChainHandlerViaRpc(test, bitcoind)
+      fut <- futOutcome.toFuture
+    } yield fut
+    new FutureOutcome(f)
+  }
+
+  def withBitcoindV19ChainHandlerViaRpc(
+      test: OneArgAsyncTest,
+      bitcoindV19RpcClient: BitcoindV19RpcClient): FutureOutcome = {
+    val builder: () => Future[BitcoindV19ChainHandler] = { () =>
+      ChainUnitTest.createBitcoindV19ChainHandler(bitcoindV19RpcClient)
+    }
+
+    val destroy: BitcoindV19ChainHandler => Future[Unit] = {
+      case _: BitcoindV19ChainHandler =>
+        ChainUnitTest.destroyChainApi()
+    }
+    makeDependentFixture(builder, destroy)(test)
+  }
+
+  override def afterAll(): Unit = {
+    super[CachedBitcoindV19].afterAll()
+    super[ChainWithBitcoindUnitTest].afterAll()
+  }
+}
diff --git a/wallet-test/src/test/scala/org/bitcoins/wallet/ProcessBlockTest.scala b/wallet-test/src/test/scala/org/bitcoins/wallet/ProcessBlockTest.scala
index 1c5e185ce9..dea42b2af9 100644
--- a/wallet-test/src/test/scala/org/bitcoins/wallet/ProcessBlockTest.scala
+++ b/wallet-test/src/test/scala/org/bitcoins/wallet/ProcessBlockTest.scala
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import org.bitcoins.core.currency._
 import org.bitcoins.core.gcs.FilterType
 import org.bitcoins.core.util.FutureUtil
 import org.bitcoins.core.wallet.utxo.TxoState
-import org.bitcoins.testkit.rpc.CachedBitcoindV19
 import org.bitcoins.testkit.wallet.{
   BitcoinSWalletTestCachedBitcoinV19,
   WalletWithBitcoindV19
@@ -14,9 +13,7 @@ import org.scalatest.{FutureOutcome, Outcome}
 
 import scala.concurrent.Future
 
-class ProcessBlockTest
-    extends BitcoinSWalletTestCachedBitcoinV19
-    with CachedBitcoindV19 {
+class ProcessBlockTest extends BitcoinSWalletTestCachedBitcoinV19 {
 
   override type FixtureParam = WalletWithBitcoindV19