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 97857c8769..0525062fc7 100644
--- a/testkit/src/main/scala/org/bitcoins/testkit/chain/SyncUtil.scala
+++ b/testkit/src/main/scala/org/bitcoins/testkit/chain/SyncUtil.scala
@@ -168,13 +168,16 @@ abstract class SyncUtil extends BitcoinSLogger {
     node.NodeChainQueryApi(nodeApi, chainQuery)
   }
 
-  def syncWallet(wallet: Wallet, bitcoind: BitcoindRpcClient)(implicit
+  /** Syncs a wallet against bitcoind by retrieving full blocks and then calling
+    * [[Wallet.processBlock()]]
+    */
+  def syncWalletFullBlocks(wallet: Wallet, bitcoind: BitcoindRpcClient)(implicit
       ec: ExecutionContext): Future[Wallet] = {
-    WalletSync.sync(
+    WalletSync.syncFullBlocks(
       wallet = wallet,
       getBlockHeaderFunc = SyncUtil.getBlockHeaderFunc(bitcoind),
       getBestBlockHashFunc = SyncUtil.getBestBlockHashFunc(bitcoind),
-      getBlock = SyncUtil.getBlockFunc(bitcoind)
+      getBlockFunc = SyncUtil.getBlockFunc(bitcoind)
     )
   }
 }
diff --git a/testkit/src/main/scala/org/bitcoins/testkit/wallet/BitcoinSWalletTest.scala b/testkit/src/main/scala/org/bitcoins/testkit/wallet/BitcoinSWalletTest.scala
index 2eda61d52c..ff8a268b02 100644
--- a/testkit/src/main/scala/org/bitcoins/testkit/wallet/BitcoinSWalletTest.scala
+++ b/testkit/src/main/scala/org/bitcoins/testkit/wallet/BitcoinSWalletTest.scala
@@ -274,8 +274,8 @@ trait BitcoinSWalletTest extends BitcoinSFixture with EmbeddedPg {
           bitcoind = bitcoind,
           bip39PasswordOpt = bip39PasswordOpt)
         fundedWallet <- fundWalletWithBitcoind(walletWithBitcoind)
-        _ <-
-          SyncUtil.syncWallet(wallet = fundedWallet.wallet, bitcoind = bitcoind)
+        _ <- SyncUtil.syncWalletFullBlocks(wallet = fundedWallet.wallet,
+                                           bitcoind = bitcoind)
         _ <- BitcoinSWalletTest.awaitWalletBalances(fundedWallet)
       } yield fundedWallet
     }
@@ -294,8 +294,8 @@ trait BitcoinSWalletTest extends BitcoinSFixture with EmbeddedPg {
             .map(_.asInstanceOf[BitcoindV19RpcClient])
         wallet <- createWalletWithBitcoindCallbacks(bitcoind, bip39PasswordOpt)
         fundedWallet <- fundWalletWithBitcoind(wallet)
-        _ <-
-          SyncUtil.syncWallet(wallet = fundedWallet.wallet, bitcoind = bitcoind)
+        _ <- SyncUtil.syncWalletFullBlocks(wallet = fundedWallet.wallet,
+                                           bitcoind = bitcoind)
         _ <- BitcoinSWalletTest.awaitWalletBalances(fundedWallet)
       } yield {
         WalletWithBitcoindV19(fundedWallet.wallet, bitcoind)
diff --git a/wallet-test/src/test/scala/org/bitcoins/wallet/sync/WalletSyncTest.scala b/wallet-test/src/test/scala/org/bitcoins/wallet/sync/WalletSyncTest.scala
index 0b1468fdda..3ba2102db9 100644
--- a/wallet-test/src/test/scala/org/bitcoins/wallet/sync/WalletSyncTest.scala
+++ b/wallet-test/src/test/scala/org/bitcoins/wallet/sync/WalletSyncTest.scala
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ class WalletSyncTest extends BitcoinSWalletTest {
     val getBlockHeaderFunc = SyncUtil.getBlockHeaderFunc(bitcoind)
 
     val getBlockFunc = SyncUtil.getBlockFunc(bitcoind)
-    val syncedWalletF = WalletSync.sync(wallet,
-                                        getBlockHeaderFunc,
-                                        getBestBlockHashFunc,
-                                        getBlockFunc)
+    val syncedWalletF = WalletSync.syncFullBlocks(wallet,
+                                                  getBlockHeaderFunc,
+                                                  getBestBlockHashFunc,
+                                                  getBlockFunc)
 
     val bitcoindBestHeaderF = bitcoind.getBestBlockHeader()
     for {
diff --git a/wallet/src/main/scala/org/bitcoins/wallet/sync/WalletSync.scala b/wallet/src/main/scala/org/bitcoins/wallet/sync/WalletSync.scala
index 38e6e1610d..65aba0b064 100644
--- a/wallet/src/main/scala/org/bitcoins/wallet/sync/WalletSync.scala
+++ b/wallet/src/main/scala/org/bitcoins/wallet/sync/WalletSync.scala
@@ -9,11 +9,17 @@ import scala.concurrent.{ExecutionContext, Future}
 
 trait WalletSync extends BitcoinSLogger {
 
-  def sync(
+  /** Synchronizes the bitcoin-s' wallet by retrieving each block and then calling
+    * [[Wallet.processBlock()]] on the block retrieved
+    *
+    * WARNING: This should not be used on resource constrained devices
+    * as fetching full blocks will use a lot of bandwidth on live networks
+    */
+  def syncFullBlocks(
       wallet: Wallet,
       getBlockHeaderFunc: DoubleSha256DigestBE => Future[BlockHeader],
       getBestBlockHashFunc: () => Future[DoubleSha256DigestBE],
-      getBlock: DoubleSha256DigestBE => Future[Block])(implicit
+      getBlockFunc: DoubleSha256DigestBE => Future[Block])(implicit
       ec: ExecutionContext): Future[Wallet] = {
     val bestBlockHashF = getBestBlockHashFunc()
     val bestBlockHeaderF = for {
@@ -26,7 +32,7 @@ trait WalletSync extends BitcoinSLogger {
       blocksToSync <- getBlocksToSync(wallet = wallet,
                                       currentTipBlockHashBE = bestHeader.hashBE,
                                       accum = Vector.empty,
-                                      getBlock = getBlock)
+                                      getBlock = getBlockFunc)
     } yield blocksToSync
 
     val syncedWalletF = for {