diff --git a/cmd/client/wallet_stress_test/main.go b/cmd/client/wallet_stress_test/main.go
index df6bdb9bd..027da9c50 100644
--- a/cmd/client/wallet_stress_test/main.go
+++ b/cmd/client/wallet_stress_test/main.go
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ func processStressTestCommand() {
 	var receiverState *AccountState
 	var retry uint32
 
-	for i := 0; i < 10; i++ {
+	for i := 0; ; i++ {
 		for retry = 0; retry < 10; retry++ {
 			shardIDToAccountStateSender = FetchBalance(senderAddress)
 			shardIDToAccountStateReceiver = FetchBalance(receiverAddress)
@@ -268,11 +268,16 @@ func processStressTestCommand() {
 		receiverBalance := receiverState.balance
 
 		// amount 1/10th of the balance
-		amountBigInt := senderBalance.Div(senderBalance, big.NewInt(10))
+		amountBigInt := senderBalance.Div(senderBalance, big.NewInt(1))
 
 		fmt.Printf("\nsender: balance (shard %d:  %s, nonce: %v)\n", shardID, convertBalanceIntoReadableFormat(senderBalance), senderState.nonce)
 		fmt.Printf("receiver balance (shard %d:  %s, nonce: %v)\n", shardID, convertBalanceIntoReadableFormat(receiverBalance), receiverState.nonce)
 
+		// stop stress testing here after printing out the final balance
+		if i == 10 {
+			break
+		}
+
 		tx := types.NewTransaction(
 			senderState.nonce, receiverAddress, uint32(shardID), amountBigInt,
 			gasLimit, gasPriceBigInt, data)
diff --git a/core/types/transaction.go b/core/types/transaction.go
index 6657b5342..6311b07a2 100644
--- a/core/types/transaction.go
+++ b/core/types/transaction.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package types
 import (
 	"container/heap"
 	"errors"
+	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"math/big"
 	"sync/atomic"
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common/hexutil"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/crypto"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rlp"
+	common2 "github.com/harmony-one/harmony/internal/common"
 )
 
 // no go:generate gencodec -type txdata -field-override txdataMarshaling -out gen_tx_json.go
@@ -489,6 +491,26 @@ func (m Message) CheckNonce() bool {
 // RecentTxsStats is a recent transactions stats map tracking stats like BlockTxsCounts.
 type RecentTxsStats map[uint64]BlockTxsCounts
 
+// String returns the string formatted representation of RecentTxsStats
+func (rts RecentTxsStats) String() string {
+	ret := "{ "
+	for blockNum, blockTxsCounts := range rts {
+		ret += fmt.Sprintf("blockNum:%d=%s", blockNum, blockTxsCounts.String())
+	}
+	ret += " }"
+	return ret
+}
+
 // BlockTxsCounts is a transactions counts map of
 // the number of transactions made by each account in a block on this node.
 type BlockTxsCounts map[common.Address]uint64
+
+// String returns the string formatted representation of BlockTxsCounts
+func (btc BlockTxsCounts) String() string {
+	ret := "{ "
+	for sender, numTxs := range btc {
+		ret += fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d,", common2.MustAddressToBech32(sender), numTxs)
+	}
+	ret += " }"
+	return ret
+}
diff --git a/node/node.go b/node/node.go
index 76e2d7d43..0c5c3f5e0 100644
--- a/node/node.go
+++ b/node/node.go
@@ -265,10 +265,9 @@ func (node *Node) getTransactionsForNewBlock(coinbase common.Address) types.Tran
 	newBlockNum := node.Blockchain().CurrentBlock().NumberU64() + 1
 
 	// remove old (> txsThrottleConfigRecentTxDuration) blockNum keys from recentTxsStats and initiailize for the new block
+	recentTxsBlockNumGap := uint64(txsThrottleConfig.RecentTxDuration / node.BlockPeriod)
 	for blockNum := range node.recentTxsStats {
-		blockNumHourAgo := uint64(txsThrottleConfig.RecentTxDuration / node.BlockPeriod)
-
-		if blockNumHourAgo < newBlockNum-blockNum {
+		if recentTxsBlockNumGap < newBlockNum-blockNum {
 			delete(node.recentTxsStats, blockNum)
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/node/worker/worker.go b/node/worker/worker.go
index c56b99a33..7f6716f1c 100644
--- a/node/worker/worker.go
+++ b/node/worker/worker.go
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ func (w *Worker) throttleTxs(selected types.Transactions, recentTxsStats types.R
 		utils.GetLogInstance().Info("Throttling tx with max amount limit",
 			"tx Id", tx.Hash().Hex(),
 			"MaxTxAmountLimit", txsThrottleConfig.MaxTxAmountLimit.Uint64(),
-			"Tx amount", tx.Value().Uint64())
+			"Tx amount", tx.Value())
 		return sender, shardingconfig.TxInvalid
 	}