diff --git a/api/proto/message/server.go b/api/proto/message/server.go
index ae6739382..20b90d5db 100644
--- a/api/proto/message/server.go
+++ b/api/proto/message/server.go
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ func (s *Server) Process(ctx context.Context, message *Message) (*Response, erro
 		}
 		address := crypto.PubkeyToAddress(key.PublicKey)
 
-		utils.Logger().Info().Int64("amount", amount).Bytes("address", address[:]).Msg("Enter")
+		utils.Logger().Info().Int64("amount", amount).Hex("address", address[:]).Msg("Enter")
 		if err := s.CreateTransactionForEnterMethod(amount, priKey); err != nil {
 			return nil, ErrEnterMethod
 		}
diff --git a/api/service/syncing/syncing.go b/api/service/syncing/syncing.go
index d0b616c62..ce7c1613c 100644
--- a/api/service/syncing/syncing.go
+++ b/api/service/syncing/syncing.go
@@ -507,8 +507,8 @@ func (ss *StateSync) getMaxConsensusBlockFromParentHash(parentHash common.Hash)
 	maxFirstID, maxCount := GetHowManyMaxConsensus(candidateBlocks)
 	hash := candidateBlocks[maxFirstID].Hash()
 	utils.Logger().Debug().
-		Bytes("parentHash", parentHash[:]).
-		Bytes("hash", hash[:]).
+		Hex("parentHash", parentHash[:]).
+		Hex("hash", hash[:]).
 		Int("maxCount", maxCount).
 		Msg("[SYNC] Find block with matching parenthash")
 	return candidateBlocks[maxFirstID]
@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ func (ss *StateSync) RegisterNodeInfo() int {
 		err := peerConfig.registerToBroadcast(ss.selfPeerHash[:], ss.selfip, ss.selfport)
 		if err != nil {
 			logger.Debug().
-				Bytes("selfPeerHash", ss.selfPeerHash[:]).
+				Hex("selfPeerHash", ss.selfPeerHash[:]).
 				Msg("[SYNC] register failed to peer")
 			return
 		}
diff --git a/cmd/client/txgen/main.go b/cmd/client/txgen/main.go
index 782d223a6..820112f7c 100644
--- a/cmd/client/txgen/main.go
+++ b/cmd/client/txgen/main.go
@@ -151,7 +151,9 @@ func main() {
 		MaxNumTxsPerBatch: *numTxns,
 	}
 	shardID := *shardIDFlag
-	utils.GetLogInstance().Debug("Cross Shard Ratio Is Set But not used", "cx ratio", *crossShardRatio)
+	utils.Logger().Debug().
+		Int("cx ratio", *crossShardRatio).
+		Msg("Cross Shard Ratio Is Set But not used")
 
 	// TODO(Richard): refactor this chuck to a single method
 	// Setup a logger to stdout and log file.
@@ -166,20 +168,30 @@ func main() {
 	txGen.RunServices()
 	start := time.Now()
 	totalTime := float64(*duration)
-	utils.GetLogInstance().Debug("Total Duration", "totalTime", totalTime, "RunForever", isDurationForever(totalTime))
+	utils.Logger().Debug().
+		Float64("totalTime", totalTime).
+		Bool("RunForever", isDurationForever(totalTime)).
+		Msg("Total Duration")
 	ticker := time.NewTicker(checkFrequency * time.Second)
 	txGen.DoSyncWithoutConsensus()
 syncLoop:
 	for {
 		t := time.Now()
 		if totalTime > 0 && t.Sub(start).Seconds() >= totalTime {
-			utils.GetLogInstance().Debug("Generator timer ended in syncLoop.", "duration", (int(t.Sub(start))), "startTime", start, "totalTime", totalTime)
+			utils.Logger().Debug().
+				Int("duration", (int(t.Sub(start)))).
+				Time("startTime", start).
+				Float64("totalTime", totalTime).
+				Msg("Generator timer ended in syncLoop.")
 			break syncLoop
 		}
 		select {
 		case <-ticker.C:
 			if txGen.State.String() == "NodeReadyForConsensus" {
-				utils.GetLogInstance().Debug("Generator is now in Sync.", "txgen node", txGen.SelfPeer, "Node State", txGen.State.String())
+				utils.Logger().Debug().
+					Str("txgen node", txGen.SelfPeer.String()).
+					Str("Node State", txGen.State.String()).
+					Msg("Generator is now in Sync.")
 				ticker.Stop()
 				break syncLoop
 			}
@@ -188,14 +200,24 @@ syncLoop:
 	readySignal := make(chan uint32)
 	// This func is used to update the client's blockchain when new blocks are received from the leaders
 	updateBlocksFunc := func(blocks []*types.Block) {
-		utils.GetLogInstance().Info("[Txgen] Received new block", "block num", blocks[0].NumberU64())
+		utils.Logger().Info().
+			Uint64("block num", blocks[0].NumberU64()).
+			Msg("[Txgen] Received new block")
 		for _, block := range blocks {
 			shardID := block.ShardID()
 			if txGen.Consensus.ShardID == shardID {
-				utils.GetLogInstance().Info("Got block from leader", "txNum", len(block.Transactions()), "shardID", shardID, "preHash", block.ParentHash().Hex(), "currentBlock", txGen.Blockchain().CurrentBlock().NumberU64(), "incoming block", block.NumberU64())
+				utils.Logger().Info().
+					Int("txNum", len(block.Transactions())).
+					Uint32("shardID", shardID).
+					Str("preHash", block.ParentHash().Hex()).
+					Uint64("currentBlock", txGen.Blockchain().CurrentBlock().NumberU64()).
+					Uint64("incoming block", block.NumberU64()).
+					Msg("Got block from leader")
 				if block.NumberU64()-txGen.Blockchain().CurrentBlock().NumberU64() == 1 {
 					if err := txGen.AddNewBlock(block); err != nil {
-						utils.GetLogInstance().Error("Error when adding new block", "error", err)
+						utils.Logger().Error().
+							Err(err).
+							Msg("Error when adding new block")
 					}
 					stateMutex.Lock()
 					if err := txGen.Worker.UpdateCurrent(block.Coinbase()); err != nil {
@@ -221,9 +243,16 @@ syncLoop:
 pushLoop:
 	for {
 		t := time.Now()
-		utils.GetLogInstance().Debug("Current running time", "running time", t.Sub(start).Seconds(), "totaltime", totalTime)
+		utils.Logger().Debug().
+			Float64("running time", t.Sub(start).Seconds()).
+			Float64("totalTime", totalTime).
+			Msg("Current running time")
 		if !isDurationForever(totalTime) && t.Sub(start).Seconds() >= totalTime {
-			utils.GetLogInstance().Debug("Generator timer ended.", "duration", (int(t.Sub(start))), "startTime", start, "totalTime", totalTime)
+			utils.Logger().Debug().
+				Int("duration", (int(t.Sub(start)))).
+				Time("startTime", start).
+				Float64("totalTime", totalTime).
+				Msg("Generator timer ended.")
 			break pushLoop
 		}
 		if shardID != 0 {
@@ -231,7 +260,7 @@ pushLoop:
 				if otherHeight >= 1 {
 					go func() {
 						readySignal <- uint32(shardID)
-						utils.GetLogInstance().Debug("Same blockchain height so readySignal generated")
+						utils.Logger().Debug().Msg("Same blockchain height so readySignal generated")
 						time.Sleep(3 * time.Second) // wait for nodes to be ready
 					}()
 				}
@@ -242,13 +271,15 @@ pushLoop:
 			lock := sync.Mutex{}
 			txs, err := GenerateSimulatedTransactionsAccount(uint32(shardID), txGen, setting)
 			if err != nil {
-				utils.GetLogInstance().Debug("Error in Generating Txns", "Err", err)
+				utils.Logger().Debug().
+					Err(err).
+					Msg("Error in Generating Txns")
 			}
 			lock.Lock()
 			SendTxsToShard(txGen, txs, uint32(shardID))
 			lock.Unlock()
 		case <-time.After(10 * time.Second):
-			utils.GetLogInstance().Warn("No new block is received so far")
+			utils.Logger().Warn().Msg("No new block is received so far")
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -264,7 +295,9 @@ func SendTxsToShard(clientNode *node.Node, txs types.Transactions, shardID uint3
 		err = clientNode.GetHost().SendMessageToGroups([]p2p.GroupID{clientGroup}, p2p_host.ConstructP2pMessage(byte(0), msg))
 	}
 	if err != nil {
-		utils.GetLogInstance().Debug("Error in Sending Txns", "Err", err)
+		utils.Logger().Debug().
+			Err(err).
+			Msg("Error in Sending Txns")
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/cmd/harmony/main.go b/cmd/harmony/main.go
index db53d9480..f27fee571 100644
--- a/cmd/harmony/main.go
+++ b/cmd/harmony/main.go
@@ -322,8 +322,9 @@ func setupConsensusAndNode(nodeConfig *nodeconfig.ConfigType) *node.Node {
 	}
 	// TODO: add staking support
 	// currentNode.StakingAccount = myAccount
-	utils.GetLogInstance().Info("node account set",
-		"address", common.MustAddressToBech32(currentNode.StakingAccount.Address))
+	utils.Logger().Info().
+		Str("address", common.MustAddressToBech32(currentNode.StakingAccount.Address)).
+		Msg("node account set")
 
 	// TODO: refactor the creation of blockchain out of node.New()
 	currentConsensus.ChainReader = currentNode.Blockchain()
@@ -373,7 +374,9 @@ func setupConsensusAndNode(nodeConfig *nodeconfig.ConfigType) *node.Node {
 	height := currentNode.Blockchain().CurrentBlock().NumberU64()
 
 	currentConsensus.SetViewID(height)
-	utils.GetLogInstance().Info("Init Blockchain", "height", height)
+	utils.Logger().Info().
+		Uint64("height", height).
+		Msg("Init Blockchain")
 
 	// Assign closure functions to the consensus object
 	currentConsensus.BlockVerifier = currentNode.VerifyNewBlock
@@ -435,7 +438,10 @@ func main() {
 	}
 
 	if *shardID >= 0 {
-		utils.GetLogInstance().Info("ShardID Override", "original", initialAccount.ShardID, "override", *shardID)
+		utils.Logger().Info().
+			Uint32("original", initialAccount.ShardID).
+			Int("override", *shardID).
+			Msg("ShardID Override")
 		initialAccount.ShardID = uint32(*shardID)
 	}
 
@@ -451,15 +457,16 @@ func main() {
 	if *isExplorer {
 		startMsg = "==== New Explorer Node ===="
 	}
-	utils.GetLogInstance().Info(startMsg,
-		"BlsPubKey", hex.EncodeToString(nodeConfig.ConsensusPubKey.Serialize()),
-		"ShardID", nodeConfig.ShardID,
-		"ShardGroupID", nodeConfig.GetShardGroupID(),
-		"BeaconGroupID", nodeConfig.GetBeaconGroupID(),
-		"ClientGroupID", nodeConfig.GetClientGroupID(),
-		"Role", currentNode.NodeConfig.Role(),
-		"multiaddress", fmt.Sprintf("/ip4/%s/tcp/%s/p2p/%s",
-			*ip, *port, nodeConfig.Host.GetID().Pretty()))
+
+	utils.Logger().Info().
+		Str("BlsPubKey", hex.EncodeToString(nodeConfig.ConsensusPubKey.Serialize())).
+		Uint32("ShardID", nodeConfig.ShardID).
+		Str("ShardGroupID", nodeConfig.GetShardGroupID().String()).
+		Str("BeaconGroupID", nodeConfig.GetBeaconGroupID().String()).
+		Str("ClientGroupID", nodeConfig.GetClientGroupID().String()).
+		Str("Role", currentNode.NodeConfig.Role().String()).
+		Str("multiaddress", fmt.Sprintf("/ip4/%s/tcp/%s/p2p/%s", *ip, *port, nodeConfig.Host.GetID().Pretty())).
+		Msg(startMsg)
 
 	if *enableMemProfiling {
 		memprofiling.GetMemProfiling().Start()
diff --git a/consensus/consensus_v2.go b/consensus/consensus_v2.go
index 15bef8d96..eecb1a87c 100644
--- a/consensus/consensus_v2.go
+++ b/consensus/consensus_v2.go
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func (consensus *Consensus) handleMessageUpdate(payload []byte) {
 
 	if msg.Type == msg_pb.MessageType_VIEWCHANGE || msg.Type == msg_pb.MessageType_NEWVIEW {
 		if msg.GetViewchange() != nil && msg.GetViewchange().ShardId != consensus.ShardID {
-			consensus.getLogger().Warn().
+			utils.Logger().Warn().
 				Uint32("myShardId", consensus.ShardID).
 				Uint32("receivedShardId", msg.GetViewchange().ShardId).
 				Msg("Received view change message from different shard")
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ func (consensus *Consensus) handleMessageUpdate(payload []byte) {
 		}
 	} else {
 		if msg.GetConsensus() != nil && msg.GetConsensus().ShardId != consensus.ShardID {
-			consensus.getLogger().Warn().
+			utils.Logger().Warn().
 				Uint32("myShardId", consensus.ShardID).
 				Uint32("receivedShardId", msg.GetConsensus().ShardId).
 				Msg("Received consensus message from different shard")
@@ -92,16 +92,12 @@ func (consensus *Consensus) announce(block *types.Block) {
 	// prepare message and broadcast to validators
 	encodedBlock, err := rlp.EncodeToBytes(block)
 	if err != nil {
-		consensus.getLogger().Debug().
-			Err(err).
-			Msg("[Announce] Failed encoding block")
+		utils.Logger().Debug().Msg("[Announce] Failed encoding block")
 		return
 	}
 	encodedBlockHeader, err := rlp.EncodeToBytes(block.Header())
 	if err != nil {
-		consensus.getLogger().Debug().
-			Err(err).
-			Msg("[Announce] Failed encoding block header")
+		utils.Logger().Debug().Msg("[Announce] Failed encoding block header")
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -115,12 +111,12 @@ func (consensus *Consensus) announce(block *types.Block) {
 	_ = protobuf.Unmarshal(msgPayload, msg)
 	pbftMsg, err := ParsePbftMessage(msg)
 	if err != nil {
-		consensus.getLogger().Warn().Err(err).Msg("[Announce] Unable to parse pbft message")
+		utils.Logger().Warn().Err(err).Msg("[Announce] Unable to parse pbft message")
 		return
 	}
 
 	consensus.PbftLog.AddMessage(pbftMsg)
-	consensus.getLogger().Debug().
+	utils.Logger().Debug().
 		Str("MsgBlockHash", pbftMsg.BlockHash.Hex()).
 		Uint64("MsgViewID", pbftMsg.ViewID).
 		Uint64("MsgBlockNum", pbftMsg.BlockNum).
@@ -130,24 +126,24 @@ func (consensus *Consensus) announce(block *types.Block) {
 	// Leader sign the block hash itself
 	consensus.prepareSigs[consensus.PubKey.SerializeToHexStr()] = consensus.priKey.SignHash(consensus.blockHash[:])
 	if err := consensus.prepareBitmap.SetKey(consensus.PubKey, true); err != nil {
-		consensus.getLogger().Warn().Err(err).Msg("[Announce] Leader prepareBitmap SetKey failed")
+		utils.Logger().Warn().Err(err).Msg("[Announce] Leader prepareBitmap SetKey failed")
 		return
 	}
 
 	// Construct broadcast p2p message
 
 	if err := consensus.msgSender.SendWithRetry(consensus.blockNum, msg_pb.MessageType_ANNOUNCE, []p2p.GroupID{p2p.NewGroupIDByShardID(p2p.ShardID(consensus.ShardID))}, host.ConstructP2pMessage(byte(17), msgToSend)); err != nil {
-		consensus.getLogger().Warn().
+		utils.Logger().Warn().
 			Str("groupID", string(p2p.NewGroupIDByShardID(p2p.ShardID(consensus.ShardID)))).
 			Msg("[Announce] Cannot send announce message")
 	} else {
-		consensus.getLogger().Info().
+		utils.Logger().Info().
 			Str("blockHash", block.Hash().Hex()).
 			Uint64("blockNum", block.NumberU64()).
 			Msg("[Announce] Sent Announce Message!!")
 	}
 
-	consensus.getLogger().Debug().
+	utils.Logger().Debug().
 		Str("From", consensus.phase.String()).
 		Str("To", Prepare.String()).
 		Msg("[Announce] Switching phase")
@@ -155,31 +151,31 @@ func (consensus *Consensus) announce(block *types.Block) {
 }
 
 func (consensus *Consensus) onAnnounce(msg *msg_pb.Message) {
-	consensus.getLogger().Debug().Msg("[OnAnnounce] Receive announce message")
+	utils.Logger().Debug().Msg("[OnAnnounce] Receive announce message")
 	if consensus.IsLeader() && consensus.mode.Mode() == Normal {
 		return
 	}
 
 	senderKey, err := consensus.verifySenderKey(msg)
 	if err != nil {
-		consensus.getLogger().Error().Err(err).Msg("[OnAnnounce] VerifySenderKey failed")
+		utils.Logger().Error().Err(err).Msg("[OnAnnounce] VerifySenderKey failed")
 		return
 	}
 	if !senderKey.IsEqual(consensus.LeaderPubKey) && consensus.mode.Mode() == Normal && !consensus.ignoreViewIDCheck {
-		consensus.getLogger().Warn().
+		utils.Logger().Warn().
 			Str("senderKey", senderKey.SerializeToHexStr()).
 			Str("leaderKey", consensus.LeaderPubKey.SerializeToHexStr()).
 			Msg("[OnAnnounce] SenderKey does not match leader PubKey")
 		return
 	}
 	if err = verifyMessageSig(senderKey, msg); err != nil {
-		consensus.getLogger().Error().Err(err).Msg("[OnAnnounce] Failed to verify leader signature")
+		utils.Logger().Error().Err(err).Msg("[OnAnnounce] Failed to verify leader signature")
 		return
 	}
 
 	recvMsg, err := ParsePbftMessage(msg)
 	if err != nil {
-		consensus.getLogger().Error().
+		utils.Logger().Error().
 			Err(err).
 			Uint64("MsgBlockNum", recvMsg.BlockNum).
 			Msg("[OnAnnounce] Unparseable leader message")
@@ -191,7 +187,7 @@ func (consensus *Consensus) onAnnounce(msg *msg_pb.Message) {
 	header := new(block.Header)
 	err = rlp.DecodeBytes(encodedHeader, header)
 	if err != nil {
-		consensus.getLogger().Warn().
+		utils.Logger().Warn().
 			Err(err).
 			Uint64("MsgBlockNum", recvMsg.BlockNum).
 			Msg("[OnAnnounce] Unparseable block header data")
@@ -199,7 +195,7 @@ func (consensus *Consensus) onAnnounce(msg *msg_pb.Message) {
 	}
 
 	if recvMsg.BlockNum < consensus.blockNum || recvMsg.BlockNum != header.Number().Uint64() {
-		consensus.getLogger().Debug().
+		utils.Logger().Debug().
 			Uint64("MsgBlockNum", recvMsg.BlockNum).
 			Uint64("blockNum", consensus.blockNum).
 			Uint64("hdrBlockNum", header.Number().Uint64()).
@@ -208,7 +204,7 @@ func (consensus *Consensus) onAnnounce(msg *msg_pb.Message) {
 	}
 	if consensus.mode.Mode() == Normal {
 		if err = chain.Engine.VerifyHeader(consensus.ChainReader, header, true); err != nil {
-			consensus.getLogger().Warn().
+			utils.Logger().Warn().
 				Err(err).
 				Str("inChain", consensus.ChainReader.CurrentHeader().Number().String()).
 				Str("MsgBlockNum", header.Number().String()).
@@ -237,18 +233,18 @@ func (consensus *Consensus) onAnnounce(msg *msg_pb.Message) {
 	logMsgs := consensus.PbftLog.GetMessagesByTypeSeqView(msg_pb.MessageType_ANNOUNCE, recvMsg.BlockNum, recvMsg.ViewID)
 	if len(logMsgs) > 0 {
 		if logMsgs[0].BlockHash != recvMsg.BlockHash {
-			consensus.getLogger().Debug().
+			utils.Logger().Debug().
 				Str("leaderKey", consensus.LeaderPubKey.SerializeToHexStr()).
 				Msg("[OnAnnounce] Leader is malicious")
 			consensus.startViewChange(consensus.viewID + 1)
 		}
-		consensus.getLogger().Debug().
+		utils.Logger().Debug().
 			Str("leaderKey", consensus.LeaderPubKey.SerializeToHexStr()).
 			Msg("[OnAnnounce] Announce message received again")
 		//return
 	}
 
-	consensus.getLogger().Debug().
+	utils.Logger().Debug().
 		Uint64("MsgViewID", recvMsg.ViewID).
 		Uint64("MsgBlockNum", recvMsg.BlockNum).
 		Msg("[OnAnnounce] Announce message Added")
@@ -261,13 +257,13 @@ func (consensus *Consensus) onAnnounce(msg *msg_pb.Message) {
 
 	// we have already added message and block, skip check viewID and send prepare message if is in ViewChanging mode
 	if consensus.mode.Mode() == ViewChanging {
-		consensus.getLogger().Debug().Msg("[OnAnnounce] Still in ViewChanging Mode, Exiting !!")
+		utils.Logger().Debug().Msg("[OnAnnounce] Still in ViewChanging Mode, Exiting !!")
 		return
 	}
 
 	if consensus.checkViewID(recvMsg) != nil {
 		if consensus.mode.Mode() == Normal {
-			consensus.getLogger().Debug().
+			utils.Logger().Debug().
 				Uint64("MsgViewID", recvMsg.ViewID).
 				Uint64("MsgBlockNum", recvMsg.BlockNum).
 				Msg("[OnAnnounce] ViewID check failed")
@@ -286,13 +282,13 @@ func (consensus *Consensus) prepare() {
 	// TODO: this will not return immediatey, may block
 
 	if err := consensus.msgSender.SendWithoutRetry([]p2p.GroupID{p2p.NewGroupIDByShardID(p2p.ShardID(consensus.ShardID))}, host.ConstructP2pMessage(byte(17), msgToSend)); err != nil {
-		consensus.getLogger().Warn().Err(err).Msg("[OnAnnounce] Cannot send prepare message")
+		utils.Logger().Warn().Err(err).Msg("[OnAnnounce] Cannot send prepare message")
 	} else {
-		consensus.getLogger().Info().
+		utils.Logger().Info().
 			Str("blockHash", hex.EncodeToString(consensus.blockHash[:])).
 			Msg("[OnAnnounce] Sent Prepare Message!!")
 	}
-	consensus.getLogger().Debug().
+	utils.Logger().Debug().
 		Str("From", consensus.phase.String()).
 		Str("To", Prepare.String()).
 		Msg("[Announce] Switching Phase")
@@ -307,22 +303,22 @@ func (consensus *Consensus) onPrepare(msg *msg_pb.Message) {
 
 	senderKey, err := consensus.verifySenderKey(msg)
 	if err != nil {
-		consensus.getLogger().Error().Err(err).Msg("[OnPrepare] VerifySenderKey failed")
+		utils.Logger().Error().Err(err).Msg("[OnPrepare] VerifySenderKey failed")
 		return
 	}
 	if err = verifyMessageSig(senderKey, msg); err != nil {
-		consensus.getLogger().Error().Err(err).Msg("[OnPrepare] Failed to verify sender's signature")
+		utils.Logger().Error().Err(err).Msg("[OnPrepare] Failed to verify sender's signature")
 		return
 	}
 
 	recvMsg, err := ParsePbftMessage(msg)
 	if err != nil {
-		consensus.getLogger().Error().Err(err).Msg("[OnPrepare] Unparseable validator message")
+		utils.Logger().Error().Err(err).Msg("[OnPrepare] Unparseable validator message")
 		return
 	}
 
 	if recvMsg.ViewID != consensus.viewID || recvMsg.BlockNum != consensus.blockNum {
-		consensus.getLogger().Debug().
+		utils.Logger().Debug().
 			Uint64("MsgViewID", recvMsg.ViewID).
 			Uint64("MsgBlockNum", recvMsg.BlockNum).
 			Uint64("blockNum", consensus.blockNum).
@@ -331,7 +327,7 @@ func (consensus *Consensus) onPrepare(msg *msg_pb.Message) {
 	}
 
 	if !consensus.PbftLog.HasMatchingViewAnnounce(consensus.blockNum, consensus.viewID, recvMsg.BlockHash) {
-		consensus.getLogger().Debug().
+		utils.Logger().Debug().
 			Uint64("MsgViewID", recvMsg.ViewID).
 			Uint64("MsgBlockNum", recvMsg.BlockNum).
 			Uint64("blockNum", consensus.blockNum).
@@ -347,7 +343,7 @@ func (consensus *Consensus) onPrepare(msg *msg_pb.Message) {
 
 	consensus.mutex.Lock()
 	defer consensus.mutex.Unlock()
-	logger := consensus.getLogger().With().Str("validatorPubKey", validatorPubKey).Logger()
+	logger := utils.Logger().With().Str("validatorPubKey", validatorPubKey).Logger()
 	if len(prepareSigs) >= consensus.Quorum() {
 		// already have enough signatures
 		logger.Debug().Msg("[OnPrepare] Received Additional Prepare Message")
@@ -364,11 +360,11 @@ func (consensus *Consensus) onPrepare(msg *msg_pb.Message) {
 	var sign bls.Sign
 	err = sign.Deserialize(prepareSig)
 	if err != nil {
-		consensus.getLogger().Error().Err(err).Msg("[OnPrepare] Failed to deserialize bls signature")
+		utils.Logger().Error().Err(err).Msg("[OnPrepare] Failed to deserialize bls signature")
 		return
 	}
 	if !sign.VerifyHash(recvMsg.SenderPubkey, consensus.blockHash[:]) {
-		consensus.getLogger().Error().Msg("[OnPrepare] Received invalid BLS signature")
+		utils.Logger().Error().Msg("[OnPrepare] Received invalid BLS signature")
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -377,7 +373,7 @@ func (consensus *Consensus) onPrepare(msg *msg_pb.Message) {
 	prepareSigs[validatorPubKey] = &sign
 	// Set the bitmap indicating that this validator signed.
 	if err := prepareBitmap.SetKey(recvMsg.SenderPubkey, true); err != nil {
-		consensus.getLogger().Warn().Err(err).Msg("[OnPrepare] prepareBitmap.SetKey failed")
+		utils.Logger().Warn().Err(err).Msg("[OnPrepare] prepareBitmap.SetKey failed")
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -393,7 +389,7 @@ func (consensus *Consensus) onPrepare(msg *msg_pb.Message) {
 		_ = protobuf.Unmarshal(msgPayload, msg)
 		pbftMsg, err := ParsePbftMessage(msg)
 		if err != nil {
-			consensus.getLogger().Warn().Err(err).Msg("[OnPrepare] Unable to parse pbft message")
+			utils.Logger().Warn().Err(err).Msg("[OnPrepare] Unable to parse pbft message")
 			return
 		}
 		consensus.PbftLog.AddMessage(pbftMsg)
@@ -404,22 +400,22 @@ func (consensus *Consensus) onPrepare(msg *msg_pb.Message) {
 		commitPayload := append(blockNumHash, consensus.blockHash[:]...)
 		consensus.commitSigs[consensus.PubKey.SerializeToHexStr()] = consensus.priKey.SignHash(commitPayload)
 		if err := consensus.commitBitmap.SetKey(consensus.PubKey, true); err != nil {
-			consensus.getLogger().Debug().Msg("[OnPrepare] Leader commit bitmap set failed")
+			utils.Logger().Debug().Msg("[OnPrepare] Leader commit bitmap set failed")
 			return
 		}
 
 		if err := consensus.msgSender.SendWithRetry(consensus.blockNum, msg_pb.MessageType_PREPARED, []p2p.GroupID{p2p.NewGroupIDByShardID(p2p.ShardID(consensus.ShardID))}, host.ConstructP2pMessage(byte(17), msgToSend)); err != nil {
-			consensus.getLogger().Warn().Msg("[OnPrepare] Cannot send prepared message")
+			utils.Logger().Warn().Msg("[OnPrepare] Cannot send prepared message")
 		} else {
-			consensus.getLogger().Debug().
-				Bytes("blockHash", consensus.blockHash[:]).
+			utils.Logger().Debug().
+				Hex("blockHash", consensus.blockHash[:]).
 				Uint64("blockNum", consensus.blockNum).
 				Msg("[OnPrepare] Sent Prepared Message!!")
 		}
 		consensus.msgSender.StopRetry(msg_pb.MessageType_ANNOUNCE)
 		consensus.msgSender.StopRetry(msg_pb.MessageType_COMMITTED) // Stop retry committed msg of last consensus
 
-		consensus.getLogger().Debug().
+		utils.Logger().Debug().
 			Str("From", consensus.phase.String()).
 			Str("To", Commit.String()).
 			Msg("[OnPrepare] Switching phase")
@@ -429,37 +425,37 @@ func (consensus *Consensus) onPrepare(msg *msg_pb.Message) {
 }
 
 func (consensus *Consensus) onPrepared(msg *msg_pb.Message) {
-	consensus.getLogger().Debug().Msg("[OnPrepared] Received Prepared message")
+	utils.Logger().Debug().Msg("[OnPrepared] Received Prepared message")
 	if consensus.IsLeader() && consensus.mode.Mode() == Normal {
 		return
 	}
 
 	senderKey, err := consensus.verifySenderKey(msg)
 	if err != nil {
-		consensus.getLogger().Debug().Err(err).Msg("[OnPrepared] VerifySenderKey failed")
+		utils.Logger().Debug().Err(err).Msg("[OnPrepared] VerifySenderKey failed")
 		return
 	}
 	if !senderKey.IsEqual(consensus.LeaderPubKey) && consensus.mode.Mode() == Normal && !consensus.ignoreViewIDCheck {
-		consensus.getLogger().Warn().Msg("[OnPrepared] SenderKey not match leader PubKey")
+		utils.Logger().Warn().Msg("[OnPrepared] SenderKey not match leader PubKey")
 		return
 	}
 	if err := verifyMessageSig(senderKey, msg); err != nil {
-		consensus.getLogger().Debug().Err(err).Msg("[OnPrepared] Failed to verify sender's signature")
+		utils.Logger().Debug().Err(err).Msg("[OnPrepared] Failed to verify sender's signature")
 		return
 	}
 
 	recvMsg, err := ParsePbftMessage(msg)
 	if err != nil {
-		consensus.getLogger().Debug().Err(err).Msg("[OnPrepared] Unparseable validator message")
+		utils.Logger().Debug().Err(err).Msg("[OnPrepared] Unparseable validator message")
 		return
 	}
-	consensus.getLogger().Info().
+	utils.Logger().Info().
 		Uint64("MsgBlockNum", recvMsg.BlockNum).
 		Uint64("MsgViewID", recvMsg.ViewID).
 		Msg("[OnPrepared] Received prepared message")
 
 	if recvMsg.BlockNum < consensus.blockNum {
-		consensus.getLogger().Debug().Uint64("MsgBlockNum", recvMsg.BlockNum).Msg("Old Block Received, ignoring!!")
+		utils.Logger().Debug().Uint64("MsgBlockNum", recvMsg.BlockNum).Msg("Old Block Received, ignoring!!")
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -467,11 +463,11 @@ func (consensus *Consensus) onPrepared(msg *msg_pb.Message) {
 	blockHash := recvMsg.BlockHash
 	aggSig, mask, err := consensus.ReadSignatureBitmapPayload(recvMsg.Payload, 0)
 	if err != nil {
-		consensus.getLogger().Error().Err(err).Msg("ReadSignatureBitmapPayload failed!!")
+		utils.Logger().Error().Err(err).Msg("ReadSignatureBitmapPayload failed!!")
 		return
 	}
 	if count := utils.CountOneBits(mask.Bitmap); count < consensus.Quorum() {
-		consensus.getLogger().Debug().
+		utils.Logger().Debug().
 			Int("Need", consensus.Quorum()).
 			Int("Got", count).
 			Msg("Not enough signatures in the Prepared msg")
@@ -480,7 +476,7 @@ func (consensus *Consensus) onPrepared(msg *msg_pb.Message) {
 	if !aggSig.VerifyHash(mask.AggregatePublic, blockHash[:]) {
 		myBlockHash := common.Hash{}
 		myBlockHash.SetBytes(consensus.blockHash[:])
-		consensus.getLogger().Warn().
+		utils.Logger().Warn().
 			Uint64("MsgBlockNum", recvMsg.BlockNum).
 			Uint64("MsgViewID", recvMsg.ViewID).
 			Msg("[OnPrepared] failed to verify multi signature for prepare phase")
@@ -492,30 +488,30 @@ func (consensus *Consensus) onPrepared(msg *msg_pb.Message) {
 	var blockObj types.Block
 	err = rlp.DecodeBytes(block, &blockObj)
 	if err != nil {
-		consensus.getLogger().Warn().
+		utils.Logger().Warn().
 			Err(err).
 			Uint64("MsgBlockNum", recvMsg.BlockNum).
 			Msg("[OnPrepared] Unparseable block header data")
 		return
 	}
 	if blockObj.NumberU64() != recvMsg.BlockNum || recvMsg.BlockNum < consensus.blockNum {
-		consensus.getLogger().Warn().
+		utils.Logger().Warn().
 			Uint64("MsgBlockNum", recvMsg.BlockNum).
 			Uint64("blockNum", blockObj.NumberU64()).
 			Msg("[OnPrepared] BlockNum not match")
 		return
 	}
 	if blockObj.Header().Hash() != recvMsg.BlockHash {
-		consensus.getLogger().Warn().
+		utils.Logger().Warn().
 			Uint64("MsgBlockNum", recvMsg.BlockNum).
-			Bytes("MsgBlockHash", recvMsg.BlockHash[:]).
+			Hex("MsgBlockHash", recvMsg.BlockHash[:]).
 			Str("blockObjHash", blockObj.Header().Hash().Hex()).
 			Msg("[OnPrepared] BlockHash not match")
 		return
 	}
 	if consensus.mode.Mode() == Normal {
 		if err := chain.Engine.VerifyHeader(consensus.ChainReader, blockObj.Header(), true); err != nil {
-			consensus.getLogger().Warn().
+			utils.Logger().Error().
 				Err(err).
 				Str("inChain", consensus.ChainReader.CurrentHeader().Number().String()).
 				Str("MsgBlockNum", blockObj.Header().Number().String()).
@@ -525,7 +521,7 @@ func (consensus *Consensus) onPrepared(msg *msg_pb.Message) {
 		if consensus.BlockVerifier == nil {
 			// do nothing
 		} else if err := consensus.BlockVerifier(&blockObj); err != nil {
-			consensus.getLogger().Error().Err(err).Msg("[OnPrepared] Block verification failed")
+			utils.Logger().Error().Err(err).Msg("[OnPrepared] Block verification failed")
 			return
 		}
 	}
@@ -533,10 +529,10 @@ func (consensus *Consensus) onPrepared(msg *msg_pb.Message) {
 	consensus.PbftLog.AddBlock(&blockObj)
 	recvMsg.Block = []byte{} // save memory space
 	consensus.PbftLog.AddMessage(recvMsg)
-	consensus.getLogger().Debug().
+	utils.Logger().Debug().
 		Uint64("MsgViewID", recvMsg.ViewID).
 		Uint64("MsgBlockNum", recvMsg.BlockNum).
-		Bytes("blockHash", recvMsg.BlockHash[:]).
+		Hex("blockHash", recvMsg.BlockHash[:]).
 		Msg("[OnPrepared] Prepared message and block added")
 
 	consensus.mutex.Lock()
@@ -544,13 +540,13 @@ func (consensus *Consensus) onPrepared(msg *msg_pb.Message) {
 
 	consensus.tryCatchup()
 	if consensus.mode.Mode() == ViewChanging {
-		consensus.getLogger().Debug().Msg("[OnPrepared] Still in ViewChanging mode, Exiting!!")
+		utils.Logger().Debug().Msg("[OnPrepared] Still in ViewChanging mode, Exiting!!")
 		return
 	}
 
 	if consensus.checkViewID(recvMsg) != nil {
 		if consensus.mode.Mode() == Normal {
-			consensus.getLogger().Debug().
+			utils.Logger().Debug().
 				Uint64("MsgViewID", recvMsg.ViewID).
 				Uint64("MsgBlockNum", recvMsg.BlockNum).
 				Msg("[OnPrepared] ViewID check failed")
@@ -558,7 +554,7 @@ func (consensus *Consensus) onPrepared(msg *msg_pb.Message) {
 		return
 	}
 	if recvMsg.BlockNum > consensus.blockNum {
-		consensus.getLogger().Debug().
+		utils.Logger().Debug().
 			Uint64("MsgBlockNum", recvMsg.BlockNum).
 			Uint64("blockNum", consensus.blockNum).
 			Msg("[OnPrepared] Future Block Received, ignoring!!")
@@ -593,15 +589,15 @@ func (consensus *Consensus) onPrepared(msg *msg_pb.Message) {
 	}
 
 	if err := consensus.msgSender.SendWithoutRetry([]p2p.GroupID{p2p.NewGroupIDByShardID(p2p.ShardID(consensus.ShardID))}, host.ConstructP2pMessage(byte(17), msgToSend)); err != nil {
-		consensus.getLogger().Warn().Msg("[OnPrepared] Cannot send commit message!!")
+		utils.Logger().Warn().Msg("[OnPrepared] Cannot send commit message!!")
 	} else {
-		consensus.getLogger().Info().
+		utils.Logger().Info().
 			Uint64("blockNum", consensus.blockNum).
-			Bytes("blockHash", consensus.blockHash[:]).
+			Hex("blockHash", consensus.blockHash[:]).
 			Msg("[OnPrepared] Sent Commit Message!!")
 	}
 
-	consensus.getLogger().Debug().
+	utils.Logger().Debug().
 		Str("From", consensus.phase.String()).
 		Str("To", Commit.String()).
 		Msg("[OnPrepared] Switching phase")
@@ -618,22 +614,22 @@ func (consensus *Consensus) onCommit(msg *msg_pb.Message) {
 
 	senderKey, err := consensus.verifySenderKey(msg)
 	if err != nil {
-		consensus.getLogger().Debug().Err(err).Msg("[OnCommit] VerifySenderKey Failed")
+		utils.Logger().Debug().Err(err).Msg("[OnCommit] VerifySenderKey Failed")
 		return
 	}
 	if err = verifyMessageSig(senderKey, msg); err != nil {
-		consensus.getLogger().Debug().Err(err).Msg("[OnCommit] Failed to verify sender's signature")
+		utils.Logger().Debug().Err(err).Msg("[OnCommit] Failed to verify sender's signature")
 		return
 	}
 
 	recvMsg, err := ParsePbftMessage(msg)
 	if err != nil {
-		consensus.getLogger().Debug().Err(err).Msg("[OnCommit] Parse pbft message failed")
+		utils.Logger().Debug().Err(err).Msg("[OnCommit] Parse pbft message failed")
 		return
 	}
 
 	if recvMsg.ViewID != consensus.viewID || recvMsg.BlockNum != consensus.blockNum {
-		consensus.getLogger().Debug().
+		utils.Logger().Debug().
 			Uint64("MsgViewID", recvMsg.ViewID).
 			Uint64("MsgBlockNum", recvMsg.BlockNum).
 			Uint64("blockNum", consensus.blockNum).
@@ -643,8 +639,8 @@ func (consensus *Consensus) onCommit(msg *msg_pb.Message) {
 	}
 
 	if !consensus.PbftLog.HasMatchingAnnounce(consensus.blockNum, recvMsg.BlockHash) {
-		consensus.getLogger().Debug().
-			Bytes("MsgBlockHash", recvMsg.BlockHash[:]).
+		utils.Logger().Debug().
+			Hex("MsgBlockHash", recvMsg.BlockHash[:]).
 			Uint64("MsgBlockNum", recvMsg.BlockNum).
 			Uint64("blockNum", consensus.blockNum).
 			Msg("[OnCommit] Cannot find matching blockhash")
@@ -652,8 +648,8 @@ func (consensus *Consensus) onCommit(msg *msg_pb.Message) {
 	}
 
 	if !consensus.PbftLog.HasMatchingPrepared(consensus.blockNum, recvMsg.BlockHash) {
-		consensus.getLogger().Debug().
-			Bytes("blockHash", recvMsg.BlockHash[:]).
+		utils.Logger().Debug().
+			Hex("blockHash", recvMsg.BlockHash[:]).
 			Uint64("blockNum", consensus.blockNum).
 			Msg("[OnCommit] Cannot find matching prepared message")
 		return
@@ -666,7 +662,7 @@ func (consensus *Consensus) onCommit(msg *msg_pb.Message) {
 	consensus.mutex.Lock()
 	defer consensus.mutex.Unlock()
 
-	logger := consensus.getLogger().With().Str("validatorPubKey", validatorPubKey).Logger()
+	logger := utils.Logger().With().Str("validatorPubKey", validatorPubKey).Logger()
 	if !consensus.IsValidatorInCommittee(recvMsg.SenderPubkey) {
 		logger.Error().Msg("[OnCommit] Invalid validator")
 		return
@@ -705,7 +701,7 @@ func (consensus *Consensus) onCommit(msg *msg_pb.Message) {
 	commitSigs[validatorPubKey] = &sign
 	// Set the bitmap indicating that this validator signed.
 	if err := commitBitmap.SetKey(recvMsg.SenderPubkey, true); err != nil {
-		consensus.getLogger().Warn().Err(err).Msg("[OnCommit] commitBitmap.SetKey failed")
+		utils.Logger().Warn().Err(err).Msg("[OnCommit] commitBitmap.SetKey failed")
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -732,7 +728,7 @@ func (consensus *Consensus) onCommit(msg *msg_pb.Message) {
 }
 
 func (consensus *Consensus) finalizeCommits() {
-	consensus.getLogger().Info().Int("NumCommits", len(consensus.commitSigs)).Msg("[Finalizing] Finalizing Block")
+	utils.Logger().Info().Int("NumCommits", len(consensus.commitSigs)).Msg("[Finalizing] Finalizing Block")
 
 	beforeCatchupNum := consensus.blockNum
 	//beforeCatchupViewID := consensus.viewID
@@ -747,7 +743,7 @@ func (consensus *Consensus) finalizeCommits() {
 	_ = protobuf.Unmarshal(msgPayload, msg)
 	pbftMsg, err := ParsePbftMessage(msg)
 	if err != nil {
-		consensus.getLogger().Warn().Err(err).Msg("[FinalizeCommits] Unable to parse pbft message")
+		utils.Logger().Warn().Err(err).Msg("[FinalizeCommits] Unable to parse pbft message")
 		return
 	}
 	consensus.PbftLog.AddMessage(pbftMsg)
@@ -756,14 +752,14 @@ func (consensus *Consensus) finalizeCommits() {
 	// find correct block content
 	block := consensus.PbftLog.GetBlockByHash(consensus.blockHash)
 	if block == nil {
-		consensus.getLogger().Warn().
+		utils.Logger().Warn().
 			Str("blockHash", hex.EncodeToString(consensus.blockHash[:])).
 			Msg("[FinalizeCommits] Cannot find block by hash")
 		return
 	}
 	consensus.tryCatchup()
 	if consensus.blockNum-beforeCatchupNum != 1 {
-		consensus.getLogger().Warn().
+		utils.Logger().Warn().
 			Uint64("beforeCatchupBlockNum", beforeCatchupNum).
 			Msg("[FinalizeCommits] Leader cannot provide the correct block for committed message")
 		return
@@ -771,10 +767,10 @@ func (consensus *Consensus) finalizeCommits() {
 	// if leader success finalize the block, send committed message to validators
 
 	if err := consensus.msgSender.SendWithRetry(block.NumberU64(), msg_pb.MessageType_COMMITTED, []p2p.GroupID{p2p.NewGroupIDByShardID(p2p.ShardID(consensus.ShardID))}, host.ConstructP2pMessage(byte(17), msgToSend)); err != nil {
-		consensus.getLogger().Warn().Err(err).Msg("[Finalizing] Cannot send committed message")
+		utils.Logger().Warn().Err(err).Msg("[Finalizing] Cannot send committed message")
 	} else {
-		consensus.getLogger().Info().
-			Bytes("blockHash", consensus.blockHash[:]).
+		utils.Logger().Info().
+			Hex("blockHash", consensus.blockHash[:]).
 			Uint64("blockNum", consensus.blockNum).
 			Msg("[Finalizing] Sent Committed Message")
 	}
@@ -789,13 +785,13 @@ func (consensus *Consensus) finalizeCommits() {
 
 	if consensus.consensusTimeout[timeoutBootstrap].IsActive() {
 		consensus.consensusTimeout[timeoutBootstrap].Stop()
-		consensus.getLogger().Debug().Msg("[Finalizing] Start consensus timer; stop bootstrap timer only once")
+		utils.Logger().Debug().Msg("[Finalizing] Start consensus timer; stop bootstrap timer only once")
 	} else {
-		consensus.getLogger().Debug().Msg("[Finalizing] Start consensus timer")
+		utils.Logger().Debug().Msg("[Finalizing] Start consensus timer")
 	}
 	consensus.consensusTimeout[timeoutConsensus].Start()
 
-	consensus.getLogger().Info().
+	utils.Logger().Info().
 		Uint64("blockNum", block.NumberU64()).
 		Uint64("ViewId", block.Header().ViewID().Uint64()).
 		Str("blockHash", block.Hash().String()).
@@ -809,7 +805,7 @@ func (consensus *Consensus) finalizeCommits() {
 }
 
 func (consensus *Consensus) onCommitted(msg *msg_pb.Message) {
-	consensus.getLogger().Debug().Msg("[OnCommitted] Receive committed message")
+	utils.Logger().Debug().Msg("[OnCommitted] Receive committed message")
 
 	if consensus.IsLeader() && consensus.mode.Mode() == Normal {
 		return
@@ -817,26 +813,26 @@ func (consensus *Consensus) onCommitted(msg *msg_pb.Message) {
 
 	senderKey, err := consensus.verifySenderKey(msg)
 	if err != nil {
-		consensus.getLogger().Warn().Err(err).Msg("[OnCommitted] verifySenderKey failed")
+		utils.Logger().Warn().Err(err).Msg("[OnCommitted] verifySenderKey failed")
 		return
 	}
 	if !senderKey.IsEqual(consensus.LeaderPubKey) && consensus.mode.Mode() == Normal && !consensus.ignoreViewIDCheck {
-		consensus.getLogger().Warn().Msg("[OnCommitted] senderKey not match leader PubKey")
+		utils.Logger().Warn().Msg("[OnCommitted] senderKey not match leader PubKey")
 		return
 	}
 	if err = verifyMessageSig(senderKey, msg); err != nil {
-		consensus.getLogger().Warn().Err(err).Msg("[OnCommitted] Failed to verify sender's signature")
+		utils.Logger().Warn().Err(err).Msg("[OnCommitted] Failed to verify sender's signature")
 		return
 	}
 
 	recvMsg, err := ParsePbftMessage(msg)
 	if err != nil {
-		consensus.getLogger().Warn().Msg("[OnCommitted] unable to parse msg")
+		utils.Logger().Warn().Msg("[OnCommitted] unable to parse msg")
 		return
 	}
 
 	if recvMsg.BlockNum < consensus.blockNum {
-		consensus.getLogger().Info().
+		utils.Logger().Info().
 			Uint64("MsgBlockNum", recvMsg.BlockNum).
 			Uint64("blockNum", consensus.blockNum).
 			Msg("[OnCommitted] Received Old Blocks!!")
@@ -845,13 +841,13 @@ func (consensus *Consensus) onCommitted(msg *msg_pb.Message) {
 
 	aggSig, mask, err := consensus.ReadSignatureBitmapPayload(recvMsg.Payload, 0)
 	if err != nil {
-		consensus.getLogger().Error().Err(err).Msg("[OnCommitted] readSignatureBitmapPayload failed")
+		utils.Logger().Error().Err(err).Msg("[OnCommitted] readSignatureBitmapPayload failed")
 		return
 	}
 
 	// check has 2f+1 signatures
 	if count := utils.CountOneBits(mask.Bitmap); count < consensus.Quorum() {
-		consensus.getLogger().Warn().
+		utils.Logger().Warn().
 			Int("need", consensus.Quorum()).
 			Int("got", count).
 			Msg("[OnCommitted] Not enough signature in committed msg")
@@ -862,7 +858,7 @@ func (consensus *Consensus) onCommitted(msg *msg_pb.Message) {
 	binary.LittleEndian.PutUint64(blockNumBytes, recvMsg.BlockNum)
 	commitPayload := append(blockNumBytes, recvMsg.BlockHash[:]...)
 	if !aggSig.VerifyHash(mask.AggregatePublic, commitPayload) {
-		consensus.getLogger().Error().
+		utils.Logger().Error().
 			Uint64("MsgBlockNum", recvMsg.BlockNum).
 			Msg("[OnCommitted] Failed to verify the multi signature for commit phase")
 		return
@@ -870,7 +866,7 @@ func (consensus *Consensus) onCommitted(msg *msg_pb.Message) {
 
 	consensus.PbftLog.AddMessage(recvMsg)
 	consensus.ChainReader.WriteLastCommits(recvMsg.Payload)
-	consensus.getLogger().Debug().
+	utils.Logger().Debug().
 		Uint64("MsgViewID", recvMsg.ViewID).
 		Uint64("MsgBlockNum", recvMsg.BlockNum).
 		Msg("[OnCommitted] Committed message added")
@@ -882,7 +878,7 @@ func (consensus *Consensus) onCommitted(msg *msg_pb.Message) {
 	consensus.commitBitmap = mask
 
 	if recvMsg.BlockNum-consensus.blockNum > consensusBlockNumBuffer {
-		consensus.getLogger().Debug().Uint64("MsgBlockNum", recvMsg.BlockNum).Msg("[OnCommitted] out of sync")
+		utils.Logger().Debug().Uint64("MsgBlockNum", recvMsg.BlockNum).Msg("[OnCommitted] out of sync")
 		go func() {
 			select {
 			case consensus.blockNumLowChan <- struct{}{}:
@@ -897,21 +893,21 @@ func (consensus *Consensus) onCommitted(msg *msg_pb.Message) {
 	}
 
 	//	if consensus.checkViewID(recvMsg) != nil {
-	//		consensus.getLogger().Debug("viewID check failed", "viewID", recvMsg.ViewID, "myViewID", consensus.viewID)
+	//		utils.Logger().Debug("viewID check failed", "viewID", recvMsg.ViewID, "myViewID", consensus.viewID)
 	//		return
 	//	}
 
 	consensus.tryCatchup()
 	if consensus.mode.Mode() == ViewChanging {
-		consensus.getLogger().Debug().Msg("[OnCommitted] Still in ViewChanging mode, Exiting!!")
+		utils.Logger().Debug().Msg("[OnCommitted] Still in ViewChanging mode, Exiting!!")
 		return
 	}
 
 	if consensus.consensusTimeout[timeoutBootstrap].IsActive() {
 		consensus.consensusTimeout[timeoutBootstrap].Stop()
-		consensus.getLogger().Debug().Msg("[OnCommitted] Start consensus timer; stop bootstrap timer only once")
+		utils.Logger().Debug().Msg("[OnCommitted] Start consensus timer; stop bootstrap timer only once")
 	} else {
-		consensus.getLogger().Debug().Msg("[OnCommitted] Start consensus timer")
+		utils.Logger().Debug().Msg("[OnCommitted] Start consensus timer")
 	}
 	consensus.consensusTimeout[timeoutConsensus].Start()
 	return
@@ -943,7 +939,7 @@ func (consensus *Consensus) LastCommitSig() ([]byte, []byte, error) {
 
 // try to catch up if fall behind
 func (consensus *Consensus) tryCatchup() {
-	consensus.getLogger().Info().Msg("[TryCatchup] commit new blocks")
+	utils.Logger().Info().Msg("[TryCatchup] commit new blocks")
 	//	if consensus.phase != Commit && consensus.mode.Mode() == Normal {
 	//		return
 	//	}
@@ -954,11 +950,11 @@ func (consensus *Consensus) tryCatchup() {
 			break
 		}
 		if len(msgs) > 1 {
-			consensus.getLogger().Error().
+			utils.Logger().Error().
 				Int("numMsgs", len(msgs)).
 				Msg("[TryCatchup] DANGER!!! we should only get one committed message for a given blockNum")
 		}
-		consensus.getLogger().Info().Msg("[TryCatchup] committed message found")
+		utils.Logger().Info().Msg("[TryCatchup] committed message found")
 
 		block := consensus.PbftLog.GetBlockByHash(msgs[0].BlockHash)
 		if block == nil {
@@ -968,36 +964,36 @@ func (consensus *Consensus) tryCatchup() {
 		if consensus.BlockVerifier == nil {
 			// do nothing
 		} else if err := consensus.BlockVerifier(block); err != nil {
-			consensus.getLogger().Info().Err(err).Msg("[TryCatchup]block verification faied")
+			utils.Logger().Info().Msg("[TryCatchup]block verification faied")
 			return
 		}
 
 		if block.ParentHash() != consensus.ChainReader.CurrentHeader().Hash() {
-			consensus.getLogger().Debug().Msg("[TryCatchup] parent block hash not match")
+			utils.Logger().Debug().Msg("[TryCatchup] parent block hash not match")
 			break
 		}
-		consensus.getLogger().Info().Msg("[TryCatchup] block found to commit")
+		utils.Logger().Info().Msg("[TryCatchup] block found to commit")
 
 		preparedMsgs := consensus.PbftLog.GetMessagesByTypeSeqHash(msg_pb.MessageType_PREPARED, msgs[0].BlockNum, msgs[0].BlockHash)
 		msg := consensus.PbftLog.FindMessageByMaxViewID(preparedMsgs)
 		if msg == nil {
 			break
 		}
-		consensus.getLogger().Info().Msg("[TryCatchup] prepared message found to commit")
+		utils.Logger().Info().Msg("[TryCatchup] prepared message found to commit")
 
 		consensus.blockHash = [32]byte{}
 		consensus.blockNum = consensus.blockNum + 1
 		consensus.viewID = msgs[0].ViewID + 1
 		consensus.LeaderPubKey = msgs[0].SenderPubkey
 
-		consensus.getLogger().Info().Msg("[TryCatchup] Adding block to chain")
+		utils.Logger().Info().Msg("[TryCatchup] Adding block to chain")
 		consensus.OnConsensusDone(block, msgs[0].Payload)
 		consensus.ResetState()
 
 		select {
 		case consensus.VerifiedNewBlock <- block:
 		default:
-			consensus.getLogger().Info().
+			utils.Logger().Info().
 				Str("blockHash", block.Hash().String()).
 				Msg("[TryCatchup] consensus verified block send to chan failed")
 			continue
@@ -1006,7 +1002,7 @@ func (consensus *Consensus) tryCatchup() {
 		break
 	}
 	if currentBlockNum < consensus.blockNum {
-		consensus.getLogger().Info().
+		utils.Logger().Info().
 			Uint64("From", currentBlockNum).
 			Uint64("To", consensus.blockNum).
 			Msg("[TryCatchup] Caught up!")
@@ -1026,21 +1022,21 @@ func (consensus *Consensus) tryCatchup() {
 func (consensus *Consensus) Start(blockChannel chan *types.Block, stopChan chan struct{}, stoppedChan chan struct{}, startChannel chan struct{}) {
 	go func() {
 		if consensus.IsLeader() {
-			consensus.getLogger().Info().Time("time", time.Now()).Msg("[ConsensusMainLoop] Waiting for consensus start")
+			utils.Logger().Info().Time("time", time.Now()).Msg("[ConsensusMainLoop] Waiting for consensus start")
 			<-startChannel
 
 			// send a signal to indicate it's ready to run consensus
 			// this signal is consumed by node object to create a new block and in turn trigger a new consensus on it
 			go func() {
-				consensus.getLogger().Info().Time("time", time.Now()).Msg("[ConsensusMainLoop] Send ReadySignal")
+				utils.Logger().Info().Time("time", time.Now()).Msg("[ConsensusMainLoop] Send ReadySignal")
 				consensus.ReadySignal <- struct{}{}
 			}()
 		}
-		consensus.getLogger().Info().Time("time", time.Now()).Msg("[ConsensusMainLoop] Consensus started")
+		utils.Logger().Info().Time("time", time.Now()).Msg("[ConsensusMainLoop] Consensus started")
 		defer close(stoppedChan)
 		ticker := time.NewTicker(3 * time.Second)
 		consensus.consensusTimeout[timeoutBootstrap].Start()
-		consensus.getLogger().Debug().
+		utils.Logger().Debug().
 			Uint64("viewID", consensus.viewID).
 			Uint64("blockNum", consensus.blockNum).
 			Msg("[ConsensusMainLoop] Start bootstrap timeout (only once)")
@@ -1057,11 +1053,11 @@ func (consensus *Consensus) Start(blockChannel chan *types.Block, stopChan chan
 						continue
 					}
 					if k != timeoutViewChange {
-						consensus.getLogger().Debug().Msg("[ConsensusMainLoop] Ops Consensus Timeout!!!")
+						utils.Logger().Debug().Msg("[ConsensusMainLoop] Ops Consensus Timeout!!!")
 						consensus.startViewChange(consensus.viewID + 1)
 						break
 					} else {
-						consensus.getLogger().Debug().Msg("[ConsensusMainLoop] Ops View Change Timeout!!!")
+						utils.Logger().Debug().Msg("[ConsensusMainLoop] Ops View Change Timeout!!!")
 						viewID := consensus.mode.ViewID()
 						consensus.startViewChange(viewID + 1)
 						break
@@ -1072,15 +1068,15 @@ func (consensus *Consensus) Start(blockChannel chan *types.Block, stopChan chan
 				consensus.SetViewID(consensus.ChainReader.CurrentHeader().ViewID().Uint64() + 1)
 				mode := consensus.UpdateConsensusInformation()
 				consensus.mode.SetMode(mode)
-				consensus.getLogger().Info().Str("Mode", mode.String()).Msg("Node is in sync")
+				utils.Logger().Info().Str("Mode", mode.String()).Msg("Node is in sync")
 
 			case <-consensus.syncNotReadyChan:
 				consensus.SetBlockNum(consensus.ChainReader.CurrentHeader().Number().Uint64() + 1)
 				consensus.mode.SetMode(Syncing)
-				consensus.getLogger().Info().Msg("Node is out of sync")
+				utils.Logger().Info().Msg("Node is out of sync")
 
 			case newBlock := <-blockChannel:
-				consensus.getLogger().Info().
+				utils.Logger().Info().
 					Uint64("MsgBlockNum", newBlock.NumberU64()).
 					Msg("[ConsensusMainLoop] Received Proposed New Block!")
 
@@ -1163,7 +1159,7 @@ func (consensus *Consensus) Start(blockChannel chan *types.Block, stopChan chan
 				startTime = time.Now()
 				consensus.msgSender.Reset(newBlock.NumberU64())
 
-				consensus.getLogger().Debug().
+				utils.Logger().Debug().
 					Int("numTxs", len(newBlock.Transactions())).
 					Time("startTime", startTime).
 					Int("publicKeys", len(consensus.PublicKeys)).
diff --git a/consensus/consensus_viewchange_msg.go b/consensus/consensus_viewchange_msg.go
index 77b580fa0..6c4bdc342 100644
--- a/consensus/consensus_viewchange_msg.go
+++ b/consensus/consensus_viewchange_msg.go
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ func (consensus *Consensus) constructViewChangeMessage() []byte {
 		vcMsg.Payload = append(msgToSign[:0:0], msgToSign...)
 	}
 
-	consensus.getLogger().Debug().
-		Bytes("m1Payload", vcMsg.Payload).
+	utils.Logger().Debug().
+		Hex("m1Payload", vcMsg.Payload).
 		Str("pubKey", consensus.PubKey.SerializeToHexStr()).
 		Msg("[constructViewChangeMessage]")
 
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ func (consensus *Consensus) constructNewViewMessage() []byte {
 	vcMsg.Payload = consensus.m1Payload
 
 	sig2arr := consensus.GetNilSigsArray()
-	consensus.getLogger().Debug().Int("len", len(sig2arr)).Msg("[constructNewViewMessage] M2 (NIL) type signatures")
+	utils.Logger().Debug().Int("len", len(sig2arr)).Msg("[constructNewViewMessage] M2 (NIL) type signatures")
 	if len(sig2arr) > 0 {
 		m2Sig := bls_cosi.AggregateSig(sig2arr)
 		vcMsg.M2Aggsigs = m2Sig.Serialize()
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ func (consensus *Consensus) constructNewViewMessage() []byte {
 	}
 
 	sig3arr := consensus.GetViewIDSigsArray()
-	consensus.getLogger().Debug().Int("len", len(sig3arr)).Msg("[constructNewViewMessage] M3 (ViewID) type signatures")
+	utils.Logger().Debug().Int("len", len(sig3arr)).Msg("[constructNewViewMessage] M3 (ViewID) type signatures")
 	// even we check here for safty, m3 type signatures must >= 2f+1
 	if len(sig3arr) > 0 {
 		m3Sig := bls_cosi.AggregateSig(sig3arr)
diff --git a/consensus/view_change.go b/consensus/view_change.go
index b52454d30..6f5bd533d 100644
--- a/consensus/view_change.go
+++ b/consensus/view_change.go
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ func (consensus *Consensus) switchPhase(desirePhase PbftPhase, override bool) {
 func (consensus *Consensus) GetNextLeaderKey() *bls.PublicKey {
 	idx := consensus.getIndexOfPubKey(consensus.LeaderPubKey)
 	if idx == -1 {
-		consensus.getLogger().Warn().
+		utils.Logger().Warn().
 			Str("key", consensus.LeaderPubKey.SerializeToHexStr()).
 			Msg("GetNextLeaderKey: currentLeaderKey not found")
 	}
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ func (consensus *Consensus) getIndexOfPubKey(pubKey *bls.PublicKey) int {
 
 // ResetViewChangeState reset the state for viewchange
 func (consensus *Consensus) ResetViewChangeState() {
-	consensus.getLogger().Debug().
+	utils.Logger().Debug().
 		Str("Phase", consensus.phase.String()).
 		Msg("[ResetViewChangeState] Resetting view change state")
 	consensus.mode.SetMode(Normal)
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ func (consensus *Consensus) startViewChange(viewID uint64) {
 
 	diff := viewID - consensus.viewID
 	duration := time.Duration(int64(diff) * int64(viewChangeDuration))
-	consensus.getLogger().Info().
+	utils.Logger().Info().
 		Uint64("ViewChangingID", viewID).
 		Dur("timeoutDuration", duration).
 		Str("NextLeader", consensus.LeaderPubKey.SerializeToHexStr()).
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ func (consensus *Consensus) startViewChange(viewID uint64) {
 
 	consensus.consensusTimeout[timeoutViewChange].SetDuration(duration)
 	consensus.consensusTimeout[timeoutViewChange].Start()
-	consensus.getLogger().Debug().
+	utils.Logger().Debug().
 		Uint64("ViewChangingID", consensus.mode.ViewID()).
 		Msg("[startViewChange] start view change timer")
 }
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ func (consensus *Consensus) startViewChange(viewID uint64) {
 func (consensus *Consensus) onViewChange(msg *msg_pb.Message) {
 	recvMsg, err := ParseViewChangeMessage(msg)
 	if err != nil {
-		consensus.getLogger().Warn().Msg("[onViewChange] Unable To Parse Viewchange Message")
+		utils.Logger().Warn().Msg("[onViewChange] Unable To Parse Viewchange Message")
 		return
 	}
 	newLeaderKey := recvMsg.LeaderPubkey
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ func (consensus *Consensus) onViewChange(msg *msg_pb.Message) {
 	}
 
 	if len(consensus.viewIDSigs) >= consensus.Quorum() {
-		consensus.getLogger().Debug().
+		utils.Logger().Debug().
 			Int("have", len(consensus.viewIDSigs)).
 			Int("need", consensus.Quorum()).
 			Str("validatorPubKey", recvMsg.SenderPubkey.SerializeToHexStr()).
@@ -218,34 +218,34 @@ func (consensus *Consensus) onViewChange(msg *msg_pb.Message) {
 
 	senderKey, err := consensus.verifyViewChangeSenderKey(msg)
 	if err != nil {
-		consensus.getLogger().Debug().Err(err).Msg("[onViewChange] VerifySenderKey Failed")
+		utils.Logger().Debug().Err(err).Msg("[onViewChange] VerifySenderKey Failed")
 		return
 	}
 
 	// TODO: if difference is only one, new leader can still propose the same committed block to avoid another view change
 	if consensus.blockNum > recvMsg.BlockNum {
-		consensus.getLogger().Debug().
+		utils.Logger().Debug().
 			Uint64("MsgBlockNum", recvMsg.BlockNum).
 			Msg("[onViewChange] Message BlockNum Is Low")
 		return
 	}
 
 	if consensus.blockNum < recvMsg.BlockNum {
-		consensus.getLogger().Warn().
+		utils.Logger().Warn().
 			Uint64("MsgBlockNum", recvMsg.BlockNum).
 			Msg("[onViewChange] New Leader Has Lower Blocknum")
 		return
 	}
 
 	if consensus.mode.Mode() == ViewChanging && consensus.mode.ViewID() > recvMsg.ViewID {
-		consensus.getLogger().Warn().
+		utils.Logger().Warn().
 			Uint64("MyViewChangingID", consensus.mode.ViewID()).
 			Uint64("MsgViewChangingID", recvMsg.ViewID).
 			Msg("[onViewChange] ViewChanging ID Is Low")
 		return
 	}
 	if err = verifyMessageSig(senderKey, msg); err != nil {
-		consensus.getLogger().Debug().Err(err).Msg("[onViewChange] Failed To Verify Sender's Signature")
+		utils.Logger().Debug().Err(err).Msg("[onViewChange] Failed To Verify Sender's Signature")
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -260,11 +260,11 @@ func (consensus *Consensus) onViewChange(msg *msg_pb.Message) {
 		preparedMsgs := consensus.PbftLog.GetMessagesByTypeSeq(msg_pb.MessageType_PREPARED, recvMsg.BlockNum)
 		preparedMsg := consensus.PbftLog.FindMessageByMaxViewID(preparedMsgs)
 		if preparedMsg == nil {
-			consensus.getLogger().Debug().Msg("[onViewChange] add my M2(NIL) type messaage")
+			utils.Logger().Debug().Msg("[onViewChange] add my M2(NIL) type messaage")
 			consensus.nilSigs[consensus.PubKey.SerializeToHexStr()] = consensus.priKey.SignHash(NIL)
 			consensus.nilBitmap.SetKey(consensus.PubKey, true)
 		} else {
-			consensus.getLogger().Debug().Msg("[onViewChange] add my M1 type messaage")
+			utils.Logger().Debug().Msg("[onViewChange] add my M1 type messaage")
 			msgToSign := append(preparedMsg.BlockHash[:], preparedMsg.Payload...)
 			consensus.bhpSigs[consensus.PubKey.SerializeToHexStr()] = consensus.priKey.SignHash(msgToSign)
 			consensus.bhpBitmap.SetKey(consensus.PubKey, true)
@@ -283,18 +283,18 @@ func (consensus *Consensus) onViewChange(msg *msg_pb.Message) {
 	if len(recvMsg.Payload) == 0 {
 		_, ok := consensus.nilSigs[senderKey.SerializeToHexStr()]
 		if ok {
-			consensus.getLogger().Debug().
+			utils.Logger().Debug().
 				Str("validatorPubKey", senderKey.SerializeToHexStr()).
 				Msg("[onViewChange] Already Received M2 message from validator")
 			return
 		}
 
 		if !recvMsg.ViewchangeSig.VerifyHash(senderKey, NIL) {
-			consensus.getLogger().Warn().Msg("[onViewChange] Failed To Verify Signature For M2 Type Viewchange Message")
+			utils.Logger().Warn().Msg("[onViewChange] Failed To Verify Signature For M2 Type Viewchange Message")
 			return
 		}
 
-		consensus.getLogger().Debug().
+		utils.Logger().Debug().
 			Str("validatorPubKey", senderKey.SerializeToHexStr()).
 			Msg("[onViewChange] Add M2 (NIL) type message")
 		consensus.nilSigs[senderKey.SerializeToHexStr()] = recvMsg.ViewchangeSig
@@ -302,20 +302,20 @@ func (consensus *Consensus) onViewChange(msg *msg_pb.Message) {
 	} else { // m1 type message
 		_, ok := consensus.bhpSigs[senderKey.SerializeToHexStr()]
 		if ok {
-			consensus.getLogger().Debug().
+			utils.Logger().Debug().
 				Str("validatorPubKey", senderKey.SerializeToHexStr()).
 				Msg("[onViewChange] Already Received M1 Message From the Validator")
 			return
 		}
 		if !recvMsg.ViewchangeSig.VerifyHash(recvMsg.SenderPubkey, recvMsg.Payload) {
-			consensus.getLogger().Warn().Msg("[onViewChange] Failed to Verify Signature for M1 Type Viewchange Message")
+			utils.Logger().Warn().Msg("[onViewChange] Failed to Verify Signature for M1 Type Viewchange Message")
 			return
 		}
 
 		// first time receive m1 type message, need verify validity of prepared message
 		if len(consensus.m1Payload) == 0 || !bytes.Equal(consensus.m1Payload, recvMsg.Payload) {
 			if len(recvMsg.Payload) <= 32 {
-				consensus.getLogger().Debug().
+				utils.Logger().Debug().
 					Int("len", len(recvMsg.Payload)).
 					Msg("[onViewChange] M1 RecvMsg Payload Not Enough Length")
 				return
@@ -323,12 +323,12 @@ func (consensus *Consensus) onViewChange(msg *msg_pb.Message) {
 			blockHash := recvMsg.Payload[:32]
 			aggSig, mask, err := consensus.ReadSignatureBitmapPayload(recvMsg.Payload, 32)
 			if err != nil {
-				consensus.getLogger().Error().Err(err).Msg("[onViewChange] M1 RecvMsg Payload Read Error")
+				utils.Logger().Error().Err(err).Msg("[onViewChange] M1 RecvMsg Payload Read Error")
 				return
 			}
 			// check has 2f+1 signature in m1 type message
 			if count := utils.CountOneBits(mask.Bitmap); count < consensus.Quorum() {
-				consensus.getLogger().Debug().
+				utils.Logger().Debug().
 					Int("need", consensus.Quorum()).
 					Int("have", count).
 					Msg("[onViewChange] M1 Payload Not Have Enough Signature")
@@ -337,8 +337,8 @@ func (consensus *Consensus) onViewChange(msg *msg_pb.Message) {
 
 			// Verify the multi-sig for prepare phase
 			if !aggSig.VerifyHash(mask.AggregatePublic, blockHash[:]) {
-				consensus.getLogger().Warn().
-					Bytes("blockHash", blockHash).
+				utils.Logger().Warn().
+					Hex("blockHash", blockHash).
 					Msg("[onViewChange] failed to verify multi signature for m1 prepared payload")
 				return
 			}
@@ -353,11 +353,11 @@ func (consensus *Consensus) onViewChange(msg *msg_pb.Message) {
 				preparedMsg.Payload = make([]byte, len(recvMsg.Payload)-32)
 				copy(preparedMsg.Payload[:], recvMsg.Payload[32:])
 				preparedMsg.SenderPubkey = consensus.PubKey
-				consensus.getLogger().Info().Msg("[onViewChange] New Leader Prepared Message Added")
+				utils.Logger().Info().Msg("[onViewChange] New Leader Prepared Message Added")
 				consensus.PbftLog.AddMessage(&preparedMsg)
 			}
 		}
-		consensus.getLogger().Debug().
+		utils.Logger().Debug().
 			Str("validatorPubKey", senderKey.SerializeToHexStr()).
 			Msg("[onViewChange] Add M1 (prepared) type message")
 		consensus.bhpSigs[senderKey.SerializeToHexStr()] = recvMsg.ViewchangeSig
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ func (consensus *Consensus) onViewChange(msg *msg_pb.Message) {
 	// check and add viewID (m3 type) message signature
 	_, ok := consensus.viewIDSigs[senderKey.SerializeToHexStr()]
 	if ok {
-		consensus.getLogger().Debug().
+		utils.Logger().Debug().
 			Str("validatorPubKey", senderKey.SerializeToHexStr()).
 			Msg("[onViewChange] Already Received M3(ViewID) message from the validator")
 		return
@@ -375,17 +375,17 @@ func (consensus *Consensus) onViewChange(msg *msg_pb.Message) {
 	viewIDHash := make([]byte, 8)
 	binary.LittleEndian.PutUint64(viewIDHash, recvMsg.ViewID)
 	if !recvMsg.ViewidSig.VerifyHash(recvMsg.SenderPubkey, viewIDHash) {
-		consensus.getLogger().Warn().
+		utils.Logger().Warn().
 			Uint64("MsgViewID", recvMsg.ViewID).
 			Msg("[onViewChange] Failed to Verify M3 Message Signature")
 		return
 	}
-	consensus.getLogger().Debug().
+	utils.Logger().Debug().
 		Str("validatorPubKey", senderKey.SerializeToHexStr()).
 		Msg("[onViewChange] Add M3 (ViewID) type message")
 	consensus.viewIDSigs[senderKey.SerializeToHexStr()] = recvMsg.ViewidSig
 	consensus.viewIDBitmap.SetKey(recvMsg.SenderPubkey, true) // Set the bitmap indicating that this validator signed.
-	consensus.getLogger().Debug().
+	utils.Logger().Debug().
 		Int("numSigs", len(consensus.viewIDSigs)).
 		Int("needed", consensus.Quorum()).
 		Msg("[onViewChange]")
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ func (consensus *Consensus) onViewChange(msg *msg_pb.Message) {
 				consensus.ReadySignal <- struct{}{}
 			}()
 		} else {
-			consensus.getLogger().Debug().
+			utils.Logger().Debug().
 				Str("From", consensus.phase.String()).
 				Str("To", Commit.String()).
 				Msg("[OnViewChange] Switching phase")
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ func (consensus *Consensus) onViewChange(msg *msg_pb.Message) {
 			copy(consensus.blockHash[:], consensus.m1Payload[:32])
 			aggSig, mask, err := consensus.ReadSignatureBitmapPayload(recvMsg.Payload, 32)
 			if err != nil {
-				consensus.getLogger().Error().Err(err).Msg("[onViewChange] ReadSignatureBitmapPayload Fail")
+				utils.Logger().Error().Err(err).Msg("[onViewChange] ReadSignatureBitmapPayload Fail")
 				return
 			}
 			consensus.aggregatedPrepareSig = aggSig
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ func (consensus *Consensus) onViewChange(msg *msg_pb.Message) {
 			commitPayload := append(blockNumBytes, consensus.blockHash[:]...)
 			consensus.commitSigs[consensus.PubKey.SerializeToHexStr()] = consensus.priKey.SignHash(commitPayload)
 			if err = consensus.commitBitmap.SetKey(consensus.PubKey, true); err != nil {
-				consensus.getLogger().Debug().Msg("[OnViewChange] New Leader commit bitmap set failed")
+				utils.Logger().Debug().Msg("[OnViewChange] New Leader commit bitmap set failed")
 				return
 			}
 		}
@@ -428,9 +428,9 @@ func (consensus *Consensus) onViewChange(msg *msg_pb.Message) {
 		consensus.mode.SetViewID(recvMsg.ViewID)
 		msgToSend := consensus.constructNewViewMessage()
 
-		consensus.getLogger().Warn().
+		utils.Logger().Warn().
 			Int("payloadSize", len(consensus.m1Payload)).
-			Bytes("M1Payload", consensus.m1Payload).
+			Hex("M1Payload", consensus.m1Payload).
 			Msg("[onViewChange] Sent NewView Message")
 		consensus.msgSender.SendWithRetry(consensus.blockNum, msg_pb.MessageType_NEWVIEW, []p2p.GroupID{p2p.NewGroupIDByShardID(p2p.ShardID(consensus.ShardID))}, host.ConstructP2pMessage(byte(17), msgToSend))
 
@@ -438,10 +438,10 @@ func (consensus *Consensus) onViewChange(msg *msg_pb.Message) {
 		consensus.ResetViewChangeState()
 		consensus.consensusTimeout[timeoutViewChange].Stop()
 		consensus.consensusTimeout[timeoutConsensus].Start()
-		consensus.getLogger().Debug().
+		utils.Logger().Debug().
 			Uint64("viewChangingID", consensus.mode.ViewID()).
 			Msg("[onViewChange] New Leader Start Consensus Timer and Stop View Change Timer")
-		consensus.getLogger().Debug().
+		utils.Logger().Debug().
 			Str("myKey", consensus.PubKey.SerializeToHexStr()).
 			Uint64("viewID", consensus.viewID).
 			Uint64("block", consensus.blockNum).
@@ -451,27 +451,27 @@ func (consensus *Consensus) onViewChange(msg *msg_pb.Message) {
 
 // TODO: move to consensus_leader.go later
 func (consensus *Consensus) onNewView(msg *msg_pb.Message) {
-	consensus.getLogger().Debug().Msg("[onNewView] Received NewView Message")
+	utils.Logger().Debug().Msg("[onNewView] Received NewView Message")
 	senderKey, err := consensus.verifyViewChangeSenderKey(msg)
 	if err != nil {
-		consensus.getLogger().Warn().Err(err).Msg("[onNewView] VerifySenderKey Failed")
+		utils.Logger().Warn().Err(err).Msg("[onNewView] VerifySenderKey Failed")
 		return
 	}
 	recvMsg, err := consensus.ParseNewViewMessage(msg)
 	if err != nil {
-		consensus.getLogger().Warn().Err(err).Msg("[onNewView] Unable to Parse NewView Message")
+		utils.Logger().Warn().Err(err).Msg("[onNewView] Unable to Parse NewView Message")
 		return
 	}
 
 	if err = verifyMessageSig(senderKey, msg); err != nil {
-		consensus.getLogger().Error().Err(err).Msg("[onNewView] Failed to Verify New Leader's Signature")
+		utils.Logger().Error().Err(err).Msg("[onNewView] Failed to Verify New Leader's Signature")
 		return
 	}
 	consensus.vcLock.Lock()
 	defer consensus.vcLock.Unlock()
 
 	if recvMsg.M3AggSig == nil || recvMsg.M3Bitmap == nil {
-		consensus.getLogger().Error().Msg("[onNewView] M3AggSig or M3Bitmap is nil")
+		utils.Logger().Error().Msg("[onNewView] M3AggSig or M3Bitmap is nil")
 		return
 	}
 	m3Sig := recvMsg.M3AggSig
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ func (consensus *Consensus) onNewView(msg *msg_pb.Message) {
 	binary.LittleEndian.PutUint64(viewIDBytes, recvMsg.ViewID)
 	// check total number of sigs >= 2f+1
 	if count := utils.CountOneBits(m3Mask.Bitmap); count < consensus.Quorum() {
-		consensus.getLogger().Debug().
+		utils.Logger().Debug().
 			Int("need", consensus.Quorum()).
 			Int("have", count).
 			Msg("[onNewView] Not Have Enough M3 (ViewID) Signature")
@@ -489,9 +489,9 @@ func (consensus *Consensus) onNewView(msg *msg_pb.Message) {
 	}
 
 	if !m3Sig.VerifyHash(m3Mask.AggregatePublic, viewIDBytes) {
-		consensus.getLogger().Warn().
+		utils.Logger().Warn().
 			Str("m3Sig", m3Sig.SerializeToHexStr()).
-			Bytes("m3Mask", m3Mask.Bitmap).
+			Hex("m3Mask", m3Mask.Bitmap).
 			Uint64("MsgViewID", recvMsg.ViewID).
 			Msg("[onNewView] Unable to Verify Aggregated Signature of M3 (ViewID) payload")
 		return
@@ -499,10 +499,10 @@ func (consensus *Consensus) onNewView(msg *msg_pb.Message) {
 
 	m2Mask := recvMsg.M2Bitmap
 	if recvMsg.M2AggSig != nil {
-		consensus.getLogger().Debug().Msg("[onNewView] M2AggSig (NIL) is Not Empty")
+		utils.Logger().Debug().Msg("[onNewView] M2AggSig (NIL) is Not Empty")
 		m2Sig := recvMsg.M2AggSig
 		if !m2Sig.VerifyHash(m2Mask.AggregatePublic, NIL) {
-			consensus.getLogger().Warn().Msg("[onNewView] Unable to Verify Aggregated Signature of M2 (NIL) payload")
+			utils.Logger().Warn().Msg("[onNewView] Unable to Verify Aggregated Signature of M2 (NIL) payload")
 			return
 		}
 	}
@@ -510,18 +510,18 @@ func (consensus *Consensus) onNewView(msg *msg_pb.Message) {
 	// check when M3 sigs > M2 sigs, then M1 (recvMsg.Payload) should not be empty
 	if m2Mask == nil || m2Mask.Bitmap == nil || (m2Mask != nil && m2Mask.Bitmap != nil && utils.CountOneBits(m3Mask.Bitmap) > utils.CountOneBits(m2Mask.Bitmap)) {
 		if len(recvMsg.Payload) <= 32 {
-			consensus.getLogger().Debug().Msg("[onNewView] M1 (prepared) Type Payload Not Have Enough Length")
+			utils.Logger().Debug().Msg("[onNewView] M1 (prepared) Type Payload Not Have Enough Length")
 			return
 		}
 		// m1 is not empty, check it's valid
 		blockHash := recvMsg.Payload[:32]
 		aggSig, mask, err := consensus.ReadSignatureBitmapPayload(recvMsg.Payload, 32)
 		if err != nil {
-			consensus.getLogger().Error().Err(err).Msg("[onNewView] ReadSignatureBitmapPayload Failed")
+			utils.Logger().Error().Err(err).Msg("[onNewView] ReadSignatureBitmapPayload Failed")
 			return
 		}
 		if !aggSig.VerifyHash(mask.AggregatePublic, blockHash) {
-			consensus.getLogger().Warn().Msg("[onNewView] Failed to Verify Signature for M1 (prepare) message")
+			utils.Logger().Warn().Msg("[onNewView] Failed to Verify Signature for M1 (prepare) message")
 			return
 		}
 		copy(consensus.blockHash[:], blockHash)
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ func (consensus *Consensus) onNewView(msg *msg_pb.Message) {
 
 	// change view and leaderKey to keep in sync with network
 	if consensus.blockNum != recvMsg.BlockNum {
-		consensus.getLogger().Debug().
+		utils.Logger().Debug().
 			Str("newLeaderKey", consensus.LeaderPubKey.SerializeToHexStr()).
 			Uint64("MsgBlockNum", recvMsg.BlockNum).
 			Msg("[onNewView] New Leader Changed")
@@ -561,21 +561,21 @@ func (consensus *Consensus) onNewView(msg *msg_pb.Message) {
 		commitPayload := append(blockNumHash, consensus.blockHash[:]...)
 		msgToSend := consensus.constructCommitMessage(commitPayload)
 
-		consensus.getLogger().Info().Msg("onNewView === commit")
+		utils.Logger().Info().Msg("onNewView === commit")
 		consensus.host.SendMessageToGroups([]p2p.GroupID{p2p.NewGroupIDByShardID(p2p.ShardID(consensus.ShardID))}, host.ConstructP2pMessage(byte(17), msgToSend))
-		consensus.getLogger().Debug().
+		utils.Logger().Debug().
 			Str("From", consensus.phase.String()).
 			Str("To", Commit.String()).
 			Msg("[OnViewChange] Switching phase")
 		consensus.switchPhase(Commit, true)
 	} else {
 		consensus.ResetState()
-		consensus.getLogger().Info().Msg("onNewView === announce")
+		utils.Logger().Info().Msg("onNewView === announce")
 	}
-	consensus.getLogger().Debug().
+	utils.Logger().Debug().
 		Str("newLeaderKey", consensus.LeaderPubKey.SerializeToHexStr()).
 		Msg("new leader changed")
-	consensus.getLogger().Debug().Msg("validator start consensus timer and stop view change timer")
+	utils.Logger().Debug().Msg("validator start consensus timer and stop view change timer")
 	consensus.consensusTimeout[timeoutConsensus].Start()
 	consensus.consensusTimeout[timeoutViewChange].Stop()
 }
diff --git a/core/blockchain.go b/core/blockchain.go
index 01cd8923f..7d6493a2b 100644
--- a/core/blockchain.go
+++ b/core/blockchain.go
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ func (bc *BlockChain) loadLastState() error {
 	currentBlock := bc.GetBlockByHash(head)
 	if currentBlock == nil {
 		// Corrupt or empty database, init from scratch
-		utils.Logger().Warn().Bytes("hash", head.Bytes()).Msg("Head block missing, resetting chain")
+		utils.Logger().Warn().Str("hash", head.Hex()).Msg("Head block missing, resetting chain")
 		return bc.Reset()
 	}
 	// Make sure the state associated with the block is available
diff --git a/core/rawdb/accessors_chain.go b/core/rawdb/accessors_chain.go
index 9c1ee1ce3..47f5190b8 100644
--- a/core/rawdb/accessors_chain.go
+++ b/core/rawdb/accessors_chain.go
@@ -472,6 +472,9 @@ func WriteLastCommits(
 	if err = db.Put(lastCommitsKey, data); err != nil {
 		return ctxerror.New("cannot write last commits").WithCause(err)
 	}
+	utils.Logger().Info().
+		Int("numShards", len(data)).
+		Msg("wrote last commits")
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/core/rawdb/accessors_indexes.go b/core/rawdb/accessors_indexes.go
index 6014aec14..621fe2c5e 100644
--- a/core/rawdb/accessors_indexes.go
+++ b/core/rawdb/accessors_indexes.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ func ReadTxLookupEntry(db DatabaseReader, hash common.Hash) (common.Hash, uint64
 	}
 	var entry TxLookupEntry
 	if err := rlp.DecodeBytes(data, &entry); err != nil {
-		utils.Logger().Error().Err(err).Bytes("hash", hash.Bytes()).Msg("Invalid transaction lookup entry RLP")
+		utils.Logger().Error().Err(err).Str("hash", hash.Hex()).Msg("Invalid transaction lookup entry RLP")
 		return common.Hash{}, 0, 0
 	}
 	return entry.BlockHash, entry.BlockIndex, entry.Index
diff --git a/core/rawdb/accessors_metadata.go b/core/rawdb/accessors_metadata.go
index 3ba63e6a2..36dbd82a5 100644
--- a/core/rawdb/accessors_metadata.go
+++ b/core/rawdb/accessors_metadata.go
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ func ReadChainConfig(db DatabaseReader, hash common.Hash) *params.ChainConfig {
 	}
 	var config params.ChainConfig
 	if err := json.Unmarshal(data, &config); err != nil {
-		utils.Logger().Error().Err(err).Bytes("hash", hash.Bytes()).Msg("Invalid chain config JSON")
+		utils.Logger().Error().Err(err).Str("hash", hash.Hex()).Msg("Invalid chain config JSON")
 		return nil
 	}
 	return &config
diff --git a/drand/drand_leader.go b/drand/drand_leader.go
index f7ff9a98b..5cd5c21b9 100644
--- a/drand/drand_leader.go
+++ b/drand/drand_leader.go
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ func (dRand *DRand) init(epochBlock *types.Block) {
 	(*dRand.vrfs)[dRand.SelfAddress] = append(rand[:], proof...)
 
 	utils.Logger().Info().
-		Bytes("msg", msgToSend).
+		Hex("msg", msgToSend).
 		Str("leader.PubKey", dRand.leader.ConsensusPubKey.SerializeToHexStr()).
 		Msg("[DRG] sent init")
 	dRand.host.SendMessageToGroups([]p2p.GroupID{p2p.NewGroupIDByShardID(p2p.ShardID(dRand.ShardID))}, host.ConstructP2pMessage(byte(17), msgToSend))
@@ -167,8 +167,8 @@ func (dRand *DRand) processCommitMessage(message *msg_pb.Message) {
 		utils.Logger().Error().
 			Err(err).
 			Str("validatorAddress", validatorAddress).
-			Bytes("expectedRand", expectedRand[:]).
-			Bytes("receivedRand", rand[:]).
+			Hex("expectedRand", expectedRand[:]).
+			Hex("receivedRand", rand[:]).
 			Msg("[DRAND] Failed to verify the VRF")
 		return
 	}
diff --git a/internal/attack/attack.go b/internal/attack/attack.go
index e4abdba20..230123eab 100644
--- a/internal/attack/attack.go
+++ b/internal/attack/attack.go
@@ -76,7 +76,9 @@ func (attack *Model) NodeKilledByItSelf() {
 	}
 
 	if rand.Intn(HitRate) == 0 {
-		utils.GetLogInstance().Debug("******************Killing myself******************", "PID: ", os.Getpid())
+		utils.Logger().Debug().
+			Int("PID", os.Getpid()).
+			Msg("******************Killing myself******************")
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 }
@@ -87,7 +89,9 @@ func (attack *Model) DelayResponse() {
 		return
 	}
 	if rand.Intn(HitRate) == 0 {
-		utils.GetLogInstance().Debug("******************Model: DelayResponse******************", "PID: ", os.Getpid())
+		utils.Logger().Debug().
+			Int("PID", os.Getpid()).
+			Msg("******************Model: DelayResponse******************")
 		time.Sleep(DelayResponseDuration)
 	}
 }
@@ -98,7 +102,9 @@ func (attack *Model) IncorrectResponse() bool {
 		return false
 	}
 	if rand.Intn(HitRate) == 0 {
-		utils.GetLogInstance().Debug("******************Model: IncorrectResponse******************", "PID: ", os.Getpid())
+		utils.Logger().Debug().
+			Int("PID", os.Getpid()).
+			Msg("******************Model: IncorrectResponse******************")
 		return true
 	}
 	return false
diff --git a/internal/configs/sharding/mainnet.go b/internal/configs/sharding/mainnet.go
index b2b7c5fe8..0830662ef 100644
--- a/internal/configs/sharding/mainnet.go
+++ b/internal/configs/sharding/mainnet.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ const (
 	mainnetV0_4Epoch = 10
 	mainnetV1Epoch   = 12
 	mainnetV1_1Epoch = 19
-	mainnetV1_2Epoch = 21
+	mainnetV1_2Epoch = 25
 
 	mainnetMaxTxAmountLimit               = 1e3 // unit is interface{} One
 	mainnetMaxNumRecentTxsPerAccountLimit = 1e2
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ type mainnetSchedule struct{}
 func (mainnetSchedule) InstanceForEpoch(epoch *big.Int) Instance {
 	switch {
 	case epoch.Cmp(big.NewInt(mainnetV1_2Epoch)) >= 0:
-		// twenty-first resharding epoch around 08/30/2019 11:35pm PDT
+		// twenty-fifth resharding epoch around 09/06/2019 5:31am PDT
 		return mainnetV1_2
 	case epoch.Cmp(big.NewInt(mainnetV1_1Epoch)) >= 0:
 		// nineteenth resharding epoch around 08/27/2019 9:07pm PDT
diff --git a/internal/configs/sharding/shardingconfig_test.go b/internal/configs/sharding/shardingconfig_test.go
index ef02c5c20..a2dffc26d 100644
--- a/internal/configs/sharding/shardingconfig_test.go
+++ b/internal/configs/sharding/shardingconfig_test.go
@@ -24,13 +24,9 @@ func TestMainnetInstanceForEpoch(t *testing.T) {
 			mainnetV1_1,
 		},
 		{
-			big.NewInt(21),
+			big.NewInt(25),
 			mainnetV1_2,
 		},
-		{
-			big.NewInt(8),
-			mainnetV0_3,
-		},
 	}
 
 	for _, test := range tests {
diff --git a/internal/genesis/foundational.go b/internal/genesis/foundational.go
index 9af2043c0..282bd03b9 100644
--- a/internal/genesis/foundational.go
+++ b/internal/genesis/foundational.go
@@ -1708,7 +1708,7 @@ var FoundationalNodeAccountsV1_1 = []DeployAccount{
 	{Index: "319", Address: "one19c4uqfzezuws7e4ka4kvc5r09suks2ghpyg6xw", BlsPublicKey: "51b2019b222df63fc99d202b03834dee09f1ef11e25a03592a96c1d01bca2bedfc25e0f26d88dcbb8a7176e30e1ec116"},
 }
 
-// FoundationalNodeAccountsV1_2 are the accounts for the foundational nodes from Epoch 21.
+// FoundationalNodeAccountsV1_2 are the accounts for the foundational nodes from Epoch 25.
 var FoundationalNodeAccountsV1_2 = []DeployAccount{
 	{Index: "0", Address: "one1y0xcf40fg65n2ehm8fx5vda4thrkymhpg45ecj", BlsPublicKey: "9e70e8d76851f6e8dc648255acdd57bb5c49cdae7571aed43f86e9f140a6343caed2ffa860919d03e0912411fee4850a"},
 	{Index: "1", Address: "one18lp2w7ghhuajdpzl8zqeddza97u92wtkfcwpjk", BlsPublicKey: "fce3097d9fc234d34d6eaef3eecd0365d435d1118f69f2da1ed2a69ba725270771572e40347c222aca784cb973307b11"},
@@ -1830,8 +1830,8 @@ var FoundationalNodeAccountsV1_2 = []DeployAccount{
 	{Index: "117", Address: "one1wt5darzj8wd385xl8stccj4sv6553hgckaypfr", BlsPublicKey: "9622f8a5590d6ef8ca94e6c866d663aa0398caf00a88b2dd059dc7a63daa8600828a85737eca4e595caa382b5d407205"},
 	{Index: "118", Address: "one1k80wv3uvfw5r0qhzp9yxn94u4jxu8my2xwuk87", BlsPublicKey: "bcd24c722dc5dd3727bc3f027e3f681e4d1f5a552513d158645833eb8d8d39ec1076370b55e063aeed5a7825eb6aa20a"},
 	{Index: "119", Address: "one1kwqkyzq2pmhvufe9528g9nd966ur54v6auzruf", BlsPublicKey: "aaac4eb8260e6cee7f19fbcae721ce2d68f125461953a583adca44407194452e7ac41de0757e2921c8fed83469172f92"},
-	{Index: "120", Address: "one1kykp8kzgmrkvhsz60t4yx8a06s44wt6jvpuuzg", BlsPublicKey: "85d0761a56dd18a67ee71e38ff949d93301467e5fbf9ab3fcb6875a6778341b271ae6acfc94d3046f454aeda138a1b89"},
-	{Index: "121", Address: "one1zcgx6pncyxrv6t7cza0f6r0e0pnp0gqd6knvcw", BlsPublicKey: "f1787fff85d1d5a6d458e768b425d2d9a9aec09ad8ddd020fd7d2f275970a8bef1f9a0c4a705e8f8b8734f9daf39d604"},
+	{Index: "120", Address: "one1gjas4xurmc0rguafq63ql65rwuxayukm74w2mn", BlsPublicKey: "d6c8cf5553fa77257d26ba6b201294a2a497d070d420ab76c044efc0f4325f40b5664e7a7f973940ef1ea57530215886"},
+	{Index: "121", Address: "one1pkw7wnplp077fn6phv2kfejw3u7wvx0m9vppzc", BlsPublicKey: "92d5e3fb5d3f1e64af4be7c0acbd457b68a2ec59cf34aaaa0bac04d0e0346b283a65e0227378a60e1fe7af2407d9c50a"},
 	{Index: "122", Address: "one12mn87akec4dqpfzy8q0jtqz9epf2pme605vc0h", BlsPublicKey: "6dd84461d038ccf467bfc2413b23b8eced80534b4507c3cdffa6f68111a799dccf1d42fd552ffeb3d595d2ec9733ef99"},
 	{Index: "123", Address: "one18xnzxwn5hwuuh229cuv7mr0hnjcvgru7qt2wdv", BlsPublicKey: "83426cbc962bc18900540a3f886486f35c17d182f2e13c06a23d3242c5ca50138aa98ac842d2a3d03d8a273a8329ac82"},
 	{Index: "124", Address: "one1efat5elqnvttf7gm86q9kmt48z69njax464rhv", BlsPublicKey: "2066a0b39474b9cdaec88bb94953219a2690e1dd6008bb6dc31c7f76c08a9db54758ff3aaed3249fcb0029dfc1e92995"},
@@ -1840,7 +1840,7 @@ var FoundationalNodeAccountsV1_2 = []DeployAccount{
 	{Index: "127", Address: "one18r7axamzxgn57s9xcsvhevv58ukxrhsrfug6vg", BlsPublicKey: "17cd5fbf29ff9d1e21fc0f1b22be0dbaa9b05b49e011cbedceb6584153669e1318c052d431d9e3faec82fff823a0fb90"},
 	{Index: "128", Address: "one1w3pvyg56gal0ajef487944gzjkg6sv68j26pey", BlsPublicKey: "dc2f315a1dbe67ed3cfd8925fbfed964203c11e5c77112643d53b51e3c23135c695d218233c8a6cccea4a5032488d28c"},
 	{Index: "129", Address: "one1r3mh2h7flr6sgcjvpaadlfjcnguwfk5z6mjuvu", BlsPublicKey: "2684b9b856e2b3f6ff0916b17137ba61e2495a9636859ff108defcca38f4dc49508c44ff16ad8f74e5182769c6a5a699"},
-	{Index: "130", Address: "one17kjexl6hyh0evgt7en7q04m9q7lwgym5grs9q7", BlsPublicKey: "6c793f4a4d09ac07fe6b8fb7fcc4796b08c37994f9b5ec3a68e30ff48c32bd3fed1e358fced864558054f5e11f7e1398"},
+	{Index: "130", Address: "one1u9g5g7qxx3rx802c4xfjre8vz7mwz87s0e8y4k", BlsPublicKey: "c34f6916cf06ed15a3771678c73941271253e14f8b21a16872d8e30bcdf241ef9a4f58453c3953a25e17b2387f6fd813"},
 	{Index: "131", Address: "one12kdc0fqxne5f3394wrwadxq9yfaquyxgtaed3q", BlsPublicKey: "826f98d1f8ce8751dac0441888f4b4f1190ec90691d5e40110c39068d0f95ea9cca8efe23d0f7a865bd9ed37ebf38d12"},
 	{Index: "132", Address: "one1h2dynptqmtgdfg9fgpd8dvmv8scupkgtzapx4l", BlsPublicKey: "814843ee8475adb2245027e9531e036c4135cf25a1051d5ea97f9f9cea506503e4a83a49bea1ee40e5b9a9c5f55f8014"},
 	{Index: "133", Address: "one1l4yrxjz8ugwjdcxrm5snwgmgk8few9v2q2xv8h", BlsPublicKey: "aa37a8ad8fb42a5b1413be9ae5b053e7a47d2f36a11a1e7ba74c4b338919c9c76eca3a6332c06fbbd161a6aef20e9a0b"},
@@ -1854,11 +1854,11 @@ var FoundationalNodeAccountsV1_2 = []DeployAccount{
 	{Index: "141", Address: "one1ljvq9tkvfp583zzl85mgjh3qjvjufnuwmn7krv", BlsPublicKey: "37644619ae24ffa2ab63dde85f8116effddaa500c6e28c57a5f100cb8a97262ed97f671d903a9c32a53301eec1100b96"},
 	{Index: "142", Address: "one12c23ekslj469g0g0tu9jcvecfkla7rahmrhe37", BlsPublicKey: "19101de3d0578c3146a1904f25a3344a998dcb0a18433dc5cc977d05f378676b0652b4a64fa8dff6c819cfd52dc94c14"},
 	{Index: "143", Address: "one19l9equxmql4jkcah8g4f6qva732npajarffj6q", BlsPublicKey: "f531f442dc19d2967fbcdcab68e77b16bc49cd05698ed8a56b39f3704315915c2b2b0175be6982be7238290b3504d487"},
-	{Index: "144", Address: "one1nq5dglmw0vunsa34mve8sdyrkhfd0373v4xgtv", BlsPublicKey: "a48d7cd3f3004cf2cecd4d4eba14d257da046f13ff461fedc2c3daaf725776e9a96ef38098a9a04f968f9c2287fc220d"},
-	{Index: "145", Address: "one1qmgqawpflw4pu9ytryz69mrk0mhhsswdmjgfrj", BlsPublicKey: "013116498f069ab0b1e3bb1043e45283c9fb8641eed8470d77d59bc8a42fca53ce6d3714ceb5c37aa71e3d1839b25690"},
-	{Index: "146", Address: "one1h7c7pgwnht4nns40k6swdzwy8xn9uvl0e65e49", BlsPublicKey: "05f9655186ef16363e2ae14629bc0fef17781bac5eed7875e3b442e57e45340115f6d087035f626a84832479c9a54a03"},
-	{Index: "147", Address: "one1cwzleselrsq3x76vjzy7u65a9tqmsrcne2w83h", BlsPublicKey: "783841b0eaea497e2f894d482b6bde16b96359cb837a9f7dc3bf89abcb45b75e8ea597d60d2e89775c6fb37164fa3694"},
-	{Index: "148", Address: "one1kkcw2y5d9w9celf0vu025hflyxu33gekmntx9u", BlsPublicKey: "b12b30b10c9b002ec0832d061025b99a695052800ebf642299fd439be505322208543566efda12b524b284ce5ea06510"},
+	{Index: "144", Address: "one18ehxprgnrnjug4yqcwq48ynnw3am237hlwmwxv", BlsPublicKey: "3a4212d1fdeb837d5c7cb709298c596c71a4faf57a592dc8a675eba752c31f256f0a99478fc0f38f13790df087f9ff0f"},
+	{Index: "145", Address: "one1aydmy5m3ymurgac9yaea9nq7tg4fwu8dnetz02", BlsPublicKey: "87ec47a0ee00ea2b31640283644cf093f4ba6d63ddefc50a699994aedb29bc83727a32a7d238ff66683269a0230eb593"},
+	{Index: "146", Address: "one14kljysylyq0nypcxzndhfqxrkjk290l9kkhmnz", BlsPublicKey: "d6b1b753e1d3333fc3898f394edae8cf79d9168c6b8c07ac8109cb754086f1402e82cc6a52131e0399c2d7cac2bf260b"},
+	{Index: "147", Address: "one18ahgl50uyq29cuacn76ucmsgxppgmjx80zs2cj", BlsPublicKey: "6e72635ed8e416ebdc48c59d2642cc8b884b0a5281a36a31220bb9e1bb453f8db22ea7905cda29271bde4cf858244514"},
+	{Index: "148", Address: "one1n392jsedk9pfx7rkw2gpdpjptsgfrkxla5ve6t", BlsPublicKey: "3a9217c7d6574e3922c4c55a258a4ba70ce54872e097022807dc15a1999a99919f3afcc0301b1cb8feb7ffbbe42b8a16"},
 	{Index: "149", Address: "one16xzyq2zarperhxjzmk8dyp629v4vugdkzfx7r2", BlsPublicKey: "4ff265748fbc2e3f99e95fc2e1818d02a38bcb72e95efa8ffb50820919f543f98705b330522d51e5272a5427e98ad38b"},
 	{Index: "150", Address: "one175jcxcdk2xlmccndr2mux3c8se8gsmddesg5ed", BlsPublicKey: "74a8762803bfbe8893540480cc9f789914b56f86a1458c38d5bf1b6737cd149a28f761bec95f3e9cf4095fb55a6e7294"},
 	{Index: "151", Address: "one1lmqycl6wezcdf7nqxj34slstamt0hlhp4s0rj4", BlsPublicKey: "764cec13fff061afecd226e167ac0452e2f16e5e8faa9c2152ba060243e6c29220850c9acae6f13612c842d277d5118b"},
@@ -1873,8 +1873,8 @@ var FoundationalNodeAccountsV1_2 = []DeployAccount{
 	{Index: "160", Address: "one1hdxnmfgkxtlmrym9ljjw2dpweke85pheu8g8zl", BlsPublicKey: "95f9d0f1a688b9c4d2a9d876580f7920625f0859846711203fb4f0f364290895daab76557d09f4acb6d3b562eed00782"},
 	{Index: "161", Address: "one1d0k2x6ue6yd0pvuumxgxjk3qqfjpn08mu7r253", BlsPublicKey: "254772532f47cd28c0ed95986c678e589661de36eeef7502c57a95f753e1c0c1ea6348f6f19e10729faf31ae37fe1a0c"},
 	{Index: "162", Address: "one10j0tswg6x4udqafvsetjj3fl0g4e52spwp0wsh", BlsPublicKey: "289eb7f7c6b601dc83534734f500365f4fcf2189a5813b806b9ef6a777183c697d5fb22c07a26d19b63f1e10fa88e50c"},
-	{Index: "163", Address: "one15fswyv4znc8mw5dqutgssdj35ut2ghpg0wqg7p", BlsPublicKey: "4f5e3f01edbfc48e6260a8557f2bafd7bdfe76e727055110882ccadbcbba2ddd96a7f4008f576c94977e488c35086c18"},
-	{Index: "164", Address: "one1txjkm9v7avmpy4u9ugktwwt4tkkfz2r40v6v7a", BlsPublicKey: "998bb2fc775f08bc748acded8f2b331edf3d01da8d7bf5f1c6cc7bb8afb3bd384bb2fb40351c245ba7b5027c2f1c0608"},
+	{Index: "163", Address: "one1hmmh8tfh8p7ad2szyn5wntfplt5mn79mlfemwn", BlsPublicKey: "224fac479a8c0554faf2ecf0227453831bdeae7d03e96c2b0c9e7b3a33ac8701f57431833c7898a3c885d89f850e5696"},
+	{Index: "164", Address: "one1fallaznqw6mv2wyzggpxvlk0xjeu8hry9u7v74", BlsPublicKey: "3c8c4ecf114e0d12516db91d9eb17a0dde8bc80f3d95df7b95d02b1efcc70098d3e15ac6d38f8cd389114f3247dde883"},
 	{Index: "165", Address: "one10jkak35au0w9lmsqvjvpnx7t0qc6svklup48k3", BlsPublicKey: "1acf941d944db3f7410f4bf4f2d541e17d50bfde0f853ddcb2630b7ecf701c7be454ec6577aabe9320e2a8524cc60715"},
 	{Index: "166", Address: "one1zy628rt2d87nlad0dlvlzrnnqsv5cnt4uaa05m", BlsPublicKey: "898c9ec1fa5073e96ff71b66a5353eb2d9bbbaf103adeac5625ccae8cc926e99165ca2afed4f22065e8becf7b012f20f"},
 	{Index: "167", Address: "one1zefrcfgjuaqxggql0syz28cq40cy6ujwq6zmpx", BlsPublicKey: "6510d39a8db76f952c9dfa34b16cd1324877dabef2f441095c8b1f9809b884c4628b16363349871350d4422f4c61bf0c"},
@@ -1896,7 +1896,7 @@ var FoundationalNodeAccountsV1_2 = []DeployAccount{
 	{Index: "183", Address: "one1933f2dpa5a7ezh2q6ul5nakd26tynn4l75pt6h", BlsPublicKey: "7fa5a39d171f5ceb2c58571731d6273e55420722984caaf17607a6ebdc18e32350406f5e537474a26cb31b9c97504a04"},
 	{Index: "184", Address: "one1wrvlznh27fywscexnc2l9fxk5gjelcqdnw8pvw", BlsPublicKey: "84b6b842abc1c28aa505f22ac553443f919ff742f1b6cc2c1b9ab07518a649dafc4d5e1360ee20462168753361569293"},
 	{Index: "185", Address: "one1v6e7uc4jwamdcjw43042jt5fw5ck5mxzt8c4wx", BlsPublicKey: "eb0f1af6910302340af0c20f05c08654131bf7eb0e8118548e7dfe25cc2991d953bbe8ace2786f5aed77484ee0adeb95"},
-	{Index: "186", Address: "one1q50h43adwq85nd28pq5yhw3sjlcd63x6urhmnh", BlsPublicKey: "c9e1ff04c12679c5315d960ecd5c1ced35616381c33ab8bb612eb78088c601295535a2f43140d647e6d9095b6ef60380"},
+	{Index: "186", Address: "one1seaavwphcu5a3mm4p36fpl9r68f0hk24g289st", BlsPublicKey: "25279696affa165739d769c135f901a2008555426979be6c92fd94a0c5d0f33415f85bfc3308be0c64e3de34cc2b198d"},
 	{Index: "187", Address: "one1hyqkrvkad8kpttpglrl42rcthd6h0uqg2etgf4", BlsPublicKey: "1bc81f9fd333524032c5a8fbbd976b00ba8d5e0e2efe60fd8336abbaec1b5744ecef07b242efddf09bd42dbcbd2f5795"},
 	{Index: "188", Address: "one12xfkkmqm7cnv52tml8vpdawvax0kr8f4wrlp96", BlsPublicKey: "64745645766808aeee7eb00081d6d11119dcd3a925255960faccc0c6d22f17b6fd0814c061dd3ab39b5877df119f6711"},
 	{Index: "189", Address: "one1yuqws7le57naq90w2z42k3undccy8nh7wdmuhz", BlsPublicKey: "2611e59381f2f117746ea12cea76a09ba5895bc503d4bc5561b546d673ccc4fff854aea26e9c43c3682444c25396490a"},
@@ -1914,7 +1914,7 @@ var FoundationalNodeAccountsV1_2 = []DeployAccount{
 	{Index: "201", Address: "one1fgsn4xrhtq4ljfd394gesj4aj6pkkf0lsytmnn", BlsPublicKey: "11e163fab1c890a81d224dc9d462d56b0cef5cd1645d2edd848067ff34f480b02ac8c920c4646618f235a7e3f9bdc505"},
 	{Index: "202", Address: "one1g6l7xj9w8z3uxjud8da69twzvyccqam6k5xymd", BlsPublicKey: "a11451a324fffc50f33e934bcee1bd673b7e285c24817285cea8207212aad9951aa9b6c40a5b78a7fea7ed047c48d188"},
 	{Index: "203", Address: "one1l476nnnhekrnnk5m78k8jr9uxvh6y4ql7xq9fq", BlsPublicKey: "4fd4f3a680528b60f6de7d944febe5426485f0ca0816a7c44fe3355bef2f48519f75235f42732678b2a5fab860e67304"},
-	{Index: "204", Address: "one134phdwr88wnpadw4x8p7r972f7wkqerd7kwxg9", BlsPublicKey: "7a37baf96f89557f4157d206af89ac343b17df147e44d6d94b76637ba16668854205a639f39d2c7f51b8d1e26205b296"},
+	{Index: "204", Address: "one1a962kd80qmqu6wwd2ywjnh2f0e95zmrur2qmde", BlsPublicKey: "11fc5e3e3d1b8671f4fa2da7eec3174d832450c4b45530ee24bde9f8e549600ddebe2c60631926f15f287fdc28e77619"},
 	{Index: "205", Address: "one1qfs3q0mwzmg3dsyzc6vf2telzx54t0t3zlc8a7", BlsPublicKey: "b3edc1d8778cae41255c06f2425347c7230de80e5f6a3b9e46a28a5223fb36d3fa6433cb5d589ee990ab73db3ea8a419"},
 	{Index: "206", Address: "one1kgu8jl9vtff4yklvxspg4whjwdvkqsx50zwy6g", BlsPublicKey: "94c13845fa5fb93967e1f4485255993e42cddc6cef75bd5709af76275fd9a6d6fc4e062a9f4d2b776348794fc25a2408"},
 	{Index: "207", Address: "one1zr57fc7txdwvcwd6w2rn4yg6tdy0j0tjhvyj8f", BlsPublicKey: "76ac6c7d29e5e47874619816d6a441645adb0138bd02aa71d5b654cfeb9bdc1d4dd66d4e493100d48aeb558824d63408"},
@@ -2015,7 +2015,7 @@ var FoundationalNodeAccountsV1_2 = []DeployAccount{
 	{Index: "302", Address: "one10pptg3m2k4c7ntgyqqpdmcamwg9e29naq4a4gd", BlsPublicKey: "931c600eb04d9fe1fde45104a00e5da9bcdd94787e18b5867ab6c0c5d33834f9a1fb7f090f3eafcb26e368b43f82f213"},
 	{Index: "303", Address: "one1hcru2lx6nagvf49hfc5skhhxummq863nlmvvu5", BlsPublicKey: "9a2529a40c23b45e33058e4758e63d2c5285bc64c0f71563725767274e9d0c25b6a9e96cf37d8ddf3a7047a2f5f8778d"},
 	{Index: "304", Address: "one13zzrvzrdxz2pf4y6ewkgjy7h2f602esjzjx4zv", BlsPublicKey: "48c89306e6eda48a4bd55145a89dc55ef7fdee4f3938afd1a6a3c503be8678e9aee3636f63b0df08a7491597e793f492"},
-	{Index: "305", Address: "one1zkpxghkct52crp2tda7xkdpxga32j56jjevntf", BlsPublicKey: "8137e81449de355de1befa684f89c38f5769a3744af8f9066d517474476b20be930cfad7de30b73b26c2353480111d92"},
+	{Index: "305", Address: "one1apdxhkhen9svzkk4x7n475lx8lmckawet7fdrx", BlsPublicKey: "16975468c2cedd7ce9785e41b264d11fe7fa75ae5d4561ec8c088ec03c3a0b4518b3ffc4830e71ddfc55bf6098cc4186"},
 	{Index: "306", Address: "one1r8ywmftsqgew4sfx9808dtww4r6j3a3v98c8vt", BlsPublicKey: "a221b590df1f201b653c31c0df894471519c0601dac36189ddb9511b4b920d5a43e597842971e784d0e0cb17bda7e983"},
 	{Index: "307", Address: "one1w2t3d2g435az4cnyqf7rkuzq2mu08mfuwlqhcz", BlsPublicKey: "8520f6519d3bc40fbffc703248cdcb6222e24394238cc7e705048ea62dceb35c3a2d0151d863556e8f172ca54ab8fe87"},
 	{Index: "308", Address: "one1hz4n5vn4e6ucvppxf6n8zayhml8wsqken60ksg", BlsPublicKey: "9d5063f3d82ca4b6855f3b00a45bdff5dd309fd6c4e12488ef18fbe808c847c2ff89334e641b3850e025b9bb85f4538b"},
diff --git a/internal/genesis/genesis.go b/internal/genesis/genesis.go
index e8d7c96f4..5f8c9e889 100644
--- a/internal/genesis/genesis.go
+++ b/internal/genesis/genesis.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ func (d DeployAccount) String() string {
 func BeaconAccountPriKey() *ecdsa.PrivateKey {
 	prikey, err := ecdsa.GenerateKey(crypto.S256(), strings.NewReader(genesisString))
 	if err != nil && prikey == nil {
-		utils.GetLogInstance().Error("Failed to generate beacon chain contract deployer account")
+		utils.Logger().Error().Msg("Failed to generate beacon chain contract deployer account")
 		os.Exit(111)
 	}
 	return prikey
diff --git a/internal/hmyapi/blockchain.go b/internal/hmyapi/blockchain.go
index 359672536..f123dfa32 100644
--- a/internal/hmyapi/blockchain.go
+++ b/internal/hmyapi/blockchain.go
@@ -121,7 +121,9 @@ func (s *PublicBlockChainAPI) Call(ctx context.Context, args CallArgs, blockNr r
 
 func doCall(ctx context.Context, b Backend, args CallArgs, blockNr rpc.BlockNumber, vmCfg vm.Config, timeout time.Duration, globalGasCap *big.Int) ([]byte, uint64, bool, error) {
 	defer func(start time.Time) {
-		utils.GetLogInstance().Debug("Executing EVM call finished", "runtime", time.Since(start))
+		utils.Logger().Debug().
+			Dur("runtime", time.Since(start)).
+			Msg("Executing EVM call finished")
 	}(time.Now())
 
 	state, header, err := b.StateAndHeaderByNumber(ctx, blockNr)
@@ -152,7 +154,10 @@ func doCall(ctx context.Context, b Backend, args CallArgs, blockNr rpc.BlockNumb
 		gas = uint64(*args.Gas)
 	}
 	if globalGasCap != nil && globalGasCap.Uint64() < gas {
-		utils.GetLogInstance().Warn("Caller gas above allowance, capping", "requested", gas, "cap", globalGasCap)
+		utils.Logger().Warn().
+			Uint64("requested", gas).
+			Uint64("cap", globalGasCap.Uint64()).
+			Msg("Caller gas above allowance, capping")
 		gas = globalGasCap.Uint64()
 	}
 	gasPrice := new(big.Int).SetUint64(defaultGasPrice)
diff --git a/internal/hmyapi/private_account.go b/internal/hmyapi/private_account.go
index 2ebe5c18f..e59c15714 100644
--- a/internal/hmyapi/private_account.go
+++ b/internal/hmyapi/private_account.go
@@ -38,7 +38,12 @@ func (s *PrivateAccountAPI) SendTransaction(ctx context.Context, args SendTxArgs
 	}
 	signed, err := s.signTransaction(ctx, &args, passwd)
 	if err != nil {
-		utils.GetLogger().Warn("Failed transaction send attempt", "from", args.From, "to", args.To, "value", args.Value.ToInt(), "err", err)
+		utils.Logger().Warn().
+			Str("from", args.From.Hex()).
+			Str("to", args.To.Hex()).
+			Uint64("value", args.Value.ToInt().Uint64()).
+			AnErr("err", err).
+			Msg("Failed transaction send attempt")
 		return common.Hash{}, err
 	}
 	return SubmitTransaction(ctx, s.b, signed)
diff --git a/internal/hmyapi/util.go b/internal/hmyapi/util.go
index c251a122f..e69f41306 100644
--- a/internal/hmyapi/util.go
+++ b/internal/hmyapi/util.go
@@ -23,9 +23,15 @@ func SubmitTransaction(ctx context.Context, b Backend, tx *types.Transaction) (c
 			return common.Hash{}, err
 		}
 		addr := crypto.CreateAddress(from, tx.Nonce())
-		utils.GetLogger().Info("Submitted contract creation", "fullhash", tx.Hash().Hex(), "contract", common2.MustAddressToBech32(addr))
+		utils.Logger().Info().
+			Str("fullhash", tx.Hash().Hex()).
+			Str("contract", common2.MustAddressToBech32(addr)).
+			Msg("Submitted contract creation")
 	} else {
-		utils.GetLogger().Info("Submitted transaction", "fullhash", tx.Hash().Hex(), "recipient", tx.To())
+		utils.Logger().Info().
+			Str("fullhash", tx.Hash().Hex()).
+			Str("recipient", tx.To().Hex()).
+			Msg("Submitted transaction")
 	}
 	return tx.Hash(), nil
 }
diff --git a/internal/memprofiling/lib.go b/internal/memprofiling/lib.go
index 926ea0b1a..6820b86a6 100644
--- a/internal/memprofiling/lib.go
+++ b/internal/memprofiling/lib.go
@@ -47,7 +47,9 @@ func (m *MemProfiling) Config() {
 		Addr:    fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", nodeconfig.GetDefaultConfig().IP, utils.GetPortFromDiff(nodeconfig.GetDefaultConfig().Port, MemProfilingPortDiff)),
 		Handler: m.h,
 	}
-	utils.GetLogInstance().Info("running mem profiling", "port", utils.GetPortFromDiff(nodeconfig.GetDefaultConfig().Port, MemProfilingPortDiff))
+	utils.Logger().Info().
+		Str("port", utils.GetPortFromDiff(nodeconfig.GetDefaultConfig().Port, MemProfilingPortDiff)).
+		Msgf("running mem profiling")
 }
 
 // Add adds variables to watch for profiling.
@@ -67,7 +69,6 @@ func (m *MemProfiling) Add(name string, v interface{}) {
 func (m *MemProfiling) Start() {
 	go m.s.ListenAndServe()
 	m.PeriodicallyScanMemSize()
-	utils.GetLogInstance().Info("Start memprofiling.")
 }
 
 // Stop stops mem profiling.
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ func (m *MemProfiling) PeriodicallyScanMemSize() {
 				for k, v := range m.observedObject {
 					s := memsize.Scan(v)
 					r := s.Report()
-					utils.GetLogInstance().Info(fmt.Sprintf("memsize report for %s:\n %s", k, r))
+					utils.Logger().Info().Msgf("memsize report for %s:\n %s", k, r)
 				}
 				m.mu.Unlock()
 			}
@@ -120,11 +121,11 @@ func MaybeCallGCPeriodically() {
 func PrintMemUsage(msg string) {
 	var m runtime.MemStats
 	runtime.ReadMemStats(&m)
-	utils.GetLogInstance().Info(msg,
-		"alloc", bToMb(m.Alloc),
-		"totalalloc", bToMb(m.TotalAlloc),
-		"sys", bToMb(m.Sys),
-		"numgc", m.NumGC)
+	utils.Logger().Info().
+		Uint64("alloc", bToMb(m.Alloc)).
+		Uint64("totalalloc", bToMb(m.TotalAlloc)).
+		Uint64("sys", bToMb(m.Sys)).
+		Uint32("numgc", m.NumGC)
 }
 
 func bToMb(b uint64) uint64 {
diff --git a/internal/profiler/profiler.go b/internal/profiler/profiler.go
index d477dd064..619a73034 100644
--- a/internal/profiler/profiler.go
+++ b/internal/profiler/profiler.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package profiler
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"sync"
@@ -46,7 +47,15 @@ func (profiler *Profiler) LogMemory() {
 		// log mem usage
 		info, _ := profiler.proc.MemoryInfo()
 		memMap, _ := profiler.proc.MemoryMaps(false)
-		utils.GetLogInstance().Info("Mem Report", "info", info, "map", memMap, "shardID", profiler.shardID)
+		loggedMemMap := ""
+		for _, mems := range *memMap {
+			loggedMemMap = fmt.Sprintf("%v; %v", loggedMemMap, mems)
+		}
+		utils.Logger().Info().
+			Str("info", info.String()).
+			Str("map", loggedMemMap).
+			Uint32("shardID", profiler.shardID).
+			Msg("Mem Report")
 
 		time.Sleep(3 * time.Second)
 	}
@@ -58,7 +67,11 @@ func (profiler *Profiler) LogCPU() {
 		// log cpu usage
 		percent, _ := profiler.proc.CPUPercent()
 		times, _ := profiler.proc.Times()
-		utils.GetLogInstance().Info("CPU Report", "percent", percent, "times", times, "shardID", profiler.shardID)
+		utils.Logger().Info().
+			Float64("percent", percent).
+			Str("times", times.String()).
+			Uint32("shardID", profiler.shardID).
+			Msg("CPU Report")
 
 		time.Sleep(3 * time.Second)
 	}
diff --git a/internal/shardchain/shardchains.go b/internal/shardchain/shardchains.go
index 22b832b5c..ad9ee3d58 100644
--- a/internal/shardchain/shardchains.go
+++ b/internal/shardchain/shardchains.go
@@ -81,8 +81,9 @@ func (sc *CollectionImpl) ShardChain(shardID uint32) (*core.BlockChain, error) {
 		return nil, ctxerror.New("cannot open chain database").WithCause(err)
 	}
 	if rawdb.ReadCanonicalHash(db, 0) == (common.Hash{}) {
-		utils.GetLogger().Info("initializing a new chain database",
-			"shardID", shardID)
+		utils.Logger().Info().
+			Uint32("shardID", shardID).
+			Msg("initializing a new chain database")
 		if err := sc.dbInit.InitChainDB(db, shardID); err != nil {
 			return nil, ctxerror.New("cannot initialize a new chain database").
 				WithCause(err)
@@ -119,11 +120,15 @@ func (sc *CollectionImpl) CloseShardChain(shardID uint32) error {
 	if !ok {
 		return ctxerror.New("shard chain not found", "shardID", shardID)
 	}
-	utils.GetLogger().Info("closing shard chain", "shardID", shardID)
+	utils.Logger().Info().
+		Uint32("shardID", shardID).
+		Msg("closing shard chain")
 	delete(sc.pool, shardID)
 	bc.Stop()
 	bc.ChainDb().Close()
-	utils.GetLogger().Info("closed shard chain", "shardID", shardID)
+	utils.Logger().Info().
+		Uint32("shardID", shardID).
+		Msg("closed shard chain")
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -135,10 +140,14 @@ func (sc *CollectionImpl) Close() error {
 	sc.pool = newPool
 	sc.mtx.Unlock()
 	for shardID, bc := range oldPool {
-		utils.GetLogger().Info("closing shard chain", "shardID", shardID)
+		utils.Logger().Info().
+			Uint32("shardID", shardID).
+			Msg("closing shard chain")
 		bc.Stop()
 		bc.ChainDb().Close()
-		utils.GetLogger().Info("closed shard chain", "shardID", shardID)
+		utils.Logger().Info().
+			Uint32("shardID", shardID).
+			Msg("closed shard chain")
 	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/internal/utils/utils.go b/internal/utils/utils.go
index 57224beab..7c4530971 100644
--- a/internal/utils/utils.go
+++ b/internal/utils/utils.go
@@ -63,7 +63,9 @@ func ConvertFixedDataIntoByteArray(data interface{}) []byte {
 	buff := new(bytes.Buffer)
 	err := binary.Write(buff, binary.BigEndian, data)
 	if err != nil {
-		GetLogger().Crit("Failed to convert fixed data into byte array", "err", err)
+		Logger().Error().
+			AnErr("err", err).
+			Msg("Failed to convert fixed data into byte array")
 	}
 	return buff.Bytes()
 }
@@ -195,16 +197,22 @@ func LoadKeyFromFile(keyfile string) (key p2p_crypto.PrivKey, pk p2p_crypto.PubK
 	var keyStruct PrivKeyStore
 	err = Load(keyfile, &keyStruct)
 	if err != nil {
-		GetLogger().Info("No priviate key can be loaded from file", "keyfile", keyfile)
-		GetLogger().Info("Using random private key")
+		Logger().Info().
+			Str("keyfile", keyfile).
+			Msg("No private key can be loaded from file")
+		Logger().Info().Msg("Using random private key")
 		key, pk, err = GenKeyP2PRand()
 		if err != nil {
-			GetLogger().Crit("LoadKeyFromFile", "GenKeyP2PRand Error", err)
+			Logger().Error().
+				AnErr("GenKeyP2PRand Error", err).
+				Msg("LoadedKeyFromFile")
 			panic(err)
 		}
 		err = SaveKeyToFile(keyfile, key)
 		if err != nil {
-			GetLogger().Error("failed to save key to keyfile", "keyfile", err)
+			Logger().Error().
+				AnErr("keyfile", err).
+				Msg("failed to save key to keyfile")
 		}
 		return key, pk, nil
 	}
diff --git a/node/node.go b/node/node.go
index cc3e58240..db5f4f59c 100644
--- a/node/node.go
+++ b/node/node.go
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ func (node *Node) reducePendingTransactions() {
 	// If length of pendingTransactions is greater than TxPoolLimit then by greedy take the TxPoolLimit recent transactions.
 	if curLen > txPoolLimit+txPoolLimit {
 		node.pendingTransactions = append(types.Transactions(nil), node.pendingTransactions[curLen-txPoolLimit:]...)
-		utils.GetLogger().Info("mem stat reduce pending transaction")
+		utils.Logger().Info().Msg("mem stat reduce pending transaction")
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/node/node_handler.go b/node/node_handler.go
index 3e5995c76..3f4714b57 100644
--- a/node/node_handler.go
+++ b/node/node_handler.go
@@ -459,8 +459,8 @@ func (node *Node) AddNewBlock(newBlock *types.Block) error {
 		utils.Logger().Error().
 			Err(err).
 			Uint64("blockNum", newBlock.NumberU64()).
-			Bytes("parentHash", newBlock.Header().ParentHash().Bytes()[:]).
-			Bytes("hash", newBlock.Header().Hash().Bytes()[:]).
+			Str("parentHash", newBlock.Header().ParentHash().Hex()).
+			Str("hash", newBlock.Header().Hash().Hex()).
 			Msg("Error Adding new block to blockchain")
 	} else {
 		utils.Logger().Info().
diff --git a/scripts/api_test.sh b/scripts/api_test.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..c33574cd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/api_test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,700 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# This Script is for Testing the API functionality on both local and betanet.
+# -l to run localnet, -b to run betanet(mutually exclusive)
+# -v to see returns from each request
+# Right now only tests whether a response is recieved
+# You must have properly cloned into the dapp-examples repo and have installed nodejs
+VERBOSE="FALSE"
+TESTS_RAN=0
+TESTS_PASSED=0
+
+red=`tput setaf 1`
+green=`tput setaf 2`
+blue=`tput setaf 6`
+white=`tput sgr0`
+yellow=`tput setaf 11`
+reset=`tput sgr0`
+
+function response_test() {
+	if [ "$1" != "" ]; then
+		echo "${green}RESPONSE RECIEVED${reset}"
+		return 1
+	else
+		echo "${red}NO RESPONSE${reset}"
+		return 0
+	fi
+}
+
+function isHashTest() {
+	if [ "$TRANSACTION" != "null" ]; then	
+		if [[ "$TRANSACTION_HASH" =~ ^0x[0-9a-f]{64}$ ]]; then
+			echo ${green}TRANSACTION HASH VALID${reset}
+			echo
+			return 1
+		fi
+	fi
+	echo ${red}TRANSACTION HASH INVALID${reset}
+	return 0
+}
+
+function isHexTest() {
+	if [ "$1" != "null" ]; then	
+		if [[ "$1" =~ ^0x[0-9a-f]+$ ]]; then
+			echo ${green}VALID HEX RECIEVED${reset}
+			echo
+			return 1
+		fi
+	fi
+	echo ${red}INVALID HEX RECIEVED${reset}
+	return 0
+}
+
+### SETUP COMMANDLINE FLAGS ###
+while getopts "lbvp" OPTION; do
+	case $OPTION in
+	b)
+		NETWORK="betanet"
+		declare -A PORT=( [POST]="http://s0.b.hmny.io:9500/" [GET]="http://e0.b.hmny.io:5000/" )
+		BLOCK_0_HASH=$(curl --location --request POST "http://l0.b.hmny.io:9500" \
+			  --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
+			  --data "{\"jsonrpc\":\"2.0\",\"method\":\"hmy_getBlockByNumber\",\"params\":[\"0x1\", true],\"id\":1}" | jq -r '.result.hash')
+		echo "BLOCK0HASH:"
+		echo "$BLOCK_0_HASH"
+		
+		SIGNED_RAW_TRANSACTION=$(node ../dapp-examples/nodejs/apiTestSign.js)
+		echo "RAWTX"
+		echo "$SIGNED_RAW_TRANSACTION"
+		TRANSACTION_HASH=$(curl  --location --request POST "http://l0.b.hmny.io:9500" \
+			  --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
+			    --data "{\"jsonrpc\":\"2.0\",\"method\":\"hmy_sendRawTransaction\",\"params\":[\""$SIGNED_RAW_TRANSACTION"\"],\"id\":1}" | jq -r '.result')
+		echo "TRANSACTION_HASH:"
+		echo $TRANSACTION_HASH
+		sleep 20s
+		TRANSACTION=$(curl --location --request POST "http://l0.b.hmny.io:9500" \
+			  --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
+			  --data "{\"jsonrpc\":\"2.0\",\"method\":\"hmy_getTransactionByHash\",\"params\":[\"$TRANSACTION_HASH\"],\"id\":1}")
+
+		echo "TRANSACTION:"
+		echo "$TRANSACTION"
+
+		TRANSACTION_BLOCK_HASH=$(echo $TRANSACTION | jq -r '.result.blockHash')
+		TRANSACTION_BLOCK_NUMBER=$(echo $TRANSACTION | jq -r '.result.blockNumber')
+		TRANSACTION_INDEX=$(echo $TRANSACTION | jq -r '.result.transactionIndex')  #Needs to be get transaction Index
+		
+
+		TRANSACTION_BLOCK_ID=$(( $TRANSACTION_BLOCK_NUMBER ))
+		echo TRANSACTION_BLOCK_ID
+		echo $TRANSACTION_BLOCK_ID
+		echo "TRANSACTION_BLOCK_HASH:"
+		echo $TRANSACTION_BLOCK_HASH
+
+		echo "TRANSACTION_BLOCK_NUMBER:"
+		echo "$TRANSACTION_BLOCK_NUMBER"
+
+		echo "TRANSACTION_INDEX:"
+		echo $TRANSACTION_INDEX
+
+		;;
+	l)
+		NETWORK="localnet"
+		declare -A PORT=( [POST]="localhost:9500/" [GET]="localhost:5099/" )
+		BLOCK_0_HASH=$(curl -s --location --request POST "localhost:9500" \
+			  --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
+			  --data "{\"jsonrpc\":\"2.0\",\"method\":\"hmy_getBlockByNumber\",\"params\":[\"0x1\", true],\"id\":1}" | jq -r '.result.hash')
+
+		echo "BLOCK0HASH:"
+		echo "$BLOCK_0_HASH"
+		
+		SIGNED_RAW_TRANSACTION=$(node ../dapp-examples/nodejs/apiTestSign.js localnet)
+		echo "RAWTX"
+		echo "$SIGNED_RAW_TRANSACTION"
+		TRANSACTION_HASH=$(curl  --location --request POST "localhost:9500" \
+			  --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
+			    --data "{\"jsonrpc\":\"2.0\",\"method\":\"hmy_sendRawTransaction\",\"params\":[\""$SIGNED_RAW_TRANSACTION"\"],\"id\":1}" | jq -r '.result')
+		echo "TRANSACTION_HASH:"
+		echo $TRANSACTION_HASH
+		sleep 20s
+		TRANSACTION=$(curl --location --request POST "http://localhost:9500" \
+			  --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
+			  --data "{\"jsonrpc\":\"2.0\",\"method\":\"hmy_getTransactionByHash\",\"params\":[\"$TRANSACTION_HASH\"],\"id\":1}")
+
+		echo "TRANSACTION:"
+		echo "$TRANSACTION"
+
+		TRANSACTION_BLOCK_HASH=$(echo $TRANSACTION | jq -r '.result.blockHash')
+		TRANSACTION_BLOCK_NUMBER=$(echo $TRANSACTION | jq -r '.result.blockNumber')
+		TRANSACTION_INDEX=$(echo $TRANSACTION | jq -r '.result.transactionIndex')  
+
+		TRANSACTION_BLOCK_ID=$(( $TRANSACTION_BLOCK_NUMBER ))
+		echo TRANSACTION_BLOCK_ID
+		echo $TRANSACTION_BLOCK_ID
+		echo "TRANSACTION_BLOCK_HASH:"
+		echo $TRANSACTION_BLOCK_HASH
+
+		echo "TRANSACTION_BLOCK_NUMBER:"
+		echo "$TRANSACTION_BLOCK_NUMBER"
+
+		echo "TRANSACTION_INDEX:"
+		echo $TRANSACTION_INDEX
+		;;
+	v)
+		VERBOSE="TRUE"
+		;;
+	p)
+		PRETTY="TRUE"
+		;;
+	esac
+		done
+
+if [ $OPTIND -eq 1 ]; then echo "No options were passed, -l for localnet, -b for betanet, -v to view logs of either"; exit;  fi
+
+declare -A GETDATA=( [GET_blocks]="blocks?from=$TRANSACTION_BLOCK_ID&to=$TRANSACTION_BLOCK_ID" [GET_tx]="tx?id=0" [GET_address]="address?id=0" [GET_node-count]="node-count" [GET_shard]="shard?id=0" [GET_committee]="committee?shard_id=0&epoch=0" )
+declare -A POSTDATA
+
+if [ "$NETWORK" == "localnet" ]; then
+	POSTDATA[hmy_getBlockByHash]="hmy_getBlockByHash\",\"params\":[\"$TRANSACTION_BLOCK_HASH\", true]"
+	POSTDATA[hmy_getBlockByNumber]="hmy_getBlockByNumber\",\"params\":[\"$TRANSACTION_BLOCK_NUMBER\", true]"
+	POSTDATA[hmy_getBlockTransactionCountByHash]="hmy_getBlockTransactionCountByHash\",\"params\":[\"$TRANSACTION_BLOCK_HASH\"]"
+	POSTDATA[hmy_getBlockTransactionCountByNumber]="hmy_getBlockTransactionCountByNumber\",\"params\":[\"$TRANSACTION_BLOCK_NUMBER\"]"
+	POSTDATA[hmy_getCode]="hmy_getCode\",\"params\":[\"0x08AE1abFE01aEA60a47663bCe0794eCCD5763c19\", \"latest\"]"
+	POSTDATA[hmy_getTransactionByBlockHashAndIndex]="hmy_getTransactionByBlockHashAndIndex\",\"params\":[\"$TRANSACTION_BLOCK_HASH\", \"$TRANSACTION_INDEX\"]"
+	POSTDATA[hmy_getTransactionByBlockNumberAndIndex]="hmy_getTransactionByBlockNumberAndIndex\",\"params\":[\"$TRANSACTION_BLOCK_NUMBER\", \"$TRANSACTION_INDEX\"]"
+	POSTDATA[hmy_getTransactionByHash]="hmy_getTransactionByHash\",\"params\":[\"$TRANSACTION_HASH\"]"
+	POSTDATA[hmy_getTransactionReceipt]="hmy_getTransactionReceipt\",\"params\":[\"$TRANSACTION_HASH\"]"
+	POSTDATA[hmy_syncing]="hmy_syncing\",\"params\":[]"
+	POSTDATA[net_peerCount]="net_peerCount\",\"params\":[]"
+	POSTDATA[hmy_getBalance]="hmy_getBalance\",\"params\":[\"one18t4yj4fuutj83uwqckkvxp9gfa0568uc48ggj7\", \"latest\"]"
+	POSTDATA[hmy_getStorageAt]="hmy_getStorageAt\",\"params\":[\"0xD7Ff41CA29306122185A07d04293DdB35F24Cf2d\", \"0\", \"latest\"]"
+	POSTDATA[hmy_getTransactionCount]="hmy_getTransactionCount\",\"params\":[\"0x806171f95C5a74371a19e8a312c9e5Cb4E1D24f6\", \"latest\"]" # what is this
+	POSTDATA[hmy_sendRawTransaction]="hmy_sendRawTransaction\",\"params\":[\"$SIGNED_RAW_TRANSACTION\"]"
+	POSTDATA[hmy_getLogs]="hmy_getLogs\", \"params\":[{\"BlockHash\": \"$TRANSACTION_BLOCK_HASH\"}]"
+	POSTDATA[hmy_getFilterChanges]="hmy_getFilterChanges\", \"params\":[\"0x58010795a282878ed0d61da72a14b8b0\"]"
+	POSTDATA[hmy_newPendingTransactionFilter]="hmy_newPendingTransactionFilter\", \"params\":[]"
+	POSTDATA[hmy_newBlockFilter]="hmy_newBlockFilter\", \"params\":[]"
+	POSTDATA[hmy_newFilter]="hmy_newFilter\", \"params\":[{\"BlockHash\": \"0x5725b5b2ab28206e7256a78cda4f9050c2629fd85110ffa54eacd2a13ba68072\"}]"
+	POSTDATA[hmy_call]="hmy_call\", \"params\":[{\"to\": \"0x08AE1abFE01aEA60a47663bCe0794eCCD5763c19\"}, \"latest\"]"
+	POSTDATA[hmy_gasPrice]="hmy_gasPrice\",\"params\":[]"
+	POSTDATA[hmy_blockNumber]="hmy_blockNumber\",\"params\":[]"
+	POSTDATA[net_version]="net_version\",\"params\":[]"
+	POSTDATA[hmy_protocolVersion]="hmy_protocolVersion\",\"params\":[]"
+fi
+
+if [ "$NETWORK" == "betanet" ]; then
+	POSTDATA[hmy_getBlockByHash]="hmy_getBlockByHash\",\"params\":[\"$TRANSACTION_BLOCK_HASH\", true]"
+	POSTDATA[hmy_getBlockByNumber]="hmy_getBlockByNumber\",\"params\":[\"$TRANSACTION_BLOCK_NUMBER\", true]"
+	POSTDATA[hmy_getBlockTransactionCountByHash]="hmy_getBlockTransactionCountByHash\",\"params\":[\"$TRANSACTION_BLOCK_HASH\"]"
+	POSTDATA[hmy_getBlockTransactionCountByNumber]="hmy_getBlockTransactionCountByNumber\",\"params\":[\"$TRANSACTION_BLOCK_NUMBER\"]"
+	POSTDATA[hmy_getCode]="hmy_getCode\",\"params\":[\"0x08AE1abFE01aEA60a47663bCe0794eCCD5763c19\", \"latest\"]"
+	POSTDATA[hmy_getTransactionByBlockHashAndIndex]="hmy_getTransactionByBlockHashAndIndex\",\"params\":[\"$TRANSACTION_BLOCK_HASH\", \"$TRANSACTION_INDEX\"]"
+	POSTDATA[hmy_getTransactionByBlockNumberAndIndex]="hmy_getTransactionByBlockNumberAndIndex\",\"params\":[\"$TRANSACTION_BLOCK_NUMBER\", \"$TRANSACTION_INDEX\"]"
+	POSTDATA[hmy_getTransactionByHash]="hmy_getTransactionByHash\",\"params\":[\"$TRANSACTION_HASH\"]"
+	POSTDATA[hmy_getTransactionReceipt]="hmy_getTransactionReceipt\",\"params\":[\"$TRANSACTION_HASH\"]"
+	POSTDATA[hmy_syncing]="hmy_syncing\",\"params\":[]"
+	POSTDATA[net_peerCount]="net_peerCount\",\"params\":[]"
+	POSTDATA[hmy_getBalance]="hmy_getBalance\",\"params\":[\"one18t4yj4fuutj83uwqckkvxp9gfa0568uc48ggj7\", \"latest\"]"
+	POSTDATA[hmy_getStorageAt]="hmy_getStorageAt\",\"params\":[\"0xD7Ff41CA29306122185A07d04293DdB35F24Cf2d\", \"0\", \"latest\"]"
+	POSTDATA[hmy_getTransactionCount]="hmy_getTransactionCount\",\"params\":[\"0x806171f95C5a74371a19e8a312c9e5Cb4E1D24f6\", \"latest\"]" # what is this
+	POSTDATA[hmy_sendRawTransaction]="hmy_sendRawTransaction\",\"params\":[\"$SIGNED_RAW_TRANSACTION\"]"
+	POSTDATA[hmy_getLogs]="hmy_getLogs\", \"params\":[{\"BlockHash\": \"$TRANSACTION_BLOCK_HASH\"}]"
+	POSTDATA[hmy_getFilterChanges]="hmy_getFilterChanges\", \"params\":[\"0x58010795a282878ed0d61da72a14b8b0\"]"
+	POSTDATA[hmy_newPendingTransactionFilter]="hmy_newPendingTransactionFilter\", \"params\":[]"
+	POSTDATA[hmy_newBlockFilter]="hmy_newBlockFilter\", \"params\":[]"
+	POSTDATA[hmy_newFilter]="hmy_newFilter\", \"params\":[{\"BlockHash\": \"0x5725b5b2ab28206e7256a78cda4f9050c2629fd85110ffa54eacd2a13ba68072\"}]"
+	POSTDATA[hmy_call]="hmy_call\", \"params\":[{\"to\": \"0x08AE1abFE01aEA60a47663bCe0794eCCD5763c19\"}, \"latest\"]"
+	POSTDATA[hmy_gasPrice]="hmy_gasPrice\",\"params\":[]"
+	POSTDATA[hmy_blockNumber]="hmy_blockNumber\",\"params\":[]"
+	POSTDATA[net_version]="net_version\",\"params\":[]"
+	POSTDATA[hmy_protocolVersion]="hmy_protocolVersion\",\"params\":[]"
+fi
+
+declare -A RESPONSES
+
+RESPONSES[GET_blocks]=""
+RESPONSES[GET_tx]=""
+RESPONSES[GET_address]=""
+RESPONSES[GET_node-count]=""
+RESPONSES[GET_shard]=""
+RESPONSES[GET_committee]=""
+RESPONSES[hmy_getBlockByHash]=""
+RESPONSES[hmy_getBlockByNumber]=""
+RESPONSES[hmy_getBlockTransactionCountByHash]=""
+RESPONSES[hmy_getBlockTransactionCountByNumber]=""
+RESPONSES[hmy_getCode]=""
+RESPONSES[hmy_getTransactionByBlockHashAndIndex]=""
+RESPONSES[hmy_getTransactionByBlockNumberAndIndex]=""
+RESPONSES[hmy_getTransactionByHash]=""
+RESPONSES[hmy_getTransactionReceipt]=""
+RESPONSES[hmy_syncing]=""
+RESPONSES[net_peerCount]=""
+RESPONSES[hmy_getBalance]=""
+RESPONSES[hmy_getStorageAt]=""
+RESPONSES[hmy_getTransactionCount]=""
+RESPONSES[hmy_sendRawTransaction]=""
+RESPONSES[hmy_getLogs]=""
+RESPONSES[hmy_getFilterChanges]=""
+RESPONSES[hmy_newPendingTransactionFilter]=""
+RESPONSES[hmy_newBlockFilter]=""
+RESPONSES[hmy_newFilter]=""
+RESPONSES[hmy_call]=""
+RESPONSES[hmy_gasPrice]=""
+RESPONSES[hmy_blockNumber]=""
+RESPONSES[net_version]=""
+RESPONSES[hmy_protocolVersion]=""
+
+### Processes GET requests and stores reponses in RESPONSES ###
+function GET_requests() {
+	for K in "${!GETDATA[@]}"; 
+	do
+		RESPONSES[$K]=$(curl -s --location --request GET "${PORT[GET]}${GETDATA[$K]}" \
+	  		--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
+			--data "")
+	done
+}
+
+### Processes POST requests and stores reponses in RESPONSES ###
+function POST_requests() {
+	for K in "${!POSTDATA[@]}"; 
+	do	
+		RESPONSES[$K]="$(curl -s --location --request POST "${PORT[POST]}" \
+	  		--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
+			--data "{\"jsonrpc\":\"2.0\",\"method\":\"${POSTDATA[$K]},\"id\":1}")"
+	done
+}
+
+function log_API_responses() {
+	for K in "${!GETDATA[@]}"; 
+	do
+		echo "${yellow}$K"
+		echo "${blue}REQUEST:"
+		echo "${white}${GETDATA[$K]}"
+		echo "${blue}RESPONSE:" ${white}
+		echo ${RESPONSES[$K]} #| jq .
+		echo
+		echo
+	done
+	for K in "${!POSTDATA[@]}"; 
+	do 
+		echo "${yellow}$K"
+		echo "${blue}REQUEST:"
+		echo "${white}${POSTDATA[$K]}"
+		echo "${blue}RESPONSE: $white"
+		echo ${RESPONSES[$K]} #| jq .
+		echo
+		echo
+	done
+}
+
+GET_requests
+POST_requests
+### BASIC QUERY TESTS ###
+
+function Explorer_getBlock_test() {
+	TESTS_RAN=$(( TESTS_RAN + 1 ))
+	echo "GET blocks(explorer) test:"
+	response_test ${RESPONSES[GET_blocks]}	
+	if [ "$?"  == "1" ]; then 
+		BLOCKBYIDHASH=$(echo ${RESPONSES[GET_blocks]} | jq -r .[0].id)
+		if [ "$BLOCKBYIDHASH" != "null" ]; then		
+			if [ "$BLOCKBYIDHASH" == "$TRANSACTION_BLOCK_HASH" ]; then
+				TESTS_PASSED=$(( TESTS_PASSED + 1 ))
+				echo ${green}BLOCK HASH MATCHES TX${reset}
+				echo
+				return
+			fi
+		fi
+		echo ${red}BLOCK HASH DOES NOT MATCH TX OR IS NULL${reset}
+	fi
+	echo
+}
+
+#Needs updating - wtf does getTx do - no arguments?
+function Explorer_getTx_test() {
+	TESTS_RAN=$(( TESTS_RAN + 1 ))
+	echo "GET tx(explorer) test:"
+	response_test ${RESPONSES[GET_tx]}
+	if [ "$?" == "1" ]; then 
+		TX_HASH=$(echo ${RESPONSES[GET_tx]} | jq -r .id) # fix agrs to jq
+		if [ "$TX_HASH" != "null" ]; then		
+			if [ "$TX_HASH" == "$TX_HASH" ]; then
+				TESTS_PASSED=$(( TESTS_PASSED + 1 ))
+				echo ${green}BLOCK HASH MATCHES TX${reset}
+				echo
+				return
+			fi
+		fi
+		echo ${red}BLOCK HASH DOES NOT MATCH TX OR IS NULL${reset}
+	fi
+	echo
+}
+
+function Explorer_getExplorerNodeAdress_test() {
+	TESTS_RAN=$(( TESTS_RAN + 1 ))
+	echo "GET address(explorer) test:"
+	response_test ${RESPONSES[GET_address]}
+	[ "$?" == "1" ] && TESTS_PASSED=$(( TESTS_PASSED + 1 )) 
+	echo
+}
+
+function Explorer_getExplorerNode_test() {
+	TESTS_RAN=$(( TESTS_RAN + 1 ))
+	echo "GET node-count(explorer) test:"
+	response_test ${RESPONSES[GET_node-count]}
+	if [ ${RESPONSES[GET_node-count]}="2" ]; then
+		echo ${green}SANE VALUE, 2 explorer nodes reported $reset
+		TESTS_PASSED=$(( TESTS_PASSED + 1 ))
+	else
+		echo ${red}non 2 explorer nodes reported $reset
+	fi
+	echo
+}
+
+function Explorer_getShard_test() {
+	TESTS_RAN=$(( TESTS_RAN + 1 ))
+	echo "GET shard(explorer) test:"
+	response_test ${RESPONSES[GET_shard]}
+	[ "$?" == "1" ] && TESTS_PASSED=$(( TESTS_PASSED + 1 )) 
+	echo
+}
+
+function Explorer_getCommitte_test() {	
+	TESTS_RAN=$(( TESTS_RAN + 1 ))
+	echo "GET committe(explorer) test:"
+	response_test ${RESPONSES[GET_committee]}
+	[ "$?" == "1" ] && TESTS_PASSED=$(( TESTS_PASSED + 1 )) 
+	echo
+}
+
+### API POST REQUESTS ###
+
+function API_getBlockByNumber_test() {
+	TESTS_RAN=$(( TESTS_RAN + 1 ))
+	echo "POST hmy_getBlockByNumber test:"
+	response_test ${RESPONSES[hmy_getBlockByNumber]}
+	BLOCKBYNUMBERHASH=$(echo ${RESPONSES[hmy_getBlockByNumber]} | jq -r '.result.hash')
+	
+	if [ "$BLOCKBLOCKBYNUMBERHASH" != "null" ]; then		
+		if [ "$BLOCKBYNUMBERHASH" == "$TRANSACTION_BLOCK_HASH" ]; then
+			TESTS_PASSED=$(( TESTS_PASSED + 1 ))
+			echo ${green}BLOCK HASH MATCHES TX${reset}
+			echo
+			return
+		fi
+	fi
+	echo ${red}BLOCK HASH DOES NOT MATCH TX OR IS NULL${reset}
+	echo
+}
+
+function API_getBlockByHash_test() {
+	TESTS_RAN=$(( TESTS_RAN + 1 ))
+	echo "POST hmy_getBlockByHash test:"
+	response_test ${RESPONSES[hmy_getBlockByHash]}
+	BLOCKBYHASHHASH=$(echo ${RESPONSES[hmy_getBlockByHash]} | jq -r '.result.hash')
+	if [ "$BLOCKBYHASHBYHASH" != "null" ]; then	
+		if [ "$BLOCKBYHASHHASH" == "$TRANSACTION_BLOCK_HASH" ]; then	
+			TESTS_PASSED=$(( TESTS_PASSED + 1 ))
+			echo ${green}BLOCK HASH MATCHES TX${reset}
+			echo
+			return
+		fi
+	fi
+	echo ${red}BLOCK HASH DOES NOT MATCH TX OR IS NULL${reset}
+	echo
+}
+
+function API_getBlockTransactionCountByHash_test() {
+	TESTS_RAN=$(( TESTS_RAN + 1 ))
+	echo "POST hmy_getBlockTransactionCountByHash test:"
+	response_test ${RESPONSES[hmy_getBlockTransactionCountByHash]}
+	TRANSACTIONCOUNTBYHASH=$(echo ${RESPONSES[hmy_getBlockTransactionCountByHash]} | jq -r '.result')
+	TRANSACTIONCOUNTBYHASH=$(( TRANSACTIONCOUNTBYHASH ))
+	if [ "$TRANSACTIONCOUNTBYHASH" != "null" ]; then	
+		if [ $TRANSACTIONCOUNTBYHASH -gt 0 ]; then	
+			TESTS_PASSED=$(( TESTS_PASSED + 1 ))
+			echo ${green}NON ZERO TRANSACTION COUNT IN BLOCK${reset}
+			echo
+			return
+		fi
+	fi
+	echo ${red}INVALID TRANSACTION COUNT IN BLOCK${reset}
+	echo
+}
+
+function API_getBlockTransactionCountByNumber_test() {	
+	TESTS_RAN=$(( TESTS_RAN + 1 ))
+	echo "POST hmy_getBlockTransactionCountByNumber test:"
+	response_test ${RESPONSES[hmy_getBlockTransactionCountByNumber]}
+	TRANSACTIONCOUNTBYNUMBER=$(echo ${RESPONSES[hmy_getBlockTransactionCountByNumber]} | jq -r '.result')
+	TRANSACTIONCOUNTBYNUMBER=$(( TRANSACTIONCOUNTBYNUMBER ))
+	if [ "$BLOCKBYHASH" != "null" ]; then		
+		if [ $TRANSACTIONCOUNTBYNUMBER -gt 0 ]; then
+			TESTS_PASSED=$(( TESTS_PASSED + 1 ))
+			echo ${green}NON ZERO TRANSACTION COUNT IN BLOCK${reset}
+			echo
+			return
+		fi
+	fi
+	echo ${red}NON NATURAL TRANSACTION COUNT IN BLOCK${reset}
+	echo
+}
+
+function API_getCode_test() {
+	TESTS_RAN=$(( TESTS_RAN + 1 ))
+	echo "POST hmy_getCode test:"
+	response_test ${RESPONSES[hmy_getCode]}
+	[ "$?" == "1" ] && TESTS_PASSED=$(( TESTS_PASSED + 1 )) 
+	echo
+}
+
+function API_getTransactionByBlockHashAndIndex_test() {
+	TESTS_RAN=$(( TESTS_RAN + 1 ))
+	echo "POST hmy_getTransactionByBlockHashAndIndex test:"
+	response_test ${RESPONSES[hmy_getTransactionByBlockHashAndIndex]}
+	TRANSACTIONHASHBYHASHANDINDEX=$(echo ${RESPONSES[hmy_getTransactionByBlockHashAndIndex]} | jq -r '.result.hash')
+	if [ "$TRANSACTIONHASHBYHASHANDINDEX" != "null" ]; then	
+		if [ "$TRANSACTIONHASHBYHASHANDINDEX" == "$TRANSACTION_HASH" ]; then	
+			TESTS_PASSED=$(( TESTS_PASSED + 1 ))
+			echo ${green}TRANSACTION FROM BLOCKHASH AND INDEX MATCH${reset}
+			echo
+			return
+		fi
+	fi
+	echo ${red} TRANSACTION FROM BLOCKHASH AND INDEX MATCH${reset}
+	echo
+}
+
+function API_getTransactionByBlockNumberAndIndex_test() {
+	TESTS_RAN=$(( TESTS_RAN + 1 ))
+	echo "POST hmy_getTransactionByBlockNumberAndIndex test:"
+	response_test ${RESPONSES[hmy_getTransactionByBlockNumberAndIndex]}
+	TRANSACTIONHASHBYNUMBERANDINDEX=$(echo ${RESPONSES[hmy_getTransactionByBlockNumberAndIndex]} | jq -r '.result.hash')
+	if [ "$TRANSACTIONHASHBYNUMBERANDINDEX" != "null" ]; then	
+		if [ "$TRANSACTIONHASHBYNUMBERANDINDEX" == "$TRANSACTION_HASH" ]; then
+			TESTS_PASSED=$(( TESTS_PASSED + 1 ))
+			echo ${green}TRANSACTION FROM BLOCKNUMBER AND INDEX MATCH${reset}
+			echo
+			return
+		fi
+	fi
+	echo ${red} TRANSACTION FROM BLOCKNUMBER AND INDEX MISMATCH${reset}
+	echo
+}
+
+function API_getTransactionByHash_test() {	
+	TESTS_RAN=$(( TESTS_RAN + 1 ))	
+	echo "POST hmy_getTransactionByHash test:"
+	TX_HASH=$(echo ${RESPONSES[hmy_getTransactionByHash]} | jq -r '.result.hash')
+	response_test ${RESPONSES[hmy_getTransactionByHash]} 
+	if [ "$TX_HASH" != "null" ]; then	
+		if [ "$TX_HASH" == "$TRANSACTION_HASH" ]; then
+			TESTS_PASSED=$(( TESTS_PASSED + 1 ))
+			echo ${green}TRANSACTION HASH MATCH${reset}
+			echo
+			return
+		fi
+	fi
+	echo ${red} TRANSACTION HASH MISMATCH${reset}
+	echo
+}
+
+function API_getTransactionReceipt_test() {
+	TESTS_RAN=$(( TESTS_RAN + 1 ))	
+	echo "POST hmy_getTransactionReceipt test:"
+	TX_HASH=$(echo ${RESPONSES[hmy_getTransactionReceipt]} | jq -r '.result.transactionHash')
+	response_test ${RESPONSES[hmy_getTransactionReceipt]} 
+	if [ "$TX_HASH" != "null" ]; then	
+		if [ "$TX_HASH" == "$TRANSACTION_HASH" ]; then
+			TESTS_PASSED=$(( TESTS_PASSED + 1 ))
+			echo ${green}TRANSACTION HASH MATCH${reset}
+			echo
+			return
+		fi
+	fi
+	echo ${red} TRANSACTION HASH MISMATCH${reset}
+	echo
+}
+
+function API_syncing_test() {
+	TESTS_RAN=$(( TESTS_RAN + 1 ))
+	echo "POST hmy_syncing test:"
+	response_test ${RESPONSES[hmy_syncing]}
+	[ "$?" == "1" ] && TESTS_PASSED=$(( TESTS_PASSED + 1 )) 
+	echo
+}
+
+function API_netPeerCount_test() {
+	TESTS_RAN=$(( TESTS_RAN + 1 ))
+	echo "POST net_peerCount test:"
+	response_test ${RESPONSES[net_peerCount]}	
+	[ "$?" == "1" ] && TESTS_PASSED=$(( TESTS_PASSED + 1 )) 
+	echo
+}
+
+function API_getBalance_test() {
+	TESTS_RAN=$(( TESTS_RAN + 1 ))
+	echo "POST hmy_getBalance test:"
+	response_test ${RESPONSES[hmy_getBalance]}
+	[ "$?" == "1" ] && TESTS_PASSED=$(( TESTS_PASSED + 1 )) 
+	echo
+}
+
+function API_getStorageAt_test() {
+	TESTS_RAN=$(( TESTS_RAN + 1 ))
+	echo "POST hmy_getStorageAt test:"
+	response_test ${RESPONSES[hmy_getStorageAt]}
+	[ "$?" == "1" ] && TESTS_PASSED=$(( TESTS_PASSED + 1 )) 
+	echo
+}
+
+function API_getTransactionCount_test() {
+	TESTS_RAN=$(( TESTS_RAN + 1 ))
+	echo "POST hmy_getTransactionCount test:"
+	response_test ${RESPONSES[hmy_getTransactionCount]}
+	[ "$?" == "1" ] && TESTS_PASSED=$(( TESTS_PASSED + 1 )) 
+	echo
+}
+
+function API_sendRawTransaction_test() {
+	TESTS_RAN=$(( TESTS_RAN + 1 ))
+	echo "POST hmy_sendRawTransaction test:"
+	response_test ${RESPONSES[hmy_sendRawTransaction]}
+	[ "$?" == "1" ] && TESTS_PASSED=$(( TESTS_PASSED + 1 )) 
+	echo
+}
+
+function API_getLogs_test() {
+	TESTS_RAN=$(( TESTS_RAN + 1 ))
+	echo "POST hmy_getLogs test:"
+	response_test ${RESPONSES[hmy_getLogs]}
+	[ "$?" == "1" ] && TESTS_PASSED=$(( TESTS_PASSED + 1 )) 
+	echo
+}
+
+function API_getFilterChanges_test() {
+	TESTS_RAN=$(( TESTS_RAN + 1 ))
+	echo "POST hmy_getFilterChanges test:"
+	response_test ${RESPONSES[hmy_getFilterChanges]}	
+	[ "$?" == "1" ] && TESTS_PASSED=$(( TESTS_PASSED + 1 )) 
+	echo
+}
+
+function API_newPendingTransactionFilter_test() {
+	TESTS_RAN=$(( TESTS_RAN + 1 ))
+	echo "POST hmy_sendRawTransaction test:"
+	response_test ${RESPONSES[hmy_newPendingTransactionFilter]}
+	[ "$?" == "1" ] && TESTS_PASSED=$(( TESTS_PASSED + 1 )) 
+	echo
+}
+
+function API_newBlockFilter_test() {
+	TESTS_RAN=$(( TESTS_RAN + 1 ))
+	echo "POST hmy_newBlockFilter test:"
+	response_test ${RESPONSES[hmy_newBlockFilter]}
+	[ "$?" == "1" ] && TESTS_PASSED=$(( TESTS_PASSED + 1 )) 
+	echo
+}
+
+function API_newFilter_test() {
+	TESTS_RAN=$(( TESTS_RAN + 1 ))
+	echo "POST hmy_newFilter test:"
+	response_test ${RESPONSES[hmy_newFilter]}
+	[ "$?" == "1" ] && TESTS_PASSED=$(( TESTS_PASSED + 1 )) 
+	echo
+}
+
+function API_call_test() {
+	TESTS_RAN=$(( TESTS_RAN + 1 ))
+	echo "POST hmy_call test:"
+	response_test ${RESPONSES[hmy_call]}
+	[ "$?" == "1" ] && TESTS_PASSED=$(( TESTS_PASSED + 1 )) 
+	echo
+}
+
+function API_gasPrice_test() {
+	TESTS_RAN=$(( TESTS_RAN + 1 ))
+	echo "POST hmy_gasPrice test:"
+	response_test ${RESPONSES[hmy_gasPrice]}
+	if [ "$?" == "1" ]; then
+		RESULT=$(echo ${RESPONSES[hmy_gasPrice]} | jq -r '.result')
+		isHexTest $RESULT
+		[ "$?" == "1" ] && TESTS_PASSED=$(( TESTS_PASSED + 1 )) 
+	fi
+}
+
+function API_blockNumber_test() {
+	TESTS_RAN=$(( TESTS_RAN + 1 ))
+	echo "POST hmy_blockNumber test:"
+	response_test ${RESPONSES[hmy_blockNumber]}
+	if [ "$?" == "1" ]; then
+		RESULT=$(echo ${RESPONSES[hmy_blockNumber]} | jq -r '.result')
+		isHexTest $RESULT
+		[ "$?" == "1" ] && TESTS_PASSED=$(( TESTS_PASSED + 1 )) 
+	fi
+}
+
+function API_net_version_test() {
+	TESTS_RAN=$(( TESTS_RAN + 1 ))
+	echo "POST net_version test:"
+	response_test ${RESPONSES[net_version]}
+	[ "$?" == "1" ] && TESTS_PASSED=$(( TESTS_PASSED + 1 )) 
+	echo
+}
+
+function API_protocolVersion_test() {
+	TESTS_RAN=$(( TESTS_RAN + 1 ))
+	echo "POST hmy_protocolVersion test:"
+	response_test ${RESPONSES[hmy_protocolVersion]}
+	[ "$?" == "1" ] && TESTS_PASSED=$(( TESTS_PASSED + 1 )) 
+	echo
+}
+
+function run_tests() {
+	echo "### TESTING RPC CALLS ###"
+	echo
+	### Calls to the individual API method test ###
+	Explorer_getBlock_test
+	Explorer_getTx_test
+	Explorer_getExplorerNodeAdress_test
+	Explorer_getExplorerNode_test
+	Explorer_getShard_test
+	Explorer_getCommitte_test
+	API_getBlockByNumber_test
+	API_getBlockByHash_test
+	API_getBlockTransactionCountByHash_test
+	API_getBlockTransactionCountByNumber_test
+	API_getCode_test
+	API_getTransactionByBlockHashAndIndex_test
+	API_getTransactionByBlockNumberAndIndex_test
+	API_getTransactionByHash_test
+	API_getTransactionReceipt_test
+	API_syncing_test
+	API_netPeerCount_test
+	API_getBalance_test
+	API_getStorageAt_test
+	API_getTransactionCount_test
+	API_sendRawTransaction_test
+	API_getLogs_test
+	API_getFilterChanges_test
+	API_newPendingTransactionFilter_test
+	API_sendRawTransaction_test
+	API_newBlockFilter_test
+	API_newFilter_test
+	API_call_test
+	API_gasPrice_test
+	API_blockNumber_test
+	API_net_version_test
+	API_protocolVersion_test
+
+	TESTS_FAILED=$(( $TESTS_RAN - $TESTS_PASSED ))
+	echo -n ${red}
+	[ $TESTS_FAILED -eq 0 ] && echo -n ${green}
+	echo "PASSED $TESTS_PASSED/$TESTS_RAN: $TESTS_FAILED TESTS FAILED"${reset}
+}
+
+
+
+if [ "$VERBOSE" == "TRUE" ]; then
+	log_API_responses
+fi
+### BETANET TESTS ###
+
+run_tests