diff --git a/consensus/consensus_test.go b/consensus/consensus_test.go
index ae1c3e1..823c64d 100644
--- a/consensus/consensus_test.go
+++ b/consensus/consensus_test.go
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ func GetClient(strictCheckpointAge bool, sync bool) (*Inner, error) {
 		log.Fatalf("failed to decode checkpoint: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	blockSend := make(chan common.Block, 256)
+	blockSend := make(chan *common.Block, 256)
 	finalizedBlockSend := make(chan *common.Block)
 	channelSend := make(chan *[]byte)
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 7fec929..fc8139a 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/protolambda/bls12-381-util v0.1.0
 	github.com/spf13/viper v1.19.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
-	github.com/ugorji/go/codec v1.2.12
 	github.com/wealdtech/go-merkletree v1.0.0
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.22.0
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 313ec91..699758a 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -365,8 +365,6 @@ github.com/tklauser/go-sysconf v0.3.12 h1:0QaGUFOdQaIVdPgfITYzaTegZvdCjmYO52cSFA
 github.com/tklauser/go-sysconf v0.3.12/go.mod h1:Ho14jnntGE1fpdOqQEEaiKRpvIavV0hSfmBq8nJbHYI=
 github.com/tklauser/numcpus v0.6.1 h1:ng9scYS7az0Bk4OZLvrNXNSAO2Pxr1XXRAPyjhIx+Fk=
 github.com/tklauser/numcpus v0.6.1/go.mod h1:1XfjsgE2zo8GVw7POkMbHENHzVg3GzmoZ9fESEdAacY=
-github.com/ugorji/go/codec v1.2.12 h1:9LC83zGrHhuUA9l16C9AHXAqEV/2wBQ4nkvumAE65EE=
-github.com/ugorji/go/codec v1.2.12/go.mod h1:UNopzCgEMSXjBc6AOMqYvWC1ktqTAfzJZUZgYf6w6lg=
 github.com/wealdtech/go-merkletree v1.0.0 h1:DsF1xMzj5rK3pSQM6mPv8jlyJyHXhFxpnA2bwEjMMBY=
 github.com/wealdtech/go-merkletree v1.0.0/go.mod h1:cdil512d/8ZC7Kx3bfrDvGMQXB25NTKbsm0rFrmDax4=
 github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.1.25/go.mod h1:3hX8gzYuyVAZsxl0MRgGTJEmQBFcNTphYh9decYSb74=