diff --git a/zebra-chain/src/block.rs b/zebra-chain/src/block.rs
index cf474e45..1619f6d3 100644
--- a/zebra-chain/src/block.rs
+++ b/zebra-chain/src/block.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 use chrono::{DateTime, Utc};
 use std::io;
 
-use crate::merkle_tree::MerkleTree;
+use crate::merkle_tree::MerkleTreeRootHash;
 use crate::note_commitment_tree::SaplingNoteTreeRootHash;
 use crate::serialization::{SerializationError, ZcashDeserialize, ZcashSerialize};
 use crate::sha256d_writer::Sha256dWriter;
@@ -26,33 +26,6 @@ impl From<BlockHeader> for BlockHeaderHash {
     }
 }
 
-/// A SHA-256d hash of the root node of a merkle tree of SHA256-d
-/// hashed transactions in a block.
-#[derive(Clone, Debug, Eq, PartialEq)]
-pub struct MerkleRootHash([u8; 32]);
-
-impl<Transaction> ZcashSerialize for MerkleTree<Transaction> {
-    fn zcash_serialize<W: io::Write>(&self, writer: W) -> Result<(), SerializationError> {
-        unimplemented!();
-    }
-}
-
-impl<Transaction> ZcashDeserialize for MerkleTree<Transaction> {
-    fn zcash_deserialize<R: io::Read>(reader: R) -> Result<Self, SerializationError> {
-        unimplemented!();
-    }
-}
-
-impl From<MerkleTree<Transaction>> for MerkleRootHash {
-    fn from(merkle_tree: MerkleTree<Transaction>) -> Self {
-        let mut hash_writer = Sha256dWriter::default();
-        merkle_tree
-            .zcash_serialize(&mut hash_writer)
-            .expect("The merkle tree of transactions must serialize.");
-        Self(hash_writer.finish())
-    }
-}
-
 /// Block header.
 ///
 /// How are blocks chained together? They are chained together via the
@@ -78,7 +51,7 @@ pub struct BlockHeader {
     /// in this block as assembled in a binary tree, ensuring that
     /// none of those transactions can be modied without modifying the
     /// header.
-    merkle_root_hash: MerkleRootHash,
+    merkle_root_hash: MerkleTreeRootHash,
 
     /// [Sapling onward] The root LEBS2OSP256(rt) of the Sapling note
     /// commitment tree corresponding to the finnal Sapling treestate of
@@ -114,13 +87,6 @@ pub struct BlockHeader {
     solution: Vec<u8>,
 }
 
-impl BlockHeader {
-    /// Get the SHA-256d hash in internal byte order of this block header.
-    pub fn hash(&self) -> [u8; 32] {
-        unimplemented!();
-    }
-}
-
 impl ZcashSerialize for BlockHeader {
     fn zcash_serialize<W: io::Write>(&self, writer: W) -> Result<(), SerializationError> {
         unimplemented!();
diff --git a/zebra-chain/src/equihash_solution.rs b/zebra-chain/src/equihash_solution.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..abdd2121
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zebra-chain/src/equihash_solution.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+//! Equihash Solution and related items.
+
+use std::fmt;
+
+use hex::ToHex;
+
+/// The size of an Equihash solution in bytes (always 1344).
+const EQUIHASH_SOLUTION_SIZE = 1344;
+
+/// Equihash Solution.
+///
+/// A wrapper around [u8; 1344] because Rust doesn't implement common
+/// traits like `Debug`, `Clone`, etc for collections like array
+/// beyond lengths 0 to 32.
+///
+/// The size of an Equihash solution in bytes is always 1344 so the
+/// length of this type is fixed.
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub struct EquihashSolution([u8; EQUIHASH_SOLUTION_SIZE]);
+
+impl Default for EquihashSolution {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        EquihashSolution([0; EQUIHASH_SOLUTION_SIZE])
+    }
+}
+
+impl fmt::Debug for EquihashSolution {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
+        f.write_str(&self.0.encode_hex::<String>())
+    }
+}
diff --git a/zebra-chain/src/merkle_tree.rs b/zebra-chain/src/merkle_tree.rs
index d791578d..cd573bef 100644
--- a/zebra-chain/src/merkle_tree.rs
+++ b/zebra-chain/src/merkle_tree.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
 //! A binary hash tree of SHA256d (two rounds of SHA256) hashes for
 //! node values.
 
+use std::io;
+
 use sha2::Sha256;
 
+use crate::serialization::{SerializationError, ZcashDeserialize, ZcashSerialize};
+use crate::sha256d_writer::Sha256dWriter;
+use crate::transaction::Transaction;
+
 /// A binary hash tree of SHA256d (two rounds of SHA256) hashes for
 /// node values.
 #[derive(Default)]
@@ -15,3 +21,30 @@ impl<T> MerkleTree<T> {
         unimplemented!();
     }
 }
+
+impl<Transaction> ZcashSerialize for MerkleTree<Transaction> {
+    fn zcash_serialize<W: io::Write>(&self, writer: W) -> Result<(), SerializationError> {
+        unimplemented!();
+    }
+}
+
+impl<Transaction> ZcashDeserialize for MerkleTree<Transaction> {
+    fn zcash_deserialize<R: io::Read>(reader: R) -> Result<Self, SerializationError> {
+        unimplemented!();
+    }
+}
+
+/// A SHA-256d hash of the root node of a merkle tree of SHA256-d
+/// hashed transactions in a block.
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Eq, PartialEq)]
+pub struct MerkleTreeRootHash([u8; 32]);
+
+impl From<MerkleTree<Transaction>> for MerkleTreeRootHash {
+    fn from(merkle_tree: MerkleTree<Transaction>) -> Self {
+        let mut hash_writer = Sha256dWriter::default();
+        merkle_tree
+            .zcash_serialize(&mut hash_writer)
+            .expect("The merkle tree of transactions must serialize.");
+        Self(hash_writer.finish())
+    }
+}
diff --git a/zebra-network/src/protocol/message.rs b/zebra-network/src/protocol/message.rs
index 8ccb3af6..78a98e8b 100644
--- a/zebra-network/src/protocol/message.rs
+++ b/zebra-network/src/protocol/message.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use std::net;
 
 use chrono::{DateTime, Utc};
 
-use zebra_chain::block::{BlockHeaderHash, MerkleRootHash};
+use zebra_chain::block::Block;
 use zebra_chain::{transaction::Transaction, types::BlockHeight};
 
 use crate::meta_addr::MetaAddr;