diff --git a/db/mem_db.go b/db/mem_db.go
index ebeb2dded..84d14de98 100644
--- a/db/mem_db.go
+++ b/db/mem_db.go
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ package db
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
+	"sort"
+	"strings"
 	"sync"
 )
 
@@ -12,6 +14,8 @@ func init() {
 	}, false)
 }
 
+var _ DB = (*MemDB)(nil)
+
 type MemDB struct {
 	mtx sync.Mutex
 	db  map[string][]byte
@@ -123,49 +127,67 @@ func (db *MemDB) Mutex() *sync.Mutex {
 //----------------------------------------
 
 func (db *MemDB) Iterator(start, end []byte) Iterator {
-	/*
-		XXX
-		it := newMemDBIterator()
-		it.db = db
-		it.cur = 0
-
-		db.mtx.Lock()
-		defer db.mtx.Unlock()
-
-		// We need a copy of all of the keys.
-		// Not the best, but probably not a bottleneck depending.
-		for key, _ := range db.db {
-			it.keys = append(it.keys, key)
-		}
-		sort.Strings(it.keys)
-		return it
-	*/
-	return nil
+	it := newMemDBIterator(db, start, end)
+
+	db.mtx.Lock()
+	defer db.mtx.Unlock()
+
+	// We need a copy of all of the keys.
+	// Not the best, but probably not a bottleneck depending.
+	it.keys = db.getSortedKeys(start, end)
+	return it
 }
 
 func (db *MemDB) ReverseIterator(start, end []byte) Iterator {
-	// XXX
+	it := newMemDBIterator(db, start, end)
+
+	db.mtx.Lock()
+	defer db.mtx.Unlock()
+
+	// We need a copy of all of the keys.
+	// Not the best, but probably not a bottleneck depending.
+	it.keys = db.getSortedKeys(end, start)
+	// reverse the order
+	l := len(it.keys) - 1
+	for i, v := range it.keys {
+		it.keys[i] = it.keys[l-i]
+		it.keys[l-i] = v
+	}
 	return nil
 }
 
-type memDBIterator struct {
-	cur  int
-	keys []string
-	db   DB
+func (db *MemDB) getSortedKeys(start, end []byte) []string {
+	keys := []string{}
+	for key, _ := range db.db {
+		leftCondition := bytes.Equal(start, BeginningKey()) || strings.Compare(key, string(start)) >= 0
+		rightCondition := bytes.Equal(end, EndingKey()) || strings.Compare(key, string(end)) < 0
+		if leftCondition && rightCondition {
+			keys = append(keys, key)
+		}
+	}
+	sort.Strings(keys)
+	return keys
 }
 
-func newMemDBIterator() *memDBIterator {
-	return &memDBIterator{}
+var _ Iterator = (*memDBIterator)(nil)
+
+type memDBIterator struct {
+	cur        int
+	keys       []string
+	db         DB
+	start, end []byte
 }
 
-func (it *memDBIterator) Seek(key []byte) {
-	for i, ik := range it.keys {
-		it.cur = i
-		if bytes.Compare(key, []byte(ik)) <= 0 {
-			return
-		}
+func newMemDBIterator(db DB, start, end []byte) *memDBIterator {
+	return &memDBIterator{
+		db:    db,
+		start: start,
+		end:   end,
 	}
-	it.cur += 1 // If not found, becomes invalid.
+}
+
+func (it *memDBIterator) Domain() ([]byte, []byte) {
+	return it.start, it.end
 }
 
 func (it *memDBIterator) Valid() bool {
@@ -208,3 +230,5 @@ func (it *memDBIterator) Close() {
 func (it *memDBIterator) GetError() error {
 	return nil
 }
+
+func (it *memDBIterator) Release() {}
diff --git a/db/mem_db_test.go b/db/mem_db_test.go
index 42e242857..a08a3679b 100644
--- a/db/mem_db_test.go
+++ b/db/mem_db_test.go
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
-func TestMemDbIterator(t *testing.T) {
+func TestMemDBIterator(t *testing.T) {
 	db := NewMemDB()
 	keys := make([][]byte, 100)
 	for i := 0; i < 100; i++ {