diff --git a/blockchain/bench_test.go b/blockchain/bench_test.go
index eee4340bc8..9ecc834241 100644
--- a/blockchain/bench_test.go
+++ b/blockchain/bench_test.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/btcsuite/btcd/btcutil"
+	"github.com/btcsuite/btcd/wire"
 )
 
 // BenchmarkIsCoinBase performs a simple benchmark against the IsCoinBase
@@ -29,3 +30,33 @@ func BenchmarkIsCoinBaseTx(b *testing.B) {
 		IsCoinBaseTx(tx)
 	}
 }
+
+func BenchmarkUtxoFetchMap(b *testing.B) {
+	block := Block100000
+	transactions := block.Transactions
+	b.ResetTimer()
+
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		needed := make(map[wire.OutPoint]struct{}, len(transactions))
+		for _, tx := range transactions[1:] {
+			for _, txIn := range tx.TxIn {
+				needed[txIn.PreviousOutPoint] = struct{}{}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func BenchmarkUtxoFetchSlices(b *testing.B) {
+	block := Block100000
+	transactions := block.Transactions
+	b.ResetTimer()
+
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		needed := make([]wire.OutPoint, 0, len(transactions))
+		for _, tx := range transactions[1:] {
+			for _, txIn := range tx.TxIn {
+				needed = append(needed, txIn.PreviousOutPoint)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/blockchain/utxoviewpoint.go b/blockchain/utxoviewpoint.go
index 3d1d513a3f..a030c9a9ff 100644
--- a/blockchain/utxoviewpoint.go
+++ b/blockchain/utxoviewpoint.go
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ func (view *UtxoViewpoint) commit() {
 // Upon completion of this function, the view will contain an entry for each
 // requested outpoint.  Spent outputs, or those which otherwise don't exist,
 // will result in a nil entry in the view.
-func (view *UtxoViewpoint) fetchUtxosMain(db database.DB, outpoints map[wire.OutPoint]struct{}) error {
+func (view *UtxoViewpoint) fetchUtxosMain(db database.DB, outpoints []wire.OutPoint) error {
 	// Nothing to do if there are no requested outputs.
 	if len(outpoints) == 0 {
 		return nil
@@ -517,13 +517,13 @@ func (view *UtxoViewpoint) fetchUtxosMain(db database.DB, outpoints map[wire.Out
 	// so other code can use the presence of an entry in the store as a way
 	// to unnecessarily avoid attempting to reload it from the database.
 	return db.View(func(dbTx database.Tx) error {
-		for outpoint := range outpoints {
-			entry, err := dbFetchUtxoEntry(dbTx, outpoint)
+		for i := range outpoints {
+			entry, err := dbFetchUtxoEntry(dbTx, outpoints[i])
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
 
-			view.entries[outpoint] = entry
+			view.entries[outpoints[i]] = entry
 		}
 
 		return nil
@@ -533,25 +533,25 @@ func (view *UtxoViewpoint) fetchUtxosMain(db database.DB, outpoints map[wire.Out
 // fetchUtxos loads the unspent transaction outputs for the provided set of
 // outputs into the view from the database as needed unless they already exist
 // in the view in which case they are ignored.
-func (view *UtxoViewpoint) fetchUtxos(db database.DB, outpoints map[wire.OutPoint]struct{}) error {
+func (view *UtxoViewpoint) fetchUtxos(db database.DB, outpoints []wire.OutPoint) error {
 	// Nothing to do if there are no requested outputs.
 	if len(outpoints) == 0 {
 		return nil
 	}
 
 	// Filter entries that are already in the view.
-	neededSet := make(map[wire.OutPoint]struct{})
-	for outpoint := range outpoints {
+	needed := make([]wire.OutPoint, 0, len(outpoints))
+	for i := range outpoints {
 		// Already loaded into the current view.
-		if _, ok := view.entries[outpoint]; ok {
+		if _, ok := view.entries[outpoints[i]]; ok {
 			continue
 		}
 
-		neededSet[outpoint] = struct{}{}
+		needed = append(needed, outpoints[i])
 	}
 
 	// Request the input utxos from the database.
-	return view.fetchUtxosMain(db, neededSet)
+	return view.fetchUtxosMain(db, needed)
 }
 
 // fetchInputUtxos loads the unspent transaction outputs for the inputs
@@ -572,7 +572,7 @@ func (view *UtxoViewpoint) fetchInputUtxos(db database.DB, block *btcutil.Block)
 	// Loop through all of the transaction inputs (except for the coinbase
 	// which has no inputs) collecting them into sets of what is needed and
 	// what is already known (in-flight).
-	neededSet := make(map[wire.OutPoint]struct{})
+	needed := make([]wire.OutPoint, 0, len(transactions))
 	for i, tx := range transactions[1:] {
 		for _, txIn := range tx.MsgTx().TxIn {
 			// It is acceptable for a transaction input to reference
@@ -601,12 +601,12 @@ func (view *UtxoViewpoint) fetchInputUtxos(db database.DB, block *btcutil.Block)
 				continue
 			}
 
-			neededSet[txIn.PreviousOutPoint] = struct{}{}
+			needed = append(needed, txIn.PreviousOutPoint)
 		}
 	}
 
 	// Request the input utxos from the database.
-	return view.fetchUtxosMain(db, neededSet)
+	return view.fetchUtxosMain(db, needed)
 }
 
 // NewUtxoViewpoint returns a new empty unspent transaction output view.
@@ -626,15 +626,19 @@ func (b *BlockChain) FetchUtxoView(tx *btcutil.Tx) (*UtxoViewpoint, error) {
 	// Create a set of needed outputs based on those referenced by the
 	// inputs of the passed transaction and the outputs of the transaction
 	// itself.
-	neededSet := make(map[wire.OutPoint]struct{})
+	neededLen := len(tx.MsgTx().TxOut)
+	if !IsCoinBase(tx) {
+		neededLen += len(tx.MsgTx().TxIn)
+	}
+	needed := make([]wire.OutPoint, 0, neededLen)
 	prevOut := wire.OutPoint{Hash: *tx.Hash()}
 	for txOutIdx := range tx.MsgTx().TxOut {
 		prevOut.Index = uint32(txOutIdx)
-		neededSet[prevOut] = struct{}{}
+		needed = append(needed, prevOut)
 	}
 	if !IsCoinBase(tx) {
 		for _, txIn := range tx.MsgTx().TxIn {
-			neededSet[txIn.PreviousOutPoint] = struct{}{}
+			needed = append(needed, txIn.PreviousOutPoint)
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -642,7 +646,7 @@ func (b *BlockChain) FetchUtxoView(tx *btcutil.Tx) (*UtxoViewpoint, error) {
 	// chain.
 	view := NewUtxoViewpoint()
 	b.chainLock.RLock()
-	err := view.fetchUtxosMain(b.db, neededSet)
+	err := view.fetchUtxosMain(b.db, needed)
 	b.chainLock.RUnlock()
 	return view, err
 }
diff --git a/blockchain/validate.go b/blockchain/validate.go
index 89971e7fd6..dc7f0abe8e 100644
--- a/blockchain/validate.go
+++ b/blockchain/validate.go
@@ -302,8 +302,8 @@ func CheckTransactionSanity(tx *btcutil.Tx) error {
 // target difficulty as claimed.
 //
 // The flags modify the behavior of this function as follows:
-//  - BFNoPoWCheck: The check to ensure the block hash is less than the target
-//    difficulty is not performed.
+//   - BFNoPoWCheck: The check to ensure the block hash is less than the target
+//     difficulty is not performed.
 func checkProofOfWork(header *wire.BlockHeader, powLimit *big.Int, flags BehaviorFlags) error {
 	// The target difficulty must be larger than zero.
 	target := CompactToBig(header.Bits)
@@ -637,8 +637,8 @@ func checkSerializedHeight(coinbaseTx *btcutil.Tx, wantHeight int32) error {
 // which depend on its position within the block chain.
 //
 // The flags modify the behavior of this function as follows:
-//  - BFFastAdd: All checks except those involving comparing the header against
-//    the checkpoints are not performed.
+//   - BFFastAdd: All checks except those involving comparing the header against
+//     the checkpoints are not performed.
 //
 // This function MUST be called with the chain state lock held (for writes).
 func (b *BlockChain) checkBlockHeaderContext(header *wire.BlockHeader, prevNode *blockNode, flags BehaviorFlags) error {
@@ -716,8 +716,8 @@ func (b *BlockChain) checkBlockHeaderContext(header *wire.BlockHeader, prevNode
 // on its position within the block chain.
 //
 // The flags modify the behavior of this function as follows:
-//  - BFFastAdd: The transaction are not checked to see if they are finalized
-//    and the somewhat expensive BIP0034 validation is not performed.
+//   - BFFastAdd: The transaction are not checked to see if they are finalized
+//     and the somewhat expensive BIP0034 validation is not performed.
 //
 // The flags are also passed to checkBlockHeaderContext.  See its documentation
 // for how the flags modify its behavior.
@@ -832,22 +832,22 @@ func (b *BlockChain) checkBlockContext(block *btcutil.Block, prevNode *blockNode
 func (b *BlockChain) checkBIP0030(node *blockNode, block *btcutil.Block, view *UtxoViewpoint) error {
 	// Fetch utxos for all of the transaction ouputs in this block.
 	// Typically, there will not be any utxos for any of the outputs.
-	fetchSet := make(map[wire.OutPoint]struct{})
+	fetch := make([]wire.OutPoint, 0, len(block.Transactions()))
 	for _, tx := range block.Transactions() {
 		prevOut := wire.OutPoint{Hash: *tx.Hash()}
 		for txOutIdx := range tx.MsgTx().TxOut {
 			prevOut.Index = uint32(txOutIdx)
-			fetchSet[prevOut] = struct{}{}
+			fetch = append(fetch, prevOut)
 		}
 	}
-	err := view.fetchUtxos(b.db, fetchSet)
+	err := view.fetchUtxos(b.db, fetch)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
 	// Duplicate transactions are only allowed if the previous transaction
 	// is fully spent.
-	for outpoint := range fetchSet {
+	for _, outpoint := range fetch {
 		utxo := view.LookupEntry(outpoint)
 		if utxo != nil && !utxo.IsSpent() {
 			str := fmt.Sprintf("tried to overwrite transaction %v "+