diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v2/bitcoin_vouts_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v2/bitcoin_vouts_controller.rb
index 7e4566b63..5bf271efd 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/v2/bitcoin_vouts_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/v2/bitcoin_vouts_controller.rb
@@ -16,19 +16,18 @@ def verify
         bitcoin_vouts = BitcoinVout.includes(:bitcoin_transaction).
           where(bitcoin_transactions: { txid: previous_vout["txid"] },
                 bitcoin_vouts: { index: previous_vout["index"], op_return: false })
-        bitcoin_vouts.each do |vout|
-          next if vout.unbound? || vout.normal?
-          next unless vout.cell_output
 
-          status =
-            if vout.cell_output.dead?
-              "normal"
-            elsif vout.cell_output == cell_output
-              "binding"
-            else
-              "unbound"
-            end
-          vout.update(consumed_by:, status:)
+        related_cell_outputs = bitcoin_vouts.map(&:cell_output).compact
+        if related_cell_outputs.all?(&:live?)
+          bitcoin_vouts.update_all(status: "binding")
+        else
+          bitcoin_vouts.each do |vout|
+            next unless vout.cell_output
+            next if vout.normal? || vout.unbound?
+
+            status = vout.cell_output.dead? ? "normal" : "unbound"
+            vout.update(consumed_by:, status:)
+          end
         end
 
         head :no_content
diff --git a/app/utils/ckb_utils.rb b/app/utils/ckb_utils.rb
index 38c555b08..1bce9c67e 100644
--- a/app/utils/ckb_utils.rb
+++ b/app/utils/ckb_utils.rb
@@ -614,15 +614,27 @@ def self.hexes_to_bins_sql(hex_strings)
   end
 
   def self.parse_spore_cluster_data(hex_data)
-    data = hex_data.slice(2..-1)
-    name_offset = [data.slice(8, 8)].pack("H*").unpack1("l") * 2
-    description_offset = [data.slice(16, 8)].pack("H*").unpack1("l") * 2
-    name = [data.slice(name_offset + 8..description_offset - 1)].pack("H*")
-    description = [data.slice(description_offset + 8..-1)].pack("H*")
-    name = "#{name[0, 97]}..." if name.length > 100
-    { name:, description: }
-  rescue StandardError => _e
-    { name: nil, description: nil }
+    safe_encode = Proc.new do |str|
+      str.force_encoding("UTF-8").encode("UTF-8", invalid: :replace, undef: :replace, replace: "")
+    rescue Encoding::UndefinedConversionError, Encoding::InvalidByteSequenceError
+      ""
+    end
+
+    begin
+      data = hex_data.slice(2..-1)
+      name_offset = [data.slice(8, 8)].pack("H*").unpack1("l") * 2
+      description_offset = [data.slice(16, 8)].pack("H*").unpack1("l") * 2
+      name = [data.slice(name_offset + 8..description_offset - 1)].pack("H*")
+      description = [data.slice(description_offset + 8..-1)].pack("H*")
+      name = "#{name[0, 97]}..." if name.length > 100
+      name = safe_encode.call(name)
+      description = safe_encode.call(description)
+
+      { name:, description: }
+    rescue StandardError => e
+      puts "Error parsing spore cluster data: #{e.message}"
+      { name: nil, description: nil }
+    end
   end
 
   def self.parse_spore_cell_data(hex_data)