diff --git a/lib/plugins.js b/lib/plugins.js
index f5dccecb..363c2e5f 100644
--- a/lib/plugins.js
+++ b/lib/plugins.js
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ var ALERT_SEND_INTERVAL = 60 * 60 * 1000
 var POLLING_RATE = 60 * 1000 // poll each minute
 var REAP_RATE = 2 * 1000
 var PENDING_TIMEOUT = 70 * 1000
+var INCOMING_TX_INTERVAL = 5 * 1000
+var LIVE_INCOMING_TX_INTERVAL = 30 * 1000
+var STALE_INCOMING_TX_AGE = 7 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000
 
 if (argv.timeout) PENDING_TIMEOUT = argv.timeout / 1000
 
@@ -439,6 +442,35 @@ exports.fiatBalance = function fiatBalance (cryptoCode) {
   return fiatTransferBalance.round(3).toNumber()
 }
 
+function processTxStatus (tx) {
+  const cryptoCode = tx.cryptoCode
+  const walletPlugin = walletPlugins[cryptoCode]
+
+  walletPlugin.getStatus(tx, function (err, status) {
+    if (err) return logger.error(err)
+    if (tx.status === status) return
+    db.updateTxStatus(tx, status, function (_err) {
+      if (_err) return logger.error(err)
+    })
+  })
+}
+
+function monitorLiveIncoming () {
+  const statuses = ['notSeen', 'published']
+  db.fetchOpenTxs(statuses, STALE_INCOMING_TX_AGE, function (err, txs) {
+    if (err) return
+    txs.forEach(processTxStatus)
+  })
+}
+
+function monitorIncoming () {
+  const statuses = ['notSeen', 'published', 'authorized', 'rejected']
+  db.fetchOpenTxs(statuses, STALE_INCOMING_TX_AGE, function (err, txs) {
+    if (err) return
+    txs.forEach(processTxStatus)
+  })
+}
+
 /*
  * Polling livecycle
  */
@@ -452,6 +484,8 @@ exports.startPolling = function startPolling () {
   })
 
   setInterval(reapTxs, REAP_RATE)
+  setInterval(monitorLiveIncoming, LIVE_INCOMING_TX_INTERVAL)
+  setInterval(monitorIncoming, INCOMING_TX_INTERVAL)
 }
 
 function startTrader (cryptoCode) {
diff --git a/lib/postgresql_interface.js b/lib/postgresql_interface.js
index 8c80d205..0701b781 100644
--- a/lib/postgresql_interface.js
+++ b/lib/postgresql_interface.js
@@ -555,19 +555,6 @@ function updateDispense (client, session, dispensed, cb) {
   })
 }
 
-exports.updateAuthorized = function updateAuthorized (session, cb) {
-  var sql = 'UPDATE transactions SET dispense=$1 ' +
-    'WHERE stage=$2 AND authority=$3 AND device_fingerprint=$4 AND session_id=$5'
-  connect(function (cerr, client, done) {
-    if (cerr) return cb(cerr)
-    var values = [true, 'initial_request', 'deposit', session.fingerprint, session.id]
-    query(client, sql, values, function (err) {
-      done(err)
-      cb(err)
-    })
-  })
-}
-
 exports.addDispense = function addDispense (session, tx, cartridges) {
   connect(function (cerr, client, done) {
     if (cerr) return
@@ -647,6 +634,35 @@ exports.machineEvents = function machineEvents (cb) {
   })
 }
 
+exports.fetchOpenTxs = function fetchOpenTxs (statuses, age, cb) {
+  var sql = 'SELECT *, (EXTRACT(EPOCH FROM (now() - created))) * 1000 AS age ' +
+  'FROM transactions ' +
+  'WHERE incoming=$1 age<$2 AND status IN $3'
+
+  connect(function (cerr, client, done) {
+    if (cerr) return cb(cerr)
+
+    query(client, sql, [true, age, statuses], function (err, results) {
+      done()
+      if (err) return cb(err)
+      cb(null, results)
+    })
+  })
+}
+
+exports.updateTxStatus = function updateTxStatus (tx, status, cb) {
+  var sql = 'UPDATE transactions SET status=$1 WHERE id=$2'
+
+  connect(function (cerr, client, done) {
+    if (cerr) return cb(cerr)
+    var values = [status, tx.id]
+    query(client, sql, values, function (err) {
+      done(err)
+      cb(err)
+    })
+  })
+}
+
 /*
 exports.init('postgres://lamassu:lamassu@localhost/lamassu')
 connect(function(err, client, done) {
diff --git a/migrations/008-add-two-way.js b/migrations/008-add-two-way.js
index 1d96df5d..c8c1d6a8 100644
--- a/migrations/008-add-two-way.js
+++ b/migrations/008-add-two-way.js
@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
 var db = require('./db')
 
+function singleQuotify (item) { return '\'' + item + '\'' }
+
 exports.up = function (next) {
+  var statuses = ['notSeen', 'published', 'authorized', 'confirmed', 'rejected']
+  .map(singleQuotify).join(',')
+
   var sql = [
+    'create type status_stage AS enum (' + statuses + ')',
     'alter table transactions add dispensed boolean NOT NULL DEFAULT false',
-    'alter table transactions add authorized boolean NOT NULL DEFAULT false'
+    'alter table transactions add status status_stage NOT NULL DEFAULT \'notSeen\''
   ]
   db.multi(sql, next)
 }
diff --git a/todo.txt b/todo.txt
index 2e4394cf..0ff41731 100644
--- a/todo.txt
+++ b/todo.txt
@@ -1 +1,5 @@
 - update tx statuses in background
+  - pull all unpublished and unauthorized txs in last x seconds
+  - pull all unconfirmed txs
+  - for each tx: poll wallet plugin to check status
+  - update db