diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index a57fc0aa..45952357 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ be upgraded and its database cannot be migrated to a new schema. One way to hand
 and stacks-node working directory, and re-sync from scratch.
 
 Alternatively, an event-replay feature is available where the API records the HTTP POST requests from the stacks-node event emitter, then streams
-these events back to itself. Essentially simulating a wipe & full re-sync, but much quicker -- typically around 10 minutes.
+these events back to itself. Essentially simulating a wipe & full re-sync, but much quicker.
 
 The feature can be used via program args. For example, if there are breaking changes in the API's sql schema, like adding a new column which requires
 event's to be re-played, the following steps could be ran:
@@ -125,6 +125,10 @@ event's to be re-played, the following steps could be ran:
    node ./lib/index.js import-events --file /tmp/stacks-node-events.tsv --wipe-db --force
    ```
 
+   This command has two modes of operation, specified by the `--mode` option:
+   * `archival` (default): The process will import and ingest *all* blockchain events that have happened since the first block.
+   * `pruned`: The import process will ignore some prunable events (mempool, microblocks) until the import block height has reached `chain tip - 256` blocks. This saves a considerable amount of time during import, but sacrifices some historical data. You can use this mode if you're mostly interested in running an API that prioritizes real time information.
+
 Alternatively, instead of performing the `export-events` command in step 1, an environmental variable can be set which enables events to be streamed to a file
 as they are received, while the application is running normally. To enable this feature, set the `STACKS_EXPORT_EVENTS_FILE` env var to the file path where
 events should be appended. Example:
diff --git a/src/event-replay/event-replay.ts b/src/event-replay/event-replay.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f38f8717
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/event-replay/event-replay.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,166 @@
+import * as path from 'path';
+import * as fs from 'fs';
+import { cycleMigrations, dangerousDropAllTables, PgDataStore } from '../datastore/postgres-store';
+import { startEventServer } from '../event-stream/event-server';
+import { getApiConfiguredChainID, httpPostRequest, logger } from '../helpers';
+import { findTsvBlockHeight, getDbBlockHeight } from './helpers';
+
+enum EventImportMode {
+  /**
+   * The Event Server will ingest and process every single Stacks node event contained in the TSV file
+   * from block 0 to the latest block. This is the default mode.
+   */
+  archival = 'archival',
+  /**
+   * The Event Server will ingore certain "prunable" events (see `PRUNABLE_EVENT_PATHS`) from
+   * the imported TSV file if they are received outside of a block window, usually set to
+   * TSV's `block_height` - 256.
+   * This allows the import to be faster at the expense of historical blockchain information.
+   */
+  pruned = 'pruned',
+}
+
+/**
+ * Event paths that will be ignored during `EventImportMode.pruned` if received outside of the
+ * pruned block window.
+ */
+const PRUNABLE_EVENT_PATHS = ['/new_mempool_tx', '/drop_mempool_tx', '/new_microblocks'];
+
+/**
+ * Exports all Stacks node events stored in the `event_observer_requests` table to a TSV file.
+ * @param filePath - Path to TSV file to write
+ * @param overwriteFile - If we should overwrite the file
+ */
+export async function exportEventsAsTsv(
+  filePath?: string,
+  overwriteFile: boolean = false
+): Promise<void> {
+  if (!filePath) {
+    throw new Error(`A file path should be specified with the --file option`);
+  }
+  const resolvedFilePath = path.resolve(filePath);
+  if (fs.existsSync(resolvedFilePath) && overwriteFile !== true) {
+    throw new Error(
+      `A file already exists at ${resolvedFilePath}. Add --overwrite-file to truncate an existing file`
+    );
+  }
+  console.log(`Export event data to file: ${resolvedFilePath}`);
+  const writeStream = fs.createWriteStream(resolvedFilePath);
+  console.log(`Export started...`);
+  await PgDataStore.exportRawEventRequests(writeStream);
+  console.log('Export successful.');
+}
+
+/**
+ * Imports Stacks node events from a TSV file and ingests them through the Event Server.
+ * @param filePath - Path to TSV file to read
+ * @param importMode - Event import mode
+ * @param wipeDb - If we should wipe the DB before importing
+ * @param force - If we should force drop all tables
+ */
+export async function importEventsFromTsv(
+  filePath?: string,
+  importMode?: string,
+  wipeDb: boolean = false,
+  force: boolean = false
+): Promise<void> {
+  if (!filePath) {
+    throw new Error(`A file path should be specified with the --file option`);
+  }
+  const resolvedFilePath = path.resolve(filePath);
+  if (!fs.existsSync(resolvedFilePath)) {
+    throw new Error(`File does not exist: ${resolvedFilePath}`);
+  }
+  let eventImportMode: EventImportMode;
+  switch (importMode) {
+    case 'pruned':
+      eventImportMode = EventImportMode.pruned;
+      break;
+    case 'archival':
+    case undefined:
+      eventImportMode = EventImportMode.archival;
+      break;
+    default:
+      throw new Error(`Invalid event import mode: ${importMode}`);
+  }
+  const hasData = await PgDataStore.containsAnyRawEventRequests();
+  if (!wipeDb && hasData) {
+    throw new Error(`Database contains existing data. Add --wipe-db to drop the existing tables.`);
+  }
+  if (force) {
+    await dangerousDropAllTables({ acknowledgePotentialCatastrophicConsequences: 'yes' });
+  }
+
+  // This performs a "migration down" which drops the tables, then re-creates them.
+  // If there's a breaking change in the migration files, this will throw, and the pg database needs wiped manually,
+  // or the `--force` option can be used.
+  await cycleMigrations({ dangerousAllowDataLoss: true });
+
+  // Look for the TSV's block height and determine the prunable block window.
+  const tsvBlockHeight = await findTsvBlockHeight(resolvedFilePath);
+  const blockWindowSize = parseInt(
+    process.env['STACKS_MEMPOOL_TX_GARBAGE_COLLECTION_THRESHOLD'] ?? '256'
+  );
+  const prunedBlockHeight = Math.max(tsvBlockHeight - blockWindowSize, 0);
+  console.log(`Event file's block height: ${tsvBlockHeight}`);
+  console.log(`Starting event import and playback in ${eventImportMode} mode`);
+  if (eventImportMode === EventImportMode.pruned) {
+    console.log(`Ignoring all prunable events before block height: ${prunedBlockHeight}`);
+  }
+
+  const db = await PgDataStore.connect({
+    usageName: 'import-events',
+    skipMigrations: true,
+    withNotifier: false,
+    eventReplay: true,
+  });
+  const eventServer = await startEventServer({
+    datastore: db,
+    chainId: getApiConfiguredChainID(),
+    serverHost: '127.0.0.1',
+    serverPort: 0,
+    httpLogLevel: 'debug',
+  });
+
+  const readStream = fs.createReadStream(resolvedFilePath);
+  const rawEventsIterator = PgDataStore.getRawEventRequests(readStream, status => {
+    console.log(status);
+  });
+  // Set logger to only output for warnings/errors, otherwise the event replay will result
+  // in the equivalent of months/years of API log output.
+  logger.level = 'warn';
+  // Disable this feature so a redundant export file isn't created while importing from an existing one.
+  delete process.env['STACKS_EXPORT_EVENTS_FILE'];
+  // The current import block height. Will be updated with every `/new_block` event.
+  let blockHeight = 0;
+  let isPruneFinished = false;
+  for await (const rawEvents of rawEventsIterator) {
+    for (const rawEvent of rawEvents) {
+      if (eventImportMode === EventImportMode.pruned) {
+        if (PRUNABLE_EVENT_PATHS.includes(rawEvent.event_path) && blockHeight < prunedBlockHeight) {
+          // Prunable events are ignored here.
+          continue;
+        }
+        if (blockHeight == prunedBlockHeight && !isPruneFinished) {
+          isPruneFinished = true;
+          console.log(`Resuming prunable event import...`);
+        }
+      }
+      await httpPostRequest({
+        host: '127.0.0.1',
+        port: eventServer.serverAddress.port,
+        path: rawEvent.event_path,
+        headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
+        body: Buffer.from(rawEvent.payload, 'utf8'),
+        throwOnNotOK: true,
+      });
+      if (rawEvent.event_path === '/new_block') {
+        blockHeight = await getDbBlockHeight(db);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  await db.finishEventReplay();
+  console.log(`Event import and playback successful.`);
+  await eventServer.closeAsync();
+  await db.close();
+}
diff --git a/src/event-replay/helpers.ts b/src/event-replay/helpers.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cf2c1332
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/event-replay/helpers.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import { PgDataStore } from '../datastore/postgres-store';
+import { ReverseFileStream } from './reverse-file-stream';
+
+/**
+ * Traverse a TSV file in reverse to find the last received `/new_block` node message and return
+ * the `block_height` reported by that event. Even though the block produced by that event might
+ * end up being re-org'd, it gives us a reasonable idea as to what the Stacks node thought
+ * the block height was the moment it was sent.
+ * @param filePath - TSV path
+ * @returns `number` found block height, 0 if not found
+ */
+export async function findTsvBlockHeight(filePath: string): Promise<number> {
+  let blockHeight = 0;
+  const reverseStream = new ReverseFileStream(filePath);
+  for await (const data of reverseStream) {
+    const columns = data.toString().split('\t');
+    const eventName = columns[2];
+    if (eventName === '/new_block') {
+      const payload = columns[3];
+      blockHeight = JSON.parse(payload).block_height;
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+
+  reverseStream.destroy();
+  return blockHeight;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Get the current block height from the DB. We won't use the `getChainTip` method since that
+ * adds some conversions from block hashes into strings that we're not interested in. We also can't
+ * use the `chain_tip` materialized view since it is unavailable during replay, so we'll use the
+ * `block_height DESC` index.
+ * @param db - Data store
+ * @returns Block height
+ */
+export async function getDbBlockHeight(db: PgDataStore): Promise<number> {
+  const result = await db.query(async client => {
+    return await client.query<{ block_height: number }>(
+      `SELECT MAX(block_height) as block_height FROM blocks WHERE canonical = TRUE`
+    );
+  });
+  if (result.rowCount === 0) {
+    return 0;
+  }
+  return result.rows[0].block_height;
+}
diff --git a/src/event-replay/reverse-file-stream.ts b/src/event-replay/reverse-file-stream.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4c7a9601
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/event-replay/reverse-file-stream.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+import * as stream from 'stream';
+import * as fs from 'fs';
+
+/**
+ * Streams lines from a text file in reverse, starting from the end of the file.
+ * Modernized version of https://www.npmjs.com/package/fs-reverse
+ */
+export class ReverseFileStream extends stream.Readable {
+  private fileDescriptor: number;
+  private position: number;
+
+  private lineBuffer: string[] = [];
+  private remainder: string = '';
+
+  public readonly fileLength: number;
+  public bytesRead: number = 0;
+
+  constructor(filePath: string, opts?: stream.ReadableOptions) {
+    // `objectMode` avoids the `Buffer->utf8->Buffer->utf8` conversions when pushing strings
+    super({ ...{ objectMode: true, autoDestroy: true }, ...opts });
+    this.fileLength = fs.statSync(filePath).size;
+    this.position = this.fileLength;
+    this.fileDescriptor = fs.openSync(filePath, 'r', 0o666);
+  }
+
+  _read(size: number): void {
+    while (this.lineBuffer.length === 0 && this.position > 0) {
+      // Read `size` bytes from the end of the file.
+      const length = Math.min(size, this.position);
+      const buffer = Buffer.alloc(length);
+      this.position = this.position - length;
+      this.bytesRead += fs.readSync(this.fileDescriptor, buffer, 0, length, this.position);
+
+      // Split into lines to fill the `lineBuffer`
+      this.remainder = buffer.toString('utf8') + this.remainder;
+      this.lineBuffer = this.remainder.split(/\r?\n/);
+      // Ignore empty/trailing lines, `readable.push('')` is not recommended
+      this.lineBuffer = this.lineBuffer.filter(line => line.length > 0);
+      this.remainder = this.lineBuffer.shift() ?? '';
+    }
+    if (this.lineBuffer.length) {
+      this.push(this.lineBuffer.pop());
+    } else if (this.remainder.length) {
+      this.push(this.remainder);
+      this.remainder = '';
+    } else {
+      this.push(null);
+    }
+  }
+
+  _destroy(error: Error | null, callback: (error?: Error | null) => void): void {
+    fs.closeSync(this.fileDescriptor);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/helpers.ts b/src/helpers.ts
index e2ad4970..30c122a5 100644
--- a/src/helpers.ts
+++ b/src/helpers.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import {
   SyslogConfigSetLevels,
 } from 'winston/lib/winston/config';
 import { DbStxEvent, DbTx } from './datastore/common';
+import { StacksCoreRpcClient } from './core-rpc/client';
 
 export const isDevEnv = process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development';
 export const isTestEnv = process.env.NODE_ENV === 'test';
@@ -960,3 +961,34 @@ export function isSmartContractTx(dbTx: DbTx, stxEvents: DbStxEvent[] = []): boo
   }
   return false;
 }
+
+/**
+ * Gets the chain id as reported by the Stacks node.
+ * @returns `ChainID` Chain id
+ */
+export async function getStacksNodeChainID(): Promise<ChainID> {
+  const client = new StacksCoreRpcClient();
+  await client.waitForConnection(Infinity);
+  const coreInfo = await client.getInfo();
+  if (coreInfo.network_id === ChainID.Mainnet) {
+    return ChainID.Mainnet;
+  } else if (coreInfo.network_id === ChainID.Testnet) {
+    return ChainID.Testnet;
+  } else {
+    throw new Error(`Unexpected network_id "${coreInfo.network_id}"`);
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Gets the chain id as configured by the `STACKS_CHAIN_ID` API env variable.
+ * @returns `ChainID` Chain id
+ */
+export function getApiConfiguredChainID() {
+  if (!('STACKS_CHAIN_ID' in process.env)) {
+    const error = new Error(`Env var STACKS_CHAIN_ID is not set`);
+    logError(error.message, error);
+    throw error;
+  }
+  const configuredChainID: ChainID = parseInt(process.env['STACKS_CHAIN_ID'] as string);
+  return configuredChainID;
+}
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index a299d5e9..90b30b9e 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -5,12 +5,13 @@ import {
   logError,
   isProdEnv,
   numberToHex,
-  httpPostRequest,
   parseArgBoolean,
+  getApiConfiguredChainID,
+  getStacksNodeChainID,
 } from './helpers';
 import * as sourceMapSupport from 'source-map-support';
 import { DataStore } from './datastore/common';
-import { cycleMigrations, dangerousDropAllTables, PgDataStore } from './datastore/postgres-store';
+import { PgDataStore } from './datastore/postgres-store';
 import { startApiServer } from './api/init';
 import { startProfilerServer } from './inspector-util';
 import { startEventServer } from './event-stream/event-server';
@@ -21,15 +22,14 @@ import {
 } from './event-stream/tokens-contract-handler';
 import { StacksCoreRpcClient } from './core-rpc/client';
 import { createServer as createPrometheusServer } from '@promster/server';
-import { ChainID } from '@stacks/transactions';
 import { registerShutdownConfig } from './shutdown-handler';
 import { importV1TokenOfferingData, importV1BnsData } from './import-v1';
 import { OfflineDummyStore } from './datastore/offline-dummy-store';
 import { Socket } from 'net';
 import * as getopts from 'getopts';
 import * as fs from 'fs';
-import * as path from 'path';
 import { injectC32addressEncodeCache } from './c32-addr-cache';
+import { exportEventsAsTsv, importEventsFromTsv } from './event-replay/event-replay';
 
 enum StacksApiMode {
   /**
@@ -103,29 +103,6 @@ async function monitorCoreRpcConnection(): Promise<void> {
   }
 }
 
-async function getCoreChainID(): Promise<ChainID> {
-  const client = new StacksCoreRpcClient();
-  await client.waitForConnection(Infinity);
-  const coreInfo = await client.getInfo();
-  if (coreInfo.network_id === ChainID.Mainnet) {
-    return ChainID.Mainnet;
-  } else if (coreInfo.network_id === ChainID.Testnet) {
-    return ChainID.Testnet;
-  } else {
-    throw new Error(`Unexpected network_id "${coreInfo.network_id}"`);
-  }
-}
-
-function getConfiguredChainID() {
-  if (!('STACKS_CHAIN_ID' in process.env)) {
-    const error = new Error(`Env var STACKS_CHAIN_ID is not set`);
-    logError(error.message, error);
-    throw error;
-  }
-  const configuredChainID: ChainID = parseInt(process.env['STACKS_CHAIN_ID'] as string);
-  return configuredChainID;
-}
-
 async function init(): Promise<void> {
   if (isProdEnv && !fs.existsSync('.git-info')) {
     throw new Error(
@@ -161,7 +138,7 @@ async function init(): Promise<void> {
         }
       }
 
-      const configuredChainID = getConfiguredChainID();
+      const configuredChainID = getApiConfiguredChainID();
 
       const eventServer = await startEventServer({
         datastore: db,
@@ -173,7 +150,7 @@ async function init(): Promise<void> {
         forceKillable: false,
       });
 
-      const networkChainId = await getCoreChainID();
+      const networkChainId = await getStacksNodeChainID();
       if (networkChainId !== configuredChainID) {
         const chainIdConfig = numberToHex(configuredChainID);
         const chainIdNode = numberToHex(networkChainId);
@@ -207,7 +184,7 @@ async function init(): Promise<void> {
   }
 
   if (apiMode !== StacksApiMode.writeOnly) {
-    const apiServer = await startApiServer({ datastore: db, chainId: getConfiguredChainID() });
+    const apiServer = await startApiServer({ datastore: db, chainId: getApiConfiguredChainID() });
     logger.info(`API server listening on: http://${apiServer.address}`);
     registerShutdownConfig({
       name: 'API Server',
@@ -286,6 +263,7 @@ function getProgramArgs() {
         operand: 'import-events';
         options: {
           ['file']?: string;
+          ['mode']?: string;
           ['wipe-db']?: boolean;
           ['force']?: boolean;
         };
@@ -296,83 +274,14 @@ function getProgramArgs() {
 async function handleProgramArgs() {
   const { args, parsedOpts } = getProgramArgs();
   if (args.operand === 'export-events') {
-    if (!args.options.file) {
-      throw new Error(`A file path should be specified with the --file option`);
-    }
-    const filePath = path.resolve(args.options.file);
-    if (fs.existsSync(filePath) && args.options['overwrite-file'] !== true) {
-      throw new Error(
-        `A file already exists at ${filePath}. Add --overwrite-file to truncate an existing file`
-      );
-    }
-    console.log(`Export event data to file: ${filePath}`);
-    const writeStream = fs.createWriteStream(filePath);
-    console.log(`Export started...`);
-    await PgDataStore.exportRawEventRequests(writeStream);
-    console.log('Export successful.');
+    await exportEventsAsTsv(args.options.file, args.options['overwrite-file']);
   } else if (args.operand === 'import-events') {
-    if (!args.options.file) {
-      throw new Error(`A file path should be specified with the --file option`);
-    }
-    const filePath = path.resolve(args.options.file);
-    if (!fs.existsSync(filePath)) {
-      throw new Error(`File does not exist: ${filePath}`);
-    }
-    const hasData = await PgDataStore.containsAnyRawEventRequests();
-    if (!args.options['wipe-db'] && hasData) {
-      throw new Error(
-        `Database contains existing data. Add --wipe-db to drop the existing tables.`
-      );
-    }
-
-    if (args.options['force']) {
-      await dangerousDropAllTables({ acknowledgePotentialCatastrophicConsequences: 'yes' });
-    }
-
-    // This performs a "migration down" which drops the tables, then re-creates them.
-    // If there's a breaking change in the migration files, this will throw, and the pg database needs wiped manually,
-    // or the `--force` option can be used.
-    await cycleMigrations({ dangerousAllowDataLoss: true });
-
-    const db = await PgDataStore.connect({
-      usageName: 'import-events',
-      skipMigrations: true,
-      withNotifier: false,
-      eventReplay: true,
-    });
-    const eventServer = await startEventServer({
-      datastore: db,
-      chainId: getConfiguredChainID(),
-      serverHost: '127.0.0.1',
-      serverPort: 0,
-      httpLogLevel: 'debug',
-    });
-
-    const readStream = fs.createReadStream(filePath);
-    const rawEventsIterator = PgDataStore.getRawEventRequests(readStream, status => {
-      console.log(status);
-    });
-    // Set logger to only output for warnings/errors, otherwise the event replay will result
-    // in the equivalent of months/years of API log output.
-    logger.level = 'warn';
-    // Disable this feature so a redundant export file isn't created while importing from an existing one.
-    delete process.env['STACKS_EXPORT_EVENTS_FILE'];
-    for await (const rawEvents of rawEventsIterator) {
-      for (const rawEvent of rawEvents) {
-        await httpPostRequest({
-          host: '127.0.0.1',
-          port: eventServer.serverAddress.port,
-          path: rawEvent.event_path,
-          headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
-          body: Buffer.from(rawEvent.payload, 'utf8'),
-          throwOnNotOK: true,
-        });
-      }
-    }
-    await db.finishEventReplay();
-    console.log(`Event import and playback successful.`);
-    await eventServer.closeAsync();
-    await db.close();
+    await importEventsFromTsv(
+      args.options.file,
+      args.options.mode,
+      args.options['wipe-db'],
+      args.options.force
+    );
   } else if (parsedOpts._[0]) {
     throw new Error(`Unexpected program argument: ${parsedOpts._[0]}`);
   } else {
diff --git a/src/tests/event-replay-tests.ts b/src/tests/event-replay-tests.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cd42e87f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tests/event-replay-tests.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+import * as fs from 'fs';
+import { findTsvBlockHeight } from '../event-replay/helpers';
+import { ReverseFileStream } from '../event-replay/reverse-file-stream';
+
+describe('event replay tests', () => {
+  function writeTmpFile(fileName: string, contents: string): string {
+    try {
+      fs.mkdirSync('./.tmp');
+    } catch (error: any) {
+      if (error.code != 'EEXIST') throw error;
+    }
+    const path = `./.tmp/${fileName}`;
+    fs.writeFileSync(path, contents, { encoding: 'utf-8' });
+    return path;
+  }
+
+  test('ReverseFileStream handles backpressure', async () => {
+    let contents = '';
+    for (let i = 1; i <= 1000; i++) {
+      contents += `line${i}\n`;
+    }
+    const testFilePath = writeTmpFile('test1.txt', contents);
+    try {
+      // Default stream buffer is 64KB, set to 300 bytes so file is larger than memory buffer
+      const reverseStream = new ReverseFileStream(testFilePath, { highWaterMark: 300 });
+      const output: string[] = [];
+      let linesStreamed = 0;
+      for await (const data of reverseStream) {
+        linesStreamed++;
+        output.push(data);
+        if (linesStreamed === 4) {
+          break;
+        }
+      }
+      expect(linesStreamed).toEqual(4);
+      expect(output).toEqual(['line1000', 'line999', 'line998', 'line997']);
+      expect(reverseStream.bytesRead).toBeLessThan(reverseStream.fileLength);
+
+      // Read whole file
+      const reverseStream2 = new ReverseFileStream(testFilePath, { highWaterMark: 300 });
+      const output2: string[] = [];
+      let linesStreamed2 = 0;
+      for await (const data of reverseStream2) {
+        linesStreamed2++;
+        output2.push(data);
+      }
+      expect(linesStreamed2).toEqual(1000);
+      expect(output2[0]).toBe('line1000');
+      expect(output2[output2.length - 1]).toBe('line1');
+      expect(reverseStream2.bytesRead).toBe(reverseStream2.fileLength);
+    } finally {
+      fs.unlinkSync(testFilePath);
+    }
+  });
+
+  test('ReverseFileStream streams file in reverse', async () => {
+    const contents = `line1
+line2
+line3
+line4`;
+    const testFilePath = writeTmpFile('test1.txt', contents);
+    try {
+      const reverseStream = new ReverseFileStream(testFilePath);
+      const output: string[] = [];
+      let linesStreamed = 0;
+      for await (const data of reverseStream) {
+        linesStreamed++;
+        output.push(data);
+      }
+      expect(linesStreamed).toEqual(4);
+      expect(output).toEqual(['line4', 'line3', 'line2', 'line1']);
+    } finally {
+      fs.unlinkSync(testFilePath);
+    }
+  });
+
+  test('ReverseFileStream streams file in reverse', async () => {
+    const contents = ['line1', 'line2', 'line3', 'line4'].join('\r\n');
+    const testFilePath = writeTmpFile('test1.txt', contents);
+    try {
+      const reverseStream = new ReverseFileStream(testFilePath);
+      const output: string[] = [];
+      let linesStreamed = 0;
+      for await (const data of reverseStream) {
+        linesStreamed++;
+        output.push(data);
+      }
+      expect(linesStreamed).toEqual(4);
+      expect(output).toEqual(['line4', 'line3', 'line2', 'line1']);
+    } finally {
+      fs.unlinkSync(testFilePath);
+    }
+  });
+
+  test('TSV block height is found', async () => {
+    const contents = `744275\t2022-02-21 16:07:01.123587+00\t/new_mempool_tx\t[]
+744275\t2022-02-21 16:07:01.123587+00\t/new_block\t{"block_height": 1200}
+744275\t2022-02-21 16:07:01.123587+00\t/new_block\t{"block_height": 1201}
+744275\t2022-02-21 16:07:01.123587+00\t/new_mempool_tx\t[]`;
+    const testFilePath = writeTmpFile('test1.tsv', contents);
+    try {
+      const blockHeight = await findTsvBlockHeight(testFilePath);
+      expect(blockHeight).toEqual(1201);
+    } finally {
+      fs.unlinkSync(testFilePath);
+    }
+  });
+
+  test('TSV block height is 0 if not found', async () => {
+    const contents = `744275\t2022-02-21 16:07:01.123587+00\t/new_mempool_tx\t[]
+744275\t2022-02-21 16:07:01.123587+00\t/new_mempool_tx\t[]
+744275\t2022-02-21 16:07:01.123587+00\t/new_mempool_tx\t[]
+744275\t2022-02-21 16:07:01.123587+00\t/new_mempool_tx\t[]`;
+    const testFilePath = writeTmpFile('test1.tsv', contents);
+    try {
+      const blockHeight = await findTsvBlockHeight(testFilePath);
+      expect(blockHeight).toEqual(0);
+    } finally {
+      fs.unlinkSync(testFilePath);
+    }
+  });
+});