diff --git a/api/chain.go b/api/chain.go
index 771b03cbc..089a193a3 100644
--- a/api/chain.go
+++ b/api/chain.go
@@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ func (a *API) chainTxbyHashHandler(_ *apirest.APIdata, ctx *httprouter.HTTPConte
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	ref, err := a.indexer.GetTxHashReference(hash)
+	ref, err := a.indexer.GetTxReferenceByHash(hash)
 	if err != nil {
 		if errors.Is(err, indexer.ErrTransactionNotFound) {
 			return ErrTransactionNotFound
@@ -635,7 +635,7 @@ func (a *API) chainTxByIndexHandler(_ *apirest.APIdata, ctx *httprouter.HTTPCont
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	ref, err := a.indexer.GetTransaction(index)
+	ref, err := a.indexer.GetTxReferenceByID(index)
 	if err != nil {
 		if errors.Is(err, indexer.ErrTransactionNotFound) {
 			return ErrTransactionNotFound
@@ -702,7 +702,7 @@ func (a *API) chainTxByHeightHandler(_ *apirest.APIdata, ctx *httprouter.HTTPCon
 				tx.ProtoReflect().Descriptor().Oneofs().Get(0)).Name())
 
 		// TODO: can we avoid indexer Get calls in a loop?
-		txRef, err := a.indexer.GetTxHashReference(block.Txs[i].Hash())
+		txRef, err := a.indexer.GetTxReferenceByHash(block.Txs[i].Hash())
 		if err != nil {
 			return ErrTransactionNotFound
 		}
diff --git a/vochain/indexer/bench_test.go b/vochain/indexer/bench_test.go
index e47a77c63..d5619127a 100644
--- a/vochain/indexer/bench_test.go
+++ b/vochain/indexer/bench_test.go
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ func BenchmarkIndexer(b *testing.B) {
 						qt.Check(b, bytes.Equal(voteRef.Meta.TxHash, tx.TxID[:]), qt.IsTrue)
 					}
 
-					txRef, err := idx.GetTxHashReference(tx.TxID[:])
+					txRef, err := idx.GetTxReferenceByHash(tx.TxID[:])
 					qt.Check(b, err, qt.IsNil)
 					if err == nil {
 						qt.Check(b, txRef.BlockHeight, qt.Equals, vote.Height)
@@ -152,14 +152,14 @@ func BenchmarkFetchTx(b *testing.B) {
 
 		startTime := time.Now()
 		for j := 0; j < numTxs; j++ {
-			_, err = idx.GetTransaction(uint64((i * numTxs) + j + 1))
+			_, err = idx.GetTxReferenceByID(uint64((i * numTxs) + j + 1))
 			qt.Assert(b, err, qt.IsNil)
 		}
 		log.Infof("fetched %d transactions (out of %d total) by index, took %s",
 			numTxs, (i+1)*numTxs, time.Since(startTime))
 		startTime = time.Now()
 		for j := 0; j < numTxs; j++ {
-			_, err = idx.GetTxHashReference([]byte(fmt.Sprintf("hash%d%d", i, j)))
+			_, err = idx.GetTxReferenceByHash([]byte(fmt.Sprintf("hash%d%d", i, j)))
 			qt.Assert(b, err, qt.IsNil)
 		}
 		log.Infof("fetched %d transactions (out of %d total) by hash, took %s",
diff --git a/vochain/indexer/indexer_test.go b/vochain/indexer/indexer_test.go
index 0c9716cca..c02671088 100644
--- a/vochain/indexer/indexer_test.go
+++ b/vochain/indexer/indexer_test.go
@@ -1378,7 +1378,7 @@ func TestTxIndexer(t *testing.T) {
 
 	for i := 0; i < totalBlocks; i++ {
 		for j := 0; j < txsPerBlock; j++ {
-			ref, err := idx.GetTransaction(uint64(i*txsPerBlock + j + 1))
+			ref, err := idx.GetTxReferenceByID(uint64(i*txsPerBlock + j + 1))
 			qt.Assert(t, err, qt.IsNil)
 			qt.Assert(t, ref.BlockHeight, qt.Equals, uint32(i))
 			qt.Assert(t, ref.TxBlockIndex, qt.Equals, int32(j))
@@ -1386,7 +1386,7 @@ func TestTxIndexer(t *testing.T) {
 			h := make([]byte, 32)
 			id := getTxID(i, j)
 			copy(h, id[:])
-			hashRef, err := idx.GetTxHashReference(h)
+			hashRef, err := idx.GetTxReferenceByHash(h)
 			qt.Assert(t, err, qt.IsNil)
 			qt.Assert(t, hashRef.BlockHeight, qt.Equals, uint32(i))
 			qt.Assert(t, hashRef.TxBlockIndex, qt.Equals, int32(j))
diff --git a/vochain/indexer/transaction.go b/vochain/indexer/transaction.go
index b312f2313..79feeb319 100644
--- a/vochain/indexer/transaction.go
+++ b/vochain/indexer/transaction.go
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ func (idx *Indexer) CountTransactionsByHeight(height int64) (int64, error) {
 	return idx.readOnlyQuery.CountTransactionsByHeight(context.TODO(), height)
 }
 
-// GetTransaction fetches the txReference for the given tx height
-func (idx *Indexer) GetTransaction(id uint64) (*indexertypes.Transaction, error) {
+// GetTxReferenceByID fetches the txReference for the given tx height
+func (idx *Indexer) GetTxReferenceByID(id uint64) (*indexertypes.Transaction, error) {
 	sqlTxRef, err := idx.readOnlyQuery.GetTransaction(context.TODO(), int64(id))
 	if err != nil {
 		if errors.Is(err, sql.ErrNoRows) {
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ func (idx *Indexer) GetTxReferenceByBlockHeightAndBlockIndex(blockHeight, blockI
 	return indexertypes.TransactionFromDB(&sqlTxRef), nil
 }
 
-// GetTxHashReference fetches the txReference for the given tx hash
-func (idx *Indexer) GetTxHashReference(hash types.HexBytes) (*indexertypes.Transaction, error) {
+// GetTxReferenceByHash fetches the txReference for the given tx hash
+func (idx *Indexer) GetTxReferenceByHash(hash types.HexBytes) (*indexertypes.Transaction, error) {
 	sqlTxRef, err := idx.readOnlyQuery.GetTransactionByHash(context.TODO(), hash)
 	if err != nil {
 		if errors.Is(err, sql.ErrNoRows) {