diff --git a/lib/cmds/blockchain/blockchain.js b/lib/cmds/blockchain/blockchain.js
index 4cbe7ba16..e1879a72c 100644
--- a/lib/cmds/blockchain/blockchain.js
+++ b/lib/cmds/blockchain/blockchain.js
@@ -184,11 +184,8 @@ Blockchain.prototype.run = function() {
 };
 
 Blockchain.prototype.createFundAndUnlockAccounts = function(cb) {
-  console.dir('createFundAndUnlockAccounts');
   let devFunds = new DevFunds(this.config);
   devFunds.createFundAndUnlockAccounts((err) => {
-    console.dir("=====> done!");
-    console.dir(arguments);
     cb(err);
   });
 };
diff --git a/lib/cmds/blockchain/dev_funds.js b/lib/cmds/blockchain/dev_funds.js
index 99bb71d85..8905579a5 100644
--- a/lib/cmds/blockchain/dev_funds.js
+++ b/lib/cmds/blockchain/dev_funds.js
@@ -14,9 +14,7 @@ class DevFunds {
     this.networkId = null;
     this.balance = Web3.utils.toWei("1", "ether");
     if (this.blockchainConfig.account.balance) {
-      console.dir('[blockchain/dev_funds]: converting balance from ' + this.blockchainConfig.account.balance);
       this.balance = getWeiBalanceFromString(this.blockchainConfig.account.balance, this.web3);
-      console.dir('[blockchain/dev_funds]: converted balance to ' + this.balance);
     }
   }
 
@@ -36,7 +34,7 @@ class DevFunds {
         return;
       }
 
-      setInterval(function() { self._sendTx(); }, 3000);
+      setInterval(function() { self._sendTx(); }, 1500);
       if (cb) {
         cb();
       }
@@ -57,7 +55,6 @@ class DevFunds {
       if (accounts.length > 1) {
         this.accounts = accounts.slice(1);
       }
-      console.dir('----- CURRENT ACCOUNTS ' + this.accounts);
       cb();
     });
   }
@@ -66,89 +63,54 @@ class DevFunds {
     const numAccountsToCreate = numAccounts - (this.accounts.length + 1);
     if (numAccountsToCreate === 0) return cb();
 
-    console.dir("creating " + numAccountsToCreate + " new accounts with password " + password);
     async.timesLimit(numAccountsToCreate, 1, (_, next) => {
-      console.dir("--- creating new account");
       this.web3.eth.personal.newAccount(password, next);
     }, (err, accounts) => {
-      if (err) console.error(err);
-      console.dir("-- accounts created are ");
-      console.dir(accounts);
+      if (err) return cb(err);
       this.accounts = accounts;
-      cb(err);
+      cb();
     });
   }
 
   unlockAccounts(password, cb) {
-    console.dir('--- CURRENT ACCOUNTS ' + this.accounts);
     async.each(this.accounts, (account, next) => {
-      console.dir('-- unlocking account ' + account + ' with password ' + password);
       this.web3.eth.personal.unlockAccount(account, password).then((result) => {
-        console.dir('-- unlocked account ' + account + ' with password ' + password + ' and result ' + result);
         next();
       }).catch(next);
-    }, (err) => {
-      console.dir('-- FINISHED UNLOCKING ACCOUNTS, err= ' + err);
-      cb(err);
-    });
+    }, cb);
   }
 
   fundAccounts(balance, cb) {
-    console.dir('-- funding accounts...');
 
     async.each(this.accounts, (account, next) => {
       this.web3.eth.getBalance(account).then(currBalance => {
         const remainingBalance = balance - currBalance;
-        console.dir("---- account " + account + " balance needed = " + remainingBalance);
         if (remainingBalance <= 0) return next();
 
-        console.dir("-- funding account " + account + " with balance " + remainingBalance);
         this.web3.eth.sendTransaction({to: account, value: remainingBalance}).then((result) => {
-          console.dir('FUNDING ACCT result: ' + JSON.stringify(result));
           next();
         }).catch(next);
-      }, (err) => {
-        console.dir('-- FINISHED FUNDING ACCOUNTS, err= ' + err);
-        cb(err);
-      });
+      }, cb);
     });
   }
 
   createFundAndUnlockAccounts(cb) {
     async.waterfall([
       (next) => {
-        console.dir('--- CONNECTING TO NODE');
         this.connectToNode(next);
       },
       (next) => {
-        console.dir('--- CREATING THE ACCOUNTS');
         this.createAccounts(this.numAccounts, this.password, next);
       },
       (next) => {
-        console.dir('--- UNLOCKING THE ACCOUNTS');
         this.unlockAccounts(this.password, next);
       },
       (next) => {
-        console.dir('--- FUNDING THE ACCOUNTS');
         this.regularTxs();
         this.regularUnlocks();
         this.fundAccounts(this.balance, next);
       }
-    ], (err) => {
-      console.dir(`--- COMPLETED THE ACCOUNTS (${this.accounts.join(', ')} and funded with ${this.balance} wei)`);
-      if (err) console.error('Error creating, unlocking, and funding accounts', JSON.stringify(err));
-
-      // this.web3.eth.getAccounts().then((accounts) => {
-      //   let numAccts = accounts.length;
-      //   accounts.forEach((account) => {
-      //     this.web3.eth.getBalance(account).then((balance) => {
-      //       console.dir('[contracts/dev_funds]: account ' + account + ' has balance of ' + balance);
-      //       if(--numAccts === 0) cb(err);
-      //     });
-      //   });
-      // });
-      cb(err);
-    });
+    ], cb);
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/contracts/accountParser.js b/lib/contracts/accountParser.js
index a2b5cb594..e0c468b36 100644
--- a/lib/contracts/accountParser.js
+++ b/lib/contracts/accountParser.js
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ class AccountParser {
     if (accountConfig.balance) {
       hexBalance = getHexBalanceFromString(accountConfig.balance, web3);
       //hexBalance = getHexBalanceFromString(accountConfig.balance, web3);
-      console.dir('[contracts/accountParser]: balance ' + accountConfig.balance + ' converted to hex ' + hexBalance);
     }
     if (accountConfig.privateKey) {
       if (!accountConfig.privateKey.startsWith('0x')) {
diff --git a/lib/contracts/blockchain.js b/lib/contracts/blockchain.js
index aa609c27c..a6b425d5c 100644
--- a/lib/contracts/blockchain.js
+++ b/lib/contracts/blockchain.js
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ class Blockchain {
     const protocol = (this.contractsConfig.deployment.type === "rpc") ? this.contractsConfig.deployment.protocol : 'ws';
     let provider;
     this.web3Endpoint = utils.buildUrl(protocol, this.contractsConfig.deployment.host, this.contractsConfig.deployment.port);//`${protocol}://${this.contractsConfig.deployment.host}:${this.contractsConfig.deployment.port}`;
-    console.dir('[blockchain/contracts]: web3 endpoint: ' + this.web3Endpoint);
     const providerOptions = {
       web3: this.web3,
       accountsConfig: this.contractsConfig.deployment.accounts,
@@ -65,7 +64,6 @@ class Blockchain {
 
     async.waterfall([
       function checkNode(next) {
-        console.dir('[blockchain/contracts]: check node');
         self.assertNodeConnection(true, (err) => {
           if (err && self.web3StartedInProcess) {
             // Already started blockchain in another node, we really have a node problem
@@ -79,7 +77,6 @@ class Blockchain {
           }
           self.web3StartedInProcess = true;
           self.startBlockchainNode(() => {
-            console.dir('[blockchain/contracts]: starting blockchain node');
             // Need to re-initialize web3 to connect to the new blockchain node
             provider.stop();
             self.initWeb3(cb);
@@ -87,11 +84,9 @@ class Blockchain {
         });
       },
       function startProvider(next) {
-        console.dir('[blockchain/contracts]: starting web3 provider');
         provider.startWeb3Provider(next);
       },
       function fundAccountsIfNeeded(next) {
-        console.dir('[blockchain/contracts]: funding accounts');
         self.isWeb3Ready = true;
         provider.fundAccounts(next);
       }
@@ -184,11 +179,7 @@ class Blockchain {
     });
 
     this.events.setCommandHandler("blockchain:gasPrice", function(cb) {
-      console.dir('[blockchain/contracts]: getting gas price...');
-      self.getGasPrice((gp) => {
-        console.dir('[blockchain/contracts]: got gasPrice of ' + gp);
-        cb(gp);
-      });
+      self.getGasPrice(cb);
     });
 
   }
@@ -287,16 +278,7 @@ class Blockchain {
       }
       let accountConfig = self.blockchainConfig.account;
       let selectedAccount = accountConfig && accountConfig.address;
-      console.dir('[contracts/blockchain]: setting default account of ' + (selectedAccount || accounts[0]));
       self.setDefaultAccount(selectedAccount || accounts[0]);
-      console.dir('[contracts/blockchain]: accounts on node = ');
-      //let numAccts = accounts.length;
-      self.web3.eth.getAccounts().then((accounts) => {
-        accounts.forEach((account) => {
-          self.web3.eth.getBalance(account).then((balance) => console.dir('[contracts/blockchain]: account ' + account + ' has balance of ' + balance));
-          //if(--numAccts === 0) cb();
-        });
-      });
       cb();
     });
   }
diff --git a/lib/contracts/contract_deployer.js b/lib/contracts/contract_deployer.js
index 589992b44..b3b46f05f 100644
--- a/lib/contracts/contract_deployer.js
+++ b/lib/contracts/contract_deployer.js
@@ -201,7 +201,6 @@ class ContractDeployer {
       },
       function getGasPriceForNetwork(next) {
         self.events.request("blockchain:gasPrice", (gasPrice) => {
-          console.dir('[contracts/contracts]: got gasPrice of ' + gasPrice);
           contract.gasPrice = contract.gasPrice || gasPrice;
           next();
         });
diff --git a/lib/contracts/contracts.js b/lib/contracts/contracts.js
index 6e60a5eb6..c8ab1a7e9 100644
--- a/lib/contracts/contracts.js
+++ b/lib/contracts/contracts.js
@@ -54,21 +54,18 @@ class ContractsManager {
     self.contracts = {};
     async.waterfall([
       function loadContractFiles(callback) {
-        console.dir('[contracts/contracts]: load contract files');
         self.events.request("config:contractsFiles", (contractsFiles) => {
           self.contractsFiles = contractsFiles;
           callback();
         });
       },
       function loadContractConfigs(callback) {
-        console.dir('[contracts/contracts]: load contract configs');
         self.events.request("config:contractsConfig", (contractsConfig) => {
           self.contractsConfig = cloneDeep(contractsConfig);
           callback();
         });
       },
       function compileContracts(callback) {
-        console.dir('[contracts/contracts]: compile contracts');
         self.events.emit("status", __("Compiling..."));
         if (process.env.isTest && self.compiledContracts && Object.keys(self.compiledContracts).length) {
           // Only compile once for tests
@@ -80,7 +77,6 @@ class ContractsManager {
         });
       },
       function prepareContractsFromConfig(callback) {
-        console.dir('[contracts/contracts]: prepare contracts from config');
         self.events.emit("status", __("Building..."));
         let className, contract;
         for (className in self.contractsConfig.contracts) {
@@ -94,11 +90,9 @@ class ContractsManager {
         callback();
       },
       function getGasPriceForNetwork(callback) {
-        console.dir('[contracts/contracts]: gas price for network, passed in gasPrice from config: ' + self.contractsConfig.gasPrice);
         return callback(null, self.contractsConfig.gasPrice);
       },
       function prepareContractsFromCompilation(gasPrice, callback) {
-        console.dir('[contracts/contracts]: using gasprice ' + gasPrice + ', prepare contracts from compilation');
         let className, compiledContract, contractConfig, contract;
         for (className in self.compiledContracts) {
           compiledContract = self.compiledContracts[className];
@@ -126,7 +120,6 @@ class ContractsManager {
         callback();
       },
       function setDeployIntention(callback) {
-        console.dir('[contracts/contracts]: set deploy intention');
         let className, contract;
         for (className in self.contracts) {
           contract = self.contracts[className];
@@ -144,7 +137,6 @@ class ContractsManager {
       },
       /*eslint complexity: ["error", 11]*/
       function dealWithSpecialConfigs(callback) {
-        console.dir('[contracts/contracts]: deal with special configs');
         let className, contract, parentContractName, parentContract;
         let dictionary = Object.keys(self.contracts);
 
@@ -194,7 +186,6 @@ class ContractsManager {
         callback();
       },
       function removeContractsWithNoCode(callback) {
-        console.dir('[contracts/contracts]: remove Contracts with no code');
         let className, contract;
         let dictionary = Object.keys(self.contracts);
         for (className in self.contracts) {
@@ -216,7 +207,6 @@ class ContractsManager {
       /*eslint complexity: ["error", 16]*/
       /*eslint max-depth: ["error", 16]*/
       function determineDependencies(callback) {
-        console.dir('[contracts/contracts]: determining dependencies');
         let className, contract;
         for (className in self.contracts) {
           contract = self.contracts[className];
diff --git a/lib/contracts/deploy_manager.js b/lib/contracts/deploy_manager.js
index 239e0bee6..4179cf2df 100644
--- a/lib/contracts/deploy_manager.js
+++ b/lib/contracts/deploy_manager.js
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ class DeployManager {
     async.waterfall([
       function buildContracts(callback) {
         self.events.request("contracts:build", self.deployOnlyOnConfig, (err) => {
-          console.dir('[contracts/deploy_manager]: done building contracts');
           callback(err);
         });
       },
@@ -83,28 +82,20 @@ class DeployManager {
 
       // TODO: could be implemented as an event (beforeDeployAll)
       function checkIsConnectedToBlockchain(callback) {
-        console.dir('[contracts/deploy_manager]: checking connection to blockchain');
         self.blockchain.onReady(() => {
-          console.dir('[contracts/deploy_manager]: onReady called, asserting node connection');
-          self.blockchain.assertNodeConnection((err) => {
-            console.dir('[contracts/deploy_manager]: node connection asserted, err: ' + JSON.stringify(err));
-            callback(err);
-          });
+          self.blockchain.assertNodeConnection(callback);
         });
       },
 
       // TODO: this can be done on the fly or as part of the initialization
       function determineDefaultAccount(callback) {
-        console.dir('[contracts/deploy_manager]: determining default acct');
         self.blockchain.determineDefaultAccount((err) => {
           callback(err);
         });
       },
 
       function deployAllContracts(callback) {
-        console.dir('[contracts/deploy_manager]: deploying all contracts');
         self.deployAll(function (err) {
-          console.dir('[contracts/deploy_manager]: done deploying all contracts, err: ' + JSON.stringify(err));
           if (!err) {
             self.events.emit('contractsDeployed');
           }
@@ -115,7 +106,6 @@ class DeployManager {
         });
       },
       function runAfterDeploy(callback) {
-        console.dir('[contracts/deploy_manager]: emitting and running actions for event "contracts:deploy:afterAll"');
         self.plugins.emitAndRunActionsForEvent('contracts:deploy:afterAll', callback);
       }
     ], function (err, _result) {
diff --git a/lib/contracts/fundAccount.js b/lib/contracts/fundAccount.js
index 980c8eec9..145934815 100644
--- a/lib/contracts/fundAccount.js
+++ b/lib/contracts/fundAccount.js
@@ -2,13 +2,14 @@ const async = require('async');
 const TARGET = 0x7FFFFFFFFFFFFFFF;
 const ALREADY_FUNDED = 'alreadyFunded';
 
-function fundAccount(web3, accountAddress, hexBalance, nonce, callback) {
+function fundAccount(web3, accountAddress, hexBalance, callback) {
   if (!hexBalance) {
     hexBalance = TARGET;
   }
   const targetBalance = (typeof hexBalance === 'string') ? parseInt(hexBalance, 16) : hexBalance;
   let accountBalance;
   let coinbaseAddress;
+  let lastNonce;
   let gasPrice;
 
   async.waterfall([
@@ -51,23 +52,17 @@ function fundAccount(web3, accountAddress, hexBalance, nonce, callback) {
         if (err) {
           return next(err);
         }
+        lastNonce = nonce;
         next();
       });
     },
     function sendTransaction(next) {
-      console.dir('[contracts/fundAccount]: sending tx ' + JSON.stringify({
-        from: coinbaseAddress,
-        to: accountAddress,
-        value: targetBalance - accountBalance,
-        gasPrice: gasPrice,
-        nonce: nonce
-      }));
       web3.eth.sendTransaction({
         from: coinbaseAddress,
         to: accountAddress,
         value: targetBalance - accountBalance,
         gasPrice: gasPrice,
-        nonce: nonce
+        nonce: lastNonce
       }, next);
     }
   ], (err) => {
diff --git a/lib/contracts/provider.js b/lib/contracts/provider.js
index 60e1e1230..59e128fbb 100644
--- a/lib/contracts/provider.js
+++ b/lib/contracts/provider.js
@@ -78,12 +78,8 @@ class Provider {
     if (!self.isDev) {
       return callback();
     }
-    let nonce = 0;
     async.each(self.accounts, (account, eachCb) => {
-      console.dir('[contracts/provider]: nonce is ' + nonce);
-      fundAccount(self.web3, account.address, account.hexBalance, nonce++, (err) => {
-        eachCb(err);
-      });
+      fundAccount(self.web3, account.address, account.hexBalance, eachCb);
     }, callback);
   }