diff --git a/codex/node.nim b/codex/node.nim
index 51485663..f5773a24 100644
--- a/codex/node.nim
+++ b/codex/node.nim
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ type
   BatchProc* = proc(blocks: seq[bt.Block]): Future[?!void] {.
     gcsafe, async: (raises: [CancelledError])
   .}
+  PieceProc* =
+    proc(blocks: seq[bt.Block], pieceIndex: int): Future[?!void] {.gcsafe, raises: [].}
 
 func switch*(self: CodexNodeRef): Switch =
   return self.switch
@@ -388,18 +390,100 @@ proc retrieve*(
 
   await self.streamEntireDataset(manifest, cid)
 
+proc fetchPieces*(
+    self: CodexNodeRef,
+    cid: Cid,
+    blockIter: Iter[int],
+    pieceIter: Iter[int],
+    numOfBlocksPerPiece: int,
+    onPiece: PieceProc,
+): Future[?!void] {.async, gcsafe.} =
+  while not blockIter.finished:
+    let blocks = collect:
+      for i in 0 ..< numOfBlocksPerPiece:
+        if not blockIter.finished:
+          let address = BlockAddress.init(cid, blockIter.next())
+          self.networkStore.getBlock(address)
+
+    if blocksErr =? (await allFutureResult(blocks)).errorOption:
+      return failure(blocksErr)
+
+    if pieceErr =?
+        (await onPiece(blocks.mapIt(it.read.get), pieceIter.next())).errorOption:
+      return failure(pieceErr)
+
+    await sleepAsync(1.millis)
+
+  success()
+
+proc fetchPieces*(
+    self: CodexNodeRef,
+    torrentManifest: BitTorrentManifest,
+    codexManifest: Manifest,
+    onPiece: PieceProc,
+): Future[?!void] =
+  trace "Fetching torrent pieces"
+
+  let numOfPieces = torrentManifest.info.pieces.len
+  let numOfBlocksPerPiece =
+    torrentManifest.info.pieceLength.int div codexManifest.blockSize.int
+  let blockIter = Iter[int].new(0 ..< codexManifest.blocksCount)
+  let pieceIter = Iter[int].new(0 ..< numOfPieces)
+  self.fetchPieces(
+    codexManifest.treeCid, blockIter, pieceIter, numOfBlocksPerPiece, onPiece
+  )
+
 proc streamTorrent(
     self: CodexNodeRef, torrentManifest: BitTorrentManifest, codexManifest: Manifest
 ): Future[?!LPStream] {.async.} =
   trace "Retrieving pieces from torrent"
-
-  # Fetch torrent pieces and validate that each complete piece matches hashes
-  # in the torrent manifest
-
-  # WIP...
-
   let stream = LPStream(StoreStream.new(self.networkStore, codexManifest, pad = false))
+  var jobs: seq[Future[void]]
 
+  proc onPieceReceived(
+      blocks: seq[bt.Block], pieceIndex: int
+  ): Future[?!void] {.async.} =
+    trace "Fetched torrent piece - verifying..."
+
+    var pieceHashCtx: sha1
+    pieceHashCtx.init()
+
+    for blk in blocks:
+      pieceHashCtx.update(blk.data)
+
+    let pieceHash = pieceHashCtx.finish()
+
+    if (pieceHash != torrentManifest.info.pieces[pieceIndex]):
+      error "Piece verification failed", pieceIndex = pieceIndex
+      return failure("Piece verification failed")
+
+    # great success
+    success()
+
+  proc prefetch(): Future[void] {.async.} =
+    try:
+      if err =? (
+        await self.fetchPieces(torrentManifest, codexManifest, onPieceReceived)
+      ).errorOption:
+        error "Unable to fetch blocks", err = err.msg
+        await stream.close()
+    except CancelledError:
+      trace "Prefetch job cancelled"
+    except CatchableError as exc:
+      error "Error fetching blocks", exc = exc.msg
+
+  jobs.add(prefetch())
+
+  # Monitor stream completion and cancel background jobs when done
+  proc monitorStream() {.async.} =
+    try:
+      await stream.join()
+    finally:
+      await allFutures(jobs.mapIt(it.cancelAndWait))
+
+  self.trackedFutures.track(monitorStream())
+
+  trace "Creating store stream for torrent manifest"
   stream.success
 
 proc retrieveInfoHash*(
@@ -574,7 +658,9 @@ proc storeBitTorrent*(
   info "Storing BitTorrent data"
 
   without codexManifestCid =?
-    await self.store(stream, filename = info.name, mimetype = mimetype):
+    await self.store(
+      stream, filename = info.name, mimetype = mimetype, blockSize = NBytes 1024 * 16
+    ):
     return failure("Unable to store BitTorrent data")
 
   let bitTorrentManifest = newBitTorrentManifest(info, codexManifestCid)