diff --git a/codex/proof/slotblocks.nim b/codex/proof/slotblocks.nim
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+++ b/codex/proof/slotblocks.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import std/bitops
+import std/sugar
+
+import pkg/chronos
+import pkg/libp2p
+import pkg/questionable
+import pkg/questionable/results
+
+import ../contracts/requests
+import ../stores/blockstore
+
+proc getTreeCidForSlot*(slot: Slot, blockstore: BlockStore): Future[?!Cid] {.async.} =
+  raiseAssert("a")
+
+proc getSlotBlock*(slot: Slot, blockstore: BlockStore, treeCid: Cid, slotBlockIndex: int): Future[?!Block] {.async.} =
+  raiseAssert("a")
+
diff --git a/tests/codex/proof/testslotblocks.nim b/tests/codex/proof/testslotblocks.nim
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+++ b/tests/codex/proof/testslotblocks.nim
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+import std/os
+import std/strutils
+import std/sequtils
+import std/sugar
+
+import pkg/questionable
+import pkg/questionable/results
+import pkg/constantine/math/arithmetic
+import pkg/poseidon2/types
+import pkg/poseidon2
+import pkg/chronos
+import pkg/asynctest
+import pkg/stew/byteutils
+import pkg/stew/endians2
+import pkg/datastore
+import pkg/codex/rng
+import pkg/codex/stores/cachestore
+import pkg/codex/chunker
+import pkg/codex/stores
+import pkg/codex/blocktype as bt
+import pkg/codex/clock
+import pkg/codex/utils/asynciter
+import pkg/codex/contracts/requests
+import pkg/codex/contracts
+
+import pkg/codex/proof/slotblocks
+
+import ../helpers
+import ../examples
+
+let
+  bytesPerBlock = 64 * 1024
+  numberOfSlotBlocks = 16
+  slotIndex = 3
+
+
+asyncchecksuite "Test slotblocks":
+  let
+    localStore = CacheStore.new()
+    manifest = Manifest.new(
+      treeCid = Cid.example,
+      blockSize = 1.MiBs,
+      datasetSize = 100.MiBs)
+    manifestBlock = bt.Block.new(manifest.encode().tryGet(), codec = DagPBCodec).tryGet()
+    slot = Slot(
+      request: StorageRequest(
+        ask: StorageAsk(
+          slotSize: u256(bytesPerBlock * numberOfSlotBlocks)
+        ),
+        content: StorageContent(
+          cid: $manifestBlock.cid
+        ),
+      ),
+      slotIndex: u256(slotIndex)
+    )
+
+  # let chunker = RandomChunker.new(rng.Rng.instance(),
+  #   size = bytesPerBlock * numberOfSlotBlocks,
+  #   chunkSize = bytesPerBlock)
+
+  # var slotBlocks: seq[bt.Block]
+
+  # proc createSlotBlocks(): Future[void] {.async.} =
+  #   while true:
+  #     let chunk = await chunker.getBytes()
+  #     if chunk.len <= 0:
+  #       break
+  #     slotBlocks.add(bt.Block.new(chunk).tryGet())
+
+  # setup:
+  #   await createSlotBlocks()
+
+  test "Can get tree root for slot":
+    let cid = (await getTreeCidForSlot(slot, localStore)).tryGet()
+
+    check:
+      cid == manifest.treeCid
diff --git a/tests/codex/testproof.nim b/tests/codex/testproof.nim
index e6c9b36a..3b562fea 100644
--- a/tests/codex/testproof.nim
+++ b/tests/codex/testproof.nim
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 import ./proof/testdatasampler
+import ./proof/testslotblocks
 
 {.warning[UnusedImport]: off.}