diff --git a/fluffy/data/history_data_seeding.nim b/fluffy/data/history_data_seeding.nim
index 73fa35d81..87e876ca6 100644
--- a/fluffy/data/history_data_seeding.nim
+++ b/fluffy/data/history_data_seeding.nim
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ proc propagateAccumulatorData*(
 
       p.storeContent(
         history_content.toContentId(key), content)
-      await p.neighborhoodGossip(
+      discard await p.neighborhoodGossip(
         ContentKeysList(@[encode(key)]), @[content])
 
     return ok()
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ proc propagateEpochAccumulator*(
 
     p.storeContent(
       history_content.toContentId(key), SSZ.encode(accumulator))
-    await p.neighborhoodGossip(
+    discard await p.neighborhoodGossip(
       ContentKeysList(@[encode(key)]), @[SSZ.encode(accumulator)])
 
     return ok()
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ proc historyPropagate*(
     while true:
       let (keys, content) = await gossipQueue.popFirst()
 
-      await p.neighborhoodGossip(keys, @[content])
+      discard await p.neighborhoodGossip(keys, @[content])
 
   for i in 0 ..< concurrentGossips:
     gossipWorkers.add(gossipWorker(p))
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ proc historyPropagateBlock*(
       let contentId = history_content.toContentId(value[0])
       p.storeContent(contentId, value[1])
 
-      await p.neighborhoodGossip(ContentKeysList(@[encode(value[0])]), @[value[1]])
+      discard await p.neighborhoodGossip(ContentKeysList(@[encode(value[0])]), @[value[1]])
 
     return ok()
   else:
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ proc historyPropagateHeaders*(
     while true:
       let (keys, content) = await gossipQueue.popFirst()
 
-      await p.neighborhoodGossip(keys, @[content])
+      discard await p.neighborhoodGossip(keys, @[content])
 
   for i in 0 ..< concurrentGossips:
     gossipWorkers.add(gossipWorker(p))
diff --git a/fluffy/network/history/history_network.nim b/fluffy/network/history/history_network.nim
index a01c4b79e..9b1f8920a 100644
--- a/fluffy/network/history/history_network.nim
+++ b/fluffy/network/history/history_network.nim
@@ -768,6 +768,12 @@ proc validateContent(
 
   return true
 
+proc neighborhoodGossipDiscardPeers(
+    p: PortalProtocol,
+    contentKeys: ContentKeysList,
+    content: seq[seq[byte]]): Future[void] {.async.} =
+  discard await p.neighborhoodGossip(contentKeys, content)
+
 proc processContentLoop(n: HistoryNetwork) {.async.} =
   try:
     while true:
@@ -779,7 +785,9 @@ proc processContentLoop(n: HistoryNetwork) {.async.} =
       # TODO: Differentiate between failures due to invalid data and failures
       # due to missing network data for validation.
       if await n.validateContent(contentKeys, contentItems):
-        asyncSpawn n.portalProtocol.neighborhoodGossip(contentKeys, contentItems)
+        asyncSpawn n.portalProtocol.neighborhoodGossipDiscardPeers(
+          contentKeys, contentItems
+        )
 
   except CancelledError:
     trace "processContentLoop canceled"
diff --git a/fluffy/network/network_seed.nim b/fluffy/network/network_seed.nim
index 1d402e091..f71d8d8f5 100644
--- a/fluffy/network/network_seed.nim
+++ b/fluffy/network/network_seed.nim
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ proc breadthContentPropagate*(
     while true:
       let (keys, content) = await gossipQueue.popFirst()
 
-      await p.neighborhoodGossip(keys, content)
+      discard await p.neighborhoodGossip(keys, content)
 
   for i in 0 ..< concurrentGossips:
     gossipWorkers.add(gossipWorker(p))
diff --git a/fluffy/network/wire/portal_protocol.nim b/fluffy/network/wire/portal_protocol.nim
index e86635ab2..95d8ccd13 100644
--- a/fluffy/network/wire/portal_protocol.nim
+++ b/fluffy/network/wire/portal_protocol.nim
@@ -1118,10 +1118,13 @@ proc getNClosestNodesWithRadius*(
   return nodesWithRadiuses
 
 proc neighborhoodGossip*(
-    p: PortalProtocol, contentKeys: ContentKeysList, content: seq[seq[byte]])
-    {.async.} =
+    p: PortalProtocol,
+    contentKeys: ContentKeysList,
+    content: seq[seq[byte]]): Future[int] {.async.} =
+  ## Returns number of peers to which content was gossiped
+
   if content.len() == 0:
-    return
+    return 0
 
   var contentList = List[ContentInfo, contentKeysLimit].init(@[])
   for i, contentItem in content:
@@ -1133,7 +1136,7 @@ proc neighborhoodGossip*(
   # TODO: come up with something better?
   let contentIdOpt = p.toContentId(contentList[0].contentKey)
   if contentIdOpt.isNone():
-    return
+    return 0
 
   let contentId = contentIdOpt.get()
 
@@ -1166,19 +1169,23 @@ proc neighborhoodGossip*(
 
   if gossipNodes.len >= 8: # use local nodes for gossip
     portal_gossip_without_lookup.inc(labelValues = [$p.protocolId])
-    for node in gossipNodes[0..<min(gossipNodes.len, maxGossipNodes)]:
+    let numberOfGossipedNodes = min(gossipNodes.len, maxGossipNodes)
+    for node in gossipNodes[0..<numberOfGossipedNodes]:
       let req = OfferRequest(dst: node, kind: Direct, contentList: contentList)
       await p.offerQueue.addLast(req)
+    return numberOfGossipedNodes
   else: # use looked up nodes for gossip
     portal_gossip_with_lookup.inc(labelValues = [$p.protocolId])
     let closestNodes = await p.lookup(NodeId(contentId))
-    for node in closestNodes[0..<min(closestNodes.len, maxGossipNodes)]:
+    let numberOfGossipedNodes = min(closestNodes.len, maxGossipNodes)
+    for node in closestNodes[0..<numberOfGossipedNodes]:
       # Note: opportunistically not checking if the radius of the node is known
       # and thus if the node is in radius with the content. Reason is, these
       # should really be the closest nodes in the DHT, and thus are most likely
       # going to be in range of the requested content.
       let req = OfferRequest(dst: node, kind: Direct, contentList: contentList)
       await p.offerQueue.addLast(req)
+    return numberOfGossipedNodes
 
 proc adjustRadius(
     p: PortalProtocol,
diff --git a/fluffy/rpc/rpc_calls/rpc_portal_calls.nim b/fluffy/rpc/rpc_calls/rpc_portal_calls.nim
index f11d4f778..0763a5f6f 100644
--- a/fluffy/rpc/rpc_calls/rpc_portal_calls.nim
+++ b/fluffy/rpc/rpc_calls/rpc_portal_calls.nim
@@ -31,5 +31,5 @@ proc portal_historyFindContentRaw(enr: Record, contentKey: string): tuple[
 proc portal_historyFindContent(enr: Record, contentKey: string): tuple[
   content: Option[string],
   enrs: Option[seq[Record]]]
-proc portal_historyOffer(enr: Record, contentKey: string): bool
+proc portal_historyOffer(contentKey: string, content: string): int
 proc portal_historyRecursiveFindNodes(): seq[Record]
diff --git a/fluffy/rpc/rpc_portal_api.nim b/fluffy/rpc/rpc_portal_api.nim
index 4a40c2e98..050c7671f 100644
--- a/fluffy/rpc/rpc_portal_api.nim
+++ b/fluffy/rpc/rpc_portal_api.nim
@@ -139,16 +139,15 @@ proc installPortalApiHandlers*(
           some(foundContent.nodes.map(proc(n: Node): Record = n.record)))
 
   rpcServer.rpc("portal_" & network & "Offer") do(
-      enr: Record, contentKey: string) -> bool:
-    # Only allow 1 content key for now
+    contentKey: string, content: string) -> int:
+
     let
-      node = toNodeWithAddress(enr)
-      contentKeys = ContentKeysList(@[ByteList.init(hexToSeqByte(contentKey))])
-      accept = await p.offer(node, contentKeys)
-    if accept.isErr():
-      raise newException(ValueError, $accept.error)
-    else:
-      return true
+      ck = hexToSeqByte(contentKey)
+      ct = hexToSeqByte(content)
+      contentKeys = ContentKeysList(@[ByteList.init(ck)])
+      numberOfPeers = await p.neighborhoodGossip(contentKeys, @[ct])
+
+    return numberOfPeers
 
   rpcServer.rpc("portal_" & network & "RecursiveFindNodes") do() -> seq[Record]:
     let discovered = await p.queryRandom()