diff --git a/nimbus/db/state_db.nim b/nimbus/db/state_db.nim
index bdddc1ab5..1f16d021d 100644
--- a/nimbus/db/state_db.nim
+++ b/nimbus/db/state_db.nim
@@ -198,9 +198,7 @@ proc isEmptyAccount*(db: AccountStateDB, address: EthAddress): bool =
     account.balance.isZero and
     account.nonce == 0
 
-proc isDeadAccount*(db: AccountStateDB, address: EthAddress, dust: static[bool]): bool =
-  ## dust == true: deadAccount == accountExists or emptyAccount
-  ## dust == false: deadAccount == accountExists and emptyAccount(used in EIP158)
+proc isDeadAccount*(db: AccountStateDB, address: EthAddress): bool =
   let recordFound = db.trie.get(createRangeFromAddress address)
   if recordFound.len > 0:
     let account = rlp.decode(recordFound, Account)
@@ -208,10 +206,7 @@ proc isDeadAccount*(db: AccountStateDB, address: EthAddress, dust: static[bool])
       account.balance.isZero and
       account.nonce == 0
   else:
-    result = dust
-
-template isDeadAccount*(db: AccountStateDB, address: EthAddress): bool =
-  isDeadAccount(db, address, true)
+    result = true
 
 proc rootHash*(db: ReadOnlyStateDB): KeccakHash {.borrow.}
 proc getAccount*(db: ReadOnlyStateDB, address: EthAddress): Account {.borrow.}
@@ -223,6 +218,5 @@ proc getNonce*(db: ReadOnlyStateDB, address: EthAddress): AccountNonce {.borrow.
 proc getCode*(db: ReadOnlyStateDB, address: EthAddress): ByteRange {.borrow.}
 proc hasCodeOrNonce*(db: ReadOnlyStateDB, address: EthAddress): bool {.borrow.}
 proc accountExists*(db: ReadOnlyStateDB, address: EthAddress): bool {.borrow.}
-
-template isDeadAccount*(db: ReadOnlyStateDB, address: EthAddress): bool =
-  isDeadAccount(AccountStateDB(db), address, true)
+proc isDeadAccount*(db: ReadOnlyStateDB, address: EthAddress): bool {.borrow.}
+proc isEmptyAccount*(db: ReadOnlyStateDB, address: EthAddress): bool {.borrow.}
diff --git a/nimbus/vm/interpreter/opcodes_impl.nim b/nimbus/vm/interpreter/opcodes_impl.nim
index 37411270e..aad15fd49 100644
--- a/nimbus/vm/interpreter/opcodes_impl.nim
+++ b/nimbus/vm/interpreter/opcodes_impl.nim
@@ -878,21 +878,37 @@ op selfDestructEip161, inline = false:
   selfDestructImpl(computation, beneficiary)
 
 # Constantinople's new opcodes
-op shlOp, inline = true, num, shift:
-  # TODO: implementation
-  discard
+op shlOp, inline = true, shift, num:
+  let shiftLen = shift.safeInt
+  if shiftLen >= 256:
+    push: 0
+  else:
+    push: num shl shiftLen
 
-op shrOp, inline = true, num, shift:
-  # TODO: implementation
-  discard
+op shrOp, inline = true, shift, num:
+  let shiftLen = shift.safeInt
+  if shiftLen >= 256:
+    push: 0
+  else:
+    push: num shr shiftLen
 
-op sarOp, inline = true, num, shift:
-  # TODO: implementation
-  discard
+op sarOp, inline = true:
+  let shiftLen = computation.stack.popInt().safeInt
+  let num = cast[Int256](computation.stack.popInt())
+  if shiftLen >= 256:
+    if num.isNegative:
+      push: cast[Uint256]((-1).i256)
+    else:
+      push: 0
+  else:
+    push: cast[Uint256](ashr(num, shiftLen))
 
-op extCodeHash, inline = true, address:
-  # TODO: implementation
-  discard
+op extCodeHash, inline = true:
+  let address = computation.stack.popAddress()
+  if computation.vmState.readOnlyStateDB.isEmptyAccount(address):
+    push: 0
+  else:
+    push: computation.vmState.readOnlyStateDB.getCodeHash(address)
 
 op create2, inline = false:
   # TODO: implementation