diff --git a/hub/common.py b/hub/common.py
index 2216686..10196c2 100644
--- a/hub/common.py
+++ b/hub/common.py
@@ -7,8 +7,10 @@ import logging
 import logging.handlers
 import typing
 import collections
+from bisect import insort_right
+from collections import deque
 from decimal import Decimal
-from typing import Iterable
+from typing import Iterable, Deque
 from asyncio import get_event_loop, Event
 from prometheus_client import Counter
 from hub.schema.tags import clean_tags
@@ -484,6 +486,89 @@ class LFUCacheWithMetrics(LFUCache):
             self.misses.inc()
 
 
+class LargestValueCacheItem:
+    __slots__ = [
+        'key',
+        'value',
+    ]
+
+    def __init__(self, key, value):
+        self.key = key
+        self.value = value
+
+    def __gt__(self, other):
+        return len(self.value) > len(other.value)
+
+    def __ge__(self, other):
+        return len(self.value) >= len(other.value)
+
+    def __lt__(self, other):
+        return len(self.value) < len(other.value)
+
+    def __le__(self, other):
+        return len(self.value) <= len(other.value)
+
+    def __eq__(self, other):
+        return len(self.value) == len(other.value)
+
+
+class LargestValueCache:
+    __slots__ = [
+        '_capacity',
+        '_cache',
+        '_raw_cache'
+    ]
+
+    def __init__(self, capacity: int):
+        self._capacity = max(capacity, 0)
+        self._cache = {}
+        self._raw_cache: Deque[LargestValueCacheItem] = deque()
+
+    def items(self):
+        return self._cache.items()
+
+    def get(self, key, default=None):
+        return self._cache.get(key, default)
+
+    @property
+    def full(self):
+        return len(self._cache) >= self._capacity
+
+    def set(self, key, value) -> bool:
+        if self._capacity == 0:
+            return False
+        if self.full:
+            if len(value) < len(self._raw_cache[0].value):
+                return False
+            popped = self._raw_cache.popleft()
+            self._cache.pop(popped.key)
+        item = LargestValueCacheItem(key, value)
+        insort_right(self._raw_cache, item)
+        self._cache[key] = value
+        return True
+
+    def clear(self):
+        self._cache.clear()
+        self._raw_cache.clear()
+
+    def pop(self, key):
+        value = self._cache.pop(key)
+        self._raw_cache.remove(LargestValueCacheItem(key, value))
+        return value
+
+    def __setitem__(self, key, value):
+        return self.set(key, value)
+
+    def __getitem__(self, item):
+        return self.get(item)
+
+    def __contains__(self, item) -> bool:
+        return item in self._cache
+
+    def __len__(self):
+        return len(self._cache)
+
+
 # the ipaddress module does not show these subnets as reserved
 CARRIER_GRADE_NAT_SUBNET = ipaddress.ip_network('100.64.0.0/10')
 IPV4_TO_6_RELAY_SUBNET = ipaddress.ip_network('192.88.99.0/24')
diff --git a/hub/herald/service.py b/hub/herald/service.py
index bffe7c9..3a2a71c 100644
--- a/hub/herald/service.py
+++ b/hub/herald/service.py
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ class HubServerService(BlockchainReaderService):
 
     def unwind(self):
         self.session_manager.hashX_raw_history_cache.clear()
+        self.session_manager.hashX_history_cache.clear()
         prev_count = self.db.tx_counts.pop()
         tx_count = self.db.tx_counts[-1]
         self.db.block_hashes.pop()
diff --git a/hub/herald/session.py b/hub/herald/session.py
index fb702c2..82947cb 100644
--- a/hub/herald/session.py
+++ b/hub/herald/session.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ from hub.build_info import BUILD, COMMIT_HASH, DOCKER_TAG
 from hub.herald.search import SearchIndex
 from hub.common import sha256, hash_to_hex_str, hex_str_to_hash, HASHX_LEN, version_string, formatted_time, SIZE_BUCKETS
 from hub.common import protocol_version, RPCError, DaemonError, TaskGroup, HISTOGRAM_BUCKETS, asyncify_for_loop
-from hub.common import LRUCacheWithMetrics, LFUCacheWithMetrics
+from hub.common import LRUCacheWithMetrics, LFUCacheWithMetrics, LargestValueCache
 from hub.herald.jsonrpc import JSONRPCAutoDetect, JSONRPCConnection, JSONRPCv2, JSONRPC
 from hub.herald.common import BatchRequest, ProtocolError, Request, Batch, Notification
 from hub.herald.framer import NewlineFramer
@@ -215,20 +215,47 @@ class SessionManager:
         self.running = False
         # hashX: List[int]
         self.hashX_raw_history_cache = LFUCacheWithMetrics(env.hashX_history_cache_size, metric_name='raw_history', namespace=NAMESPACE)
-        # tx_num: CachedAddressHistoryItem
+        # hashX: List[CachedAddressHistoryItem]
+        self.hashX_history_cache = LargestValueCache(env.hashX_history_cache_size)
+        # tx_num: Tuple[txid, height]
         self.history_tx_info_cache = LFUCacheWithMetrics(env.history_tx_cache_size, metric_name='history_tx', namespace=NAMESPACE)
 
     def clear_caches(self):
         self.resolve_cache.clear()
 
     def update_history_caches(self, touched_hashXs: typing.List[bytes]):
-        # update_history_cache = {}
+        update_history_cache = {}
         for hashX in set(touched_hashXs):
-            # history_tx_nums = None
+            history_tx_nums = None
             # if the history is the raw_history_cache, update it
             # TODO: use a reversed iterator for this instead of rescanning it all
             if hashX in self.hashX_raw_history_cache:
-                self.hashX_raw_history_cache[hashX] = self.db._read_history(hashX, None)
+                self.hashX_raw_history_cache[hashX] = history_tx_nums = self.db._read_history(hashX, None)
+            # if it's in hashX_history_cache, prepare to update it in a batch
+            if hashX in self.hashX_history_cache:
+                full_cached = self.hashX_history_cache[hashX]
+                if history_tx_nums is None:
+                    history_tx_nums = self.db._read_history(hashX, None)
+                new_txs = history_tx_nums[len(full_cached):]
+                update_history_cache[hashX] = full_cached, new_txs
+        if update_history_cache:
+            # get the set of new tx nums that were touched in all of the new histories to be cached
+            total_tx_nums = set()
+            for _, new_txs in update_history_cache.values():
+                total_tx_nums.update(new_txs)
+            total_tx_nums = list(total_tx_nums)
+            # collect the total new tx infos
+            referenced_new_txs = {
+                tx_num: (CachedAddressHistoryItem(
+                    tx_hash=tx_hash[::-1].hex(), height=bisect_right(self.db.tx_counts, tx_num)
+                )) for tx_num, tx_hash in zip(total_tx_nums, self.db._get_tx_hashes(total_tx_nums))
+            }
+            # update the cached history lists
+            get_referenced = referenced_new_txs.__getitem__
+            for hashX, (full, new_txs) in update_history_cache.items():
+                append_to_full = full.append
+                for tx_num in new_txs:
+                    append_to_full(get_referenced(tx_num))
 
     async def _start_server(self, kind, *args, **kw_args):
         loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
@@ -626,6 +653,11 @@ class SessionManager:
 
     async def cached_confirmed_history(self, hashX: bytes,
                                        limit: typing.Optional[int] = None) -> typing.List[CachedAddressHistoryItem]:
+        cached_full_history = self.hashX_history_cache.get(hashX)
+        # return the cached history
+        if cached_full_history is not None:
+            self.address_history_size_metric.observe(len(cached_full_history))
+            return cached_full_history
         # return the history and update the caches
         tx_nums = await self._cached_raw_history(hashX, limit)
         needed_tx_infos = []
@@ -652,6 +684,7 @@ class SessionManager:
             history_append(tx_infos[tx_num])
             if cnt % 1000 == 0:
                 await asyncio.sleep(0)
+        self.hashX_history_cache[hashX] = history
         self.address_history_size_metric.observe(len(history))
         return history