diff --git a/app/btc-wallet-hook.hoon b/app/btc-wallet-hook.hoon
index 73479152e..36c059273 100644
--- a/app/btc-wallet-hook.hoon
+++ b/app/btc-wallet-hook.hoon
@@ -199,14 +199,25 @@
     ::  add to wallet-store history
     ::  send message to peer
     `state
-    ::
-      %expect-payment
-    ::TODO
     ::  - check that src.bowl isn't past piym-limit in pend-piym
     ::  - check that payment is in piym
     ::  - add to pend-piym
-    ::  - retry pend-piym
-    `state
+    ::  - send tx-info to provider (poke)
+    ::
+      %expect-payment
+    ~|("Too many %expect-payment sent, or payer+value not found in incoming payments")
+    =+  num-pend  (~(gut by num.pend-piym) payer.act 0)
+    ?>  (gte piym-limit num-pend)
+    =+  pay=(~(get by ps.piym) payer.act)
+    ?~  pay  !!
+    ?>  ?&  =(payer.u.pay payer.act)
+            =(value.u.pay value.act)
+        ==
+    :-  ~[(get-tx-info txid.act)]
+    %=  state
+        ps.pend-piym  (~(put by ps.pend-piym) txid u.pay)
+        num.pend-piym  +(num-pend)
+    ==
     ::
       %clear-poym
     `state(poym ~)
@@ -390,6 +401,14 @@
       %poke  %btc-provider-action  !>([ri %raw-tx txid])
   ==
 ::
+++  get-tx-info
+  |=  [host=ship =txid]
+  ^-  card
+  =/  ri=req-id:bp  (gen-req-id:bp eny.bowl)
+  :*  %pass  /[(scot %da now.bowl)]  %agent  [host %btc-provider]
+      %poke  %btc-provider-action  !>([ri %tx-info txid])
+  ==
+::
 ++  provider-connected
   ^-  ?
   ?~  provider  %.n
diff --git a/app/btc-wallet-store.hoon b/app/btc-wallet-store.hoon
index 5a8be82ef..7355aecf7 100644
--- a/app/btc-wallet-store.hoon
+++ b/app/btc-wallet-store.hoon
@@ -120,8 +120,10 @@
     (update-address +.act)
     ::
       %tx-info
-    :: TODO: update history as these come. Check confs
-    ::  if address in wach and confs low and this txid not there, request %address-info
+    :: TODO:
+    ::  - check whether this txid in any hest map
+    ::  - update history as these come. Check confs
+    ::  - if address in wach and confs low and this txid not there, request %address-info
     `state
     ::
       %generate-address
@@ -136,6 +138,13 @@
     ?~  t  ~&(>>> "btc-wallet-store: insufficient balance" `state)
     :_  state
     ~[(send-update [%generate-txbu xpub.act u.t])]
+    ::
+      %add-history-entry
+    :: TODO
+    ::  - create map for xpub if doesn't exist
+    ::  - add the hest
+    ::  - send a tx-info request out
+    `state
   ==
 ::  wallet scan algorithm:
 ::  Initiate a batch for each chyg, with max-gap idxs in it
diff --git a/sur/btc-wallet-hook.hoon b/sur/btc-wallet-hook.hoon
index 985f98b81..3911b9c90 100644
--- a/sur/btc-wallet-hook.hoon
+++ b/sur/btc-wallet-hook.hoon
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
       [%gen-pay-address value=sats]
       [%ret-pay-address =address payer=ship value=sats]
       [%broadcast-tx signed-psbt=cord]
-      [%expect-payment payer=ship value=sats]
+      [%expect-payment =txid payer=ship value=sats]
       [%clear-poym ~]
       [%force-retry ~]
   ==
diff --git a/sur/btc-wallet-store.hoon b/sur/btc-wallet-store.hoon
index 0a00dc0aa..4b8a874af 100644
--- a/sur/btc-wallet-store.hoon
+++ b/sur/btc-wallet-store.hoon
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
       [%address-info =xpub =chyg =idx utxos=(set utxo) used=? block=@ud]
       [%generate-address =xpub =chyg =peta]
       [%generate-txbu =xpub payee=(unit ship) feyb=sats txos=(list txo)]
-      [%add-history-entry =hest]
+      [%add-history-entry =xpub =hest]
   ==
 ::
 +$  update