diff --git a/beacon_node/beacon_chain/src/beacon_chain.rs b/beacon_node/beacon_chain/src/beacon_chain.rs
index bd7f37fbab..5feefd8417 100644
--- a/beacon_node/beacon_chain/src/beacon_chain.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/beacon_chain/src/beacon_chain.rs
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ pub enum AttestationProcessingOutcome {
     Invalid(AttestationValidationError),
 }
 
-pub trait BeaconChainTypes {
+pub trait BeaconChainTypes: Send + Sync + 'static {
     type Store: store::Store;
     type SlotClock: slot_clock::SlotClock;
     type LmdGhost: LmdGhost<Self::Store, Self::EthSpec>;
diff --git a/beacon_node/beacon_chain/src/test_utils.rs b/beacon_node/beacon_chain/src/test_utils.rs
index 298c637dbd..bd51f86203 100644
--- a/beacon_node/beacon_chain/src/test_utils.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/beacon_chain/src/test_utils.rs
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ where
 
 impl<L, E> BeaconChainTypes for CommonTypes<L, E>
 where
-    L: LmdGhost<MemoryStore, E>,
-    E: EthSpec,
+    L: LmdGhost<MemoryStore, E> + 'static,
+    E: EthSpec + 'static,
 {
     type Store = MemoryStore;
     type SlotClock = TestingSlotClock;
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ where
 /// Used for testing.
 pub struct BeaconChainHarness<L, E>
 where
-    L: LmdGhost<MemoryStore, E>,
-    E: EthSpec,
+    L: LmdGhost<MemoryStore, E> + 'static,
+    E: EthSpec + 'static,
 {
     pub chain: BeaconChain<CommonTypes<L, E>>,
     pub keypairs: Vec<Keypair>,
diff --git a/beacon_node/client/src/beacon_chain_types.rs b/beacon_node/client/src/beacon_chain_types.rs
index f2f95226ad..adea8c7b53 100644
--- a/beacon_node/client/src/beacon_chain_types.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/client/src/beacon_chain_types.rs
@@ -36,7 +36,11 @@ pub struct ClientType<S: Store, E: EthSpec> {
     _phantom_u: PhantomData<E>,
 }
 
-impl<S: Store, E: EthSpec + Clone> BeaconChainTypes for ClientType<S, E> {
+impl<S, E> BeaconChainTypes for ClientType<S, E>
+where
+    S: Store + 'static,
+    E: EthSpec + 'static + Clone,
+{
     type Store = S;
     type SlotClock = SystemTimeSlotClock;
     type LmdGhost = ThreadSafeReducedTree<S, E>;
diff --git a/beacon_node/client/src/bootstrapper.rs b/beacon_node/client/src/bootstrapper.rs
index 9843ceec77..19f13e2da8 100644
--- a/beacon_node/client/src/bootstrapper.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/client/src/bootstrapper.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use url::Host;
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
 enum Error {
-    UrlCannotBeBase,
+    InvalidUrl,
     HttpError(HttpError),
 }
 
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ impl Bootstrapper {
 
     /// Build a multiaddr using the HTTP server URL that is not guaranteed to be correct.
     ///
-    /// The address is created by querying the HTTP server for it's listening libp2p addresses.
+    /// The address is created by querying the HTTP server for its listening libp2p addresses.
     /// Then, we find the first TCP port in those addresses and combine the port with the URL of
     /// the server.
     ///
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ fn get_slots_per_epoch(mut url: Url) -> Result<Slot, Error> {
         .map(|mut url| {
             url.push("spec").push("slots_per_epoch");
         })
-        .map_err(|_| Error::UrlCannotBeBase)?;
+        .map_err(|_| Error::InvalidUrl)?;
 
     reqwest::get(url)?
         .error_for_status()?
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ fn get_finalized_slot(mut url: Url, slots_per_epoch: u64) -> Result<Slot, Error>
         .map(|mut url| {
             url.push("beacon").push("latest_finalized_checkpoint");
         })
-        .map_err(|_| Error::UrlCannotBeBase)?;
+        .map_err(|_| Error::InvalidUrl)?;
 
     let checkpoint: Checkpoint = reqwest::get(url)?.error_for_status()?.json()?;
 
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ fn get_state<T: EthSpec>(mut url: Url, slot: Slot) -> Result<BeaconState<T>, Err
         .map(|mut url| {
             url.push("beacon").push("state");
         })
-        .map_err(|_| Error::UrlCannotBeBase)?;
+        .map_err(|_| Error::InvalidUrl)?;
 
     url.query_pairs_mut()
         .append_pair("slot", &format!("{}", slot.as_u64()));
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ fn get_block<T: EthSpec>(mut url: Url, slot: Slot) -> Result<BeaconBlock<T>, Err
         .map(|mut url| {
             url.push("beacon").push("block");
         })
-        .map_err(|_| Error::UrlCannotBeBase)?;
+        .map_err(|_| Error::InvalidUrl)?;
 
     url.query_pairs_mut()
         .append_pair("slot", &format!("{}", slot.as_u64()));
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ fn get_enr(mut url: Url) -> Result<Enr, Error> {
         .map(|mut url| {
             url.push("node").push("network").push("enr");
         })
-        .map_err(|_| Error::UrlCannotBeBase)?;
+        .map_err(|_| Error::InvalidUrl)?;
 
     reqwest::get(url)?
         .error_for_status()?
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ fn get_listen_addresses(mut url: Url) -> Result<Vec<Multiaddr>, Error> {
         .map(|mut url| {
             url.push("node").push("network").push("listen_addresses");
         })
-        .map_err(|_| Error::UrlCannotBeBase)?;
+        .map_err(|_| Error::InvalidUrl)?;
 
     reqwest::get(url)?
         .error_for_status()?
diff --git a/beacon_node/client/src/lib.rs b/beacon_node/client/src/lib.rs
index 798aedec92..6405e05e71 100644
--- a/beacon_node/client/src/lib.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/client/src/lib.rs
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ pub struct Client<T: BeaconChainTypes> {
 
 impl<T> Client<T>
 where
-    T: BeaconChainTypes + InitialiseBeaconChain<T> + Clone + Send + Sync + 'static,
+    T: BeaconChainTypes + InitialiseBeaconChain<T> + Clone,
 {
     /// Generate an instance of the client. Spawn and link all internal sub-processes.
     pub fn new(
diff --git a/beacon_node/client/src/notifier.rs b/beacon_node/client/src/notifier.rs
index 1c7cf38670..78e50ac79d 100644
--- a/beacon_node/client/src/notifier.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/client/src/notifier.rs
@@ -17,11 +17,7 @@ pub const WARN_PEER_COUNT: usize = 1;
 /// durations.
 ///
 /// Presently unused, but remains for future use.
-pub fn run<T: BeaconChainTypes + Send + Sync + 'static>(
-    client: &Client<T>,
-    executor: TaskExecutor,
-    exit: Exit,
-) {
+pub fn run<T: BeaconChainTypes>(client: &Client<T>, executor: TaskExecutor, exit: Exit) {
     // notification heartbeat
     let interval = Interval::new(
         Instant::now(),
diff --git a/beacon_node/eth2-libp2p/src/service.rs b/beacon_node/eth2-libp2p/src/service.rs
index 316aa05798..e1e112e2d8 100644
--- a/beacon_node/eth2-libp2p/src/service.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/eth2-libp2p/src/service.rs
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ pub struct Service {
     //TODO: Make this private
     pub swarm: Swarm<Libp2pStream, Libp2pBehaviour>,
     /// This node's PeerId.
-    _local_peer_id: PeerId,
+    pub local_peer_id: PeerId,
     /// The libp2p logger handle.
     pub log: slog::Logger,
 }
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ impl Service {
         info!(log, "Subscribed to topics: {:?}", subscribed_topics);
 
         Ok(Service {
-            _local_peer_id: local_peer_id,
+            local_peer_id,
             swarm,
             log,
         })
diff --git a/beacon_node/network/src/service.rs b/beacon_node/network/src/service.rs
index 4bec038309..dc7e941409 100644
--- a/beacon_node/network/src/service.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/network/src/service.rs
@@ -75,6 +75,11 @@ impl<T: BeaconChainTypes + 'static> Service<T> {
             .clone()
     }
 
+    /// Returns the local libp2p PeerID.
+    pub fn local_peer_id(&self) -> PeerId {
+        self.libp2p_service.lock().local_peer_id.clone()
+    }
+
     /// Returns the list of `Multiaddr` that the underlying libp2p instance is listening on.
     pub fn listen_multiaddrs(&self) -> Vec<Multiaddr> {
         Swarm::listeners(&self.libp2p_service.lock().swarm)
diff --git a/beacon_node/rest_api/src/beacon.rs b/beacon_node/rest_api/src/beacon.rs
index 66e31ae41c..4e3cc02fd2 100644
--- a/beacon_node/rest_api/src/beacon.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/rest_api/src/beacon.rs
@@ -2,25 +2,44 @@ use super::{success_response, ApiResult};
 use crate::{helpers::*, ApiError, UrlQuery};
 use beacon_chain::{BeaconChain, BeaconChainTypes};
 use hyper::{Body, Request};
+use serde::Serialize;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use store::Store;
-use types::{BeaconBlock, BeaconState};
+use types::{BeaconBlock, BeaconState, EthSpec, Hash256, Slot};
+
+#[derive(Serialize)]
+struct HeadResponse {
+    pub slot: Slot,
+    pub block_root: Hash256,
+    pub state_root: Hash256,
+}
 
 /// HTTP handler to return a `BeaconBlock` at a given `root` or `slot`.
-pub fn get_best_slot<T: BeaconChainTypes + 'static>(req: Request<Body>) -> ApiResult {
+pub fn get_head<T: BeaconChainTypes + 'static>(req: Request<Body>) -> ApiResult {
     let beacon_chain = req
         .extensions()
         .get::<Arc<BeaconChain<T>>>()
         .ok_or_else(|| ApiError::ServerError("Beacon chain extension missing".to_string()))?;
 
-    let slot = beacon_chain.head().beacon_state.slot;
+    let head = HeadResponse {
+        slot: beacon_chain.head().beacon_state.slot,
+        block_root: beacon_chain.head().beacon_block_root,
+        state_root: beacon_chain.head().beacon_state_root,
+    };
 
-    let json: String = serde_json::to_string(&slot)
-        .map_err(|e| ApiError::ServerError(format!("Unable to serialize Slot: {:?}", e)))?;
+    let json: String = serde_json::to_string(&head)
+        .map_err(|e| ApiError::ServerError(format!("Unable to serialize HeadResponse: {:?}", e)))?;
 
     Ok(success_response(Body::from(json)))
 }
 
+#[derive(Serialize)]
+#[serde(bound = "T: EthSpec")]
+struct BlockResponse<T: EthSpec> {
+    pub root: Hash256,
+    pub beacon_block: BeaconBlock<T>,
+}
+
 /// HTTP handler to return a `BeaconBlock` at a given `root` or `slot`.
 pub fn get_block<T: BeaconChainTypes + 'static>(req: Request<Body>) -> ApiResult {
     let beacon_chain = req
@@ -35,14 +54,9 @@ pub fn get_block<T: BeaconChainTypes + 'static>(req: Request<Body>) -> ApiResult
         ("slot", value) => {
             let target = parse_slot(&value)?;
 
-            beacon_chain
-                .rev_iter_block_roots()
-                .take_while(|(_root, slot)| *slot >= target)
-                .find(|(_root, slot)| *slot == target)
-                .map(|(root, _slot)| root)
-                .ok_or_else(|| {
-                    ApiError::NotFound(format!("Unable to find BeaconBlock for slot {}", target))
-                })?
+            block_root_at_slot(&beacon_chain, target).ok_or_else(|| {
+                ApiError::NotFound(format!("Unable to find BeaconBlock for slot {}", target))
+            })?
         }
         ("root", value) => parse_root(&value)?,
         _ => return Err(ApiError::ServerError("Unexpected query parameter".into())),
@@ -58,8 +72,14 @@ pub fn get_block<T: BeaconChainTypes + 'static>(req: Request<Body>) -> ApiResult
             ))
         })?;
 
-    let json: String = serde_json::to_string(&block)
-        .map_err(|e| ApiError::ServerError(format!("Unable to serialize BeaconBlock: {:?}", e)))?;
+    let response = BlockResponse {
+        root: block_root,
+        beacon_block: block,
+    };
+
+    let json: String = serde_json::to_string(&response).map_err(|e| {
+        ApiError::ServerError(format!("Unable to serialize BlockResponse: {:?}", e))
+    })?;
 
     Ok(success_response(Body::from(json)))
 }
@@ -74,14 +94,9 @@ pub fn get_block_root<T: BeaconChainTypes + 'static>(req: Request<Body>) -> ApiR
     let slot_string = UrlQuery::from_request(&req)?.only_one("slot")?;
     let target = parse_slot(&slot_string)?;
 
-    let root = beacon_chain
-        .rev_iter_block_roots()
-        .take_while(|(_root, slot)| *slot >= target)
-        .find(|(_root, slot)| *slot == target)
-        .map(|(root, _slot)| root)
-        .ok_or_else(|| {
-            ApiError::NotFound(format!("Unable to find BeaconBlock for slot {}", target))
-        })?;
+    let root = block_root_at_slot(&beacon_chain, target).ok_or_else(|| {
+        ApiError::NotFound(format!("Unable to find BeaconBlock for slot {}", target))
+    })?;
 
     let json: String = serde_json::to_string(&root)
         .map_err(|e| ApiError::ServerError(format!("Unable to serialize root: {:?}", e)))?;
@@ -89,6 +104,13 @@ pub fn get_block_root<T: BeaconChainTypes + 'static>(req: Request<Body>) -> ApiR
     Ok(success_response(Body::from(json)))
 }
 
+#[derive(Serialize)]
+#[serde(bound = "T: EthSpec")]
+struct StateResponse<T: EthSpec> {
+    pub root: Hash256,
+    pub beacon_state: BeaconState<T>,
+}
+
 /// HTTP handler to return a `BeaconState` at a given `root` or `slot`.
 ///
 /// Will not return a state if the request slot is in the future. Will return states higher than
@@ -102,21 +124,29 @@ pub fn get_state<T: BeaconChainTypes + 'static>(req: Request<Body>) -> ApiResult
     let query_params = ["root", "slot"];
     let (key, value) = UrlQuery::from_request(&req)?.first_of(&query_params)?;
 
-    let state: BeaconState<T::EthSpec> = match (key.as_ref(), value) {
+    let (root, state): (Hash256, BeaconState<T::EthSpec>) = match (key.as_ref(), value) {
         ("slot", value) => state_at_slot(&beacon_chain, parse_slot(&value)?)?,
         ("root", value) => {
             let root = &parse_root(&value)?;
 
-            beacon_chain
+            let state = beacon_chain
                 .store
                 .get(root)?
-                .ok_or_else(|| ApiError::NotFound(format!("No state for root: {}", root)))?
+                .ok_or_else(|| ApiError::NotFound(format!("No state for root: {}", root)))?;
+
+            (*root, state)
         }
         _ => return Err(ApiError::ServerError("Unexpected query parameter".into())),
     };
 
-    let json: String = serde_json::to_string(&state)
-        .map_err(|e| ApiError::ServerError(format!("Unable to serialize BeaconState: {:?}", e)))?;
+    let response = StateResponse {
+        root,
+        beacon_state: state,
+    };
+
+    let json: String = serde_json::to_string(&response).map_err(|e| {
+        ApiError::ServerError(format!("Unable to serialize StateResponse: {:?}", e))
+    })?;
 
     Ok(success_response(Body::from(json)))
 }
diff --git a/beacon_node/rest_api/src/helpers.rs b/beacon_node/rest_api/src/helpers.rs
index 2a429076c7..5365086df7 100644
--- a/beacon_node/rest_api/src/helpers.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/rest_api/src/helpers.rs
@@ -31,22 +31,40 @@ pub fn parse_root(string: &str) -> Result<Hash256, ApiError> {
     }
 }
 
-/// Returns a `BeaconState` in the canonical chain of `beacon_chain` at the given `slot`, if
-/// possible.
+/// Returns the root of the `BeaconBlock` in the canonical chain of `beacon_chain` at the given
+/// `slot`, if possible.
+///
+/// May return a root for a previous slot, in the case of skip slots.
+pub fn block_root_at_slot<T: BeaconChainTypes>(
+    beacon_chain: &BeaconChain<T>,
+    target: Slot,
+) -> Option<Hash256> {
+    beacon_chain
+        .rev_iter_block_roots()
+        .take_while(|(_root, slot)| *slot >= target)
+        .find(|(_root, slot)| *slot == target)
+        .map(|(root, _slot)| root)
+}
+
+/// Returns a `BeaconState` and it's root in the canonical chain of `beacon_chain` at the given
+/// `slot`, if possible.
 ///
 /// Will not return a state if the request slot is in the future. Will return states higher than
 /// the current head by skipping slots.
 pub fn state_at_slot<T: BeaconChainTypes>(
     beacon_chain: &BeaconChain<T>,
     slot: Slot,
-) -> Result<BeaconState<T::EthSpec>, ApiError> {
+) -> Result<(Hash256, BeaconState<T::EthSpec>), ApiError> {
     let head_state = &beacon_chain.head().beacon_state;
 
     if head_state.slot == slot {
         // The request slot is the same as the best block (head) slot.
 
         // I'm not sure if this `.clone()` will be optimized out. If not, it seems unnecessary.
-        Ok(beacon_chain.head().beacon_state.clone())
+        Ok((
+            beacon_chain.head().beacon_state_root,
+            beacon_chain.head().beacon_state.clone(),
+        ))
     } else {
         let root = state_root_at_slot(beacon_chain, slot)?;
 
@@ -55,7 +73,7 @@ pub fn state_at_slot<T: BeaconChainTypes>(
             .get(&root)?
             .ok_or_else(|| ApiError::NotFound(format!("Unable to find state at root {}", root)))?;
 
-        Ok(state)
+        Ok((root, state))
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/beacon_node/rest_api/src/lib.rs b/beacon_node/rest_api/src/lib.rs
index 8ef48ad72c..354b234031 100644
--- a/beacon_node/rest_api/src/lib.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/rest_api/src/lib.rs
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ impl From<state_processing::per_slot_processing::Error> for ApiError {
     }
 }
 
-pub fn start_server<T: BeaconChainTypes + Clone + Send + Sync + 'static>(
+pub fn start_server<T: BeaconChainTypes>(
     config: &ApiConfig,
     executor: &TaskExecutor,
     beacon_chain: Arc<BeaconChain<T>>,
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ pub fn start_server<T: BeaconChainTypes + Clone + Send + Sync + 'static>(
 
             // Route the request to the correct handler.
             let result = match (req.method(), path.as_ref()) {
-                (&Method::GET, "/beacon/best_slot") => beacon::get_best_slot::<T>(req),
+                (&Method::GET, "/beacon/head") => beacon::get_head::<T>(req),
                 (&Method::GET, "/beacon/block") => beacon::get_block::<T>(req),
                 (&Method::GET, "/beacon/block_root") => beacon::get_block_root::<T>(req),
                 (&Method::GET, "/beacon/latest_finalized_checkpoint") => {
@@ -130,14 +130,15 @@ pub fn start_server<T: BeaconChainTypes + Clone + Send + Sync + 'static>(
                 (&Method::GET, "/beacon/state") => beacon::get_state::<T>(req),
                 (&Method::GET, "/beacon/state_root") => beacon::get_state_root::<T>(req),
                 (&Method::GET, "/metrics") => metrics::get_prometheus::<T>(req),
-                (&Method::GET, "/node/version") => node::get_version(req),
-                (&Method::GET, "/node/genesis_time") => node::get_genesis_time::<T>(req),
-                (&Method::GET, "/node/network/enr") => network::get_enr::<T>(req),
-                (&Method::GET, "/node/network/peer_count") => network::get_peer_count::<T>(req),
-                (&Method::GET, "/node/network/peers") => network::get_peer_list::<T>(req),
-                (&Method::GET, "/node/network/listen_addresses") => {
+                (&Method::GET, "/network/enr") => network::get_enr::<T>(req),
+                (&Method::GET, "/network/peer_count") => network::get_peer_count::<T>(req),
+                (&Method::GET, "/network/peer_id") => network::get_peer_id::<T>(req),
+                (&Method::GET, "/network/peers") => network::get_peer_list::<T>(req),
+                (&Method::GET, "/network/listen_addresses") => {
                     network::get_listen_addresses::<T>(req)
                 }
+                (&Method::GET, "/node/version") => node::get_version(req),
+                (&Method::GET, "/node/genesis_time") => node::get_genesis_time::<T>(req),
                 (&Method::GET, "/spec") => spec::get_spec::<T>(req),
                 (&Method::GET, "/spec/slots_per_epoch") => spec::get_slots_per_epoch::<T>(req),
                 _ => Err(ApiError::MethodNotAllowed(path.clone())),
diff --git a/beacon_node/rest_api/src/network.rs b/beacon_node/rest_api/src/network.rs
index 0e2448270c..daded9d3d6 100644
--- a/beacon_node/rest_api/src/network.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/rest_api/src/network.rs
@@ -7,9 +7,7 @@ use std::sync::Arc;
 /// HTTP handle to return the list of libp2p multiaddr the client is listening on.
 ///
 /// Returns a list of `Multiaddr`, serialized according to their `serde` impl.
-pub fn get_listen_addresses<T: BeaconChainTypes + Send + Sync + 'static>(
-    req: Request<Body>,
-) -> ApiResult {
+pub fn get_listen_addresses<T: BeaconChainTypes>(req: Request<Body>) -> ApiResult {
     let network = req
         .extensions()
         .get::<Arc<NetworkService<T>>>()
@@ -26,7 +24,7 @@ pub fn get_listen_addresses<T: BeaconChainTypes + Send + Sync + 'static>(
 /// HTTP handle to return the Discv5 ENR from the client's libp2p service.
 ///
 /// ENR is encoded as base64 string.
-pub fn get_enr<T: BeaconChainTypes + Send + Sync + 'static>(req: Request<Body>) -> ApiResult {
+pub fn get_enr<T: BeaconChainTypes>(req: Request<Body>) -> ApiResult {
     let network = req
         .extensions()
         .get::<Arc<NetworkService<T>>>()
@@ -40,10 +38,25 @@ pub fn get_enr<T: BeaconChainTypes + Send + Sync + 'static>(req: Request<Body>)
     )))
 }
 
+/// HTTP handle to return the `PeerId` from the client's libp2p service.
+///
+/// PeerId is encoded as base58 string.
+pub fn get_peer_id<T: BeaconChainTypes>(req: Request<Body>) -> ApiResult {
+    let network = req
+        .extensions()
+        .get::<Arc<NetworkService<T>>>()
+        .ok_or_else(|| ApiError::ServerError("NetworkService extension missing".to_string()))?;
+
+    let peer_id: PeerId = network.local_peer_id();
+
+    Ok(success_response(Body::from(
+        serde_json::to_string(&peer_id.to_base58())
+            .map_err(|e| ApiError::ServerError(format!("Unable to serialize Enr: {:?}", e)))?,
+    )))
+}
+
 /// HTTP handle to return the number of peers connected in the client's libp2p service.
-pub fn get_peer_count<T: BeaconChainTypes + Send + Sync + 'static>(
-    req: Request<Body>,
-) -> ApiResult {
+pub fn get_peer_count<T: BeaconChainTypes>(req: Request<Body>) -> ApiResult {
     let network = req
         .extensions()
         .get::<Arc<NetworkService<T>>>()
@@ -60,7 +73,7 @@ pub fn get_peer_count<T: BeaconChainTypes + Send + Sync + 'static>(
 /// HTTP handle to return the list of peers connected to the client's libp2p service.
 ///
 /// Peers are presented as a list of `PeerId::to_string()`.
-pub fn get_peer_list<T: BeaconChainTypes + Send + Sync + 'static>(req: Request<Body>) -> ApiResult {
+pub fn get_peer_list<T: BeaconChainTypes>(req: Request<Body>) -> ApiResult {
     let network = req
         .extensions()
         .get::<Arc<NetworkService<T>>>()
diff --git a/beacon_node/src/run.rs b/beacon_node/src/run.rs
index 5066231d55..f88cb7460b 100644
--- a/beacon_node/src/run.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/src/run.rs
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ fn run<T>(
     log: &slog::Logger,
 ) -> error::Result<()>
 where
-    T: BeaconChainTypes + InitialiseBeaconChain<T> + Clone + Send + Sync + 'static,
+    T: BeaconChainTypes + InitialiseBeaconChain<T> + Clone,
     T::Store: OpenDatabase,
 {
     let store = T::Store::open_database(&db_path)?;