diff --git a/monero/backends/jsonrpc.py b/monero/backends/jsonrpc.py
index ab7fec4..1168b70 100644
--- a/monero/backends/jsonrpc.py
+++ b/monero/backends/jsonrpc.py
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ class JSONRPCDaemon(object):
                 'nonce': bhdr['nonce'],
                 'orphan': bhdr['orphan_status'],
                 'prev_hash': bhdr['prev_hash'],
-                'reward': bhdr['reward'],
+                'reward': from_atomic(bhdr['reward']),
                 'transactions': self.transactions(
                     [bhdr['miner_tx_hash']] + sub_json['tx_hashes']),
             }
diff --git a/monero/block.py b/monero/block.py
index 52c3497..3b4652a 100644
--- a/monero/block.py
+++ b/monero/block.py
@@ -25,10 +25,17 @@ class Block(object):
 
     def __init__(self, **kwargs):
         for k in ('hash', 'height', 'timestamp', 'version', 'difficulty', 'nonce', 'prev_hash', 'reward'):
-            setattr(self, k, kwargs[k])
-        self.orphan = kwargs['orphan']
-        self.transactions = kwargs['transactions']
-        self.blob = kwargs.get('blob', None)
+            setattr(self, k, kwargs.get(k, getattr(self, k)))
+        self.orphan = kwargs.get('orphan', self.orphan)
+        self.transactions = kwargs.get('transactions', self.transactions or [])
+        self.blob = kwargs.get('blob', self.blob)
+
+    def __eq__(self, other):
+        if isinstance(other, Block):
+            return self.hash == other.hash
+        elif isinstance(other, six.string_types):
+            return six.ensure_text(self.hash) == six.ensure_text(other)
+        return super(Block, self).__eq__(other)
 
     def __contains__(self, tx):
         if isinstance(tx, six.string_types):
diff --git a/tests/test_block.py b/tests/test_block.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c0d3a29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_block.py
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+from datetime import datetime
+import six
+import unittest
+
+from monero.block import Block
+from monero.numbers import from_atomic
+from monero.transaction import Transaction
+
+
+class BlockTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.tx1 = Transaction(
+            hash="7e5fea8470c5771315bab4b3c77493d2ff534f5201c7c6b2bab069cb7d21ce7b")
+        self.tx2 = Transaction(
+            hash="3a2f859dea9d2ad5ecec167719302d4e14e21beef9b74f9583183d8e965d9106")
+        self.tx3 = Transaction(
+            hash="bde2b5344b63cbe58ce1a724d0a2276aaa4266be5235d5e5fde969446c3e8de1")
+        self.tx4 = Transaction(
+            hash="24fb42f9f324082658524b29b4cf946a9f5fcfa82194070e2f17c1875e15d5d0")
+        self.block1 = Block(
+            hash="423cd4d170c53729cf25b4243ea576d1e901d86e26c06d6a7f79815f3fcb9a89",
+            height=451992,
+            difficulty=3590,
+            version= (11,12),
+            nonce=140046906,
+            orphan=False,
+            prev_hash="51f6816891b6a7adedd0f1ad57a846eada1baac476421aa9d32d0630ce3dce41",
+            reward=from_atomic(15331952645334),
+            timestamp=datetime.fromtimestamp(1573646422),
+            transactions=[self.tx1, self.tx2, self.tx3, self.tx4])
+        self.block1_duplicate = Block(
+            hash="423cd4d170c53729cf25b4243ea576d1e901d86e26c06d6a7f79815f3fcb9a89",
+            height=451992,
+            difficulty=3590,
+            version= (11,12),
+            nonce=140046906,
+            orphan=False,
+            prev_hash="51f6816891b6a7adedd0f1ad57a846eada1baac476421aa9d32d0630ce3dce41",
+            reward=from_atomic(15331952645334),
+            timestamp=datetime.fromtimestamp(1573646422),
+            transactions=[self.tx1, self.tx2, self.tx3, self.tx4])
+
+    def test_basic_ops(self):
+        self.assertIsNot(self.block1, self.block1_duplicate)
+        self.assertEqual(self.block1, self.block1_duplicate)
+        self.assertEqual(self.block1, self.block1.hash)
+        self.assertEqual(self.block1, self.block1.hash)
+        self.assertNotEqual(self.block1, 1)
+
+    def test_tx_membership(self):
+        self.assertIn(self.tx1, self.block1)
+        self.assertIn(self.tx2, self.block1)
+        self.assertIn(self.tx3, self.block1)
+        self.assertIn(self.tx4, self.block1)
+        self.assertIn(self.tx1, self.block1_duplicate)
+        self.assertIn(self.tx2, self.block1_duplicate)
+        self.assertIn(self.tx3, self.block1_duplicate)
+        self.assertIn(self.tx4, self.block1_duplicate)
+
+    def test_tx_hash_membership(self):
+        self.assertIn(self.tx1.hash, self.block1)
+        self.assertIn(self.tx2.hash, self.block1)
+        self.assertIn(self.tx3.hash, self.block1)
+        self.assertIn(self.tx4.hash, self.block1)
+        self.assertIn(self.tx1.hash, self.block1_duplicate)
+        self.assertIn(self.tx2.hash, self.block1_duplicate)
+        self.assertIn(self.tx3.hash, self.block1_duplicate)
+        self.assertIn(self.tx4.hash, self.block1_duplicate)
diff --git a/tests/test_jsonrpcdaemon.py b/tests/test_jsonrpcdaemon.py
index 677d34b..4e0e065 100644
--- a/tests/test_jsonrpcdaemon.py
+++ b/tests/test_jsonrpcdaemon.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import decimal
 import responses
 
 from monero.const import NET_STAGE
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@ class JSONRPCDaemonTestCase(JSONTestCase):
             blk.hash,
             "423cd4d170c53729cf25b4243ea576d1e901d86e26c06d6a7f79815f3fcb9a89")
         self.assertEqual(blk.height, 451992)
+        self.assertIsInstance(blk.reward, decimal.Decimal)
 
         self.assertIn("24fb42f9f324082658524b29b4cf946a9f5fcfa82194070e2f17c1875e15d5d0", blk)
         for tx in blk.transactions:
diff --git a/tests/test_transaction.py b/tests/test_transaction.py
index 35cc2d9..d39b527 100644
--- a/tests/test_transaction.py
+++ b/tests/test_transaction.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import unittest
 
 from monero.address import address
 from monero.numbers import PaymentID
-from monero.transaction import IncomingPayment, OutgoingPayment, Transaction, _ByHeight
+from monero.transaction import IncomingPayment, Transaction, _ByHeight
 
 class FiltersTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):