diff --git a/baseapp/abci.go b/baseapp/abci.go
index b70874ace..8ae2ab157 100644
--- a/baseapp/abci.go
+++ b/baseapp/abci.go
@@ -240,6 +240,8 @@ func (app *BaseApp) CheckTx(ctx context.Context, req *abci.RequestCheckTx) (*abc
 // Otherwise, the ResponseDeliverTx will contain releveant error information.
 // Regardless of tx execution outcome, the ResponseDeliverTx will contain relevant
 // gas execution context.
+// TODO: (occ) this is the function called from sei-chain to perform execution of a transaction.
+// We'd likely replace this with an execution task that is scheduled by the OCC scheduler
 func (app *BaseApp) DeliverTx(ctx sdk.Context, req abci.RequestDeliverTx) (res abci.ResponseDeliverTx) {
 	defer telemetry.MeasureSince(time.Now(), "abci", "deliver_tx")
 	defer func() {
diff --git a/baseapp/baseapp.go b/baseapp/baseapp.go
index ea9c31134..b4146226d 100644
--- a/baseapp/baseapp.go
+++ b/baseapp/baseapp.go
@@ -795,6 +795,7 @@ func (app *BaseApp) getContextForTx(mode runTxMode, txBytes []byte) sdk.Context
 
 // cacheTxContext returns a new context based off of the provided context with
 // a branched multi-store.
+// TODO: (occ) This is an example of where we wrap the multistore with a cache multistore, and then return a modified context using that multistore
 func (app *BaseApp) cacheTxContext(ctx sdk.Context, txBytes []byte) (sdk.Context, sdk.CacheMultiStore) {
 	ms := ctx.MultiStore()
 	// TODO: https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/issues/2824
@@ -948,6 +949,7 @@ func (app *BaseApp) runTx(ctx sdk.Context, mode runTxMode, txBytes []byte) (gInf
 			storeAccessOpEvents := msCache.GetEvents()
 			accessOps := ctx.TxMsgAccessOps()[acltypes.ANTE_MSG_INDEX]
 
+			// TODO: (occ) This is an example of where we do our current validation. Note that this validation operates on the declared dependencies for a TX / antehandler + the utilized dependencies, whereas the validation
 			missingAccessOps := ctx.MsgValidator().ValidateAccessOperations(accessOps, storeAccessOpEvents)
 			if len(missingAccessOps) != 0 {
 				for op := range missingAccessOps {
@@ -1092,6 +1094,8 @@ func (app *BaseApp) runMsgs(ctx sdk.Context, msgs []sdk.Msg, mode runTxMode) (*s
 		storeAccessOpEvents := msgMsCache.GetEvents()
 		accessOps := ctx.TxMsgAccessOps()[i]
 		missingAccessOps := ctx.MsgValidator().ValidateAccessOperations(accessOps, storeAccessOpEvents)
+		// TODO: (occ) This is where we are currently validating our per message dependencies,
+		// whereas validation will be done holistically based on the mvkv for OCC approach
 		if len(missingAccessOps) != 0 {
 			for op := range missingAccessOps {
 				ctx.Logger().Info((fmt.Sprintf("eventMsgName=%s Missing Access Operation:%s ", eventMsgName, op.String())))
diff --git a/store/cachekv/store.go b/store/cachekv/store.go
index f9dee6cbb..0317f03cf 100644
--- a/store/cachekv/store.go
+++ b/store/cachekv/store.go
@@ -176,6 +176,8 @@ func (store *Store) iterator(start, end []byte, ascending bool) types.Iterator {
 	defer store.mtx.Unlock()
 	// TODO: (occ) Note that for iterators, we'll need to have special handling (discussed in RFC) to ensure proper validation
 
+	// TODO: (occ) Note that for iterators, we'll need to have special handling (discussed in RFC) to ensure proper validation
+
 	var parent, cache types.Iterator
 
 	if ascending {