diff --git a/baseapp/abci.go b/baseapp/abci.go
index 52661b30a..fed748722 100644
--- a/baseapp/abci.go
+++ b/baseapp/abci.go
@@ -6,13 +6,14 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/tasks"
 	"os"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
 	"syscall"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/tasks"
+
 	"github.com/armon/go-metrics"
 	"github.com/gogo/protobuf/proto"
 	abci "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/abci/types"
@@ -237,15 +238,13 @@ func (app *BaseApp) CheckTx(ctx context.Context, req *abci.RequestCheckTx) (*abc
 
 // DeliverTxBatch executes multiple txs
 func (app *BaseApp) DeliverTxBatch(ctx sdk.Context, req sdk.DeliverTxBatchRequest) (res sdk.DeliverTxBatchResponse) {
-	reqList := make([]abci.RequestDeliverTx, 0, len(req.TxEntries))
-	for _, tx := range req.TxEntries {
-		reqList = append(reqList, tx.Request)
-	}
-
 	scheduler := tasks.NewScheduler(app.concurrencyWorkers, app.DeliverTx)
-	txRes, err := scheduler.ProcessAll(ctx, reqList)
+	// This will basically no-op the actual prefill if the metadata for the txs is empty
+
+	// process all txs, this will also initializes the MVS if prefill estimates was disabled
+	txRes, err := scheduler.ProcessAll(ctx, req.TxEntries)
 	if err != nil {
-		//TODO: handle error
+		// TODO: handle error
 	}
 
 	responses := make([]*sdk.DeliverTxResult, 0, len(req.TxEntries))
diff --git a/tasks/scheduler.go b/tasks/scheduler.go
index 12179295e..095deb545 100644
--- a/tasks/scheduler.go
+++ b/tasks/scheduler.go
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ func (dt *deliverTxTask) Increment() {
 
 // Scheduler processes tasks concurrently
 type Scheduler interface {
-	ProcessAll(ctx sdk.Context, reqs []types.RequestDeliverTx) ([]types.ResponseDeliverTx, error)
+	ProcessAll(ctx sdk.Context, reqs []*sdk.DeliverTxEntry) ([]types.ResponseDeliverTx, error)
 }
 
 type scheduler struct {
@@ -99,11 +99,11 @@ func (s *scheduler) findConflicts(task *deliverTxTask) (bool, []int) {
 	return valid, conflicts
 }
 
-func toTasks(reqs []types.RequestDeliverTx) []*deliverTxTask {
+func toTasks(reqs []*sdk.DeliverTxEntry) []*deliverTxTask {
 	res := make([]*deliverTxTask, 0, len(reqs))
 	for idx, r := range reqs {
 		res = append(res, &deliverTxTask{
-			Request: r,
+			Request: r.Request,
 			Index:   idx,
 			Status:  statusPending,
 		})
@@ -119,7 +119,10 @@ func collectResponses(tasks []*deliverTxTask) []types.ResponseDeliverTx {
 	return res
 }
 
-func (s *scheduler) initMultiVersionStore(ctx sdk.Context) {
+func (s *scheduler) tryInitMultiVersionStore(ctx sdk.Context) {
+	if s.multiVersionStores != nil {
+		return
+	}
 	mvs := make(map[sdk.StoreKey]multiversion.MultiVersionStore)
 	keys := ctx.MultiStore().StoreKeys()
 	for _, sk := range keys {
@@ -146,8 +149,23 @@ func allValidated(tasks []*deliverTxTask) bool {
 	return true
 }
 
-func (s *scheduler) ProcessAll(ctx sdk.Context, reqs []types.RequestDeliverTx) ([]types.ResponseDeliverTx, error) {
-	s.initMultiVersionStore(ctx)
+func (s *scheduler) PrefillEstimates(ctx sdk.Context, reqs []*sdk.DeliverTxEntry) {
+	// iterate over TXs, update estimated writesets where applicable
+	for i, req := range reqs {
+		mappedWritesets := req.EstimatedWritesets
+		// order shouldnt matter for storeKeys because each storeKey partitioned MVS is independent
+		for storeKey, writeset := range mappedWritesets {
+			// we use `-1` to indicate a prefill incarnation
+			s.multiVersionStores[storeKey].SetEstimatedWriteset(i, -1, writeset)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func (s *scheduler) ProcessAll(ctx sdk.Context, reqs []*sdk.DeliverTxEntry) ([]types.ResponseDeliverTx, error) {
+	// initialize mutli-version stores if they haven't been initialized yet
+	s.tryInitMultiVersionStore(ctx)
+	// prefill estimates
+	s.PrefillEstimates(ctx, reqs)
 	tasks := toTasks(reqs)
 	toExecute := tasks
 	for !allValidated(tasks) {
diff --git a/tasks/scheduler_test.go b/tasks/scheduler_test.go
index a2c861f44..5cf2be6ba 100644
--- a/tasks/scheduler_test.go
+++ b/tasks/scheduler_test.go
@@ -4,9 +4,10 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/store/cachemulti"
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/store/cachemulti"
+
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/abci/types"
 	dbm "github.com/tendermint/tm-db"
@@ -21,12 +22,15 @@ type mockDeliverTxFunc func(ctx sdk.Context, req types.RequestDeliverTx) types.R
 var testStoreKey = sdk.NewKVStoreKey("mock")
 var itemKey = []byte("key")
 
-func requestList(n int) []types.RequestDeliverTx {
-	tasks := make([]types.RequestDeliverTx, n)
+func requestList(n int) []*sdk.DeliverTxEntry {
+	tasks := make([]*sdk.DeliverTxEntry, n)
 	for i := 0; i < n; i++ {
-		tasks[i] = types.RequestDeliverTx{
-			Tx: []byte(fmt.Sprintf("%d", i)),
+		tasks[i] = &sdk.DeliverTxEntry{
+			Request: types.RequestDeliverTx{
+				Tx: []byte(fmt.Sprintf("%d", i)),
+			},
 		}
+
 	}
 	return tasks
 }
@@ -51,7 +55,7 @@ func TestProcessAll(t *testing.T) {
 		name          string
 		workers       int
 		runs          int
-		requests      []types.RequestDeliverTx
+		requests      []*sdk.DeliverTxEntry
 		deliverTxFunc mockDeliverTxFunc
 		addStores     bool
 		expectedErr   error
diff --git a/types/tx_batch.go b/types/tx_batch.go
index a54742fae..b053aa5fa 100644
--- a/types/tx_batch.go
+++ b/types/tx_batch.go
@@ -1,13 +1,20 @@
 package types
 
-import abci "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/abci/types"
+import (
+	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/store/multiversion"
+	abci "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/abci/types"
+)
 
 // DeliverTxEntry represents an individual transaction's request within a batch.
 // This can be extended to include tx-level tracing or metadata
 type DeliverTxEntry struct {
-	Request abci.RequestDeliverTx
+	Request            abci.RequestDeliverTx
+	EstimatedWritesets MappedWritesets
 }
 
+// EstimatedWritesets represents an estimated writeset for a transaction mapped by storekey to the writeset estimate.
+type MappedWritesets map[StoreKey]multiversion.WriteSet
+
 // DeliverTxBatchRequest represents a request object for a batch of transactions.
 // This can be extended to include request-level tracing or metadata
 type DeliverTxBatchRequest struct {