diff --git a/bucket_map/src/bucket.rs b/bucket_map/src/bucket.rs
index e4ec015c142909..dda1103ae15964 100644
--- a/bucket_map/src/bucket.rs
+++ b/bucket_map/src/bucket.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use {
         bucket_map::BucketMapError,
         bucket_stats::BucketMapStats,
         bucket_storage::{BucketStorage, Uid, DEFAULT_CAPACITY_POW2},
-        index_entry::IndexEntry,
+        index_entry::{IndexEntry, IndexEntrySingle},
         MaxSearch, RefCount,
     },
     rand::{thread_rng, Rng},
@@ -76,6 +76,355 @@ pub struct Bucket<T> {
     pub reallocated: Reallocated,
 }
 
+pub struct BucketSingle<T> {
+    drives: Arc<Vec<PathBuf>>,
+    //index
+    pub index: BucketStorage,
+    //random offset for the index
+    random: u64,
+    _phantom: PhantomData<T>,
+    stats: Arc<BucketMapStats>,
+
+    pub reallocated: Reallocated,
+}
+
+impl<T: Clone + Copy> BucketSingle<T> {
+    pub fn new(
+        drives: Arc<Vec<PathBuf>>,
+        max_search: MaxSearch,
+        stats: Arc<BucketMapStats>,
+        count: Arc<AtomicU64>,
+    ) -> Self {
+        let index = BucketStorage::new(
+            Arc::clone(&drives),
+            1,
+            std::mem::size_of::<IndexEntrySingle<T>>() as u64,
+            max_search,
+            Arc::clone(&stats.index),
+            count,
+        );
+        Self {
+            random: thread_rng().gen(),
+            drives,
+            index,
+            _phantom: PhantomData::default(),
+            stats,
+            reallocated: Reallocated::default(),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn keys(&self) -> Vec<Pubkey> {
+        let mut rv = vec![];
+        for i in 0..self.index.capacity() {
+            if self.index.is_free(i) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            let ix: &IndexEntrySingle<T> = self.index.get(i);
+            rv.push(ix.key);
+        }
+        rv
+    }
+
+    pub fn items_in_range<R>(&self, range: &Option<&R>) -> Vec<BucketItem<T>>
+    where
+        R: RangeBounds<Pubkey>,
+    {
+        let mut result = Vec::with_capacity(self.index.count.load(Ordering::Relaxed) as usize);
+        for i in 0..self.index.capacity() {
+            let ii = i % self.index.capacity();
+            if self.index.is_free(ii) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            let ix: &IndexEntrySingle<T> = self.index.get(ii);
+            let key = ix.key;
+            if range.map(|r| r.contains(&key)).unwrap_or(true) {
+                result.push(BucketItem {
+                    pubkey: key,
+                    ref_count: 1,
+                    slot_list: vec![], // todo val.map(|(v, _ref_count)| v.to_vec()).unwrap_or_default(),
+                });
+            }
+        }
+        result
+    }
+
+    pub fn find_entry(&self, key: &Pubkey) -> Option<(&IndexEntrySingle<T>, u64)> {
+        Self::bucket_find_entry(&self.index, key, self.random)
+    }
+
+    fn find_entry_mut<'a>(
+        &'a self,
+        key: &Pubkey,
+    ) -> Result<(bool, &'a mut IndexEntrySingle<T>, u64), BucketMapError> {
+        let ix = Self::bucket_index_ix(&self.index, key, self.random);
+        let mut first_free = None;
+        let mut m = Measure::start("bucket_find_entry_mut");
+        for i in ix..ix + self.index.max_search() {
+            let ii = i % self.index.capacity();
+            if self.index.is_free(ii) {
+                if first_free.is_none() {
+                    first_free = Some(ii);
+                }
+                continue;
+            }
+            let elem: &mut IndexEntrySingle<T> = self.index.get_mut(ii);
+            if elem.key == *key {
+                m.stop();
+                self.stats
+                    .index
+                    .find_entry_mut_us
+                    .fetch_add(m.as_us(), Ordering::Relaxed);
+                return Ok((true, elem, ii));
+            }
+        }
+        m.stop();
+        self.stats
+            .index
+            .find_entry_mut_us
+            .fetch_add(m.as_us(), Ordering::Relaxed);
+        match first_free {
+            Some(ii) => {
+                let elem: &mut IndexEntrySingle<T> = self.index.get_mut(ii);
+                Ok((false, elem, ii))
+            }
+            None => Err(self.index_no_space()),
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn bucket_find_entry<'a>(
+        index: &'a BucketStorage,
+        key: &Pubkey,
+        random: u64,
+    ) -> Option<(&'a IndexEntrySingle<T>, u64)> {
+        let ix = Self::bucket_index_ix(index, key, random);
+        for i in ix..ix + index.max_search() {
+            let ii = i % index.capacity();
+            if index.is_free(ii) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            let elem: &IndexEntrySingle<T> = index.get(ii);
+            if elem.key == *key {
+                return Some((elem, ii));
+            }
+        }
+        None
+    }
+
+    fn bucket_create_key(
+        index: &mut BucketStorage,
+        entry: &IndexEntrySingle<T>,
+        elem_uid: Uid,
+        random: u64,
+        is_resizing: bool,
+    ) -> Result<u64, BucketMapError> {
+        let mut m = Measure::start("bucket_create_key");
+        let ix = Self::bucket_index_ix(index, &entry.key, random);
+        for i in ix..ix + index.max_search() {
+            let ii = i % index.capacity();
+            if !index.is_free(ii) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            index.allocate(ii, elem_uid, is_resizing).unwrap();
+            let elem: &mut IndexEntrySingle<T> = index.get_mut(ii);
+            // These fields will be overwritten after allocation by callers.
+            // Since this part of the mmapped file could have previously been used by someone else, there can be garbage here.
+            elem.init(&entry.key, entry.info);
+            //debug!(                "INDEX ALLOC {:?} {} {} {}",                key, ii, index.capacity, elem_uid            );
+            m.stop();
+            index
+                .stats
+                .find_entry_mut_us
+                .fetch_add(m.as_us(), Ordering::Relaxed);
+            return Ok(ii);
+        }
+        m.stop();
+        index
+            .stats
+            .find_entry_mut_us
+            .fetch_add(m.as_us(), Ordering::Relaxed);
+        Err(BucketMapError::IndexNoSpace(index.capacity_pow2))
+    }
+
+    pub fn addref(&mut self, _key: &Pubkey) -> Option<RefCount> {
+        // remove
+        None
+    }
+
+    pub fn unref(&mut self, _key: &Pubkey) -> Option<RefCount> {
+        // eliminate
+        None
+    }
+
+    pub fn read_value(&self, key: &Pubkey) -> Option<&T> {
+        //debug!("READ_VALUE: {:?}", key);
+        let (elem, _) = self.find_entry(key)?;
+        Some(&elem.info)
+    }
+
+    fn index_no_space(&self) -> BucketMapError {
+        BucketMapError::IndexNoSpace(self.index.capacity_pow2)
+    }
+
+    pub fn try_write(&mut self, key: &Pubkey, data: T) -> Result<(), BucketMapError> {
+        let (found, elem, elem_ix) = self.find_entry_mut(key)?;
+        if !found {
+            let is_resizing = false;
+            let elem_uid = IndexEntry::key_uid(key);
+            self.index.allocate(elem_ix, elem_uid, is_resizing).unwrap();
+            // These fields will be overwritten after allocation by callers.
+            // Since this part of the mmapped file could have previously been used by someone else, there can be garbage here.
+            elem.init(key, data);
+        } else {
+            elem.info = data;
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    pub fn delete_key(&mut self, key: &Pubkey) {
+        if let Some((_elem, elem_ix)) = self.find_entry(key) {
+            let elem_uid = self.index.uid_unchecked(elem_ix);
+            //debug!("INDEX FREE {:?} {}", key, elem_uid);
+            self.index.free(elem_ix, elem_uid);
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn grow_index(&self, current_capacity_pow2: u8) {
+        if self.index.capacity_pow2 == current_capacity_pow2 {
+            let mut m = Measure::start("grow_index");
+            //debug!("GROW_INDEX: {}", current_capacity_pow2);
+            let increment = 1;
+            for i in increment.. {
+                //increasing the capacity by ^4 reduces the
+                //likelihood of a re-index collision of 2^(max_search)^2
+                //1 in 2^32
+                let mut index = BucketStorage::new_with_capacity(
+                    Arc::clone(&self.drives),
+                    1,
+                    std::mem::size_of::<IndexEntrySingle<T>>() as u64,
+                    // *2 causes rapid growth of index buckets
+                    self.index.capacity_pow2 + i, // * 2,
+                    self.index.max_search,
+                    Arc::clone(&self.stats.index),
+                    Arc::clone(&self.index.count),
+                );
+                let random = thread_rng().gen();
+                let mut valid = true;
+                for ix in 0..self.index.capacity() {
+                    let uid = self.index.uid(ix);
+                    if let Some(uid) = uid {
+                        let elem: &IndexEntrySingle<T> = self.index.get(ix);
+                        let new_ix = Self::bucket_create_key(&mut index, &elem, uid, random, true);
+                        if new_ix.is_err() {
+                            valid = false;
+                            break;
+                        }
+                        let new_ix = new_ix.unwrap();
+                        let new_elem: &mut IndexEntrySingle<T> = index.get_mut(new_ix);
+                        *new_elem = *elem;
+                        /*
+                        let dbg_elem: IndexEntrySingle = *new_elem;
+                        assert_eq!(
+                            Self::bucket_find_entry(&index, &elem.key, random).unwrap(),
+                            (&dbg_elem, new_ix)
+                        );
+                        */
+                    }
+                }
+                if valid {
+                    self.stats.index.update_max_size(index.capacity());
+                    let mut items = self.reallocated.items.lock().unwrap();
+                    items.index = Some((random, index));
+                    self.reallocated.add_reallocation();
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+            m.stop();
+            self.stats.index.resizes.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
+            self.stats
+                .index
+                .resize_us
+                .fetch_add(m.as_us(), Ordering::Relaxed);
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn apply_grow_index(&mut self, random: u64, index: BucketStorage) {
+        self.random = random;
+        self.index = index;
+    }
+
+    fn bucket_index_ix(index: &BucketStorage, key: &Pubkey, random: u64) -> u64 {
+        let uid = IndexEntry::key_uid(key);
+        let mut s = DefaultHasher::new();
+        uid.hash(&mut s);
+        //the locally generated random will make it hard for an attacker
+        //to deterministically cause all the pubkeys to land in the same
+        //location in any bucket on all validators
+        random.hash(&mut s);
+        let ix = s.finish();
+        ix % index.capacity()
+        //debug!(            "INDEX_IX: {:?} uid:{} loc: {} cap:{}",            key,            uid,            location,            index.capacity()        );
+    }
+
+    /// grow the appropriate piece. Note this takes an immutable ref.
+    /// The actual grow is set into self.reallocated and applied later on a write lock
+    pub fn grow(&self, err: BucketMapError) {
+        match err {
+            BucketMapError::DataNoSpace((_data_index, _current_capacity_pow2)) => {
+                //debug!("GROWING SPACE {:?}", (data_index, current_capacity_pow2));
+                unimplemented!();
+            }
+            BucketMapError::IndexNoSpace(current_capacity_pow2) => {
+                //debug!("GROWING INDEX {}", sz);
+                self.grow_index(current_capacity_pow2);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// if a bucket was resized previously with a read lock, then apply that resize now
+    pub fn handle_delayed_grows(&mut self) {
+        if self.reallocated.get_reallocated() {
+            // swap out the bucket that was resized previously with a read lock
+            let mut items = std::mem::take(&mut *self.reallocated.items.lock().unwrap());
+
+            if let Some((random, bucket)) = items.index.take() {
+                self.apply_grow_index(random, bucket);
+            } else {
+                // data bucket
+                let (_i, _new_bucket) = items.data.take().unwrap();
+                unimplemented!();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn insert(&mut self, key: &Pubkey, value: T) {
+        let new = value;
+        loop {
+            let rv = self.try_write(key, new);
+            match rv {
+                Ok(_) => return,
+                Err(err) => {
+                    self.grow(err);
+                    self.handle_delayed_grows();
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn update<F>(&mut self, key: &Pubkey, mut updatefn: F)
+    where
+        F: FnMut(Option<&T>) -> Option<T>,
+    {
+        let current = self.read_value(key);
+        let new = updatefn(current);
+        if new.is_none() {
+            self.delete_key(key);
+            return;
+        }
+        let new = new.unwrap();
+        self.insert(key, new);
+    }
+}
+
 impl<'b, T: Clone + Copy + 'b> Bucket<T> {
     pub fn new(
         drives: Arc<Vec<PathBuf>>,
diff --git a/bucket_map/src/bucket_api.rs b/bucket_map/src/bucket_api.rs
index 4f33f6e71384f8..da08ed9e84a2b6 100644
--- a/bucket_map/src/bucket_api.rs
+++ b/bucket_map/src/bucket_api.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 use {
     crate::{
-        bucket::Bucket, bucket_item::BucketItem, bucket_map::BucketMapError,
-        bucket_stats::BucketMapStats, MaxSearch, RefCount,
+        bucket::{Bucket, BucketSingle},
+        bucket_item::BucketItem,
+        bucket_map::BucketMapError,
+        bucket_stats::BucketMapStats,
+        MaxSearch, RefCount,
     },
     solana_sdk::pubkey::Pubkey,
     std::{
@@ -15,7 +18,7 @@ use {
 };
 
 type LockedBucket<T> = RwLock<Option<Bucket<T>>>;
-
+type LockedBucketSingle<T> = RwLock<Option<BucketSingle<T>>>;
 pub struct BucketApi<T: Clone + Copy> {
     drives: Arc<Vec<PathBuf>>,
     max_search: MaxSearch,
@@ -143,3 +146,128 @@ impl<T: Clone + Copy> BucketApi<T> {
             .try_write(pubkey, value.0.iter(), value.0.len(), value.1)
     }
 }
+
+pub struct BucketApiSingle<T: Clone + Copy> {
+    drives: Arc<Vec<PathBuf>>,
+    max_search: MaxSearch,
+    pub stats: Arc<BucketMapStats>,
+
+    bucket: LockedBucketSingle<T>,
+    count: Arc<AtomicU64>,
+}
+
+impl<T: Clone + Copy> BucketApiSingle<T> {
+    pub fn new(
+        drives: Arc<Vec<PathBuf>>,
+        max_search: MaxSearch,
+        stats: Arc<BucketMapStats>,
+    ) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            drives,
+            max_search,
+            stats,
+            bucket: RwLock::default(),
+            count: Arc::default(),
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Get the items for bucket
+    pub fn items_in_range<R>(&self, range: &Option<&R>) -> Vec<BucketItem<T>>
+    where
+        R: RangeBounds<Pubkey>,
+    {
+        self.bucket
+            .read()
+            .unwrap()
+            .as_ref()
+            .map(|bucket| bucket.items_in_range(range))
+            .unwrap_or_default()
+    }
+
+    /// Get the Pubkeys
+    pub fn keys(&self) -> Vec<Pubkey> {
+        self.bucket
+            .read()
+            .unwrap()
+            .as_ref()
+            .map_or_else(Vec::default, |bucket| bucket.keys())
+    }
+
+    /// Get the values for Pubkey `key`
+    pub fn read_value(&self, key: &Pubkey) -> Option<(Vec<T>, RefCount)> {
+        self.bucket
+            .read()
+            .unwrap()
+            .as_ref()
+            .and_then(|bucket| bucket.read_value(key).map(|value| (vec![*value], 1)))
+    }
+
+    pub fn bucket_len(&self) -> u64 {
+        self.count.load(Ordering::Relaxed)
+    }
+
+    pub fn delete_key(&self, key: &Pubkey) {
+        let mut bucket = self.get_write_bucket();
+        if let Some(bucket) = bucket.as_mut() {
+            bucket.delete_key(key)
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn get_write_bucket(&self) -> RwLockWriteGuard<Option<BucketSingle<T>>> {
+        let mut bucket = self.bucket.write().unwrap();
+        if bucket.is_none() {
+            *bucket = Some(BucketSingle::new(
+                Arc::clone(&self.drives),
+                self.max_search,
+                Arc::clone(&self.stats),
+                Arc::clone(&self.count),
+            ));
+        } else {
+            let write = bucket.as_mut().unwrap();
+            write.handle_delayed_grows();
+        }
+        bucket
+    }
+
+    pub fn addref(&self, key: &Pubkey) -> Option<RefCount> {
+        self.get_write_bucket()
+            .as_mut()
+            .and_then(|bucket| bucket.addref(key))
+    }
+
+    pub fn unref(&self, key: &Pubkey) -> Option<RefCount> {
+        self.get_write_bucket()
+            .as_mut()
+            .and_then(|bucket| bucket.unref(key))
+    }
+
+    pub fn insert(&self, pubkey: &Pubkey, value: (&[T], RefCount)) {
+        let mut bucket = self.get_write_bucket();
+        bucket.as_mut().unwrap().insert(pubkey, value.0[0])
+    }
+
+    pub fn grow(&self, err: BucketMapError) {
+        // grows are special - they get a read lock and modify 'reallocated'
+        // the grown changes are applied the next time there is a write lock taken
+        if let Some(bucket) = self.bucket.read().unwrap().as_ref() {
+            bucket.grow(err)
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn update<F>(&self, key: &Pubkey, updatefn: F)
+    where
+        F: FnMut(Option<&T>) -> Option<T>,
+    {
+        let mut bucket = self.get_write_bucket();
+        bucket.as_mut().unwrap().update(key, updatefn)
+    }
+
+    pub fn try_write(
+        &self,
+        pubkey: &Pubkey,
+        value: (&[T], RefCount),
+    ) -> Result<(), BucketMapError> {
+        let mut bucket = self.get_write_bucket();
+        bucket.as_mut().unwrap().try_write(pubkey, value.0[0])
+    }
+}
diff --git a/bucket_map/src/bucket_map.rs b/bucket_map/src/bucket_map.rs
index bad5cec5a2ed44..ecfd1ee43a2154 100644
--- a/bucket_map/src/bucket_map.rs
+++ b/bucket_map/src/bucket_map.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 //! BucketMap is a mostly contention free concurrent map backed by MmapMut
 
 use {
-    crate::{bucket_api::BucketApi, bucket_stats::BucketMapStats, MaxSearch, RefCount},
+    crate::{
+        bucket_api::{BucketApi, BucketApiSingle},
+        bucket_stats::BucketMapStats,
+        MaxSearch, RefCount,
+    },
     solana_sdk::pubkey::Pubkey,
     std::{convert::TryInto, fmt::Debug, fs, path::PathBuf, sync::Arc},
     tempfile::TempDir,
@@ -33,6 +37,14 @@ pub struct BucketMap<T: Clone + Copy + Debug> {
     pub temp_dir: Option<TempDir>,
 }
 
+pub struct BucketMapSingle<T: Clone + Copy + Debug> {
+    buckets: Vec<Arc<BucketApiSingle<T>>>,
+    drives: Arc<Vec<PathBuf>>,
+    max_buckets_pow2: u8,
+    pub stats: Arc<BucketMapStats>,
+    pub temp_dir: Option<TempDir>,
+}
+
 impl<T: Clone + Copy + Debug> Drop for BucketMap<T> {
     fn drop(&mut self) {
         if self.temp_dir.is_none() {
@@ -47,6 +59,20 @@ impl<T: Clone + Copy + Debug> std::fmt::Debug for BucketMap<T> {
     }
 }
 
+impl<T: Clone + Copy + Debug> Drop for BucketMapSingle<T> {
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+        if self.temp_dir.is_none() {
+            BucketMapSingle::<T>::erase_previous_drives(&self.drives);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T: Clone + Copy + Debug> std::fmt::Debug for BucketMapSingle<T> {
+    fn fmt(&self, _f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub enum BucketMapError {
     /// (bucket_index, current_capacity_pow2)
@@ -174,6 +200,125 @@ impl<T: Clone + Copy + Debug> BucketMap<T> {
     }
 }
 
+impl<T: Clone + Copy + Debug> BucketMapSingle<T> {
+    pub fn new(config: BucketMapConfig) -> Self {
+        assert_ne!(
+            config.max_buckets, 0,
+            "Max number of buckets must be non-zero"
+        );
+        assert!(
+            config.max_buckets.is_power_of_two(),
+            "Max number of buckets must be a power of two"
+        );
+        // this should be <= 1 << DEFAULT_CAPACITY or we end up searching the same items over and over - probably not a big deal since it is so small anyway
+        const MAX_SEARCH: MaxSearch = 32;
+        let max_search = config.max_search.unwrap_or(MAX_SEARCH);
+
+        if let Some(drives) = config.drives.as_ref() {
+            Self::erase_previous_drives(drives);
+        }
+        let mut temp_dir = None;
+        let drives = config.drives.unwrap_or_else(|| {
+            temp_dir = Some(TempDir::new().unwrap());
+            vec![temp_dir.as_ref().unwrap().path().to_path_buf()]
+        });
+        let drives = Arc::new(drives);
+
+        let stats = Arc::default();
+        let buckets = (0..config.max_buckets)
+            .map(|_| {
+                Arc::new(BucketApiSingle::new(
+                    Arc::clone(&drives),
+                    max_search,
+                    Arc::clone(&stats),
+                ))
+            })
+            .collect();
+
+        // A simple log2 function that is correct if x is a power of two
+        let log2 = |x: usize| usize::BITS - x.leading_zeros() - 1;
+
+        Self {
+            buckets,
+            drives,
+            max_buckets_pow2: log2(config.max_buckets) as u8,
+            stats,
+            temp_dir,
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn erase_previous_drives(drives: &[PathBuf]) {
+        drives.iter().for_each(|folder| {
+            let _ = fs::remove_dir_all(folder);
+            let _ = fs::create_dir_all(folder);
+        })
+    }
+
+    pub fn num_buckets(&self) -> usize {
+        self.buckets.len()
+    }
+
+    /// Get the values for Pubkey `key`
+    pub fn read_value(&self, key: &Pubkey) -> Option<(Vec<T>, RefCount)> {
+        self.get_bucket(key).read_value(key)
+    }
+
+    /// Delete the Pubkey `key`
+    pub fn delete_key(&self, key: &Pubkey) {
+        self.get_bucket(key).delete_key(key);
+    }
+
+    /// Update Pubkey `key`'s value with 'value'
+    pub fn insert(&self, key: &Pubkey, value: (&[T], RefCount)) {
+        self.get_bucket(key).insert(key, value)
+    }
+
+    /// Update Pubkey `key`'s value with 'value'
+    pub fn try_insert(&self, key: &Pubkey, value: (&[T], RefCount)) -> Result<(), BucketMapError> {
+        self.get_bucket(key).try_write(key, value)
+    }
+
+    /// Update Pubkey `key`'s value with function `updatefn`
+    pub fn update<F>(&self, key: &Pubkey, updatefn: F)
+    where
+        F: FnMut(Option<&T>) -> Option<T>,
+    {
+        self.get_bucket(key).update(key, updatefn)
+    }
+
+    pub fn get_bucket(&self, key: &Pubkey) -> &Arc<BucketApiSingle<T>> {
+        self.get_bucket_from_index(self.bucket_ix(key))
+    }
+
+    pub fn get_bucket_from_index(&self, ix: usize) -> &Arc<BucketApiSingle<T>> {
+        &self.buckets[ix]
+    }
+
+    /// Get the bucket index for Pubkey `key`
+    pub fn bucket_ix(&self, key: &Pubkey) -> usize {
+        if self.max_buckets_pow2 > 0 {
+            let location = read_be_u64(key.as_ref());
+            (location >> (u64::BITS - self.max_buckets_pow2 as u32)) as usize
+        } else {
+            0
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Increment the refcount for Pubkey `key`
+    pub fn addref(&self, key: &Pubkey) -> Option<RefCount> {
+        let ix = self.bucket_ix(key);
+        let bucket = &self.buckets[ix];
+        bucket.addref(key)
+    }
+
+    /// Decrement the refcount for Pubkey `key`
+    pub fn unref(&self, key: &Pubkey) -> Option<RefCount> {
+        let ix = self.bucket_ix(key);
+        let bucket = &self.buckets[ix];
+        bucket.unref(key)
+    }
+}
+
 /// Look at the first 8 bytes of the input and reinterpret them as a u64
 fn read_be_u64(input: &[u8]) -> u64 {
     assert!(input.len() >= std::mem::size_of::<u64>());
diff --git a/bucket_map/src/index_entry.rs b/bucket_map/src/index_entry.rs
index 91e77ac8c78c93..db21d702cbbc01 100644
--- a/bucket_map/src/index_entry.rs
+++ b/bucket_map/src/index_entry.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,15 @@ use {
     },
 };
 
+#[repr(C)]
+#[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
+// one instance of this per item in the index
+// stored in the index bucket
+pub struct IndexEntrySingle<T> {
+    pub key: Pubkey, // can this be smaller if we have reduced the keys into buckets already?
+    pub info: T,
+}
+
 #[repr(C)]
 #[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
 // one instance of this per item in the index
@@ -36,6 +45,13 @@ struct PackedStorage {
     offset: B56,
 }
 
+impl<T> IndexEntrySingle<T> {
+    pub fn init(&mut self, pubkey: &Pubkey, info: T) {
+        self.key = *pubkey;
+        self.info = info;
+    }
+}
+
 impl IndexEntry {
     pub fn init(&mut self, pubkey: &Pubkey) {
         self.key = *pubkey;