diff --git a/src/test/base58_tests.cpp b/src/test/base58_tests.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c7fa74e96d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/base58_tests.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+#include <boost/test/unit_test.hpp>
+
+#include "../util.h"
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE(base58_tests)
+
+// TODO:
+// EncodeBase58Check
+// DecodeBase58Check
+// CBase58Data
+//    bool SetString(const char* psz)
+    // bool SetString(const std::string& str)
+    // std::string ToString() const
+    // int CompareTo(const CBase58Data& b58) const
+    // bool operator==(const CBase58Data& b58) const
+    // bool operator<=(const CBase58Data& b58) const
+    // bool operator>=(const CBase58Data& b58) const
+    // bool operator< (const CBase58Data& b58) const
+    // bool operator> (const CBase58Data& b58) const
+
+// CBitcoinAddress
+    // bool SetHash160(const uint160& hash160)
+    // bool SetPubKey(const std::vector<unsigned char>& vchPubKey)
+    // bool IsValid() const
+    // CBitcoinAddress()
+    // CBitcoinAddress(uint160 hash160In)
+    // CBitcoinAddress(const std::vector<unsigned char>& vchPubKey)
+    // CBitcoinAddress(const std::string& strAddress)
+    // CBitcoinAddress(const char* pszAddress)
+    // uint160 GetHash160() const
+
+#define U(x) (reinterpret_cast<const unsigned char*>(x))
+static struct {
+    const unsigned char *data;
+    int size;
+} vstrIn[] = {
+{U(""), 0},
+{U("\x61"), 1},
+{U("\x62\x62\x62"), 3},
+{U("\x63\x63\x63"), 3},
+{U("\x73\x69\x6d\x70\x6c\x79\x20\x61\x20\x6c\x6f\x6e\x67\x20\x73\x74\x72\x69\x6e\x67"), 20},
+{U("\x00\xeb\x15\x23\x1d\xfc\xeb\x60\x92\x58\x86\xb6\x7d\x06\x52\x99\x92\x59\x15\xae\xb1\x72\xc0\x66\x47"), 25},
+{U("\x51\x6b\x6f\xcd\x0f"), 5},
+{U("\xbf\x4f\x89\x00\x1e\x67\x02\x74\xdd"), 9},
+{U("\x57\x2e\x47\x94"), 4},
+{U("\xec\xac\x89\xca\xd9\x39\x23\xc0\x23\x21"), 10},
+{U("\x10\xc8\x51\x1e"), 4},
+{U("\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00"), 10},
+};
+
+const char *vstrOut[] = {
+"",
+"2g",
+"a3gV",
+"aPEr",
+"2cFupjhnEsSn59qHXstmK2ffpLv2",
+"1NS17iag9jJgTHD1VXjvLCEnZuQ3rJDE9L",
+"ABnLTmg",
+"3SEo3LWLoPntC",
+"3EFU7m",
+"EJDM8drfXA6uyA",
+"Rt5zm",
+"1111111111"
+};
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(base58_EncodeBase58)
+{
+    for (int i=0; i<sizeof(vstrIn)/sizeof(vstrIn[0]); i++)
+    {
+        BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(EncodeBase58(vstrIn[i].data, vstrIn[i].data + vstrIn[i].size), vstrOut[i]);
+    }
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(base58_DecodeBase58)
+{
+    std::vector<unsigned char> result;
+    for (int i=0; i<sizeof(vstrIn)/sizeof(vstrIn[0]); i++)
+    {
+        std::vector<unsigned char> expected(vstrIn[i].data, vstrIn[i].data + vstrIn[i].size);
+        BOOST_CHECK(DecodeBase58(vstrOut[i], result));
+        BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL_COLLECTIONS(result.begin(), result.end(), expected.begin(), expected.end());
+    }
+    BOOST_CHECK(!DecodeBase58("invalid", result));
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE_END()
+
diff --git a/src/test/test_bitcoin.cpp b/src/test/test_bitcoin.cpp
index a42ad7524f..4f98a93c19 100644
--- a/src/test/test_bitcoin.cpp
+++ b/src/test/test_bitcoin.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 #include "transaction_tests.cpp"
 #include "DoS_tests.cpp"
 #include "base64_tests.cpp"
+#include "util_tests.cpp"
+#include "base58_tests.cpp"
 
 CWallet* pwalletMain;
 
diff --git a/src/test/util_tests.cpp b/src/test/util_tests.cpp
index 337d901277..350763ee10 100644
--- a/src/test/util_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/test/util_tests.cpp
@@ -12,25 +12,203 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(util_MedianFilter)
 {    
     CMedianFilter<int> filter(5, 15);
 
-    BOOST_CHECK(filter.median() == 15);
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(filter.median(), 15);
 
     filter.input(20); // [15 20]
-    BOOST_CHECK(filter.median() == 17);
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(filter.median(), 17);
 
     filter.input(30); // [15 20 30]
-    BOOST_CHECK(filter.median() == 20);
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(filter.median(), 20);
 
     filter.input(3); // [3 15 20 30]
-    BOOST_CHECK(filter.median() == 17);
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(filter.median(), 17);
 
     filter.input(7); // [3 7 15 20 30]
-    BOOST_CHECK(filter.median() == 15);
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(filter.median(), 15);
 
     filter.input(18); // [3 7 18 20 30]
-    BOOST_CHECK(filter.median() == 18);
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(filter.median(), 18);
 
     filter.input(0); // [0 3 7 18 30]
-    BOOST_CHECK(filter.median() == 7);
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(filter.median(), 7);
+}
+
+static const unsigned char ParseHex_expected[65] = {
+    0x04, 0x67, 0x8a, 0xfd, 0xb0, 0xfe, 0x55, 0x48, 0x27, 0x19, 0x67, 0xf1, 0xa6, 0x71, 0x30, 0xb7, 
+    0x10, 0x5c, 0xd6, 0xa8, 0x28, 0xe0, 0x39, 0x09, 0xa6, 0x79, 0x62, 0xe0, 0xea, 0x1f, 0x61, 0xde, 
+    0xb6, 0x49, 0xf6, 0xbc, 0x3f, 0x4c, 0xef, 0x38, 0xc4, 0xf3, 0x55, 0x04, 0xe5, 0x1e, 0xc1, 0x12, 
+    0xde, 0x5c, 0x38, 0x4d, 0xf7, 0xba, 0x0b, 0x8d, 0x57, 0x8a, 0x4c, 0x70, 0x2b, 0x6b, 0xf1, 0x1d, 
+    0x5f
+};
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(util_ParseHex)
+{
+    std::vector<unsigned char> result;
+    std::vector<unsigned char> expected(ParseHex_expected, ParseHex_expected + sizeof(ParseHex_expected));
+    // Basic test vector
+    result = ParseHex("04678afdb0fe5548271967f1a67130b7105cd6a828e03909a67962e0ea1f61deb649f6bc3f4cef38c4f35504e51ec112de5c384df7ba0b8d578a4c702b6bf11d5f");
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL_COLLECTIONS(result.begin(), result.end(), expected.begin(), expected.end());
+
+    // Spaces between bytes must be supported
+    result = ParseHex("12 34 56 78");
+    BOOST_CHECK(result.size() == 4 && result[0] == 0x12 && result[1] == 0x34 && result[2] == 0x56 && result[3] == 0x78);
+
+    // Stop parsing at invalid value
+    result = ParseHex("1234 invalid 1234");
+    BOOST_CHECK(result.size() == 2 && result[0] == 0x12 && result[1] == 0x34);
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(util_HexStr)
+{
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(
+        HexStr(ParseHex_expected, ParseHex_expected + sizeof(ParseHex_expected)),
+        "04678afdb0fe5548271967f1a67130b7105cd6a828e03909a67962e0ea1f61deb649f6bc3f4cef38c4f35504e51ec112de5c384df7ba0b8d578a4c702b6bf11d5f");
+
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(
+        HexStr(ParseHex_expected, ParseHex_expected + 5, true),
+        "04 67 8a fd b0");
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(util_DateTimeStrFormat)
+{
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(DateTimeStrFormat("%x %H:%M:%S", 0), "01/01/70 00:00:00");
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(DateTimeStrFormat("%x %H:%M:%S", 0x7FFFFFFF), "01/19/38 03:14:07");
+    // Formats used within bitcoin
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(DateTimeStrFormat("%x %H:%M:%S", 1317425777), "09/30/11 23:36:17");
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(DateTimeStrFormat("%x %H:%M", 1317425777), "09/30/11 23:36");
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(util_ParseParameters)
+{
+    const char *argv_test[] = {"-ignored", "-a", "-b", "-ccc=argument", "-ccc=multiple", "f", "-d=e"};
+
+    ParseParameters(0, (char**)argv_test);
+    BOOST_CHECK(mapArgs.empty() && mapMultiArgs.empty());
+
+    ParseParameters(1, (char**)argv_test);
+    BOOST_CHECK(mapArgs.empty() && mapMultiArgs.empty());
+
+    ParseParameters(5, (char**)argv_test);
+    // expectation: -ignored is ignored (program name argument), 
+    // -a, -b and -ccc end up in map, -d ignored because it is after
+    // a non-option argument (non-GNU option parsing)
+    BOOST_CHECK(mapArgs.size() == 3 && mapMultiArgs.size() == 3);
+    BOOST_CHECK(mapArgs.count("-a") && mapArgs.count("-b") && mapArgs.count("-ccc") 
+                && !mapArgs.count("f") && !mapArgs.count("-d"));
+    BOOST_CHECK(mapMultiArgs.count("-a") && mapMultiArgs.count("-b") && mapMultiArgs.count("-ccc") 
+                && !mapMultiArgs.count("f") && !mapMultiArgs.count("-d"));
+
+    BOOST_CHECK(mapArgs["-a"] == "" && mapArgs["-ccc"] == "multiple");
+    BOOST_CHECK(mapMultiArgs["-ccc"].size() == 2);
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(util_GetArg)
+{
+    mapArgs.clear();
+    mapArgs["strtest1"] = "string...";
+    // strtest2 undefined on purpose
+    mapArgs["inttest1"] = "12345";
+    mapArgs["inttest2"] = "81985529216486895";
+    // inttest3 undefined on purpose
+    mapArgs["booltest1"] = "";
+    // booltest2 undefined on purpose
+    mapArgs["booltest3"] = "0";
+    mapArgs["booltest4"] = "1";
+
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(GetArg("strtest1", "default"), "string...");
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(GetArg("strtest2", "default"), "default");
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(GetArg("inttest1", -1), 12345);
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(GetArg("inttest2", -1), 81985529216486895);
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(GetArg("inttest3", -1), -1);
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(GetBoolArg("booltest1"), true);
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(GetBoolArg("booltest2"), false);
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(GetBoolArg("booltest3"), false);
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(GetBoolArg("booltest4"), true);
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(util_WildcardMatch)
+{
+    BOOST_CHECK(WildcardMatch("127.0.0.1", "*"));
+    BOOST_CHECK(WildcardMatch("127.0.0.1", "127.*"));
+    BOOST_CHECK(WildcardMatch("abcdef", "a?cde?"));
+    BOOST_CHECK(!WildcardMatch("abcdef", "a?cde??"));
+    BOOST_CHECK(WildcardMatch("abcdef", "a*f"));
+    BOOST_CHECK(!WildcardMatch("abcdef", "a*x"));
+    BOOST_CHECK(WildcardMatch("", "*"));
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(util_FormatMoney)
+{
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(FormatMoney(0, false), "0.00");
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(FormatMoney((COIN/10000)*123456789, false), "12345.6789");
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(FormatMoney(COIN, true), "+1.00");
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(FormatMoney(-COIN, false), "-1.00");
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(FormatMoney(-COIN, true), "-1.00");
+
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(FormatMoney(COIN*100000000, false), "100000000.00");
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(FormatMoney(COIN*10000000, false), "10000000.00");
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(FormatMoney(COIN*1000000, false), "1000000.00");
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(FormatMoney(COIN*100000, false), "100000.00");
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(FormatMoney(COIN*10000, false), "10000.00");
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(FormatMoney(COIN*1000, false), "1000.00");
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(FormatMoney(COIN*100, false), "100.00");
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(FormatMoney(COIN*10, false), "10.00");
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(FormatMoney(COIN, false), "1.00");
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(FormatMoney(COIN/10, false), "0.10");
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(FormatMoney(COIN/100, false), "0.01");
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(FormatMoney(COIN/1000, false), "0.001");
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(FormatMoney(COIN/10000, false), "0.0001");
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(FormatMoney(COIN/100000, false), "0.00001");
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(FormatMoney(COIN/1000000, false), "0.000001");
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(FormatMoney(COIN/10000000, false), "0.0000001");
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(FormatMoney(COIN/100000000, false), "0.00000001");
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(util_ParseMoney)
+{
+    int64 ret = 0;
+    BOOST_CHECK(ParseMoney("0.0", ret));
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(ret, 0);
+
+    BOOST_CHECK(ParseMoney("12345.6789", ret));
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(ret, (COIN/10000)*123456789);
+
+    BOOST_CHECK(ParseMoney("100000000.00", ret));
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(ret, COIN*100000000);
+    BOOST_CHECK(ParseMoney("10000000.00", ret));
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(ret, COIN*10000000);
+    BOOST_CHECK(ParseMoney("1000000.00", ret));
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(ret, COIN*1000000);
+    BOOST_CHECK(ParseMoney("100000.00", ret));
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(ret, COIN*100000);
+    BOOST_CHECK(ParseMoney("10000.00", ret));
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(ret, COIN*10000);
+    BOOST_CHECK(ParseMoney("1000.00", ret));
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(ret, COIN*1000);
+    BOOST_CHECK(ParseMoney("100.00", ret));
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(ret, COIN*100);
+    BOOST_CHECK(ParseMoney("10.00", ret));
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(ret, COIN*10);
+    BOOST_CHECK(ParseMoney("1.00", ret));
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(ret, COIN);
+    BOOST_CHECK(ParseMoney("0.1", ret));
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(ret, COIN/10);
+    BOOST_CHECK(ParseMoney("0.01", ret));
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(ret, COIN/100);
+    BOOST_CHECK(ParseMoney("0.001", ret));
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(ret, COIN/1000);
+    BOOST_CHECK(ParseMoney("0.0001", ret));
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(ret, COIN/10000);
+    BOOST_CHECK(ParseMoney("0.00001", ret));
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(ret, COIN/100000);
+    BOOST_CHECK(ParseMoney("0.000001", ret));
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(ret, COIN/1000000);
+    BOOST_CHECK(ParseMoney("0.0000001", ret));
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(ret, COIN/10000000);
+    BOOST_CHECK(ParseMoney("0.00000001", ret));
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(ret, COIN/100000000);
+
+    // Attempted 63 bit overflow should fail
+    BOOST_CHECK(!ParseMoney("92233720368.54775808", ret));
 }
 
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE_END()
diff --git a/src/util.cpp b/src/util.cpp
index fb648a9721..02e2d21491 100644
--- a/src/util.cpp
+++ b/src/util.cpp
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ bool ParseMoney(const char* pszIn, int64& nRet)
     for (; *p; p++)
         if (!isspace(*p))
             return false;
-    if (strWhole.size() > 14)
+    if (strWhole.size() > 10) // guard against 63 bit overflow
         return false;
     if (nUnits < 0 || nUnits > COIN)
         return false;