func verifyTxFields(txTest TransactionTest, decodedTx *types.Transaction) (err error) {
	defer func() {
		if recovered := recover(); recovered != nil {
			buf := make([]byte, 64<<10)
			buf = buf[:runtime.Stack(buf, false)]
			err = fmt.Errorf("%v\n%s", recovered, buf)
		}
	}()

	var (
		decodedSender common.Address
	)

	chainConfig := &core.ChainConfig{HomesteadBlock: params.MainNetHomesteadBlock}
	if chainConfig.IsHomestead(common.String2Big(txTest.Blocknumber)) {
		decodedSender, err = decodedTx.From()
	} else {
		decodedSender, err = decodedTx.FromFrontier()
	}
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	expectedSender := mustConvertAddress(txTest.Sender)
	if expectedSender != decodedSender {
		return fmt.Errorf("Sender mismatch: %v %v", expectedSender, decodedSender)
	}

	expectedData := mustConvertBytes(txTest.Transaction.Data)
	if !bytes.Equal(expectedData, decodedTx.Data()) {
		return fmt.Errorf("Tx input data mismatch: %#v %#v", expectedData, decodedTx.Data())
	}

	expectedGasLimit := mustConvertBigInt(txTest.Transaction.GasLimit, 16)
	if expectedGasLimit.Cmp(decodedTx.Gas()) != 0 {
		return fmt.Errorf("GasLimit mismatch: %v %v", expectedGasLimit, decodedTx.Gas())
	}

	expectedGasPrice := mustConvertBigInt(txTest.Transaction.GasPrice, 16)
	if expectedGasPrice.Cmp(decodedTx.GasPrice()) != 0 {
		return fmt.Errorf("GasPrice mismatch: %v %v", expectedGasPrice, decodedTx.GasPrice())
	}

	expectedNonce := mustConvertUint(txTest.Transaction.Nonce, 16)
	if expectedNonce != decodedTx.Nonce() {
		return fmt.Errorf("Nonce mismatch: %v %v", expectedNonce, decodedTx.Nonce())
	}

	v, r, s := decodedTx.SignatureValues()
	expectedR := mustConvertBigInt(txTest.Transaction.R, 16)
	if r.Cmp(expectedR) != 0 {
		return fmt.Errorf("R mismatch: %v %v", expectedR, r)
	}
	expectedS := mustConvertBigInt(txTest.Transaction.S, 16)
	if s.Cmp(expectedS) != 0 {
		return fmt.Errorf("S mismatch: %v %v", expectedS, s)
	}
	expectedV := mustConvertUint(txTest.Transaction.V, 16)
	if uint64(v) != expectedV {
		return fmt.Errorf("V mismatch: %v %v", expectedV, v)
	}

	expectedTo := mustConvertAddress(txTest.Transaction.To)
	if decodedTx.To() == nil {
		if expectedTo != common.BytesToAddress([]byte{}) { // "empty" or "zero" address
			return fmt.Errorf("To mismatch when recipient is nil (contract creation): %v", expectedTo)
		}
	} else {
		if expectedTo != *decodedTx.To() {
			return fmt.Errorf("To mismatch: %v %v", expectedTo, *decodedTx.To())
		}
	}

	expectedValue := mustConvertBigInt(txTest.Transaction.Value, 16)
	if expectedValue.Cmp(decodedTx.Value()) != 0 {
		return fmt.Errorf("Value mismatch: %v %v", expectedValue, decodedTx.Value())
	}

	return nil
}