func (t *BlockTest) ValidatePostState(statedb *state.StateDB) error {
	// validate post state accounts in test file against what we have in state db
	for addrString, acct := range t.postAccounts {
		// XXX: is is worth it checking for errors here?
		addr, err := hex.DecodeString(addrString)
		if err != nil {
			return err
		}
		code, err := hex.DecodeString(strings.TrimPrefix(acct.Code, "0x"))
		if err != nil {
			return err
		}
		balance, ok := new(big.Int).SetString(acct.Balance, 0)
		if !ok {
			return err
		}
		nonce, err := strconv.ParseUint(prepInt(16, acct.Nonce), 16, 64)
		if err != nil {
			return err
		}

		// address is indirectly verified by the other fields, as it's the db key
		code2 := statedb.GetCode(common.BytesToAddress(addr))
		balance2 := statedb.GetBalance(common.BytesToAddress(addr))
		nonce2 := statedb.GetNonce(common.BytesToAddress(addr))
		if !bytes.Equal(code2, code) {
			return fmt.Errorf("account code mismatch for addr: %s want: %s have: %s", addrString, hex.EncodeToString(code), hex.EncodeToString(code2))
		}
		if balance2.Cmp(balance) != 0 {
			return fmt.Errorf("account balance mismatch for addr: %s, want: %d, have: %d", addrString, balance, balance2)
		}
		if nonce2 != nonce {
			return fmt.Errorf("account nonce mismatch for addr: %s want: %d have: %d", addrString, nonce, nonce2)
		}
	}
	return nil
}