diff --git a/packages/interface/src/blocks.ts b/packages/interface/src/blocks.ts
index 88cbfbaab..26efe16e1 100644
--- a/packages/interface/src/blocks.ts
+++ b/packages/interface/src/blocks.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
-import type { AbortOptions } from '@libp2p/interfaces'
 import type { ProgressEvent, ProgressOptions } from 'progress-events'
 import type { CID } from 'multiformats/cid'
 import type { BitswapNotifyProgressEvents, BitswapWantProgressEvents } from 'ipfs-bitswap'
-import type { AwaitIterable, Await } from './index.js'
 import type { Blockstore } from 'interface-blockstore'
 
 export interface Pair {
@@ -10,6 +8,12 @@ export interface Pair {
   block: Uint8Array
 }
 
+export type HasBlockProgressEvents =
+  ProgressEvent<'blocks:put:duplicate', CID> |
+  ProgressEvent<'blocks:put:bitswap:notify', CID> |
+  ProgressEvent<'blocks:put:blockstore:put', CID> |
+  BitswapNotifyProgressEvents
+
 export type PutBlockProgressEvents =
   ProgressEvent<'blocks:put:duplicate', CID> |
   ProgressEvent<'blocks:put:bitswap:notify', CID> |
@@ -43,121 +47,10 @@ export type DeleteBlockProgressEvents =
 export type DeleteManyBlocksProgressEvents =
   ProgressEvent<'blocks:delete-many:blockstore:delete-many'>
 
-export interface Blocks extends Blockstore {
-  /**
-   * Check for the existence of a value for the passed key
-   *
-   * @example
-   * ```js
-   * const exists = await store.has(CID('bafyfoo'))
-   *
-   * if (exists) {
-   *   console.log('it is there')
-   * } else {
-   *   console.log('it is not there')
-   * }
-   *```
-   */
-  has: (key: CID, options?: AbortOptions) => Await<boolean>
-
-  /**
-   * Store the passed block under the passed CID
-   *
-   * @example
-   *
-   * ```js
-   * await store.put(CID('bafyfoo'), new Uint8Array([0, 1, 2, 3]))
-   * ```
-   */
-  put: (key: CID, val: Uint8Array, options?: AbortOptions & ProgressOptions<PutBlockProgressEvents>) => Await<void>
-
-  /**
-   * Store the given key/value pairs
-   *
-   * @example
-   * ```js
-   * const source = [{ cid: CID('bafyfoo'), block: new Uint8Array([0, 1, 2, 3]) }]
-   *
-   * for await (const { key, value } of store.putMany(source)) {
-   *   console.info(`put content for key ${key}`)
-   * }
-   * ```
-   */
-  putMany: (
-    source: AwaitIterable<Pair>,
-    options?: AbortOptions & ProgressOptions<PutManyBlocksProgressEvents>
-  ) => AwaitIterable<Pair>
-
-  /**
-   * Retrieve the value stored under the given key
-   *
-   * @example
-   * ```js
-   * const value = await store.get(CID('bafyfoo'))
-   * console.log('got content: %s', value.toString('utf8'))
-   * // => got content: datastore
-   * ```
-   */
-  get: (key: CID, options?: AbortOptions & ProgressOptions<GetBlockProgressEvents>) => Await<Uint8Array>
-
-  /**
-   * Retrieve values for the passed keys
-   *
-   * @example
-   * ```js
-   * for await (const value of store.getMany([CID('bafyfoo')])) {
-   *   console.log('got content:', new TextDecoder('utf8').decode(value))
-   *   // => got content: datastore
-   * }
-   * ```
-   */
-  getMany: (
-    source: AwaitIterable<CID>,
-    options?: AbortOptions & ProgressOptions<GetManyBlocksProgressEvents>
-  ) => AwaitIterable<Uint8Array>
-
-  /**
-   * Retrieve all blocks in the blockstore
-   *
-   * @example
-   * ```js
-   * for await (const value of store.getAll()) {
-   *   console.log('got content:', new TextDecoder('utf8').decode(value))
-   *   // => got content: datastore
-   * }
-   * ```
-   */
-  getAll: (
-    options?: AbortOptions & ProgressOptions<GetAllBlocksProgressEvents>
-  ) => AwaitIterable<Pair>
-
-  /**
-   * Remove the record for the passed key
-   *
-   * @example
-   *
-   * ```js
-   * await store.delete(CID('bafyfoo'))
-   * console.log('deleted awesome content :(')
-   * ```
-   */
-  delete: (key: CID, options?: AbortOptions & ProgressOptions<DeleteBlockProgressEvents>) => Await<void>
+export interface Blocks extends Blockstore<ProgressOptions<HasBlockProgressEvents>,
+ProgressOptions<PutBlockProgressEvents>, ProgressOptions<PutManyBlocksProgressEvents>,
+ProgressOptions<GetBlockProgressEvents>, ProgressOptions<GetManyBlocksProgressEvents>, ProgressOptions<GetAllBlocksProgressEvents>,
+ProgressOptions<DeleteBlockProgressEvents>, ProgressOptions<DeleteManyBlocksProgressEvents>
+> {
 
-  /**
-   * Remove values for the passed keys
-   *
-   * @example
-   *
-   * ```js
-   * const source = [CID('bafyfoo')]
-   *
-   * for await (const key of store.deleteMany(source)) {
-   *   console.log(`deleted content with key ${key}`)
-   * }
-   * ```
-   */
-  deleteMany: (
-    source: AwaitIterable<CID>,
-    options?: AbortOptions & ProgressOptions<DeleteManyBlocksProgressEvents>
-  ) => AwaitIterable<CID>
 }