diff --git a/src/main.h b/src/main.h
index 2646d8f86..3c587569f 100644
--- a/src/main.h
+++ b/src/main.h
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ class CValidationInterface;
 class CValidationState;
 
 struct PrecomputedTransactionData;
-struct CNodeStateStats;
 struct LockPoints;
 
 /** Default for DEFAULT_WHITELISTRELAY. */
@@ -206,11 +205,6 @@ static const unsigned int DEFAULT_CHECKLEVEL = 3;
 // Setting the target to > than 550MB will make it likely we can respect the target.
 static const uint64_t MIN_DISK_SPACE_FOR_BLOCK_FILES = 550 * 1024 * 1024;
 
-/** Register with a network node to receive its signals */
-void RegisterNodeSignals(CNodeSignals& nodeSignals);
-/** Unregister a network node */
-void UnregisterNodeSignals(CNodeSignals& nodeSignals);
-
 /** 
  * Process an incoming block. This only returns after the best known valid
  * block is made active. Note that it does not, however, guarantee that the
@@ -240,15 +234,6 @@ bool InitBlockIndex(const CChainParams& chainparams);
 bool LoadBlockIndex();
 /** Unload database information */
 void UnloadBlockIndex();
-/** Process protocol messages received from a given node */
-bool ProcessMessages(CNode* pfrom, CConnman& connman);
-/**
- * Send queued protocol messages to be sent to a give node.
- *
- * @param[in]   pto             The node which we are sending messages to.
- * @param[in]   connman         The connection manager for that node.
- */
-bool SendMessages(CNode* pto, CConnman& connman);
 /** Run an instance of the script checking thread */
 void ThreadScriptCheck();
 /** Check whether we are doing an initial block download (synchronizing from disk or network) */
@@ -291,10 +276,6 @@ void UnlinkPrunedFiles(std::set<int>& setFilesToPrune);
 
 /** Create a new block index entry for a given block hash */
 CBlockIndex * InsertBlockIndex(uint256 hash);
-/** Get statistics from node state */
-bool GetNodeStateStats(NodeId nodeid, CNodeStateStats &stats);
-/** Increase a node's misbehavior score. */
-void Misbehaving(NodeId nodeid, int howmuch);
 /** Flush all state, indexes and buffers to disk. */
 void FlushStateToDisk();
 /** Prune block files and flush state to disk. */
@@ -310,13 +291,6 @@ std::string FormatStateMessage(const CValidationState &state);
 /** Get the BIP9 state for a given deployment at the current tip. */
 ThresholdState VersionBitsTipState(const Consensus::Params& params, Consensus::DeploymentPos pos);
 
-struct CNodeStateStats {
-    int nMisbehavior;
-    int nSyncHeight;
-    int nCommonHeight;
-    std::vector<int> vHeightInFlight;
-};
-
 
 
 /** 
@@ -545,4 +519,34 @@ static const unsigned int REJECT_ALREADY_KNOWN = 0x101;
 /** Transaction conflicts with a transaction already known */
 static const unsigned int REJECT_CONFLICT = 0x102;
 
+// The following things handle network-processing logic
+// (and should be moved to a separate file)
+
+/** Register with a network node to receive its signals */
+void RegisterNodeSignals(CNodeSignals& nodeSignals);
+/** Unregister a network node */
+void UnregisterNodeSignals(CNodeSignals& nodeSignals);
+
+struct CNodeStateStats {
+    int nMisbehavior;
+    int nSyncHeight;
+    int nCommonHeight;
+    std::vector<int> vHeightInFlight;
+};
+
+/** Get statistics from node state */
+bool GetNodeStateStats(NodeId nodeid, CNodeStateStats &stats);
+/** Increase a node's misbehavior score. */
+void Misbehaving(NodeId nodeid, int howmuch);
+
+/** Process protocol messages received from a given node */
+bool ProcessMessages(CNode* pfrom, CConnman& connman);
+/**
+ * Send queued protocol messages to be sent to a give node.
+ *
+ * @param[in]   pto             The node which we are sending messages to.
+ * @param[in]   connman         The connection manager for that node.
+ */
+bool SendMessages(CNode* pto, CConnman& connman);
+
 #endif // BITCOIN_MAIN_H