diff --git a/ledger/byron.go b/ledger/byron.go
index 62edabb2..f5515cf4 100644
--- a/ledger/byron.go
+++ b/ledger/byron.go
@@ -100,15 +100,42 @@ func (h *ByronMainBlockHeader) Era() Era {
 	return eras[ERA_ID_BYRON]
 }
 
-// TODO: flesh this out
-type ByronTransactionBody interface{}
+type ByronTransaction struct {
+	cbor.DecodeStoreCbor
+	// TODO: flesh these out
+	TxInputs   []any
+	TxOutputs  []any
+	Attributes cbor.Value
+}
 
-// TODO: flesh this out
-type ByronTransaction interface{}
+func (t *ByronTransaction) Hash() string {
+	// TODO
+	return ""
+}
+
+func (t *ByronTransaction) Inputs() []TransactionInput {
+	// TODO
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (t *ByronTransaction) Outputs() []TransactionOutput {
+	// TODO
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (t *ByronTransaction) Metadata() cbor.Value {
+	return t.Attributes
+}
 
 type ByronMainBlockBody struct {
 	cbor.StructAsArray
-	TxPayload  []ByronTransactionBody
+	// TODO: split this to its own type
+	TxPayload []struct {
+		cbor.StructAsArray
+		Transaction ByronTransaction
+		// TODO: figure out what this field actually is
+		Twit []cbor.Value
+	}
 	SscPayload cbor.Value
 	DlgPayload []interface{}
 	UpdPayload []interface{}
@@ -257,14 +284,6 @@ func NewByronMainBlockHeaderFromCbor(data []byte) (*ByronMainBlockHeader, error)
 	return &byronMainBlockHeader, nil
 }
 
-func NewByronTransactionBodyFromCbor(data []byte) (*ByronTransactionBody, error) {
-	var byronTx ByronTransactionBody
-	if _, err := cbor.Decode(data, &byronTx); err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Byron transaction body decode error: %s", err)
-	}
-	return &byronTx, nil
-}
-
 func NewByronTransactionFromCbor(data []byte) (*ByronTransaction, error) {
 	var byronTx ByronTransaction
 	if _, err := cbor.Decode(data, &byronTx); err != nil {
diff --git a/ledger/tx.go b/ledger/tx.go
index c7044a83..f83adace 100644
--- a/ledger/tx.go
+++ b/ledger/tx.go
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ type TransactionOutput interface {
 	DatumHash() *Blake2b256
 }
 
-func NewTransactionFromCbor(txType uint, data []byte) (interface{}, error) {
+func NewTransactionFromCbor(txType uint, data []byte) (Transaction, error) {
 	switch txType {
 	case TX_TYPE_BYRON:
 		return NewByronTransactionFromCbor(data)
@@ -65,10 +65,10 @@ func NewTransactionFromCbor(txType uint, data []byte) (interface{}, error) {
 	return nil, fmt.Errorf("unknown transaction type: %d", txType)
 }
 
-func NewTransactionBodyFromCbor(txType uint, data []byte) (interface{}, error) {
+func NewTransactionBodyFromCbor(txType uint, data []byte) (TransactionBody, error) {
 	switch txType {
 	case TX_TYPE_BYRON:
-		return NewByronTransactionBodyFromCbor(data)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Byron transactions do not contain a body")
 	case TX_TYPE_SHELLEY:
 		return NewShelleyTransactionBodyFromCbor(data)
 	case TX_TYPE_ALLEGRA: