diff --git a/node/pkg/processor/cleanup.go b/node/pkg/processor/cleanup.go
index e406f6969d..843ca0e61f 100644
--- a/node/pkg/processor/cleanup.go
+++ b/node/pkg/processor/cleanup.go
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ func (p *Processor) handleCleanup(ctx context.Context) {
 			// This occurs when we observed a message after the cluster has already reached
 			// consensus on it, causing us to never achieve quorum.
 			if ourVaa, ok := s.ourObservation.(*VAA); ok {
-				if _, err := p.db.GetSignedVAABytes(*db.VaaIDFromVAA(&ourVaa.VAA)); err == nil {
+				if _, err := p.getSignedVAA(*db.VaaIDFromVAA(&ourVaa.VAA)); err == nil {
 					// If we have a stored quorum VAA, we can safely expire the state.
 					//
 					// This is a rare case, and we can safely expire the state, since we
@@ -225,4 +225,13 @@ func (p *Processor) handleCleanup(ctx context.Context) {
 			}
 		}
 	}
+
+	// Clean up old pythnet VAAs.
+	oldestTime := time.Now().Add(-time.Hour)
+	for key, pe := range p.pythnetVaas {
+		if pe.updateTime.Before(oldestTime) {
+			p.logger.Info("PYTHNET: dropping old pythnet vaa", zap.String("message_id", key), zap.Stringer("updateTime", pe.updateTime))
+			delete(p.pythnetVaas, key)
+		}
+	}
 }
diff --git a/node/pkg/processor/message.go b/node/pkg/processor/message.go
index 681d193472..8b7ba0c162 100644
--- a/node/pkg/processor/message.go
+++ b/node/pkg/processor/message.go
@@ -101,13 +101,8 @@ func (p *Processor) handleMessage(ctx context.Context, k *common.MessagePublicat
 	//
 	// Exception: if an observation is made within the settlement time (30s), we'll
 	// process it so other nodes won't consider it a miss.
-	if vb, err := p.db.GetSignedVAABytes(*db.VaaIDFromVAA(&v.VAA)); err == nil {
-		// unmarshal vaa
-		var existing *vaa.VAA
-		if existing, err = vaa.Unmarshal(vb); err != nil {
-			panic("failed to unmarshal VAA from db")
-		}
 
+	if existing, err := p.getSignedVAA(*db.VaaIDFromVAA(&v.VAA)); err == nil {
 		if k.Timestamp.Sub(existing.Timestamp) > settlementTime {
 			p.logger.Info("ignoring observation since we already have a quorum VAA for it",
 				zap.Stringer("emitter_chain", k.EmitterChain),
diff --git a/node/pkg/processor/observation.go b/node/pkg/processor/observation.go
index 05761dc8ab..f2b26b83ed 100644
--- a/node/pkg/processor/observation.go
+++ b/node/pkg/processor/observation.go
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ func (p *Processor) handleInboundSignedVAAWithQuorum(ctx context.Context, m *gos
 	//  - enough signatures are present for the VAA to reach quorum
 
 	// Check if we already store this VAA
-	_, err = p.db.GetSignedVAABytes(*db.VaaIDFromVAA(v))
+	_, err = p.getSignedVAA(*db.VaaIDFromVAA(v))
 	if err == nil {
 		p.logger.Debug("ignored SignedVAAWithQuorum message for VAA we already store",
 			zap.String("digest", hash),
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ func (p *Processor) handleInboundSignedVAAWithQuorum(ctx context.Context, m *gos
 		zap.String("bytes", hex.EncodeToString(m.Vaa)),
 		zap.String("message_id", v.MessageID()))
 
-	if err := p.db.StoreSignedVAA(v); err != nil {
+	if err := p.storeSignedVAA(v); err != nil {
 		p.logger.Error("failed to store signed VAA", zap.Error(err))
 		return
 	}
diff --git a/node/pkg/processor/processor.go b/node/pkg/processor/processor.go
index a558405e3e..04282cf56b 100644
--- a/node/pkg/processor/processor.go
+++ b/node/pkg/processor/processor.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package processor
 import (
 	"context"
 	"crypto/ecdsa"
+	"fmt"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/certusone/wormhole/node/pkg/notify/discord"
@@ -73,6 +74,11 @@ type (
 	}
 )
 
+type PythNetVaaEntry struct {
+	v          *vaa.VAA
+	updateTime time.Time // Used for determining when to delete entries
+}
+
 type Processor struct {
 	// lockC is a channel of observed emitted messages
 	lockC chan *common.MessagePublication
@@ -122,8 +128,9 @@ type Processor struct {
 	// cleanup triggers periodic state cleanup
 	cleanup *time.Ticker
 
-	notifier *discord.DiscordNotifier
-	governor *governor.ChainGovernor
+	notifier    *discord.DiscordNotifier
+	governor    *governor.ChainGovernor
+	pythnetVaas map[string]PythNetVaaEntry
 }
 
 func NewProcessor(
@@ -165,10 +172,11 @@ func NewProcessor(
 
 		notifier: notifier,
 
-		logger:   supervisor.Logger(ctx),
-		state:    &aggregationState{observationMap{}},
-		ourAddr:  crypto.PubkeyToAddress(gk.PublicKey),
-		governor: g,
+		logger:      supervisor.Logger(ctx),
+		state:       &aggregationState{observationMap{}},
+		ourAddr:     crypto.PubkeyToAddress(gk.PublicKey),
+		governor:    g,
+		pythnetVaas: make(map[string]PythNetVaaEntry),
 	}
 }
 
@@ -218,3 +226,39 @@ func (p *Processor) Run(ctx context.Context) error {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func (p *Processor) storeSignedVAA(v *vaa.VAA) error {
+	if v.EmitterChain == vaa.ChainIDPythNet {
+		key := fmt.Sprintf("%v/%v", v.EmitterAddress, v.Sequence)
+		p.logger.Info("PYTHNET: storing pythnet vaa", zap.String("message_id", key))
+		p.pythnetVaas[key] = PythNetVaaEntry{v: v, updateTime: time.Now()}
+		return nil
+	}
+	return p.db.StoreSignedVAA(v)
+}
+
+func (p *Processor) getSignedVAA(id db.VAAID) (*vaa.VAA, error) {
+	if id.EmitterChain == vaa.ChainIDPythNet {
+		key := fmt.Sprintf("%v/%v", id.EmitterAddress, id.Sequence)
+		ret, exists := p.pythnetVaas[key]
+		if exists {
+			p.logger.Info("PYTHNET: found pythnet vaa", zap.String("message_id", key))
+			return ret.v, nil
+		}
+
+		p.logger.Info("PYTHNET: did not find pythnet vaa", zap.String("message_id", key))
+		return nil, db.ErrVAANotFound
+	}
+
+	vb, err := p.db.GetSignedVAABytes(id)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	vaa, err := vaa.Unmarshal(vb)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic("failed to unmarshal VAA from db")
+	}
+
+	return vaa, err
+}
diff --git a/node/pkg/processor/vaa.go b/node/pkg/processor/vaa.go
index a378a576b9..771ab6fd70 100644
--- a/node/pkg/processor/vaa.go
+++ b/node/pkg/processor/vaa.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ func (v *VAA) HandleQuorum(sigs []*vaa.Signature, hash string, p *Processor) {
 		zap.String("bytes", hex.EncodeToString(vaaBytes)),
 		zap.String("message_id", signed.MessageID()))
 
-	if err := p.db.StoreSignedVAA(signed); err != nil {
+	if err := p.storeSignedVAA(signed); err != nil {
 		p.logger.Error("failed to store signed VAA", zap.Error(err))
 	}
 
diff --git a/node/pkg/publicrpc/publicrpcserver.go b/node/pkg/publicrpc/publicrpcserver.go
index 18738649c4..d835196d97 100644
--- a/node/pkg/publicrpc/publicrpcserver.go
+++ b/node/pkg/publicrpc/publicrpcserver.go
@@ -68,6 +68,13 @@ func (s *PublicrpcServer) GetSignedVAA(ctx context.Context, req *publicrpcv1.Get
 		return nil, status.Error(codes.InvalidArgument, "no message ID specified")
 	}
 
+	chainID := vaa.ChainID(req.MessageId.EmitterChain.Number())
+
+	// This interface is not supported for PythNet messages because those VAAs are not stored in the database.
+	if chainID == vaa.ChainIDPythNet {
+		return nil, status.Error(codes.InvalidArgument, "not supported for PythNet")
+	}
+
 	address, err := hex.DecodeString(req.MessageId.EmitterAddress)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, status.Error(codes.InvalidArgument, fmt.Sprintf("failed to decode address: %v", err))
@@ -80,7 +87,7 @@ func (s *PublicrpcServer) GetSignedVAA(ctx context.Context, req *publicrpcv1.Get
 	copy(addr[:], address)
 
 	b, err := s.db.GetSignedVAABytes(db.VAAID{
-		EmitterChain:   vaa.ChainID(req.MessageId.EmitterChain.Number()),
+		EmitterChain:   chainID,
 		EmitterAddress: addr,
 		Sequence:       req.MessageId.Sequence,
 	})