diff --git a/src/liblelantus/threadpool.h b/src/liblelantus/threadpool.h
index 2b3b873a29..1fa04369d4 100644
--- a/src/liblelantus/threadpool.h
+++ b/src/liblelantus/threadpool.h
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class ParallelOpThreadPool {
                     // In case of shutdown thread list will be empty and destructor will wait for this thread completion
                     boost::thread::id currentId = boost::this_thread::get_id();
                     auto pThread = std::find_if(threads.begin(), threads.end(),
-                                                [=](const boost::thread &t) { return t.get_id() == currentId; });
+                                                [currentId](const boost::thread &t) { return t.get_id() == currentId; });
                     if (pThread != threads.end()) {
                         pThread->detach();
                         threads.erase(pThread);
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ class ParallelOpThreadPool {
 
     // Post a task to the thread pool and return a future to wait for its completion
     boost::future<Result> PostTask(std::function<Result()> task) {
-        boost::packaged_task<Result> packagedTask(std::move(task));
+        boost::packaged_task<Result> packagedTask(task);
         boost::future<Result> ret = packagedTask.get_future();
 
         boost::mutex::scoped_lock lock(task_queue_mutex);
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ class ParallelOpThreadPool {
         task_queue.emplace(std::move(packagedTask));
         task_queue_condition.notify_one();
 
-        return std::move(ret);
+        return ret;
     }
 
     int GetNumberOfThreads() const {
@@ -119,6 +119,11 @@ class ParallelOpThreadPool {
         boost::mutex::scoped_lock lock(task_queue_mutex);
         return shutdown;
     }
+
+    std::size_t GetPendingTaskCount() {
+        boost::mutex::scoped_lock lock(task_queue_mutex);
+        return task_queue.size();
+    }
 };
 
 
diff --git a/src/spark/state.cpp b/src/spark/state.cpp
index 63907d4252..3b8f537377 100644
--- a/src/spark/state.cpp
+++ b/src/spark/state.cpp
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ struct ProofCheckState {
 static std::map<uint256, ProofCheckState> gCheckedSparkSpendTransactions;
 static CCriticalSection cs_checkedSparkSpendTransactions;
 
-static ParallelOpThreadPool<bool> gCheckProofThreadPool(boost::thread::hardware_concurrency());
+static ParallelOpThreadPool<bool> gCheckProofThreadPool(std::min(boost::thread::hardware_concurrency(), 4u));
 
 static CSparkState sparkState;
 
@@ -804,17 +804,23 @@ bool CheckSparkSpendTransaction(
                 }
                 else if (!fStatefulSigmaCheck && !gCheckProofThreadPool.IsPoolShutdown()) {
                     // not an urgent check, put the proof into the thread pool for verification
-                    auto future = gCheckProofThreadPool.PostTask([spend, cover_sets]() {
-                        try {
-                            return spark::SpendTransaction::verify(*spend, cover_sets);
-                        } catch (const std::exception &) {
-                            return false;
-                        }
-                    });
-                    auto &checkState = gCheckedSparkSpendTransactions[hashTx];
-                    checkState.fChecked = false;
-                    checkState.fResult = false;
-                    checkState.checkInProgress = std::make_shared<boost::future<bool>>(std::move(future));
+                    // don't post a request if there are too many tasks already
+                    if (gCheckProofThreadPool.GetPendingTaskCount() < (std::size_t)gCheckProofThreadPool.GetNumberOfThreads()/2) {
+                        auto future = gCheckProofThreadPool.PostTask([spend, cover_sets]() mutable {
+                            try {
+                                bool result = spark::SpendTransaction::verify(*spend, cover_sets);
+                                spend.reset();
+                                cover_sets.clear();
+                                return result;
+                            } catch (const std::exception &) {
+                                return false;
+                            }
+                        });
+                        auto &checkState = gCheckedSparkSpendTransactions[hashTx];
+                        checkState.fChecked = false;
+                        checkState.fResult = false;
+                        checkState.checkInProgress = std::make_shared<boost::future<bool>>(std::move(future));
+                    }
                 }
             }
             while (fRecheckNeeded);