diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c86ba3ed774a..00b8c70eb9d3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -37,10 +37,17 @@ Ref: https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Improvements
+
+* (client/tx) [#18852](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/18852) Add `WithFromName` to tx factory.
+* (types) [#18875](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/18875) Speedup coins.Sort() if len(coins) <= 1
+* (testutil) [#18930](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/18930) Add NodeURI for clientCtx.
+
 ## [v0.47.7](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/releases/tag/v0.47.7) - 2023-12-20
 
 ### Improvements
 
+* (types) [#18888](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/18888) Speedup DecCoin.Sort() if len(coins) <= 1
 * (x/gov) [#18707](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/18707) Improve genesis validation. 
 * (server) [#18478](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/18478) Add command flag to disable colored logs.
 
diff --git a/client/tx/factory.go b/client/tx/factory.go
index 6eee79894117..d6ae20a0e11d 100644
--- a/client/tx/factory.go
+++ b/client/tx/factory.go
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ func (f Factory) Fees() sdk.Coins                           { return f.fees }
 func (f Factory) GasPrices() sdk.DecCoins                   { return f.gasPrices }
 func (f Factory) AccountRetriever() client.AccountRetriever { return f.accountRetriever }
 func (f Factory) TimeoutHeight() uint64                     { return f.timeoutHeight }
+func (f Factory) FromName() string                          { return f.fromName }
 
 // SimulateAndExecute returns the option to simulate and then execute the transaction
 // using the gas from the simulation results
@@ -201,6 +202,13 @@ func (f Factory) WithKeybase(keybase keyring.Keyring) Factory {
 	return f
 }
 
+// WithFromName returns a copy of the Factory with updated fromName
+// fromName will be use for building a simulation tx.
+func (f Factory) WithFromName(fromName string) Factory {
+	f.fromName = fromName
+	return f
+}
+
 // WithSequence returns a copy of the Factory with an updated sequence number.
 func (f Factory) WithSequence(sequence uint64) Factory {
 	f.sequence = sequence
diff --git a/testutil/network/network.go b/testutil/network/network.go
index ef065d9e68b8..d89c47655b2c 100644
--- a/testutil/network/network.go
+++ b/testutil/network/network.go
@@ -550,7 +550,8 @@ func New(l Logger, baseDir string, cfg Config) (*Network, error) {
 			WithCodec(cfg.Codec).
 			WithLegacyAmino(cfg.LegacyAmino).
 			WithTxConfig(cfg.TxConfig).
-			WithAccountRetriever(cfg.AccountRetriever)
+			WithAccountRetriever(cfg.AccountRetriever).
+			WithNodeURI(tmCfg.RPC.ListenAddress)
 
 		// Provide ChainID here since we can't modify it in the Comet config.
 		ctx.Viper.Set(flags.FlagChainID, cfg.ChainID)
diff --git a/types/coin.go b/types/coin.go
index ec3c90f3527c..daf29a37ca0a 100644
--- a/types/coin.go
+++ b/types/coin.go
@@ -827,7 +827,12 @@ var _ sort.Interface = Coins{}
 
 // Sort is a helper function to sort the set of coins in-place
 func (coins Coins) Sort() Coins {
-	sort.Sort(coins)
+	// sort.Sort(coins) does a costly runtime copy as part of `runtime.convTSlice`
+	// So we avoid this heap allocation if len(coins) <= 1. In the future, we should hopefully find
+	// a strategy to always avoid this.
+	if len(coins) > 1 {
+		sort.Sort(coins)
+	}
 	return coins
 }
 
diff --git a/types/dec_coin.go b/types/dec_coin.go
index 42ff885d58a6..1b515eac9c15 100644
--- a/types/dec_coin.go
+++ b/types/dec_coin.go
@@ -611,7 +611,12 @@ func (coins DecCoins) Swap(i, j int) { coins[i], coins[j] = coins[j], coins[i] }
 
 // Sort is a helper function to sort the set of decimal coins in-place.
 func (coins DecCoins) Sort() DecCoins {
-	sort.Sort(coins)
+	// sort.Sort(coins) does a costly runtime copy as part of `runtime.convTSlice`
+	// So we avoid this heap allocation if len(coins) <= 1. In the future, we should hopefully find
+	// a strategy to always avoid this.
+	if len(coins) > 1 {
+		sort.Sort(coins)
+	}
 	return coins
 }