diff --git a/internal/staging/primitives/uint256/uint256.go b/internal/staging/primitives/uint256/uint256.go
index 3a3ffab3..4d91178a 100644
--- a/internal/staging/primitives/uint256/uint256.go
+++ b/internal/staging/primitives/uint256/uint256.go
@@ -18,16 +18,16 @@ var (
 // fixed-precision arithmetic.  All operations are performed modulo 2^256, so
 // callers may rely on "wrap around" semantics.
 //
-// It currently implements support for comparison operations (equals, less),
-// interpreting and producing big and little endian bytes, and other convenience
-// methods such as whether or not the value can be represented as a uint64
-// without loss of precision.
+// It currently implements support for comparison operations (equals, less,
+// greater), interpreting and producing big and little endian bytes, and other
+// convenience methods such as whether or not the value can be represented as a
+// uint64 without loss of precision.
 //
 // Future commits will implement the primary arithmetic operations (addition,
 // subtraction, multiplication, squaring, division, negation), bitwise
-// operations (lsh, rsh, not, or, and, xor), comparison operations (greater,
-// cmp), and other convenience methods such as determining the minimum number of
-// bits required to represent the current value and text formatting with base
+// operations (lsh, rsh, not, or, and, xor), comparison operations (cmp), and
+// other convenience methods such as determining the minimum number of bits
+// required to represent the current value and text formatting with base
 // conversion.
 type Uint256 struct {
 	// The uint256 is represented as 4 unsigned 64-bit integers in base 2^64.
@@ -398,3 +398,15 @@ func (n *Uint256) LtEq(n2 *Uint256) bool {
 func (n *Uint256) LtEqUint64(n2 uint64) bool {
 	return n.n[0] <= n2 && (n.n[1]|n.n[2]|n.n[3]) == 0
 }
+
+// Gt returns whether or not the uint256 is greater than the given one.  That
+// is, it returns true when n > n2.
+func (n *Uint256) Gt(n2 *Uint256) bool {
+	return n2.Lt(n)
+}
+
+// GtUint64 returns whether or not the uint256 is greater than the given uint64.
+// That is, it returns true when n > n2.
+func (n *Uint256) GtUint64(n2 uint64) bool {
+	return n.n[0] > n2 || (n.n[1]|n.n[2]|n.n[3]) != 0
+}
diff --git a/internal/staging/primitives/uint256/uint256_test.go b/internal/staging/primitives/uint256/uint256_test.go
index 8ee57878..4efddf5a 100644
--- a/internal/staging/primitives/uint256/uint256_test.go
+++ b/internal/staging/primitives/uint256/uint256_test.go
@@ -876,6 +876,15 @@ func TestUint256Comparison(t *testing.T) {
 				isLtEq, wantLtEq)
 			continue
 		}
+
+		// Ensure comparing the numbers produces the expected > result.
+		isGt := n1.Gt(n2)
+		wantGt := test.wantCmp > 0
+		if isGt != wantGt {
+			t.Errorf("%q: incorrect > result -- got: %v, want: %v", test.name,
+				isGt, wantGt)
+			continue
+		}
 	}
 }
 
@@ -933,6 +942,15 @@ func TestUint256ComparisonRandom(t *testing.T) {
 				n1, n2, isLtEq, wantLtEq)
 			continue
 		}
+
+		// Ensure comparing the numbers produces the expected > result.
+		isGt := n1.Gt(n2)
+		wantGt := bigCmpResult > 0
+		if isGt != wantGt {
+			t.Errorf("incorrect > result n1: %x, n2: %x -- got: %v, want: %v",
+				n1, n2, isGt, wantGt)
+			continue
+		}
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1051,6 +1069,15 @@ func TestUint256ComparisonUint64(t *testing.T) {
 				isLt, wantLtEq)
 			continue
 		}
+
+		// Ensure comparing the numbers produces the expected > result.
+		isGt := n1.GtUint64(test.n2)
+		wantGt := test.wantCmp > 0
+		if isGt != wantGt {
+			t.Errorf("%q: incorrect > result -- got: %v, want: %v", test.name,
+				isGt, wantGt)
+			continue
+		}
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1110,5 +1137,14 @@ func TestUint256ComparisonUint64Random(t *testing.T) {
 				n1, n2, isLtEq, wantLtEq)
 			continue
 		}
+
+		// Ensure comparing the numbers produces the expected > result.
+		isGt := n1.GtUint64(n2)
+		wantGt := bigCmpResult > 0
+		if isGt != wantGt {
+			t.Errorf("incorrect > result n1: %x, n2: %x -- got: %v, want: %v",
+				n1, n2, isGt, wantGt)
+			continue
+		}
 	}
 }