diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index cdce675a26..1f1e3ac848 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1931,9 +1931,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "frame-decode"
-version = "0.9.0"
+version = "0.10.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c470df86cf28818dd3cd2fc4667b80dbefe2236c722c3dc1d09e7c6c82d6dfcd"
+checksum = "641e3739fa708a278d35b008a05244008c221240abc3e1c27138466c13e999ed"
 dependencies = [
  "frame-metadata 23.0.0",
  "parity-scale-codec",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d4c74591fc..70acb0a06e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ darling = "0.20.10"
 derive-where = "1.2.7"
 either = { version = "1.13.0", default-features = false }
 finito = { version = "0.1.0", default-features = false }
-frame-decode = { version = "0.9.0", default-features = false }
+frame-decode = { version = "0.10.0", default-features = false }
 frame-metadata = { version = "23.0.0", default-features = false }
 futures = { version = "0.3.31", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
 getrandom = { version = "0.2", default-features = false }
diff --git a/historic/examples/storage.rs b/historic/examples/storage.rs
index fb4253a33d..2798b73c89 100644
--- a/historic/examples/storage.rs
+++ b/historic/examples/storage.rs
@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), Error> {
             .entry("System", "Account")?
             .into_map()?;
 
+        // We can see the default value for this entry at this block, if one exists.
+        if let Some(default_value) = account_balances.default() {
+            let default_balance_info = default_value.decode::<scale_value::Value>()?;
+            println!("  Default balance info: {default_balance_info}");
+        }
+
         // We can fetch a specific account balance by its key, like so (here I just picked a random key
         // I knew to exist from iterating over storage entries):
         let account_id_hex = "9a4d0faa2ba8c3cc5711852960940793acf55bf195b6eecf88fa78e961d0ce4a";
diff --git a/historic/src/storage.rs b/historic/src/storage.rs
index 3cb81f17b7..14496445fa 100644
--- a/historic/src/storage.rs
+++ b/historic/src/storage.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use crate::client::{OfflineClientAtBlockT, OnlineClientAtBlockT};
 use crate::config::Config;
 use crate::error::{StorageEntryIsNotAMap, StorageEntryIsNotAPlainValue, StorageError};
 use crate::storage::storage_info::with_info;
+use std::borrow::Cow;
 use storage_info::AnyStorageInfo;
 
 pub use storage_entry::StorageEntry;
@@ -208,6 +209,16 @@ where
     pub fn storage_name(&self) -> &str {
         &self.storage_name
     }
+
+    /// Return the default value for this storage entry, if there is one. Returns `None` if there
+    /// is no default value.
+    pub fn default(&self) -> Option<StorageValue<'_, 'atblock>> {
+        with_info!(info = &self.info => {
+            info.info.default_value.as_ref().map(|default_value| {
+                StorageValue::new(&self.info, default_value.clone())
+            })
+        })
+    }
 }
 
 impl<'atblock, Client, T> StorageEntryPlainClient<'atblock, Client, T>
@@ -220,7 +231,17 @@ where
         let key_bytes = self.key();
         fetch(self.client, &key_bytes)
             .await
-            .map(|v| v.map(|bytes| StorageValue::new(&self.info, bytes)))
+            .map(|v| v.map(|bytes| StorageValue::new(&self.info, Cow::Owned(bytes))))
+    }
+
+    /// Fetch the value for this storage entry as per [`StorageEntryPlainClient::fetch`], but return the default
+    /// value for the storage entry if one exists and the entry does not exist.
+    pub async fn fetch_or_default(
+        &self,
+    ) -> Result<Option<StorageValue<'_, 'atblock>>, StorageError> {
+        self.fetch()
+            .await
+            .map(|option_val| option_val.or_else(|| self.default()))
     }
 
     /// The key for this storage entry.
@@ -255,6 +276,16 @@ where
     pub fn storage_name(&self) -> &str {
         &self.storage_name
     }
+
+    /// Return the default value for this storage entry, if there is one. Returns `None` if there
+    /// is no default value.
+    pub fn default(&self) -> Option<StorageValue<'_, 'atblock>> {
+        with_info!(info = &self.info => {
+            info.info.default_value.as_ref().map(|default_value| {
+                StorageValue::new(&self.info, default_value.clone())
+            })
+        })
+    }
 }
 
 impl<'atblock, Client, T> StorageEntryMapClient<'atblock, Client, T>
@@ -283,7 +314,18 @@ where
         let key_bytes = self.key(keys)?;
         fetch(self.client, &key_bytes)
             .await
-            .map(|v| v.map(|bytes| StorageValue::new(&self.info, bytes)))
+            .map(|v| v.map(|bytes| StorageValue::new(&self.info, Cow::Owned(bytes))))
+    }
+
+    /// Fetch a specific key in this map as per [`StorageEntryMapClient::fetch`], but return the default
+    /// value for the storage entry if one exists and the entry was not found.
+    pub async fn fetch_or_default<Keys: IntoStorageKeys>(
+        &self,
+        keys: Keys,
+    ) -> Result<Option<StorageValue<'_, 'atblock>>, StorageError> {
+        self.fetch(keys)
+            .await
+            .map(|option_val| option_val.or_else(|| self.default()))
     }
 
     /// Iterate over the values underneath the provided keys.
@@ -324,8 +366,13 @@ where
                 Err(e) => return Some(Err(StorageError::RpcError { reason: e })),
             };
 
-            item.value
-                .map(|value| Ok(StorageEntry::new(&self.info, item.key.0, value.0)))
+            item.value.map(|value| {
+                Ok(StorageEntry::new(
+                    &self.info,
+                    item.key.0,
+                    Cow::Owned(value.0),
+                ))
+            })
         });
 
         Ok(Box::pin(sub))
diff --git a/historic/src/storage/storage_entry.rs b/historic/src/storage/storage_entry.rs
index c777013311..736b092fb0 100644
--- a/historic/src/storage/storage_entry.rs
+++ b/historic/src/storage/storage_entry.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ use super::storage_key::StorageKey;
 use super::storage_value::StorageValue;
 use crate::error::{StorageKeyError, StorageValueError};
 use scale_decode::DecodeAsType;
+use std::borrow::Cow;
 
 /// This represents a storage entry, which is a key-value pair in the storage.
 pub struct StorageEntry<'entry, 'atblock> {
@@ -13,7 +14,11 @@ pub struct StorageEntry<'entry, 'atblock> {
 
 impl<'entry, 'atblock> StorageEntry<'entry, 'atblock> {
     /// Create a new storage entry.
-    pub fn new(info: &'entry AnyStorageInfo<'atblock>, key: Vec<u8>, value: Vec<u8>) -> Self {
+    pub fn new(
+        info: &'entry AnyStorageInfo<'atblock>,
+        key: Vec<u8>,
+        value: Cow<'atblock, [u8]>,
+    ) -> Self {
         Self {
             key,
             value: StorageValue::new(info, value),
diff --git a/historic/src/storage/storage_info.rs b/historic/src/storage/storage_info.rs
index 7b2b2174df..4c660890b3 100644
--- a/historic/src/storage/storage_info.rs
+++ b/historic/src/storage/storage_info.rs
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ impl<'atblock> From<StorageInfo<'atblock, u32, scale_info::PortableRegistry>>
 }
 
 pub struct StorageInfo<'atblock, TypeId, Resolver> {
-    pub info: frame_decode::storage::StorageInfo<TypeId>,
+    pub info: frame_decode::storage::StorageInfo<'atblock, TypeId>,
     pub resolver: &'atblock Resolver,
 }
 
diff --git a/historic/src/storage/storage_value.rs b/historic/src/storage/storage_value.rs
index 4afd00d5cc..f4f2704e50 100644
--- a/historic/src/storage/storage_value.rs
+++ b/historic/src/storage/storage_value.rs
@@ -2,16 +2,17 @@ use super::storage_info::AnyStorageInfo;
 use super::storage_info::with_info;
 use crate::error::StorageValueError;
 use scale_decode::DecodeAsType;
+use std::borrow::Cow;
 
 /// This represents a storage value.
 pub struct StorageValue<'entry, 'atblock> {
     pub(crate) info: &'entry AnyStorageInfo<'atblock>,
-    bytes: Vec<u8>,
+    bytes: Cow<'atblock, [u8]>,
 }
 
 impl<'entry, 'atblock> StorageValue<'entry, 'atblock> {
     /// Create a new storage value.
-    pub fn new(info: &'entry AnyStorageInfo<'atblock>, bytes: Vec<u8>) -> Self {
+    pub fn new(info: &'entry AnyStorageInfo<'atblock>, bytes: Cow<'atblock, [u8]>) -> Self {
         Self { info, bytes }
     }
 
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ impl<'entry, 'atblock> StorageValue<'entry, 'atblock> {
 
     /// Consume this storage value and return the raw bytes.
     pub fn into_bytes(self) -> Vec<u8> {
-        self.bytes
+        self.bytes.to_vec()
     }
 
     /// Decode this storage value.
diff --git a/testing/integration-tests/src/full_client/blocks.rs b/testing/integration-tests/src/full_client/blocks.rs
index 99125429c8..beb4b6042f 100644
--- a/testing/integration-tests/src/full_client/blocks.rs
+++ b/testing/integration-tests/src/full_client/blocks.rs
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ async fn fetch_block_and_decode_extrinsic_details() {
     let block = api.blocks().at(block_hash).await.unwrap();
 
     // Ensure that we can clone the block.
-    block.clone();
+    let _ = block.clone();
 
     let extrinsics = block.extrinsics().await.unwrap();
 
@@ -295,8 +295,7 @@ async fn submit_extrinsic_and_get_it_back(
     let block_hash = in_block.block_hash();
     let block = api.blocks().at(block_hash).await.unwrap();
     let extrinsics = block.extrinsics().await.unwrap();
-    let extrinsic_details = extrinsics.iter().find(|e| e.is_signed()).unwrap();
-    extrinsic_details
+    extrinsics.iter().find(|e| e.is_signed()).unwrap()
 }
 
 #[cfg(fullclient)]