Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/develop' into feature/etc-plugin

2023-09-28 12:45:24 -07:00 · 2023-09-28 12:45:24 -07:00 · 31ada7d3e3
commit 31ada7d3e3
parent 5be3014e0b b549624096
657 changed files with 30846 additions and 24626 deletions
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ version: 2.1
 jobs:
  test:
    docker:
-      - image: cimg/go:1.19.4
+      - image: cimg/go:1.20
    steps:
      - checkout
      - run:
@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
          command: go test ./core/rawdb/
  build_geth_push:
    docker: # run the steps with Docker
-      - image: cimg/go:1.19.4 # ...with this image as the primary container
+      - image: cimg/go:1.20 # ...with this image as the primary container
      # this is where all `steps` will run
    steps:
      - checkout
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
    - stage: lint
      os: linux
      dist: bionic
-      go: 1.20.x
+      go: 1.21.x
      env:
        - lint
      git:
@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
      os: linux
      arch: amd64
      dist: bionic
-      go: 1.20.x
+      go: 1.21.x
      env:
        - docker
      services:
@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ jobs:
      os: linux
      arch: arm64
      dist: bionic
-      go: 1.20.x
+      go: 1.21.x
      env:
        - docker
      services:
@ -63,10 +63,9 @@ jobs:
      os: linux
      dist: bionic
      sudo: required
-      go: 1.20.x
+      go: 1.21.x
      env:
        - azure-linux
-        - GO111MODULE=on
      git:
        submodules: false # avoid cloning ethereum/tests
      addons:
@ -97,10 +96,9 @@ jobs:
    - stage: build
      if: type = push
      os: osx
-      go: 1.20.x
+      go: 1.21.x
      env:
        - azure-osx
-        - GO111MODULE=on
      git:
        submodules: false # avoid cloning ethereum/tests
      script:
@ -112,41 +110,34 @@ jobs:
      os: linux
      arch: amd64
      dist: bionic
-      go: 1.20.x
-      env:
-        - GO111MODULE=on
+      go: 1.21.x
      script:
-        - go run build/ci.go test $TEST_PACKAGES
+        - travis_wait 30 go run build/ci.go test $TEST_PACKAGES

    - stage: build
      if: type = pull_request
      os: linux
      arch: arm64
      dist: bionic
-      go: 1.19.x
-      env:
-        - GO111MODULE=on
+      go: 1.20.x
      script:
-        - go run build/ci.go test $TEST_PACKAGES
+        - travis_wait 30 go run build/ci.go test $TEST_PACKAGES

    - stage: build
      os: linux
      dist: bionic
-      go: 1.19.x
-      env:
-        - GO111MODULE=on
+      go: 1.20.x
      script:
-        - go run build/ci.go test $TEST_PACKAGES
+        - travis_wait 30 go run build/ci.go test $TEST_PACKAGES

    # This builder does the Ubuntu PPA nightly uploads
    - stage: build
      if: type = cron || (type = push && tag ~= /^v[0-9]/)
      os: linux
      dist: bionic
-      go: 1.20.x
+      go: 1.21.x
      env:
        - ubuntu-ppa
-        - GO111MODULE=on
      git:
        submodules: false # avoid cloning ethereum/tests
      addons:
@ -167,10 +158,9 @@ jobs:
      if: type = cron
      os: linux
      dist: bionic
-      go: 1.20.x
+      go: 1.21.x
      env:
        - azure-purge
-        - GO111MODULE=on
      git:
        submodules: false # avoid cloning ethereum/tests
      script:
@ -181,9 +171,7 @@ jobs:
      if: type = cron
      os: linux
      dist: bionic
-      go: 1.20.x
-      env:
-        - GO111MODULE=on
+      go: 1.21.x
      script:
-        - go run build/ci.go test  -race $TEST_PACKAGES
+        - travis_wait 30 go run build/ci.go test  -race $TEST_PACKAGES

--- a/2
+++ b/2
@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ ARG VERSION=""
 ARG BUILDNUM=""

 # Build Geth in a stock Go builder container
-FROM golang:1.20-alpine as builder
+FROM golang:1.21-alpine as builder

 RUN apk add --no-cache gcc musl-dev binutils-gold linux-headers git

--- a/4
+++ b/4
@ -6,7 +6,7 @@

 GOBIN = ./build/bin
 GO ?= latest
-GORUN = env GO111MODULE=on go run
+GORUN = go run

 geth:
 	$(GORUN) build/ci.go install ./cmd/geth
@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ lint: ## Run linters.
 	$(GORUN) build/ci.go lint

 clean:
-	env GO111MODULE=on go clean -cache
+	go clean -cache
 	rm -fr build/_workspace/pkg/ $(GOBIN)/*

 # The devtools target installs tools required for 'go generate'.
--- a/accounts/abi/abi.go
+++ b/accounts/abi/abi.go
@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"math/big"

 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/crypto"
@ -246,24 +247,65 @@ func (abi *ABI) HasReceive() bool {
 // revertSelector is a special function selector for revert reason unpacking.
 var revertSelector = crypto.Keccak256([]byte("Error(string)"))[:4]

+// panicSelector is a special function selector for panic reason unpacking.
+var panicSelector = crypto.Keccak256([]byte("Panic(uint256)"))[:4]
+
+// panicReasons map is for readable panic codes
+// see this linkage for the deails
+// https://docs.soliditylang.org/en/v0.8.21/control-structures.html#panic-via-assert-and-error-via-require
+// the reason string list is copied from ether.js
+// https://github.com/ethers-io/ethers.js/blob/fa3a883ff7c88611ce766f58bdd4b8ac90814470/src.ts/abi/interface.ts#L207-L218
+var panicReasons = map[uint64]string{
+	0x00: "generic panic",
+	0x01: "assert(false)",
+	0x11: "arithmetic underflow or overflow",
+	0x12: "division or modulo by zero",
+	0x21: "enum overflow",
+	0x22: "invalid encoded storage byte array accessed",
+	0x31: "out-of-bounds array access; popping on an empty array",
+	0x32: "out-of-bounds access of an array or bytesN",
+	0x41: "out of memory",
+	0x51: "uninitialized function",
+}
+
 // UnpackRevert resolves the abi-encoded revert reason. According to the solidity
 // spec https://solidity.readthedocs.io/en/latest/control-structures.html#revert,
-// the provided revert reason is abi-encoded as if it were a call to a function
-// `Error(string)`. So it's a special tool for it.
+// the provided revert reason is abi-encoded as if it were a call to function
+// `Error(string)` or `Panic(uint256)`. So it's a special tool for it.
 func UnpackRevert(data []byte) (string, error) {
 	if len(data) < 4 {
 		return "", errors.New("invalid data for unpacking")
 	}
-	if !bytes.Equal(data[:4], revertSelector) {
+	switch {
+	case bytes.Equal(data[:4], revertSelector):
+		typ, err := NewType("string", "", nil)
+		if err != nil {
+			return "", err
+		}
+		unpacked, err := (Arguments{{Type: typ}}).Unpack(data[4:])
+		if err != nil {
+			return "", err
+		}
+		return unpacked[0].(string), nil
+	case bytes.Equal(data[:4], panicSelector):
+		typ, err := NewType("uint256", "", nil)
+		if err != nil {
+			return "", err
+		}
+		unpacked, err := (Arguments{{Type: typ}}).Unpack(data[4:])
+		if err != nil {
+			return "", err
+		}
+		pCode := unpacked[0].(*big.Int)
+		// uint64 safety check for future
+		// but the code is not bigger than MAX(uint64) now
+		if pCode.IsUint64() {
+			if reason, ok := panicReasons[pCode.Uint64()]; ok {
+				return reason, nil
+			}
+		}
+		return fmt.Sprintf("unknown panic code: %#x", pCode), nil
+	default:
 		return "", errors.New("invalid data for unpacking")
 	}
-	typ, err := NewType("string", "", nil)
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", err
-	}
-	unpacked, err := (Arguments{{Type: typ}}).Unpack(data[4:])
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", err
-	}
-	return unpacked[0].(string), nil
 }
--- a/accounts/abi/abi_test.go
+++ b/accounts/abi/abi_test.go
@ -1173,6 +1173,8 @@ func TestUnpackRevert(t *testing.T) {
 		{"", "", errors.New("invalid data for unpacking")},
 		{"08c379a1", "", errors.New("invalid data for unpacking")},
 		{"08c379a00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000020000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000d72657665727420726561736f6e00000000000000000000000000000000000000", "revert reason", nil},
+		{"4e487b710000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "generic panic", nil},
+		{"4e487b7100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000ff", "unknown panic code: 0xff", nil},
 	}
 	for index, c := range cases {
 		t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("case %d", index), func(t *testing.T) {
--- a/accounts/abi/bind/backend.go
+++ b/accounts/abi/bind/backend.go
@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import (
 var (
 	// ErrNoCode is returned by call and transact operations for which the requested
 	// recipient contract to operate on does not exist in the state db or does not
-	// have any code associated with it (i.e. suicided).
+	// have any code associated with it (i.e. self-destructed).
 	ErrNoCode = errors.New("no contract code at given address")

 	// ErrNoPendingState is raised when attempting to perform a pending state action
--- a/accounts/abi/bind/backends/simulated.go
+++ b/accounts/abi/bind/backends/simulated.go
@ -199,7 +199,6 @@ func (b *SimulatedBackend) CodeAt(ctx context.Context, contract common.Address,
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-
 	return stateDB.GetCode(contract), nil
 }

@ -212,7 +211,6 @@ func (b *SimulatedBackend) BalanceAt(ctx context.Context, contract common.Addres
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-
 	return stateDB.GetBalance(contract), nil
 }

@ -225,7 +223,6 @@ func (b *SimulatedBackend) NonceAt(ctx context.Context, contract common.Address,
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, err
 	}
-
 	return stateDB.GetNonce(contract), nil
 }

@ -238,7 +235,6 @@ func (b *SimulatedBackend) StorageAt(ctx context.Context, contract common.Addres
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-
 	val := stateDB.GetState(contract, key)
 	return val[:], nil
 }
@ -681,7 +677,7 @@ func (b *SimulatedBackend) SendTransaction(ctx context.Context, tx *types.Transa
 	// Get the last block
 	block, err := b.blockByHash(ctx, b.pendingBlock.ParentHash())
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("could not fetch parent")
+		return errors.New("could not fetch parent")
 	}
 	// Check transaction validity
 	signer := types.MakeSigner(b.blockchain.Config(), block.Number(), block.Time())
@ -700,8 +696,10 @@ func (b *SimulatedBackend) SendTransaction(ctx context.Context, tx *types.Transa
 		}
 		block.AddTxWithChain(b.blockchain, tx)
 	})
-	stateDB, _ := b.blockchain.State()
-
+	stateDB, err := b.blockchain.State()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 	b.pendingBlock = blocks[0]
 	b.pendingState, _ = state.New(b.pendingBlock.Root(), stateDB.Database(), nil)
 	b.pendingReceipts = receipts[0]
@ -815,17 +813,18 @@ func (b *SimulatedBackend) AdjustTime(adjustment time.Duration) error {
 	// Get the last block
 	block := b.blockchain.GetBlockByHash(b.pendingBlock.ParentHash())
 	if block == nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("could not find parent")
+		return errors.New("could not find parent")
 	}

 	blocks, _ := core.GenerateChain(b.config, block, ethash.NewFaker(), b.database, 1, func(number int, block *core.BlockGen) {
 		block.OffsetTime(int64(adjustment.Seconds()))
 	})
-	stateDB, _ := b.blockchain.State()
-
+	stateDB, err := b.blockchain.State()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 	b.pendingBlock = blocks[0]
 	b.pendingState, _ = state.New(b.pendingBlock.Root(), stateDB.Database(), nil)
-
 	return nil
 }

@ -892,7 +891,7 @@ func (fb *filterBackend) GetReceipts(ctx context.Context, hash common.Hash) (typ
 }

 func (fb *filterBackend) GetLogs(ctx context.Context, hash common.Hash, number uint64) ([][]*types.Log, error) {
-	logs := rawdb.ReadLogs(fb.db, hash, number, fb.bc.Config())
+	logs := rawdb.ReadLogs(fb.db, hash, number)
 	return logs, nil
 }

--- a/accounts/abi/bind/backends/simulated_test.go
+++ b/accounts/abi/bind/backends/simulated_test.go
@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ func TestAdjustTime(t *testing.T) {
 func TestNewAdjustTimeFail(t *testing.T) {
 	testAddr := crypto.PubkeyToAddress(testKey.PublicKey)
 	sim := simTestBackend(testAddr)
+	defer sim.blockchain.Stop()

 	// Create tx and send
 	head, _ := sim.HeaderByNumber(context.Background(), nil) // Should be child's, good enough
--- a/accounts/abi/bind/template.go
+++ b/accounts/abi/bind/template.go
@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ var (
 			if err != nil {
 				return *outstruct, err
 			}
-			{{range $i, $t := .Normalized.Outputs}} 
+			{{range $i, $t := .Normalized.Outputs}}
 			outstruct.{{.Name}} = *abi.ConvertType(out[{{$i}}], new({{bindtype .Type $structs}})).(*{{bindtype .Type $structs}}){{end}}

 			return *outstruct, err
@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ var (
 			}
 			{{range $i, $t := .Normalized.Outputs}}
 			out{{$i}} := *abi.ConvertType(out[{{$i}}], new({{bindtype .Type $structs}})).(*{{bindtype .Type $structs}}){{end}}
-			
+
 			return {{range $i, $t := .Normalized.Outputs}}out{{$i}}, {{end}} err
 			{{end}}
 		}
@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ var (
 		}
 	{{end}}

-	{{if .Fallback}} 
+	{{if .Fallback}}
 		// Fallback is a paid mutator transaction binding the contract fallback function.
 		//
 		// Solidity: {{.Fallback.Original.String}}
@ -392,16 +392,16 @@ var (
 		func (_{{$contract.Type}} *{{$contract.Type}}Session) Fallback(calldata []byte) (*types.Transaction, error) {
 		  return _{{$contract.Type}}.Contract.Fallback(&_{{$contract.Type}}.TransactOpts, calldata)
 		}
-	
+
 		// Fallback is a paid mutator transaction binding the contract fallback function.
-		// 
+		//
 		// Solidity: {{.Fallback.Original.String}}
 		func (_{{$contract.Type}} *{{$contract.Type}}TransactorSession) Fallback(calldata []byte) (*types.Transaction, error) {
 		  return _{{$contract.Type}}.Contract.Fallback(&_{{$contract.Type}}.TransactOpts, calldata)
 		}
 	{{end}}

-	{{if .Receive}} 
+	{{if .Receive}}
 		// Receive is a paid mutator transaction binding the contract receive function.
 		//
 		// Solidity: {{.Receive.Original.String}}
@ -415,9 +415,9 @@ var (
 		func (_{{$contract.Type}} *{{$contract.Type}}Session) Receive() (*types.Transaction, error) {
 		  return _{{$contract.Type}}.Contract.Receive(&_{{$contract.Type}}.TransactOpts)
 		}
-	
+
 		// Receive is a paid mutator transaction binding the contract receive function.
-		// 
+		//
 		// Solidity: {{.Receive.Original.String}}
 		func (_{{$contract.Type}} *{{$contract.Type}}TransactorSession) Receive() (*types.Transaction, error) {
 		  return _{{$contract.Type}}.Contract.Receive(&_{{$contract.Type}}.TransactOpts)
--- a/accounts/abi/error.go
+++ b/accounts/abi/error.go
@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ type Error struct {
 	str    string

 	// Sig contains the string signature according to the ABI spec.
-	// e.g.	 error foo(uint32 a, int b) = "foo(uint32,int256)"
+	// e.g. error foo(uint32 a, int b) = "foo(uint32,int256)"
 	// Please note that "int" is substitute for its canonical representation "int256"
 	Sig string

--- a/accounts/abi/method.go
+++ b/accounts/abi/method.go
@ -127,11 +127,12 @@ func NewMethod(name string, rawName string, funType FunctionType, mutability str
 		state = state + " "
 	}
 	identity := fmt.Sprintf("function %v", rawName)
-	if funType == Fallback {
+	switch funType {
+	case Fallback:
 		identity = "fallback"
-	} else if funType == Receive {
+	case Receive:
 		identity = "receive"
-	} else if funType == Constructor {
+	case Constructor:
 		identity = "constructor"
 	}
 	str := fmt.Sprintf("%v(%v) %sreturns(%v)", identity, strings.Join(inputNames, ", "), state, strings.Join(outputNames, ", "))
--- a/accounts/abi/method_test.go
+++ b/accounts/abi/method_test.go
@ -84,11 +84,12 @@ func TestMethodString(t *testing.T) {

 	for _, test := range table {
 		var got string
-		if test.method == "fallback" {
+		switch test.method {
+		case "fallback":
 			got = abi.Fallback.String()
-		} else if test.method == "receive" {
+		case "receive":
 			got = abi.Receive.String()
-		} else {
+		default:
 			got = abi.Methods[test.method].String()
 		}
 		if got != test.expectation {
--- a/accounts/abi/reflect.go
+++ b/accounts/abi/reflect.go
@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ func mapArgNamesToStructFields(argNames []string, value reflect.Value) (map[stri
 		structFieldName := ToCamelCase(argName)

 		if structFieldName == "" {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("abi: purely underscored output cannot unpack to struct")
+			return nil, errors.New("abi: purely underscored output cannot unpack to struct")
 		}

 		// this abi has already been paired, skip it... unless there exists another, yet unassigned
--- a/accounts/abi/selector_parser.go
+++ b/accounts/abi/selector_parser.go
@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package abi

 import (
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 )

@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ func isIdentifierSymbol(c byte) bool {

 func parseToken(unescapedSelector string, isIdent bool) (string, string, error) {
 	if len(unescapedSelector) == 0 {
-		return "", "", fmt.Errorf("empty token")
+		return "", "", errors.New("empty token")
 	}
 	firstChar := unescapedSelector[0]
 	position := 1
@ -110,7 +111,7 @@ func parseCompositeType(unescapedSelector string) ([]interface{}, string, error)

 func parseType(unescapedSelector string) (interface{}, string, error) {
 	if len(unescapedSelector) == 0 {
-		return nil, "", fmt.Errorf("empty type")
+		return nil, "", errors.New("empty type")
 	}
 	if unescapedSelector[0] == '(' {
 		return parseCompositeType(unescapedSelector)
--- a/accounts/abi/type.go
+++ b/accounts/abi/type.go
@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ var (
 func NewType(t string, internalType string, components []ArgumentMarshaling) (typ Type, err error) {
 	// check that array brackets are equal if they exist
 	if strings.Count(t, "[") != strings.Count(t, "]") {
-		return Type{}, fmt.Errorf("invalid arg type in abi")
+		return Type{}, errors.New("invalid arg type in abi")
 	}
 	typ.stringKind = t

@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ func NewType(t string, internalType string, components []ArgumentMarshaling) (ty
 			}
 			typ.stringKind = embeddedType.stringKind + sliced
 		} else {
-			return Type{}, fmt.Errorf("invalid formatting of array type")
+			return Type{}, errors.New("invalid formatting of array type")
 		}
 		return typ, err
 	}
@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ func (t Type) pack(v reflect.Value) ([]byte, error) {
 	}
 }

-// requireLengthPrefix returns whether the type requires any sort of length
+// requiresLengthPrefix returns whether the type requires any sort of length
 // prefixing.
 func (t Type) requiresLengthPrefix() bool {
 	return t.T == StringTy || t.T == BytesTy || t.T == SliceTy
--- a/accounts/abi/unpack.go
+++ b/accounts/abi/unpack.go
@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package abi

 import (
 	"encoding/binary"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"math"
 	"math/big"
@ -125,7 +126,7 @@ func readBool(word []byte) (bool, error) {
 // readFunctionType enforces that standard by always presenting it as a 24-array (address + sig = 24 bytes)
 func readFunctionType(t Type, word []byte) (funcTy [24]byte, err error) {
 	if t.T != FunctionTy {
-		return [24]byte{}, fmt.Errorf("abi: invalid type in call to make function type byte array")
+		return [24]byte{}, errors.New("abi: invalid type in call to make function type byte array")
 	}
 	if garbage := binary.BigEndian.Uint64(word[24:32]); garbage != 0 {
 		err = fmt.Errorf("abi: got improperly encoded function type, got %v", word)
@ -138,7 +139,7 @@ func readFunctionType(t Type, word []byte) (funcTy [24]byte, err error) {
 // ReadFixedBytes uses reflection to create a fixed array to be read from.
 func ReadFixedBytes(t Type, word []byte) (interface{}, error) {
 	if t.T != FixedBytesTy {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("abi: invalid type in call to make fixed byte array")
+		return nil, errors.New("abi: invalid type in call to make fixed byte array")
 	}
 	// convert
 	array := reflect.New(t.GetType()).Elem()
@ -159,14 +160,15 @@ func forEachUnpack(t Type, output []byte, start, size int) (interface{}, error)
 	// this value will become our slice or our array, depending on the type
 	var refSlice reflect.Value

-	if t.T == SliceTy {
+	switch t.T {
+	case SliceTy:
 		// declare our slice
 		refSlice = reflect.MakeSlice(t.GetType(), size, size)
-	} else if t.T == ArrayTy {
+	case ArrayTy:
 		// declare our array
 		refSlice = reflect.New(t.GetType()).Elem()
-	} else {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("abi: invalid type in array/slice unpacking stage")
+	default:
+		return nil, errors.New("abi: invalid type in array/slice unpacking stage")
 	}

 	// Arrays have packed elements, resulting in longer unpack steps.
--- a/accounts/external/backend.go
+++ b/accounts/external/backend.go
@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package external

 import (
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"math/big"
 	"sync"
@ -98,11 +99,11 @@ func (api *ExternalSigner) Status() (string, error) {
 }

 func (api *ExternalSigner) Open(passphrase string) error {
-	return fmt.Errorf("operation not supported on external signers")
+	return errors.New("operation not supported on external signers")
 }

 func (api *ExternalSigner) Close() error {
-	return fmt.Errorf("operation not supported on external signers")
+	return errors.New("operation not supported on external signers")
 }

 func (api *ExternalSigner) Accounts() []accounts.Account {
@ -145,7 +146,7 @@ func (api *ExternalSigner) Contains(account accounts.Account) bool {
 }

 func (api *ExternalSigner) Derive(path accounts.DerivationPath, pin bool) (accounts.Account, error) {
-	return accounts.Account{}, fmt.Errorf("operation not supported on external signers")
+	return accounts.Account{}, errors.New("operation not supported on external signers")
 }

 func (api *ExternalSigner) SelfDerive(bases []accounts.DerivationPath, chain ethereum.ChainStateReader) {
@ -242,14 +243,14 @@ func (api *ExternalSigner) SignTx(account accounts.Account, tx *types.Transactio
 }

 func (api *ExternalSigner) SignTextWithPassphrase(account accounts.Account, passphrase string, text []byte) ([]byte, error) {
-	return []byte{}, fmt.Errorf("password-operations not supported on external signers")
+	return []byte{}, errors.New("password-operations not supported on external signers")
 }

 func (api *ExternalSigner) SignTxWithPassphrase(account accounts.Account, passphrase string, tx *types.Transaction, chainID *big.Int) (*types.Transaction, error) {
-	return nil, fmt.Errorf("password-operations not supported on external signers")
+	return nil, errors.New("password-operations not supported on external signers")
 }
 func (api *ExternalSigner) SignDataWithPassphrase(account accounts.Account, passphrase, mimeType string, data []byte) ([]byte, error) {
-	return nil, fmt.Errorf("password-operations not supported on external signers")
+	return nil, errors.New("password-operations not supported on external signers")
 }

 func (api *ExternalSigner) listAccounts() ([]common.Address, error) {
--- a/accounts/keystore/account_cache.go
+++ b/accounts/keystore/account_cache.go
@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/accounts"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log"
+	"golang.org/x/exp/slices"
 )

 // Minimum amount of time between cache reloads. This limit applies if the platform does
@ -38,11 +39,10 @@ import (
 // exist yet, the code will attempt to create a watcher at most this often.
 const minReloadInterval = 2 * time.Second

-type accountsByURL []accounts.Account
-
-func (s accountsByURL) Len() int           { return len(s) }
-func (s accountsByURL) Less(i, j int) bool { return s[i].URL.Cmp(s[j].URL) < 0 }
-func (s accountsByURL) Swap(i, j int)      { s[i], s[j] = s[j], s[i] }
+// byURL defines the sorting order for accounts.
+func byURL(a, b accounts.Account) int {
+	return a.URL.Cmp(b.URL)
+}

 // AmbiguousAddrError is returned when attempting to unlock
 // an address for which more than one file exists.
@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ type accountCache struct {
 	keydir   string
 	watcher  *watcher
 	mu       sync.Mutex
-	all      accountsByURL
+	all      []accounts.Account
 	byAddr   map[common.Address][]accounts.Account
 	throttle *time.Timer
 	notify   chan struct{}
@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ func (ac *accountCache) find(a accounts.Account) (accounts.Account, error) {
 	default:
 		err := &AmbiguousAddrError{Addr: a.Address, Matches: make([]accounts.Account, len(matches))}
 		copy(err.Matches, matches)
-		sort.Sort(accountsByURL(err.Matches))
+		slices.SortFunc(err.Matches, byURL)
 		return accounts.Account{}, err
 	}
 }
--- a/accounts/keystore/account_cache_test.go
+++ b/accounts/keystore/account_cache_test.go
@ -17,12 +17,12 @@
 package keystore

 import (
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"math/rand"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"reflect"
-	"sort"
 	"testing"
 	"time"

@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/davecgh/go-spew/spew"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/accounts"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
+	"golang.org/x/exp/slices"
 )

 var (
@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ func waitForAccounts(wantAccounts []accounts.Account, ks *KeyStore) error {
 			select {
 			case <-ks.changes:
 			default:
-				return fmt.Errorf("wasn't notified of new accounts")
+				return errors.New("wasn't notified of new accounts")
 			}
 			return nil
 		}
@ -202,7 +203,7 @@ func TestCacheAddDeleteOrder(t *testing.T) {
 	// Check that the account list is sorted by filename.
 	wantAccounts := make([]accounts.Account, len(accs))
 	copy(wantAccounts, accs)
-	sort.Sort(accountsByURL(wantAccounts))
+	slices.SortFunc(wantAccounts, byURL)
 	list := cache.accounts()
 	if !reflect.DeepEqual(list, wantAccounts) {
 		t.Fatalf("got accounts: %s\nwant %s", spew.Sdump(accs), spew.Sdump(wantAccounts))
--- a/accounts/keystore/keystore_test.go
+++ b/accounts/keystore/keystore_test.go
@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import (
 	"math/rand"
 	"os"
 	"runtime"
-	"sort"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"sync/atomic"
@ -31,6 +30,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/crypto"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/event"
+	"golang.org/x/exp/slices"
 )

 var testSigData = make([]byte, 32)
@ -397,19 +397,19 @@ func TestImportRace(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("failed to export account: %v", acc)
 	}
 	_, ks2 := tmpKeyStore(t, true)
-	var atom uint32
+	var atom atomic.Uint32
 	var wg sync.WaitGroup
 	wg.Add(2)
 	for i := 0; i < 2; i++ {
 		go func() {
 			defer wg.Done()
 			if _, err := ks2.Import(json, "new", "new"); err != nil {
-				atomic.AddUint32(&atom, 1)
+				atom.Add(1)
 			}
 		}()
 	}
 	wg.Wait()
-	if atom != 1 {
+	if atom.Load() != 1 {
 		t.Errorf("Import is racy")
 	}
 }
@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ func checkAccounts(t *testing.T, live map[common.Address]accounts.Account, walle
 	for _, account := range live {
 		liveList = append(liveList, account)
 	}
-	sort.Sort(accountsByURL(liveList))
+	slices.SortFunc(liveList, byURL)
 	for j, wallet := range wallets {
 		if accs := wallet.Accounts(); len(accs) != 1 {
 			t.Errorf("wallet %d: contains invalid number of accounts: have %d, want 1", j, len(accs))
--- a/accounts/keystore/passphrase.go
+++ b/accounts/keystore/passphrase.go
@ -225,10 +225,13 @@ func DecryptKey(keyjson []byte, auth string) (*Key, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	key := crypto.ToECDSAUnsafe(keyBytes)
+	key, err := crypto.ToECDSA(keyBytes)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid key: %w", err)
+	}
 	id, err := uuid.FromBytes(keyId)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid UUID: %w", err)
 	}
 	return &Key{
 		Id:         id,
--- a/accounts/keystore/watch.go
+++ b/accounts/keystore/watch.go
@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 package keystore

 import (
+	"os"
 	"time"

 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log"
@ -77,7 +78,9 @@ func (w *watcher) loop() {
 	}
 	defer watcher.Close()
 	if err := watcher.Add(w.ac.keydir); err != nil {
-		logger.Warn("Failed to watch keystore folder", "err", err)
+		if !os.IsNotExist(err) {
+			logger.Warn("Failed to watch keystore folder", "err", err)
+		}
 		return
 	}

--- a/accounts/scwallet/securechannel.go
+++ b/accounts/scwallet/securechannel.go
@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 	"crypto/rand"
 	"crypto/sha256"
 	"crypto/sha512"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"

 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/crypto"
@ -125,7 +126,7 @@ func (s *SecureChannelSession) Pair(pairingPassword []byte) error {
 // Unpair disestablishes an existing pairing.
 func (s *SecureChannelSession) Unpair() error {
 	if s.PairingKey == nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("cannot unpair: not paired")
+		return errors.New("cannot unpair: not paired")
 	}

 	_, err := s.transmitEncrypted(claSCWallet, insUnpair, s.PairingIndex, 0, []byte{})
@ -141,7 +142,7 @@ func (s *SecureChannelSession) Unpair() error {
 // Open initializes the secure channel.
 func (s *SecureChannelSession) Open() error {
 	if s.iv != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("session already opened")
+		return errors.New("session already opened")
 	}

 	response, err := s.open()
@ -215,7 +216,7 @@ func (s *SecureChannelSession) pair(p1 uint8, data []byte) (*responseAPDU, error
 // transmitEncrypted sends an encrypted message, and decrypts and returns the response.
 func (s *SecureChannelSession) transmitEncrypted(cla, ins, p1, p2 byte, data []byte) (*responseAPDU, error) {
 	if s.iv == nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("channel not open")
+		return nil, errors.New("channel not open")
 	}

 	data, err := s.encryptAPDU(data)
@ -254,7 +255,7 @@ func (s *SecureChannelSession) transmitEncrypted(cla, ins, p1, p2 byte, data []b
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	if !bytes.Equal(s.iv, rmac) {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid MAC in response")
+		return nil, errors.New("invalid MAC in response")
 	}

 	rapdu := &responseAPDU{}
@ -319,7 +320,7 @@ func unpad(data []byte, terminator byte) ([]byte, error) {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("expected end of padding, got %d", data[len(data)-i])
 		}
 	}
-	return nil, fmt.Errorf("expected end of padding, got 0")
+	return nil, errors.New("expected end of padding, got 0")
 }

 // updateIV is an internal method that updates the initialization vector after
--- a/accounts/scwallet/wallet.go
+++ b/accounts/scwallet/wallet.go
@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ func (w *Wallet) release() error {
 // with the wallet.
 func (w *Wallet) pair(puk []byte) error {
 	if w.session.paired() {
-		return fmt.Errorf("wallet already paired")
+		return errors.New("wallet already paired")
 	}
 	pairing, err := w.session.pair(puk)
 	if err != nil {
@ -813,7 +813,7 @@ func (s *Session) pair(secret []byte) (smartcardPairing, error) {
 // unpair deletes an existing pairing.
 func (s *Session) unpair() error {
 	if !s.verified {
-		return fmt.Errorf("unpair requires that the PIN be verified")
+		return errors.New("unpair requires that the PIN be verified")
 	}
 	return s.Channel.Unpair()
 }
@ -907,7 +907,7 @@ func (s *Session) initialize(seed []byte) error {
 		return err
 	}
 	if status == "Online" {
-		return fmt.Errorf("card is already initialized, cowardly refusing to proceed")
+		return errors.New("card is already initialized, cowardly refusing to proceed")
 	}

 	s.Wallet.lock.Lock()
--- a/accounts/usbwallet/hub.go
+++ b/accounts/usbwallet/hub.go
@ -63,9 +63,9 @@ type Hub struct {
 	stateLock sync.RWMutex // Protects the internals of the hub from racey access

 	// TODO(karalabe): remove if hotplug lands on Windows
-	commsPend int        // Number of operations blocking enumeration
-	commsLock sync.Mutex // Lock protecting the pending counter and enumeration
-	enumFails uint32     // Number of times enumeration has failed
+	commsPend int           // Number of operations blocking enumeration
+	commsLock sync.Mutex    // Lock protecting the pending counter and enumeration
+	enumFails atomic.Uint32 // Number of times enumeration has failed
 }

 // NewLedgerHub creates a new hardware wallet manager for Ledger devices.
@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ func (hub *Hub) refreshWallets() {
 		return
 	}
 	// If USB enumeration is continually failing, don't keep trying indefinitely
-	if atomic.LoadUint32(&hub.enumFails) > 2 {
+	if hub.enumFails.Load() > 2 {
 		return
 	}
 	// Retrieve the current list of USB wallet devices
@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ func (hub *Hub) refreshWallets() {
 	}
 	infos, err := usb.Enumerate(hub.vendorID, 0)
 	if err != nil {
-		failcount := atomic.AddUint32(&hub.enumFails, 1)
+		failcount := hub.enumFails.Add(1)
 		if runtime.GOOS == "linux" {
 			// See rationale before the enumeration why this is needed and only on Linux.
 			hub.commsLock.Unlock()
@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ func (hub *Hub) refreshWallets() {
 			"vendor", hub.vendorID, "failcount", failcount, "err", err)
 		return
 	}
-	atomic.StoreUint32(&hub.enumFails, 0)
+	hub.enumFails.Store(0)

 	for _, info := range infos {
 		for _, id := range hub.productIDs {
--- a/accounts/usbwallet/wallet.go
+++ b/accounts/usbwallet/wallet.go
@ -624,7 +624,7 @@ func (w *wallet) SignTx(account accounts.Account, tx *types.Transaction, chainID
 	return signed, nil
 }

-// SignHashWithPassphrase implements accounts.Wallet, however signing arbitrary
+// SignTextWithPassphrase implements accounts.Wallet, however signing arbitrary
 // data is not supported for Ledger wallets, so this method will always return
 // an error.
 func (w *wallet) SignTextWithPassphrase(account accounts.Account, passphrase string, text []byte) ([]byte, error) {
--- a/beacon/engine/errors.go
+++ b/beacon/engine/errors.go
@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ var (
 	InvalidPayloadAttributes = &EngineAPIError{code: -38003, msg: "Invalid payload attributes"}
 	TooLargeRequest          = &EngineAPIError{code: -38004, msg: "Too large request"}
 	InvalidParams            = &EngineAPIError{code: -32602, msg: "Invalid parameters"}
+	UnsupportedFork          = &EngineAPIError{code: -38005, msg: "Unsupported fork"}

 	STATUS_INVALID         = ForkChoiceResponse{PayloadStatus: PayloadStatusV1{Status: INVALID}, PayloadID: nil}
 	STATUS_SYNCING         = ForkChoiceResponse{PayloadStatus: PayloadStatusV1{Status: SYNCING}, PayloadID: nil}
--- a/beacon/engine/gen_blockparams.go
+++ b/beacon/engine/gen_blockparams.go
@ -20,12 +20,14 @@ func (p PayloadAttributes) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
 		Random                common.Hash         `json:"prevRandao"            gencodec:"required"`
 		SuggestedFeeRecipient common.Address      `json:"suggestedFeeRecipient" gencodec:"required"`
 		Withdrawals           []*types.Withdrawal `json:"withdrawals"`
+		BeaconRoot            *common.Hash        `json:"parentBeaconBlockRoot"`
 	}
 	var enc PayloadAttributes
 	enc.Timestamp = hexutil.Uint64(p.Timestamp)
 	enc.Random = p.Random
 	enc.SuggestedFeeRecipient = p.SuggestedFeeRecipient
 	enc.Withdrawals = p.Withdrawals
+	enc.BeaconRoot = p.BeaconRoot
 	return json.Marshal(&enc)
 }

@ -36,6 +38,7 @@ func (p *PayloadAttributes) UnmarshalJSON(input []byte) error {
 		Random                *common.Hash        `json:"prevRandao"            gencodec:"required"`
 		SuggestedFeeRecipient *common.Address     `json:"suggestedFeeRecipient" gencodec:"required"`
 		Withdrawals           []*types.Withdrawal `json:"withdrawals"`
+		BeaconRoot            *common.Hash        `json:"parentBeaconBlockRoot"`
 	}
 	var dec PayloadAttributes
 	if err := json.Unmarshal(input, &dec); err != nil {
@ -56,5 +59,8 @@ func (p *PayloadAttributes) UnmarshalJSON(input []byte) error {
 	if dec.Withdrawals != nil {
 		p.Withdrawals = dec.Withdrawals
 	}
+	if dec.BeaconRoot != nil {
+		p.BeaconRoot = dec.BeaconRoot
+	}
 	return nil
 }
--- a/beacon/engine/gen_ed.go
+++ b/beacon/engine/gen_ed.go
@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ func (e ExecutableData) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
 		BlockHash     common.Hash         `json:"blockHash"     gencodec:"required"`
 		Transactions  []hexutil.Bytes     `json:"transactions"  gencodec:"required"`
 		Withdrawals   []*types.Withdrawal `json:"withdrawals"`
+		BlobGasUsed   *hexutil.Uint64     `json:"blobGasUsed"`
+		ExcessBlobGas *hexutil.Uint64     `json:"excessBlobGas"`
 	}
 	var enc ExecutableData
 	enc.ParentHash = e.ParentHash
@ -54,6 +56,8 @@ func (e ExecutableData) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
 		}
 	}
 	enc.Withdrawals = e.Withdrawals
+	enc.BlobGasUsed = (*hexutil.Uint64)(e.BlobGasUsed)
+	enc.ExcessBlobGas = (*hexutil.Uint64)(e.ExcessBlobGas)
 	return json.Marshal(&enc)
 }

@ -75,6 +79,8 @@ func (e *ExecutableData) UnmarshalJSON(input []byte) error {
 		BlockHash     *common.Hash        `json:"blockHash"     gencodec:"required"`
 		Transactions  []hexutil.Bytes     `json:"transactions"  gencodec:"required"`
 		Withdrawals   []*types.Withdrawal `json:"withdrawals"`
+		BlobGasUsed   *hexutil.Uint64     `json:"blobGasUsed"`
+		ExcessBlobGas *hexutil.Uint64     `json:"excessBlobGas"`
 	}
 	var dec ExecutableData
 	if err := json.Unmarshal(input, &dec); err != nil {
@ -142,5 +148,11 @@ func (e *ExecutableData) UnmarshalJSON(input []byte) error {
 	if dec.Withdrawals != nil {
 		e.Withdrawals = dec.Withdrawals
 	}
+	if dec.BlobGasUsed != nil {
+		e.BlobGasUsed = (*uint64)(dec.BlobGasUsed)
+	}
+	if dec.ExcessBlobGas != nil {
+		e.ExcessBlobGas = (*uint64)(dec.ExcessBlobGas)
+	}
 	return nil
 }
--- a/beacon/engine/gen_epe.go
+++ b/beacon/engine/gen_epe.go
@ -17,10 +17,14 @@ func (e ExecutionPayloadEnvelope) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
 	type ExecutionPayloadEnvelope struct {
 		ExecutionPayload *ExecutableData `json:"executionPayload"  gencodec:"required"`
 		BlockValue       *hexutil.Big    `json:"blockValue"  gencodec:"required"`
+		BlobsBundle      *BlobsBundleV1  `json:"blobsBundle"`
+		Override         bool            `json:"shouldOverrideBuilder"`
 	}
 	var enc ExecutionPayloadEnvelope
 	enc.ExecutionPayload = e.ExecutionPayload
 	enc.BlockValue = (*hexutil.Big)(e.BlockValue)
+	enc.BlobsBundle = e.BlobsBundle
+	enc.Override = e.Override
 	return json.Marshal(&enc)
 }

@ -29,6 +33,8 @@ func (e *ExecutionPayloadEnvelope) UnmarshalJSON(input []byte) error {
 	type ExecutionPayloadEnvelope struct {
 		ExecutionPayload *ExecutableData `json:"executionPayload"  gencodec:"required"`
 		BlockValue       *hexutil.Big    `json:"blockValue"  gencodec:"required"`
+		BlobsBundle      *BlobsBundleV1  `json:"blobsBundle"`
+		Override         *bool           `json:"shouldOverrideBuilder"`
 	}
 	var dec ExecutionPayloadEnvelope
 	if err := json.Unmarshal(input, &dec); err != nil {
@ -42,5 +48,11 @@ func (e *ExecutionPayloadEnvelope) UnmarshalJSON(input []byte) error {
 		return errors.New("missing required field 'blockValue' for ExecutionPayloadEnvelope")
 	}
 	e.BlockValue = (*big.Int)(dec.BlockValue)
+	if dec.BlobsBundle != nil {
+		e.BlobsBundle = dec.BlobsBundle
+	}
+	if dec.Override != nil {
+		e.Override = *dec.Override
+	}
 	return nil
 }
--- a/beacon/engine/types.go
+++ b/beacon/engine/types.go
@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ type PayloadAttributes struct {
 	Random                common.Hash         `json:"prevRandao"            gencodec:"required"`
 	SuggestedFeeRecipient common.Address      `json:"suggestedFeeRecipient" gencodec:"required"`
 	Withdrawals           []*types.Withdrawal `json:"withdrawals"`
+	BeaconRoot            *common.Hash        `json:"parentBeaconBlockRoot"`
 }

 // JSON type overrides for PayloadAttributes.
@ -61,6 +62,8 @@ type ExecutableData struct {
 	BlockHash     common.Hash         `json:"blockHash"     gencodec:"required"`
 	Transactions  [][]byte            `json:"transactions"  gencodec:"required"`
 	Withdrawals   []*types.Withdrawal `json:"withdrawals"`
+	BlobGasUsed   *uint64             `json:"blobGasUsed"`
+	ExcessBlobGas *uint64             `json:"excessBlobGas"`
 }

 // JSON type overrides for executableData.
@ -73,6 +76,8 @@ type executableDataMarshaling struct {
 	ExtraData     hexutil.Bytes
 	LogsBloom     hexutil.Bytes
 	Transactions  []hexutil.Bytes
+	BlobGasUsed   *hexutil.Uint64
+	ExcessBlobGas *hexutil.Uint64
 }

 //go:generate go run github.com/fjl/gencodec -type ExecutionPayloadEnvelope -field-override executionPayloadEnvelopeMarshaling -out gen_epe.go
@ -80,6 +85,14 @@ type executableDataMarshaling struct {
 type ExecutionPayloadEnvelope struct {
 	ExecutionPayload *ExecutableData `json:"executionPayload"  gencodec:"required"`
 	BlockValue       *big.Int        `json:"blockValue"  gencodec:"required"`
+	BlobsBundle      *BlobsBundleV1  `json:"blobsBundle"`
+	Override         bool            `json:"shouldOverrideBuilder"`
+}
+
+type BlobsBundleV1 struct {
+	Commitments []hexutil.Bytes `json:"commitments"`
+	Proofs      []hexutil.Bytes `json:"proofs"`
+	Blobs       []hexutil.Bytes `json:"blobs"`
 }

 // JSON type overrides for ExecutionPayloadEnvelope.
@ -152,14 +165,15 @@ func decodeTransactions(enc [][]byte) ([]*types.Transaction, error) {
 // ExecutableDataToBlock constructs a block from executable data.
 // It verifies that the following fields:
 //
-//	len(extraData) <= 32
-//	uncleHash = emptyUncleHash
-//	difficulty = 0
+//		len(extraData) <= 32
+//		uncleHash = emptyUncleHash
+//		difficulty = 0
+//	 	if versionedHashes != nil, versionedHashes match to blob transactions
 //
 // and that the blockhash of the constructed block matches the parameters. Nil
 // Withdrawals value will propagate through the returned block. Empty
 // Withdrawals value must be passed via non-nil, length 0 value in params.
-func ExecutableDataToBlock(params ExecutableData) (*types.Block, error) {
+func ExecutableDataToBlock(params ExecutableData, versionedHashes []common.Hash, beaconRoot *common.Hash) (*types.Block, error) {
 	txs, err := decodeTransactions(params.Transactions)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@ -174,6 +188,18 @@ func ExecutableDataToBlock(params ExecutableData) (*types.Block, error) {
 	if params.BaseFeePerGas != nil && (params.BaseFeePerGas.Sign() == -1 || params.BaseFeePerGas.BitLen() > 256) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid baseFeePerGas: %v", params.BaseFeePerGas)
 	}
+	var blobHashes []common.Hash
+	for _, tx := range txs {
+		blobHashes = append(blobHashes, tx.BlobHashes()...)
+	}
+	if len(blobHashes) != len(versionedHashes) {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid number of versionedHashes: %v blobHashes: %v", versionedHashes, blobHashes)
+	}
+	for i := 0; i < len(blobHashes); i++ {
+		if blobHashes[i] != versionedHashes[i] {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid versionedHash at %v: %v blobHashes: %v", i, versionedHashes, blobHashes)
+		}
+	}
 	// Only set withdrawalsRoot if it is non-nil. This allows CLs to use
 	// ExecutableData before withdrawals are enabled by marshaling
 	// Withdrawals as the json null value.
@ -183,22 +209,25 @@ func ExecutableDataToBlock(params ExecutableData) (*types.Block, error) {
 		withdrawalsRoot = &h
 	}
 	header := &types.Header{
-		ParentHash:      params.ParentHash,
-		UncleHash:       types.EmptyUncleHash,
-		Coinbase:        params.FeeRecipient,
-		Root:            params.StateRoot,
-		TxHash:          types.DeriveSha(types.Transactions(txs), trie.NewStackTrie(nil)),
-		ReceiptHash:     params.ReceiptsRoot,
-		Bloom:           types.BytesToBloom(params.LogsBloom),
-		Difficulty:      common.Big0,
-		Number:          new(big.Int).SetUint64(params.Number),
-		GasLimit:        params.GasLimit,
-		GasUsed:         params.GasUsed,
-		Time:            params.Timestamp,
-		BaseFee:         params.BaseFeePerGas,
-		Extra:           params.ExtraData,
-		MixDigest:       params.Random,
-		WithdrawalsHash: withdrawalsRoot,
+		ParentHash:       params.ParentHash,
+		UncleHash:        types.EmptyUncleHash,
+		Coinbase:         params.FeeRecipient,
+		Root:             params.StateRoot,
+		TxHash:           types.DeriveSha(types.Transactions(txs), trie.NewStackTrie(nil)),
+		ReceiptHash:      params.ReceiptsRoot,
+		Bloom:            types.BytesToBloom(params.LogsBloom),
+		Difficulty:       common.Big0,
+		Number:           new(big.Int).SetUint64(params.Number),
+		GasLimit:         params.GasLimit,
+		GasUsed:          params.GasUsed,
+		Time:             params.Timestamp,
+		BaseFee:          params.BaseFeePerGas,
+		Extra:            params.ExtraData,
+		MixDigest:        params.Random,
+		WithdrawalsHash:  withdrawalsRoot,
+		ExcessBlobGas:    params.ExcessBlobGas,
+		BlobGasUsed:      params.BlobGasUsed,
+		ParentBeaconRoot: beaconRoot,
 	}
 	block := types.NewBlockWithHeader(header).WithBody(txs, nil /* uncles */).WithWithdrawals(params.Withdrawals)
 	if block.Hash() != params.BlockHash {
@ -209,7 +238,7 @@ func ExecutableDataToBlock(params ExecutableData) (*types.Block, error) {

 // BlockToExecutableData constructs the ExecutableData structure by filling the
 // fields from the given block. It assumes the given block is post-merge block.
-func BlockToExecutableData(block *types.Block, fees *big.Int) *ExecutionPayloadEnvelope {
+func BlockToExecutableData(block *types.Block, fees *big.Int, sidecars []*types.BlobTxSidecar) *ExecutionPayloadEnvelope {
 	data := &ExecutableData{
 		BlockHash:     block.Hash(),
 		ParentHash:    block.ParentHash(),
@ -226,8 +255,22 @@ func BlockToExecutableData(block *types.Block, fees *big.Int) *ExecutionPayloadE
 		Random:        block.MixDigest(),
 		ExtraData:     block.Extra(),
 		Withdrawals:   block.Withdrawals(),
+		BlobGasUsed:   block.BlobGasUsed(),
+		ExcessBlobGas: block.ExcessBlobGas(),
 	}
-	return &ExecutionPayloadEnvelope{ExecutionPayload: data, BlockValue: fees}
+	bundle := BlobsBundleV1{
+		Commitments: make([]hexutil.Bytes, 0),
+		Blobs:       make([]hexutil.Bytes, 0),
+		Proofs:      make([]hexutil.Bytes, 0),
+	}
+	for _, sidecar := range sidecars {
+		for j := range sidecar.Blobs {
+			bundle.Blobs = append(bundle.Blobs, hexutil.Bytes(sidecar.Blobs[j][:]))
+			bundle.Commitments = append(bundle.Commitments, hexutil.Bytes(sidecar.Commitments[j][:]))
+			bundle.Proofs = append(bundle.Proofs, hexutil.Bytes(sidecar.Proofs[j][:]))
+		}
+	}
+	return &ExecutionPayloadEnvelope{ExecutionPayload: data, BlockValue: fees, BlobsBundle: &bundle, Override: false}
 }

 // ExecutionPayloadBodyV1 is used in the response to GetPayloadBodiesByHashV1 and GetPayloadBodiesByRangeV1
--- a/build/checksums.txt
+++ b/build/checksums.txt
@ -1,20 +1,25 @@
 # This file contains sha256 checksums of optional build dependencies.

-e447b498cde50215c4f7619e5124b0fc4e25fb5d16ea47271c47f278e7aa763a  go1.20.3.src.tar.gz
-c1e1161d6d859deb576e6cfabeb40e3d042ceb1c6f444f617c3c9d76269c3565  go1.20.3.darwin-amd64.tar.gz
-86b0ed0f2b2df50fa8036eea875d1cf2d76cefdacf247c44639a1464b7e36b95  go1.20.3.darwin-arm64.tar.gz
-340e80abd047c597fdc0f50a6cc59617f06c297d62f7fc77f4a0164e2da6f7aa  go1.20.3.freebsd-386.tar.gz
-2169fcd8b6c94c5fbe07c0b470ccfb6001d343f6548ad49f3d9ab78e3b5753c7  go1.20.3.freebsd-amd64.tar.gz
-e12384311403f1389d14cc1c1295bfb4e0dd5ab919403b80da429f671a223507  go1.20.3.linux-386.tar.gz
-979694c2c25c735755bf26f4f45e19e64e4811d661dd07b8c010f7a8e18adfca  go1.20.3.linux-amd64.tar.gz
-eb186529f13f901e7a2c4438a05c2cd90d74706aaa0a888469b2a4a617b6ee54  go1.20.3.linux-arm64.tar.gz
-b421e90469a83671641f81b6e20df6500f033e9523e89cbe7b7223704dd1035c  go1.20.3.linux-armv6l.tar.gz
-943c89aa1624ea544a022b31e3d6e16a037200e436370bdd5fd67f3fa60be282  go1.20.3.linux-ppc64le.tar.gz
-126cf823a5634ef2544b866db107b9d351d3ea70d9e240b0bdcfb46f4dcae54b  go1.20.3.linux-s390x.tar.gz
-37e9146e1f9d681cfcaa6fee6c7b890c44c64bc50228c9588f3c4231346d33bd  go1.20.3.windows-386.zip
-143a2837821c7dbacf7744cbb1a8421c1f48307c6fdfaeffc5f8c2f69e1b7932  go1.20.3.windows-amd64.zip
-158cb159e00bc979f473e0f5b5a561613129c5e51067967b72b8e072e5a4db81  go1.20.3.windows-arm64.zip
+# https://github.com/ethereum/execution-spec-tests/releases
+24bac679f3a2d8240d8e08e7f6a70b70c2dabf673317d924cf1d1887b9fe1f81  fixtures.tar.gz

+# https://go.dev/dl/
+bfa36bf75e9a1e9cbbdb9abcf9d1707e479bd3a07880a8ae3564caee5711cb99  go1.21.1.src.tar.gz
+809f5b0ef4f7dcdd5f51e9630a5b2e5a1006f22a047126d61560cdc365678a19  go1.21.1.darwin-amd64.tar.gz
+ffd40391a1e995855488b008ad9326ff8c2e81803a6e80894401003bae47fcf1  go1.21.1.darwin-arm64.tar.gz
+9919a9a4dc82371aba3da5b7c830bcb6249fc1502cd26d959eb340a60e41ee01  go1.21.1.freebsd-386.tar.gz
+2571f10f6047e04d87c1f5986a05e5e8f7b511faf98803ef12b66d563845d2a1  go1.21.1.freebsd-amd64.tar.gz
+b93850666cdadbd696a986cf7b03111fe99db8c34a9aaa113d7c96d0081e1901  go1.21.1.linux-386.tar.gz
+b3075ae1ce5dab85f89bc7905d1632de23ca196bd8336afd93fa97434cfa55ae  go1.21.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz
+7da1a3936a928fd0b2602ed4f3ef535b8cd1990f1503b8d3e1acc0fa0759c967  go1.21.1.linux-arm64.tar.gz
+f3716a43f59ae69999841d6007b42c9e286e8d8ce470656fb3e70d7be2d7ca85  go1.21.1.linux-armv6l.tar.gz
+eddf018206f8a5589bda75252b72716d26611efebabdca5d0083ec15e9e41ab7  go1.21.1.linux-ppc64le.tar.gz
+a83b3e8eb4dbf76294e773055eb51397510ff4d612a247bad9903560267bba6d  go1.21.1.linux-s390x.tar.gz
+170256c820f466f29d64876f25f4dfa4029ed9902a0a9095d8bd603aecf4d83b  go1.21.1.windows-386.zip
+10a4f5b63215d11d1770453733dbcbf024f3f74872f84e28d7ea59f0250316c6  go1.21.1.windows-amd64.zip
+41135ce6e0ced4bc1e459cb96bd4090c9dc2062e24179c3f337d855af9b560ef  go1.21.1.windows-arm64.zip
+
+# https://github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/releases
 fba08acc4027f69f07cef48fbff70b8a7ecdfaa1c2aba9ad3fb31d60d9f5d4bc  golangci-lint-1.51.1-darwin-amd64.tar.gz
 75b8f0ff3a4e68147156be4161a49d4576f1be37a0b506473f8c482140c1e7f2  golangci-lint-1.51.1-darwin-arm64.tar.gz
 e06b3459aaed356e1667580be00b05f41f3b2e29685d12cdee571c23e1edb414  golangci-lint-1.51.1-freebsd-386.tar.gz
--- a/build/ci.go
+++ b/build/ci.go
@ -120,15 +120,15 @@ var (
 	// Distros for which packages are created.
 	// Note: vivid is unsupported because there is no golang-1.6 package for it.
 	// Note: the following Ubuntu releases have been officially deprecated on Launchpad:
-	//   wily, yakkety, zesty, artful, cosmic, disco, eoan, groovy, hirsuite, impish
+	//   wily, yakkety, zesty, artful, cosmic, disco, eoan, groovy, hirsuite, impish,
+	//   kinetic
 	debDistroGoBoots = map[string]string{
-		"trusty":  "golang-1.11", // EOL: 04/2024
-		"xenial":  "golang-go",   // EOL: 04/2026
-		"bionic":  "golang-go",   // EOL: 04/2028
-		"focal":   "golang-go",   // EOL: 04/2030
-		"jammy":   "golang-go",   // EOL: 04/2032
-		"kinetic": "golang-go",   // EOL: 07/2023
-		"lunar":   "golang-go",   // EOL: 01/2024
+		"trusty": "golang-1.11", // EOL: 04/2024
+		"xenial": "golang-go",   // EOL: 04/2026
+		"bionic": "golang-go",   // EOL: 04/2028
+		"focal":  "golang-go",   // EOL: 04/2030
+		"jammy":  "golang-go",   // EOL: 04/2032
+		"lunar":  "golang-go",   // EOL: 01/2024
 	}

 	debGoBootPaths = map[string]string{
@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ var (
 	// This is the version of Go that will be downloaded by
 	//
 	//     go run ci.go install -dlgo
-	dlgoVersion = "1.20.3"
+	dlgoVersion = "1.21.1"

 	// This is the version of Go that will be used to bootstrap the PPA builder.
 	//
@ -148,6 +148,13 @@ var (
 	// we need to switch over to a recursive builder to jumpt across supported
 	// versions.
 	gobootVersion = "1.19.6"
+
+	// This is the version of execution-spec-tests that we are using.
+	// When updating, you must also update build/checksums.txt.
+	executionSpecTestsVersion = "1.0.2"
+
+	// This is where the tests should be unpacked.
+	executionSpecTestsDir = "tests/spec-tests"
 )

 var GOBIN, _ = filepath.Abs(filepath.Join("build", "bin"))
@ -200,6 +207,7 @@ func doInstall(cmdline []string) {
 		staticlink = flag.Bool("static", false, "Create statically-linked executable")
 	)
 	flag.CommandLine.Parse(cmdline)
+	env := build.Env()

 	// Configure the toolchain.
 	tc := build.GoToolchain{GOARCH: *arch, CC: *cc}
@ -207,12 +215,16 @@ func doInstall(cmdline []string) {
 		csdb := build.MustLoadChecksums("build/checksums.txt")
 		tc.Root = build.DownloadGo(csdb, dlgoVersion)
 	}
-	// Disable CLI markdown doc generation in release builds and enable linking
-	// the CKZG library since we can make it portable here.
-	buildTags := []string{"urfave_cli_no_docs", "ckzg"}
+
+	// Disable CLI markdown doc generation in release builds.
+	buildTags := []string{"urfave_cli_no_docs"}
+
+	// Enable linking the CKZG library since we can make it work with additional flags.
+	if env.UbuntuVersion != "trusty" {
+		buildTags = append(buildTags, "ckzg")
+	}

 	// Configure the build.
-	env := build.Env()
 	gobuild := tc.Go("build", buildFlags(env, *staticlink, buildTags)...)

 	// arm64 CI builders are memory-constrained and can't handle concurrent builds,
@ -289,16 +301,26 @@ func doTest(cmdline []string) {
 		coverage = flag.Bool("coverage", false, "Whether to record code coverage")
 		verbose  = flag.Bool("v", false, "Whether to log verbosely")
 		race     = flag.Bool("race", false, "Execute the race detector")
+		cachedir = flag.String("cachedir", "./build/cache", "directory for caching downloads")
 	)
 	flag.CommandLine.Parse(cmdline)

+	// Get test fixtures.
+	csdb := build.MustLoadChecksums("build/checksums.txt")
+	downloadSpecTestFixtures(csdb, *cachedir)
+
 	// Configure the toolchain.
 	tc := build.GoToolchain{GOARCH: *arch, CC: *cc}
 	if *dlgo {
-		csdb := build.MustLoadChecksums("build/checksums.txt")
 		tc.Root = build.DownloadGo(csdb, dlgoVersion)
 	}
-	gotest := tc.Go("test", "-tags=ckzg")
+	gotest := tc.Go("test")
+
+	// CI needs a bit more time for the statetests (default 10m).
+	gotest.Args = append(gotest.Args, "-timeout=20m")
+
+	// Enable CKZG backend in CI.
+	gotest.Args = append(gotest.Args, "-tags=ckzg")

 	// Test a single package at a time. CI builders are slow
 	// and some tests run into timeouts under load.
@ -321,6 +343,21 @@ func doTest(cmdline []string) {
 	build.MustRun(gotest)
 }

+// downloadSpecTestFixtures downloads and extracts the execution-spec-tests fixtures.
+func downloadSpecTestFixtures(csdb *build.ChecksumDB, cachedir string) string {
+	ext := ".tar.gz"
+	base := "fixtures" // TODO(MariusVanDerWijden) rename once the version becomes part of the filename
+	url := fmt.Sprintf("https://github.com/ethereum/execution-spec-tests/releases/download/v%s/%s%s", executionSpecTestsVersion, base, ext)
+	archivePath := filepath.Join(cachedir, base+ext)
+	if err := csdb.DownloadFile(url, archivePath); err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err := build.ExtractArchive(archivePath, executionSpecTestsDir); err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	return filepath.Join(cachedir, base)
+}
+
 // doLint runs golangci-lint on requested packages.
 func doLint(cmdline []string) {
 	var (
--- a/build/deb/ethereum/deb.rules
+++ b/build/deb/ethereum/deb.rules
@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ override_dh_auto_build:
 	mv .mod $(GOPATH)/pkg/mod

 	# A fresh Go was built, all dependency downloads faked, hope build works now
-	../.go/bin/go run build/ci.go install -git-commit={{.Env.Commit}} -git-branch={{.Env.Branch}} -git-tag={{.Env.Tag}} -buildnum={{.Env.Buildnum}} -pull-request={{.Env.IsPullRequest}}
+	../.go/bin/go run build/ci.go install -git-commit={{.Env.Commit}} -git-branch={{.Env.Branch}} -git-tag={{.Env.Tag}} -buildnum={{.Env.Buildnum}} -pull-request={{.Env.IsPullRequest}} -ubuntu {{.Distro}}

 override_dh_auto_test:

--- a/build/update-license.go
+++ b/build/update-license.go
@ -46,12 +46,13 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"regexp"
 	"runtime"
-	"sort"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"text/template"
 	"time"
+
+	"golang.org/x/exp/slices"
 )

 var (
@ -152,13 +153,6 @@ func (i info) gpl() bool {
 	return false
 }

-// authors implements the sort.Interface for strings in case-insensitive mode.
-type authors []string
-
-func (as authors) Len() int           { return len(as) }
-func (as authors) Less(i, j int) bool { return strings.ToLower(as[i]) < strings.ToLower(as[j]) }
-func (as authors) Swap(i, j int)      { as[i], as[j] = as[j], as[i] }
-
 func main() {
 	var (
 		files = getFiles()
@ -299,7 +293,9 @@ func writeAuthors(files []string) {
 		}
 	}
 	// Write sorted list of authors back to the file.
-	sort.Sort(authors(list))
+	slices.SortFunc(list, func(a, b string) bool {
+		return strings.ToLower(a) < strings.ToLower(b)
+	})
 	content := new(bytes.Buffer)
 	content.WriteString(authorsFileHeader)
 	for _, a := range list {
--- a/cmd/bootnode/main.go
+++ b/cmd/bootnode/main.go
@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net"
 	"os"
+	"time"

 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/cmd/utils"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/crypto"
@ -107,21 +108,20 @@ func main() {
 	if err != nil {
 		utils.Fatalf("-ListenUDP: %v", err)
 	}
-
-	realaddr := conn.LocalAddr().(*net.UDPAddr)
-	if natm != nil {
-		if !realaddr.IP.IsLoopback() {
-			go nat.Map(natm, nil, "udp", realaddr.Port, realaddr.Port, "ethereum discovery")
-		}
-		if ext, err := natm.ExternalIP(); err == nil {
-			realaddr = &net.UDPAddr{IP: ext, Port: realaddr.Port}
-		}
-	}
-
-	printNotice(&nodeKey.PublicKey, *realaddr)
+	defer conn.Close()

 	db, _ := enode.OpenDB("")
 	ln := enode.NewLocalNode(db, nodeKey)
+
+	listenerAddr := conn.LocalAddr().(*net.UDPAddr)
+	if natm != nil && !listenerAddr.IP.IsLoopback() {
+		natAddr := doPortMapping(natm, ln, listenerAddr)
+		if natAddr != nil {
+			listenerAddr = natAddr
+		}
+	}
+
+	printNotice(&nodeKey.PublicKey, *listenerAddr)
 	cfg := discover.Config{
 		PrivateKey:  nodeKey,
 		NetRestrict: restrictList,
@ -148,3 +148,61 @@ func printNotice(nodeKey *ecdsa.PublicKey, addr net.UDPAddr) {
 	fmt.Println("Note: you're using cmd/bootnode, a developer tool.")
 	fmt.Println("We recommend using a regular node as bootstrap node for production deployments.")
 }
+
+func doPortMapping(natm nat.Interface, ln *enode.LocalNode, addr *net.UDPAddr) *net.UDPAddr {
+	const (
+		protocol = "udp"
+		name     = "ethereum discovery"
+	)
+	newLogger := func(external int, internal int) log.Logger {
+		return log.New("proto", protocol, "extport", external, "intport", internal, "interface", natm)
+	}
+
+	var (
+		intport    = addr.Port
+		extaddr    = &net.UDPAddr{IP: addr.IP, Port: addr.Port}
+		mapTimeout = nat.DefaultMapTimeout
+		log        = newLogger(addr.Port, intport)
+	)
+	addMapping := func() {
+		// Get the external address.
+		var err error
+		extaddr.IP, err = natm.ExternalIP()
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Debug("Couldn't get external IP", "err", err)
+			return
+		}
+		// Create the mapping.
+		p, err := natm.AddMapping(protocol, extaddr.Port, intport, name, mapTimeout)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Debug("Couldn't add port mapping", "err", err)
+			return
+		}
+		if p != uint16(extaddr.Port) {
+			extaddr.Port = int(p)
+			log = newLogger(extaddr.Port, intport)
+			log.Info("NAT mapped alternative port")
+		} else {
+			log.Info("NAT mapped port")
+		}
+		// Update IP/port information of the local node.
+		ln.SetStaticIP(extaddr.IP)
+		ln.SetFallbackUDP(extaddr.Port)
+	}
+
+	// Perform mapping once, synchronously.
+	log.Info("Attempting port mapping")
+	addMapping()
+
+	// Refresh the mapping periodically.
+	go func() {
+		refresh := time.NewTimer(mapTimeout)
+		defer refresh.Stop()
+		for range refresh.C {
+			addMapping()
+			refresh.Reset(mapTimeout)
+		}
+	}()
+
+	return extaddr
+}
--- a/cmd/clef/README.md
+++ b/cmd/clef/README.md
@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ GLOBAL OPTIONS:
   --loglevel value        log level to emit to the screen (default: 4)
   --keystore value        Directory for the keystore (default: "$HOME/.ethereum/keystore")
   --configdir value       Directory for Clef configuration (default: "$HOME/.clef")
-   --chainid value         Chain id to use for signing (1=mainnet, 4=Rinkeby, 5=Goerli) (default: 1)
+   --chainid value         Chain id to use for signing (1=mainnet, 5=Goerli) (default: 1)
   --lightkdf              Reduce key-derivation RAM & CPU usage at some expense of KDF strength
   --nousb                 Disables monitoring for and managing USB hardware wallets
   --pcscdpath value       Path to the smartcard daemon (pcscd) socket file (default: "/run/pcscd/pcscd.comm")
--- a/cmd/clef/main.go
+++ b/cmd/clef/main.go
@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"math/big"
+	"net"
 	"os"
 	"os/signal"
 	"path/filepath"
@ -99,7 +100,7 @@ var (
 	chainIdFlag = &cli.Int64Flag{
 		Name:  "chainid",
 		Value: params.MainnetChainConfig.ChainID.Int64(),
-		Usage: "Chain id to use for signing (1=mainnet, 4=Rinkeby, 5=Goerli)",
+		Usage: "Chain id to use for signing (1=mainnet, 5=Goerli)",
 	}
 	rpcPortFlag = &cli.IntFlag{
 		Name:     "http.port",
@ -732,6 +733,7 @@ func signer(c *cli.Context) error {
 		cors := utils.SplitAndTrim(c.String(utils.HTTPCORSDomainFlag.Name))

 		srv := rpc.NewServer()
+		srv.SetBatchLimits(node.DefaultConfig.BatchRequestLimit, node.DefaultConfig.BatchResponseMaxSize)
 		err := node.RegisterApis(rpcAPI, []string{"account"}, srv)
 		if err != nil {
 			utils.Fatalf("Could not register API: %w", err)
@ -742,7 +744,7 @@ func signer(c *cli.Context) error {
 		port := c.Int(rpcPortFlag.Name)

 		// start http server
-		httpEndpoint := fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", c.String(utils.HTTPListenAddrFlag.Name), port)
+		httpEndpoint := net.JoinHostPort(c.String(utils.HTTPListenAddrFlag.Name), fmt.Sprintf("%d", port))
 		httpServer, addr, err := node.StartHTTPEndpoint(httpEndpoint, rpc.DefaultHTTPTimeouts, handler)
 		if err != nil {
 			utils.Fatalf("Could not start RPC api: %v", err)
--- a/cmd/devp2p/README.md
+++ b/cmd/devp2p/README.md
@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ set to standard output. The following filters are supported:
 - `-limit <N>` limits the output set to N entries, taking the top N nodes by score
 - `-ip <CIDR>` filters nodes by IP subnet
 - `-min-age <duration>` filters nodes by 'first seen' time
- `-eth-network <mainnet/rinkeby/goerli/sepolia>` filters nodes by "eth" ENR entry
+- `-eth-network <mainnet/goerli/sepolia/holesky>` filters nodes by "eth" ENR entry
 - `-les-server` filters nodes by LES server support
 - `-snap` filters nodes by snap protocol support

--- a/cmd/devp2p/crawl.go
+++ b/cmd/devp2p/crawl.go
@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package main

 import (
+	"errors"
 	"sync"
 	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
@ -51,7 +52,14 @@ type resolver interface {
 	RequestENR(*enode.Node) (*enode.Node, error)
 }

-func newCrawler(input nodeSet, disc resolver, iters ...enode.Iterator) *crawler {
+func newCrawler(input nodeSet, bootnodes []*enode.Node, disc resolver, iters ...enode.Iterator) (*crawler, error) {
+	if len(input) == 0 {
+		input.add(bootnodes...)
+	}
+	if len(input) == 0 {
+		return nil, errors.New("no input nodes to start crawling")
+	}
+
 	c := &crawler{
 		input:     input,
 		output:    make(nodeSet, len(input)),
@ -67,7 +75,7 @@ func newCrawler(input nodeSet, disc resolver, iters ...enode.Iterator) *crawler
 	for id, n := range input {
 		c.output[id] = n
 	}
-	return c
+	return c, nil
 }

 func (c *crawler) run(timeout time.Duration, nthreads int) nodeSet {
@ -87,11 +95,11 @@ func (c *crawler) run(timeout time.Duration, nthreads int) nodeSet {
 		go c.runIterator(doneCh, it)
 	}
 	var (
-		added   uint64
-		updated uint64
-		skipped uint64
-		recent  uint64
-		removed uint64
+		added   atomic.Uint64
+		updated atomic.Uint64
+		skipped atomic.Uint64
+		recent  atomic.Uint64
+		removed atomic.Uint64
 		wg      sync.WaitGroup
 	)
 	wg.Add(nthreads)
@ -103,15 +111,15 @@ func (c *crawler) run(timeout time.Duration, nthreads int) nodeSet {
 				case n := <-c.ch:
 					switch c.updateNode(n) {
 					case nodeSkipIncompat:
-						atomic.AddUint64(&skipped, 1)
+						skipped.Add(1)
 					case nodeSkipRecent:
-						atomic.AddUint64(&recent, 1)
+						recent.Add(1)
 					case nodeRemoved:
-						atomic.AddUint64(&removed, 1)
+						removed.Add(1)
 					case nodeAdded:
-						atomic.AddUint64(&added, 1)
+						added.Add(1)
 					default:
-						atomic.AddUint64(&updated, 1)
+						updated.Add(1)
 					}
 				case <-c.closed:
 					return
@ -138,11 +146,11 @@ loop:
 			break loop
 		case <-statusTicker.C:
 			log.Info("Crawling in progress",
-				"added", atomic.LoadUint64(&added),
-				"updated", atomic.LoadUint64(&updated),
-				"removed", atomic.LoadUint64(&removed),
-				"ignored(recent)", atomic.LoadUint64(&recent),
-				"ignored(incompatible)", atomic.LoadUint64(&skipped))
+				"added", added.Load(),
+				"updated", updated.Load(),
+				"removed", removed.Load(),
+				"ignored(recent)", recent.Load(),
+				"ignored(incompatible)", skipped.Load())
 		}
 	}

--- a/cmd/devp2p/discv4cmd.go
+++ b/cmd/devp2p/discv4cmd.go
@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ var discoveryNodeFlags = []cli.Flag{

 func discv4Ping(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	n := getNodeArg(ctx)
-	disc := startV4(ctx)
+	disc, _ := startV4(ctx)
 	defer disc.Close()

 	start := time.Now()
@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ func discv4Ping(ctx *cli.Context) error {

 func discv4RequestRecord(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	n := getNodeArg(ctx)
-	disc := startV4(ctx)
+	disc, _ := startV4(ctx)
 	defer disc.Close()

 	respN, err := disc.RequestENR(n)
@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ func discv4RequestRecord(ctx *cli.Context) error {

 func discv4Resolve(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	n := getNodeArg(ctx)
-	disc := startV4(ctx)
+	disc, _ := startV4(ctx)
 	defer disc.Close()

 	fmt.Println(disc.Resolve(n).String())
@ -196,10 +196,13 @@ func discv4ResolveJSON(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 		nodeargs = append(nodeargs, n)
 	}

-	// Run the crawler.
-	disc := startV4(ctx)
+	disc, config := startV4(ctx)
 	defer disc.Close()
-	c := newCrawler(inputSet, disc, enode.IterNodes(nodeargs))
+
+	c, err := newCrawler(inputSet, config.Bootnodes, disc, enode.IterNodes(nodeargs))
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 	c.revalidateInterval = 0
 	output := c.run(0, 1)
 	writeNodesJSON(nodesFile, output)
@ -211,14 +214,18 @@ func discv4Crawl(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 		return errors.New("need nodes file as argument")
 	}
 	nodesFile := ctx.Args().First()
-	var inputSet nodeSet
+	inputSet := make(nodeSet)
 	if common.FileExist(nodesFile) {
 		inputSet = loadNodesJSON(nodesFile)
 	}

-	disc := startV4(ctx)
+	disc, config := startV4(ctx)
 	defer disc.Close()
-	c := newCrawler(inputSet, disc, disc.RandomNodes())
+
+	c, err := newCrawler(inputSet, config.Bootnodes, disc, disc.RandomNodes())
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 	c.revalidateInterval = 10 * time.Minute
 	output := c.run(ctx.Duration(crawlTimeoutFlag.Name), ctx.Int(crawlParallelismFlag.Name))
 	writeNodesJSON(nodesFile, output)
@ -238,14 +245,14 @@ func discv4Test(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 }

 // startV4 starts an ephemeral discovery V4 node.
-func startV4(ctx *cli.Context) *discover.UDPv4 {
+func startV4(ctx *cli.Context) (*discover.UDPv4, discover.Config) {
 	ln, config := makeDiscoveryConfig(ctx)
 	socket := listen(ctx, ln)
 	disc, err := discover.ListenV4(socket, ln, config)
 	if err != nil {
 		exit(err)
 	}
-	return disc
+	return disc, config
 }

 func makeDiscoveryConfig(ctx *cli.Context) (*enode.LocalNode, discover.Config) {
@ -337,7 +344,7 @@ func listen(ctx *cli.Context, ln *enode.LocalNode) *net.UDPConn {
 }

 func parseBootnodes(ctx *cli.Context) ([]*enode.Node, error) {
-	s := params.RinkebyBootnodes
+	s := params.MainnetBootnodes
 	if ctx.IsSet(bootnodesFlag.Name) {
 		input := ctx.String(bootnodesFlag.Name)
 		if input == "" {
--- a/cmd/devp2p/discv5cmd.go
+++ b/cmd/devp2p/discv5cmd.go
@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ var (

 func discv5Ping(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	n := getNodeArg(ctx)
-	disc := startV5(ctx)
+	disc, _ := startV5(ctx)
 	defer disc.Close()

 	fmt.Println(disc.Ping(n))
@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ func discv5Ping(ctx *cli.Context) error {

 func discv5Resolve(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	n := getNodeArg(ctx)
-	disc := startV5(ctx)
+	disc, _ := startV5(ctx)
 	defer disc.Close()

 	fmt.Println(disc.Resolve(n))
@ -102,14 +102,18 @@ func discv5Crawl(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 		return errors.New("need nodes file as argument")
 	}
 	nodesFile := ctx.Args().First()
-	var inputSet nodeSet
+	inputSet := make(nodeSet)
 	if common.FileExist(nodesFile) {
 		inputSet = loadNodesJSON(nodesFile)
 	}

-	disc := startV5(ctx)
+	disc, config := startV5(ctx)
 	defer disc.Close()
-	c := newCrawler(inputSet, disc, disc.RandomNodes())
+
+	c, err := newCrawler(inputSet, config.Bootnodes, disc, disc.RandomNodes())
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 	c.revalidateInterval = 10 * time.Minute
 	output := c.run(ctx.Duration(crawlTimeoutFlag.Name), ctx.Int(crawlParallelismFlag.Name))
 	writeNodesJSON(nodesFile, output)
@ -127,7 +131,7 @@ func discv5Test(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 }

 func discv5Listen(ctx *cli.Context) error {
-	disc := startV5(ctx)
+	disc, _ := startV5(ctx)
 	defer disc.Close()

 	fmt.Println(disc.Self())
@ -135,12 +139,12 @@ func discv5Listen(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 }

 // startV5 starts an ephemeral discovery v5 node.
-func startV5(ctx *cli.Context) *discover.UDPv5 {
+func startV5(ctx *cli.Context) (*discover.UDPv5, discover.Config) {
 	ln, config := makeDiscoveryConfig(ctx)
 	socket := listen(ctx, ln)
 	disc, err := discover.ListenV5(socket, ln, config)
 	if err != nil {
 		exit(err)
 	}
-	return disc
+	return disc, config
 }
--- a/cmd/devp2p/dns_route53.go
+++ b/cmd/devp2p/dns_route53.go
@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"sort"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
@ -33,6 +32,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/p2p/dnsdisc"
 	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
+	"golang.org/x/exp/slices"
 )

 const (
@ -288,11 +288,17 @@ func makeDeletionChanges(records map[string]recordSet, keep map[string]string) [
 // sortChanges ensures DNS changes are in leaf-added -> root-changed -> leaf-deleted order.
 func sortChanges(changes []types.Change) {
 	score := map[string]int{"CREATE": 1, "UPSERT": 2, "DELETE": 3}
-	sort.Slice(changes, func(i, j int) bool {
-		if changes[i].Action == changes[j].Action {
-			return *changes[i].ResourceRecordSet.Name < *changes[j].ResourceRecordSet.Name
+	slices.SortFunc(changes, func(a, b types.Change) int {
+		if a.Action == b.Action {
+			return strings.Compare(*a.ResourceRecordSet.Name, *b.ResourceRecordSet.Name)
 		}
-		return score[string(changes[i].Action)] < score[string(changes[j].Action)]
+		if score[string(a.Action)] < score[string(b.Action)] {
+			return -1
+		}
+		if score[string(a.Action)] > score[string(b.Action)] {
+			return 1
+		}
+		return 0
 	})
 }

--- a/cmd/devp2p/internal/ethtest/chain.go
+++ b/cmd/devp2p/internal/ethtest/chain.go
@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ func (c *Chain) RootAt(height int) common.Hash {

 // ForkID gets the fork id of the chain.
 func (c *Chain) ForkID() forkid.ID {
-	return forkid.NewID(c.chainConfig, c.blocks[0].Hash(), uint64(c.Len()), c.blocks[0].Time())
+	return forkid.NewID(c.chainConfig, c.blocks[0], uint64(c.Len()), c.blocks[0].Time())
 }

 // Shorten returns a copy chain of a desired height from the imported
--- a/cmd/devp2p/internal/ethtest/suite_test.go
+++ b/cmd/devp2p/internal/ethtest/suite_test.go
@ -109,19 +109,18 @@ func setupGeth(stack *node.Node) error {
 	}

 	backend, err := eth.New(stack, &ethconfig.Config{
-		Genesis:                 &chain.genesis,
-		NetworkId:               chain.genesis.Config.ChainID.Uint64(), // 19763
-		DatabaseCache:           10,
-		TrieCleanCache:          10,
-		TrieCleanCacheJournal:   "",
-		TrieCleanCacheRejournal: 60 * time.Minute,
-		TrieDirtyCache:          16,
-		TrieTimeout:             60 * time.Minute,
-		SnapshotCache:           10,
+		Genesis:        &chain.genesis,
+		NetworkId:      chain.genesis.Config.ChainID.Uint64(), // 19763
+		DatabaseCache:  10,
+		TrieCleanCache: 10,
+		TrieDirtyCache: 16,
+		TrieTimeout:    60 * time.Minute,
+		SnapshotCache:  10,
 	})
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	backend.SetSynced()

 	_, err = backend.BlockChain().InsertChain(chain.blocks[1:])
 	return err
--- a/cmd/devp2p/nodeset.go
+++ b/cmd/devp2p/nodeset.go
@ -21,11 +21,11 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
-	"sort"
 	"time"

 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/p2p/enode"
+	"golang.org/x/exp/slices"
 )

 const jsonIndent = "    "
@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ func (ns nodeSet) nodes() []*enode.Node {
 		result = append(result, n.N)
 	}
 	// Sort by ID.
-	sort.Slice(result, func(i, j int) bool {
-		return bytes.Compare(result[i].ID().Bytes(), result[j].ID().Bytes()) < 0
+	slices.SortFunc(result, func(a, b *enode.Node) int {
+		return bytes.Compare(a.ID().Bytes(), b.ID().Bytes())
 	})
 	return result
 }
@ -103,8 +103,14 @@ func (ns nodeSet) topN(n int) nodeSet {
 	for _, v := range ns {
 		byscore = append(byscore, v)
 	}
-	sort.Slice(byscore, func(i, j int) bool {
-		return byscore[i].Score >= byscore[j].Score
+	slices.SortFunc(byscore, func(a, b nodeJSON) int {
+		if a.Score > b.Score {
+			return -1
+		}
+		if a.Score < b.Score {
+			return 1
+		}
+		return 0
 	})
 	result := make(nodeSet, n)
 	for _, v := range byscore[:n] {
--- a/cmd/devp2p/nodesetcmd.go
+++ b/cmd/devp2p/nodesetcmd.go
@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"

+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/forkid"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/p2p/enr"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/params"
@ -228,13 +229,13 @@ func ethFilter(args []string) (nodeFilter, error) {
 	var filter forkid.Filter
 	switch args[0] {
 	case "mainnet":
-		filter = forkid.NewStaticFilter(params.MainnetChainConfig, params.MainnetGenesisHash)
-	case "rinkeby":
-		filter = forkid.NewStaticFilter(params.RinkebyChainConfig, params.RinkebyGenesisHash)
+		filter = forkid.NewStaticFilter(params.MainnetChainConfig, core.DefaultGenesisBlock().ToBlock())
 	case "goerli":
-		filter = forkid.NewStaticFilter(params.GoerliChainConfig, params.GoerliGenesisHash)
+		filter = forkid.NewStaticFilter(params.GoerliChainConfig, core.DefaultGoerliGenesisBlock().ToBlock())
 	case "sepolia":
-		filter = forkid.NewStaticFilter(params.SepoliaChainConfig, params.SepoliaGenesisHash)
+		filter = forkid.NewStaticFilter(params.SepoliaChainConfig, core.DefaultSepoliaGenesisBlock().ToBlock())
+	case "holesky":
+		filter = forkid.NewStaticFilter(params.HoleskyChainConfig, core.DefaultHoleskyGenesisBlock().ToBlock())
 	default:
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unknown network %q", args[0])
 	}
--- a/cmd/evm/README.md
+++ b/cmd/evm/README.md
@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ To make `t8n` apply these, the following inputs are required:
  - For ethash, it is `5000000000000000000` `wei`,
  - If this is not defined, mining rewards are not applied,
  - A value of `0` is valid, and causes accounts to be 'touched'.
- For each ommer, the tool needs to be given an `addres\` and a `delta`. This
+- For each ommer, the tool needs to be given an `address\` and a `delta`. This
  is done via the `ommers` field in `env`.

 Note: the tool does not verify that e.g. the normal uncle rules apply,
--- a/cmd/evm/blockrunner.go
+++ b/cmd/evm/blockrunner.go
@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"

-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/rawdb"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/vm"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/eth/tracers/logger"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/tests"
 	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
 )
@ -38,11 +40,17 @@ func blockTestCmd(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	if len(ctx.Args().First()) == 0 {
 		return errors.New("path-to-test argument required")
 	}
-	// Configure the go-ethereum logger
-	glogger := log.NewGlogHandler(log.StreamHandler(os.Stderr, log.TerminalFormat(false)))
-	glogger.Verbosity(log.Lvl(ctx.Int(VerbosityFlag.Name)))
-	log.Root().SetHandler(glogger)

+	var tracer vm.EVMLogger
+	// Configure the EVM logger
+	if ctx.Bool(MachineFlag.Name) {
+		tracer = logger.NewJSONLogger(&logger.Config{
+			EnableMemory:     !ctx.Bool(DisableMemoryFlag.Name),
+			DisableStack:     ctx.Bool(DisableStackFlag.Name),
+			DisableStorage:   ctx.Bool(DisableStorageFlag.Name),
+			EnableReturnData: !ctx.Bool(DisableReturnDataFlag.Name),
+		}, os.Stderr)
+	}
 	// Load the test content from the input file
 	src, err := os.ReadFile(ctx.Args().First())
 	if err != nil {
@ -53,7 +61,7 @@ func blockTestCmd(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 		return err
 	}
 	for i, test := range tests {
-		if err := test.Run(false); err != nil {
+		if err := test.Run(false, rawdb.HashScheme, tracer); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("test %v: %w", i, err)
 		}
 	}
--- a/cmd/evm/internal/t8ntool/block.go
+++ b/cmd/evm/internal/t8ntool/block.go
@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ func readInput(ctx *cli.Context) (*bbInput, error) {
 	return inputData, nil
 }

-// dispatchOutput writes the output data to either stderr or stdout, or to the specified
+// dispatchBlock writes the output data to either stderr or stdout, or to the specified
 // files
 func dispatchBlock(ctx *cli.Context, baseDir string, block *types.Block) error {
 	raw, _ := rlp.EncodeToBytes(block)
--- a/cmd/evm/internal/t8ntool/execution.go
+++ b/cmd/evm/internal/t8ntool/execution.go
@ -19,12 +19,12 @@ package t8ntool
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"math/big"
-	"os"

 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common/math"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/consensus/ethash"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/consensus/misc"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/consensus/misc/eip4844"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/rawdb"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/state"
@ -47,17 +47,19 @@ type Prestate struct {
 // ExecutionResult contains the execution status after running a state test, any
 // error that might have occurred and a dump of the final state if requested.
 type ExecutionResult struct {
-	StateRoot       common.Hash           `json:"stateRoot"`
-	TxRoot          common.Hash           `json:"txRoot"`
-	ReceiptRoot     common.Hash           `json:"receiptsRoot"`
-	LogsHash        common.Hash           `json:"logsHash"`
-	Bloom           types.Bloom           `json:"logsBloom"        gencodec:"required"`
-	Receipts        types.Receipts        `json:"receipts"`
-	Rejected        []*rejectedTx         `json:"rejected,omitempty"`
-	Difficulty      *math.HexOrDecimal256 `json:"currentDifficulty" gencodec:"required"`
-	GasUsed         math.HexOrDecimal64   `json:"gasUsed"`
-	BaseFee         *math.HexOrDecimal256 `json:"currentBaseFee,omitempty"`
-	WithdrawalsRoot *common.Hash          `json:"withdrawalsRoot,omitempty"`
+	StateRoot            common.Hash           `json:"stateRoot"`
+	TxRoot               common.Hash           `json:"txRoot"`
+	ReceiptRoot          common.Hash           `json:"receiptsRoot"`
+	LogsHash             common.Hash           `json:"logsHash"`
+	Bloom                types.Bloom           `json:"logsBloom"        gencodec:"required"`
+	Receipts             types.Receipts        `json:"receipts"`
+	Rejected             []*rejectedTx         `json:"rejected,omitempty"`
+	Difficulty           *math.HexOrDecimal256 `json:"currentDifficulty" gencodec:"required"`
+	GasUsed              math.HexOrDecimal64   `json:"gasUsed"`
+	BaseFee              *math.HexOrDecimal256 `json:"currentBaseFee,omitempty"`
+	WithdrawalsRoot      *common.Hash          `json:"withdrawalsRoot,omitempty"`
+	CurrentExcessBlobGas *math.HexOrDecimal64  `json:"currentExcessBlobGas,omitempty"`
+	CurrentBlobGasUsed   *math.HexOrDecimal64  `json:"currentBlobGasUsed,omitempty"`
 }

 type ommer struct {
@ -67,37 +69,44 @@ type ommer struct {

 //go:generate go run github.com/fjl/gencodec -type stEnv -field-override stEnvMarshaling -out gen_stenv.go
 type stEnv struct {
-	Coinbase         common.Address                      `json:"currentCoinbase"   gencodec:"required"`
-	Difficulty       *big.Int                            `json:"currentDifficulty"`
-	Random           *big.Int                            `json:"currentRandom"`
-	ParentDifficulty *big.Int                            `json:"parentDifficulty"`
-	ParentBaseFee    *big.Int                            `json:"parentBaseFee,omitempty"`
-	ParentGasUsed    uint64                              `json:"parentGasUsed,omitempty"`
-	ParentGasLimit   uint64                              `json:"parentGasLimit,omitempty"`
-	GasLimit         uint64                              `json:"currentGasLimit"   gencodec:"required"`
-	Number           uint64                              `json:"currentNumber"     gencodec:"required"`
-	Timestamp        uint64                              `json:"currentTimestamp"  gencodec:"required"`
-	ParentTimestamp  uint64                              `json:"parentTimestamp,omitempty"`
-	BlockHashes      map[math.HexOrDecimal64]common.Hash `json:"blockHashes,omitempty"`
-	Ommers           []ommer                             `json:"ommers,omitempty"`
-	Withdrawals      []*types.Withdrawal                 `json:"withdrawals,omitempty"`
-	BaseFee          *big.Int                            `json:"currentBaseFee,omitempty"`
-	ParentUncleHash  common.Hash                         `json:"parentUncleHash"`
+	Coinbase              common.Address                      `json:"currentCoinbase"   gencodec:"required"`
+	Difficulty            *big.Int                            `json:"currentDifficulty"`
+	Random                *big.Int                            `json:"currentRandom"`
+	ParentDifficulty      *big.Int                            `json:"parentDifficulty"`
+	ParentBaseFee         *big.Int                            `json:"parentBaseFee,omitempty"`
+	ParentGasUsed         uint64                              `json:"parentGasUsed,omitempty"`
+	ParentGasLimit        uint64                              `json:"parentGasLimit,omitempty"`
+	GasLimit              uint64                              `json:"currentGasLimit"   gencodec:"required"`
+	Number                uint64                              `json:"currentNumber"     gencodec:"required"`
+	Timestamp             uint64                              `json:"currentTimestamp"  gencodec:"required"`
+	ParentTimestamp       uint64                              `json:"parentTimestamp,omitempty"`
+	BlockHashes           map[math.HexOrDecimal64]common.Hash `json:"blockHashes,omitempty"`
+	Ommers                []ommer                             `json:"ommers,omitempty"`
+	Withdrawals           []*types.Withdrawal                 `json:"withdrawals,omitempty"`
+	BaseFee               *big.Int                            `json:"currentBaseFee,omitempty"`
+	ParentUncleHash       common.Hash                         `json:"parentUncleHash"`
+	ExcessBlobGas         *uint64                             `json:"excessBlobGas,omitempty"`
+	ParentExcessBlobGas   *uint64                             `json:"parentExcessBlobGas,omitempty"`
+	ParentBlobGasUsed     *uint64                             `json:"parentBlobGasUsed,omitempty"`
+	ParentBeaconBlockRoot *common.Hash                        `json:"parentBeaconBlockRoot"`
 }

 type stEnvMarshaling struct {
-	Coinbase         common.UnprefixedAddress
-	Difficulty       *math.HexOrDecimal256
-	Random           *math.HexOrDecimal256
-	ParentDifficulty *math.HexOrDecimal256
-	ParentBaseFee    *math.HexOrDecimal256
-	ParentGasUsed    math.HexOrDecimal64
-	ParentGasLimit   math.HexOrDecimal64
-	GasLimit         math.HexOrDecimal64
-	Number           math.HexOrDecimal64
-	Timestamp        math.HexOrDecimal64
-	ParentTimestamp  math.HexOrDecimal64
-	BaseFee          *math.HexOrDecimal256
+	Coinbase            common.UnprefixedAddress
+	Difficulty          *math.HexOrDecimal256
+	Random              *math.HexOrDecimal256
+	ParentDifficulty    *math.HexOrDecimal256
+	ParentBaseFee       *math.HexOrDecimal256
+	ParentGasUsed       math.HexOrDecimal64
+	ParentGasLimit      math.HexOrDecimal64
+	GasLimit            math.HexOrDecimal64
+	Number              math.HexOrDecimal64
+	Timestamp           math.HexOrDecimal64
+	ParentTimestamp     math.HexOrDecimal64
+	BaseFee             *math.HexOrDecimal256
+	ExcessBlobGas       *math.HexOrDecimal64
+	ParentExcessBlobGas *math.HexOrDecimal64
+	ParentBlobGasUsed   *math.HexOrDecimal64
 }

 type rejectedTx struct {
@ -154,6 +163,19 @@ func (pre *Prestate) Apply(vmConfig vm.Config, chainConfig *params.ChainConfig,
 		rnd := common.BigToHash(pre.Env.Random)
 		vmContext.Random = &rnd
 	}
+	// If excessBlobGas is defined, add it to the vmContext.
+	if pre.Env.ExcessBlobGas != nil {
+		vmContext.ExcessBlobGas = pre.Env.ExcessBlobGas
+	} else {
+		// If it is not explicitly defined, but we have the parent values, we try
+		// to calculate it ourselves.
+		parentExcessBlobGas := pre.Env.ParentExcessBlobGas
+		parentBlobGasUsed := pre.Env.ParentBlobGasUsed
+		if parentExcessBlobGas != nil && parentBlobGasUsed != nil {
+			excessBlobGas := eip4844.CalcExcessBlobGas(*parentExcessBlobGas, *parentBlobGasUsed)
+			vmContext.ExcessBlobGas = &excessBlobGas
+		}
+	}
 	// If DAO is supported/enabled, we need to handle it here. In geth 'proper', it's
 	// done in StateProcessor.Process(block, ...), right before transactions are applied.
 	if chainConfig.DAOForkSupport &&
@ -161,8 +183,18 @@ func (pre *Prestate) Apply(vmConfig vm.Config, chainConfig *params.ChainConfig,
 		chainConfig.DAOForkBlock.Cmp(new(big.Int).SetUint64(pre.Env.Number)) == 0 {
 		misc.ApplyDAOHardFork(statedb)
 	}
-
+	if beaconRoot := pre.Env.ParentBeaconBlockRoot; beaconRoot != nil {
+		evm := vm.NewEVM(vmContext, vm.TxContext{}, statedb, chainConfig, vmConfig)
+		core.ProcessBeaconBlockRoot(*beaconRoot, evm, statedb)
+	}
+	var blobGasUsed uint64
 	for i, tx := range txs {
+		if tx.Type() == types.BlobTxType && vmContext.ExcessBlobGas == nil {
+			errMsg := "blob tx used but field env.ExcessBlobGas missing"
+			log.Warn("rejected tx", "index", i, "hash", tx.Hash(), "error", errMsg)
+			rejectedTxs = append(rejectedTxs, &rejectedTx{i, errMsg})
+			continue
+		}
 		msg, err := core.TransactionToMessage(tx, signer, pre.Env.BaseFee)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Warn("rejected tx", "index", i, "hash", tx.Hash(), "error", err)
@ -192,6 +224,9 @@ func (pre *Prestate) Apply(vmConfig vm.Config, chainConfig *params.ChainConfig,
 			gaspool.SetGas(prevGas)
 			continue
 		}
+		if tx.Type() == types.BlobTxType {
+			blobGasUsed += params.BlobTxBlobGasPerBlob
+		}
 		includedTxs = append(includedTxs, tx)
 		if hashError != nil {
 			return nil, nil, NewError(ErrorMissingBlockhash, hashError)
@ -240,7 +275,7 @@ func (pre *Prestate) Apply(vmConfig vm.Config, chainConfig *params.ChainConfig,
 	if miningReward >= 0 {
 		// Add mining reward. The mining reward may be `0`, which only makes a difference in the cases
 		// where
-		// - the coinbase suicided, or
+		// - the coinbase self-destructed, or
 		// - there are only 'bad' transactions, which aren't executed. In those cases,
 		//   the coinbase gets no txfee, so isn't created, and thus needs to be touched
 		var (
@ -267,9 +302,8 @@ func (pre *Prestate) Apply(vmConfig vm.Config, chainConfig *params.ChainConfig,
 		statedb.AddBalance(w.Address, amount)
 	}
 	// Commit block
-	root, err := statedb.Commit(chainConfig.IsEIP158(vmContext.BlockNumber))
+	root, err := statedb.Commit(vmContext.BlockNumber.Uint64(), chainConfig.IsEIP158(vmContext.BlockNumber))
 	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Could not commit state: %v", err)
 		return nil, nil, NewError(ErrorEVM, fmt.Errorf("could not commit state: %v", err))
 	}
 	execRs := &ExecutionResult{
@ -288,6 +322,16 @@ func (pre *Prestate) Apply(vmConfig vm.Config, chainConfig *params.ChainConfig,
 		h := types.DeriveSha(types.Withdrawals(pre.Env.Withdrawals), trie.NewStackTrie(nil))
 		execRs.WithdrawalsRoot = &h
 	}
+	if vmContext.ExcessBlobGas != nil {
+		execRs.CurrentExcessBlobGas = (*math.HexOrDecimal64)(vmContext.ExcessBlobGas)
+		execRs.CurrentBlobGasUsed = (*math.HexOrDecimal64)(&blobGasUsed)
+	}
+	// Re-create statedb instance with new root upon the updated database
+	// for accessing latest states.
+	statedb, err = state.New(root, statedb.Database(), nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, NewError(ErrorEVM, fmt.Errorf("could not reopen state: %v", err))
+	}
 	return statedb, execRs, nil
 }

@ -303,7 +347,7 @@ func MakePreState(db ethdb.Database, accounts core.GenesisAlloc) *state.StateDB
 		}
 	}
 	// Commit and re-open to start with a clean state.
-	root, _ := statedb.Commit(false)
+	root, _ := statedb.Commit(0, false)
 	statedb, _ = state.New(root, sdb, nil)
 	return statedb
 }
--- a/cmd/evm/internal/t8ntool/gen_stenv.go
+++ b/cmd/evm/internal/t8ntool/gen_stenv.go
@ -17,22 +17,26 @@ var _ = (*stEnvMarshaling)(nil)
 // MarshalJSON marshals as JSON.
 func (s stEnv) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
 	type stEnv struct {
-		Coinbase         common.UnprefixedAddress            `json:"currentCoinbase"   gencodec:"required"`
-		Difficulty       *math.HexOrDecimal256               `json:"currentDifficulty"`
-		Random           *math.HexOrDecimal256               `json:"currentRandom"`
-		ParentDifficulty *math.HexOrDecimal256               `json:"parentDifficulty"`
-		ParentBaseFee    *math.HexOrDecimal256               `json:"parentBaseFee,omitempty"`
-		ParentGasUsed    math.HexOrDecimal64                 `json:"parentGasUsed,omitempty"`
-		ParentGasLimit   math.HexOrDecimal64                 `json:"parentGasLimit,omitempty"`
-		GasLimit         math.HexOrDecimal64                 `json:"currentGasLimit"   gencodec:"required"`
-		Number           math.HexOrDecimal64                 `json:"currentNumber"     gencodec:"required"`
-		Timestamp        math.HexOrDecimal64                 `json:"currentTimestamp"  gencodec:"required"`
-		ParentTimestamp  math.HexOrDecimal64                 `json:"parentTimestamp,omitempty"`
-		BlockHashes      map[math.HexOrDecimal64]common.Hash `json:"blockHashes,omitempty"`
-		Ommers           []ommer                             `json:"ommers,omitempty"`
-		Withdrawals      []*types.Withdrawal                 `json:"withdrawals,omitempty"`
-		BaseFee          *math.HexOrDecimal256               `json:"currentBaseFee,omitempty"`
-		ParentUncleHash  common.Hash                         `json:"parentUncleHash"`
+		Coinbase              common.UnprefixedAddress            `json:"currentCoinbase"   gencodec:"required"`
+		Difficulty            *math.HexOrDecimal256               `json:"currentDifficulty"`
+		Random                *math.HexOrDecimal256               `json:"currentRandom"`
+		ParentDifficulty      *math.HexOrDecimal256               `json:"parentDifficulty"`
+		ParentBaseFee         *math.HexOrDecimal256               `json:"parentBaseFee,omitempty"`
+		ParentGasUsed         math.HexOrDecimal64                 `json:"parentGasUsed,omitempty"`
+		ParentGasLimit        math.HexOrDecimal64                 `json:"parentGasLimit,omitempty"`
+		GasLimit              math.HexOrDecimal64                 `json:"currentGasLimit"   gencodec:"required"`
+		Number                math.HexOrDecimal64                 `json:"currentNumber"     gencodec:"required"`
+		Timestamp             math.HexOrDecimal64                 `json:"currentTimestamp"  gencodec:"required"`
+		ParentTimestamp       math.HexOrDecimal64                 `json:"parentTimestamp,omitempty"`
+		BlockHashes           map[math.HexOrDecimal64]common.Hash `json:"blockHashes,omitempty"`
+		Ommers                []ommer                             `json:"ommers,omitempty"`
+		Withdrawals           []*types.Withdrawal                 `json:"withdrawals,omitempty"`
+		BaseFee               *math.HexOrDecimal256               `json:"currentBaseFee,omitempty"`
+		ParentUncleHash       common.Hash                         `json:"parentUncleHash"`
+		ExcessBlobGas         *math.HexOrDecimal64                `json:"excessBlobGas,omitempty"`
+		ParentExcessBlobGas   *math.HexOrDecimal64                `json:"parentExcessBlobGas,omitempty"`
+		ParentBlobGasUsed     *math.HexOrDecimal64                `json:"parentBlobGasUsed,omitempty"`
+		ParentBeaconBlockRoot *common.Hash                        `json:"parentBeaconBlockRoot"`
 	}
 	var enc stEnv
 	enc.Coinbase = common.UnprefixedAddress(s.Coinbase)
@ -51,28 +55,36 @@ func (s stEnv) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
 	enc.Withdrawals = s.Withdrawals
 	enc.BaseFee = (*math.HexOrDecimal256)(s.BaseFee)
 	enc.ParentUncleHash = s.ParentUncleHash
+	enc.ExcessBlobGas = (*math.HexOrDecimal64)(s.ExcessBlobGas)
+	enc.ParentExcessBlobGas = (*math.HexOrDecimal64)(s.ParentExcessBlobGas)
+	enc.ParentBlobGasUsed = (*math.HexOrDecimal64)(s.ParentBlobGasUsed)
+	enc.ParentBeaconBlockRoot = s.ParentBeaconBlockRoot
 	return json.Marshal(&enc)
 }

 // UnmarshalJSON unmarshals from JSON.
 func (s *stEnv) UnmarshalJSON(input []byte) error {
 	type stEnv struct {
-		Coinbase         *common.UnprefixedAddress           `json:"currentCoinbase"   gencodec:"required"`
-		Difficulty       *math.HexOrDecimal256               `json:"currentDifficulty"`
-		Random           *math.HexOrDecimal256               `json:"currentRandom"`
-		ParentDifficulty *math.HexOrDecimal256               `json:"parentDifficulty"`
-		ParentBaseFee    *math.HexOrDecimal256               `json:"parentBaseFee,omitempty"`
-		ParentGasUsed    *math.HexOrDecimal64                `json:"parentGasUsed,omitempty"`
-		ParentGasLimit   *math.HexOrDecimal64                `json:"parentGasLimit,omitempty"`
-		GasLimit         *math.HexOrDecimal64                `json:"currentGasLimit"   gencodec:"required"`
-		Number           *math.HexOrDecimal64                `json:"currentNumber"     gencodec:"required"`
-		Timestamp        *math.HexOrDecimal64                `json:"currentTimestamp"  gencodec:"required"`
-		ParentTimestamp  *math.HexOrDecimal64                `json:"parentTimestamp,omitempty"`
-		BlockHashes      map[math.HexOrDecimal64]common.Hash `json:"blockHashes,omitempty"`
-		Ommers           []ommer                             `json:"ommers,omitempty"`
-		Withdrawals      []*types.Withdrawal                 `json:"withdrawals,omitempty"`
-		BaseFee          *math.HexOrDecimal256               `json:"currentBaseFee,omitempty"`
-		ParentUncleHash  *common.Hash                        `json:"parentUncleHash"`
+		Coinbase              *common.UnprefixedAddress           `json:"currentCoinbase"   gencodec:"required"`
+		Difficulty            *math.HexOrDecimal256               `json:"currentDifficulty"`
+		Random                *math.HexOrDecimal256               `json:"currentRandom"`
+		ParentDifficulty      *math.HexOrDecimal256               `json:"parentDifficulty"`
+		ParentBaseFee         *math.HexOrDecimal256               `json:"parentBaseFee,omitempty"`
+		ParentGasUsed         *math.HexOrDecimal64                `json:"parentGasUsed,omitempty"`
+		ParentGasLimit        *math.HexOrDecimal64                `json:"parentGasLimit,omitempty"`
+		GasLimit              *math.HexOrDecimal64                `json:"currentGasLimit"   gencodec:"required"`
+		Number                *math.HexOrDecimal64                `json:"currentNumber"     gencodec:"required"`
+		Timestamp             *math.HexOrDecimal64                `json:"currentTimestamp"  gencodec:"required"`
+		ParentTimestamp       *math.HexOrDecimal64                `json:"parentTimestamp,omitempty"`
+		BlockHashes           map[math.HexOrDecimal64]common.Hash `json:"blockHashes,omitempty"`
+		Ommers                []ommer                             `json:"ommers,omitempty"`
+		Withdrawals           []*types.Withdrawal                 `json:"withdrawals,omitempty"`
+		BaseFee               *math.HexOrDecimal256               `json:"currentBaseFee,omitempty"`
+		ParentUncleHash       *common.Hash                        `json:"parentUncleHash"`
+		ExcessBlobGas         *math.HexOrDecimal64                `json:"excessBlobGas,omitempty"`
+		ParentExcessBlobGas   *math.HexOrDecimal64                `json:"parentExcessBlobGas,omitempty"`
+		ParentBlobGasUsed     *math.HexOrDecimal64                `json:"parentBlobGasUsed,omitempty"`
+		ParentBeaconBlockRoot *common.Hash                        `json:"parentBeaconBlockRoot"`
 	}
 	var dec stEnv
 	if err := json.Unmarshal(input, &dec); err != nil {
@ -130,5 +142,17 @@ func (s *stEnv) UnmarshalJSON(input []byte) error {
 	if dec.ParentUncleHash != nil {
 		s.ParentUncleHash = *dec.ParentUncleHash
 	}
+	if dec.ExcessBlobGas != nil {
+		s.ExcessBlobGas = (*uint64)(dec.ExcessBlobGas)
+	}
+	if dec.ParentExcessBlobGas != nil {
+		s.ParentExcessBlobGas = (*uint64)(dec.ParentExcessBlobGas)
+	}
+	if dec.ParentBlobGasUsed != nil {
+		s.ParentBlobGasUsed = (*uint64)(dec.ParentBlobGasUsed)
+	}
+	if dec.ParentBeaconBlockRoot != nil {
+		s.ParentBeaconBlockRoot = dec.ParentBeaconBlockRoot
+	}
 	return nil
 }
--- a/cmd/evm/internal/t8ntool/transition.go
+++ b/cmd/evm/internal/t8ntool/transition.go
@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import (

 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common/hexutil"
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/consensus/misc"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/consensus/misc/eip1559"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/state"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/types"
@ -192,105 +192,20 @@ func Transition(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	// Set the chain id
 	chainConfig.ChainID = big.NewInt(ctx.Int64(ChainIDFlag.Name))

-	var txsWithKeys []*txWithKey
-	if txStr != stdinSelector {
-		inFile, err := os.Open(txStr)
-		if err != nil {
-			return NewError(ErrorIO, fmt.Errorf("failed reading txs file: %v", err))
-		}
-		defer inFile.Close()
-		decoder := json.NewDecoder(inFile)
-		if strings.HasSuffix(txStr, ".rlp") {
-			var body hexutil.Bytes
-			if err := decoder.Decode(&body); err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-			var txs types.Transactions
-			if err := rlp.DecodeBytes(body, &txs); err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-			for _, tx := range txs {
-				txsWithKeys = append(txsWithKeys, &txWithKey{
-					key: nil,
-					tx:  tx,
-				})
-			}
-		} else {
-			if err := decoder.Decode(&txsWithKeys); err != nil {
-				return NewError(ErrorJson, fmt.Errorf("failed unmarshaling txs-file: %v", err))
-			}
-		}
-	} else {
-		if len(inputData.TxRlp) > 0 {
-			// Decode the body of already signed transactions
-			body := common.FromHex(inputData.TxRlp)
-			var txs types.Transactions
-			if err := rlp.DecodeBytes(body, &txs); err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-			for _, tx := range txs {
-				txsWithKeys = append(txsWithKeys, &txWithKey{
-					key: nil,
-					tx:  tx,
-				})
-			}
-		} else {
-			// JSON encoded transactions
-			txsWithKeys = inputData.Txs
-		}
+	if txs, err = loadTransactions(txStr, inputData, prestate.Env, chainConfig); err != nil {
+		return err
 	}
-	// We may have to sign the transactions.
-	signer := types.MakeSigner(chainConfig, big.NewInt(int64(prestate.Env.Number)), prestate.Env.Timestamp)
-
-	if txs, err = signUnsignedTransactions(txsWithKeys, signer); err != nil {
-		return NewError(ErrorJson, fmt.Errorf("failed signing transactions: %v", err))
+	if err := applyLondonChecks(&prestate.Env, chainConfig); err != nil {
+		return err
 	}
-	// Sanity check, to not `panic` in state_transition
-	if chainConfig.IsLondon(big.NewInt(int64(prestate.Env.Number))) {
-		if prestate.Env.BaseFee != nil {
-			// Already set, base fee has precedent over parent base fee.
-		} else if prestate.Env.ParentBaseFee != nil && prestate.Env.Number != 0 {
-			parent := &types.Header{
-				Number:   new(big.Int).SetUint64(prestate.Env.Number - 1),
-				BaseFee:  prestate.Env.ParentBaseFee,
-				GasUsed:  prestate.Env.ParentGasUsed,
-				GasLimit: prestate.Env.ParentGasLimit,
-			}
-			prestate.Env.BaseFee = misc.CalcBaseFee(chainConfig, parent)
-		} else {
-			return NewError(ErrorConfig, errors.New("EIP-1559 config but missing 'currentBaseFee' in env section"))
-		}
+	if err := applyShanghaiChecks(&prestate.Env, chainConfig); err != nil {
+		return err
 	}
-	if chainConfig.IsShanghai(big.NewInt(int64(prestate.Env.Number)), prestate.Env.Timestamp) && prestate.Env.Withdrawals == nil {
-		return NewError(ErrorConfig, errors.New("Shanghai config but missing 'withdrawals' in env section"))
+	if err := applyMergeChecks(&prestate.Env, chainConfig); err != nil {
+		return err
 	}
-	isMerged := chainConfig.TerminalTotalDifficulty != nil && chainConfig.TerminalTotalDifficulty.BitLen() == 0
-	env := prestate.Env
-	if isMerged {
-		// post-merge:
-		// - random must be supplied
-		// - difficulty must be zero
-		switch {
-		case env.Random == nil:
-			return NewError(ErrorConfig, errors.New("post-merge requires currentRandom to be defined in env"))
-		case env.Difficulty != nil && env.Difficulty.BitLen() != 0:
-			return NewError(ErrorConfig, errors.New("post-merge difficulty must be zero (or omitted) in env"))
-		}
-		prestate.Env.Difficulty = nil
-	} else if env.Difficulty == nil {
-		// pre-merge:
-		// If difficulty was not provided by caller, we need to calculate it.
-		switch {
-		case env.ParentDifficulty == nil:
-			return NewError(ErrorConfig, errors.New("currentDifficulty was not provided, and cannot be calculated due to missing parentDifficulty"))
-		case env.Number == 0:
-			return NewError(ErrorConfig, errors.New("currentDifficulty needs to be provided for block number 0"))
-		case env.Timestamp <= env.ParentTimestamp:
-			return NewError(ErrorConfig, fmt.Errorf("currentDifficulty cannot be calculated -- currentTime (%d) needs to be after parent time (%d)",
-				env.Timestamp, env.ParentTimestamp))
-		}
-		prestate.Env.Difficulty = calcDifficulty(chainConfig, env.Number, env.Timestamp,
-			env.ParentTimestamp, env.ParentDifficulty, env.ParentUncleHash)
+	if err := applyCancunChecks(&prestate.Env, chainConfig); err != nil {
+		return err
 	}
 	// Run the test and aggregate the result
 	s, result, err := prestate.Apply(vmConfig, chainConfig, txs, ctx.Int64(RewardFlag.Name), getTracer)
@ -358,33 +273,149 @@ func (t *txWithKey) UnmarshalJSON(input []byte) error {
 // and secondly to read them with the standard tx json format
 func signUnsignedTransactions(txs []*txWithKey, signer types.Signer) (types.Transactions, error) {
 	var signedTxs []*types.Transaction
-	for i, txWithKey := range txs {
-		tx := txWithKey.tx
-		key := txWithKey.key
-		v, r, s := tx.RawSignatureValues()
-		if key != nil && v.BitLen()+r.BitLen()+s.BitLen() == 0 {
-			// This transaction needs to be signed
-			var (
-				signed *types.Transaction
-				err    error
-			)
-			if txWithKey.protected {
-				signed, err = types.SignTx(tx, signer, key)
-			} else {
-				signed, err = types.SignTx(tx, types.FrontierSigner{}, key)
-			}
-			if err != nil {
-				return nil, NewError(ErrorJson, fmt.Errorf("tx %d: failed to sign tx: %v", i, err))
-			}
-			signedTxs = append(signedTxs, signed)
-		} else {
+	for i, tx := range txs {
+		var (
+			v, r, s = tx.tx.RawSignatureValues()
+			signed  *types.Transaction
+			err     error
+		)
+		if tx.key == nil || v.BitLen()+r.BitLen()+s.BitLen() != 0 {
 			// Already signed
-			signedTxs = append(signedTxs, tx)
+			signedTxs = append(signedTxs, tx.tx)
+			continue
 		}
+		// This transaction needs to be signed
+		if tx.protected {
+			signed, err = types.SignTx(tx.tx, signer, tx.key)
+		} else {
+			signed, err = types.SignTx(tx.tx, types.FrontierSigner{}, tx.key)
+		}
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, NewError(ErrorJson, fmt.Errorf("tx %d: failed to sign tx: %v", i, err))
+		}
+		signedTxs = append(signedTxs, signed)
 	}
 	return signedTxs, nil
 }

+func loadTransactions(txStr string, inputData *input, env stEnv, chainConfig *params.ChainConfig) (types.Transactions, error) {
+	var txsWithKeys []*txWithKey
+	var signed types.Transactions
+	if txStr != stdinSelector {
+		data, err := os.ReadFile(txStr)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, NewError(ErrorIO, fmt.Errorf("failed reading txs file: %v", err))
+		}
+		if strings.HasSuffix(txStr, ".rlp") { // A file containing an rlp list
+			var body hexutil.Bytes
+			if err := json.Unmarshal(data, &body); err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+			// Already signed transactions
+			if err := rlp.DecodeBytes(body, &signed); err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+			return signed, nil
+		}
+		if err := json.Unmarshal(data, &txsWithKeys); err != nil {
+			return nil, NewError(ErrorJson, fmt.Errorf("failed unmarshaling txs-file: %v", err))
+		}
+	} else {
+		if len(inputData.TxRlp) > 0 {
+			// Decode the body of already signed transactions
+			body := common.FromHex(inputData.TxRlp)
+			// Already signed transactions
+			if err := rlp.DecodeBytes(body, &signed); err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+			return signed, nil
+		}
+		// JSON encoded transactions
+		txsWithKeys = inputData.Txs
+	}
+	// We may have to sign the transactions.
+	signer := types.MakeSigner(chainConfig, big.NewInt(int64(env.Number)), env.Timestamp)
+	return signUnsignedTransactions(txsWithKeys, signer)
+}
+
+func applyLondonChecks(env *stEnv, chainConfig *params.ChainConfig) error {
+	if !chainConfig.IsLondon(big.NewInt(int64(env.Number))) {
+		return nil
+	}
+	// Sanity check, to not `panic` in state_transition
+	if env.BaseFee != nil {
+		// Already set, base fee has precedent over parent base fee.
+		return nil
+	}
+	if env.ParentBaseFee == nil || env.Number == 0 {
+		return NewError(ErrorConfig, errors.New("EIP-1559 config but missing 'currentBaseFee' in env section"))
+	}
+	env.BaseFee = eip1559.CalcBaseFee(chainConfig, &types.Header{
+		Number:   new(big.Int).SetUint64(env.Number - 1),
+		BaseFee:  env.ParentBaseFee,
+		GasUsed:  env.ParentGasUsed,
+		GasLimit: env.ParentGasLimit,
+	})
+	return nil
+}
+
+func applyShanghaiChecks(env *stEnv, chainConfig *params.ChainConfig) error {
+	if !chainConfig.IsShanghai(big.NewInt(int64(env.Number)), env.Timestamp) {
+		return nil
+	}
+	if env.Withdrawals == nil {
+		return NewError(ErrorConfig, errors.New("Shanghai config but missing 'withdrawals' in env section"))
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func applyMergeChecks(env *stEnv, chainConfig *params.ChainConfig) error {
+	isMerged := chainConfig.TerminalTotalDifficulty != nil && chainConfig.TerminalTotalDifficulty.BitLen() == 0
+	if !isMerged {
+		// pre-merge: If difficulty was not provided by caller, we need to calculate it.
+		if env.Difficulty != nil {
+			// already set
+			return nil
+		}
+		switch {
+		case env.ParentDifficulty == nil:
+			return NewError(ErrorConfig, errors.New("currentDifficulty was not provided, and cannot be calculated due to missing parentDifficulty"))
+		case env.Number == 0:
+			return NewError(ErrorConfig, errors.New("currentDifficulty needs to be provided for block number 0"))
+		case env.Timestamp <= env.ParentTimestamp:
+			return NewError(ErrorConfig, fmt.Errorf("currentDifficulty cannot be calculated -- currentTime (%d) needs to be after parent time (%d)",
+				env.Timestamp, env.ParentTimestamp))
+		}
+		env.Difficulty = calcDifficulty(chainConfig, env.Number, env.Timestamp,
+			env.ParentTimestamp, env.ParentDifficulty, env.ParentUncleHash)
+		return nil
+	}
+	// post-merge:
+	// - random must be supplied
+	// - difficulty must be zero
+	switch {
+	case env.Random == nil:
+		return NewError(ErrorConfig, errors.New("post-merge requires currentRandom to be defined in env"))
+	case env.Difficulty != nil && env.Difficulty.BitLen() != 0:
+		return NewError(ErrorConfig, errors.New("post-merge difficulty must be zero (or omitted) in env"))
+	}
+	env.Difficulty = nil
+	return nil
+}
+
+func applyCancunChecks(env *stEnv, chainConfig *params.ChainConfig) error {
+	if !chainConfig.IsCancun(big.NewInt(int64(env.Number)), env.Timestamp) {
+		env.ParentBeaconBlockRoot = nil // un-set it if it has been set too early
+		return nil
+	}
+	// Post-cancun
+	// We require EIP-4788 beacon root to be set in the env
+	if env.ParentBeaconBlockRoot == nil {
+		return NewError(ErrorConfig, errors.New("post-cancun env requires parentBeaconBlockRoot to be set"))
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 type Alloc map[common.Address]core.GenesisAccount

 func (g Alloc) OnRoot(common.Hash) {}
--- a/cmd/evm/main.go
+++ b/cmd/evm/main.go
@ -23,107 +23,116 @@ import (
 	"os"

 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/cmd/evm/internal/t8ntool"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/internal/debug"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/internal/flags"
 	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
 )

 var (
 	DebugFlag = &cli.BoolFlag{
-		Name:  "debug",
-		Usage: "output full trace logs",
-	}
-	MemProfileFlag = &cli.StringFlag{
-		Name:  "memprofile",
-		Usage: "creates a memory profile at the given path",
-	}
-	CPUProfileFlag = &cli.StringFlag{
-		Name:  "cpuprofile",
-		Usage: "creates a CPU profile at the given path",
+		Name:     "debug",
+		Usage:    "output full trace logs",
+		Category: flags.VMCategory,
 	}
 	StatDumpFlag = &cli.BoolFlag{
-		Name:  "statdump",
-		Usage: "displays stack and heap memory information",
+		Name:     "statdump",
+		Usage:    "displays stack and heap memory information",
+		Category: flags.VMCategory,
 	}
 	CodeFlag = &cli.StringFlag{
-		Name:  "code",
-		Usage: "EVM code",
+		Name:     "code",
+		Usage:    "EVM code",
+		Category: flags.VMCategory,
 	}
 	CodeFileFlag = &cli.StringFlag{
-		Name:  "codefile",
-		Usage: "File containing EVM code. If '-' is specified, code is read from stdin ",
+		Name:     "codefile",
+		Usage:    "File containing EVM code. If '-' is specified, code is read from stdin ",
+		Category: flags.VMCategory,
 	}
 	GasFlag = &cli.Uint64Flag{
-		Name:  "gas",
-		Usage: "gas limit for the evm",
-		Value: 10000000000,
+		Name:     "gas",
+		Usage:    "gas limit for the evm",
+		Value:    10000000000,
+		Category: flags.VMCategory,
 	}
 	PriceFlag = &flags.BigFlag{
-		Name:  "price",
-		Usage: "price set for the evm",
-		Value: new(big.Int),
+		Name:     "price",
+		Usage:    "price set for the evm",
+		Value:    new(big.Int),
+		Category: flags.VMCategory,
 	}
 	ValueFlag = &flags.BigFlag{
-		Name:  "value",
-		Usage: "value set for the evm",
-		Value: new(big.Int),
+		Name:     "value",
+		Usage:    "value set for the evm",
+		Value:    new(big.Int),
+		Category: flags.VMCategory,
 	}
 	DumpFlag = &cli.BoolFlag{
-		Name:  "dump",
-		Usage: "dumps the state after the run",
+		Name:     "dump",
+		Usage:    "dumps the state after the run",
+		Category: flags.VMCategory,
 	}
 	InputFlag = &cli.StringFlag{
-		Name:  "input",
-		Usage: "input for the EVM",
+		Name:     "input",
+		Usage:    "input for the EVM",
+		Category: flags.VMCategory,
 	}
 	InputFileFlag = &cli.StringFlag{
-		Name:  "inputfile",
-		Usage: "file containing input for the EVM",
-	}
-	VerbosityFlag = &cli.IntFlag{
-		Name:  "verbosity",
-		Usage: "sets the verbosity level",
+		Name:     "inputfile",
+		Usage:    "file containing input for the EVM",
+		Category: flags.VMCategory,
 	}
 	BenchFlag = &cli.BoolFlag{
-		Name:  "bench",
-		Usage: "benchmark the execution",
+		Name:     "bench",
+		Usage:    "benchmark the execution",
+		Category: flags.VMCategory,
 	}
 	CreateFlag = &cli.BoolFlag{
-		Name:  "create",
-		Usage: "indicates the action should be create rather than call",
+		Name:     "create",
+		Usage:    "indicates the action should be create rather than call",
+		Category: flags.VMCategory,
 	}
 	GenesisFlag = &cli.StringFlag{
-		Name:  "prestate",
-		Usage: "JSON file with prestate (genesis) config",
+		Name:     "prestate",
+		Usage:    "JSON file with prestate (genesis) config",
+		Category: flags.VMCategory,
 	}
 	MachineFlag = &cli.BoolFlag{
-		Name:  "json",
-		Usage: "output trace logs in machine readable format (json)",
+		Name:     "json",
+		Usage:    "output trace logs in machine readable format (json)",
+		Category: flags.VMCategory,
 	}
 	SenderFlag = &cli.StringFlag{
-		Name:  "sender",
-		Usage: "The transaction origin",
+		Name:     "sender",
+		Usage:    "The transaction origin",
+		Category: flags.VMCategory,
 	}
 	ReceiverFlag = &cli.StringFlag{
-		Name:  "receiver",
-		Usage: "The transaction receiver (execution context)",
+		Name:     "receiver",
+		Usage:    "The transaction receiver (execution context)",
+		Category: flags.VMCategory,
 	}
 	DisableMemoryFlag = &cli.BoolFlag{
-		Name:  "nomemory",
-		Value: true,
-		Usage: "disable memory output",
+		Name:     "nomemory",
+		Value:    true,
+		Usage:    "disable memory output",
+		Category: flags.VMCategory,
 	}
 	DisableStackFlag = &cli.BoolFlag{
-		Name:  "nostack",
-		Usage: "disable stack output",
+		Name:     "nostack",
+		Usage:    "disable stack output",
+		Category: flags.VMCategory,
 	}
 	DisableStorageFlag = &cli.BoolFlag{
-		Name:  "nostorage",
-		Usage: "disable storage output",
+		Name:     "nostorage",
+		Usage:    "disable storage output",
+		Category: flags.VMCategory,
 	}
 	DisableReturnDataFlag = &cli.BoolFlag{
-		Name:  "noreturndata",
-		Value: true,
-		Usage: "enable return data output",
+		Name:     "noreturndata",
+		Value:    true,
+		Usage:    "enable return data output",
+		Category: flags.VMCategory,
 	}
 )

@ -183,34 +192,38 @@ var blockBuilderCommand = &cli.Command{
 	},
 }

+// vmFlags contains flags related to running the EVM.
+var vmFlags = []cli.Flag{
+	CodeFlag,
+	CodeFileFlag,
+	CreateFlag,
+	GasFlag,
+	PriceFlag,
+	ValueFlag,
+	InputFlag,
+	InputFileFlag,
+	GenesisFlag,
+	SenderFlag,
+	ReceiverFlag,
+}
+
+// traceFlags contains flags that configure tracing output.
+var traceFlags = []cli.Flag{
+	BenchFlag,
+	DebugFlag,
+	DumpFlag,
+	MachineFlag,
+	StatDumpFlag,
+	DisableMemoryFlag,
+	DisableStackFlag,
+	DisableStorageFlag,
+	DisableReturnDataFlag,
+}
+
 var app = flags.NewApp("the evm command line interface")

 func init() {
-	app.Flags = []cli.Flag{
-		BenchFlag,
-		CreateFlag,
-		DebugFlag,
-		VerbosityFlag,
-		CodeFlag,
-		CodeFileFlag,
-		GasFlag,
-		PriceFlag,
-		ValueFlag,
-		DumpFlag,
-		InputFlag,
-		InputFileFlag,
-		MemProfileFlag,
-		CPUProfileFlag,
-		StatDumpFlag,
-		GenesisFlag,
-		MachineFlag,
-		SenderFlag,
-		ReceiverFlag,
-		DisableMemoryFlag,
-		DisableStackFlag,
-		DisableStorageFlag,
-		DisableReturnDataFlag,
-	}
+	app.Flags = flags.Merge(vmFlags, traceFlags, debug.Flags)
 	app.Commands = []*cli.Command{
 		compileCommand,
 		disasmCommand,
@ -221,6 +234,14 @@ func init() {
 		transactionCommand,
 		blockBuilderCommand,
 	}
+	app.Before = func(ctx *cli.Context) error {
+		flags.MigrateGlobalFlags(ctx)
+		return debug.Setup(ctx)
+	}
+	app.After = func(ctx *cli.Context) error {
+		debug.Exit()
+		return nil
+	}
 }

 func main() {
--- a/cmd/evm/runner.go
+++ b/cmd/evm/runner.go
@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import (
 	"math/big"
 	"os"
 	goruntime "runtime"
-	"runtime/pprof"
 	"testing"
 	"time"

@ -34,14 +33,13 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/rawdb"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/state"
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/types"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/vm"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/vm/runtime"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/eth/tracers/logger"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/internal/flags"
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/params"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/trie"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/trie/triedb/hashdb"
 	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
 )

@ -51,6 +49,7 @@ var runCommand = &cli.Command{
 	Usage:       "run arbitrary evm binary",
 	ArgsUsage:   "<code>",
 	Description: `The run command runs arbitrary EVM code.`,
+	Flags:       flags.Merge(vmFlags, traceFlags),
 }

 // readGenesis will read the given JSON format genesis file and return
@ -108,9 +107,6 @@ func timedExec(bench bool, execFunc func() ([]byte, uint64, error)) (output []by
 }

 func runCmd(ctx *cli.Context) error {
-	glogger := log.NewGlogHandler(log.StreamHandler(os.Stderr, log.TerminalFormat(false)))
-	glogger.Verbosity(log.Lvl(ctx.Int(VerbosityFlag.Name)))
-	log.Root().SetHandler(glogger)
 	logconfig := &logger.Config{
 		EnableMemory:     !ctx.Bool(DisableMemoryFlag.Name),
 		DisableStack:     ctx.Bool(DisableStackFlag.Name),
@ -120,14 +116,14 @@ func runCmd(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	}

 	var (
-		tracer        vm.EVMLogger
-		debugLogger   *logger.StructLogger
-		statedb       *state.StateDB
-		chainConfig   *params.ChainConfig
-		sender        = common.BytesToAddress([]byte("sender"))
-		receiver      = common.BytesToAddress([]byte("receiver"))
-		genesisConfig *core.Genesis
-		preimages     = ctx.Bool(DumpFlag.Name)
+		tracer      vm.EVMLogger
+		debugLogger *logger.StructLogger
+		statedb     *state.StateDB
+		chainConfig *params.ChainConfig
+		sender      = common.BytesToAddress([]byte("sender"))
+		receiver    = common.BytesToAddress([]byte("receiver"))
+		preimages   = ctx.Bool(DumpFlag.Name)
+		blobHashes  []common.Hash // TODO (MariusVanDerWijden) implement blob hashes in state tests
 	)
 	if ctx.Bool(MachineFlag.Name) {
 		tracer = logger.NewJSONLogger(logconfig, os.Stdout)
@ -137,19 +133,30 @@ func runCmd(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	} else {
 		debugLogger = logger.NewStructLogger(logconfig)
 	}
+
+	initialGas := ctx.Uint64(GasFlag.Name)
+	genesisConfig := new(core.Genesis)
+	genesisConfig.GasLimit = initialGas
 	if ctx.String(GenesisFlag.Name) != "" {
-		gen := readGenesis(ctx.String(GenesisFlag.Name))
-		genesisConfig = gen
-		db := rawdb.NewMemoryDatabase()
-		genesis := gen.MustCommit(db)
-		sdb := state.NewDatabaseWithConfig(db, &trie.Config{Preimages: preimages})
-		statedb, _ = state.New(genesis.Root(), sdb, nil)
-		chainConfig = gen.Config
+		genesisConfig = readGenesis(ctx.String(GenesisFlag.Name))
+		if genesisConfig.GasLimit != 0 {
+			initialGas = genesisConfig.GasLimit
+		}
 	} else {
-		sdb := state.NewDatabaseWithConfig(rawdb.NewMemoryDatabase(), &trie.Config{Preimages: preimages})
-		statedb, _ = state.New(types.EmptyRootHash, sdb, nil)
-		genesisConfig = new(core.Genesis)
+		genesisConfig.Config = params.AllEthashProtocolChanges
 	}
+
+	db := rawdb.NewMemoryDatabase()
+	triedb := trie.NewDatabase(db, &trie.Config{
+		Preimages: preimages,
+		HashDB:    hashdb.Defaults,
+	})
+	defer triedb.Close()
+	genesis := genesisConfig.MustCommit(db, triedb)
+	sdb := state.NewDatabaseWithNodeDB(db, triedb)
+	statedb, _ = state.New(genesis.Root(), sdb, nil)
+	chainConfig = genesisConfig.Config
+
 	if ctx.String(SenderFlag.Name) != "" {
 		sender = common.HexToAddress(ctx.String(SenderFlag.Name))
 	}
@ -203,10 +210,6 @@ func runCmd(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 		}
 		code = common.Hex2Bytes(bin)
 	}
-	initialGas := ctx.Uint64(GasFlag.Name)
-	if genesisConfig.GasLimit != 0 {
-		initialGas = genesisConfig.GasLimit
-	}
 	runtimeConfig := runtime.Config{
 		Origin:      sender,
 		State:       statedb,
@ -217,24 +220,12 @@ func runCmd(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 		Time:        genesisConfig.Timestamp,
 		Coinbase:    genesisConfig.Coinbase,
 		BlockNumber: new(big.Int).SetUint64(genesisConfig.Number),
+		BlobHashes:  blobHashes,
 		EVMConfig: vm.Config{
 			Tracer: tracer,
 		},
 	}

-	if cpuProfilePath := ctx.String(CPUProfileFlag.Name); cpuProfilePath != "" {
-		f, err := os.Create(cpuProfilePath)
-		if err != nil {
-			fmt.Println("could not create CPU profile: ", err)
-			os.Exit(1)
-		}
-		if err := pprof.StartCPUProfile(f); err != nil {
-			fmt.Println("could not start CPU profile: ", err)
-			os.Exit(1)
-		}
-		defer pprof.StopCPUProfile()
-	}
-
 	if chainConfig != nil {
 		runtimeConfig.ChainConfig = chainConfig
 	} else {
@ -278,24 +269,10 @@ func runCmd(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	output, leftOverGas, stats, err := timedExec(bench, execFunc)

 	if ctx.Bool(DumpFlag.Name) {
-		statedb.Commit(true)
-		statedb.IntermediateRoot(true)
+		statedb.Commit(genesisConfig.Number, true)
 		fmt.Println(string(statedb.Dump(nil)))
 	}

-	if memProfilePath := ctx.String(MemProfileFlag.Name); memProfilePath != "" {
-		f, err := os.Create(memProfilePath)
-		if err != nil {
-			fmt.Println("could not create memory profile: ", err)
-			os.Exit(1)
-		}
-		if err := pprof.WriteHeapProfile(f); err != nil {
-			fmt.Println("could not write memory profile: ", err)
-			os.Exit(1)
-		}
-		f.Close()
-	}
-
 	if ctx.Bool(DebugFlag.Name) {
 		if debugLogger != nil {
 			fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "#### TRACE ####")
--- a/cmd/evm/staterunner.go
+++ b/cmd/evm/staterunner.go
@ -23,10 +23,11 @@ import (
 	"os"

 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/rawdb"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/state"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/state/snapshot"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/vm"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/eth/tracers/logger"
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/tests"
 	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
 )
@ -50,11 +51,6 @@ type StatetestResult struct {
 }

 func stateTestCmd(ctx *cli.Context) error {
-	// Configure the go-ethereum logger
-	glogger := log.NewGlogHandler(log.StreamHandler(os.Stderr, log.TerminalFormat(false)))
-	glogger.Verbosity(log.Lvl(ctx.Int(VerbosityFlag.Name)))
-	log.Root().SetHandler(glogger)
-
 	// Configure the EVM logger
 	config := &logger.Config{
 		EnableMemory:     !ctx.Bool(DisableMemoryFlag.Name),
@ -104,24 +100,23 @@ func runStateTest(fname string, cfg vm.Config, jsonOut, dump bool) error {
 		for _, st := range test.Subtests() {
 			// Run the test and aggregate the result
 			result := &StatetestResult{Name: key, Fork: st.Fork, Pass: true}
-			_, s, err := test.Run(st, cfg, false)
-			// print state root for evmlab tracing
-			if s != nil {
-				root := s.IntermediateRoot(false)
-				result.Root = &root
-				if jsonOut {
-					fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "{\"stateRoot\": \"%#x\"}\n", root)
+			test.Run(st, cfg, false, rawdb.HashScheme, func(err error, snaps *snapshot.Tree, state *state.StateDB) {
+				if state != nil {
+					root := state.IntermediateRoot(false)
+					result.Root = &root
+					if jsonOut {
+						fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "{\"stateRoot\": \"%#x\"}\n", root)
+					}
 				}
-			}
-			if err != nil {
-				// Test failed, mark as so and dump any state to aid debugging
-				result.Pass, result.Error = false, err.Error()
-				if dump && s != nil {
-					dump := s.RawDump(nil)
-					result.State = &dump
+				if err != nil {
+					// Test failed, mark as so and dump any state to aid debugging
+					result.Pass, result.Error = false, err.Error()
+					if dump {
+						dump := state.RawDump(nil)
+						result.State = &dump
+					}
 				}
-			}
-
+			})
 			results = append(results, *result)
 		}
 	}
--- a/cmd/evm/t8n_test.go
+++ b/cmd/evm/t8n_test.go
@ -259,6 +259,22 @@ func TestT8n(t *testing.T) {
 			output: t8nOutput{alloc: true, result: true},
 			expOut: "exp.json",
 		},
+		{ // Cancun tests
+			base: "./testdata/28",
+			input: t8nInput{
+				"alloc.json", "txs.rlp", "env.json", "Cancun", "",
+			},
+			output: t8nOutput{alloc: true, result: true},
+			expOut: "exp.json",
+		},
+		{ // More cancun tests
+			base: "./testdata/29",
+			input: t8nInput{
+				"alloc.json", "txs.json", "env.json", "Cancun", "",
+			},
+			output: t8nOutput{alloc: true, result: true},
+			expOut: "exp.json",
+		},
 	} {
 		args := []string{"t8n"}
 		args = append(args, tc.output.get()...)
--- a/cmd/evm/testdata/13/readme.md
+++ b/cmd/evm/testdata/13/readme.md
@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 ## Input transactions in RLP form

-This testdata folder is used to examplify how transaction input can be provided in rlp form. 
+This testdata folder is used to exemplify how transaction input can be provided in rlp form. 
 Please see the README in `evm` folder for how this is performed. 
--- a/cmd/evm/testdata/2/readme.md
+++ b/cmd/evm/testdata/2/readme.md
@ -1 +1 @@
-These files examplify a selfdestruct to the `0`-address. 
+These files exemplify a selfdestruct to the `0`-address. 
--- a/cmd/evm/testdata/23/readme.md
+++ b/cmd/evm/testdata/23/readme.md
@ -1 +1 @@
-These files examplify how to sign a transaction using the pre-EIP155 scheme. 
+These files exemplify how to sign a transaction using the pre-EIP155 scheme. 
--- a/cmd/evm/testdata/28/alloc.json
+++ b/cmd/evm/testdata/28/alloc.json
@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{
+  "0xa94f5374fce5edbc8e2a8697c15331677e6ebf0b" : {
+    "balance" : "0x016345785d8a0000",
+    "code" : "0x",
+    "nonce" : "0x00",
+    "storage" : {
+    }
+  },
+  "0xb94f5374fce5edbc8e2a8697c15331677e6ebf0b" : {
+    "balance" : "0x016345785d8a0000",
+    "code" : "0x60004960015500",
+    "nonce" : "0x00",
+    "storage" : {
+    }
+  }
+}
--- a/cmd/evm/testdata/28/env.json
+++ b/cmd/evm/testdata/28/env.json
@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{
+    "currentCoinbase" : "0x2adc25665018aa1fe0e6bc666dac8fc2697ff9ba",
+    "currentNumber" : "0x01",
+    "currentTimestamp" : "0x079e",
+    "currentGasLimit" : "0x7fffffffffffffff",
+    "previousHash" : "0x3a9b485972e7353edd9152712492f0c58d89ef80623686b6bf947a4a6dce6cb6",
+    "currentBlobGasUsed" : "0x00",
+    "parentTimestamp" : "0x03b6",
+    "parentDifficulty" : "0x00",
+    "parentUncleHash" : "0x1dcc4de8dec75d7aab85b567b6ccd41ad312451b948a7413f0a142fd40d49347",
+    "currentRandom" : "0x56e81f171bcc55a6ff8345e692c0f86e5b48e01b996cadc001622fb5e363b421",
+    "withdrawals" : [
+    ],
+    "parentBaseFee" : "0x0a",
+    "parentGasUsed" : "0x00",
+    "parentGasLimit" : "0x7fffffffffffffff",
+    "parentExcessBlobGas" : "0x00",
+    "parentBlobGasUsed" : "0x00",
+    "blockHashes" : {
+        "0" : "0x3a9b485972e7353edd9152712492f0c58d89ef80623686b6bf947a4a6dce6cb6"
+    },
+    "parentBeaconBlockRoot": "0x0000beac00beac00beac00beac00beac00beac00beac00beac00beac00beac00"
+}
--- a/cmd/evm/testdata/28/exp.json
+++ b/cmd/evm/testdata/28/exp.json
@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+{
+  "alloc": {
+    "0x2adc25665018aa1fe0e6bc666dac8fc2697ff9ba": {
+      "balance": "0x150ca"
+    },
+    "0xa94f5374fce5edbc8e2a8697c15331677e6ebf0b": {
+      "balance": "0x16345785d80c3a9",
+      "nonce": "0x1"
+    },
+    "0xb94f5374fce5edbc8e2a8697c15331677e6ebf0b": {
+      "code": "0x60004960015500",
+      "storage": {
+        "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001": "0x01a915e4d060149eb4365960e6a7a45f334393093061116b197e3240065ff2d8"
+      },
+      "balance": "0x16345785d8a0000"
+    }
+  },
+  "result": {
+    "stateRoot": "0xa40cb3fab01848e922a48bd24191815df9f721ad4b60376edac75161517663e8",
+    "txRoot": "0x4409cc4b699384ba5f8248d92b784713610c5ff9c1de51e9239da0dac76de9ce",
+    "receiptsRoot": "0xbff643da765981266133094092d98c81d2ac8e9a83a7bbda46c3d736f1f874ac",
+    "logsHash": "0x1dcc4de8dec75d7aab85b567b6ccd41ad312451b948a7413f0a142fd40d49347",
+    "logsBloom": "0x00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
+    "receipts": [
+      {
+        "type": "0x3",
+        "root": "0x",
+        "status": "0x1",
+        "cumulativeGasUsed": "0xa865",
+        "logsBloom": "0x00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
+        "logs": null,
+        "transactionHash": "0x7508d7139d002a4b3a26a4f12dec0d87cb46075c78bf77a38b569a133b509262",
+        "contractAddress": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
+        "gasUsed": "0xa865",
+        "effectiveGasPrice": null,
+        "blockHash": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
+        "transactionIndex": "0x0"
+      }
+    ],
+    "currentDifficulty": null,
+    "gasUsed": "0xa865",
+    "currentBaseFee": "0x9",
+    "withdrawalsRoot": "0x56e81f171bcc55a6ff8345e692c0f86e5b48e01b996cadc001622fb5e363b421",
+    "currentExcessBlobGas": "0x0",
+    "currentBlobGasUsed": "0x20000"
+  }
+}
--- a/cmd/evm/testdata/28/txs.rlp
+++ b/cmd/evm/testdata/28/txs.rlp
@ -0,0 +1 @@
+"0xf88bb88903f8860180026483061a8094b94f5374fce5edbc8e2a8697c15331677e6ebf0b8080c00ae1a001a915e4d060149eb4365960e6a7a45f334393093061116b197e3240065ff2d801a025e16bb498552165016751911c3608d79000ab89dc3100776e729e6ea13091c7a03acacff7fc0cff6eda8a927dec93ca17765e1ee6cbc06c5954ce102e097c01d2"
--- a/cmd/evm/testdata/29/alloc.json
+++ b/cmd/evm/testdata/29/alloc.json
@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{
+  "0xa94f5374fce5edbc8e2a8697c15331677e6ebf0b" : {
+    "balance" : "0x016345785d8a0000",
+    "code" : "0x",
+    "nonce" : "0x00",
+    "storage" : {
+    }
+  },
+  "0xbEac00dDB15f3B6d645C48263dC93862413A222D" : {
+    "balance" : "0x1",
+    "code" : "0x3373fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffe14604457602036146024575f5ffd5b620180005f350680545f35146037575f5ffd5b6201800001545f5260205ff35b6201800042064281555f359062018000015500",
+    "nonce" : "0x00",
+    "storage" : {
+    }
+  }
+}
--- a/cmd/evm/testdata/29/env.json
+++ b/cmd/evm/testdata/29/env.json
@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{
+    "currentCoinbase" : "0x2adc25665018aa1fe0e6bc666dac8fc2697ff9ba",
+    "currentNumber" : "0x01",
+    "currentTimestamp" : "0x079e",
+    "currentGasLimit" : "0x7fffffffffffffff",
+    "previousHash" : "0x3a9b485972e7353edd9152712492f0c58d89ef80623686b6bf947a4a6dce6cb6",
+    "currentBlobGasUsed" : "0x00",
+    "parentTimestamp" : "0x03b6",
+    "parentDifficulty" : "0x00",
+    "parentUncleHash" : "0x1dcc4de8dec75d7aab85b567b6ccd41ad312451b948a7413f0a142fd40d49347",
+    "currentRandom" : "0x56e81f171bcc55a6ff8345e692c0f86e5b48e01b996cadc001622fb5e363b421",
+    "withdrawals" : [
+    ],
+    "parentBaseFee" : "0x0a",
+    "parentGasUsed" : "0x00",
+    "parentGasLimit" : "0x7fffffffffffffff",
+    "parentExcessBlobGas" : "0x00",
+    "parentBlobGasUsed" : "0x00",
+    "parentBeaconBlockRoot": "0x0000beac00beac00beac00beac00beac00beac00beac00beac00beac00beac00"
+}
--- a/cmd/evm/testdata/29/exp.json
+++ b/cmd/evm/testdata/29/exp.json
@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+{
+  "alloc": {
+    "0xbeac00ddb15f3b6d645c48263dc93862413a222d": {
+      "code": "0x3373fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffe14604457602036146024575f5ffd5b620180005f350680545f35146037575f5ffd5b6201800001545f5260205ff35b6201800042064281555f359062018000015500",
+      "storage": {
+        "0x000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000079e": "0x000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000079e",
+        "0x000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001879e": "0x0000beac00beac00beac00beac00beac00beac00beac00beac00beac00beac00"
+      },
+      "balance": "0x1"
+    },
+    "0xa94f5374fce5edbc8e2a8697c15331677e6ebf0b": {
+      "balance": "0x16345785d871db8",
+      "nonce": "0x1"
+    }
+  },
+  "result": {
+    "stateRoot": "0x2db9f6bc233e8fd0af2d8023404493a19b37d9d69ace71f4e73158851fced574",
+    "txRoot": "0x248074fabe112f7d93917f292b64932394f835bb98da91f21501574d58ec92ab",
+    "receiptsRoot": "0xf78dfb743fbd92ade140711c8bbc542b5e307f0ab7984eff35d751969fe57efa",
+    "logsHash": "0x1dcc4de8dec75d7aab85b567b6ccd41ad312451b948a7413f0a142fd40d49347",
+    "logsBloom": "0x00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
+    "receipts": [
+      {
+        "type": "0x2",
+        "root": "0x",
+        "status": "0x1",
+        "cumulativeGasUsed": "0x5208",
+        "logsBloom": "0x00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
+        "logs": null,
+        "transactionHash": "0x84f70aba406a55628a0620f26d260f90aeb6ccc55fed6ec2ac13dd4f727032ed",
+        "contractAddress": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
+        "gasUsed": "0x5208",
+        "effectiveGasPrice": null,
+        "blockHash": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
+        "transactionIndex": "0x0"
+      }
+    ],
+    "currentDifficulty": null,
+    "gasUsed": "0x5208",
+    "currentBaseFee": "0x9",
+    "withdrawalsRoot": "0x56e81f171bcc55a6ff8345e692c0f86e5b48e01b996cadc001622fb5e363b421",
+    "currentExcessBlobGas": "0x0",
+    "currentBlobGasUsed": "0x0"
+  }
+}
--- a/cmd/evm/testdata/29/readme.md
+++ b/cmd/evm/testdata/29/readme.md
@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+## EIP 4788
+
+This test contains testcases for EIP-4788. The 4788-contract is 
+located at address `0xbeac00ddb15f3b6d645c48263dc93862413a222d`, and this test executes a simple transaction. It also
+implicitly invokes the system tx, which sets calls the contract and sets the 
+storage values
+```
+$ dir=./testdata/29/ && go run . t8n --state.fork=Cancun  --input.alloc=$dir/alloc.json --input.txs=$dir/txs.json --input.env=$dir/env.json --output.alloc=stdout
+INFO [08-15|20:07:56.335] Trie dumping started                     root=ecde45..2af8a7
+INFO [08-15|20:07:56.335] Trie dumping complete                    accounts=2 elapsed="225.848µs"
+INFO [08-15|20:07:56.335] Wrote file                               file=result.json
+{
+  "alloc": {
+    "0xa94f5374fce5edbc8e2a8697c15331677e6ebf0b": {
+      "balance": "0x16345785d871db8",
+      "nonce": "0x1"
+    },
+    "0xbeac00541d49391ed88abf392bfc1f4dea8c4143": {
+      "code": "0x3373fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffe14604457602036146024575f5ffd5b620180005f350680545f35146037575f5ffd5b6201800001545f5260205ff35b6201800042064281555f359062018000015500",
+      "storage": {
+        "0x000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000079e": "0x000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000079e",
+        "0x000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001879e": "0x0000beac00beac00beac00beac00beac00beac00beac00beac00beac00beac00"
+      },
+      "balance": "0x
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+```
--- a/cmd/evm/testdata/29/txs.json
+++ b/cmd/evm/testdata/29/txs.json
@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+[
+  {
+    "input" : "0x",
+    "gas" : "0x10000000",
+    "nonce" : "0x0",
+    "to" : "0x1111111111111111111111111111111111111111",
+    "value" : "0x0",
+    "secretKey" : "0x45a915e4d060149eb4365960e6a7a45f334393093061116b197e3240065ff2d8",
+    "chainId" : "0x1",
+    "type" : "0x2",
+    "v": "0x0",
+    "r": "0x0",
+    "s": "0x0",
+    "maxFeePerGas" : "0xfa0",
+    "maxPriorityFeePerGas" : "0x0",
+    "accessList" : [
+    ]
+  }
+]
--- a/cmd/evm/testdata/3/readme.md
+++ b/cmd/evm/testdata/3/readme.md
@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-These files examplify a transition where a transaction (excuted on block 5) requests
+These files exemplify a transition where a transaction (executed on block 5) requests
 the blockhash for block `1`. 
--- a/cmd/evm/testdata/4/readme.md
+++ b/cmd/evm/testdata/4/readme.md
@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-These files examplify a transition where a transaction (excuted on block 5) requests
+These files exemplify a transition where a transaction (executed on block 5) requests
 the blockhash for block `4`, but where the hash for that block is missing. 
 It's expected that executing these should cause `exit` with errorcode `4`.
--- a/cmd/evm/testdata/5/readme.md
+++ b/cmd/evm/testdata/5/readme.md
@ -1 +1 @@
-These files examplify a transition where there are no transcations, two ommers, at block `N-1` (delta 1) and `N-2` (delta 2).
+These files exemplify a transition where there are no transactions, two ommers, at block `N-1` (delta 1) and `N-2` (delta 2).
--- a/cmd/evm/testdata/8/readme.md
+++ b/cmd/evm/testdata/8/readme.md
@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ This test contains testcases for EIP-2930, which uses transactions with access l
 The alloc portion contains one contract (`0x000000000000000000000000000000000000aaaa`), containing the 
 following code: `0x5854505854`: `PC ;SLOAD; POP; PC; SLOAD`.

-Essentialy, this contract does `SLOAD(0)` and `SLOAD(3)`.
+Essentially, this contract does `SLOAD(0)` and `SLOAD(3)`.

 The alloc also contains some funds on `0xa94f5374fce5edbc8e2a8697c15331677e6ebf0b`. 

--- a/cmd/evm/testdata/9/readme.md
+++ b/cmd/evm/testdata/9/readme.md
@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ This test contains testcases for EIP-1559, which uses an new transaction type an
 The alloc portion contains one contract (`0x000000000000000000000000000000000000aaaa`), containing the 
 following code: `0x58585454`: `PC; PC; SLOAD; SLOAD`.

-Essentialy, this contract does `SLOAD(0)` and `SLOAD(1)`.
+Essentially, this contract does `SLOAD(0)` and `SLOAD(1)`.

 The alloc also contains some funds on `0xa94f5374fce5edbc8e2a8697c15331677e6ebf0b`. 

--- a/cmd/evm/transition-test.sh
+++ b/cmd/evm/transition-test.sh
@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ To make `t8n` apply these, the following inputs are required:
  - For ethash, it is `5000000000000000000` `wei`,
  - If this is not defined, mining rewards are not applied,
  - A value of `0` is valid, and causes accounts to be 'touched'.
- For each ommer, the tool needs to be given an `addres\` and a `delta`. This
+- For each ommer, the tool needs to be given an `address\` and a `delta`. This
  is done via the `ommers` field in `env`.

 Note: the tool does not verify that e.g. the normal uncle rules apply,
--- a/cmd/faucet/README.md
+++ b/cmd/faucet/README.md
@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ First things first, the `faucet` needs to connect to an Ethereum network, for wh

 - `-genesis` is a path to a file containing the network `genesis.json`. or using:
  - `-goerli` with the faucet with Görli network config
-  - `-rinkeby` with the faucet with Rinkeby network config
  - `-sepolia` with the faucet with Sepolia network config
 - `-network` is the devp2p network id used during connection
 - `-bootnodes` is a list of `enode://` ids to join the network through
--- a/cmd/faucet/faucet.go
+++ b/cmd/faucet/faucet.go
@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ var (
 	twitterTokenV1Flag = flag.String("twitter.token.v1", "", "Bearer token to authenticate with the v1.1 Twitter API")

 	goerliFlag  = flag.Bool("goerli", false, "Initializes the faucet with Görli network config")
-	rinkebyFlag = flag.Bool("rinkeby", false, "Initializes the faucet with Rinkeby network config")
 	sepoliaFlag = flag.Bool("sepolia", false, "Initializes the faucet with Sepolia network config")
 )

@ -140,7 +139,7 @@ func main() {
 		log.Crit("Failed to render the faucet template", "err", err)
 	}
 	// Load and parse the genesis block requested by the user
-	genesis, err := getGenesis(*genesisFlag, *goerliFlag, *rinkebyFlag, *sepoliaFlag)
+	genesis, err := getGenesis(*genesisFlag, *goerliFlag, *sepoliaFlag)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Crit("Failed to parse genesis config", "err", err)
 	}
@ -269,11 +268,7 @@ func newFaucet(genesis *core.Genesis, port int, enodes []*enode.Node, network ui
 		}
 	}
 	// Attach to the client and retrieve and interesting metadatas
-	api, err := stack.Attach()
-	if err != nil {
-		stack.Close()
-		return nil, err
-	}
+	api := stack.Attach()
 	client := ethclient.NewClient(api)

 	return &faucet{
@ -880,7 +875,7 @@ func authNoAuth(url string) (string, string, common.Address, error) {
 }

 // getGenesis returns a genesis based on input args
-func getGenesis(genesisFlag string, goerliFlag bool, rinkebyFlag bool, sepoliaFlag bool) (*core.Genesis, error) {
+func getGenesis(genesisFlag string, goerliFlag bool, sepoliaFlag bool) (*core.Genesis, error) {
 	switch {
 	case genesisFlag != "":
 		var genesis core.Genesis
@ -888,8 +883,6 @@ func getGenesis(genesisFlag string, goerliFlag bool, rinkebyFlag bool, sepoliaFl
 		return &genesis, err
 	case goerliFlag:
 		return core.DefaultGoerliGenesisBlock(), nil
-	case rinkebyFlag:
-		return core.DefaultRinkebyGenesisBlock(), nil
 	case sepoliaFlag:
 		return core.DefaultSepoliaGenesisBlock(), nil
 	default:
--- a/cmd/geth/attach_test.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/attach_test.go
@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ func TestRemoteDbWithHeaders(t *testing.T) {
 }

 func testReceiveHeaders(t *testing.T, ln net.Listener, gethArgs ...string) {
-	var ok uint32
+	var ok atomic.Uint32
 	server := &http.Server{
 		Addr: "localhost:0",
 		Handler: &testHandler{func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
@ -72,12 +72,12 @@ func testReceiveHeaders(t *testing.T, ln net.Listener, gethArgs ...string) {
 			if have, want := r.Header.Get("second"), "two"; have != want {
 				t.Fatalf("missing header, have %v want %v", have, want)
 			}
-			atomic.StoreUint32(&ok, 1)
+			ok.Store(1)
 		}}}
 	go server.Serve(ln)
 	defer server.Close()
 	runGeth(t, gethArgs...).WaitExit()
-	if atomic.LoadUint32(&ok) != 1 {
+	if ok.Load() != 1 {
 		t.Fatal("Test fail, expected invocation to succeed")
 	}
 }
--- a/cmd/geth/chaincmd.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/chaincmd.go
@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/metrics"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/node"
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/trie"
 	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
 )

@ -49,7 +48,9 @@ var (
 		Name:      "init",
 		Usage:     "Bootstrap and initialize a new genesis block",
 		ArgsUsage: "<genesisPath>",
-		Flags:     flags.Merge([]cli.Flag{utils.CachePreimagesFlag}, utils.DatabasePathFlags),
+		Flags: flags.Merge([]cli.Flag{
+			utils.CachePreimagesFlag,
+		}, utils.DatabaseFlags),
 		Description: `
 The init command initializes a new genesis block and definition for the network.
 This is a destructive action and changes the network in which you will be
@ -94,7 +95,9 @@ if one is set.  Otherwise it prints the genesis from the datadir.`,
 			utils.MetricsInfluxDBBucketFlag,
 			utils.MetricsInfluxDBOrganizationFlag,
 			utils.TxLookupLimitFlag,
-		}, utils.DatabasePathFlags),
+			utils.TransactionHistoryFlag,
+			utils.StateHistoryFlag,
+		}, utils.DatabaseFlags),
 		Description: `
 The import command imports blocks from an RLP-encoded form. The form can be one file
 with several RLP-encoded blocks, or several files can be used.
@ -110,7 +113,7 @@ processing will proceed even if an individual RLP-file import failure occurs.`,
 		Flags: flags.Merge([]cli.Flag{
 			utils.CacheFlag,
 			utils.SyncModeFlag,
-		}, utils.DatabasePathFlags),
+		}, utils.DatabaseFlags),
 		Description: `
 Requires a first argument of the file to write to.
 Optional second and third arguments control the first and
@ -126,7 +129,7 @@ be gzipped.`,
 		Flags: flags.Merge([]cli.Flag{
 			utils.CacheFlag,
 			utils.SyncModeFlag,
-		}, utils.DatabasePathFlags),
+		}, utils.DatabaseFlags),
 		Description: `
 The import-preimages command imports hash preimages from an RLP encoded stream.
 It's deprecated, please use "geth db import" instead.
@ -140,7 +143,7 @@ It's deprecated, please use "geth db import" instead.
 		Flags: flags.Merge([]cli.Flag{
 			utils.CacheFlag,
 			utils.SyncModeFlag,
-		}, utils.DatabasePathFlags),
+		}, utils.DatabaseFlags),
 		Description: `
 The export-preimages command exports hash preimages to an RLP encoded stream.
 It's deprecated, please use "geth db export" instead.
@ -159,7 +162,7 @@ It's deprecated, please use "geth db export" instead.
 			utils.IncludeIncompletesFlag,
 			utils.StartKeyFlag,
 			utils.DumpLimitFlag,
-		}, utils.DatabasePathFlags),
+		}, utils.DatabaseFlags),
 		Description: `
 This command dumps out the state for a given block (or latest, if none provided).
 `,
@ -195,14 +198,15 @@ func initGenesis(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 		if err != nil {
 			utils.Fatalf("Failed to open database: %v", err)
 		}
-		triedb := trie.NewDatabaseWithConfig(chaindb, &trie.Config{
-			Preimages: ctx.Bool(utils.CachePreimagesFlag.Name),
-		})
+		defer chaindb.Close()
+
+		triedb := utils.MakeTrieDatabase(ctx, chaindb, ctx.Bool(utils.CachePreimagesFlag.Name), false)
+		defer triedb.Close()
+
 		_, hash, err := core.SetupGenesisBlock(chaindb, triedb, genesis)
 		if err != nil {
 			utils.Fatalf("Failed to write genesis block: %v", err)
 		}
-		chaindb.Close()
 		log.Info("Successfully wrote genesis state", "database", name, "hash", hash)
 	}
 	return nil
@ -241,7 +245,7 @@ func dumpGenesis(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	if ctx.IsSet(utils.DataDirFlag.Name) {
 		utils.Fatalf("no existing datadir at %s", stack.Config().DataDir)
 	}
-	utils.Fatalf("no network preset provided.  no exisiting genesis in the default datadir")
+	utils.Fatalf("no network preset provided, no existing genesis in the default datadir")
 	return nil
 }

@ -261,16 +265,16 @@ func importChain(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	defer db.Close()

 	// Start periodically gathering memory profiles
-	var peakMemAlloc, peakMemSys uint64
+	var peakMemAlloc, peakMemSys atomic.Uint64
 	go func() {
 		stats := new(runtime.MemStats)
 		for {
 			runtime.ReadMemStats(stats)
-			if atomic.LoadUint64(&peakMemAlloc) < stats.Alloc {
-				atomic.StoreUint64(&peakMemAlloc, stats.Alloc)
+			if peakMemAlloc.Load() < stats.Alloc {
+				peakMemAlloc.Store(stats.Alloc)
 			}
-			if atomic.LoadUint64(&peakMemSys) < stats.Sys {
-				atomic.StoreUint64(&peakMemSys, stats.Sys)
+			if peakMemSys.Load() < stats.Sys {
+				peakMemSys.Store(stats.Sys)
 			}
 			time.Sleep(5 * time.Second)
 		}
@ -303,8 +307,8 @@ func importChain(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	mem := new(runtime.MemStats)
 	runtime.ReadMemStats(mem)

-	fmt.Printf("Object memory: %.3f MB current, %.3f MB peak\n", float64(mem.Alloc)/1024/1024, float64(atomic.LoadUint64(&peakMemAlloc))/1024/1024)
-	fmt.Printf("System memory: %.3f MB current, %.3f MB peak\n", float64(mem.Sys)/1024/1024, float64(atomic.LoadUint64(&peakMemSys))/1024/1024)
+	fmt.Printf("Object memory: %.3f MB current, %.3f MB peak\n", float64(mem.Alloc)/1024/1024, float64(peakMemAlloc.Load())/1024/1024)
+	fmt.Printf("System memory: %.3f MB current, %.3f MB peak\n", float64(mem.Sys)/1024/1024, float64(peakMemSys.Load())/1024/1024)
 	fmt.Printf("Allocations:   %.3f million\n", float64(mem.Mallocs)/1000000)
 	fmt.Printf("GC pause:      %v\n\n", time.Duration(mem.PauseTotalNs))

@ -332,7 +336,8 @@ func exportChain(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	stack, _ := makeConfigNode(ctx)
 	defer stack.Close()

-	chain, _ := utils.MakeChain(ctx, stack, true)
+	chain, db := utils.MakeChain(ctx, stack, true)
+	defer db.Close()
 	start := time.Now()

 	var err error
@ -372,6 +377,7 @@ func importPreimages(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	defer stack.Close()

 	db := utils.MakeChainDatabase(ctx, stack, false)
+	defer db.Close()
 	start := time.Now()

 	if err := utils.ImportPreimages(db, ctx.Args().First()); err != nil {
@ -390,6 +396,7 @@ func exportPreimages(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	defer stack.Close()

 	db := utils.MakeChainDatabase(ctx, stack, true)
+	defer db.Close()
 	start := time.Now()

 	if err := utils.ExportPreimages(db, ctx.Args().First()); err != nil {
@ -401,6 +408,8 @@ func exportPreimages(ctx *cli.Context) error {

 func parseDumpConfig(ctx *cli.Context, stack *node.Node) (*state.DumpConfig, ethdb.Database, common.Hash, error) {
 	db := utils.MakeChainDatabase(ctx, stack, true)
+	defer db.Close()
+
 	var header *types.Header
 	if ctx.NArg() > 1 {
 		return nil, nil, common.Hash{}, fmt.Errorf("expected 1 argument (number or hash), got %d", ctx.NArg())
@ -465,10 +474,10 @@ func dump(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	config := &trie.Config{
-		Preimages: true, // always enable preimage lookup
-	}
-	state, err := state.New(root, state.NewDatabaseWithConfig(db, config), nil)
+	triedb := utils.MakeTrieDatabase(ctx, db, true, false) // always enable preimage lookup
+	defer triedb.Close()
+
+	state, err := state.New(root, state.NewDatabaseWithNodeDB(db, triedb), nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
--- a/cmd/geth/config.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/config.go
@ -22,16 +22,17 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"reflect"
+	"runtime"
+	"strings"
 	"unicode"

-	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
-
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/accounts"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/accounts/external"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/accounts/keystore"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/accounts/scwallet"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/accounts/usbwallet"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/cmd/utils"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/eth/catalyst"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/eth/downloader"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/eth/ethconfig"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/internal/ethapi"
@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/node"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/params"
 	"github.com/naoina/toml"
+	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
 )

 var (
@ -170,8 +172,26 @@ func makeFullNode(ctx *cli.Context) (*node.Node, ethapi.Backend) {
 		v := ctx.Uint64(utils.OverrideCancun.Name)
 		cfg.Eth.OverrideCancun = &v
 	}
+	if ctx.IsSet(utils.OverrideVerkle.Name) {
+		v := ctx.Uint64(utils.OverrideVerkle.Name)
+		cfg.Eth.OverrideVerkle = &v
+	}
 	backend, eth := utils.RegisterEthService(stack, &cfg.Eth)

+	// Create gauge with geth system and build information
+	if eth != nil { // The 'eth' backend may be nil in light mode
+		var protos []string
+		for _, p := range eth.Protocols() {
+			protos = append(protos, fmt.Sprintf("%v/%d", p.Name, p.Version))
+		}
+		metrics.NewRegisteredGaugeInfo("geth/info", nil).Update(metrics.GaugeInfoValue{
+			"arch":      runtime.GOARCH,
+			"os":        runtime.GOOS,
+			"version":   cfg.Node.Version,
+			"protocols": strings.Join(protos, ","),
+		})
+	}
+
 	// Configure log filter RPC API.
 	filterSystem := utils.RegisterFilterAPI(stack, backend, &cfg.Eth)

@ -189,6 +209,22 @@ func makeFullNode(ctx *cli.Context) (*node.Node, ethapi.Backend) {
 	if ctx.IsSet(utils.SyncTargetFlag.Name) && cfg.Eth.SyncMode == downloader.FullSync {
 		utils.RegisterFullSyncTester(stack, eth, ctx.Path(utils.SyncTargetFlag.Name))
 	}
+
+	// Start the dev mode if requested, or launch the engine API for
+	// interacting with external consensus client.
+	if ctx.IsSet(utils.DeveloperFlag.Name) {
+		simBeacon, err := catalyst.NewSimulatedBeacon(ctx.Uint64(utils.DeveloperPeriodFlag.Name), eth)
+		if err != nil {
+			utils.Fatalf("failed to register dev mode catalyst service: %v", err)
+		}
+		catalyst.RegisterSimulatedBeaconAPIs(stack, simBeacon)
+		stack.RegisterLifecycle(simBeacon)
+	} else if cfg.Eth.SyncMode != downloader.LightSync {
+		err := catalyst.Register(stack, eth)
+		if err != nil {
+			utils.Fatalf("failed to register catalyst service: %v", err)
+		}
+	}
 	return stack, backend
 }

@ -272,6 +308,10 @@ func deprecated(field string) bool {
 		return true
 	case "ethconfig.Config.EWASMInterpreter":
 		return true
+	case "ethconfig.Config.TrieCleanCacheJournal":
+		return true
+	case "ethconfig.Config.TrieCleanCacheRejournal":
+		return true
 	default:
 		return false
 	}
--- a/cmd/geth/consolecmd.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/consolecmd.go
@ -75,10 +75,7 @@ func localConsole(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	defer stack.Close()

 	// Attach to the newly started node and create the JavaScript console.
-	client, err := stack.Attach()
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to attach to the inproc geth: %v", err)
-	}
+	client := stack.Attach()
 	config := console.Config{
 		DataDir: utils.MakeDataDir(ctx),
 		DocRoot: ctx.String(utils.JSpathFlag.Name),
--- a/cmd/geth/dbcmd.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/dbcmd.go
@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ var (
 		Name:      "removedb",
 		Usage:     "Remove blockchain and state databases",
 		ArgsUsage: "",
-		Flags:     utils.DatabasePathFlags,
+		Flags:     utils.DatabaseFlags,
 		Description: `
 Remove blockchain and state databases`,
 	}
@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ Remove blockchain and state databases`,
 		ArgsUsage: "<prefix> <start>",
 		Flags: flags.Merge([]cli.Flag{
 			utils.SyncModeFlag,
-		}, utils.NetworkFlags, utils.DatabasePathFlags),
+		}, utils.NetworkFlags, utils.DatabaseFlags),
 		Usage:       "Inspect the storage size for each type of data in the database",
 		Description: `This commands iterates the entire database. If the optional 'prefix' and 'start' arguments are provided, then the iteration is limited to the given subset of data.`,
 	}
@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ Remove blockchain and state databases`,
 		Action:    checkStateContent,
 		Name:      "check-state-content",
 		ArgsUsage: "<start (optional)>",
-		Flags:     flags.Merge(utils.NetworkFlags, utils.DatabasePathFlags),
+		Flags:     flags.Merge(utils.NetworkFlags, utils.DatabaseFlags),
 		Usage:     "Verify that state data is cryptographically correct",
 		Description: `This command iterates the entire database for 32-byte keys, looking for rlp-encoded trie nodes.
 For each trie node encountered, it checks that the key corresponds to the keccak256(value). If this is not true, this indicates
@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ a data corruption.`,
 		Usage:  "Print leveldb statistics",
 		Flags: flags.Merge([]cli.Flag{
 			utils.SyncModeFlag,
-		}, utils.NetworkFlags, utils.DatabasePathFlags),
+		}, utils.NetworkFlags, utils.DatabaseFlags),
 	}
 	dbCompactCmd = &cli.Command{
 		Action: dbCompact,
@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ a data corruption.`,
 			utils.SyncModeFlag,
 			utils.CacheFlag,
 			utils.CacheDatabaseFlag,
-		}, utils.NetworkFlags, utils.DatabasePathFlags),
+		}, utils.NetworkFlags, utils.DatabaseFlags),
 		Description: `This command performs a database compaction. 
 WARNING: This operation may take a very long time to finish, and may cause database
 corruption if it is aborted during execution'!`,
@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ corruption if it is aborted during execution'!`,
 		ArgsUsage: "<hex-encoded key>",
 		Flags: flags.Merge([]cli.Flag{
 			utils.SyncModeFlag,
-		}, utils.NetworkFlags, utils.DatabasePathFlags),
+		}, utils.NetworkFlags, utils.DatabaseFlags),
 		Description: "This command looks up the specified database key from the database.",
 	}
 	dbDeleteCmd = &cli.Command{
@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ corruption if it is aborted during execution'!`,
 		ArgsUsage: "<hex-encoded key>",
 		Flags: flags.Merge([]cli.Flag{
 			utils.SyncModeFlag,
-		}, utils.NetworkFlags, utils.DatabasePathFlags),
+		}, utils.NetworkFlags, utils.DatabaseFlags),
 		Description: `This command deletes the specified database key from the database. 
 WARNING: This is a low-level operation which may cause database corruption!`,
 	}
@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ WARNING: This is a low-level operation which may cause database corruption!`,
 		ArgsUsage: "<hex-encoded key> <hex-encoded value>",
 		Flags: flags.Merge([]cli.Flag{
 			utils.SyncModeFlag,
-		}, utils.NetworkFlags, utils.DatabasePathFlags),
+		}, utils.NetworkFlags, utils.DatabaseFlags),
 		Description: `This command sets a given database key to the given value. 
 WARNING: This is a low-level operation which may cause database corruption!`,
 	}
@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ WARNING: This is a low-level operation which may cause database corruption!`,
 		ArgsUsage: "<hex-encoded state root> <hex-encoded account hash> <hex-encoded storage trie root> <hex-encoded start (optional)> <int max elements (optional)>",
 		Flags: flags.Merge([]cli.Flag{
 			utils.SyncModeFlag,
-		}, utils.NetworkFlags, utils.DatabasePathFlags),
+		}, utils.NetworkFlags, utils.DatabaseFlags),
 		Description: "This command looks up the specified database key from the database.",
 	}
 	dbDumpFreezerIndex = &cli.Command{
@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ WARNING: This is a low-level operation which may cause database corruption!`,
 		ArgsUsage: "<freezer-type> <table-type> <start (int)> <end (int)>",
 		Flags: flags.Merge([]cli.Flag{
 			utils.SyncModeFlag,
-		}, utils.NetworkFlags, utils.DatabasePathFlags),
+		}, utils.NetworkFlags, utils.DatabaseFlags),
 		Description: "This command displays information about the freezer index.",
 	}
 	dbImportCmd = &cli.Command{
@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ WARNING: This is a low-level operation which may cause database corruption!`,
 		ArgsUsage: "<dumpfile> <start (optional)",
 		Flags: flags.Merge([]cli.Flag{
 			utils.SyncModeFlag,
-		}, utils.NetworkFlags, utils.DatabasePathFlags),
+		}, utils.NetworkFlags, utils.DatabaseFlags),
 		Description: "The import command imports the specific chain data from an RLP encoded stream.",
 	}
 	dbExportCmd = &cli.Command{
@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ WARNING: This is a low-level operation which may cause database corruption!`,
 		ArgsUsage: "<type> <dumpfile>",
 		Flags: flags.Merge([]cli.Flag{
 			utils.SyncModeFlag,
-		}, utils.NetworkFlags, utils.DatabasePathFlags),
+		}, utils.NetworkFlags, utils.DatabaseFlags),
 		Description: "Exports the specified chain data to an RLP encoded stream, optionally gzip-compressed.",
 	}
 	dbMetadataCmd = &cli.Command{
@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ WARNING: This is a low-level operation which may cause database corruption!`,
 		Usage:  "Shows metadata about the chain status.",
 		Flags: flags.Merge([]cli.Flag{
 			utils.SyncModeFlag,
-		}, utils.NetworkFlags, utils.DatabasePathFlags),
+		}, utils.NetworkFlags, utils.DatabaseFlags),
 		Description: "Shows metadata about the chain status.",
 	}
 )
@ -482,6 +482,9 @@ func dbDumpTrie(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	db := utils.MakeChainDatabase(ctx, stack, true)
 	defer db.Close()

+	triedb := utils.MakeTrieDatabase(ctx, db, false, true)
+	defer triedb.Close()
+
 	var (
 		state   []byte
 		storage []byte
@ -515,12 +518,16 @@ func dbDumpTrie(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 		}
 	}
 	id := trie.StorageTrieID(common.BytesToHash(state), common.BytesToHash(account), common.BytesToHash(storage))
-	theTrie, err := trie.New(id, trie.NewDatabase(db))
+	theTrie, err := trie.New(id, triedb)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	trieIt, err := theTrie.NodeIterator(start)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	var count int64
-	it := trie.NewIterator(theTrie.NodeIterator(start))
+	it := trie.NewIterator(trieIt)
 	for it.Next() {
 		if max > 0 && count == max {
 			fmt.Printf("Exiting after %d values\n", count)
@ -587,6 +594,7 @@ func importLDBdata(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 		close(stop)
 	}()
 	db := utils.MakeChainDatabase(ctx, stack, false)
+	defer db.Close()
 	return utils.ImportLDBData(db, fName, int64(start), stop)
 }

@ -683,6 +691,7 @@ func exportChaindata(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 		close(stop)
 	}()
 	db := utils.MakeChainDatabase(ctx, stack, true)
+	defer db.Close()
 	return utils.ExportChaindata(ctx.Args().Get(1), kind, exporter(db), stop)
 }

@ -690,6 +699,8 @@ func showMetaData(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	stack, _ := makeConfigNode(ctx)
 	defer stack.Close()
 	db := utils.MakeChainDatabase(ctx, stack, true)
+	defer db.Close()
+
 	ancients, err := db.Ancients()
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Error accessing ancients: %v", err)
--- a/cmd/geth/genesis_test.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/genesis_test.go
@ -176,12 +176,12 @@ func TestCustomBackend(t *testing.T) {
 		{ // Can't start pebble on top of leveldb
 			initArgs:   []string{"--db.engine", "leveldb"},
 			execArgs:   []string{"--db.engine", "pebble"},
-			execExpect: `Fatal: Failed to register the Ethereum service: db.engine choice was pebble but found pre-existing leveldb database in specified data directory`,
+			execExpect: `Fatal: Could not open database: db.engine choice was pebble but found pre-existing leveldb database in specified data directory`,
 		},
 		{ // Can't start leveldb on top of pebble
 			initArgs:   []string{"--db.engine", "pebble"},
 			execArgs:   []string{"--db.engine", "leveldb"},
-			execExpect: `Fatal: Failed to register the Ethereum service: db.engine choice was leveldb but found pre-existing pebble database in specified data directory`,
+			execExpect: `Fatal: Could not open database: db.engine choice was leveldb but found pre-existing pebble database in specified data directory`,
 		},
 		{ // Reject invalid backend choice
 			initArgs:   []string{"--db.engine", "mssql"},
--- a/cmd/geth/les_test.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/les_test.go
@ -107,10 +107,10 @@ func ipcEndpoint(ipcPath, datadir string) string {
 // but windows require pipes to sit in "\\.\pipe\". Therefore, to run several
 // nodes simultaneously, we need to distinguish between them, which we do by
 // the pipe filename instead of folder.
-var nextIPC = uint32(0)
+var nextIPC atomic.Uint32

 func startGethWithIpc(t *testing.T, name string, args ...string) *gethrpc {
-	ipcName := fmt.Sprintf("geth-%d.ipc", atomic.AddUint32(&nextIPC, 1))
+	ipcName := fmt.Sprintf("geth-%d.ipc", nextIPC.Add(1))
 	args = append([]string{"--networkid=42", "--port=0", "--authrpc.port", "0", "--ipcpath", ipcName}, args...)
 	t.Logf("Starting %v with rpc: %v", name, args)

@ -146,13 +146,13 @@ func startLightServer(t *testing.T) *gethrpc {
 	t.Logf("Importing keys to geth")
 	runGeth(t, "account", "import", "--datadir", datadir, "--password", "./testdata/password.txt", "--lightkdf", "./testdata/key.prv").WaitExit()
 	account := "0x02f0d131f1f97aef08aec6e3291b957d9efe7105"
-	server := startGethWithIpc(t, "lightserver", "--allow-insecure-unlock", "--datadir", datadir, "--password", "./testdata/password.txt", "--unlock", account, "--miner.etherbase=0x02f0d131f1f97aef08aec6e3291b957d9efe7105", "--mine", "--light.serve=100", "--light.maxpeers=1", "--nodiscover", "--nat=extip:127.0.0.1", "--verbosity=4")
+	server := startGethWithIpc(t, "lightserver", "--allow-insecure-unlock", "--datadir", datadir, "--password", "./testdata/password.txt", "--unlock", account, "--miner.etherbase=0x02f0d131f1f97aef08aec6e3291b957d9efe7105", "--mine", "--light.serve=100", "--light.maxpeers=1", "--discv4=false", "--nat=extip:127.0.0.1", "--verbosity=4")
 	return server
 }

 func startClient(t *testing.T, name string) *gethrpc {
 	datadir := initGeth(t)
-	return startGethWithIpc(t, name, "--datadir", datadir, "--nodiscover", "--syncmode=light", "--nat=extip:127.0.0.1", "--verbosity=4")
+	return startGethWithIpc(t, name, "--datadir", datadir, "--discv4=false", "--syncmode=light", "--nat=extip:127.0.0.1", "--verbosity=4")
 }

 func TestPriorityClient(t *testing.T) {
--- a/cmd/geth/main.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/main.go
@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/metrics"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/node"
+	"go.uber.org/automaxprocs/maxprocs"
+
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/plugins"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/plugins/wrappers/backendwrapper"

@ -71,6 +73,7 @@ var (
 		utils.USBFlag,
 		utils.SmartCardDaemonPathFlag,
 		utils.OverrideCancun,
+		utils.OverrideVerkle,
 		utils.EnablePersonal,
 		utils.TxPoolLocalsFlag,
 		utils.TxPoolNoLocalsFlag,
@ -83,21 +86,23 @@ var (
 		utils.TxPoolAccountQueueFlag,
 		utils.TxPoolGlobalQueueFlag,
 		utils.TxPoolLifetimeFlag,
+		utils.BlobPoolDataDirFlag,
+		utils.BlobPoolDataCapFlag,
+		utils.BlobPoolPriceBumpFlag,
 		utils.SyncModeFlag,
 		utils.SyncTargetFlag,
 		utils.ExitWhenSyncedFlag,
 		utils.GCModeFlag,
 		utils.SnapshotFlag,
 		utils.TxLookupLimitFlag,
+		utils.TransactionHistoryFlag,
+		utils.StateHistoryFlag,
 		utils.LightServeFlag,
 		utils.LightIngressFlag,
 		utils.LightEgressFlag,
 		utils.LightMaxPeersFlag,
 		utils.LightNoPruneFlag,
 		utils.LightKDFFlag,
-		utils.UltraLightServersFlag,
-		utils.UltraLightFractionFlag,
-		utils.UltraLightOnlyAnnounceFlag,
 		utils.LightNoSyncServeFlag,
 		utils.EthRequiredBlocksFlag,
 		utils.LegacyWhitelistFlag,
@ -127,14 +132,16 @@ var (
 		utils.MinerNewPayloadTimeout,
 		utils.NATFlag,
 		utils.NoDiscoverFlag,
+		utils.DiscoveryV4Flag,
 		utils.DiscoveryV5Flag,
+		utils.LegacyDiscoveryV5Flag,
 		utils.NetrestrictFlag,
 		utils.NodeKeyFileFlag,
 		utils.NodeKeyHexFlag,
 		utils.DNSDiscoveryFlag,
 		utils.DeveloperFlag,
-		utils.DeveloperPeriodFlag,
 		utils.DeveloperGasLimitFlag,
+		utils.DeveloperPeriodFlag,
 		utils.VMEnableDebugFlag,
 		utils.NetworkIdFlag,
 		utils.EthStatsURLFlag,
@ -144,7 +151,7 @@ var (
 		utils.GpoMaxGasPriceFlag,
 		utils.GpoIgnoreGasPriceFlag,
 		configFileFlag,
-	}, utils.NetworkFlags, utils.DatabasePathFlags)
+	}, utils.NetworkFlags, utils.DatabaseFlags)

 	rpcFlags = []cli.Flag{
 		utils.HTTPEnabledFlag,
@ -174,6 +181,8 @@ var (
 		utils.RPCGlobalEVMTimeoutFlag,
 		utils.RPCGlobalTxFeeCapFlag,
 		utils.AllowUnprotectedTxs,
+		utils.BatchRequestLimit,
+		utils.BatchResponseMaxSize,
 	}

 	metricsFlags = []cli.Flag{
@ -241,10 +250,16 @@ func init() {
 		debug.Flags,
 		metricsFlags,
 	)
+	flags.AutoEnvVars(app.Flags, "GETH")

 	app.Before = func(ctx *cli.Context) error {
+		maxprocs.Set() // Automatically set GOMAXPROCS to match Linux container CPU quota.
 		flags.MigrateGlobalFlags(ctx)
-		return debug.Setup(ctx)
+		if err := debug.Setup(ctx); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		flags.CheckEnvVars(ctx, app.Flags, "GETH")
+		return nil
 	}
 	app.After = func(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 		debug.Exit()
@ -265,15 +280,15 @@ func main() {
 func prepare(ctx *cli.Context) {
 	// If we're running a known preset, log it for convenience.
 	switch {
-	case ctx.IsSet(utils.RinkebyFlag.Name):
-		log.Info("Starting Geth on Rinkeby testnet...")
-
 	case ctx.IsSet(utils.GoerliFlag.Name):
 		log.Info("Starting Geth on Görli testnet...")

 	case ctx.IsSet(utils.SepoliaFlag.Name):
 		log.Info("Starting Geth on Sepolia testnet...")

+	case ctx.IsSet(utils.HoleskyFlag.Name):
+		log.Info("Starting Geth on Holesky testnet...")
+
 	case ctx.IsSet(utils.DeveloperFlag.Name):
 		log.Info("Starting Geth in ephemeral dev mode...")
 		log.Warn(`You are running Geth in --dev mode. Please note the following:
@ -298,8 +313,8 @@ func prepare(ctx *cli.Context) {
 	// If we're a full node on mainnet without --cache specified, bump default cache allowance
 	if ctx.String(utils.SyncModeFlag.Name) != "light" && !ctx.IsSet(utils.CacheFlag.Name) && !ctx.IsSet(utils.NetworkIdFlag.Name) {
 		// Make sure we're not on any supported preconfigured testnet either
-		if !ctx.IsSet(utils.SepoliaFlag.Name) &&
-			!ctx.IsSet(utils.RinkebyFlag.Name) &&
+		if !ctx.IsSet(utils.HoleskyFlag.Name) &&
+			!ctx.IsSet(utils.SepoliaFlag.Name) &&
 			!ctx.IsSet(utils.GoerliFlag.Name) &&
 			!ctx.IsSet(utils.DeveloperFlag.Name) {
 			// Nope, we're really on mainnet. Bump that cache up!
@ -341,8 +356,11 @@ func geth(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 			return fmt.Errorf("invalid command: %q", args[0])
 		}
 	}
+
 	stack, backend := makeFullNode(ctx)
-	wrapperBackend := backendwrapper.NewBackend(backend)
+	trieCfg := plugethCaptureTrieConfig(ctx, stack, backend)
+	wrapperBackend := backendwrapper.NewBackend(backend, trieCfg)
+
 	pluginsInitializeNode(stack, wrapperBackend)
 	if ok, err := plugins.RunSubcommand(ctx); ok {
 		stack.Close()
@ -375,10 +393,7 @@ func startNode(ctx *cli.Context, stack *node.Node, backend ethapi.Backend, isCon
 	stack.AccountManager().Subscribe(events)

 	// Create a client to interact with local geth node.
-	rpcClient, err := stack.Attach()
-	if err != nil {
-		utils.Fatalf("Failed to attach to self: %v", err)
-	}
+	rpcClient := stack.Attach()
 	ethClient := ethclient.NewClient(rpcClient)

 	go func() {
@ -439,7 +454,7 @@ func startNode(ctx *cli.Context, stack *node.Node, backend ethapi.Backend, isCon
 	}

 	// Start auxiliary services if enabled
-	if ctx.Bool(utils.MiningEnabledFlag.Name) || ctx.Bool(utils.DeveloperFlag.Name) {
+	if ctx.Bool(utils.MiningEnabledFlag.Name) {
 		// Mining only makes sense if a full Ethereum node is running
 		if ctx.String(utils.SyncModeFlag.Name) == "light" {
 			utils.Fatalf("Light clients do not support mining")
@ -450,7 +465,7 @@ func startNode(ctx *cli.Context, stack *node.Node, backend ethapi.Backend, isCon
 		}
 		// Set the gas price to the limits from the CLI and start mining
 		gasprice := flags.GlobalBig(ctx, utils.MinerGasPriceFlag.Name)
-		ethBackend.TxPool().SetGasPrice(gasprice)
+		ethBackend.TxPool().SetGasTip(gasprice)
 		if err := ethBackend.StartMining(); err != nil {
 			utils.Fatalf("Failed to start mining: %v", err)
 		}
--- a/cmd/geth/plugin_hooks.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/plugin_hooks.go
@ -1,13 +1,25 @@
 package main

 import (
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/cmd/utils"
+	gcore "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/rawdb"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/eth/ethconfig"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/internal/ethapi"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/node"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rpc"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/trie"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/trie/triedb/hashdb"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/trie/triedb/pathdb"
+	
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/plugins"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/plugins/wrappers"
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rpc"
+	
 	"github.com/openrelayxyz/plugeth-utils/core"
 	"github.com/openrelayxyz/plugeth-utils/restricted"
+
+	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
 )

 func apiTranslate(apis []core.API) []rpc.API {
@ -119,4 +131,70 @@ func pluginBlockChain() {
 			return
 	}
 	BlockChain(plugins.DefaultPluginLoader)
-}
+}
+
+func plugethCaptureTrieConfig(ctx *cli.Context, stack *node.Node, backend ethapi.Backend) *trie.Config {
+
+	ethCfg := new(ethconfig.Config)
+
+	if ctx.IsSet(utils.CacheFlag.Name) || ctx.IsSet(utils.CacheTrieFlag.Name) {
+		ethCfg.TrieCleanCache = ctx.Int(utils.CacheFlag.Name) * ctx.Int(utils.CacheTrieFlag.Name) / 100
+	}
+	if ctx.IsSet(utils.CacheNoPrefetchFlag.Name) {
+		ethCfg.NoPrefetch = ctx.Bool(utils.CacheNoPrefetchFlag.Name)
+	}
+	if ctx.IsSet(utils.CacheFlag.Name) || ctx.IsSet(utils.CacheGCFlag.Name) {
+		ethCfg.TrieDirtyCache = ctx.Int(utils.CacheFlag.Name) * ctx.Int(utils.CacheGCFlag.Name) / 100
+	}
+	if ctx.IsSet(utils.GCModeFlag.Name) {
+		ethCfg.NoPruning = ctx.String(utils.GCModeFlag.Name) == "archive"
+	}
+	if ctx.IsSet(utils.CacheFlag.Name) || ctx.IsSet(utils.CacheSnapshotFlag.Name) {
+		ethCfg.SnapshotCache = ctx.Int(utils.CacheFlag.Name) * ctx.Int(utils.CacheSnapshotFlag.Name) / 100
+	}
+	ethCfg.Preimages = ctx.Bool(utils.CachePreimagesFlag.Name)
+	if ethCfg.NoPruning && !ethCfg.Preimages {
+		ethCfg.Preimages = true
+		log.Info("Enabling recording of key preimages since archive mode is used")
+	}
+	if ctx.IsSet(utils.StateHistoryFlag.Name) {
+		ethCfg.StateHistory = ctx.Uint64(utils.StateHistoryFlag.Name)
+	}
+
+	chaindb := backend.ChainDb()
+
+	scheme, err := utils.ParseStateScheme(ctx, chaindb)
+	if err != nil {
+		utils.Fatalf("%v", err)
+	} 
+
+	ethCfg.StateScheme = scheme
+	
+	cacheCfg := &gcore.CacheConfig{
+		TrieCleanLimit:      ethCfg.TrieCleanCache,
+		TrieCleanNoPrefetch: ethCfg.NoPrefetch,
+		TrieDirtyLimit:      ethCfg.TrieDirtyCache,
+		TrieDirtyDisabled:   ethCfg.NoPruning,
+		TrieTimeLimit:       ethconfig.Defaults.TrieTimeout,
+		SnapshotLimit:       ethCfg.SnapshotCache,
+		Preimages:           ethCfg.Preimages,
+		StateHistory:        ethCfg.StateHistory,
+		StateScheme:         ethCfg.StateScheme,
+	}
+
+	config := &trie.Config{Preimages: cacheCfg.Preimages}
+	if cacheCfg.StateScheme == rawdb.HashScheme {
+		config.HashDB = &hashdb.Config{
+			CleanCacheSize: cacheCfg.TrieCleanLimit * 1024 * 1024,
+		}
+	}
+	if cacheCfg.StateScheme == rawdb.PathScheme {
+		config.PathDB = &pathdb.Config{
+			StateHistory:   cacheCfg.StateHistory,
+			CleanCacheSize: cacheCfg.TrieCleanLimit * 1024 * 1024,
+			DirtyCacheSize: cacheCfg.TrieDirtyLimit * 1024 * 1024,
+		}
+	}
+
+	return config
+}
--- a/cmd/geth/snapshot.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/snapshot.go
@ -50,9 +50,8 @@ var (
 				ArgsUsage: "<root>",
 				Action:    pruneState,
 				Flags: flags.Merge([]cli.Flag{
-					utils.CacheTrieJournalFlag,
 					utils.BloomFilterSizeFlag,
-				}, utils.NetworkFlags, utils.DatabasePathFlags),
+				}, utils.NetworkFlags, utils.DatabaseFlags),
 				Description: `
 geth snapshot prune-state <state-root>
 will prune historical state data with the help of the state snapshot.
@ -62,10 +61,7 @@ two version states are available: genesis and the specific one.

 The default pruning target is the HEAD-127 state.

-WARNING: It's necessary to delete the trie clean cache after the pruning.
-If you specify another directory for the trie clean cache via "--cache.trie.journal"
-during the use of Geth, please also specify it here for correct deletion. Otherwise
-the trie clean cache with default directory will be deleted.
+WARNING: it's only supported in hash mode(--state.scheme=hash)".
 `,
 			},
 			{
@ -73,7 +69,7 @@ the trie clean cache with default directory will be deleted.
 				Usage:     "Recalculate state hash based on the snapshot for verification",
 				ArgsUsage: "<root>",
 				Action:    verifyState,
-				Flags:     flags.Merge(utils.NetworkFlags, utils.DatabasePathFlags),
+				Flags:     flags.Merge(utils.NetworkFlags, utils.DatabaseFlags),
 				Description: `
 geth snapshot verify-state <state-root>
 will traverse the whole accounts and storages set based on the specified
@ -86,7 +82,7 @@ In other words, this command does the snapshot to trie conversion.
 				Usage:     "Check that there is no 'dangling' snap storage",
 				ArgsUsage: "<root>",
 				Action:    checkDanglingStorage,
-				Flags:     flags.Merge(utils.NetworkFlags, utils.DatabasePathFlags),
+				Flags:     flags.Merge(utils.NetworkFlags, utils.DatabaseFlags),
 				Description: `
 geth snapshot check-dangling-storage <state-root> traverses the snap storage 
 data, and verifies that all snapshot storage data has a corresponding account. 
@ -97,7 +93,7 @@ data, and verifies that all snapshot storage data has a corresponding account.
 				Usage:     "Check all snapshot layers for the a specific account",
 				ArgsUsage: "<address | hash>",
 				Action:    checkAccount,
-				Flags:     flags.Merge(utils.NetworkFlags, utils.DatabasePathFlags),
+				Flags:     flags.Merge(utils.NetworkFlags, utils.DatabaseFlags),
 				Description: `
 geth snapshot inspect-account <address | hash> checks all snapshot layers and prints out
 information about the specified address. 
@ -108,7 +104,7 @@ information about the specified address.
 				Usage:     "Traverse the state with given root hash and perform quick verification",
 				ArgsUsage: "<root>",
 				Action:    traverseState,
-				Flags:     flags.Merge(utils.NetworkFlags, utils.DatabasePathFlags),
+				Flags:     flags.Merge(utils.NetworkFlags, utils.DatabaseFlags),
 				Description: `
 geth snapshot traverse-state <state-root>
 will traverse the whole state from the given state root and will abort if any
@ -123,7 +119,7 @@ It's also usable without snapshot enabled.
 				Usage:     "Traverse the state with given root hash and perform detailed verification",
 				ArgsUsage: "<root>",
 				Action:    traverseRawState,
-				Flags:     flags.Merge(utils.NetworkFlags, utils.DatabasePathFlags),
+				Flags:     flags.Merge(utils.NetworkFlags, utils.DatabaseFlags),
 				Description: `
 geth snapshot traverse-rawstate <state-root>
 will traverse the whole state from the given root and will abort if any referenced
@ -144,7 +140,7 @@ It's also usable without snapshot enabled.
 					utils.ExcludeStorageFlag,
 					utils.StartKeyFlag,
 					utils.DumpLimitFlag,
-				}, utils.NetworkFlags, utils.DatabasePathFlags),
+				}, utils.NetworkFlags, utils.DatabaseFlags),
 				Description: `
 This command is semantically equivalent to 'geth dump', but uses the snapshots
 as the backend data source, making this command a lot faster. 
@ -160,15 +156,17 @@ block is used.
 // Deprecation: this command should be deprecated once the hash-based
 // scheme is deprecated.
 func pruneState(ctx *cli.Context) error {
-	stack, config := makeConfigNode(ctx)
+	stack, _ := makeConfigNode(ctx)
 	defer stack.Close()

 	chaindb := utils.MakeChainDatabase(ctx, stack, false)
 	defer chaindb.Close()

+	if rawdb.ReadStateScheme(chaindb) != rawdb.HashScheme {
+		log.Crit("Offline pruning is not required for path scheme")
+	}
 	prunerconfig := pruner.Config{
 		Datadir:   stack.ResolvePath(""),
-		Cachedir:  stack.ResolvePath(config.Eth.TrieCleanCacheJournal),
 		BloomSize: ctx.Uint64(utils.BloomFilterSizeFlag.Name),
 	}
 	pruner, err := pruner.NewPruner(chaindb, prunerconfig)
@ -207,13 +205,16 @@ func verifyState(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 		log.Error("Failed to load head block")
 		return errors.New("no head block")
 	}
-	snapconfig := snapshot.Config{
+	triedb := utils.MakeTrieDatabase(ctx, chaindb, false, true)
+	defer triedb.Close()
+
+	snapConfig := snapshot.Config{
 		CacheSize:  256,
 		Recovery:   false,
 		NoBuild:    true,
 		AsyncBuild: false,
 	}
-	snaptree, err := snapshot.New(snapconfig, chaindb, trie.NewDatabase(chaindb), headBlock.Root())
+	snaptree, err := snapshot.New(snapConfig, chaindb, triedb, headBlock.Root())
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Error("Failed to open snapshot tree", "err", err)
 		return err
@ -244,7 +245,9 @@ func checkDanglingStorage(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	stack, _ := makeConfigNode(ctx)
 	defer stack.Close()

-	return snapshot.CheckDanglingStorage(utils.MakeChainDatabase(ctx, stack, true))
+	db := utils.MakeChainDatabase(ctx, stack, true)
+	defer db.Close()
+	return snapshot.CheckDanglingStorage(db)
 }

 // traverseState is a helper function used for pruning verification.
@ -255,6 +258,11 @@ func traverseState(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	defer stack.Close()

 	chaindb := utils.MakeChainDatabase(ctx, stack, true)
+	defer chaindb.Close()
+
+	triedb := utils.MakeTrieDatabase(ctx, chaindb, false, true)
+	defer triedb.Close()
+
 	headBlock := rawdb.ReadHeadBlock(chaindb)
 	if headBlock == nil {
 		log.Error("Failed to load head block")
@ -279,7 +287,6 @@ func traverseState(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 		root = headBlock.Root()
 		log.Info("Start traversing the state", "root", root, "number", headBlock.NumberU64())
 	}
-	triedb := trie.NewDatabase(chaindb)
 	t, err := trie.NewStateTrie(trie.StateTrieID(root), triedb)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Error("Failed to open trie", "root", root, "err", err)
@ -292,7 +299,12 @@ func traverseState(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 		lastReport time.Time
 		start      = time.Now()
 	)
-	accIter := trie.NewIterator(t.NodeIterator(nil))
+	acctIt, err := t.NodeIterator(nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Error("Failed to open iterator", "root", root, "err", err)
+		return err
+	}
+	accIter := trie.NewIterator(acctIt)
 	for accIter.Next() {
 		accounts += 1
 		var acc types.StateAccount
@ -307,9 +319,19 @@ func traverseState(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 				log.Error("Failed to open storage trie", "root", acc.Root, "err", err)
 				return err
 			}
-			storageIter := trie.NewIterator(storageTrie.NodeIterator(nil))
+			storageIt, err := storageTrie.NodeIterator(nil)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Error("Failed to open storage iterator", "root", acc.Root, "err", err)
+				return err
+			}
+			storageIter := trie.NewIterator(storageIt)
 			for storageIter.Next() {
 				slots += 1
+
+				if time.Since(lastReport) > time.Second*8 {
+					log.Info("Traversing state", "accounts", accounts, "slots", slots, "codes", codes, "elapsed", common.PrettyDuration(time.Since(start)))
+					lastReport = time.Now()
+				}
 			}
 			if storageIter.Err != nil {
 				log.Error("Failed to traverse storage trie", "root", acc.Root, "err", storageIter.Err)
@ -345,6 +367,11 @@ func traverseRawState(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	defer stack.Close()

 	chaindb := utils.MakeChainDatabase(ctx, stack, true)
+	defer chaindb.Close()
+
+	triedb := utils.MakeTrieDatabase(ctx, chaindb, false, true)
+	defer triedb.Close()
+
 	headBlock := rawdb.ReadHeadBlock(chaindb)
 	if headBlock == nil {
 		log.Error("Failed to load head block")
@ -369,7 +396,6 @@ func traverseRawState(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 		root = headBlock.Root()
 		log.Info("Start traversing the state", "root", root, "number", headBlock.NumberU64())
 	}
-	triedb := trie.NewDatabase(chaindb)
 	t, err := trie.NewStateTrie(trie.StateTrieID(root), triedb)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Error("Failed to open trie", "root", root, "err", err)
@ -385,7 +411,16 @@ func traverseRawState(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 		hasher     = crypto.NewKeccakState()
 		got        = make([]byte, 32)
 	)
-	accIter := t.NodeIterator(nil)
+	accIter, err := t.NodeIterator(nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Error("Failed to open iterator", "root", root, "err", err)
+		return err
+	}
+	reader, err := triedb.Reader(root)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Error("State is non-existent", "root", root)
+		return nil
+	}
 	for accIter.Next(true) {
 		nodes += 1
 		node := accIter.Hash()
@ -393,7 +428,7 @@ func traverseRawState(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 		// Check the present for non-empty hash node(embedded node doesn't
 		// have their own hash).
 		if node != (common.Hash{}) {
-			blob := rawdb.ReadLegacyTrieNode(chaindb, node)
+			blob, _ := reader.Node(common.Hash{}, accIter.Path(), node)
 			if len(blob) == 0 {
 				log.Error("Missing trie node(account)", "hash", node)
 				return errors.New("missing account")
@ -422,7 +457,11 @@ func traverseRawState(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 					log.Error("Failed to open storage trie", "root", acc.Root, "err", err)
 					return errors.New("missing storage trie")
 				}
-				storageIter := storageTrie.NodeIterator(nil)
+				storageIter, err := storageTrie.NodeIterator(nil)
+				if err != nil {
+					log.Error("Failed to open storage iterator", "root", acc.Root, "err", err)
+					return err
+				}
 				for storageIter.Next(true) {
 					nodes += 1
 					node := storageIter.Hash()
@ -430,7 +469,7 @@ func traverseRawState(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 					// Check the presence for non-empty hash node(embedded node doesn't
 					// have their own hash).
 					if node != (common.Hash{}) {
-						blob := rawdb.ReadLegacyTrieNode(chaindb, node)
+						blob, _ := reader.Node(common.BytesToHash(accIter.LeafKey()), storageIter.Path(), node)
 						if len(blob) == 0 {
 							log.Error("Missing trie node(storage)", "hash", node)
 							return errors.New("missing storage")
@ -447,6 +486,10 @@ func traverseRawState(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 					if storageIter.Leaf() {
 						slots += 1
 					}
+					if time.Since(lastReport) > time.Second*8 {
+						log.Info("Traversing state", "nodes", nodes, "accounts", accounts, "slots", slots, "codes", codes, "elapsed", common.PrettyDuration(time.Since(start)))
+						lastReport = time.Now()
+					}
 				}
 				if storageIter.Error() != nil {
 					log.Error("Failed to traverse storage trie", "root", acc.Root, "err", storageIter.Error())
@ -490,13 +533,16 @@ func dumpState(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	triedb := utils.MakeTrieDatabase(ctx, db, false, true)
+	defer triedb.Close()
+
 	snapConfig := snapshot.Config{
 		CacheSize:  256,
 		Recovery:   false,
 		NoBuild:    true,
 		AsyncBuild: false,
 	}
-	snaptree, err := snapshot.New(snapConfig, db, trie.NewDatabase(db), root)
+	snaptree, err := snapshot.New(snapConfig, db, triedb, root)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@ -517,14 +563,14 @@ func dumpState(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 		Root common.Hash `json:"root"`
 	}{root})
 	for accIt.Next() {
-		account, err := snapshot.FullAccount(accIt.Account())
+		account, err := types.FullAccount(accIt.Account())
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 		da := &state.DumpAccount{
 			Balance:   account.Balance.String(),
 			Nonce:     account.Nonce,
-			Root:      account.Root,
+			Root:      account.Root.Bytes(),
 			CodeHash:  account.CodeHash,
 			SecureKey: accIt.Hash().Bytes(),
 		}
--- a/cmd/geth/testdata/vcheck/minisig-sigs-new/data.json.minisig
+++ b/cmd/geth/testdata/vcheck/minisig-sigs-new/data.json.minisig
@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+untrusted comment: signature from minisign secret key
+RUQkliYstQBOKLK05Sy5f3bVRMBqJT26ABo6Vbp3BNJAVjejoqYCu4GWE/+7qcDfHBqYIniDCbFIUvYEnOHxV6vZ93wO1xJWDQw=
+trusted comment: timestamp:1693986492	file:data.json	hashed
+6Fdw2H+W1ZXK7QXSF77Z5AWC7+AEFAfDmTSxNGylU5HLT1AuSJQmxslj+VjtUBamYCvOuET7plbXza942AlWDw==
--- a/cmd/geth/verkle.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/verkle.go
@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ var (
 				Usage:     "verify the conversion of a MPT into a verkle tree",
 				ArgsUsage: "<root>",
 				Action:    verifyVerkle,
-				Flags:     flags.Merge(utils.NetworkFlags, utils.DatabasePathFlags),
+				Flags:     flags.Merge(utils.NetworkFlags, utils.DatabaseFlags),
 				Description: `
 geth verkle verify <state-root>
 This command takes a root commitment and attempts to rebuild the tree.
@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ This command takes a root commitment and attempts to rebuild the tree.
 				Usage:     "Dump a verkle tree to a DOT file",
 				ArgsUsage: "<root> <key1> [<key 2> ...]",
 				Action:    expandVerkle,
-				Flags:     flags.Merge(utils.NetworkFlags, utils.DatabasePathFlags),
+				Flags:     flags.Merge(utils.NetworkFlags, utils.DatabaseFlags),
 				Description: `
 geth verkle dump <state-root> <key 1> [<key 2> ...]
 This command will produce a dot file representing the tree, rooted at <root>.
@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ func checkChildren(root verkle.VerkleNode, resolver verkle.NodeResolverFn) error
 	switch node := root.(type) {
 	case *verkle.InternalNode:
 		for i, child := range node.Children() {
-			childC := child.ComputeCommitment().Bytes()
+			childC := child.Commit().Bytes()

 			childS, err := resolver(childC[:])
 			if bytes.Equal(childC[:], zero[:]) {
@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ func checkChildren(root verkle.VerkleNode, resolver verkle.NodeResolverFn) error
 			// depth is set to 0, the tree isn't rebuilt so it's not a problem
 			childN, err := verkle.ParseNode(childS, 0, childC[:])
 			if err != nil {
-				return fmt.Errorf("decode error child %x in db: %w", child.ComputeCommitment().Bytes(), err)
+				return fmt.Errorf("decode error child %x in db: %w", child.Commitment().Bytes(), err)
 			}
 			if err := checkChildren(childN, resolver); err != nil {
 				return fmt.Errorf("%x%w", i, err) // write the path to the erroring node
@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ func checkChildren(root verkle.VerkleNode, resolver verkle.NodeResolverFn) error
 				return nil
 			}
 		}
-		return errors.New("Both balance and nonce are 0")
+		return errors.New("both balance and nonce are 0")
 	case verkle.Empty:
 		// nothing to do
 	default:
@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ func verifyVerkle(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	defer stack.Close()

 	chaindb := utils.MakeChainDatabase(ctx, stack, true)
+	defer chaindb.Close()
 	headBlock := rawdb.ReadHeadBlock(chaindb)
 	if headBlock == nil {
 		log.Error("Failed to load head block")
@ -163,6 +164,7 @@ func expandVerkle(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	defer stack.Close()

 	chaindb := utils.MakeChainDatabase(ctx, stack, true)
+	defer chaindb.Close()
 	var (
 		rootC   common.Hash
 		keylist [][]byte
--- a/cmd/geth/version_check_test.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/version_check_test.go
@ -30,17 +30,24 @@ import (
 )

 func TestVerification(t *testing.T) {
-	// Signatures generated with `minisign`
-	t.Run("minisig", func(t *testing.T) {
-		// For this test, the pubkey is in testdata/minisign.pub
+	// Signatures generated with `minisign`. Legacy format, not pre-hashed file.
+	t.Run("minisig-legacy", func(t *testing.T) {
+		// For this test, the pubkey is in testdata/vcheck/minisign.pub
 		// (the privkey is `minisign.sec`, if we want to expand this test. Password 'test' )
 		pub := "RWQkliYstQBOKOdtClfgC3IypIPX6TAmoEi7beZ4gyR3wsaezvqOMWsp"
 		testVerification(t, pub, "./testdata/vcheck/minisig-sigs/")
 	})
+	t.Run("minisig-new", func(t *testing.T) {
+		// For this test, the pubkey is in testdata/vcheck/minisign.pub
+		// (the privkey is `minisign.sec`, if we want to expand this test. Password 'test' )
+		// `minisign -S -s ./minisign.sec  -m data.json  -x ./minisig-sigs-new/data.json.minisig`
+		pub := "RWQkliYstQBOKOdtClfgC3IypIPX6TAmoEi7beZ4gyR3wsaezvqOMWsp"
+		testVerification(t, pub, "./testdata/vcheck/minisig-sigs-new/")
+	})
 	// Signatures generated with `signify-openbsd`
 	t.Run("signify-openbsd", func(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Skip("This currently fails, minisign expects 4 lines of data, signify provides only 2")
-		// For this test, the pubkey is in testdata/signifykey.pub
+		// For this test, the pubkey is in testdata/vcheck/signifykey.pub
 		// (the privkey is `signifykey.sec`, if we want to expand this test. Password 'test' )
 		pub := "RWSKLNhZb0KdATtRT7mZC/bybI3t3+Hv/O2i3ye04Dq9fnT9slpZ1a2/"
 		testVerification(t, pub, "./testdata/vcheck/signify-sigs/")
@ -58,6 +65,9 @@ func testVerification(t *testing.T, pubkey, sigdir string) {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
+	if len(files) == 0 {
+		t.Fatal("Missing tests")
+	}
 	for _, f := range files {
 		sig, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(sigdir, f.Name()))
 		if err != nil {
--- a/cmd/utils/flags.go
+++ b/cmd/utils/flags.go
@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"math"
 	"math/big"
+	"net"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
@ -41,13 +42,13 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common/hexutil"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/rawdb"
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/txpool"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/txpool/legacypool"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/types"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/vm"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/crypto"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/crypto/kzg4844"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/eth"
-	ethcatalyst "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/eth/catalyst"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/eth/catalyst"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/eth/downloader"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/eth/ethconfig"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/eth/filters"
@ -60,7 +61,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/internal/ethapi"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/internal/flags"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/les"
-	lescatalyst "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/les/catalyst"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/metrics"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/metrics/exp"
@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/params"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rlp"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rpc"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/trie"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/trie/triedb/hashdb"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/trie/triedb/pathdb"
 	pcsclite "github.com/gballet/go-libpcsclite"
 	gopsutil "github.com/shirou/gopsutil/mem"
 	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
@ -141,7 +144,7 @@ var (
 	}
 	NetworkIdFlag = &cli.Uint64Flag{
 		Name:     "networkid",
-		Usage:    "Explicitly set network id (integer)(For testnets: use --rinkeby, --goerli, --sepolia instead)",
+		Usage:    "Explicitly set network id (integer)(For testnets: use --goerli, --sepolia, --holesky instead)",
 		Value:    ethconfig.Defaults.NetworkId,
 		Category: flags.EthCategory,
 	}
@ -150,11 +153,6 @@ var (
 		Usage:    "Ethereum mainnet",
 		Category: flags.EthCategory,
 	}
-	RinkebyFlag = &cli.BoolFlag{
-		Name:     "rinkeby",
-		Usage:    "Rinkeby network: pre-configured proof-of-authority test network",
-		Category: flags.EthCategory,
-	}
 	GoerliFlag = &cli.BoolFlag{
 		Name:     "goerli",
 		Usage:    "Görli network: pre-configured proof-of-authority test network",
@ -165,14 +163,18 @@ var (
 		Usage:    "Sepolia network: pre-configured proof-of-work test network",
 		Category: flags.EthCategory,
 	}
-
+	HoleskyFlag = &cli.BoolFlag{
+		Name:     "holesky",
+		Usage:    "Holesky network: pre-configured proof-of-stake test network",
+		Category: flags.EthCategory,
+	}
 	// Dev mode
 	DeveloperFlag = &cli.BoolFlag{
 		Name:     "dev",
 		Usage:    "Ephemeral proof-of-authority network with a pre-funded developer account, mining enabled",
 		Category: flags.DevCategory,
 	}
-	DeveloperPeriodFlag = &cli.IntFlag{
+	DeveloperPeriodFlag = &cli.Uint64Flag{
 		Name:     "dev.period",
 		Usage:    "Block period to use in developer mode (0 = mine only if transaction pending)",
 		Category: flags.DevCategory,
@ -231,30 +233,12 @@ var (
 	}

 	defaultSyncMode = ethconfig.Defaults.SyncMode
-	SyncModeFlag    = &flags.TextMarshalerFlag{
-		Name:     "syncmode",
-		Usage:    `Blockchain sync mode ("snap", "full" or "light")`,
-		Value:    &defaultSyncMode,
-		Category: flags.EthCategory,
-	}
-	GCModeFlag = &cli.StringFlag{
-		Name:     "gcmode",
-		Usage:    `Blockchain garbage collection mode ("full", "archive")`,
-		Value:    "full",
-		Category: flags.EthCategory,
-	}
-	SnapshotFlag = &cli.BoolFlag{
+	SnapshotFlag    = &cli.BoolFlag{
 		Name:     "snapshot",
 		Usage:    `Enables snapshot-database mode (default = enable)`,
 		Value:    true,
 		Category: flags.EthCategory,
 	}
-	TxLookupLimitFlag = &cli.Uint64Flag{
-		Name:     "txlookuplimit",
-		Usage:    "Number of recent blocks to maintain transactions index for (default = about one year, 0 = entire chain)",
-		Value:    ethconfig.Defaults.TxLookupLimit,
-		Category: flags.EthCategory,
-	}
 	LightKDFFlag = &cli.BoolFlag{
 		Name:     "lightkdf",
 		Usage:    "Reduce key-derivation RAM & CPU usage at some expense of KDF strength",
@ -265,11 +249,6 @@ var (
 		Usage:    "Comma separated block number-to-hash mappings to require for peering (<number>=<hash>)",
 		Category: flags.EthCategory,
 	}
-	LegacyWhitelistFlag = &cli.StringFlag{
-		Name:     "whitelist",
-		Usage:    "Comma separated block number-to-hash mappings to enforce (<number>=<hash>) (deprecated in favor of --eth.requiredblocks)",
-		Category: flags.DeprecatedCategory,
-	}
 	BloomFilterSizeFlag = &cli.Uint64Flag{
 		Name:     "bloomfilter.size",
 		Usage:    "Megabytes of memory allocated to bloom-filter for pruning",
@ -281,6 +260,41 @@ var (
 		Usage:    "Manually specify the Cancun fork timestamp, overriding the bundled setting",
 		Category: flags.EthCategory,
 	}
+	OverrideVerkle = &cli.Uint64Flag{
+		Name:     "override.verkle",
+		Usage:    "Manually specify the Verkle fork timestamp, overriding the bundled setting",
+		Category: flags.EthCategory,
+	}
+	SyncModeFlag = &flags.TextMarshalerFlag{
+		Name:     "syncmode",
+		Usage:    `Blockchain sync mode ("snap", "full" or "light")`,
+		Value:    &defaultSyncMode,
+		Category: flags.StateCategory,
+	}
+	GCModeFlag = &cli.StringFlag{
+		Name:     "gcmode",
+		Usage:    `Blockchain garbage collection mode, only relevant in state.scheme=hash ("full", "archive")`,
+		Value:    "full",
+		Category: flags.StateCategory,
+	}
+	StateSchemeFlag = &cli.StringFlag{
+		Name:     "state.scheme",
+		Usage:    "Scheme to use for storing ethereum state ('hash' or 'path')",
+		Value:    rawdb.HashScheme,
+		Category: flags.StateCategory,
+	}
+	StateHistoryFlag = &cli.Uint64Flag{
+		Name:     "history.state",
+		Usage:    "Number of recent blocks to retain state history for (default = 90,000 blocks, 0 = entire chain)",
+		Value:    ethconfig.Defaults.StateHistory,
+		Category: flags.StateCategory,
+	}
+	TransactionHistoryFlag = &cli.Uint64Flag{
+		Name:     "history.transactions",
+		Usage:    "Number of recent blocks to maintain transactions index for (default = about one year, 0 = entire chain)",
+		Value:    ethconfig.Defaults.TransactionHistory,
+		Category: flags.StateCategory,
+	}
 	// Light server and client settings
 	LightServeFlag = &cli.IntFlag{
 		Name:     "light.serve",
@ -306,23 +320,6 @@ var (
 		Value:    ethconfig.Defaults.LightPeers,
 		Category: flags.LightCategory,
 	}
-	UltraLightServersFlag = &cli.StringFlag{
-		Name:     "ulc.servers",
-		Usage:    "List of trusted ultra-light servers",
-		Value:    strings.Join(ethconfig.Defaults.UltraLightServers, ","),
-		Category: flags.LightCategory,
-	}
-	UltraLightFractionFlag = &cli.IntFlag{
-		Name:     "ulc.fraction",
-		Usage:    "Minimum % of trusted ultra-light servers required to announce a new head",
-		Value:    ethconfig.Defaults.UltraLightFraction,
-		Category: flags.LightCategory,
-	}
-	UltraLightOnlyAnnounceFlag = &cli.BoolFlag{
-		Name:     "ulc.onlyannounce",
-		Usage:    "Ultra light server sends announcements only",
-		Category: flags.LightCategory,
-	}
 	LightNoPruneFlag = &cli.BoolFlag{
 		Name:     "light.nopruning",
 		Usage:    "Disable ancient light chain data pruning",
@ -347,18 +344,18 @@ var (
 	TxPoolJournalFlag = &cli.StringFlag{
 		Name:     "txpool.journal",
 		Usage:    "Disk journal for local transaction to survive node restarts",
-		Value:    txpool.DefaultConfig.Journal,
+		Value:    ethconfig.Defaults.TxPool.Journal,
 		Category: flags.TxPoolCategory,
 	}
 	TxPoolRejournalFlag = &cli.DurationFlag{
 		Name:     "txpool.rejournal",
 		Usage:    "Time interval to regenerate the local transaction journal",
-		Value:    txpool.DefaultConfig.Rejournal,
+		Value:    ethconfig.Defaults.TxPool.Rejournal,
 		Category: flags.TxPoolCategory,
 	}
 	TxPoolPriceLimitFlag = &cli.Uint64Flag{
 		Name:     "txpool.pricelimit",
-		Usage:    "Minimum gas price limit to enforce for acceptance into the pool",
+		Usage:    "Minimum gas price tip to enforce for acceptance into the pool",
 		Value:    ethconfig.Defaults.TxPool.PriceLimit,
 		Category: flags.TxPoolCategory,
 	}
@ -398,7 +395,25 @@ var (
 		Value:    ethconfig.Defaults.TxPool.Lifetime,
 		Category: flags.TxPoolCategory,
 	}
-
+	// Blob transaction pool settings
+	BlobPoolDataDirFlag = &cli.StringFlag{
+		Name:     "blobpool.datadir",
+		Usage:    "Data directory to store blob transactions in",
+		Value:    ethconfig.Defaults.BlobPool.Datadir,
+		Category: flags.BlobPoolCategory,
+	}
+	BlobPoolDataCapFlag = &cli.Uint64Flag{
+		Name:     "blobpool.datacap",
+		Usage:    "Disk space to allocate for pending blob transactions (soft limit)",
+		Value:    ethconfig.Defaults.BlobPool.Datacap,
+		Category: flags.BlobPoolCategory,
+	}
+	BlobPoolPriceBumpFlag = &cli.Uint64Flag{
+		Name:     "blobpool.pricebump",
+		Usage:    "Price bump percentage to replace an already existing blob transaction",
+		Value:    ethconfig.Defaults.BlobPool.PriceBump,
+		Category: flags.BlobPoolCategory,
+	}
 	// Performance tuning settings
 	CacheFlag = &cli.IntFlag{
 		Name:     "cache",
@ -418,18 +433,6 @@ var (
 		Value:    15,
 		Category: flags.PerfCategory,
 	}
-	CacheTrieJournalFlag = &cli.StringFlag{
-		Name:     "cache.trie.journal",
-		Usage:    "Disk journal directory for trie cache to survive node restarts",
-		Value:    ethconfig.Defaults.TrieCleanCacheJournal,
-		Category: flags.PerfCategory,
-	}
-	CacheTrieRejournalFlag = &cli.DurationFlag{
-		Name:     "cache.trie.rejournal",
-		Usage:    "Time interval to regenerate the trie cache journal",
-		Value:    ethconfig.Defaults.TrieCleanCacheRejournal,
-		Category: flags.PerfCategory,
-	}
 	CacheGCFlag = &cli.IntFlag{
 		Name:     "cache.gc",
 		Usage:    "Percentage of cache memory allowance to use for trie pruning (default = 25% full mode, 0% archive mode)",
@ -726,6 +729,18 @@ var (
 		Usage:    "Allow for unprotected (non EIP155 signed) transactions to be submitted via RPC",
 		Category: flags.APICategory,
 	}
+	BatchRequestLimit = &cli.IntFlag{
+		Name:     "rpc.batch-request-limit",
+		Usage:    "Maximum number of requests in a batch",
+		Value:    node.DefaultConfig.BatchRequestLimit,
+		Category: flags.APICategory,
+	}
+	BatchResponseMaxSize = &cli.IntFlag{
+		Name:     "rpc.batch-response-max-size",
+		Usage:    "Maximum number of bytes returned from a batched call",
+		Value:    node.DefaultConfig.BatchResponseMaxSize,
+		Category: flags.APICategory,
+	}
 	EnablePersonal = &cli.BoolFlag{
 		Name:     "rpc.enabledeprecatedpersonal",
 		Usage:    "Enables the (deprecated) personal namespace",
@ -778,8 +793,16 @@ var (
 		Usage:    "Disables the peer discovery mechanism (manual peer addition)",
 		Category: flags.NetworkingCategory,
 	}
+	DiscoveryV4Flag = &cli.BoolFlag{
+		Name:     "discovery.v4",
+		Aliases:  []string{"discv4"},
+		Usage:    "Enables the V4 discovery mechanism",
+		Category: flags.NetworkingCategory,
+		Value:    true,
+	}
 	DiscoveryV5Flag = &cli.BoolFlag{
-		Name:     "v5disc",
+		Name:     "discovery.v5",
+		Aliases:  []string{"discv5"},
 		Usage:    "Enables the experimental RLPx V5 (Topic Discovery) mechanism",
 		Category: flags.NetworkingCategory,
 	}
@ -939,25 +962,26 @@ Please note that --` + MetricsHTTPFlag.Name + ` must be set to start the server.
 var (
 	// TestnetFlags is the flag group of all built-in supported testnets.
 	TestnetFlags = []cli.Flag{
-		RinkebyFlag,
 		GoerliFlag,
 		SepoliaFlag,
+		HoleskyFlag,
 	}
 	// NetworkFlags is the flag group of all built-in supported networks.
 	NetworkFlags = append([]cli.Flag{MainnetFlag}, TestnetFlags...)

-	// DatabasePathFlags is the flag group of all database path flags.
-	DatabasePathFlags = []cli.Flag{
+	// DatabaseFlags is the flag group of all database flags.
+	DatabaseFlags = []cli.Flag{
 		DataDirFlag,
 		AncientFlag,
 		RemoteDBFlag,
+		StateSchemeFlag,
 		HttpHeaderFlag,
 	}
 )

 func init() {
 	if rawdb.PebbleEnabled {
-		DatabasePathFlags = append(DatabasePathFlags, DBEngineFlag)
+		DatabaseFlags = append(DatabaseFlags, DBEngineFlag)
 	}
 }

@ -971,15 +995,15 @@ func MakeDataDir(ctx *cli.Context) string {
 			return pluginPath
 		}
 	// end PluGeth injection
-		if ctx.Bool(RinkebyFlag.Name) {
-			return filepath.Join(path, "rinkeby")
-		}
 		if ctx.Bool(GoerliFlag.Name) {
 			return filepath.Join(path, "goerli")
 		}
 		if ctx.Bool(SepoliaFlag.Name) {
 			return filepath.Join(path, "sepolia")
 		}
+		if ctx.Bool(HoleskyFlag.Name) {
+			return filepath.Join(path, "holesky")
+		}
 		return path
 	}
 	Fatalf("Cannot determine default data directory, please set manually (--datadir)")
@ -988,7 +1012,7 @@ func MakeDataDir(ctx *cli.Context) string {

 // setNodeKey creates a node key from set command line flags, either loading it
 // from a file or as a specified hex value. If neither flags were provided, this
-// method returns nil and an emphemeral key is to be generated.
+// method returns nil and an ephemeral key is to be generated.
 func setNodeKey(ctx *cli.Context, cfg *p2p.Config) {
 	var (
 		hex  = ctx.String(NodeKeyHexFlag.Name)
@ -1021,6 +1045,12 @@ func setNodeUserIdent(ctx *cli.Context, cfg *node.Config) {

 // setBootstrapNodes creates a list of bootstrap nodes from the command line
 // flags, reverting to pre-configured ones if none have been specified.
+// Priority order for bootnodes configuration:
+//
+// 1. --bootnodes flag
+// 2. Config file
+// 3. Network preset flags (e.g. --goerli)
+// 4. default to mainnet nodes
 func setBootstrapNodes(ctx *cli.Context, cfg *p2p.Config) {
 	urls := params.MainnetBootnodes
 	// begin PluGeth injection
@ -1028,33 +1058,37 @@ func setBootstrapNodes(ctx *cli.Context, cfg *p2p.Config) {
 		urls = pluginUrls		
 	}
 	// end PluGeth injection
-	switch {
-	case ctx.IsSet(BootnodesFlag.Name):
+		if ctx.IsSet(BootnodesFlag.Name) {
 		urls = SplitAndTrim(ctx.String(BootnodesFlag.Name))
-	case ctx.Bool(SepoliaFlag.Name):
-		urls = params.SepoliaBootnodes
-	case ctx.Bool(RinkebyFlag.Name):
-		urls = params.RinkebyBootnodes
-	case ctx.Bool(GoerliFlag.Name):
-		urls = params.GoerliBootnodes
+	} else {
+		if cfg.BootstrapNodes != nil {
+			return // Already set by config file, don't apply defaults.
+		}
+		switch {
+		case ctx.Bool(HoleskyFlag.Name):
+			urls = params.HoleskyBootnodes
+		case ctx.Bool(SepoliaFlag.Name):
+			urls = params.SepoliaBootnodes
+		case ctx.Bool(GoerliFlag.Name):
+			urls = params.GoerliBootnodes
+		}
 	}
+	cfg.BootstrapNodes = mustParseBootnodes(urls)
+}

-	// don't apply defaults if BootstrapNodes is already set
-	if cfg.BootstrapNodes != nil {
-		return
-	}
-
-	cfg.BootstrapNodes = make([]*enode.Node, 0, len(urls))
+func mustParseBootnodes(urls []string) []*enode.Node {
+	nodes := make([]*enode.Node, 0, len(urls))
 	for _, url := range urls {
 		if url != "" {
 			node, err := enode.Parse(enode.ValidSchemes, url)
 			if err != nil {
 				log.Crit("Bootstrap URL invalid", "enode", url, "err", err)
-				continue
+				return nil
 			}
-			cfg.BootstrapNodes = append(cfg.BootstrapNodes, node)
+			nodes = append(nodes, node)
 		}
 	}
+	return nodes
 }

 // setBootstrapNodesV5 creates a list of bootstrap nodes from the command line
@ -1159,6 +1193,14 @@ func setHTTP(ctx *cli.Context, cfg *node.Config) {
 	if ctx.IsSet(AllowUnprotectedTxs.Name) {
 		cfg.AllowUnprotectedTxs = ctx.Bool(AllowUnprotectedTxs.Name)
 	}
+
+	if ctx.IsSet(BatchRequestLimit.Name) {
+		cfg.BatchRequestLimit = ctx.Int(BatchRequestLimit.Name)
+	}
+
+	if ctx.IsSet(BatchResponseMaxSize.Name) {
+		cfg.BatchResponseMaxSize = ctx.Int(BatchResponseMaxSize.Name)
+	}
 }

 // setGraphQL creates the GraphQL listener interface string from the set
@ -1224,19 +1266,6 @@ func setLes(ctx *cli.Context, cfg *ethconfig.Config) {
 	if ctx.IsSet(LightMaxPeersFlag.Name) {
 		cfg.LightPeers = ctx.Int(LightMaxPeersFlag.Name)
 	}
-	if ctx.IsSet(UltraLightServersFlag.Name) {
-		cfg.UltraLightServers = strings.Split(ctx.String(UltraLightServersFlag.Name), ",")
-	}
-	if ctx.IsSet(UltraLightFractionFlag.Name) {
-		cfg.UltraLightFraction = ctx.Int(UltraLightFractionFlag.Name)
-	}
-	if cfg.UltraLightFraction <= 0 && cfg.UltraLightFraction > 100 {
-		log.Error("Ultra light fraction is invalid", "had", cfg.UltraLightFraction, "updated", ethconfig.Defaults.UltraLightFraction)
-		cfg.UltraLightFraction = ethconfig.Defaults.UltraLightFraction
-	}
-	if ctx.IsSet(UltraLightOnlyAnnounceFlag.Name) {
-		cfg.UltraLightOnlyAnnounce = ctx.Bool(UltraLightOnlyAnnounceFlag.Name)
-	}
 	if ctx.IsSet(LightNoPruneFlag.Name) {
 		cfg.LightNoPrune = ctx.Bool(LightNoPruneFlag.Name)
 	}
@ -1377,13 +1406,17 @@ func SetP2PConfig(ctx *cli.Context, cfg *p2p.Config) {
 		cfg.NoDiscovery = true
 	}

-	// if we're running a light client or server, force enable the v5 peer discovery
-	// unless it is explicitly disabled with --nodiscover note that explicitly specifying
-	// --v5disc overrides --nodiscover, in which case the later only disables v4 discovery
-	forceV5Discovery := (lightClient || lightServer) && !ctx.Bool(NoDiscoverFlag.Name)
-	if ctx.IsSet(DiscoveryV5Flag.Name) {
-		cfg.DiscoveryV5 = ctx.Bool(DiscoveryV5Flag.Name)
-	} else if forceV5Discovery {
+	// Disallow --nodiscover when used in conjunction with light mode.
+	if (lightClient || lightServer) && ctx.Bool(NoDiscoverFlag.Name) {
+		Fatalf("Cannot use --" + NoDiscoverFlag.Name + " in light client or light server mode")
+	}
+	CheckExclusive(ctx, DiscoveryV4Flag, NoDiscoverFlag)
+	CheckExclusive(ctx, DiscoveryV5Flag, NoDiscoverFlag)
+	cfg.DiscoveryV4 = ctx.Bool(DiscoveryV4Flag.Name)
+	cfg.DiscoveryV5 = ctx.Bool(DiscoveryV5Flag.Name)
+
+	// If we're running a light client or server, force enable the v5 peer discovery.
+	if lightClient || lightServer {
 		cfg.DiscoveryV5 = true
 	}

@ -1482,12 +1515,12 @@ func SetDataDir(ctx *cli.Context, cfg *node.Config) {
 		cfg.DataDir = ctx.String(DataDirFlag.Name)
 	case ctx.Bool(DeveloperFlag.Name):
 		cfg.DataDir = "" // unless explicitly requested, use memory databases
-	case ctx.Bool(RinkebyFlag.Name) && cfg.DataDir == node.DefaultDataDir():
-		cfg.DataDir = filepath.Join(node.DefaultDataDir(), "rinkeby")
 	case ctx.Bool(GoerliFlag.Name) && cfg.DataDir == node.DefaultDataDir():
 		cfg.DataDir = filepath.Join(node.DefaultDataDir(), "goerli")
 	case ctx.Bool(SepoliaFlag.Name) && cfg.DataDir == node.DefaultDataDir():
 		cfg.DataDir = filepath.Join(node.DefaultDataDir(), "sepolia")
+	case ctx.Bool(HoleskyFlag.Name) && cfg.DataDir == node.DefaultDataDir():
+		cfg.DataDir = filepath.Join(node.DefaultDataDir(), "holesky")
 	}
 }

@ -1511,7 +1544,7 @@ func setGPO(ctx *cli.Context, cfg *gasprice.Config, light bool) {
 	}
 }

-func setTxPool(ctx *cli.Context, cfg *txpool.Config) {
+func setTxPool(ctx *cli.Context, cfg *legacypool.Config) {
 	if ctx.IsSet(TxPoolLocalsFlag.Name) {
 		locals := strings.Split(ctx.String(TxPoolLocalsFlag.Name), ",")
 		for _, account := range locals {
@ -1644,16 +1677,11 @@ func CheckExclusive(ctx *cli.Context, args ...interface{}) {
 // SetEthConfig applies eth-related command line flags to the config.
 func SetEthConfig(ctx *cli.Context, stack *node.Node, cfg *ethconfig.Config) {
 	// Avoid conflicting network flags
-	CheckExclusive(ctx, MainnetFlag, DeveloperFlag, RinkebyFlag, GoerliFlag, SepoliaFlag)
+	CheckExclusive(ctx, MainnetFlag, DeveloperFlag, GoerliFlag, SepoliaFlag, HoleskyFlag)
 	CheckExclusive(ctx, LightServeFlag, SyncModeFlag, "light")
 	CheckExclusive(ctx, DeveloperFlag, ExternalSignerFlag) // Can't use both ephemeral unlocked and external signer
-	if ctx.String(GCModeFlag.Name) == "archive" && ctx.Uint64(TxLookupLimitFlag.Name) != 0 {
-		ctx.Set(TxLookupLimitFlag.Name, "0")
-		log.Warn("Disable transaction unindexing for archive node")
-	}
-	if ctx.IsSet(LightServeFlag.Name) && ctx.Uint64(TxLookupLimitFlag.Name) != 0 {
-		log.Warn("LES server cannot serve old transaction status and cannot connect below les/4 protocol version if transaction lookup index is limited")
-	}
+
+	// Set configurations from CLI flags
 	setEtherbase(ctx, cfg)
 	setGPO(ctx, &cfg.GPO, ctx.String(SyncModeFlag.Name) == "light")
 	setTxPool(ctx, &cfg.TxPool)
@ -1724,18 +1752,40 @@ func SetEthConfig(ctx *cli.Context, stack *node.Node, cfg *ethconfig.Config) {
 		cfg.Preimages = true
 		log.Info("Enabling recording of key preimages since archive mode is used")
 	}
-	if ctx.IsSet(TxLookupLimitFlag.Name) {
-		cfg.TxLookupLimit = ctx.Uint64(TxLookupLimitFlag.Name)
+	if ctx.IsSet(StateHistoryFlag.Name) {
+		cfg.StateHistory = ctx.Uint64(StateHistoryFlag.Name)
+	}
+	// Parse state scheme, abort the process if it's not compatible.
+	chaindb := tryMakeReadOnlyDatabase(ctx, stack)
+	scheme, err := ParseStateScheme(ctx, chaindb)
+	chaindb.Close()
+	if err != nil {
+		Fatalf("%v", err)
+	}
+	cfg.StateScheme = scheme
+
+	// Parse transaction history flag, if user is still using legacy config
+	// file with 'TxLookupLimit' configured, copy the value to 'TransactionHistory'.
+	if cfg.TransactionHistory == ethconfig.Defaults.TransactionHistory && cfg.TxLookupLimit != ethconfig.Defaults.TxLookupLimit {
+		log.Warn("The config option 'TxLookupLimit' is deprecated and will be removed, please use 'TransactionHistory'")
+		cfg.TransactionHistory = cfg.TxLookupLimit
+	}
+	if ctx.IsSet(TransactionHistoryFlag.Name) {
+		cfg.TransactionHistory = ctx.Uint64(TransactionHistoryFlag.Name)
+	} else if ctx.IsSet(TxLookupLimitFlag.Name) {
+		log.Warn("The flag --txlookuplimit is deprecated and will be removed, please use --history.transactions")
+		cfg.TransactionHistory = ctx.Uint64(TxLookupLimitFlag.Name)
+	}
+	if ctx.String(GCModeFlag.Name) == "archive" && cfg.TransactionHistory != 0 {
+		cfg.TransactionHistory = 0
+		log.Warn("Disabled transaction unindexing for archive node")
+	}
+	if ctx.IsSet(LightServeFlag.Name) && cfg.TransactionHistory != 0 {
+		log.Warn("LES server cannot serve old transaction status and cannot connect below les/4 protocol version if transaction lookup index is limited")
 	}
 	if ctx.IsSet(CacheFlag.Name) || ctx.IsSet(CacheTrieFlag.Name) {
 		cfg.TrieCleanCache = ctx.Int(CacheFlag.Name) * ctx.Int(CacheTrieFlag.Name) / 100
 	}
-	if ctx.IsSet(CacheTrieJournalFlag.Name) {
-		cfg.TrieCleanCacheJournal = ctx.String(CacheTrieJournalFlag.Name)
-	}
-	if ctx.IsSet(CacheTrieRejournalFlag.Name) {
-		cfg.TrieCleanCacheRejournal = ctx.Duration(CacheTrieRejournalFlag.Name)
-	}
 	if ctx.IsSet(CacheFlag.Name) || ctx.IsSet(CacheGCFlag.Name) {
 		cfg.TrieDirtyCache = ctx.Int(CacheFlag.Name) * ctx.Int(CacheGCFlag.Name) / 100
 	}
@ -1794,28 +1844,18 @@ func SetEthConfig(ctx *cli.Context, stack *node.Node, cfg *ethconfig.Config) {
 		}
 		cfg.Genesis = core.DefaultGenesisBlock()
 		SetDNSDiscoveryDefaults(cfg, params.MainnetGenesisHash)
+	case ctx.Bool(HoleskyFlag.Name):
+		if !ctx.IsSet(NetworkIdFlag.Name) {
+			cfg.NetworkId = 17000
+		}
+		cfg.Genesis = core.DefaultHoleskyGenesisBlock()
+		SetDNSDiscoveryDefaults(cfg, params.HoleskyGenesisHash)
 	case ctx.Bool(SepoliaFlag.Name):
 		if !ctx.IsSet(NetworkIdFlag.Name) {
 			cfg.NetworkId = 11155111
 		}
 		cfg.Genesis = core.DefaultSepoliaGenesisBlock()
 		SetDNSDiscoveryDefaults(cfg, params.SepoliaGenesisHash)
-	case ctx.Bool(RinkebyFlag.Name):
-		log.Warn("")
-		log.Warn("--------------------------------------------------------------------------------")
-		log.Warn("Please note, Rinkeby has been deprecated. It will still work for the time being,")
-		log.Warn("but there will be no further hard-forks shipped for it.")
-		log.Warn("The network will be permanently halted in Q2/Q3 of 2023.")
-		log.Warn("For the most future proof testnet, choose Sepolia as")
-		log.Warn("your replacement environment (--sepolia instead of --rinkeby).")
-		log.Warn("--------------------------------------------------------------------------------")
-		log.Warn("")
-
-		if !ctx.IsSet(NetworkIdFlag.Name) {
-			cfg.NetworkId = 4
-		}
-		cfg.Genesis = core.DefaultRinkebyGenesisBlock()
-		SetDNSDiscoveryDefaults(cfg, params.RinkebyGenesisHash)
 	case ctx.Bool(GoerliFlag.Name):
 		if !ctx.IsSet(NetworkIdFlag.Name) {
 			cfg.NetworkId = 5
@ -1871,17 +1911,9 @@ func SetEthConfig(ctx *cli.Context, stack *node.Node, cfg *ethconfig.Config) {
 		log.Info("Using developer account", "address", developer.Address)

 		// Create a new developer genesis block or reuse existing one
-		cfg.Genesis = core.DeveloperGenesisBlock(uint64(ctx.Int(DeveloperPeriodFlag.Name)), ctx.Uint64(DeveloperGasLimitFlag.Name), developer.Address)
+		cfg.Genesis = core.DeveloperGenesisBlock(ctx.Uint64(DeveloperGasLimitFlag.Name), developer.Address)
 		if ctx.IsSet(DataDirFlag.Name) {
-			// If datadir doesn't exist we need to open db in write-mode
-			// so leveldb can create files.
-			readonly := true
-			if !common.FileExist(stack.ResolvePath("chaindata")) {
-				readonly = false
-			}
-			// Check if we have an already initialized chain and fall back to
-			// that if so. Otherwise we need to generate a new genesis spec.
-			chaindb := MakeChainDatabase(ctx, stack, readonly)
+			chaindb := tryMakeReadOnlyDatabase(ctx, stack)
 			if rawdb.ReadCanonicalHash(chaindb, 0) != (common.Hash{}) {
 				cfg.Genesis = nil // fallback to db content
 			}
@ -1931,9 +1963,6 @@ func RegisterEthService(stack *node.Node, cfg *ethconfig.Config) (ethapi.Backend
 			Fatalf("Failed to register the Ethereum service: %v", err)
 		}
 		stack.RegisterAPIs(tracers.APIs(backend.ApiBackend))
-		if err := lescatalyst.Register(stack, backend); err != nil {
-			Fatalf("Failed to register the Engine API service: %v", err)
-		}
 		return backend.ApiBackend, nil
 	}
 	backend, err := eth.New(stack, cfg)
@ -1946,9 +1975,6 @@ func RegisterEthService(stack *node.Node, cfg *ethconfig.Config) (ethapi.Backend
 			Fatalf("Failed to create the LES server: %v", err)
 		}
 	}
-	if err := ethcatalyst.Register(stack, backend); err != nil {
-		Fatalf("Failed to register the Engine API service: %v", err)
-	}
 	stack.RegisterAPIs(tracers.APIs(backend.APIBackend))
 	return backend.APIBackend, backend
 }
@ -1995,7 +2021,7 @@ func RegisterFullSyncTester(stack *node.Node, eth *eth.Ethereum, path string) {
 	if err := rlp.DecodeBytes(rlpBlob, &block); err != nil {
 		Fatalf("Failed to decode block: %v", err)
 	}
-	ethcatalyst.RegisterFullSyncTester(stack, eth, &block)
+	catalyst.RegisterFullSyncTester(stack, eth, &block)
 	log.Info("Registered full-sync tester", "number", block.NumberU64(), "hash", block.Hash())
 }

@ -2051,7 +2077,7 @@ func SetupMetrics(ctx *cli.Context) {
 		}

 		if ctx.IsSet(MetricsHTTPFlag.Name) {
-			address := fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", ctx.String(MetricsHTTPFlag.Name), ctx.Int(MetricsPortFlag.Name))
+			address := net.JoinHostPort(ctx.String(MetricsHTTPFlag.Name), fmt.Sprintf("%d", ctx.Int(MetricsPortFlag.Name)))
 			log.Info("Enabling stand-alone metrics HTTP endpoint", "address", address)
 			exp.Setup(address)
 		} else if ctx.IsSet(MetricsPortFlag.Name) {
@ -2105,6 +2131,18 @@ func MakeChainDatabase(ctx *cli.Context, stack *node.Node, readonly bool) ethdb.
 	return chainDb
 }

+// tryMakeReadOnlyDatabase try to open the chain database in read-only mode,
+// or fallback to write mode if the database is not initialized.
+func tryMakeReadOnlyDatabase(ctx *cli.Context, stack *node.Node) ethdb.Database {
+	// If the database doesn't exist we need to open it in write-mode to allow
+	// the engine to create files.
+	readonly := true
+	if rawdb.PreexistingDatabase(stack.ResolvePath("chaindata")) == "" {
+		readonly = false
+	}
+	return MakeChainDatabase(ctx, stack, readonly)
+}
+
 func IsNetworkPreset(ctx *cli.Context) bool {
 	for _, flag := range NetworkFlags {
 		bFlag, _ := flag.(*cli.BoolFlag)
@ -2126,7 +2164,7 @@ func DialRPCWithHeaders(endpoint string, headers []string) (*rpc.Client, error)
 	}
 	var opts []rpc.ClientOption
 	if len(headers) > 0 {
-		var customHeaders = make(http.Header)
+		customHeaders := make(http.Header)
 		for _, h := range headers {
 			kv := strings.Split(h, ":")
 			if len(kv) != 2 {
@ -2144,10 +2182,10 @@ func MakeGenesis(ctx *cli.Context) *core.Genesis {
 	switch {
 	case ctx.Bool(MainnetFlag.Name):
 		genesis = core.DefaultGenesisBlock()
+	case ctx.Bool(HoleskyFlag.Name):
+		genesis = core.DefaultHoleskyGenesisBlock()
 	case ctx.Bool(SepoliaFlag.Name):
 		genesis = core.DefaultSepoliaGenesisBlock()
-	case ctx.Bool(RinkebyFlag.Name):
-		genesis = core.DefaultRinkebyGenesisBlock()
 	case ctx.Bool(GoerliFlag.Name):
 		genesis = core.DefaultGoerliGenesisBlock()
 	case ctx.Bool(DeveloperFlag.Name):
@ -2173,6 +2211,10 @@ func MakeChain(ctx *cli.Context, stack *node.Node, readonly bool) (*core.BlockCh
 	if gcmode := ctx.String(GCModeFlag.Name); gcmode != "full" && gcmode != "archive" {
 		Fatalf("--%s must be either 'full' or 'archive'", GCModeFlag.Name)
 	}
+	scheme, err := ParseStateScheme(ctx, chainDb)
+	if err != nil {
+		Fatalf("%v", err)
+	}
 	cache := &core.CacheConfig{
 		TrieCleanLimit:      ethconfig.Defaults.TrieCleanCache,
 		TrieCleanNoPrefetch: ctx.Bool(CacheNoPrefetchFlag.Name),
@ -2181,6 +2223,8 @@ func MakeChain(ctx *cli.Context, stack *node.Node, readonly bool) (*core.BlockCh
 		TrieTimeLimit:       ethconfig.Defaults.TrieTimeout,
 		SnapshotLimit:       ethconfig.Defaults.SnapshotCache,
 		Preimages:           ctx.Bool(CachePreimagesFlag.Name),
+		StateScheme:         scheme,
+		StateHistory:        ctx.Uint64(StateHistoryFlag.Name),
 	}
 	if cache.TrieDirtyDisabled && !cache.Preimages {
 		cache.Preimages = true
@ -2225,3 +2269,62 @@ func MakeConsolePreloads(ctx *cli.Context) []string {
 	}
 	return preloads
 }
+
+// ParseStateScheme resolves scheme identifier from CLI flag. If the provided
+// state scheme is not compatible with the one of persistent scheme, an error
+// will be returned.
+//
+//   - none: use the scheme consistent with persistent state, or fallback
+//     to hash-based scheme if state is empty.
+//   - hash: use hash-based scheme or error out if not compatible with
+//     persistent state scheme.
+//   - path: use path-based scheme or error out if not compatible with
+//     persistent state scheme.
+func ParseStateScheme(ctx *cli.Context, disk ethdb.Database) (string, error) {
+	// If state scheme is not specified, use the scheme consistent
+	// with persistent state, or fallback to hash mode if database
+	// is empty.
+	stored := rawdb.ReadStateScheme(disk)
+	if !ctx.IsSet(StateSchemeFlag.Name) {
+		if stored == "" {
+			// use default scheme for empty database, flip it when
+			// path mode is chosen as default
+			log.Info("State schema set to default", "scheme", "hash")
+			return rawdb.HashScheme, nil
+		}
+		log.Info("State scheme set to already existing", "scheme", stored)
+		return stored, nil // reuse scheme of persistent scheme
+	}
+	// If state scheme is specified, ensure it's compatible with
+	// persistent state.
+	scheme := ctx.String(StateSchemeFlag.Name)
+	if stored == "" || scheme == stored {
+		log.Info("State scheme set by user", "scheme", scheme)
+		return scheme, nil
+	}
+	return "", fmt.Errorf("incompatible state scheme, stored: %s, provided: %s", stored, scheme)
+}
+
+// MakeTrieDatabase constructs a trie database based on the configured scheme.
+func MakeTrieDatabase(ctx *cli.Context, disk ethdb.Database, preimage bool, readOnly bool) *trie.Database {
+	config := &trie.Config{
+		Preimages: preimage,
+	}
+	scheme, err := ParseStateScheme(ctx, disk)
+	if err != nil {
+		Fatalf("%v", err)
+	}
+	if scheme == rawdb.HashScheme {
+		// Read-only mode is not implemented in hash mode,
+		// ignore the parameter silently. TODO(rjl493456442)
+		// please config it if read mode is implemented.
+		config.HashDB = hashdb.Defaults
+		return trie.NewDatabase(disk, config)
+	}
+	if readOnly {
+		config.PathDB = pathdb.ReadOnly
+	} else {
+		config.PathDB = pathdb.Defaults
+	}
+	return trie.NewDatabase(disk, config)
+}
--- a/cmd/utils/flags_legacy.go
+++ b/cmd/utils/flags_legacy.go
@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package utils
 import (
 	"fmt"

+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/eth/ethconfig"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/internal/flags"
 	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
 )
@ -33,15 +34,49 @@ var ShowDeprecated = &cli.Command{

 var DeprecatedFlags = []cli.Flag{
 	NoUSBFlag,
+	LegacyWhitelistFlag,
+	CacheTrieJournalFlag,
+	CacheTrieRejournalFlag,
+	LegacyDiscoveryV5Flag,
+	TxLookupLimitFlag,
 }

 var (
-	// (Deprecated May 2020, shown in aliased flags section)
+	// Deprecated May 2020, shown in aliased flags section
 	NoUSBFlag = &cli.BoolFlag{
 		Name:     "nousb",
 		Usage:    "Disables monitoring for and managing USB hardware wallets (deprecated)",
 		Category: flags.DeprecatedCategory,
 	}
+	// Deprecated March 2022
+	LegacyWhitelistFlag = &cli.StringFlag{
+		Name:     "whitelist",
+		Usage:    "Comma separated block number-to-hash mappings to enforce (<number>=<hash>) (deprecated in favor of --eth.requiredblocks)",
+		Category: flags.DeprecatedCategory,
+	}
+	// Deprecated July 2023
+	CacheTrieJournalFlag = &cli.StringFlag{
+		Name:     "cache.trie.journal",
+		Usage:    "Disk journal directory for trie cache to survive node restarts",
+		Category: flags.DeprecatedCategory,
+	}
+	CacheTrieRejournalFlag = &cli.DurationFlag{
+		Name:     "cache.trie.rejournal",
+		Usage:    "Time interval to regenerate the trie cache journal",
+		Category: flags.DeprecatedCategory,
+	}
+	LegacyDiscoveryV5Flag = &cli.BoolFlag{
+		Name:     "v5disc",
+		Usage:    "Enables the experimental RLPx V5 (Topic Discovery) mechanism (deprecated, use --discv5 instead)",
+		Category: flags.DeprecatedCategory,
+	}
+	// Deprecated August 2023
+	TxLookupLimitFlag = &cli.Uint64Flag{
+		Name:     "txlookuplimit",
+		Usage:    "Number of recent blocks to maintain transactions index for (default = about one year, 0 = entire chain) (deprecated, use history.transactions instead)",
+		Value:    ethconfig.Defaults.TransactionHistory,
+		Category: flags.DeprecatedCategory,
+	}
 )

 // showDeprecated displays deprecated flags that will be soon removed from the codebase.
--- a/common/lru/basiclru_test.go
+++ b/common/lru/basiclru_test.go
@ -170,6 +170,20 @@ func TestBasicLRUContains(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }

+// Test that Peek doesn't update recent-ness
+func TestBasicLRUPeek(t *testing.T) {
+	cache := NewBasicLRU[int, int](2)
+	cache.Add(1, 1)
+	cache.Add(2, 2)
+	if v, ok := cache.Peek(1); !ok || v != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("1 should be set to 1")
+	}
+	cache.Add(3, 3)
+	if cache.Contains(1) {
+		t.Errorf("should not have updated recent-ness of 1")
+	}
+}
+
 func BenchmarkLRU(b *testing.B) {
 	var (
 		capacity = 1000
--- a/common/math/big.go
+++ b/common/math/big.go
@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ func (i *HexOrDecimal256) MarshalText() ([]byte, error) {
 // it however accepts either "0x"-prefixed (hex encoded) or non-prefixed (decimal)
 type Decimal256 big.Int

-// NewHexOrDecimal256 creates a new Decimal256
+// NewDecimal256 creates a new Decimal256
 func NewDecimal256(x int64) *Decimal256 {
 	b := big.NewInt(x)
 	d := Decimal256(*b)
--- a/common/types.go
+++ b/common/types.go
@ -65,6 +65,11 @@ func BigToHash(b *big.Int) Hash { return BytesToHash(b.Bytes()) }
 // If b is larger than len(h), b will be cropped from the left.
 func HexToHash(s string) Hash { return BytesToHash(FromHex(s)) }

+// Cmp compares two hashes.
+func (h Hash) Cmp(other Hash) int {
+	return bytes.Compare(h[:], other[:])
+}
+
 // Bytes gets the byte representation of the underlying hash.
 func (h Hash) Bytes() []byte { return h[:] }

@ -226,6 +231,11 @@ func IsHexAddress(s string) bool {
 	return len(s) == 2*AddressLength && isHex(s)
 }

+// Cmp compares two addresses.
+func (a Address) Cmp(other Address) int {
+	return bytes.Compare(a[:], other[:])
+}
+
 // Bytes gets the string representation of the underlying address.
 func (a Address) Bytes() []byte { return a[:] }

--- a/common/types_test.go
+++ b/common/types_test.go
@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"reflect"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 )

 func TestBytesConversion(t *testing.T) {
@ -583,3 +584,14 @@ func TestAddressEIP55(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal("Unexpected address after unmarshal")
 	}
 }
+
+func BenchmarkPrettyDuration(b *testing.B) {
+	var x = PrettyDuration(time.Duration(int64(1203123912312)))
+	b.Logf("Pre %s", time.Duration(x).String())
+	var a string
+	b.ResetTimer()
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		a = x.String()
+	}
+	b.Logf("Post %s", a)
+}
--- a/consensus/beacon/consensus.go
+++ b/consensus/beacon/consensus.go
@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ import (

 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/consensus"
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/consensus/misc"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/consensus/misc/eip1559"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/consensus/misc/eip4844"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/state"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/types"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/params"
@ -257,7 +258,7 @@ func (beacon *Beacon) verifyHeader(chain consensus.ChainHeaderReader, header, pa
 		return consensus.ErrInvalidNumber
 	}
 	// Verify the header's EIP-1559 attributes.
-	if err := misc.VerifyEip1559Header(chain.Config(), parent, header); err != nil {
+	if err := eip1559.VerifyEIP1559Header(chain.Config(), parent, header); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	// Verify existence / non-existence of withdrawalsHash.
@ -268,13 +269,24 @@ func (beacon *Beacon) verifyHeader(chain consensus.ChainHeaderReader, header, pa
 	if !shanghai && header.WithdrawalsHash != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("invalid withdrawalsHash: have %x, expected nil", header.WithdrawalsHash)
 	}
-	// Verify the existence / non-existence of excessDataGas
+	// Verify the existence / non-existence of cancun-specific header fields
 	cancun := chain.Config().IsCancun(header.Number, header.Time)
-	if cancun && header.ExcessDataGas == nil {
-		return errors.New("missing excessDataGas")
-	}
-	if !cancun && header.ExcessDataGas != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("invalid excessDataGas: have %d, expected nil", header.ExcessDataGas)
+	if !cancun {
+		switch {
+		case header.ExcessBlobGas != nil:
+			return fmt.Errorf("invalid excessBlobGas: have %d, expected nil", header.ExcessBlobGas)
+		case header.BlobGasUsed != nil:
+			return fmt.Errorf("invalid blobGasUsed: have %d, expected nil", header.BlobGasUsed)
+		case header.ParentBeaconRoot != nil:
+			return fmt.Errorf("invalid parentBeaconRoot, have %#x, expected nil", header.ParentBeaconRoot)
+		}
+	} else {
+		if header.ParentBeaconRoot == nil {
+			return errors.New("header is missing beaconRoot")
+		}
+		if err := eip4844.VerifyEIP4844Header(parent, header); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 	}
 	return nil
 }
--- a/consensus/clique/api.go
+++ b/consensus/clique/api.go
@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ func (sb *blockNumberOrHashOrRLP) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
 }

 // GetSigner returns the signer for a specific clique block.
-// Can be called with either a blocknumber, blockhash or an rlp encoded blob.
+// Can be called with a block number, a block hash or a rlp encoded blob.
 // The RLP encoded blob can either be a block or a header.
 func (api *API) GetSigner(rlpOrBlockNr *blockNumberOrHashOrRLP) (common.Address, error) {
 	if len(rlpOrBlockNr.RLP) == 0 {
--- a/consensus/clique/clique.go
+++ b/consensus/clique/clique.go
@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import (
 	lru "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common/lru"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/consensus"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/consensus/misc"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/consensus/misc/eip1559"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/state"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/types"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/crypto"
@ -343,7 +344,7 @@ func (c *Clique) verifyCascadingFields(chain consensus.ChainHeaderReader, header
 		if err := misc.VerifyGaslimit(parent.GasLimit, header.GasLimit); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-	} else if err := misc.VerifyEip1559Header(chain.Config(), parent, header); err != nil {
+	} else if err := eip1559.VerifyEIP1559Header(chain.Config(), parent, header); err != nil {
 		// Verify the header's EIP-1559 attributes.
 		return err
 	}
--- a/Show More
+++ b/Show More
				`@ -0,0 +1 @@`
				`"0xf88bb88903f8860180026483061a8094b94f5374fce5edbc8e2a8697c15331677e6ebf0b8080c00ae1a001a915e4d060149eb4365960e6a7a45f334393093061116b197e3240065ff2d801a025e16bb498552165016751911c3608d79000ab89dc3100776e729e6ea13091c7a03acacff7fc0cff6eda8a927dec93ca17765e1ee6cbc06c5954ce102e097c01d2"`