diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 94d2dda73..a7db711cc 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ jobs:
       before_install:
         - export DOCKER_CLI_EXPERIMENTAL=enabled
       script:
-        - go run build/ci.go docker -image -manifest amd64,arm64 -upload karalabe/geth-docker-test
+        - go run build/ci.go docker -image -manifest amd64,arm64 -upload ethereum/client-go
 
     - stage: build
       if: type = push
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ jobs:
       before_install:
         - export DOCKER_CLI_EXPERIMENTAL=enabled
       script:
-        - go run build/ci.go docker -image -manifest amd64,arm64 -upload karalabe/geth-docker-test
+        - go run build/ci.go docker -image -manifest amd64,arm64 -upload ethereum/client-go
 
     # This builder does the Ubuntu PPA upload
     - stage: build
diff --git a/accounts/abi/bind/auth.go b/accounts/abi/bind/auth.go
index b8065e848..a4307a952 100644
--- a/accounts/abi/bind/auth.go
+++ b/accounts/abi/bind/auth.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package bind
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"crypto/ecdsa"
 	"errors"
 	"io"
@@ -74,6 +75,7 @@ func NewKeyStoreTransactor(keystore *keystore.KeyStore, account accounts.Account
 			}
 			return tx.WithSignature(signer, signature)
 		},
+		Context: context.Background(),
 	}, nil
 }
 
@@ -97,6 +99,7 @@ func NewKeyedTransactor(key *ecdsa.PrivateKey) *TransactOpts {
 			}
 			return tx.WithSignature(signer, signature)
 		},
+		Context: context.Background(),
 	}
 }
 
@@ -133,6 +136,7 @@ func NewKeyStoreTransactorWithChainID(keystore *keystore.KeyStore, account accou
 			}
 			return tx.WithSignature(signer, signature)
 		},
+		Context: context.Background(),
 	}, nil
 }
 
@@ -156,6 +160,7 @@ func NewKeyedTransactorWithChainID(key *ecdsa.PrivateKey, chainID *big.Int) (*Tr
 			}
 			return tx.WithSignature(signer, signature)
 		},
+		Context: context.Background(),
 	}, nil
 }
 
@@ -170,5 +175,6 @@ func NewClefTransactor(clef *external.ExternalSigner, account accounts.Account)
 			}
 			return clef.SignTx(account, transaction, nil) // Clef enforces its own chain id
 		},
+		Context: context.Background(),
 	}
 }
diff --git a/accounts/abi/bind/backends/simulated.go b/accounts/abi/bind/backends/simulated.go
index 06cd0908e..cb4eea3a0 100644
--- a/accounts/abi/bind/backends/simulated.go
+++ b/accounts/abi/bind/backends/simulated.go
@@ -488,8 +488,19 @@ func (b *SimulatedBackend) EstimateGas(ctx context.Context, call ethereum.CallMs
 	} else {
 		hi = b.pendingBlock.GasLimit()
 	}
+	// Normalize the max fee per gas the call is willing to spend.
+	var feeCap *big.Int
+	if call.GasPrice != nil && (call.GasFeeCap != nil || call.GasTipCap != nil) {
+		return 0, errors.New("both gasPrice and (maxFeePerGas or maxPriorityFeePerGas) specified")
+	} else if call.GasPrice != nil {
+		feeCap = call.GasPrice
+	} else if call.GasFeeCap != nil {
+		feeCap = call.GasFeeCap
+	} else {
+		feeCap = common.Big0
+	}
 	// Recap the highest gas allowance with account's balance.
-	if call.GasPrice != nil && call.GasPrice.BitLen() != 0 {
+	if feeCap.BitLen() != 0 {
 		balance := b.pendingState.GetBalance(call.From) // from can't be nil
 		available := new(big.Int).Set(balance)
 		if call.Value != nil {
@@ -498,14 +509,14 @@ func (b *SimulatedBackend) EstimateGas(ctx context.Context, call ethereum.CallMs
 			}
 			available.Sub(available, call.Value)
 		}
-		allowance := new(big.Int).Div(available, call.GasPrice)
+		allowance := new(big.Int).Div(available, feeCap)
 		if allowance.IsUint64() && hi > allowance.Uint64() {
 			transfer := call.Value
 			if transfer == nil {
 				transfer = new(big.Int)
 			}
 			log.Warn("Gas estimation capped by limited funds", "original", hi, "balance", balance,
-				"sent", transfer, "gasprice", call.GasPrice, "fundable", allowance)
+				"sent", transfer, "feecap", feeCap, "fundable", allowance)
 			hi = allowance.Uint64()
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/accounts/abi/bind/backends/simulated_test.go b/accounts/abi/bind/backends/simulated_test.go
index 0257e3e87..613267810 100644
--- a/accounts/abi/bind/backends/simulated_test.go
+++ b/accounts/abi/bind/backends/simulated_test.go
@@ -580,6 +580,26 @@ func TestEstimateGasWithPrice(t *testing.T) {
 			Value:    big.NewInt(100000000000),
 			Data:     nil,
 		}, 21000, errors.New("gas required exceeds allowance (10999)")}, // 10999=(2.2ether-1000wei)/(2e14)
+
+		{"EstimateEIP1559WithHighFees", ethereum.CallMsg{
+			From:      addr,
+			To:        &addr,
+			Gas:       0,
+			GasFeeCap: big.NewInt(1e14), // maxgascost = 2.1ether
+			GasTipCap: big.NewInt(1),
+			Value:     big.NewInt(1e17), // the remaining balance for fee is 2.1ether
+			Data:      nil,
+		}, params.TxGas, nil},
+
+		{"EstimateEIP1559WithSuperHighFees", ethereum.CallMsg{
+			From:      addr,
+			To:        &addr,
+			Gas:       0,
+			GasFeeCap: big.NewInt(1e14), // maxgascost = 2.1ether
+			GasTipCap: big.NewInt(1),
+			Value:     big.NewInt(1e17 + 1), // the remaining balance for fee is 2.1ether
+			Data:      nil,
+		}, params.TxGas, errors.New("gas required exceeds allowance (20999)")}, // 20999=(2.2ether-0.1ether-1wei)/(1e14)
 	}
 	for i, c := range cases {
 		got, err := sim.EstimateGas(context.Background(), c.message)
@@ -592,6 +612,9 @@ func TestEstimateGasWithPrice(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 			continue
 		}
+		if c.expectError == nil && err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("test %d: didn't expect error, got %v", i, err)
+		}
 		if got != c.expect {
 			t.Fatalf("test %d: gas estimation mismatch, want %d, got %d", i, c.expect, got)
 		}
diff --git a/accounts/abi/bind/base.go b/accounts/abi/bind/base.go
index 274f6e4d9..354632b25 100644
--- a/accounts/abi/bind/base.go
+++ b/accounts/abi/bind/base.go
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"math/big"
+	"strings"
+	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/accounts/abi"
@@ -76,6 +78,29 @@ type WatchOpts struct {
 	Context context.Context // Network context to support cancellation and timeouts (nil = no timeout)
 }
 
+// MetaData collects all metadata for a bound contract.
+type MetaData struct {
+	mu   sync.Mutex
+	Sigs map[string]string
+	Bin  string
+	ABI  string
+	ab   *abi.ABI
+}
+
+func (m *MetaData) GetAbi() (*abi.ABI, error) {
+	m.mu.Lock()
+	defer m.mu.Unlock()
+	if m.ab != nil {
+		return m.ab, nil
+	}
+	if parsed, err := abi.JSON(strings.NewReader(m.ABI)); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	} else {
+		m.ab = &parsed
+	}
+	return m.ab, nil
+}
+
 // BoundContract is the base wrapper object that reflects a contract on the
 // Ethereum network. It contains a collection of methods that are used by the
 // higher level contract bindings to operate.
diff --git a/accounts/abi/bind/template.go b/accounts/abi/bind/template.go
index e9bdd3d41..492bad8c5 100644
--- a/accounts/abi/bind/template.go
+++ b/accounts/abi/bind/template.go
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ package {{.Package}}
 import (
 	"math/big"
 	"strings"
+	"errors"
 
 	ethereum "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/accounts/abi"
@@ -101,6 +102,7 @@ import (
 
 // Reference imports to suppress errors if they are not otherwise used.
 var (
+	_ = errors.New
 	_ = big.NewInt
 	_ = strings.NewReader
 	_ = ethereum.NotFound
@@ -120,32 +122,48 @@ var (
 {{end}}
 
 {{range $contract := .Contracts}}
-	// {{.Type}}ABI is the input ABI used to generate the binding from.
-	const {{.Type}}ABI = "{{.InputABI}}"
-
-	{{if $contract.FuncSigs}}
-		// {{.Type}}FuncSigs maps the 4-byte function signature to its string representation.
-		var {{.Type}}FuncSigs = map[string]string{
+	// {{.Type}}MetaData contains all meta data concerning the {{.Type}} contract.
+	var {{.Type}}MetaData = &bind.MetaData{
+		ABI: "{{.InputABI}}",
+		{{if $contract.FuncSigs -}}
+		Sigs: map[string]string{
 			{{range $strsig, $binsig := .FuncSigs}}"{{$binsig}}": "{{$strsig}}",
 			{{end}}
-		}
+		},
+		{{end -}}
+		{{if .InputBin -}}
+		Bin: "0x{{.InputBin}}",
+		{{end}}
+	}
+	// {{.Type}}ABI is the input ABI used to generate the binding from.
+	// Deprecated: Use {{.Type}}MetaData.ABI instead.
+	var {{.Type}}ABI = {{.Type}}MetaData.ABI
+
+	{{if $contract.FuncSigs}}
+		// Deprecated: Use {{.Type}}MetaData.Sigs instead.
+		// {{.Type}}FuncSigs maps the 4-byte function signature to its string representation.
+		var {{.Type}}FuncSigs = {{.Type}}MetaData.Sigs
 	{{end}}
 
 	{{if .InputBin}}
 		// {{.Type}}Bin is the compiled bytecode used for deploying new contracts.
-		var {{.Type}}Bin = "0x{{.InputBin}}"
+		// Deprecated: Use {{.Type}}MetaData.Bin instead.
+		var {{.Type}}Bin = {{.Type}}MetaData.Bin
 
 		// Deploy{{.Type}} deploys a new Ethereum contract, binding an instance of {{.Type}} to it.
 		func Deploy{{.Type}}(auth *bind.TransactOpts, backend bind.ContractBackend {{range .Constructor.Inputs}}, {{.Name}} {{bindtype .Type $structs}}{{end}}) (common.Address, *types.Transaction, *{{.Type}}, error) {
-		  parsed, err := abi.JSON(strings.NewReader({{.Type}}ABI))
+		  parsed, err := {{.Type}}MetaData.GetAbi()
 		  if err != nil {
 		    return common.Address{}, nil, nil, err
 		  }
+		  if parsed == nil {
+			return common.Address{}, nil, nil, errors.New("GetABI returned nil")
+		  }
 		  {{range $pattern, $name := .Libraries}}
 			{{decapitalise $name}}Addr, _, _, _ := Deploy{{capitalise $name}}(auth, backend)
 			{{$contract.Type}}Bin = strings.Replace({{$contract.Type}}Bin, "__${{$pattern}}$__", {{decapitalise $name}}Addr.String()[2:], -1)
 		  {{end}}
-		  address, tx, contract, err := bind.DeployContract(auth, parsed, common.FromHex({{.Type}}Bin), backend {{range .Constructor.Inputs}}, {{.Name}}{{end}})
+		  address, tx, contract, err := bind.DeployContract(auth, *parsed, common.FromHex({{.Type}}Bin), backend {{range .Constructor.Inputs}}, {{.Name}}{{end}})
 		  if err != nil {
 		    return common.Address{}, nil, nil, err
 		  }
diff --git a/accounts/external/backend.go b/accounts/external/backend.go
index 4f6ca3996..b2de9e932 100644
--- a/accounts/external/backend.go
+++ b/accounts/external/backend.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/event"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rpc"
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/signer/core"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/signer/core/apitypes"
 )
 
 type ExternalBackend struct {
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ func (api *ExternalSigner) SignTx(account accounts.Account, tx *types.Transactio
 		t := common.NewMixedcaseAddress(*tx.To())
 		to = &t
 	}
-	args := &core.SendTxArgs{
+	args := &apitypes.SendTxArgs{
 		Data:  &data,
 		Nonce: hexutil.Uint64(tx.Nonce()),
 		Value: hexutil.Big(*tx.Value()),
@@ -211,11 +211,14 @@ func (api *ExternalSigner) SignTx(account accounts.Account, tx *types.Transactio
 		To:    to,
 		From:  common.NewMixedcaseAddress(account.Address),
 	}
-	if tx.GasFeeCap() != nil {
+	switch tx.Type() {
+	case types.LegacyTxType, types.AccessListTxType:
+		args.GasPrice = (*hexutil.Big)(tx.GasPrice())
+	case types.DynamicFeeTxType:
 		args.MaxFeePerGas = (*hexutil.Big)(tx.GasFeeCap())
 		args.MaxPriorityFeePerGas = (*hexutil.Big)(tx.GasTipCap())
-	} else {
-		args.GasPrice = (*hexutil.Big)(tx.GasPrice())
+	default:
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Unsupported tx type %d", tx.Type())
 	}
 	// We should request the default chain id that we're operating with
 	// (the chain we're executing on)
diff --git a/build/ci.go b/build/ci.go
index 63dd60632..d7d2ce72e 100644
--- a/build/ci.go
+++ b/build/ci.go
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ func maybeSkipArchive(env build.Environment) {
 		os.Exit(0)
 	}
 	if env.Branch != "master" && !strings.HasPrefix(env.Tag, "v1.") {
-		log.Printf("skipping archive creation because branch %q, tag %q is not on the whitelist", env.Branch, env.Tag)
+		log.Printf("skipping archive creation because branch %q, tag %q is not on the inclusion list", env.Branch, env.Tag)
 		os.Exit(0)
 	}
 }
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ func doDocker(cmdline []string) {
 	case env.Branch == "master":
 		tags = []string{"latest"}
 	case strings.HasPrefix(env.Tag, "v1."):
-		tags = []string{"stable", fmt.Sprintf("release-1.%d", params.VersionMinor), params.Version}
+		tags = []string{"stable", fmt.Sprintf("release-1.%d", params.VersionMinor), "v" + params.Version}
 	}
 	// If architecture specific image builds are requested, build and push them
 	if *image {
diff --git a/cmd/abidump/main.go b/cmd/abidump/main.go
index 35cbcbb0e..4f942749d 100644
--- a/cmd/abidump/main.go
+++ b/cmd/abidump/main.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/signer/core"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/signer/core/apitypes"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/signer/fourbyte"
 )
 
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func parse(data []byte) {
 	if err != nil {
 		die(err)
 	}
-	messages := core.ValidationMessages{}
+	messages := apitypes.ValidationMessages{}
 	db.ValidateCallData(nil, data, &messages)
 	for _, m := range messages.Messages {
 		fmt.Printf("%v: %v\n", m.Typ, m.Message)
diff --git a/cmd/clef/main.go b/cmd/clef/main.go
index 84e1dda99..61d2811f6 100644
--- a/cmd/clef/main.go
+++ b/cmd/clef/main.go
@@ -50,10 +50,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rlp"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rpc"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/signer/core"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/signer/core/apitypes"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/signer/fourbyte"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/signer/rules"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/signer/storage"
-
 	"github.com/mattn/go-colorable"
 	"github.com/mattn/go-isatty"
 	"gopkg.in/urfave/cli.v1"
@@ -657,7 +657,7 @@ func signer(c *cli.Context) error {
 		cors := utils.SplitAndTrim(c.GlobalString(utils.HTTPCORSDomainFlag.Name))
 
 		srv := rpc.NewServer()
-		err := node.RegisterApisFromWhitelist(rpcAPI, []string{"account"}, srv, false)
+		err := node.RegisterApis(rpcAPI, []string{"account"}, srv, false)
 		if err != nil {
 			utils.Fatalf("Could not register API: %w", err)
 		}
@@ -923,7 +923,7 @@ func testExternalUI(api *core.SignerAPI) {
 		time.Sleep(delay)
 		data := hexutil.Bytes([]byte{})
 		to := common.NewMixedcaseAddress(a)
-		tx := core.SendTxArgs{
+		tx := apitypes.SendTxArgs{
 			Data:     &data,
 			Nonce:    0x1,
 			Value:    hexutil.Big(*big.NewInt(6)),
@@ -1055,11 +1055,11 @@ func GenDoc(ctx *cli.Context) {
 		data := hexutil.Bytes([]byte{0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04})
 		add("SignTxRequest", desc, &core.SignTxRequest{
 			Meta: meta,
-			Callinfo: []core.ValidationInfo{
+			Callinfo: []apitypes.ValidationInfo{
 				{Typ: "Warning", Message: "Something looks odd, show this message as a warning"},
 				{Typ: "Info", Message: "User should see this as well"},
 			},
-			Transaction: core.SendTxArgs{
+			Transaction: apitypes.SendTxArgs{
 				Data:     &data,
 				Nonce:    0x1,
 				Value:    hexutil.Big(*big.NewInt(6)),
@@ -1075,7 +1075,7 @@ func GenDoc(ctx *cli.Context) {
 		add("SignTxResponse - approve", "Response to request to sign a transaction. This response needs to contain the `transaction`"+
 			", because the UI is free to make modifications to the transaction.",
 			&core.SignTxResponse{Approved: true,
-				Transaction: core.SendTxArgs{
+				Transaction: apitypes.SendTxArgs{
 					Data:     &data,
 					Nonce:    0x4,
 					Value:    hexutil.Big(*big.NewInt(6)),
diff --git a/cmd/devp2p/internal/v4test/discv4tests.go b/cmd/devp2p/internal/v4test/discv4tests.go
index 1b5e5304e..04ad67637 100644
--- a/cmd/devp2p/internal/v4test/discv4tests.go
+++ b/cmd/devp2p/internal/v4test/discv4tests.go
@@ -79,14 +79,44 @@ func BasicPing(t *utesting.T) {
 		To:         te.remoteEndpoint(),
 		Expiration: futureExpiration(),
 	})
-
-	reply, _, _ := te.read(te.l1)
-	if err := te.checkPong(reply, pingHash); err != nil {
+	if err := te.checkPingPong(pingHash); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 }
 
-// checkPong verifies that reply is a valid PONG matching the given ping hash.
+// checkPingPong verifies that the remote side sends both a PONG with the
+// correct hash, and a PING.
+// The two packets do not have to be in any particular order.
+func (te *testenv) checkPingPong(pingHash []byte) error {
+	var (
+		pings int
+		pongs int
+	)
+	for i := 0; i < 2; i++ {
+		reply, _, err := te.read(te.l1)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		switch reply.Kind() {
+		case v4wire.PongPacket:
+			if err := te.checkPong(reply, pingHash); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			pongs++
+		case v4wire.PingPacket:
+			pings++
+		default:
+			return fmt.Errorf("expected PING or PONG, got %v %v", reply.Name(), reply)
+		}
+	}
+	if pongs == 1 && pings == 1 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return fmt.Errorf("expected 1 PING  (got %d) and 1 PONG (got %d)", pings, pongs)
+}
+
+// checkPong verifies that reply is a valid PONG matching the given ping hash,
+// and a PING. The two packets do not have to be in any particular order.
 func (te *testenv) checkPong(reply v4wire.Packet, pingHash []byte) error {
 	if reply == nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("expected PONG reply, got nil")
@@ -119,9 +149,7 @@ func PingWrongTo(t *utesting.T) {
 		To:         wrongEndpoint,
 		Expiration: futureExpiration(),
 	})
-
-	reply, _, _ := te.read(te.l1)
-	if err := te.checkPong(reply, pingHash); err != nil {
+	if err := te.checkPingPong(pingHash); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 }
@@ -139,8 +167,7 @@ func PingWrongFrom(t *utesting.T) {
 		Expiration: futureExpiration(),
 	})
 
-	reply, _, _ := te.read(te.l1)
-	if err := te.checkPong(reply, pingHash); err != nil {
+	if err := te.checkPingPong(pingHash); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 }
@@ -161,8 +188,7 @@ func PingExtraData(t *utesting.T) {
 		JunkData2:  []byte{9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1},
 	})
 
-	reply, _, _ := te.read(te.l1)
-	if err := te.checkPong(reply, pingHash); err != nil {
+	if err := te.checkPingPong(pingHash); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 }
@@ -183,8 +209,7 @@ func PingExtraDataWrongFrom(t *utesting.T) {
 		JunkData2:  []byte{9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1},
 	}
 	pingHash := te.send(te.l1, &req)
-	reply, _, _ := te.read(te.l1)
-	if err := te.checkPong(reply, pingHash); err != nil {
+	if err := te.checkPingPong(pingHash); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 }
@@ -240,9 +265,9 @@ func BondThenPingWithWrongFrom(t *utesting.T) {
 		To:         te.remoteEndpoint(),
 		Expiration: futureExpiration(),
 	})
-
-	reply, _, _ := te.read(te.l1)
-	if err := te.checkPong(reply, pingHash); err != nil {
+	if reply, _, err := te.read(te.l1); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	} else if err := te.checkPong(reply, pingHash); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/cmd/evm/README.md b/cmd/evm/README.md
index cdff41f90..d5257069f 100644
--- a/cmd/evm/README.md
+++ b/cmd/evm/README.md
@@ -4,15 +4,15 @@ The `evm t8n` tool is a stateless state transition utility. It is a utility
 which can
 
 1. Take a prestate, including
-  - Accounts,
-  - Block context information,
-  - Previous blockshashes (*optional)
+- Accounts,
+- Block context information,
+- Previous blockshashes (*optional)
 2. Apply a set of transactions,
 3. Apply a mining-reward (*optional),
 4. And generate a post-state, including
-  - State root, transaction root, receipt root,
-  - Information about rejected transactions,
-  - Optionally: a full or partial post-state dump
+- State root, transaction root, receipt root,
+- Information about rejected transactions,
+- Optionally: a full or partial post-state dump
 
 ## Specification
 
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ Command line params that has to be supported are
    --output.result result             Determines where to put the result (stateroot, txroot etc) of the post-state.
                                       `stdout` - into the stdout output
                                       `stderr` - into the stderr output
+   --output.body value                If set, the RLP of the transactions (block body) will be written to this file.
+   --input.txs stdin                  stdin or file name of where to find the transactions to apply. If the file prefix is '.rlp', then the data is interpreted as an RLP list of signed transactions.The '.rlp' format is identical to the output.body format. (default: "txs.json")
    --state.fork value                 Name of ruleset to use.
    --state.chainid value              ChainID to use (default: 1)
    --state.reward value               Mining reward. Set to -1 to disable (default: 0)
@@ -110,7 +112,10 @@ Two resulting files:
   }
  ],
  "rejected": [
-  1
+  {
+   "index": 1,
+   "error": "nonce too low: address 0x8A8eAFb1cf62BfBeb1741769DAE1a9dd47996192, tx: 0 state: 1"
+  }
  ]
 }
 ```
@@ -156,7 +161,10 @@ Output:
    }
   ],
   "rejected": [
-   1
+   {
+    "index": 1,
+    "error": "nonce too low: address 0x8A8eAFb1cf62BfBeb1741769DAE1a9dd47996192, tx: 0 state: 1"
+   }
   ]
  }
 }
@@ -168,9 +176,9 @@ Mining rewards and ommer rewards might need to be added. This is how those are a
 
 - `block_reward` is the block mining reward for the miner (`0xaa`), of a block at height `N`.
 - For each ommer (mined by `0xbb`), with blocknumber `N-delta`
-   - (where `delta` is the difference between the current block and the ommer)
-   - The account `0xbb` (ommer miner) is awarded `(8-delta)/ 8 * block_reward`
-   - The account `0xaa` (block miner) is awarded `block_reward / 32`
+  - (where `delta` is the difference between the current block and the ommer)
+  - The account `0xbb` (ommer miner) is awarded `(8-delta)/ 8 * block_reward`
+  - The account `0xaa` (block miner) is awarded `block_reward / 32`
 
 To make `state_t8n` apply these, the following inputs are required:
 
@@ -220,7 +228,7 @@ Output:
 ### Future EIPS
 
 It is also possible to experiment with future eips that are not yet defined in a hard fork.
-Example, putting EIP-1344 into Frontier: 
+Example, putting EIP-1344 into Frontier:
 ```
 ./evm t8n --state.fork=Frontier+1344 --input.pre=./testdata/1/pre.json --input.txs=./testdata/1/txs.json --input.env=/testdata/1/env.json
 ```
@@ -229,41 +237,102 @@ Example, putting EIP-1344 into Frontier:
 
 The `BLOCKHASH` opcode requires blockhashes to be provided by the caller, inside the `env`.
 If a required blockhash is not provided, the exit code should be `4`:
-Example where blockhashes are provided: 
+Example where blockhashes are provided:
 ```
-./evm t8n --input.alloc=./testdata/3/alloc.json --input.txs=./testdata/3/txs.json --input.env=./testdata/3/env.json --trace
+./evm --verbosity=1 t8n --input.alloc=./testdata/3/alloc.json --input.txs=./testdata/3/txs.json --input.env=./testdata/3/env.json  --trace
+INFO [07-27|11:53:40.960] Trie dumping started                     root=b7341d..857ea1
+INFO [07-27|11:53:40.960] Trie dumping complete                    accounts=3 elapsed="103.298µs"
+INFO [07-27|11:53:40.960] Wrote file                               file=alloc.json
+INFO [07-27|11:53:40.960] Wrote file                               file=result.json
+
 ```
+
 ```
 cat trace-0-0x72fadbef39cd251a437eea619cfeda752271a5faaaa2147df012e112159ffb81.jsonl | grep BLOCKHASH -C2
 ```
 ```
-{"pc":0,"op":96,"gas":"0x5f58ef8","gasCost":"0x3","memory":"0x","memSize":0,"stack":[],"returnStack":[],"returnData":"0x","depth":1,"refund":0,"opName":"PUSH1","error":""}
-{"pc":2,"op":64,"gas":"0x5f58ef5","gasCost":"0x14","memory":"0x","memSize":0,"stack":["0x1"],"returnStack":[],"returnData":"0x","depth":1,"refund":0,"opName":"BLOCKHASH","error":""}
-{"pc":3,"op":0,"gas":"0x5f58ee1","gasCost":"0x0","memory":"0x","memSize":0,"stack":["0xdac58aa524e50956d0c0bae7f3f8bb9d35381365d07804dd5b48a5a297c06af4"],"returnStack":[],"returnData":"0x","depth":1,"refund":0,"opName":"STOP","error":""}
-{"output":"","gasUsed":"0x17","time":142709}
+{"pc":0,"op":96,"gas":"0x5f58ef8","gasCost":"0x3","memory":"0x","memSize":0,"stack":[],"returnData":"0x","depth":1,"refund":0,"opName":"PUSH1","error":""}
+{"pc":2,"op":64,"gas":"0x5f58ef5","gasCost":"0x14","memory":"0x","memSize":0,"stack":["0x1"],"returnData":"0x","depth":1,"refund":0,"opName":"BLOCKHASH","error":""}
+{"pc":3,"op":0,"gas":"0x5f58ee1","gasCost":"0x0","memory":"0x","memSize":0,"stack":["0xdac58aa524e50956d0c0bae7f3f8bb9d35381365d07804dd5b48a5a297c06af4"],"returnData":"0x","depth":1,"refund":0,"opName":"STOP","error":""}
+{"output":"","gasUsed":"0x17","time":156276}
 ```
 
 In this example, the caller has not provided the required blockhash:
 ```
 ./evm t8n --input.alloc=./testdata/4/alloc.json --input.txs=./testdata/4/txs.json --input.env=./testdata/4/env.json --trace
-```
-```
 ERROR(4): getHash(3) invoked, blockhash for that block not provided
 ```
 Error code: 4
+
 ### Chaining
 
 Another thing that can be done, is to chain invocations:
 ```
 ./evm t8n --input.alloc=./testdata/1/alloc.json --input.txs=./testdata/1/txs.json --input.env=./testdata/1/env.json --output.alloc=stdout | ./evm t8n --input.alloc=stdin --input.env=./testdata/1/env.json --input.txs=./testdata/1/txs.json
-INFO [01-21|22:41:22.963] rejected tx                              index=1 hash=0557ba..18d673 from=0x8A8eAFb1cf62BfBeb1741769DAE1a9dd47996192 error="nonce too low: address 0x8A8eAFb1cf62BfBeb1741769DAE1a9dd47996192, tx: 0 state: 1"
-INFO [01-21|22:41:22.966] rejected tx                              index=0 hash=0557ba..18d673 from=0x8A8eAFb1cf62BfBeb1741769DAE1a9dd47996192 error="nonce too low: address 0x8A8eAFb1cf62BfBeb1741769DAE1a9dd47996192, tx: 0 state: 1"
-INFO [01-21|22:41:22.967] rejected tx                              index=1 hash=0557ba..18d673 from=0x8A8eAFb1cf62BfBeb1741769DAE1a9dd47996192 error="nonce too low: address 0x8A8eAFb1cf62BfBeb1741769DAE1a9dd47996192, tx: 0 state: 1"
+INFO [07-27|11:53:41.049] rejected tx                              index=1 hash=0557ba..18d673 from=0x8A8eAFb1cf62BfBeb1741769DAE1a9dd47996192 error="nonce too low: address 0x8A8eAFb1cf62BfBeb1741769DAE1a9dd47996192, tx: 0 state: 1"
+INFO [07-27|11:53:41.050] Trie dumping started                     root=84208a..ae4e13
+INFO [07-27|11:53:41.050] Trie dumping complete                    accounts=3 elapsed="59.412µs"
+INFO [07-27|11:53:41.050] Wrote file                               file=result.json
+INFO [07-27|11:53:41.051] rejected tx                              index=0 hash=0557ba..18d673 from=0x8A8eAFb1cf62BfBeb1741769DAE1a9dd47996192 error="nonce too low: address 0x8A8eAFb1cf62BfBeb1741769DAE1a9dd47996192, tx: 0 state: 1"
+INFO [07-27|11:53:41.051] rejected tx                              index=1 hash=0557ba..18d673 from=0x8A8eAFb1cf62BfBeb1741769DAE1a9dd47996192 error="nonce too low: address 0x8A8eAFb1cf62BfBeb1741769DAE1a9dd47996192, tx: 0 state: 1"
+INFO [07-27|11:53:41.052] Trie dumping started                     root=84208a..ae4e13
+INFO [07-27|11:53:41.052] Trie dumping complete                    accounts=3 elapsed="45.734µs"
+INFO [07-27|11:53:41.052] Wrote file                               file=alloc.json
+INFO [07-27|11:53:41.052] Wrote file                               file=result.json
 
 ```
-What happened here, is that we first applied two identical transactions, so the second one was rejected. 
+What happened here, is that we first applied two identical transactions, so the second one was rejected.
 Then, taking the poststate alloc as the input for the next state, we tried again to include
 the same two transactions: this time, both failed due to too low nonce.
 
 In order to meaningfully chain invocations, one would need to provide meaningful new `env`, otherwise the
 actual blocknumber (exposed to the EVM) would not increase.
+
+### Transactions in RLP form
+
+It is possible to provide already-signed transactions as input to, using an `input.txs` which ends with the `rlp` suffix.
+The input format for RLP-form transactions is _identical_ to the _output_ format for block bodies. Therefore, it's fully possible
+to use the evm to go from `json` input to `rlp` input.
+
+The following command takes **json** the transactions in `./testdata/13/txs.json` and signs them. After execution, they are output to `signed_txs.rlp`.:
+```
+./evm t8n --state.fork=London --input.alloc=./testdata/13/alloc.json --input.txs=./testdata/13/txs.json --input.env=./testdata/13/env.json --output.result=alloc_jsontx.json --output.body=signed_txs.rlp
+INFO [07-27|11:53:41.124] Trie dumping started                     root=e4b924..6aef61
+INFO [07-27|11:53:41.124] Trie dumping complete                    accounts=3 elapsed="94.284µs"
+INFO [07-27|11:53:41.125] Wrote file                               file=alloc.json
+INFO [07-27|11:53:41.125] Wrote file                               file=alloc_jsontx.json
+INFO [07-27|11:53:41.125] Wrote file                               file=signed_txs.rlp
+
+```
+
+The `output.body` is the rlp-list of transactions, encoded in hex and placed in a string a'la `json` encoding rules:
+```
+cat signed_txs.rlp
+"0xf8d2b86702f864010180820fa08284d09411111111111111111111111111111111111111118080c001a0b7dfab36232379bb3d1497a4f91c1966b1f932eae3ade107bf5d723b9cb474e0a06261c359a10f2132f126d250485b90cf20f30340801244a08ef6142ab33d1904b86702f864010280820fa08284d09411111111111111111111111111111111111111118080c080a0d4ec563b6568cd42d998fc4134b36933c6568d01533b5adf08769270243c6c7fa072bf7c21eac6bbeae5143371eef26d5e279637f3bd73482b55979d76d935b1e9"
+```
+
+We can use `rlpdump` to check what the contents are:
+```
+rlpdump -hex $(cat signed_txs.rlp | jq -r )
+[
+  02f864010180820fa08284d09411111111111111111111111111111111111111118080c001a0b7dfab36232379bb3d1497a4f91c1966b1f932eae3ade107bf5d723b9cb474e0a06261c359a10f2132f126d250485b90cf20f30340801244a08ef6142ab33d1904,
+  02f864010280820fa08284d09411111111111111111111111111111111111111118080c080a0d4ec563b6568cd42d998fc4134b36933c6568d01533b5adf08769270243c6c7fa072bf7c21eac6bbeae5143371eef26d5e279637f3bd73482b55979d76d935b1e9,
+]
+```
+Now, we can now use those (or any other already signed transactions), as input, like so:
+```
+./evm t8n --state.fork=London --input.alloc=./testdata/13/alloc.json --input.txs=./signed_txs.rlp --input.env=./testdata/13/env.json --output.result=alloc_rlptx.json
+INFO [07-27|11:53:41.253] Trie dumping started                     root=e4b924..6aef61
+INFO [07-27|11:53:41.253] Trie dumping complete                    accounts=3 elapsed="128.445µs"
+INFO [07-27|11:53:41.253] Wrote file                               file=alloc.json
+INFO [07-27|11:53:41.255] Wrote file                               file=alloc_rlptx.json
+
+```
+
+You might have noticed that the results from these two invocations were stored in two separate files.
+And we can now finally check that they match.
+```
+cat alloc_jsontx.json | jq .stateRoot && cat alloc_rlptx.json | jq .stateRoot
+"0xe4b924a6adb5959fccf769d5b7bb2f6359e26d1e76a2443c5a91a36d826aef61"
+"0xe4b924a6adb5959fccf769d5b7bb2f6359e26d1e76a2443c5a91a36d826aef61"
+```
diff --git a/cmd/evm/internal/t8ntool/flags.go b/cmd/evm/internal/t8ntool/flags.go
index a599462cc..626f974a0 100644
--- a/cmd/evm/internal/t8ntool/flags.go
+++ b/cmd/evm/internal/t8ntool/flags.go
@@ -79,8 +79,10 @@ var (
 		Value: "env.json",
 	}
 	InputTxsFlag = cli.StringFlag{
-		Name:  "input.txs",
-		Usage: "`stdin` or file name of where to find the transactions to apply.",
+		Name: "input.txs",
+		Usage: "`stdin` or file name of where to find the transactions to apply. " +
+			"If the file prefix is '.rlp', then the data is interpreted as an RLP list of signed transactions." +
+			"The '.rlp' format is identical to the output.body format.",
 		Value: "txs.json",
 	}
 	RewardFlag = cli.Int64Flag{
diff --git a/cmd/evm/internal/t8ntool/transition.go b/cmd/evm/internal/t8ntool/transition.go
index bab6e63fa..8334aa01d 100644
--- a/cmd/evm/internal/t8ntool/transition.go
+++ b/cmd/evm/internal/t8ntool/transition.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"math/big"
 	"os"
 	"path"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common/hexutil"
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@ type input struct {
 	Alloc core.GenesisAlloc `json:"alloc,omitempty"`
 	Env   *stEnv            `json:"env,omitempty"`
 	Txs   []*txWithKey      `json:"txs,omitempty"`
+	TxRlp string            `json:"txsRlp,omitempty"`
 }
 
 func Main(ctx *cli.Context) error {
@@ -199,11 +201,44 @@ func Main(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 		}
 		defer inFile.Close()
 		decoder := json.NewDecoder(inFile)
-		if err := decoder.Decode(&txsWithKeys); err != nil {
-			return NewError(ErrorJson, fmt.Errorf("failed unmarshaling txs-file: %v", err))
+		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 {
-		txsWithKeys = inputData.Txs
+		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
+		}
 	}
 	// We may have to sign the transactions.
 	signer := types.MakeSigner(chainConfig, big.NewInt(int64(prestate.Env.Number)))
@@ -365,6 +400,7 @@ func dispatchOutput(ctx *cli.Context, baseDir string, result *ExecutionResult, a
 			return NewError(ErrorJson, fmt.Errorf("failed marshalling output: %v", err))
 		}
 		os.Stdout.Write(b)
+		os.Stdout.Write([]byte("\n"))
 	}
 	if len(stdErrObject) > 0 {
 		b, err := json.MarshalIndent(stdErrObject, "", " ")
@@ -372,6 +408,7 @@ func dispatchOutput(ctx *cli.Context, baseDir string, result *ExecutionResult, a
 			return NewError(ErrorJson, fmt.Errorf("failed marshalling output: %v", err))
 		}
 		os.Stderr.Write(b)
+		os.Stderr.Write([]byte("\n"))
 	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/cmd/evm/testdata/13/alloc.json b/cmd/evm/testdata/13/alloc.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6e98e7513
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/evm/testdata/13/alloc.json
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{
+  "0x1111111111111111111111111111111111111111" : {
+    "balance" : "0x010000000000",
+    "code" : "0xfe",
+    "nonce" : "0x01",
+    "storage" : {
+    }
+  },
+  "0xa94f5374fce5edbc8e2a8697c15331677e6ebf0b" : {
+    "balance" : "0x010000000000",
+    "code" : "0x",
+    "nonce" : "0x01",
+    "storage" : {
+    }
+  },
+  "0xd02d72e067e77158444ef2020ff2d325f929b363" : {
+    "balance" : "0x01000000000000",
+    "code" : "0x",
+    "nonce" : "0x01",
+    "storage" : {
+    }
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cmd/evm/testdata/13/env.json b/cmd/evm/testdata/13/env.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3a82d46a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/evm/testdata/13/env.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  "currentCoinbase" : "0x2adc25665018aa1fe0e6bc666dac8fc2697ff9ba",
+  "currentDifficulty" : "0x020000",
+  "currentNumber" : "0x01",
+  "currentTimestamp" : "0x079e",
+  "previousHash" : "0xcb23ee65a163121f640673b41788ee94633941405f95009999b502eedfbbfd4f",
+  "currentGasLimit" : "0x40000000",
+  "currentBaseFee" : "0x036b",
+  "blockHashes" : {
+    "0" : "0xcb23ee65a163121f640673b41788ee94633941405f95009999b502eedfbbfd4f"
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cmd/evm/testdata/13/readme.md b/cmd/evm/testdata/13/readme.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..64f52fc9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/evm/testdata/13/readme.md
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+## Input transactions in RLP form
+
+This testdata folder is used to examplify how transaction input can be provided in rlp form. 
+Please see the README in `evm` folder for how this is performed. 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cmd/evm/testdata/13/txs.json b/cmd/evm/testdata/13/txs.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c45ef1e13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/evm/testdata/13/txs.json
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+[
+  {
+    "input" : "0x",
+    "gas" : "0x84d0",
+    "nonce" : "0x1",
+    "to" : "0x1111111111111111111111111111111111111111",
+    "value" : "0x0",
+    "v" : "0x0",
+    "r" : "0x0",
+    "s" : "0x0",
+    "secretKey" : "0x41f6e321b31e72173f8ff2e292359e1862f24fba42fe6f97efaf641980eff298",
+    "chainId" : "0x1",
+    "type" : "0x2",
+    "maxFeePerGas" : "0xfa0",
+    "maxPriorityFeePerGas" : "0x0",
+    "accessList" : []
+  },
+  {
+    "input" : "0x",
+    "gas" : "0x84d0",
+    "nonce" : "0x2",
+    "to" : "0x1111111111111111111111111111111111111111",
+    "value" : "0x0",
+    "v" : "0x0",
+    "r" : "0x0",
+    "s" : "0x0",
+    "secretKey" : "0x41f6e321b31e72173f8ff2e292359e1862f24fba42fe6f97efaf641980eff298",
+    "chainId" : "0x1",
+    "type" : "0x2",
+    "maxFeePerGas" : "0xfa0",
+    "maxPriorityFeePerGas" : "0x0",
+    "accessList" : []
+  }
+]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cmd/evm/transition-test.sh b/cmd/evm/transition-test.sh
index 34c924985..250238d16 100644
--- a/cmd/evm/transition-test.sh
+++ b/cmd/evm/transition-test.sh
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ function showjson(){
 function demo(){
   echo "$ticks"
   echo "$1"
+  $1
+  echo ""
   echo "$ticks"
   echo ""
 }
@@ -152,9 +154,7 @@ echo ""
 echo "The \`BLOCKHASH\` opcode requires blockhashes to be provided by the caller, inside the \`env\`."
 echo "If a required blockhash is not provided, the exit code should be \`4\`:"
 echo "Example where blockhashes are provided: "
-cmd="./evm t8n --input.alloc=./testdata/3/alloc.json --input.txs=./testdata/3/txs.json --input.env=./testdata/3/env.json  --trace"
-tick && echo $cmd && tick
-$cmd 2>&1 >/dev/null
+demo "./evm --verbosity=1 t8n --input.alloc=./testdata/3/alloc.json --input.txs=./testdata/3/txs.json --input.env=./testdata/3/env.json  --trace"
 cmd="cat trace-0-0x72fadbef39cd251a437eea619cfeda752271a5faaaa2147df012e112159ffb81.jsonl | grep BLOCKHASH -C2"
 tick && echo $cmd && tick
 echo "$ticks"
@@ -164,13 +164,11 @@ echo ""
 
 echo "In this example, the caller has not provided the required blockhash:"
 cmd="./evm t8n --input.alloc=./testdata/4/alloc.json --input.txs=./testdata/4/txs.json --input.env=./testdata/4/env.json  --trace"
-tick && echo $cmd && tick
-tick
-$cmd
+tick && echo $cmd && $cmd
 errc=$?
 tick
 echo "Error code: $errc"
-
+echo ""
 
 echo "### Chaining"
 echo ""
@@ -189,3 +187,28 @@ echo ""
 echo "In order to meaningfully chain invocations, one would need to provide meaningful new \`env\`, otherwise the"
 echo "actual blocknumber (exposed to the EVM) would not increase."
 echo ""
+
+echo "### Transactions in RLP form"
+echo ""
+echo "It is possible to provide already-signed transactions as input to, using an \`input.txs\` which ends with the \`rlp\` suffix."
+echo "The input format for RLP-form transactions is _identical_ to the _output_ format for block bodies. Therefore, it's fully possible"
+echo "to use the evm to go from \`json\` input to \`rlp\` input."
+echo ""
+echo "The following command takes **json** the transactions in \`./testdata/13/txs.json\` and signs them. After execution, they are output to \`signed_txs.rlp\`.:"
+demo "./evm t8n --state.fork=London --input.alloc=./testdata/13/alloc.json --input.txs=./testdata/13/txs.json --input.env=./testdata/13/env.json --output.result=alloc_jsontx.json --output.body=signed_txs.rlp"
+echo "The \`output.body\` is the rlp-list of transactions, encoded in hex and placed in a string a'la \`json\` encoding rules:"
+demo "cat signed_txs.rlp"
+echo "We can use \`rlpdump\` to check what the contents are: "
+echo "$ticks"
+echo "rlpdump -hex \$(cat signed_txs.rlp | jq -r )"
+rlpdump -hex $(cat signed_txs.rlp | jq -r )
+echo "$ticks"
+echo "Now, we can now use those (or any other already signed transactions), as input, like so: "
+demo "./evm t8n --state.fork=London --input.alloc=./testdata/13/alloc.json --input.txs=./signed_txs.rlp --input.env=./testdata/13/env.json --output.result=alloc_rlptx.json"
+
+echo "You might have noticed that the results from these two invocations were stored in two separate files. "
+echo "And we can now finally check that they match."
+echo "$ticks"
+echo "cat alloc_jsontx.json | jq .stateRoot && cat alloc_rlptx.json | jq .stateRoot"
+cat alloc_jsontx.json | jq .stateRoot && cat alloc_rlptx.json | jq .stateRoot
+echo "$ticks"
diff --git a/cmd/geth/main.go b/cmd/geth/main.go
index 505688eb7..12d2465c6 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/main.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/main.go
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ var (
 		utils.MiningEnabledFlag,
 		utils.MinerThreadsFlag,
 		utils.MinerNotifyFlag,
-		utils.MinerGasTargetFlag,
+		utils.LegacyMinerGasTargetFlag,
 		utils.MinerGasLimitFlag,
 		utils.MinerGasPriceFlag,
 		utils.MinerEtherbaseFlag,
diff --git a/cmd/geth/testdata/vcheck/vulnerabilities.json b/cmd/geth/testdata/vcheck/vulnerabilities.json
index 36509f95a..92de0c9cc 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/testdata/vcheck/vulnerabilities.json
+++ b/cmd/geth/testdata/vcheck/vulnerabilities.json
@@ -52,13 +52,16 @@
     "check": "Geth\\/v1\\.9\\.(7|8|9|10|11|12|13|14|15|16).*$"
   },
   {
-    "name": "GethCrash",
+    "name": "Geth DoS via MULMOD",
     "uid": "GETH-2020-04",
     "summary": "A denial-of-service issue can be used to crash Geth nodes during block processing",
-    "description": "Full details to be disclosed at a later date",
+    "description": "Affected versions suffer from a vulnerability which can be exploited through the `MULMOD` operation, by specifying a modulo of `0`: `mulmod(a,b,0)`, causing a `panic` in the underlying library. \nThe crash was in the `uint256` library, where a buffer [underflowed](https://github.com/holiman/uint256/blob/4ce82e695c10ddad57215bdbeafb68b8c5df2c30/uint256.go#L442).\n\n\tif `d == 0`, `dLen` remains `0`\n\nand https://github.com/holiman/uint256/blob/4ce82e695c10ddad57215bdbeafb68b8c5df2c30/uint256.go#L451 will try to access index `[-1]`.\n\nThe `uint256` library was first merged in this [commit](https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/commit/cf6674539c589f80031f3371a71c6a80addbe454), on 2020-06-08. \nExploiting this vulnerabilty would cause all vulnerable nodes to drop off the network. \n\nThe issue was brought to our attention through a [bug report](https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/issues/21367), showing a `panic` occurring on sync from genesis on the Ropsten network.\n \nIt was estimated that the least obvious way to fix this would be to merge the fix into `uint256`, make a new release of that library and then update the geth-dependency.\n",
     "links": [
       "https://blog.ethereum.org/2020/11/12/geth_security_release/",
-      "https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/security/advisories/GHSA-jm5c-rv3w-w83m"
+      "https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/security/advisories/GHSA-jm5c-rv3w-w83m",
+      "https://github.com/holiman/uint256/releases/tag/v1.1.1",
+      "https://github.com/holiman/uint256/pull/80",
+      "https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/pull/21368"
     ],
     "introduced": "v1.9.16",
     "fixed": "v1.9.18",
@@ -66,5 +69,51 @@
     "severity": "Critical",
     "CVE": "CVE-2020-26242",
     "check": "Geth\\/v1\\.9.(16|17).*$"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "LES Server DoS via GetProofsV2",
+    "uid": "GETH-2020-05",
+    "summary": "A DoS vulnerability can make a LES server crash.",
+    "description": "A DoS vulnerability can make a LES server crash via malicious GetProofsV2 request from a connected LES client.\n\nThe vulnerability was patched in #21896.\n\nThis vulnerability only concern users explicitly running geth as a light server",
+    "links": [
+      "https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/security/advisories/GHSA-r33q-22hv-j29q",
+      "https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/pull/21896"
+    ],
+    "introduced": "v1.8.0",
+    "fixed": "v1.9.25",
+    "published": "2020-12-10",
+    "severity": "Medium",
+    "CVE": "CVE-2020-26264",
+    "check": "(Geth\\/v1\\.8\\.*)|(Geth\\/v1\\.9\\.\\d-.*)|(Geth\\/v1\\.9\\.1\\d-.*)|(Geth\\/v1\\.9\\.(20|21|22|23|24)-.*)$"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "SELFDESTRUCT-recreate consensus flaw",
+    "uid": "GETH-2020-06",
+    "introduced": "v1.9.4",
+    "fixed": "v1.9.20",
+    "summary": "A consensus-vulnerability in Geth could cause a chain split, where vulnerable versions refuse to accept the canonical chain.",
+    "description": "A flaw was repoted at 2020-08-11 by John Youngseok Yang (Software Platform Lab), where a particular sequence of transactions could cause a consensus failure.\n\n- Tx 1:\n - `sender` invokes `caller`.\n - `caller` invokes `0xaa`. `0xaa` has 3 wei, does a self-destruct-to-self\n - `caller` does a  `1 wei` -call to `0xaa`, who thereby has 1 wei (the code in `0xaa` still executed, since the tx is still ongoing, but doesn't redo the selfdestruct, it takes a different path if callvalue is non-zero)\n\n-Tx 2:\n - `sender` does a 5-wei call to 0xaa. No exec (since no code). \n\nIn geth, the result would be that `0xaa` had `6 wei`, whereas OE reported (correctly) `5` wei. Furthermore, in geth, if the second tx was not executed, the `0xaa` would be destructed, resulting in `0 wei`. Thus obviously wrong. \n\nIt was determined that the root cause was this [commit](https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/commit/223b950944f494a5b4e0957fd9f92c48b09037ad) from [this PR](https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/pull/19953). The semantics of `createObject` was subtly changd, into returning a non-nil object (with `deleted=true`) where it previously did not if the account had been destructed. This return value caused the new object to inherit the old `balance`.\n",
+    "links": [
+      "https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/security/advisories/GHSA-xw37-57qp-9mm4"
+    ],
+    "published": "2020-12-10",
+    "severity": "High",
+    "CVE": "CVE-2020-26265",
+    "check": "(Geth\\/v1\\.9\\.(4|5|6|7|8|9)-.*)|(Geth\\/v1\\.9\\.1\\d-.*)$"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Not ready for London upgrade",
+    "uid": "GETH-2021-01",
+    "summary": "The client is not ready for the 'London' technical upgrade, and will deviate from the canonical chain when the London upgrade occurs (at block '12965000' around August 4, 2021.",
+    "description": "At (or around) August 4, Ethereum will undergo a technical upgrade called 'London'. Clients not upgraded will fail to progress on the canonical chain.",
+    "links": [
+      "https://github.com/ethereum/eth1.0-specs/blob/master/network-upgrades/mainnet-upgrades/london.md",
+      "https://notes.ethereum.org/@timbeiko/ropsten-postmortem"
+    ],
+    "introduced": "v1.10.1",
+    "fixed": "v1.10.6",
+    "published": "2020-12-10",
+    "severity": "High",
+    "check": "(Geth\\/v1\\.10\\.(1|2|3|4|5)-.*)$"
   }
 ]
diff --git a/cmd/geth/usage.go b/cmd/geth/usage.go
index dea0b7c08..3c401eae8 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/usage.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/usage.go
@@ -182,7 +182,6 @@ var AppHelpFlagGroups = []flags.FlagGroup{
 			utils.MinerNotifyFlag,
 			utils.MinerNotifyFullFlag,
 			utils.MinerGasPriceFlag,
-			utils.MinerGasTargetFlag,
 			utils.MinerGasLimitFlag,
 			utils.MinerEtherbaseFlag,
 			utils.MinerExtraDataFlag,
@@ -226,6 +225,7 @@ var AppHelpFlagGroups = []flags.FlagGroup{
 			utils.LegacyRPCCORSDomainFlag,
 			utils.LegacyRPCVirtualHostsFlag,
 			utils.LegacyRPCApiFlag,
+			utils.LegacyMinerGasTargetFlag,
 		},
 	},
 	{
diff --git a/cmd/puppeth/module_ethstats.go b/cmd/puppeth/module_ethstats.go
index 58ecb8395..abed4db5f 100644
--- a/cmd/puppeth/module_ethstats.go
+++ b/cmd/puppeth/module_ethstats.go
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ func checkEthstats(client *sshClient, network string) (*ethstatsInfos, error) {
 	if port != 80 && port != 443 {
 		config += fmt.Sprintf(":%d", port)
 	}
-	// Retrieve the IP blacklist
+	// Retrieve the IP banned list
 	banned := strings.Split(infos.envvars["BANNED"], ",")
 
 	// Run a sanity check to see if the port is reachable
diff --git a/cmd/puppeth/wizard_ethstats.go b/cmd/puppeth/wizard_ethstats.go
index 58ff3efbe..95cab9da4 100644
--- a/cmd/puppeth/wizard_ethstats.go
+++ b/cmd/puppeth/wizard_ethstats.go
@@ -63,20 +63,20 @@ func (w *wizard) deployEthstats() {
 		fmt.Printf("What should be the secret password for the API? (default = %s)\n", infos.secret)
 		infos.secret = w.readDefaultString(infos.secret)
 	}
-	// Gather any blacklists to ban from reporting
+	// Gather any banned lists to ban from reporting
 	if existed {
 		fmt.Println()
-		fmt.Printf("Keep existing IP %v blacklist (y/n)? (default = yes)\n", infos.banned)
+		fmt.Printf("Keep existing IP %v in the banned list (y/n)? (default = yes)\n", infos.banned)
 		if !w.readDefaultYesNo(true) {
 			// The user might want to clear the entire list, although generally probably not
 			fmt.Println()
-			fmt.Printf("Clear out blacklist and start over (y/n)? (default = no)\n")
+			fmt.Printf("Clear out the banned list and start over (y/n)? (default = no)\n")
 			if w.readDefaultYesNo(false) {
 				infos.banned = nil
 			}
 			// Offer the user to explicitly add/remove certain IP addresses
 			fmt.Println()
-			fmt.Println("Which additional IP addresses should be blacklisted?")
+			fmt.Println("Which additional IP addresses should be in the banned list?")
 			for {
 				if ip := w.readIPAddress(); ip != "" {
 					infos.banned = append(infos.banned, ip)
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ func (w *wizard) deployEthstats() {
 				break
 			}
 			fmt.Println()
-			fmt.Println("Which IP addresses should not be blacklisted?")
+			fmt.Println("Which IP addresses should not be in the banned list?")
 			for {
 				if ip := w.readIPAddress(); ip != "" {
 					for i, addr := range infos.banned {
diff --git a/cmd/utils/flags.go b/cmd/utils/flags.go
index 7ed5907db..7fa3d8b86 100644
--- a/cmd/utils/flags.go
+++ b/cmd/utils/flags.go
@@ -444,11 +444,6 @@ var (
 		Name:  "miner.notify.full",
 		Usage: "Notify with pending block headers instead of work packages",
 	}
-	MinerGasTargetFlag = cli.Uint64Flag{
-		Name:  "miner.gastarget",
-		Usage: "Target gas floor for mined blocks",
-		Value: ethconfig.Defaults.Miner.GasFloor,
-	}
 	MinerGasLimitFlag = cli.Uint64Flag{
 		Name:  "miner.gaslimit",
 		Usage: "Target gas ceiling for mined blocks",
@@ -1386,9 +1381,6 @@ func setMiner(ctx *cli.Context, cfg *miner.Config) {
 	if ctx.GlobalIsSet(MinerExtraDataFlag.Name) {
 		cfg.ExtraData = []byte(ctx.GlobalString(MinerExtraDataFlag.Name))
 	}
-	if ctx.GlobalIsSet(MinerGasTargetFlag.Name) {
-		cfg.GasFloor = ctx.GlobalUint64(MinerGasTargetFlag.Name)
-	}
 	if ctx.GlobalIsSet(MinerGasLimitFlag.Name) {
 		cfg.GasCeil = ctx.GlobalUint64(MinerGasLimitFlag.Name)
 	}
@@ -1401,6 +1393,9 @@ func setMiner(ctx *cli.Context, cfg *miner.Config) {
 	if ctx.GlobalIsSet(MinerNoVerfiyFlag.Name) {
 		cfg.Noverify = ctx.GlobalBool(MinerNoVerfiyFlag.Name)
 	}
+	if ctx.GlobalIsSet(LegacyMinerGasTargetFlag.Name) {
+		log.Warn("The generic --miner.gastarget flag is deprecated and will be removed in the future!")
+	}
 }
 
 func setWhitelist(ctx *cli.Context, cfg *ethconfig.Config) {
diff --git a/cmd/utils/flags_legacy.go b/cmd/utils/flags_legacy.go
index fb5fde657..df597e365 100644
--- a/cmd/utils/flags_legacy.go
+++ b/cmd/utils/flags_legacy.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/eth/ethconfig"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/node"
 	"gopkg.in/urfave/cli.v1"
 )
@@ -33,7 +34,9 @@ var ShowDeprecated = cli.Command{
 	Description: "Show flags that have been deprecated and will soon be removed",
 }
 
-var DeprecatedFlags = []cli.Flag{}
+var DeprecatedFlags = []cli.Flag{
+	LegacyMinerGasTargetFlag,
+}
 
 var (
 	// (Deprecated May 2020, shown in aliased flags section)
@@ -66,6 +69,12 @@ var (
 		Usage: "API's offered over the HTTP-RPC interface (deprecated and will be removed June 2021, use --http.api)",
 		Value: "",
 	}
+	// (Deprecated July 2021, shown in aliased flags section)
+	LegacyMinerGasTargetFlag = cli.Uint64Flag{
+		Name:  "miner.gastarget",
+		Usage: "Target gas floor for mined blocks (deprecated)",
+		Value: ethconfig.Defaults.Miner.GasFloor,
+	}
 )
 
 // showDeprecated displays deprecated flags that will be soon removed from the codebase.
@@ -74,7 +83,8 @@ func showDeprecated(*cli.Context) {
 	fmt.Println("The following flags are deprecated and will be removed in the future!")
 	fmt.Println("--------------------------------------------------------------------")
 	fmt.Println()
-	// TODO remove when there are newly deprecated flags
-	fmt.Println("no deprecated flags to show at this time")
+	for _, flag := range DeprecatedFlags {
+		fmt.Println(flag.String())
+	}
 	fmt.Println()
 }
diff --git a/consensus/ethash/consensus.go b/consensus/ethash/consensus.go
index 9b9657e19..5743387f6 100644
--- a/consensus/ethash/consensus.go
+++ b/consensus/ethash/consensus.go
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ func (ethash *Ethash) VerifyUncles(chain consensus.ChainReader, block *types.Blo
 		ancestors[parent] = ancestorHeader
 		// If the ancestor doesn't have any uncles, we don't have to iterate them
 		if ancestorHeader.UncleHash != types.EmptyUncleHash {
-			// Need to add those uncles to the blacklist too
+			// Need to add those uncles to the banned list too
 			ancestor := chain.GetBlock(parent, number)
 			if ancestor == nil {
 				break
diff --git a/consensus/ethash/sealer.go b/consensus/ethash/sealer.go
index 1830e672b..6fa60ef6a 100644
--- a/consensus/ethash/sealer.go
+++ b/consensus/ethash/sealer.go
@@ -140,8 +140,9 @@ func (ethash *Ethash) mine(block *types.Block, id int, seed uint64, abort chan s
 	)
 	// Start generating random nonces until we abort or find a good one
 	var (
-		attempts = int64(0)
-		nonce    = seed
+		attempts  = int64(0)
+		nonce     = seed
+		powBuffer = new(big.Int)
 	)
 	logger := ethash.config.Log.New("miner", id)
 	logger.Trace("Started ethash search for new nonces", "seed", seed)
@@ -163,7 +164,7 @@ search:
 			}
 			// Compute the PoW value of this nonce
 			digest, result := hashimotoFull(dataset.dataset, hash, nonce)
-			if new(big.Int).SetBytes(result).Cmp(target) <= 0 {
+			if powBuffer.SetBytes(result).Cmp(target) <= 0 {
 				// Correct nonce found, create a new header with it
 				header = types.CopyHeader(header)
 				header.Nonce = types.EncodeNonce(nonce)
diff --git a/core/block_validator.go b/core/block_validator.go
index d317d82ed..3763be0be 100644
--- a/core/block_validator.go
+++ b/core/block_validator.go
@@ -103,44 +103,9 @@ func (v *BlockValidator) ValidateState(block *types.Block, statedb *state.StateD
 }
 
 // CalcGasLimit computes the gas limit of the next block after parent. It aims
-// to keep the baseline gas above the provided floor, and increase it towards the
-// ceil if the blocks are full. If the ceil is exceeded, it will always decrease
-// the gas allowance.
-func CalcGasLimit(parentGasUsed, parentGasLimit, gasFloor, gasCeil uint64) uint64 {
-	// contrib = (parentGasUsed * 3 / 2) / 1024
-	contrib := (parentGasUsed + parentGasUsed/2) / params.GasLimitBoundDivisor
-
-	// decay = parentGasLimit / 1024 -1
-	decay := parentGasLimit/params.GasLimitBoundDivisor - 1
-
-	/*
-		strategy: gasLimit of block-to-mine is set based on parent's
-		gasUsed value.  if parentGasUsed > parentGasLimit * (2/3) then we
-		increase it, otherwise lower it (or leave it unchanged if it's right
-		at that usage) the amount increased/decreased depends on how far away
-		from parentGasLimit * (2/3) parentGasUsed is.
-	*/
-	limit := parentGasLimit - decay + contrib
-	if limit < params.MinGasLimit {
-		limit = params.MinGasLimit
-	}
-	// If we're outside our allowed gas range, we try to hone towards them
-	if limit < gasFloor {
-		limit = parentGasLimit + decay
-		if limit > gasFloor {
-			limit = gasFloor
-		}
-	} else if limit > gasCeil {
-		limit = parentGasLimit - decay
-		if limit < gasCeil {
-			limit = gasCeil
-		}
-	}
-	return limit
-}
-
-// CalcGasLimit1559 calculates the next block gas limit under 1559 rules.
-func CalcGasLimit1559(parentGasLimit, desiredLimit uint64) uint64 {
+// to keep the baseline gas close to the provided target, and increase it towards
+// the target if the baseline gas is lower.
+func CalcGasLimit(parentGasLimit, desiredLimit uint64) uint64 {
 	delta := parentGasLimit/params.GasLimitBoundDivisor - 1
 	limit := parentGasLimit
 	if desiredLimit < params.MinGasLimit {
diff --git a/core/block_validator_test.go b/core/block_validator_test.go
index 3b4de3378..86f9835a0 100644
--- a/core/block_validator_test.go
+++ b/core/block_validator_test.go
@@ -198,8 +198,7 @@ func testHeaderConcurrentAbortion(t *testing.T, threads int) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestCalcGasLimit1559(t *testing.T) {
-
+func TestCalcGasLimit(t *testing.T) {
 	for i, tc := range []struct {
 		pGasLimit uint64
 		max       uint64
@@ -209,23 +208,23 @@ func TestCalcGasLimit1559(t *testing.T) {
 		{40000000, 40039061, 39960939},
 	} {
 		// Increase
-		if have, want := CalcGasLimit1559(tc.pGasLimit, 2*tc.pGasLimit), tc.max; have != want {
+		if have, want := CalcGasLimit(tc.pGasLimit, 2*tc.pGasLimit), tc.max; have != want {
 			t.Errorf("test %d: have %d want <%d", i, have, want)
 		}
 		// Decrease
-		if have, want := CalcGasLimit1559(tc.pGasLimit, 0), tc.min; have != want {
+		if have, want := CalcGasLimit(tc.pGasLimit, 0), tc.min; have != want {
 			t.Errorf("test %d: have %d want >%d", i, have, want)
 		}
 		// Small decrease
-		if have, want := CalcGasLimit1559(tc.pGasLimit, tc.pGasLimit-1), tc.pGasLimit-1; have != want {
+		if have, want := CalcGasLimit(tc.pGasLimit, tc.pGasLimit-1), tc.pGasLimit-1; have != want {
 			t.Errorf("test %d: have %d want %d", i, have, want)
 		}
 		// Small increase
-		if have, want := CalcGasLimit1559(tc.pGasLimit, tc.pGasLimit+1), tc.pGasLimit+1; have != want {
+		if have, want := CalcGasLimit(tc.pGasLimit, tc.pGasLimit+1), tc.pGasLimit+1; have != want {
 			t.Errorf("test %d: have %d want %d", i, have, want)
 		}
 		// No change
-		if have, want := CalcGasLimit1559(tc.pGasLimit, tc.pGasLimit), tc.pGasLimit; have != want {
+		if have, want := CalcGasLimit(tc.pGasLimit, tc.pGasLimit), tc.pGasLimit; have != want {
 			t.Errorf("test %d: have %d want %d", i, have, want)
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/core/blockchain.go b/core/blockchain.go
index 90140afda..84a84e80f 100644
--- a/core/blockchain.go
+++ b/core/blockchain.go
@@ -1787,8 +1787,8 @@ func (bc *BlockChain) insertChain(chain types.Blocks, verifySeals bool) (int, er
 		}
 		// If the header is a banned one, straight out abort
 		if BadHashes[block.Hash()] {
-			bc.reportBlock(block, nil, ErrBlacklistedHash)
-			return it.index, ErrBlacklistedHash
+			bc.reportBlock(block, nil, ErrBannedHash)
+			return it.index, ErrBannedHash
 		}
 		// If the block is known (in the middle of the chain), it's a special case for
 		// Clique blocks where they can share state among each other, so importing an
@@ -2420,12 +2420,22 @@ func (bc *BlockChain) GetTdByHash(hash common.Hash) *big.Int {
 // GetHeader retrieves a block header from the database by hash and number,
 // caching it if found.
 func (bc *BlockChain) GetHeader(hash common.Hash, number uint64) *types.Header {
+	// Blockchain might have cached the whole block, only if not go to headerchain
+	if block, ok := bc.blockCache.Get(hash); ok {
+		return block.(*types.Block).Header()
+	}
+
 	return bc.hc.GetHeader(hash, number)
 }
 
 // GetHeaderByHash retrieves a block header from the database by hash, caching it if
 // found.
 func (bc *BlockChain) GetHeaderByHash(hash common.Hash) *types.Header {
+	// Blockchain might have cached the whole block, only if not go to headerchain
+	if block, ok := bc.blockCache.Get(hash); ok {
+		return block.(*types.Block).Header()
+	}
+
 	return bc.hc.GetHeaderByHash(hash)
 }
 
diff --git a/core/blockchain_test.go b/core/blockchain_test.go
index 7fb4c6f69..4e5df633b 100644
--- a/core/blockchain_test.go
+++ b/core/blockchain_test.go
@@ -473,8 +473,8 @@ func testBadHashes(t *testing.T, full bool) {
 
 		_, err = blockchain.InsertHeaderChain(headers, 1)
 	}
-	if !errors.Is(err, ErrBlacklistedHash) {
-		t.Errorf("error mismatch: have: %v, want: %v", err, ErrBlacklistedHash)
+	if !errors.Is(err, ErrBannedHash) {
+		t.Errorf("error mismatch: have: %v, want: %v", err, ErrBannedHash)
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/core/chain_makers.go b/core/chain_makers.go
index 929a2aa3a..b113c0d1b 100644
--- a/core/chain_makers.go
+++ b/core/chain_makers.go
@@ -273,11 +273,10 @@ func makeHeader(chain consensus.ChainReader, parent *types.Block, state *state.S
 	}
 	if chain.Config().IsLondon(header.Number) {
 		header.BaseFee = misc.CalcBaseFee(chain.Config(), parent.Header())
-		parentGasLimit := parent.GasLimit()
 		if !chain.Config().IsLondon(parent.Number()) {
-			parentGasLimit = parent.GasLimit() * params.ElasticityMultiplier
+			parentGasLimit := parent.GasLimit() * params.ElasticityMultiplier
+			header.GasLimit = CalcGasLimit(parentGasLimit, parentGasLimit)
 		}
-		header.GasLimit = CalcGasLimit1559(parentGasLimit, parentGasLimit)
 	}
 	return header
 }
diff --git a/core/error.go b/core/error.go
index a5a123009..33cf874d1 100644
--- a/core/error.go
+++ b/core/error.go
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ var (
 	// ErrKnownBlock is returned when a block to import is already known locally.
 	ErrKnownBlock = errors.New("block already known")
 
-	// ErrBlacklistedHash is returned if a block to import is on the blacklist.
-	ErrBlacklistedHash = errors.New("blacklisted hash")
+	// ErrBannedHash is returned if a block to import is on the banned list.
+	ErrBannedHash = errors.New("banned hash")
 
 	// ErrNoGenesis is returned when there is no Genesis Block.
 	ErrNoGenesis = errors.New("genesis not found in chain")
@@ -87,4 +87,7 @@ var (
 	// ErrFeeCapTooLow is returned if the transaction fee cap is less than the
 	// the base fee of the block.
 	ErrFeeCapTooLow = errors.New("max fee per gas less than block base fee")
+
+	// ErrSenderNoEOA is returned if the sender of a transaction is a contract.
+	ErrSenderNoEOA = errors.New("sender not an eoa")
 )
diff --git a/core/headerchain.go b/core/headerchain.go
index 07307c710..7ef7dd43f 100644
--- a/core/headerchain.go
+++ b/core/headerchain.go
@@ -315,11 +315,11 @@ func (hc *HeaderChain) ValidateHeaderChain(chain []*types.Header, checkFreq int)
 		}
 		// If the header is a banned one, straight out abort
 		if BadHashes[chain[i].ParentHash] {
-			return i - 1, ErrBlacklistedHash
+			return i - 1, ErrBannedHash
 		}
 		// If it's the last header in the cunk, we need to check it too
 		if i == len(chain)-1 && BadHashes[chain[i].Hash()] {
-			return i, ErrBlacklistedHash
+			return i, ErrBannedHash
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/core/rawdb/accessors_chain_test.go b/core/rawdb/accessors_chain_test.go
index ea9dc436c..f20e8b1ff 100644
--- a/core/rawdb/accessors_chain_test.go
+++ b/core/rawdb/accessors_chain_test.go
@@ -444,6 +444,7 @@ func TestAncientStorage(t *testing.T) {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("failed to create database with ancient backend")
 	}
+	defer db.Close()
 	// Create a test block
 	block := types.NewBlockWithHeader(&types.Header{
 		Number:      big.NewInt(0),
diff --git a/core/rawdb/accessors_indexes.go b/core/rawdb/accessors_indexes.go
index d6dab6808..25a44354b 100644
--- a/core/rawdb/accessors_indexes.go
+++ b/core/rawdb/accessors_indexes.go
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ func ReadTransaction(db ethdb.Reader, hash common.Hash) (*types.Transaction, com
 	}
 	body := ReadBody(db, blockHash, *blockNumber)
 	if body == nil {
-		log.Error("Transaction referenced missing", "number", blockNumber, "hash", blockHash)
+		log.Error("Transaction referenced missing", "number", *blockNumber, "hash", blockHash)
 		return nil, common.Hash{}, 0, 0
 	}
 	for txIndex, tx := range body.Transactions {
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ func ReadTransaction(db ethdb.Reader, hash common.Hash) (*types.Transaction, com
 			return tx, blockHash, *blockNumber, uint64(txIndex)
 		}
 	}
-	log.Error("Transaction not found", "number", blockNumber, "hash", blockHash, "txhash", hash)
+	log.Error("Transaction not found", "number", *blockNumber, "hash", blockHash, "txhash", hash)
 	return nil, common.Hash{}, 0, 0
 }
 
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ func ReadReceipt(db ethdb.Reader, hash common.Hash, config *params.ChainConfig)
 			return receipt, blockHash, *blockNumber, uint64(receiptIndex)
 		}
 	}
-	log.Error("Receipt not found", "number", blockNumber, "hash", blockHash, "txhash", hash)
+	log.Error("Receipt not found", "number", *blockNumber, "hash", blockHash, "txhash", hash)
 	return nil, common.Hash{}, 0, 0
 }
 
diff --git a/core/state/pruner/bloom.go b/core/state/pruner/bloom.go
index 4aeeb176e..1cd03cf53 100644
--- a/core/state/pruner/bloom.go
+++ b/core/state/pruner/bloom.go
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ func (bloom *stateBloom) Commit(filename, tempname string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 	// Ensure the file is synced to disk
-	f, err := os.Open(tempname)
+	f, err := os.OpenFile(tempname, os.O_RDWR, 0666)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/core/state/snapshot/snapshot.go b/core/state/snapshot/snapshot.go
index cb8ec7a70..8889fa9fe 100644
--- a/core/state/snapshot/snapshot.go
+++ b/core/state/snapshot/snapshot.go
@@ -169,11 +169,17 @@ type Tree struct {
 // store (with a number of memory layers from a journal), ensuring that the head
 // of the snapshot matches the expected one.
 //
-// If the snapshot is missing or the disk layer is broken, the entire is deleted
-// and will be reconstructed from scratch based on the tries in the key-value
-// store, on a background thread. If the memory layers from the journal is not
-// continuous with disk layer or the journal is missing, all diffs will be discarded
-// iff it's in "recovery" mode, otherwise rebuild is mandatory.
+// If the snapshot is missing or the disk layer is broken, the snapshot will be
+// reconstructed using both the existing data and the state trie.
+// The repair happens on a background thread.
+//
+// If the memory layers in the journal do not match the disk layer (e.g. there is
+// a gap) or the journal is missing, there are two repair cases:
+//
+// - if the 'recovery' parameter is true, all memory diff-layers will be discarded.
+//   This case happens when the snapshot is 'ahead' of the state trie.
+// - otherwise, the entire snapshot is considered invalid and will be recreated on
+//   a background thread.
 func New(diskdb ethdb.KeyValueStore, triedb *trie.Database, cache int, root common.Hash, async bool, rebuild bool, recovery bool) (*Tree, error) {
 	// Create a new, empty snapshot tree
 	snap := &Tree{
@@ -469,7 +475,7 @@ func (t *Tree) cap(diff *diffLayer, layers int) *diskLayer {
 		if flattened.memory < aggregatorMemoryLimit {
 			// Accumulator layer is smaller than the limit, so we can abort, unless
 			// there's a snapshot being generated currently. In that case, the trie
-			// will move fron underneath the generator so we **must** merge all the
+			// will move from underneath the generator so we **must** merge all the
 			// partial data down into the snapshot and restart the generation.
 			if flattened.parent.(*diskLayer).genAbort == nil {
 				return nil
diff --git a/core/state/statedb.go b/core/state/statedb.go
index 82b534294..8543f453a 100644
--- a/core/state/statedb.go
+++ b/core/state/statedb.go
@@ -878,7 +878,7 @@ func (s *StateDB) IntermediateRoot(deleteEmptyObjects bool) common.Hash {
 	return s.trie.Hash()
 }
 
-// Prepare sets the current transaction hash and index and block hash which is
+// Prepare sets the current transaction hash and index which are
 // used when the EVM emits new state logs.
 func (s *StateDB) Prepare(thash common.Hash, ti int) {
 	s.thash = thash
diff --git a/core/state/trie_prefetcher_test.go b/core/state/trie_prefetcher_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..35dc7a2c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/state/trie_prefetcher_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+// Copyright 2021 The go-ethereum Authors
+// This file is part of the go-ethereum library.
+//
+// The go-ethereum library is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// The go-ethereum library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+// GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+// along with the go-ethereum library. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+package state
+
+import (
+	"math/big"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/rawdb"
+)
+
+func filledStateDB() *StateDB {
+	state, _ := New(common.Hash{}, NewDatabase(rawdb.NewMemoryDatabase()), nil)
+
+	// Create an account and check if the retrieved balance is correct
+	addr := common.HexToAddress("0xaffeaffeaffeaffeaffeaffeaffeaffeaffeaffe")
+	skey := common.HexToHash("aaa")
+	sval := common.HexToHash("bbb")
+
+	state.SetBalance(addr, big.NewInt(42)) // Change the account trie
+	state.SetCode(addr, []byte("hello"))   // Change an external metadata
+	state.SetState(addr, skey, sval)       // Change the storage trie
+	for i := 0; i < 100; i++ {
+		sk := common.BigToHash(big.NewInt(int64(i)))
+		state.SetState(addr, sk, sk) // Change the storage trie
+	}
+	return state
+}
+
+func TestCopyAndClose(t *testing.T) {
+	db := filledStateDB()
+	prefetcher := newTriePrefetcher(db.db, db.originalRoot, "")
+	skey := common.HexToHash("aaa")
+	prefetcher.prefetch(db.originalRoot, [][]byte{skey.Bytes()})
+	prefetcher.prefetch(db.originalRoot, [][]byte{skey.Bytes()})
+	time.Sleep(1 * time.Second)
+	a := prefetcher.trie(db.originalRoot)
+	prefetcher.prefetch(db.originalRoot, [][]byte{skey.Bytes()})
+	b := prefetcher.trie(db.originalRoot)
+	cpy := prefetcher.copy()
+	cpy.prefetch(db.originalRoot, [][]byte{skey.Bytes()})
+	cpy.prefetch(db.originalRoot, [][]byte{skey.Bytes()})
+	c := cpy.trie(db.originalRoot)
+	prefetcher.close()
+	cpy2 := cpy.copy()
+	cpy2.prefetch(db.originalRoot, [][]byte{skey.Bytes()})
+	d := cpy2.trie(db.originalRoot)
+	cpy.close()
+	cpy2.close()
+	if a.Hash() != b.Hash() || a.Hash() != c.Hash() || a.Hash() != d.Hash() {
+		t.Fatalf("Invalid trie, hashes should be equal: %v %v %v %v", a.Hash(), b.Hash(), c.Hash(), d.Hash())
+	}
+}
+
+func TestUseAfterClose(t *testing.T) {
+	db := filledStateDB()
+	prefetcher := newTriePrefetcher(db.db, db.originalRoot, "")
+	skey := common.HexToHash("aaa")
+	prefetcher.prefetch(db.originalRoot, [][]byte{skey.Bytes()})
+	a := prefetcher.trie(db.originalRoot)
+	prefetcher.close()
+	b := prefetcher.trie(db.originalRoot)
+	if a == nil {
+		t.Fatal("Prefetching before close should not return nil")
+	}
+	if b != nil {
+		t.Fatal("Trie after close should return nil")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestCopyClose(t *testing.T) {
+	db := filledStateDB()
+	prefetcher := newTriePrefetcher(db.db, db.originalRoot, "")
+	skey := common.HexToHash("aaa")
+	prefetcher.prefetch(db.originalRoot, [][]byte{skey.Bytes()})
+	cpy := prefetcher.copy()
+	a := prefetcher.trie(db.originalRoot)
+	b := cpy.trie(db.originalRoot)
+	prefetcher.close()
+	c := prefetcher.trie(db.originalRoot)
+	d := cpy.trie(db.originalRoot)
+	if a == nil {
+		t.Fatal("Prefetching before close should not return nil")
+	}
+	if b == nil {
+		t.Fatal("Copy trie should return nil")
+	}
+	if c != nil {
+		t.Fatal("Trie after close should return nil")
+	}
+	if d == nil {
+		t.Fatal("Copy trie should not return nil")
+	}
+}
diff --git a/core/state_processor_test.go b/core/state_processor_test.go
index ce6d2bcdd..13a9eb810 100644
--- a/core/state_processor_test.go
+++ b/core/state_processor_test.go
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ func TestStateProcessorErrors(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	// One final error is ErrTxTypeNotSupported. For this, we need an older chain
+	// ErrTxTypeNotSupported, For this, we need an older chain
 	{
 		var (
 			db    = rawdb.NewMemoryDatabase()
@@ -244,6 +244,46 @@ func TestStateProcessorErrors(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 		}
 	}
+
+	// ErrSenderNoEOA, for this we need the sender to have contract code
+	{
+		var (
+			db    = rawdb.NewMemoryDatabase()
+			gspec = &Genesis{
+				Config: config,
+				Alloc: GenesisAlloc{
+					common.HexToAddress("0x71562b71999873DB5b286dF957af199Ec94617F7"): GenesisAccount{
+						Balance: big.NewInt(1000000000000000000), // 1 ether
+						Nonce:   0,
+						Code:    common.FromHex("0xB0B0FACE"),
+					},
+				},
+			}
+			genesis       = gspec.MustCommit(db)
+			blockchain, _ = NewBlockChain(db, nil, gspec.Config, ethash.NewFaker(), vm.Config{}, nil, nil)
+		)
+		defer blockchain.Stop()
+		for i, tt := range []struct {
+			txs  []*types.Transaction
+			want string
+		}{
+			{ // ErrSenderNoEOA
+				txs: []*types.Transaction{
+					mkDynamicTx(0, common.Address{}, params.TxGas-1000, big.NewInt(0), big.NewInt(0)),
+				},
+				want: "could not apply tx 0 [0x88626ac0d53cb65308f2416103c62bb1f18b805573d4f96a3640bbbfff13c14f]: sender not an eoa: address 0x71562b71999873DB5b286dF957af199Ec94617F7, codehash: 0x9280914443471259d4570a8661015ae4a5b80186dbc619658fb494bebc3da3d1",
+			},
+		} {
+			block := GenerateBadBlock(genesis, ethash.NewFaker(), tt.txs, gspec.Config)
+			_, err := blockchain.InsertChain(types.Blocks{block})
+			if err == nil {
+				t.Fatal("block imported without errors")
+			}
+			if have, want := err.Error(), tt.want; have != want {
+				t.Errorf("test %d:\nhave \"%v\"\nwant \"%v\"\n", i, have, want)
+			}
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 // GenerateBadBlock constructs a "block" which contains the transactions. The transactions are not expected to be
diff --git a/core/state_transition.go b/core/state_transition.go
index b5b0ae990..4c4187df1 100644
--- a/core/state_transition.go
+++ b/core/state_transition.go
@@ -25,9 +25,12 @@ import (
 	cmath "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common/math"
 	"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/params"
 )
 
+var emptyCodeHash = crypto.Keccak256Hash(nil)
+
 /*
 The State Transitioning Model
 
@@ -220,6 +223,11 @@ func (st *StateTransition) preCheck() error {
 				st.msg.From().Hex(), msgNonce, stNonce)
 		}
 	}
+	// Make sure the sender is an EOA
+	if codeHash := st.state.GetCodeHash(st.msg.From()); codeHash != emptyCodeHash && codeHash != (common.Hash{}) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("%w: address %v, codehash: %s", ErrSenderNoEOA,
+			st.msg.From().Hex(), codeHash)
+	}
 	// Make sure that transaction gasFeeCap is greater than the baseFee (post london)
 	if st.evm.ChainConfig().IsLondon(st.evm.Context.BlockNumber) {
 		// Skip the checks if gas fields are zero and baseFee was explicitly disabled (eth_call)
@@ -279,6 +287,7 @@ func (st *StateTransition) TransitionDb() (*ExecutionResult, error) {
 	sender := vm.AccountRef(msg.From())
 	homestead := st.evm.ChainConfig().IsHomestead(st.evm.Context.BlockNumber)
 	istanbul := st.evm.ChainConfig().IsIstanbul(st.evm.Context.BlockNumber)
+	london := st.evm.ChainConfig().IsLondon(st.evm.Context.BlockNumber)
 	contractCreation := msg.To() == nil
 
 	// Check clauses 4-5, subtract intrinsic gas if everything is correct
@@ -311,7 +320,8 @@ func (st *StateTransition) TransitionDb() (*ExecutionResult, error) {
 		st.state.SetNonce(msg.From(), st.state.GetNonce(sender.Address())+1)
 		ret, st.gas, vmerr = st.evm.Call(sender, st.to(), st.data, st.gas, st.value)
 	}
-	if !st.evm.ChainConfig().IsLondon(st.evm.Context.BlockNumber) {
+
+	if !london {
 		// Before EIP-3529: refunds were capped to gasUsed / 2
 		st.refundGas(params.RefundQuotient)
 	} else {
@@ -319,7 +329,7 @@ func (st *StateTransition) TransitionDb() (*ExecutionResult, error) {
 		st.refundGas(params.RefundQuotientEIP3529)
 	}
 	effectiveTip := st.gasPrice
-	if st.evm.ChainConfig().IsLondon(st.evm.Context.BlockNumber) {
+	if london {
 		effectiveTip = cmath.BigMin(st.gasTipCap, new(big.Int).Sub(st.gasFeeCap, st.evm.Context.BaseFee))
 	}
 	st.state.AddBalance(st.evm.Context.Coinbase, new(big.Int).Mul(new(big.Int).SetUint64(st.gasUsed()), effectiveTip))
diff --git a/core/tx_pool.go b/core/tx_pool.go
index c5b604748..f6228df2f 100644
--- a/core/tx_pool.go
+++ b/core/tx_pool.go
@@ -635,8 +635,8 @@ func (pool *TxPool) validateTx(tx *types.Transaction, local bool) error {
 // pending or queued one, it overwrites the previous transaction if its price is higher.
 //
 // If a newly added transaction is marked as local, its sending account will be
-// whitelisted, preventing any associated transaction from being dropped out of the pool
-// due to pricing constraints.
+// be added to the allowlist, preventing any associated transaction from being dropped
+// out of the pool due to pricing constraints.
 func (pool *TxPool) add(tx *types.Transaction, local bool) (replaced bool, err error) {
 	// If the transaction is already known, discard it
 	hash := tx.Hash()
diff --git a/core/vm/access_list_tracer.go b/core/vm/access_list_tracer.go
index b5bc961c8..cc5461d1c 100644
--- a/core/vm/access_list_tracer.go
+++ b/core/vm/access_list_tracer.go
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ func (al accessList) equal(other accessList) bool {
 func (al accessList) accessList() types.AccessList {
 	acl := make(types.AccessList, 0, len(al))
 	for addr, slots := range al {
-		tuple := types.AccessTuple{Address: addr}
+		tuple := types.AccessTuple{Address: addr, StorageKeys: []common.Hash{}}
 		for slot := range slots {
 			tuple.StorageKeys = append(tuple.StorageKeys, slot)
 		}
diff --git a/eth/api_backend.go b/eth/api_backend.go
index f22462c7c..49de70e21 100644
--- a/eth/api_backend.go
+++ b/eth/api_backend.go
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ func (b *EthAPIBackend) SuggestGasTipCap(ctx context.Context) (*big.Int, error)
 	return b.gpo.SuggestTipCap(ctx)
 }
 
-func (b *EthAPIBackend) FeeHistory(ctx context.Context, blockCount int, lastBlock rpc.BlockNumber, rewardPercentiles []float64) (firstBlock rpc.BlockNumber, reward [][]*big.Int, baseFee []*big.Int, gasUsedRatio []float64, err error) {
+func (b *EthAPIBackend) FeeHistory(ctx context.Context, blockCount int, lastBlock rpc.BlockNumber, rewardPercentiles []float64) (firstBlock *big.Int, reward [][]*big.Int, baseFee []*big.Int, gasUsedRatio []float64, err error) {
 	return b.gpo.FeeHistory(ctx, blockCount, lastBlock, rewardPercentiles)
 }
 
diff --git a/eth/ethconfig/config.go b/eth/ethconfig/config.go
index 0913b69d7..23ccf2484 100644
--- a/eth/ethconfig/config.go
+++ b/eth/ethconfig/config.go
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ var Defaults = Config{
 	TrieTimeout:             60 * time.Minute,
 	SnapshotCache:           102,
 	Miner: miner.Config{
-		GasFloor: 8000000,
 		GasCeil:  8000000,
 		GasPrice: big.NewInt(params.GWei),
 		Recommit: 3 * time.Second,
diff --git a/eth/gasprice/feehistory.go b/eth/gasprice/feehistory.go
index a14dd594b..2c4486c6f 100644
--- a/eth/gasprice/feehistory.go
+++ b/eth/gasprice/feehistory.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 	"sort"
 	"sync/atomic"
 
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/consensus/misc"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/types"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log"
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ const (
 // blockFees represents a single block for processing
 type blockFees struct {
 	// set by the caller
-	blockNumber rpc.BlockNumber
+	blockNumber uint64
 	header      *types.Header
 	block       *types.Block // only set if reward percentiles are requested
 	receipts    types.Receipts
@@ -133,7 +134,7 @@ func (oracle *Oracle) processBlock(bf *blockFees, percentiles []float64) {
 // also returned if requested and available.
 // Note: an error is only returned if retrieving the head header has failed. If there are no
 // retrievable blocks in the specified range then zero block count is returned with no error.
-func (oracle *Oracle) resolveBlockRange(ctx context.Context, lastBlock rpc.BlockNumber, blocks, maxHistory int) (*types.Block, []*types.Receipt, rpc.BlockNumber, int, error) {
+func (oracle *Oracle) resolveBlockRange(ctx context.Context, lastBlock rpc.BlockNumber, blocks, maxHistory int) (*types.Block, []*types.Receipt, uint64, int, error) {
 	var (
 		headBlock       rpc.BlockNumber
 		pendingBlock    *types.Block
@@ -181,7 +182,7 @@ func (oracle *Oracle) resolveBlockRange(ctx context.Context, lastBlock rpc.Block
 	if rpc.BlockNumber(blocks) > lastBlock+1 {
 		blocks = int(lastBlock + 1)
 	}
-	return pendingBlock, pendingReceipts, lastBlock, blocks, nil
+	return pendingBlock, pendingReceipts, uint64(lastBlock), blocks, nil
 }
 
 // FeeHistory returns data relevant for fee estimation based on the specified range of blocks.
@@ -197,9 +198,9 @@ func (oracle *Oracle) resolveBlockRange(ctx context.Context, lastBlock rpc.Block
 // - gasUsedRatio: gasUsed/gasLimit in the given block
 // Note: baseFee includes the next block after the newest of the returned range, because this
 // value can be derived from the newest block.
-func (oracle *Oracle) FeeHistory(ctx context.Context, blocks int, lastBlock rpc.BlockNumber, rewardPercentiles []float64) (rpc.BlockNumber, [][]*big.Int, []*big.Int, []float64, error) {
+func (oracle *Oracle) FeeHistory(ctx context.Context, blocks int, unresolvedLastBlock rpc.BlockNumber, rewardPercentiles []float64) (*big.Int, [][]*big.Int, []*big.Int, []float64, error) {
 	if blocks < 1 {
-		return 0, nil, nil, nil, nil // returning with no data and no error means there are no retrievable blocks
+		return common.Big0, nil, nil, nil, nil // returning with no data and no error means there are no retrievable blocks
 	}
 	if blocks > maxFeeHistory {
 		log.Warn("Sanitizing fee history length", "requested", blocks, "truncated", maxFeeHistory)
@@ -207,10 +208,10 @@ func (oracle *Oracle) FeeHistory(ctx context.Context, blocks int, lastBlock rpc.
 	}
 	for i, p := range rewardPercentiles {
 		if p < 0 || p > 100 {
-			return 0, nil, nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("%w: %f", errInvalidPercentile, p)
+			return common.Big0, nil, nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("%w: %f", errInvalidPercentile, p)
 		}
 		if i > 0 && p < rewardPercentiles[i-1] {
-			return 0, nil, nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("%w: #%d:%f > #%d:%f", errInvalidPercentile, i-1, rewardPercentiles[i-1], i, p)
+			return common.Big0, nil, nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("%w: #%d:%f > #%d:%f", errInvalidPercentile, i-1, rewardPercentiles[i-1], i, p)
 		}
 	}
 	// Only process blocks if reward percentiles were requested
@@ -223,36 +224,36 @@ func (oracle *Oracle) FeeHistory(ctx context.Context, blocks int, lastBlock rpc.
 		pendingReceipts []*types.Receipt
 		err             error
 	)
-	pendingBlock, pendingReceipts, lastBlock, blocks, err = oracle.resolveBlockRange(ctx, lastBlock, blocks, maxHistory)
+	pendingBlock, pendingReceipts, lastBlock, blocks, err := oracle.resolveBlockRange(ctx, unresolvedLastBlock, blocks, maxHistory)
 	if err != nil || blocks == 0 {
-		return 0, nil, nil, nil, err
+		return common.Big0, nil, nil, nil, err
 	}
-	oldestBlock := lastBlock + 1 - rpc.BlockNumber(blocks)
+	oldestBlock := lastBlock + 1 - uint64(blocks)
 
 	var (
-		next    = int64(oldestBlock)
+		next    = oldestBlock
 		results = make(chan *blockFees, blocks)
 	)
 	for i := 0; i < maxBlockFetchers && i < blocks; i++ {
 		go func() {
 			for {
 				// Retrieve the next block number to fetch with this goroutine
-				blockNumber := rpc.BlockNumber(atomic.AddInt64(&next, 1) - 1)
+				blockNumber := atomic.AddUint64(&next, 1) - 1
 				if blockNumber > lastBlock {
 					return
 				}
 
 				fees := &blockFees{blockNumber: blockNumber}
-				if pendingBlock != nil && blockNumber >= rpc.BlockNumber(pendingBlock.NumberU64()) {
+				if pendingBlock != nil && blockNumber >= pendingBlock.NumberU64() {
 					fees.block, fees.receipts = pendingBlock, pendingReceipts
 				} else {
 					if len(rewardPercentiles) != 0 {
-						fees.block, fees.err = oracle.backend.BlockByNumber(ctx, blockNumber)
+						fees.block, fees.err = oracle.backend.BlockByNumber(ctx, rpc.BlockNumber(blockNumber))
 						if fees.block != nil && fees.err == nil {
 							fees.receipts, fees.err = oracle.backend.GetReceipts(ctx, fees.block.Hash())
 						}
 					} else {
-						fees.header, fees.err = oracle.backend.HeaderByNumber(ctx, blockNumber)
+						fees.header, fees.err = oracle.backend.HeaderByNumber(ctx, rpc.BlockNumber(blockNumber))
 					}
 				}
 				if fees.block != nil {
@@ -275,7 +276,7 @@ func (oracle *Oracle) FeeHistory(ctx context.Context, blocks int, lastBlock rpc.
 	for ; blocks > 0; blocks-- {
 		fees := <-results
 		if fees.err != nil {
-			return 0, nil, nil, nil, fees.err
+			return common.Big0, nil, nil, nil, fees.err
 		}
 		i := int(fees.blockNumber - oldestBlock)
 		if fees.header != nil {
@@ -288,7 +289,7 @@ func (oracle *Oracle) FeeHistory(ctx context.Context, blocks int, lastBlock rpc.
 		}
 	}
 	if firstMissing == 0 {
-		return 0, nil, nil, nil, nil
+		return common.Big0, nil, nil, nil, nil
 	}
 	if len(rewardPercentiles) != 0 {
 		reward = reward[:firstMissing]
@@ -296,5 +297,5 @@ func (oracle *Oracle) FeeHistory(ctx context.Context, blocks int, lastBlock rpc.
 		reward = nil
 	}
 	baseFee, gasUsedRatio = baseFee[:firstMissing+1], gasUsedRatio[:firstMissing]
-	return oldestBlock, reward, baseFee, gasUsedRatio, nil
+	return new(big.Int).SetUint64(oldestBlock), reward, baseFee, gasUsedRatio, nil
 }
diff --git a/eth/gasprice/feehistory_test.go b/eth/gasprice/feehistory_test.go
index 57cfb260c..16c74b7db 100644
--- a/eth/gasprice/feehistory_test.go
+++ b/eth/gasprice/feehistory_test.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ func TestFeeHistory(t *testing.T) {
 		count               int
 		last                rpc.BlockNumber
 		percent             []float64
-		expFirst            rpc.BlockNumber
+		expFirst            uint64
 		expCount            int
 		expErr              error
 	}{
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ func TestFeeHistory(t *testing.T) {
 			expBaseFee++
 		}
 
-		if first != c.expFirst {
+		if first.Uint64() != c.expFirst {
 			t.Fatalf("Test case %d: first block mismatch, want %d, got %d", i, c.expFirst, first)
 		}
 		if len(reward) != expReward {
diff --git a/eth/tracers/api_test.go b/eth/tracers/api_test.go
index 4a4e5bbc3..9afd59d59 100644
--- a/eth/tracers/api_test.go
+++ b/eth/tracers/api_test.go
@@ -417,24 +417,24 @@ func TestOverriddenTraceCall(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		},
 	}
-	for _, testspec := range testSuite {
+	for i, testspec := range testSuite {
 		result, err := api.TraceCall(context.Background(), testspec.call, rpc.BlockNumberOrHash{BlockNumber: &testspec.blockNumber}, testspec.config)
 		if testspec.expectErr != nil {
 			if err == nil {
-				t.Errorf("Expect error %v, get nothing", testspec.expectErr)
+				t.Errorf("test %d: want error %v, have nothing", i, testspec.expectErr)
 				continue
 			}
 			if !errors.Is(err, testspec.expectErr) {
-				t.Errorf("Error mismatch, want %v, get %v", testspec.expectErr, err)
+				t.Errorf("test %d: error mismatch, want %v, have %v", i, testspec.expectErr, err)
 			}
 		} else {
 			if err != nil {
-				t.Errorf("Expect no error, get %v", err)
+				t.Errorf("test %d: want no error, have %v", i, err)
 				continue
 			}
 			ret := new(callTrace)
 			if err := json.Unmarshal(result.(json.RawMessage), ret); err != nil {
-				t.Fatalf("failed to unmarshal trace result: %v", err)
+				t.Fatalf("test %d: failed to unmarshal trace result: %v", i, err)
 			}
 			if !jsonEqual(ret, testspec.expect) {
 				// uncomment this for easier debugging
diff --git a/ethclient/gethclient/gethclient_test.go b/ethclient/gethclient/gethclient_test.go
index 3c408c225..c0b9d0c2d 100644
--- a/ethclient/gethclient/gethclient_test.go
+++ b/ethclient/gethclient/gethclient_test.go
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ func testAccessList(t *testing.T, client *rpc.Client) {
 		From:     testAddr,
 		To:       &common.Address{},
 		Gas:      21000,
-		GasPrice: big.NewInt(1),
+		GasPrice: big.NewInt(765625000),
 		Value:    big.NewInt(1),
 	}
 	al, gas, vmErr, err := ec.CreateAccessList(context.Background(), msg)
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index d42097c5d..e59dfd580 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum
 
-go 1.16
+go 1.15
 
 require (
 	github.com/Azure/azure-pipeline-go v0.2.2 // indirect
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru v0.5.5-0.20210104140557-80c98217689d
 	github.com/holiman/bloomfilter/v2 v2.0.3
 	github.com/holiman/uint256 v1.2.0
-	github.com/huin/goupnp v1.0.1-0.20210626160114-33cdcbb30dda
+	github.com/huin/goupnp v1.0.2
 	github.com/influxdata/influxdb v1.8.3
 	github.com/jackpal/go-nat-pmp v1.0.2-0.20160603034137-1fa385a6f458
 	github.com/jedisct1/go-minisign v0.0.0-20190909160543-45766022959e
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 7f180cc25..33e187e75 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -213,8 +213,8 @@ github.com/holiman/bloomfilter/v2 v2.0.3/go.mod h1:zpoh+gs7qcpqrHr3dB55AMiJwo0iU
 github.com/holiman/uint256 v1.2.0 h1:gpSYcPLWGv4sG43I2mVLiDZCNDh/EpGjSk8tmtxitHM=
 github.com/holiman/uint256 v1.2.0/go.mod h1:y4ga/t+u+Xwd7CpDgZESaRcWy0I7XMlTMA25ApIH5Jw=
 github.com/hpcloud/tail v1.0.0/go.mod h1:ab1qPbhIpdTxEkNHXyeSf5vhxWSCs/tWer42PpOxQnU=
-github.com/huin/goupnp v1.0.1-0.20210626160114-33cdcbb30dda h1:Vofqyy/Ysqit++X33unU0Gr08b6P35hKm3juytDrBVI=
-github.com/huin/goupnp v1.0.1-0.20210626160114-33cdcbb30dda/go.mod h1:0dxJBVBHqTMjIUMkESDTNgOOx/Mw5wYIfyFmdzSamkM=
+github.com/huin/goupnp v1.0.2 h1:RfGLP+h3mvisuWEyybxNq5Eft3NWhHLPeUN72kpKZoI=
+github.com/huin/goupnp v1.0.2/go.mod h1:0dxJBVBHqTMjIUMkESDTNgOOx/Mw5wYIfyFmdzSamkM=
 github.com/huin/goutil v0.0.0-20170803182201-1ca381bf3150/go.mod h1:PpLOETDnJ0o3iZrZfqZzyLl6l7F3c6L1oWn7OICBi6o=
 github.com/ianlancetaylor/demangle v0.0.0-20181102032728-5e5cf60278f6/go.mod h1:aSSvb/t6k1mPoxDqO4vJh6VOCGPwU4O0C2/Eqndh1Sc=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.0/go.mod h1:PxqpIevigyE2G7u3NXJIT2ANytuPF1OarO4DADm73n8=
diff --git a/internal/ethapi/api.go b/internal/ethapi/api.go
index b65f98836..9a82824ad 100644
--- a/internal/ethapi/api.go
+++ b/internal/ethapi/api.go
@@ -81,19 +81,19 @@ func (s *PublicEthereumAPI) MaxPriorityFeePerGas(ctx context.Context) (*hexutil.
 }
 
 type feeHistoryResult struct {
-	OldestBlock  rpc.BlockNumber  `json:"oldestBlock"`
+	OldestBlock  *hexutil.Big     `json:"oldestBlock"`
 	Reward       [][]*hexutil.Big `json:"reward,omitempty"`
 	BaseFee      []*hexutil.Big   `json:"baseFeePerGas,omitempty"`
 	GasUsedRatio []float64        `json:"gasUsedRatio"`
 }
 
-func (s *PublicEthereumAPI) FeeHistory(ctx context.Context, blockCount int, lastBlock rpc.BlockNumber, rewardPercentiles []float64) (*feeHistoryResult, error) {
-	oldest, reward, baseFee, gasUsed, err := s.b.FeeHistory(ctx, blockCount, lastBlock, rewardPercentiles)
+func (s *PublicEthereumAPI) FeeHistory(ctx context.Context, blockCount rpc.DecimalOrHex, lastBlock rpc.BlockNumber, rewardPercentiles []float64) (*feeHistoryResult, error) {
+	oldest, reward, baseFee, gasUsed, err := s.b.FeeHistory(ctx, int(blockCount), lastBlock, rewardPercentiles)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	results := &feeHistoryResult{
-		OldestBlock:  oldest,
+		OldestBlock:  (*hexutil.Big)(oldest),
 		GasUsedRatio: gasUsed,
 	}
 	if reward != nil {
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ func (s *PrivateAccountAPI) SignTransaction(ctx context.Context, args Transactio
 	if args.Nonce == nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("nonce not specified")
 	}
-	// Before actually sign the transaction, ensure the transaction fee is reasonable.
+	// Before actually signing the transaction, ensure the transaction fee is reasonable.
 	tx := args.toTransaction()
 	if err := checkTxFee(tx.GasPrice(), tx.Gas(), s.b.RPCTxFeeCap()); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -1008,8 +1008,19 @@ func DoEstimateGas(ctx context.Context, b Backend, args TransactionArgs, blockNr
 		}
 		hi = block.GasLimit()
 	}
+	// Normalize the max fee per gas the call is willing to spend.
+	var feeCap *big.Int
+	if args.GasPrice != nil && (args.MaxFeePerGas != nil || args.MaxPriorityFeePerGas != nil) {
+		return 0, errors.New("both gasPrice and (maxFeePerGas or maxPriorityFeePerGas) specified")
+	} else if args.GasPrice != nil {
+		feeCap = args.GasPrice.ToInt()
+	} else if args.MaxFeePerGas != nil {
+		feeCap = args.MaxFeePerGas.ToInt()
+	} else {
+		feeCap = common.Big0
+	}
 	// Recap the highest gas limit with account's available balance.
-	if args.GasPrice != nil && args.GasPrice.ToInt().BitLen() != 0 {
+	if feeCap.BitLen() != 0 {
 		state, _, err := b.StateAndHeaderByNumberOrHash(ctx, blockNrOrHash)
 		if err != nil {
 			return 0, err
@@ -1022,7 +1033,7 @@ func DoEstimateGas(ctx context.Context, b Backend, args TransactionArgs, blockNr
 			}
 			available.Sub(available, args.Value.ToInt())
 		}
-		allowance := new(big.Int).Div(available, args.GasPrice.ToInt())
+		allowance := new(big.Int).Div(available, feeCap)
 
 		// If the allowance is larger than maximum uint64, skip checking
 		if allowance.IsUint64() && hi > allowance.Uint64() {
@@ -1031,7 +1042,7 @@ func DoEstimateGas(ctx context.Context, b Backend, args TransactionArgs, blockNr
 				transfer = new(hexutil.Big)
 			}
 			log.Warn("Gas estimation capped by limited funds", "original", hi, "balance", balance,
-				"sent", transfer.ToInt(), "gasprice", args.GasPrice.ToInt(), "fundable", allowance)
+				"sent", transfer.ToInt(), "maxFeePerGas", feeCap, "fundable", allowance)
 			hi = allowance.Uint64()
 		}
 	}
@@ -1120,7 +1131,7 @@ type StructLogRes struct {
 	Gas     uint64             `json:"gas"`
 	GasCost uint64             `json:"gasCost"`
 	Depth   int                `json:"depth"`
-	Error   error              `json:"error,omitempty"`
+	Error   string             `json:"error,omitempty"`
 	Stack   *[]string          `json:"stack,omitempty"`
 	Memory  *[]string          `json:"memory,omitempty"`
 	Storage *map[string]string `json:"storage,omitempty"`
@@ -1136,7 +1147,7 @@ func FormatLogs(logs []vm.StructLog) []StructLogRes {
 			Gas:     trace.Gas,
 			GasCost: trace.GasCost,
 			Depth:   trace.Depth,
-			Error:   trace.Err,
+			Error:   trace.ErrorString(),
 		}
 		if trace.Stack != nil {
 			stack := make([]string, len(trace.Stack))
@@ -1323,7 +1334,7 @@ func newRPCTransaction(tx *types.Transaction, blockHash common.Hash, blockNumber
 			price := math.BigMin(new(big.Int).Add(tx.GasTipCap(), baseFee), tx.GasFeeCap())
 			result.GasPrice = (*hexutil.Big)(price)
 		} else {
-			result.GasPrice = nil
+			result.GasPrice = (*hexutil.Big)(tx.GasFeeCap())
 		}
 	}
 	return result
@@ -1441,7 +1452,12 @@ func AccessList(ctx context.Context, b Backend, blockNrOrHash rpc.BlockNumberOrH
 		}
 		// Copy the original db so we don't modify it
 		statedb := db.Copy()
-		msg := types.NewMessage(args.from(), args.To, uint64(*args.Nonce), args.Value.ToInt(), uint64(*args.Gas), args.GasPrice.ToInt(), big.NewInt(0), big.NewInt(0), args.data(), accessList, false)
+		// Set the accesslist to the last al
+		args.AccessList = &accessList
+		msg, err := args.ToMessage(b.RPCGasCap(), header.BaseFee)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, 0, nil, err
+		}
 
 		// Apply the transaction with the access list tracer
 		tracer := vm.NewAccessListTracer(accessList, args.from(), to, precompiles)
diff --git a/internal/ethapi/backend.go b/internal/ethapi/backend.go
index fe55ec59c..995454582 100644
--- a/internal/ethapi/backend.go
+++ b/internal/ethapi/backend.go
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ type Backend interface {
 	// General Ethereum API
 	Downloader() *downloader.Downloader
 	SuggestGasTipCap(ctx context.Context) (*big.Int, error)
-	FeeHistory(ctx context.Context, blockCount int, lastBlock rpc.BlockNumber, rewardPercentiles []float64) (rpc.BlockNumber, [][]*big.Int, []*big.Int, []float64, error)
+	FeeHistory(ctx context.Context, blockCount int, lastBlock rpc.BlockNumber, rewardPercentiles []float64) (*big.Int, [][]*big.Int, []*big.Int, []float64, error)
 	ChainDb() ethdb.Database
 	AccountManager() *accounts.Manager
 	ExtRPCEnabled() bool
diff --git a/internal/ethapi/transaction_args.go b/internal/ethapi/transaction_args.go
index 1fbaaeacb..8c12743dc 100644
--- a/internal/ethapi/transaction_args.go
+++ b/internal/ethapi/transaction_args.go
@@ -80,40 +80,50 @@ func (args *TransactionArgs) setDefaults(ctx context.Context, b Backend) error {
 	}
 	// After london, default to 1559 unless gasPrice is set
 	head := b.CurrentHeader()
-	if b.ChainConfig().IsLondon(head.Number) && args.GasPrice == nil {
-		if args.MaxPriorityFeePerGas == nil {
-			tip, err := b.SuggestGasTipCap(ctx)
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
+	// If user specifies both maxPriorityfee and maxFee, then we do not
+	// need to consult the chain for defaults. It's definitely a London tx.
+	if args.MaxPriorityFeePerGas == nil || args.MaxFeePerGas == nil {
+		// In this clause, user left some fields unspecified.
+		if b.ChainConfig().IsLondon(head.Number) && args.GasPrice == nil {
+			if args.MaxPriorityFeePerGas == nil {
+				tip, err := b.SuggestGasTipCap(ctx)
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+				args.MaxPriorityFeePerGas = (*hexutil.Big)(tip)
+			}
+			if args.MaxFeePerGas == nil {
+				gasFeeCap := new(big.Int).Add(
+					(*big.Int)(args.MaxPriorityFeePerGas),
+					new(big.Int).Mul(head.BaseFee, big.NewInt(2)),
+				)
+				args.MaxFeePerGas = (*hexutil.Big)(gasFeeCap)
+			}
+			if args.MaxFeePerGas.ToInt().Cmp(args.MaxPriorityFeePerGas.ToInt()) < 0 {
+				return fmt.Errorf("maxFeePerGas (%v) < maxPriorityFeePerGas (%v)", args.MaxFeePerGas, args.MaxPriorityFeePerGas)
+			}
+		} else {
+			if args.MaxFeePerGas != nil || args.MaxPriorityFeePerGas != nil {
+				return errors.New("maxFeePerGas or maxPriorityFeePerGas specified but london is not active yet")
+			}
+			if args.GasPrice == nil {
+				price, err := b.SuggestGasTipCap(ctx)
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+				if b.ChainConfig().IsLondon(head.Number) {
+					// The legacy tx gas price suggestion should not add 2x base fee
+					// because all fees are consumed, so it would result in a spiral
+					// upwards.
+					price.Add(price, head.BaseFee)
+				}
+				args.GasPrice = (*hexutil.Big)(price)
 			}
-			args.MaxPriorityFeePerGas = (*hexutil.Big)(tip)
-		}
-		if args.MaxFeePerGas == nil {
-			gasFeeCap := new(big.Int).Add(
-				(*big.Int)(args.MaxPriorityFeePerGas),
-				new(big.Int).Mul(head.BaseFee, big.NewInt(2)),
-			)
-			args.MaxFeePerGas = (*hexutil.Big)(gasFeeCap)
-		}
-		if args.MaxFeePerGas.ToInt().Cmp(args.MaxPriorityFeePerGas.ToInt()) < 0 {
-			return fmt.Errorf("maxFeePerGas (%v) < maxPriorityFeePerGas (%v)", args.MaxFeePerGas, args.MaxPriorityFeePerGas)
 		}
 	} else {
-		if args.MaxFeePerGas != nil || args.MaxPriorityFeePerGas != nil {
-			return errors.New("maxFeePerGas or maxPriorityFeePerGas specified but london is not active yet")
-		}
-		if args.GasPrice == nil {
-			price, err := b.SuggestGasTipCap(ctx)
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-			if b.ChainConfig().IsLondon(head.Number) {
-				// The legacy tx gas price suggestion should not add 2x base fee
-				// because all fees are consumed, so it would result in a spiral
-				// upwards.
-				price.Add(price, head.BaseFee)
-			}
-			args.GasPrice = (*hexutil.Big)(price)
+		// Both maxPriorityfee and maxFee set by caller. Sanity-check their internal relation
+		if args.MaxFeePerGas.ToInt().Cmp(args.MaxPriorityFeePerGas.ToInt()) < 0 {
+			return fmt.Errorf("maxFeePerGas (%v) < maxPriorityFeePerGas (%v)", args.MaxFeePerGas, args.MaxPriorityFeePerGas)
 		}
 	}
 	if args.Value == nil {
diff --git a/les/api_backend.go b/les/api_backend.go
index 326b540b6..9c80270da 100644
--- a/les/api_backend.go
+++ b/les/api_backend.go
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ func (b *LesApiBackend) SuggestGasTipCap(ctx context.Context) (*big.Int, error)
 	return b.gpo.SuggestTipCap(ctx)
 }
 
-func (b *LesApiBackend) FeeHistory(ctx context.Context, blockCount int, lastBlock rpc.BlockNumber, rewardPercentiles []float64) (firstBlock rpc.BlockNumber, reward [][]*big.Int, baseFee []*big.Int, gasUsedRatio []float64, err error) {
+func (b *LesApiBackend) FeeHistory(ctx context.Context, blockCount int, lastBlock rpc.BlockNumber, rewardPercentiles []float64) (firstBlock *big.Int, reward [][]*big.Int, baseFee []*big.Int, gasUsedRatio []float64, err error) {
 	return b.gpo.FeeHistory(ctx, blockCount, lastBlock, rewardPercentiles)
 }
 
diff --git a/light/lightchain_test.go b/light/lightchain_test.go
index 2aed08d74..af36ebd96 100644
--- a/light/lightchain_test.go
+++ b/light/lightchain_test.go
@@ -322,8 +322,8 @@ func TestBadHeaderHashes(t *testing.T) {
 	var err error
 	headers := makeHeaderChainWithDiff(bc.genesisBlock, []int{1, 2, 4}, 10)
 	core.BadHashes[headers[2].Hash()] = true
-	if _, err = bc.InsertHeaderChain(headers, 1); !errors.Is(err, core.ErrBlacklistedHash) {
-		t.Errorf("error mismatch: have: %v, want %v", err, core.ErrBlacklistedHash)
+	if _, err = bc.InsertHeaderChain(headers, 1); !errors.Is(err, core.ErrBannedHash) {
+		t.Errorf("error mismatch: have: %v, want %v", err, core.ErrBannedHash)
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/miner/stress/1559/main.go b/miner/stress/1559/main.go
index 7d697e8ce..90f210b27 100644
--- a/miner/stress/1559/main.go
+++ b/miner/stress/1559/main.go
@@ -242,7 +242,6 @@ func makeMiner(genesis *core.Genesis) (*node.Node, *eth.Ethereum, error) {
 		GPO:             ethconfig.Defaults.GPO,
 		Ethash:          ethconfig.Defaults.Ethash,
 		Miner: miner.Config{
-			GasFloor: genesis.GasLimit * 9 / 10,
 			GasCeil:  genesis.GasLimit * 11 / 10,
 			GasPrice: big.NewInt(1),
 			Recommit: time.Second,
diff --git a/miner/stress/clique/main.go b/miner/stress/clique/main.go
index dea1ab745..2aad40bb5 100644
--- a/miner/stress/clique/main.go
+++ b/miner/stress/clique/main.go
@@ -193,7 +193,6 @@ func makeSealer(genesis *core.Genesis) (*node.Node, *eth.Ethereum, error) {
 		TxPool:          core.DefaultTxPoolConfig,
 		GPO:             ethconfig.Defaults.GPO,
 		Miner: miner.Config{
-			GasFloor: genesis.GasLimit * 9 / 10,
 			GasCeil:  genesis.GasLimit * 11 / 10,
 			GasPrice: big.NewInt(1),
 			Recommit: time.Second,
diff --git a/miner/stress/ethash/main.go b/miner/stress/ethash/main.go
index 0f27c5e74..7958e9ab8 100644
--- a/miner/stress/ethash/main.go
+++ b/miner/stress/ethash/main.go
@@ -171,7 +171,6 @@ func makeMiner(genesis *core.Genesis) (*node.Node, *eth.Ethereum, error) {
 		GPO:             ethconfig.Defaults.GPO,
 		Ethash:          ethconfig.Defaults.Ethash,
 		Miner: miner.Config{
-			GasFloor: genesis.GasLimit * 9 / 10,
 			GasCeil:  genesis.GasLimit * 11 / 10,
 			GasPrice: big.NewInt(1),
 			Recommit: time.Second,
diff --git a/miner/worker.go b/miner/worker.go
index accf3dac9..8bdb1eff7 100644
--- a/miner/worker.go
+++ b/miner/worker.go
@@ -897,19 +897,17 @@ func (w *worker) commitNewWork(interrupt *int32, noempty bool, timestamp int64)
 	header := &types.Header{
 		ParentHash: parent.Hash(),
 		Number:     num.Add(num, common.Big1),
-		GasLimit:   core.CalcGasLimit(parent.GasUsed(), parent.GasLimit(), w.config.GasFloor, w.config.GasCeil),
+		GasLimit:   core.CalcGasLimit(parent.GasLimit(), w.config.GasCeil),
 		Extra:      w.extra,
 		Time:       uint64(timestamp),
 	}
 	// Set baseFee and GasLimit if we are on an EIP-1559 chain
 	if w.chainConfig.IsLondon(header.Number) {
 		header.BaseFee = misc.CalcBaseFee(w.chainConfig, parent.Header())
-		parentGasLimit := parent.GasLimit()
 		if !w.chainConfig.IsLondon(parent.Number()) {
-			// Bump by 2x
-			parentGasLimit = parent.GasLimit() * params.ElasticityMultiplier
+			parentGasLimit := parent.GasLimit() * params.ElasticityMultiplier
+			header.GasLimit = core.CalcGasLimit(parentGasLimit, w.config.GasCeil)
 		}
-		header.GasLimit = core.CalcGasLimit1559(parentGasLimit, w.config.GasCeil)
 	}
 	// Only set the coinbase if our consensus engine is running (avoid spurious block rewards)
 	if w.isRunning() {
diff --git a/miner/worker_test.go b/miner/worker_test.go
index 2bb6c9407..9c4dc0f37 100644
--- a/miner/worker_test.go
+++ b/miner/worker_test.go
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ var (
 
 	testConfig = &Config{
 		Recommit: time.Second,
-		GasFloor: params.GenesisGasLimit,
 		GasCeil:  params.GenesisGasLimit,
 	}
 )
diff --git a/mobile/types.go b/mobile/types.go
index de6457e7e..d1427ac11 100644
--- a/mobile/types.go
+++ b/mobile/types.go
@@ -292,19 +292,6 @@ func (tx *Transaction) GetNonce() int64      { return int64(tx.tx.Nonce()) }
 func (tx *Transaction) GetHash() *Hash   { return &Hash{tx.tx.Hash()} }
 func (tx *Transaction) GetCost() *BigInt { return &BigInt{tx.tx.Cost()} }
 
-// Deprecated: GetSigHash cannot know which signer to use.
-func (tx *Transaction) GetSigHash() *Hash { return &Hash{types.HomesteadSigner{}.Hash(tx.tx)} }
-
-// Deprecated: use EthereumClient.TransactionSender
-func (tx *Transaction) GetFrom(chainID *BigInt) (address *Address, _ error) {
-	var signer types.Signer = types.HomesteadSigner{}
-	if chainID != nil {
-		signer = types.NewEIP155Signer(chainID.bigint)
-	}
-	from, err := types.Sender(signer, tx.tx)
-	return &Address{from}, err
-}
-
 func (tx *Transaction) GetTo() *Address {
 	if to := tx.tx.To(); to != nil {
 		return &Address{*to}
diff --git a/node/rpcstack.go b/node/rpcstack.go
index 19490411b..2c55a070b 100644
--- a/node/rpcstack.go
+++ b/node/rpcstack.go
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ func (h *httpServer) enableRPC(apis []rpc.API, config httpConfig) error {
 
 	// Create RPC server and handler.
 	srv := rpc.NewServer()
-	if err := RegisterApisFromWhitelist(apis, config.Modules, srv, false); err != nil {
+	if err := RegisterApis(apis, config.Modules, srv, false); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	h.httpConfig = config
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ func (h *httpServer) enableWS(apis []rpc.API, config wsConfig) error {
 
 	// Create RPC server and handler.
 	srv := rpc.NewServer()
-	if err := RegisterApisFromWhitelist(apis, config.Modules, srv, false); err != nil {
+	if err := RegisterApis(apis, config.Modules, srv, false); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	h.wsConfig = config
@@ -515,20 +515,20 @@ func (is *ipcServer) stop() error {
 	return err
 }
 
-// RegisterApisFromWhitelist checks the given modules' availability, generates a whitelist based on the allowed modules,
+// RegisterApis checks the given modules' availability, generates an allowlist based on the allowed modules,
 // and then registers all of the APIs exposed by the services.
-func RegisterApisFromWhitelist(apis []rpc.API, modules []string, srv *rpc.Server, exposeAll bool) error {
+func RegisterApis(apis []rpc.API, modules []string, srv *rpc.Server, exposeAll bool) error {
 	if bad, available := checkModuleAvailability(modules, apis); len(bad) > 0 {
 		log.Error("Unavailable modules in HTTP API list", "unavailable", bad, "available", available)
 	}
-	// Generate the whitelist based on the allowed modules
-	whitelist := make(map[string]bool)
+	// Generate the allow list based on the allowed modules
+	allowList := make(map[string]bool)
 	for _, module := range modules {
-		whitelist[module] = true
+		allowList[module] = true
 	}
 	// Register all the APIs exposed by the services
 	for _, api := range apis {
-		if exposeAll || whitelist[api.Namespace] || (len(whitelist) == 0 && api.Public) {
+		if exposeAll || allowList[api.Namespace] || (len(allowList) == 0 && api.Public) {
 			if err := srv.RegisterName(api.Namespace, api.Service); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
diff --git a/p2p/dial.go b/p2p/dial.go
index d36d66550..83ced3cb3 100644
--- a/p2p/dial.go
+++ b/p2p/dial.go
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ var (
 	errAlreadyDialing   = errors.New("already dialing")
 	errAlreadyConnected = errors.New("already connected")
 	errRecentlyDialed   = errors.New("recently dialed")
-	errNotWhitelisted   = errors.New("not contained in netrestrict whitelist")
+	errNetRestrict      = errors.New("not contained in netrestrict list")
 	errNoPort           = errors.New("node does not provide TCP port")
 )
 
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ type dialConfig struct {
 	self           enode.ID         // our own ID
 	maxDialPeers   int              // maximum number of dialed peers
 	maxActiveDials int              // maximum number of active dials
-	netRestrict    *netutil.Netlist // IP whitelist, disabled if nil
+	netRestrict    *netutil.Netlist // IP netrestrict list, disabled if nil
 	resolver       nodeResolver
 	dialer         NodeDialer
 	log            log.Logger
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ func (d *dialScheduler) checkDial(n *enode.Node) error {
 		return errAlreadyConnected
 	}
 	if d.netRestrict != nil && !d.netRestrict.Contains(n.IP()) {
-		return errNotWhitelisted
+		return errNetRestrict
 	}
 	if d.history.contains(string(n.ID().Bytes())) {
 		return errRecentlyDialed
diff --git a/p2p/discover/common.go b/p2p/discover/common.go
index 3708bfb72..e389821fd 100644
--- a/p2p/discover/common.go
+++ b/p2p/discover/common.go
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	PrivateKey *ecdsa.PrivateKey
 
 	// These settings are optional:
-	NetRestrict  *netutil.Netlist   // network whitelist
+	NetRestrict  *netutil.Netlist   // list of allowed IP networks
 	Bootnodes    []*enode.Node      // list of bootstrap nodes
 	Unhandled    chan<- ReadPacket  // unhandled packets are sent on this channel
 	Log          log.Logger         // if set, log messages go here
diff --git a/p2p/discover/v4_udp.go b/p2p/discover/v4_udp.go
index 2b3eb4839..334716aeb 100644
--- a/p2p/discover/v4_udp.go
+++ b/p2p/discover/v4_udp.go
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ func (t *UDPv4) nodeFromRPC(sender *net.UDPAddr, rn v4wire.Node) (*node, error)
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	if t.netrestrict != nil && !t.netrestrict.Contains(rn.IP) {
-		return nil, errors.New("not contained in netrestrict whitelist")
+		return nil, errors.New("not contained in netrestrict list")
 	}
 	key, err := v4wire.DecodePubkey(crypto.S256(), rn.ID)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/p2p/server.go b/p2p/server.go
index 04fdecaec..bcfc1bd10 100644
--- a/p2p/server.go
+++ b/p2p/server.go
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ func (srv *Server) RemovePeer(node *enode.Node) {
 	}
 }
 
-// AddTrustedPeer adds the given node to a reserved whitelist which allows the
+// AddTrustedPeer adds the given node to a reserved trusted list which allows the
 // node to always connect, even if the slot are full.
 func (srv *Server) AddTrustedPeer(node *enode.Node) {
 	select {
@@ -903,7 +903,7 @@ func (srv *Server) checkInboundConn(remoteIP net.IP) error {
 	}
 	// Reject connections that do not match NetRestrict.
 	if srv.NetRestrict != nil && !srv.NetRestrict.Contains(remoteIP) {
-		return fmt.Errorf("not whitelisted in NetRestrict")
+		return fmt.Errorf("not in netrestrict list")
 	}
 	// Reject Internet peers that try too often.
 	now := srv.clock.Now()
diff --git a/p2p/simulations/mocker.go b/p2p/simulations/mocker.go
index 8ce777a01..fd25e2c91 100644
--- a/p2p/simulations/mocker.go
+++ b/p2p/simulations/mocker.go
@@ -123,20 +123,12 @@ func probabilistic(net *Network, quit chan struct{}, nodeCount int) {
 		randWait := time.Duration(rand.Intn(5000)+1000) * time.Millisecond
 		rand1 := rand.Intn(nodeCount - 1)
 		rand2 := rand.Intn(nodeCount - 1)
-		if rand1 < rand2 {
+		if rand1 <= rand2 {
 			lowid = rand1
 			highid = rand2
 		} else if rand1 > rand2 {
 			highid = rand1
 			lowid = rand2
-		} else {
-			if rand1 == 0 {
-				rand2 = 9
-			} else if rand1 == 9 {
-				rand1 = 0
-			}
-			lowid = rand1
-			highid = rand2
 		}
 		var steps = highid - lowid
 		wg.Add(steps)
diff --git a/params/config.go b/params/config.go
index aa155c50d..591c36de2 100644
--- a/params/config.go
+++ b/params/config.go
@@ -75,10 +75,10 @@ var (
 
 	// MainnetTrustedCheckpoint contains the light client trusted checkpoint for the main network.
 	MainnetTrustedCheckpoint = &TrustedCheckpoint{
-		SectionIndex: 389,
-		SectionHead:  common.HexToHash("0x8f96e510cf64abf34095c5aa3937acdf5316de5540945b9688f4a2e083cddc73"),
-		CHTRoot:      common.HexToHash("0xa2362493848d6dbc50dcbbf74c017ea808b8938bfb129217d507bd276950d7ac"),
-		BloomRoot:    common.HexToHash("0x72fc78a841bde7e08e1fb7c187b622c49dc8271db12db748ff5d0f27bdb41413"),
+		SectionIndex: 395,
+		SectionHead:  common.HexToHash("0xbfca95b8c1de014e252288e9c32029825fadbff58285f5b54556525e480dbb5b"),
+		CHTRoot:      common.HexToHash("0x2ccf3dbb58eb6375e037fdd981ca5778359e4b8fa0270c2878b14361e64161e7"),
+		BloomRoot:    common.HexToHash("0x2d46ec65a6941a2dc1e682f8f81f3d24192021f492fdf6ef0fdd51acb0f4ba0f"),
 	}
 
 	// MainnetCheckpointOracle contains a set of configs for the main network oracle.
@@ -116,10 +116,10 @@ var (
 
 	// RopstenTrustedCheckpoint contains the light client trusted checkpoint for the Ropsten test network.
 	RopstenTrustedCheckpoint = &TrustedCheckpoint{
-		SectionIndex: 322,
-		SectionHead:  common.HexToHash("0xe3f2fb70acd752bbcac06b67688db8430815c788a31213011ed51b966108a5f4"),
-		CHTRoot:      common.HexToHash("0xb2993a6bc28b23b84159cb477c38c0ec5607434faae6b3657ad44cbcf116f288"),
-		BloomRoot:    common.HexToHash("0x871841e5c2ada9dab2011a550d38e9fe0a30047cfc81f1ffc7ebc09f4f230732"),
+		SectionIndex: 329,
+		SectionHead:  common.HexToHash("0xe66f7038333a01fb95dc9ea03e5a2bdaf4b833cdcb9e393b9127e013bd64d39b"),
+		CHTRoot:      common.HexToHash("0x1b0c883338ac0d032122800c155a2e73105fbfebfaa50436893282bc2d9feec5"),
+		BloomRoot:    common.HexToHash("0x3cc98c88d283bf002378246f22c653007655cbcea6ed89f98d739f73bd341a01"),
 	}
 
 	// RopstenCheckpointOracle contains a set of configs for the Ropsten test network oracle.
@@ -160,10 +160,10 @@ var (
 
 	// RinkebyTrustedCheckpoint contains the light client trusted checkpoint for the Rinkeby test network.
 	RinkebyTrustedCheckpoint = &TrustedCheckpoint{
-		SectionIndex: 270,
-		SectionHead:  common.HexToHash("0x03ef8982c93bbf18c859bc1b20ae05b439f04cf1ff592656e941d2c3fcff5d68"),
-		CHTRoot:      common.HexToHash("0x9eb80685e8ece479e105b170439779bc0f89997ab7f4dee425f85c4234e8a6b5"),
-		BloomRoot:    common.HexToHash("0xc3673721c5697efe5fe4cb825d178f4a335dbfeda6a197fb75c9256a767379dc"),
+		SectionIndex: 276,
+		SectionHead:  common.HexToHash("0xea89a4b04e3da9bd688e316f8de669396b6d4a38a19d2cd96a00b70d58b836aa"),
+		CHTRoot:      common.HexToHash("0xd6889d0bf6673c0d2c1cf6e9098a6fe5b30888a115b6112796aa8ee8efc4a723"),
+		BloomRoot:    common.HexToHash("0x6009a9256b34b8bde3a3f094afb647ba5d73237546017b9025d64ac1ff54c47c"),
 	}
 
 	// RinkebyCheckpointOracle contains a set of configs for the Rinkeby test network oracle.
@@ -202,10 +202,10 @@ var (
 
 	// GoerliTrustedCheckpoint contains the light client trusted checkpoint for the Görli test network.
 	GoerliTrustedCheckpoint = &TrustedCheckpoint{
-		SectionIndex: 154,
-		SectionHead:  common.HexToHash("0xf4cb74cc0e3683589f4992902184241fb892d7c3859d0044c16ec864605ff80d"),
-		CHTRoot:      common.HexToHash("0xead95f9f2504b2c7c6d82c51d30e50b40631c3ea2f590cddcc9721cfc0ae79de"),
-		BloomRoot:    common.HexToHash("0xc6dd6cfe88ac9c4a6d19c9a8651944fa9d941a2340a8f5ddaf673d4d39779d81"),
+		SectionIndex: 160,
+		SectionHead:  common.HexToHash("0xb5a666c790dc35a5613d04ebba8ba47a850b45a15d9b95ad7745c35ae034b5a5"),
+		CHTRoot:      common.HexToHash("0x6b4e00df52bdc38fa6c26c8ef595c2ad6184963ea36ab08ee744af460aa735e1"),
+		BloomRoot:    common.HexToHash("0x8fa88f5e50190cb25243aeee262a1a9e4434a06f8d455885dcc1b5fc48c33836"),
 	}
 
 	// GoerliCheckpointOracle contains a set of configs for the Goerli test network oracle.
diff --git a/params/version.go b/params/version.go
index 8d3804a0c..2d3155d35 100644
--- a/params/version.go
+++ b/params/version.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import (
 const (
 	VersionMajor = 1        // Major version component of the current release
 	VersionMinor = 10       // Minor version component of the current release
-	VersionPatch = 6        // Patch version component of the current release
+	VersionPatch = 7        // Patch version component of the current release
 	VersionMeta  = "stable" // Version metadata to append to the version string
 )
 
diff --git a/rpc/types.go b/rpc/types.go
index d1b878c78..ad068defa 100644
--- a/rpc/types.go
+++ b/rpc/types.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"math"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
@@ -191,3 +192,24 @@ func BlockNumberOrHashWithHash(hash common.Hash, canonical bool) BlockNumberOrHa
 		RequireCanonical: canonical,
 	}
 }
+
+// DecimalOrHex unmarshals a non-negative decimal or hex parameter into a uint64.
+type DecimalOrHex uint64
+
+// UnmarshalJSON implements json.Unmarshaler.
+func (dh *DecimalOrHex) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
+	input := strings.TrimSpace(string(data))
+	if len(input) >= 2 && input[0] == '"' && input[len(input)-1] == '"' {
+		input = input[1 : len(input)-1]
+	}
+
+	value, err := strconv.ParseUint(input, 10, 64)
+	if err != nil {
+		value, err = hexutil.DecodeUint64(input)
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	*dh = DecimalOrHex(value)
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/rpc/websocket.go b/rpc/websocket.go
index ab55ae69c..afeb4c208 100644
--- a/rpc/websocket.go
+++ b/rpc/websocket.go
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ func wsHandshakeValidator(allowedOrigins []string) func(*http.Request) bool {
 		if _, ok := req.Header["Origin"]; !ok {
 			return true
 		}
-		// Verify origin against whitelist.
+		// Verify origin against allow list.
 		origin := strings.ToLower(req.Header.Get("Origin"))
 		if allowAllOrigins || originIsAllowed(origins, origin) {
 			return true
diff --git a/signer/core/api.go b/signer/core/api.go
index 03daeeb6e..fb68018a6 100644
--- a/signer/core/api.go
+++ b/signer/core/api.go
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common/hexutil"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/internal/ethapi"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/signer/core/apitypes"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/signer/storage"
 )
 
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ type ExternalAPI interface {
 	// New request to create a new account
 	New(ctx context.Context) (common.Address, error)
 	// SignTransaction request to sign the specified transaction
-	SignTransaction(ctx context.Context, args SendTxArgs, methodSelector *string) (*ethapi.SignTransactionResult, error)
+	SignTransaction(ctx context.Context, args apitypes.SendTxArgs, methodSelector *string) (*ethapi.SignTransactionResult, error)
 	// SignData - request to sign the given data (plus prefix)
 	SignData(ctx context.Context, contentType string, addr common.MixedcaseAddress, data interface{}) (hexutil.Bytes, error)
 	// SignTypedData - request to sign the given structured data (plus prefix)
@@ -104,7 +105,7 @@ type Validator interface {
 	// ValidateTransaction does a number of checks on the supplied transaction, and
 	// returns either a list of warnings, or an error (indicating that the transaction
 	// should be immediately rejected).
-	ValidateTransaction(selector *string, tx *SendTxArgs) (*ValidationMessages, error)
+	ValidateTransaction(selector *string, tx *apitypes.SendTxArgs) (*apitypes.ValidationMessages, error)
 }
 
 // SignerAPI defines the actual implementation of ExternalAPI
@@ -220,24 +221,24 @@ func (m Metadata) String() string {
 type (
 	// SignTxRequest contains info about a Transaction to sign
 	SignTxRequest struct {
-		Transaction SendTxArgs       `json:"transaction"`
-		Callinfo    []ValidationInfo `json:"call_info"`
-		Meta        Metadata         `json:"meta"`
+		Transaction apitypes.SendTxArgs       `json:"transaction"`
+		Callinfo    []apitypes.ValidationInfo `json:"call_info"`
+		Meta        Metadata                  `json:"meta"`
 	}
 	// SignTxResponse result from SignTxRequest
 	SignTxResponse struct {
 		//The UI may make changes to the TX
-		Transaction SendTxArgs `json:"transaction"`
-		Approved    bool       `json:"approved"`
+		Transaction apitypes.SendTxArgs `json:"transaction"`
+		Approved    bool                `json:"approved"`
 	}
 	SignDataRequest struct {
-		ContentType string                  `json:"content_type"`
-		Address     common.MixedcaseAddress `json:"address"`
-		Rawdata     []byte                  `json:"raw_data"`
-		Messages    []*NameValueType        `json:"messages"`
-		Callinfo    []ValidationInfo        `json:"call_info"`
-		Hash        hexutil.Bytes           `json:"hash"`
-		Meta        Metadata                `json:"meta"`
+		ContentType string                    `json:"content_type"`
+		Address     common.MixedcaseAddress   `json:"address"`
+		Rawdata     []byte                    `json:"raw_data"`
+		Messages    []*NameValueType          `json:"messages"`
+		Callinfo    []apitypes.ValidationInfo `json:"call_info"`
+		Hash        hexutil.Bytes             `json:"hash"`
+		Meta        Metadata                  `json:"meta"`
 	}
 	SignDataResponse struct {
 		Approved bool `json:"approved"`
@@ -537,7 +538,7 @@ func (api *SignerAPI) lookupOrQueryPassword(address common.Address, title, promp
 }
 
 // SignTransaction signs the given Transaction and returns it both as json and rlp-encoded form
-func (api *SignerAPI) SignTransaction(ctx context.Context, args SendTxArgs, methodSelector *string) (*ethapi.SignTransactionResult, error) {
+func (api *SignerAPI) SignTransaction(ctx context.Context, args apitypes.SendTxArgs, methodSelector *string) (*ethapi.SignTransactionResult, error) {
 	var (
 		err    error
 		result SignTxResponse
@@ -548,7 +549,7 @@ func (api *SignerAPI) SignTransaction(ctx context.Context, args SendTxArgs, meth
 	}
 	// If we are in 'rejectMode', then reject rather than show the user warnings
 	if api.rejectMode {
-		if err := msgs.getWarnings(); err != nil {
+		if err := msgs.GetWarnings(); err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
 	}
@@ -585,7 +586,7 @@ func (api *SignerAPI) SignTransaction(ctx context.Context, args SendTxArgs, meth
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	// Convert fields into a real transaction
-	var unsignedTx = result.Transaction.toTransaction()
+	var unsignedTx = result.Transaction.ToTransaction()
 	// Get the password for the transaction
 	pw, err := api.lookupOrQueryPassword(acc.Address, "Account password",
 		fmt.Sprintf("Please enter the password for account %s", acc.Address.String()))
@@ -621,7 +622,7 @@ func (api *SignerAPI) SignGnosisSafeTx(ctx context.Context, signerAddress common
 	}
 	// If we are in 'rejectMode', then reject rather than show the user warnings
 	if api.rejectMode {
-		if err := msgs.getWarnings(); err != nil {
+		if err := msgs.GetWarnings(); err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/signer/core/api_test.go b/signer/core/api_test.go
index ff4d281d4..36f12f71a 100644
--- a/signer/core/api_test.go
+++ b/signer/core/api_test.go
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/internal/ethapi"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rlp"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/signer/core"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/signer/core/apitypes"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/signer/fourbyte"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/signer/storage"
 )
@@ -223,14 +224,14 @@ func TestNewAcc(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func mkTestTx(from common.MixedcaseAddress) core.SendTxArgs {
+func mkTestTx(from common.MixedcaseAddress) apitypes.SendTxArgs {
 	to := common.NewMixedcaseAddress(common.HexToAddress("0x1337"))
 	gas := hexutil.Uint64(21000)
 	gasPrice := (hexutil.Big)(*big.NewInt(2000000000))
 	value := (hexutil.Big)(*big.NewInt(1e18))
 	nonce := (hexutil.Uint64)(0)
 	data := hexutil.Bytes(common.Hex2Bytes("01020304050607080a"))
-	tx := core.SendTxArgs{
+	tx := apitypes.SendTxArgs{
 		From:     from,
 		To:       &to,
 		Gas:      gas,
diff --git a/signer/core/types.go b/signer/core/apitypes/types.go
similarity index 96%
rename from signer/core/types.go
rename to signer/core/apitypes/types.go
index 85ea6170d..591d253ab 100644
--- a/signer/core/types.go
+++ b/signer/core/apitypes/types.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 // You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
 // along with the go-ethereum library. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
-package core
+package apitypes
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ func (vs *ValidationMessages) Info(msg string) {
 }
 
 /// getWarnings returns an error with all messages of type WARN of above, or nil if no warnings were present
-func (v *ValidationMessages) getWarnings() error {
+func (v *ValidationMessages) GetWarnings() error {
 	var messages []string
 	for _, msg := range v.Messages {
 		if msg.Typ == WARN || msg.Typ == CRIT {
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ func (args SendTxArgs) String() string {
 	return err.Error()
 }
 
-func (args *SendTxArgs) toTransaction() *types.Transaction {
+func (args *SendTxArgs) ToTransaction() *types.Transaction {
 	txArgs := ethapi.TransactionArgs{
 		Gas:                  &args.Gas,
 		GasPrice:             args.GasPrice,
diff --git a/signer/core/auditlog.go b/signer/core/auditlog.go
index bda88a8b2..84877ee71 100644
--- a/signer/core/auditlog.go
+++ b/signer/core/auditlog.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common/hexutil"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/internal/ethapi"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/signer/core/apitypes"
 )
 
 type AuditLogger struct {
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ func (l *AuditLogger) New(ctx context.Context) (common.Address, error) {
 	return l.api.New(ctx)
 }
 
-func (l *AuditLogger) SignTransaction(ctx context.Context, args SendTxArgs, methodSelector *string) (*ethapi.SignTransactionResult, error) {
+func (l *AuditLogger) SignTransaction(ctx context.Context, args apitypes.SendTxArgs, methodSelector *string) (*ethapi.SignTransactionResult, error) {
 	sel := "<nil>"
 	if methodSelector != nil {
 		sel = *methodSelector
diff --git a/signer/core/gnosis_safe.go b/signer/core/gnosis_safe.go
index 050425f0a..bdf7f837a 100644
--- a/signer/core/gnosis_safe.go
+++ b/signer/core/gnosis_safe.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common/hexutil"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common/math"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/signer/core/apitypes"
 )
 
 // GnosisSafeTx is a type to parse the safe-tx returned by the relayer,
@@ -76,9 +77,9 @@ func (tx *GnosisSafeTx) ToTypedData() TypedData {
 
 // ArgsForValidation returns a SendTxArgs struct, which can be used for the
 // common validations, e.g. look up 4byte destinations
-func (tx *GnosisSafeTx) ArgsForValidation() *SendTxArgs {
+func (tx *GnosisSafeTx) ArgsForValidation() *apitypes.SendTxArgs {
 	gp := hexutil.Big(tx.GasPrice)
-	args := &SendTxArgs{
+	args := &apitypes.SendTxArgs{
 		From:     tx.Safe,
 		To:       &tx.To,
 		Gas:      hexutil.Uint64(tx.SafeTxGas.Uint64()),
diff --git a/signer/core/signed_data.go b/signer/core/signed_data.go
index 3bff1e1f2..6c2fd5f8f 100644
--- a/signer/core/signed_data.go
+++ b/signer/core/signed_data.go
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/types"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/crypto"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rlp"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/signer/core/apitypes"
 )
 
 type SigFormat struct {
@@ -323,7 +324,7 @@ func (api *SignerAPI) SignTypedData(ctx context.Context, addr common.MixedcaseAd
 // signTypedData is identical to the capitalized version, except that it also returns the hash (preimage)
 // - the signature preimage (hash)
 func (api *SignerAPI) signTypedData(ctx context.Context, addr common.MixedcaseAddress,
-	typedData TypedData, validationMessages *ValidationMessages) (hexutil.Bytes, hexutil.Bytes, error) {
+	typedData TypedData, validationMessages *apitypes.ValidationMessages) (hexutil.Bytes, hexutil.Bytes, error) {
 	domainSeparator, err := typedData.HashStruct("EIP712Domain", typedData.Domain.Map())
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, err
diff --git a/signer/fourbyte/validation.go b/signer/fourbyte/validation.go
index f311c89e5..58111e8e0 100644
--- a/signer/fourbyte/validation.go
+++ b/signer/fourbyte/validation.go
@@ -23,14 +23,14 @@ import (
 	"math/big"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/signer/core"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/signer/core/apitypes"
 )
 
 // ValidateTransaction does a number of checks on the supplied transaction, and
 // returns either a list of warnings, or an error (indicating that the transaction
 // should be immediately rejected).
-func (db *Database) ValidateTransaction(selector *string, tx *core.SendTxArgs) (*core.ValidationMessages, error) {
-	messages := new(core.ValidationMessages)
+func (db *Database) ValidateTransaction(selector *string, tx *apitypes.SendTxArgs) (*apitypes.ValidationMessages, error) {
+	messages := new(apitypes.ValidationMessages)
 
 	// Prevent accidental erroneous usage of both 'input' and 'data' (show stopper)
 	if tx.Data != nil && tx.Input != nil && !bytes.Equal(*tx.Data, *tx.Input) {
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ func (db *Database) ValidateTransaction(selector *string, tx *core.SendTxArgs) (
 
 // ValidateCallData checks if the ABI call-data + method selector (if given) can
 // be parsed and seems to match.
-func (db *Database) ValidateCallData(selector *string, data []byte, messages *core.ValidationMessages) {
+func (db *Database) ValidateCallData(selector *string, data []byte, messages *apitypes.ValidationMessages) {
 	// If the data is empty, we have a plain value transfer, nothing more to do
 	if len(data) == 0 {
 		return
diff --git a/signer/fourbyte/validation_test.go b/signer/fourbyte/validation_test.go
index b088cf309..c3085696f 100644
--- a/signer/fourbyte/validation_test.go
+++ b/signer/fourbyte/validation_test.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common/hexutil"
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/signer/core"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/signer/core/apitypes"
 )
 
 func mixAddr(a string) (*common.MixedcaseAddress, error) {
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ func toHexUint(h string) hexutil.Uint64 {
 	b := big.NewInt(0).SetBytes(common.FromHex(h))
 	return hexutil.Uint64(b.Uint64())
 }
-func dummyTxArgs(t txtestcase) *core.SendTxArgs {
+func dummyTxArgs(t txtestcase) *apitypes.SendTxArgs {
 	to, _ := mixAddr(t.to)
 	from, _ := mixAddr(t.from)
 	n := toHexUint(t.n)
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ func dummyTxArgs(t txtestcase) *core.SendTxArgs {
 		input = &a
 
 	}
-	return &core.SendTxArgs{
+	return &apitypes.SendTxArgs{
 		From:     *from,
 		To:       to,
 		Value:    value,
diff --git a/signer/rules/rules_test.go b/signer/rules/rules_test.go
index ec11e3712..d506ef2db 100644
--- a/signer/rules/rules_test.go
+++ b/signer/rules/rules_test.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/types"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/internal/ethapi"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/signer/core"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/signer/core/apitypes"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/signer/storage"
 )
 
@@ -180,7 +181,7 @@ func TestSignTxRequest(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	t.Logf("to %v", to.Address().String())
 	resp, err := r.ApproveTx(&core.SignTxRequest{
-		Transaction: core.SendTxArgs{
+		Transaction: apitypes.SendTxArgs{
 			From: *from,
 			To:   to},
 		Callinfo: nil,
@@ -432,7 +433,7 @@ func dummyTx(value hexutil.Big) *core.SignTxRequest {
 	gasPrice := hexutil.Big(*big.NewInt(2000000))
 
 	return &core.SignTxRequest{
-		Transaction: core.SendTxArgs{
+		Transaction: apitypes.SendTxArgs{
 			From:     *from,
 			To:       to,
 			Value:    value,
@@ -440,7 +441,7 @@ func dummyTx(value hexutil.Big) *core.SignTxRequest {
 			GasPrice: &gasPrice,
 			Gas:      gas,
 		},
-		Callinfo: []core.ValidationInfo{
+		Callinfo: []apitypes.ValidationInfo{
 			{Typ: "Warning", Message: "All your base are bellong to us"},
 		},
 		Meta: core.Metadata{Remote: "remoteip", Local: "localip", Scheme: "inproc"},
diff --git a/tests/block_test_util.go b/tests/block_test_util.go
index c9c0afb1b..bcf861e09 100644
--- a/tests/block_test_util.go
+++ b/tests/block_test_util.go
@@ -85,17 +85,17 @@ type btHeader struct {
 	GasLimit         uint64
 	GasUsed          uint64
 	Timestamp        uint64
-	BaseFee          *big.Int
+	BaseFeePerGas    *big.Int
 }
 
 type btHeaderMarshaling struct {
-	ExtraData  hexutil.Bytes
-	Number     *math.HexOrDecimal256
-	Difficulty *math.HexOrDecimal256
-	GasLimit   math.HexOrDecimal64
-	GasUsed    math.HexOrDecimal64
-	Timestamp  math.HexOrDecimal64
-	BaseFee    *math.HexOrDecimal256
+	ExtraData     hexutil.Bytes
+	Number        *math.HexOrDecimal256
+	Difficulty    *math.HexOrDecimal256
+	GasLimit      math.HexOrDecimal64
+	GasUsed       math.HexOrDecimal64
+	Timestamp     math.HexOrDecimal64
+	BaseFeePerGas *math.HexOrDecimal256
 }
 
 func (t *BlockTest) Run(snapshotter bool) error {
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ func (t *BlockTest) genesis(config *params.ChainConfig) *core.Genesis {
 		Mixhash:    t.json.Genesis.MixHash,
 		Coinbase:   t.json.Genesis.Coinbase,
 		Alloc:      t.json.Pre,
-		BaseFee:    t.json.Genesis.BaseFee,
+		BaseFee:    t.json.Genesis.BaseFeePerGas,
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/gen_btheader.go b/tests/gen_btheader.go
index 07df1ecb3..4387f8db4 100644
--- a/tests/gen_btheader.go
+++ b/tests/gen_btheader.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ func (b btHeader) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
 		GasLimit         math.HexOrDecimal64
 		GasUsed          math.HexOrDecimal64
 		Timestamp        math.HexOrDecimal64
-		BaseFee          *math.HexOrDecimal256
+		BaseFeePerGas    *math.HexOrDecimal256
 	}
 	var enc btHeader
 	enc.Bloom = b.Bloom
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ func (b btHeader) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
 	enc.GasLimit = math.HexOrDecimal64(b.GasLimit)
 	enc.GasUsed = math.HexOrDecimal64(b.GasUsed)
 	enc.Timestamp = math.HexOrDecimal64(b.Timestamp)
-	enc.BaseFee = (*math.HexOrDecimal256)(b.BaseFee)
+	enc.BaseFeePerGas = (*math.HexOrDecimal256)(b.BaseFeePerGas)
 	return json.Marshal(&enc)
 }
 
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ func (b *btHeader) UnmarshalJSON(input []byte) error {
 		GasLimit         *math.HexOrDecimal64
 		GasUsed          *math.HexOrDecimal64
 		Timestamp        *math.HexOrDecimal64
-		BaseFee          *math.HexOrDecimal256
+		BaseFeePerGas    *math.HexOrDecimal256
 	}
 	var dec btHeader
 	if err := json.Unmarshal(input, &dec); err != nil {
@@ -129,8 +129,8 @@ func (b *btHeader) UnmarshalJSON(input []byte) error {
 	if dec.Timestamp != nil {
 		b.Timestamp = uint64(*dec.Timestamp)
 	}
-	if dec.BaseFee != nil {
-		b.BaseFee = (*big.Int)(dec.BaseFee)
+	if dec.BaseFeePerGas != nil {
+		b.BaseFeePerGas = (*big.Int)(dec.BaseFeePerGas)
 	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/tests/init_test.go b/tests/init_test.go
index 1638f863e..969cf7139 100644
--- a/tests/init_test.go
+++ b/tests/init_test.go
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	baseDir            = filepath.Join(".", "testdata")
-	blockTestDir       = filepath.Join(baseDir, "BlockchainTests")
-	stateTestDir       = filepath.Join(baseDir, "GeneralStateTests")
-	legacyStateTestDir = filepath.Join(baseDir, "LegacyTests", "Constantinople", "GeneralStateTests")
+	baseDir      = filepath.Join(".", "testdata")
+	blockTestDir = filepath.Join(baseDir, "BlockchainTests")
+	stateTestDir = filepath.Join(baseDir, "GeneralStateTests")
+	//legacyStateTestDir = filepath.Join(baseDir, "LegacyTests", "Constantinople", "GeneralStateTests")
 	transactionTestDir = filepath.Join(baseDir, "TransactionTests")
 	vmTestDir          = filepath.Join(baseDir, "VMTests")
 	rlpTestDir         = filepath.Join(baseDir, "RLPTests")
@@ -89,11 +89,11 @@ func findLine(data []byte, offset int64) (line int) {
 
 // testMatcher controls skipping and chain config assignment to tests.
 type testMatcher struct {
-	configpat    []testConfig
-	failpat      []testFailure
-	skiploadpat  []*regexp.Regexp
-	slowpat      []*regexp.Regexp
-	whitelistpat *regexp.Regexp
+	configpat      []testConfig
+	failpat        []testFailure
+	skiploadpat    []*regexp.Regexp
+	slowpat        []*regexp.Regexp
+	runonlylistpat *regexp.Regexp
 }
 
 type testConfig struct {
@@ -124,8 +124,8 @@ func (tm *testMatcher) fails(pattern string, reason string) {
 	tm.failpat = append(tm.failpat, testFailure{regexp.MustCompile(pattern), reason})
 }
 
-func (tm *testMatcher) whitelist(pattern string) {
-	tm.whitelistpat = regexp.MustCompile(pattern)
+func (tm *testMatcher) runonly(pattern string) {
+	tm.runonlylistpat = regexp.MustCompile(pattern)
 }
 
 // config defines chain config for tests matching the pattern.
@@ -217,9 +217,9 @@ func (tm *testMatcher) runTestFile(t *testing.T, path, name string, runTest inte
 	if r, _ := tm.findSkip(name); r != "" {
 		t.Skip(r)
 	}
-	if tm.whitelistpat != nil {
-		if !tm.whitelistpat.MatchString(name) {
-			t.Skip("Skipped by whitelist")
+	if tm.runonlylistpat != nil {
+		if !tm.runonlylistpat.MatchString(name) {
+			t.Skip("Skipped by runonly")
 		}
 	}
 	t.Parallel()
@@ -276,10 +276,10 @@ func runTestFunc(runTest interface{}, t *testing.T, name string, m reflect.Value
 	})
 }
 
-func TestMatcherWhitelist(t *testing.T) {
+func TestMatcherRunonlylist(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 	tm := new(testMatcher)
-	tm.whitelist("invalid*")
+	tm.runonly("invalid*")
 	tm.walk(t, rlpTestDir, func(t *testing.T, name string, test *RLPTest) {
 		if name[:len("invalidRLPTest.json")] != "invalidRLPTest.json" {
 			t.Fatalf("invalid test found: %s != invalidRLPTest.json", name)
diff --git a/tests/state_test.go b/tests/state_test.go
index 2ed98b650..242e9712a 100644
--- a/tests/state_test.go
+++ b/tests/state_test.go
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ func TestState(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Uses 1GB RAM per tested fork
 	st.skipLoad(`^stStaticCall/static_Call1MB`)
-
+	// Un-skip this when https://github.com/ethereum/tests/issues/908 is closed
+	st.skipLoad(`^stQuadraticComplexityTest/QuadraticComplexitySolidity_CallDataCopy`)
 	// Broken tests:
 	// Expected failures:
 	//st.fails(`^stRevertTest/RevertPrecompiledTouch(_storage)?\.json/Byzantium/0`, "bug in test")
@@ -58,7 +59,9 @@ func TestState(t *testing.T) {
 	// For Istanbul, older tests were moved into LegacyTests
 	for _, dir := range []string{
 		stateTestDir,
-		legacyStateTestDir,
+		// legacy state tests are disabled, due to them not being
+		// regenerated for the no-sender-eoa change.
+		//legacyStateTestDir,
 	} {
 		st.walk(t, dir, func(t *testing.T, name string, test *StateTest) {
 			for _, subtest := range test.Subtests() {
@@ -68,6 +71,10 @@ func TestState(t *testing.T) {
 				t.Run(key+"/trie", func(t *testing.T) {
 					withTrace(t, test.gasLimit(subtest), func(vmconfig vm.Config) error {
 						_, _, err := test.Run(subtest, vmconfig, false)
+						if err != nil && len(test.json.Post[subtest.Fork][subtest.Index].ExpectException) > 0 {
+							// Ignore expected errors (TODO MariusVanDerWijden check error string)
+							return nil
+						}
 						return st.checkFailure(t, err)
 					})
 				})
@@ -79,6 +86,10 @@ func TestState(t *testing.T) {
 								return err
 							}
 						}
+						if err != nil && len(test.json.Post[subtest.Fork][subtest.Index].ExpectException) > 0 {
+							// Ignore expected errors (TODO MariusVanDerWijden check error string)
+							return nil
+						}
 						return st.checkFailure(t, err)
 					})
 				})
diff --git a/tests/state_test_util.go b/tests/state_test_util.go
index 97fd3fb6a..4f57fee89 100644
--- a/tests/state_test_util.go
+++ b/tests/state_test_util.go
@@ -65,9 +65,11 @@ type stJSON struct {
 }
 
 type stPostState struct {
-	Root    common.UnprefixedHash `json:"hash"`
-	Logs    common.UnprefixedHash `json:"logs"`
-	Indexes struct {
+	Root            common.UnprefixedHash `json:"hash"`
+	Logs            common.UnprefixedHash `json:"logs"`
+	TxBytes         hexutil.Bytes         `json:"txbytes"`
+	ExpectException string                `json:"expectException"`
+	Indexes         struct {
 		Data  int `json:"data"`
 		Gas   int `json:"gas"`
 		Value int `json:"value"`
@@ -198,6 +200,19 @@ func (t *StateTest) RunNoVerify(subtest StateSubtest, vmconfig vm.Config, snapsh
 		return nil, nil, common.Hash{}, err
 	}
 
+	// Try to recover tx with current signer
+	if len(post.TxBytes) != 0 {
+		var ttx types.Transaction
+		err := ttx.UnmarshalBinary(post.TxBytes)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, nil, common.Hash{}, err
+		}
+
+		if _, err := types.Sender(types.LatestSigner(config), &ttx); err != nil {
+			return nil, nil, common.Hash{}, err
+		}
+	}
+
 	// Prepare the EVM.
 	txContext := core.NewEVMTxContext(msg)
 	context := core.NewEVMBlockContext(block.Header(), nil, &t.json.Env.Coinbase)
diff --git a/tests/testdata b/tests/testdata
index 6b85703b5..5d534e37b 160000
--- a/tests/testdata
+++ b/tests/testdata
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 6b85703b568f4456582a00665d8a3e5c3b20b484
+Subproject commit 5d534e37b80e9310e8c7751f805ca481a451123e