diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3b748a0a0b..cf6493922c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ lint: ## Run linters.
 check_tidy: ## Run 'go mod tidy'.
 	$(GORUN) build/ci.go check_tidy
 
+#? check_generate: Verify everything is 'go generate'-ed
+check_generate: ## Run 'go generate ./...'.
+	$(GORUN) build/ci.go check_generate
+
 #? clean: Clean go cache, built executables, and the auto generated folder.
 clean:
 	rm -fr build/_workspace/pkg/ $(GOBIN)/*
diff --git a/build/ci.go b/build/ci.go
index 3c0660a71a..9b13d4bff5 100644
--- a/build/ci.go
+++ b/build/ci.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ Available commands are:
 
 	lint           -- runs certain pre-selected linters
 	check_tidy     -- verifies that everything is 'go mod tidy'-ed
+	check_generate -- verifies that everything is 'go generate'-ed
 
 	install    [ -arch architecture ] [ -cc compiler ] [ packages... ]                          -- builds packages and executables
 	test       [ -coverage ] [ packages... ]                                                    -- runs the tests
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ import (
 	"log"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
+	"path"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"runtime"
 	"strings"
@@ -93,6 +95,8 @@ func main() {
 		doLint(os.Args[2:])
 	case "check_tidy":
 		doCheckTidy()
+	case "check_generate":
+		doCheckGenerate()
 	case "xgo":
 		doXgo(os.Args[2:])
 	default:
@@ -270,6 +274,45 @@ func doCheckTidy() {
 	fmt.Println("No untidy module files detected.")
 }
 
+// doCheckGenerate ensures that re-generating generated files does not cause
+// any mutations in the source file tree.
+func doCheckGenerate() {
+	var (
+		cachedir = flag.String("cachedir", "./build/cache", "directory for caching binaries.")
+	)
+	// Compute the origin hashes of all the files
+	var hashes map[string][32]byte
+
+	var err error
+	hashes, err = build.HashFolder(".", []string{"tests/testdata", "build/cache"})
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal("Error computing hashes", "err", err)
+	}
+	// Run any go generate steps we might be missing
+	var (
+		protocPath      = downloadProtoc(*cachedir)
+		protocGenGoPath = downloadProtocGenGo(*cachedir)
+	)
+	c := new(build.GoToolchain).Go("generate", "./...")
+	pathList := []string{filepath.Join(protocPath, "bin"), protocGenGoPath, os.Getenv("PATH")}
+	c.Env = append(c.Env, "PATH="+strings.Join(pathList, string(os.PathListSeparator)))
+	build.MustRun(c)
+
+	// Check if generate file hashes have changed
+	generated, err := build.HashFolder(".", []string{"tests/testdata", "build/cache"})
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("Error re-computing hashes: %v", err)
+	}
+	updates := build.DiffHashes(hashes, generated)
+	for _, file := range updates {
+		log.Printf("File changed: %s", file)
+	}
+	if len(updates) != 0 {
+		log.Fatal("One or more generated files were updated by running 'go generate ./...'")
+	}
+	fmt.Println("No stale files detected.")
+}
+
 // doLint runs golangci-lint on requested packages.
 func doLint(cmdline []string) {
 	var (
@@ -315,6 +358,96 @@ func downloadLinter(cachedir string) string {
 	return filepath.Join(cachedir, base, "golangci-lint")
 }
 
+// downloadProtocGenGo downloads protoc-gen-go, which is used by protoc
+// in the generate command.  It returns the full path of the directory
+// containing the 'protoc-gen-go' executable.
+func downloadProtocGenGo(cachedir string) string {
+	csdb := build.MustLoadChecksums("build/checksums.txt")
+	version, err := build.Version(csdb, "protoc-gen-go")
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	baseName := fmt.Sprintf("protoc-gen-go.v%s.%s.%s", version, runtime.GOOS, runtime.GOARCH)
+	archiveName := baseName
+	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
+		archiveName += ".zip"
+	} else {
+		archiveName += ".tar.gz"
+	}
+
+	url := fmt.Sprintf("https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf-go/releases/download/v%s/%s", version, archiveName)
+
+	archivePath := path.Join(cachedir, archiveName)
+	if err := csdb.DownloadFile(url, archivePath); err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	extractDest := filepath.Join(cachedir, baseName)
+	if err := build.ExtractArchive(archivePath, extractDest); err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	extractDest, err = filepath.Abs(extractDest)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal("error resolving absolute path for protoc", "err", err)
+	}
+	return extractDest
+}
+
+// protocArchiveBaseName returns the name of the protoc archive file for
+// the current system, stripped of version and file suffix.
+func protocArchiveBaseName() (string, error) {
+	switch runtime.GOOS + "-" + runtime.GOARCH {
+	case "windows-amd64":
+		return "win64", nil
+	case "windows-386":
+		return "win32", nil
+	case "linux-arm64":
+		return "linux-aarch_64", nil
+	case "linux-386":
+		return "linux-x86_32", nil
+	case "linux-amd64":
+		return "linux-x86_64", nil
+	case "darwin-arm64":
+		return "osx-aarch_64", nil
+	case "darwin-amd64":
+		return "osx-x86_64", nil
+	default:
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("no prebuilt release of protoc available for this system (os: %s, arch: %s)", runtime.GOOS, runtime.GOARCH)
+	}
+}
+
+// downloadProtoc downloads the prebuilt protoc binary used to lint generated
+// files as a CI step.  It returns the full path to the directory containing
+// the protoc executable.
+func downloadProtoc(cachedir string) string {
+	csdb := build.MustLoadChecksums("build/checksums.txt")
+	version, err := build.Version(csdb, "protoc")
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	baseName, err := protocArchiveBaseName()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	fileName := fmt.Sprintf("protoc-%s-%s", version, baseName)
+	archiveFileName := fileName + ".zip"
+	url := fmt.Sprintf("https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/releases/download/v%s/%s", version, archiveFileName)
+	archivePath := filepath.Join(cachedir, archiveFileName)
+
+	if err := csdb.DownloadFile(url, archivePath); err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	extractDest := filepath.Join(cachedir, fileName)
+	if err := build.ExtractArchive(archivePath, extractDest); err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	extractDest, err = filepath.Abs(extractDest)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal("error resolving absolute path for protoc", "err", err)
+	}
+	return extractDest
+}
+
 // Cross compilation
 func doXgo(cmdline []string) {
 	var (
diff --git a/build/tools/tools.go b/build/tools/tools.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e9e2241d2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/tools/tools.go
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+// Copyright 2019 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/>.
+
+//go:build tools
+// +build tools
+
+package tools
+
+import (
+	// Tool imports for go:generate.
+	_ "github.com/fjl/gencodec"
+	_ "golang.org/x/tools/cmd/stringer"
+	_ "google.golang.org/protobuf/cmd/protoc-gen-go"
+)
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 9b6faf749c..a4a458bbeb 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/decred/dcrd/dcrec/secp256k1/v4 v4.0.1
 	github.com/dop251/goja v0.0.0-20200721192441-a695b0cdd498
 	github.com/ethereum/c-kzg-4844 v0.4.0
+	github.com/fjl/gencodec v0.0.0-20230517082657-f9840df7b83e
 	github.com/go-yaml/yaml v2.1.0+incompatible
 	github.com/influxdata/influxdb-client-go/v2 v2.4.0
 	github.com/influxdata/influxdb1-client v0.0.0-20220302092344-a9ab5670611c
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/protolambda/bls12-381-util v0.0.0-20220416220906-d8552aa452c7
 	github.com/shirou/gopsutil v3.21.4-0.20210419000835-c7a38de76ee5+incompatible
 	github.com/urfave/cli/v2 v2.27.5
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.31.0
 	gopkg.in/natefinch/lumberjack.v2 v2.2.1
 )
 
@@ -68,6 +70,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.5 // indirect
 	github.com/deepmap/oapi-codegen v1.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/dlclark/regexp2 v1.10.0 // indirect
+	github.com/garslo/gogen v0.0.0-20170306192744-1d203ffc1f61 // indirect
 	github.com/go-ole/go-ole v1.2.5 // indirect
 	github.com/go-sourcemap/sourcemap v2.1.3+incompatible // indirect
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.3.0 // indirect
@@ -91,7 +94,6 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/net v0.25.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/term v0.26.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.20.0 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.31.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 	gotest.tools v2.2.0+incompatible // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index baa6733abe..8e3cc32731 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -47,9 +47,13 @@ github.com/ethereum/c-kzg-4844 v0.4.0 h1:3MS1s4JtA868KpJxroZoepdV0ZKBp3u/O5HcZ7R
 github.com/ethereum/c-kzg-4844 v0.4.0/go.mod h1:VewdlzQmpT5QSrVhbBuGoCdFJkpaJlO1aQputP83wc0=
 github.com/fatih/color v1.13.0 h1:8LOYc1KYPPmyKMuN8QV2DNRWNbLo6LZ0iLs8+mlH53w=
 github.com/fatih/color v1.13.0/go.mod h1:kLAiJbzzSOZDVNGyDpeOxJ47H46qBXwg5ILebYFFOfk=
+github.com/fjl/gencodec v0.0.0-20230517082657-f9840df7b83e h1:bBLctRc7kr01YGvaDfgLbTwjFNW5jdp5y5rj8XXBHfY=
+github.com/fjl/gencodec v0.0.0-20230517082657-f9840df7b83e/go.mod h1:AzA8Lj6YtixmJWL+wkKoBGsLWy9gFrAzi4g+5bCKwpY=
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.4.7/go.mod h1:jwhsz4b93w/PPRr/qN1Yymfu8t87LnFCMoQvtojpjFo=
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.4.9 h1:hsms1Qyu0jgnwNXIxa+/V/PDsU6CfLf6CNO8H7IWoS4=
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.4.9/go.mod h1:znqG4EE+3YCdAaPaxE2ZRY/06pZUdp0tY4IgpuI1SZQ=
+github.com/garslo/gogen v0.0.0-20170306192744-1d203ffc1f61 h1:IZqZOB2fydHte3kUgxrzK5E1fW7RQGeDwE8F/ZZnUYc=
+github.com/garslo/gogen v0.0.0-20170306192744-1d203ffc1f61/go.mod h1:Q0X6pkwTILDlzrGEckF6HKjXe48EgsY/l7K7vhY4MW8=
 github.com/getkin/kin-openapi v0.53.0/go.mod h1:7Yn5whZr5kJi6t+kShccXS8ae1APpYTW6yheSwk8Yi4=
 github.com/ghodss/yaml v1.0.0/go.mod h1:4dBDuWmgqj2HViK6kFavaiC9ZROes6MMH2rRYeMEF04=
 github.com/globalsign/mgo v0.0.0-20181015135952-eeefdecb41b8 h1:DujepqpGd1hyOd7aW59XpK7Qymp8iy83xq74fLr21is=