Merge pull request #14 from taurusgroup/release_v1.12.2

Release v1.12.2
2026-08-18 18:02:24 +00:00 · 2023-08-28 14:08:32 +02:00 · 2023-08-28 14:08:32 +02:00 · c1a41f7b1e
commit c1a41f7b1e
parent 312db2c4de bed8460658
458 changed files with 22157 additions and 19811 deletions
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@ -123,15 +123,6 @@ use separate accounts for play and real money. Unless you manually move
 accounts, `geth` will by default correctly separate the two networks and will not make any
 accounts available between them.*

-### Full node on the Rinkeby test network
-
-Go Ethereum also supports connecting to the older proof-of-authority based test network
-called [*Rinkeby*](https://www.rinkeby.io) which is operated by members of the community.
-
-```shell
-$ geth --rinkeby console
-```
-
 ### Configuration

 As an alternative to passing the numerous flags to the `geth` binary, you can also pass a
--- a/accounts/abi/bind/backend.go
+++ b/accounts/abi/bind/backend.go
@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import (
 var (
 	// ErrNoCode is returned by call and transact operations for which the requested
 	// recipient contract to operate on does not exist in the state db or does not
-	// have any code associated with it (i.e. suicided).
+	// have any code associated with it (i.e. self-destructed).
 	ErrNoCode = errors.New("no contract code at given address")

 	// ErrNoPendingState is raised when attempting to perform a pending state action
--- a/accounts/abi/bind/backends/simulated.go
+++ b/accounts/abi/bind/backends/simulated.go
@ -681,7 +681,7 @@ func (b *SimulatedBackend) SendTransaction(ctx context.Context, tx *types.Transa
 	// Get the last block
 	block, err := b.blockByHash(ctx, b.pendingBlock.ParentHash())
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("could not fetch parent")
+		return errors.New("could not fetch parent")
 	}
 	// Check transaction validity
 	signer := types.MakeSigner(b.blockchain.Config(), block.Number(), block.Time())
@ -815,7 +815,7 @@ func (b *SimulatedBackend) AdjustTime(adjustment time.Duration) error {
 	// Get the last block
 	block := b.blockchain.GetBlockByHash(b.pendingBlock.ParentHash())
 	if block == nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("could not find parent")
+		return errors.New("could not find parent")
 	}

 	blocks, _ := core.GenerateChain(b.config, block, ethash.NewFaker(), b.database, 1, func(number int, block *core.BlockGen) {
--- a/accounts/abi/bind/backends/simulated_test.go
+++ b/accounts/abi/bind/backends/simulated_test.go
@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ func TestAdjustTime(t *testing.T) {
 func TestNewAdjustTimeFail(t *testing.T) {
 	testAddr := crypto.PubkeyToAddress(testKey.PublicKey)
 	sim := simTestBackend(testAddr)
+	defer sim.blockchain.Stop()

 	// Create tx and send
 	head, _ := sim.HeaderByNumber(context.Background(), nil) // Should be child's, good enough
--- a/accounts/abi/error.go
+++ b/accounts/abi/error.go
@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ type Error struct {
 	str    string

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

--- a/accounts/abi/reflect.go
+++ b/accounts/abi/reflect.go
@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ func mapArgNamesToStructFields(argNames []string, value reflect.Value) (map[stri
 		structFieldName := ToCamelCase(argName)

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

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

 import (
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 )

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

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

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

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

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

 import (
 	"encoding/binary"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"math"
 	"math/big"
@ -125,7 +126,7 @@ func readBool(word []byte) (bool, error) {
 // readFunctionType enforces that standard by always presenting it as a 24-array (address + sig = 24 bytes)
 func readFunctionType(t Type, word []byte) (funcTy [24]byte, err error) {
 	if t.T != FunctionTy {
-		return [24]byte{}, fmt.Errorf("abi: invalid type in call to make function type byte array")
+		return [24]byte{}, errors.New("abi: invalid type in call to make function type byte array")
 	}
 	if garbage := binary.BigEndian.Uint64(word[24:32]); garbage != 0 {
 		err = fmt.Errorf("abi: got improperly encoded function type, got %v", word)
@ -138,7 +139,7 @@ func readFunctionType(t Type, word []byte) (funcTy [24]byte, err error) {
 // ReadFixedBytes uses reflection to create a fixed array to be read from.
 func ReadFixedBytes(t Type, word []byte) (interface{}, error) {
 	if t.T != FixedBytesTy {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("abi: invalid type in call to make fixed byte array")
+		return nil, errors.New("abi: invalid type in call to make fixed byte array")
 	}
 	// convert
 	array := reflect.New(t.GetType()).Elem()
@ -166,7 +167,7 @@ func forEachUnpack(t Type, output []byte, start, size int) (interface{}, error)
 		// declare our array
 		refSlice = reflect.New(t.GetType()).Elem()
 	} else {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("abi: invalid type in array/slice unpacking stage")
+		return nil, errors.New("abi: invalid type in array/slice unpacking stage")
 	}

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 var testSigData = make([]byte, 32)
@ -397,19 +397,19 @@ func TestImportRace(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("failed to export account: %v", acc)
 	}
 	_, ks2 := tmpKeyStore(t, true)
-	var atom uint32
+	var atom atomic.Uint32
 	var wg sync.WaitGroup
 	wg.Add(2)
 	for i := 0; i < 2; i++ {
 		go func() {
 			defer wg.Done()
 			if _, err := ks2.Import(json, "new", "new"); err != nil {
-				atomic.AddUint32(&atom, 1)
+				atom.Add(1)
 			}
 		}()
 	}
 	wg.Wait()
-	if atom != 1 {
+	if atom.Load() != 1 {
 		t.Errorf("Import is racy")
 	}
 }
@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ func checkAccounts(t *testing.T, live map[common.Address]accounts.Account, walle
 	for _, account := range live {
 		liveList = append(liveList, account)
 	}
-	sort.Sort(accountsByURL(liveList))
+	slices.SortFunc(liveList, byURL)
 	for j, wallet := range wallets {
 		if accs := wallet.Accounts(); len(accs) != 1 {
 			t.Errorf("wallet %d: contains invalid number of accounts: have %d, want 1", j, len(accs))
--- a/accounts/keystore/passphrase.go
+++ b/accounts/keystore/passphrase.go
@ -225,10 +225,13 @@ func DecryptKey(keyjson []byte, auth string) (*Key, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	key := crypto.ToECDSAUnsafe(keyBytes)
+	key, err := crypto.ToECDSA(keyBytes)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid key: %w", err)
+	}
 	id, err := uuid.FromBytes(keyId)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid UUID: %w", err)
 	}
 	return &Key{
 		Id:         id,
--- a/accounts/scwallet/securechannel.go
+++ b/accounts/scwallet/securechannel.go
@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 	"crypto/rand"
 	"crypto/sha256"
 	"crypto/sha512"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

-// SignHashWithPassphrase implements accounts.Wallet, however signing arbitrary
+// SignTextWithPassphrase implements accounts.Wallet, however signing arbitrary
 // data is not supported for Ledger wallets, so this method will always return
 // an error.
 func (w *wallet) SignTextWithPassphrase(account accounts.Account, passphrase string, text []byte) ([]byte, error) {
--- a/beacon/engine/gen_ed.go
+++ b/beacon/engine/gen_ed.go
@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ func (e ExecutableData) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
 		BlockHash     common.Hash         `json:"blockHash"     gencodec:"required"`
 		Transactions  []hexutil.Bytes     `json:"transactions"  gencodec:"required"`
 		Withdrawals   []*types.Withdrawal `json:"withdrawals"`
+		BlobGasUsed   *hexutil.Uint64     `json:"blobGasUsed"`
+		ExcessBlobGas *hexutil.Uint64     `json:"excessBlobGas"`
 	}
 	var enc ExecutableData
 	enc.ParentHash = e.ParentHash
@ -54,6 +56,8 @@ func (e ExecutableData) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
 		}
 	}
 	enc.Withdrawals = e.Withdrawals
+	enc.BlobGasUsed = (*hexutil.Uint64)(e.BlobGasUsed)
+	enc.ExcessBlobGas = (*hexutil.Uint64)(e.ExcessBlobGas)
 	return json.Marshal(&enc)
 }

@ -75,6 +79,8 @@ func (e *ExecutableData) UnmarshalJSON(input []byte) error {
 		BlockHash     *common.Hash        `json:"blockHash"     gencodec:"required"`
 		Transactions  []hexutil.Bytes     `json:"transactions"  gencodec:"required"`
 		Withdrawals   []*types.Withdrawal `json:"withdrawals"`
+		BlobGasUsed   *hexutil.Uint64     `json:"blobGasUsed"`
+		ExcessBlobGas *hexutil.Uint64     `json:"excessBlobGas"`
 	}
 	var dec ExecutableData
 	if err := json.Unmarshal(input, &dec); err != nil {
@ -142,5 +148,11 @@ func (e *ExecutableData) UnmarshalJSON(input []byte) error {
 	if dec.Withdrawals != nil {
 		e.Withdrawals = dec.Withdrawals
 	}
+	if dec.BlobGasUsed != nil {
+		e.BlobGasUsed = (*uint64)(dec.BlobGasUsed)
+	}
+	if dec.ExcessBlobGas != nil {
+		e.ExcessBlobGas = (*uint64)(dec.ExcessBlobGas)
+	}
 	return nil
 }
--- a/beacon/engine/gen_epe.go
+++ b/beacon/engine/gen_epe.go
@ -17,10 +17,12 @@ func (e ExecutionPayloadEnvelope) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
 	type ExecutionPayloadEnvelope struct {
 		ExecutionPayload *ExecutableData `json:"executionPayload"  gencodec:"required"`
 		BlockValue       *hexutil.Big    `json:"blockValue"  gencodec:"required"`
+		BlobsBundle      *BlobsBundleV1  `json:"blobsBundle"`
 	}
 	var enc ExecutionPayloadEnvelope
 	enc.ExecutionPayload = e.ExecutionPayload
 	enc.BlockValue = (*hexutil.Big)(e.BlockValue)
+	enc.BlobsBundle = e.BlobsBundle
 	return json.Marshal(&enc)
 }

@ -29,6 +31,7 @@ func (e *ExecutionPayloadEnvelope) UnmarshalJSON(input []byte) error {
 	type ExecutionPayloadEnvelope struct {
 		ExecutionPayload *ExecutableData `json:"executionPayload"  gencodec:"required"`
 		BlockValue       *hexutil.Big    `json:"blockValue"  gencodec:"required"`
+		BlobsBundle      *BlobsBundleV1  `json:"blobsBundle"`
 	}
 	var dec ExecutionPayloadEnvelope
 	if err := json.Unmarshal(input, &dec); err != nil {
@ -42,5 +45,8 @@ func (e *ExecutionPayloadEnvelope) UnmarshalJSON(input []byte) error {
 		return errors.New("missing required field 'blockValue' for ExecutionPayloadEnvelope")
 	}
 	e.BlockValue = (*big.Int)(dec.BlockValue)
+	if dec.BlobsBundle != nil {
+		e.BlobsBundle = dec.BlobsBundle
+	}
 	return nil
 }
--- a/beacon/engine/types.go
+++ b/beacon/engine/types.go
@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common/hexutil"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/types"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/crypto/kzg4844"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/trie"
 )

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

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

 //go:generate go run github.com/fjl/gencodec -type ExecutionPayloadEnvelope -field-override executionPayloadEnvelopeMarshaling -out gen_epe.go
@ -80,6 +85,13 @@ type executableDataMarshaling struct {
 type ExecutionPayloadEnvelope struct {
 	ExecutionPayload *ExecutableData `json:"executionPayload"  gencodec:"required"`
 	BlockValue       *big.Int        `json:"blockValue"  gencodec:"required"`
+	BlobsBundle      *BlobsBundleV1  `json:"blobsBundle"`
+}
+
+type BlobsBundleV1 struct {
+	Commitments []hexutil.Bytes `json:"commitments"`
+	Proofs      []hexutil.Bytes `json:"proofs"`
+	Blobs       []hexutil.Bytes `json:"blobs"`
 }

 // JSON type overrides for ExecutionPayloadEnvelope.
@ -152,14 +164,15 @@ func decodeTransactions(enc [][]byte) ([]*types.Transaction, error) {
 // ExecutableDataToBlock constructs a block from executable data.
 // It verifies that the following fields:
 //
-//	len(extraData) <= 32
-//	uncleHash = emptyUncleHash
-//	difficulty = 0
+//		len(extraData) <= 32
+//		uncleHash = emptyUncleHash
+//		difficulty = 0
+//	 	if versionedHashes != nil, versionedHashes match to blob transactions
 //
 // and that the blockhash of the constructed block matches the parameters. Nil
 // Withdrawals value will propagate through the returned block. Empty
 // Withdrawals value must be passed via non-nil, length 0 value in params.
-func ExecutableDataToBlock(params ExecutableData) (*types.Block, error) {
+func ExecutableDataToBlock(params ExecutableData, versionedHashes []common.Hash) (*types.Block, error) {
 	txs, err := decodeTransactions(params.Transactions)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@ -174,6 +187,18 @@ func ExecutableDataToBlock(params ExecutableData) (*types.Block, error) {
 	if params.BaseFeePerGas != nil && (params.BaseFeePerGas.Sign() == -1 || params.BaseFeePerGas.BitLen() > 256) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid baseFeePerGas: %v", params.BaseFeePerGas)
 	}
+	var blobHashes []common.Hash
+	for _, tx := range txs {
+		blobHashes = append(blobHashes, tx.BlobHashes()...)
+	}
+	if len(blobHashes) != len(versionedHashes) {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid number of versionedHashes: %v blobHashes: %v", versionedHashes, blobHashes)
+	}
+	for i := 0; i < len(blobHashes); i++ {
+		if blobHashes[i] != versionedHashes[i] {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid versionedHash at %v: %v blobHashes: %v", i, versionedHashes, blobHashes)
+		}
+	}
 	// Only set withdrawalsRoot if it is non-nil. This allows CLs to use
 	// ExecutableData before withdrawals are enabled by marshaling
 	// Withdrawals as the json null value.
@ -199,6 +224,8 @@ func ExecutableDataToBlock(params ExecutableData) (*types.Block, error) {
 		Extra:           params.ExtraData,
 		MixDigest:       params.Random,
 		WithdrawalsHash: withdrawalsRoot,
+		ExcessBlobGas:   params.ExcessBlobGas,
+		BlobGasUsed:     params.BlobGasUsed,
 	}
 	block := types.NewBlockWithHeader(header).WithBody(txs, nil /* uncles */).WithWithdrawals(params.Withdrawals)
 	if block.Hash() != params.BlockHash {
@ -209,7 +236,7 @@ func ExecutableDataToBlock(params ExecutableData) (*types.Block, error) {

 // BlockToExecutableData constructs the ExecutableData structure by filling the
 // fields from the given block. It assumes the given block is post-merge block.
-func BlockToExecutableData(block *types.Block, fees *big.Int) *ExecutionPayloadEnvelope {
+func BlockToExecutableData(block *types.Block, fees *big.Int, blobs []kzg4844.Blob, commitments []kzg4844.Commitment, proofs []kzg4844.Proof) *ExecutionPayloadEnvelope {
 	data := &ExecutableData{
 		BlockHash:     block.Hash(),
 		ParentHash:    block.ParentHash(),
@ -226,8 +253,20 @@ func BlockToExecutableData(block *types.Block, fees *big.Int) *ExecutionPayloadE
 		Random:        block.MixDigest(),
 		ExtraData:     block.Extra(),
 		Withdrawals:   block.Withdrawals(),
+		BlobGasUsed:   block.BlobGasUsed(),
+		ExcessBlobGas: block.ExcessBlobGas(),
 	}
-	return &ExecutionPayloadEnvelope{ExecutionPayload: data, BlockValue: fees}
+	blobsBundle := BlobsBundleV1{
+		Commitments: make([]hexutil.Bytes, 0),
+		Blobs:       make([]hexutil.Bytes, 0),
+		Proofs:      make([]hexutil.Bytes, 0),
+	}
+	for i := range blobs {
+		blobsBundle.Blobs = append(blobsBundle.Blobs, hexutil.Bytes(blobs[i][:]))
+		blobsBundle.Commitments = append(blobsBundle.Commitments, hexutil.Bytes(commitments[i][:]))
+		blobsBundle.Proofs = append(blobsBundle.Proofs, hexutil.Bytes(proofs[i][:]))
+	}
+	return &ExecutionPayloadEnvelope{ExecutionPayload: data, BlockValue: fees, BlobsBundle: &blobsBundle}
 }

 // ExecutionPayloadBodyV1 is used in the response to GetPayloadBodiesByHashV1 and GetPayloadBodiesByRangeV1
--- a/build/checksums.txt
+++ b/build/checksums.txt
@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
 # This file contains sha256 checksums of optional build dependencies.

-e447b498cde50215c4f7619e5124b0fc4e25fb5d16ea47271c47f278e7aa763a  go1.20.3.src.tar.gz
-c1e1161d6d859deb576e6cfabeb40e3d042ceb1c6f444f617c3c9d76269c3565  go1.20.3.darwin-amd64.tar.gz
-86b0ed0f2b2df50fa8036eea875d1cf2d76cefdacf247c44639a1464b7e36b95  go1.20.3.darwin-arm64.tar.gz
-340e80abd047c597fdc0f50a6cc59617f06c297d62f7fc77f4a0164e2da6f7aa  go1.20.3.freebsd-386.tar.gz
-2169fcd8b6c94c5fbe07c0b470ccfb6001d343f6548ad49f3d9ab78e3b5753c7  go1.20.3.freebsd-amd64.tar.gz
-e12384311403f1389d14cc1c1295bfb4e0dd5ab919403b80da429f671a223507  go1.20.3.linux-386.tar.gz
-979694c2c25c735755bf26f4f45e19e64e4811d661dd07b8c010f7a8e18adfca  go1.20.3.linux-amd64.tar.gz
-eb186529f13f901e7a2c4438a05c2cd90d74706aaa0a888469b2a4a617b6ee54  go1.20.3.linux-arm64.tar.gz
-b421e90469a83671641f81b6e20df6500f033e9523e89cbe7b7223704dd1035c  go1.20.3.linux-armv6l.tar.gz
-943c89aa1624ea544a022b31e3d6e16a037200e436370bdd5fd67f3fa60be282  go1.20.3.linux-ppc64le.tar.gz
-126cf823a5634ef2544b866db107b9d351d3ea70d9e240b0bdcfb46f4dcae54b  go1.20.3.linux-s390x.tar.gz
-37e9146e1f9d681cfcaa6fee6c7b890c44c64bc50228c9588f3c4231346d33bd  go1.20.3.windows-386.zip
-143a2837821c7dbacf7744cbb1a8421c1f48307c6fdfaeffc5f8c2f69e1b7932  go1.20.3.windows-amd64.zip
-158cb159e00bc979f473e0f5b5a561613129c5e51067967b72b8e072e5a4db81  go1.20.3.windows-arm64.zip
+2c5ee9c9ec1e733b0dbbc2bdfed3f62306e51d8172bf38f4f4e542b27520f597  go1.20.7.src.tar.gz
+785170eab380a8985d53896808b0a71336d0ea60e0a26099b4ccec77798b1cf4  go1.20.7.darwin-amd64.tar.gz
+eea1e7e4c2f75c72629050e6a6c7c46c446d64056732a7787fb3ba16ace1982e  go1.20.7.darwin-arm64.tar.gz
+d8cff0357ac24eb06f3f280535397eeaacf95611d29f9b2abc3060f3d6dce3b4  go1.20.7.freebsd-386.tar.gz
+26918dcebf474a9e81ccf9f648cdf36968dfb76b481518cf615d78455dda4416  go1.20.7.freebsd-amd64.tar.gz
+ddb48145f05bda2f4617a22c979d4e94b22802cdb1a1fde1b1974e733b26f091  go1.20.7.linux-386.tar.gz
+f0a87f1bcae91c4b69f8dc2bc6d7e6bfcd7524fceec130af525058c0c17b1b44  go1.20.7.linux-amd64.tar.gz
+44781ae3b153c3b07651d93b6bc554e835a36e2d72a696281c1e4dad9efffe43  go1.20.7.linux-arm64.tar.gz
+7cc231b415b94f2f7065870a73f67dd2b0ec12b5a98052b7ee0121c42bc04f8d  go1.20.7.linux-armv6l.tar.gz
+6318a1db307c12b8afe68808bd6fae4fba1e558a85b958216096869ed506dcb3  go1.20.7.linux-ppc64le.tar.gz
+26aea2ede8722ceecbd9db883328a8d963136fd96c11dacc356c44c4c19c6515  go1.20.7.linux-s390x.tar.gz
+5b0ef6f58d3e04d6cc003aa98e9172f41ba9e091b1c98e7339b41c4c87fb78a1  go1.20.7.windows-386.zip
+736dc6c7fcab1c96b682c8c93e38d7e371e62a17d34cb2c37d451a1147f66af9  go1.20.7.windows-amd64.zip
+fc6f79c1e1ed9e506c65f2112ac4e387479916f1accb0d046a6a19ff6938baa5  go1.20.7.windows-arm64.zip

 fba08acc4027f69f07cef48fbff70b8a7ecdfaa1c2aba9ad3fb31d60d9f5d4bc  golangci-lint-1.51.1-darwin-amd64.tar.gz
 75b8f0ff3a4e68147156be4161a49d4576f1be37a0b506473f8c482140c1e7f2  golangci-lint-1.51.1-darwin-arm64.tar.gz
--- a/build/ci.go
+++ b/build/ci.go
@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ var (
 	// This is the version of Go that will be downloaded by
 	//
 	//     go run ci.go install -dlgo
-	dlgoVersion = "1.20.3"
+	dlgoVersion = "1.20.7"

 	// This is the version of Go that will be used to bootstrap the PPA builder.
 	//
@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ func doInstall(cmdline []string) {
 		staticlink = flag.Bool("static", false, "Create statically-linked executable")
 	)
 	flag.CommandLine.Parse(cmdline)
+	env := build.Env()

 	// Configure the toolchain.
 	tc := build.GoToolchain{GOARCH: *arch, CC: *cc}
@ -207,12 +208,16 @@ func doInstall(cmdline []string) {
 		csdb := build.MustLoadChecksums("build/checksums.txt")
 		tc.Root = build.DownloadGo(csdb, dlgoVersion)
 	}
-	// Disable CLI markdown doc generation in release builds and enable linking
-	// the CKZG library since we can make it portable here.
-	buildTags := []string{"urfave_cli_no_docs", "ckzg"}
+
+	// Disable CLI markdown doc generation in release builds.
+	buildTags := []string{"urfave_cli_no_docs"}
+
+	// Enable linking the CKZG library since we can make it work with additional flags.
+	if env.UbuntuVersion != "trusty" {
+		buildTags = append(buildTags, "ckzg")
+	}

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

 	// arm64 CI builders are memory-constrained and can't handle concurrent builds,
@ -298,7 +303,13 @@ func doTest(cmdline []string) {
 		csdb := build.MustLoadChecksums("build/checksums.txt")
 		tc.Root = build.DownloadGo(csdb, dlgoVersion)
 	}
-	gotest := tc.Go("test", "-tags=ckzg")
+	gotest := tc.Go("test")
+
+	// CI needs a bit more time for the statetests (default 10m).
+	gotest.Args = append(gotest.Args, "-timeout=20m")
+
+	// Enable CKZG backend in CI.
+	gotest.Args = append(gotest.Args, "-tags=ckzg")

 	// Test a single package at a time. CI builders are slow
 	// and some tests run into timeouts under load.
--- a/build/deb/ethereum/deb.rules
+++ b/build/deb/ethereum/deb.rules
@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ override_dh_auto_build:
 	mv .mod $(GOPATH)/pkg/mod

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

 override_dh_auto_test:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

--- a/cmd/devp2p/crawl.go
+++ b/cmd/devp2p/crawl.go
@ -87,11 +87,11 @@ func (c *crawler) run(timeout time.Duration, nthreads int) nodeSet {
 		go c.runIterator(doneCh, it)
 	}
 	var (
-		added   uint64
-		updated uint64
-		skipped uint64
-		recent  uint64
-		removed uint64
+		added   atomic.Uint64
+		updated atomic.Uint64
+		skipped atomic.Uint64
+		recent  atomic.Uint64
+		removed atomic.Uint64
 		wg      sync.WaitGroup
 	)
 	wg.Add(nthreads)
@ -103,15 +103,15 @@ func (c *crawler) run(timeout time.Duration, nthreads int) nodeSet {
 				case n := <-c.ch:
 					switch c.updateNode(n) {
 					case nodeSkipIncompat:
-						atomic.AddUint64(&skipped, 1)
+						skipped.Add(1)
 					case nodeSkipRecent:
-						atomic.AddUint64(&recent, 1)
+						recent.Add(1)
 					case nodeRemoved:
-						atomic.AddUint64(&removed, 1)
+						removed.Add(1)
 					case nodeAdded:
-						atomic.AddUint64(&added, 1)
+						added.Add(1)
 					default:
-						atomic.AddUint64(&updated, 1)
+						updated.Add(1)
 					}
 				case <-c.closed:
 					return
@ -138,11 +138,11 @@ loop:
 			break loop
 		case <-statusTicker.C:
 			log.Info("Crawling in progress",
-				"added", atomic.LoadUint64(&added),
-				"updated", atomic.LoadUint64(&updated),
-				"removed", atomic.LoadUint64(&removed),
-				"ignored(recent)", atomic.LoadUint64(&recent),
-				"ignored(incompatible)", atomic.LoadUint64(&skipped))
+				"added", added.Load(),
+				"updated", updated.Load(),
+				"removed", removed.Load(),
+				"ignored(recent)", recent.Load(),
+				"ignored(incompatible)", skipped.Load())
 		}
 	}

--- a/cmd/devp2p/discv4cmd.go
+++ b/cmd/devp2p/discv4cmd.go
@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ func listen(ctx *cli.Context, ln *enode.LocalNode) *net.UDPConn {
 }

 func parseBootnodes(ctx *cli.Context) ([]*enode.Node, error) {
-	s := params.RinkebyBootnodes
+	s := params.MainnetBootnodes
 	if ctx.IsSet(bootnodesFlag.Name) {
 		input := ctx.String(bootnodesFlag.Name)
 		if input == "" {
--- a/cmd/devp2p/dns_route53.go
+++ b/cmd/devp2p/dns_route53.go
@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"sort"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
@ -33,6 +32,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/p2p/dnsdisc"
 	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
+	"golang.org/x/exp/slices"
 )

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

--- a/cmd/devp2p/internal/ethtest/suite_test.go
+++ b/cmd/devp2p/internal/ethtest/suite_test.go
@ -109,15 +109,13 @@ func setupGeth(stack *node.Node) error {
 	}

 	backend, err := eth.New(stack, &ethconfig.Config{
-		Genesis:                 &chain.genesis,
-		NetworkId:               chain.genesis.Config.ChainID.Uint64(), // 19763
-		DatabaseCache:           10,
-		TrieCleanCache:          10,
-		TrieCleanCacheJournal:   "",
-		TrieCleanCacheRejournal: 60 * time.Minute,
-		TrieDirtyCache:          16,
-		TrieTimeout:             60 * time.Minute,
-		SnapshotCache:           10,
+		Genesis:        &chain.genesis,
+		NetworkId:      chain.genesis.Config.ChainID.Uint64(), // 19763
+		DatabaseCache:  10,
+		TrieCleanCache: 10,
+		TrieDirtyCache: 16,
+		TrieTimeout:    60 * time.Minute,
+		SnapshotCache:  10,
 	})
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
--- a/cmd/devp2p/nodeset.go
+++ b/cmd/devp2p/nodeset.go
@ -21,11 +21,11 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
-	"sort"
 	"time"

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

 const jsonIndent = "    "
@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ func (ns nodeSet) nodes() []*enode.Node {
 		result = append(result, n.N)
 	}
 	// Sort by ID.
-	sort.Slice(result, func(i, j int) bool {
-		return bytes.Compare(result[i].ID().Bytes(), result[j].ID().Bytes()) < 0
+	slices.SortFunc(result, func(a, b *enode.Node) int {
+		return bytes.Compare(a.ID().Bytes(), b.ID().Bytes())
 	})
 	return result
 }
@ -103,8 +103,14 @@ func (ns nodeSet) topN(n int) nodeSet {
 	for _, v := range ns {
 		byscore = append(byscore, v)
 	}
-	sort.Slice(byscore, func(i, j int) bool {
-		return byscore[i].Score >= byscore[j].Score
+	slices.SortFunc(byscore, func(a, b nodeJSON) int {
+		if a.Score > b.Score {
+			return -1
+		}
+		if a.Score < b.Score {
+			return 1
+		}
+		return 0
 	})
 	result := make(nodeSet, n)
 	for _, v := range byscore[:n] {
--- a/cmd/devp2p/nodesetcmd.go
+++ b/cmd/devp2p/nodesetcmd.go
@ -229,8 +229,6 @@ func ethFilter(args []string) (nodeFilter, error) {
 	switch args[0] {
 	case "mainnet":
 		filter = forkid.NewStaticFilter(params.MainnetChainConfig, params.MainnetGenesisHash)
-	case "rinkeby":
-		filter = forkid.NewStaticFilter(params.RinkebyChainConfig, params.RinkebyGenesisHash)
 	case "goerli":
 		filter = forkid.NewStaticFilter(params.GoerliChainConfig, params.GoerliGenesisHash)
 	case "sepolia":
--- a/cmd/evm/README.md
+++ b/cmd/evm/README.md
@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ To make `t8n` apply these, the following inputs are required:
  - For ethash, it is `5000000000000000000` `wei`,
  - If this is not defined, mining rewards are not applied,
  - A value of `0` is valid, and causes accounts to be 'touched'.
- For each ommer, the tool needs to be given an `addres\` and a `delta`. This
+- For each ommer, the tool needs to be given an `address\` and a `delta`. This
  is done via the `ommers` field in `env`.

 Note: the tool does not verify that e.g. the normal uncle rules apply,
--- a/cmd/evm/blockrunner.go
+++ b/cmd/evm/blockrunner.go
@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"

+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/vm"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/eth/tracers/logger"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/tests"
 	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
@ -42,7 +44,16 @@ func blockTestCmd(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	glogger := log.NewGlogHandler(log.StreamHandler(os.Stderr, log.TerminalFormat(false)))
 	glogger.Verbosity(log.Lvl(ctx.Int(VerbosityFlag.Name)))
 	log.Root().SetHandler(glogger)
-
+	var tracer vm.EVMLogger
+	// Configure the EVM logger
+	if ctx.Bool(MachineFlag.Name) {
+		tracer = logger.NewJSONLogger(&logger.Config{
+			EnableMemory:     !ctx.Bool(DisableMemoryFlag.Name),
+			DisableStack:     ctx.Bool(DisableStackFlag.Name),
+			DisableStorage:   ctx.Bool(DisableStorageFlag.Name),
+			EnableReturnData: !ctx.Bool(DisableReturnDataFlag.Name),
+		}, os.Stderr)
+	}
 	// Load the test content from the input file
 	src, err := os.ReadFile(ctx.Args().First())
 	if err != nil {
@ -53,7 +64,7 @@ func blockTestCmd(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 		return err
 	}
 	for i, test := range tests {
-		if err := test.Run(false); err != nil {
+		if err := test.Run(false, tracer); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("test %v: %w", i, err)
 		}
 	}
--- a/cmd/evm/internal/t8ntool/block.go
+++ b/cmd/evm/internal/t8ntool/block.go
@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ func readInput(ctx *cli.Context) (*bbInput, error) {
 	return inputData, nil
 }

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

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

 type ommer struct {
@ -67,37 +69,43 @@ type ommer struct {

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

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

 type rejectedTx struct {
@ -154,6 +162,19 @@ func (pre *Prestate) Apply(vmConfig vm.Config, chainConfig *params.ChainConfig,
 		rnd := common.BigToHash(pre.Env.Random)
 		vmContext.Random = &rnd
 	}
+	// If excessBlobGas is defined, add it to the vmContext.
+	if pre.Env.ExcessBlobGas != nil {
+		vmContext.ExcessBlobGas = pre.Env.ExcessBlobGas
+	} else {
+		// If it is not explicitly defined, but we have the parent values, we try
+		// to calculate it ourselves.
+		parentExcessBlobGas := pre.Env.ParentExcessBlobGas
+		parentBlobGasUsed := pre.Env.ParentBlobGasUsed
+		if parentExcessBlobGas != nil && parentBlobGasUsed != nil {
+			excessBlobGas := eip4844.CalcExcessBlobGas(*parentExcessBlobGas, *parentBlobGasUsed)
+			vmContext.ExcessBlobGas = &excessBlobGas
+		}
+	}
 	// If DAO is supported/enabled, we need to handle it here. In geth 'proper', it's
 	// done in StateProcessor.Process(block, ...), right before transactions are applied.
 	if chainConfig.DAOForkSupport &&
@ -161,8 +182,14 @@ func (pre *Prestate) Apply(vmConfig vm.Config, chainConfig *params.ChainConfig,
 		chainConfig.DAOForkBlock.Cmp(new(big.Int).SetUint64(pre.Env.Number)) == 0 {
 		misc.ApplyDAOHardFork(statedb)
 	}
-
+	var blobGasUsed uint64
 	for i, tx := range txs {
+		if tx.Type() == types.BlobTxType && vmContext.ExcessBlobGas == nil {
+			errMsg := "blob tx used but field env.ExcessBlobGas missing"
+			log.Warn("rejected tx", "index", i, "hash", tx.Hash(), "error", errMsg)
+			rejectedTxs = append(rejectedTxs, &rejectedTx{i, errMsg})
+			continue
+		}
 		msg, err := core.TransactionToMessage(tx, signer, pre.Env.BaseFee)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Warn("rejected tx", "index", i, "hash", tx.Hash(), "error", err)
@ -192,6 +219,9 @@ func (pre *Prestate) Apply(vmConfig vm.Config, chainConfig *params.ChainConfig,
 			gaspool.SetGas(prevGas)
 			continue
 		}
+		if tx.Type() == types.BlobTxType {
+			blobGasUsed += params.BlobTxBlobGasPerBlob
+		}
 		includedTxs = append(includedTxs, tx)
 		if hashError != nil {
 			return nil, nil, NewError(ErrorMissingBlockhash, hashError)
@ -240,7 +270,7 @@ func (pre *Prestate) Apply(vmConfig vm.Config, chainConfig *params.ChainConfig,
 	if miningReward >= 0 {
 		// Add mining reward. The mining reward may be `0`, which only makes a difference in the cases
 		// where
-		// - the coinbase suicided, or
+		// - the coinbase self-destructed, or
 		// - there are only 'bad' transactions, which aren't executed. In those cases,
 		//   the coinbase gets no txfee, so isn't created, and thus needs to be touched
 		var (
@ -267,9 +297,8 @@ func (pre *Prestate) Apply(vmConfig vm.Config, chainConfig *params.ChainConfig,
 		statedb.AddBalance(w.Address, amount)
 	}
 	// Commit block
-	root, err := statedb.Commit(chainConfig.IsEIP158(vmContext.BlockNumber))
+	root, err := statedb.Commit(vmContext.BlockNumber.Uint64(), chainConfig.IsEIP158(vmContext.BlockNumber))
 	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Could not commit state: %v", err)
 		return nil, nil, NewError(ErrorEVM, fmt.Errorf("could not commit state: %v", err))
 	}
 	execRs := &ExecutionResult{
@ -288,6 +317,16 @@ func (pre *Prestate) Apply(vmConfig vm.Config, chainConfig *params.ChainConfig,
 		h := types.DeriveSha(types.Withdrawals(pre.Env.Withdrawals), trie.NewStackTrie(nil))
 		execRs.WithdrawalsRoot = &h
 	}
+	if vmContext.ExcessBlobGas != nil {
+		execRs.CurrentExcessBlobGas = (*math.HexOrDecimal64)(vmContext.ExcessBlobGas)
+		execRs.CurrentBlobGasUsed = (*math.HexOrDecimal64)(&blobGasUsed)
+	}
+	// Re-create statedb instance with new root upon the updated database
+	// for accessing latest states.
+	statedb, err = state.New(root, statedb.Database(), nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, NewError(ErrorEVM, fmt.Errorf("could not reopen state: %v", err))
+	}
 	return statedb, execRs, nil
 }

@ -303,7 +342,7 @@ func MakePreState(db ethdb.Database, accounts core.GenesisAlloc) *state.StateDB
 		}
 	}
 	// Commit and re-open to start with a clean state.
-	root, _ := statedb.Commit(false)
+	root, _ := statedb.Commit(0, false)
 	statedb, _ = state.New(root, sdb, nil)
 	return statedb
 }
--- a/cmd/evm/internal/t8ntool/gen_stenv.go
+++ b/cmd/evm/internal/t8ntool/gen_stenv.go
@ -17,22 +17,25 @@ var _ = (*stEnvMarshaling)(nil)
 // MarshalJSON marshals as JSON.
 func (s stEnv) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
 	type stEnv struct {
-		Coinbase         common.UnprefixedAddress            `json:"currentCoinbase"   gencodec:"required"`
-		Difficulty       *math.HexOrDecimal256               `json:"currentDifficulty"`
-		Random           *math.HexOrDecimal256               `json:"currentRandom"`
-		ParentDifficulty *math.HexOrDecimal256               `json:"parentDifficulty"`
-		ParentBaseFee    *math.HexOrDecimal256               `json:"parentBaseFee,omitempty"`
-		ParentGasUsed    math.HexOrDecimal64                 `json:"parentGasUsed,omitempty"`
-		ParentGasLimit   math.HexOrDecimal64                 `json:"parentGasLimit,omitempty"`
-		GasLimit         math.HexOrDecimal64                 `json:"currentGasLimit"   gencodec:"required"`
-		Number           math.HexOrDecimal64                 `json:"currentNumber"     gencodec:"required"`
-		Timestamp        math.HexOrDecimal64                 `json:"currentTimestamp"  gencodec:"required"`
-		ParentTimestamp  math.HexOrDecimal64                 `json:"parentTimestamp,omitempty"`
-		BlockHashes      map[math.HexOrDecimal64]common.Hash `json:"blockHashes,omitempty"`
-		Ommers           []ommer                             `json:"ommers,omitempty"`
-		Withdrawals      []*types.Withdrawal                 `json:"withdrawals,omitempty"`
-		BaseFee          *math.HexOrDecimal256               `json:"currentBaseFee,omitempty"`
-		ParentUncleHash  common.Hash                         `json:"parentUncleHash"`
+		Coinbase            common.UnprefixedAddress            `json:"currentCoinbase"   gencodec:"required"`
+		Difficulty          *math.HexOrDecimal256               `json:"currentDifficulty"`
+		Random              *math.HexOrDecimal256               `json:"currentRandom"`
+		ParentDifficulty    *math.HexOrDecimal256               `json:"parentDifficulty"`
+		ParentBaseFee       *math.HexOrDecimal256               `json:"parentBaseFee,omitempty"`
+		ParentGasUsed       math.HexOrDecimal64                 `json:"parentGasUsed,omitempty"`
+		ParentGasLimit      math.HexOrDecimal64                 `json:"parentGasLimit,omitempty"`
+		GasLimit            math.HexOrDecimal64                 `json:"currentGasLimit"   gencodec:"required"`
+		Number              math.HexOrDecimal64                 `json:"currentNumber"     gencodec:"required"`
+		Timestamp           math.HexOrDecimal64                 `json:"currentTimestamp"  gencodec:"required"`
+		ParentTimestamp     math.HexOrDecimal64                 `json:"parentTimestamp,omitempty"`
+		BlockHashes         map[math.HexOrDecimal64]common.Hash `json:"blockHashes,omitempty"`
+		Ommers              []ommer                             `json:"ommers,omitempty"`
+		Withdrawals         []*types.Withdrawal                 `json:"withdrawals,omitempty"`
+		BaseFee             *math.HexOrDecimal256               `json:"currentBaseFee,omitempty"`
+		ParentUncleHash     common.Hash                         `json:"parentUncleHash"`
+		ExcessBlobGas       *math.HexOrDecimal64                `json:"excessBlobGas,omitempty"`
+		ParentExcessBlobGas *math.HexOrDecimal64                `json:"parentExcessBlobGas,omitempty"`
+		ParentBlobGasUsed   *math.HexOrDecimal64                `json:"parentBlobGasUsed,omitempty"`
 	}
 	var enc stEnv
 	enc.Coinbase = common.UnprefixedAddress(s.Coinbase)
@ -51,28 +54,34 @@ func (s stEnv) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
 	enc.Withdrawals = s.Withdrawals
 	enc.BaseFee = (*math.HexOrDecimal256)(s.BaseFee)
 	enc.ParentUncleHash = s.ParentUncleHash
+	enc.ExcessBlobGas = (*math.HexOrDecimal64)(s.ExcessBlobGas)
+	enc.ParentExcessBlobGas = (*math.HexOrDecimal64)(s.ParentExcessBlobGas)
+	enc.ParentBlobGasUsed = (*math.HexOrDecimal64)(s.ParentBlobGasUsed)
 	return json.Marshal(&enc)
 }

 // UnmarshalJSON unmarshals from JSON.
 func (s *stEnv) UnmarshalJSON(input []byte) error {
 	type stEnv struct {
-		Coinbase         *common.UnprefixedAddress           `json:"currentCoinbase"   gencodec:"required"`
-		Difficulty       *math.HexOrDecimal256               `json:"currentDifficulty"`
-		Random           *math.HexOrDecimal256               `json:"currentRandom"`
-		ParentDifficulty *math.HexOrDecimal256               `json:"parentDifficulty"`
-		ParentBaseFee    *math.HexOrDecimal256               `json:"parentBaseFee,omitempty"`
-		ParentGasUsed    *math.HexOrDecimal64                `json:"parentGasUsed,omitempty"`
-		ParentGasLimit   *math.HexOrDecimal64                `json:"parentGasLimit,omitempty"`
-		GasLimit         *math.HexOrDecimal64                `json:"currentGasLimit"   gencodec:"required"`
-		Number           *math.HexOrDecimal64                `json:"currentNumber"     gencodec:"required"`
-		Timestamp        *math.HexOrDecimal64                `json:"currentTimestamp"  gencodec:"required"`
-		ParentTimestamp  *math.HexOrDecimal64                `json:"parentTimestamp,omitempty"`
-		BlockHashes      map[math.HexOrDecimal64]common.Hash `json:"blockHashes,omitempty"`
-		Ommers           []ommer                             `json:"ommers,omitempty"`
-		Withdrawals      []*types.Withdrawal                 `json:"withdrawals,omitempty"`
-		BaseFee          *math.HexOrDecimal256               `json:"currentBaseFee,omitempty"`
-		ParentUncleHash  *common.Hash                        `json:"parentUncleHash"`
+		Coinbase            *common.UnprefixedAddress           `json:"currentCoinbase"   gencodec:"required"`
+		Difficulty          *math.HexOrDecimal256               `json:"currentDifficulty"`
+		Random              *math.HexOrDecimal256               `json:"currentRandom"`
+		ParentDifficulty    *math.HexOrDecimal256               `json:"parentDifficulty"`
+		ParentBaseFee       *math.HexOrDecimal256               `json:"parentBaseFee,omitempty"`
+		ParentGasUsed       *math.HexOrDecimal64                `json:"parentGasUsed,omitempty"`
+		ParentGasLimit      *math.HexOrDecimal64                `json:"parentGasLimit,omitempty"`
+		GasLimit            *math.HexOrDecimal64                `json:"currentGasLimit"   gencodec:"required"`
+		Number              *math.HexOrDecimal64                `json:"currentNumber"     gencodec:"required"`
+		Timestamp           *math.HexOrDecimal64                `json:"currentTimestamp"  gencodec:"required"`
+		ParentTimestamp     *math.HexOrDecimal64                `json:"parentTimestamp,omitempty"`
+		BlockHashes         map[math.HexOrDecimal64]common.Hash `json:"blockHashes,omitempty"`
+		Ommers              []ommer                             `json:"ommers,omitempty"`
+		Withdrawals         []*types.Withdrawal                 `json:"withdrawals,omitempty"`
+		BaseFee             *math.HexOrDecimal256               `json:"currentBaseFee,omitempty"`
+		ParentUncleHash     *common.Hash                        `json:"parentUncleHash"`
+		ExcessBlobGas       *math.HexOrDecimal64                `json:"excessBlobGas,omitempty"`
+		ParentExcessBlobGas *math.HexOrDecimal64                `json:"parentExcessBlobGas,omitempty"`
+		ParentBlobGasUsed   *math.HexOrDecimal64                `json:"parentBlobGasUsed,omitempty"`
 	}
 	var dec stEnv
 	if err := json.Unmarshal(input, &dec); err != nil {
@ -130,5 +139,14 @@ func (s *stEnv) UnmarshalJSON(input []byte) error {
 	if dec.ParentUncleHash != nil {
 		s.ParentUncleHash = *dec.ParentUncleHash
 	}
+	if dec.ExcessBlobGas != nil {
+		s.ExcessBlobGas = (*uint64)(dec.ExcessBlobGas)
+	}
+	if dec.ParentExcessBlobGas != nil {
+		s.ParentExcessBlobGas = (*uint64)(dec.ParentExcessBlobGas)
+	}
+	if dec.ParentBlobGasUsed != nil {
+		s.ParentBlobGasUsed = (*uint64)(dec.ParentBlobGasUsed)
+	}
 	return nil
 }
--- a/cmd/evm/internal/t8ntool/transition.go
+++ b/cmd/evm/internal/t8ntool/transition.go
@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import (

 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common/hexutil"
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/consensus/misc"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/consensus/misc/eip1559"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/state"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/types"
@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ func Transition(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 				GasUsed:  prestate.Env.ParentGasUsed,
 				GasLimit: prestate.Env.ParentGasLimit,
 			}
-			prestate.Env.BaseFee = misc.CalcBaseFee(chainConfig, parent)
+			prestate.Env.BaseFee = eip1559.CalcBaseFee(chainConfig, parent)
 		} else {
 			return NewError(ErrorConfig, errors.New("EIP-1559 config but missing 'currentBaseFee' in env section"))
 		}
--- a/cmd/evm/runner.go
+++ b/cmd/evm/runner.go
@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ func runCmd(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 		receiver      = common.BytesToAddress([]byte("receiver"))
 		genesisConfig *core.Genesis
 		preimages     = ctx.Bool(DumpFlag.Name)
+		blobHashes    []common.Hash // TODO (MariusVanDerWijden) implement blob hashes in state tests
 	)
 	if ctx.Bool(MachineFlag.Name) {
 		tracer = logger.NewJSONLogger(logconfig, os.Stdout)
@ -217,6 +218,7 @@ func runCmd(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 		Time:        genesisConfig.Timestamp,
 		Coinbase:    genesisConfig.Coinbase,
 		BlockNumber: new(big.Int).SetUint64(genesisConfig.Number),
+		BlobHashes:  blobHashes,
 		EVMConfig: vm.Config{
 			Tracer: tracer,
 		},
@ -278,8 +280,7 @@ func runCmd(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	output, leftOverGas, stats, err := timedExec(bench, execFunc)

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

--- a/cmd/evm/staterunner.go
+++ b/cmd/evm/staterunner.go
@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ func runStateTest(fname string, cfg vm.Config, jsonOut, dump bool) error {
 				// Test failed, mark as so and dump any state to aid debugging
 				result.Pass, result.Error = false, err.Error()
 				if dump && s != nil {
+					s, _ = state.New(*result.Root, s.Database(), nil)
 					dump := s.RawDump(nil)
 					result.State = &dump
 				}
--- a/cmd/evm/t8n_test.go
+++ b/cmd/evm/t8n_test.go
@ -259,6 +259,14 @@ func TestT8n(t *testing.T) {
 			output: t8nOutput{alloc: true, result: true},
 			expOut: "exp.json",
 		},
+		{ // Cancun tests
+			base: "./testdata/28",
+			input: t8nInput{
+				"alloc.json", "txs.rlp", "env.json", "Cancun", "",
+			},
+			output: t8nOutput{alloc: true, result: true},
+			expOut: "exp.json",
+		},
 	} {
 		args := []string{"t8n"}
 		args = append(args, tc.output.get()...)
--- a/cmd/evm/testdata/13/readme.md
+++ b/cmd/evm/testdata/13/readme.md
@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 ## Input transactions in RLP form

-This testdata folder is used to examplify how transaction input can be provided in rlp form. 
+This testdata folder is used to exemplify how transaction input can be provided in rlp form. 
 Please see the README in `evm` folder for how this is performed. 
--- a/cmd/evm/testdata/2/readme.md
+++ b/cmd/evm/testdata/2/readme.md
@ -1 +1 @@
-These files examplify a selfdestruct to the `0`-address. 
+These files exemplify a selfdestruct to the `0`-address. 
--- a/cmd/evm/testdata/23/readme.md
+++ b/cmd/evm/testdata/23/readme.md
@ -1 +1 @@
-These files examplify how to sign a transaction using the pre-EIP155 scheme. 
+These files exemplify how to sign a transaction using the pre-EIP155 scheme. 
--- a/cmd/evm/testdata/28/alloc.json
+++ b/cmd/evm/testdata/28/alloc.json
@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{
+  "0xa94f5374fce5edbc8e2a8697c15331677e6ebf0b" : {
+    "balance" : "0x016345785d8a0000",
+    "code" : "0x",
+    "nonce" : "0x00",
+    "storage" : {
+    }
+  },
+  "0xb94f5374fce5edbc8e2a8697c15331677e6ebf0b" : {
+    "balance" : "0x016345785d8a0000",
+    "code" : "0x60004960015500",
+    "nonce" : "0x00",
+    "storage" : {
+    }
+  }
+}
--- a/cmd/evm/testdata/28/env.json
+++ b/cmd/evm/testdata/28/env.json
@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{
+    "currentCoinbase" : "0x2adc25665018aa1fe0e6bc666dac8fc2697ff9ba",
+    "currentNumber" : "0x01",
+    "currentTimestamp" : "0x079e",
+    "currentGasLimit" : "0x7fffffffffffffff",
+    "previousHash" : "0x3a9b485972e7353edd9152712492f0c58d89ef80623686b6bf947a4a6dce6cb6",
+    "currentBlobGasUsed" : "0x00",
+    "parentTimestamp" : "0x03b6",
+    "parentDifficulty" : "0x00",
+    "parentUncleHash" : "0x1dcc4de8dec75d7aab85b567b6ccd41ad312451b948a7413f0a142fd40d49347",
+    "currentRandom" : "0x56e81f171bcc55a6ff8345e692c0f86e5b48e01b996cadc001622fb5e363b421",
+    "withdrawals" : [
+    ],
+    "parentBaseFee" : "0x0a",
+    "parentGasUsed" : "0x00",
+    "parentGasLimit" : "0x7fffffffffffffff",
+    "parentExcessBlobGas" : "0x00",
+    "parentBlobGasUsed" : "0x00",
+    "blockHashes" : {
+        "0" : "0x3a9b485972e7353edd9152712492f0c58d89ef80623686b6bf947a4a6dce6cb6"
+    }
+}
--- a/cmd/evm/testdata/28/exp.json
+++ b/cmd/evm/testdata/28/exp.json
@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+{
+  "alloc": {
+    "0x2adc25665018aa1fe0e6bc666dac8fc2697ff9ba": {
+      "balance": "0x150ca"
+    },
+    "0xa94f5374fce5edbc8e2a8697c15331677e6ebf0b": {
+      "balance": "0x16345785d80c3a9",
+      "nonce": "0x1"
+    },
+    "0xb94f5374fce5edbc8e2a8697c15331677e6ebf0b": {
+      "code": "0x60004960015500",
+      "storage": {
+        "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001": "0x01a915e4d060149eb4365960e6a7a45f334393093061116b197e3240065ff2d8"
+      },
+      "balance": "0x16345785d8a0000"
+    }
+  },
+  "result": {
+    "stateRoot": "0xa40cb3fab01848e922a48bd24191815df9f721ad4b60376edac75161517663e8",
+    "txRoot": "0x4409cc4b699384ba5f8248d92b784713610c5ff9c1de51e9239da0dac76de9ce",
+    "receiptsRoot": "0xbff643da765981266133094092d98c81d2ac8e9a83a7bbda46c3d736f1f874ac",
+    "logsHash": "0x1dcc4de8dec75d7aab85b567b6ccd41ad312451b948a7413f0a142fd40d49347",
+    "logsBloom": "0x00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
+    "receipts": [
+      {
+        "type": "0x3",
+        "root": "0x",
+        "status": "0x1",
+        "cumulativeGasUsed": "0xa865",
+        "logsBloom": "0x00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
+        "logs": null,
+        "transactionHash": "0x7508d7139d002a4b3a26a4f12dec0d87cb46075c78bf77a38b569a133b509262",
+        "contractAddress": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
+        "gasUsed": "0xa865",
+        "effectiveGasPrice": null,
+        "blockHash": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
+        "transactionIndex": "0x0"
+      }
+    ],
+    "currentDifficulty": null,
+    "gasUsed": "0xa865",
+    "currentBaseFee": "0x9",
+    "withdrawalsRoot": "0x56e81f171bcc55a6ff8345e692c0f86e5b48e01b996cadc001622fb5e363b421",
+    "currentExcessBlobGas": "0x0",
+    "currentBlobGasUsed": "0x20000"
+  }
+}
--- a/cmd/evm/testdata/28/txs.rlp
+++ b/cmd/evm/testdata/28/txs.rlp
@ -0,0 +1 @@
+"0xf88bb88903f8860180026483061a8094b94f5374fce5edbc8e2a8697c15331677e6ebf0b8080c00ae1a001a915e4d060149eb4365960e6a7a45f334393093061116b197e3240065ff2d801a025e16bb498552165016751911c3608d79000ab89dc3100776e729e6ea13091c7a03acacff7fc0cff6eda8a927dec93ca17765e1ee6cbc06c5954ce102e097c01d2"
--- a/cmd/evm/testdata/3/readme.md
+++ b/cmd/evm/testdata/3/readme.md
@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-These files examplify a transition where a transaction (excuted on block 5) requests
+These files exemplify a transition where a transaction (executed on block 5) requests
 the blockhash for block `1`. 
--- a/cmd/evm/testdata/4/readme.md
+++ b/cmd/evm/testdata/4/readme.md
@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-These files examplify a transition where a transaction (excuted on block 5) requests
+These files exemplify a transition where a transaction (executed on block 5) requests
 the blockhash for block `4`, but where the hash for that block is missing. 
 It's expected that executing these should cause `exit` with errorcode `4`.
--- a/cmd/evm/testdata/5/readme.md
+++ b/cmd/evm/testdata/5/readme.md
@ -1 +1 @@
-These files examplify a transition where there are no transcations, two ommers, at block `N-1` (delta 1) and `N-2` (delta 2).
+These files exemplify a transition where there are no transactions, two ommers, at block `N-1` (delta 1) and `N-2` (delta 2).
--- a/cmd/evm/testdata/8/readme.md
+++ b/cmd/evm/testdata/8/readme.md
@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ This test contains testcases for EIP-2930, which uses transactions with access l
 The alloc portion contains one contract (`0x000000000000000000000000000000000000aaaa`), containing the 
 following code: `0x5854505854`: `PC ;SLOAD; POP; PC; SLOAD`.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 func testReceiveHeaders(t *testing.T, ln net.Listener, gethArgs ...string) {
-	var ok uint32
+	var ok atomic.Uint32
 	server := &http.Server{
 		Addr: "localhost:0",
 		Handler: &testHandler{func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
@ -72,12 +72,12 @@ func testReceiveHeaders(t *testing.T, ln net.Listener, gethArgs ...string) {
 			if have, want := r.Header.Get("second"), "two"; have != want {
 				t.Fatalf("missing header, have %v want %v", have, want)
 			}
-			atomic.StoreUint32(&ok, 1)
+			ok.Store(1)
 		}}}
 	go server.Serve(ln)
 	defer server.Close()
 	runGeth(t, gethArgs...).WaitExit()
-	if atomic.LoadUint32(&ok) != 1 {
+	if ok.Load() != 1 {
 		t.Fatal("Test fail, expected invocation to succeed")
 	}
 }
--- a/cmd/geth/chaincmd.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/chaincmd.go
@ -261,16 +261,16 @@ func importChain(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	defer db.Close()

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

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

--- a/cmd/geth/config.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/config.go
@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/accounts/scwallet"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/accounts/usbwallet"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/cmd/utils"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/eth/catalyst"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/eth/downloader"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/eth/ethconfig"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/internal/ethapi"
@ -170,6 +171,10 @@ func makeFullNode(ctx *cli.Context) (*node.Node, ethapi.Backend) {
 		v := ctx.Uint64(utils.OverrideCancun.Name)
 		cfg.Eth.OverrideCancun = &v
 	}
+	if ctx.IsSet(utils.OverrideVerkle.Name) {
+		v := ctx.Uint64(utils.OverrideVerkle.Name)
+		cfg.Eth.OverrideVerkle = &v
+	}
 	backend, eth := utils.RegisterEthService(stack, &cfg.Eth)

 	// Configure log filter RPC API.
@ -189,6 +194,22 @@ func makeFullNode(ctx *cli.Context) (*node.Node, ethapi.Backend) {
 	if ctx.IsSet(utils.SyncTargetFlag.Name) && cfg.Eth.SyncMode == downloader.FullSync {
 		utils.RegisterFullSyncTester(stack, eth, ctx.Path(utils.SyncTargetFlag.Name))
 	}
+
+	// Start the dev mode if requested, or launch the engine API for
+	// interacting with external consensus client.
+	if ctx.IsSet(utils.DeveloperFlag.Name) {
+		simBeacon, err := catalyst.NewSimulatedBeacon(ctx.Uint64(utils.DeveloperPeriodFlag.Name), eth)
+		if err != nil {
+			utils.Fatalf("failed to register dev mode catalyst service: %v", err)
+		}
+		catalyst.RegisterSimulatedBeaconAPIs(stack, simBeacon)
+		stack.RegisterLifecycle(simBeacon)
+	} else if cfg.Eth.SyncMode != downloader.LightSync {
+		err := catalyst.Register(stack, eth)
+		if err != nil {
+			utils.Fatalf("failed to register catalyst service: %v", err)
+		}
+	}
 	return stack, backend
 }

@ -272,6 +293,10 @@ func deprecated(field string) bool {
 		return true
 	case "ethconfig.Config.EWASMInterpreter":
 		return true
+	case "ethconfig.Config.TrieCleanCacheJournal":
+		return true
+	case "ethconfig.Config.TrieCleanCacheRejournal":
+		return true
 	default:
 		return false
 	}
--- a/cmd/geth/consolecmd.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/consolecmd.go
@ -75,10 +75,7 @@ func localConsole(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	defer stack.Close()

 	// Attach to the newly started node and create the JavaScript console.
-	client, err := stack.Attach()
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to attach to the inproc geth: %v", err)
-	}
+	client := stack.Attach()
 	config := console.Config{
 		DataDir: utils.MakeDataDir(ctx),
 		DocRoot: ctx.String(utils.JSpathFlag.Name),
--- a/cmd/geth/dbcmd.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/dbcmd.go
@ -519,8 +519,12 @@ func dbDumpTrie(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	trieIt, err := theTrie.NodeIterator(start)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 	var count int64
-	it := trie.NewIterator(theTrie.NodeIterator(start))
+	it := trie.NewIterator(trieIt)
 	for it.Next() {
 		if max > 0 && count == max {
 			fmt.Printf("Exiting after %d values\n", count)
--- a/cmd/geth/les_test.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/les_test.go
@ -107,10 +107,10 @@ func ipcEndpoint(ipcPath, datadir string) string {
 // but windows require pipes to sit in "\\.\pipe\". Therefore, to run several
 // nodes simultaneously, we need to distinguish between them, which we do by
 // the pipe filename instead of folder.
-var nextIPC = uint32(0)
+var nextIPC atomic.Uint32

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

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

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

 func TestPriorityClient(t *testing.T) {
--- a/cmd/geth/main.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/main.go
@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/metrics"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/node"
+	"go.uber.org/automaxprocs/maxprocs"

 	// Force-load the tracer engines to trigger registration
 	_ "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/eth/tracers/js"
@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ var (
 		utils.USBFlag,
 		utils.SmartCardDaemonPathFlag,
 		utils.OverrideCancun,
+		utils.OverrideVerkle,
 		utils.EnablePersonal,
 		utils.TxPoolLocalsFlag,
 		utils.TxPoolNoLocalsFlag,
@ -77,6 +79,9 @@ var (
 		utils.TxPoolAccountQueueFlag,
 		utils.TxPoolGlobalQueueFlag,
 		utils.TxPoolLifetimeFlag,
+		utils.BlobPoolDataDirFlag,
+		utils.BlobPoolDataCapFlag,
+		utils.BlobPoolPriceBumpFlag,
 		utils.SyncModeFlag,
 		utils.SyncTargetFlag,
 		utils.ExitWhenSyncedFlag,
@ -89,9 +94,6 @@ var (
 		utils.LightMaxPeersFlag,
 		utils.LightNoPruneFlag,
 		utils.LightKDFFlag,
-		utils.UltraLightServersFlag,
-		utils.UltraLightFractionFlag,
-		utils.UltraLightOnlyAnnounceFlag,
 		utils.LightNoSyncServeFlag,
 		utils.EthRequiredBlocksFlag,
 		utils.LegacyWhitelistFlag,
@ -121,14 +123,16 @@ var (
 		utils.MinerNewPayloadTimeout,
 		utils.NATFlag,
 		utils.NoDiscoverFlag,
+		utils.DiscoveryV4Flag,
 		utils.DiscoveryV5Flag,
+		utils.LegacyDiscoveryV5Flag,
 		utils.NetrestrictFlag,
 		utils.NodeKeyFileFlag,
 		utils.NodeKeyHexFlag,
 		utils.DNSDiscoveryFlag,
 		utils.DeveloperFlag,
-		utils.DeveloperPeriodFlag,
 		utils.DeveloperGasLimitFlag,
+		utils.DeveloperPeriodFlag,
 		utils.VMEnableDebugFlag,
 		utils.NetworkIdFlag,
 		utils.EthStatsURLFlag,
@ -168,6 +172,8 @@ var (
 		utils.RPCGlobalEVMTimeoutFlag,
 		utils.RPCGlobalTxFeeCapFlag,
 		utils.AllowUnprotectedTxs,
+		utils.BatchRequestLimit,
+		utils.BatchResponseMaxSize,
 	}

 	metricsFlags = []cli.Flag{
@ -237,6 +243,7 @@ func init() {
 	)

 	app.Before = func(ctx *cli.Context) error {
+		maxprocs.Set() // Automatically set GOMAXPROCS to match Linux container CPU quota.
 		flags.MigrateGlobalFlags(ctx)
 		return debug.Setup(ctx)
 	}
@ -259,9 +266,6 @@ func main() {
 func prepare(ctx *cli.Context) {
 	// If we're running a known preset, log it for convenience.
 	switch {
-	case ctx.IsSet(utils.RinkebyFlag.Name):
-		log.Info("Starting Geth on Rinkeby testnet...")
-
 	case ctx.IsSet(utils.GoerliFlag.Name):
 		log.Info("Starting Geth on Görli testnet...")

@ -293,7 +297,6 @@ func prepare(ctx *cli.Context) {
 	if ctx.String(utils.SyncModeFlag.Name) != "light" && !ctx.IsSet(utils.CacheFlag.Name) && !ctx.IsSet(utils.NetworkIdFlag.Name) {
 		// Make sure we're not on any supported preconfigured testnet either
 		if !ctx.IsSet(utils.SepoliaFlag.Name) &&
-			!ctx.IsSet(utils.RinkebyFlag.Name) &&
 			!ctx.IsSet(utils.GoerliFlag.Name) &&
 			!ctx.IsSet(utils.DeveloperFlag.Name) {
 			// Nope, we're really on mainnet. Bump that cache up!
@ -348,10 +351,7 @@ func startNode(ctx *cli.Context, stack *node.Node, backend ethapi.Backend, isCon
 	stack.AccountManager().Subscribe(events)

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

 	go func() {
@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ func startNode(ctx *cli.Context, stack *node.Node, backend ethapi.Backend, isCon
 	}

 	// Start auxiliary services if enabled
-	if ctx.Bool(utils.MiningEnabledFlag.Name) || ctx.Bool(utils.DeveloperFlag.Name) {
+	if ctx.Bool(utils.MiningEnabledFlag.Name) {
 		// Mining only makes sense if a full Ethereum node is running
 		if ctx.String(utils.SyncModeFlag.Name) == "light" {
 			utils.Fatalf("Light clients do not support mining")
@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ func startNode(ctx *cli.Context, stack *node.Node, backend ethapi.Backend, isCon
 		}
 		// Set the gas price to the limits from the CLI and start mining
 		gasprice := flags.GlobalBig(ctx, utils.MinerGasPriceFlag.Name)
-		ethBackend.TxPool().SetGasPrice(gasprice)
+		ethBackend.TxPool().SetGasTip(gasprice)
 		if err := ethBackend.StartMining(); err != nil {
 			utils.Fatalf("Failed to start mining: %v", err)
 		}
--- a/cmd/geth/snapshot.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/snapshot.go
@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ var (
 				ArgsUsage: "<root>",
 				Action:    pruneState,
 				Flags: flags.Merge([]cli.Flag{
-					utils.CacheTrieJournalFlag,
 					utils.BloomFilterSizeFlag,
 				}, utils.NetworkFlags, utils.DatabasePathFlags),
 				Description: `
@ -160,7 +159,7 @@ block is used.
 // Deprecation: this command should be deprecated once the hash-based
 // scheme is deprecated.
 func pruneState(ctx *cli.Context) error {
-	stack, config := makeConfigNode(ctx)
+	stack, _ := makeConfigNode(ctx)
 	defer stack.Close()

 	chaindb := utils.MakeChainDatabase(ctx, stack, false)
@ -168,7 +167,6 @@ func pruneState(ctx *cli.Context) error {

 	prunerconfig := pruner.Config{
 		Datadir:   stack.ResolvePath(""),
-		Cachedir:  stack.ResolvePath(config.Eth.TrieCleanCacheJournal),
 		BloomSize: ctx.Uint64(utils.BloomFilterSizeFlag.Name),
 	}
 	pruner, err := pruner.NewPruner(chaindb, prunerconfig)
@ -292,7 +290,12 @@ func traverseState(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 		lastReport time.Time
 		start      = time.Now()
 	)
-	accIter := trie.NewIterator(t.NodeIterator(nil))
+	acctIt, err := t.NodeIterator(nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Error("Failed to open iterator", "root", root, "err", err)
+		return err
+	}
+	accIter := trie.NewIterator(acctIt)
 	for accIter.Next() {
 		accounts += 1
 		var acc types.StateAccount
@ -307,7 +310,12 @@ func traverseState(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 				log.Error("Failed to open storage trie", "root", acc.Root, "err", err)
 				return err
 			}
-			storageIter := trie.NewIterator(storageTrie.NodeIterator(nil))
+			storageIt, err := storageTrie.NodeIterator(nil)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Error("Failed to open storage iterator", "root", acc.Root, "err", err)
+				return err
+			}
+			storageIter := trie.NewIterator(storageIt)
 			for storageIter.Next() {
 				slots += 1
 			}
@ -385,7 +393,11 @@ func traverseRawState(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 		hasher     = crypto.NewKeccakState()
 		got        = make([]byte, 32)
 	)
-	accIter := t.NodeIterator(nil)
+	accIter, err := t.NodeIterator(nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Error("Failed to open iterator", "root", root, "err", err)
+		return err
+	}
 	for accIter.Next(true) {
 		nodes += 1
 		node := accIter.Hash()
@ -422,7 +434,11 @@ func traverseRawState(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 					log.Error("Failed to open storage trie", "root", acc.Root, "err", err)
 					return errors.New("missing storage trie")
 				}
-				storageIter := storageTrie.NodeIterator(nil)
+				storageIter, err := storageTrie.NodeIterator(nil)
+				if err != nil {
+					log.Error("Failed to open storage iterator", "root", acc.Root, "err", err)
+					return err
+				}
 				for storageIter.Next(true) {
 					nodes += 1
 					node := storageIter.Hash()
@ -517,14 +533,14 @@ func dumpState(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 		Root common.Hash `json:"root"`
 	}{root})
 	for accIt.Next() {
-		account, err := snapshot.FullAccount(accIt.Account())
+		account, err := types.FullAccount(accIt.Account())
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 		da := &state.DumpAccount{
 			Balance:   account.Balance.String(),
 			Nonce:     account.Nonce,
-			Root:      account.Root,
+			Root:      account.Root.Bytes(),
 			CodeHash:  account.CodeHash,
 			SecureKey: accIt.Hash().Bytes(),
 		}
--- a/cmd/geth/verkle.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/verkle.go
@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ func checkChildren(root verkle.VerkleNode, resolver verkle.NodeResolverFn) error
 	switch node := root.(type) {
 	case *verkle.InternalNode:
 		for i, child := range node.Children() {
-			childC := child.ComputeCommitment().Bytes()
+			childC := child.Commit().Bytes()

 			childS, err := resolver(childC[:])
 			if bytes.Equal(childC[:], zero[:]) {
@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ func checkChildren(root verkle.VerkleNode, resolver verkle.NodeResolverFn) error
 			// depth is set to 0, the tree isn't rebuilt so it's not a problem
 			childN, err := verkle.ParseNode(childS, 0, childC[:])
 			if err != nil {
-				return fmt.Errorf("decode error child %x in db: %w", child.ComputeCommitment().Bytes(), err)
+				return fmt.Errorf("decode error child %x in db: %w", child.Commitment().Bytes(), err)
 			}
 			if err := checkChildren(childN, resolver); err != nil {
 				return fmt.Errorf("%x%w", i, err) // write the path to the erroring node
@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ func checkChildren(root verkle.VerkleNode, resolver verkle.NodeResolverFn) error
 				return nil
 			}
 		}
-		return errors.New("Both balance and nonce are 0")
+		return errors.New("both balance and nonce are 0")
 	case verkle.Empty:
 		// nothing to do
 	default:
--- a/cmd/utils/flags.go
+++ b/cmd/utils/flags.go
@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"math"
 	"math/big"
+	"net"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common/hexutil"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/rawdb"
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/txpool"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/txpool/legacypool"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/types"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/vm"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/crypto"
@ -60,7 +61,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/internal/ethapi"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/internal/flags"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/les"
-	lescatalyst "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/les/catalyst"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/metrics"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/metrics/exp"
@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ var (
 	}
 	NetworkIdFlag = &cli.Uint64Flag{
 		Name:     "networkid",
-		Usage:    "Explicitly set network id (integer)(For testnets: use --rinkeby, --goerli, --sepolia instead)",
+		Usage:    "Explicitly set network id (integer)(For testnets: use --goerli, --sepolia instead)",
 		Value:    ethconfig.Defaults.NetworkId,
 		Category: flags.EthCategory,
 	}
@ -142,11 +142,6 @@ var (
 		Usage:    "Ethereum mainnet",
 		Category: flags.EthCategory,
 	}
-	RinkebyFlag = &cli.BoolFlag{
-		Name:     "rinkeby",
-		Usage:    "Rinkeby network: pre-configured proof-of-authority test network",
-		Category: flags.EthCategory,
-	}
 	GoerliFlag = &cli.BoolFlag{
 		Name:     "goerli",
 		Usage:    "Görli network: pre-configured proof-of-authority test network",
@ -164,7 +159,7 @@ var (
 		Usage:    "Ephemeral proof-of-authority network with a pre-funded developer account, mining enabled",
 		Category: flags.DevCategory,
 	}
-	DeveloperPeriodFlag = &cli.IntFlag{
+	DeveloperPeriodFlag = &cli.Uint64Flag{
 		Name:     "dev.period",
 		Usage:    "Block period to use in developer mode (0 = mine only if transaction pending)",
 		Category: flags.DevCategory,
@ -257,11 +252,6 @@ var (
 		Usage:    "Comma separated block number-to-hash mappings to require for peering (<number>=<hash>)",
 		Category: flags.EthCategory,
 	}
-	LegacyWhitelistFlag = &cli.StringFlag{
-		Name:     "whitelist",
-		Usage:    "Comma separated block number-to-hash mappings to enforce (<number>=<hash>) (deprecated in favor of --eth.requiredblocks)",
-		Category: flags.DeprecatedCategory,
-	}
 	BloomFilterSizeFlag = &cli.Uint64Flag{
 		Name:     "bloomfilter.size",
 		Usage:    "Megabytes of memory allocated to bloom-filter for pruning",
@ -273,6 +263,11 @@ var (
 		Usage:    "Manually specify the Cancun fork timestamp, overriding the bundled setting",
 		Category: flags.EthCategory,
 	}
+	OverrideVerkle = &cli.Uint64Flag{
+		Name:     "override.verkle",
+		Usage:    "Manually specify the Verkle fork timestamp, overriding the bundled setting",
+		Category: flags.EthCategory,
+	}
 	// Light server and client settings
 	LightServeFlag = &cli.IntFlag{
 		Name:     "light.serve",
@ -298,23 +293,6 @@ var (
 		Value:    ethconfig.Defaults.LightPeers,
 		Category: flags.LightCategory,
 	}
-	UltraLightServersFlag = &cli.StringFlag{
-		Name:     "ulc.servers",
-		Usage:    "List of trusted ultra-light servers",
-		Value:    strings.Join(ethconfig.Defaults.UltraLightServers, ","),
-		Category: flags.LightCategory,
-	}
-	UltraLightFractionFlag = &cli.IntFlag{
-		Name:     "ulc.fraction",
-		Usage:    "Minimum % of trusted ultra-light servers required to announce a new head",
-		Value:    ethconfig.Defaults.UltraLightFraction,
-		Category: flags.LightCategory,
-	}
-	UltraLightOnlyAnnounceFlag = &cli.BoolFlag{
-		Name:     "ulc.onlyannounce",
-		Usage:    "Ultra light server sends announcements only",
-		Category: flags.LightCategory,
-	}
 	LightNoPruneFlag = &cli.BoolFlag{
 		Name:     "light.nopruning",
 		Usage:    "Disable ancient light chain data pruning",
@ -339,18 +317,18 @@ var (
 	TxPoolJournalFlag = &cli.StringFlag{
 		Name:     "txpool.journal",
 		Usage:    "Disk journal for local transaction to survive node restarts",
-		Value:    txpool.DefaultConfig.Journal,
+		Value:    ethconfig.Defaults.TxPool.Journal,
 		Category: flags.TxPoolCategory,
 	}
 	TxPoolRejournalFlag = &cli.DurationFlag{
 		Name:     "txpool.rejournal",
 		Usage:    "Time interval to regenerate the local transaction journal",
-		Value:    txpool.DefaultConfig.Rejournal,
+		Value:    ethconfig.Defaults.TxPool.Rejournal,
 		Category: flags.TxPoolCategory,
 	}
 	TxPoolPriceLimitFlag = &cli.Uint64Flag{
 		Name:     "txpool.pricelimit",
-		Usage:    "Minimum gas price limit to enforce for acceptance into the pool",
+		Usage:    "Minimum gas price tip to enforce for acceptance into the pool",
 		Value:    ethconfig.Defaults.TxPool.PriceLimit,
 		Category: flags.TxPoolCategory,
 	}
@ -390,7 +368,25 @@ var (
 		Value:    ethconfig.Defaults.TxPool.Lifetime,
 		Category: flags.TxPoolCategory,
 	}
-
+	// Blob transaction pool settings
+	BlobPoolDataDirFlag = &cli.StringFlag{
+		Name:     "blobpool.datadir",
+		Usage:    "Data directory to store blob transactions in",
+		Value:    ethconfig.Defaults.BlobPool.Datadir,
+		Category: flags.BlobPoolCategory,
+	}
+	BlobPoolDataCapFlag = &cli.Uint64Flag{
+		Name:     "blobpool.datacap",
+		Usage:    "Disk space to allocate for pending blob transactions (soft limit)",
+		Value:    ethconfig.Defaults.BlobPool.Datacap,
+		Category: flags.BlobPoolCategory,
+	}
+	BlobPoolPriceBumpFlag = &cli.Uint64Flag{
+		Name:     "blobpool.pricebump",
+		Usage:    "Price bump percentage to replace an already existing blob transaction",
+		Value:    ethconfig.Defaults.BlobPool.PriceBump,
+		Category: flags.BlobPoolCategory,
+	}
 	// Performance tuning settings
 	CacheFlag = &cli.IntFlag{
 		Name:     "cache",
@ -410,18 +406,6 @@ var (
 		Value:    15,
 		Category: flags.PerfCategory,
 	}
-	CacheTrieJournalFlag = &cli.StringFlag{
-		Name:     "cache.trie.journal",
-		Usage:    "Disk journal directory for trie cache to survive node restarts",
-		Value:    ethconfig.Defaults.TrieCleanCacheJournal,
-		Category: flags.PerfCategory,
-	}
-	CacheTrieRejournalFlag = &cli.DurationFlag{
-		Name:     "cache.trie.rejournal",
-		Usage:    "Time interval to regenerate the trie cache journal",
-		Value:    ethconfig.Defaults.TrieCleanCacheRejournal,
-		Category: flags.PerfCategory,
-	}
 	CacheGCFlag = &cli.IntFlag{
 		Name:     "cache.gc",
 		Usage:    "Percentage of cache memory allowance to use for trie pruning (default = 25% full mode, 0% archive mode)",
@ -718,6 +702,18 @@ var (
 		Usage:    "Allow for unprotected (non EIP155 signed) transactions to be submitted via RPC",
 		Category: flags.APICategory,
 	}
+	BatchRequestLimit = &cli.IntFlag{
+		Name:     "rpc.batch-request-limit",
+		Usage:    "Maximum number of requests in a batch",
+		Value:    node.DefaultConfig.BatchRequestLimit,
+		Category: flags.APICategory,
+	}
+	BatchResponseMaxSize = &cli.IntFlag{
+		Name:     "rpc.batch-response-max-size",
+		Usage:    "Maximum number of bytes returned from a batched call",
+		Value:    node.DefaultConfig.BatchResponseMaxSize,
+		Category: flags.APICategory,
+	}
 	EnablePersonal = &cli.BoolFlag{
 		Name:     "rpc.enabledeprecatedpersonal",
 		Usage:    "Enables the (deprecated) personal namespace",
@ -770,8 +766,16 @@ var (
 		Usage:    "Disables the peer discovery mechanism (manual peer addition)",
 		Category: flags.NetworkingCategory,
 	}
+	DiscoveryV4Flag = &cli.BoolFlag{
+		Name:     "discovery.v4",
+		Aliases:  []string{"discv4"},
+		Usage:    "Enables the V4 discovery mechanism",
+		Category: flags.NetworkingCategory,
+		Value:    true,
+	}
 	DiscoveryV5Flag = &cli.BoolFlag{
-		Name:     "v5disc",
+		Name:     "discovery.v5",
+		Aliases:  []string{"discv5"},
 		Usage:    "Enables the experimental RLPx V5 (Topic Discovery) mechanism",
 		Category: flags.NetworkingCategory,
 	}
@ -931,7 +935,6 @@ Please note that --` + MetricsHTTPFlag.Name + ` must be set to start the server.
 var (
 	// TestnetFlags is the flag group of all built-in supported testnets.
 	TestnetFlags = []cli.Flag{
-		RinkebyFlag,
 		GoerliFlag,
 		SepoliaFlag,
 	}
@ -958,9 +961,6 @@ func init() {
 // then a subdirectory of the specified datadir will be used.
 func MakeDataDir(ctx *cli.Context) string {
 	if path := ctx.String(DataDirFlag.Name); path != "" {
-		if ctx.Bool(RinkebyFlag.Name) {
-			return filepath.Join(path, "rinkeby")
-		}
 		if ctx.Bool(GoerliFlag.Name) {
 			return filepath.Join(path, "goerli")
 		}
@ -1015,8 +1015,6 @@ func setBootstrapNodes(ctx *cli.Context, cfg *p2p.Config) {
 		urls = SplitAndTrim(ctx.String(BootnodesFlag.Name))
 	case ctx.Bool(SepoliaFlag.Name):
 		urls = params.SepoliaBootnodes
-	case ctx.Bool(RinkebyFlag.Name):
-		urls = params.RinkebyBootnodes
 	case ctx.Bool(GoerliFlag.Name):
 		urls = params.GoerliBootnodes
 	}
@ -1141,6 +1139,14 @@ func setHTTP(ctx *cli.Context, cfg *node.Config) {
 	if ctx.IsSet(AllowUnprotectedTxs.Name) {
 		cfg.AllowUnprotectedTxs = ctx.Bool(AllowUnprotectedTxs.Name)
 	}
+
+	if ctx.IsSet(BatchRequestLimit.Name) {
+		cfg.BatchRequestLimit = ctx.Int(BatchRequestLimit.Name)
+	}
+
+	if ctx.IsSet(BatchResponseMaxSize.Name) {
+		cfg.BatchResponseMaxSize = ctx.Int(BatchResponseMaxSize.Name)
+	}
 }

 // setGraphQL creates the GraphQL listener interface string from the set
@ -1206,19 +1212,6 @@ func setLes(ctx *cli.Context, cfg *ethconfig.Config) {
 	if ctx.IsSet(LightMaxPeersFlag.Name) {
 		cfg.LightPeers = ctx.Int(LightMaxPeersFlag.Name)
 	}
-	if ctx.IsSet(UltraLightServersFlag.Name) {
-		cfg.UltraLightServers = strings.Split(ctx.String(UltraLightServersFlag.Name), ",")
-	}
-	if ctx.IsSet(UltraLightFractionFlag.Name) {
-		cfg.UltraLightFraction = ctx.Int(UltraLightFractionFlag.Name)
-	}
-	if cfg.UltraLightFraction <= 0 && cfg.UltraLightFraction > 100 {
-		log.Error("Ultra light fraction is invalid", "had", cfg.UltraLightFraction, "updated", ethconfig.Defaults.UltraLightFraction)
-		cfg.UltraLightFraction = ethconfig.Defaults.UltraLightFraction
-	}
-	if ctx.IsSet(UltraLightOnlyAnnounceFlag.Name) {
-		cfg.UltraLightOnlyAnnounce = ctx.Bool(UltraLightOnlyAnnounceFlag.Name)
-	}
 	if ctx.IsSet(LightNoPruneFlag.Name) {
 		cfg.LightNoPrune = ctx.Bool(LightNoPruneFlag.Name)
 	}
@ -1359,13 +1352,17 @@ func SetP2PConfig(ctx *cli.Context, cfg *p2p.Config) {
 		cfg.NoDiscovery = true
 	}

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

@ -1464,8 +1461,6 @@ func SetDataDir(ctx *cli.Context, cfg *node.Config) {
 		cfg.DataDir = ctx.String(DataDirFlag.Name)
 	case ctx.Bool(DeveloperFlag.Name):
 		cfg.DataDir = "" // unless explicitly requested, use memory databases
-	case ctx.Bool(RinkebyFlag.Name) && cfg.DataDir == node.DefaultDataDir():
-		cfg.DataDir = filepath.Join(node.DefaultDataDir(), "rinkeby")
 	case ctx.Bool(GoerliFlag.Name) && cfg.DataDir == node.DefaultDataDir():
 		cfg.DataDir = filepath.Join(node.DefaultDataDir(), "goerli")
 	case ctx.Bool(SepoliaFlag.Name) && cfg.DataDir == node.DefaultDataDir():
@ -1493,7 +1488,7 @@ func setGPO(ctx *cli.Context, cfg *gasprice.Config, light bool) {
 	}
 }

-func setTxPool(ctx *cli.Context, cfg *txpool.Config) {
+func setTxPool(ctx *cli.Context, cfg *legacypool.Config) {
 	if ctx.IsSet(TxPoolLocalsFlag.Name) {
 		locals := strings.Split(ctx.String(TxPoolLocalsFlag.Name), ",")
 		for _, account := range locals {
@ -1626,7 +1621,7 @@ func CheckExclusive(ctx *cli.Context, args ...interface{}) {
 // SetEthConfig applies eth-related command line flags to the config.
 func SetEthConfig(ctx *cli.Context, stack *node.Node, cfg *ethconfig.Config) {
 	// Avoid conflicting network flags
-	CheckExclusive(ctx, MainnetFlag, DeveloperFlag, RinkebyFlag, GoerliFlag, SepoliaFlag)
+	CheckExclusive(ctx, MainnetFlag, DeveloperFlag, GoerliFlag, SepoliaFlag)
 	CheckExclusive(ctx, LightServeFlag, SyncModeFlag, "light")
 	CheckExclusive(ctx, DeveloperFlag, ExternalSignerFlag) // Can't use both ephemeral unlocked and external signer
 	if ctx.String(GCModeFlag.Name) == "archive" && ctx.Uint64(TxLookupLimitFlag.Name) != 0 {
@ -1698,12 +1693,6 @@ func SetEthConfig(ctx *cli.Context, stack *node.Node, cfg *ethconfig.Config) {
 	if ctx.IsSet(CacheFlag.Name) || ctx.IsSet(CacheTrieFlag.Name) {
 		cfg.TrieCleanCache = ctx.Int(CacheFlag.Name) * ctx.Int(CacheTrieFlag.Name) / 100
 	}
-	if ctx.IsSet(CacheTrieJournalFlag.Name) {
-		cfg.TrieCleanCacheJournal = ctx.String(CacheTrieJournalFlag.Name)
-	}
-	if ctx.IsSet(CacheTrieRejournalFlag.Name) {
-		cfg.TrieCleanCacheRejournal = ctx.Duration(CacheTrieRejournalFlag.Name)
-	}
 	if ctx.IsSet(CacheFlag.Name) || ctx.IsSet(CacheGCFlag.Name) {
 		cfg.TrieDirtyCache = ctx.Int(CacheFlag.Name) * ctx.Int(CacheGCFlag.Name) / 100
 	}
@ -1768,22 +1757,6 @@ func SetEthConfig(ctx *cli.Context, stack *node.Node, cfg *ethconfig.Config) {
 		}
 		cfg.Genesis = core.DefaultSepoliaGenesisBlock()
 		SetDNSDiscoveryDefaults(cfg, params.SepoliaGenesisHash)
-	case ctx.Bool(RinkebyFlag.Name):
-		log.Warn("")
-		log.Warn("--------------------------------------------------------------------------------")
-		log.Warn("Please note, Rinkeby has been deprecated. It will still work for the time being,")
-		log.Warn("but there will be no further hard-forks shipped for it.")
-		log.Warn("The network will be permanently halted in Q2/Q3 of 2023.")
-		log.Warn("For the most future proof testnet, choose Sepolia as")
-		log.Warn("your replacement environment (--sepolia instead of --rinkeby).")
-		log.Warn("--------------------------------------------------------------------------------")
-		log.Warn("")
-
-		if !ctx.IsSet(NetworkIdFlag.Name) {
-			cfg.NetworkId = 4
-		}
-		cfg.Genesis = core.DefaultRinkebyGenesisBlock()
-		SetDNSDiscoveryDefaults(cfg, params.RinkebyGenesisHash)
 	case ctx.Bool(GoerliFlag.Name):
 		if !ctx.IsSet(NetworkIdFlag.Name) {
 			cfg.NetworkId = 5
@ -1839,7 +1812,7 @@ func SetEthConfig(ctx *cli.Context, stack *node.Node, cfg *ethconfig.Config) {
 		log.Info("Using developer account", "address", developer.Address)

 		// Create a new developer genesis block or reuse existing one
-		cfg.Genesis = core.DeveloperGenesisBlock(uint64(ctx.Int(DeveloperPeriodFlag.Name)), ctx.Uint64(DeveloperGasLimitFlag.Name), developer.Address)
+		cfg.Genesis = core.DeveloperGenesisBlock(ctx.Uint64(DeveloperGasLimitFlag.Name), developer.Address)
 		if ctx.IsSet(DataDirFlag.Name) {
 			// If datadir doesn't exist we need to open db in write-mode
 			// so leveldb can create files.
@ -1899,9 +1872,6 @@ func RegisterEthService(stack *node.Node, cfg *ethconfig.Config) (ethapi.Backend
 			Fatalf("Failed to register the Ethereum service: %v", err)
 		}
 		stack.RegisterAPIs(tracers.APIs(backend.ApiBackend))
-		if err := lescatalyst.Register(stack, backend); err != nil {
-			Fatalf("Failed to register the Engine API service: %v", err)
-		}
 		return backend.ApiBackend, nil
 	}
 	backend, err := eth.New(stack, cfg)
@ -1914,9 +1884,6 @@ func RegisterEthService(stack *node.Node, cfg *ethconfig.Config) (ethapi.Backend
 			Fatalf("Failed to create the LES server: %v", err)
 		}
 	}
-	if err := ethcatalyst.Register(stack, backend); err != nil {
-		Fatalf("Failed to register the Engine API service: %v", err)
-	}
 	stack.RegisterAPIs(tracers.APIs(backend.APIBackend))
 	return backend.APIBackend, backend
 }
@ -2019,7 +1986,7 @@ func SetupMetrics(ctx *cli.Context) {
 		}

 		if ctx.IsSet(MetricsHTTPFlag.Name) {
-			address := fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", ctx.String(MetricsHTTPFlag.Name), ctx.Int(MetricsPortFlag.Name))
+			address := net.JoinHostPort(ctx.String(MetricsHTTPFlag.Name), fmt.Sprintf("%d", ctx.Int(MetricsPortFlag.Name)))
 			log.Info("Enabling stand-alone metrics HTTP endpoint", "address", address)
 			exp.Setup(address)
 		} else if ctx.IsSet(MetricsPortFlag.Name) {
@ -2114,8 +2081,6 @@ func MakeGenesis(ctx *cli.Context) *core.Genesis {
 		genesis = core.DefaultGenesisBlock()
 	case ctx.Bool(SepoliaFlag.Name):
 		genesis = core.DefaultSepoliaGenesisBlock()
-	case ctx.Bool(RinkebyFlag.Name):
-		genesis = core.DefaultRinkebyGenesisBlock()
 	case ctx.Bool(GoerliFlag.Name):
 		genesis = core.DefaultGoerliGenesisBlock()
 	case ctx.Bool(DeveloperFlag.Name):
--- a/cmd/utils/flags_legacy.go
+++ b/cmd/utils/flags_legacy.go
@ -33,15 +33,41 @@ var ShowDeprecated = &cli.Command{

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

--- a/consensus/beacon/consensus.go
+++ b/consensus/beacon/consensus.go
@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ import (

 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/consensus"
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/consensus/misc"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/consensus/misc/eip1559"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/consensus/misc/eip4844"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/state"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/types"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/params"
@ -257,7 +258,7 @@ func (beacon *Beacon) verifyHeader(chain consensus.ChainHeaderReader, header, pa
 		return consensus.ErrInvalidNumber
 	}
 	// Verify the header's EIP-1559 attributes.
-	if err := misc.VerifyEip1559Header(chain.Config(), parent, header); err != nil {
+	if err := eip1559.VerifyEIP1559Header(chain.Config(), parent, header); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	// Verify existence / non-existence of withdrawalsHash.
@ -268,13 +269,18 @@ func (beacon *Beacon) verifyHeader(chain consensus.ChainHeaderReader, header, pa
 	if !shanghai && header.WithdrawalsHash != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("invalid withdrawalsHash: have %x, expected nil", header.WithdrawalsHash)
 	}
-	// Verify the existence / non-existence of excessDataGas
+	// Verify the existence / non-existence of excessBlobGas
 	cancun := chain.Config().IsCancun(header.Number, header.Time)
-	if cancun && header.ExcessDataGas == nil {
-		return errors.New("missing excessDataGas")
+	if !cancun && header.ExcessBlobGas != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("invalid excessBlobGas: have %d, expected nil", header.ExcessBlobGas)
 	}
-	if !cancun && header.ExcessDataGas != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("invalid excessDataGas: have %d, expected nil", header.ExcessDataGas)
+	if !cancun && header.BlobGasUsed != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("invalid blobGasUsed: have %d, expected nil", header.BlobGasUsed)
+	}
+	if cancun {
+		if err := eip4844.VerifyEIP4844Header(parent, header); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 	}
 	return nil
 }
--- a/consensus/clique/api.go
+++ b/consensus/clique/api.go
@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ func (sb *blockNumberOrHashOrRLP) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
 }

 // GetSigner returns the signer for a specific clique block.
-// Can be called with either a blocknumber, blockhash or an rlp encoded blob.
+// Can be called with a block number, a block hash or a rlp encoded blob.
 // The RLP encoded blob can either be a block or a header.
 func (api *API) GetSigner(rlpOrBlockNr *blockNumberOrHashOrRLP) (common.Address, error) {
 	if len(rlpOrBlockNr.RLP) == 0 {
--- a/consensus/clique/clique.go
+++ b/consensus/clique/clique.go
@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import (
 	lru "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common/lru"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/consensus"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/consensus/misc"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/consensus/misc/eip1559"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/state"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/types"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/crypto"
@ -343,7 +344,7 @@ func (c *Clique) verifyCascadingFields(chain consensus.ChainHeaderReader, header
 		if err := misc.VerifyGaslimit(parent.GasLimit, header.GasLimit); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-	} else if err := misc.VerifyEip1559Header(chain.Config(), parent, header); err != nil {
+	} else if err := eip1559.VerifyEIP1559Header(chain.Config(), parent, header); err != nil {
 		// Verify the header's EIP-1559 attributes.
 		return err
 	}
--- a/consensus/clique/clique_test.go
+++ b/consensus/clique/clique_test.go
@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import (
 )

 // This test case is a repro of an annoying bug that took us forever to catch.
-// In Clique PoA networks (Rinkeby, Görli, etc), consecutive blocks might have
+// In Clique PoA networks (Görli, etc), consecutive blocks might have
 // the same state root (no block subsidy, empty block). If a node crashes, the
 // chain ends up losing the recent state and needs to regenerate it from blocks
 // already in the database. The bug was that processing the block *prior* to an
--- a/consensus/clique/snapshot.go
+++ b/consensus/clique/snapshot.go
@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ package clique
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"encoding/json"
-	"sort"
 	"time"

 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
@ -29,6 +28,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/ethdb"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/params"
+	"golang.org/x/exp/slices"
 )

 // Vote represents a single vote that an authorized signer made to modify the
@ -62,13 +62,6 @@ type Snapshot struct {
 	Tally   map[common.Address]Tally    `json:"tally"`   // Current vote tally to avoid recalculating
 }

-// signersAscending implements the sort interface to allow sorting a list of addresses
-type signersAscending []common.Address
-
-func (s signersAscending) Len() int           { return len(s) }
-func (s signersAscending) Less(i, j int) bool { return bytes.Compare(s[i][:], s[j][:]) < 0 }
-func (s signersAscending) Swap(i, j int)      { s[i], s[j] = s[j], s[i] }
-
 // newSnapshot creates a new snapshot with the specified startup parameters. This
 // method does not initialize the set of recent signers, so only ever use if for
 // the genesis block.
@ -315,7 +308,7 @@ func (s *Snapshot) signers() []common.Address {
 	for sig := range s.Signers {
 		sigs = append(sigs, sig)
 	}
-	sort.Sort(signersAscending(sigs))
+	slices.SortFunc(sigs, common.Address.Cmp)
 	return sigs
 }

--- a/consensus/clique/snapshot_test.go
+++ b/consensus/clique/snapshot_test.go
@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import (
 	"crypto/ecdsa"
 	"fmt"
 	"math/big"
-	"sort"
 	"testing"

 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
@ -31,6 +30,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/vm"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/crypto"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/params"
+	"golang.org/x/exp/slices"
 )

 // testerAccountPool is a pool to maintain currently active tester accounts,
@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ func (ap *testerAccountPool) checkpoint(header *types.Header, signers []string)
 	for i, signer := range signers {
 		auths[i] = ap.address(signer)
 	}
-	sort.Sort(signersAscending(auths))
+	slices.SortFunc(auths, common.Address.Cmp)
 	for i, auth := range auths {
 		copy(header.Extra[extraVanity+i*common.AddressLength:], auth.Bytes())
 	}
--- a/consensus/ethash/consensus.go
+++ b/consensus/ethash/consensus.go
@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common/math"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/consensus"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/consensus/misc"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/consensus/misc/eip1559"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/state"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/types"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/params"
@ -254,7 +255,7 @@ func (ethash *Ethash) verifyHeader(chain consensus.ChainHeaderReader, header, pa
 		if err := misc.VerifyGaslimit(parent.GasLimit, header.GasLimit); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-	} else if err := misc.VerifyEip1559Header(chain.Config(), parent, header); err != nil {
+	} else if err := eip1559.VerifyEIP1559Header(chain.Config(), parent, header); err != nil {
 		// Verify the header's EIP-1559 attributes.
 		return err
 	}
--- a/consensus/misc/eip1559/eip1559.go
+++ b/consensus/misc/eip1559/eip1559.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 misc
+package eip1559

 import (
 	"errors"
@ -23,20 +23,21 @@ import (

 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common/math"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/consensus/misc"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/types"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/params"
 )

-// VerifyEip1559Header verifies some header attributes which were changed in EIP-1559,
+// VerifyEIP1559Header verifies some header attributes which were changed in EIP-1559,
 // - gas limit check
 // - basefee check
-func VerifyEip1559Header(config *params.ChainConfig, parent, header *types.Header) error {
+func VerifyEIP1559Header(config *params.ChainConfig, parent, header *types.Header) error {
 	// Verify that the gas limit remains within allowed bounds
 	parentGasLimit := parent.GasLimit
 	if !config.IsLondon(parent.Number) {
 		parentGasLimit = parent.GasLimit * config.ElasticityMultiplier()
 	}
-	if err := VerifyGaslimit(parentGasLimit, header.GasLimit); err != nil {
+	if err := misc.VerifyGaslimit(parentGasLimit, header.GasLimit); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	// Verify the header is not malformed
--- a/consensus/misc/eip1559/eip1559_test.go
+++ b/consensus/misc/eip1559/eip1559_test.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 misc
+package eip1559

 import (
 	"math/big"
@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ func TestBlockGasLimits(t *testing.T) {
 			BaseFee:  initial,
 			Number:   big.NewInt(tc.pNum + 1),
 		}
-		err := VerifyEip1559Header(config(), parent, header)
+		err := VerifyEIP1559Header(config(), parent, header)
 		if tc.ok && err != nil {
 			t.Errorf("test %d: Expected valid header: %s", i, err)
 		}
--- a/consensus/misc/eip4844.go
+++ b/consensus/misc/eip4844.go
@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2023 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 misc
-
-import (
-	"math/big"
-
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/params"
-)
-
-var (
-	minDataGasPrice            = big.NewInt(params.BlobTxMinDataGasprice)
-	dataGaspriceUpdateFraction = big.NewInt(params.BlobTxDataGaspriceUpdateFraction)
-)
-
-// CalcBlobFee calculates the blobfee from the header's excess data gas field.
-func CalcBlobFee(excessDataGas *big.Int) *big.Int {
-	// If this block does not yet have EIP-4844 enabled, return the starting fee
-	if excessDataGas == nil {
-		return big.NewInt(params.BlobTxMinDataGasprice)
-	}
-	return fakeExponential(minDataGasPrice, excessDataGas, dataGaspriceUpdateFraction)
-}
-
-// fakeExponential approximates factor * e ** (numerator / denominator) using
-// Taylor expansion.
-func fakeExponential(factor, numerator, denominator *big.Int) *big.Int {
-	var (
-		output = new(big.Int)
-		accum  = new(big.Int).Mul(factor, denominator)
-	)
-	for i := 1; accum.Sign() > 0; i++ {
-		output.Add(output, accum)
-
-		accum.Mul(accum, numerator)
-		accum.Div(accum, denominator)
-		accum.Div(accum, big.NewInt(int64(i)))
-	}
-	return output.Div(output, denominator)
-}
--- a/consensus/misc/eip4844/eip4844.go
+++ b/consensus/misc/eip4844/eip4844.go
@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+// Copyright 2023 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 eip4844
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"math/big"
+
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/types"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/params"
+)
+
+var (
+	minBlobGasPrice            = big.NewInt(params.BlobTxMinBlobGasprice)
+	blobGaspriceUpdateFraction = big.NewInt(params.BlobTxBlobGaspriceUpdateFraction)
+)
+
+// VerifyEIP4844Header verifies the presence of the excessBlobGas field and that
+// if the current block contains no transactions, the excessBlobGas is updated
+// accordingly.
+func VerifyEIP4844Header(parent, header *types.Header) error {
+	// Verify the header is not malformed
+	if header.ExcessBlobGas == nil {
+		return errors.New("header is missing excessBlobGas")
+	}
+	if header.BlobGasUsed == nil {
+		return errors.New("header is missing blobGasUsed")
+	}
+	// Verify that the blob gas used remains within reasonable limits.
+	if *header.BlobGasUsed > params.BlobTxMaxBlobGasPerBlock {
+		return fmt.Errorf("blob gas used %d exceeds maximum allowance %d", *header.BlobGasUsed, params.BlobTxMaxBlobGasPerBlock)
+	}
+	if *header.BlobGasUsed%params.BlobTxBlobGasPerBlob != 0 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("blob gas used %d not a multiple of blob gas per blob %d", header.BlobGasUsed, params.BlobTxBlobGasPerBlob)
+	}
+	// Verify the excessBlobGas is correct based on the parent header
+	var (
+		parentExcessBlobGas uint64
+		parentBlobGasUsed   uint64
+	)
+	if parent.ExcessBlobGas != nil {
+		parentExcessBlobGas = *parent.ExcessBlobGas
+		parentBlobGasUsed = *parent.BlobGasUsed
+	}
+	expectedExcessBlobGas := CalcExcessBlobGas(parentExcessBlobGas, parentBlobGasUsed)
+	if *header.ExcessBlobGas != expectedExcessBlobGas {
+		return fmt.Errorf("invalid excessBlobGas: have %d, want %d, parent excessBlobGas %d, parent blobDataUsed %d",
+			*header.ExcessBlobGas, expectedExcessBlobGas, parentExcessBlobGas, parentBlobGasUsed)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// CalcExcessBlobGas calculates the excess blob gas after applying the set of
+// blobs on top of the excess blob gas.
+func CalcExcessBlobGas(parentExcessBlobGas uint64, parentBlobGasUsed uint64) uint64 {
+	excessBlobGas := parentExcessBlobGas + parentBlobGasUsed
+	if excessBlobGas < params.BlobTxTargetBlobGasPerBlock {
+		return 0
+	}
+	return excessBlobGas - params.BlobTxTargetBlobGasPerBlock
+}
+
+// CalcBlobFee calculates the blobfee from the header's excess blob gas field.
+func CalcBlobFee(excessBlobGas uint64) *big.Int {
+	return fakeExponential(minBlobGasPrice, new(big.Int).SetUint64(excessBlobGas), blobGaspriceUpdateFraction)
+}
+
+// fakeExponential approximates factor * e ** (numerator / denominator) using
+// Taylor expansion.
+func fakeExponential(factor, numerator, denominator *big.Int) *big.Int {
+	var (
+		output = new(big.Int)
+		accum  = new(big.Int).Mul(factor, denominator)
+	)
+	for i := 1; accum.Sign() > 0; i++ {
+		output.Add(output, accum)
+
+		accum.Mul(accum, numerator)
+		accum.Div(accum, denominator)
+		accum.Div(accum, big.NewInt(int64(i)))
+	}
+	return output.Div(output, denominator)
+}
--- a/consensus/misc/eip4844/eip4844_test.go
+++ b/consensus/misc/eip4844/eip4844_test.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 misc
+package eip4844

 import (
 	"fmt"
@ -24,9 +24,42 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/params"
 )

+func TestCalcExcessBlobGas(t *testing.T) {
+	var tests = []struct {
+		excess uint64
+		blobs  uint64
+		want   uint64
+	}{
+		// The excess blob gas should not increase from zero if the used blob
+		// slots are below - or equal - to the target.
+		{0, 0, 0},
+		{0, 1, 0},
+		{0, params.BlobTxTargetBlobGasPerBlock / params.BlobTxBlobGasPerBlob, 0},
+
+		// If the target blob gas is exceeded, the excessBlobGas should increase
+		// by however much it was overshot
+		{0, (params.BlobTxTargetBlobGasPerBlock / params.BlobTxBlobGasPerBlob) + 1, params.BlobTxBlobGasPerBlob},
+		{1, (params.BlobTxTargetBlobGasPerBlock / params.BlobTxBlobGasPerBlob) + 1, params.BlobTxBlobGasPerBlob + 1},
+		{1, (params.BlobTxTargetBlobGasPerBlock / params.BlobTxBlobGasPerBlob) + 2, 2*params.BlobTxBlobGasPerBlob + 1},
+
+		// The excess blob gas should decrease by however much the target was
+		// under-shot, capped at zero.
+		{params.BlobTxTargetBlobGasPerBlock, params.BlobTxTargetBlobGasPerBlock / params.BlobTxBlobGasPerBlob, params.BlobTxTargetBlobGasPerBlock},
+		{params.BlobTxTargetBlobGasPerBlock, (params.BlobTxTargetBlobGasPerBlock / params.BlobTxBlobGasPerBlob) - 1, params.BlobTxBlobGasPerBlob},
+		{params.BlobTxTargetBlobGasPerBlock, (params.BlobTxTargetBlobGasPerBlock / params.BlobTxBlobGasPerBlob) - 2, 0},
+		{params.BlobTxBlobGasPerBlob - 1, (params.BlobTxTargetBlobGasPerBlock / params.BlobTxBlobGasPerBlob) - 1, 0},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		result := CalcExcessBlobGas(tt.excess, tt.blobs*params.BlobTxBlobGasPerBlob)
+		if result != tt.want {
+			t.Errorf("excess blob gas mismatch: have %v, want %v", result, tt.want)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func TestCalcBlobFee(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
-		excessDataGas int64
+		excessBlobGas uint64
 		blobfee       int64
 	}{
 		{0, 1},
@ -34,12 +67,8 @@ func TestCalcBlobFee(t *testing.T) {
 		{1542707, 2},
 		{10 * 1024 * 1024, 111},
 	}
-	have := CalcBlobFee(nil)
-	if have.Int64() != params.BlobTxMinDataGasprice {
-		t.Errorf("nil test: blobfee mismatch: have %v, want %v", have, params.BlobTxMinDataGasprice)
-	}
 	for i, tt := range tests {
-		have := CalcBlobFee(big.NewInt(tt.excessDataGas))
+		have := CalcBlobFee(tt.excessBlobGas)
 		if have.Int64() != tt.blobfee {
 			t.Errorf("test %d: blobfee mismatch: have %v want %v", i, have, tt.blobfee)
 		}
--- a/console/bridge.go
+++ b/console/bridge.go
@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package console

 import (
 	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"reflect"
@ -77,18 +78,18 @@ func (b *bridge) NewAccount(call jsre.Call) (goja.Value, error) {
 			return nil, err
 		}
 		if password != confirm {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("passwords don't match!")
+			return nil, errors.New("passwords don't match!")
 		}
 	// A single string password was specified, use that
 	case len(call.Arguments) == 1 && call.Argument(0).ToString() != nil:
 		password = call.Argument(0).ToString().String()
 	default:
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("expected 0 or 1 string argument")
+		return nil, errors.New("expected 0 or 1 string argument")
 	}
 	// Password acquired, execute the call and return
 	newAccount, callable := goja.AssertFunction(getJeth(call.VM).Get("newAccount"))
 	if !callable {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("jeth.newAccount is not callable")
+		return nil, errors.New("jeth.newAccount is not callable")
 	}
 	ret, err := newAccount(goja.Null(), call.VM.ToValue(password))
 	if err != nil {
@ -102,7 +103,7 @@ func (b *bridge) NewAccount(call jsre.Call) (goja.Value, error) {
 func (b *bridge) OpenWallet(call jsre.Call) (goja.Value, error) {
 	// Make sure we have a wallet specified to open
 	if call.Argument(0).ToObject(call.VM).ClassName() != "String" {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("first argument must be the wallet URL to open")
+		return nil, errors.New("first argument must be the wallet URL to open")
 	}
 	wallet := call.Argument(0)

@ -115,7 +116,7 @@ func (b *bridge) OpenWallet(call jsre.Call) (goja.Value, error) {
 	// Open the wallet and return if successful in itself
 	openWallet, callable := goja.AssertFunction(getJeth(call.VM).Get("openWallet"))
 	if !callable {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("jeth.openWallet is not callable")
+		return nil, errors.New("jeth.openWallet is not callable")
 	}
 	val, err := openWallet(goja.Null(), wallet, passwd)
 	if err == nil {
@ -198,7 +199,7 @@ func (b *bridge) readPassphraseAndReopenWallet(call jsre.Call) (goja.Value, erro
 	}
 	openWallet, callable := goja.AssertFunction(getJeth(call.VM).Get("openWallet"))
 	if !callable {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("jeth.openWallet is not callable")
+		return nil, errors.New("jeth.openWallet is not callable")
 	}
 	return openWallet(goja.Null(), wallet, call.VM.ToValue(input))
 }
@ -219,7 +220,7 @@ func (b *bridge) readPinAndReopenWallet(call jsre.Call) (goja.Value, error) {
 	}
 	openWallet, callable := goja.AssertFunction(getJeth(call.VM).Get("openWallet"))
 	if !callable {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("jeth.openWallet is not callable")
+		return nil, errors.New("jeth.openWallet is not callable")
 	}
 	return openWallet(goja.Null(), wallet, call.VM.ToValue(input))
 }
@ -230,13 +231,13 @@ func (b *bridge) readPinAndReopenWallet(call jsre.Call) (goja.Value, error) {
 // the RPC call.
 func (b *bridge) UnlockAccount(call jsre.Call) (goja.Value, error) {
 	if len(call.Arguments) < 1 {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("usage: unlockAccount(account, [ password, duration ])")
+		return nil, errors.New("usage: unlockAccount(account, [ password, duration ])")
 	}

 	account := call.Argument(0)
 	// Make sure we have an account specified to unlock.
 	if goja.IsUndefined(account) || goja.IsNull(account) || account.ExportType().Kind() != reflect.String {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("first argument must be the account to unlock")
+		return nil, errors.New("first argument must be the account to unlock")
 	}

 	// If password is not given or is the null value, prompt the user for it.
@ -250,7 +251,7 @@ func (b *bridge) UnlockAccount(call jsre.Call) (goja.Value, error) {
 		passwd = call.VM.ToValue(input)
 	} else {
 		if call.Argument(1).ExportType().Kind() != reflect.String {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("password must be a string")
+			return nil, errors.New("password must be a string")
 		}
 		passwd = call.Argument(1)
 	}
@ -259,7 +260,7 @@ func (b *bridge) UnlockAccount(call jsre.Call) (goja.Value, error) {
 	duration := goja.Null()
 	if !goja.IsUndefined(call.Argument(2)) && !goja.IsNull(call.Argument(2)) {
 		if !isNumber(call.Argument(2)) {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("unlock duration must be a number")
+			return nil, errors.New("unlock duration must be a number")
 		}
 		duration = call.Argument(2)
 	}
@ -267,7 +268,7 @@ func (b *bridge) UnlockAccount(call jsre.Call) (goja.Value, error) {
 	// Send the request to the backend and return.
 	unlockAccount, callable := goja.AssertFunction(getJeth(call.VM).Get("unlockAccount"))
 	if !callable {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("jeth.unlockAccount is not callable")
+		return nil, errors.New("jeth.unlockAccount is not callable")
 	}
 	return unlockAccount(goja.Null(), account, passwd, duration)
 }
@ -277,7 +278,7 @@ func (b *bridge) UnlockAccount(call jsre.Call) (goja.Value, error) {
 // jeth.sign) with it to actually execute the RPC call.
 func (b *bridge) Sign(call jsre.Call) (goja.Value, error) {
 	if nArgs := len(call.Arguments); nArgs < 2 {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("usage: sign(message, account, [ password ])")
+		return nil, errors.New("usage: sign(message, account, [ password ])")
 	}
 	var (
 		message = call.Argument(0)
@ -286,10 +287,10 @@ func (b *bridge) Sign(call jsre.Call) (goja.Value, error) {
 	)

 	if goja.IsUndefined(message) || message.ExportType().Kind() != reflect.String {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("first argument must be the message to sign")
+		return nil, errors.New("first argument must be the message to sign")
 	}
 	if goja.IsUndefined(account) || account.ExportType().Kind() != reflect.String {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("second argument must be the account to sign with")
+		return nil, errors.New("second argument must be the account to sign with")
 	}

 	// if the password is not given or null ask the user and ensure password is a string
@ -301,13 +302,13 @@ func (b *bridge) Sign(call jsre.Call) (goja.Value, error) {
 		}
 		passwd = call.VM.ToValue(input)
 	} else if passwd.ExportType().Kind() != reflect.String {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("third argument must be the password to unlock the account")
+		return nil, errors.New("third argument must be the password to unlock the account")
 	}

 	// Send the request to the backend and return
 	sign, callable := goja.AssertFunction(getJeth(call.VM).Get("sign"))
 	if !callable {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("jeth.sign is not callable")
+		return nil, errors.New("jeth.sign is not callable")
 	}
 	return sign(goja.Null(), message, account, passwd)
 }
@ -315,11 +316,11 @@ func (b *bridge) Sign(call jsre.Call) (goja.Value, error) {
 // Sleep will block the console for the specified number of seconds.
 func (b *bridge) Sleep(call jsre.Call) (goja.Value, error) {
 	if nArgs := len(call.Arguments); nArgs < 1 {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("usage: sleep(<number of seconds>)")
+		return nil, errors.New("usage: sleep(<number of seconds>)")
 	}
 	sleepObj := call.Argument(0)
 	if goja.IsUndefined(sleepObj) || goja.IsNull(sleepObj) || !isNumber(sleepObj) {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("usage: sleep(<number of seconds>)")
+		return nil, errors.New("usage: sleep(<number of seconds>)")
 	}
 	sleep := sleepObj.ToFloat()
 	time.Sleep(time.Duration(sleep * float64(time.Second)))
@ -336,17 +337,17 @@ func (b *bridge) SleepBlocks(call jsre.Call) (goja.Value, error) {
 	)
 	nArgs := len(call.Arguments)
 	if nArgs == 0 {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("usage: sleepBlocks(<n blocks>[, max sleep in seconds])")
+		return nil, errors.New("usage: sleepBlocks(<n blocks>[, max sleep in seconds])")
 	}
 	if nArgs >= 1 {
 		if goja.IsNull(call.Argument(0)) || goja.IsUndefined(call.Argument(0)) || !isNumber(call.Argument(0)) {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("expected number as first argument")
+			return nil, errors.New("expected number as first argument")
 		}
 		blocks = call.Argument(0).ToInteger()
 	}
 	if nArgs >= 2 {
 		if goja.IsNull(call.Argument(1)) || goja.IsUndefined(call.Argument(1)) || !isNumber(call.Argument(1)) {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("expected number as second argument")
+			return nil, errors.New("expected number as second argument")
 		}
 		sleep = call.Argument(1).ToInteger()
 	}
@ -421,7 +422,7 @@ func (b *bridge) Send(call jsre.Call) (goja.Value, error) {
 				JSON := call.VM.Get("JSON").ToObject(call.VM)
 				parse, callable := goja.AssertFunction(JSON.Get("parse"))
 				if !callable {
-					return nil, fmt.Errorf("JSON.parse is not a function")
+					return nil, errors.New("JSON.parse is not a function")
 				}
 				resultVal, err := parse(goja.Null(), call.VM.ToValue(string(result)))
 				if err != nil {
--- a/console/console_test.go
+++ b/console/console_test.go
@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ func newTester(t *testing.T, confOverride func(*ethconfig.Config)) *tester {
 		t.Fatalf("failed to create node: %v", err)
 	}
 	ethConf := &ethconfig.Config{
-		Genesis: core.DeveloperGenesisBlock(15, 11_500_000, common.Address{}),
+		Genesis: core.DeveloperGenesisBlock(11_500_000, common.Address{}),
 		Miner: miner.Config{
 			Etherbase: common.HexToAddress(testAddress),
 		},
@ -110,10 +110,11 @@ func newTester(t *testing.T, confOverride func(*ethconfig.Config)) *tester {
 	if err = stack.Start(); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("failed to start test stack: %v", err)
 	}
-	client, err := stack.Attach()
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("failed to attach to node: %v", err)
-	}
+	client := stack.Attach()
+	t.Cleanup(func() {
+		client.Close()
+	})
+
 	prompter := &hookedPrompter{scheduler: make(chan string)}
 	printer := new(bytes.Buffer)

--- a/core/block_validator.go
+++ b/core/block_validator.go
@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package core

 import (
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"

 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/consensus"
@ -71,16 +72,32 @@ func (v *BlockValidator) ValidateBody(block *types.Block) error {
 	if header.WithdrawalsHash != nil {
 		// Withdrawals list must be present in body after Shanghai.
 		if block.Withdrawals() == nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("missing withdrawals in block body")
+			return errors.New("missing withdrawals in block body")
 		}
 		if hash := types.DeriveSha(block.Withdrawals(), trie.NewStackTrie(nil)); hash != *header.WithdrawalsHash {
 			return fmt.Errorf("withdrawals root hash mismatch (header value %x, calculated %x)", *header.WithdrawalsHash, hash)
 		}
 	} else if block.Withdrawals() != nil {
-		// Withdrawals are not allowed prior to shanghai fork
-		return fmt.Errorf("withdrawals present in block body")
+		// Withdrawals are not allowed prior to Shanghai fork
+		return errors.New("withdrawals present in block body")
+	}
+	// Blob transactions may be present after the Cancun fork.
+	var blobs int
+	for _, tx := range block.Transactions() {
+		// Count the number of blobs to validate against the header's blobGasUsed
+		blobs += len(tx.BlobHashes())
+		// The individual checks for blob validity (version-check + not empty)
+		// happens in the state_transition check.
+	}
+	if header.BlobGasUsed != nil {
+		if want := *header.BlobGasUsed / params.BlobTxBlobGasPerBlob; uint64(blobs) != want { // div because the header is surely good vs the body might be bloated
+			return fmt.Errorf("blob gas used mismatch (header %v, calculated %v)", *header.BlobGasUsed, blobs*params.BlobTxBlobGasPerBlob)
+		}
+	} else {
+		if blobs > 0 {
+			return errors.New("data blobs present in block body")
+		}
 	}
-
 	if !v.bc.HasBlockAndState(block.ParentHash(), block.NumberU64()-1) {
 		if !v.bc.HasBlock(block.ParentHash(), block.NumberU64()-1) {
 			return consensus.ErrUnknownAncestor
--- a/core/block_validator_test.go
+++ b/core/block_validator_test.go
@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ package core

 import (
 	"math/big"
-	"runtime"
 	"testing"
 	"time"

@ -235,118 +234,6 @@ func testHeaderVerificationForMerging(t *testing.T, isClique bool) {
 	}
 }

-// Tests that concurrent header verification works, for both good and bad blocks.
-func TestHeaderConcurrentVerification2(t *testing.T)  { testHeaderConcurrentVerification(t, 2) }
-func TestHeaderConcurrentVerification8(t *testing.T)  { testHeaderConcurrentVerification(t, 8) }
-func TestHeaderConcurrentVerification32(t *testing.T) { testHeaderConcurrentVerification(t, 32) }
-
-func testHeaderConcurrentVerification(t *testing.T, threads int) {
-	// Create a simple chain to verify
-	var (
-		gspec        = &Genesis{Config: params.TestChainConfig}
-		_, blocks, _ = GenerateChainWithGenesis(gspec, ethash.NewFaker(), 8, nil)
-	)
-	headers := make([]*types.Header, len(blocks))
-	for i, block := range blocks {
-		headers[i] = block.Header()
-	}
-	// Set the number of threads to verify on
-	old := runtime.GOMAXPROCS(threads)
-	defer runtime.GOMAXPROCS(old)
-
-	// Run the header checker for the entire block chain at once both for a valid and
-	// also an invalid chain (enough if one arbitrary block is invalid).
-	for i, valid := range []bool{true, false} {
-		var results <-chan error
-
-		if valid {
-			chain, _ := NewBlockChain(rawdb.NewMemoryDatabase(), nil, gspec, nil, ethash.NewFaker(), vm.Config{}, nil, nil)
-			_, results = chain.engine.VerifyHeaders(chain, headers)
-			chain.Stop()
-		} else {
-			chain, _ := NewBlockChain(rawdb.NewMemoryDatabase(), nil, gspec, nil, ethash.NewFakeFailer(uint64(len(headers)-1)), vm.Config{}, nil, nil)
-			_, results = chain.engine.VerifyHeaders(chain, headers)
-			chain.Stop()
-		}
-		// Wait for all the verification results
-		checks := make(map[int]error)
-		for j := 0; j < len(blocks); j++ {
-			select {
-			case result := <-results:
-				checks[j] = result
-
-			case <-time.After(time.Second):
-				t.Fatalf("test %d.%d: verification timeout", i, j)
-			}
-		}
-		// Check nonce check validity
-		for j := 0; j < len(blocks); j++ {
-			want := valid || (j < len(blocks)-2) // We chose the last-but-one nonce in the chain to fail
-			if (checks[j] == nil) != want {
-				t.Errorf("test %d.%d: validity mismatch: have %v, want %v", i, j, checks[j], want)
-			}
-			if !want {
-				// A few blocks after the first error may pass verification due to concurrent
-				// workers. We don't care about those in this test, just that the correct block
-				// errors out.
-				break
-			}
-		}
-		// Make sure no more data is returned
-		select {
-		case result := <-results:
-			t.Fatalf("test %d: unexpected result returned: %v", i, result)
-		case <-time.After(25 * time.Millisecond):
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-// Tests that aborting a header validation indeed prevents further checks from being
-// run, as well as checks that no left-over goroutines are leaked.
-func TestHeaderConcurrentAbortion2(t *testing.T)  { testHeaderConcurrentAbortion(t, 2) }
-func TestHeaderConcurrentAbortion8(t *testing.T)  { testHeaderConcurrentAbortion(t, 8) }
-func TestHeaderConcurrentAbortion32(t *testing.T) { testHeaderConcurrentAbortion(t, 32) }
-
-func testHeaderConcurrentAbortion(t *testing.T, threads int) {
-	// Create a simple chain to verify
-	var (
-		gspec        = &Genesis{Config: params.TestChainConfig}
-		_, blocks, _ = GenerateChainWithGenesis(gspec, ethash.NewFaker(), 1024, nil)
-	)
-	headers := make([]*types.Header, len(blocks))
-	for i, block := range blocks {
-		headers[i] = block.Header()
-	}
-	// Set the number of threads to verify on
-	old := runtime.GOMAXPROCS(threads)
-	defer runtime.GOMAXPROCS(old)
-
-	// Start the verifications and immediately abort
-	chain, _ := NewBlockChain(rawdb.NewMemoryDatabase(), nil, gspec, nil, ethash.NewFakeDelayer(time.Millisecond), vm.Config{}, nil, nil)
-	defer chain.Stop()
-
-	abort, results := chain.engine.VerifyHeaders(chain, headers)
-	close(abort)
-
-	// Deplete the results channel
-	verified := 0
-	for depleted := false; !depleted; {
-		select {
-		case result := <-results:
-			if result != nil {
-				t.Errorf("header %d: validation failed: %v", verified, result)
-			}
-			verified++
-		case <-time.After(50 * time.Millisecond):
-			depleted = true
-		}
-	}
-	// Check that abortion was honored by not processing too many POWs
-	if verified > 2*threads {
-		t.Errorf("verification count too large: have %d, want below %d", verified, 2*threads)
-	}
-}
-
 func TestCalcGasLimit(t *testing.T) {
 	for i, tc := range []struct {
 		pGasLimit uint64
--- a/core/blockchain.go
+++ b/core/blockchain.go
@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"math/big"
 	"runtime"
-	"sort"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"sync/atomic"
@ -34,6 +33,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common/mclock"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common/prque"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/consensus"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/consensus/misc/eip4844"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/rawdb"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/state"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/state/snapshot"
@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/params"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rlp"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/trie"
+	"golang.org/x/exp/slices"
 )

 var (
@ -87,6 +88,8 @@ var (

 	errInsertionInterrupted = errors.New("insertion is interrupted")
 	errChainStopped         = errors.New("blockchain is stopped")
+	errInvalidOldChain      = errors.New("invalid old chain")
+	errInvalidNewChain      = errors.New("invalid new chain")
 )

 const (
@ -128,8 +131,6 @@ const (
 // that's resident in a blockchain.
 type CacheConfig struct {
 	TrieCleanLimit      int           // Memory allowance (MB) to use for caching trie nodes in memory
-	TrieCleanJournal    string        // Disk journal for saving clean cache entries.
-	TrieCleanRejournal  time.Duration // Time interval to dump clean cache to disk periodically
 	TrieCleanNoPrefetch bool          // Whether to disable heuristic state prefetching for followup blocks
 	TrieDirtyLimit      int           // Memory limit (MB) at which to start flushing dirty trie nodes to disk
 	TrieDirtyDisabled   bool          // Whether to disable trie write caching and GC altogether (archive node)
@ -236,7 +237,6 @@ func NewBlockChain(db ethdb.Database, cacheConfig *CacheConfig, genesis *Genesis
 	// Open trie database with provided config
 	triedb := trie.NewDatabaseWithConfig(db, &trie.Config{
 		Cache:     cacheConfig.TrieCleanLimit,
-		Journal:   cacheConfig.TrieCleanJournal,
 		Preimages: cacheConfig.Preimages,
 	})
 	// Setup the genesis block, commit the provided genesis specification
@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ func NewBlockChain(db ethdb.Database, cacheConfig *CacheConfig, genesis *Genesis
 			needRewind = true
 			low = fullBlock.Number.Uint64()
 		}
-		// In fast sync, it may happen that ancient data has been written to the
+		// In snap sync, it may happen that ancient data has been written to the
 		// ancient store, but the LastFastBlock has not been updated, truncate the
 		// extra data here.
 		snapBlock := bc.CurrentSnapBlock()
@ -409,18 +409,6 @@ func NewBlockChain(db ethdb.Database, cacheConfig *CacheConfig, genesis *Genesis
 	bc.wg.Add(1)
 	go bc.updateFutureBlocks()

-	// If periodic cache journal is required, spin it up.
-	if bc.cacheConfig.TrieCleanRejournal > 0 {
-		if bc.cacheConfig.TrieCleanRejournal < time.Minute {
-			log.Warn("Sanitizing invalid trie cache journal time", "provided", bc.cacheConfig.TrieCleanRejournal, "updated", time.Minute)
-			bc.cacheConfig.TrieCleanRejournal = time.Minute
-		}
-		bc.wg.Add(1)
-		go func() {
-			defer bc.wg.Done()
-			bc.triedb.SaveCachePeriodically(bc.cacheConfig.TrieCleanJournal, bc.cacheConfig.TrieCleanRejournal, bc.quit)
-		}()
-	}
 	// Rewind the chain in case of an incompatible config upgrade.
 	if compat, ok := genesisErr.(*params.ConfigCompatError); ok {
 		log.Warn("Rewinding chain to upgrade configuration", "err", compat)
@ -485,7 +473,7 @@ func (bc *BlockChain) loadLastState() error {
 	}
 	bc.hc.SetCurrentHeader(headHeader)

-	// Restore the last known head fast block
+	// Restore the last known head snap block
 	bc.currentSnapBlock.Store(headBlock.Header())
 	headFastBlockGauge.Update(int64(headBlock.NumberU64()))

@ -520,21 +508,21 @@ func (bc *BlockChain) loadLastState() error {
 	}
 	log.Info("Loaded most recent local block", "number", headBlock.Number(), "hash", headBlock.Hash(), "td", blockTd, "age", common.PrettyAge(time.Unix(int64(headBlock.Time()), 0)))
 	if headBlock.Hash() != currentSnapBlock.Hash() {
-		fastTd := bc.GetTd(currentSnapBlock.Hash(), currentSnapBlock.Number.Uint64())
-		log.Info("Loaded most recent local snap block", "number", currentSnapBlock.Number, "hash", currentSnapBlock.Hash(), "td", fastTd, "age", common.PrettyAge(time.Unix(int64(currentSnapBlock.Time), 0)))
+		snapTd := bc.GetTd(currentSnapBlock.Hash(), currentSnapBlock.Number.Uint64())
+		log.Info("Loaded most recent local snap block", "number", currentSnapBlock.Number, "hash", currentSnapBlock.Hash(), "td", snapTd, "age", common.PrettyAge(time.Unix(int64(currentSnapBlock.Time), 0)))
 	}
 	if currentFinalBlock != nil {
 		finalTd := bc.GetTd(currentFinalBlock.Hash(), currentFinalBlock.Number.Uint64())
 		log.Info("Loaded most recent local finalized block", "number", currentFinalBlock.Number, "hash", currentFinalBlock.Hash(), "td", finalTd, "age", common.PrettyAge(time.Unix(int64(currentFinalBlock.Time), 0)))
 	}
 	if pivot := rawdb.ReadLastPivotNumber(bc.db); pivot != nil {
-		log.Info("Loaded last fast-sync pivot marker", "number", *pivot)
+		log.Info("Loaded last snap-sync pivot marker", "number", *pivot)
 	}
 	return nil
 }

 // SetHead rewinds the local chain to a new head. Depending on whether the node
-// was fast synced or full synced and in which state, the method will try to
+// was snap synced or full synced and in which state, the method will try to
 // delete minimal data from disk whilst retaining chain consistency.
 func (bc *BlockChain) SetHead(head uint64) error {
 	if _, err := bc.setHeadBeyondRoot(head, 0, common.Hash{}, false); err != nil {
@ -555,7 +543,7 @@ func (bc *BlockChain) SetHead(head uint64) error {
 }

 // SetHeadWithTimestamp rewinds the local chain to a new head that has at max
-// the given timestamp. Depending on whether the node was fast synced or full
+// the given timestamp. Depending on whether the node was snap synced or full
 // synced and in which state, the method will try to delete minimal data from
 // disk whilst retaining chain consistency.
 func (bc *BlockChain) SetHeadWithTimestamp(timestamp uint64) error {
@ -601,7 +589,7 @@ func (bc *BlockChain) SetSafe(header *types.Header) {
 // setHeadBeyondRoot rewinds the local chain to a new head with the extra condition
 // that the rewind must pass the specified state root. This method is meant to be
 // used when rewinding with snapshots enabled to ensure that we go back further than
-// persistent disk layer. Depending on whether the node was fast synced or full, and
+// persistent disk layer. Depending on whether the node was snap synced or full, and
 // in which state, the method will try to delete minimal data from disk whilst
 // retaining chain consistency.
 //
@ -689,7 +677,7 @@ func (bc *BlockChain) setHeadBeyondRoot(head uint64, time uint64, root common.Ha
 			bc.currentBlock.Store(newHeadBlock.Header())
 			headBlockGauge.Update(int64(newHeadBlock.NumberU64()))
 		}
-		// Rewind the fast block in a simpleton way to the target head
+		// Rewind the snap block in a simpleton way to the target head
 		if currentSnapBlock := bc.CurrentSnapBlock(); currentSnapBlock != nil && header.Number.Uint64() < currentSnapBlock.Number.Uint64() {
 			newHeadSnapBlock := bc.GetBlock(header.Hash(), header.Number.Uint64())
 			// If either blocks reached nil, reset to the genesis state
@ -725,7 +713,7 @@ func (bc *BlockChain) setHeadBeyondRoot(head uint64, time uint64, root common.Ha
 		if num+1 <= frozen {
 			// Truncate all relative data(header, total difficulty, body, receipt
 			// and canonical hash) from ancient store.
-			if err := bc.db.TruncateHead(num); err != nil {
+			if _, err := bc.db.TruncateHead(num); err != nil {
 				log.Crit("Failed to truncate ancient data", "number", num, "err", err)
 			}
 			// Remove the hash <-> number mapping from the active store.
@ -747,7 +735,7 @@ func (bc *BlockChain) setHeadBeyondRoot(head uint64, time uint64, root common.Ha
 		}
 	} else {
 		// Rewind the chain to the requested head and keep going backwards until a
-		// block with a state is found or fast sync pivot is passed
+		// block with a state is found or snap sync pivot is passed
 		if time > 0 {
 			log.Warn("Rewinding blockchain to timestamp", "target", time)
 			bc.hc.SetHeadWithTimestamp(time, updateFn, delFn)
@ -865,7 +853,7 @@ func (bc *BlockChain) ExportN(w io.Writer, first uint64, last uint64) error {
 			return fmt.Errorf("export failed on #%d: not found", nr)
 		}
 		if nr > first && block.ParentHash() != parentHash {
-			return fmt.Errorf("export failed: chain reorg during export")
+			return errors.New("export failed: chain reorg during export")
 		}
 		parentHash = block.Hash()
 		if err := block.EncodeRLP(w); err != nil {
@ -881,7 +869,7 @@ func (bc *BlockChain) ExportN(w io.Writer, first uint64, last uint64) error {

 // writeHeadBlock injects a new head block into the current block chain. This method
 // assumes that the block is indeed a true head. It will also reset the head
-// header and the head fast sync block to this very same block if they are older
+// header and the head snap sync block to this very same block if they are older
 // or if they are on a different side chain.
 //
 // Note, this function assumes that the `mu` mutex is held!
@ -985,11 +973,6 @@ func (bc *BlockChain) Stop() {
 	if err := bc.stateCache.TrieDB().Close(); err != nil {
 		log.Error("Failed to close trie db", "err", err)
 	}
-	// Ensure all live cached entries be saved into disk, so that we can skip
-	// cache warmup when node restarts.
-	if bc.cacheConfig.TrieCleanJournal != "" {
-		bc.triedb.SaveCache(bc.cacheConfig.TrieCleanJournal)
-	}
 	log.Info("Blockchain stopped")
 }

@ -1013,8 +996,8 @@ func (bc *BlockChain) procFutureBlocks() {
 		}
 	}
 	if len(blocks) > 0 {
-		sort.Slice(blocks, func(i, j int) bool {
-			return blocks[i].NumberU64() < blocks[j].NumberU64()
+		slices.SortFunc(blocks, func(a, b *types.Block) int {
+			return a.Number().Cmp(b.Number())
 		})
 		// Insert one by one as chain insertion needs contiguous ancestry between blocks
 		for i := range blocks {
@ -1067,7 +1050,7 @@ func (bc *BlockChain) InsertReceiptChain(blockChain types.Blocks, receiptChain [
 		size  = int64(0)
 	)

-	// updateHead updates the head fast sync block if the inserted blocks are better
+	// updateHead updates the head snap sync block if the inserted blocks are better
 	// and returns an indicator whether the inserted blocks are canonical.
 	updateHead := func(head *types.Block) bool {
 		if !bc.chainmu.TryLock() {
@ -1153,7 +1136,7 @@ func (bc *BlockChain) InsertReceiptChain(blockChain types.Blocks, receiptChain [
 				size += int64(batch.ValueSize())
 				if err = batch.Write(); err != nil {
 					snapBlock := bc.CurrentSnapBlock().Number.Uint64()
-					if err := bc.db.TruncateHead(snapBlock + 1); err != nil {
+					if _, err := bc.db.TruncateHead(snapBlock + 1); err != nil {
 						log.Error("Can't truncate ancient store after failed insert", "err", err)
 					}
 					return 0, err
@ -1166,12 +1149,12 @@ func (bc *BlockChain) InsertReceiptChain(blockChain types.Blocks, receiptChain [
 		if err := bc.db.Sync(); err != nil {
 			return 0, err
 		}
-		// Update the current fast block because all block data is now present in DB.
+		// Update the current snap block because all block data is now present in DB.
 		previousSnapBlock := bc.CurrentSnapBlock().Number.Uint64()
 		if !updateHead(blockChain[len(blockChain)-1]) {
 			// We end up here if the header chain has reorg'ed, and the blocks/receipts
 			// don't match the canonical chain.
-			if err := bc.db.TruncateHead(previousSnapBlock + 1); err != nil {
+			if _, err := bc.db.TruncateHead(previousSnapBlock + 1); err != nil {
 				log.Error("Can't truncate ancient store after failed insert", "err", err)
 			}
 			return 0, errSideChainReceipts
@ -1354,7 +1337,7 @@ func (bc *BlockChain) writeBlockWithState(block *types.Block, receipts []*types.
 		log.Crit("Failed to write block into disk", "err", err)
 	}
 	// Commit all cached state changes into underlying memory database.
-	root, err := state.Commit(bc.chainConfig.IsEIP158(block.Number()))
+	root, err := state.Commit(block.NumberU64(), bc.chainConfig.IsEIP158(block.Number()))
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@ -1596,11 +1579,11 @@ func (bc *BlockChain) insertChain(chain types.Blocks, setHead bool) (int, error)
 			block, err = it.next()
 		}
 		// The remaining blocks are still known blocks, the only scenario here is:
-		// During the fast sync, the pivot point is already submitted but rollback
+		// During the snap sync, the pivot point is already submitted but rollback
 		// happens. Then node resets the head full block to a lower height via `rollback`
 		// and leaves a few known blocks in the database.
 		//
-		// When node runs a fast sync again, it can re-import a batch of known blocks via
+		// When node runs a snap sync again, it can re-import a batch of known blocks via
 		// `insertChain` while a part of them have higher total difficulty than current
 		// head full block(new pivot point).
 		for block != nil && bc.skipBlock(err, it) {
@ -2045,17 +2028,22 @@ func (bc *BlockChain) recoverAncestors(block *types.Block) (common.Hash, error)
 // collectLogs collects the logs that were generated or removed during
 // the processing of a block. These logs are later announced as deleted or reborn.
 func (bc *BlockChain) collectLogs(b *types.Block, removed bool) []*types.Log {
+	var blobGasPrice *big.Int
+	excessBlobGas := b.ExcessBlobGas()
+	if excessBlobGas != nil {
+		blobGasPrice = eip4844.CalcBlobFee(*excessBlobGas)
+	}
 	receipts := rawdb.ReadRawReceipts(bc.db, b.Hash(), b.NumberU64())
-	receipts.DeriveFields(bc.chainConfig, b.Hash(), b.NumberU64(), b.Time(), b.BaseFee(), b.Transactions())
-
+	if err := receipts.DeriveFields(bc.chainConfig, b.Hash(), b.NumberU64(), b.Time(), b.BaseFee(), blobGasPrice, b.Transactions()); err != nil {
+		log.Error("Failed to derive block receipts fields", "hash", b.Hash(), "number", b.NumberU64(), "err", err)
+	}
 	var logs []*types.Log
 	for _, receipt := range receipts {
 		for _, log := range receipt.Logs {
-			l := *log
 			if removed {
-				l.Removed = true
+				log.Removed = true
 			}
-			logs = append(logs, &l)
+			logs = append(logs, log)
 		}
 	}
 	return logs
@ -2097,10 +2085,10 @@ func (bc *BlockChain) reorg(oldHead *types.Header, newHead *types.Block) error {
 		}
 	}
 	if oldBlock == nil {
-		return errors.New("invalid old chain")
+		return errInvalidOldChain
 	}
 	if newBlock == nil {
-		return errors.New("invalid new chain")
+		return errInvalidNewChain
 	}
 	// Both sides of the reorg are at the same number, reduce both until the common
 	// ancestor is found
@ -2120,11 +2108,11 @@ func (bc *BlockChain) reorg(oldHead *types.Header, newHead *types.Block) error {
 		// Step back with both chains
 		oldBlock = bc.GetBlock(oldBlock.ParentHash(), oldBlock.NumberU64()-1)
 		if oldBlock == nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("invalid old chain")
+			return errInvalidOldChain
 		}
 		newBlock = bc.GetBlock(newBlock.ParentHash(), newBlock.NumberU64()-1)
 		if newBlock == nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("invalid new chain")
+			return errInvalidNewChain
 		}
 	}

@ -2490,3 +2478,8 @@ func (bc *BlockChain) SetBlockValidatorAndProcessorForTesting(v Validator, p Pro
 func (bc *BlockChain) SetTrieFlushInterval(interval time.Duration) {
 	bc.flushInterval.Store(int64(interval))
 }
+
+// GetTrieFlushInterval gets the in-memroy tries flush interval
+func (bc *BlockChain) GetTrieFlushInterval() time.Duration {
+	return time.Duration(bc.flushInterval.Load())
+}
--- a/core/blockchain_reader.go
+++ b/core/blockchain_reader.go
@ -306,9 +306,11 @@ func (bc *BlockChain) TrieNode(hash common.Hash) ([]byte, error) {
 // new code scheme.
 func (bc *BlockChain) ContractCodeWithPrefix(hash common.Hash) ([]byte, error) {
 	type codeReader interface {
-		ContractCodeWithPrefix(addrHash, codeHash common.Hash) ([]byte, error)
+		ContractCodeWithPrefix(address common.Address, codeHash common.Hash) ([]byte, error)
 	}
-	return bc.stateCache.(codeReader).ContractCodeWithPrefix(common.Hash{}, hash)
+	// TODO(rjl493456442) The associated account address is also required
+	// in Verkle scheme. Fix it once snap-sync is supported for Verkle.
+	return bc.stateCache.(codeReader).ContractCodeWithPrefix(common.Address{}, hash)
 }

 // State returns a new mutable state based on the current HEAD block.
--- a/core/blockchain_test.go
+++ b/core/blockchain_test.go
@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ func testBlockChainImport(chain types.Blocks, blockchain *BlockChain) error {
 		blockchain.chainmu.MustLock()
 		rawdb.WriteTd(blockchain.db, block.Hash(), block.NumberU64(), new(big.Int).Add(block.Difficulty(), blockchain.GetTd(block.ParentHash(), block.NumberU64()-1)))
 		rawdb.WriteBlock(blockchain.db, block)
-		statedb.Commit(false)
+		statedb.Commit(block.NumberU64(), false)
 		blockchain.chainmu.Unlock()
 	}
 	return nil
@ -4129,6 +4129,7 @@ func testCreateThenDelete(t *testing.T, config *params.ChainConfig) {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("failed to create tester chain: %v", err)
 	}
+	defer chain.Stop()
 	// Import the blocks
 	for _, block := range blocks {
 		if _, err := chain.InsertChain([]*types.Block{block}); err != nil {
@ -4215,6 +4216,7 @@ func TestTransientStorageReset(t *testing.T) {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("failed to create tester chain: %v", err)
 	}
+	defer chain.Stop()
 	// Import the blocks
 	if _, err := chain.InsertChain(blocks); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("failed to insert into chain: %v", err)
@ -4309,6 +4311,7 @@ func TestEIP3651(t *testing.T) {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("failed to create tester chain: %v", err)
 	}
+	defer chain.Stop()
 	if n, err := chain.InsertChain(blocks); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("block %d: failed to insert into chain: %v", n, err)
 	}
--- a/core/chain_indexer.go
+++ b/core/chain_indexer.go
@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package core
 import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/binary"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"sync"
 	"sync/atomic"
@ -403,7 +404,7 @@ func (c *ChainIndexer) processSection(section uint64, lastHead common.Hash) (com
 		if header == nil {
 			return common.Hash{}, fmt.Errorf("block #%d [%x..] not found", number, hash[:4])
 		} else if header.ParentHash != lastHead {
-			return common.Hash{}, fmt.Errorf("chain reorged during section processing")
+			return common.Hash{}, errors.New("chain reorged during section processing")
 		}
 		if err := c.backend.Process(c.ctx, header); err != nil {
 			return common.Hash{}, err
--- a/core/chain_makers.go
+++ b/core/chain_makers.go
@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/consensus"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/consensus/misc"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/consensus/misc/eip1559"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/rawdb"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/state"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/types"
@ -202,7 +203,7 @@ func (b *BlockGen) AddUncle(h *types.Header) {
 	// The gas limit and price should be derived from the parent
 	h.GasLimit = parent.GasLimit
 	if b.config.IsLondon(h.Number) {
-		h.BaseFee = misc.CalcBaseFee(b.config, parent)
+		h.BaseFee = eip1559.CalcBaseFee(b.config, parent)
 		if !b.config.IsLondon(parent.Number) {
 			parentGasLimit := parent.GasLimit * b.config.ElasticityMultiplier()
 			h.GasLimit = CalcGasLimit(parentGasLimit, parentGasLimit)
@ -321,7 +322,7 @@ func GenerateChain(config *params.ChainConfig, parent *types.Block, engine conse
 			}

 			// Write state changes to db
-			root, err := statedb.Commit(config.IsEIP158(b.header.Number))
+			root, err := statedb.Commit(b.header.Number.Uint64(), config.IsEIP158(b.header.Number))
 			if err != nil {
 				panic(fmt.Sprintf("state write error: %v", err))
 			}
@ -380,7 +381,7 @@ func makeHeader(chain consensus.ChainReader, parent *types.Block, state *state.S
 		Time:     time,
 	}
 	if chain.Config().IsLondon(header.Number) {
-		header.BaseFee = misc.CalcBaseFee(chain.Config(), parent.Header())
+		header.BaseFee = eip1559.CalcBaseFee(chain.Config(), parent.Header())
 		if !chain.Config().IsLondon(parent.Number()) {
 			parentGasLimit := parent.GasLimit() * chain.Config().ElasticityMultiplier()
 			header.GasLimit = CalcGasLimit(parentGasLimit, parentGasLimit)
--- a/core/error.go
+++ b/core/error.go
@ -100,4 +100,8 @@ var (

 	// ErrSenderNoEOA is returned if the sender of a transaction is a contract.
 	ErrSenderNoEOA = errors.New("sender not an eoa")
+
+	// ErrBlobFeeCapTooLow is returned if the transaction fee cap is less than the
+	// blob gas fee of the block.
+	ErrBlobFeeCapTooLow = errors.New("max fee per blob gas less than block blob gas fee")
 )
--- a/core/evm.go
+++ b/core/evm.go
@ -56,24 +56,26 @@ func NewEVMBlockContext(header *types.Header, chain ChainContext, author *common
 		random = &header.MixDigest
 	}
 	return vm.BlockContext{
-		CanTransfer: CanTransfer,
-		Transfer:    Transfer,
-		GetHash:     GetHashFn(header, chain),
-		Coinbase:    beneficiary,
-		BlockNumber: new(big.Int).Set(header.Number),
-		Time:        header.Time,
-		Difficulty:  new(big.Int).Set(header.Difficulty),
-		BaseFee:     baseFee,
-		GasLimit:    header.GasLimit,
-		Random:      random,
+		CanTransfer:   CanTransfer,
+		Transfer:      Transfer,
+		GetHash:       GetHashFn(header, chain),
+		Coinbase:      beneficiary,
+		BlockNumber:   new(big.Int).Set(header.Number),
+		Time:          header.Time,
+		Difficulty:    new(big.Int).Set(header.Difficulty),
+		BaseFee:       baseFee,
+		GasLimit:      header.GasLimit,
+		Random:        random,
+		ExcessBlobGas: header.ExcessBlobGas,
 	}
 }

 // NewEVMTxContext creates a new transaction context for a single transaction.
 func NewEVMTxContext(msg *Message) vm.TxContext {
 	return vm.TxContext{
-		Origin:   msg.From,
-		GasPrice: new(big.Int).Set(msg.GasPrice),
+		Origin:     msg.From,
+		GasPrice:   new(big.Int).Set(msg.GasPrice),
+		BlobHashes: msg.BlobHashes,
 	}
 }

--- a/core/forkid/forkid.go
+++ b/core/forkid/forkid.go
@ -24,13 +24,13 @@ import (
 	"math"
 	"math/big"
 	"reflect"
-	"sort"
 	"strings"

 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/types"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/params"
+	"golang.org/x/exp/slices"
 )

 var (
@ -270,8 +270,8 @@ func gatherForks(config *params.ChainConfig) ([]uint64, []uint64) {
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	sort.Slice(forksByBlock, func(i, j int) bool { return forksByBlock[i] < forksByBlock[j] })
-	sort.Slice(forksByTime, func(i, j int) bool { return forksByTime[i] < forksByTime[j] })
+	slices.Sort(forksByBlock)
+	slices.Sort(forksByTime)

 	// Deduplicate fork identifiers applying multiple forks
 	for i := 1; i < len(forksByBlock); i++ {
--- a/core/forkid/forkid_test.go
+++ b/core/forkid/forkid_test.go
@ -74,30 +74,6 @@ func TestCreation(t *testing.T) {
 				{30000000, 2000000000, ID{Hash: checksumToBytes(0xdce96c2d), Next: 0}},          // Future Shanghai block
 			},
 		},
-		// Rinkeby test cases
-		{
-			params.RinkebyChainConfig,
-			params.RinkebyGenesisHash,
-			[]testcase{
-				{0, 0, ID{Hash: checksumToBytes(0x3b8e0691), Next: 1}},             // Unsynced, last Frontier block
-				{1, 0, ID{Hash: checksumToBytes(0x60949295), Next: 2}},             // First and last Homestead block
-				{2, 0, ID{Hash: checksumToBytes(0x8bde40dd), Next: 3}},             // First and last Tangerine block
-				{3, 0, ID{Hash: checksumToBytes(0xcb3a64bb), Next: 1035301}},       // First Spurious block
-				{1035300, 0, ID{Hash: checksumToBytes(0xcb3a64bb), Next: 1035301}}, // Last Spurious block
-				{1035301, 0, ID{Hash: checksumToBytes(0x8d748b57), Next: 3660663}}, // First Byzantium block
-				{3660662, 0, ID{Hash: checksumToBytes(0x8d748b57), Next: 3660663}}, // Last Byzantium block
-				{3660663, 0, ID{Hash: checksumToBytes(0xe49cab14), Next: 4321234}}, // First Constantinople block
-				{4321233, 0, ID{Hash: checksumToBytes(0xe49cab14), Next: 4321234}}, // Last Constantinople block
-				{4321234, 0, ID{Hash: checksumToBytes(0xafec6b27), Next: 5435345}}, // First Petersburg block
-				{5435344, 0, ID{Hash: checksumToBytes(0xafec6b27), Next: 5435345}}, // Last Petersburg block
-				{5435345, 0, ID{Hash: checksumToBytes(0xcbdb8838), Next: 8290928}}, // First Istanbul block
-				{8290927, 0, ID{Hash: checksumToBytes(0xcbdb8838), Next: 8290928}}, // Last Istanbul block
-				{8290928, 0, ID{Hash: checksumToBytes(0x6910c8bd), Next: 8897988}}, // First Berlin block
-				{8897987, 0, ID{Hash: checksumToBytes(0x6910c8bd), Next: 8897988}}, // Last Berlin block
-				{8897988, 0, ID{Hash: checksumToBytes(0x8E29F2F3), Next: 0}},       // First London block
-				{10000000, 0, ID{Hash: checksumToBytes(0x8E29F2F3), Next: 0}},      // Future London block
-			},
-		},
 		// Goerli test cases
 		{
 			params.GoerliChainConfig,
--- a/core/gen_genesis.go
+++ b/core/gen_genesis.go
@ -18,19 +18,21 @@ var _ = (*genesisSpecMarshaling)(nil)
 // MarshalJSON marshals as JSON.
 func (g Genesis) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
 	type Genesis struct {
-		Config     *params.ChainConfig                         `json:"config"`
-		Nonce      math.HexOrDecimal64                         `json:"nonce"`
-		Timestamp  math.HexOrDecimal64                         `json:"timestamp"`
-		ExtraData  hexutil.Bytes                               `json:"extraData"`
-		GasLimit   math.HexOrDecimal64                         `json:"gasLimit"   gencodec:"required"`
-		Difficulty *math.HexOrDecimal256                       `json:"difficulty" gencodec:"required"`
-		Mixhash    common.Hash                                 `json:"mixHash"`
-		Coinbase   common.Address                              `json:"coinbase"`
-		Alloc      map[common.UnprefixedAddress]GenesisAccount `json:"alloc"      gencodec:"required"`
-		Number     math.HexOrDecimal64                         `json:"number"`
-		GasUsed    math.HexOrDecimal64                         `json:"gasUsed"`
-		ParentHash common.Hash                                 `json:"parentHash"`
-		BaseFee    *math.HexOrDecimal256                       `json:"baseFeePerGas"`
+		Config        *params.ChainConfig                         `json:"config"`
+		Nonce         math.HexOrDecimal64                         `json:"nonce"`
+		Timestamp     math.HexOrDecimal64                         `json:"timestamp"`
+		ExtraData     hexutil.Bytes                               `json:"extraData"`
+		GasLimit      math.HexOrDecimal64                         `json:"gasLimit"   gencodec:"required"`
+		Difficulty    *math.HexOrDecimal256                       `json:"difficulty" gencodec:"required"`
+		Mixhash       common.Hash                                 `json:"mixHash"`
+		Coinbase      common.Address                              `json:"coinbase"`
+		Alloc         map[common.UnprefixedAddress]GenesisAccount `json:"alloc"      gencodec:"required"`
+		Number        math.HexOrDecimal64                         `json:"number"`
+		GasUsed       math.HexOrDecimal64                         `json:"gasUsed"`
+		ParentHash    common.Hash                                 `json:"parentHash"`
+		BaseFee       *math.HexOrDecimal256                       `json:"baseFeePerGas"`
+		ExcessBlobGas *math.HexOrDecimal64                        `json:"excessBlobGas"`
+		BlobGasUsed   *math.HexOrDecimal64                        `json:"blobGasUsed"`
 	}
 	var enc Genesis
 	enc.Config = g.Config
@ -51,25 +53,29 @@ func (g Genesis) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
 	enc.GasUsed = math.HexOrDecimal64(g.GasUsed)
 	enc.ParentHash = g.ParentHash
 	enc.BaseFee = (*math.HexOrDecimal256)(g.BaseFee)
+	enc.ExcessBlobGas = (*math.HexOrDecimal64)(g.ExcessBlobGas)
+	enc.BlobGasUsed = (*math.HexOrDecimal64)(g.BlobGasUsed)
 	return json.Marshal(&enc)
 }

 // UnmarshalJSON unmarshals from JSON.
 func (g *Genesis) UnmarshalJSON(input []byte) error {
 	type Genesis struct {
-		Config     *params.ChainConfig                         `json:"config"`
-		Nonce      *math.HexOrDecimal64                        `json:"nonce"`
-		Timestamp  *math.HexOrDecimal64                        `json:"timestamp"`
-		ExtraData  *hexutil.Bytes                              `json:"extraData"`
-		GasLimit   *math.HexOrDecimal64                        `json:"gasLimit"   gencodec:"required"`
-		Difficulty *math.HexOrDecimal256                       `json:"difficulty" gencodec:"required"`
-		Mixhash    *common.Hash                                `json:"mixHash"`
-		Coinbase   *common.Address                             `json:"coinbase"`
-		Alloc      map[common.UnprefixedAddress]GenesisAccount `json:"alloc"      gencodec:"required"`
-		Number     *math.HexOrDecimal64                        `json:"number"`
-		GasUsed    *math.HexOrDecimal64                        `json:"gasUsed"`
-		ParentHash *common.Hash                                `json:"parentHash"`
-		BaseFee    *math.HexOrDecimal256                       `json:"baseFeePerGas"`
+		Config        *params.ChainConfig                         `json:"config"`
+		Nonce         *math.HexOrDecimal64                        `json:"nonce"`
+		Timestamp     *math.HexOrDecimal64                        `json:"timestamp"`
+		ExtraData     *hexutil.Bytes                              `json:"extraData"`
+		GasLimit      *math.HexOrDecimal64                        `json:"gasLimit"   gencodec:"required"`
+		Difficulty    *math.HexOrDecimal256                       `json:"difficulty" gencodec:"required"`
+		Mixhash       *common.Hash                                `json:"mixHash"`
+		Coinbase      *common.Address                             `json:"coinbase"`
+		Alloc         map[common.UnprefixedAddress]GenesisAccount `json:"alloc"      gencodec:"required"`
+		Number        *math.HexOrDecimal64                        `json:"number"`
+		GasUsed       *math.HexOrDecimal64                        `json:"gasUsed"`
+		ParentHash    *common.Hash                                `json:"parentHash"`
+		BaseFee       *math.HexOrDecimal256                       `json:"baseFeePerGas"`
+		ExcessBlobGas *math.HexOrDecimal64                        `json:"excessBlobGas"`
+		BlobGasUsed   *math.HexOrDecimal64                        `json:"blobGasUsed"`
 	}
 	var dec Genesis
 	if err := json.Unmarshal(input, &dec); err != nil {
@ -120,5 +126,11 @@ func (g *Genesis) UnmarshalJSON(input []byte) error {
 	if dec.BaseFee != nil {
 		g.BaseFee = (*big.Int)(dec.BaseFee)
 	}
+	if dec.ExcessBlobGas != nil {
+		g.ExcessBlobGas = (*uint64)(dec.ExcessBlobGas)
+	}
+	if dec.BlobGasUsed != nil {
+		g.BlobGasUsed = (*uint64)(dec.BlobGasUsed)
+	}
 	return nil
 }
--- a/core/genesis.go
+++ b/core/genesis.go
@ -59,10 +59,12 @@ type Genesis struct {

 	// These fields are used for consensus tests. Please don't use them
 	// in actual genesis blocks.
-	Number     uint64      `json:"number"`
-	GasUsed    uint64      `json:"gasUsed"`
-	ParentHash common.Hash `json:"parentHash"`
-	BaseFee    *big.Int    `json:"baseFeePerGas"`
+	Number        uint64      `json:"number"`
+	GasUsed       uint64      `json:"gasUsed"`
+	ParentHash    common.Hash `json:"parentHash"`
+	BaseFee       *big.Int    `json:"baseFeePerGas"` // EIP-1559
+	ExcessBlobGas *uint64     `json:"excessBlobGas"` // EIP-4844
+	BlobGasUsed   *uint64     `json:"blobGasUsed"`   // EIP-4844
 }

 func ReadGenesis(db ethdb.Database) (*Genesis, error) {
@ -73,7 +75,7 @@ func ReadGenesis(db ethdb.Database) (*Genesis, error) {
 	}
 	blob := rawdb.ReadGenesisStateSpec(db, stored)
 	if blob == nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("genesis state missing from db")
+		return nil, errors.New("genesis state missing from db")
 	}
 	if len(blob) != 0 {
 		if err := genesis.Alloc.UnmarshalJSON(blob); err != nil {
@ -82,11 +84,11 @@ func ReadGenesis(db ethdb.Database) (*Genesis, error) {
 	}
 	genesis.Config = rawdb.ReadChainConfig(db, stored)
 	if genesis.Config == nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("genesis config missing from db")
+		return nil, errors.New("genesis config missing from db")
 	}
 	genesisBlock := rawdb.ReadBlock(db, stored, 0)
 	if genesisBlock == nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("genesis block missing from db")
+		return nil, errors.New("genesis block missing from db")
 	}
 	genesisHeader := genesisBlock.Header()
 	genesis.Nonce = genesisHeader.Nonce.Uint64()
@ -96,6 +98,9 @@ func ReadGenesis(db ethdb.Database) (*Genesis, error) {
 	genesis.Difficulty = genesisHeader.Difficulty
 	genesis.Mixhash = genesisHeader.MixDigest
 	genesis.Coinbase = genesisHeader.Coinbase
+	genesis.BaseFee = genesisHeader.BaseFee
+	genesis.ExcessBlobGas = genesisHeader.ExcessBlobGas
+	genesis.BlobGasUsed = genesisHeader.BlobGasUsed

 	return &genesis, nil
 }
@ -132,7 +137,7 @@ func (ga *GenesisAlloc) deriveHash() (common.Hash, error) {
 			statedb.SetState(addr, key, value)
 		}
 	}
-	return statedb.Commit(false)
+	return statedb.Commit(0, false)
 }

 // flush is very similar with deriveHash, but the main difference is
@ -151,7 +156,7 @@ func (ga *GenesisAlloc) flush(db ethdb.Database, triedb *trie.Database, blockhas
 			statedb.SetState(addr, key, value)
 		}
 	}
-	root, err := statedb.Commit(false)
+	root, err := statedb.Commit(0, false)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@ -189,8 +194,6 @@ func CommitGenesisState(db ethdb.Database, triedb *trie.Database, blockhash comm
 		switch blockhash {
 		case params.MainnetGenesisHash:
 			genesis = DefaultGenesisBlock()
-		case params.RinkebyGenesisHash:
-			genesis = DefaultRinkebyGenesisBlock()
 		case params.GoerliGenesisHash:
 			genesis = DefaultGoerliGenesisBlock()
 		case params.SepoliaGenesisHash:
@ -216,15 +219,17 @@ type GenesisAccount struct {

 // field type overrides for gencodec
 type genesisSpecMarshaling struct {
-	Nonce      math.HexOrDecimal64
-	Timestamp  math.HexOrDecimal64
-	ExtraData  hexutil.Bytes
-	GasLimit   math.HexOrDecimal64
-	GasUsed    math.HexOrDecimal64
-	Number     math.HexOrDecimal64
-	Difficulty *math.HexOrDecimal256
-	BaseFee    *math.HexOrDecimal256
-	Alloc      map[common.UnprefixedAddress]GenesisAccount
+	Nonce         math.HexOrDecimal64
+	Timestamp     math.HexOrDecimal64
+	ExtraData     hexutil.Bytes
+	GasLimit      math.HexOrDecimal64
+	GasUsed       math.HexOrDecimal64
+	Number        math.HexOrDecimal64
+	Difficulty    *math.HexOrDecimal256
+	Alloc         map[common.UnprefixedAddress]GenesisAccount
+	BaseFee       *math.HexOrDecimal256
+	ExcessBlobGas *math.HexOrDecimal64
+	BlobGasUsed   *math.HexOrDecimal64
 }

 type genesisAccountMarshaling struct {
@ -268,6 +273,7 @@ func (e *GenesisMismatchError) Error() string {
 // ChainOverrides contains the changes to chain config.
 type ChainOverrides struct {
 	OverrideCancun *uint64
+	OverrideVerkle *uint64
 }

 // SetupGenesisBlock writes or updates the genesis block in db.
@ -296,6 +302,9 @@ func SetupGenesisBlockWithOverride(db ethdb.Database, triedb *trie.Database, gen
 			if overrides != nil && overrides.OverrideCancun != nil {
 				config.CancunTime = overrides.OverrideCancun
 			}
+			if overrides != nil && overrides.OverrideVerkle != nil {
+				config.VerkleTime = overrides.OverrideVerkle
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	// Just commit the new block if there is no stored genesis block.
@ -366,7 +375,7 @@ func SetupGenesisBlockWithOverride(db ethdb.Database, triedb *trie.Database, gen
 	// are returned to the caller unless we're already at block zero.
 	head := rawdb.ReadHeadHeader(db)
 	if head == nil {
-		return newcfg, stored, fmt.Errorf("missing head header")
+		return newcfg, stored, errors.New("missing head header")
 	}
 	compatErr := storedcfg.CheckCompatible(newcfg, head.Number.Uint64(), head.Time)
 	if compatErr != nil && ((head.Number.Uint64() != 0 && compatErr.RewindToBlock != 0) || (head.Time != 0 && compatErr.RewindToTime != 0)) {
@ -420,8 +429,6 @@ func (g *Genesis) configOrDefault(ghash common.Hash) *params.ChainConfig {
 		return params.MainnetChainConfig
 	case ghash == params.SepoliaGenesisHash:
 		return params.SepoliaChainConfig
-	case ghash == params.RinkebyGenesisHash:
-		return params.RinkebyChainConfig
 	case ghash == params.GoerliGenesisHash:
 		return params.GoerliChainConfig
 	default:
@ -463,9 +470,22 @@ func (g *Genesis) ToBlock() *types.Block {
 		}
 	}
 	var withdrawals []*types.Withdrawal
-	if g.Config != nil && g.Config.IsShanghai(big.NewInt(int64(g.Number)), g.Timestamp) {
-		head.WithdrawalsHash = &types.EmptyWithdrawalsHash
-		withdrawals = make([]*types.Withdrawal, 0)
+	if conf := g.Config; conf != nil {
+		num := big.NewInt(int64(g.Number))
+		if conf.IsShanghai(num, g.Timestamp) {
+			head.WithdrawalsHash = &types.EmptyWithdrawalsHash
+			withdrawals = make([]*types.Withdrawal, 0)
+		}
+		if conf.IsCancun(num, g.Timestamp) {
+			head.ExcessBlobGas = g.ExcessBlobGas
+			head.BlobGasUsed = g.BlobGasUsed
+			if head.ExcessBlobGas == nil {
+				head.ExcessBlobGas = new(uint64)
+			}
+			if head.BlobGasUsed == nil {
+				head.BlobGasUsed = new(uint64)
+			}
+		}
 	}
 	return types.NewBlock(head, nil, nil, nil, trie.NewStackTrie(nil)).WithWithdrawals(withdrawals)
 }
@ -528,18 +548,6 @@ func DefaultGenesisBlock() *Genesis {
 	}
 }

-// DefaultRinkebyGenesisBlock returns the Rinkeby network genesis block.
-func DefaultRinkebyGenesisBlock() *Genesis {
-	return &Genesis{
-		Config:     params.RinkebyChainConfig,
-		Timestamp:  1492009146,
-		ExtraData:  hexutil.MustDecode("0x52657370656374206d7920617574686f7269746168207e452e436172746d616e42eb768f2244c8811c63729a21a3569731535f067ffc57839b00206d1ad20c69a1981b489f772031b279182d99e65703f0076e4812653aab85fca0f00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"),
-		GasLimit:   4700000,
-		Difficulty: big.NewInt(1),
-		Alloc:      decodePrealloc(rinkebyAllocData),
-	}
-}
-
 // DefaultGoerliGenesisBlock returns the Görli network genesis block.
 func DefaultGoerliGenesisBlock() *Genesis {
 	return &Genesis{
@ -566,21 +574,16 @@ func DefaultSepoliaGenesisBlock() *Genesis {
 }

 // DeveloperGenesisBlock returns the 'geth --dev' genesis block.
-func DeveloperGenesisBlock(period uint64, gasLimit uint64, faucet common.Address) *Genesis {
+func DeveloperGenesisBlock(gasLimit uint64, faucet common.Address) *Genesis {
 	// Override the default period to the user requested one
-	config := *params.AllCliqueProtocolChanges
-	config.Clique = &params.CliqueConfig{
-		Period: period,
-		Epoch:  config.Clique.Epoch,
-	}
+	config := *params.AllDevChainProtocolChanges

 	// Assemble and return the genesis with the precompiles and faucet pre-funded
 	return &Genesis{
 		Config:     &config,
-		ExtraData:  append(append(make([]byte, 32), faucet[:]...), make([]byte, crypto.SignatureLength)...),
 		GasLimit:   gasLimit,
 		BaseFee:    big.NewInt(params.InitialBaseFee),
-		Difficulty: big.NewInt(1),
+		Difficulty: big.NewInt(0),
 		Alloc: map[common.Address]GenesisAccount{
 			common.BytesToAddress([]byte{1}): {Balance: big.NewInt(1)}, // ECRecover
 			common.BytesToAddress([]byte{2}): {Balance: big.NewInt(1)}, // SHA256
--- a/Show more
+++ b/Show more
				`@ -0,0 +1 @@`
				`"0xf88bb88903f8860180026483061a8094b94f5374fce5edbc8e2a8697c15331677e6ebf0b8080c00ae1a001a915e4d060149eb4365960e6a7a45f334393093061116b197e3240065ff2d801a025e16bb498552165016751911c3608d79000ab89dc3100776e729e6ea13091c7a03acacff7fc0cff6eda8a927dec93ca17765e1ee6cbc06c5954ce102e097c01d2"`