diff --git a/core/txpool/blobpool/blobpool.go b/core/txpool/blobpool/blobpool.go
index b3e4611095..6b0ffded72 100644
--- a/core/txpool/blobpool/blobpool.go
+++ b/core/txpool/blobpool/blobpool.go
@@ -147,14 +147,57 @@ type blobTxMeta struct {
 	evictionBlobFeeJumps float64      // Worse blob fee (converted to fee jumps) across all previous nonces
 }
 
-// newBlobTxForPool decomposes a blob transaction into BlobTxForPool
-// type.
-func newBlobTxForPool(tx *types.Transaction) *types.BlobTxForPool {
+// blobTxForPool is the storage representation of a blob transaction in the
+// blobpool.
+type blobTxForPool struct {
+	Tx          *types.Transaction // tx without sidecar
+	Version     byte
+	Commitments []kzg4844.Commitment
+	Proofs      []kzg4844.Proof
+	Blobs       []kzg4844.Blob
+}
+
+// Sidecar returns BlobTxSidecar of ptx.
+func (ptx *blobTxForPool) Sidecar() *types.BlobTxSidecar {
+	return types.NewBlobTxSidecar(ptx.Version, ptx.Blobs, ptx.Commitments, ptx.Proofs)
+}
+
+// WithSidecar copies the sidecar's fields into the flat fields.
+func (ptx *blobTxForPool) WithSidecar(sc *types.BlobTxSidecar) {
+	ptx.Version = sc.Version
+	ptx.Commitments = sc.Commitments
+	ptx.Proofs = sc.Proofs
+	ptx.Blobs = sc.Blobs
+}
+
+// TxSize returns the transaction size on the network without
+// reconstructing the transaction.
+func (ptx *blobTxForPool) TxSize() uint64 {
+	var blobs, commitments, proofs uint64
+	for i := range ptx.Blobs {
+		blobs += rlp.BytesSize(ptx.Blobs[i][:])
+	}
+	for i := range ptx.Commitments {
+		commitments += rlp.BytesSize(ptx.Commitments[i][:])
+	}
+	for i := range ptx.Proofs {
+		proofs += rlp.BytesSize(ptx.Proofs[i][:])
+	}
+	return ptx.Tx.Size() + rlp.ListSize(rlp.ListSize(blobs)+rlp.ListSize(commitments)+rlp.ListSize(proofs))
+}
+
+// ToTx reconstructs a full Transaction with the sidecar attached.
+func (ptx *blobTxForPool) ToTx() *types.Transaction {
+	return ptx.Tx.WithBlobTxSidecar(ptx.Sidecar())
+}
+
+// newBlobTxForPool decomposes a blob transaction into blobTxForPool type.
+func newBlobTxForPool(tx *types.Transaction) *blobTxForPool {
 	sc := tx.BlobTxSidecar()
 	if sc == nil {
 		panic("missing blob tx sidecar")
 	}
-	return &types.BlobTxForPool{
+	return &blobTxForPool{
 		Tx:          tx.WithoutBlobTxSidecar(),
 		Version:     sc.Version,
 		Commitments: sc.Commitments,
@@ -163,9 +206,72 @@ func newBlobTxForPool(tx *types.Transaction) *types.BlobTxForPool {
 	}
 }
 
+// encodeForNetwork transforms stored blobTxForPool RLP into the standard
+// network transaction encoding. This is used for getRLP.
+//
+// Stored RLP:  [type_byte || tx_fields, version, [comms], [proofs], [blobs]]
+// V0:   type_byte || rlp([tx_fields, [blobs], [comms], [proofs]])
+// V1:   type_byte || rlp([tx_fields, version, [blobs], [comms], [proofs]])
+func encodeForNetwork(storedRLP []byte) ([]byte, error) {
+	elems, err := rlp.SplitListValues(storedRLP)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid blobTxForPool RLP: %w", err)
+	}
+	if len(elems) < 5 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("blobTxForPool has %d elements, need at least 5", len(elems))
+	}
+
+	// 1. Extract tx byte and other tx fields
+	txBytes, _, err := rlp.SplitString(elems[0])
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid tx bytes: %w", err)
+	}
+	if len(txBytes) < 2 {
+		return nil, errors.New("tx bytes too short")
+	}
+	typeByte := txBytes[0]
+	txRLP := txBytes[1:]
+
+	// 2. Find the version of sidecar.
+	version, _, err := rlp.SplitString(elems[1])
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid version: %w", err)
+	}
+	var versionByte byte
+	switch len(version) {
+	case 0:
+		versionByte = 0
+	case 1:
+		versionByte = version[0]
+	default:
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid version length: %d", len(version))
+	}
+	// 3. Extract sidecar elements.
+	commitmentsRLP := elems[2]
+	proofsRLP := elems[3]
+	blobsRLP := elems[4]
+
+	// 4. Reconstruct into the network format.
+	var outer [][]byte
+	if versionByte == types.BlobSidecarVersion0 {
+		outer = [][]byte{txRLP, blobsRLP, commitmentsRLP, proofsRLP}
+	} else {
+		outer = [][]byte{txRLP, elems[1], blobsRLP, commitmentsRLP, proofsRLP}
+	}
+	body, err := rlp.MergeListValues(outer)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	// Prepend type byte and wrap as an RLP string.
+	inner := make([]byte, 1+len(body))
+	inner[0] = typeByte
+	copy(inner[1:], body)
+	return rlp.EncodeToBytes(inner)
+}
+
 // newBlobTxMeta retrieves the indexed metadata fields from a pooled blob
 // transaction and assembles a helper struct to track in memory.
-func newBlobTxMeta(id uint64, size uint64, storageSize uint32, ptx *types.BlobTxForPool) *blobTxMeta {
+func newBlobTxMeta(id uint64, size uint64, storageSize uint32, ptx *blobTxForPool) *blobTxMeta {
 	meta := &blobTxMeta{
 		hash:        ptx.Tx.Hash(),
 		vhashes:     ptx.Tx.BlobHashes(),
@@ -608,7 +714,7 @@ func (p *BlobPool) Close() error {
 // each transaction on disk to create the in-memory metadata index.
 // Return value `bool` is set to true when the entry has old Transaction type.
 func (p *BlobPool) parseTransaction(id uint64, size uint32, blob []byte) (bool, error) {
-	ptx := new(types.BlobTxForPool)
+	ptx := new(blobTxForPool)
 	if err := rlp.DecodeBytes(blob, ptx); err != nil {
 		tx := new(types.Transaction)
 		if err := rlp.DecodeBytes(blob, tx); err != nil {
@@ -916,7 +1022,7 @@ func (p *BlobPool) offload(addr common.Address, nonce uint64, id uint64, inclusi
 		log.Error("Blobs missing for included transaction", "from", addr, "nonce", nonce, "id", id, "err", err)
 		return
 	}
-	ptx := new(types.BlobTxForPool)
+	ptx := new(blobTxForPool)
 	if err := rlp.DecodeBytes(data, ptx); err != nil {
 		log.Error("Blobs corrupted for included transaction", "from", addr, "nonce", nonce, "id", id, "err", err)
 		return
@@ -1456,7 +1562,7 @@ func (p *BlobPool) Get(hash common.Hash) *types.Transaction {
 	if len(data) == 0 {
 		return nil
 	}
-	ptx := new(types.BlobTxForPool)
+	ptx := new(blobTxForPool)
 	if err := rlp.DecodeBytes(data, ptx); err != nil {
 		id, _ := p.lookup.storeidOfTx(hash)
 
@@ -1470,7 +1576,7 @@ func (p *BlobPool) Get(hash common.Hash) *types.Transaction {
 // GetRLP returns a RLP-encoded transaction for network if it is contained in the pool.
 func (p *BlobPool) GetRLP(hash common.Hash) []byte {
 	data := p.getRLP(hash)
-	rlp, err := types.EncodeForNetwork(data)
+	rlp, err := encodeForNetwork(data)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Error("Failed to encode pooled tx into the network type", "hash", hash, "err", err)
 		return nil
@@ -1545,7 +1651,7 @@ func (p *BlobPool) GetBlobs(vhashes []common.Hash, version byte) ([]*kzg4844.Blo
 		}
 
 		// Decode the blob transaction
-		ptx := new(types.BlobTxForPool)
+		ptx := new(blobTxForPool)
 		if err := rlp.DecodeBytes(data, ptx); err != nil {
 			log.Error("Blobs corrupted for traced transaction", "id", txID, "err", err)
 			continue
diff --git a/core/txpool/blobpool/blobpool_test.go b/core/txpool/blobpool/blobpool_test.go
index edb254d333..2f46b2c8ba 100644
--- a/core/txpool/blobpool/blobpool_test.go
+++ b/core/txpool/blobpool/blobpool_test.go
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ func makeTx(nonce uint64, gasTipCap uint64, gasFeeCap uint64, blobFeeCap uint64,
 	return types.MustSignNewTx(key, types.LatestSigner(params.MainnetChainConfig), blobtx)
 }
 
-// encodeForPool encodes a blob transaction in the BlobTxForPool storage format.
+// encodeForPool encodes a blob transaction in the blobTxForPool storage format.
 func encodeForPool(tx *types.Transaction) []byte {
 	blob, _ := rlp.EncodeToBytes(newBlobTxForPool(tx))
 	return blob
@@ -2061,6 +2061,32 @@ func TestGetBlobs(t *testing.T) {
 	pool.Close()
 }
 
+// TestEncodeForNetwork verifies that encodeForNetwork produces output identical
+// to rlp.EncodeToBytes on the original transaction, for both V0 and V1 sidecars.
+func TestEncodeForNetwork(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("v0", func(t *testing.T) { testEncodeForNetwork(t, types.BlobSidecarVersion0) })
+	t.Run("v1", func(t *testing.T) { testEncodeForNetwork(t, types.BlobSidecarVersion1) })
+}
+
+func testEncodeForNetwork(t *testing.T, version byte) {
+	key, _ := crypto.GenerateKey()
+	tx := makeMultiBlobTx(0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, key, version)
+
+	wantRLP, err := rlp.EncodeToBytes(tx)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to encode tx: %v", err)
+	}
+	storedRLP := encodeForPool(tx)
+
+	gotRLP, err := encodeForNetwork(storedRLP)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("encodeForNetwork failed: %v", err)
+	}
+	if !bytes.Equal(gotRLP, wantRLP) {
+		t.Fatalf("network encoding mismatch (version %d): got %d bytes, want %d bytes", version, len(gotRLP), len(wantRLP))
+	}
+}
+
 // fakeBilly is a billy.Database implementation which just drops data on the floor.
 type fakeBilly struct {
 	billy.Database
diff --git a/core/txpool/blobpool/limbo.go b/core/txpool/blobpool/limbo.go
index f95687f0d0..b8bee2f22a 100644
--- a/core/txpool/blobpool/limbo.go
+++ b/core/txpool/blobpool/limbo.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import (
 type limboBlob struct {
 	TxHash common.Hash // Owner transaction's hash to support resurrecting reorged txs
 	Block  uint64      // Block in which the blob transaction was included
-	Ptx    *types.BlobTxForPool
+	Ptx    *blobTxForPool
 }
 
 // limbo is a light, indexed database to temporarily store recently included
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ func (l *limbo) finalize(final *types.Header) {
 
 // push stores a new blob transaction into the limbo, waiting until finality for
 // it to be automatically evicted.
-func (l *limbo) push(ptx *types.BlobTxForPool, block uint64) error {
+func (l *limbo) push(ptx *blobTxForPool, block uint64) error {
 	hash := ptx.Tx.Hash()
 	if _, ok := l.index[hash]; ok {
 		log.Error("Limbo cannot push already tracked blobs", "tx", hash)
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ func (l *limbo) push(ptx *types.BlobTxForPool, block uint64) error {
 // pull retrieves a previously pushed set of blobs back from the limbo, removing
 // it at the same time. This method should be used when a previously included blob
 // transaction gets reorged out.
-func (l *limbo) pull(tx common.Hash) (*types.BlobTxForPool, error) {
+func (l *limbo) pull(tx common.Hash) (*blobTxForPool, error) {
 	// If the blobs are not tracked by the limbo, there's not much to do. This
 	// can happen for example if a blob transaction is mined without pushing it
 	// into the network first.
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ func (l *limbo) getAndDrop(id uint64) (*limboBlob, error) {
 
 // setAndIndex assembles a limbo blob database entry and stores it, also updating
 // the in-memory indices.
-func (l *limbo) setAndIndex(ptx *types.BlobTxForPool, block uint64) error {
+func (l *limbo) setAndIndex(ptx *blobTxForPool, block uint64) error {
 	txhash := ptx.Tx.Hash()
 	item := &limboBlob{
 		TxHash: txhash,
diff --git a/core/types/tx_blob.go b/core/types/tx_blob.go
index 0a442659c6..31aadb5419 100644
--- a/core/types/tx_blob.go
+++ b/core/types/tx_blob.go
@@ -176,112 +176,6 @@ func (sc *BlobTxSidecar) Copy() *BlobTxSidecar {
 	}
 }
 
-// BlobTxForPool is a type used for blob transaction in the blobpool.
-type BlobTxForPool struct {
-	Tx          *Transaction // tx without sidecar
-	Version     byte
-	Commitments []kzg4844.Commitment
-	Proofs      []kzg4844.Proof
-	Blobs       []kzg4844.Blob
-}
-
-// Sidecar returns BlobTxSidecar of ptx.
-func (ptx *BlobTxForPool) Sidecar() *BlobTxSidecar {
-	return NewBlobTxSidecar(ptx.Version, ptx.Blobs, ptx.Commitments, ptx.Proofs)
-}
-
-// WithSidecar copies the sidecar's fields into the flat fields.
-func (ptx *BlobTxForPool) WithSidecar(sc *BlobTxSidecar) {
-	ptx.Version = sc.Version
-	ptx.Commitments = sc.Commitments
-	ptx.Proofs = sc.Proofs
-	ptx.Blobs = sc.Blobs
-}
-
-// TxSize returns the transaction size on the network without
-// reconstructing the transaction.
-func (ptx *BlobTxForPool) TxSize() uint64 {
-	var blobs, commitments, proofs uint64
-	for i := range ptx.Blobs {
-		blobs += rlp.BytesSize(ptx.Blobs[i][:])
-	}
-	for i := range ptx.Commitments {
-		commitments += rlp.BytesSize(ptx.Commitments[i][:])
-	}
-	for i := range ptx.Proofs {
-		proofs += rlp.BytesSize(ptx.Proofs[i][:])
-	}
-	return ptx.Tx.Size() + rlp.ListSize(rlp.ListSize(blobs)+rlp.ListSize(commitments)+rlp.ListSize(proofs))
-}
-
-// ToTx reconstructs a full Transaction with the sidecar attached.
-func (ptx *BlobTxForPool) ToTx() *Transaction {
-	return ptx.Tx.WithBlobTxSidecar(ptx.Sidecar())
-}
-
-// EncodeForNetwork transforms stored BlobTxForPool RLP into the standard
-// network transaction encoding.
-//
-// Stored RLP:  [type_byte || tx_fields, version, [comms], [proofs], [blobs]]
-// V0:   type_byte || rlp([tx_fields, [blobs], [comms], [proofs]])
-// V1:   type_byte || rlp([tx_fields, version, [blobs], [comms], [proofs]])
-func EncodeForNetwork(storedRLP []byte) ([]byte, error) {
-	elems, err := rlp.SplitListValues(storedRLP)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid BlobTxForPool RLP: %w", err)
-	}
-	if len(elems) < 5 {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("BlobTxForPool has %d elements, need at least 5", len(elems))
-	}
-
-	// 1. Extract tx byte and other tx fields
-	txBytes, _, err := rlp.SplitString(elems[0])
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid tx bytes: %w", err)
-	}
-	if len(txBytes) < 2 {
-		return nil, errors.New("tx bytes too short")
-	}
-	typeByte := txBytes[0]
-	txRLP := txBytes[1:]
-
-	// 2. Find the version of sidecar.
-	version, _, err := rlp.SplitString(elems[1])
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid version: %w", err)
-	}
-	var versionByte byte
-	switch len(version) {
-	case 0:
-		versionByte = 0
-	case 1:
-		versionByte = version[0]
-	default:
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid version length: %d", len(version))
-	}
-	// 3. Extract sidecar elements.
-	commitmentsRLP := elems[2]
-	proofsRLP := elems[3]
-	blobsRLP := elems[4]
-
-	// 4. Reconstruct into the network format.
-	var outer [][]byte
-	if versionByte == BlobSidecarVersion0 {
-		outer = [][]byte{txRLP, blobsRLP, commitmentsRLP, proofsRLP}
-	} else {
-		outer = [][]byte{txRLP, elems[1], blobsRLP, commitmentsRLP, proofsRLP}
-	}
-	body, err := rlp.MergeListValues(outer)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	// Prepend type byte and wrap as an RLP string.
-	inner := make([]byte, 1+len(body))
-	inner[0] = typeByte
-	copy(inner[1:], body)
-	return rlp.EncodeToBytes(inner)
-}
-
 // blobTxWithBlobs represents blob tx with its corresponding sidecar.
 // This is an interface because sidecars are versioned.
 type blobTxWithBlobs interface {
diff --git a/core/types/tx_blob_test.go b/core/types/tx_blob_test.go
index 46fae4d4f8..3b368456a4 100644
--- a/core/types/tx_blob_test.go
+++ b/core/types/tx_blob_test.go
@@ -17,14 +17,12 @@
 package types
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
 	"crypto/ecdsa"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/crypto"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/crypto/kzg4844"
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rlp"
 	"github.com/holiman/uint256"
 )
 
@@ -88,50 +86,6 @@ func createEmptyBlobTx(key *ecdsa.PrivateKey, withSidecar bool) *Transaction {
 	return MustSignNewTx(key, signer, blobtx)
 }
 
-// TestEncodeForNetwork verifies that EncodeForNetwork produces output identical
-// to rlp.EncodeToBytes on the original transaction, for both V0 and V1 sidecars.
-func TestEncodeForNetwork(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Run("v0", func(t *testing.T) { testEncodeForNetwork(t, BlobSidecarVersion0) })
-	t.Run("v1", func(t *testing.T) { testEncodeForNetwork(t, BlobSidecarVersion1) })
-}
-
-func testEncodeForNetwork(t *testing.T, version byte) {
-	key, _ := crypto.GenerateKey()
-	tx := createEmptyBlobTx(key, true)
-	if version == BlobSidecarVersion1 {
-		if err := tx.BlobTxSidecar().ToV1(); err != nil {
-			t.Fatalf("failed to convert sidecar to v1: %v", err)
-		}
-	}
-
-	wantRLP, err := rlp.EncodeToBytes(tx)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("failed to encode tx: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	sc := tx.BlobTxSidecar()
-	ptx := &BlobTxForPool{
-		Tx:          tx.WithoutBlobTxSidecar(),
-		Version:     sc.Version,
-		Commitments: sc.Commitments,
-		Proofs:      sc.Proofs,
-		Blobs:       sc.Blobs,
-	}
-	storedRLP, err := rlp.EncodeToBytes(ptx)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("failed to encode BlobTxForPool: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	gotRLP, err := EncodeForNetwork(storedRLP)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("EncodeForNetwork failed: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	if !bytes.Equal(gotRLP, wantRLP) {
-		t.Fatalf("network encoding mismatch (version %d): got %d bytes, want %d bytes", version, len(gotRLP), len(wantRLP))
-	}
-}
-
 func createEmptyBlobTxInner(withSidecar bool) *BlobTx {
 	sidecar := NewBlobTxSidecar(BlobSidecarVersion0, []kzg4844.Blob{*emptyBlob}, []kzg4844.Commitment{emptyBlobCommit}, []kzg4844.Proof{emptyBlobProof})
 	blobtx := &BlobTx{