diff --git a/cmd/geth/verkle.go b/cmd/geth/verkle.go
index 57a6fd3096ee..f16895955b47 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/verkle.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/verkle.go
@@ -130,14 +130,13 @@ func convertToVerkle(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 		vRoot      = verkle.New().(*verkle.InternalNode)
 	)
 
-	saveverkle := func(node verkle.VerkleNode) {
-		comm := node.Commit()
+	saveverkle := func(path []byte, node verkle.VerkleNode) {
+		node.Commit()
 		s, err := node.Serialize()
 		if err != nil {
 			panic(err)
 		}
-		commB := comm.Bytes()
-		if err := chaindb.Put(commB[:], s); err != nil {
+		if err := chaindb.Put(path, s); err != nil {
 			panic(err)
 		}
 	}
@@ -330,7 +329,7 @@ func checkChildren(root verkle.VerkleNode, resolver verkle.NodeResolverFn) error
 				return fmt.Errorf("could not find child %x in db: %w", childC, err)
 			}
 			// depth is set to 0, the tree isn't rebuilt so it's not a problem
-			childN, err := verkle.ParseNode(childS, 0, childC[:])
+			childN, err := verkle.ParseNode(childS, 0)
 			if err != nil {
 				return fmt.Errorf("decode error child %x in db: %w", child.Commitment().Bytes(), err)
 			}
@@ -390,7 +389,7 @@ func verifyVerkle(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	root, err := verkle.ParseNode(serializedRoot, 0, rootC[:])
+	root, err := verkle.ParseNode(serializedRoot, 0)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -439,7 +438,7 @@ func expandVerkle(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	root, err := verkle.ParseNode(serializedRoot, 0, rootC[:])
+	root, err := verkle.ParseNode(serializedRoot, 0)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/utils/cmd.go b/cmd/utils/cmd.go
index 90f009041477..e42120e85ade 100644
--- a/cmd/utils/cmd.go
+++ b/cmd/utils/cmd.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"os/signal"
 	"runtime"
+	"runtime/pprof"
 	"strings"
 	"syscall"
 	"time"
@@ -173,6 +174,17 @@ func ImportChain(chain *core.BlockChain, fn string) error {
 			return err
 		}
 	}
+	cpuProfile, err := os.Create("cpu.out")
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Error creating CPU profile: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer cpuProfile.Close()
+	err = pprof.StartCPUProfile(cpuProfile)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Error starting CPU profile: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer pprof.StopCPUProfile()
+
 	stream := rlp.NewStream(reader, 0)
 
 	// Run actual the import.
diff --git a/core/block_validator.go b/core/block_validator.go
index 3763be0be08d..0d27d6410fcf 100644
--- a/core/block_validator.go
+++ b/core/block_validator.go
@@ -65,12 +65,17 @@ func (v *BlockValidator) ValidateBody(block *types.Block) error {
 	if hash := types.DeriveSha(block.Transactions(), trie.NewStackTrie(nil)); hash != header.TxHash {
 		return fmt.Errorf("transaction root hash mismatch: have %x, want %x", hash, header.TxHash)
 	}
-	if !v.bc.HasBlockAndState(block.ParentHash(), block.NumberU64()-1) {
-		if !v.bc.HasBlock(block.ParentHash(), block.NumberU64()-1) {
-			return consensus.ErrUnknownAncestor
-		}
-		return consensus.ErrPrunedAncestor
-	}
+	// XXX I had to deactivate this check for replay to work: the block state root
+	// hash is the one of the overlay tree, but in replay mode, it's the hash of
+	// the base tree that takes precedence, as the chain would not otherwise be
+	// recognized.
+	// if !v.bc.HasBlockAndState(block.ParentHash(), block.NumberU64()-1) {
+	// 	if !v.bc.HasBlock(block.ParentHash(), block.NumberU64()-1) {
+	// 		return consensus.ErrUnknownAncestor
+	// 	}
+	// 	fmt.Println("failure here")
+	// 	return consensus.ErrPrunedAncestor
+	// }
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -90,15 +95,15 @@ func (v *BlockValidator) ValidateState(block *types.Block, statedb *state.StateD
 		return fmt.Errorf("invalid bloom (remote: %x  local: %x)", header.Bloom, rbloom)
 	}
 	// Tre receipt Trie's root (R = (Tr [[H1, R1], ... [Hn, Rn]]))
-	receiptSha := types.DeriveSha(receipts, trie.NewStackTrie(nil))
-	if receiptSha != header.ReceiptHash {
-		return fmt.Errorf("invalid receipt root hash (remote: %x local: %x)", header.ReceiptHash, receiptSha)
-	}
+	// receiptSha := types.DeriveSha(receipts, trie.NewStackTrie(nil))
+	// if receiptSha != header.ReceiptHash {
+	// 	return fmt.Errorf("invalid receipt root hash (remote: %x local: %x)", header.ReceiptHash, receiptSha)
+	// }
 	// Validate the state root against the received state root and throw
 	// an error if they don't match.
-	if root := statedb.IntermediateRoot(v.config.IsEIP158(header.Number)); header.Root != root {
-		return fmt.Errorf("invalid merkle root (remote: %x local: %x)", header.Root, root)
-	}
+	// if root := statedb.IntermediateRoot(v.config.IsEIP158(header.Number)); header.Root != root {
+	// 	return fmt.Errorf("invalid merkle root (remote: %x local: %x)", header.Root, root)
+	// }
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/core/blockchain.go b/core/blockchain.go
index 90d7dc66b80a..0b459275f48d 100644
--- a/core/blockchain.go
+++ b/core/blockchain.go
@@ -18,12 +18,15 @@
 package core
 
 import (
+	"bufio"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"math/big"
+	"os"
 	"runtime"
 	"sort"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"sync/atomic"
@@ -1486,6 +1489,21 @@ func (bc *BlockChain) insertChain(chain types.Blocks, verifySeals, setHead bool)
 		return 0, nil
 	}
 
+	f, err := os.Open("conversion.txt")
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Error("Failed to open conversion.txt", "err", err)
+		return 0, err
+	}
+	defer f.Close()
+	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(f)
+	scanner.Scan()
+	conversionBlock, err := strconv.ParseUint(scanner.Text(), 10, 64)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Error("Failed to parse conversionBlock", "err", err)
+		return 0, err
+	}
+	log.Info("Found conversion block info", "conversionBlock", conversionBlock)
+
 	// Start a parallel signature recovery (signer will fluke on fork transition, minimal perf loss)
 	senderCacher.recoverFromBlocks(types.MakeSigner(bc.chainConfig, chain[0].Number()), chain)
 
@@ -1670,6 +1688,10 @@ func (bc *BlockChain) insertChain(chain types.Blocks, verifySeals, setHead bool)
 		if parent == nil {
 			parent = bc.GetHeader(block.ParentHash(), block.NumberU64()-1)
 		}
+
+		if parent.Number.Uint64() == conversionBlock {
+			bc.StartVerkleTransition(parent.Root, emptyVerkleRoot, bc.Config(), parent.Number)
+		}
 		statedb, err := state.New(parent.Root, bc.stateCache, bc.snaps)
 		if err != nil {
 			return it.index, err
@@ -1706,6 +1728,10 @@ func (bc *BlockChain) insertChain(chain types.Blocks, verifySeals, setHead bool)
 			return it.index, err
 		}
 
+		if statedb.Database().InTransition() || statedb.Database().Transitionned() {
+			bc.AddRootTranslation(block.Root(), statedb.IntermediateRoot(false))
+		}
+
 		// Update the metrics touched during block processing
 		accountReadTimer.Update(statedb.AccountReads)                 // Account reads are complete, we can mark them
 		storageReadTimer.Update(statedb.StorageReads)                 // Storage reads are complete, we can mark them
@@ -2287,6 +2313,8 @@ func (bc *BlockChain) skipBlock(err error, it *insertIterator) bool {
 	return false
 }
 
+var emptyVerkleRoot common.Hash
+
 // indexBlocks reindexes or unindexes transactions depending on user configuration
 func (bc *BlockChain) indexBlocks(tail *uint64, head uint64, done chan struct{}) {
 	defer func() { close(done) }()
@@ -2431,3 +2459,11 @@ func (bc *BlockChain) SetBlockValidatorAndProcessorForTesting(v Validator, p Pro
 	bc.validator = v
 	bc.processor = p
 }
+
+func (bc *BlockChain) StartVerkleTransition(originalRoot, translatedRoot common.Hash, chainConfig *params.ChainConfig, cancunBlock *big.Int) {
+	bc.stateCache.StartVerkleTransition(originalRoot, translatedRoot, chainConfig, cancunBlock)
+}
+
+func (bc *BlockChain) AddRootTranslation(originalRoot, translatedRoot common.Hash) {
+	bc.stateCache.AddRootTranslation(originalRoot, translatedRoot)
+}
diff --git a/core/chain_makers.go b/core/chain_makers.go
index 2b95ce1dd3b7..f246447f81f5 100644
--- a/core/chain_makers.go
+++ b/core/chain_makers.go
@@ -313,6 +313,7 @@ func GenerateVerkleChain(config *params.ChainConfig, parent *types.Block, engine
 	keyvals := make([]verkle.StateDiff, 0, n)
 	blocks, receipts := make(types.Blocks, n), make([]types.Receipts, n)
 	chainreader := &fakeChainReader{config: config}
+	var preStateTrie *trie.VerkleTrie
 	genblock := func(i int, parent *types.Block, statedb *state.StateDB) (*types.Block, types.Receipts) {
 		b := &BlockGen{i: i, chain: blocks, parent: parent, statedb: statedb, config: config, engine: engine}
 		b.header = makeHeader(chainreader, parent, statedb, b.engine)
@@ -372,13 +373,28 @@ func GenerateVerkleChain(config *params.ChainConfig, parent *types.Block, engine
 				kvs[string(key)] = v
 			}
 
+			// Initialize the preStateTrie if it is nil, this should
+			// correspond to the genesis block. This is a workaround
+			// needed until the main verkle PR is rebased on top of
+			// PBSS.
+			if preStateTrie == nil {
+				preStateTrie = vtr
+			}
+
 			vtr.Hash()
-			p, k, err := vtr.ProveAndSerialize(statedb.Witness().Keys(), kvs)
+			p, k, err := preStateTrie.ProveAndSerialize(statedb.Witness().Keys(), kvs)
 			if err != nil {
 				panic(err)
 			}
 			proofs = append(proofs, p)
 			keyvals = append(keyvals, k)
+
+			// save the current state of the trie for producing the proof for the next block,
+			// since reading it from disk is broken with the intermediate PBSS-like system we
+			// have: it will read the post-state as this is the only state present on disk.
+			// This is a workaround needed until the main verkle PR is rebased on top of PBSS.
+			preStateTrie = statedb.GetTrie().(*trie.VerkleTrie)
+
 			return block, b.receipts
 		}
 		return nil, nil
diff --git a/core/state/database.go b/core/state/database.go
index 214fd45eb022..b7ed5d7b5af1 100644
--- a/core/state/database.go
+++ b/core/state/database.go
@@ -19,12 +19,15 @@ package state
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"math/big"
+	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/fastcache"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/rawdb"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/types"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/ethdb"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/params"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/trie"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/trie/utils"
 	"github.com/gballet/go-verkle"
@@ -62,8 +65,27 @@ type Database interface {
 	// TrieDB retrieves the low level trie database used for data storage.
 	TrieDB() *trie.Database
 
-	// EndVerkleTransition signals that the verkle transition is complete.
+	StartVerkleTransition(originalRoot, translatedRoot common.Hash, chainConfig *params.ChainConfig, cancunBlock *big.Int)
+
 	EndVerkleTransition()
+
+	InTransition() bool
+
+	Transitionned() bool
+
+	SetCurrentAccountHash(hash common.Hash)
+
+	GetCurrentAccountHash() common.Hash
+
+	SetCurrentSlotHash(hash common.Hash)
+
+	GetCurrentSlotHash() common.Hash
+
+	SetStorageProcessed(bool)
+
+	GetStorageProcessed() bool
+
+	AddRootTranslation(originalRoot, translatedRoot common.Hash)
 }
 
 // Trie is a Ethereum Merkle Patricia trie.
@@ -148,6 +170,62 @@ func NewDatabaseWithConfig(db ethdb.Database, config *trie.Config) Database {
 	}
 }
 
+func (db *cachingDB) InTransition() bool {
+	return db.started && !db.ended
+}
+
+func (db *cachingDB) Transitionned() bool {
+	return db.ended
+}
+
+// Fork implements the fork
+func (db *cachingDB) StartVerkleTransition(originalRoot, translatedRoot common.Hash, chainConfig *params.ChainConfig, cancunBlock *big.Int) {
+	fmt.Println(`
+	__________.__                       .__                .__                   __       .__                               .__          ____         
+	\__    ___|  |__   ____        ____ |  |   ____ ______ |  |__ _____    _____/  |_     |  |__ _____    ______    __  _  _|__| ____   / ___\ ______
+	  |    |  |  |  \_/ __ \     _/ __ \|  | _/ __ \\____ \|  |  \\__  \  /    \   __\    |  |  \\__  \  /  ___/    \ \/ \/ |  |/    \ / /_/  /  ___/
+	  |    |  |   Y  \  ___/     \  ___/|  |_\  ___/|  |_> |   Y  \/ __ \|   |  |  |      |   Y  \/ __ \_\___ \      \     /|  |   |  \\___  /\___ \
+	  |____|  |___|  /\___        \___  |____/\___  |   __/|___|  (____  |___|  |__|      |___|  (____  /_____/       \/\_/ |__|___|  /_____//_____/
+                                                    |__|`)
+	db.started = true
+	db.AddTranslation(originalRoot, translatedRoot)
+	db.baseRoot = originalRoot
+	// initialize so that the first storage-less accounts are processed
+	db.StorageProcessed = true
+	chainConfig.CancunBlock = cancunBlock
+}
+
+func (db *cachingDB) EndVerkleTransition() {
+	fmt.Println(`
+	__________.__                       .__                .__                   __       .__                       .__                    .___         .___
+	\__    ___|  |__   ____        ____ |  |   ____ ______ |  |__ _____    _____/  |_     |  |__ _____    ______    |  | _____    ____   __| _/____   __| _/
+	  |    |  |  |  \_/ __ \     _/ __ \|  | _/ __ \\____ \|  |  \\__  \  /    \   __\    |  |  \\__  \  /  ___/    |  | \__  \  /    \ / __ _/ __ \ / __ |
+	  |    |  |   Y  \  ___/     \  ___/|  |_\  ___/|  |_> |   Y  \/ __ \|   |  |  |      |   Y  \/ __ \_\___ \     |  |__/ __ \|   |  / /_/ \  ___// /_/ |
+	  |____|  |___|  /\___        \___  |____/\___  |   __/|___|  (____  |___|  |__|      |___|  (____  /_____/     |____(____  |___|  \____ |\___  \____ |
+                                                    |__|`)
+	db.ended = true
+}
+
+func (db *cachingDB) AddTranslation(orig, trans common.Hash) {
+	// TODO make this persistent
+	db.translatedRootsLock.Lock()
+	defer db.translatedRootsLock.Unlock()
+	db.translatedRoots[db.translationIndex] = trans
+	db.origRoots[db.translationIndex] = orig
+	db.translationIndex = (db.translationIndex + 1) % len(db.translatedRoots)
+}
+
+func (db *cachingDB) getTranslation(orig common.Hash) common.Hash {
+	db.translatedRootsLock.RLock()
+	defer db.translatedRootsLock.RUnlock()
+	for i, o := range db.origRoots {
+		if o == orig {
+			return db.translatedRoots[i]
+		}
+	}
+	return common.Hash{}
+}
+
 type cachingDB struct {
 	db            *trie.Database
 	disk          ethdb.KeyValueStore
@@ -155,52 +233,101 @@ type cachingDB struct {
 	codeCache     *fastcache.Cache
 
 	// Verkle specific fields
-	ended       bool              // mark when the conversion started/ended
-	addrToPoint *utils.PointCache // cache for address to point conversion
+	// TODO ensure that this info is in the DB
+	started, ended      bool
+	translatedRoots     [32]common.Hash // hash of the translated root, for opening
+	origRoots           [32]common.Hash
+	translationIndex    int
+	translatedRootsLock sync.RWMutex
+
+	addrToPoint *utils.PointCache
+
+	baseRoot           common.Hash // hash of the read-only base tree
+	CurrentAccountHash common.Hash // hash of the last translated account
+	CurrentSlotHash    common.Hash // hash of the last translated storage slot
+
+	// Mark whether the storage for an account has been processed. This is useful if the
+	// maximum number of leaves of the conversion is reached before the whole storage is
+	// processed.
+	StorageProcessed bool
 }
 
-// EndVerkleTransition marks the end of the verkle trie transition
-func (db *cachingDB) EndVerkleTransition() {
-	db.ended = true
+// OpenTrie opens the main account trie at a specific root hash.
+func (db *cachingDB) openMPTTrie(root common.Hash) (Trie, error) {
+	tr, err := trie.NewStateTrie(trie.StateTrieID(root), db.db)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return tr, nil
+}
+
+func (db *cachingDB) openVKTrie(root common.Hash) (Trie, error) {
+
+	payload, err := db.DiskDB().Get([]byte("flat-"))
+	if err != nil {
+		return trie.NewVerkleTrie(verkle.New(), db.db, db.addrToPoint), nil
+	}
+
+	r, err := verkle.ParseNode(payload, 0)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	return trie.NewVerkleTrie(r, db.db, db.addrToPoint), err
 }
 
-// OpenTrie opens the main account trie at a specific root hash.
 func (db *cachingDB) OpenTrie(root common.Hash) (Trie, error) {
-	if db.ended {
-		if root == (common.Hash{}) || root == emptyRoot {
-			return trie.NewVerkleTrie(verkle.New(), db.db, db.addrToPoint), nil
+	var (
+		mpt Trie
+		err error
+	)
+
+	if db.started {
+		vkt, err := db.openVKTrie(db.getTranslation(root))
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		// If the verkle conversion has ended, return a single
+		// verkle trie.
+		if db.ended {
+			return vkt, nil
 		}
-		payload, err := db.disk.Get(root[:])
+
+		// Otherwise, return a transition trie, with a base MPT
+		// trie and an overlay, verkle trie.
+		mpt, err = db.openMPTTrie(db.baseRoot)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
 
-		r, err := verkle.ParseNode(payload, 0, root[:])
+		return trie.NewTransitionTree(mpt.(*trie.SecureTrie), vkt.(*trie.VerkleTrie), false), nil
+	} else {
+		mpt, err = db.openMPTTrie(root)
 		if err != nil {
-			panic(err)
+			return nil, err
 		}
-		return trie.NewVerkleTrie(r, db.db, db.addrToPoint), err
 	}
 
-	tr, err := trie.NewStateTrie(trie.StateTrieID(root), db.db)
+	return mpt, nil
+}
+
+func (db *cachingDB) openStorageMPTrie(stateRoot common.Hash, addrHash, root common.Hash, _ Trie) (Trie, error) {
+	tr, err := trie.NewStateTrie(trie.StorageTrieID(stateRoot, addrHash, root), db.db)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	return tr, nil
 }
 
-// OpenStorageTrie opens the storage trie of an account.
+// OpenStorageTrie opens the storage trie of an account
 func (db *cachingDB) OpenStorageTrie(stateRoot common.Hash, addrHash, root common.Hash, self Trie) (Trie, error) {
-	if db.ended {
-		// TODO return an adapter object to detect whether this is a storage trie. Or just a regular
-		// VerkleTrie after adding a "storage" flag to the VerkleTrie.
-		return self, nil
+	mpt, err := db.openStorageMPTrie(stateRoot, addrHash, root, nil)
+	if db.started && err == nil {
+		// Return a "storage trie" that is an adapter between the storge MPT
+		// and the unique verkle tree.
+		return trie.NewTransitionTree(mpt.(*trie.SecureTrie), self.(*trie.VerkleTrie), true), nil
 	}
-	tr, err := trie.NewStateTrie(trie.StorageTrieID(stateRoot, addrHash, root), db.db)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	return tr, nil
+	return mpt, err
 }
 
 // CopyTrie returns an independent copy of the given trie.
@@ -208,8 +335,10 @@ func (db *cachingDB) CopyTrie(t Trie) Trie {
 	switch t := t.(type) {
 	case *trie.StateTrie:
 		return t.Copy()
+	case *trie.TransitionTrie:
+		return t.Copy()
 	case *trie.VerkleTrie:
-		return t.Copy(db.db)
+		return t.Copy()
 	default:
 		panic(fmt.Errorf("unknown trie type %T", t))
 	}
@@ -267,3 +396,31 @@ func (db *cachingDB) TrieDB() *trie.Database {
 func (db *cachingDB) GetTreeKeyHeader(addr []byte) *verkle.Point {
 	return db.addrToPoint.GetTreeKeyHeader(addr)
 }
+
+func (db *cachingDB) SetCurrentAccountHash(hash common.Hash) {
+	db.CurrentAccountHash = hash
+}
+
+func (db *cachingDB) GetCurrentAccountHash() common.Hash {
+	return db.CurrentAccountHash
+}
+
+func (db *cachingDB) SetCurrentSlotHash(hash common.Hash) {
+	db.CurrentSlotHash = hash
+}
+
+func (db *cachingDB) GetCurrentSlotHash() common.Hash {
+	return db.CurrentSlotHash
+}
+
+func (db *cachingDB) SetStorageProcessed(processed bool) {
+	db.StorageProcessed = processed
+}
+
+func (db *cachingDB) GetStorageProcessed() bool {
+	return db.StorageProcessed
+}
+
+func (db *cachingDB) AddRootTranslation(originalRoot, translatedRoot common.Hash) {
+	db.AddTranslation(originalRoot, translatedRoot)
+}
diff --git a/core/state/snapshot/account.go b/core/state/snapshot/account.go
index b92e94295014..21aaeaca0bb1 100644
--- a/core/state/snapshot/account.go
+++ b/core/state/snapshot/account.go
@@ -84,3 +84,8 @@ func FullAccountRLP(data []byte) ([]byte, error) {
 	}
 	return rlp.EncodeToBytes(account)
 }
+
+// HasStorage returns true if the account has a non-empty storage tree.
+func (acc *Account) HasStorage() bool {
+	return len(acc.Root) == 32 && !bytes.Equal(acc.Root, emptyRoot[:])
+}
diff --git a/core/state/state_object.go b/core/state/state_object.go
index a3ee734fafa9..4c1b42ed3861 100644
--- a/core/state/state_object.go
+++ b/core/state/state_object.go
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ func (s *stateObject) updateTrie(db Database) Trie {
 	if len(s.pendingStorage) > 0 {
 		s.pendingStorage = make(Storage)
 	}
-	return tr
+	return s.trie
 }
 
 // UpdateRoot sets the trie root to the current root hash of
diff --git a/core/state/statedb.go b/core/state/statedb.go
index 1af4cf2ced8b..ce9589f5375d 100644
--- a/core/state/statedb.go
+++ b/core/state/statedb.go
@@ -175,6 +175,17 @@ func New(root common.Hash, db Database, snaps *snapshot.Tree) (*StateDB, error)
 			sdb.snapDestructs = make(map[common.Hash]struct{})
 			sdb.snapAccounts = make(map[common.Hash][]byte)
 			sdb.snapStorage = make(map[common.Hash]map[common.Hash][]byte)
+		} else {
+			if fdb, ok := db.(*cachingDB); ok {
+				trans := fdb.getTranslation(root)
+				if trans != (common.Hash{}) {
+					if sdb.snap = sdb.snaps.Snapshot(trans); sdb.snap != nil {
+						sdb.snapDestructs = make(map[common.Hash]struct{})
+						sdb.snapAccounts = make(map[common.Hash][]byte)
+						sdb.snapStorage = make(map[common.Hash]map[common.Hash][]byte)
+					}
+				}
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	return sdb, nil
@@ -509,6 +520,7 @@ func (s *StateDB) updateStateObject(obj *stateObject) {
 			chunks = trie.ChunkifyCode(obj.code)
 			values [][]byte
 			key    []byte
+			err    error
 		)
 		for i, chunknr := 0, uint64(0); i < len(chunks); i, chunknr = i+32, chunknr+1 {
 			groupOffset := (chunknr + 128) % 256
@@ -526,7 +538,13 @@ func (s *StateDB) updateStateObject(obj *stateObject) {
 			}
 
 			if groupOffset == 255 || len(chunks)-i <= 32 {
-				if err := s.trie.(*trie.VerkleTrie).TryUpdateStem(key[:31], values); err != nil {
+				switch t := s.trie.(type) {
+				case *trie.VerkleTrie:
+					err = t.TryUpdateStem(key[:31], values)
+				case *trie.TransitionTrie:
+					err = t.TryUpdateStem(key[:31], values)
+				}
+				if err != nil {
 					s.setError(fmt.Errorf("updateStateObject (%x) error: %w", addr[:], err))
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/core/state_processor.go b/core/state_processor.go
index 94045c742ce7..6a01460327f7 100644
--- a/core/state_processor.go
+++ b/core/state_processor.go
@@ -17,17 +17,28 @@
 package core
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/binary"
 	"fmt"
 	"math/big"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/consensus"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/consensus/misc"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/rawdb"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/state"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/state/snapshot"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/types"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/vm"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/crypto"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/params"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rlp"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/trie"
+	tutils "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/trie/utils"
+	"github.com/gballet/go-verkle"
+	"github.com/holiman/uint256"
 )
 
 // StateProcessor is a basic Processor, which takes care of transitioning
@@ -86,9 +97,144 @@ func (p *StateProcessor) Process(block *types.Block, statedb *state.StateDB, cfg
 		receipts = append(receipts, receipt)
 		allLogs = append(allLogs, receipt.Logs...)
 	}
+
+	// verkle transition: if the conversion process is in progress, move
+	// N values from the MPT into the verkle tree.
+	if statedb.Database().InTransition() {
+		var (
+			now = time.Now()
+			tt  = statedb.GetTrie().(*trie.TransitionTrie)
+			mpt = tt.Base()
+			vkt = tt.Overlay()
+		)
+
+		accIt, err := statedb.Snaps().AccountIterator(mpt.Hash(), statedb.Database().GetCurrentAccountHash())
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, nil, 0, err
+		}
+		defer accIt.Release()
+		accIt.Next()
+
+		const maxMovedCount = 10000
+		// mkv will be assiting in the collection of up to maxMovedCount key values to be migrated to the VKT.
+		// It has internal caches to do efficient MPT->VKT key calculations, which will be discarded after
+		// this function.
+		mkv := &keyValueMigrator{vktLeafData: make(map[string]*verkle.BatchNewLeafNodeData)}
+		// move maxCount accounts into the verkle tree, starting with the
+		// slots from the previous account.
+		count := 0
+
+		// if less than maxCount slots were moved, move to the next account
+		for count < maxMovedCount {
+			statedb.Database().SetCurrentAccountHash(accIt.Hash())
+
+			acc, err := snapshot.FullAccount(accIt.Account())
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Error("Invalid account encountered during traversal", "error", err)
+				return nil, nil, 0, err
+			}
+			addr := rawdb.ReadPreimage(statedb.Database().DiskDB(), accIt.Hash())
+			if len(addr) == 0 {
+				panic(fmt.Sprintf("%x %x %v", addr, accIt.Hash(), acc))
+			}
+			vkt.SetStorageRootConversion(addr, common.BytesToHash(acc.Root))
+
+			// Start with processing the storage, because once the account is
+			// converted, the `stateRoot` field loses its meaning. Which means
+			// that it opens the door to a situation in which the storage isn't
+			// converted, but it can not be found since the account was and so
+			// there is no way to find the MPT storage from the information found
+			// in the verkle account.
+			// Note that this issue can still occur if the account gets written
+			// to during normal block execution. A mitigation strategy has been
+			// introduced with the `*StorageRootConversion` fields in VerkleDB.
+			if acc.HasStorage() {
+				stIt, err := statedb.Snaps().StorageIterator(mpt.Hash(), accIt.Hash(), statedb.Database().GetCurrentSlotHash())
+				if err != nil {
+					return nil, nil, 0, err
+				}
+				stIt.Next()
+
+				// fdb.StorageProcessed will be initialized to `true` if the
+				// entire storage for an account was not entirely processed
+				// by the previous block. This is used as a signal to resume
+				// processing the storage for that account where we left off.
+				// If the entire storage was processed, then the iterator was
+				// created in vain, but it's ok as this will not happen often.
+				for ; !statedb.Database().GetStorageProcessed() && count < maxMovedCount; count++ {
+					var (
+						value     []byte   // slot value after RLP decoding
+						safeValue [32]byte // 32-byte aligned value
+					)
+					if err := rlp.DecodeBytes(stIt.Slot(), &value); err != nil {
+						return nil, nil, 0, fmt.Errorf("error decoding bytes %x: %w", stIt.Slot(), err)
+					}
+					copy(safeValue[32-len(value):], value)
+					slotnr := rawdb.ReadPreimage(statedb.Database().DiskDB(), stIt.Hash())
+
+					mkv.addStorageSlot(addr, slotnr, safeValue[:])
+
+					// advance the storage iterator
+					statedb.Database().SetStorageProcessed(!stIt.Next())
+					if !statedb.Database().GetStorageProcessed() {
+						statedb.Database().SetCurrentSlotHash(stIt.Hash())
+					}
+				}
+				stIt.Release()
+			}
+
+			// If the maximum number of leaves hasn't been reached, then
+			// it means that the storage has finished processing (or none
+			// was available for this account) and that the account itself
+			// can be processed.
+			if count < maxMovedCount {
+				count++ // count increase for the account itself
+
+				mkv.addAccount(addr, acc)
+				vkt.ClearStrorageRootConversion(addr)
+
+				// Store the account code if present
+				if !bytes.Equal(acc.CodeHash, emptyCodeHash[:]) {
+					code := rawdb.ReadCode(statedb.Database().DiskDB(), common.BytesToHash(acc.CodeHash))
+					chunks := trie.ChunkifyCode(code)
+
+					mkv.addAccountCode(addr, uint64(len(code)), chunks)
+				}
+
+				// reset storage iterator marker for next account
+				statedb.Database().SetStorageProcessed(false)
+				statedb.Database().SetCurrentSlotHash(common.Hash{})
+
+				// Move to the next account, if available - or end
+				// the transition otherwise.
+				if accIt.Next() {
+					statedb.Database().SetCurrentAccountHash(accIt.Hash())
+				} else {
+					// case when the account iterator has
+					// reached the end but count < maxCount
+					statedb.Database().EndVerkleTransition()
+					break
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		log.Info("Collected and prepared key values from base tree", "count", count, "duration", time.Since(now), "last account", statedb.Database().GetCurrentAccountHash())
+
+		now = time.Now()
+		if err := mkv.migrateCollectedKeyValues(tt.Overlay()); err != nil {
+			return nil, nil, 0, fmt.Errorf("could not migrate key values: %w", err)
+		}
+		log.Info("Inserted key values in overlay tree", "count", count, "duration", time.Since(now))
+	}
+
 	// Finalize the block, applying any consensus engine specific extras (e.g. block rewards)
 	p.engine.Finalize(p.bc, header, statedb, block.Transactions(), block.Uncles())
 
+	if block.NumberU64()%100 == 0 {
+		stateRoot := statedb.GetTrie().Hash()
+		log.Info("State root", "number", block.NumberU64(), "hash", stateRoot)
+	}
+
 	return receipts, allLogs, *usedGas, nil
 }
 
@@ -158,3 +304,117 @@ func ApplyTransaction(config *params.ChainConfig, bc ChainContext, author *commo
 	vmenv := vm.NewEVM(blockContext, vm.TxContext{}, statedb, config, cfg)
 	return applyTransaction(msg, config, author, gp, statedb, header.Number, header.Hash(), tx, usedGas, vmenv)
 }
+
+// keyValueMigrator is a helper struct that collects key-values from the base tree.
+// The walk is done in account order, so **we assume** the APIs hold this invariant. This is
+// useful to be smart about caching banderwagon.Points to make VKT key calculations faster.
+type keyValueMigrator struct {
+	currAddr      []byte
+	currAddrPoint *verkle.Point
+
+	vktLeafData map[string]*verkle.BatchNewLeafNodeData
+}
+
+func (kvm *keyValueMigrator) addStorageSlot(addr []byte, slotNumber []byte, slotValue []byte) {
+	addrPoint := kvm.getAddrPoint(addr)
+
+	vktKey := tutils.GetTreeKeyStorageSlotWithEvaluatedAddress(addrPoint, slotNumber)
+	leafNodeData := kvm.getOrInitLeafNodeData(vktKey)
+
+	leafNodeData.Values[vktKey[verkle.StemSize]] = slotValue
+}
+
+func (kvm *keyValueMigrator) addAccount(addr []byte, acc snapshot.Account) {
+	addrPoint := kvm.getAddrPoint(addr)
+
+	vktKey := tutils.GetTreeKeyVersionWithEvaluatedAddress(addrPoint)
+	leafNodeData := kvm.getOrInitLeafNodeData(vktKey)
+
+	var version [verkle.LeafValueSize]byte
+	leafNodeData.Values[tutils.VersionLeafKey] = version[:]
+
+	var balance [verkle.LeafValueSize]byte
+	for i, b := range acc.Balance.Bytes() {
+		balance[len(acc.Balance.Bytes())-1-i] = b
+	}
+	leafNodeData.Values[tutils.BalanceLeafKey] = balance[:]
+
+	var nonce [verkle.LeafValueSize]byte
+	binary.LittleEndian.PutUint64(nonce[:8], acc.Nonce)
+	leafNodeData.Values[tutils.NonceLeafKey] = nonce[:]
+
+	leafNodeData.Values[tutils.CodeKeccakLeafKey] = acc.CodeHash[:]
+
+	// Code size is ignored here. If this isn't an EOA, the tree-walk will call
+	// addAccountCode with this information.
+}
+
+func (kvm *keyValueMigrator) addAccountCode(addr []byte, codeSize uint64, chunks []byte) {
+	addrPoint := kvm.getAddrPoint(addr)
+
+	vktKey := tutils.GetTreeKeyVersionWithEvaluatedAddress(addrPoint)
+	leafNodeData := kvm.getOrInitLeafNodeData(vktKey)
+
+	// Save the code size.
+	var codeSizeBytes [verkle.LeafValueSize]byte
+	binary.LittleEndian.PutUint64(codeSizeBytes[:8], codeSize)
+	leafNodeData.Values[tutils.CodeSizeLeafKey] = codeSizeBytes[:]
+
+	// The first 128 chunks are stored in the account header leaf.
+	for i := 0; i < 128 && i < len(chunks)/32; i++ {
+		leafNodeData.Values[byte(128+i)] = chunks[32*i : 32*(i+1)]
+	}
+
+	// Potential further chunks, have their own leaf nodes.
+	for i := 128; i < len(chunks)/32; {
+		vktKey := tutils.GetTreeKeyCodeChunkWithEvaluatedAddress(addrPoint, uint256.NewInt(uint64(i)))
+		leafNodeData := kvm.getOrInitLeafNodeData(vktKey)
+
+		j := i
+		for ; (j-i) < 256 && j < len(chunks)/32; j++ {
+			leafNodeData.Values[byte((j-128)%256)] = chunks[32*j : 32*(j+1)]
+		}
+		i = j
+	}
+}
+
+func (kvm *keyValueMigrator) getAddrPoint(addr []byte) *verkle.Point {
+	if bytes.Equal(addr, kvm.currAddr) {
+		return kvm.currAddrPoint
+	}
+	kvm.currAddr = addr
+	kvm.currAddrPoint = tutils.EvaluateAddressPoint(addr)
+	return kvm.currAddrPoint
+}
+
+func (kvm *keyValueMigrator) getOrInitLeafNodeData(stem []byte) *verkle.BatchNewLeafNodeData {
+	stemStr := string(stem)
+	if _, ok := kvm.vktLeafData[stemStr]; !ok {
+		kvm.vktLeafData[stemStr] = &verkle.BatchNewLeafNodeData{
+			Stem:   stem[:verkle.StemSize],
+			Values: make(map[byte][]byte),
+		}
+	}
+	return kvm.vktLeafData[stemStr]
+}
+
+func (kvm *keyValueMigrator) migrateCollectedKeyValues(tree *trie.VerkleTrie) error {
+	// Transform the map into a slice.
+	nodeValues := make([]verkle.BatchNewLeafNodeData, 0, len(kvm.vktLeafData))
+	for _, vld := range kvm.vktLeafData {
+		nodeValues = append(nodeValues, *vld)
+	}
+
+	// Create all leaves in batch mode so we can optimize cryptography operations.
+	newLeaves, err := verkle.BatchNewLeafNode(nodeValues)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to batch-create new leaf nodes")
+	}
+
+	// Insert into the tree.
+	if err := tree.InsertMigratedLeaves(newLeaves); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to insert migrated leaves: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/core/state_processor_test.go b/core/state_processor_test.go
index e4a281d74b17..a173fb53e608 100644
--- a/core/state_processor_test.go
+++ b/core/state_processor_test.go
@@ -431,6 +431,7 @@ func TestProcessVerkle(t *testing.T) {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
+	t.Log("verfied verkle proof")
 
 	_, err = blockchain.InsertChain(chain)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 0d6d1b3aa02e..4dcd3342b7ee 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/cespare/cp v0.1.0
 	github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-go v0.14.0
 	github.com/consensys/gnark-crypto v0.4.1-0.20210426202927-39ac3d4b3f1f
-	github.com/crate-crypto/go-ipa v0.0.0-20230410135559-ce4a96995014
+	github.com/crate-crypto/go-ipa v0.0.0-20230710183535-d5eb1c4661bd
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1
 	github.com/deckarep/golang-set v1.8.0
 	github.com/docker/docker v1.6.2
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/fjl/gencodec v0.0.0-20220412091415-8bb9e558978c
 	github.com/fjl/memsize v0.0.0-20190710130421-bcb5799ab5e5
 	github.com/gballet/go-libpcsclite v0.0.0-20190607065134-2772fd86a8ff
-	github.com/gballet/go-verkle v0.0.0-20230511144752-ab52d15a8a34
+	github.com/gballet/go-verkle v0.0.0-20230725193842-b2d852dc666b
 	github.com/go-stack/stack v1.8.0
 	github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v4 v4.3.0
 	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.2
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ require (
 	github.com/urfave/cli/v2 v2.10.2
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20210921155107-089bfa567519
 	golang.org/x/mobile v0.0.0-20190719004257-d2bd2a29d028
-	golang.org/x/sync v0.2.0
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.8.0
+	golang.org/x/sync v0.3.0
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.10.0
 	golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20210927222741-03fcf44c2211
 	golang.org/x/text v0.3.7
 	golang.org/x/time v0.0.0-20210220033141-f8bda1e9f3ba
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 522c414a01fe..74475b03b37b 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ github.com/consensys/gnark-crypto v0.4.1-0.20210426202927-39ac3d4b3f1f/go.mod h1
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.0-20190314233015-f79a8a8ca69d/go.mod h1:maD7wRr/U5Z6m/iR4s+kqSMx2CaBsrgA7czyZG/E6dU=
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.2 h1:p1EgwI/C7NhT0JmVkwCD2ZBK8j4aeHQX2pMHHBfMQ6w=
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.2/go.mod h1:tgQtvFlXSQOSOSIRvRPT7W67SCa46tRHOmNcaadrF8o=
-github.com/crate-crypto/go-ipa v0.0.0-20230410135559-ce4a96995014 h1:bbyTlFQ12wkFA6aVL+9HrBZwVl85AN0VS/Bwam7o93U=
-github.com/crate-crypto/go-ipa v0.0.0-20230410135559-ce4a96995014/go.mod h1:gzbVz57IDJgQ9rLQwfSk696JGWof8ftznEL9GoAv3NI=
+github.com/crate-crypto/go-ipa v0.0.0-20230710183535-d5eb1c4661bd h1:jgf65Q4+jHFuLlhVApaVfTUwcU7dAdXK+GESow2UlaI=
+github.com/crate-crypto/go-ipa v0.0.0-20230710183535-d5eb1c4661bd/go.mod h1:gzbVz57IDJgQ9rLQwfSk696JGWof8ftznEL9GoAv3NI=
 github.com/creack/pty v1.1.9/go.mod h1:oKZEueFk5CKHvIhNR5MUki03XCEU+Q6VDXinZuGJ33E=
 github.com/cyberdelia/templates v0.0.0-20141128023046-ca7fffd4298c/go.mod h1:GyV+0YP4qX0UQ7r2MoYZ+AvYDp12OF5yg4q8rGnyNh4=
 github.com/dave/jennifer v1.2.0/go.mod h1:fIb+770HOpJ2fmN9EPPKOqm1vMGhB+TwXKMZhrIygKg=
@@ -135,8 +135,12 @@ github.com/garslo/gogen v0.0.0-20170306192744-1d203ffc1f61 h1:IZqZOB2fydHte3kUgx
 github.com/garslo/gogen v0.0.0-20170306192744-1d203ffc1f61/go.mod h1:Q0X6pkwTILDlzrGEckF6HKjXe48EgsY/l7K7vhY4MW8=
 github.com/gballet/go-libpcsclite v0.0.0-20190607065134-2772fd86a8ff h1:tY80oXqGNY4FhTFhk+o9oFHGINQ/+vhlm8HFzi6znCI=
 github.com/gballet/go-libpcsclite v0.0.0-20190607065134-2772fd86a8ff/go.mod h1:x7DCsMOv1taUwEWCzT4cmDeAkigA5/QCwUodaVOe8Ww=
-github.com/gballet/go-verkle v0.0.0-20230511144752-ab52d15a8a34 h1:pFcBJwdWk9o1PG63v0pAUhg5iCn36w2lcwyiK4oabRw=
-github.com/gballet/go-verkle v0.0.0-20230511144752-ab52d15a8a34/go.mod h1:P3bwGrLhsUNIsUDlq2yzMPvO1c/15oiB3JS85P+hNfw=
+github.com/gballet/go-verkle v0.0.0-20230711114830-89d284b3f456 h1:ZZd48ay16TgKE1sl6pxrBCoygvsuvUc+7EU8UNZ3DJM=
+github.com/gballet/go-verkle v0.0.0-20230711114830-89d284b3f456/go.mod h1:+k9fzNguudDonU5q4/TUaTdmiHw3h3oGOIVmqyhaA3E=
+github.com/gballet/go-verkle v0.0.0-20230711131047-e8712ad59b6a h1:L+mkoO+l8Wo26XUJ+fL8t9J02SyyaDHp52djuEOmu1A=
+github.com/gballet/go-verkle v0.0.0-20230711131047-e8712ad59b6a/go.mod h1:+k9fzNguudDonU5q4/TUaTdmiHw3h3oGOIVmqyhaA3E=
+github.com/gballet/go-verkle v0.0.0-20230725193842-b2d852dc666b h1:2lDzSxjCii8FxrbuxtlFtFiw6c4nTPl9mhaZ6lgpwws=
+github.com/gballet/go-verkle v0.0.0-20230725193842-b2d852dc666b/go.mod h1:+k9fzNguudDonU5q4/TUaTdmiHw3h3oGOIVmqyhaA3E=
 github.com/getkin/kin-openapi v0.53.0/go.mod h1:7Yn5whZr5kJi6t+kShccXS8ae1APpYTW6yheSwk8Yi4=
 github.com/getkin/kin-openapi v0.61.0/go.mod h1:7Yn5whZr5kJi6t+kShccXS8ae1APpYTW6yheSwk8Yi4=
 github.com/ghodss/yaml v1.0.0/go.mod h1:4dBDuWmgqj2HViK6kFavaiC9ZROes6MMH2rRYeMEF04=
@@ -512,8 +516,8 @@ golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20190911185100-cd5d95a43a6e/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJ
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20201020160332-67f06af15bc9/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20210220032951-036812b2e83c/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.1.0/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
-golang.org/x/sync v0.2.0 h1:PUR+T4wwASmuSTYdKjYHI5TD22Wy5ogLU5qZCOLxBrI=
-golang.org/x/sync v0.2.0/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
+golang.org/x/sync v0.3.0 h1:ftCYgMx6zT/asHUrPw8BLLscYtGznsLAnjq5RH9P66E=
+golang.org/x/sync v0.3.0/go.mod h1:FU7BRWz2tNW+3quACPkgCx/L+uEAv1htQ0V83Z9Rj+Y=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20180830151530-49385e6e1522/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
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@@ -555,8 +559,8 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20211019181941-9d821ace8654/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBc
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-golang.org/x/sys v0.8.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.10.0 h1:SqMFp9UcQJZa+pmYuAKjd9xq1f0j5rLcDIk0mj4qAsA=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.10.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
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diff --git a/light/trie.go b/light/trie.go
index 7d3a640fcf3b..8c20ea1bfe2b 100644
--- a/light/trie.go
+++ b/light/trie.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"math/big"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/rawdb"
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/types"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/crypto"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/ethdb"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/params"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rlp"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/trie"
 )
@@ -99,8 +101,48 @@ func (db *odrDatabase) DiskDB() ethdb.KeyValueStore {
 	panic("not implemented")
 }
 
+func (db *odrDatabase) StartVerkleTransition(originalRoot common.Hash, translatedRoot common.Hash, chainConfig *params.ChainConfig, cancunBlock *big.Int) {
+	panic("not implemented") // TODO: Implement
+}
+
 func (db *odrDatabase) EndVerkleTransition() {
-	panic("not implemented")
+	panic("not implemented") // TODO: Implement
+}
+
+func (db *odrDatabase) InTransition() bool {
+	panic("not implemented") // TODO: Implement
+}
+
+func (db *odrDatabase) Transitionned() bool {
+	panic("not implemented") // TODO: Implement
+}
+
+func (db *odrDatabase) SetCurrentAccountHash(hash common.Hash) {
+	panic("not implemented") // TODO: Implement
+}
+
+func (db *odrDatabase) GetCurrentAccountHash() common.Hash {
+	panic("not implemented") // TODO: Implement
+}
+
+func (db *odrDatabase) SetCurrentSlotHash(hash common.Hash) {
+	panic("not implemented") // TODO: Implement
+}
+
+func (db *odrDatabase) GetCurrentSlotHash() common.Hash {
+	panic("not implemented") // TODO: Implement
+}
+
+func (db *odrDatabase) SetStorageProcessed(_ bool) {
+	panic("not implemented") // TODO: Implement
+}
+
+func (db *odrDatabase) GetStorageProcessed() bool {
+	panic("not implemented") // TODO: Implement
+}
+
+func (db *odrDatabase) AddRootTranslation(originalRoot common.Hash, translatedRoot common.Hash) {
+	panic("not implemented") // TODO: Implement
 }
 
 type odrTrie struct {
diff --git a/trie/database.go b/trie/database.go
index 76ca188add9c..8a86a8179053 100644
--- a/trie/database.go
+++ b/trie/database.go
@@ -87,9 +87,47 @@ type Database struct {
 	childrenSize common.StorageSize // Storage size of the external children tracking
 	preimages    *preimageStore     // The store for caching preimages
 
+	// XXX after the shapella rebase, use common.Address as a key type
+	addrToRoot     map[string]common.Hash
+	addrToRootLock sync.RWMutex
+
 	lock sync.RWMutex
 }
 
+func (db *Database) HasStorageRootConversion(key []byte) bool {
+	db.addrToRootLock.RLock()
+	defer db.addrToRootLock.RUnlock()
+	if db.addrToRoot == nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	_, ok := db.addrToRoot[string(key)]
+	return ok
+}
+
+func (db *Database) SetStorageRootConversion(addr []byte, root common.Hash) {
+	db.addrToRootLock.Lock()
+	defer db.addrToRootLock.Unlock()
+	if db.addrToRoot == nil {
+		db.addrToRoot = make(map[string]common.Hash)
+	}
+	db.addrToRoot[string(addr)] = root
+}
+
+func (db *Database) StorageRootConversion(addr []byte) common.Hash {
+	db.addrToRootLock.RLock()
+	defer db.addrToRootLock.RUnlock()
+	if db.addrToRoot == nil {
+		return common.Hash{}
+	}
+	return db.addrToRoot[string(addr)]
+}
+
+func (db *Database) ClearStorageRootConversion(addr []byte) {
+	db.addrToRootLock.Lock()
+	defer db.addrToRootLock.Unlock()
+	delete(db.addrToRoot, string(addr))
+}
+
 // rawNode is a simple binary blob used to differentiate between collapsed trie
 // nodes and already encoded RLP binary blobs (while at the same time store them
 // in the same cache fields).
diff --git a/trie/transition.go b/trie/transition.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d68c12e8830e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/trie/transition.go
@@ -0,0 +1,199 @@
+// Copyright 2021 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 trie
+
+import (
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/types"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/ethdb"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rlp"
+	"github.com/gballet/go-verkle"
+)
+
+type TransitionTrie struct {
+	overlay *VerkleTrie
+	base    *SecureTrie
+	storage bool
+}
+
+func NewTransitionTree(base *SecureTrie, overlay *VerkleTrie, st bool) *TransitionTrie {
+	return &TransitionTrie{
+		overlay: overlay,
+		base:    base,
+		storage: st,
+	}
+}
+
+func (t *TransitionTrie) Base() *SecureTrie {
+	return t.base
+}
+
+// TODO(gballet/jsign): consider removing this API.
+func (t *TransitionTrie) Overlay() *VerkleTrie {
+	return t.overlay
+}
+
+// GetKey returns the sha3 preimage of a hashed key that was previously used
+// to store a value.
+//
+// TODO(fjl): remove this when StateTrie is removed
+func (t *TransitionTrie) GetKey(key []byte) []byte {
+	if key := t.overlay.GetKey(key); key != nil {
+		return key
+	}
+	return t.base.GetKey(key)
+}
+
+// TryGet returns the value for key stored in the trie. The value bytes must
+// not be modified by the caller. If a node was not found in the database, a
+// trie.MissingNodeError is returned.
+func (t *TransitionTrie) TryGet(addr, key []byte) ([]byte, error) {
+	if val, err := t.overlay.TryGet(addr, key); len(val) != 0 || err != nil {
+		return val, nil
+	}
+	// TODO also insert value into overlay
+	rlpval, err := t.base.TryGet(nil, key)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if len(rlpval) == 0 {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+	// the value will come as RLP, decode it so that the
+	// interface is consistent.
+	_, content, _, err := rlp.Split(rlpval)
+	if err != nil || len(content) == 0 {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	var v [32]byte
+	copy(v[32-len(content):], content)
+	return v[:], nil
+}
+
+// TryGetAccount abstract an account read from the trie.
+func (t *TransitionTrie) TryGetAccount(key []byte) (*types.StateAccount, error) {
+	data, err := t.overlay.TryGetAccount(key)
+	if err != nil {
+		// WORKAROUND, see the definition of errDeletedAccount
+		// for an explainer of why this if is needed.
+		if err == errDeletedAccount {
+			return nil, nil
+		}
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if data != nil {
+		if t.overlay.db.HasStorageRootConversion(key) {
+			data.Root = t.overlay.db.StorageRootConversion(key)
+		}
+		return data, nil
+	}
+	// TODO also insert value into overlay
+	return t.base.TryGetAccount(key)
+}
+
+// TryUpdate associates key with value in the trie. If value has length zero, any
+// existing value is deleted from the trie. The value bytes must not be modified
+// by the caller while they are stored in the trie. If a node was not found in the
+// database, a trie.MissingNodeError is returned.
+func (t *TransitionTrie) TryUpdate(address, key []byte, value []byte) error {
+	return t.overlay.TryUpdate(address, key, value)
+}
+
+// TryUpdateAccount abstract an account write to the trie.
+func (t *TransitionTrie) TryUpdateAccount(key []byte, account *types.StateAccount) error {
+	if account.Root != (common.Hash{}) && account.Root != emptyRoot {
+		t.overlay.db.SetStorageRootConversion(key, account.Root)
+	}
+	return t.overlay.TryUpdateAccount(key, account)
+}
+
+// TryDelete removes any existing value for key from the trie. If a node was not
+// found in the database, a trie.MissingNodeError is returned.
+func (t *TransitionTrie) TryDelete(addr, key []byte) error {
+	return t.overlay.TryDelete(addr, key)
+}
+
+// TryDeleteAccount abstracts an account deletion from the trie.
+func (t *TransitionTrie) TryDeleteAccount(key []byte) error {
+	return t.overlay.TryDeleteAccount(key)
+}
+
+// Hash returns the root hash of the trie. It does not write to the database and
+// can be used even if the trie doesn't have one.
+func (t *TransitionTrie) Hash() common.Hash {
+	return t.overlay.Hash()
+}
+
+// Commit collects all dirty nodes in the trie and replace them with the
+// corresponding node hash. All collected nodes(including dirty leaves if
+// collectLeaf is true) will be encapsulated into a nodeset for return.
+// The returned nodeset can be nil if the trie is clean(nothing to commit).
+// Once the trie is committed, it's not usable anymore. A new trie must
+// be created with new root and updated trie database for following usage
+func (t *TransitionTrie) Commit(collectLeaf bool) (common.Hash, *NodeSet, error) {
+	// Just return if the trie is a storage trie: otherwise,
+	// the overlay trie will be committed as many times as
+	// there are storage tries. This would kill performance.
+	if t.storage {
+		return common.Hash{}, nil, nil
+	}
+	return t.overlay.Commit(collectLeaf)
+}
+
+// NodeIterator returns an iterator that returns nodes of the trie. Iteration
+// starts at the key after the given start key.
+func (t *TransitionTrie) NodeIterator(startKey []byte) NodeIterator {
+	panic("not implemented") // TODO: Implement
+}
+
+// Prove constructs a Merkle proof for key. The result contains all encoded nodes
+// on the path to the value at key. The value itself is also included in the last
+// node and can be retrieved by verifying the proof.
+//
+// If the trie does not contain a value for key, the returned proof contains all
+// nodes of the longest existing prefix of the key (at least the root), ending
+// with the node that proves the absence of the key.
+func (t *TransitionTrie) Prove(key []byte, fromLevel uint, proofDb ethdb.KeyValueWriter) error {
+	panic("not implemented") // TODO: Implement
+}
+
+// IsVerkle returns true if the trie is verkle-tree based
+func (t *TransitionTrie) IsVerkle() bool {
+	// For all intents and purposes, the calling code should treat this as a verkle trie
+	return true
+}
+
+func (t *TransitionTrie) TryUpdateStem(key []byte, values [][]byte) error {
+	trie := t.overlay
+	resolver := func(h []byte) ([]byte, error) {
+		return trie.db.diskdb.Get(append([]byte("flat-"), h...))
+	}
+	switch root := trie.root.(type) {
+	case *verkle.InternalNode:
+		return root.InsertStem(key, values, resolver)
+	default:
+		panic("invalid root type")
+	}
+}
+
+func (t *TransitionTrie) Copy() *TransitionTrie {
+	return &TransitionTrie{
+		overlay: t.overlay.Copy(),
+		base:    t.base.Copy(),
+		storage: t.storage,
+	}
+}
diff --git a/trie/verkle.go b/trie/verkle.go
index 9413b9ea3193..714c521375c7 100644
--- a/trie/verkle.go
+++ b/trie/verkle.go
@@ -50,6 +50,12 @@ func NewVerkleTrie(root verkle.VerkleNode, db *Database, pointCache *utils.Point
 	}
 }
 
+func (trie *VerkleTrie) InsertMigratedLeaves(leaves []verkle.LeafNode) error {
+	return trie.root.(*verkle.InternalNode).InsertMigratedLeaves(leaves, func(path []byte) ([]byte, error) {
+		return trie.db.diskdb.Get(append([]byte("flat-"), path...))
+	})
+}
+
 var (
 	errInvalidProof    = errors.New("invalid proof")
 	errInvalidRootType = errors.New("invalid node type for root")
@@ -65,22 +71,37 @@ func (trie *VerkleTrie) GetKey(key []byte) []byte {
 // not be modified by the caller. If a node was not found in the database, a
 // trie.MissingNodeError is returned.
 func (trie *VerkleTrie) TryGet(addr, key []byte) ([]byte, error) {
-	pointEval := trie.pointCache.GetTreeKeyHeader(key)
+	resolver := func(path []byte) ([]byte, error) {
+		return trie.db.diskdb.Get(append([]byte("flat-"), path...))
+	}
+	pointEval := trie.pointCache.GetTreeKeyHeader(addr)
 	k := utils.GetTreeKeyStorageSlotWithEvaluatedAddress(pointEval, key)
-	return trie.root.Get(k, trie.db.diskdb.Get)
+	return trie.root.Get(k, resolver)
 }
 
 // GetWithHashedKey returns the value, assuming that the key has already
 // been hashed.
 func (trie *VerkleTrie) GetWithHashedKey(key []byte) ([]byte, error) {
-	return trie.root.Get(key, trie.db.diskdb.Get)
+	resolver := func(path []byte) ([]byte, error) {
+		return trie.db.diskdb.Get(append([]byte("flat-"), path...))
+	}
+	return trie.root.Get(key, resolver)
 }
 
+// WORKAROUND: this special error is returned if it has been
+// detected that the account was deleted in the verkle tree.
+// This is needed in case an account was translated while it
+// was in the MPT, and was selfdestructed in verkle mode.
+//
+// This is only a problem for replays, and this code is not
+// needed after SELFDESTRUCT has been removed.
+var errDeletedAccount = errors.New("account deleted in VKT")
+
 func (t *VerkleTrie) TryGetAccount(key []byte) (*types.StateAccount, error) {
 	var (
 		acc      *types.StateAccount = &types.StateAccount{}
-		resolver                     = func(hash []byte) ([]byte, error) {
-			return t.db.diskdb.Get(hash)
+		resolver                     = func(path []byte) ([]byte, error) {
+			return t.db.diskdb.Get(append([]byte("flat-"), path...))
 		}
 	)
 	versionkey := t.pointCache.GetTreeKeyVersionCached(key)
@@ -104,12 +125,23 @@ func (t *VerkleTrie) TryGetAccount(key []byte) (*types.StateAccount, error) {
 	if len(values[utils.NonceLeafKey]) > 0 {
 		acc.Nonce = binary.LittleEndian.Uint64(values[utils.NonceLeafKey])
 	}
-	var balance [32]byte
-	if len(values[utils.BalanceLeafKey]) > 0 {
-		for i := 0; i < len(balance); i++ {
-			balance[len(balance)-i-1] = values[utils.BalanceLeafKey][i]
-		}
+	// if the account has been deleted, then values[10] will be 0 and not nil. If it has
+	// been recreated after that, then its code keccak will NOT be 0. So return `nil` if
+	// the nonce, and values[10], and code keccak is 0.
+	if acc.Nonce == 0 && len(values) > 10 && len(values[10]) > 0 && bytes.Equal(values[utils.CodeKeccakLeafKey], zero[:]) {
+		return nil, errDeletedAccount
 	}
+	var balance [32]byte
+	copy(balance[:], values[utils.BalanceLeafKey])
+	for i := 0; i < len(balance)/2; i++ {
+		balance[len(balance)-i-1], balance[i] = balance[i], balance[len(balance)-i-1]
+	}
+	// var balance [32]byte
+	// if len(values[utils.BalanceLeafKey]) > 0 {
+	// 	for i := 0; i < len(balance); i++ {
+	// 		balance[len(balance)-i-1] = values[utils.BalanceLeafKey][i]
+	// 	}
+	// }
 	acc.Balance = new(big.Int).SetBytes(balance[:])
 	acc.CodeHash = values[utils.CodeKeccakLeafKey]
 	// TODO fix the code size as well
@@ -141,13 +173,13 @@ func (t *VerkleTrie) TryUpdateAccount(key []byte, acc *types.StateAccount) error
 		}
 	}
 
-	flusher := func(hash []byte) ([]byte, error) {
-		return t.db.diskdb.Get(hash)
+	resolver := func(path []byte) ([]byte, error) {
+		return t.db.diskdb.Get(append([]byte("flat-"), path...))
 	}
 
 	switch root := t.root.(type) {
 	case *verkle.InternalNode:
-		err = root.InsertStem(stem, values, flusher)
+		err = root.InsertStem(stem, values, resolver)
 	default:
 		return errInvalidRootType
 	}
@@ -160,8 +192,8 @@ func (t *VerkleTrie) TryUpdateAccount(key []byte, acc *types.StateAccount) error
 }
 
 func (trie *VerkleTrie) TryUpdateStem(key []byte, values [][]byte) error {
-	resolver := func(h []byte) ([]byte, error) {
-		return trie.db.diskdb.Get(h)
+	resolver := func(path []byte) ([]byte, error) {
+		return trie.db.diskdb.Get(append([]byte("flat-"), path...))
 	}
 	switch root := trie.root.(type) {
 	case *verkle.InternalNode:
@@ -179,8 +211,8 @@ func (trie *VerkleTrie) TryUpdate(address, key, value []byte) error {
 	k := utils.GetTreeKeyStorageSlotWithEvaluatedAddress(trie.pointCache.GetTreeKeyHeader(address), key)
 	var v [32]byte
 	copy(v[:], value[:])
-	return trie.root.Insert(k, v[:], func(h []byte) ([]byte, error) {
-		return trie.db.diskdb.Get(h)
+	return trie.root.Insert(k, v[:], func(path []byte) ([]byte, error) {
+		return trie.db.diskdb.Get(append([]byte("flat-"), path...))
 	})
 }
 
@@ -195,8 +227,8 @@ func (t *VerkleTrie) TryDeleteAccount(key []byte) error {
 		values[i] = zero[:]
 	}
 
-	resolver := func(hash []byte) ([]byte, error) {
-		return t.db.diskdb.Get(hash)
+	resolver := func(path []byte) ([]byte, error) {
+		return t.db.diskdb.Get(append([]byte("flat-"), path...))
 	}
 
 	switch root := t.root.(type) {
@@ -216,10 +248,11 @@ func (t *VerkleTrie) TryDeleteAccount(key []byte) error {
 // TryDelete removes any existing value for key from the trie. If a node was not
 // found in the database, a trie.MissingNodeError is returned.
 func (trie *VerkleTrie) TryDelete(addr, key []byte) error {
-	pointEval := trie.pointCache.GetTreeKeyHeader(key)
+	pointEval := trie.pointCache.GetTreeKeyHeader(addr)
 	k := utils.GetTreeKeyStorageSlotWithEvaluatedAddress(pointEval, key)
-	return trie.root.Delete(k, func(h []byte) ([]byte, error) {
-		return trie.db.diskdb.Get(h)
+	var zero [32]byte
+	return trie.root.Insert(k, zero[:], func(path []byte) ([]byte, error) {
+		return trie.db.diskdb.Get(append([]byte("flat-"), path...))
 	})
 }
 
@@ -246,13 +279,27 @@ func (trie *VerkleTrie) Commit(_ bool) (common.Hash, *NodeSet, error) {
 		return common.Hash{}, nil, fmt.Errorf("serializing tree nodes: %s", err)
 	}
 
+	batch := trie.db.diskdb.NewBatch()
+	const keyPrefix = "flat-"
+	path := make([]byte, 0, len(keyPrefix)+32)
+	path = append(path, []byte(keyPrefix)...)
 	for _, node := range nodes {
-		if err := trie.db.diskdb.Put(node.CommitmentBytes[:], node.SerializedBytes); err != nil {
+		path := append(path[:len(keyPrefix)], node.Path...)
+
+		if err := batch.Put(path, node.SerializedBytes); err != nil {
 			return common.Hash{}, nil, fmt.Errorf("put node to disk: %s", err)
 		}
+
+		if batch.ValueSize() >= ethdb.IdealBatchSize {
+			batch.Write()
+			batch.Reset()
+		}
 	}
+	batch.Write()
 
-	return nodes[0].CommitmentBytes, nil /* XXX this fixes the multiple 0-owner issue, but something more significant should be returned */, nil
+	// Serialize root commitment form
+	rootH := root.Hash().BytesLE()
+	return common.BytesToHash(rootH[:]), nil, nil
 }
 
 // NodeIterator returns an iterator that returns nodes of the trie. Iteration
@@ -272,10 +319,10 @@ func (trie *VerkleTrie) Prove(key []byte, fromLevel uint, proofDb ethdb.KeyValue
 	panic("not implemented")
 }
 
-func (trie *VerkleTrie) Copy(db *Database) *VerkleTrie {
+func (trie *VerkleTrie) Copy() *VerkleTrie {
 	return &VerkleTrie{
 		root: trie.root.Copy(),
-		db:   db,
+		db:   trie.db,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -284,7 +331,7 @@ func (trie *VerkleTrie) IsVerkle() bool {
 }
 
 func (trie *VerkleTrie) ProveAndSerialize(keys [][]byte, kv map[string][]byte) (*verkle.VerkleProof, verkle.StateDiff, error) {
-	proof, _, _, _, err := verkle.MakeVerkleMultiProof(trie.root, keys, kv)
+	proof, _, _, _, err := verkle.MakeVerkleMultiProof(trie.root, keys)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, err
 	}
@@ -360,12 +407,14 @@ func deserializeVerkleProof(vp *verkle.VerkleProof, rootC *verkle.Point, statedi
 		}
 	}
 
+	// no need to resolve as the tree has been reconstructed from the proof
+	// and must not contain any unresolved nodes.
 	pe, _, _, err := tree.GetProofItems(proof.Keys)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("could not get proof items from tree rebuilt from proof: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	return proof, pe.Cis, pe.Zis, pe.Yis, nil
+	return proof, pe.Cis, pe.Zis, pe.Yis, err
 }
 
 // ChunkedCode represents a sequence of 32-bytes chunks of code (31 bytes of which
@@ -433,3 +482,11 @@ func ChunkifyCode(code []byte) ChunkedCode {
 
 	return chunks
 }
+
+func (t *VerkleTrie) SetStorageRootConversion(key []byte, root common.Hash) {
+	t.db.SetStorageRootConversion(key, root)
+}
+
+func (t *VerkleTrie) ClearStrorageRootConversion(addr []byte) {
+	t.db.ClearStorageRootConversion(addr)
+}
diff --git a/trie/verkle_iterator.go b/trie/verkle_iterator.go
index 72e309622445..9e9863ec1cc8 100644
--- a/trie/verkle_iterator.go
+++ b/trie/verkle_iterator.go
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ func (it *verkleNodeIterator) Next(descend bool) bool {
 		if err != nil {
 			panic(err)
 		}
-		it.current, err = verkle.ParseNode(data, byte(len(it.stack)-1), nodeToDBKey(node))
+		it.current, err = verkle.ParseNode(data, byte(len(it.stack)-1))
 		if err != nil {
 			panic(err)
 		}