diff --git a/packages/vm/test/t8n/start.sh b/packages/vm/test/t8n/start.sh
index 7924c71ff6..0352e14007 100755
--- a/packages/vm/test/t8n/start.sh
+++ b/packages/vm/test/t8n/start.sh
@@ -1,2 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-curl -X POST -d "${1} ${2} ${3} ${4} ${5} ${6} ${7} ${8} ${9} ${10} ${11} ${12} ${13} ${14} ${15} ${16} ${17} ${18} ${19} ${20}" --silent http://localhost:3000/
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+if [[ "$1" == "--version" ]]; then
+    echo "ethereumjs t8n v1"
+    exit 0
+fi
+SCRIPT_DIR=$( cd -- "$( dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )
+tsx "$SCRIPT_DIR/t8n.ts" "$@"
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diff --git a/packages/vm/test/t8n/t8n.ts b/packages/vm/test/t8n/t8n.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..76d2ee785d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/vm/test/t8n/t8n.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,157 @@
+import { Block, createBlock, createBlockHeader } from '@ethereumjs/block'
+import { createBlockchain } from '@ethereumjs/blockchain'
+import { RLP } from '@ethereumjs/rlp'
+import { createLegacyTxFromBytesArray, createTxFromSerializedData } from '@ethereumjs/tx'
+import { Account, bytesToHex, hexToBytes, unprefixedHexToBytes } from '@ethereumjs/util'
+import { keccak256 } from 'ethereum-cryptography/keccak'
+import { readFileSync, writeFileSync } from 'fs'
+import { join } from 'path'
+import yargs from 'yargs'
+import { hideBin } from 'yargs/helpers'
+
+import { BlockBuilder } from '../../dist/esm/buildBlock.js'
+import { VM } from '../../dist/esm/vm.js'
+import { getCommon } from '../tester/config.js'
+import { makeBlockFromEnv, setupPreConditions } from '../util.js'
+
+import type { PostByzantiumTxReceipt } from '../../dist/esm/types.js'
+import type { TypedTransaction } from '@ethereumjs/tx'
+import type { NestedUint8Array } from '@ethereumjs/util'
+
+const args = yargs(hideBin(process.argv))
+  .option('state.fork', {
+    describe: 'Fork to use',
+    type: 'string',
+  })
+  .option('input.alloc', {
+    describe: 'Initial state allocation',
+    type: 'string',
+  })
+  .option('inputs.txs', {
+    describe: 'RLP input of txs to run on top of the initial state allocation',
+    type: 'string',
+  })
+  .option('inputs.env', {
+    describe: 'Input environment (coinbase, difficulty, etc.)',
+    type: 'string',
+  })
+  .option('output.basedir', {
+    describe: 'Base directory to write output to',
+    type: 'string',
+  })
+  .option('output.result', {
+    describe: 'File to write output results to (relative to `output.basedir`)',
+    type: 'string',
+  })
+  .option('output.alloc', {
+    describe: 'File to write output allocation to (after running the transactions)',
+    type: 'string',
+  }).argv as any
+const alloc = JSON.parse(readFileSync(args.input.alloc).toString())
+const rlpTxs = JSON.parse(readFileSync(args.input.txs).toString())
+const inputEnv = JSON.parse(readFileSync(args.input.env).toString())
+
+const common = getCommon(args.state.fork)
+
+let blockchain
+if (args.state.fork === 'Merged') {
+  const genesisBlockData = {
+    gasLimit: 5000,
+    difficulty: 0,
+    nonce: hexToBytes('0x0000000000000000'),
+    extraData: hexToBytes('0x11bbe8db4e347b4e8c937c1c8370e4b5ed33adb3db69cbdb7a38e1e50b1b82fa'),
+  }
+  const genesis = createBlock({ header: createBlockHeader(genesisBlockData) })
+  blockchain = await createBlockchain({ common, genesisBlock: genesis })
+}
+const vm = blockchain ? await VM.create({ common, blockchain }) : await VM.create({ common })
+await setupPreConditions(vm.stateManager, { pre: alloc })
+
+console.log(inputEnv)
+
+const block = makeBlockFromEnv(inputEnv, { common })
+
+const acc = (await vm.stateManager.getAccount(block.header.coinbase)) ?? new Account()
+await vm.stateManager.putAccount(block.header.coinbase, acc)
+
+const txsData = RLP.decode(unprefixedHexToBytes(rlpTxs.slice(2)))
+
+const headerData = block.header.toJSON()
+headerData.difficulty = inputEnv.parentDifficulty
+
+const builder = new BlockBuilder(vm, {
+  parentBlock: new Block(),
+  headerData,
+  blockOpts: { putBlockIntoBlockchain: false },
+})
+
+const receipts: any = []
+
+let txCounter = 0
+
+vm.events.on('afterTx', async (afterTx: any, continueFn: any) => {
+  const receipt = afterTx.receipt as PostByzantiumTxReceipt
+  const pushReceipt = {
+    root: '0x',
+    status: receipt.status === 0 ? '0x' : '0x1',
+    cumulativeGasUsed: '0x' + receipt.cumulativeBlockGasUsed.toString(16),
+    logsBloom: bytesToHex(receipt.bitvector),
+    logs: null,
+    transactionHash: bytesToHex(afterTx.transaction.hash()),
+    contractAddress: '0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000',
+    gasUsed: '0x' + afterTx.totalGasSpent.toString(16),
+    blockHash: '0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000',
+    transactionIndex: '0x' + txCounter.toString(16),
+  }
+  receipts.push(pushReceipt)
+  txCounter++
+  continueFn!(undefined)
+})
+
+const rejected: any = []
+
+let index = 0
+for (const txData of txsData as NestedUint8Array) {
+  try {
+    let tx: TypedTransaction
+    if (txData instanceof Uint8Array) {
+      tx = createTxFromSerializedData(txData as Uint8Array, { common })
+    } else {
+      tx = createLegacyTxFromBytesArray(txData as Uint8Array[], { common })
+    }
+    await builder.addTransaction(tx)
+  } catch (e: any) {
+    rejected.push({
+      index,
+      error: e.message,
+    })
+  }
+  index++
+}
+
+const logsBloom = builder.logsBloom()
+const logsHash = keccak256(logsBloom)
+
+await vm.evm.journal.cleanup()
+
+const output = {
+  stateRoot: bytesToHex(await vm.stateManager.getStateRoot()),
+  txRoot: bytesToHex(await builder.transactionsTrie()),
+  receiptsRoot: bytesToHex(await builder.receiptTrie()),
+  logsHash: bytesToHex(logsHash),
+  logsBloom: bytesToHex(logsBloom),
+  currentDifficulty: '0x20000',
+  receipts, // TODO fixme
+}
+
+if (rejected.length > 0) {
+  ;(output as any).rejected = rejected
+}
+
+const outputAlloc = alloc //{}
+
+const outputResultFilePath = join(args.output.basedir, args.output.result)
+const outputAllocFilePath = join(args.output.basedir, args.output.alloc)
+
+writeFileSync(outputResultFilePath, JSON.stringify(output))
+writeFileSync(outputAllocFilePath, JSON.stringify(outputAlloc))