diff --git a/chain/ev-node.genesis.json b/chain/ev-node.genesis.json
index 597f7f0..3760e9f 100644
--- a/chain/ev-node.genesis.json
+++ b/chain/ev-node.genesis.json
@@ -3,5 +3,6 @@
   "start_time": "2025-09-09T10:50:02.349087636Z",
   "initial_height": 1,
   "proposer_address": "N89c6gm4fP8oW7OxEtHft7b7PFu8BRzrqkPRzVH04dA=",
-  "da_start_height": 7970386
+  "da_start_height": 7970386,
+  "da_epoch_forced_inclusion": 50
 }
diff --git a/deployment/README.md b/deployment/README.md
index 0bb27c0..23418bf 100644
--- a/deployment/README.md
+++ b/deployment/README.md
@@ -101,3 +101,14 @@ docker compose logs -f
 docker compose logs -f ev-node
 docker compose logs -f ev-reth
 ```
+
+## Second Full Node + ev-reth
+
+The `ev-node-2` service runs as a full node with its own `ev-reth-2` instance and syncs from `ev-node` over P2P. Note: full nodes still require a working DA endpoint.
+
+1) Start the stack and follow logs (the peer address is discovered via `evm net-info` on startup):
+
+```bash
+docker compose up -d ev-node-2
+docker compose logs -f ev-node-2
+```
diff --git a/deployment/docker-compose/.env b/deployment/docker-compose/.env
index 8fd16e7..e0cae49 100644
--- a/deployment/docker-compose/.env
+++ b/deployment/docker-compose/.env
@@ -17,4 +17,12 @@ EV_RETH_WS_PORT="8546"
 EV_NODE_P2P_PORT="7676"
 EV_NODE_PROMETHEUS_PORT="26660"
 EV_NODE_RPC_PORT="7331"
-DA_ADDRESS=""
\ No newline at end of file
+DA_ADDRESS=""
+EV_RETH_2_PROMETHEUS_PORT="9002"
+EV_RETH_2_ENGINE_PORT="8552"
+EV_RETH_2_DISCOVERY_PORT="30304"
+EV_RETH_2_RPC_PORT="8547"
+EV_RETH_2_WS_PORT="8548"
+EV_NODE_2_P2P_PORT="7677"
+EV_NODE_2_PROMETHEUS_PORT="26661"
+EV_NODE_2_RPC_PORT="7332"
diff --git a/deployment/docker-compose/.gitignore b/deployment/docker-compose/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b28a2ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deployment/docker-compose/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+data/
+/data
+/snapshots
diff --git a/deployment/docker-compose/compose.yaml b/deployment/docker-compose/compose.yaml
index 9d81e3b..a26fc5c 100644
--- a/deployment/docker-compose/compose.yaml
+++ b/deployment/docker-compose/compose.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ services:
     volumes:
       - ./ev-reth.genesis.json:/root/genesis.json:ro
       - jwttoken:/root/jwt:ro
-      - ev-reth-data:/root/reth
+      - ./data/ev-reth:/root/reth
+      - ./snapshots:/snapshots
       - ./init-1-ev-reth-snapshot.sh:/init-1-ev-reth-snapshot.sh
     entrypoint: [/bin/sh, /init-1-ev-reth-snapshot.sh]
     restart: "no"
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ services:
     image: &image ghcr.io/evstack/ev-node-evm-single:v1.0.0-beta.11
     env_file: .env
     volumes:
-      - ev-node-data:/root/.evm
+      - ./data/ev-node:/root/.evm
       - ./ev-node.genesis.json:/volumes/sequencer_export/genesis.json:ro
       - ./ev-reth.genesis.json:/root/genesis.json:ro
       - jwttoken:/root/jwt:ro
@@ -46,10 +47,11 @@ services:
     image: *alpine
     env_file: .env
     volumes:
-      - ev-node-data:/root/.evm
+      - ./data/ev-node:/root/.evm
       - ./ev-node.genesis.json:/volumes/sequencer_export/genesis.json:ro
       - ./ev-reth.genesis.json:/root/genesis.json:ro
       - jwttoken:/root/jwt:ro
+      - ./snapshots:/snapshots
       - ./init-2-ev-node-snapshot.sh:/init-2-ev-node-snapshot.sh
     entrypoint: [/bin/bash, /init-2-ev-node-snapshot.sh]
     restart: "no"
@@ -70,7 +72,7 @@ services:
     volumes:
       - ./ev-reth.genesis.json:/root/genesis.json:ro
       - jwttoken:/root/jwt:ro
-      - ev-reth-data:/root/reth
+      - ./data/ev-reth:/root/reth
     entrypoint: /bin/sh -c
     command:
       - |
@@ -116,8 +118,67 @@ services:
       retries: 3
       start_period: 30s
 
+#  ev-reth-2:
+#    image: ghcr.io/evstack/ev-reth:v0.2.1
+#    depends_on:
+#      jwt-init:
+#        condition: service_completed_successfully
+#      init-1-snapshot-ev-reth:
+#        condition: service_completed_successfully
+#    env_file: .env
+#    network_mode: host
+#    restart: always
+#    volumes:
+#      - ./ev-reth.genesis.json:/root/genesis.json:ro
+#      - jwttoken:/root/jwt:ro
+#      - ./data/ev-reth-2:/root/reth
+#    entrypoint: /bin/sh -c
+#    command:
+#      - |
+#        ev-reth node \
+#        --engine.persistence-threshold 0 \
+#        --engine.memory-block-buffer-target 0 \
+#        --engine.always-process-payload-attributes-on-canonical-head \
+#        --chain /root/genesis.json \
+#        --metrics 0.0.0.0:${EV_RETH_2_PROMETHEUS_PORT} \
+#        --log.file.directory /root/logs \
+#        --authrpc.addr 0.0.0.0 \
+#        --authrpc.port ${EV_RETH_2_ENGINE_PORT} \
+#        --authrpc.jwtsecret /root/jwt/jwt.hex \
+#        --http --http.addr 0.0.0.0 --http.port ${EV_RETH_2_RPC_PORT} \
+#        --http.api "eth,net,web3,txpool" \
+#        --ws --ws.addr 0.0.0.0 --ws.port ${EV_RETH_2_WS_PORT} \
+#        --port ${EV_RETH_2_DISCOVERY_PORT} \
+#        --disable-discovery \
+#        --trusted-peers enode://e3e0025a64440eff4879b216766550d7237291cb94b79bb641b1e25933b08c9a3aada6583e25b320aebe84b643b85e14be934a8725eb6aacb74d6f65abfbeb74@fullnode-1-eden-testnet.binarybuilders.services:30313,enode://477544b9c4bc4136b9d25759b38be971c29dcf669105e02e8630f1e0407f58dc740137d3f21d02451d5f7b08bbbf31909cbd876af99818a34e64892e73498906@fullnode-2-eden-testnet.binarybuilders.services:30313 \
+#        --txpool.pending-max-count 200000 \
+#        --txpool.pending-max-size 200 \
+#        --txpool.queued-max-count 200000 \
+#        --txpool.queued-max-size 200 \
+#        --txpool.max-account-slots 2048 \
+#        --txpool.max-new-txns 2048 \
+#        --txpool.additional-validation-tasks 16 \
+#        --datadir /root/reth
+#    healthcheck:
+#      test:
+#        [
+#          CMD,
+#          curl,
+#          -X,
+#          POST,
+#          -H,
+#          "Content-Type: application/json",
+#          --data,
+#          '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"web3_clientVersion","params":[],"id":1}',
+#          "http://localhost:${EV_RETH_2_RPC_PORT}",
+#        ]
+#      interval: 5s
+#      timeout: 5s
+#      retries: 3
+#      start_period: 30s
+
   ev-node:
-    image: *image
+    image: ghcr.io/evstack/ev-node-evm:v1.0.0-rc.1
     env_file: .env
     network_mode: host
     restart: always
@@ -127,11 +188,11 @@ services:
       init-2-snapshot-ev-node:
         condition: service_completed_successfully
     volumes:
-      - ev-node-data:/root/.evm
+      - ./data/ev-node:/root/.evm
       - ./ev-node.genesis.json:/volumes/sequencer_export/genesis.json:ro
       - ./ev-reth.genesis.json:/root/genesis.json:ro
       - jwttoken:/root/jwt:ro
-      - ./entrypoint.fullnode.sh:/usr/bin/entrypoint.sh
+      - ./entrypoint.fullnode_main.sh:/usr/bin/entrypoint.sh
     command:
       - start
       - --evnode.rpc.address=0.0.0.0:${EV_NODE_RPC_PORT}
@@ -139,7 +200,9 @@ services:
       - --evnode.instrumentation.prometheus_listen_addr=:${EV_NODE_PROMETHEUS_PORT}
       - --evnode.p2p.listen_address=/ip4/0.0.0.0/tcp/7676
       - --evnode.p2p.peers=/ip4/157.180.53.133/tcp/7686/p2p/12D3KooWMCfKiRXrd3o1m8TBDknmjZFqnmgFpP6gfjhBBVwnuCXK/p2p/12D3KooWMCfKiRXrd3o1m8TBDknmjZFqnmgFpP6gfjhBBVwnuCXK,/ip4/157.180.53.70/tcp/7686/p2p/12D3KooWEpRjbVZuQVZNxaifZDZ3dGLV6Dj7fT5Eox95PQhgWsJ7/p2p/12D3KooWEpRjbVZuQVZNxaifZDZ3dGLV6Dj7fT5Eox95PQhgWsJ7
-      # - --evnode.log.level=debug
+#      - --evnode.node.stop_height=62038057
+      - --evm.jwt-secret-file=/root/jwt/jwt.hex
+      - --evnode.log.level=debug
     environment:
       - DA_HEADER_NAMESPACE=${DA_HEADER_NAMESPACE}
       - DA_DATA_NAMESPACE=${DA_DATA_NAMESPACE}
@@ -153,10 +216,46 @@ services:
       retries: 3
       start_period: 30s
 
+#  ev-node-2:
+#    image: *image
+#    env_file: .env
+#    network_mode: host
+#    restart: always
+#    depends_on:
+#      ev-node:
+#        condition: service_started
+#      ev-reth-2:
+#        condition: service_started
+#      init-2-snapshot-ev-node:
+#        condition: service_completed_successfully
+#    volumes:
+#      - ./data/ev-node-2:/root/.evm
+#      - ./ev-node.genesis.json:/volumes/sequencer_export/genesis.json:ro
+#      - ./ev-reth.genesis.json:/root/genesis.json:ro
+#      - jwttoken:/root/jwt:ro
+#      - ./entrypoint.fullnode.sh:/usr/bin/entrypoint.sh
+#    command:
+#      - start
+#      - --evnode.rpc.address=0.0.0.0:${EV_NODE_2_RPC_PORT}
+#      - --evnode.instrumentation.prometheus
+#      - --evnode.instrumentation.prometheus_listen_addr=:${EV_NODE_2_PROMETHEUS_PORT}
+#      - --evnode.p2p.listen_address=/ip4/0.0.0.0/tcp/${EV_NODE_2_P2P_PORT}
+#      # - --evnode.log.level=debug
+#    environment:
+#      - DA_HEADER_NAMESPACE=
+#      - DA_DATA_NAMESPACE=
+#      - DA_ADDRESS=
+#      - EV_NODE_P2P_SOURCE_RPC=localhost:${EV_NODE_RPC_PORT}
+#      - EVM_ENGINE_URL=http://localhost:${EV_RETH_2_ENGINE_PORT}
+#      - EVM_ETH_URL=http://localhost:${EV_RETH_2_RPC_PORT}
+#      - EVM_JWT_SECRET_FILE=/root/jwt/jwt.hex
+#    healthcheck:
+#      test: [CMD, curl, "localhost:${EV_NODE_2_RPC_PORT}/health/live"]
+#      interval: 5s
+#      timeout: 5s
+#      retries: 3
+#      start_period: 30s
+
 volumes:
-  ev-node-data:
-    driver: local
-  ev-reth-data:
-    driver: local
   jwttoken:
     driver: local
diff --git a/deployment/docker-compose/entrypoint.fullnode.sh b/deployment/docker-compose/entrypoint.fullnode.sh
index 9eea5ed..2b9e7c8 100755
--- a/deployment/docker-compose/entrypoint.fullnode.sh
+++ b/deployment/docker-compose/entrypoint.fullnode.sh
@@ -166,6 +166,31 @@ if [ -n "${DA_HEADER_NAMESPACE-}" ]; then
 	log "DEBUG" "Added DA header namespace flag: ${DA_HEADER_NAMESPACE}"
 fi
 
+# Auto-discover sequencer p2p address when not provided
+if [ -z "${SEQUENCER_P2P_INFO-}" ] && [ -n "${EV_NODE_P2P_SOURCE_RPC-}" ]; then
+	log "INFO" "SEQUENCER_P2P_INFO not set, attempting discovery via evm net-info"
+	net_info=""
+	retry_count=0
+	max_retries=5
+	while [ "${retry_count}" -lt "${max_retries}" ] && [ -z "${net_info}" ]; do
+		net_info=$(evm-single net-info --evnode.rpc.address=${EV_NODE_P2P_SOURCE_RPC} 2>/dev/null || true)
+		if [ -n "${net_info}" ]; then
+			break
+		fi
+		retry_count=$((retry_count + 1))
+		sleep 2
+	done
+	p2p_addr=$(printf "%s\n" "${net_info}" | sed -n 's/.*\(\/ip4\/[^ ]*\/p2p\/[A-Za-z0-9]*\).*/\1/p' | head -n 1)
+
+	if [ -n "${p2p_addr}" ]; then
+		SEQUENCER_P2P_INFO="${p2p_addr}"
+		default_flags="${default_flags} --evnode.p2p.peers ${SEQUENCER_P2P_INFO}"
+		log "SUCCESS" "Discovered sequencer p2p address: ${SEQUENCER_P2P_INFO}"
+	else
+		log "WARNING" "Failed to discover sequencer p2p address from evm net-info"
+	fi
+fi
+
 default_flags="${default_flags} --home=${CONFIG_HOME}"
 
 log "SUCCESS" "Configuration flags prepared successfully"
diff --git a/deployment/docker-compose/entrypoint.fullnode_main.sh b/deployment/docker-compose/entrypoint.fullnode_main.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..e1ea5d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deployment/docker-compose/entrypoint.fullnode_main.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,214 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# Fail on any error
+set -e
+
+# Fail when using undeclared variables
+set -u
+
+# Source shared logging utility
+log() {
+	level="$1"
+	message="$2"
+	timestamp=$(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')
+
+	echo "📝 [${timestamp}] ${level}: ${message}"
+}
+
+log "INIT" "Starting EVM Fullnode initialization"
+sleep 5
+
+# Function to extract --home value from arguments
+get_home_dir() {
+	home_dir="${HOME}/.evm"
+
+	# Parse arguments to find --home
+	while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
+		case "$1" in
+		--home)
+			if [ -n "$2" ]; then
+				home_dir="$2"
+				break
+			fi
+			;;
+		--home=*)
+			home_dir="${1#--home=}"
+			break
+			;;
+		esac
+		shift
+	done
+
+	echo "${home_dir}"
+}
+
+# Get the home directory (either from --home flag or default)
+CONFIG_HOME=$(get_home_dir "$@")
+log "INFO" "Using config home directory: ${CONFIG_HOME}"
+
+if [ ! -f "${CONFIG_HOME}/config/node_key.json" ]; then
+	log "INFO" "Node key not found. Initializing new fullnode configuration"
+
+	# Build init flags array
+	init_flags="--home=${CONFIG_HOME}"
+
+	INIT_COMMAND="evm init ${init_flags}"
+	log "INIT" "Initializing fullnode with command: ${INIT_COMMAND}"
+	${INIT_COMMAND}
+	log "SUCCESS" "Fullnode initialization completed"
+else
+	log "INFO" "Node key already exists. Skipping initialization"
+fi
+
+# Importing genesis
+cp -pr /volumes/sequencer_export/genesis.json "${CONFIG_HOME}/config/genesis.json"
+log "SUCCESS" "genesis.json copied to: ${CONFIG_HOME}/config/genesis.json"
+
+# Auto-retrieve genesis hash if not provided
+log "INFO" "Checking genesis hash configuration"
+if [ -z "${EVM_GENESIS_HASH-}" ] && [ -n "${EVM_ETH_URL-}" ]; then
+	log "INFO" "EVM_GENESIS_HASH not provided, attempting to retrieve from ev-reth at: ${EVM_ETH_URL}"
+
+	# Wait for ev-reth to be ready (max 60 seconds)
+	retry_count=0
+	max_retries=12
+	while [ "${retry_count}" -lt "${max_retries}" ]; do
+		if curl -s --connect-timeout 5 "${EVM_ETH_URL}" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+			log "SUCCESS" "ev-reth is ready, retrieving genesis hash..."
+			break
+		fi
+		log "INFO" "Waiting for ev-reth to be ready... (attempt $((retry_count + 1))/${max_retries})"
+		sleep 5
+		retry_count=$((retry_count + 1))
+	done
+
+	if [ "${retry_count}" -eq "${max_retries}" ]; then
+		log "WARNING" "Could not connect to ev-reth at ${EVM_ETH_URL} after ${max_retries} attempts"
+		log "WARNING" "Proceeding without auto-retrieved genesis hash..."
+	else
+		# Retrieve genesis block hash using curl and shell parsing
+		log "NETWORK" "Fetching genesis block from ev-reth..."
+		genesis_response=$(curl -s -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+			--data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_getBlockByNumber","params":["0x0", false],"id":1}' \
+			"${EVM_ETH_URL}" 2>/dev/null)
+
+		if [ $? -eq 0 ] && [ -n "${genesis_response}" ]; then
+			# Extract hash using shell parameter expansion and sed
+			# Look for "hash":"0x..." pattern and extract the hash value
+			genesis_hash=$(echo "${genesis_response}" | sed -n 's/.*"hash":"\([^"]*\)".*/\1/p')
+
+			if [ -n "${genesis_hash}" ] && [ "${genesis_hash#0x}" != "${genesis_hash}" ]; then
+				EVM_GENESIS_HASH="${genesis_hash}"
+				log "SUCCESS" "Successfully retrieved genesis hash: ${EVM_GENESIS_HASH}"
+			else
+				log "WARNING" "Could not parse genesis hash from response"
+				log "DEBUG" "Response: ${genesis_response}"
+			fi
+		else
+			log "WARNING" "Failed to retrieve genesis block from ev-reth"
+		fi
+	fi
+elif [ -n "${EVM_GENESIS_HASH-}" ]; then
+	log "INFO" "Using provided genesis hash: ${EVM_GENESIS_HASH}"
+else
+	log "INFO" "No genesis hash configuration provided"
+fi
+
+# Build start flags array
+log "INFO" "Building startup configuration flags"
+default_flags=""
+
+# Add required flags if environment variables are set
+if [ -n "${EVM_JWT_SECRET_FILE-}" ]; then
+	default_flags="${default_flags} --evm.jwt-secret-file ${EVM_JWT_SECRET_FILE}"
+	log "DEBUG" "Added JWT secret file flag"
+fi
+
+if [ -n "${EVM_GENESIS_HASH-}" ]; then
+	default_flags="${default_flags} --evm.genesis-hash ${EVM_GENESIS_HASH}"
+	log "DEBUG" "Added genesis hash flag"
+fi
+
+if [ -n "${EVM_ENGINE_URL-}" ]; then
+	default_flags="${default_flags} --evm.engine-url ${EVM_ENGINE_URL}"
+	log "DEBUG" "Added engine URL flag: ${EVM_ENGINE_URL}"
+fi
+
+if [ -n "${EVM_ETH_URL-}" ]; then
+	default_flags="${default_flags} --evm.eth-url ${EVM_ETH_URL}"
+	log "DEBUG" "Added ETH URL flag: ${EVM_ETH_URL}"
+fi
+
+log "INFO" "Configuring Data Availability (DA) settings"
+if [ -n "${SEQUENCER_P2P_INFO-}" ]; then
+	default_flags="${default_flags} --evnode.p2p.peers ${SEQUENCER_P2P_INFO}"
+	log "DEBUG" "Added p2p peer flag: ${SEQUENCER_P2P_INFO}"
+fi
+
+# Conditionally add DA-related flags
+log "INFO" "Configuring Data Availability (DA) settings"
+if [ -n "${DA_ADDRESS-}" ]; then
+	default_flags="${default_flags} --evnode.da.address ${DA_ADDRESS}"
+	log "DEBUG" "Added DA address flag: ${DA_ADDRESS}"
+fi
+
+if [ -n "${DA_AUTH_TOKEN-}" ]; then
+	default_flags="${default_flags} --evnode.da.auth_token ${DA_AUTH_TOKEN}"
+	log "DEBUG" "Added DA auth token flag"
+fi
+
+if [ -n "${DA_DATA_NAMESPACE-}" ]; then
+	default_flags="${default_flags} --evnode.da.data_namespace ${DA_DATA_NAMESPACE}"
+	log "DEBUG" "Added DA data namespace flag: ${DA_DATA_NAMESPACE}"
+fi
+
+if [ -n "${DA_HEADER_NAMESPACE-}" ]; then
+	default_flags="${default_flags} --evnode.da.namespace ${DA_HEADER_NAMESPACE}"
+	log "DEBUG" "Added DA header namespace flag: ${DA_HEADER_NAMESPACE}"
+fi
+
+# Auto-discover sequencer p2p address when not provided
+if [ -z "${SEQUENCER_P2P_INFO-}" ] && [ -n "${EV_NODE_P2P_SOURCE_RPC-}" ]; then
+	log "INFO" "SEQUENCER_P2P_INFO not set, attempting discovery via evm net-info"
+	net_info=""
+	retry_count=0
+	max_retries=5
+	while [ "${retry_count}" -lt "${max_retries}" ] && [ -z "${net_info}" ]; do
+		net_info=$(evm net-info --evnode.rpc.address=${EV_NODE_P2P_SOURCE_RPC} 2>/dev/null || true)
+		if [ -n "${net_info}" ]; then
+			break
+		fi
+		retry_count=$((retry_count + 1))
+		sleep 2
+	done
+	p2p_addr=$(printf "%s\n" "${net_info}" | sed -n 's/.*\(\/ip4\/[^ ]*\/p2p\/[A-Za-z0-9]*\).*/\1/p' | head -n 1)
+
+	if [ -n "${p2p_addr}" ]; then
+		SEQUENCER_P2P_INFO="${p2p_addr}"
+		default_flags="${default_flags} --evnode.p2p.peers ${SEQUENCER_P2P_INFO}"
+		log "SUCCESS" "Discovered sequencer p2p address: ${SEQUENCER_P2P_INFO}"
+	else
+		log "WARNING" "Failed to discover sequencer p2p address from evm net-info"
+	fi
+fi
+
+default_flags="${default_flags} --home=${CONFIG_HOME}"
+
+log "SUCCESS" "Configuration flags prepared successfully"
+
+# If no arguments passed, show help
+if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
+	log "INFO" "No arguments provided, showing help"
+	exec evm
+fi
+
+# If first argument is "start", apply default flags
+if [ "$1" = "start" ]; then
+	shift
+	log "INIT" "Starting EVM fullnode with command: evm start ${default_flags} $*"
+	log "INFO" "Fullnode is now starting up..."
+	eval "exec evm start ${default_flags} \"\$@\""
+else
+	# For any other command/subcommand, pass through directly
+	log "INFO" "Executing command: evm $*"
+	exec evm "$@"
+fi
diff --git a/deployment/docker-compose/ev-node.genesis.json b/deployment/docker-compose/ev-node.genesis.json
index 597f7f0..3760e9f 100644
--- a/deployment/docker-compose/ev-node.genesis.json
+++ b/deployment/docker-compose/ev-node.genesis.json
@@ -3,5 +3,6 @@
   "start_time": "2025-09-09T10:50:02.349087636Z",
   "initial_height": 1,
   "proposer_address": "N89c6gm4fP8oW7OxEtHft7b7PFu8BRzrqkPRzVH04dA=",
-  "da_start_height": 7970386
+  "da_start_height": 7970386,
+  "da_epoch_forced_inclusion": 50
 }
diff --git a/deployment/docker-compose/init-1-ev-reth-snapshot.sh b/deployment/docker-compose/init-1-ev-reth-snapshot.sh
index 088a1e6..a15ba30 100755
--- a/deployment/docker-compose/init-1-ev-reth-snapshot.sh
+++ b/deployment/docker-compose/init-1-ev-reth-snapshot.sh
@@ -18,13 +18,28 @@ log() {
 }
 
 EV_RETH_DATA_PATH=/root/reth
+SNAPSHOT_CACHE_DIR=/snapshots
 BASE_URL=https://fsn1.your-objectstorage.com/6774130f-22e6-9d15-1103-96c8ec9b555b/private/testnet
 
+download_snapshot() {
+	url="$1"
+	dest="$2"
+
+	if command -v aria2c >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+		aria2c -x 8 -s 8 -k 1M -c -o "$(basename "${dest}")" -d "$(dirname "${dest}")" "${url}"
+	else
+		curl -fL --progress-bar -o "${dest}" "${url}"
+	fi
+}
+
 if [[ ! -f ${EV_RETH_DATA_PATH}/_created_by_init_script ]]; then
-	apk add --no-cache lz4
+	apk add --no-cache lz4 aria2
 
 	log "INIT" "Starting ev-reth snapshot download and configuration (Init Container 2)"
 
+	# Create snapshot cache directory if it doesn't exist
+	mkdir -p "${SNAPSHOT_CACHE_DIR}"
+
 	log "INFO" "Fetching snapshot information"
 	snapshot_metadata="${BASE_URL}/index.html"
 	log "DOWNLOAD" "Fetching snapshot metadata from: ${snapshot_metadata}"
@@ -49,28 +64,33 @@ if [[ ! -f ${EV_RETH_DATA_PATH}/_created_by_init_script ]]; then
 
 	log "SUCCESS" "Found snapshot: ${snapshot_name}"
 
-	# Download snapshot using curl
-	log "DOWNLOAD" "Downloading snapshot from: ${BASE_URL}/${snapshot_name}"
-	log "INFO" "This may take several minutes depending on your connection speed..."
-
-	if ! curl -fL --progress-bar -o /tmp/ev-reth-snap.tar.lz4 "${BASE_URL}/${snapshot_name}"; then
-		log "ERROR" "Failed to download snapshot from ${BASE_URL}/${snapshot_name}"
-		exit 1
+	# Check if snapshot exists in cache
+	cached_snapshot="${SNAPSHOT_CACHE_DIR}/${snapshot_name}"
+	if [[ -f "${cached_snapshot}" ]]; then
+		log "INFO" "Found cached snapshot: ${cached_snapshot}"
+		log "INFO" "Skipping download, using cached file"
+		snapshot_file="${cached_snapshot}"
+	else
+		# Download snapshot using curl
+		log "DOWNLOAD" "Downloading snapshot from: ${BASE_URL}/${snapshot_name}"
+		log "INFO" "This may take several minutes depending on your connection speed..."
+
+		if ! download_snapshot "${BASE_URL}/${snapshot_name}" "${cached_snapshot}"; then
+			log "ERROR" "Failed to download snapshot from ${BASE_URL}/${snapshot_name}"
+			exit 1
+		fi
+		log "SUCCESS" "Snapshot downloaded successfully to ${cached_snapshot}"
+		snapshot_file="${cached_snapshot}"
 	fi
-	log "SUCCESS" "Snapshot downloaded successfully to /tmp/ev-reth-snap.tar.lz4"
 
 	log "INFO" "Extracting snapshot archive"
 	# Use lz4 to decompress and pipe to tar (BusyBox compatible)
-	if ! lz4 -dc /tmp/ev-reth-snap.tar.lz4 | tar -xvf - --strip-components=1 -C "${EV_RETH_DATA_PATH}"; then
+	if ! lz4 -dc "${snapshot_file}" | tar -xvf - --strip-components=1 -C "${EV_RETH_DATA_PATH}"; then
 		log "ERROR" "Failed to extract snapshot archive"
 		exit 1
 	fi
 	log "SUCCESS" "Snapshot extracted successfully"
 
-	log "INFO" "Cleaning up temporary files"
-	rm /tmp/ev-reth-snap.tar.lz4
-	log "SUCCESS" "Temporary files cleaned up"
-
 	log "SUCCESS" "Init container 2 completed"
 	touch "${EV_RETH_DATA_PATH}/_created_by_init_script"
 
diff --git a/deployment/docker-compose/init-2-ev-node-snapshot.sh b/deployment/docker-compose/init-2-ev-node-snapshot.sh
index 492eaf5..efc9296 100755
--- a/deployment/docker-compose/init-2-ev-node-snapshot.sh
+++ b/deployment/docker-compose/init-2-ev-node-snapshot.sh
@@ -18,13 +18,28 @@ log() {
 }
 
 EV_NODE_DATA_PATH=/root/.evm
+SNAPSHOT_CACHE_DIR=/snapshots
 BASE_URL=https://fsn1.your-objectstorage.com/6774130f-22e6-9d15-1103-96c8ec9b555b/private/testnet
 
+download_snapshot() {
+	url="$1"
+	dest="$2"
+
+	if command -v aria2c >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+		aria2c -x 8 -s 8 -k 1M -c -o "$(basename "${dest}")" -d "$(dirname "${dest}")" "${url}"
+	else
+		curl -fL --progress-bar -o "${dest}" "${url}"
+	fi
+}
+
 if [[ ! -f ${EV_NODE_DATA_PATH}/_created_by_init_script ]]; then
-	apk add --no-cache lz4
+	apk add --no-cache lz4 aria2
 
 	log "INIT" "Starting ev-node snapshot download and configuration (Init Container 2)"
 
+	# Create snapshot cache directory if it doesn't exist
+	mkdir -p "${SNAPSHOT_CACHE_DIR}"
+
 	log "INFO" "Fetching snapshot information"
 	snapshot_metadata="${BASE_URL}/index.html"
 	log "DOWNLOAD" "Fetching snapshot metadata from: ${snapshot_metadata}"
@@ -49,28 +64,33 @@ if [[ ! -f ${EV_NODE_DATA_PATH}/_created_by_init_script ]]; then
 
 	log "SUCCESS" "Found snapshot: ${snapshot_name}"
 
-	# Download snapshot using curl
-	log "DOWNLOAD" "Downloading snapshot from: ${BASE_URL}/${snapshot_name}"
-	log "INFO" "This may take several minutes depending on your connection speed..."
-
-	if ! curl -fL --progress-bar -o /tmp/ev-node-snap.tar.lz4 "${BASE_URL}/${snapshot_name}"; then
-		log "ERROR" "Failed to download snapshot from ${BASE_URL}/${snapshot_name}"
-		exit 1
+	# Check if snapshot exists in cache
+	cached_snapshot="${SNAPSHOT_CACHE_DIR}/${snapshot_name}"
+	if [[ -f "${cached_snapshot}" ]]; then
+		log "INFO" "Found cached snapshot: ${cached_snapshot}"
+		log "INFO" "Skipping download, using cached file"
+		snapshot_file="${cached_snapshot}"
+	else
+		# Download snapshot using curl
+		log "DOWNLOAD" "Downloading snapshot from: ${BASE_URL}/${snapshot_name}"
+		log "INFO" "This may take several minutes depending on your connection speed..."
+
+		if ! download_snapshot "${BASE_URL}/${snapshot_name}" "${cached_snapshot}"; then
+			log "ERROR" "Failed to download snapshot from ${BASE_URL}/${snapshot_name}"
+			exit 1
+		fi
+		log "SUCCESS" "Snapshot downloaded successfully to ${cached_snapshot}"
+		snapshot_file="${cached_snapshot}"
 	fi
-	log "SUCCESS" "Snapshot downloaded successfully to /tmp/ev-node-snap.tar.lz4"
 
 	log "INFO" "Extracting snapshot archive"
 	# Use lz4 to decompress and pipe to tar (BusyBox compatible)
-	if ! lz4 -dc /tmp/ev-node-snap.tar.lz4 | tar -xvf - --strip-components=1 -C "${EV_NODE_DATA_PATH}"; then
+	if ! lz4 -dc "${snapshot_file}" | tar -xvf - --strip-components=1 -C "${EV_NODE_DATA_PATH}"; then
 		log "ERROR" "Failed to extract snapshot archive"
 		exit 1
 	fi
 	log "SUCCESS" "Snapshot extracted successfully"
 
-	log "INFO" "Cleaning up temporary files"
-	rm /tmp/ev-node-snap.tar.lz4
-	log "SUCCESS" "Temporary files cleaned up"
-
 	log "SUCCESS" "Init container 2 completed"
 	touch "${EV_NODE_DATA_PATH}/_created_by_init_script"
 
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 1246f9d..0000000
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,91 +0,0 @@
-name: "Evolve EVM"
-
-services:
-  ev-reth:
-    container_name: ev-reth
-    restart: unless-stopped
-    image: ghcr.io/evstack/ev-reth:latest
-    ports:
-      - "9001:9001" # metrics
-      - "30303:30303" # eth/66 peering
-      - "8545:8545" # rpc
-      - "8551:8551" # engine
-      - "8546:8546" # ws
-    volumes:
-      - ./chain:/root/chain:ro
-      - ./jwttoken:/root/jwt:ro
-      - reth:/home/reth/eth-home
-    entrypoint: /bin/sh -c
-    command:
-      - |
-          ev-reth node \
-            --chain /root/chain/genesis.json \
-            --datadir /home/reth/eth-home \
-            --metrics 0.0.0.0:9001 \
-            --authrpc.addr 0.0.0.0 \
-            --authrpc.port 8551 \
-            --authrpc.jwtsecret /root/jwt/jwt.hex \
-            --http --http.addr 0.0.0.0 --http.port 8545 \
-            --http.api eth,net,web3,txpool \
-            --ws --ws.addr 0.0.0.0 --ws.port 8546 \
-            --ws.api eth,net,web3 \
-            --engine.persistence-threshold 0 \
-            --engine.memory-block-buffer-target 0 \
-            --disable-discovery \
-            --txpool.pending-max-count 200000 \
-            --txpool.pending-max-size 200 \
-            --txpool.queued-max-count 200000 \
-            --txpool.queued-max-size 200 \
-            --txpool.max-account-slots 2048 \
-            --txpool.max-new-txns 2048 \
-            --txpool.additional-validation-tasks 16 \
-            --ev-reth.enable
-    networks:
-      - evolve-network
-
-  local-da:
-    image: ghcr.io/evstack/local-da:v0.1.0
-    ports:
-      - "7980:7980"
-    command: ["-listen-all"]
-    networks:
-      - evolve-network
-
-  ev-node-eden-testnet:
-    image: ghcr.io/01builders/eden-testnet:main
-    depends_on:
-      ev-reth:
-        condition: service_started
-      local-da:
-        condition: service_started
-    ports:
-      - "7676:7676" # p2p
-      - "7331:7331" # rpc
-    volumes:
-      - eden-testnet-data:/root/.eden-testnet/
-    restart: always
-    entrypoint: /usr/bin/entrypoint.sh
-    command: start
-    environment:
-      - EVM_ENGINE_URL=http://ev-reth:8551
-      - EVM_ETH_URL=http://ev-reth:8545
-      - EVM_JWT_SECRET=f747494bb0fb338a0d71f5f9fe5b5034c17cc988c229b59fd71e005ee692e9bf
-      - EVM_GENESIS_HASH=0x2b8bbb1ea1e04f9c9809b4b278a8687806edc061a356c7dbc491930d8e922503
-      - EVM_BLOCK_TIME=1s
-      - EVM_SIGNER_PASSPHRASE=secret
-      - DA_ADDRESS=http://local-da:7980 # http://localhost:26658 (Use if not using local-da)
-      # - DA_AUTH_TOKEN=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJBbGxvdyI6WyJwdWJsaWMiLCJyZWFkIiwid3JpdGUiXSwiTm9uY2UiOiJQcEswTmhyWi9IY05NWkVtUG9sSXNpRTRDcUpMdE9mbWtBMW0zMWFUaEswPSIsIkV4cGlyZXNBdCI6IjAwMDEtMDEtMDFUMDA6MDA6MDBaIn0.gaWh6tS6Rel1XFYclDkapNnZlaZVjrikCRNBxSDkCGk
-      # - DA_NAMESPACE=00000000000000000000000000000000000000000008e5f679bf7116c1
-    networks:
-      - evolve-network
-
-volumes:
-  eden-testnet-data:
-  reth:
-
-networks:
-  evolve-network:
-    driver: bridge
-    ipam:
-      config:
-        - subnet: 172.16.0.0/24