diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index cdc8f9b..93f01bc 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -95,26 +95,6 @@ version = "0.2.18"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5c6cb57a04249c6480766f7f7cef5467412af1490f8d1e243141daddada3264f"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "alloy"
-version = "0.3.6"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8367891bf380210abb0d6aa30c5f85a9080cb4a066c4d5c5acadad630823751b"
-dependencies = [
- "alloy-consensus",
- "alloy-contract",
- "alloy-core",
- "alloy-eips",
- "alloy-genesis",
- "alloy-network",
- "alloy-provider",
- "alloy-rpc-client",
- "alloy-serde",
- "alloy-signer",
- "alloy-transport",
- "alloy-transport-http",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "alloy-chains"
 version = "0.1.32"
@@ -144,38 +124,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "alloy-contract"
-version = "0.3.6"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0eefe64fd344cffa9cf9e3435ec4e93e6e9c3481bc37269af988bf497faf4a6a"
-dependencies = [
- "alloy-dyn-abi",
- "alloy-json-abi",
- "alloy-network",
- "alloy-network-primitives",
- "alloy-primitives",
- "alloy-provider",
- "alloy-rpc-types-eth",
- "alloy-sol-types",
- "alloy-transport",
- "futures",
- "futures-util",
- "thiserror",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "alloy-core"
-version = "0.8.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "88b095eb0533144b4497e84a9cc3e44a5c2e3754a3983c0376a55a2f9183a53e"
-dependencies = [
- "alloy-dyn-abi",
- "alloy-json-abi",
- "alloy-primitives",
- "alloy-sol-types",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "alloy-dyn-abi"
 version = "0.8.3"
@@ -639,7 +587,6 @@ version = "0.8.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "2bc65475025fc1e84bf86fc840f04f63fcccdcf3cf12053c99918e4054dfbc69"
 dependencies = [
- "alloy-json-abi",
  "alloy-sol-macro-input",
  "const-hex",
  "heck",
@@ -658,13 +605,11 @@ version = "0.8.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "6ed10f0715a0b69fde3236ff3b9ae5f6f7c97db5a387747100070d3016b9266b"
 dependencies = [
- "alloy-json-abi",
  "const-hex",
  "dunce",
  "heck",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "serde_json",
  "syn 2.0.77",
  "syn-solidity",
 ]
@@ -812,18 +757,15 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "alphanet-testing"
 version = "0.0.0"
 dependencies = [
- "alloy",
- "alloy-network",
- "alloy-signer-local",
  "alphanet-node",
- "once_cell",
- "reth",
- "reth-node-builder",
+ "eyre",
+ "reth-e2e-test-utils",
  "reth-node-core",
+ "reth-node-optimism",
+ "reth-payload-builder",
  "reth-primitives",
  "reth-tracing",
  "tokio",
- "url",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2454,21 +2396,6 @@ version = "1.0.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3f9eec918d3f24069decb9af1554cad7c880e2da24a9afd88aca000531ab82c1"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "foreign-types"
-version = "0.3.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f6f339eb8adc052cd2ca78910fda869aefa38d22d5cb648e6485e4d3fc06f3b1"
-dependencies = [
- "foreign-types-shared",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "foreign-types-shared"
-version = "0.1.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "00b0228411908ca8685dba7fc2cdd70ec9990a6e753e89b6ac91a84c40fbaf4b"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "form_urlencoded"
 version = "1.2.1"
@@ -2954,22 +2881,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "webpki-roots",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "hyper-tls"
-version = "0.6.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "70206fc6890eaca9fde8a0bf71caa2ddfc9fe045ac9e5c70df101a7dbde866e0"
-dependencies = [
- "bytes",
- "http-body-util",
- "hyper",
- "hyper-util",
- "native-tls",
- "tokio",
- "tokio-native-tls",
- "tower-service",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "hyper-util"
 version = "0.1.8"
@@ -3935,23 +3846,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "unsigned-varint",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "native-tls"
-version = "0.2.12"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a8614eb2c83d59d1c8cc974dd3f920198647674a0a035e1af1fa58707e317466"
-dependencies = [
- "libc",
- "log",
- "openssl",
- "openssl-probe",
- "openssl-sys",
- "schannel",
- "security-framework",
- "security-framework-sys",
- "tempfile",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "nibble_vec"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -4258,50 +4152,12 @@ version = "0.3.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c08d65885ee38876c4f86fa503fb49d7b507c2b62552df7c70b2fce627e06381"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "openssl"
-version = "0.10.66"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9529f4786b70a3e8c61e11179af17ab6188ad8d0ded78c5529441ed39d4bd9c1"
-dependencies = [
- "bitflags 2.6.0",
- "cfg-if",
- "foreign-types",
- "libc",
- "once_cell",
- "openssl-macros",
- "openssl-sys",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "openssl-macros"
-version = "0.1.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a948666b637a0f465e8564c73e89d4dde00d72d4d473cc972f390fc3dcee7d9c"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn 2.0.77",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "openssl-probe"
 version = "0.1.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ff011a302c396a5197692431fc1948019154afc178baf7d8e37367442a4601cf"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "openssl-sys"
-version = "0.9.103"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7f9e8deee91df40a943c71b917e5874b951d32a802526c85721ce3b776c929d6"
-dependencies = [
- "cc",
- "libc",
- "pkg-config",
- "vcpkg",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "option-ext"
 version = "0.2.0"
@@ -5016,13 +4872,11 @@ dependencies = [
  "http-body-util",
  "hyper",
  "hyper-rustls",
- "hyper-tls",
  "hyper-util",
  "ipnet",
  "js-sys",
  "log",
  "mime",
- "native-tls",
  "once_cell",
  "percent-encoding",
  "pin-project-lite",
@@ -5036,7 +4890,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_urlencoded",
  "sync_wrapper 1.0.1",
  "tokio",
- "tokio-native-tls",
  "tokio-rustls",
  "tower-service",
  "url",
@@ -5682,6 +5535,43 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "reth-e2e-test-utils"
+version = "1.0.7"
+source = "git+https://github.com/paradigmxyz/reth.git?rev=v1.0.7#75b7172cf77eb4fd65fe1a6924f75066fb09fcd1"
+dependencies = [
+ "alloy-consensus",
+ "alloy-network",
+ "alloy-primitives",
+ "alloy-rpc-types",
+ "alloy-signer",
+ "alloy-signer-local",
+ "eyre",
+ "futures-util",
+ "jsonrpsee",
+ "jsonrpsee-types",
+ "reth",
+ "reth-chainspec",
+ "reth-db",
+ "reth-network-peers",
+ "reth-node-builder",
+ "reth-node-ethereum",
+ "reth-payload-builder",
+ "reth-primitives",
+ "reth-provider",
+ "reth-rpc",
+ "reth-rpc-layer",
+ "reth-rpc-types",
+ "reth-rpc-types-compat",
+ "reth-stages-types",
+ "reth-tokio-util",
+ "reth-tracing",
+ "serde_json",
+ "tokio",
+ "tokio-stream",
+ "tracing",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "reth-ecies"
 version = "1.0.7"
@@ -6752,6 +6642,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures-util",
  "metrics",
  "pin-project",
+ "reth-chain-state",
  "reth-errors",
  "reth-ethereum-engine-primitives",
  "reth-metrics",
@@ -8724,16 +8615,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.77",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "tokio-native-tls"
-version = "0.3.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bbae76ab933c85776efabc971569dd6119c580d8f5d448769dec1764bf796ef2"
-dependencies = [
- "native-tls",
- "tokio",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio-rustls"
 version = "0.26.0"
@@ -9241,12 +9122,6 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "830b7e5d4d90034032940e4ace0d9a9a057e7a45cd94e6c007832e39edb82f6d"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "vcpkg"
-version = "0.2.15"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "accd4ea62f7bb7a82fe23066fb0957d48ef677f6eeb8215f372f52e48bb32426"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "vergen"
 version = "8.3.2"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 2e3ab02..169267f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -57,25 +57,16 @@ strip = false
 alphanet-node = { path = "crates/node" }
 alphanet-precompile = { path = "crates/precompile" }
 
-alloy = { version = "0.3", features = [
-    "contract",
-    "providers",
-    "provider-http",
-    "signers",
-] }
-alloy-network = { version = "0.3" }
-alloy-signer-local = { version = "0.3", features = ["mnemonic"] }
-
 # tokio
 tokio = { version = "1.21", default-features = false }
 
 # reth
-reth = { git = "https://github.com/paradigmxyz/reth.git", rev = "v1.0.7" }
 reth-chainspec = { git = "https://github.com/paradigmxyz/reth.git", rev = "v1.0.7", features = [
     "optimism",
 ] }
 reth-cli = { git = "https://github.com/paradigmxyz/reth.git", rev = "v1.0.7" }
 reth-cli-util = { git = "https://github.com/paradigmxyz/reth.git", rev = "v1.0.7" }
+reth-e2e-test-utils = { git = "https://github.com/paradigmxyz/reth.git", rev = "v1.0.7" }
 reth-node-api = { git = "https://github.com/paradigmxyz/reth.git", rev = "v1.0.7" }
 reth-node-builder = { git = "https://github.com/paradigmxyz/reth.git", rev = "v1.0.7" }
 reth-node-core = { git = "https://github.com/paradigmxyz/reth.git", rev = "v1.0.7", features = [
diff --git a/crates/testing/Cargo.toml b/crates/testing/Cargo.toml
index e524899..2132dec 100644
--- a/crates/testing/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/testing/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,19 +12,15 @@ categories.workspace = true
 [dev-dependencies]
 alphanet-node.workspace = true
 
-alloy.workspace = true
-alloy-network.workspace = true
-alloy-signer-local = { workspace = true, features = ["mnemonic"] }
-
-reth = { workspace = true }
-reth-node-core = { workspace = true }
-reth-node-builder = { workspace = true, features = ["test-utils"] }
+reth-e2e-test-utils.workspace = true
+reth-node-core.workspace = true
+reth-node-optimism.workspace = true
+reth-payload-builder.workspace = true
 reth-primitives.workspace = true
 reth-tracing.workspace = true
 
-once_cell = "1.19.0"
+eyre.workspace = true
 tokio.workspace = true
-url = "2.5.0"
 
 [lints]
 workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/testing/src/lib.rs b/crates/testing/src/lib.rs
index 59f922f..2973f7b 100644
--- a/crates/testing/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/testing/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,13 +1,5 @@
 //! Alphanet-testing module
+#![warn(unused_crate_dependencies)]
 
-// todo(onbjerg): uncomment this when adding a test,
-// it was commented out due to removing our bls tests since they are now
-// in revm
-// #![warn(unused_crate_dependencies)]
-
-#[cfg(test)]
-mod test_suite;
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests;
-#[cfg(test)]
-mod wallet;
diff --git a/crates/testing/src/tests.rs b/crates/testing/src/tests.rs
index 0db677e..cd8f7fd 100644
--- a/crates/testing/src/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/testing/src/tests.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,51 @@
-#[test]
-fn dummy() {
-    // kept here to prevent the ci from failing on no tests
+use alphanet_node::{chainspec::ALPHANET_MAINNET, node::AlphaNetNode};
+use reth_e2e_test_utils::{setup, transaction::TransactionTestContext};
+use reth_node_core::rpc::types::engine::PayloadAttributes;
+use reth_node_optimism::OptimismPayloadBuilderAttributes;
+use reth_payload_builder::EthPayloadBuilderAttributes;
+use reth_primitives::{Address, B256};
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn can_progress_7702() -> eyre::Result<()> {
+    reth_tracing::init_test_tracing();
+
+    // todo: use devnet and fund accounts
+    let (mut nodes, _tasks, wallet) =
+        setup::<AlphaNetNode>(1, ALPHANET_MAINNET.clone(), false).await?;
+
+    let mut node = nodes.pop().unwrap();
+    // todo: swap with 7702 tx
+    let raw_tx = TransactionTestContext::transfer_tx_bytes(41144114, wallet.inner).await;
+
+    // make the node advance
+    let tx_hash = node.rpc.inject_tx(raw_tx).await?;
+
+    // make the node advance
+    let (payload, _) = node.advance_block(vec![], optimism_payload_attributes).await?;
+
+    let block_hash = payload.block().hash();
+    let block_number = payload.block().number;
+
+    // assert the block has been committed to the blockchain
+    node.assert_new_block(tx_hash, block_hash, block_number).await?;
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+/// Helper function to create a new eth payload attributes
+pub(crate) fn optimism_payload_attributes(timestamp: u64) -> OptimismPayloadBuilderAttributes {
+    let attributes = PayloadAttributes {
+        timestamp,
+        prev_randao: B256::ZERO,
+        suggested_fee_recipient: Address::ZERO,
+        withdrawals: Some(vec![]),
+        parent_beacon_block_root: Some(B256::ZERO),
+    };
+
+    OptimismPayloadBuilderAttributes {
+        payload_attributes: EthPayloadBuilderAttributes::new(B256::ZERO, attributes),
+        transactions: vec![],
+        no_tx_pool: false,
+        gas_limit: Some(30_000_000),
+    }
 }