diff --git a/.github/banner.jpg b/.github/banner.jpg
deleted file mode 100644
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/ansible/update_edgenet.yaml b/.github/workflows/ansible/update_edgenet.yaml
index 40df3f3fe5..042f1aef31 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ansible/update_edgenet.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ansible/update_edgenet.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 -
-  name: Update Polygon Edge binary
+  name: Update Blade binary
   hosts:
     - all
   become: yes
@@ -11,58 +11,58 @@
         upgrade: yes
         update_cache: yes
 
-    ## stop polygon-edge service
-    - name: Stop polygon edge service
+    ## stop blade service
+    - name: Stop Blade service
       systemd:
         state: stopped
-        name: polygon-edge
+        name: blade
 
     ## get the latest release
     - name: Get latest release link
       uri:
-        url: https://api.github.com/repos/0xPolygon/polygon-edge/releases/latest
+        url: https://api.github.com/repos/Ethernal-Tech/blade/releases/latest
         return_content: true
       register: edge_release
 
     ## download the latest release
-    - name: Download latest Polygon Edge release
+    - name: Download latest Blade release
       get_url:
         url: "{{ edge_release.json.assets[3].browser_download_url }}"
-        dest: /tmp/polygon-edge.tar.gz
+        dest: /tmp/blade.tar.gz
         force: yes
 
     ## create temp dir for release
-    - name: Create temp dir for Polygon Edge release
+    - name: Create temp dir for Blade release
       file:
-        path: /tmp/polygon-edge
+        path: /tmp/blade
         state: directory
 
     ## unpack release tar
-    - name: Unpack Polygon Edge release
+    - name: Unpack Blade release
       unarchive:
         remote_src: yes
-        src: /tmp/polygon-edge.tar.gz
-        dest: /tmp/polygon-edge
+        src: /tmp/blade.tar.gz
+        dest: /tmp/blade
 
-    ## set polygon-edge to PATH
-    - name: Place Polygon Edge binary to PATH
+    ## set blade to PATH
+    - name: Place Blade binary to PATH
       copy:
         remote_src: yes
-        src: /tmp/polygon-edge/polygon-edge
+        src: /tmp/blade/blade
         dest: /usr/local/bin/
         mode: a+x
         force: yes
 
     ## remove release temp dir
-    - name: Remove temp Polygon Edge release dir
+    - name: Remove temp Blade release dir
       file:
         state: absent
-        path: /tmp/polygon-edge
+        path: /tmp/blade
 
-    ## start polygon edge service
-    - name: Start polygon-edge service
+    ## start Blade service
+    - name: Start blade service
       systemd:
         state: restarted
-        name: polygon-edge
+        name: blade
         daemon_reload: yes
         enabled: yes
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 73592d30a1..5535456f59 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -1,47 +1,45 @@
 ---
 name: Build
-on:  # yamllint disable-line rule:truthy
+on: # yamllint disable-line rule:truthy
   workflow_dispatch:
   workflow_call:
-   # Map the workflow outputs to job outputs
+    # Map the workflow outputs to job outputs
     outputs:
       workflow_output:
         description: "Build output"
-        value: ${{ jobs.go_build.outputs.build_output_failure }} 
+        value: ${{ jobs.go_build.outputs.build_output_failure }}
 
 jobs:
   go_build:
-    name: Polygon Edge
+    name: Blade
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     outputs:
-      build_output_failure: ${{ steps.edge_build_failure.outputs.build_output }}
+      build_output_failure: ${{ steps.blade_build_failure.outputs.build_output }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
-        
+
       - name: Setup Go environment
         uses: actions/setup-go@v3
         with:
           go-version: 1.20.x
 
-      - name: Build Polygon Edge
-        run: go build -tags netgo -ldflags="-s -w -linkmode external -extldflags "-static" -X \"github.com/0xPolygon/polygon-edge/versioning.Version=${GITHUB_REF_NAME}\" -X \"github.com/0xPolygon/polygon-edge/versioning.Commit=${GITHUB_SHA}\"" && tar -czvf polygon-edge.tar.gz polygon-edge
+      - name: Build Blade
+        run: go build -o blade -tags netgo -ldflags="-s -w -X \"github.com/Ethernal-Tech/blade/versioning.Version=${GITHUB_REF_NAME}\" -X \"github.com/Ethernal-Tech/blade/versioning.Commit=${GITHUB_SHA}\"" && tar -czvf blade.tar.gz blade
         env:
-          CC: gcc
-          CXX: g++
           GOARC: amd64
           GOOS: linux
 
-      - name: Build Polygon Edge Failed
+      - name: Build Blade Failed
         if: failure()
-        id: edge_build_failure
+        id: blade_build_failure
         run: echo "build_output=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
-      - name: 'Upload Artifact'
+      - name: "Upload Artifact"
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
-          name: polygon-edge
-          path: polygon-edge.tar.gz
+          name: blade
+          path: blade.tar.gz
           retention-days: 3
 
   go_build_reproducibility:
@@ -57,14 +55,14 @@ jobs:
         with:
           go-version: 1.20.x
 
-      - name: 'Reproduce builds'
+      - name: Reproduce builds
         continue-on-error: true
         run: |
-          go build -o ./edge-1 -trimpath -buildvcs=false
-          go build -o ./edge-2 -trimpath -buildvcs=false
+          go build -o ./blade-1 -trimpath -buildvcs=false
+          go build -o ./blade-2 -trimpath -buildvcs=false
 
-          buildsha1=$(shasum -a256 ./edge-1 | awk '{print $1}')
-          buildsha2=$(shasum -a256 ./edge-2 | awk '{print $1}')
+          buildsha1=$(shasum -a256 ./blade-1 | awk '{print $1}')
+          buildsha2=$(shasum -a256 ./blade-2 | awk '{print $1}')
 
           echo "Build 1 SHA: $buildsha1"
           echo "Build 2 SHA: $buildsha2"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 05acf5047c..83b401175d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-name: Pull Request CI
+name: CI
 on:  # yamllint disable-line rule:truthy
   workflow_dispatch: {}
   pull_request:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/cla.yml b/.github/workflows/cla.yml
index 939439fb4d..4e5b7e4444 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cla.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cla.yml
@@ -1,29 +1,27 @@
 ---
 name: "CLA Assistant"
-on:  # yamllint disable-line rule:truthy
+on: # yamllint disable-line rule:truthy
   issue_comment:
     types:
       - created
   pull_request_target:
     types:
       - opened
-      - closed
       - synchronize
 
 jobs:
   CLAssistant:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - name: "CLA Assistant"
+      - name: "Check CLA"
         if: (github.event.comment.body == 'recheck' || github.event.comment.body == 'I have read the CLA Document and I hereby sign the CLA') || github.event_name == 'pull_request_target'
-        # Beta Release
-        uses: contributor-assistant/github-action@v2.2.0
+        uses: contributor-assistant/github-action@v2.3.1
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           # the below token should have repo scope and must be manually added by you in the repository's secret
           PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
         with:
-          path-to-signatures: 'cla.json'
-          path-to-document: 'https://github.com/0xPolygon/polygon-edge/blob/develop/CLA.md'
-          branch: 'cla-signatures'
+          path-to-signatures: "cla.json"
+          path-to-document: "https://github.com/Ethernal-Tech/blade/blob/develop/CLA.md"
+          branch: "cla-signatures"
           allowlist: dependabot[bot],dependabot-preview[bot]
diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy.devnet.eph.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy.devnet.eph.yml
index 6c42348402..4926e94e61 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy.devnet.eph.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy.devnet.eph.yml
@@ -33,10 +33,10 @@ jobs:
       url: https://rpc.us-east-1.deph.testing.psdk.io/
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - name: Download Polygon Edge Artifact
+      - name: Download Blade Artifact
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with:
-          name: polygon-edge
+          name: blade
 
       - name: Configure AWS Credentials
         uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v1-node16
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Publish Binary package to S3
         run: |
-          aws s3 cp ./polygon-edge.tar.gz s3://${{ secrets.POLYGON_EDGE_ARTIFACT_BUCKET }} --metadata "{\"commit_sha\":\"${GITHUB_SHA}\"}"
+          aws s3 cp ./blade.tar.gz s3://${{ secrets.POLYGON_EDGE_ARTIFACT_BUCKET }} --metadata "{\"commit_sha\":\"${GITHUB_SHA}\"}"
 
       - name: Deploy Ephemeral DevNet
         continue-on-error: true
@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ jobs:
           echo "--------------------"
 
           # Should finish relatively fast. Can add a check to guard against pre-mature cycle
-          echo "Cleaning up the data directories and stopping Polygon-Edge service..."
-          aws ssm send-command --document-name polygon-edge-validators-maintenance-clean-data --targets Key=tag:aws:autoscaling:groupName,Values=$VALIDATOR_ASGS >> /dev/null
+          echo "Cleaning up the data directories and stopping blade service..."
+          aws ssm send-command --document-name blade-validators-maintenance-clean-data --targets Key=tag:aws:autoscaling:groupName,Values=$VALIDATOR_ASGS >> /dev/null
 
           for vasg in ${VALIDATOR_ASGS//,/ }
           do
diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy.devnet.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy.devnet.yml
index 22ca89706b..68e9d209f7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy.devnet.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy.devnet.yml
@@ -33,10 +33,10 @@ jobs:
       url: https://rpc.us-east-1.testing.psdk.io/
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - name: Download Polygon Edge Artifact
+      - name: Download Blade Artifact
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with:
-          name: polygon-edge
+          name: blade
 
       - name: Configure AWS Credentials
         uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v1-node16
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Publish Binary package to S3
         run: |
-          aws s3 cp ./polygon-edge.tar.gz s3://${{ secrets.POLYGON_EDGE_ARTIFACT_BUCKET }} --metadata "{\"commit_sha\":\"${GITHUB_SHA}\"}"
+          aws s3 cp ./blade.tar.gz s3://${{ secrets.POLYGON_EDGE_ARTIFACT_BUCKET }} --metadata "{\"commit_sha\":\"${GITHUB_SHA}\"}"
 
       - name: Deploy DevNet
         continue-on-error: true
@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ jobs:
           echo "--------------------"
 
           # Should finish relatively fast. Can add a check to guard against pre-mature cycle
-          echo "Cleaning up the data directories and stopping Polygon-Edge Devnet service..."
-          aws ssm send-command --document-name polygon-edge-validators-maintenance-clean-data --targets Key=tag:aws:autoscaling:groupName,Values=$VALIDATOR_ASGS >> /dev/null
+          echo "Cleaning up the data directories and stopping Blade Devnet service..."
+          aws ssm send-command --document-name blade-validators-maintenance-clean-data --targets Key=tag:aws:autoscaling:groupName,Values=$VALIDATOR_ASGS >> /dev/null
 
           for vasg in ${VALIDATOR_ASGS//,/ }
           do
diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy.testnet.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy.testnet.yml
index 745776d196..8a806e80b1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy.testnet.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy.testnet.yml
@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@ jobs:
       url: https://rpc.us-east-1.tn.testing.psdk.io/
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - name: Download Polygon Edge Artifact
+      - name: Download Blade Artifact
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with:
-          name: polygon-edge
+          name: blade
 
       - name: Configure AWS Credentials
         uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v1-node16
diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy_edgenet.yaml b/.github/workflows/deploy_edgenet.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 72683994d1..0000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy_edgenet.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
----
-on:  # yamllint disable-line rule:truthy
-  release:
-    types:
-      - published
-
-jobs:
-  deploy_to_edge_net:
-    name: Update EdgeNet
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Get aws-commander
-        run: |
-          wget https://github.com/Trapesys/aws-commander/releases/download/v0.2.0/aws-commander_0.2.0_Linux_x86_64.tar.gz
-          tar -xf aws-commander_0.2.0_Linux_x86_64.tar.gz
-          sudo mv aws-commander /usr/local/bin
-
-      - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
-
-      - name: Run deployment Ansible
-        env:
-          AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.EDGENET_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
-          AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.EDGENET_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
-        run: >
-          /usr/local/bin/aws-commander
-          -instances i-039f7c0b3328a00f8,i-035b9f2d78cfb8ea9,i-00a6c7cb3a213f21f,i-03ac2f42ddcba6120
-          -mode ansible
-          -playbook .github/workflows/ansible/update_edgenet.yaml
-          -aws-zone us-west-2
diff --git a/.github/workflows/fuzz-test.yml b/.github/workflows/fuzz-test.yml
index d37a391044..e16a0b0ee5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/fuzz-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/fuzz-test.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ on:  # yamllint disable-line rule:truthy
 
 jobs:
   fuzz_test:
-    name: Polygon Edge
+    name: Blade
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     outputs:
       fuzz_output_failure: ${{ steps.run_fuzz_failure.outputs.test_output }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
index 292c1c19ec..1b88355531 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 ---
 name: Lint
-on:  # yamllint disable-line rule:truthy
+on: # yamllint disable-line rule:truthy
   push:
     branches:
-      - '*'
+      - "*"
     tags-ignore:
-      - 'v*'
+      - "v*"
     paths:
-      - '**.go'
+      - "**.go"
   pull_request:
     types:
       - opened
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ on:  # yamllint disable-line rule:truthy
 
 jobs:
   golangci_lint:
+    name: Linter
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Install Go
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 7d865dbfe6..db65302a22 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ jobs:
           		ghcr.io/goreleaser/goreleaser-cross:${GOLANG_CROSS_VERSION} \
           		--rm-dist --skip-validate
         env:
-          PACKAGE_NAME: github.com/0xPolygon/polygon-edge
+          PACKAGE_NAME: github.com/Ethernal-Tech/blade
           GOLANG_CROSS_VERSION: v1.20.5
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           VERSION: ${{ steps.prepare.outputs.tag_name }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 5505e24dab..061261db47 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ on:  # yamllint disable-line rule:truthy
 
 jobs:
   go_test:
-    name: Polygon Edge
+    name: Blade
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     outputs:
       test_output_failure: ${{ steps.run_tests_failure.outputs.test_output }}
diff --git a/.goreleaser.yml b/.goreleaser.yml
index 2a5c4f3cd1..0dfca84bdb 100644
--- a/.goreleaser.yml
+++ b/.goreleaser.yml
@@ -72,28 +72,6 @@ archives:
       - LICENSE
       - README.md
 
-#nfpms:
-#  - vendor: 0xPolygon
-#    homepage: https://polygon.technology
-#    maintainer: Polygon Edge Team <edge@polygon.technology>
-#    description:  A Framework for Building Ethereum-compatible Blockchain Networks
-#    license: GPLv3 LGPLv3
-#
-#    formats:
-#      - apk
-#      - deb
-#      - rpm
-#
-#    contents:
-#      - src: polygon-edge.service
-#        dst: /lib/systemd/system/polygon-edge.service
-#        type: config
-#
-#    overrides:
-#      rpm:
-#        replacements:
-#          amd64: x86_64
-
 snapshot:
   name_template: "{{ .Tag }}.next"
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8adaee8392..af6a6998a3 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -42,11 +42,11 @@ build: check-go check-git
 	$(eval VERSION = $(shell git tag --points-at ${COMMIT_HASH}))
 	$(eval BRANCH = $(shell git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD | tr -d '\040\011\012\015\n'))
 	$(eval TIME = $(shell date))
-	go build -o polygon-edge -ldflags="\
-    	-X 'github.com/0xPolygon/polygon-edge/versioning.Version=$(VERSION)' \
-		-X 'github.com/0xPolygon/polygon-edge/versioning.Commit=$(COMMIT_HASH)'\
-		-X 'github.com/0xPolygon/polygon-edge/versioning.Branch=$(BRANCH)'\
-		-X 'github.com/0xPolygon/polygon-edge/versioning.BuildTime=$(TIME)'" \
+	go build -o blade -ldflags="\
+    	-X 'github.com/Ethernal-Tech/blade/versioning.Version=$(VERSION)' \
+		-X 'github.com/Ethernal-Tech/blade/versioning.Commit=$(COMMIT_HASH)'\
+		-X 'github.com/Ethernal-Tech/blade/versioning.Branch=$(BRANCH)'\
+		-X 'github.com/Ethernal-Tech/blade/versioning.BuildTime=$(TIME)'" \
 	main.go
 
 .PHONY: lint
@@ -67,19 +67,19 @@ fuzz-test: check-go
 
 .PHONY: test-e2e
 test-e2e: check-go
-	go build -race -o artifacts/polygon-edge .
-	env EDGE_BINARY=${PWD}/artifacts/polygon-edge go test -v -timeout=30m ./e2e/...
+	go build -race -o artifacts/blade .
+	env EDGE_BINARY=${PWD}/artifacts/blade go test -v -timeout=30m ./e2e/...
 
 .PHONY: test-e2e-polybft
 test-e2e-polybft: check-go
-	go build -o artifacts/polygon-edge .
-	env EDGE_BINARY=${PWD}/artifacts/polygon-edge E2E_TESTS=true E2E_LOGS=true \
+	go build -o artifacts/blade .
+	env EDGE_BINARY=${PWD}/artifacts/blade E2E_TESTS=true E2E_LOGS=true \
 	go test -v -timeout=1h30m ./e2e-polybft/e2e/...
 
 .PHONY: test-property-polybft
 test-property-polybft: check-go
-	go build -o artifacts/polygon-edge .
-	env EDGE_BINARY=${PWD}/artifacts/polygon-edge E2E_TESTS=true E2E_LOGS=true go test -v -timeout=30m ./e2e-polybft/property/... \
+	go build -o artifacts/blade .
+	env EDGE_BINARY=${PWD}/artifacts/blade E2E_TESTS=true E2E_LOGS=true go test -v -timeout=30m ./e2e-polybft/property/... \
 	-rapid.checks=10
 
 .PHONY: compile-core-contracts