diff --git a/.github/assets/hive/build_simulators.sh b/.github/assets/hive/build_simulators.sh
index b33f4db4ee79b..c1051e6aa3d4c 100755
--- a/.github/assets/hive/build_simulators.sh
+++ b/.github/assets/hive/build_simulators.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ go build .
 
 # Run each hive command in the background for each simulator and wait
 echo "Building images"
-./hive -client reth --sim "pyspec" -sim.timelimit 1s || true &
+BRANCH=7685-no-data ./hive -client reth --sim "ethereum/eest" --sim.buildarg fixtures=https://github.com/ethereum/execution-spec-tests/releases/download/pectra-devnet-5%40v1.3.0/fixtures_pectra-devnet-5.tar.gz -sim.timelimit 1s || true &
 ./hive -client reth --sim "ethereum/engine" -sim.timelimit 1s || true &
 ./hive -client reth --sim "devp2p" -sim.timelimit 1s || true &
 ./hive -client reth --sim "ethereum/rpc-compat" -sim.timelimit 1s || true &
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ docker save hive/hiveproxy:latest -o ../hive_assets/hiveproxy.tar &
 docker save hive/simulators/devp2p:latest -o ../hive_assets/devp2p.tar &
 docker save hive/simulators/ethereum/engine:latest -o ../hive_assets/engine.tar &
 docker save hive/simulators/ethereum/rpc-compat:latest -o ../hive_assets/rpc_compat.tar &
-docker save hive/simulators/ethereum/pyspec:latest -o ../hive_assets/pyspec.tar &
+docker save hive/simulators/ethereum/eest/consume-engine:latest -o ../hive_assets/eest_engine.tar &
+docker save hive/simulators/ethereum/eest/consume-rlp:latest -o ../hive_assets/eest_rlp.tar &
 docker save hive/simulators/smoke/genesis:latest -o ../hive_assets/smoke_genesis.tar &
 docker save hive/simulators/smoke/network:latest -o ../hive_assets/smoke_network.tar &
 docker save hive/simulators/ethereum/sync:latest -o ../hive_assets/ethereum_sync.tar &
diff --git a/.github/assets/hive/load_images.sh b/.github/assets/hive/load_images.sh
index 05e1cb9905fae..37a2f82de5451 100755
--- a/.github/assets/hive/load_images.sh
+++ b/.github/assets/hive/load_images.sh
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ IMAGES=(
     "/tmp/smoke_genesis.tar"
     "/tmp/smoke_network.tar"
     "/tmp/ethereum_sync.tar"
+    "/tmp/eest_engine.tar"
+    "/tmp/eest_rlp.tar"
     "/tmp/reth_image.tar"
 )
 
@@ -22,4 +24,4 @@ done
 
 wait
 
-docker image ls -a
\ No newline at end of file
+docker image ls -a
diff --git a/.github/assets/hive/run_simulator.sh b/.github/assets/hive/run_simulator.sh
index 731c94c3f69b3..269176b9ad81a 100755
--- a/.github/assets/hive/run_simulator.sh
+++ b/.github/assets/hive/run_simulator.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ sim="${1}"
 limit="${2}"
 
 run_hive() {
+    set -x
     hive --sim "${sim}" --sim.limit "${limit}" --sim.parallelism 4 --client reth 2>&1 | tee /tmp/log || true
+    set +x
 }
 
 check_log() {
diff --git a/.github/workflows/hive.yml b/.github/workflows/hive.yml
index 334df715a2635..efe1e2f16283f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/hive.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/hive.yml
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout hive tests
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
-          repository: ethereum/hive
-          ref: master
+          repository: joshieDo/hive
+          ref: joshie/hive-combined-blocks
           path: hivetests
 
       - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
@@ -115,40 +115,38 @@ jobs:
               - eth_syncing
               # debug_ rpc methods
               - debug_
-          # Pyspec cancun jobs
-          # TODO: uncomment when https://github.com/ethereum/hive/issues/1147 is fixed
-          #- sim: pyspec
-          #  include: [cancun/eip4844]
-          #- sim: pyspec
-          #  include: [cancun/eip4788]
-          #- sim: pyspec
-          #  include: [cancun/eip6780]
-          #- sim: pyspec
-          #  include: [cancun/eip5656]
-          #- sim: pyspec
-          #  include: [cancun/eip1153]
-          #- sim: pyspec
-          #  include: [cancun/eip7516]
-          # Pyspec shanghai jobs
-          #- sim: pyspec
-          #  include: [shanghai/eip3651]
-          #- sim: pyspec
-          #  include: [shanghai/eip3855]
-          #- sim: pyspec
-          #  include: [shanghai/eip3860]
-          #- sim: pyspec
-          #  include: [shanghai/eip4895]
-          # Pyspec merge and earlier jobs
-          #- sim: pyspec
-          #  include: [merge/]
-          #- sim: pyspec
-          #  include: [berlin/]
-          #- sim: pyspec
-          #  include: [istanbul/]
-          #- sim: pyspec
-          #  include: [homestead/]
-          #- sim: pyspec
-          #  include: [frontier/]
+
+          # consume-engine
+          - sim: ethereum/eest/consume-engine
+            limit: tests/prague
+          - sim: ethereum/eest/consume-engine
+            limit: tests/cancun
+          - sim: ethereum/eest/consume-engine
+            limit: tests/shanghai
+          - sim: ethereum/eest/consume-engine
+            limit: tests/berlin
+          - sim: ethereum/eest/consume-engine
+            limit: tests/istanbul
+          - sim: ethereum/eest/consume-engine
+            limit: tests/homestead
+          - sim: ethereum/eest/consume-engine
+            limit: tests/frontier
+
+          # consume-rlp
+          - sim: ethereum/eest/consume-rlp
+            limit: tests/prague
+          - sim: ethereum/eest/consume-rlp
+            limit: tests/cancun
+          - sim: ethereum/eest/consume-rlp
+            limit: tests/shanghai
+          - sim: ethereum/eest/consume-rlp
+            limit: tests/berlin
+          - sim: ethereum/eest/consume-rlp
+            limit: tests/istanbul
+          - sim: ethereum/eest/consume-rlp
+            limit: tests/homestead
+          - sim: ethereum/eest/consume-rlp
+            limit: tests/frontier
     needs:
       - prepare-reth
       - prepare-hive
@@ -185,8 +183,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout hive tests
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
-          repository: ethereum/hive
-          ref: master
+          repository: joshieDo/hive
+          ref: joshie/hive-combined-blocks
           path: hivetests
 
       - name: Run simulator