diff --git a/core/blockchain.go b/core/blockchain.go
index 619730123931..5cd9d5662710 100644
--- a/core/blockchain.go
+++ b/core/blockchain.go
@@ -1017,7 +1017,7 @@ func (bc *BlockChain) InsertReceiptChain(blockChain types.Blocks, receiptChain [
 		// a background routine to re-indexed all indices in [ancients - txlookupLimit, ancients)
 		// range. In this case, all tx indices of newly imported blocks should be
 		// generated.
-		var batch = bc.db.NewBatch()
+		batch := bc.db.NewBatch()
 		for i, block := range blockChain {
 			if bc.txLookupLimit == 0 || ancientLimit <= bc.txLookupLimit || block.NumberU64() >= ancientLimit-bc.txLookupLimit {
 				rawdb.WriteTxLookupEntriesByBlock(batch, block)
@@ -2267,7 +2267,7 @@ func (bc *BlockChain) maintainTxIndex(ancients uint64) {
 	// need to reindex all necessary transactions before starting to process any
 	// pruning requests.
 	if ancients > 0 {
-		var from = uint64(0)
+		from := uint64(0)
 		if bc.txLookupLimit != 0 && ancients > bc.txLookupLimit {
 			from = ancients - bc.txLookupLimit
 		}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 586800ff6011..2973d4cf4e05 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/fjl/gencodec v0.0.0-20220412091415-8bb9e558978c
 	github.com/fjl/memsize v0.0.0-20190710130421-bcb5799ab5e5
 	github.com/gballet/go-libpcsclite v0.0.0-20190607065134-2772fd86a8ff
-	github.com/gballet/go-verkle v0.0.0-20230224151942-0236f337641c
+	github.com/gballet/go-verkle v0.0.0-20230306134419-0d414350453b
 	github.com/go-stack/stack v1.8.0
 	github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v4 v4.3.0
 	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.2
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 138cfea5c0df..f280ab16f1f3 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ github.com/consensys/gnark-crypto v0.4.1-0.20210426202927-39ac3d4b3f1f/go.mod h1
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.0-20190314233015-f79a8a8ca69d/go.mod h1:maD7wRr/U5Z6m/iR4s+kqSMx2CaBsrgA7czyZG/E6dU=
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.2 h1:p1EgwI/C7NhT0JmVkwCD2ZBK8j4aeHQX2pMHHBfMQ6w=
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.2/go.mod h1:tgQtvFlXSQOSOSIRvRPT7W67SCa46tRHOmNcaadrF8o=
-github.com/crate-crypto/go-ipa v0.0.0-20221111143132-9aa5d42120bc/go.mod h1:gFnFS95y8HstDP6P9pPwzrxOOC5TRDkwbM+ao15ChAI=
 github.com/crate-crypto/go-ipa v0.0.0-20230202201618-2e6f5bfc5401 h1:TSXRL74LZ7R2xWOI1M0mz9E56PiPKGlSw0drgR8g7CE=
 github.com/crate-crypto/go-ipa v0.0.0-20230202201618-2e6f5bfc5401/go.mod h1:gFnFS95y8HstDP6P9pPwzrxOOC5TRDkwbM+ao15ChAI=
 github.com/creack/pty v1.1.9/go.mod h1:oKZEueFk5CKHvIhNR5MUki03XCEU+Q6VDXinZuGJ33E=
@@ -137,8 +136,8 @@ github.com/garslo/gogen v0.0.0-20170306192744-1d203ffc1f61 h1:IZqZOB2fydHte3kUgx
 github.com/garslo/gogen v0.0.0-20170306192744-1d203ffc1f61/go.mod h1:Q0X6pkwTILDlzrGEckF6HKjXe48EgsY/l7K7vhY4MW8=
 github.com/gballet/go-libpcsclite v0.0.0-20190607065134-2772fd86a8ff h1:tY80oXqGNY4FhTFhk+o9oFHGINQ/+vhlm8HFzi6znCI=
 github.com/gballet/go-libpcsclite v0.0.0-20190607065134-2772fd86a8ff/go.mod h1:x7DCsMOv1taUwEWCzT4cmDeAkigA5/QCwUodaVOe8Ww=
-github.com/gballet/go-verkle v0.0.0-20230224151942-0236f337641c h1:VQ6XsQHZzynoHGd9ef7KCs9WsMAUc4/OnhtIZmyIYag=
-github.com/gballet/go-verkle v0.0.0-20230224151942-0236f337641c/go.mod h1:DMDd04jjQgdynaAwbEgiRERIGpC8fDjx0+y06an7Psg=
+github.com/gballet/go-verkle v0.0.0-20230306134419-0d414350453b h1:xCCWzSggGQY77ybfs+f63kl+rAy/5JWERFbqcQjN7z8=
+github.com/gballet/go-verkle v0.0.0-20230306134419-0d414350453b/go.mod h1:NR+n/LUx+m5SyVTRObiuNdJ50q309MGPD0VrIMDZJuc=
 github.com/getkin/kin-openapi v0.53.0/go.mod h1:7Yn5whZr5kJi6t+kShccXS8ae1APpYTW6yheSwk8Yi4=
 github.com/getkin/kin-openapi v0.61.0/go.mod h1:7Yn5whZr5kJi6t+kShccXS8ae1APpYTW6yheSwk8Yi4=
 github.com/ghodss/yaml v1.0.0/go.mod h1:4dBDuWmgqj2HViK6kFavaiC9ZROes6MMH2rRYeMEF04=
diff --git a/trie/verkle.go b/trie/verkle.go
index a3f188392a1f..3394f55be37d 100644
--- a/trie/verkle.go
+++ b/trie/verkle.go
@@ -102,7 +102,6 @@ func (t *VerkleTrie) TryGetAccount(key []byte) (*types.StateAccount, error) {
 	ck, err := t.TryGet(ckkey[:])
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("updateStateObject (%x) error: %v", key, err)
-
 	}
 	acc.CodeHash = ck
 
@@ -156,7 +155,6 @@ func (t *VerkleTrie) TryUpdateAccount(key []byte, acc *types.StateAccount) error
 }
 
 func (trie *VerkleTrie) TryUpdateStem(key []byte, values [][]byte) {
-
 	switch root := trie.root.(type) {
 	case *verkle.StatelessNode:
 		root.InsertAtStem(key, values, func(h []byte) ([]byte, error) {
@@ -239,45 +237,31 @@ func nodeToDBKey(n verkle.VerkleNode) []byte {
 // Commit writes all nodes to the trie's memory database, tracking the internal
 // and external (for account tries) references.
 func (trie *VerkleTrie) Commit(onleaf LeafCallback) (common.Hash, int, error) {
-	flush := make(chan verkle.VerkleNode)
-	flusher := func(n verkle.VerkleNode) {
+	root, ok := trie.root.(*verkle.InternalNode)
+	if !ok {
+		return common.Hash{}, 0, errors.New("unexpected root node type")
+	}
+	nodes, err := root.BatchSerialize()
+	if err != nil {
+		return common.Hash{}, 0, fmt.Errorf("serializing tree nodes: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	for _, node := range nodes {
 		if onleaf != nil {
-			if leaf, isLeaf := n.(*verkle.LeafNode); isLeaf {
-				for i := 0; i < verkle.NodeWidth; i++ {
-					if leaf.Value(i) != nil {
-						comm := n.Commitment().Bytes()
-						onleaf(nil, nil, leaf.Value(i), common.BytesToHash(comm[:]))
+			if leaf, isLeaf := node.Node.(*verkle.LeafNode); isLeaf {
+				for j := 0; j < verkle.NodeWidth; j++ {
+					if leaf.Value(j) != nil {
+						onleaf(nil, nil, leaf.Value(j), common.BytesToHash(node.CommitmentBytes[:]))
 					}
 				}
 			}
 		}
-		flush <- n
-	}
-	go func() {
-		switch root := trie.root.(type) {
-		case *verkle.StatelessNode:
-			root.Flush(flusher)
-		case *verkle.InternalNode:
-			root.Flush(flusher)
-		default:
-			log.Crit("root was not flushed")
-		}
-		close(flush)
-	}()
-	var commitCount int
-	for n := range flush {
-		commitCount += 1
-		value, err := n.Serialize()
-		if err != nil {
-			panic(err)
-		}
-
-		if err := trie.db.DiskDB().Put(nodeToDBKey(n), value); err != nil {
-			return common.Hash{}, commitCount, err
+		if err := trie.db.DiskDB().Put(node.CommitmentBytes[:], node.SerializedBytes); err != nil {
+			return common.Hash{}, 0, fmt.Errorf("put node to disk: %s", err)
 		}
 	}
 
-	return trie.Hash(), commitCount, nil
+	return nodes[0].CommitmentBytes, len(nodes), nil
 }
 
 // NodeIterator returns an iterator that returns nodes of the trie. Iteration
@@ -303,6 +287,7 @@ func (trie *VerkleTrie) Copy(db *Database) *VerkleTrie {
 		db:   db,
 	}
 }
+
 func (trie *VerkleTrie) IsVerkle() bool {
 	return true
 }