diff --git a/packages/api-evm/source/actions/eth-estimate-gas.ts b/packages/api-evm/source/actions/eth-estimate-gas.ts
index d59d41ae93..5595dd6af9 100644
--- a/packages/api-evm/source/actions/eth-estimate-gas.ts
+++ b/packages/api-evm/source/actions/eth-estimate-gas.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import crypto from "node:crypto";
-
 import { inject, injectable, tagged } from "@mainsail/container";
 import { Contracts, Exceptions, Identifiers } from "@mainsail/contracts";
 import { assert } from "@mainsail/utils";
@@ -23,7 +21,7 @@ interface EstimateOutcome {
 @injectable()
 export class EthEstimateGasAction implements Contracts.Api.RPC.Action {
 	@inject(Identifiers.Evm.Instance)
-	@tagged("instance", "validator")
+	@tagged("instance", "rpc")
 	private readonly evm!: Contracts.Evm.Instance;
 
 	@inject(Identifiers.Cryptography.Configuration)
@@ -93,7 +91,6 @@ export class EthEstimateGasAction implements Contracts.Api.RPC.Action {
 			nonce: accountInfo.nonce,
 			specId: evmSpec,
 			to: data.to,
-			txHash: this.#generateTxHash(),
 			value: data.value ? BigInt(data.value) : BigInt(0),
 		};
 
@@ -165,21 +162,12 @@ export class EthEstimateGasAction implements Contracts.Api.RPC.Action {
 		return `0x${maxGasLimit.toString(16)}`;
 	}
 
-	async #execute(context: Contracts.Evm.TransactionContext): Promise<EstimateOutcome> {
-		await this.evm.prepareNextCommit({
-			commitKey: context.blockContext.commitKey,
-		});
-
+	async #execute(context: Contracts.Evm.TransactionSimulateContext): Promise<EstimateOutcome> {
 		try {
-			const { receipt } = await this.evm.process(context);
+			const { receipt } = await this.evm.simulate(context);
 			return { receipt, success: receipt.status === 1 };
 		} catch (error) {
 			return { executionError: error.message, success: false };
 		}
 	}
-
-	#generateTxHash = () => {
-		const randomBytes = crypto.randomBytes(32);
-		return crypto.createHash("sha256").update(randomBytes).digest("hex");
-	};
 }
diff --git a/packages/contracts/source/contracts/evm/evm.ts b/packages/contracts/source/contracts/evm/evm.ts
index 4355532616..5b8cc9021a 100644
--- a/packages/contracts/source/contracts/evm/evm.ts
+++ b/packages/contracts/source/contracts/evm/evm.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,10 @@ export interface GenesisInfo {
 
 export interface ProcessResult {
 	readonly receipt: TransactionReceipt;
-	readonly mocked?: boolean;
+}
+
+export interface SimulateResult {
+	readonly receipt: TransactionReceipt;
 }
 
 export interface ViewResult {
@@ -117,6 +120,19 @@ export interface TransactionContext {
 	readonly specId: SpecId;
 }
 
+export interface TransactionSimulateContext {
+	readonly from: string;
+	/** Omit recipient when deploying a contract */
+	readonly to?: string;
+	readonly gasLimit: bigint;
+	readonly value: bigint;
+	readonly gasPrice: bigint;
+	readonly nonce: bigint;
+	readonly data: Buffer;
+	readonly blockContext: BlockContext;
+	readonly specId: SpecId;
+}
+
 export interface TransactionViewContext {
 	readonly from: string;
 	readonly to: string;
diff --git a/packages/contracts/source/contracts/evm/instance.ts b/packages/contracts/source/contracts/evm/instance.ts
index d84b8f0962..d0be619bc9 100644
--- a/packages/contracts/source/contracts/evm/instance.ts
+++ b/packages/contracts/source/contracts/evm/instance.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ import {
 	PreverifyTransactionContext,
 	PreverifyTransactionResult,
 	ProcessResult,
+	SimulateResult,
 	TransactionContext,
+	TransactionSimulateContext,
 	TransactionViewContext,
 	UpdateRewardsAndVotesContext,
 	ViewResult,
@@ -25,6 +27,7 @@ export interface Instance extends CommitHandler {
 	prepareNextCommit(context: PrepareNextCommitContext): Promise<void>;
 	preverifyTransaction(txContext: PreverifyTransactionContext): Promise<PreverifyTransactionResult>;
 	process(txContext: TransactionContext): Promise<ProcessResult>;
+	simulate(txContext: TransactionSimulateContext): Promise<SimulateResult>;
 	view(viewContext: TransactionViewContext): Promise<ViewResult>;
 	initializeGenesis(commit: GenesisInfo): Promise<void>;
 	getAccountInfo(address: string, height?: bigint): Promise<AccountInfo>;
diff --git a/packages/evm-service/source/instances/evm.ts b/packages/evm-service/source/instances/evm.ts
index 6e5d9eae3e..1be8cd73cd 100644
--- a/packages/evm-service/source/instances/evm.ts
+++ b/packages/evm-service/source/instances/evm.ts
@@ -86,6 +86,10 @@ export class EvmInstance implements Contracts.Evm.Instance, Contracts.Evm.Storag
 		return this.#evm.process(txContext);
 	}
 
+	public async simulate(txContext: Contracts.Evm.TransactionSimulateContext): Promise<Contracts.Evm.SimulateResult> {
+		return this.#evm.simulate(txContext);
+	}
+
 	public async initializeGenesis(info: Contracts.Evm.GenesisInfo): Promise<void> {
 		return this.#evm.initializeGenesis({
 			account: info.account,
diff --git a/packages/evm/Cargo.toml b/packages/evm/Cargo.toml
index 31560d3826..e35629aa18 100644
--- a/packages/evm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/packages/evm/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ members = ["core", "bindings"]
 
 [workspace.package]
 version = "0.1.0"
-rust-version = "1.85"
+rust-version = "1.88"
 edition = "2024"
 license = "GPL-3.0-only"
 authors = [""]
diff --git a/packages/evm/bindings/src/ctx.rs b/packages/evm/bindings/src/ctx.rs
index b1eca10f85..fa034170d6 100644
--- a/packages/evm/bindings/src/ctx.rs
+++ b/packages/evm/bindings/src/ctx.rs
@@ -34,6 +34,20 @@ pub struct JsTransactionContext {
     pub spec_id: JsString,
 }
 
+#[napi(object)]
+pub struct JsTransactionSimulateContext {
+    pub from: JsString,
+    /// Omit recipient when deploying a contract
+    pub to: Option<JsString>,
+    pub gas_limit: JsBigInt,
+    pub gas_price: JsBigInt,
+    pub value: JsBigInt,
+    pub nonce: JsBigInt,
+    pub data: JsBuffer,
+    pub block_context: JsBlockContext,
+    pub spec_id: JsString,
+}
+
 #[napi(object)]
 pub struct JsPreverifyTransactionContext {
     pub from: JsString,
@@ -163,6 +177,19 @@ pub struct TxViewContext {
     pub gas_limit: Option<u64>,
 }
 
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct TxSimulateContext {
+    pub from: Address,
+    pub to: Option<Address>,
+    pub gas_limit: u64,
+    pub gas_price: u128,
+    pub value: U256,
+    pub nonce: u64,
+    pub data: Bytes,
+    pub block_context: BlockContext,
+    pub spec_id: SpecId,
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct BlockContext {
     pub commit_key: CommitKey,
@@ -217,6 +244,7 @@ pub struct ExecutionContext {
     pub tx_hash: Option<B256>,
     pub block_context: Option<BlockContext>,
     pub spec_id: SpecId,
+    pub stateful: bool,
 }
 
 impl From<TxViewContext> for ExecutionContext {
@@ -232,6 +260,7 @@ impl From<TxViewContext> for ExecutionContext {
             tx_hash: None,
             block_context: None,
             spec_id: value.spec_id,
+            stateful: false,
         }
     }
 }
@@ -249,6 +278,25 @@ impl From<TxContext> for ExecutionContext {
             tx_hash: Some(value.tx_hash),
             block_context: Some(value.block_context),
             spec_id: value.spec_id,
+            stateful: true,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<TxSimulateContext> for ExecutionContext {
+    fn from(value: TxSimulateContext) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            from: value.from,
+            to: value.to,
+            gas_limit: Some(value.gas_limit),
+            gas_price: value.gas_price,
+            value: value.value,
+            nonce: Some(value.nonce),
+            data: value.data,
+            tx_hash: None,
+            block_context: Some(value.block_context),
+            spec_id: value.spec_id,
+            stateful: false,
         }
     }
 }
@@ -367,6 +415,32 @@ impl TryFrom<JsTransactionContext> for TxContext {
     }
 }
 
+impl TryFrom<JsTransactionSimulateContext> for TxSimulateContext {
+    type Error = anyhow::Error;
+
+    fn try_from(mut value: JsTransactionSimulateContext) -> std::result::Result<Self, Self::Error> {
+        let buf = value.data.into_value()?;
+
+        let to = if let Some(to) = value.to {
+            Some(utils::create_address_from_js_string(to)?)
+        } else {
+            None
+        };
+
+        Ok(TxSimulateContext {
+            to,
+            gas_limit: value.gas_limit.try_into()?,
+            gas_price: value.gas_price.get_u128()?.1,
+            from: utils::create_address_from_js_string(value.from)?,
+            value: utils::convert_bigint_to_u256(value.value)?,
+            nonce: value.nonce.get_u64()?.0,
+            data: Bytes::from(buf.as_ref().to_owned()),
+            block_context: value.block_context.try_into()?,
+            spec_id: parse_spec_id(value.spec_id)?,
+        })
+    }
+}
+
 impl TryFrom<JsPreverifyTransactionContext> for PreverifyTxContext {
     type Error = anyhow::Error;
 
diff --git a/packages/evm/bindings/src/lib.rs b/packages/evm/bindings/src/lib.rs
index 61e1df81a5..97360967a9 100644
--- a/packages/evm/bindings/src/lib.rs
+++ b/packages/evm/bindings/src/lib.rs
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@ use ctx::{
     BlockContext, CalculateRoundValidatorsContext, EvmOptions, ExecutionContext, GenesisContext,
     JsCalculateRoundValidatorsContext, JsCommitData, JsCommitKey, JsEvmOptions, JsGenesisContext,
     JsPrepareNextCommitContext, JsPreverifyTransactionContext, JsTransactionContext,
-    JsTransactionViewContext, JsUpdateRewardsAndVotesContext, PrepareNextCommitContext,
-    PreverifyTxContext, TxContext, TxViewContext, UpdateRewardsAndVotesContext,
+    JsTransactionSimulateContext, JsTransactionViewContext, JsUpdateRewardsAndVotesContext,
+    PrepareNextCommitContext, PreverifyTxContext, TxContext, TxSimulateContext, TxViewContext,
+    UpdateRewardsAndVotesContext,
 };
 use logger::JsLogger;
 use mainsail_evm_core::{
@@ -254,6 +255,7 @@ impl EvmInner {
             gas_price: 0,
             spec_id: ctx.spec_id,
             tx_hash: None,
+            stateful: true,
         }) {
             Ok(receipt) => {
                 self.logger.log(
@@ -339,6 +341,7 @@ impl EvmInner {
                     gas_price: 0,
                     spec_id: ctx.spec_id,
                     tx_hash: None,
+                    stateful: true,
                 }) {
                     Ok(receipt) => {
                         self.logger.log(
@@ -662,6 +665,13 @@ impl EvmInner {
         }
     }
 
+    pub fn simulate(
+        &mut self,
+        ctx: TxSimulateContext,
+    ) -> std::result::Result<TxReceipt, EVMError<String>> {
+        self.execute(ctx.into())
+    }
+
     pub fn process(
         &mut self,
         tx_ctx: TxContext,
@@ -721,27 +731,7 @@ impl EvmInner {
             }
         }
 
-        let result = self.transact_evm(tx_ctx.into());
-
-        match result {
-            Ok(result) => {
-                let receipt = map_execution_result(result);
-                Ok(receipt)
-            }
-            Err(err) => {
-                match err {
-                    EVMError::Transaction(err) => {
-                        return Err(EVMError::Transaction(err));
-                    }
-                    // EVMError::Header(_) => todo!(),
-                    // EVMError::Database(_) => todo!(),
-                    // EVMError::Custom(_) => todo!(),
-                    _ => {
-                        unimplemented!("fatal evm err {:?}", err);
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
+        self.execute(tx_ctx.into())
     }
 
     pub fn commit(
@@ -947,13 +937,40 @@ impl EvmInner {
         Ok(())
     }
 
+    fn execute(
+        &mut self,
+        ctx: ExecutionContext,
+    ) -> std::result::Result<TxReceipt, EVMError<String>> {
+        match self.transact_evm(ctx.into()) {
+            Ok(result) => {
+                let receipt = map_execution_result(result);
+                Ok(receipt)
+            }
+            Err(err) => {
+                match err {
+                    EVMError::Transaction(err) => {
+                        return Err(EVMError::Transaction(err));
+                    }
+                    // EVMError::Header(_) => todo!(),
+                    // EVMError::Database(_) => todo!(),
+                    // EVMError::Custom(_) => todo!(),
+                    _ => {
+                        panic!("fatal evm err {:?}", err);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     fn transact_evm(
         &mut self,
         ctx: ExecutionContext,
     ) -> std::result::Result<ExecutionResult, EVMError<mainsail_evm_core::db::Error>> {
         let mut state_builder = State::builder().with_bundle_update();
 
-        if let Some(commit_key) = ctx.block_context.as_ref().map(|b| &b.commit_key) {
+        if let Some(commit_key) = ctx.block_context.as_ref().map(|b| &b.commit_key)
+            && ctx.stateful
+        {
             if let Some(pending_commit) = self.pending_commits.get_mut(commit_key) {
                 state_builder =
                     state_builder.with_cached_prestate(std::mem::take(&mut pending_commit.cache));
@@ -1004,7 +1021,9 @@ impl EvmInner {
                 let ResultAndState { state, result } = result;
 
                 // Update state if transaction is part of a commit
-                if let Some(commit_key) = ctx.block_context.as_ref().map(|b| &b.commit_key) {
+                if let Some(commit_key) = ctx.block_context.as_ref().map(|b| &b.commit_key)
+                    && ctx.stateful
+                {
                     let state_db = evm.db_mut();
                     state_db.commit(state);
 
@@ -1140,6 +1159,19 @@ impl JsEvmWrapper {
         )
     }
 
+    #[napi(ts_return_type = "Promise<JsSimulateResult>")]
+    pub fn simulate(
+        &mut self,
+        node_env: Env,
+        tx_ctx: JsTransactionSimulateContext,
+    ) -> Result<JsObject> {
+        let tx_ctx = TxSimulateContext::try_from(tx_ctx)?;
+        node_env.execute_tokio_future(
+            Self::simulate_async(self.evm.clone(), tx_ctx),
+            |&mut node_env, result| Ok(result::JsSimulateResult::new(&node_env, result)?),
+        )
+    }
+
     #[napi(ts_return_type = "Promise<void>")]
     pub fn initialize_genesis(
         &mut self,
@@ -1601,6 +1633,19 @@ impl JsEvmWrapper {
         }
     }
 
+    async fn simulate_async(
+        evm: Arc<tokio::sync::Mutex<EvmInner>>,
+        tx_ctx: TxSimulateContext,
+    ) -> Result<TxReceipt> {
+        let mut lock = evm.lock().await;
+        let result = lock.simulate(tx_ctx);
+
+        match result {
+            Ok(result) => Result::Ok(result),
+            Err(err) => Result::Err(serde::de::Error::custom(err)),
+        }
+    }
+
     async fn get_account_info_async(
         evm: Arc<tokio::sync::Mutex<EvmInner>>,
         address: Address,
diff --git a/packages/evm/bindings/src/result.rs b/packages/evm/bindings/src/result.rs
index 789d607b15..fbc26594fc 100644
--- a/packages/evm/bindings/src/result.rs
+++ b/packages/evm/bindings/src/result.rs
@@ -25,6 +25,18 @@ impl JsProcessResult {
     }
 }
 
+#[napi(object)]
+pub struct JsSimulateResult {
+    pub receipt: JsTransactionReceipt,
+}
+impl JsSimulateResult {
+    pub fn new(node_env: &napi::Env, receipt: TxReceipt) -> anyhow::Result<Self> {
+        Ok(Self {
+            receipt: JsTransactionReceipt::new(node_env, receipt)?,
+        })
+    }
+}
+
 #[napi(object)]
 pub struct JsCommitResult {
     pub dirty_accounts: Vec<JsAccountUpdate>,