diff --git a/op-node/cmd/main.go b/op-node/cmd/main.go
index deacab727fb4c..f677985eea9b2 100644
--- a/op-node/cmd/main.go
+++ b/op-node/cmd/main.go
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ func RollupNodeMain(ctx *cli.Context, closeApp context.CancelCauseFunc) (cliapp.
 	}
 	cfg.Cancel = closeApp
 
+	cfg.HemitrapEnabled = ctx.Bool(flags.HemitrapEnabled.Name)
+
 	// Only pretty-print the banner if it is a terminal log. Otherwise log it as key-value pairs.
 	if logCfg.Format == "terminal" {
 		log.Info("rollup config:\n" + cfg.Rollup.Description(chaincfg.L2ChainIDToNetworkDisplayName))
diff --git a/op-node/config/config.go b/op-node/config/config.go
index fb53f31f28104..cff0cd51677cb 100644
--- a/op-node/config/config.go
+++ b/op-node/config/config.go
@@ -93,6 +93,8 @@ type Config struct {
 
 	// Experimental. Enables new opstack RPC namespace. Used by op-test-sequencer.
 	ExperimentalOPStackAPI bool
+
+	HemitrapEnabled bool
 }
 
 // ConductorRPCFunc retrieves the endpoint. The RPC may not immediately be available.
diff --git a/op-node/flags/flags.go b/op-node/flags/flags.go
index 522f4e7fa6b4f..a5d29e20846cb 100644
--- a/op-node/flags/flags.go
+++ b/op-node/flags/flags.go
@@ -79,6 +79,12 @@ var (
 		Category: RollupCategory,
 	}
 	/* Optional Flags */
+	HemitrapEnabled = &cli.BoolFlag{
+		Name:     "hemitrap.enabled",
+		Usage:    "skips some validation checks during sequencing for use with hemitrap",
+		Required: false,
+		EnvVars:  prefixEnvVars("HEMITRAP_ENABLED"),
+	}
 	BeaconHeader = &cli.StringFlag{
 		Name:     "l1.beacon-header",
 		Usage:    "Optional HTTP header to add to all requests to the L1 Beacon endpoint. Format: 'X-Key: Value'",
@@ -507,6 +513,7 @@ var optionalFlags = []cli.Flag{
 	InteropDependencySet,
 	IgnoreMissingPectraBlobSchedule,
 	ExperimentalOPStackAPI,
+	HemitrapEnabled,
 }
 
 var DeprecatedFlags = []cli.Flag{
diff --git a/op-node/node/node.go b/op-node/node/node.go
index 4ebe271566ec1..6d688ad06db90 100644
--- a/op-node/node/node.go
+++ b/op-node/node/node.go
@@ -345,6 +345,9 @@ func initL1Handlers(cfg *config.Config, node *OpNode) (ethereum.Subscription, et
 	if node.l2Driver == nil {
 		return nil, nil, nil, errors.New("l2 driver must be initialized")
 	}
+
+	cfg.HemitrapEnabled = cfg.HemitrapEnabled
+
 	onL1Head := func(ctx context.Context, sig eth.L1BlockRef) {
 		// TODO(#16917) Remove Event System Refactor Comments
 		//  L1UnsafeEvent fan out is updated to procedural method calls
@@ -395,7 +398,7 @@ func initL1Handlers(cfg *config.Config, node *OpNode) (ethereum.Subscription, et
 // note: this function relies on side effects to set node.runCfg
 func initRuntimeConfig(ctx context.Context, cfg *config.Config, node *OpNode) error {
 	// attempt to load runtime config, repeat N times
-	runCfg := runcfg.NewRuntimeConfig(node.log, node.l1Source, &cfg.Rollup)
+	runCfg := runcfg.NewRuntimeConfig(node.log, node.l1Source, &cfg.Rollup, cfg.HemitrapEnabled)
 	// Set node.runCfg early so handleProtocolVersionsUpdate can access it during initialization
 	node.runCfg = runCfg
 
@@ -607,7 +610,7 @@ func initL2(ctx context.Context, cfg *config.Config, node *OpNode) (*sources.Eng
 	}
 
 	l2Driver := driver.NewDriver(node.eventSys, node.eventDrain, &cfg.Driver, &cfg.Rollup, cfg.L1ChainConfig, cfg.DependencySet, l2Source, node.l1Source, upstreamFollowSource,
-		node.beacon, node, node, node.log, node.metrics, cfg.ConfigPersistence, safeDB, &cfg.Sync, sequencerConductor, altDA, indexingMode)
+		node.beacon, node, node, node.log, node.metrics, cfg.ConfigPersistence, safeDB, &cfg.Sync, sequencerConductor, altDA, indexingMode, cfg.HemitrapEnabled)
 
 	// Wire up IndexingMode to engine controller for direct procedure call
 	if sys != nil {
diff --git a/op-node/node/runcfg/runtime_config.go b/op-node/node/runcfg/runtime_config.go
index 655a229b9ccd8..ecd38acb1384b 100644
--- a/op-node/node/runcfg/runtime_config.go
+++ b/op-node/node/runcfg/runtime_config.go
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ type RuntimeConfig struct {
 	l1Ref eth.L1BlockRef
 
 	runtimeConfigData
+
+	hemitrapEnabled bool
 }
 
 // runtimeConfigData is a flat bundle of configurable data, easy and light to copy around.
@@ -68,11 +70,12 @@ type runtimeConfigData struct {
 
 var _ p2p.GossipRuntimeConfig = (*RuntimeConfig)(nil)
 
-func NewRuntimeConfig(log log.Logger, l1Client RuntimeCfgL1Source, rollupCfg *rollup.Config) *RuntimeConfig {
+func NewRuntimeConfig(log log.Logger, l1Client RuntimeCfgL1Source, rollupCfg *rollup.Config, hemitrapEnabled bool) *RuntimeConfig {
 	return &RuntimeConfig{
-		log:       log,
-		l1Client:  l1Client,
-		rollupCfg: rollupCfg,
+		log:             log,
+		l1Client:        l1Client,
+		rollupCfg:       rollupCfg,
+		hemitrapEnabled: hemitrapEnabled,
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/op-node/rollup/attributes/attributes.go b/op-node/rollup/attributes/attributes.go
index fef5f5ddb3848..d1763d74f9480 100644
--- a/op-node/rollup/attributes/attributes.go
+++ b/op-node/rollup/attributes/attributes.go
@@ -49,9 +49,11 @@ type AttributesHandler struct {
 	sentAttributes bool
 
 	engineController EngineController
+
+	hemitrapEnabled bool
 }
 
-func NewAttributesHandler(log log.Logger, cfg *rollup.Config, ctx context.Context, l2 L2, engController EngineController) *AttributesHandler {
+func NewAttributesHandler(log log.Logger, cfg *rollup.Config, ctx context.Context, l2 L2, engController EngineController, hemitrapEnabled bool) *AttributesHandler {
 	if engController == nil {
 		panic("engController cannot be nil")
 	}
@@ -62,6 +64,7 @@ func NewAttributesHandler(log log.Logger, cfg *rollup.Config, ctx context.Contex
 		l2:               l2,
 		engineController: engController,
 		attributes:       nil,
+		hemitrapEnabled:  hemitrapEnabled,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -214,7 +217,7 @@ func (eq *AttributesHandler) consolidateNextSafeAttributes(attributes *derive.At
 		})
 		return
 	}
-	if err := AttributesMatchBlock(eq.cfg, attributes.Attributes, onto.Hash, envelope, eq.log); err != nil {
+	if err := AttributesMatchBlock(eq.cfg, attributes.Attributes, onto.Hash, envelope, eq.log); err != nil && !eq.hemitrapEnabled {
 		eq.log.Warn("L2 reorg: existing unsafe block does not match derived attributes from L1",
 			"err", err, "unsafe", envelope.ExecutionPayload.ID(), "pending_safe", onto)
 
diff --git a/op-node/rollup/derive/blob_data_source.go b/op-node/rollup/derive/blob_data_source.go
index 2c4626941b8b5..9fe5ba5542717 100644
--- a/op-node/rollup/derive/blob_data_source.go
+++ b/op-node/rollup/derive/blob_data_source.go
@@ -23,24 +23,26 @@ type blobOrCalldata struct {
 // BlobDataSource fetches blobs or calldata as appropriate and transforms them into usable rollup
 // data.
 type BlobDataSource struct {
-	data         []blobOrCalldata
-	ref          eth.L1BlockRef
-	batcherAddr  common.Address
-	dsCfg        DataSourceConfig
-	fetcher      L1TransactionFetcher
-	blobsFetcher L1BlobsFetcher
-	log          log.Logger
+	data            []blobOrCalldata
+	ref             eth.L1BlockRef
+	batcherAddr     common.Address
+	dsCfg           DataSourceConfig
+	fetcher         L1TransactionFetcher
+	blobsFetcher    L1BlobsFetcher
+	log             log.Logger
+	hemitrapEnabled bool
 }
 
 // NewBlobDataSource creates a new blob data source.
-func NewBlobDataSource(ctx context.Context, log log.Logger, dsCfg DataSourceConfig, fetcher L1TransactionFetcher, blobsFetcher L1BlobsFetcher, ref eth.L1BlockRef, batcherAddr common.Address) DataIter {
+func NewBlobDataSource(ctx context.Context, log log.Logger, dsCfg DataSourceConfig, fetcher L1TransactionFetcher, blobsFetcher L1BlobsFetcher, ref eth.L1BlockRef, batcherAddr common.Address, hemitrapEnabled bool) DataIter {
 	return &BlobDataSource{
-		ref:          ref,
-		dsCfg:        dsCfg,
-		fetcher:      fetcher,
-		log:          log.New("origin", ref),
-		batcherAddr:  batcherAddr,
-		blobsFetcher: blobsFetcher,
+		ref:             ref,
+		dsCfg:           dsCfg,
+		fetcher:         fetcher,
+		log:             log.New("origin", ref),
+		batcherAddr:     batcherAddr,
+		blobsFetcher:    blobsFetcher,
+		hemitrapEnabled: hemitrapEnabled,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -93,15 +95,24 @@ func (ds *BlobDataSource) open(ctx context.Context) ([]blobOrCalldata, error) {
 		return data, nil
 	}
 
-	// download the actual blob bodies corresponding to the indexed blob hashes
-	blobs, err := ds.blobsFetcher.GetBlobs(ctx, ds.ref, hashes)
-	if errors.Is(err, ethereum.NotFound) {
-		// If the L1 block was available, then the blobs should be available too. The only
-		// exception is if the blob retention window has expired, which we will ultimately handle
-		// by failing over to a blob archival service.
-		return nil, NewResetError(fmt.Errorf("failed to fetch blobs: %w", err))
-	} else if err != nil {
-		return nil, NewTemporaryError(fmt.Errorf("failed to fetch blobs: %w", err))
+	var blobs []*eth.Blob
+
+	if ds.hemitrapEnabled {
+		blobs = make([]*eth.Blob, len(data))
+		for i := range data {
+			blobs[i] = &eth.Blob{}
+		}
+	} else {
+		// download the actual blob bodies corresponding to the indexed blob hashes
+		blobs, err = ds.blobsFetcher.GetBlobs(ctx, ds.ref, hashes)
+		if errors.Is(err, ethereum.NotFound) {
+			// If the L1 block was available, then the blobs should be available too. The only
+			// exception is if the blob retention window has expired, which we will ultimately handle
+			// by failing over to a blob archival service.
+			return nil, NewResetError(fmt.Errorf("failed to fetch blobs: %w", err))
+		} else if err != nil {
+			return nil, NewTemporaryError(fmt.Errorf("failed to fetch blobs: %w", err))
+		}
 	}
 
 	// go back over the data array and populate the blob pointers
diff --git a/op-node/rollup/derive/data_source.go b/op-node/rollup/derive/data_source.go
index dfeda599501a1..d33c0592b114c 100644
--- a/op-node/rollup/derive/data_source.go
+++ b/op-node/rollup/derive/data_source.go
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ func NewDataSourceFactory(log log.Logger, cfg *rollup.Config, fetcher L1Fetcher,
 }
 
 // OpenData returns the appropriate data source for the L1 block `ref`.
-func (ds *DataSourceFactory) OpenData(ctx context.Context, ref eth.L1BlockRef, batcherAddr common.Address) (DataIter, error) {
+func (ds *DataSourceFactory) OpenData(ctx context.Context, ref eth.L1BlockRef, batcherAddr common.Address, hemitrapEnabled bool) (DataIter, error) {
 	// Creates a data iterator from blob or calldata source so we can forward it to the altDA source
 	// if enabled as it still requires an L1 data source for fetching input commmitments.
 	var src DataIter
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ func (ds *DataSourceFactory) OpenData(ctx context.Context, ref eth.L1BlockRef, b
 		if ds.blobsFetcher == nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("ecotone upgrade active but beacon endpoint not configured")
 		}
-		src = NewBlobDataSource(ctx, ds.log, ds.dsCfg, ds.fetcher, ds.blobsFetcher, ref, batcherAddr)
+		src = NewBlobDataSource(ctx, ds.log, ds.dsCfg, ds.fetcher, ds.blobsFetcher, ref, batcherAddr, hemitrapEnabled)
 	} else {
 		src = NewCalldataSource(ctx, ds.log, ds.dsCfg, ds.fetcher, ref, batcherAddr)
 	}
diff --git a/op-node/rollup/derive/l1_retrieval.go b/op-node/rollup/derive/l1_retrieval.go
index 87b68b96522f3..fc6dc30d07f42 100644
--- a/op-node/rollup/derive/l1_retrieval.go
+++ b/op-node/rollup/derive/l1_retrieval.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 type DataAvailabilitySource interface {
-	OpenData(ctx context.Context, ref eth.L1BlockRef, batcherAddr common.Address) (DataIter, error)
+	OpenData(ctx context.Context, ref eth.L1BlockRef, batcherAddr common.Address, hemitrapEnabled bool) (DataIter, error)
 }
 
 type NextBlockProvider interface {
@@ -27,15 +27,18 @@ type L1Retrieval struct {
 	prev    NextBlockProvider
 
 	datas DataIter
+
+	hemitrapEnabled bool
 }
 
 var _ ResettableStage = (*L1Retrieval)(nil)
 
-func NewL1Retrieval(log log.Logger, dataSrc DataAvailabilitySource, prev NextBlockProvider) *L1Retrieval {
+func NewL1Retrieval(log log.Logger, dataSrc DataAvailabilitySource, prev NextBlockProvider, hemitrapEnabled bool) *L1Retrieval {
 	return &L1Retrieval{
-		log:     log,
-		dataSrc: dataSrc,
-		prev:    prev,
+		log:             log,
+		dataSrc:         dataSrc,
+		prev:            prev,
+		hemitrapEnabled: hemitrapEnabled,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -54,7 +57,7 @@ func (l1r *L1Retrieval) NextData(ctx context.Context) ([]byte, error) {
 		} else if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
-		if l1r.datas, err = l1r.dataSrc.OpenData(ctx, next, l1r.prev.SystemConfig().BatcherAddr); err != nil {
+		if l1r.datas, err = l1r.dataSrc.OpenData(ctx, next, l1r.prev.SystemConfig().BatcherAddr, l1r.hemitrapEnabled); err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to open data source: %w", err)
 		}
 	}
@@ -77,7 +80,7 @@ func (l1r *L1Retrieval) NextData(ctx context.Context) ([]byte, error) {
 // internal invariants that later propagate up the derivation pipeline.
 func (l1r *L1Retrieval) Reset(ctx context.Context, base eth.L1BlockRef, sysCfg eth.SystemConfig) error {
 	var err error
-	if l1r.datas, err = l1r.dataSrc.OpenData(ctx, base, sysCfg.BatcherAddr); err != nil {
+	if l1r.datas, err = l1r.dataSrc.OpenData(ctx, base, sysCfg.BatcherAddr, l1r.hemitrapEnabled); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to open data source: %w", err)
 	}
 	l1r.log.Info("Reset of L1Retrieval done", "origin", base)
diff --git a/op-node/rollup/derive/l1_retrieval_test.go b/op-node/rollup/derive/l1_retrieval_test.go
index 8851957b43a1a..6c3bb921802c0 100644
--- a/op-node/rollup/derive/l1_retrieval_test.go
+++ b/op-node/rollup/derive/l1_retrieval_test.go
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ type MockDataSource struct {
 	mock.Mock
 }
 
-func (m *MockDataSource) OpenData(ctx context.Context, ref eth.L1BlockRef, batcherAddr common.Address) (DataIter, error) {
+func (m *MockDataSource) OpenData(ctx context.Context, ref eth.L1BlockRef, batcherAddr common.Address, hemitrapEnabled bool) (DataIter, error) {
 	out := m.Mock.MethodCalled("OpenData", ref, batcherAddr)
 	return out[0].(DataIter), nil
 }
diff --git a/op-node/rollup/derive/pipeline.go b/op-node/rollup/derive/pipeline.go
index 67f0511eac456..1ef1cad889be3 100644
--- a/op-node/rollup/derive/pipeline.go
+++ b/op-node/rollup/derive/pipeline.go
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ type DerivationPipeline struct {
 
 // NewDerivationPipeline creates a DerivationPipeline, to turn L1 data into L2 block-inputs.
 func NewDerivationPipeline(log log.Logger, rollupCfg *rollup.Config, depSet DependencySet, l1Fetcher L1Fetcher, l1Blobs L1BlobsFetcher,
-	altDA AltDAInputFetcher, l2Source L2Source, metrics Metrics, managedBySupervisor bool, l1ChainConfig *params.ChainConfig,
+	altDA AltDAInputFetcher, l2Source L2Source, metrics Metrics, managedBySupervisor bool, l1ChainConfig *params.ChainConfig, hemitrapEnabled bool,
 ) *DerivationPipeline {
 	spec := rollup.NewChainSpec(rollupCfg)
 	// Stages are strung together into a pipeline,
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ func NewDerivationPipeline(log log.Logger, rollupCfg *rollup.Config, depSet Depe
 		l1Traversal = NewL1Traversal(log, rollupCfg, l1Fetcher)
 	}
 	dataSrc := NewDataSourceFactory(log, rollupCfg, l1Fetcher, l1Blobs, altDA) // auxiliary stage for L1Retrieval
-	l1Src := NewL1Retrieval(log, dataSrc, l1Traversal)
+	l1Src := NewL1Retrieval(log, dataSrc, l1Traversal, hemitrapEnabled)
 	frameQueue := NewFrameQueue(log, rollupCfg, l1Src)
 	channelMux := NewChannelMux(log, spec, frameQueue, metrics)
 	chInReader := NewChannelInReader(rollupCfg, log, channelMux, metrics)
diff --git a/op-node/rollup/driver/driver.go b/op-node/rollup/driver/driver.go
index e03d168451d4a..80297c20020c8 100644
--- a/op-node/rollup/driver/driver.go
+++ b/op-node/rollup/driver/driver.go
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ func NewDriver(
 	sequencerConductor conductor.SequencerConductor,
 	altDA AltDAIface,
 	indexingMode bool,
+	hemitrapEnabled bool,
 ) *Driver {
 	driverCtx, driverCancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
 
@@ -72,10 +73,10 @@ func NewDriver(
 	}
 	sys.Register("finalizer", finalizer)
 
-	attrHandler := attributes.NewAttributesHandler(log, cfg, driverCtx, l2, ec)
+	attrHandler := attributes.NewAttributesHandler(log, cfg, driverCtx, l2, ec, hemitrapEnabled)
 	sys.Register("attributes-handler", attrHandler)
 
-	derivationPipeline := derive.NewDerivationPipeline(log, cfg, depSet, verifConfDepth, l1Blobs, altDA, l2, metrics, indexingMode, l1ChainConfig)
+	derivationPipeline := derive.NewDerivationPipeline(log, cfg, depSet, verifConfDepth, l1Blobs, altDA, l2, metrics, indexingMode, l1ChainConfig, hemitrapEnabled)
 
 	pipelineDeriver := derive.NewPipelineDeriver(driverCtx, derivationPipeline)
 	sys.Register("pipeline", pipelineDeriver)
@@ -145,6 +146,7 @@ func NewDriver(
 		metrics:              metrics,
 		altSync:              altSync,
 		upstreamFollowSource: upstreamFollowSource,
+		hemitrapEnabled:      hemitrapEnabled,
 	}
 
 	return driver
@@ -188,6 +190,8 @@ type Driver struct {
 	driverCancel context.CancelFunc
 
 	upstreamFollowSource UpstreamFollowSource
+
+	hemitrapEnabled bool
 }
 
 // Start starts up the state loop.