diff --git a/erigon-lib/crypto/crypto.go b/erigon-lib/crypto/crypto.go
index 35fdbfd0805..b1e017d2ff2 100644
--- a/erigon-lib/crypto/crypto.go
+++ b/erigon-lib/crypto/crypto.go
@@ -118,9 +118,9 @@ func Keccak512(data ...[]byte) []byte {
 // CreateAddress creates an ethereum address given the bytes and the nonce
 // DESCRIBED: docs/programmers_guide/guide.md#address---identifier-of-an-account
 func CreateAddress(a common.Address, nonce uint64) common.Address {
-	len := 21 + rlp.U64Len(nonce)
-	data := make([]byte, len+1)
-	pos := rlp.EncodeListPrefix(len, data)
+	listLen := 21 + rlp.U64Len(nonce)
+	data := make([]byte, listLen+1)
+	pos := rlp.EncodeListPrefix(listLen, data)
 	pos += rlp.EncodeAddress(a[:], data[pos:])
 	rlp.EncodeU64(nonce, data[pos:])
 	return common.BytesToAddress(Keccak256(data)[12:])
@@ -228,7 +228,8 @@ func MarshalPubkey(pubkey *ecdsa.PublicKey) []byte {
 // HexToECDSA parses a secp256k1 private key.
 func HexToECDSA(hexkey string) (*ecdsa.PrivateKey, error) {
 	b, err := hex.DecodeString(hexkey)
-	if byteErr, ok := err.(hex.InvalidByteError); ok {
+	var byteErr hex.InvalidByteError
+	if errors.As(err, &byteErr) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid hex character %q in private key", byte(byteErr))
 	} else if err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.New("invalid hex data for private key")
diff --git a/erigon-lib/crypto/crypto_test.go b/erigon-lib/crypto/crypto_test.go
index 0d1af31a1e6..6c08f766115 100644
--- a/erigon-lib/crypto/crypto_test.go
+++ b/erigon-lib/crypto/crypto_test.go
@@ -23,17 +23,18 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"crypto/ecdsa"
 	"encoding/hex"
+	"errors"
 	"os"
 	"reflect"
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/holiman/uint256"
 	"golang.org/x/crypto/sha3"
 
 	"github.com/erigontech/erigon-lib/common"
 	"github.com/erigontech/erigon-lib/common/hexutil"
 	"github.com/erigontech/erigon-lib/common/hexutility"
 	"github.com/erigontech/erigon-lib/common/u256"
-	"github.com/holiman/uint256"
 )
 
 var testAddrHex = "970e8128ab834e8eac17ab8e3812f010678cf791"
@@ -101,11 +102,11 @@ func BenchmarkSha3(b *testing.B) {
 
 func TestUnmarshalPubkey(t *testing.T) {
 	key, err := UnmarshalPubkey(nil)
-	if err != errInvalidPubkey || key != nil {
+	if !errors.Is(err, errInvalidPubkey) || key != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("expected error, got %v, %v", err, key)
 	}
 	key, err = UnmarshalPubkey([]byte{1, 2, 3})
-	if err != errInvalidPubkey || key != nil {
+	if !errors.Is(err, errInvalidPubkey) || key != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("expected error, got %v, %v", err, key)
 	}
 
@@ -325,6 +326,7 @@ func TestTransactionSignatureIsValid(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func checkhash(t *testing.T, name string, f func([]byte) []byte, msg, exp []byte) {
+	t.Helper()
 	sum := f(msg)
 	if !bytes.Equal(exp, sum) {
 		t.Fatalf("hash %s mismatch: want: %x have: %x", name, exp, sum)
@@ -332,6 +334,7 @@ func checkhash(t *testing.T, name string, f func([]byte) []byte, msg, exp []byte
 }
 
 func checkAddr(t *testing.T, addr0, addr1 common.Address) {
+	t.Helper()
 	if addr0 != addr1 {
 		t.Fatalf("address mismatch: want: %x have: %x", addr0, addr1)
 	}
diff --git a/erigon-lib/crypto/ecies/ecies_test.go b/erigon-lib/crypto/ecies/ecies_test.go
index 27cdea48953..ba925c9e105 100644
--- a/erigon-lib/crypto/ecies/ecies_test.go
+++ b/erigon-lib/crypto/ecies/ecies_test.go
@@ -164,12 +164,12 @@ func TestTooBigSharedKey(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	_, err = prv1.GenerateShared(&prv2.PublicKey, 32, 32)
-	if err != ErrSharedKeyTooBig {
+	if !errors.Is(err, ErrSharedKeyTooBig) {
 		t.Fatal("ecdh: shared key should be too large for curve")
 	}
 
 	_, err = prv2.GenerateShared(&prv1.PublicKey, 32, 32)
-	if err != ErrSharedKeyTooBig {
+	if !errors.Is(err, ErrSharedKeyTooBig) {
 		t.Fatal("ecdh: shared key should be too large for curve")
 	}
 }
@@ -310,6 +310,7 @@ func TestParamSelection(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func testParamSelection(t *testing.T, c testCase) {
+	t.Helper()
 	params := ParamsFromCurve(c.Curve)
 	if params == nil {
 		t.Fatal("ParamsFromCurve returned nil")
@@ -368,7 +369,7 @@ func TestBasicKeyValidation(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, b := range badBytes {
 		ct[0] = b
 		_, err := prv.Decrypt(ct, nil, nil)
-		if err != ErrInvalidPublicKey {
+		if !errors.Is(err, ErrInvalidPublicKey) {
 			t.Fatal("ecies: validated an invalid key")
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/erigon-lib/go.mod b/erigon-lib/go.mod
index 4c812f65ed4..b2fdd309050 100644
--- a/erigon-lib/go.mod
+++ b/erigon-lib/go.mod
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/anacrolix/go-libutp v1.3.1
 	github.com/anacrolix/log v0.15.2
 	github.com/anacrolix/torrent v1.52.6-0.20231201115409-7ea994b6bbd8
+	github.com/btcsuite/btcd/btcec/v2 v2.3.4
 	github.com/c2h5oh/datasize v0.0.0-20231215233829-aa82cc1e6500
 	github.com/containerd/cgroups/v3 v3.0.3
 	github.com/crate-crypto/go-kzg-4844 v0.7.0
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ require (
 
 require (
 	github.com/cespare/xxhash v1.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/decred/dcrd/dcrec/secp256k1/v4 v4.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-cleanhttp v0.5.2 // indirect
 	github.com/ianlancetaylor/cgosymbolizer v0.0.0-20240503222823-736c933a666d // indirect
 	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.9 // indirect
diff --git a/erigon-lib/go.sum b/erigon-lib/go.sum
index c2d86e6683e..c1ed7c228da 100644
--- a/erigon-lib/go.sum
+++ b/erigon-lib/go.sum
@@ -100,6 +100,10 @@ github.com/bradfitz/iter v0.0.0-20140124041915-454541ec3da2/go.mod h1:PyRFw1Lt2w
 github.com/bradfitz/iter v0.0.0-20190303215204-33e6a9893b0c/go.mod h1:PyRFw1Lt2wKX4ZVSQ2mk+PeDa1rxyObEDlApuIsUKuo=
 github.com/bradfitz/iter v0.0.0-20191230175014-e8f45d346db8 h1:GKTyiRCL6zVf5wWaqKnf+7Qs6GbEPfd4iMOitWzXJx8=
 github.com/bradfitz/iter v0.0.0-20191230175014-e8f45d346db8/go.mod h1:spo1JLcs67NmW1aVLEgtA8Yy1elc+X8y5SRW1sFW4Og=
+github.com/btcsuite/btcd/btcec/v2 v2.3.4 h1:3EJjcN70HCu/mwqlUsGK8GcNVyLVxFDlWurTXGPFfiQ=
+github.com/btcsuite/btcd/btcec/v2 v2.3.4/go.mod h1:zYzJ8etWJQIv1Ogk7OzpWjowwOdXY1W/17j2MW85J04=
+github.com/btcsuite/btcd/chaincfg/chainhash v1.0.1 h1:q0rUy8C/TYNBQS1+CGKw68tLOFYSNEs0TFnxxnS9+4U=
+github.com/btcsuite/btcd/chaincfg/chainhash v1.0.1/go.mod h1:7SFka0XMvUgj3hfZtydOrQY2mwhPclbT2snogU7SQQc=
 github.com/c2h5oh/datasize v0.0.0-20231215233829-aa82cc1e6500 h1:6lhrsTEnloDPXyeZBvSYvQf8u86jbKehZPVDDlkgDl4=
 github.com/c2h5oh/datasize v0.0.0-20231215233829-aa82cc1e6500/go.mod h1:S/7n9copUssQ56c7aAgHqftWO4LTf4xY6CGWt8Bc+3M=
 github.com/census-instrumentation/opencensus-proto v0.2.1/go.mod h1:f6KPmirojxKA12rnyqOA5BBL4O983OfeGPqjHWSTneU=
@@ -128,6 +132,10 @@ github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/deckarep/golang-set/v2 v2.3.1 h1:vjmkvJt/IV27WXPyYQpAh4bRyWJc5Y435D17XQ9QU5A=
 github.com/deckarep/golang-set/v2 v2.3.1/go.mod h1:VAky9rY/yGXJOLEDv3OMci+7wtDpOF4IN+y82NBOac4=
+github.com/decred/dcrd/crypto/blake256 v1.0.1 h1:7PltbUIQB7u/FfZ39+DGa/ShuMyJ5ilcvdfma9wOH6Y=
+github.com/decred/dcrd/crypto/blake256 v1.0.1/go.mod h1:2OfgNZ5wDpcsFmHmCK5gZTPcCXqlm2ArzUIkw9czNJo=
+github.com/decred/dcrd/dcrec/secp256k1/v4 v4.3.0 h1:rpfIENRNNilwHwZeG5+P150SMrnNEcHYvcCuK6dPZSg=
+github.com/decred/dcrd/dcrec/secp256k1/v4 v4.3.0/go.mod h1:v57UDF4pDQJcEfFUCRop3lJL149eHGSe9Jvczhzjo/0=
 github.com/docker/go-units v0.5.0 h1:69rxXcBk27SvSaaxTtLh/8llcHD8vYHT7WSdRZ/jvr4=
 github.com/docker/go-units v0.5.0/go.mod h1:fgPhTUdO+D/Jk86RDLlptpiXQzgHJF7gydDDbaIK4Dk=
 github.com/docopt/docopt-go v0.0.0-20180111231733-ee0de3bc6815/go.mod h1:WwZ+bS3ebgob9U8Nd0kOddGdZWjyMGR8Wziv+TBNwSE=
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 30bd449f341..fab36580321 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/anacrolix/sync v0.5.1
 	github.com/anacrolix/torrent v1.52.6-0.20231201115409-7ea994b6bbd8
 	github.com/benesch/cgosymbolizer v0.0.0-20190515212042-bec6fe6e597b
-	github.com/btcsuite/btcd/btcec/v2 v2.1.3
+	github.com/btcsuite/btcd/btcec/v2 v2.3.4
 	github.com/c2h5oh/datasize v0.0.0-20231215233829-aa82cc1e6500
 	github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.2.1
 	github.com/consensys/gnark-crypto v0.12.1
@@ -149,7 +149,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/bits-and-blooms/bitset v1.12.0 // indirect
 	github.com/bradfitz/iter v0.0.0-20191230175014-e8f45d346db8 // indirect
-	github.com/btcsuite/btcd/chaincfg/chainhash v1.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/cespare/xxhash v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/cilium/ebpf v0.11.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index e6dee503a1c..f0c36a7cddf 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -175,8 +175,8 @@ github.com/bradfitz/iter v0.0.0-20140124041915-454541ec3da2/go.mod h1:PyRFw1Lt2w
 github.com/bradfitz/iter v0.0.0-20190303215204-33e6a9893b0c/go.mod h1:PyRFw1Lt2wKX4ZVSQ2mk+PeDa1rxyObEDlApuIsUKuo=
 github.com/bradfitz/iter v0.0.0-20191230175014-e8f45d346db8 h1:GKTyiRCL6zVf5wWaqKnf+7Qs6GbEPfd4iMOitWzXJx8=
 github.com/bradfitz/iter v0.0.0-20191230175014-e8f45d346db8/go.mod h1:spo1JLcs67NmW1aVLEgtA8Yy1elc+X8y5SRW1sFW4Og=
-github.com/btcsuite/btcd/btcec/v2 v2.1.3 h1:xM/n3yIhHAhHy04z4i43C8p4ehixJZMsnrVJkgl+MTE=
-github.com/btcsuite/btcd/btcec/v2 v2.1.3/go.mod h1:ctjw4H1kknNJmRN4iP1R7bTQ+v3GJkZBd6mui8ZsAZE=
+github.com/btcsuite/btcd/btcec/v2 v2.3.4 h1:3EJjcN70HCu/mwqlUsGK8GcNVyLVxFDlWurTXGPFfiQ=
+github.com/btcsuite/btcd/btcec/v2 v2.3.4/go.mod h1:zYzJ8etWJQIv1Ogk7OzpWjowwOdXY1W/17j2MW85J04=
 github.com/btcsuite/btcd/chaincfg/chainhash v1.0.1 h1:q0rUy8C/TYNBQS1+CGKw68tLOFYSNEs0TFnxxnS9+4U=
 github.com/btcsuite/btcd/chaincfg/chainhash v1.0.1/go.mod h1:7SFka0XMvUgj3hfZtydOrQY2mwhPclbT2snogU7SQQc=
 github.com/buger/jsonparser v0.0.0-20181115193947-bf1c66bbce23/go.mod h1:bbYlZJ7hK1yFx9hf58LP0zeX7UjIGs20ufpu3evjr+s=