diff --git a/.github/workflows/applications.yml b/.github/workflows/applications.yml
index 4947d8c946..03f1870ff0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/applications.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/applications.yml
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ jobs:
         if "${{ github.event_name == 'schedule' }}" == "true"; then
         MATRIX="$(jq -c '.' <<EOF
         {
-          "ghc": ["9.6.4", "9.8.1"],
+          "ghc": ["9.6.5", "9.8.1"],
           "cabal": ["3.10"],
           "os": ["ubuntu-20.04", "ubuntu-22.04"],
           "use-freeze-file": ["false"]
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ jobs:
         else
         MATRIX="$(jq -c '.' <<EOF
         {
-          "ghc": ["9.6.4"],
+          "ghc": ["9.6.5"],
           "cabal": ["3.10"],
           "os": ["ubuntu-20.04", "ubuntu-22.04"],
           "use-freeze-file": ["true"]
@@ -624,7 +624,7 @@ jobs:
         # when adding more than one build, use a different package name or
         # different tags
         include:
-        - ghc: "9.6.4"
+        - ghc: "9.6.5"
           os: "ubuntu-20.04"
           use-freeze-file: "true"
     env:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/macos.yaml b/.github/workflows/macos.yaml
index c4af04039d..bdb4be21ff 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/macos.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/macos.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        ghc: ["9.6.4"]
+        ghc: ["9.6.5"]
         cabal: ["3.10"]
         os: ["macos-14-large"]
         cabalcache: ["true"]
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index fff546f903..f6cd75a534 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ jobs:
           VERSION_NEW: ${{ env.VERSION_NEW }}
         run: |
           
-          GHC_VER=9.6.4
+          GHC_VER=9.6.5
 
           UBUNTU_20_TAR=chainweb.false.$GHC_VER.ubuntu-20.04.$SHORT_REVISION.tar.gz
           UBUNTU_22_TAR=chainweb.false.$GHC_VER.ubuntu-22.04.$SHORT_REVISION.tar.gz
diff --git a/cabal.project.freeze b/cabal.project.freeze
index 5dbcbd8990..05b6b62cfe 100644
--- a/cabal.project.freeze
+++ b/cabal.project.freeze
@@ -1,132 +1,98 @@
 active-repositories: hackage.haskell.org:merge
 constraints: any.Boolean ==0.2.4,
-             any.Cabal ==3.10.1.0,
-             any.Cabal-syntax ==3.10.1.0,
+             any.Cabal ==3.10.3.0,
+             any.Cabal-syntax ==3.10.3.0,
              any.Decimal ==0.5.2,
              any.Glob ==0.10.2,
              any.HUnit ==1.6.2.0,
              any.MemoTrie ==0.6.11,
-             MemoTrie -examples,
              any.NumInstances ==1.4,
-             any.OneTuple ==0.4.1.1,
+             any.OneTuple ==0.4.2,
              any.Only ==0.1,
              any.QuickCheck ==2.14.3,
-             QuickCheck -old-random +templatehaskell,
              any.RSA ==2.4.1,
              any.SHA ==1.6.4.4,
-             SHA -exe,
              any.StateVar ==1.2.2,
              any.adjunctions ==4.4.2,
-             any.aeson ==2.2.1.0,
-             aeson +ordered-keymap,
+             any.aeson ==2.2.2.0,
              any.aeson-pretty ==0.8.10,
-             aeson-pretty -lib-only,
              any.ansi-terminal ==1.1.1,
-             ansi-terminal -example,
              any.ansi-terminal-types ==1.1,
              any.ap-normalize ==0.1.0.1,
-             ap-normalize -test-with-clang,
              any.appar ==0.1.8,
              any.array ==0.5.6.0,
              any.asn1-encoding ==0.9.6,
              any.asn1-parse ==0.9.5,
              any.asn1-types ==0.3.4,
-             any.assoc ==1.1,
-             assoc +tagged,
+             any.assoc ==1.1.1,
              any.async ==2.2.5,
-             async -bench,
              any.atomic-primops ==0.8.7,
-             atomic-primops -debug,
              any.attoparsec ==0.14.4,
-             attoparsec -developer,
-             any.attoparsec-aeson ==2.2.0.1,
              any.authenticate-oauth ==1.7,
              any.auto-update ==0.2.0,
-             any.base ==4.18.2.0,
+             any.base ==4.18.2.1,
              any.base-compat ==0.14.0,
              any.base-compat-batteries ==0.14.0,
              any.base-orphans ==0.9.2,
              any.base-unicode-symbols ==0.2.4.2,
-             base-unicode-symbols +base-4-8 -old-base,
              any.base16-bytestring ==1.0.2.0,
              any.base64-bytestring ==1.2.1.0,
              any.base64-bytestring-kadena ==0.1,
              any.basement ==0.0.16,
              any.bifunctors ==5.6.2,
-             bifunctors +tagged,
              any.binary ==0.8.9.1,
-             any.binary-orphans ==1.0.4.1,
+             any.binary-orphans ==1.0.5,
              any.bitvec ==1.1.5.0,
-             bitvec +simd,
              any.blaze-builder ==0.4.2.3,
              any.blaze-html ==0.9.2.0,
              any.blaze-markup ==0.8.3.0,
-             any.boring ==0.2.1,
-             boring +tagged,
+             any.boring ==0.2.2,
              any.bound ==2.0.7,
-             bound +template-haskell,
              any.bsb-http-chunked ==0.0.0.4,
              any.bytebuild ==0.3.16.2,
-             bytebuild -checked,
              any.byteorder ==1.0.4,
              any.bytes ==0.17.3,
              any.byteslice ==0.2.13.2,
-             byteslice +avoid-rawmemchr,
              any.bytesmith ==0.3.11.1,
              any.bytestring ==0.11.5.3,
              any.bytestring-builder ==0.10.8.2.0,
-             bytestring-builder +bytestring_has_builder,
-             any.cabal-doctest ==1.0.9,
              any.cache ==0.1.3.0,
              any.call-stack ==0.4.0,
              any.case-insensitive ==1.2.1.0,
              any.cassava ==0.5.3.1,
              any.cborg ==0.2.10.0,
-             cborg +optimize-gmp,
              any.cereal ==0.5.8.3,
-             cereal -bytestring-builder,
              chainweb -debug -ed25519 -ghc-flags,
              any.chainweb-storage ==0.1.0.0,
+             any.character-ps ==0.1,
              any.charset ==0.3.10,
              any.chronos ==1.1.5.1,
              any.clock ==0.8.4,
-             clock -llvm,
-             any.cmdargs ==0.10.22,
-             cmdargs +quotation -testprog,
              any.code-page ==0.2.1,
              any.colour ==2.3.6,
              any.comonad ==5.0.8,
-             comonad +containers +distributive +indexed-traversable,
              any.conduit ==1.3.5,
              any.configuration-tools ==0.7.0,
-             configuration-tools -remote-configs,
-             any.constraints ==0.14.1,
+             any.constraints ==0.14.2,
              any.containers ==0.6.7,
              any.contiguous ==0.6.4.2,
              any.contravariant ==1.5.5,
-             contravariant +semigroups +statevar +tagged,
              any.cookie ==0.4.6,
              any.criterion ==1.6.3.0,
-             criterion -embed-data-files -fast,
-             any.criterion-measurement ==0.2.1.0,
-             criterion-measurement -fast,
+             any.criterion-measurement ==0.2.2.0,
              any.crypto-api ==0.13.3,
-             crypto-api -all_cpolys,
              any.crypto-pubkey-types ==0.4.3,
              any.crypto-token ==0.1.1,
              any.cryptohash-md5 ==0.11.101.0,
              any.cryptohash-sha1 ==0.11.101.0,
              any.crypton ==1.0.0,
-             crypton -check_alignment +integer-gmp -old_toolchain_inliner +support_aesni +support_deepseq +support_pclmuldq +support_rdrand -support_sse +use_target_attributes,
              any.crypton-connection ==0.3.2,
-             any.crypton-x509 ==1.7.6,
+             any.crypton-x509 ==1.7.7,
              any.crypton-x509-store ==1.6.9,
              any.crypton-x509-system ==1.6.7,
              any.crypton-x509-validation ==1.6.12,
              any.cryptonite ==0.30,
-             cryptonite -check_alignment +integer-gmp -old_toolchain_inliner +support_aesni +support_deepseq -support_pclmuldq +support_rdrand -support_sse +use_target_attributes,
              any.cuckoo ==0.3.1,
-             cuckoo -mwc-random -pcg-random,
              any.data-bword ==0.1.0.2,
              any.data-default ==0.7.1.1,
              any.data-default-class ==0.1.2.0,
@@ -134,171 +100,135 @@ constraints: any.Boolean ==0.2.4,
              any.data-default-instances-dlist ==0.0.1,
              any.data-default-instances-old-locale ==0.0.1,
              any.data-dword ==0.3.2.1,
-             any.data-fix ==0.3.2,
+             any.data-fix ==0.3.3,
              any.data-ordlist ==0.4.7.0,
-             any.dec ==0.0.5,
+             any.dec ==0.0.6,
              any.deepseq ==1.4.8.1,
              any.dense-linear-algebra ==0.1.0.0,
              any.deriving-compat ==0.6.6,
-             deriving-compat +base-4-9 +new-functor-classes +template-haskell-2-11,
              any.digraph ==0.3.0,
              any.direct-sqlite ==2.3.29,
-             direct-sqlite +dbstat +fulltextsearch +haveusleep +json1 -mathfunctions -systemlib +urifilenames,
-             any.directory ==1.3.8.1,
+             any.directory ==1.3.8.4,
              any.distributive ==0.6.2.1,
-             distributive +semigroups +tagged,
              any.dlist ==1.0,
-             dlist -werror,
              any.easy-file ==0.2.5,
              any.enclosed-exceptions ==1.0.3,
              any.entropy ==0.4.1.10,
-             entropy -donotgetentropy,
              any.errors ==2.3.0,
              any.ethereum ==0.1.0.1,
              ethereum -ethhash -openssl-use-pkg-config,
              any.exceptions ==0.10.7,
-             any.fast-logger ==3.2.2,
+             any.fast-logger ==3.2.3,
              any.file-embed ==0.0.16.0,
-             any.filepath ==1.4.200.1,
+             any.filepath ==1.4.300.1,
              any.fingertree ==0.1.5.0,
              any.finite-typelits ==0.2.0.0,
              any.free ==5.2,
              any.generic-data ==1.1.0.0,
-             generic-data -enable-inspect,
              any.generically ==0.1.1,
              any.ghc-bignum ==1.3,
-             any.ghc-boot-th ==9.6.4,
+             any.ghc-boot-th ==9.6.5,
              any.ghc-compact ==0.1.0.0,
-             any.ghc-heap ==9.6.4,
+             any.ghc-heap ==9.6.5,
              any.ghc-prim ==0.10.0,
              any.groups ==0.5.3,
              any.growable-vector ==0.1,
              any.half ==0.3.1,
-             any.happy ==1.20.1.1,
              any.hashable ==1.4.4.0,
-             hashable +integer-gmp -random-initial-seed,
              any.hashes ==0.2.3,
-             hashes -benchmark-cryptonite -openssl-use-pkg-config -test-cryptonite +with-openssl,
              any.haskell-lexer ==1.1.1,
              any.haskell-src-exts ==1.23.1,
-             any.haskell-src-meta ==0.8.13,
+             any.haskell-src-meta ==0.8.14,
              any.heaps ==0.4,
              any.hourglass ==0.2.12,
-             any.hsc2hs ==0.68.10,
-             hsc2hs -in-ghc-tree,
              any.http-api-data ==0.6,
-             http-api-data -use-text-show,
              any.http-client ==0.7.17,
-             http-client +network-uri,
              any.http-client-tls ==0.3.6.3,
              any.http-date ==0.0.11,
              any.http-media ==0.8.1.1,
-             any.http-semantics ==0.0.0,
+             any.http-semantics ==0.0.1,
              any.http-types ==0.12.4,
-             any.http2 ==5.2.1,
-             http2 -devel -h2spec,
+             any.http2 ==5.2.2,
              any.indexed-list-literals ==0.2.1.3,
-             any.indexed-traversable ==0.1.3,
-             any.indexed-traversable-instances ==0.1.1.2,
-             any.integer-conversion ==0.1.0.1,
+             any.indexed-traversable ==0.1.4,
+             any.indexed-traversable-instances ==0.1.2,
+             any.integer-conversion ==0.1.1,
              any.integer-gmp ==1.1,
              any.integer-logarithms ==1.0.3.1,
-             integer-logarithms -check-bounds +integer-gmp,
              any.invariant ==0.6.3,
              any.iproute ==1.7.12,
              any.ixset-typed ==0.5,
              any.js-chart ==2.9.4.1,
-             any.kan-extensions ==5.2.5,
-             any.lens ==5.2.3,
-             lens -benchmark-uniplate -dump-splices +inlining -j +test-hunit +test-properties +test-templates +trustworthy,
+             any.kan-extensions ==5.2.6,
+             any.lens ==5.3.2,
              any.lens-aeson ==1.2.3,
              any.libBF ==0.6.7,
-             libBF -system-libbf,
              any.libyaml ==0.1.4,
-             libyaml -no-unicode -system-libyaml,
              any.libyaml-clib ==0.2.5,
              any.lifted-base ==0.2.3.12,
              any.loglevel ==0.1.0.0,
              any.managed ==1.0.10,
              any.massiv ==1.0.4.0,
-             massiv -unsafe-checks,
              any.math-functions ==0.3.4.4,
-             math-functions +system-erf +system-expm1,
              any.megaparsec ==9.6.1,
-             megaparsec -dev,
              any.memory ==0.18.0,
-             memory +support_bytestring +support_deepseq,
              any.merkle-log ==0.2.0,
              any.microlens ==0.4.13.1,
-             any.microstache ==1.0.2.3,
+             any.microstache ==1.0.3,
              any.mime-types ==0.1.2.0,
              any.mmorph ==1.2.0,
              any.mod ==0.2.0.1,
-             mod +semirings +vector,
              any.monad-control ==1.0.3.1,
              any.mono-traversable ==1.0.17.0,
              any.mtl ==2.3.1,
              any.mtl-compat ==0.2.2,
-             mtl-compat -two-point-one -two-point-two,
              any.mwc-probability ==2.3.1,
              any.mwc-random ==0.15.0.2,
              any.natural-arithmetic ==0.2.1.0,
              any.network ==3.1.4.0,
-             network -devel,
              any.network-byte-order ==0.1.7,
              any.network-control ==0.1.0,
              any.network-info ==0.2.1,
              any.network-uri ==2.6.4.2,
              any.newtype-generics ==0.6.2,
              any.nothunks ==0.2.1.0,
-             nothunks +bytestring +text +vector,
              any.old-locale ==1.0.0.7,
              any.old-time ==1.1.0.4,
              any.optparse-applicative ==0.18.1.0,
-             optparse-applicative +process,
-             any.os-string ==2.0.2.1,
+             any.os-string ==2.0.3,
              any.pact ==4.12,
              pact -build-tool +cryptonite-ed25519 -tests-in-lib,
              any.pact-json ==0.1.0.0,
              any.pact-time ==0.2.0.2,
-             pact-time -with-time,
              any.parallel ==3.2.2.0,
              any.parsec ==3.1.16.1,
              any.parser-combinators ==1.3.0,
-             parser-combinators -dev,
              any.parsers ==0.12.11,
-             parsers +attoparsec +binary +parsec,
              any.patience ==0.3,
              any.pem ==0.2.4,
              any.poly ==0.5.1.0,
-             poly +sparse,
              any.pretty ==1.1.3.6,
              any.pretty-show ==1.10,
              any.prettyprinter ==1.7.1,
-             prettyprinter -buildreadme +text,
              any.prettyprinter-ansi-terminal ==1.1.3,
              any.primitive ==0.9.0.0,
              any.primitive-addr ==0.1.0.3,
              any.primitive-offset ==0.2.0.1,
              any.primitive-unlifted ==2.1.0.0,
-             any.process ==1.6.17.0,
+             any.process ==1.6.19.0,
              any.profunctors ==5.6.2,
              any.psqueues ==0.2.8.0,
              any.pvar ==1.0.0.0,
              any.quickcheck-instances ==0.3.30,
-             quickcheck-instances -bytestring-builder,
              any.random ==1.2.1.2,
              any.recv ==0.1.0,
              any.reducers ==3.12.4,
-             any.reflection ==2.1.7,
-             reflection -slow +template-haskell,
+             any.reflection ==2.1.8,
              any.regex-base ==0.94.0.2,
              any.regex-tdfa ==1.3.2.2,
-             regex-tdfa +doctest -force-o2,
              any.resource-pool ==0.4.0.0,
              any.resourcet ==1.3.0,
              any.retry ==0.9.3.1,
-             retry -lib-werror,
              any.rocksdb-haskell-kadena ==1.1.0,
              rocksdb-haskell-kadena -with-tbb,
              any.rosetta ==1.0.1,
@@ -309,18 +239,12 @@ constraints: any.Boolean ==0.2.4,
              any.safecopy ==0.10.4.2,
              any.sbv ==9.2,
              any.scheduler ==2.0.0.1,
-             any.scientific ==0.3.7.0,
-             scientific -bytestring-builder -integer-simple,
-             any.semialign ==1.3,
-             semialign +semigroupoids,
-             any.semigroupoids ==6.0.0.1,
-             semigroupoids +comonad +containers +contravariant +distributive +tagged +unordered-containers,
+             any.scientific ==0.3.8.0,
+             any.semialign ==1.3.1,
+             any.semigroupoids ==6.0.1,
              any.semigroups ==0.20,
-             semigroups +binary +bytestring -bytestring-builder +containers +deepseq +hashable +tagged +template-haskell +text +transformers +unordered-containers,
-             any.semirings ==0.6,
-             semirings +containers +unordered-containers,
+             any.semirings ==0.7,
              any.serialise ==0.2.6.1,
-             serialise +newtime15,
              any.servant ==0.20.1,
              any.servant-client ==0.20,
              any.servant-client-core ==0.20,
@@ -328,119 +252,92 @@ constraints: any.Boolean ==0.2.4,
              any.sha-validation ==0.1.0.0,
              any.show-combinators ==0.2.0.0,
              any.simple-sendfile ==0.2.32,
-             simple-sendfile +allow-bsd -fallback,
              any.singleton-bool ==0.1.7,
              any.socks ==0.6.1,
              any.some ==1.0.6,
-             some +newtype-unsafe,
              any.sop-core ==0.5.0.2,
              any.split ==0.2.5,
              any.splitmix ==0.1.0.5,
-             splitmix -optimised-mixer,
              any.statistics ==0.16.2.1,
              any.stm ==2.5.1.0,
              any.stm-chans ==3.0.0.9,
              any.stopwatch ==0.1.0.6,
-             stopwatch -test_delay_upper_bound -test_threaded,
              any.streaming ==0.2.4.0,
              any.streaming-commons ==0.2.2.6,
-             streaming-commons -use-bytestring-builder,
              any.strict ==0.5,
              any.strict-concurrency ==0.2.4.3,
              any.string-conversions ==0.4.0.1,
              any.syb ==0.7.2.4,
+             any.system-cxx-std-lib ==1.0,
              any.tagged ==0.8.8,
-             tagged +deepseq +transformers,
              any.tasty ==1.5,
-             tasty +unix,
              any.tasty-golden ==2.3.5,
-             tasty-golden -build-example,
              any.tasty-hunit ==0.10.1,
              any.tasty-json ==0.1.0.0,
              any.tasty-quickcheck ==0.10.3,
              any.template-haskell ==2.20.0.0,
              any.temporary ==1.3,
              any.text ==2.0.2,
-             any.text-iso8601 ==0.1,
-             any.text-short ==0.1.5,
-             text-short -asserts,
-             any.th-abstraction ==0.6.0.0,
+             any.text-iso8601 ==0.1.1,
+             any.text-short ==0.1.6,
+             any.th-abstraction ==0.7.0.0,
              any.th-compat ==0.1.5,
              any.th-expand-syns ==0.4.11.0,
              any.th-lift ==0.8.4,
              any.th-orphans ==0.13.14,
              any.th-reify-many ==0.1.10,
-             any.these ==1.2,
+             any.these ==1.2.1,
              any.time ==1.12.2,
-             any.time-compat ==1.9.6.1,
-             time-compat -old-locale,
+             any.time-compat ==1.9.7,
              any.time-locale-compat ==0.1.1.5,
-             time-locale-compat +old-locale,
              any.time-manager ==0.1.0,
-             any.tls ==2.0.5,
-             tls -devel,
+             any.tls ==2.0.6,
              any.tls-session-manager ==0.0.5,
              any.token-bucket ==0.1.0.1,
-             token-bucket +use-cbits,
              any.torsor ==0.1.0.1,
              any.transformers ==0.6.1.0,
              any.transformers-base ==0.4.6,
-             transformers-base +orphaninstances,
              any.transformers-compat ==0.7.2,
-             transformers-compat -five +five-three -four +generic-deriving +mtl -three -two,
              any.trifecta ==2.1.4,
              any.tuples ==0.1.0.0,
              any.typed-process ==0.2.11.1,
              any.uniplate ==1.6.13,
              any.unix ==2.8.4.0,
              any.unix-compat ==0.7.1,
-             unix-compat -old-time,
-             any.unix-time ==0.4.12,
+             any.unix-time ==0.4.14,
              any.unlifted ==0.2.2.0,
              any.unliftio ==0.2.25.0,
              any.unliftio-core ==0.2.1.0,
              any.unordered-containers ==0.2.20,
-             unordered-containers -debug,
              any.utf8-string ==1.0.2,
              any.uuid ==1.3.15,
              any.uuid-types ==1.0.5.1,
              any.validation ==1.1.3,
              any.vault ==0.3.1.5,
-             vault +useghc,
              any.vector ==0.13.1.0,
-             vector +boundschecks -internalchecks -unsafechecks -wall,
-             any.vector-algorithms ==0.9.0.1,
-             vector-algorithms +bench +boundschecks -internalchecks -llvm +properties -unsafechecks,
+             any.vector-algorithms ==0.9.0.2,
              any.vector-binary-instances ==0.2.5.2,
              any.vector-sized ==1.6.1,
              any.vector-space ==0.16,
              any.vector-stream ==0.1.0.1,
              any.vector-th-unbox ==0.2.2,
              any.void ==0.7.3,
-             void -safe,
              any.wai ==3.2.4,
              any.wai-app-static ==3.1.9,
-             wai-app-static +crypton -print,
              any.wai-cors ==0.2.7,
-             any.wai-extra ==3.1.14,
-             wai-extra -build-example,
+             any.wai-extra ==3.1.15,
              any.wai-logger ==2.4.0,
              any.wai-middleware-throttle ==0.3.0.1,
              any.wai-middleware-validation ==0.1.0.2,
              any.warp ==3.4.1,
-             warp +allow-sendfilefd -network-bytestring -warp-debug +x509,
              any.warp-tls ==3.4.5,
-             any.wherefrom-compat ==0.1.1.0,
+             any.wherefrom-compat ==0.1.1.1,
              any.wide-word ==0.1.6.0,
-             any.witherable ==0.4.2,
+             any.witherable ==0.5,
              any.word8 ==0.1.3,
              any.wreq ==0.5.4.3,
-             wreq -aws -developer +doctest -httpbin,
              any.yaml ==0.11.11.2,
-             yaml +no-examples +no-exe,
              any.yet-another-logger ==0.4.2,
-             yet-another-logger -tbmqueue,
              any.zigzag ==0.1.0.0,
-             any.zlib ==0.7.1.0,
-             zlib -bundled-c-zlib +non-blocking-ffi +pkg-config
-index-state: hackage.haskell.org 2024-04-30T16:46:40Z
+             any.zlib ==0.7.1.0
+index-state: hackage.haskell.org 2024-06-03T19:01:17Z
diff --git a/default.nix b/default.nix
index 0dc417f747..0fcc768a5c 100644
--- a/default.nix
+++ b/default.nix
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ let flakeDefaultNix = (import (
     };
 in
 { pkgs ? pkgsDef
-, compiler ? "ghc964"
+, compiler ? "ghc965"
 , flakePath ? flakeDefaultNix.outPath
 , nix-filter ? inputs.nix-filter
 , pact ? null