diff --git a/beacon_node/beacon_chain/src/block_verification_types.rs b/beacon_node/beacon_chain/src/block_verification_types.rs
index d88275b18a..c41090c421 100644
--- a/beacon_node/beacon_chain/src/block_verification_types.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/beacon_chain/src/block_verification_types.rs
@@ -16,12 +16,28 @@ use types::{
     SignedBeaconBlock, SignedBeaconBlockHeader, Slot,
 };
 
+/// A block that has been received over RPC. It has 2 internal variants:
+///
+/// 1. `BlockAndBlobs`: A fully available post deneb block with all the blobs available. This variant
+///    is only constructed after making consistency checks between blocks and blobs.
+///    Hence, it is fully self contained w.r.t verification. i.e. this block has all the required
+///    data to get verfied and imported into fork choice.
+///
+/// 2. `Block`: This can be a fully available pre-deneb block **or** a post-deneb block that may or may
+///    not require blobs to be considered fully available.
+///
+/// Note: We make a distinction over blocks received over gossip because
+/// in a post-deneb world, the blobs corresponding to a given block that are received
+/// over rpc do not contain the proposer signature for dos resistance.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Derivative)]
 #[derivative(Hash(bound = "E: EthSpec"))]
 pub struct RpcBlock<E: EthSpec> {
     block: RpcBlockInner<E>,
 }
 
+/// Note: This variant is intentionally private because we want to safely construct the
+/// internal variants after applying consistency checks to ensure that the block and blobs
+/// are consistent with respect to each other.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Derivative)]
 #[derivative(Hash(bound = "E: EthSpec"))]
 enum RpcBlockInner<E: EthSpec> {
@@ -33,12 +49,15 @@ enum RpcBlockInner<E: EthSpec> {
 }
 
 impl<E: EthSpec> RpcBlock<E> {
+    /// Constructs a `Block` variant.
     pub fn new_without_blobs(block: Arc<SignedBeaconBlock<E>>) -> Self {
         Self {
             block: RpcBlockInner::Block(block),
         }
     }
 
+    /// Constructs a new `BlockAndBlobs` variant after making consistency
+    /// checks between the provided blocks and blobs.
     pub fn new(
         block: Arc<SignedBeaconBlock<E>>,
         blobs: Option<BlobSidecarList<E>>,
@@ -79,6 +98,16 @@ impl<E: EthSpec> From<SignedBeaconBlock<E>> for RpcBlock<E> {
     }
 }
 
+/// A block that has gone through all pre-deneb block processing checks including block processing
+/// and execution by an EL client. This block hasn't completed data availability checks.
+///
+///
+/// It contains 2 variants:
+/// 1. `Available`: This block has been executed and also contains all data to consider it a
+///    fully available block. i.e. for post-deneb, this implies that this contains all the
+///    required blobs.
+/// 2. `AvailabilityPending`: This block hasn't received all required blobs to consider it a
+///    fully available block.
 pub enum ExecutedBlock<E: EthSpec> {
     Available(AvailableExecutedBlock<E>),
     AvailabilityPending(AvailabilityPendingExecutedBlock<E>),
@@ -116,6 +145,8 @@ impl<E: EthSpec> ExecutedBlock<E> {
     }
 }
 
+/// A block that has completed all pre-deneb block processing checks including verification
+/// by an EL client **and** has all requisite blob data to be imported into fork choice.
 #[derive(PartialEq)]
 pub struct AvailableExecutedBlock<E: EthSpec> {
     pub block: AvailableBlock<E>,
@@ -154,6 +185,9 @@ impl<E: EthSpec> AvailableExecutedBlock<E> {
     }
 }
 
+/// A block that has completed all pre-deneb block processing checks, verification
+/// by an EL client but does not have all requisite blob data to get imported into
+/// fork choice.
 #[derive(Encode, Decode, Clone)]
 pub struct AvailabilityPendingExecutedBlock<E: EthSpec> {
     #[ssz(with = "ssz_tagged_signed_beacon_block_arc")]
diff --git a/beacon_node/beacon_chain/src/data_availability_checker.rs b/beacon_node/beacon_chain/src/data_availability_checker.rs
index d4c4d3c3d4..b416b37884 100644
--- a/beacon_node/beacon_chain/src/data_availability_checker.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/beacon_chain/src/data_availability_checker.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ use slog::{debug, error};
 use slot_clock::SlotClock;
 use ssz_types::{Error, VariableList};
 use std::collections::HashSet;
+use std::fmt;
+use std::fmt::Debug;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use strum::IntoStaticStr;
 use task_executor::TaskExecutor;
@@ -101,6 +103,17 @@ pub enum Availability<T: EthSpec> {
     Available(Box<AvailableExecutedBlock<T>>),
 }
 
+impl<T: EthSpec> Debug for Availability<T> {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
+        match self {
+            Self::MissingComponents(block_root) => {
+                write!(f, "MissingComponents({})", block_root)
+            }
+            Self::Available(block) => write!(f, "Available({:?})", block.import_data.block_root),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 impl<T: EthSpec> Availability<T> {
     /// Returns all the blob identifiers associated with an  `AvailableBlock`.
     /// Returns `None` if avaiability hasn't been fully satisfied yet.
@@ -325,6 +338,13 @@ pub fn make_available<T: EthSpec>(
     })
 }
 
+/// Makes the following checks to ensure that the list of blobs correspond block:
+///
+/// * Check that a block is post-deneb
+/// * Checks that the number of blobs is equal to the length of kzg commitments in the list
+/// * Checks that the index, slot, root and kzg_commitment in the block match the blobs in the correct order
+///
+/// Returns `Ok(())` if all consistency checks pass and an error otherwise.
 pub fn consistency_checks<T: EthSpec>(
     block: &SignedBeaconBlock<T>,
     blobs: &[Arc<BlobSidecar<T>>],
diff --git a/beacon_node/beacon_chain/src/data_availability_checker/overflow_lru_cache.rs b/beacon_node/beacon_chain/src/data_availability_checker/overflow_lru_cache.rs
index c37e938437..e08f1994d1 100644
--- a/beacon_node/beacon_chain/src/data_availability_checker/overflow_lru_cache.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/beacon_chain/src/data_availability_checker/overflow_lru_cache.rs
@@ -855,6 +855,7 @@ mod test {
             validate_blob_sidecar_for_gossip, verify_kzg_for_blob, GossipVerifiedBlob,
         },
         block_verification::PayloadVerificationOutcome,
+        block_verification_types::BlockImportData,
         eth1_finalization_cache::Eth1FinalizationData,
         test_utils::{BaseHarnessType, BeaconChainHarness, DiskHarnessType},
     };
@@ -1297,7 +1298,7 @@ mod test {
                 // we need blocks with blobs
                 continue;
             }
-            let root = pending_block.block.block.canonical_root();
+            let root = pending_block.block.canonical_root();
             pending_blocks.push_back(pending_block);
             pending_blobs.push_back(blobs);
             roots.push_back(root);
diff --git a/beacon_node/beacon_chain/src/test_utils.rs b/beacon_node/beacon_chain/src/test_utils.rs
index c444bebc30..286aa0c0a0 100644
--- a/beacon_node/beacon_chain/src/test_utils.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/beacon_chain/src/test_utils.rs
@@ -1873,18 +1873,31 @@ where
         (deposits, state)
     }
 
-    pub async fn process_block<B: Into<RpcBlock<E>>>(
+    pub async fn process_block(
         &self,
         slot: Slot,
         block_root: Hash256,
-        block: B,
+        block_contents: BlockContentsTuple<E, FullPayload<E>>,
     ) -> Result<SignedBeaconBlockHash, BlockError<E>> {
         self.set_current_slot(slot);
+        let (block, blobs) = block_contents;
+        // Note: we are just dropping signatures here and skipping signature verification.
+        let blobs_without_signatures = blobs.as_ref().map(|blobs| {
+            VariableList::from(
+                blobs
+                    .into_iter()
+                    .map(|blob| blob.message.clone())
+                    .collect::<Vec<_>>(),
+            )
+        });
         let block_hash: SignedBeaconBlockHash = self
             .chain
-            .process_block(block_root, block.into(), NotifyExecutionLayer::Yes, || {
-                Ok(())
-            })
+            .process_block(
+                block_root,
+                RpcBlock::new(Arc::new(block), blobs_without_signatures).unwrap(),
+                NotifyExecutionLayer::Yes,
+                || Ok(()),
+            )
             .await?
             .try_into()
             .unwrap();
@@ -1892,16 +1905,25 @@ where
         Ok(block_hash)
     }
 
-    pub async fn process_block_result<B: Into<RpcBlock<E>>>(
+    pub async fn process_block_result(
         &self,
-        block: B,
+        block_contents: BlockContentsTuple<E, FullPayload<E>>,
     ) -> Result<SignedBeaconBlockHash, BlockError<E>> {
-        let wrapped_block = block.into();
+        let (block, blobs) = block_contents;
+        // Note: we are just dropping signatures here and skipping signature verification.
+        let blobs_without_signatures = blobs.as_ref().map(|blobs| {
+            VariableList::from(
+                blobs
+                    .into_iter()
+                    .map(|blob| blob.message.clone())
+                    .collect::<Vec<_>>(),
+            )
+        });
         let block_hash: SignedBeaconBlockHash = self
             .chain
             .process_block(
-                wrapped_block.canonical_root(),
-                wrapped_block,
+                block.canonical_root(),
+                RpcBlock::new(Arc::new(block), blobs_without_signatures).unwrap(),
                 NotifyExecutionLayer::Yes,
                 || Ok(()),
             )
@@ -1976,24 +1998,16 @@ where
         BlockError<E>,
     > {
         self.set_current_slot(slot);
-        let ((block, blobs), new_state) = self.make_block(state, slot).await;
-        // Note: we are just dropping signatures here and skipping signature verification.
-        let blobs_without_signatures = blobs.as_ref().map(|blobs| {
-            VariableList::from(
-                blobs
-                    .into_iter()
-                    .map(|blob| blob.message.clone())
-                    .collect::<Vec<_>>(),
-            )
-        });
+        let (block_contents, new_state) = self.make_block(state, slot).await;
+
         let block_hash = self
             .process_block(
                 slot,
-                block.canonical_root(),
-                RpcBlock::new(Arc::new(block.clone()), blobs_without_signatures.clone()).unwrap(),
+                block_contents.0.canonical_root(),
+                block_contents.clone(),
             )
             .await?;
-        Ok((block_hash, (block, blobs), new_state))
+        Ok((block_hash, block_contents, new_state))
     }
 
     pub fn attest_block(
diff --git a/beacon_node/beacon_chain/tests/payload_invalidation.rs b/beacon_node/beacon_chain/tests/payload_invalidation.rs
index 60ba8f288e..fb7cc516ff 100644
--- a/beacon_node/beacon_chain/tests/payload_invalidation.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/beacon_chain/tests/payload_invalidation.rs
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ impl InvalidPayloadRig {
         let head = self.harness.chain.head_snapshot();
         let state = head.beacon_state.clone_with_only_committee_caches();
         let slot = slot_override.unwrap_or(state.slot() + 1);
-        let ((block, _), post_state) = self.harness.make_block(state, slot).await;
+        let ((block, blobs), post_state) = self.harness.make_block(state, slot).await;
         let block_root = block.canonical_root();
 
         let set_new_payload = |payload: Payload| match payload {
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ impl InvalidPayloadRig {
                 }
                 let root = self
                     .harness
-                    .process_block(slot, block.canonical_root(), block.clone())
+                    .process_block(slot, block.canonical_root(), (block.clone(), blobs.clone()))
                     .await
                     .unwrap();
 
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ impl InvalidPayloadRig {
 
                 match self
                     .harness
-                    .process_block(slot, block.canonical_root(), block)
+                    .process_block(slot, block.canonical_root(), (block, blobs))
                     .await
                 {
                     Err(error) if evaluate_error(&error) => (),
diff --git a/beacon_node/beacon_chain/tests/store_tests.rs b/beacon_node/beacon_chain/tests/store_tests.rs
index d2b6a95452..18f1cbd7c2 100644
--- a/beacon_node/beacon_chain/tests/store_tests.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/beacon_chain/tests/store_tests.rs
@@ -2039,7 +2039,10 @@ async fn garbage_collect_temp_states_from_failed_block() {
 
         // The block should be rejected, but should store a bunch of temporary states.
         harness.set_current_slot(block_slot);
-        harness.process_block_result(block).await.unwrap_err();
+        harness
+            .process_block_result((block, None))
+            .await
+            .unwrap_err();
 
         assert_eq!(
             store.iter_temporary_state_roots().count(),
@@ -2456,14 +2459,14 @@ async fn revert_minority_fork_on_resume() {
         harness1.process_attestations(attestations.clone());
         harness2.process_attestations(attestations);
 
-        let ((block, _), new_state) = harness1.make_block(state, slot).await;
+        let ((block, blobs), new_state) = harness1.make_block(state, slot).await;
 
         harness1
-            .process_block(slot, block.canonical_root(), block.clone())
+            .process_block(slot, block.canonical_root(), (block.clone(), blobs.clone()))
             .await
             .unwrap();
         harness2
-            .process_block(slot, block.canonical_root(), block.clone())
+            .process_block(slot, block.canonical_root(), (block.clone(), blobs.clone()))
             .await
             .unwrap();
 
@@ -2497,17 +2500,17 @@ async fn revert_minority_fork_on_resume() {
         harness2.process_attestations(attestations);
 
         // Minority chain block (no attesters).
-        let ((block1, _), new_state1) = harness1.make_block(state1, slot).await;
+        let ((block1, blobs1), new_state1) = harness1.make_block(state1, slot).await;
         harness1
-            .process_block(slot, block1.canonical_root(), block1)
+            .process_block(slot, block1.canonical_root(), (block1, blobs1))
             .await
             .unwrap();
         state1 = new_state1;
 
         // Majority chain block (all attesters).
-        let ((block2, _), new_state2) = harness2.make_block(state2, slot).await;
+        let ((block2, blobs2), new_state2) = harness2.make_block(state2, slot).await;
         harness2
-            .process_block(slot, block2.canonical_root(), block2.clone())
+            .process_block(slot, block2.canonical_root(), (block2.clone(), blobs2))
             .await
             .unwrap();
 
@@ -2560,7 +2563,7 @@ async fn revert_minority_fork_on_resume() {
     let initial_split_slot = resumed_harness.chain.store.get_split_slot();
     for block in &majority_blocks {
         resumed_harness
-            .process_block_result(block.clone())
+            .process_block_result((block.clone(), None))
             .await
             .unwrap();
 
diff --git a/beacon_node/http_api/tests/interactive_tests.rs b/beacon_node/http_api/tests/interactive_tests.rs
index 40f21f727a..f27a4d9519 100644
--- a/beacon_node/http_api/tests/interactive_tests.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/http_api/tests/interactive_tests.rs
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ pub async fn proposer_boost_re_org_test(
 
     // Applying block C should cause it to become head regardless (re-org or continuation).
     let block_root_c = harness
-        .process_block_result(block_c.clone())
+        .process_block_result((block_c.clone(), None))
         .await
         .unwrap()
         .into();
diff --git a/beacon_node/http_api/tests/status_tests.rs b/beacon_node/http_api/tests/status_tests.rs
index 664c5f2ea5..b3d1e9daa8 100644
--- a/beacon_node/http_api/tests/status_tests.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/http_api/tests/status_tests.rs
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ async fn el_error_on_new_payload() {
     // Attempt to process the block, which should error.
     harness.advance_slot();
     assert!(matches!(
-        harness.process_block_result(block.clone()).await,
+        harness.process_block_result((block.clone(), None)).await,
         Err(BlockError::ExecutionPayloadError(_))
     ));
 
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ async fn el_error_on_new_payload() {
             validation_error: None,
         },
     );
-    harness.process_block_result(block).await.unwrap();
+    harness.process_block_result((block, None)).await.unwrap();
 
     let api_response = tester.client.get_node_syncing().await.unwrap().data;
     assert_eq!(api_response.el_offline, Some(false));
diff --git a/beacon_node/network/src/sync/block_lookups/mod.rs b/beacon_node/network/src/sync/block_lookups/mod.rs
index aef88bfc3e..d9184cee59 100644
--- a/beacon_node/network/src/sync/block_lookups/mod.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/network/src/sync/block_lookups/mod.rs
@@ -5,9 +5,7 @@ use super::BatchProcessResult;
 use super::{manager::BlockProcessType, network_context::SyncNetworkContext};
 use crate::metrics;
 use crate::network_beacon_processor::ChainSegmentProcessId;
-use crate::sync::block_lookups::parent_lookup::ParentLookup;
-use crate::sync::block_lookups::single_block_lookup::LookupVerifyError;
-use crate::sync::manager::{Id, ResponseType};
+use crate::sync::block_lookups::single_block_lookup::LookupId;
 use beacon_chain::block_verification_types::{AsBlock, RpcBlock};
 use beacon_chain::data_availability_checker::{AvailabilityCheckError, DataAvailabilityChecker};
 use beacon_chain::{AvailabilityProcessingStatus, BeaconChainTypes, BlockError};
diff --git a/beacon_node/network/src/sync/block_lookups/single_block_lookup.rs b/beacon_node/network/src/sync/block_lookups/single_block_lookup.rs
index e3143f75f9..e6e1e72e72 100644
--- a/beacon_node/network/src/sync/block_lookups/single_block_lookup.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/network/src/sync/block_lookups/single_block_lookup.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use crate::sync::block_lookups::{
 };
 use crate::sync::manager::BlockProcessType;
 use crate::sync::network_context::SyncNetworkContext;
-use beacon_chain::block_verification_types::{AsBlock, RpcBlock};
+use beacon_chain::block_verification_types::RpcBlock;
 use beacon_chain::data_availability_checker::DataAvailabilityChecker;
 use beacon_chain::{get_block_root, BeaconChainTypes};
 use itertools::Itertools;
diff --git a/beacon_node/network/src/sync/network_context.rs b/beacon_node/network/src/sync/network_context.rs
index 3524da7859..21c25a1e5d 100644
--- a/beacon_node/network/src/sync/network_context.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/network/src/sync/network_context.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use super::range_sync::{BatchId, ByRangeRequestType, ChainId};
 use crate::network_beacon_processor::NetworkBeaconProcessor;
 use crate::service::{NetworkMessage, RequestId};
 use crate::status::ToStatusMessage;
-use crate::sync::block_lookups::LookupType;
+use crate::sync::block_lookups::{BlobRequestId, BlockRequestId};
 use beacon_chain::block_verification_types::RpcBlock;
 use beacon_chain::{BeaconChain, BeaconChainTypes, EngineState};
 use fnv::FnvHashMap;
diff --git a/consensus/fork_choice/tests/tests.rs b/consensus/fork_choice/tests/tests.rs
index b4981a3eea..9d39eb3e38 100644
--- a/consensus/fork_choice/tests/tests.rs
+++ b/consensus/fork_choice/tests/tests.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
 #![cfg(not(debug_assertions))]
 
-use std::fmt;
-use std::sync::Mutex;
-use std::time::Duration;
-
-use beacon_chain::block_verification_types::RpcBlock;
 use beacon_chain::test_utils::{
     AttestationStrategy, BeaconChainHarness, BlockStrategy, EphemeralHarnessType,
 };
@@ -15,6 +10,9 @@ use beacon_chain::{
 use fork_choice::{
     ForkChoiceStore, InvalidAttestation, InvalidBlock, PayloadVerificationStatus, QueuedAttestation,
 };
+use std::fmt;
+use std::sync::Mutex;
+use std::time::Duration;
 use store::MemoryStore;
 use types::{
     test_utils::generate_deterministic_keypair, BeaconBlockRef, BeaconState, ChainSpec, Checkpoint,
@@ -196,21 +194,18 @@ impl ForkChoiceTest {
         let validators = self.harness.get_all_validators();
         loop {
             let slot = self.harness.get_current_slot();
-            let (block, state_) = self.harness.make_block(state, slot).await;
+            let (block_contents, state_) = self.harness.make_block(state, slot).await;
             state = state_;
-            if !predicate(block.0.message(), &state) {
+            if !predicate(block_contents.0.message(), &state) {
                 break;
             }
-            if let Ok(block_hash) = self
-                .harness
-                .process_block_result(RpcBlock::new(block.0, block.1).unwrap())
-                .await
-            {
+            let block = block_contents.0.clone();
+            if let Ok(block_hash) = self.harness.process_block_result(block_contents).await {
                 self.harness.attest_block(
                     &state,
-                    block.0.state_root(),
+                    block.state_root(),
                     block_hash,
-                    &block.0,
+                    &block,
                     &validators,
                 );
                 self.harness.advance_slot();