diff --git a/src/chains/ethereum/block/src/runtime-block.ts b/src/chains/ethereum/block/src/runtime-block.ts
index 07a7770081..e4f1e19f01 100644
--- a/src/chains/ethereum/block/src/runtime-block.ts
+++ b/src/chains/ethereum/block/src/runtime-block.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import { Common } from "@ethereumjs/common";
 export type BlockHeader = {
   parentHash: Data;
   sha3Uncles: Data;
-  miner: Data;
+  miner: Address;
   stateRoot: Data;
   transactionsRoot: Data;
   receiptsRoot: Data;
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ export function makeHeader(
   return {
     parentHash: Data.from(raw[0], 32),
     sha3Uncles: Data.from(raw[1], 32),
-    miner: Data.from(raw[2], 20),
+    miner: Address.from(raw[2]),
     stateRoot: Data.from(raw[3], 32),
     transactionsRoot: Data.from(raw[4], 32),
     receiptsRoot: Data.from(raw[5], 32),
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ export class RuntimeBlock {
     withdrawalsRoot?: Buffer
   ) {
     this._common = common;
-    const coinbaseBuffer = coinbase.toBuffer();
+    const coinbaseBuffer = coinbase.buf;
     this.header = {
       parentHash: parentHash.toBuffer(),
       coinbase: new Address(coinbaseBuffer),
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ export class RuntimeBlock {
         tx.raw.length === 9
           ? tx.raw // legacy transactions don't have their own encoding
           : tx.serialized ?? encodeWithPrefix(tx.type.toNumber(), tx.raw);
-      extraTxs[i] = [tx.from.toBuffer(), tx.hash.toBuffer()];
+      extraTxs[i] = [tx.from.buf, tx.hash.toBuffer()];
     }
     const rawBlock: EthereumRawBlock = isEip4895
       ? [rawHeader, txs, [], []]
diff --git a/src/chains/ethereum/ethereum/src/api.ts b/src/chains/ethereum/ethereum/src/api.ts
index c112eab492..a6a62290ef 100644
--- a/src/chains/ethereum/ethereum/src/api.ts
+++ b/src/chains/ethereum/ethereum/src/api.ts
@@ -1117,7 +1117,7 @@ export default class EthereumApi implements Api {
         blockchain.common,
         Quantity.from((parentHeader.number.toBigInt() || 0n) + 1n),
         parentHeader.parentHash,
-        new Address(parentHeader.miner.toBuffer()),
+        new Address(parentHeader.miner.buf),
         tx.gas,
         parentHeader.gasUsed,
         parentHeader.timestamp,
@@ -1971,7 +1971,7 @@ export default class EthereumApi implements Api {
       paddedPosBuff = posBuff.slice(-32);
     }
 
-    const addressBuf = Address.from(address).toBuffer();
+    const addressBuf = Address.toBuffer(address);
     const addressData = await trie.get(addressBuf);
     // An address's stateRoot is stored in the 3rd rlp entry
     const addressStateRoot = decode<EthereumRawAccount>(addressData)[2];
diff --git a/src/chains/ethereum/ethereum/src/blockchain.ts b/src/chains/ethereum/ethereum/src/blockchain.ts
index e09d9230cb..a18ad120e0 100644
--- a/src/chains/ethereum/ethereum/src/blockchain.ts
+++ b/src/chains/ethereum/ethereum/src/blockchain.ts
@@ -734,7 +734,7 @@ export default class Blockchain extends Emittery<BlockchainTypedEvents> {
   #commitAccounts = (accounts: Account[]) => {
     return Promise.all<void>(
       accounts.map(account =>
-        this.trie.put(account.address.toBuffer(), account.serialize())
+        this.trie.put(account.address.buf, account.serialize())
       )
     );
   };
@@ -1124,7 +1124,7 @@ export default class Blockchain extends Emittery<BlockchainTypedEvents> {
     // subtract out the transaction's base fee from the gas limit before
     // simulating the tx, because `runCall` doesn't account for raw gas costs.
     const hasToAddress = transaction.to != null;
-    const to = hasToAddress ? new Address(transaction.to.toBuffer()) : null;
+    const to = hasToAddress ? new Address(transaction.to.buf) : null;
 
     //todo: getCommonForBlockNumber doesn't presently respect shanghai, so we just assume it's the same common as the fork
     // this won't work as expected if simulating on blocks before shanghai.
@@ -1209,7 +1209,7 @@ export default class Blockchain extends Emittery<BlockchainTypedEvents> {
         }
       });
 
-      const caller = transaction.from.toBuffer();
+      const caller = transaction.from.buf;
       const callerAddress = new Address(caller);
 
       if (common.isActivatedEIP(2929)) {
diff --git a/src/chains/ethereum/ethereum/src/data-managers/account-manager.ts b/src/chains/ethereum/ethereum/src/data-managers/account-manager.ts
index 8aa238bd75..c03b1a2a85 100644
--- a/src/chains/ethereum/ethereum/src/data-managers/account-manager.ts
+++ b/src/chains/ethereum/ethereum/src/data-managers/account-manager.ts
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ export default class AccountManager {
     trieCopy.setContext(stateRoot.toBuffer(), null, number);
 
     // get the account from the trie
-    return await trieCopy.get(address.toBuffer());
+    return await trieCopy.get(address.buf);
   }
 
   public async getNonce(
diff --git a/src/chains/ethereum/ethereum/src/data-managers/block-manager.ts b/src/chains/ethereum/ethereum/src/data-managers/block-manager.ts
index c2b0665898..109a595a61 100644
--- a/src/chains/ethereum/ethereum/src/data-managers/block-manager.ts
+++ b/src/chains/ethereum/ethereum/src/data-managers/block-manager.ts
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ export default class BlockManager extends Manager<Block> {
     const header: EthereumRawBlockHeader = [
       Data.toBuffer(json.parentHash),
       Data.toBuffer(json.sha3Uncles),
-      Address.from(json.miner).toBuffer(),
+      Address.toBuffer(json.miner),
       Data.toBuffer(json.stateRoot),
       Data.toBuffer(json.transactionsRoot),
       Data.toBuffer(json.receiptsRoot),
diff --git a/src/chains/ethereum/ethereum/src/data-managers/transaction-receipt-manager.ts b/src/chains/ethereum/ethereum/src/data-managers/transaction-receipt-manager.ts
index adaeb39990..e43fcdcdf6 100644
--- a/src/chains/ethereum/ethereum/src/data-managers/transaction-receipt-manager.ts
+++ b/src/chains/ethereum/ethereum/src/data-managers/transaction-receipt-manager.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export default class TransactionReceiptManager extends Manager<InternalTransacti
       const cumulativeGasUsed = Quantity.toBuffer(res.cumulativeGasUsed);
       const logsBloom = Data.toBuffer(res.logsBloom, 256);
       const logs = res.logs.map(log => [
-        Address.from(log.address).toBuffer(),
+        Address.toBuffer(log.address),
         log.topics.map(topic => Data.toBuffer(topic)),
         Array.isArray(log.data)
           ? log.data.map(data => Data.toBuffer(data))
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ export default class TransactionReceiptManager extends Manager<InternalTransacti
       const contractAddress =
         res.contractAddress == null
           ? BUFFER_EMPTY
-          : Address.from(res.contractAddress).toBuffer();
+          : Address.toBuffer(res.contractAddress);
       return InternalTransactionReceipt.fromValues(
         status,
         cumulativeGasUsed,
diff --git a/src/chains/ethereum/ethereum/src/helpers/filter-parsing.ts b/src/chains/ethereum/ethereum/src/helpers/filter-parsing.ts
index 25d202c15b..704675b650 100644
--- a/src/chains/ethereum/ethereum/src/helpers/filter-parsing.ts
+++ b/src/chains/ethereum/ethereum/src/helpers/filter-parsing.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ export function parseFilterDetails(
   // `filter.address` may be a single address or an array
   const addresses = filter.address
     ? (Array.isArray(filter.address) ? filter.address : [filter.address]).map(
-        a => Address.from(a.toLowerCase()).toBuffer()
+        a => Address.toBuffer(a.toLowerCase())
       )
     : [];
   const topics = filter.topics ? filter.topics : [];
diff --git a/src/chains/ethereum/ethereum/src/wallet.ts b/src/chains/ethereum/ethereum/src/wallet.ts
index 59d4d2b528..5e75ddb3a3 100644
--- a/src/chains/ethereum/ethereum/src/wallet.ts
+++ b/src/chains/ethereum/ethereum/src/wallet.ts
@@ -634,7 +634,7 @@ export default class Wallet {
 
   public createFakePrivateKey(address: string) {
     let fakePrivateKey: Buffer;
-    const addressBuf = Address.from(address).toBuffer();
+    const addressBuf = Address.toBuffer(address);
     if (addressBuf.equals(ACCOUNT_ZERO)) {
       // allow signing with the 0x0 address...
       // always sign with the same fake key, a 31 `0`s followed by a single
diff --git a/src/chains/ethereum/transaction/src/base-transaction.ts b/src/chains/ethereum/transaction/src/base-transaction.ts
index 9068df855a..c3fa422fbc 100644
--- a/src/chains/ethereum/transaction/src/base-transaction.ts
+++ b/src/chains/ethereum/transaction/src/base-transaction.ts
@@ -129,8 +129,7 @@ export class BaseTransaction {
   }
 
   public calculateIntrinsicGas() {
-    const hasToAddress =
-      this.to != null && !this.to.toBuffer().equals(BUFFER_EMPTY);
+    const hasToAddress = this.to != null && !this.to.buf.equals(BUFFER_EMPTY);
     return calculateIntrinsicGas(this.data, hasToAddress, this.common);
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/chains/ethereum/transaction/src/eip1559-fee-market-transaction.ts b/src/chains/ethereum/transaction/src/eip1559-fee-market-transaction.ts
index 31f111edfb..a0a2e044f5 100644
--- a/src/chains/ethereum/transaction/src/eip1559-fee-market-transaction.ts
+++ b/src/chains/ethereum/transaction/src/eip1559-fee-market-transaction.ts
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ export class EIP1559FeeMarketTransaction extends RuntimeTransaction {
       this.maxPriorityFeePerGas.toBuffer(),
       this.maxFeePerGas.toBuffer(),
       this.gas.toBuffer(),
-      this.to ? this.to.toBuffer() : BUFFER_EMPTY,
+      this.to ? this.to.buf : BUFFER_EMPTY,
       this.value.toBuffer(),
       this.data.toBuffer(),
       this.accessList,
diff --git a/src/chains/ethereum/transaction/src/eip2930-access-list-transaction.ts b/src/chains/ethereum/transaction/src/eip2930-access-list-transaction.ts
index 52bb0b6f09..f02de9ede8 100644
--- a/src/chains/ethereum/transaction/src/eip2930-access-list-transaction.ts
+++ b/src/chains/ethereum/transaction/src/eip2930-access-list-transaction.ts
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ export class EIP2930AccessListTransaction extends RuntimeTransaction {
       this.nonce.toBuffer(),
       this.gasPrice.toBuffer(),
       this.gas.toBuffer(),
-      this.to ? this.to.toBuffer() : BUFFER_EMPTY,
+      this.to ? this.to.buf : BUFFER_EMPTY,
       this.value.toBuffer(),
       this.data.toBuffer(),
       this.accessList,
diff --git a/src/chains/ethereum/transaction/src/legacy-transaction.ts b/src/chains/ethereum/transaction/src/legacy-transaction.ts
index e46f453f07..5bf422a570 100644
--- a/src/chains/ethereum/transaction/src/legacy-transaction.ts
+++ b/src/chains/ethereum/transaction/src/legacy-transaction.ts
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ export class LegacyTransaction extends RuntimeTransaction {
       this.nonce.toBuffer(),
       this.gasPrice.toBuffer(),
       this.gas.toBuffer(),
-      this.to ? this.to.toBuffer() : BUFFER_EMPTY,
+      this.to ? this.to.buf : BUFFER_EMPTY,
       this.value.toBuffer(),
       this.data.toBuffer(),
       v,
diff --git a/src/chains/ethereum/transaction/src/runtime-transaction.ts b/src/chains/ethereum/transaction/src/runtime-transaction.ts
index 88ba7a7a6d..2f5214f219 100644
--- a/src/chains/ethereum/transaction/src/runtime-transaction.ts
+++ b/src/chains/ethereum/transaction/src/runtime-transaction.ts
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ export abstract class RuntimeTransaction extends BaseTransaction {
       // block it twice for each block save step.
       legacy ? this.raw : ([this.type.toBuffer(), ...this.raw] as any),
       [
-        this.from.toBuffer(),
+        this.from.buf,
         this.hash.toBuffer(),
         blockHash.toBuffer(),
         blockNumber.toBuffer(),
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ export abstract class RuntimeTransaction extends BaseTransaction {
         //  and `s` values, make sure the `from` address matches
         if (data.from !== null) {
           const userFrom = toValidLengthAddress(data.from, "from");
-          if (!from.toBuffer().equals(userFrom.toBuffer())) {
+          if (!from.buf.equals(userFrom.buf)) {
             throw new Error(
               "Transaction is signed and contains a `from` field, but the signature doesn't match."
             );
diff --git a/src/chains/ethereum/utils/src/things/blocklogs.ts b/src/chains/ethereum/utils/src/things/blocklogs.ts
index fc8f0c0aec..0dc777af91 100644
--- a/src/chains/ethereum/utils/src/things/blocklogs.ts
+++ b/src/chains/ethereum/utils/src/things/blocklogs.ts
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ export class BlockLogs {
       const transactionHash = Data.from(log.transactionHash, 32);
       const transactionIndex = Quantity.from(log.transactionIndex);
       blockLogs.append(transactionIndex, transactionHash, [
-        address.toBuffer(), // `address`
+        address.buf,
         topics,
         data
       ]);