diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b0ecae36..15262e9f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1543,6 +1543,12 @@ version = "1.2.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c3ac9f8b63eca6fd385229b3675f6cc0dc5c8a5c8a54a59d4f52ffd670d87b0c"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "bytecount"
+version = "0.6.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5ce89b21cab1437276d2650d57e971f9d548a2d9037cc231abdc0562b97498ce"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bytemuck"
 version = "1.16.1"
@@ -2136,6 +2142,19 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "cargo_metadata"
+version = "0.14.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4acbb09d9ee8e23699b9634375c72795d095bf268439da88562cf9b501f181fa"
+dependencies = [
+ "camino",
+ "cargo-platform",
+ "semver 1.0.17",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cargo_metadata"
 version = "0.18.1"
@@ -3047,6 +3066,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "error-chain"
+version = "0.12.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2d2f06b9cac1506ece98fe3231e3cc9c4410ec3d5b1f24ae1c8946f0742cdefc"
+dependencies = [
+ "version_check",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "eth-keystore"
 version = "0.5.0"
@@ -3223,7 +3251,7 @@ checksum = "82d80cc6ad30b14a48ab786523af33b37f28a8623fc06afd55324816ef18fb1f"
 dependencies = [
  "arrayvec",
  "bytes",
- "cargo_metadata",
+ "cargo_metadata 0.18.1",
  "chrono",
  "const-hex",
  "elliptic-curve",
@@ -3389,9 +3417,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "fastrand"
-version = "2.1.0"
+version = "2.1.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9fc0510504f03c51ada170672ac806f1f105a88aa97a5281117e1ddc3368e51a"
+checksum = "e8c02a5121d4ea3eb16a80748c74f5549a5665e4c21333c6098f283870fbdea6"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "fastrlp"
@@ -4995,9 +5023,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libc"
-version = "0.2.155"
+version = "0.2.159"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "97b3888a4aecf77e811145cadf6eef5901f4782c53886191b2f693f24761847c"
+checksum = "561d97a539a36e26a9a5fad1ea11a3039a67714694aaa379433e580854bc3dc5"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libm"
@@ -5161,6 +5189,21 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicase",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "mini-moka"
+version = "0.10.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c325dfab65f261f386debee8b0969da215b3fa0037e74c8a1234db7ba986d803"
+dependencies = [
+ "crossbeam-channel",
+ "crossbeam-utils",
+ "dashmap",
+ "skeptic",
+ "smallvec",
+ "tagptr",
+ "triomphe",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "minilp"
 version = "0.2.2"
@@ -6099,6 +6142,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures 0.3.28",
  "hex",
  "hyper 0.14.27",
+ "mini-moka",
  "mockito",
  "num-traits 0.2.17",
  "reqwest 0.12.8",
@@ -6113,6 +6157,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "starknet_in_rust",
  "strum 0.25.0",
  "strum_macros 0.25.2",
+ "tempfile",
  "thiserror",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-tungstenite 0.20.1",
@@ -6125,6 +6170,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "warp",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pulldown-cmark"
+version = "0.9.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "57206b407293d2bcd3af849ce869d52068623f19e1b5ff8e8778e3309439682b"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.6.0",
+ "memchr",
+ "unicase",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "pyo3"
 version = "0.19.2"
@@ -6850,9 +6906,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rustix"
-version = "0.38.34"
+version = "0.38.37"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "70dc5ec042f7a43c4a73241207cecc9873a06d45debb38b329f8541d85c2730f"
+checksum = "8acb788b847c24f28525660c4d7758620a7210875711f79e7f663cc152726811"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.6.0",
  "errno",
@@ -7508,6 +7564,21 @@ version = "0.3.10"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7bd3e3206899af3f8b12af284fafc038cc1dc2b41d1b89dd17297221c5d225de"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "skeptic"
+version = "0.13.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "16d23b015676c90a0f01c197bfdc786c20342c73a0afdda9025adb0bc42940a8"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytecount",
+ "cargo_metadata 0.14.2",
+ "error-chain",
+ "glob",
+ "pulldown-cmark",
+ "tempfile",
+ "walkdir",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "slab"
 version = "0.4.8"
@@ -8108,6 +8179,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tagptr"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7b2093cf4c8eb1e67749a6762251bc9cd836b6fc171623bd0a9d324d37af2417"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tap"
 version = "1.0.1"
@@ -8122,14 +8199,15 @@ checksum = "9d0e916b1148c8e263850e1ebcbd046f333e0683c724876bb0da63ea4373dc8a"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tempfile"
-version = "3.10.1"
+version = "3.13.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "85b77fafb263dd9d05cbeac119526425676db3784113aa9295c88498cbf8bff1"
+checksum = "f0f2c9fc62d0beef6951ccffd757e241266a2c833136efbe35af6cd2567dca5b"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "fastrand",
+ "once_cell",
  "rustix",
- "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.59.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -8570,6 +8648,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "triomphe"
+version = "0.1.14"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ef8f7726da4807b58ea5c96fdc122f80702030edc33b35aff9190a51148ccc85"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "try-lock"
 version = "0.2.4"
@@ -9198,6 +9282,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-targets 0.52.6",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-sys"
+version = "0.59.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1e38bc4d79ed67fd075bcc251a1c39b32a1776bbe92e5bef1f0bf1f8c531853b"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-targets 0.52.6",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-targets"
 version = "0.48.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 1ff9357e..8e693313 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ foundry-config = { git = "https://github.com/foundry-rs/foundry", rev = "2544793
 foundry-evm = { git = "https://github.com/foundry-rs/foundry", rev = "2544793" }
 revm-inspectors = { version = "0.5", features = ["serde"] }
 
+mini-moka = "0.10"
+tempfile = "3.13.0"
+
 [dev-dependencies]
 mockito = "1.1.1"
 warp = "0.3.5"
diff --git a/src/protocol/mod.rs b/src/protocol/mod.rs
index 55f161fd..9c373cc9 100644
--- a/src/protocol/mod.rs
+++ b/src/protocol/mod.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ pub mod state;
 pub mod tycho;
 pub mod uniswap_v2;
 pub mod uniswap_v3;
+mod vm;
 
 /// A trait for converting types to and from `Bytes`.
 ///
diff --git a/src/protocol/vm/mod.rs b/src/protocol/vm/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..95adf51c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/protocol/vm/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+mod utils;
diff --git a/src/protocol/vm/utils.rs b/src/protocol/vm/utils.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..59111f86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/protocol/vm/utils.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+// TODO: remove skip for clippy dead_code check
+#![allow(dead_code)]
+
+use mini_moka::sync::Cache;
+use std::{
+    fs::File,
+    io::Read,
+    path::Path,
+    sync::{Arc, LazyLock},
+};
+
+static BYTECODE_CACHE: LazyLock<Cache<Arc<String>, Vec<u8>>> = LazyLock::new(|| Cache::new(1_000));
+
+pub fn get_contract_bytecode(path: &str) -> std::io::Result<Vec<u8>> {
+    if let Some(bytecode) = BYTECODE_CACHE.get(&Arc::new(path.to_string())) {
+        return Ok(bytecode.clone());
+    }
+
+    let mut file = File::open(Path::new(path))?;
+    let mut code = Vec::new();
+
+    file.read_to_end(&mut code)?;
+    BYTECODE_CACHE.insert(Arc::new(path.to_string()), code.clone());
+
+    Ok(code)
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use std::{fs::remove_file, io::Write};
+    use tempfile::NamedTempFile;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_get_contract_bytecode() {
+        // Create a temporary file with some test data
+        let mut temp_file = NamedTempFile::new().unwrap();
+        let test_data = b"Test contract bytecode";
+        temp_file.write_all(test_data).unwrap();
+        let temp_path = temp_file.path().to_str().unwrap();
+
+        // First call to get_contract_bytecode
+        let result1 = get_contract_bytecode(temp_path).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(result1, test_data);
+
+        // Second call to get_contract_bytecode (should use cached data)
+        // Verify that the cache was used (file is not read twice)
+        remove_file(&temp_file).unwrap(); // This removes the temporary file
+        let result2 = get_contract_bytecode(temp_path).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(result2, test_data);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_get_contract_bytecode_error() {
+        let result = get_contract_bytecode("non_existent_file.txt");
+        assert!(result.is_err());
+    }
+}