diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml b/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
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+name: Build and Test
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - '**'
+
+jobs:
+  building-rskj-and-powpeg-node:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    container:
+      image: openjdk:8-jdk
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Setup System Tools
+        run: |
+          apt update -y
+          apt install -y gnupg2 curl
+
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Pull rskj
+        with:
+          repository: rsksmart/rskj
+          path: './rskj'
+        run: |
+          cd rskj
+          ls -la
+#          ./configure.sh && chmod +x gradlew
+#          ./gradlew --no-daemon clean build -x test
+
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Pull powpeg-node
+        with:
+          repository: rsksmart/powpeg-node
+          path: './powpeg-node'
+        run: |
+          cd powpeg-node
+          ls -la
+#          ./configure.sh && chmod +x gradlew
+#          ./gradlew --no-daemon clean build
+
+      - uses: actions/cache@v4
+        name: Cache Gradle
+        id: cache-gradle
+        with:
+          path: |
+            .gradle/caches
+            gradle/wrapper
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-gradle-${{ hashFiles('**/*.gradle*', '**/gradle-wrapper.properties') }}
+          restore-keys: |
+            ${{ runner.os }}-gradle-
+
+      - name: Get gradle wrapper and build dependencies
+        run: |
+          ./configure.sh
+          ./gradlew --no-daemon dependencies
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diff --git a/.idea/.gitignore b/.idea/.gitignore
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+++ b/.idea/.gitignore
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+# Default ignored files
+/shelf/
+/workspace.xml
diff --git a/.idea/misc.xml b/.idea/misc.xml
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index 00000000..07115cdf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/misc.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="ProjectRootManager" version="2" languageLevel="JDK_17" default="true" project-jdk-name="17" project-jdk-type="JavaSDK">
+    <output url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/out" />
+  </component>
+</project>
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diff --git a/.idea/modules.xml b/.idea/modules.xml
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+++ b/.idea/modules.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="ProjectModuleManager">
+    <modules>
+      <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/rootstock-integration-tests.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/rootstock-integration-tests.iml" />
+    </modules>
+  </component>
+</project>
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diff --git a/.idea/rootstock-integration-tests.iml b/.idea/rootstock-integration-tests.iml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d6ebd480
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/rootstock-integration-tests.iml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<module type="JAVA_MODULE" version="4">
+  <component name="NewModuleRootManager" inherit-compiler-output="true">
+    <exclude-output />
+    <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$" />
+    <orderEntry type="inheritedJdk" />
+    <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
+  </component>
+</module>
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diff --git a/.idea/vcs.xml b/.idea/vcs.xml
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+++ b/.idea/vcs.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="VcsDirectoryMappings">
+    <mapping directory="" vcs="Git" />
+  </component>
+</project>
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