diff --git a/beacon_chain/conf.nim b/beacon_chain/conf.nim
index c1b3805a2..8d809e074 100644
--- a/beacon_chain/conf.nim
+++ b/beacon_chain/conf.nim
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import
   eth/common/eth_types as commonEthTypes, eth/net/nat,
   eth/p2p/discoveryv5/enr,
   json_serialization, web3/[ethtypes, confutils_defs],
+  kzg4844/kzg_ex,
   ./spec/[engine_authentication, keystore, network, crypto],
   ./spec/datatypes/base,
   ./networking/network_metadata,
@@ -1347,3 +1348,16 @@ proc engineApiUrls*(config: BeaconNodeConf): seq[EngineApiUrl] =
     config.elUrls
 
   (elUrls & config.web3Urls).toFinalEngineApiUrls(config.jwtSecret)
+
+proc loadKzgTrustedSetup*(): Result[void, string] =
+  const trustedSetup =
+    when const_preset == "mainnet":
+      staticRead"../vendor/nim-kzg4844/kzg4844/csources/src/trusted_setup.txt"
+    elif const_preset == "minimal":
+      staticRead"../vendor/nim-kzg4844/kzg4844/csources/src/trusted_setup_4.txt"
+    else:
+      ""
+  if const_preset == "mainnet" or const_preset == "minimal":
+    Kzg.loadTrustedSetupFromString(trustedSetup)
+  else:
+    ok()
diff --git a/beacon_chain/nimbus_beacon_node.nim b/beacon_chain/nimbus_beacon_node.nim
index 16e7306c0..276d7f88f 100644
--- a/beacon_chain/nimbus_beacon_node.nim
+++ b/beacon_chain/nimbus_beacon_node.nim
@@ -453,7 +453,8 @@ proc initFullNode(
 
   node.updateValidatorMetrics()
 
-const SlashingDbName = "slashing_protection"
+const
+  SlashingDbName = "slashing_protection"
   # changing this requires physical file rename as well or history is lost.
 
 proc init*(T: type BeaconNode,
@@ -1912,6 +1913,11 @@ proc doRunBeaconNode(config: var BeaconNodeConf, rng: ref HmacDrbgContext) {.rai
 
   let node = BeaconNode.init(rng, config, metadata)
 
+  if node.dag.cfg.DENEB_FORK_EPOCH != FAR_FUTURE_EPOCH:
+    let res = conf.loadKzgTrustedSetup()
+    if res.isErr():
+      raiseAssert res.error()
+
   if bnStatus == BeaconNodeStatus.Stopping:
     return
 
diff --git a/scripts/compile_nim_program.sh b/scripts/compile_nim_program.sh
index 03de46002..f37d3f155 100755
--- a/scripts/compile_nim_program.sh
+++ b/scripts/compile_nim_program.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
+# Copyright (c) 2020-2023 Status Research & Development GmbH. Licensed under
+# either of:
+# - Apache License, version 2.0
+# - MIT license
+# at your option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed except
+# according to those terms.
+
+
 set -e
 
 cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")"/..
@@ -31,7 +39,13 @@ fi
 # parallel.
 # We can't use '--nimcache:...' here, because the same path is being used by
 # LTO on macOS, in "config.nims"
-"$NIMC" c --compileOnly -o:build/${BINARY} "$@" -d:nimCachePathOverride=nimcache/release/${BINARY} "${SOURCE}"
+# We have to use the `-f` flag here because running nim compile with
+# different -d defines (as we do when for mainnet/minimal in CI) does
+# not lead to a rebuild of changed deps - nim uses the cached
+# version. The specific instance here is `-d:FIELD_ELEMENTS_PER_BLOB`
+# that is used in the nim-kzg library and its dependency.
+# TODO find a way not to have to -f here.
+"$NIMC" c -f --compileOnly -o:build/${BINARY} "$@" -d:nimCachePathOverride=nimcache/release/${BINARY} "${SOURCE}"
 build/generate_makefile "nimcache/release/${BINARY}/${PROJECT_NAME}.json" "nimcache/release/${BINARY}/${BINARY}.makefile"
 # Don't swallow stderr, in case it's important.
 [[ "$V" == "0" ]] && exec >/dev/null
diff --git a/scripts/launch_local_testnet.sh b/scripts/launch_local_testnet.sh
index b1716e362..6fef08aed 100755
--- a/scripts/launch_local_testnet.sh
+++ b/scripts/launch_local_testnet.sh
@@ -396,9 +396,11 @@ openssl rand -hex 32 | tr -d "\n" > "${JWT_FILE}"
 if [[ "$CONST_PRESET" == "minimal" ]]; then
   SECONDS_PER_SLOT=6
   SLOTS_PER_EPOCH=8
+  FIELD_ELEMENTS_PER_BLOB=4
 else
   SECONDS_PER_SLOT=12
   SLOTS_PER_EPOCH=32
+  FIELD_ELEMENTS_PER_BLOB=4096
 fi
 
 VALIDATORS_DIR="${DATA_DIR}/validators"
@@ -714,7 +716,7 @@ done
 
 if [[ "${REUSE_BINARIES}" == "0" || "${BINARIES_MISSING}" == "1" ]]; then
   log "Rebuilding binaries ${BINARIES}"
-  ${MAKE} -j ${NPROC} LOG_LEVEL=TRACE NIMFLAGS="${NIMFLAGS} -d:local_testnet -d:const_preset=${CONST_PRESET} -d:web3_consensus_const_preset=${CONST_PRESET}" ${BINARIES}
+  ${MAKE} -j ${NPROC} LOG_LEVEL=TRACE NIMFLAGS="${NIMFLAGS} -d:local_testnet -d:const_preset=${CONST_PRESET} -d:web3_consensus_const_preset=${CONST_PRESET} -d:FIELD_ELEMENTS_PER_BLOB=${FIELD_ELEMENTS_PER_BLOB}" ${BINARIES}
 fi
 
 if [[ "${RUN_NIMBUS_ETH1}" == "1" ]]; then