diff --git a/protocol/go.mod b/protocol/go.mod
index 47c74b6621..6054578bf1 100644
--- a/protocol/go.mod
+++ b/protocol/go.mod
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ require (
 	cosmossdk.io/errors v1.0.0
 	cosmossdk.io/log v1.1.1-0.20230704160919-88f2c830b0ca
 	github.com/burdiyan/kafkautil v0.0.0-20190131162249-eaf83ed22d5b
+	github.com/cosmos/iavl v0.20.0
 	github.com/deckarep/golang-set/v2 v2.3.0
 	github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum v1.12.0
 	github.com/ory/dockertest/v3 v3.10.0
@@ -114,7 +115,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/containerd/continuity v0.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/cosmos/btcutil v1.0.5 // indirect
 	github.com/cosmos/gogogateway v1.2.0 // indirect
-	github.com/cosmos/iavl v0.20.0 // indirect
 	github.com/cosmos/ics23/go v0.10.0 // indirect
 	github.com/cosmos/ledger-cosmos-go v0.12.1 // indirect
 	github.com/cosmos/rosetta-sdk-go v0.10.0 // indirect
diff --git a/protocol/scripts/iaviewer/iaviewer.go b/protocol/scripts/iaviewer/iaviewer.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4312f04683
--- /dev/null
+++ b/protocol/scripts/iaviewer/iaviewer.go
@@ -0,0 +1,194 @@
+// Originally forked from https://github.com/cosmos/iavl/blob/v0.20.0/cmd/iaviewer/main.go
+package main
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"crypto/sha256"
+	"encoding/hex"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+
+	dbm "github.com/cometbft/cometbft-db"
+
+	"github.com/cosmos/iavl"
+)
+
+// TODO: make this configurable?
+const (
+	DefaultCacheSize int = 10000
+)
+
+func main() {
+	args := os.Args[1:]
+	if len(args) < 3 || (args[0] != "data" && args[0] != "shape" && args[0] != "versions") {
+		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "Usage: iaviewer <data|shape|versions> <leveldb dir> <prefix> [version number]")
+		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "<prefix> is the prefix of db, and the iavl tree of different modules in cosmos-sdk uses ")
+		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "different <prefix> to identify, just like \"s/k:gov/\" represents the prefix of gov module")
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+
+	version := 0
+	if len(args) == 4 {
+		var err error
+		version, err = strconv.Atoi(args[3])
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Invalid version number: %s\n", err)
+			os.Exit(1)
+		}
+	}
+
+	tree, err := ReadTree(args[1], version, []byte(args[2]))
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Error reading data: %s\n", err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+
+	switch args[0] {
+	case "data":
+		PrintKeys(tree)
+		hash, err := tree.Hash()
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Error hashing tree: %s\n", err)
+			os.Exit(1)
+		}
+		fmt.Printf("Hash: %X\n", hash)
+		fmt.Printf("Size: %X\n", tree.Size())
+	case "shape":
+		PrintShape(tree)
+	case "versions":
+		PrintVersions(tree)
+	}
+}
+
+func OpenDB(dir string) (dbm.DB, error) {
+	switch {
+	case strings.HasSuffix(dir, ".db"):
+		dir = dir[:len(dir)-3]
+	case strings.HasSuffix(dir, ".db/"):
+		dir = dir[:len(dir)-4]
+	default:
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("database directory must end with .db")
+	}
+
+	dir, err := filepath.Abs(dir)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	// TODO: doesn't work on windows!
+	cut := strings.LastIndex(dir, "/")
+	if cut == -1 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot cut paths on %s", dir)
+	}
+	name := dir[cut+1:]
+	db, err := dbm.NewGoLevelDB(name, dir[:cut])
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return db, nil
+}
+
+func PrintDBStats(db dbm.DB) {
+	count := 0
+	prefix := map[string]int{}
+	itr, err := db.Iterator(nil, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	defer itr.Close()
+	for ; itr.Valid(); itr.Next() {
+		key := itr.Key()[:1]
+		prefix[string(key)]++
+		count++
+	}
+	if err := itr.Error(); err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	fmt.Printf("DB contains %d entries\n", count)
+	for k, v := range prefix {
+		fmt.Printf("  %s: %d\n", k, v)
+	}
+}
+
+// ReadTree loads an iavl tree from the directory
+// If version is 0, load latest, otherwise, load named version
+// The prefix represents which iavl tree you want to read. The iaviwer will always set a prefix.
+func ReadTree(dir string, version int, prefix []byte) (*iavl.MutableTree, error) {
+	db, err := OpenDB(dir)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if len(prefix) != 0 {
+		db = dbm.NewPrefixDB(db, prefix)
+	}
+
+	tree, err := iavl.NewMutableTree(db, DefaultCacheSize, false)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	ver, err := tree.LoadVersion(int64(version))
+	fmt.Printf("Got version: %d\n", ver)
+	return tree, err
+}
+
+func PrintKeys(tree *iavl.MutableTree) {
+	fmt.Println("Printing all keys with hashed values (to detect diff)")
+	tree.Iterate(func(key []byte, value []byte) bool { //nolint:errcheck
+		printKey := parseWeaveKey(key)
+		digest := sha256.Sum256(value)
+		fmt.Printf("  %s\n    %X\n", printKey, digest)
+		return false
+	})
+}
+
+// parseWeaveKey assumes a separating : where all in front should be ascii,
+// and all afterwards may be ascii or binary
+func parseWeaveKey(key []byte) string {
+	cut := bytes.IndexRune(key, ':')
+	if cut == -1 {
+		return encodeID(key)
+	}
+	prefix := key[:cut]
+	id := key[cut+1:]
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", encodeID(prefix), encodeID(id))
+}
+
+// casts to a string if it is printable ascii, hex-encodes otherwise
+func encodeID(id []byte) string {
+	for _, b := range id {
+		if b < 0x20 || b >= 0x80 {
+			return strings.ToUpper(hex.EncodeToString(id))
+		}
+	}
+	return string(id)
+}
+
+func PrintShape(tree *iavl.MutableTree) {
+	// shape := tree.RenderShape("  ", nil)
+	// TODO: handle this error
+	shape, _ := tree.RenderShape("  ", nodeEncoder)
+	fmt.Println(strings.Join(shape, "\n"))
+}
+
+func nodeEncoder(id []byte, depth int, isLeaf bool) string {
+	prefix := fmt.Sprintf("-%d ", depth)
+	if isLeaf {
+		prefix = fmt.Sprintf("*%d ", depth)
+	}
+	if len(id) == 0 {
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%s<nil>", prefix)
+	}
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", prefix, parseWeaveKey(id))
+}
+
+func PrintVersions(tree *iavl.MutableTree) {
+	versions := tree.AvailableVersions()
+	fmt.Println("Available versions:")
+	for _, v := range versions {
+		fmt.Printf("  %d\n", v)
+	}
+}