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+import { EthAddress, retryUntil } from '@aztec/aztec.js';
+import { type ExtendedViemWalletClient, RollupContract } from '@aztec/ethereum';
+import { parseBooleanEnv } from '@aztec/foundation/config';
+import { RewardDistributorAbi } from '@aztec/l1-artifacts';
+
+import '@jest/globals';
+import { type GetContractReturnType, getContract } from 'viem';
+
+import { FullProverTest } from './e2e_prover_test.js';
+
+// Set a very long 20 minute timeout.
+const TIMEOUT = 1_200_000;
+
+describe('full_prover', () => {
+  const REAL_PROOFS = !parseBooleanEnv(process.env.FAKE_PROOFS);
+  const COINBASE_ADDRESS = EthAddress.random();
+  const t = new FullProverTest('full_prover', 1, COINBASE_ADDRESS, REAL_PROOFS);
+
+  let { logger, cheatCodes } = t;
+
+  let rollup: RollupContract;
+  let rewardDistributor: GetContractReturnType<typeof RewardDistributorAbi, ExtendedViemWalletClient>;
+
+  beforeAll(async () => {
+    t.logger.warn(`Running suite with ${REAL_PROOFS ? 'real' : 'fake'} proofs`);
+
+    await t.applyBaseSnapshots();
+    await t.applyMintSnapshot();
+    await t.setup();
+    await t.deployVerifier();
+
+    ({ logger, cheatCodes } = t);
+
+    rollup = new RollupContract(t.l1Contracts.l1Client, t.l1Contracts.l1ContractAddresses.rollupAddress);
+
+    rewardDistributor = getContract({
+      abi: RewardDistributorAbi,
+      address: t.l1Contracts.l1ContractAddresses.rewardDistributorAddress.toString(),
+      client: t.l1Contracts.l1Client,
+    });
+  }, 120_000);
+
+  afterAll(async () => {
+    await t.teardown();
+  });
+
+  afterEach(async () => {
+    await t.tokenSim.check();
+  });
+
+  it(
+    'proves empty blocks',
+    async () => {
+      logger.info(`Starting test with empty blocks`);
+
+      const startBlockNumber = await t.aztecNode.getBlockNumber();
+      logger.info(`Producing an empty block after ${startBlockNumber}`);
+      await t.aztecNodeAdmin.flushTxs();
+      await retryUntil(async () => (await t.aztecNode.getBlockNumber()) > startBlockNumber);
+
+      const emptyBlockNumber = await t.aztecNode.getBlockNumber();
+      const emptyBlock = await t.aztecNode.getBlock(emptyBlockNumber);
+      expect(emptyBlock?.getStats().txCount).toEqual(0);
+      logger.info(`Empty block number: ${emptyBlockNumber}`);
+
+      // Warp to the next epoch
+      const epoch = await cheatCodes.rollup.getEpoch();
+      logger.info(`Advancing from epoch ${epoch} to next epoch`);
+
+      const rewardsBeforeCoinbase = await rollup.getSequencerRewards(COINBASE_ADDRESS);
+      const rewardsBeforeProver = await rollup.getSpecificProverRewardsForEpoch(epoch, t.proverAddress);
+      const oldProvenBlockNumber = await rollup.getProvenBlockNumber();
+
+      await cheatCodes.rollup.advanceToNextEpoch();
+
+      logger.info(`Awaiting proof for the previous epoch`);
+      await retryUntil(async () => (await t.aztecNode.getProvenBlockNumber()) > oldProvenBlockNumber);
+
+      const newProvenBlockNumber = await rollup.getProvenBlockNumber();
+      expect(newProvenBlockNumber).toBeGreaterThan(oldProvenBlockNumber);
+      expect(await rollup.getBlockNumber()).toBe(newProvenBlockNumber);
+
+      logger.info(`Checking rewards for coinbase: ${COINBASE_ADDRESS.toString()}`);
+      const rewardsAfterCoinbase = await rollup.getSequencerRewards(COINBASE_ADDRESS);
+      expect(rewardsAfterCoinbase).toBeGreaterThan(rewardsBeforeCoinbase);
+
+      const rewardsAfterProver = await rollup.getSpecificProverRewardsForEpoch(epoch, t.proverAddress);
+      expect(rewardsAfterProver).toBeGreaterThan(rewardsBeforeProver);
+
+      const blockReward = (await rewardDistributor.read.BLOCK_REWARD()) as bigint;
+      const fees = (
+        await Promise.all([
+          t.aztecNode.getBlock(Number(newProvenBlockNumber - 1n)),
+          t.aztecNode.getBlock(Number(newProvenBlockNumber)),
+        ])
+      ).map(b => b!.header.totalFees.toBigInt());
+
+      const totalRewards = fees.map(fee => fee + blockReward).reduce((acc, reward) => acc + reward, 0n);
+      const sequencerGain = rewardsAfterCoinbase - rewardsBeforeCoinbase;
+      const proverGain = rewardsAfterProver - rewardsBeforeProver;
+
+      // May be less than totalRewards due to burn.
+      expect(sequencerGain + proverGain).toBeLessThanOrEqual(totalRewards);
+    },
+    TIMEOUT,
+  );
+});