diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 02d323077e..3c9c11301d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3250,6 +3250,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "http 1.2.0",
  "http-body 1.0.1",
  "httparse",
+ "httpdate",
  "itoa",
  "pin-project-lite",
  "smallvec",
@@ -4203,6 +4204,20 @@ dependencies = [
  "unsigned-varint 0.8.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "kona-nexus"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
+ "clap",
+ "kona-net",
+ "kona-registry",
+ "metrics-exporter-prometheus",
+ "tokio",
+ "tracing",
+ "tracing-subscriber",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "kona-preimage"
 version = "0.2.1"
@@ -5033,6 +5048,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "portable-atomic",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "metrics"
+version = "0.24.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7a7deb012b3b2767169ff203fadb4c6b0b82b947512e5eb9e0b78c2e186ad9e3"
+dependencies = [
+ "ahash",
+ "portable-atomic",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "metrics-derive"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -5045,6 +5070,42 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.98",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "metrics-exporter-prometheus"
+version = "0.16.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "dd7399781913e5393588a8d8c6a2867bf85fb38eaf2502fdce465aad2dc6f034"
+dependencies = [
+ "base64 0.22.1",
+ "http-body-util",
+ "hyper 1.6.0",
+ "hyper-util",
+ "indexmap 2.7.1",
+ "ipnet",
+ "metrics 0.24.1",
+ "metrics-util",
+ "quanta",
+ "thiserror 1.0.69",
+ "tokio",
+ "tracing",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "metrics-util"
+version = "0.19.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "dbd4884b1dd24f7d6628274a2f5ae22465c337c5ba065ec9b6edccddf8acc673"
+dependencies = [
+ "crossbeam-epoch",
+ "crossbeam-utils",
+ "hashbrown 0.15.2",
+ "metrics 0.24.1",
+ "quanta",
+ "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand_xoshiro",
+ "sketches-ddsketch",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "mime"
 version = "0.3.17"
@@ -6160,6 +6221,21 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.98",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "quanta"
+version = "0.12.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3bd1fe6824cea6538803de3ff1bc0cf3949024db3d43c9643024bfb33a807c0e"
+dependencies = [
+ "crossbeam-utils",
+ "libc",
+ "once_cell",
+ "raw-cpuid",
+ "wasi 0.11.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1",
+ "web-sys",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "quick-error"
 version = "1.2.3"
@@ -6345,6 +6421,24 @@ dependencies = [
  "rand_core 0.6.4",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rand_xoshiro"
+version = "0.6.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6f97cdb2a36ed4183de61b2f824cc45c9f1037f28afe0a322e9fff4c108b5aaa"
+dependencies = [
+ "rand_core 0.6.4",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "raw-cpuid"
+version = "11.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "529468c1335c1c03919960dfefdb1b3648858c20d7ec2d0663e728e4a717efbc"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.8.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rayon"
 version = "1.10.0"
@@ -6527,7 +6621,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "alloy-primitives",
  "auto_impl",
  "derive_more 1.0.0",
- "metrics",
+ "metrics 0.23.0",
  "parking_lot",
  "pin-project",
  "reth-chainspec",
@@ -6608,7 +6702,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "bytes",
  "derive_more 1.0.0",
  "eyre",
- "metrics",
+ "metrics 0.23.0",
  "page_size",
  "paste",
  "reth-db-api",
@@ -6639,7 +6733,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "alloy-primitives",
  "bytes",
  "derive_more 1.0.0",
- "metrics",
+ "metrics 0.23.0",
  "modular-bitfield",
  "parity-scale-codec",
  "reth-codecs",
@@ -6735,7 +6829,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "alloy-primitives",
  "auto_impl",
  "futures-util",
- "metrics",
+ "metrics 0.23.0",
  "reth-chainspec",
  "reth-execution-errors",
  "reth-execution-types",
@@ -6818,7 +6912,7 @@ name = "reth-metrics"
 version = "1.1.0"
 source = "git+https://github.com/paradigmxyz/reth?tag=v1.1.0#1ba631ba9581973e7c6cadeea92cfe1802aceb4a"
 dependencies = [
- "metrics",
+ "metrics 0.23.0",
  "metrics-derive",
 ]
 
@@ -6982,7 +7076,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "auto_impl",
  "dashmap",
  "itertools 0.13.0",
- "metrics",
+ "metrics 0.23.0",
  "notify",
  "parking_lot",
  "rayon",
@@ -7091,7 +7185,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "auto_impl",
  "dyn-clone",
  "futures-util",
- "metrics",
+ "metrics 0.23.0",
  "reth-metrics",
  "thiserror 1.0.69",
  "tokio",
@@ -7126,7 +7220,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "auto_impl",
  "bitflags 2.8.0",
  "futures-util",
- "metrics",
+ "metrics 0.23.0",
  "parking_lot",
  "reth-chain-state",
  "reth-chainspec",
@@ -7158,7 +7252,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "auto_impl",
  "derive_more 1.0.0",
  "itertools 0.13.0",
- "metrics",
+ "metrics 0.23.0",
  "rayon",
  "reth-execution-errors",
  "reth-metrics",
@@ -7200,7 +7294,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "auto_impl",
  "derive_more 1.0.0",
  "itertools 0.13.0",
- "metrics",
+ "metrics 0.23.0",
  "rayon",
  "reth-db",
  "reth-db-api",
@@ -8066,6 +8160,12 @@ version = "0.1.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e3a9fe34e3e7a50316060351f37187a3f546bce95496156754b601a5fa71b76e"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "sketches-ddsketch"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c1e9a774a6c28142ac54bb25d25562e6bcf957493a184f15ad4eebccb23e410a"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "slab"
 version = "0.4.9"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d6fee32ce7..7b719a282c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ libp2p-identity = "0.2.10"
 tracing-loki = "0.2.6"
 tracing-subscriber = "0.3.19"
 tracing = { version = "0.1.41", default-features = false }
+metrics-exporter-prometheus = { version = "0.16.0", default-features = false }
 
 # Testing
 pprof = "0.14.0"
diff --git a/Justfile b/Justfile
index aa812eec24..0096b78fcd 100644
--- a/Justfile
+++ b/Justfile
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ build-cannon *args='':
     --rm \
     -v `pwd`/:/workdir \
     -w="/workdir" \
-    ghcr.io/op-rs/kona/cannon-builder:main cargo build --workspace -Zbuild-std=core,alloc $@ --exclude kona-host --exclude kona-net --exclude kona-providers-alloy --exclude kona-providers-local
+    ghcr.io/op-rs/kona/cannon-builder:main cargo build --workspace -Zbuild-std=core,alloc $@ --exclude kona-host --exclude kona-nexus --exclude kona-net --exclude kona-providers-alloy --exclude kona-providers-local
 
 # Build for the `asterisc` target. Any crates that require the stdlib are excluded from the build for this target.
 build-asterisc *args='':
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ build-asterisc *args='':
     --rm \
     -v `pwd`/:/workdir \
     -w="/workdir" \
-    ghcr.io/op-rs/kona/asterisc-builder:main cargo build --workspace -Zbuild-std=core,alloc $@ --exclude kona-host --exclude kona-net --exclude kona-providers-alloy --exclude kona-providers-local
+    ghcr.io/op-rs/kona/asterisc-builder:main cargo build --workspace -Zbuild-std=core,alloc $@ --exclude kona-host --exclude kona-nexus --exclude kona-net --exclude kona-providers-alloy --exclude kona-providers-local
 
 # Clones and checks out the monorepo at the commit present in `.monorepo`
 monorepo:
diff --git a/bin/nexus/Cargo.toml b/bin/nexus/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..66eee57dde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/nexus/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+[package]
+name = "kona-nexus"
+version = "0.1.0"
+description = "Kona Networking Component Runner"
+
+edition.workspace = true
+authors.workspace = true
+license.workspace = true
+keywords.workspace = true
+repository.workspace = true
+categories.workspace = true
+rust-version.workspace = true
+
+[dependencies]
+# Workspace
+kona-net.workspace = true
+kona-registry.workspace = true
+
+# Workspace
+anyhow.workspace = true
+tracing.workspace = true
+clap = { workspace = true, features = ["derive", "env"] }
+tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["rt-multi-thread", "macros"] }
+tracing-subscriber = { workspace = true, features = ["env-filter", "fmt"] }
+metrics-exporter-prometheus = { workspace = true, features = ["http-listener"] }
diff --git a/bin/nexus/README.md b/bin/nexus/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a6b18d70bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/nexus/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# `kona-nexus`
+
+A binary that runs isolated components.
+
+These include:
+- gossip using [`kona-net`](https://crates.io/crates/kona-net)
+- discovery using [`kona-net`](https://crates.io/crates/kona-net)
diff --git a/bin/nexus/src/disc.rs b/bin/nexus/src/disc.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..810b439ce3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/nexus/src/disc.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+//! Discovery subcommand for Hilo.
+
+use crate::globals::GlobalArgs;
+use clap::Args;
+use kona_net::discovery::builder::DiscoveryBuilder;
+use std::net::{IpAddr, Ipv4Addr, SocketAddr};
+
+/// The discovery subcommand.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Args)]
+#[non_exhaustive]
+pub struct DiscCommand {
+    /// Port to listen for gossip on.
+    #[clap(long, short = 'l', default_value = "9099", help = "Port to listen for gossip on")]
+    pub gossip_port: u16,
+    /// Interval to send discovery packets.
+    #[clap(long, short = 'i', default_value = "1", help = "Interval to send discovery packets")]
+    pub interval: u64,
+}
+
+impl DiscCommand {
+    /// Run the discovery subcommand.
+    pub async fn run(self, args: &GlobalArgs) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+        let socket = SocketAddr::new(IpAddr::V4(Ipv4Addr::new(0, 0, 0, 0)), self.gossip_port);
+        tracing::info!("Starting discovery service on {:?}", socket);
+
+        let mut discovery_builder =
+            DiscoveryBuilder::new().with_address(socket).with_chain_id(args.l2_chain_id);
+        let mut discovery = discovery_builder.build()?;
+        discovery.interval = std::time::Duration::from_secs(self.interval);
+        let mut peer_recv = discovery.start();
+        tracing::info!("Discovery service started, receiving peers.");
+
+        loop {
+            match peer_recv.recv().await {
+                Some(peer) => {
+                    tracing::info!("Received peer: {:?}", peer);
+                }
+                None => {
+                    tracing::warn!("Failed to receive peer");
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/bin/nexus/src/globals.rs b/bin/nexus/src/globals.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d9ab9e17f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/nexus/src/globals.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+//! Global arguments for the CLI.
+
+use clap::Parser;
+
+/// Global arguments for the CLI.
+#[derive(Parser, Clone, Debug)]
+pub(crate) struct GlobalArgs {
+    /// The L2 chain ID to use.
+    #[clap(long, short = 'c', default_value = "10", help = "The L2 chain ID to use")]
+    pub l2_chain_id: u64,
+    /// A port to serve prometheus metrics on.
+    #[clap(
+        long,
+        short = 'm',
+        default_value = "9090",
+        help = "The port to serve prometheus metrics on"
+    )]
+    pub metrics_port: u16,
+}
diff --git a/bin/nexus/src/gossip.rs b/bin/nexus/src/gossip.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ef12c87dd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/nexus/src/gossip.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+//! Gossip subcommand.
+
+use crate::globals::GlobalArgs;
+use clap::Args;
+use kona_net::driver::NetworkDriver;
+use kona_registry::ROLLUP_CONFIGS;
+use std::net::{IpAddr, Ipv4Addr, SocketAddr};
+
+/// The gossip subcommand.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Args)]
+#[non_exhaustive]
+pub struct GossipCommand {
+    /// Port to listen for gossip on.
+    #[clap(long, short = 'l', default_value = "9099", help = "Port to listen for gossip on")]
+    pub gossip_port: u16,
+    /// Interval to send discovery packets.
+    #[clap(long, short = 'i', default_value = "1", help = "Interval to send discovery packets")]
+    pub interval: u64,
+}
+
+impl GossipCommand {
+    /// Run the gossip subcommand.
+    pub async fn run(self, args: &GlobalArgs) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+        let signer = ROLLUP_CONFIGS
+            .get(&args.l2_chain_id)
+            .ok_or(anyhow::anyhow!("No rollup config found for chain ID"))?
+            .genesis
+            .system_config
+            .as_ref()
+            .ok_or(anyhow::anyhow!("No system config found for chain ID"))?
+            .batcher_address;
+        tracing::info!("Gossip configured with signer: {:?}", signer);
+
+        let socket = SocketAddr::new(IpAddr::V4(Ipv4Addr::new(0, 0, 0, 0)), self.gossip_port);
+        tracing::info!("Starting gossip driver on {:?}", socket);
+
+        let mut driver = NetworkDriver::builder()
+            .with_chain_id(args.l2_chain_id)
+            .with_unsafe_block_signer(signer)
+            .with_gossip_addr(socket)
+            .with_interval(std::time::Duration::from_secs(self.interval))
+            .build()?;
+        let recv =
+            driver.take_unsafe_block_recv().ok_or(anyhow::anyhow!("No unsafe block receiver"))?;
+        driver.start()?;
+        tracing::info!("Gossip driver started, receiving blocks.");
+        loop {
+            match recv.recv() {
+                Ok(block) => {
+                    tracing::info!("Received unsafe block: {:?}", block);
+                }
+                Err(e) => {
+                    tracing::warn!("Failed to receive unsafe block: {:?}", e);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/bin/nexus/src/main.rs b/bin/nexus/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8bc9bf2358
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/nexus/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+#![doc = include_str!("../README.md")]
+#![doc(issue_tracker_base_url = "https://github.com/op-rs/hilo/issues/")]
+#![cfg_attr(docsrs, feature(doc_cfg, doc_auto_cfg))]
+#![cfg_attr(not(test), warn(unused_crate_dependencies))]
+
+use anyhow::Result;
+use clap::{Parser, Subcommand};
+
+mod disc;
+mod globals;
+mod gossip;
+mod telemetry;
+
+/// The CLI Arguments.
+#[derive(Parser, Clone, Debug)]
+#[command(author, version, about, long_about = None)]
+pub(crate) struct NetArgs {
+    /// Global arguments for the CLI.
+    #[clap(flatten)]
+    pub global: globals::GlobalArgs,
+    /// The subcommand to run.
+    #[clap(subcommand)]
+    pub subcommand: NetSubcommand,
+}
+
+/// Subcommands for the CLI.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Subcommand)]
+#[allow(clippy::large_enum_variant)]
+pub(crate) enum NetSubcommand {
+    /// Discovery service command.
+    Disc(disc::DiscCommand),
+    /// Gossip service command.
+    Gossip(gossip::GossipCommand),
+}
+
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() -> Result<()> {
+    // Parse arguments.
+    let args = NetArgs::parse();
+
+    // Initialize the telemetry stack.
+    telemetry::init_stack(args.global.metrics_port)?;
+
+    // Dispatch on subcommand.
+    match args.subcommand {
+        NetSubcommand::Disc(disc) => disc.run(&args.global).await,
+        NetSubcommand::Gossip(gossip) => gossip.run(&args.global).await,
+    }
+}
diff --git a/bin/nexus/src/telemetry.rs b/bin/nexus/src/telemetry.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cd123e6d3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/nexus/src/telemetry.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+use std::{io::IsTerminal, net::SocketAddr};
+
+use metrics_exporter_prometheus::PrometheusBuilder;
+use tracing::{info, Level};
+use tracing_subscriber::{
+    fmt::Layer as FmtLayer, layer::SubscriberExt, util::SubscriberInitExt, EnvFilter, Layer,
+};
+
+/// Initialize the tracing stack and Prometheus metrics recorder.
+///
+/// This function should be called at the beginning of the program.
+pub fn init_stack(metrics_port: u16) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    let filter = EnvFilter::builder().with_default_directive("hilo=info".parse()?).from_env_lossy();
+
+    // Whether to use ANSI formatting and colors in the console output.
+    // If unset, always use colors if stdout is a tty.
+    // If set to "never", just disable all colors.
+    let should_use_colors = match std::env::var("RUST_LOG_STYLE") {
+        Ok(val) => val != "never",
+        Err(_) => std::io::stdout().is_terminal(),
+    };
+
+    // Whether to show the tracing target in the console output.
+    // If set, always show the target unless explicitly set to "0".
+    // If unset, show target only if the filter is more verbose than INFO.
+    let should_show_target = match std::env::var("RUST_LOG_TARGET") {
+        Ok(val) => val != "0",
+        Err(_) => filter.max_level_hint().map_or(true, |max_level| max_level > Level::INFO),
+    };
+
+    let std_layer = FmtLayer::new()
+        .with_ansi(should_use_colors)
+        .with_target(should_show_target)
+        .with_writer(std::io::stdout)
+        .with_filter(filter);
+
+    tracing_subscriber::registry().with(std_layer).try_init()?;
+
+    let prometheus_addr = SocketAddr::from(([0, 0, 0, 0], metrics_port));
+    let builder = PrometheusBuilder::new().with_http_listener(prometheus_addr);
+
+    if let Err(e) = builder.install() {
+        anyhow::bail!("failed to install Prometheus recorder: {:?}", e);
+    } else {
+        info!("Telemetry initialized. Serving Prometheus metrics at: http://{}", prometheus_addr);
+    }
+
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/docker/fpvm-prestates/asterisc-repro.dockerfile b/docker/fpvm-prestates/asterisc-repro.dockerfile
index 91f5ce7d82..e6b4f7d9f9 100644
--- a/docker/fpvm-prestates/asterisc-repro.dockerfile
+++ b/docker/fpvm-prestates/asterisc-repro.dockerfile
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ RUN git clone https://github.com/op-rs/kona
 # Build kona-client on the selected tag
 RUN cd kona && \
   git checkout $CLIENT_TAG && \
-  cargo build -Zbuild-std=core,alloc --workspace --bin kona --locked --profile release-client-lto --exclude kona-host --exclude kona-providers-alloy --exclude kona-providers-local --exclude kona-net && \
+  cargo build -Zbuild-std=core,alloc --workspace --bin kona --locked --profile release-client-lto --exclude kona-host --exclude kona-nexus --exclude kona-providers-alloy --exclude kona-providers-local --exclude kona-net && \
   mv ./target/riscv64imac-unknown-none-elf/release-client-lto/kona /kona-client-elf
 
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