diff --git a/packages/portalnetwork/src/networks/headState/headStateNetwork.ts b/packages/portalnetwork/src/networks/headState/headStateNetwork.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a80a97259
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/portalnetwork/src/networks/headState/headStateNetwork.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import type { ENR } from '@chainsafe/enr'
+import {
+  BaseNetwork,
+  type ContentLookupResponse,
+  NetworkId,
+  type BaseNetworkConfig,
+} from '../../index.js'
+import debug from 'debug'
+import { bytesToUnprefixedHex } from '@ethereumjs/util'
+import { distance } from '@chainsafe/discv5'
+
+export class HeadStateNetwork extends BaseNetwork {
+  networkName = 'HeadStateNetwork'
+  networkId = NetworkId.HeadStateNetwork
+
+  constructor({ client, db, radius, maxStorage }: BaseNetworkConfig) {
+    super({ client, networkId: NetworkId.HeadStateNetwork, db, radius, maxStorage })
+    this.logger = debug(this.enr.nodeId.slice(0, 5)).extend('Portal').extend('HeadStateNetwork')
+    this.routingTable.setLogger(this.logger)
+  }
+
+  public interested = (contentId: Uint8Array) => {
+    const bits = contentId.length
+    const compareId = this.enr.nodeId.slice(0, bits)
+    const d = distance(compareId, bytesToUnprefixedHex(contentId))
+    return d <= this.nodeRadius
+  }
+
+  store(contentKey: Uint8Array, value: Uint8Array): Promise<void> {
+    throw new Error('Method not implemented.')
+  }
+  public findContentLocally = async (contentKey: Uint8Array): Promise<Uint8Array | undefined> => {
+    throw new Error('Method not implemented')
+  }
+  public sendFindContent = async (
+    enr: ENR,
+    key: Uint8Array,
+  ): Promise<ContentLookupResponse | undefined> => {
+    throw new Error('Method not implemented')
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/portalnetwork/src/networks/headState/types.ts b/packages/portalnetwork/src/networks/headState/types.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6c885c6d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/portalnetwork/src/networks/headState/types.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,171 @@
+import { ByteVectorType, ContainerType, ListCompositeType } from '@chainsafe/ssz'
+import { Bytes32Type } from '../types.js'
+import { Nibbles, TrieNode, TrieProof, type AddressHash, type TNibbles, type TTrieProof } from '../state/types.js'
+
+// Network content type definitions
+export enum HeadStateNetworkContentType {
+  AccountTrieDiff = 0x30,
+  AccountTrieNode = 0x31,
+  ContractTrieDiff = 0x32,
+  ContractTrieNode = 0x33,
+}
+
+// Common type aliases
+type BlockHash = Uint8Array
+type Path = Uint8Array
+
+// Trie node and diff base types
+export const TrieNodeListType = new ListCompositeType(TrieNode, 65536)
+export const TrieDiffType = new ContainerType({
+  before: TrieNodeListType,
+  after: TrieNodeListType,
+})
+
+// Account Trie types
+export type AccountTrieNode = {
+  path: TNibbles
+  blockHash: BlockHash
+}
+
+export type AccountTrieNodeValue = {
+  proof: TTrieProof
+}
+
+export type AccountTrieDiff = {
+  path: Path
+  blockHash: BlockHash
+}
+
+export type AccountTrieDiffValue = {
+  subtrieDiff: {
+    before: TTrieProof
+    after: TTrieProof
+  }
+}
+
+// Contract Trie types
+export type ContractTrieNode = {
+  path: TNibbles
+  addressHash: AddressHash
+  blockHash: BlockHash
+}
+
+export type ContractTrieNodeValue = {
+  storageProof: TTrieProof
+  accountProof: TTrieProof
+}
+
+export type ContractTrieDiff = {
+  path: Path
+  blockHash: BlockHash
+}
+
+export type ContractTrieDiffValue = {
+  subtrieDiff: {
+    before: TTrieProof
+    after: TTrieProof
+  }
+  accountProof: TTrieProof
+}
+
+// SSZ serialization types
+const PathType = new ByteVectorType(1)
+
+export const AccountTrieNodeSszType = new ContainerType({
+  path: Nibbles,
+  blockHash: Bytes32Type,
+})
+
+export const AccountTrieNodeValueSszType = new ContainerType({
+  proof: TrieProof,
+})
+
+export const AccountTrieDiffSszType = new ContainerType({
+  path: PathType,
+  blockHash: Bytes32Type,
+})
+
+export const AccountTrieDiffValueSszType = new ContainerType({
+  subtrieDiff: TrieDiffType,
+})
+
+export const ContractTrieNodeSszType = new ContainerType({
+  path: Nibbles,
+  addressHash: Bytes32Type,
+  blockHash: Bytes32Type,
+})
+
+export const ContractTrieNodeValueSszType = new ContainerType({
+  storageProof: TrieProof,
+  accountProof: TrieProof,
+})
+
+export const ContractTrieDiffSszType = new ContainerType({
+  path: PathType,
+  blockHash: Bytes32Type,
+})
+
+export const ContractTrieDiffValueSszType = new ContainerType({
+  subtrieDiff: TrieDiffType,
+  accountProof: TrieProof,
+})
+
+// Content type mapping
+export type HeadStateNetworkContent<T extends HeadStateNetworkContentType> =
+  T extends HeadStateNetworkContentType.AccountTrieDiff
+    ? AccountTrieDiff
+    : T extends HeadStateNetworkContentType.AccountTrieNode
+      ? AccountTrieNode
+      : T extends HeadStateNetworkContentType.ContractTrieDiff
+        ? ContractTrieDiff
+        : T extends HeadStateNetworkContentType.ContractTrieNode
+          ? ContractTrieNode
+          : never
+
+export type HeadStateNetworkContentValue<T extends HeadStateNetworkContentType> =
+  T extends HeadStateNetworkContentType.AccountTrieDiff
+    ? AccountTrieDiffValue
+    : T extends HeadStateNetworkContentType.AccountTrieNode
+      ? AccountTrieNodeValue
+      : T extends HeadStateNetworkContentType.ContractTrieDiff
+        ? ContractTrieDiffValue
+        : T extends HeadStateNetworkContentType.ContractTrieNode
+          ? ContractTrieNodeValue
+          : never
+
+// Serialization helpers
+const contentKeySerializers: {
+  [T in HeadStateNetworkContentType]: {
+    serialize: (content: HeadStateNetworkContent<T>) => Uint8Array
+  }
+} = {
+  [HeadStateNetworkContentType.AccountTrieDiff]: AccountTrieDiffSszType,
+  [HeadStateNetworkContentType.AccountTrieNode]: AccountTrieNodeSszType,
+  [HeadStateNetworkContentType.ContractTrieDiff]: ContractTrieDiffSszType,
+  [HeadStateNetworkContentType.ContractTrieNode]: ContractTrieNodeSszType,
+}
+
+const contentValueSerializers: {
+  [T in HeadStateNetworkContentType]: {
+    serialize: (content: HeadStateNetworkContentValue<T>) => Uint8Array
+  }
+} = {
+  [HeadStateNetworkContentType.AccountTrieDiff]: AccountTrieDiffValueSszType,
+  [HeadStateNetworkContentType.AccountTrieNode]: AccountTrieNodeValueSszType,
+  [HeadStateNetworkContentType.ContractTrieDiff]: ContractTrieDiffValueSszType,
+  [HeadStateNetworkContentType.ContractTrieNode]: ContractTrieNodeValueSszType,
+}
+
+export function getContentKey<T extends HeadStateNetworkContentType>(
+  type: T,
+  content: HeadStateNetworkContent<T>,
+) {
+  return Uint8Array.from([type, ...contentKeySerializers[type].serialize(content)])
+}
+
+export function getContentValue<T extends HeadStateNetworkContentType>(
+  type: T,
+  content: HeadStateNetworkContentValue<T>,
+) {
+  return contentValueSerializers[type].serialize(content)
+}
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diff --git a/packages/portalnetwork/src/networks/types.ts b/packages/portalnetwork/src/networks/types.ts
index 9bdcb371e..d9b5bc1a5 100644
--- a/packages/portalnetwork/src/networks/types.ts
+++ b/packages/portalnetwork/src/networks/types.ts
@@ -24,12 +24,14 @@ const BYTE_SIZE = 256
 
 // subnetwork IDs
 export enum NetworkId {
+  HeadStateNetwork = '0x5009',
   StateNetwork = '0x500a',
   HistoryNetwork = '0x500b',
   BeaconChainNetwork = '0x500c',
   CanonicalTxIndexNetwork = '0x500d',
   VerkleStateNetwork = '0x500e',
   TransactionGossipNetwork = '0x500f',
+  Angelfood_HeadStateNetwork = '0x5049',
   Angelfood_StateNetwork = '0x504a',
   Angelfood_HistoryNetwork = '0x504b',
   Angelfood_BeaconChainNetwork = '0x504c',
@@ -39,19 +41,23 @@ export enum NetworkId {
   UTPNetwork = '0x757470',
 }
 
-export type SubNetwork<T extends NetworkId> = T extends '0x500a'
-  ? HistoryNetwork
-  : T extends '0x504a'
-    ? HistoryNetwork
-    : T extends '0x500b'
-      ? StateNetwork
-      : T extends '0x504b'
-        ? StateNetwork
-        : T extends '0x500c'
-          ? BeaconNetwork
-          : T extends '0x504c'
-            ? BeaconNetwork
-            : never
+export type SubNetwork<T extends NetworkId> = T extends '0x5009'
+  ? HeadStateNetwork
+  : T extends '0x5049'
+    ? HeadStateNetwork
+    : T extends '0x500a'
+      ? HistoryNetwork
+      : T extends '0x504a'
+        ? HistoryNetwork
+        : T extends '0x500b'
+          ? StateNetwork
+          : T extends '0x504b'
+            ? StateNetwork
+            : T extends '0x500c'
+              ? BeaconNetwork
+              : T extends '0x504c'
+                ? BeaconNetwork
+                : never
 
 export class Bloom {
   bitvector: Uint8Array