diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index aa28b3aea9..55afa40afb 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -77,6 +77,10 @@ members = [
     "crates/optimism/cli",
     "crates/optimism/consensus",
     "crates/optimism/evm/",
+    "crates/optimism/examples/custom-node",
+    "crates/optimism/examples/engine-api-access",
+    "crates/optimism/examples/exex-hello-world",
+    "crates/optimism/examples/op-db-access",
     "crates/optimism/flashblocks/",
     "crates/optimism/hardforks/",
     "crates/optimism/node/",
@@ -145,7 +149,6 @@ members = [
     "examples/beacon-api-sse/",
     "examples/bsc-p2p",
     "examples/custom-dev-node/",
-    "examples/custom-node/",
     "examples/custom-engine-types/",
     "examples/custom-evm/",
     "examples/custom-hardforks/",
@@ -154,10 +157,7 @@ members = [
     "examples/custom-payload-builder/",
     "examples/custom-rlpx-subprotocol",
     "examples/custom-rpc-middleware",
-    "examples/custom-node",
     "examples/db-access",
-    "examples/engine-api-access",
-    "examples/exex-hello-world",
     "examples/exex-subscription",
     "examples/exex-test",
     "examples/full-contract-state",
@@ -168,7 +168,6 @@ members = [
     "examples/node-builder-api/",
     "examples/node-custom-rpc/",
     "examples/node-event-hooks/",
-    "examples/op-db-access/",
     "examples/polygon-p2p/",
     "examples/rpc-db/",
     "examples/precompile-cache/",
diff --git a/examples/custom-node/Cargo.toml b/crates/optimism/examples/custom-node/Cargo.toml
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rename from examples/custom-node/Cargo.toml
rename to crates/optimism/examples/custom-node/Cargo.toml
diff --git a/examples/custom-node/src/chainspec.rs b/crates/optimism/examples/custom-node/src/chainspec.rs
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rename from examples/custom-node/src/chainspec.rs
rename to crates/optimism/examples/custom-node/src/chainspec.rs
diff --git a/examples/custom-node/src/engine.rs b/crates/optimism/examples/custom-node/src/engine.rs
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rename from examples/custom-node/src/engine.rs
rename to crates/optimism/examples/custom-node/src/engine.rs
diff --git a/examples/custom-node/src/engine_api.rs b/crates/optimism/examples/custom-node/src/engine_api.rs
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rename from examples/custom-node/src/engine_api.rs
rename to crates/optimism/examples/custom-node/src/engine_api.rs
diff --git a/examples/custom-node/src/evm/alloy.rs b/crates/optimism/examples/custom-node/src/evm/alloy.rs
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rename from examples/custom-node/src/evm/alloy.rs
rename to crates/optimism/examples/custom-node/src/evm/alloy.rs
diff --git a/examples/custom-node/src/evm/assembler.rs b/crates/optimism/examples/custom-node/src/evm/assembler.rs
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rename from examples/custom-node/src/evm/assembler.rs
rename to crates/optimism/examples/custom-node/src/evm/assembler.rs
diff --git a/examples/custom-node/src/evm/builder.rs b/crates/optimism/examples/custom-node/src/evm/builder.rs
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rename from examples/custom-node/src/evm/builder.rs
rename to crates/optimism/examples/custom-node/src/evm/builder.rs
diff --git a/examples/custom-node/src/evm/config.rs b/crates/optimism/examples/custom-node/src/evm/config.rs
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rename from examples/custom-node/src/evm/config.rs
rename to crates/optimism/examples/custom-node/src/evm/config.rs
diff --git a/examples/custom-node/src/evm/env.rs b/crates/optimism/examples/custom-node/src/evm/env.rs
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rename from examples/custom-node/src/evm/env.rs
rename to crates/optimism/examples/custom-node/src/evm/env.rs
diff --git a/examples/custom-node/src/evm/executor.rs b/crates/optimism/examples/custom-node/src/evm/executor.rs
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rename from examples/custom-node/src/evm/executor.rs
rename to crates/optimism/examples/custom-node/src/evm/executor.rs
diff --git a/examples/custom-node/src/evm/mod.rs b/crates/optimism/examples/custom-node/src/evm/mod.rs
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rename from examples/custom-node/src/evm/mod.rs
rename to crates/optimism/examples/custom-node/src/evm/mod.rs
diff --git a/examples/custom-node/src/lib.rs b/crates/optimism/examples/custom-node/src/lib.rs
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rename from examples/custom-node/src/lib.rs
rename to crates/optimism/examples/custom-node/src/lib.rs
diff --git a/examples/custom-node/src/pool.rs b/crates/optimism/examples/custom-node/src/pool.rs
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rename from examples/custom-node/src/pool.rs
rename to crates/optimism/examples/custom-node/src/pool.rs
diff --git a/examples/custom-node/src/primitives/block.rs b/crates/optimism/examples/custom-node/src/primitives/block.rs
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rename from examples/custom-node/src/primitives/block.rs
rename to crates/optimism/examples/custom-node/src/primitives/block.rs
diff --git a/examples/custom-node/src/primitives/header.rs b/crates/optimism/examples/custom-node/src/primitives/header.rs
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rename from examples/custom-node/src/primitives/header.rs
rename to crates/optimism/examples/custom-node/src/primitives/header.rs
diff --git a/examples/custom-node/src/primitives/mod.rs b/crates/optimism/examples/custom-node/src/primitives/mod.rs
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rename from examples/custom-node/src/primitives/mod.rs
rename to crates/optimism/examples/custom-node/src/primitives/mod.rs
diff --git a/examples/custom-node/src/primitives/tx.rs b/crates/optimism/examples/custom-node/src/primitives/tx.rs
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rename from examples/custom-node/src/primitives/tx.rs
rename to crates/optimism/examples/custom-node/src/primitives/tx.rs
diff --git a/examples/custom-node/src/primitives/tx_custom.rs b/crates/optimism/examples/custom-node/src/primitives/tx_custom.rs
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rename from examples/custom-node/src/primitives/tx_custom.rs
rename to crates/optimism/examples/custom-node/src/primitives/tx_custom.rs
diff --git a/examples/custom-node/src/primitives/tx_type.rs b/crates/optimism/examples/custom-node/src/primitives/tx_type.rs
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rename to crates/optimism/examples/custom-node/src/primitives/tx_type.rs
diff --git a/examples/custom-node/src/rpc.rs b/crates/optimism/examples/custom-node/src/rpc.rs
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rename from examples/custom-node/src/rpc.rs
rename to crates/optimism/examples/custom-node/src/rpc.rs
diff --git a/examples/engine-api-access/Cargo.toml b/crates/optimism/examples/engine-api-access/Cargo.toml
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rename from examples/engine-api-access/Cargo.toml
rename to crates/optimism/examples/engine-api-access/Cargo.toml
diff --git a/examples/engine-api-access/src/main.rs b/crates/optimism/examples/engine-api-access/src/main.rs
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rename from examples/engine-api-access/src/main.rs
rename to crates/optimism/examples/engine-api-access/src/main.rs
diff --git a/examples/exex-hello-world/Cargo.toml b/crates/optimism/examples/exex-hello-world/Cargo.toml
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rename from examples/exex-hello-world/Cargo.toml
rename to crates/optimism/examples/exex-hello-world/Cargo.toml
diff --git a/examples/exex-hello-world/src/main.rs b/crates/optimism/examples/exex-hello-world/src/main.rs
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diff --git a/examples/op-db-access/Cargo.toml b/crates/optimism/examples/op-db-access/Cargo.toml
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rename from examples/op-db-access/Cargo.toml
rename to crates/optimism/examples/op-db-access/Cargo.toml
diff --git a/examples/op-db-access/src/main.rs b/crates/optimism/examples/op-db-access/src/main.rs
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rename to crates/optimism/examples/op-db-access/src/main.rs