diff --git a/op-batcher/batcher/driver.go b/op-batcher/batcher/driver.go
index 3401e5b5c6f9..3e42a8e8fda4 100644
--- a/op-batcher/batcher/driver.go
+++ b/op-batcher/batcher/driver.go
@@ -843,27 +843,32 @@ func (l *BatchSubmitter) sendTransaction(txdata txData, queue *txmgr.Queue[txRef
 // sendTx uses the txmgr queue to send the given transaction candidate after setting its
 // gaslimit. It will block if the txmgr queue has reached its MaxPendingTransactions limit.
 func (l *BatchSubmitter) sendTx(txdata txData, isCancel bool, candidate *txmgr.TxCandidate, queue *txmgr.Queue[txRef], receiptsCh chan txmgr.TxReceipt[txRef]) {
-	isEOAPointer := l.inboxIsEOA.Load()
-	if isEOAPointer == nil {
-		ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Second*2)
-		defer cancel()
-		var code []byte
-		code, err := l.L1Client.CodeAt(ctx, *candidate.To, nil)
-		if err != nil {
-			l.Log.Error("CodeAt failed, assuming code exists", "err", err)
-			// assume code exist, but don't persist the result
-			isEOA := false
-			isEOAPointer = &isEOA
-		} else {
-			isEOA := len(code) == 0
-			isEOAPointer = &isEOA
-			l.inboxIsEOA.Store(isEOAPointer)
+	var isEOAPointer *bool
+	if l.RollupConfig.UseInboxContract() {
+		// RollupConfig.UseInboxContract() being true just means the batcher's transaction status matters,
+		// but the actual inbox may still be an EOA.
+		isEOAPointer = l.inboxIsEOA.Load()
+		if isEOAPointer == nil {
+			ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Second*2)
+			defer cancel()
+			var code []byte
+			code, err := l.L1Client.CodeAt(ctx, *candidate.To, nil)
+			if err != nil {
+				l.Log.Error("CodeAt failed, assuming code exists", "err", err)
+				// assume code exist, but don't persist the result
+				isEOA := false
+				isEOAPointer = &isEOA
+			} else {
+				isEOA := len(code) == 0
+				isEOAPointer = &isEOA
+				l.inboxIsEOA.Store(isEOAPointer)
+			}
 		}
-
 	}
+
 	// Set GasLimit as intrinstic gas if the inbox is EOA, otherwise
 	// Leave GasLimit unset when inbox is contract so that later on `EstimateGas` will be called
-	if *isEOAPointer {
+	if !l.RollupConfig.UseInboxContract() || *isEOAPointer {
 		intrinsicGas, err := core.IntrinsicGas(candidate.TxData, nil, false, true, true, false)
 		if err != nil {
 			// we log instead of return an error here because txmgr can do its own gas estimation
@@ -906,7 +911,7 @@ func (l *BatchSubmitter) handleReceipt(r txmgr.TxReceipt[txRef]) {
 		l.recordFailedTx(r.ID.id, r.Err)
 	} else {
 		// check tx status
-		if r.Receipt.Status == types.ReceiptStatusFailed {
+		if l.RollupConfig.UseInboxContract() && r.Receipt.Status == types.ReceiptStatusFailed {
 			l.recordFailedTx(r.ID.id, ErrInboxTransactionFailed)
 			return
 		}
@@ -931,7 +936,9 @@ func (l *BatchSubmitter) recordFailedDARequest(id txID, err error) {
 }
 
 func (l *BatchSubmitter) recordFailedTx(id txID, err error) {
-	l.inboxIsEOA.Store(nil)
+	if l.RollupConfig.UseInboxContract() {
+		l.inboxIsEOA.Store(nil)
+	}
 	l.Log.Warn("Transaction failed to send", logFields(id, err)...)
 	l.state.TxFailed(id)
 }
diff --git a/op-chain-ops/genesis/config.go b/op-chain-ops/genesis/config.go
index b8ea68f6a64c..2fa4f30bf6d2 100644
--- a/op-chain-ops/genesis/config.go
+++ b/op-chain-ops/genesis/config.go
@@ -662,6 +662,7 @@ type L2InitializationConfig struct {
 	L2CoreDeployConfig
 	AltDADeployConfig
 	SoulGasTokenConfig
+	InboxContractConfig
 }
 
 func (d *L2InitializationConfig) Check(log log.Logger) error {
@@ -843,6 +844,12 @@ type SoulGasTokenConfig struct {
 	IsSoulBackedByNative bool `json:"isSoulBackedByNative,omitempty"`
 }
 
+// InboxContractConfig configures whether inbox contract is enabled.
+// If enabled, the batcher tx will be further filtered by tx status.
+type InboxContractConfig struct {
+	UseInboxContract bool `json:"useInboxContract,omitempty"`
+}
+
 // DependencyContext is the contextual configuration needed to verify the L1 dependencies,
 // used by DeployConfig.CheckAddresses.
 type DependencyContext struct {
@@ -1011,6 +1018,10 @@ func (d *DeployConfig) RollupConfig(l1StartBlock *types.Header, l2GenesisBlockHa
 			L2BlobTime: d.L2BlobTime(l1StartTime),
 		}
 	}
+	var inboxContractConfig *rollup.InboxContractConfig
+	if d.UseInboxContract {
+		inboxContractConfig = &rollup.InboxContractConfig{UseInboxContract: true}
+	}
 
 	return &rollup.Config{
 		Genesis: rollup.Genesis{
@@ -1050,6 +1061,7 @@ func (d *DeployConfig) RollupConfig(l1StartBlock *types.Header, l2GenesisBlockHa
 		ProtocolVersionsAddress: d.ProtocolVersionsProxy,
 		AltDAConfig:             altDA,
 		L2BlobConfig:            l2BlobConfig,
+		InboxContractConfig:     inboxContractConfig,
 	}, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/op-node/rollup/derive/altda_data_source_test.go b/op-node/rollup/derive/altda_data_source_test.go
index b086b2db920b..5ce4a4447c50 100644
--- a/op-node/rollup/derive/altda_data_source_test.go
+++ b/op-node/rollup/derive/altda_data_source_test.go
@@ -106,8 +106,6 @@ func TestAltDADataSource(t *testing.T) {
 	nc := 0
 	firstChallengeExpirationBlock := uint64(95)
 
-	// for reusing after pipeline is reset
-	successfulReceipts := make(map[common.Hash]types.Receipts)
 	for i := uint64(0); i <= pcfg.ChallengeWindow+pcfg.ResolveWindow; i++ {
 		parent := l1Refs[len(l1Refs)-1]
 		// create a new mock l1 ref
@@ -119,6 +117,8 @@ func TestAltDADataSource(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 		l1Refs = append(l1Refs, ref)
 		logger.Info("new l1 block", "ref", ref)
+		// called for each l1 block to sync challenges
+		l1F.ExpectFetchReceipts(ref.Hash, nil, types.Receipts{}, nil)
 
 		// pick a random number of commitments to include in the l1 block
 		c := rng.Intn(4)
@@ -149,12 +149,6 @@ func TestAltDADataSource(t *testing.T) {
 			txs = append(txs, tx)
 
 		}
-
-		successfulReceipts[ref.Hash] = successfulReceiptsForTxs(txs)
-		// called by `getTxSucceed` to fetch tx status
-		l1F.ExpectFetchReceipts(ref.Hash, nil, successfulReceipts[ref.Hash], nil)
-		// called for each l1 block to sync challenges
-		l1F.ExpectFetchReceipts(ref.Hash, nil, types.Receipts{}, nil)
 		logger.Info("included commitments", "count", c)
 		l1F.ExpectInfoAndTxsByHash(ref.Hash, testutils.RandomBlockInfo(rng), txs, nil)
 		// called once per derivation
@@ -211,8 +205,6 @@ func TestAltDADataSource(t *testing.T) {
 			ref = l1Refs[i]
 			logger.Info("re deriving block", "ref", ref, "i", i)
 
-			// called by `getTxSucceed` to fetch tx status
-			l1F.ExpectFetchReceipts(ref.Hash, nil, successfulReceipts[ref.Hash], nil)
 			if i == len(l1Refs)-1 {
 				l1F.ExpectFetchReceipts(ref.Hash, nil, types.Receipts{}, nil)
 			}
@@ -228,6 +220,8 @@ func TestAltDADataSource(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 			l1Refs = append(l1Refs, ref)
 			logger.Info("new l1 block", "ref", ref)
+			// called for each l1 block to sync challenges
+			l1F.ExpectFetchReceipts(ref.Hash, nil, types.Receipts{}, nil)
 
 			// pick a random number of commitments to include in the l1 block
 			c := rng.Intn(4)
@@ -257,10 +251,6 @@ func TestAltDADataSource(t *testing.T) {
 				txs = append(txs, tx)
 
 			}
-			// called by `getTxSucceed` to fetch tx status
-			l1F.ExpectFetchReceipts(ref.Hash, nil, successfulReceiptsForTxs(txs), nil)
-			// called for each l1 block to sync challenges
-			l1F.ExpectFetchReceipts(ref.Hash, nil, types.Receipts{}, nil)
 			logger.Info("included commitments", "count", c)
 			l1F.ExpectInfoAndTxsByHash(ref.Hash, testutils.RandomBlockInfo(rng), txs, nil)
 		}
@@ -292,13 +282,6 @@ func TestAltDADataSource(t *testing.T) {
 	finalitySignal.AssertExpectations(t)
 }
 
-func successfulReceiptsForTxs(txs []*types.Transaction) (receipts types.Receipts) {
-	for _, tx := range txs {
-		receipts = append(receipts, &types.Receipt{TxHash: tx.Hash(), Status: types.ReceiptStatusSuccessful})
-	}
-	return
-}
-
 // This tests makes sure the pipeline returns a temporary error if data is not found.
 func TestAltDADataSourceStall(t *testing.T) {
 	logger := testlog.Logger(t, log.LevelDebug)
@@ -367,6 +350,7 @@ func TestAltDADataSourceStall(t *testing.T) {
 		ParentHash: parent.Hash,
 		Time:       parent.Time + l1Time,
 	}
+	l1F.ExpectFetchReceipts(ref.Hash, nil, types.Receipts{}, nil)
 	// mock input commitments in l1 transactions
 	input := testutils.RandomData(rng, 2000)
 	comm, _ := storage.SetInput(ctx, input)
@@ -385,9 +369,6 @@ func TestAltDADataSourceStall(t *testing.T) {
 
 	txs := []*types.Transaction{tx}
 
-	// called by `getTxSucceed` to fetch tx status
-	l1F.ExpectFetchReceipts(ref.Hash, nil, successfulReceiptsForTxs(txs), nil)
-	l1F.ExpectFetchReceipts(ref.Hash, nil, types.Receipts{}, nil)
 	l1F.ExpectInfoAndTxsByHash(ref.Hash, testutils.RandomBlockInfo(rng), txs, nil)
 
 	// delete the input from the DA provider so it returns not found
@@ -491,6 +472,7 @@ func TestAltDADataSourceInvalidData(t *testing.T) {
 		ParentHash: parent.Hash,
 		Time:       parent.Time + l1Time,
 	}
+	l1F.ExpectFetchReceipts(ref.Hash, nil, types.Receipts{}, nil)
 	// mock input commitments in l1 transactions with an oversized input
 	input := testutils.RandomData(rng, altda.MaxInputSize+1)
 	comm, _ := storage.SetInput(ctx, input)
@@ -538,9 +520,6 @@ func TestAltDADataSourceInvalidData(t *testing.T) {
 
 	txs := []*types.Transaction{tx1, tx2, tx3}
 
-	// called by `getTxSucceed` to fetch tx status
-	l1F.ExpectFetchReceipts(ref.Hash, nil, successfulReceiptsForTxs(txs), nil)
-	l1F.ExpectFetchReceipts(ref.Hash, nil, types.Receipts{}, nil)
 	l1F.ExpectInfoAndTxsByHash(ref.Hash, testutils.RandomBlockInfo(rng), txs, nil)
 
 	src, err := factory.OpenData(ctx, ref, batcherAddr)
diff --git a/op-node/rollup/derive/blob_data_source.go b/op-node/rollup/derive/blob_data_source.go
index b907304d2591..11bb2a55ccb0 100644
--- a/op-node/rollup/derive/blob_data_source.go
+++ b/op-node/rollup/derive/blob_data_source.go
@@ -73,8 +73,12 @@ func (ds *BlobDataSource) Next(ctx context.Context) (eth.Data, error) {
 	return data, nil
 }
 
-// getTxSucceed returns a non-nil map which contains all successful tx hashes to batch inbox
-func getTxSucceed(ctx context.Context, fetcher L1Fetcher, hash common.Hash, txs types.Transactions) (successTxs types.Transactions, err error) {
+// getTxSucceed returns all successful txs
+func getTxSucceed(ctx context.Context, useInboxContract bool, fetcher L1Fetcher, hash common.Hash, txs types.Transactions) (successTxs types.Transactions, err error) {
+	if !useInboxContract {
+		// if !useInboxContract, all txs are considered successful
+		return txs, nil
+	}
 	_, receipts, err := fetcher.FetchReceipts(ctx, hash)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, NewTemporaryError(fmt.Errorf("failed to fetch L1 block info and receipts: %w", err))
@@ -107,7 +111,7 @@ func (ds *BlobDataSource) open(ctx context.Context) ([]blobOrCalldata, error) {
 		}
 		return nil, NewTemporaryError(fmt.Errorf("failed to open blob data source: %w", err))
 	}
-	txs, err = getTxSucceed(ctx, ds.fetcher, ds.ref.Hash, txs)
+	txs, err = getTxSucceed(ctx, ds.dsCfg.useInboxContract, ds.fetcher, ds.ref.Hash, txs)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/op-node/rollup/derive/calldata_source.go b/op-node/rollup/derive/calldata_source.go
index 2f9be648c82b..776428dce37b 100644
--- a/op-node/rollup/derive/calldata_source.go
+++ b/op-node/rollup/derive/calldata_source.go
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ func NewCalldataSource(ctx context.Context, log log.Logger, dsCfg DataSourceConf
 			batcherAddr: batcherAddr,
 		}
 	}
-	txs, err = getTxSucceed(ctx, fetcher, ref.Hash, txs)
+	txs, err = getTxSucceed(ctx, dsCfg.useInboxContract, fetcher, ref.Hash, txs)
 	if err != nil {
 		return &CalldataSource{
 			open:        false,
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ func NewCalldataSource(ctx context.Context, log log.Logger, dsCfg DataSourceConf
 func (ds *CalldataSource) Next(ctx context.Context) (eth.Data, error) {
 	if !ds.open {
 		if _, txs, err := ds.fetcher.InfoAndTxsByHash(ctx, ds.ref.Hash); err == nil {
-			txs, err := getTxSucceed(ctx, ds.fetcher, ds.ref.Hash, txs)
+			txs, err := getTxSucceed(ctx, ds.dsCfg.useInboxContract, ds.fetcher, ds.ref.Hash, txs)
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, err
 			}
diff --git a/op-node/rollup/derive/calldata_source_test.go b/op-node/rollup/derive/calldata_source_test.go
index 01b2616cca3f..31555996ddbe 100644
--- a/op-node/rollup/derive/calldata_source_test.go
+++ b/op-node/rollup/derive/calldata_source_test.go
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ func TestDataFromEVMTransactions(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 		}
 
-		out := DataFromEVMTransactions(DataSourceConfig{cfg.L1Signer(), cfg.BatchInboxAddress, false}, batcherAddr, txs, testlog.Logger(t, log.LevelCrit))
+		out := DataFromEVMTransactions(DataSourceConfig{cfg.L1Signer(), cfg.BatchInboxAddress, false, false}, batcherAddr, txs, testlog.Logger(t, log.LevelCrit))
 		require.ElementsMatch(t, expectedData, out)
 	}
 
diff --git a/op-node/rollup/derive/data_source.go b/op-node/rollup/derive/data_source.go
index 8d064a7cdb8c..0b23c7c18e63 100644
--- a/op-node/rollup/derive/data_source.go
+++ b/op-node/rollup/derive/data_source.go
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ func NewDataSourceFactory(log log.Logger, cfg *rollup.Config, fetcher L1Fetcher,
 		l1Signer:          cfg.L1Signer(),
 		batchInboxAddress: cfg.BatchInboxAddress,
 		altDAEnabled:      cfg.AltDAEnabled(),
+		useInboxContract:  cfg.UseInboxContract(),
 	}
 	return &DataSourceFactory{
 		log:          log,
@@ -88,6 +89,7 @@ type DataSourceConfig struct {
 	l1Signer          types.Signer
 	batchInboxAddress common.Address
 	altDAEnabled      bool
+	useInboxContract  bool
 }
 
 // isValidBatchTx returns true if:
diff --git a/op-node/rollup/types.go b/op-node/rollup/types.go
index 9e78aeae9230..60e61dbd8314 100644
--- a/op-node/rollup/types.go
+++ b/op-node/rollup/types.go
@@ -140,18 +140,28 @@ type Config struct {
 	// AltDAConfig. We are in the process of migrating to the AltDAConfig from these legacy top level values
 	AltDAConfig *AltDAConfig `json:"alt_da,omitempty"`
 
-	L2BlobConfig *L2BlobConfig `json:"l2_blob_config,omitempty"`
+	L2BlobConfig        *L2BlobConfig        `json:"l2_blob_config,omitempty"`
+	InboxContractConfig *InboxContractConfig `json:"inbox_contract_config,omitempty"`
 }
 
 type L2BlobConfig struct {
 	L2BlobTime *uint64 `json:"l2BlobTime,omitempty"`
 }
 
+type InboxContractConfig struct {
+	UseInboxContract bool `json:"use_inbox_contract,omitempty"`
+}
+
 // IsL2Blob returns whether l2 blob is enabled
 func (cfg *Config) IsL2Blob(parentTime uint64) bool {
 	return cfg.IsL2BlobTimeSet() && *cfg.L2BlobConfig.L2BlobTime <= parentTime
 }
 
+// UseInboxContract returns whether inbox contract is enabled
+func (cfg *Config) UseInboxContract() bool {
+	return cfg.InboxContractConfig != nil && cfg.InboxContractConfig.UseInboxContract
+}
+
 // IsL2BlobTimeSet returns whether l2 blob activation time is set
 func (cfg *Config) IsL2BlobTimeSet() bool {
 	return cfg.L2BlobConfig != nil && cfg.L2BlobConfig.L2BlobTime != nil