diff --git a/export.go b/export.go
index af7f52649..f2e49e465 100644
--- a/export.go
+++ b/export.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package iavl
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
@@ -31,13 +32,24 @@ type ExportNode struct {
 // depth-first post-order (LRN), this order must be preserved when importing in order to recreate
 // the same tree structure.
 type Exporter struct {
-	tree   *ImmutableTree
-	ch     chan *ExportNode
-	cancel context.CancelFunc
+	tree       *ImmutableTree
+	ch         chan *ExportNode
+	cancel     context.CancelFunc
+	optimistic bool // export raw key value pairs for optimistic import
 }
 
 // NewExporter creates a new Exporter. Callers must call Close() when done.
 func newExporter(tree *ImmutableTree) (*Exporter, error) {
+	return newExporterWithOptions(tree, false)
+}
+
+// NewOptimisticExporter creates a new Exporter with raw Key Values. Callers must call Close() when done.
+func newOptimisticExporter(tree *ImmutableTree) (*Exporter, error) {
+	return newExporterWithOptions(tree, true)
+}
+
+// NewExporterWithOptions creates a new Exporter and configures optimistic mode
+func newExporterWithOptions(tree *ImmutableTree, optimistic bool) (*Exporter, error) {
 	if tree == nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("tree is nil: %w", ErrNotInitalizedTree)
 	}
@@ -48,13 +60,18 @@ func newExporter(tree *ImmutableTree) (*Exporter, error) {
 
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
 	exporter := &Exporter{
-		tree:   tree,
-		ch:     make(chan *ExportNode, exportBufferSize),
-		cancel: cancel,
+		tree:       tree,
+		ch:         make(chan *ExportNode, exportBufferSize),
+		cancel:     cancel,
+		optimistic: optimistic,
 	}
 
 	tree.ndb.incrVersionReaders(tree.version)
-	go exporter.export(ctx)
+	if exporter.optimistic {
+		go exporter.optimisticExport(ctx)
+	} else {
+		go exporter.export(ctx)
+	}
 
 	return exporter, nil
 }
@@ -79,6 +96,40 @@ func (e *Exporter) export(ctx context.Context) {
 	close(e.ch)
 }
 
+// optimisticExport exports raw key, value nodes
+// Cosmos-SDK should set different snapshot format so nodes can select between either "untrusted statesync" or "trusted-peer optimistic" import
+func (e *Exporter) optimisticExport(ctx context.Context) {
+	e.tree.root.traverse(e.tree, true, func(node *Node) bool {
+		// TODO: How to get the original db value bytes directly without writeBytes()?
+		buf := bufPool.Get().(*bytes.Buffer)
+		buf.Reset()
+		defer bufPool.Put(buf)
+
+		if err := node.writeBytes(buf); err != nil {
+			fmt.Printf("WARN: failed writeBytes")
+		}
+
+		bytesCopy := make([]byte, buf.Len())
+		copy(bytesCopy, buf.Bytes())
+
+		// Use Export Node Format.
+		exportNode := &ExportNode{
+			Key:     node.GetKey(), // TODO: How to get prefixed key so that import does not need to prefix?
+			Value:   bytesCopy,
+			Version: 0, // Version not used
+			Height:  0, // Height not used
+		}
+
+		select {
+		case e.ch <- exportNode:
+			return false
+		case <-ctx.Done():
+			return true
+		}
+	})
+	close(e.ch)
+}
+
 // Next fetches the next exported node, or returns ExportDone when done.
 func (e *Exporter) Next() (*ExportNode, error) {
 	if exportNode, ok := <-e.ch; ok {
diff --git a/export_test.go b/export_test.go
index 3abd602e9..2997a4b38 100644
--- a/export_test.go
+++ b/export_test.go
@@ -298,6 +298,62 @@ func TestExporter_Import(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestOptimisticExporter_Import(t *testing.T) {
+	testcases := map[string]*ImmutableTree{
+		"empty tree": NewImmutableTree(dbm.NewMemDB(), 0, false, log.NewNopLogger()),
+		"basic tree": setupExportTreeBasic(t),
+	}
+	if !testing.Short() {
+		testcases["sized tree"] = setupExportTreeSized(t, 4096)
+		testcases["random tree"] = setupExportTreeRandom(t)
+	}
+
+	for desc, tree := range testcases {
+		tree := tree
+		t.Run(desc, func(t *testing.T) {
+			t.Parallel()
+
+			exporter, err := tree.OptimisticExport()
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			defer exporter.Close()
+
+			newTree := NewMutableTree(dbm.NewMemDB(), 0, false, log.NewNopLogger())
+			importer, err := newTree.OptimisticImport(tree.Version())
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			defer importer.Close()
+
+			for {
+				item, err := exporter.Next()
+				if err == ErrorExportDone {
+					err = importer.Commit()
+					require.NoError(t, err)
+					break
+				}
+				require.NoError(t, err)
+				err = importer.Add(item)
+				require.NoError(t, err)
+			}
+
+			treeHash := tree.Hash()
+			newTreeHash := newTree.Hash()
+
+			require.Equal(t, treeHash, newTreeHash, "Tree hash mismatch")
+			require.Equal(t, tree.Size(), newTree.Size(), "Tree size mismatch")
+			require.Equal(t, tree.Version(), newTree.Version(), "Tree version mismatch")
+
+			tree.Iterate(func(key, value []byte) bool { //nolint:errcheck
+				index, _, err := tree.GetWithIndex(key)
+				require.NoError(t, err)
+				newIndex, newValue, err := newTree.GetWithIndex(key)
+				require.NoError(t, err)
+				require.Equal(t, index, newIndex, "Index mismatch for key %v", key)
+				require.Equal(t, value, newValue, "Value mismatch for key %v", key)
+				return false
+			})
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func TestExporter_Close(t *testing.T) {
 	tree := setupExportTreeSized(t, 4096)
 	exporter, err := tree.Export()
diff --git a/immutable_tree.go b/immutable_tree.go
index 7bff7077b..d03b8ffb1 100644
--- a/immutable_tree.go
+++ b/immutable_tree.go
@@ -160,6 +160,12 @@ func (t *ImmutableTree) Export() (*Exporter, error) {
 	return newExporter(t)
 }
 
+// OptimisiticExport returns an iterator that exports tree nodes as ExportNodes. These nodes can be
+// imported with MutableTree.Import() to recreate an identical tree.
+func (t *ImmutableTree) OptimisticExport() (*Exporter, error) {
+	return newOptimisticExporter(t)
+}
+
 // GetWithIndex returns the index and value of the specified key if it exists, or nil and the next index
 // otherwise. The returned value must not be modified, since it may point to data stored within
 // IAVL.
diff --git a/import.go b/import.go
index 44802170f..2499a5627 100644
--- a/import.go
+++ b/import.go
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ type Importer struct {
 
 	// inflightCommit tracks a batch commit, if any.
 	inflightCommit <-chan error
+
+	// Optimistic raw key value import
+	optimistic bool
 }
 
 // newImporter creates a new Importer for an empty MutableTree.
@@ -38,6 +41,17 @@ type Importer struct {
 // version should correspond to the version that was initially exported. It must be greater than
 // or equal to the highest ExportNode version number given.
 func newImporter(tree *MutableTree, version int64) (*Importer, error) {
+	return newImporterWithOptions(tree, version, false)
+}
+
+// newOptimisticImporter creates a new Importer for an empty MutableTree.
+//
+// expects optimistic raw key values for import
+func newOptimisticImporter(tree *MutableTree, version int64) (*Importer, error) {
+	return newImporterWithOptions(tree, version, true)
+}
+
+func newImporterWithOptions(tree *MutableTree, version int64, optimistic bool) (*Importer, error) {
 	if version < 0 {
 		return nil, errors.New("imported version cannot be negative")
 	}
@@ -49,11 +63,12 @@ func newImporter(tree *MutableTree, version int64) (*Importer, error) {
 	}
 
 	return &Importer{
-		tree:    tree,
-		version: version,
-		batch:   tree.ndb.db.NewBatch(),
-		stack:   make([]*Node, 0, 8),
-		nonces:  make([]uint32, version+1),
+		tree:       tree,
+		version:    version,
+		batch:      tree.ndb.db.NewBatch(),
+		stack:      make([]*Node, 0, 8),
+		nonces:     make([]uint32, version+1),
+		optimistic: optimistic,
 	}, nil
 }
 
@@ -117,10 +132,65 @@ func (i *Importer) Close() {
 	i.tree = nil
 }
 
+// sendBatchIfFull can be called during imports after each key add
+// automatically batch.Write() when pending writes > maxBatchSize
+func (i *Importer) sendBatchIfFull() error {
+	if i.batchSize >= maxBatchSize {
+		// Wait for previous batch.
+		var err error
+		if i.inflightCommit != nil {
+			err = <-i.inflightCommit
+			i.inflightCommit = nil
+		}
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		result := make(chan error)
+		i.inflightCommit = result
+		go func(batch db.Batch) {
+			defer batch.Close()
+			result <- batch.Write()
+		}(i.batch)
+		i.batch = i.tree.ndb.db.NewBatch()
+		i.batchSize = 0
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// OptimisticAdd adds a TRUSTED leveldb key value pair WITHOUT verification
+func (i *Importer) OptimisticAdd(exportNode *ExportNode) error {
+	if i.tree == nil {
+		return ErrNoImport
+	}
+	if exportNode == nil {
+		return errors.New("node cannot be nil")
+	}
+	if exportNode.Key == nil {
+		return errors.New("node.Key cannot be nil")
+	}
+	if exportNode.Value == nil {
+		return errors.New("node.Value cannot be nil")
+	}
+
+	if err := i.batch.Set(i.tree.ndb.nodeKey(exportNode.Key), exportNode.Value); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	i.batchSize++
+
+	i.sendBatchIfFull()
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 // Add adds an ExportNode to the import. ExportNodes must be added in the order returned by
 // Exporter, i.e. depth-first post-order (LRN). Nodes are periodically flushed to the database,
 // but the imported version is not visible until Commit() is called.
 func (i *Importer) Add(exportNode *ExportNode) error {
+	// Keep the same Add(node) API but run faster optimistic import when configured
+	if i.optimistic {
+		return i.OptimisticAdd(exportNode)
+	}
 	if i.tree == nil {
 		return ErrNoImport
 	}
@@ -193,24 +263,28 @@ func (i *Importer) Commit() error {
 		return ErrNoImport
 	}
 
-	switch len(i.stack) {
-	case 0:
-		if err := i.batch.Set(i.tree.ndb.nodeKey(GetRootKey(i.version)), []byte{}); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-	case 1:
-		i.stack[0].nodeKey.nonce = 1
-		if err := i.writeNode(i.stack[0]); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		if i.stack[0].nodeKey.version < i.version { // it means there is no update in the given version
-			if err := i.batch.Set(i.tree.ndb.nodeKey(GetRootKey(i.version)), i.tree.ndb.nodeKeyPrefix(i.stack[0].nodeKey.version)); err != nil {
+	if i.optimistic {
+		// All keys should be already imported
+	} else {
+		switch len(i.stack) {
+		case 0:
+			if err := i.batch.Set(i.tree.ndb.nodeKey(GetRootKey(i.version)), []byte{}); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
+		case 1:
+			i.stack[0].nodeKey.nonce = 1
+			if err := i.writeNode(i.stack[0]); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			if i.stack[0].nodeKey.version < i.version { // it means there is no update in the given version
+				if err := i.batch.Set(i.tree.ndb.nodeKey(GetRootKey(i.version)), i.tree.ndb.nodeKeyPrefix(i.stack[0].nodeKey.version)); err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+			}
+		default:
+			return fmt.Errorf("invalid node structure, found stack size %v when committing",
+				len(i.stack))
 		}
-	default:
-		return fmt.Errorf("invalid node structure, found stack size %v when committing",
-			len(i.stack))
 	}
 
 	err := i.batch.WriteSync()
diff --git a/import_test.go b/import_test.go
index 13a925be7..a1ce06f0d 100644
--- a/import_test.go
+++ b/import_test.go
@@ -232,6 +232,43 @@ func TestImporter_Commit_Empty(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.EqualValues(t, 3, tree.Version())
 }
 
+func TestImporter_OptimisticAdd(t *testing.T) {
+	k := []byte("rawStoreKey")
+	v := []byte("rawStoreValue")
+
+	testcases := map[string]struct {
+		node  *ExportNode
+		valid bool
+	}{
+		"nil node":      {nil, false},
+		"trusted_valid": {&ExportNode{Key: k, Value: v, Version: 1, Height: 0}, true},
+		"no key":        {&ExportNode{Key: nil, Value: v, Version: 1, Height: 0}, false},
+		"no value":      {&ExportNode{Key: k, Value: nil, Version: 1, Height: 0}, false},
+		// Only Key and Value used for Optimistic Add
+		// Version and Height is ignored
+		// further cases will be handled by Node.validate()
+	}
+	for desc, tc := range testcases {
+		tc := tc // appease scopelint
+		t.Run(desc, func(t *testing.T) {
+			tree := NewMutableTree(dbm.NewMemDB(), 0, false, log.NewNopLogger())
+			importer, err := tree.Import(1)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			defer importer.Close()
+
+			err = importer.OptimisticAdd(tc.node)
+			if tc.valid {
+				require.NoError(t, err)
+			} else {
+				if err == nil {
+					err = importer.Commit()
+				}
+				require.Error(t, err)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func BenchmarkImport(b *testing.B) {
 	benchmarkImport(b, 4096)
 }
diff --git a/mutable_tree.go b/mutable_tree.go
index a3ea3e148..aaf6463c7 100644
--- a/mutable_tree.go
+++ b/mutable_tree.go
@@ -200,6 +200,12 @@ func (tree *MutableTree) Import(version int64) (*Importer, error) {
 	return newImporter(tree, version)
 }
 
+// OptimisticImport returns an importer for tree nodes previously exported by ImmutableTree.OptimisticExport(),
+// producing an identical IAVL tree. The caller must call Close() on the importer when done.
+func (tree *MutableTree) OptimisticImport(version int64) (*Importer, error) {
+	return newOptimisticImporter(tree, version)
+}
+
 // Iterate iterates over all keys of the tree. The keys and values must not be modified,
 // since they may point to data stored within IAVL. Returns true if stopped by callnack, false otherwise
 func (tree *MutableTree) Iterate(fn func(key []byte, value []byte) bool) (stopped bool, err error) {
diff --git a/nodedb.go b/nodedb.go
index daafa5718..2ef1fb989 100644
--- a/nodedb.go
+++ b/nodedb.go
@@ -162,6 +162,52 @@ func (ndb *nodeDB) GetNode(nk []byte) (*Node, error) {
 	return node, nil
 }
 
+/*
+// CV GetNodeKeyValueBytes gets a node's key and value bytes from memory or disk.
+// It is used for both formats of nodes: legacy and new.
+// `legacy`: nk is the hash of the node. `new`: <version><nonce>.
+// returns nodeKey []byte, nodeValue
+func (ndb *nodeDB) GetNodeKeyValueBytes(nk []byte) ([]byte, []byte, error) {
+	ndb.mtx.Lock()
+	defer ndb.mtx.Unlock()
+
+	if nk == nil {
+		return nil, nil, ErrNodeMissingNodeKey
+	}
+
+	isLegcyNode := len(nk) == hashSize
+	var nodeKey []byte
+	if isLegcyNode {
+		nodeKey = ndb.legacyNodeKey(nk)
+	} else {
+		nodeKey = ndb.nodeKey(nk)
+	}
+
+	valueBytes, err := ndb.db.Get(nodeKey)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("can't get node %v: %v", nk, err)
+	}
+	if valueBytes == nil {
+		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("Value missing for key %v corresponding to nodeKey %x", nk, nodeKey)
+	}
+
+	return nodeKey, valueBytes, nil
+}
+
+// CV SaveNodeKeyValueBytes saves a node to disk with raw byte arrays for key and value.
+func (ndb *nodeDB) SaveNodeKeyValueBytes(keyBytes []byte, valueBytes []byte) error {
+	ndb.mtx.Lock()
+	defer ndb.mtx.Unlock()
+
+	if err := ndb.batch.Set(keyBytes, valueBytes); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	ndb.logger.Debug("BATCH SAVE", "key", keyBytes, "value", valueBytes)
+	return nil
+}
+*/
+
 func (ndb *nodeDB) GetFastNode(key []byte) (*fastnode.Node, error) {
 	if !ndb.hasUpgradedToFastStorage() {
 		return nil, errors.New("storage version is not fast")