diff --git a/client/cmd/proverPause.go b/client/cmd/proverPause.go
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+++ b/client/cmd/proverPause.go
@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"encoding/hex"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/iden3/go-iden3-crypto/poseidon"
+	"github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/core/crypto"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"go.uber.org/zap"
+	"google.golang.org/protobuf/proto"
+	"google.golang.org/protobuf/types/known/anypb"
+	"source.quilibrium.com/quilibrium/monorepo/go-libp2p-blossomsub/pb"
+	"source.quilibrium.com/quilibrium/monorepo/node/execution/intrinsics/token/application"
+	"source.quilibrium.com/quilibrium/monorepo/node/p2p"
+	"source.quilibrium.com/quilibrium/monorepo/node/protobufs"
+)
+
+var proverPauseCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "pause",
+	Short: "Pauses a prover",
+	Long: `Pauses a prover (use in emergency when a worker isn't coming back online):
+	
+	pause <Filter>
+	
+	Filter – the hex bitstring of the filter to pause for
+	`,
+	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+		if len(args) != 1 {
+			panic("invalid arguments")
+		}
+
+		logger, err := zap.NewProduction()
+		pubsub := p2p.NewBlossomSub(NodeConfig.P2P, logger)
+		intrinsicFilter := p2p.GetBloomFilter(application.TOKEN_ADDRESS, 256, 3)
+		pubsub.Subscribe(
+			intrinsicFilter,
+			func(message *pb.Message) error { return nil },
+		)
+		key, err := GetPrivKeyFromConfig(NodeConfig)
+		if err != nil {
+			panic(err)
+		}
+
+		payload := []byte("pause")
+		filterHex, _ := strings.CutPrefix(args[0], "0x")
+		filter, err := hex.DecodeString(filterHex)
+		if err != nil {
+			panic(err)
+		}
+
+		payload = append(payload, filter...)
+
+		sig, err := key.Sign(payload)
+		if err != nil {
+			panic(err)
+		}
+
+		pub, err := key.GetPublic().Raw()
+		if err != nil {
+			panic(err)
+		}
+
+		err = publishMessage(
+			key,
+			pubsub,
+			intrinsicFilter,
+			&protobufs.AnnounceProverPause{
+				Filter: filter,
+				PublicKeySignatureEd448: &protobufs.Ed448Signature{
+					Signature: sig,
+					PublicKey: &protobufs.Ed448PublicKey{
+						KeyValue: pub,
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		)
+		if err != nil {
+			panic(err)
+		}
+	},
+}
+
+func publishMessage(
+	key crypto.PrivKey,
+	pubsub p2p.PubSub,
+	filter []byte,
+	message proto.Message,
+) error {
+	any := &anypb.Any{}
+	if err := any.MarshalFrom(message); err != nil {
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "publish message")
+	}
+
+	any.TypeUrl = strings.Replace(
+		any.TypeUrl,
+		"type.googleapis.com",
+		"types.quilibrium.com",
+		1,
+	)
+
+	payload, err := proto.Marshal(any)
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "publish message")
+	}
+
+	h, err := poseidon.HashBytes(payload)
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "publish message")
+	}
+
+	pub, err := key.GetPublic().Raw()
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "publish message")
+	}
+
+	pbi, err := poseidon.HashBytes(pub)
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "publish message")
+	}
+
+	provingKeyAddress := pbi.FillBytes(make([]byte, 32))
+
+	msg := &protobufs.Message{
+		Hash:    h.Bytes(),
+		Address: provingKeyAddress,
+		Payload: payload,
+	}
+	data, err := proto.Marshal(msg)
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "publish message")
+	}
+	return pubsub.PublishToBitmask(filter, data)
+}
+
+func init() {
+	proverCmd.AddCommand(proverPauseCmd)
+}