Default totalDifficulty
to 0 when fetching Fast Sync settings
#7785
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Changes
totalDifficulty
to 0 when fetching Fast Sync settingsTypes of changes
What types of changes does your code introduce?
Testing
Requires testing
Notes on testing
Tested by running our Python script: https://github.com/NethermindEth/nethermind/blob/42a603b49aa7cc975d744daab7e8e8b547b109d9/scripts/syncSettings.py
Documentation
Requires documentation update
Requires explanation in Release Notes
Remarks
The
totalDifficulty
field of a block is no longer required by the ETH JSON-RPC spec given the transition to PoS, and we can safely default it to0
when it's not present (see ethereum/execution-apis#570).