This document describes how to upgrade existing light client objects based on the Deneb specification to Electra. This is necessary when processing pre-Electra data with a post-Electra LightClientStore
. Note that the data being exchanged over the network protocols uses the original format.
def normalize_merkle_branch(branch: Sequence[Bytes32],
gindex: GeneralizedIndex) -> Sequence[Bytes32]:
depth = floorlog2(gindex)
num_extra = depth - len(branch)
return [Bytes32()] * num_extra + [*branch]
An Electra LightClientStore
can still process earlier light client data. In order to do so, that pre-Electra data needs to be locally upgraded to Electra before processing.
def upgrade_lc_header_to_electra(pre: deneb.LightClientHeader) -> LightClientHeader:
return LightClientHeader(
beacon=pre.beacon,
execution=pre.execution,
execution_branch=pre.execution_branch,
)
def upgrade_lc_bootstrap_to_electra(pre: deneb.LightClientBootstrap) -> LightClientBootstrap:
return LightClientBootstrap(
header=upgrade_lc_header_to_electra(pre.header),
current_sync_committee=pre.current_sync_committee,
current_sync_committee_branch=normalize_merkle_branch(
pre.current_sync_committee_branch, CURRENT_SYNC_COMMITTEE_GINDEX_ELECTRA),
)
def upgrade_lc_update_to_electra(pre: deneb.LightClientUpdate) -> LightClientUpdate:
return LightClientUpdate(
attested_header=upgrade_lc_header_to_electra(pre.attested_header),
next_sync_committee=pre.next_sync_committee,
next_sync_committee_branch=normalize_merkle_branch(
pre.next_sync_committee_branch, NEXT_SYNC_COMMITTEE_GINDEX_ELECTRA),
finalized_header=upgrade_lc_header_to_electra(pre.finalized_header),
finality_branch=normalize_merkle_branch(
pre.finality_branch, FINALIZED_ROOT_GINDEX_ELECTRA),
sync_aggregate=pre.sync_aggregate,
signature_slot=pre.signature_slot,
)
def upgrade_lc_finality_update_to_electra(pre: deneb.LightClientFinalityUpdate) -> LightClientFinalityUpdate:
return LightClientFinalityUpdate(
attested_header=upgrade_lc_header_to_electra(pre.attested_header),
finalized_header=upgrade_lc_header_to_electra(pre.finalized_header),
finality_branch=normalize_merkle_branch(
pre.finality_branch, FINALIZED_ROOT_GINDEX_ELECTRA),
sync_aggregate=pre.sync_aggregate,
signature_slot=pre.signature_slot,
)
def upgrade_lc_optimistic_update_to_electra(pre: deneb.LightClientOptimisticUpdate) -> LightClientOptimisticUpdate:
return LightClientOptimisticUpdate(
attested_header=upgrade_lc_header_to_electra(pre.attested_header),
sync_aggregate=pre.sync_aggregate,
signature_slot=pre.signature_slot,
)
Existing LightClientStore
objects based on Deneb MUST be upgraded to Electra before Electra based light client data can be processed. The LightClientStore
upgrade MAY be performed before ELECTRA_FORK_EPOCH
.
def upgrade_lc_store_to_electra(pre: deneb.LightClientStore) -> LightClientStore:
if pre.best_valid_update is None:
best_valid_update = None
else:
best_valid_update = upgrade_lc_update_to_electra(pre.best_valid_update)
return LightClientStore(
finalized_header=upgrade_lc_header_to_electra(pre.finalized_header),
current_sync_committee=pre.current_sync_committee,
next_sync_committee=pre.next_sync_committee,
best_valid_update=best_valid_update,
optimistic_header=upgrade_lc_header_to_electra(pre.optimistic_header),
previous_max_active_participants=pre.previous_max_active_participants,
current_max_active_participants=pre.current_max_active_participants,
)