chore(core): disable 4844 transactions by default

core/genesis.go

@@ -248,6 +248,7 @@ func (e *GenesisMismatchError) Error() string {
 type ChainOverrides struct {
 	OverrideCancun *uint64
 	OverrideVerkle *uint64
+
 	// Story iliad
 	OverrideStoryNostoi *uint64
 }

core/txpool/validation.go

@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ type ValidationOptions struct {
 // This check is public to allow different transaction pools to check the basic
 // rules without duplicating code and running the risk of missed updates.
 func ValidateTransaction(tx *types.Transaction, head *types.Header, signer types.Signer, opts *ValidationOptions) error {
+	if !opts.Config.Is4844Enabled() && tx.Type() == types.BlobTxType {
+		return core.ErrTxTypeNotSupported
+	}
 	// Ensure transactions not implemented by the calling pool are rejected
 	if opts.Accept&(1<<tx.Type()) == 0 {
 		return fmt.Errorf("%w: tx type %v not supported by this pool", core.ErrTxTypeNotSupported, tx.Type())

core/types/transaction_signing.go

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ type sigCache struct {
 func MakeSigner(config *params.ChainConfig, blockNumber *big.Int, blockTime uint64) Signer {
 	var signer Signer
 	switch {
-	case config.IsCancun(blockNumber, blockTime):
+	case config.IsCancun(blockNumber, blockTime) && config.Is4844Enabled():
 		signer = NewCancunSigner(config.ChainID)
 	case config.IsLondon(blockNumber):
 		signer = NewLondonSigner(config.ChainID)
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ func MakeSigner(config *params.ChainConfig, blockNumber *big.Int, blockTime uint
 // have the current block number available, use MakeSigner instead.
 func LatestSigner(config *params.ChainConfig) Signer {
 	if config.ChainID != nil {
-		if config.CancunTime != nil {
+		if config.CancunTime != nil && config.Is4844Enabled() {
 			return NewCancunSigner(config.ChainID)
 		}
 		if config.LondonBlock != nil {

eth/api_backend.go

@@ -284,6 +284,9 @@ func (b *EthAPIBackend) SubscribeLogsEvent(ch chan<- []*types.Log) event.Subscri
 }
 
 func (b *EthAPIBackend) SendTx(ctx context.Context, signedTx *types.Transaction) error {
+	if !b.ChainConfig().Is4844Enabled() && signedTx.Type() == types.BlobTxType {
+		return types.ErrTxTypeNotSupported
+	}
 	return b.eth.txPool.Add([]*types.Transaction{signedTx}, true, false)[0]
 }
 

eth/backend.go

@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ func New(stack *node.Node, config *ethconfig.Config) (*Ethereum, error) {
 	if config.OverrideStoryNostoi != nil {
 		overrides.OverrideStoryNostoi = config.OverrideStoryNostoi
 	}
+
 	// TODO (MariusVanDerWijden) get rid of shouldPreserve in a follow-up PR
 	shouldPreserve := func(header *types.Header) bool {
 		return false
@@ -233,14 +234,20 @@ func New(stack *node.Node, config *ethconfig.Config) (*Ethereum, error) {
 	if config.BlobPool.Datadir != "" {
 		config.BlobPool.Datadir = stack.ResolvePath(config.BlobPool.Datadir)
 	}
-	blobPool := blobpool.New(config.BlobPool, eth.blockchain)
 
 	if config.TxPool.Journal != "" {
 		config.TxPool.Journal = stack.ResolvePath(config.TxPool.Journal)
 	}
 	legacyPool := legacypool.New(config.TxPool, eth.blockchain)
 
-	eth.txPool, err = txpool.New(config.TxPool.PriceLimit, eth.blockchain, []txpool.SubPool{legacyPool, blobPool})
+	txPools := []txpool.SubPool{legacyPool}
+	if eth.BlockChain().Config().Is4844Enabled() {
+		blobPool := blobpool.New(config.BlobPool, eth.blockchain)
+		txPools = append(txPools, blobPool)
+	}
+	priceLimit := uint64(config.TxPool.PriceLimit)
+	eth.txPool, err = txpool.New(priceLimit, eth.blockchain, txPools)
+
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}

params/config.go

@@ -820,6 +820,11 @@ func (c *ChainConfig) ElasticityMultiplier() uint64 {
 	return DefaultElasticityMultiplier
 }
 
+// Is4844Enabled checks whether blob transactions are supported.
+func (c *ChainConfig) Is4844Enabled() bool {
+	return false
+}
+
 // LatestFork returns the latest time-based fork that would be active for the given time.
 func (c *ChainConfig) LatestFork(time uint64) forks.Fork {
 	// Assume last non-time-based fork has passed.