cmd/utils: require TTD and difficulty to be zero at genesis for dev m…

…ode (ethereum#29579)
subquery · Sep 9, 2024 · 97b4f84 · 97b4f84
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commit 97b4f84
Showing 1 changed file with 6 additions and 4 deletions.
diff --git a/cmd/utils/flags.go b/cmd/utils/flags.go
@@ -1872,13 +1872,15 @@ func SetEthConfig(ctx *cli.Context, stack *node.Node, cfg *ethconfig.Config) {
 					Fatalf("Could not read genesis from database: %v", err)
 				}
 				if !genesis.Config.TerminalTotalDifficultyPassed {
-					Fatalf("Bad developer-mode genesis configuration: terminalTotalDifficultyPassed must be true in developer mode")
+					Fatalf("Bad developer-mode genesis configuration: terminalTotalDifficultyPassed must be true")
 				}
 				if genesis.Config.TerminalTotalDifficulty == nil {
-					Fatalf("Bad developer-mode genesis configuration: terminalTotalDifficulty must be specified.")
+					Fatalf("Bad developer-mode genesis configuration: terminalTotalDifficulty must be specified")
+				} else if genesis.Config.TerminalTotalDifficulty.Cmp(big.NewInt(0)) != 0 {
+					Fatalf("Bad developer-mode genesis configuration: terminalTotalDifficulty must be 0")
 				}
-				if genesis.Difficulty.Cmp(genesis.Config.TerminalTotalDifficulty) != 1 {
-					Fatalf("Bad developer-mode genesis configuration: genesis block difficulty must be > terminalTotalDifficulty")
+				if genesis.Difficulty.Cmp(big.NewInt(0)) != 0 {
+					Fatalf("Bad developer-mode genesis configuration: difficulty must be 0")
 				}
 			}
 			chaindb.Close()