Merge pull request #6007 from NomicFoundation/totaldifficulty

Make totalDifficulty field optional, as spec has changed.
NomicFoundation · Nov 29, 2024 · 0ea1fd5 · 0ea1fd5
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diff --git a/.changeset/serious-sloths-hug.md b/.changeset/serious-sloths-hug.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"hardhat": patch
+---
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+Make totalDifficulty field optional, as spec has changed.
diff --git a/packages/hardhat-core/src/internal/core/jsonrpc/types/output/block.ts b/packages/hardhat-core/src/internal/core/jsonrpc/types/output/block.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ const baseBlockResponse = {
   receiptsRoot: rpcHash,
   miner: rpcAddress,
   difficulty: rpcQuantity,
-  totalDifficulty: rpcQuantity,
+  // now optional since https://github.com/ethereum/execution-apis/pull/570
+  totalDifficulty: optional(rpcQuantity),
   extraData: rpcData,
   size: rpcQuantity,
   gasLimit: rpcQuantity,