From cc6023b94dfcb2e224aac7c3ba255a8dc720a985 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bas van Gijzel <nenekotan+git@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2024 13:30:31 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Make totalDifficulty field optional, as spec has changed.

---
 .../src/internal/core/jsonrpc/types/output/block.ts            | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

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
index d0bd287748..97cf640291 100644
--- 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,

From 56d127ba9fa7b5613999d20d22c314d326204dd0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bas van Gijzel <bas@nomic.foundation>
Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2024 13:32:04 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Create serious-sloths-hug.md

---
 .changeset/serious-sloths-hug.md | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .changeset/serious-sloths-hug.md

diff --git a/.changeset/serious-sloths-hug.md b/.changeset/serious-sloths-hug.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5ed2ed81e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/serious-sloths-hug.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"hardhat": patch
+---
+
+Make totalDifficulty field optional, as spec has changed.