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# Capella Light Client -- Sync Protocol
**Notice**: This document is a work-in-progress for researchers and implementers.
## Table of contents
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- [Introduction ](#introduction )
- [Constants ](#constants )
- [Containers ](#containers )
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- [Modified `LightClientHeader` ](#modified-lightclientheader )
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- [Helper functions ](#helper-functions )
- [`get_lc_execution_root` ](#get_lc_execution_root )
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- [Modified `is_valid_light_client_header` ](#modified-is_valid_light_client_header )
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## Introduction
This upgrade adds information about the execution payload to light client data as part of the Capella upgrade. It extends the [Altair Light Client specifications ](../../altair/light-client/sync-protocol.md ). The [fork document ](./fork.md ) explains how to upgrade existing Altair based deployments to Capella.
Additional documents describes the impact of the upgrade on certain roles:
- [Full node ](./full-node.md )
- [Networking ](./p2p-interface.md )
## Constants
| Name | Value |
| - | - |
| `EXECUTION_PAYLOAD_INDEX` | `get_generalized_index(BeaconBlockBody, 'execution_payload')` (= 25) |
## Containers
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### Modified `LightClientHeader`
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```python
class LightClientHeader(Container):
# Beacon block header
beacon: BeaconBlockHeader
# Execution payload header corresponding to `beacon.body_root` (from Capella onward)
execution: ExecutionPayloadHeader
execution_branch: Vector[Bytes32, floorlog2(EXECUTION_PAYLOAD_INDEX)]
```
## Helper functions
### `get_lc_execution_root`
```python
def get_lc_execution_root(header: LightClientHeader) -> Root:
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epoch = compute_epoch_at_slot(header.beacon.slot)
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if epoch >= CAPELLA_FORK_EPOCH:
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return hash_tree_root(header.execution)
return Root()
```
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### Modified `is_valid_light_client_header`
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```python
def is_valid_light_client_header(header: LightClientHeader) -> bool:
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epoch = compute_epoch_at_slot(header.beacon.slot)
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if epoch < CAPELLA_FORK_EPOCH:
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return (
header.execution == ExecutionPayloadHeader()
and header.execution_branch == [Bytes32() for _ in range(floorlog2(EXECUTION_PAYLOAD_INDEX))]
)
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return is_valid_merkle_branch(
leaf=get_lc_execution_root(header),
branch=header.execution_branch,
depth=floorlog2(EXECUTION_PAYLOAD_INDEX),
index=get_subtree_index(EXECUTION_PAYLOAD_INDEX),
root=header.beacon.body_root,
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)
```