eth2.0-specs/specs/electra/light-client/sync-protocol.md

# Electra 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)
- [Custom types](#custom-types)
- [Constants](#constants)
  - [Frozen constants](#frozen-constants)
  - [New constants](#new-constants)
- [Helper functions](#helper-functions)
  - [Modified `finalized_root_gindex_at_slot`](#modified-finalized_root_gindex_at_slot)
  - [Modified `current_sync_committee_gindex_at_slot`](#modified-current_sync_committee_gindex_at_slot)
  - [Modified `next_sync_committee_gindex_at_slot`](#modified-next_sync_committee_gindex_at_slot)
  - [Modified `get_lc_execution_root`](#modified-get_lc_execution_root)
  - [Modified `is_valid_light_client_header`](#modified-is_valid_light_client_header)

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## Introduction

This upgrade updates light client data to include the Electra changes to the [`ExecutionPayload`](../beacon-chain.md) structure and to the generalized indices of surrounding containers. It extends the [Deneb Light Client specifications](../../deneb/light-client/sync-protocol.md). The [fork document](./fork.md) explains how to upgrade existing Deneb based deployments to Electra.

Additional documents describes the impact of the upgrade on certain roles:
- [Full node](./full-node.md)
- [Networking](./p2p-interface.md)

## Custom types

| Name | SSZ equivalent | Description |
| - | - | - |
| `FinalityBranch` | `Vector[Bytes32, floorlog2(FINALIZED_ROOT_GINDEX_ELECTRA)]` | Merkle branch of `finalized_checkpoint.root` within `BeaconState` |
| `CurrentSyncCommitteeBranch` | `Vector[Bytes32, floorlog2(CURRENT_SYNC_COMMITTEE_GINDEX_ELECTRA)]` | Merkle branch of `current_sync_committee` within `BeaconState` |
| `NextSyncCommitteeBranch` | `Vector[Bytes32, floorlog2(NEXT_SYNC_COMMITTEE_GINDEX_ELECTRA)]` | Merkle branch of `next_sync_committee` within `BeaconState` |

## Constants

### Frozen constants

Existing `GeneralizedIndex` constants are frozen at their [Altair](../../altair/light-client/sync-protocol.md#constants) values.

| Name | Value |
| - | - |
| `FINALIZED_ROOT_GINDEX` | `get_generalized_index(altair.BeaconState, 'finalized_checkpoint', 'root')` (= 105) |
| `CURRENT_SYNC_COMMITTEE_GINDEX` | `get_generalized_index(altair.BeaconState, 'current_sync_committee')` (= 54) |
| `NEXT_SYNC_COMMITTEE_GINDEX` | `get_generalized_index(altair.BeaconState, 'next_sync_committee')` (= 55) |

### New constants

| Name | Value |
| - | - |
| `FINALIZED_ROOT_GINDEX_ELECTRA` | `get_generalized_index(BeaconState, 'finalized_checkpoint', 'root')` (= 169) |
| `CURRENT_SYNC_COMMITTEE_GINDEX_ELECTRA` | `get_generalized_index(BeaconState, 'current_sync_committee')` (= 86) |
| `NEXT_SYNC_COMMITTEE_GINDEX_ELECTRA` | `get_generalized_index(BeaconState, 'next_sync_committee')` (= 87) |

## Helper functions

### Modified `finalized_root_gindex_at_slot`

```python
def finalized_root_gindex_at_slot(slot: Slot) -> GeneralizedIndex:
    epoch = compute_epoch_at_slot(slot)

    # [Modified in Electra]
    if epoch >= ELECTRA_FORK_EPOCH:
        return FINALIZED_ROOT_GINDEX_ELECTRA
    return FINALIZED_ROOT_GINDEX
```

### Modified `current_sync_committee_gindex_at_slot`

```python
def current_sync_committee_gindex_at_slot(slot: Slot) -> GeneralizedIndex:
    epoch = compute_epoch_at_slot(slot)

    # [Modified in Electra]
    if epoch >= ELECTRA_FORK_EPOCH:
        return CURRENT_SYNC_COMMITTEE_GINDEX_ELECTRA
    return CURRENT_SYNC_COMMITTEE_GINDEX
```

### Modified `next_sync_committee_gindex_at_slot`

```python
def next_sync_committee_gindex_at_slot(slot: Slot) -> GeneralizedIndex:
    epoch = compute_epoch_at_slot(slot)

    # [Modified in Electra]
    if epoch >= ELECTRA_FORK_EPOCH:
        return NEXT_SYNC_COMMITTEE_GINDEX_ELECTRA
    return NEXT_SYNC_COMMITTEE_GINDEX
```

### Modified `get_lc_execution_root`

```python
def get_lc_execution_root(header: LightClientHeader) -> Root:
    epoch = compute_epoch_at_slot(header.beacon.slot)

    # [New in Electra]
    if epoch >= ELECTRA_FORK_EPOCH:
        return hash_tree_root(header.execution)

    # [Modified in Electra]
    if epoch >= DENEB_FORK_EPOCH:
        execution_header = deneb.ExecutionPayloadHeader(
            parent_hash=header.execution.parent_hash,
            fee_recipient=header.execution.fee_recipient,
            state_root=header.execution.state_root,
            receipts_root=header.execution.receipts_root,
            logs_bloom=header.execution.logs_bloom,
            prev_randao=header.execution.prev_randao,
            block_number=header.execution.block_number,
            gas_limit=header.execution.gas_limit,
            gas_used=header.execution.gas_used,
            timestamp=header.execution.timestamp,
            extra_data=header.execution.extra_data,
            base_fee_per_gas=header.execution.base_fee_per_gas,
            block_hash=header.execution.block_hash,
            transactions_root=header.execution.transactions_root,
            withdrawals_root=header.execution.withdrawals_root,
            blob_gas_used=header.execution.blob_gas_used,
            excess_blob_gas=header.execution.excess_blob_gas,
        )
        return hash_tree_root(execution_header)

    if epoch >= CAPELLA_FORK_EPOCH:
        execution_header = capella.ExecutionPayloadHeader(
            parent_hash=header.execution.parent_hash,
            fee_recipient=header.execution.fee_recipient,
            state_root=header.execution.state_root,
            receipts_root=header.execution.receipts_root,
            logs_bloom=header.execution.logs_bloom,
            prev_randao=header.execution.prev_randao,
            block_number=header.execution.block_number,
            gas_limit=header.execution.gas_limit,
            gas_used=header.execution.gas_used,
            timestamp=header.execution.timestamp,
            extra_data=header.execution.extra_data,
            base_fee_per_gas=header.execution.base_fee_per_gas,
            block_hash=header.execution.block_hash,
            transactions_root=header.execution.transactions_root,
            withdrawals_root=header.execution.withdrawals_root,
        )
        return hash_tree_root(execution_header)

    return Root()
```

### Modified `is_valid_light_client_header`

```python
def is_valid_light_client_header(header: LightClientHeader) -> bool:
    epoch = compute_epoch_at_slot(header.beacon.slot)

    if epoch < DENEB_FORK_EPOCH:
        if header.execution.blob_gas_used != uint64(0) or header.execution.excess_blob_gas != uint64(0):
            return False

    if epoch < CAPELLA_FORK_EPOCH:
        return (
            header.execution == ExecutionPayloadHeader()
            and header.execution_branch == ExecutionBranch()
        )

    return is_valid_merkle_branch(
        leaf=get_lc_execution_root(header),
        branch=header.execution_branch,
        depth=floorlog2(EXECUTION_PAYLOAD_GINDEX),
        index=get_subtree_index(EXECUTION_PAYLOAD_GINDEX),
        root=header.beacon.body_root,
    )
```