Allow zero and negative block numbers

0 is genesis block. Xeth recognises -1 as current

1 files changed, 0 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/rpc/args.go b/rpc/args.go
index f730819fd..347f60410 100644
--- a/rpc/args.go
+++ b/rpc/args.go
@@ -22,13 +22,6 @@ func (obj *GetBlockArgs) UnmarshalJSON(b []byte) (err error) {
 	return NewErrorResponse(ErrorDecodeArgs)
 }
 
-func (obj *GetBlockArgs) requirements() error {
-	if obj.BlockNumber == 0 && obj.Hash == "" {
-		return NewErrorResponse("GetBlock requires either a block 'number' or a block 'hash' as argument")
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
 type NewTxArgs struct {
 	From     string `json:"from"`
 	To       string `json:"to"`