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Diffstat (limited to 'core/genesis.go')
| -rw-r--r-- | core/genesis.go | 7 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/core/genesis.go b/core/genesis.go index 4c5c17f60..16c1598c2 100644 --- a/core/genesis.go +++ b/core/genesis.go @@ -60,7 +60,8 @@ func WriteGenesisBlock(chainDb ethdb.Database, reader io.Reader) (*types.Block, return nil, err } - statedb := state.New(common.Hash{}, chainDb) + // creating with empty hash always works + statedb, _ := state.New(common.Hash{}, chainDb) for addr, account := range genesis.Alloc { address := common.HexToAddress(addr) statedb.AddBalance(address, common.String2Big(account.Balance)) @@ -115,9 +116,9 @@ func WriteGenesisBlock(chainDb ethdb.Database, reader io.Reader) (*types.Block, } // GenesisBlockForTesting creates a block in which addr has the given wei balance. -// The state trie of the block is written to db. +// The state trie of the block is written to db. the passed db needs to contain a state root func GenesisBlockForTesting(db ethdb.Database, addr common.Address, balance *big.Int) *types.Block { - statedb := state.New(common.Hash{}, db) + statedb, _ := state.New(common.Hash{}, db) obj := statedb.GetOrNewStateObject(addr) obj.SetBalance(balance) root, err := statedb.Commit() |