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    ed25519_verify: Support using dalek for historical blocks (#12661) · 0c934a93
    Bastian Köcher authored
    
    
    * ed25519_verify: Support using dalek for historical blocks
    
    The switch from `ed25519-dalek` to `ed25519-zebra` was actually a breaking change. `ed25519-zebra`
    is more permissive. To support historical blocks when syncing a chain this pull request introduces
    an externalities extension `UseDalekExt`. This extension is just used as a signaling mechanism to
    `ed25519_verify` to use `ed25519-dalek` when it is present. Together with `ExtensionBeforeBlock` it
    can be used to setup a node in way to sync historical blocks that require `ed25519-dalek`, because
    they included a transaction that verified differently as when using `ed25519-zebra`.
    
    This feature can be enabled in the following way. In the chain service file, directly after the
    client is created, the following code should be added:
    
    ```
    use sc_client_api::ExecutorProvider;
    client.execution_extensions().set_extensions_factory(
    	sc_client_api::execution_extensions::ExtensionBeforeBlock::<Block, sp_io::UseDalekExt>::new(BLOCK_NUMBER_UNTIL_DALEK_SHOULD_BE_USED)
    );
    ```
    
    * Fix doc
    
    * More fixes
    
    * Update client/api/src/execution_extensions.rs
    
    Co-authored-by: default avatarAndré Silva <[email protected]>
    
    * Fix merge and warning
    
    * Fix docs
    
    Co-authored-by: default avatarAndré Silva <[email protected]>
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