*Add support for running verified calls with EVM

*Add caching of consensus blocks
*Add caching of RPC calls

src/client/client.ts

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import * as bellatrix from "@lodestar/types/bellatrix";
 import { init } from "@chainsafe/bls/switchable";
 import NodeCache from "node-cache";
 import { Mutex } from "async-mutex";
+import { VerifyingProvider } from "./rpc/index.js";
 
 export default class Client {
   latestCommittee?: Uint8Array[];
@@ -46,13 +47,25 @@ export default class Client {
   private boot = false;
   private beaconChainAPIURL: string;
   private store: IStore;
-
   private syncMutex = new Mutex();
+  private rpcUrl: string;
 
-  constructor(prover: IProver, store: IStore, beaconUrl: string) {
+  constructor(
+    prover: IProver,
+    store: IStore,
+    beaconUrl: string,
+    rpcUrl: string
+  ) {
     this.prover = prover;
     this.store = store;
     this.beaconChainAPIURL = beaconUrl;
+    this.rpcUrl = rpcUrl;
+  }
+
+  private _provider?: VerifyingProvider;
+
+  get provider(): VerifyingProvider {
+    return this._provider;
   }
 
   private _latestPeriod: number = -1;
@@ -82,10 +95,21 @@ export default class Client {
 
     await this._sync();
 
-    if (!this.boot) {
+    if (!this._provider) {
-      this.subscribe();
+      const { blockhash, blockNumber } = await this.getNextValidExecutionInfo();
-      this.boot = true;
+      const provider = new VerifyingProvider(
+        this.rpcUrl,
+        blockNumber,
+        blockhash
+      );
+      this._provider = provider;
     }
+
+    const ei = await this.getLatestExecution();
+    if (ei && ei.blockhash !== this.latestBlockHash) {
+      this.latestBlockHash = ei.blockhash;
+    }
+    this._provider.update(ei.blockhash, ei.blockNumber);
   }
 
   async syncProver(
@@ -138,20 +162,6 @@ export default class Client {
     );
   }
 
-  public async subscribe() {
-    setInterval(async () => {
-      try {
-        await this._sync();
-        const ei = await this.getLatestExecution();
-        if (ei && ei.blockhash !== this.latestBlockHash) {
-          this.latestBlockHash = ei.blockhash;
-        }
-      } catch (e) {
-        console.error(e);
-      }
-    }, POLLING_DELAY);
-  }
-
   optimisticUpdateFromJSON(update: any): OptimisticUpdate {
     return altair.ssz.LightClientOptimisticUpdate.fromJson(update);
   }
@@ -221,6 +231,8 @@ export default class Client {
       );
     }
 
+    console.log(`setting block ${slot} to cache`);
+
     this._blockCache.set(slot as any, res);
     this._blockHashCache.set(slot as any, expectedBlockRoot);
 
@@ -235,7 +247,11 @@ export default class Client {
 
     const currentPeriod = this.getCurrentPeriod();
     if (currentPeriod > this._latestPeriod) {
-      this.latestCommittee = await this.syncFromGenesis();
+      if (!this.boot) {
+        this.latestCommittee = await this.syncFromGenesis();
+      } else {
+        this.latestCommittee = await this.syncFromLastUpdate();
+      }
       this._latestPeriod = currentPeriod;
     }
 
@@ -263,6 +279,24 @@ export default class Client {
     throw new Error("no honest prover found");
   }
 
+  private async syncFromLastUpdate() {
+    // get the tree size by currentPeriod - genesisPeriod
+    const currentPeriod = this.getCurrentPeriod();
+    let startPeriod = this.latestPeriod;
+
+    let startCommittee = this.latestCommittee;
+
+    const { syncCommittee, period } = await this.syncProver(
+      startPeriod,
+      currentPeriod,
+      startCommittee
+    );
+    if (period === currentPeriod) {
+      return syncCommittee;
+    }
+    throw new Error("no honest prover found");
+  }
+
   protected async syncUpdateVerifyGetCommittee(
     prevCommittee: Uint8Array[],
     period: number,
@@ -311,9 +345,6 @@ export default class Client {
       console.error(`Invalid Optimistic Update: ${verify?.reason}`);
       return null;
     }
-    console.log(
-      `Optimistic update verified for slot ${updateJSON.data.attested_header.beacon.slot}`
-    );
     return this.getExecutionFromBlockRoot(
       updateJSON.data.attested_header.beacon.slot,
       updateJSON.data.attested_header.beacon.body_root

src/client/rpc/constants.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+export const ZERO_ADDR = '0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000';
+// TODO: set the correct gas limit!
+export const GAS_LIMIT = '0x1c9c380';
+export const REQUEST_BATCH_SIZE = 10;
+export const MAX_SOCKET = 10;
+export const EMPTY_ACCOUNT_EXTCODEHASH =
+  '0xc5d2460186f7233c927e7db2dcc703c0e500b653ca82273b7bfad8045d85a470';
+export const MAX_BLOCK_HISTORY = BigInt(256);
+export const MAX_BLOCK_FUTURE = BigInt(3);
+export const DEFAULT_BLOCK_PARAMETER = 'latest';

src/client/rpc/errors.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import { JSONRPCErrorCode, JSONRPCErrorException } from 'json-rpc-2.0';
+
+export class InternalError extends JSONRPCErrorException {
+  constructor(message: string) {
+    super(message, JSONRPCErrorCode.InternalError);
+  }
+}
+
+export class InvalidParamsError extends JSONRPCErrorException {
+  constructor(message: string) {
+    super(message, JSONRPCErrorCode.InvalidParams);
+  }
+}

src/client/rpc/index.ts

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export { VerifyingProvider } from "./provider.js";

src/client/rpc/provider.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,708 @@
+import _ from "lodash";
+import { Trie } from "@ethereumjs/trie";
+import rlp from "rlp";
+import { Common, Chain } from "@ethereumjs/common";
+import {
+  Address,
+  Account,
+  toType,
+  bufferToHex,
+  toBuffer,
+  TypeOutput,
+  setLengthLeft,
+  KECCAK256_NULL_S,
+} from "@ethereumjs/util";
+import { VM } from "@ethereumjs/vm";
+import { BlockHeader, Block } from "@ethereumjs/block";
+import { Blockchain } from "@ethereumjs/blockchain";
+import { TransactionFactory } from "@ethereumjs/tx";
+import {
+  AddressHex,
+  Bytes32,
+  RPCTx,
+  AccountResponse,
+  CodeResponse,
+  Bytes,
+  BlockNumber as BlockOpt,
+  HexString,
+  JSONRPCReceipt,
+  AccessList,
+  GetProof,
+} from "./types.js";
+import {
+  ZERO_ADDR,
+  MAX_BLOCK_HISTORY,
+  MAX_BLOCK_FUTURE,
+  DEFAULT_BLOCK_PARAMETER,
+} from "./constants.js";
+import { headerDataFromWeb3Response, blockDataFromWeb3Response } from "./utils";
+
+import { keccak256 } from "ethers";
+import { InternalError, InvalidParamsError } from "./errors.js";
+import { RPC } from "./rpc.js";
+
+const bigIntToHex = (n: string | bigint | number): string =>
+  "0x" + BigInt(n).toString(16);
+
+const emptyAccountSerialize = new Account().serialize();
+export class VerifyingProvider {
+  common: Common;
+  vm: VM | null = null;
+  private blockHashes: { [blockNumberHex: string]: Bytes32 } = {};
+  private blockPromises: {
+    [blockNumberHex: string]: { promise: Promise<void>; resolve: () => void };
+  } = {};
+  private blockHeaders: { [blockHash: string]: BlockHeader } = {};
+  private latestBlockNumber: bigint;
+  private _methods: Map<string, Function> = new Map<string, Function>(
+    Object.entries({
+      eth_getBalance: this.getBalance,
+      eth_blockNumber: this.blockNumber,
+      eth_chainId: this.chainId,
+      eth_getCode: this.getCode,
+      eth_getTransactionCount: this.getTransactionCount,
+      eth_call: this.call,
+      eth_estimateGas: this.estimateGas,
+      eth_sendRawTransaction: this.sendRawTransaction,
+      eth_getTransactionReceipt: this.getTransactionReceipt,
+    })
+  );
+
+  constructor(
+    providerURL: string,
+    blockNumber: bigint | number,
+    blockHash: Bytes32,
+    chain: bigint | Chain = Chain.Mainnet
+  ) {
+    this._rpc = new RPC({ URL: providerURL });
+    this.common = new Common({
+      chain,
+    });
+    const _blockNumber = BigInt(blockNumber);
+    this.latestBlockNumber = _blockNumber;
+    this.blockHashes[bigIntToHex(_blockNumber)] = blockHash;
+  }
+
+  private _rpc: RPC;
+
+  get rpc(): RPC {
+    return this._rpc;
+  }
+
+  async update(blockHash: Bytes32, blockNumber: bigint) {
+    const blockNumberHex = bigIntToHex(blockNumber);
+    if (
+      blockNumberHex in this.blockHashes &&
+      this.blockHashes[blockNumberHex] !== blockHash
+    ) {
+      console.log(
+        "Overriding an existing verified blockhash. Possibly the chain had a reorg"
+      );
+    }
+    const latestBlockNumber = this.latestBlockNumber;
+    this.latestBlockNumber = blockNumber;
+    this.blockHashes[blockNumberHex] = blockHash;
+    if (blockNumber > latestBlockNumber) {
+      for (let b = latestBlockNumber + BigInt(1); b <= blockNumber; b++) {
+        const bHex = bigIntToHex(b);
+        if (bHex in this.blockPromises) {
+          this.blockPromises[bHex].resolve();
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    await this.getBlockHeader("latest");
+  }
+
+  public async rpcMethod(method: string, params: any) {
+    if (this._methods.has(method)) {
+      return this._methods.get(method)?.bind(this)(...params);
+    }
+
+    throw new Error("method not found");
+  }
+
+  public rpcMethodSupported(method: string): boolean {
+    return this._methods.has(method);
+  }
+
+  private async getBalance(
+    addressHex: AddressHex,
+    blockOpt: BlockOpt = DEFAULT_BLOCK_PARAMETER
+  ) {
+    const header = await this.getBlockHeader(blockOpt);
+    const address = Address.fromString(addressHex);
+    const { result: proof, success } = await this._rpc.request({
+      method: "eth_getProof",
+      params: [addressHex, [], bigIntToHex(header.number)],
+    });
+    if (!success) {
+      throw new InternalError(`RPC request failed`);
+    }
+    const isAccountCorrect = await this.verifyProof(
+      address,
+      [],
+      header.stateRoot,
+      proof
+    );
+    if (!isAccountCorrect) {
+      throw new InternalError("Invalid account proof provided by the RPC");
+    }
+
+    return bigIntToHex(proof.balance);
+  }
+
+  private async blockNumber(): Promise<HexString> {
+    return bigIntToHex(this.latestBlockNumber);
+  }
+
+  private async chainId(): Promise<HexString> {
+    return bigIntToHex(this.common.chainId());
+  }
+
+  private async getCode(
+    addressHex: AddressHex,
+    blockOpt: BlockOpt = DEFAULT_BLOCK_PARAMETER
+  ): Promise<HexString> {
+    const header = await this.getBlockHeader(blockOpt);
+    const res = await this._rpc.requestBatch([
+      {
+        method: "eth_getProof",
+        params: [addressHex, [], bigIntToHex(header.number)],
+      },
+      {
+        method: "eth_getCode",
+        params: [addressHex, bigIntToHex(header.number)],
+      },
+    ]);
+
+    if (res.some((r) => !r.success)) {
+      throw new InternalError(`RPC request failed`);
+    }
+    const [accountProof, code] = [res[0].result, res[1].result];
+
+    const address = Address.fromString(addressHex);
+    const isAccountCorrect = await this.verifyProof(
+      address,
+      [],
+      header.stateRoot,
+      accountProof
+    );
+    if (!isAccountCorrect) {
+      throw new InternalError(`invalid account proof provided by the RPC`);
+    }
+
+    const isCodeCorrect = await this.verifyCodeHash(
+      code,
+      accountProof.codeHash
+    );
+    if (!isCodeCorrect) {
+      throw new InternalError(
+        `code provided by the RPC doesn't match the account's codeHash`
+      );
+    }
+
+    return code;
+  }
+
+  private async getTransactionCount(
+    addressHex: AddressHex,
+    blockOpt: BlockOpt = DEFAULT_BLOCK_PARAMETER
+  ): Promise<HexString> {
+    const header = await this.getBlockHeader(blockOpt);
+    const address = Address.fromString(addressHex);
+    const { result: proof, success } = await this._rpc.request({
+      method: "eth_getProof",
+      params: [addressHex, [], bigIntToHex(header.number)],
+    });
+    if (!success) {
+      throw new InternalError(`RPC request failed`);
+    }
+
+    const isAccountCorrect = await this.verifyProof(
+      address,
+      [],
+      header.stateRoot,
+      proof
+    );
+    if (!isAccountCorrect) {
+      throw new InternalError(`invalid account proof provided by the RPC`);
+    }
+
+    return bigIntToHex(proof.nonce.toString());
+  }
+
+  private async call(
+    transaction: RPCTx,
+    blockOpt: BlockOpt = DEFAULT_BLOCK_PARAMETER
+  ) {
+    try {
+      this.validateTx(transaction);
+    } catch (e: any) {
+      throw new InvalidParamsError((e as Error).message);
+    }
+
+    const header = await this.getBlockHeader(blockOpt);
+    const vm = await this.getVM(transaction, header);
+    const {
+      from,
+      to,
+      gas: gasLimit,
+      gasPrice,
+      maxPriorityFeePerGas,
+      value,
+      data,
+    } = transaction;
+
+    try {
+      const runCallOpts = {
+        caller: from ? Address.fromString(from) : undefined,
+        to: to ? Address.fromString(to) : undefined,
+        gasLimit: toType(gasLimit, TypeOutput.BigInt),
+        gasPrice: toType(gasPrice || maxPriorityFeePerGas, TypeOutput.BigInt),
+        value: toType(value, TypeOutput.BigInt),
+        data: data ? toBuffer(data) : undefined,
+        block: { header },
+      };
+      const { execResult } = await vm.evm.runCall(runCallOpts);
+
+      return bufferToHex(execResult.returnValue);
+    } catch (error: any) {
+      throw new InternalError(error.message.toString());
+    }
+  }
+
+  private async estimateGas(
+    transaction: RPCTx,
+    blockOpt: BlockOpt = DEFAULT_BLOCK_PARAMETER
+  ) {
+    try {
+      this.validateTx(transaction);
+    } catch (e) {
+      throw new InvalidParamsError((e as Error).message);
+    }
+    const header = await this.getBlockHeader(blockOpt);
+
+    if (transaction.gas == undefined) {
+      // If no gas limit is specified use the last block gas limit as an upper bound.
+      transaction.gas = bigIntToHex(header.gasLimit);
+    }
+
+    const txType = BigInt(
+      transaction.maxFeePerGas || transaction.maxPriorityFeePerGas
+        ? 2
+        : transaction.accessList
+        ? 1
+        : 0
+    );
+    if (txType == BigInt(2)) {
+      transaction.maxFeePerGas =
+        transaction.maxFeePerGas || bigIntToHex(header.baseFeePerGas!);
+    } else {
+      if (
+        transaction.gasPrice == undefined ||
+        BigInt(transaction.gasPrice) === BigInt(0)
+      ) {
+        transaction.gasPrice = bigIntToHex(header.baseFeePerGas!);
+      }
+    }
+
+    const txData = {
+      ...transaction,
+      type: bigIntToHex(txType),
+      gasLimit: transaction.gas,
+    };
+    const tx = TransactionFactory.fromTxData(txData, {
+      common: this.common,
+      freeze: false,
+    });
+
+    const vm = await this.getVM(transaction, header);
+
+    // set from address
+    const from = transaction.from
+      ? Address.fromString(transaction.from)
+      : Address.zero();
+    tx.getSenderAddress = () => {
+      return from;
+    };
+
+    try {
+      const { totalGasSpent } = await vm.runTx({
+        tx,
+        skipNonce: true,
+        skipBalance: true,
+        skipBlockGasLimitValidation: true,
+        block: { header } as any,
+      });
+      return bigIntToHex(totalGasSpent);
+    } catch (error: any) {
+      throw new InternalError(error.message.toString());
+    }
+  }
+
+  private async sendRawTransaction(signedTx: string): Promise<string> {
+    // TODO: brodcast tx directly to the mem pool?
+    const { success } = await this._rpc.request({
+      method: "eth_sendRawTransaction",
+      params: [signedTx],
+    });
+
+    if (!success) {
+      throw new InternalError(`RPC request failed`);
+    }
+
+    const tx = TransactionFactory.fromSerializedData(toBuffer(signedTx), {
+      common: this.common,
+    });
+    return bufferToHex(tx.hash());
+  }
+
+  private async getTransactionReceipt(
+    txHash: Bytes32
+  ): Promise<JSONRPCReceipt | null> {
+    const { result: receipt, success } = await this._rpc.request({
+      method: "eth_getTransactionReceipt",
+      params: [txHash],
+    });
+    if (!(success && receipt)) {
+      return null;
+    }
+    const header = await this.getBlockHeader(receipt.blockNumber);
+    const block = await this.getBlock(header);
+    const index = block.transactions.findIndex(
+      (tx) => bufferToHex(tx.hash()) === txHash.toLowerCase()
+    );
+    if (index === -1) {
+      throw new InternalError("the recipt provided by the RPC is invalid");
+    }
+    const tx = block.transactions[index];
+
+    return {
+      transactionHash: txHash,
+      transactionIndex: bigIntToHex(index),
+      blockHash: bufferToHex(block.hash()),
+      blockNumber: bigIntToHex(block.header.number),
+      from: tx.getSenderAddress().toString(),
+      to: tx.to?.toString() ?? null,
+      cumulativeGasUsed: "0x0",
+      effectiveGasPrice: "0x0",
+      gasUsed: "0x0",
+      contractAddress: null,
+      logs: [],
+      logsBloom: "0x0",
+      status: BigInt(receipt.status) ? "0x1" : "0x0", // unverified!!
+    };
+  }
+
+  private async getVMCopy(): Promise<VM> {
+    if (this.vm === null) {
+      const blockchain = await Blockchain.create({ common: this.common });
+      // path the blockchain to return the correct blockhash
+      (blockchain as any).getBlock = async (blockId: number) => {
+        const _hash = toBuffer(await this.getBlockHash(BigInt(blockId)));
+        return {
+          hash: () => _hash,
+        };
+      };
+      this.vm = await VM.create({ common: this.common, blockchain });
+    }
+    return await this.vm!.copy();
+  }
+
+  private async getVM(tx: RPCTx, header: BlockHeader): Promise<VM> {
+    // forcefully set gasPrice to 0 to avoid not enough balance error
+    const _tx = {
+      to: tx.to,
+      from: tx.from ? tx.from : ZERO_ADDR,
+      data: tx.data,
+      value: tx.value,
+      gasPrice: "0x0",
+      gas: tx.gas ? tx.gas : bigIntToHex(header.gasLimit!),
+    };
+    const { result, success } = await this._rpc.request({
+      method: "eth_createAccessList",
+      params: [_tx, bigIntToHex(header.number)],
+    });
+
+    if (!success) {
+      throw new InternalError(`RPC request failed`);
+    }
+
+    const accessList = result.accessList as AccessList;
+    accessList.push({ address: _tx.from, storageKeys: [] });
+    if (_tx.to && !accessList.some((a) => a.address.toLowerCase() === _tx.to)) {
+      accessList.push({ address: _tx.to, storageKeys: [] });
+    }
+
+    const vm = await this.getVMCopy();
+    await vm.stateManager.checkpoint();
+
+    const requests = accessList
+      .map((access) => {
+        return [
+          {
+            method: "eth_getProof",
+            params: [
+              access.address,
+              access.storageKeys,
+              bigIntToHex(header.number),
+            ],
+          },
+          {
+            method: "eth_getCode",
+            params: [access.address, bigIntToHex(header.number)],
+          },
+        ];
+      })
+      .flat();
+    const rawResponse = await this._rpc.requestBatch(requests);
+    if (rawResponse.some((r: any) => !r.success)) {
+      throw new InternalError(`RPC request failed`);
+    }
+    const responses = _.chunk(
+      rawResponse.map((r: any) => r.result),
+      2
+    ) as [AccountResponse, CodeResponse][];
+
+    for (let i = 0; i < accessList.length; i++) {
+      const { address: addressHex, storageKeys } = accessList[i];
+      const [accountProof, code] = responses[i];
+      const {
+        nonce,
+        balance,
+        codeHash,
+        storageProof: storageAccesses,
+      } = accountProof;
+      const address = Address.fromString(addressHex);
+
+      const isAccountCorrect = await this.verifyProof(
+        address,
+        storageKeys,
+        header.stateRoot,
+        accountProof
+      );
+      if (!isAccountCorrect) {
+        throw new InternalError(`invalid account proof provided by the RPC`);
+      }
+
+      const isCodeCorrect = await this.verifyCodeHash(code, codeHash);
+      if (!isCodeCorrect) {
+        throw new InternalError(
+          `code provided by the RPC doesn't match the account's codeHash`
+        );
+      }
+
+      const account = Account.fromAccountData({
+        nonce: BigInt(nonce),
+        balance: BigInt(balance),
+        codeHash,
+      });
+
+      await vm.stateManager.putAccount(address, account);
+
+      for (let storageAccess of storageAccesses) {
+        await vm.stateManager.putContractStorage(
+          address,
+          setLengthLeft(toBuffer(storageAccess.key), 32),
+          setLengthLeft(toBuffer(storageAccess.value), 32)
+        );
+      }
+
+      if (code !== "0x")
+        await vm.stateManager.putContractCode(address, toBuffer(code));
+    }
+    await vm.stateManager.commit();
+    return vm;
+  }
+  private async getBlockHeader(blockOpt: BlockOpt): Promise<BlockHeader> {
+    const blockNumber = this.getBlockNumberByBlockOpt(blockOpt);
+    await this.waitForBlockNumber(blockNumber);
+    const blockHash = await this.getBlockHash(blockNumber);
+    return this.getBlockHeaderByHash(blockHash);
+  }
+  private getBlockNumberByBlockOpt(blockOpt: BlockOpt): bigint {
+    // TODO: add support for blockOpts below
+    if (
+      typeof blockOpt === "string" &&
+      ["pending", "earliest", "finalized", "safe"].includes(blockOpt)
+    ) {
+      throw new InvalidParamsError(`"pending" is not yet supported`);
+    } else if (blockOpt === "latest") {
+      return this.latestBlockNumber;
+    } else {
+      const blockNumber = BigInt(blockOpt as any);
+      if (blockNumber > this.latestBlockNumber + MAX_BLOCK_FUTURE) {
+        throw new InvalidParamsError("specified block is too far in future");
+      } else if (blockNumber + MAX_BLOCK_HISTORY < this.latestBlockNumber) {
+        throw new InvalidParamsError(
+          `specified block cannot older that ${MAX_BLOCK_HISTORY}`
+        );
+      }
+      return blockNumber;
+    }
+  }
+  private async waitForBlockNumber(blockNumber: bigint) {
+    if (blockNumber <= this.latestBlockNumber) return;
+    console.log(`waiting for blockNumber ${blockNumber}`);
+    const blockNumberHex = bigIntToHex(blockNumber);
+    if (!(blockNumberHex in this.blockPromises)) {
+      let r: () => void = () => {};
+      const p = new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+        r = resolve;
+      });
+      this.blockPromises[blockNumberHex] = {
+        promise: p,
+        resolve: r,
+      };
+    }
+    return this.blockPromises[blockNumberHex].promise;
+  }
+
+  private async getBlockHeaderByHash(blockHash: Bytes32) {
+    if (!this.blockHeaders[blockHash]) {
+      const { result: blockInfo, success } = await this._rpc.request({
+        method: "eth_getBlockByHash",
+        params: [blockHash, true],
+      });
+
+      if (!success) {
+        throw new InternalError(`RPC request failed`);
+      }
+
+      const headerData = headerDataFromWeb3Response(blockInfo);
+      const header = BlockHeader.fromHeaderData(headerData);
+
+      if (!header.hash().equals(toBuffer(blockHash))) {
+        throw new InternalError(
+          `blockhash doesn't match the blockInfo provided by the RPC`
+        );
+      }
+      this.blockHeaders[blockHash] = header;
+    }
+    return this.blockHeaders[blockHash];
+  }
+
+  private async verifyProof(
+    address: Address,
+    storageKeys: Bytes32[],
+    stateRoot: Buffer,
+    proof: GetProof
+  ): Promise<boolean> {
+    const trie = new Trie();
+    const key = keccak256(address.toString());
+    const expectedAccountRLP = await trie.verifyProof(
+      stateRoot,
+      toBuffer(key),
+      proof.accountProof.map((a) => toBuffer(a))
+    );
+    const account = Account.fromAccountData({
+      nonce: BigInt(proof.nonce),
+      balance: BigInt(proof.balance),
+      storageRoot: proof.storageHash,
+      codeHash: proof.codeHash,
+    });
+    const isAccountValid = account
+      .serialize()
+      .equals(expectedAccountRLP ? expectedAccountRLP : emptyAccountSerialize);
+    if (!isAccountValid) return false;
+
+    for (let i = 0; i < storageKeys.length; i++) {
+      const sp = proof.storageProof[i];
+      const key = keccak256(
+        bufferToHex(setLengthLeft(toBuffer(storageKeys[i]), 32))
+      );
+      const expectedStorageRLP = await trie.verifyProof(
+        toBuffer(proof.storageHash),
+        toBuffer(key),
+        sp.proof.map((a) => toBuffer(a))
+      );
+      const isStorageValid =
+        (!expectedStorageRLP && sp.value === "0x0") ||
+        (!!expectedStorageRLP &&
+          expectedStorageRLP.equals(Buffer.from(rlp.encode(sp.value))));
+      if (!isStorageValid) return false;
+    }
+
+    return true;
+  }
+  private verifyCodeHash(code: Bytes, codeHash: Bytes32): boolean {
+    return (
+      (code === "0x" && codeHash === "0x" + KECCAK256_NULL_S) ||
+      keccak256(code) === codeHash
+    );
+  }
+
+  private validateTx(tx: RPCTx) {
+    if (tx.gasPrice !== undefined && tx.maxFeePerGas !== undefined) {
+      throw new Error("Cannot send both gasPrice and maxFeePerGas params");
+    }
+
+    if (tx.gasPrice !== undefined && tx.maxPriorityFeePerGas !== undefined) {
+      throw new Error("Cannot send both gasPrice and maxPriorityFeePerGas");
+    }
+
+    if (
+      tx.maxFeePerGas !== undefined &&
+      tx.maxPriorityFeePerGas !== undefined &&
+      BigInt(tx.maxPriorityFeePerGas) > BigInt(tx.maxFeePerGas)
+    ) {
+      throw new Error(
+        `maxPriorityFeePerGas (${tx.maxPriorityFeePerGas.toString()}) is bigger than maxFeePerGas (${tx.maxFeePerGas.toString()})`
+      );
+    }
+  }
+  private async getBlock(header: BlockHeader) {
+    const { result: blockInfo, success } = await this._rpc.request({
+      method: "eth_getBlockByNumber",
+      params: [bigIntToHex(header.number), true],
+    });
+
+    if (!success) {
+      throw new InternalError(`RPC request failed`);
+    }
+    // TODO: add support for uncle headers; First fetch all the uncles
+    // add it to the blockData, verify the uncles and use it
+    const blockData = blockDataFromWeb3Response(blockInfo);
+    const block = Block.fromBlockData(blockData, { common: this.common });
+
+    if (!block.header.hash().equals(header.hash())) {
+      throw new InternalError(
+        `BN(${header.number}): blockhash doest match the blockData provided by the RPC`
+      );
+    }
+
+    if (!(await block.validateTransactionsTrie())) {
+      throw new InternalError(
+        `transactionTree doesn't match the transactions provided by the RPC`
+      );
+    }
+
+    return block;
+  }
+
+  private async getBlockHash(blockNumber: bigint) {
+    if (blockNumber > this.latestBlockNumber)
+      throw new Error("cannot return blockhash for a blocknumber in future");
+    // TODO: fetch the blockHeader is batched request
+    let lastVerifiedBlockNumber = this.latestBlockNumber;
+    while (lastVerifiedBlockNumber > blockNumber) {
+      const hash = this.blockHashes[bigIntToHex(lastVerifiedBlockNumber)];
+      const header = await this.getBlockHeaderByHash(hash);
+      lastVerifiedBlockNumber--;
+      const parentBlockHash = bufferToHex(header.parentHash);
+      const parentBlockNumberHex = bigIntToHex(lastVerifiedBlockNumber);
+      if (
+        parentBlockNumberHex in this.blockHashes &&
+        this.blockHashes[parentBlockNumberHex] !== parentBlockHash
+      ) {
+        console.log(
+          "Overriding an existing verified blockhash. Possibly the chain had a reorg"
+        );
+      }
+      this.blockHashes[parentBlockNumberHex] = parentBlockHash;
+    }
+
+    return this.blockHashes[bigIntToHex(blockNumber)];
+  }
+}

src/client/rpc/rpc.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+import NodeCache from "node-cache";
+import { PluginAPI } from "@lumeweb/interface-relay";
+import stringify from "json-stringify-deterministic";
+
+export type RPCRequest = {
+  method: string;
+  params: any[];
+};
+
+export type RPCRequestRaw = RPCRequest & {
+  jsonrpc: string;
+  id: string;
+};
+
+export type RPCResponse = {
+  success: boolean;
+  result: any;
+};
+
+export type ProviderConfig = {
+  URL: string;
+  unsupportedMethods?: string[];
+  supportBatchRequests?: boolean;
+  batchSize?: number;
+};
+
+export class RPC {
+  get cache(): NodeCache {
+    return this._cache;
+  }
+  private provider: ProviderConfig;
+  private _cache = new NodeCache({ stdTTL: 60 * 60 * 12 });
+
+  constructor(provider: ProviderConfig) {
+    this.provider = provider;
+  }
+
+  private _pluginApi?: PluginAPI;
+
+  set pluginApi(value: PluginAPI) {
+    this._pluginApi = value;
+  }
+
+  async request(request: RPCRequest) {
+    if (this.provider.unsupportedMethods?.includes(request.method)) {
+      throw new Error("method not supported by the provider");
+    }
+    return await this._retryRequest(request);
+  }
+
+  async requestBatch(requests: RPCRequest[]) {
+    if (
+      this.provider?.unsupportedMethods &&
+      requests.some((r) => this.provider.unsupportedMethods!.includes(r.method))
+    ) {
+      throw new Error("method not supported by the provider");
+    }
+
+    const res = [];
+    for (const request of requests) {
+      const r = await this._retryRequest(request);
+      res.push(r);
+    }
+    return res;
+  }
+
+  protected async _request(request: RPCRequestRaw): Promise<RPCResponse> {
+    try {
+      const response = await (
+        await fetch(this.provider.URL, {
+          method: "POST",
+          body: JSON.stringify(request),
+        })
+      ).json();
+
+      if (response.result) {
+        const tempRequest = {
+          method: request.method,
+          params: request.params,
+        };
+        const hash = this._pluginApi.util.crypto
+          .createHash(stringify(tempRequest))
+          .toString("hex");
+        this._cache.set(hash, response);
+      }
+      return {
+        success: !response.error,
+        result: response.error || response.result,
+      };
+    } catch (e) {
+      return {
+        success: false,
+        result: { message: `request failed: ${e}` },
+      };
+    }
+  }
+
+  private async _retryRequest(
+    _request: RPCRequest,
+    retry = 5
+  ): Promise<RPCResponse> {
+    const request = {
+      ..._request,
+      jsonrpc: "2.0",
+      id: this.generateId(),
+    };
+
+    for (let i = retry; i > 0; i--) {
+      const res = await this._request(request);
+      if (res.success) {
+        return res;
+      } else if (i == 1) {
+        console.error(
+          `RPC batch request failed after maximum retries: ${JSON.stringify(
+            request,
+            null,
+            2
+          )} ${JSON.stringify(res, null, 2)}`
+        );
+      }
+    }
+    throw new Error("RPC request failed");
+  }
+
+  private generateId(): string {
+    return Math.floor(Math.random() * 2 ** 64).toFixed();
+  }
+
+  public getCachedRequest(request: RPCRequest): RPCResponse | null {
+    const hash = this.hashRequest(request);
+
+    if (this.cache.has(hash)) {
+      this.cache.ttl(hash);
+      return this.cache.get(hash);
+    }
+
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  private hashRequest(request: RPCRequest): string {
+    const tempRequest = {
+      method: request.method,
+      params: request.params,
+    };
+
+    return this._pluginApi.util.crypto
+      .createHash(stringify(tempRequest))
+      .toString("hex");
+  }
+}

src/client/rpc/types.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+import type { GetProof } from "web3-eth";
+import type { BlockNumber } from "web3-core";
+import type { Method } from "web3-core-method";
+import type { JsonTx } from "@ethereumjs/tx";
+export type { GetProof, BlockNumber, Method };
+
+export type Bytes = string;
+export type Bytes32 = string;
+export type AddressHex = string;
+export type ChainId = number;
+export type HexString = string;
+
+// Some of the types below are taken from:
+// https://github.com/ethereumjs/ethereumjs-monorepo/blob/master/packages/client/lib/rpc/modules/eth.ts
+
+export type AccessList = { address: AddressHex; storageKeys: Bytes32[] }[];
+
+export interface RPCTx {
+  from?: string;
+  to?: string;
+  gas?: string;
+  gasPrice?: string;
+  maxFeePerGas?: string;
+  maxPriorityFeePerGas?: string;
+  accessList?: AccessList;
+  value?: string;
+  data?: string;
+}
+
+export type AccountResponse = GetProof;
+export type CodeResponse = string;
+
+export type JSONRPCReceipt = {
+  transactionHash: string; // DATA, 32 Bytes - hash of the transaction.
+  transactionIndex: string; // QUANTITY - integer of the transactions index position in the block.
+  blockHash: string; // DATA, 32 Bytes - hash of the block where this transaction was in.
+  blockNumber: string; // QUANTITY - block number where this transaction was in.
+  from: string; // DATA, 20 Bytes - address of the sender.
+  to: string | null; // DATA, 20 Bytes - address of the receiver. null when it's a contract creation transaction.
+  cumulativeGasUsed: string; // QUANTITY  - The total amount of gas used when this transaction was executed in the block.
+  effectiveGasPrice: string; // QUANTITY - The final gas price per gas paid by the sender in wei.
+  gasUsed: string; // QUANTITY - The amount of gas used by this specific transaction alone.
+  contractAddress: string | null; // DATA, 20 Bytes - The contract address created, if the transaction was a contract creation, otherwise null.
+  logs: JSONRPCLog[]; // Array - Array of log objects, which this transaction generated.
+  logsBloom: string; // DATA, 256 Bytes - Bloom filter for light clients to quickly retrieve related logs.
+  // It also returns either:
+  root?: string; // DATA, 32 bytes of post-transaction stateroot (pre Byzantium)
+  status?: string; // QUANTITY, either 1 (success) or 0 (failure)
+};
+
+export type JSONRPCLog = {
+  removed: boolean; // TAG - true when the log was removed, due to a chain reorganization. false if it's a valid log.
+  logIndex: string | null; // QUANTITY - integer of the log index position in the block. null when it's pending.
+  transactionIndex: string | null; // QUANTITY - integer of the transactions index position log was created from. null when it's pending.
+  transactionHash: string | null; // DATA, 32 Bytes - hash of the transactions this log was created from. null when it's pending.
+  blockHash: string | null; // DATA, 32 Bytes - hash of the block where this log was in. null when it's pending.
+  blockNumber: string | null; // QUANTITY - the block number where this log was in. null when it's pending.
+  address: string; // DATA, 20 Bytes - address from which this log originated.
+  data: string; // DATA - contains one or more 32 Bytes non-indexed arguments of the log.
+  topics: string[]; // Array of DATA - Array of 0 to 4 32 Bytes DATA of indexed log arguments.
+  // (In solidity: The first topic is the hash of the signature of the event
+  // (e.g. Deposit(address,bytes32,uint256)), except you declared the event with the anonymous specifier.)
+};

src/client/rpc/utils.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+import {
+  setLengthLeft,
+  toBuffer,
+  bigIntToHex,
+  bufferToHex,
+  intToHex,
+} from "@ethereumjs/util";
+import { HeaderData, BlockData, Block } from "@ethereumjs/block";
+import {
+  TxData,
+  AccessListEIP2930TxData,
+  FeeMarketEIP1559TxData,
+  TypedTransaction,
+} from "@ethereumjs/tx";
+
+const isTruthy = (val: any) => !!val;
+
+// TODO: fix blockInfo type
+export function headerDataFromWeb3Response(blockInfo: any): HeaderData {
+  return {
+    parentHash: blockInfo.parentHash,
+    uncleHash: blockInfo.sha3Uncles,
+    coinbase: blockInfo.miner,
+    stateRoot: blockInfo.stateRoot,
+    transactionsTrie: blockInfo.transactionsRoot,
+    receiptTrie: blockInfo.receiptsRoot,
+    logsBloom: blockInfo.logsBloom,
+    difficulty: BigInt(blockInfo.difficulty),
+    number: BigInt(blockInfo.number),
+    gasLimit: BigInt(blockInfo.gasLimit),
+    gasUsed: BigInt(blockInfo.gasUsed),
+    timestamp: BigInt(blockInfo.timestamp),
+    extraData: blockInfo.extraData,
+    mixHash: (blockInfo as any).mixHash, // some reason the types are not up to date :(
+    nonce: blockInfo.nonce,
+    baseFeePerGas: blockInfo.baseFeePerGas
+      ? BigInt(blockInfo.baseFeePerGas)
+      : undefined,
+  };
+}
+
+export function txDataFromWeb3Response(
+  txInfo: any
+): TxData | AccessListEIP2930TxData | FeeMarketEIP1559TxData {
+  return {
+    ...txInfo,
+    data: txInfo.input,
+    gasPrice: BigInt(txInfo.gasPrice),
+    gasLimit: txInfo.gas,
+    to: isTruthy(txInfo.to)
+      ? setLengthLeft(toBuffer(txInfo.to), 20)
+      : undefined,
+    value: BigInt(txInfo.value),
+    maxFeePerGas: isTruthy(txInfo.maxFeePerGas)
+      ? BigInt(txInfo.maxFeePerGas)
+      : undefined,
+    maxPriorityFeePerGas: isTruthy(txInfo.maxPriorityFeePerGas)
+      ? BigInt(txInfo.maxPriorityFeePerGas)
+      : undefined,
+  };
+}
+
+export function blockDataFromWeb3Response(blockInfo: any): BlockData {
+  return {
+    header: headerDataFromWeb3Response(blockInfo),
+    transactions: blockInfo.transactions.map(txDataFromWeb3Response),
+  };
+}

src/client/rpc/validation.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+import { InvalidParamsError } from './errors';
+
+// Most of the validations are taken from:
+// https://github.com/ethereumjs/ethereumjs-monorepo/blob/master/packages/client/lib/rpc/validation.ts
+
+/**
+ * @memberof module:rpc
+ */
+export const validators = {
+  /**
+   * address validator to ensure has `0x` prefix and 20 bytes length
+   * @param params parameters of method
+   * @param index index of parameter
+   */
+  address(params: any[], index: number) {
+    this.hex(params, index);
+
+    const address = params[index].substr(2);
+
+    if (!/^[0-9a-fA-F]+$/.test(address) || address.length !== 40) {
+      throw new InvalidParamsError(
+        `invalid argument ${index}: invalid address`,
+      );
+    }
+  },
+
+  /**
+   * hex validator to ensure has `0x` prefix
+   * @param params parameters of method
+   * @param index index of parameter
+   */
+  hex(params: any[], index: number) {
+    if (typeof params[index] !== 'string') {
+      throw new InvalidParamsError(
+        `invalid argument ${index}: argument must be a hex string`,
+      );
+    }
+
+    if (params[index].substr(0, 2) !== '0x') {
+      throw new InvalidParamsError(
+        `invalid argument ${index}: hex string without 0x prefix`,
+      );
+    }
+  },
+
+  /**
+   * hex validator to validate block hash
+   * @param params parameters of method
+   * @param index index of parameter
+   */
+  blockHash(params: any[], index: number) {
+    this.hex(params, index);
+
+    const blockHash = params[index].substring(2);
+
+    if (!/^[0-9a-fA-F]+$/.test(blockHash) || blockHash.length !== 64) {
+      throw new InvalidParamsError(
+        `invalid argument ${index}: invalid block hash`,
+      );
+    }
+  },
+  /**
+   * validator to ensure valid block integer or hash, or string option ["latest", "earliest", "pending"]
+   * @param params parameters of method
+   * @param index index of parameter
+   */
+  blockOption(params: any[], index: number) {
+    const blockOption = params[index];
+
+    if (typeof blockOption !== 'string') {
+      throw new InvalidParamsError(
+        `invalid argument ${index}: argument must be a string`,
+      );
+    }
+
+    try {
+      if (['latest', 'earliest', 'pending'].includes(blockOption)) {
+        return;
+      }
+      return this.hex([blockOption], 0);
+    } catch (e) {
+      throw new InvalidParamsError(
+        `invalid argument ${index}: block option must be a valid hex block number, or "latest", "earliest" or "pending"`,
+      );
+    }
+  },
+
+  /**
+   * bool validator to check if type is boolean
+   * @param params parameters of method
+   * @param index index of parameter
+   */
+  bool(params: any[], index: number) {
+    if (typeof params[index] !== 'boolean') {
+      throw new InvalidParamsError(
+        `invalid argument ${index}: argument is not boolean`,
+      );
+    }
+  },
+
+  /**
+   * params length validator
+   * @param params parameters of method
+   * @requiredParamsLength required length of parameters
+   */
+  paramsLength(
+    params: any[],
+    requiredParamsCount: number,
+    maxParamsCount: number = requiredParamsCount,
+  ) {
+    if (params.length < requiredParamsCount || params.length > maxParamsCount) {
+      throw new InvalidParamsError(
+        `missing value for required argument ${params.length}`,
+      );
+    }
+  },
+
+  transaction(params: any[], index: number) {
+    const tx = params[index];
+
+    if (typeof tx !== 'object') {
+      throw new InvalidParamsError(
+        `invalid argument ${index}: argument must be an object`,
+      );
+    }
+
+    // validate addresses
+    for (const field of [tx.to, tx.from]) {
+      // TODO: the below will create an error with incorrect index if the tx is not at index 0
+      if (field !== undefined) this.address([field], 0);
+    }
+
+    // validate hex
+    for (const field of [tx.gas, tx.gasPrice, tx.value, tx.data]) {
+      // TODO: the below will create an error with incorrect index if the tx is not at index 0
+      if (field !== undefined) this.hex([field], 0);
+    }
+  },
+};

src/index.ts

@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 import type { Plugin, PluginAPI } from "@lumeweb/interface-relay";
 import fetch, { Request, RequestInit } from "node-fetch";
 import NodeCache from "node-cache";
-import stringify from "json-stringify-deterministic";
 import { Client, Prover } from "./client/index.js";
 import { MemoryStore } from "./client/memory-store.js";
+import { computeSyncPeriodAtSlot } from "@lodestar/light-client/utils";
+import { toHexString } from "@chainsafe/ssz";
+import { DEFAULT_BATCH_SIZE } from "./client/constants.js";
+import { handleGETRequest } from "./client/utils.js";
 
 const EXECUTION_RPC_URL =
   "https://g.w.lavanet.xyz:443/gateway/eth/rpc-http/f195d68175eb091ec1f71d00f8952b85";
@@ -76,8 +79,10 @@ const plugin: Plugin = {
   async plugin(api: PluginAPI): Promise<void> {
     const prover = new Prover(CONSENSUS_RPC_URL);
     const store = new MemoryStore();
-    client = new Client(prover, store, CONSENSUS_RPC_URL);
+    client = new Client(prover, store, CONSENSUS_RPC_URL, EXECUTION_RPC_URL);
     await client.sync();
+    client.provider.rpc.pluginApi = api;
+    const provider = client.provider;
 
     api.registerMethod("consensus_committee_hashes", {
       cacheable: false,
@@ -160,32 +165,21 @@ const plugin: Plugin = {
     api.registerMethod("execution_request", {
       cacheable: false,
       async handler(request: ExecutionRequest): Promise<object> {
-        const tempRequest = {
+        const cache = provider.rpc.getCachedRequest(request);
-          method: request.method,
-          ...request.params,
-        };
-        const hash = api.util.crypto
-          .createHash(stringify(tempRequest))
-          .toString("hex");
 
-        if (RPC_CACHE.has(hash)) {
+        if (cache) {
-          RPC_CACHE.ttl(hash);
+          return cache;
-          return RPC_CACHE.get(hash);
         }
 
-        try {
+        if (provider.rpcMethodSupported(request.method)) {
-          let resp = await doFetch(EXECUTION_RPC_URL, {
+          await provider.rpcMethod(request.method, request.params);
-            method: "POST",
+        } else {
-            body: JSON.stringify(request),
+          await provider.rpc.request(request);
-          });
-          if (resp && resp.result) {
-            RPC_CACHE.set(hash, resp);
-          }
-
-          return resp;
-        } catch (e) {
-          return e;
         }
+        let ret = provider.rpc.getCachedRequest(request);
+
+        // @ts-ignore
+        return { ...ret, id: request.id ?? ret.id };
       },
     });
 
@@ -211,12 +205,30 @@ const plugin: Plugin = {
 
         const block = request?.block;
 
-        if (BigInt(block) > BigInt(client.latestPeriod)) {
+        if (
+          BigInt(block) > BigInt(client.latestPeriod) ||
+          !client.blockHashCache.has(request.block)
+        ) {
           await client.sync();
         }
 
-        if (!client.blockHashCache.has(request.block)) {
+        if (
-          throw new Error("block not found");
+          !client.blockHashCache.has(request.block) &&
+          !client.blockCache.has(request.block)
+        ) {
+          let state;
+          try {
+            const period = computeSyncPeriodAtSlot(request.block);
+            state = await prover.getSyncUpdate(
+              period,
+              period,
+              DEFAULT_BATCH_SIZE
+            );
+            await client.getExecutionFromBlockRoot(
+              request.block as any,
+              toHexString(state.attestedHeader.beacon.bodyRoot)
+            );
+          } catch {}
         }
 
         if (client.blockCache.has(request.block)) {
@@ -225,12 +237,12 @@ const plugin: Plugin = {
           return client.blockCache.get(request.block);
         }
 
-        await client.getExecutionFromBlockRoot(
+        const ret = await handleGETRequest(
-          request.block as any,
+          `${CONSENSUS_RPC_URL}/eth/v2/beacon/blocks/${request.block}`
-          client.blockHashCache.get(request.block)
         );
+        client.blockCache.set(request.block, ret);
 
-        return client.blockCache.get(request.block);
+        return ret;
       },
     });
   },