From b3024e8fe6d7615d813d5a803f874aacfd3b3474 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marius van der Wijden <m.vanderwijden@live.de>
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2023 19:32:34 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] eth: ignore genesis block on importChain (#27956)

---
 eth/api_admin.go | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/eth/api_admin.go b/eth/api_admin.go
index 88d8f5a14d..4a3ccb84e8 100644
--- a/eth/api_admin.go
+++ b/eth/api_admin.go
@@ -118,6 +118,10 @@ func (api *AdminAPI) ImportChain(file string) (bool, error) {
 			} else if err != nil {
 				return false, fmt.Errorf("block %d: failed to parse: %v", index, err)
 			}
+			// ignore the genesis block when importing blocks
+			if block.NumberU64() == 0 {
+				continue
+			}
 			blocks = append(blocks, block)
 			index++
 		}