@aztec/world-state 0.0.1-commit.b655e406 → 0.0.1-commit.d1f2d6c

package/src/native/native_world_state.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import { MAX_NOTE_HASHES_PER_TX, MAX_NULLIFIERS_PER_TX, NUMBER_OF_L1_L2_MESSAGES_PER_ROLLUP } from '@aztec/constants';
+import { BlockNumber } from '@aztec/foundation/branded-types';
 import { fromEntries, padArrayEnd } from '@aztec/foundation/collection';
+import { Fr } from '@aztec/foundation/curves/bn254';
 import { EthAddress } from '@aztec/foundation/eth-address';
-import { Fr } from '@aztec/foundation/fields';
 import { tryRmDir } from '@aztec/foundation/fs';
 import { type Logger, createLogger } from '@aztec/foundation/log';
 import type { L2Block } from '@aztec/stdlib/block';
@@ -150,7 +151,7 @@ export class NativeWorldStateService implements MerkleTreeDatabase {
     return new MerkleTreesFacade(this.instance, this.initialHeader!, WorldStateRevision.empty());
   }
 
-  public getSnapshot(blockNumber: number): MerkleTreeReadOperations {
+  public getSnapshot(blockNumber: BlockNumber): MerkleTreeReadOperations {
     return new MerkleTreesFacade(
       this.instance,
       this.initialHeader!,
@@ -158,16 +159,24 @@ export class NativeWorldStateService implements MerkleTreeDatabase {
     );
   }
 
-  public async fork(blockNumber?: number): Promise<MerkleTreeWriteOperations> {
+  public async fork(
+    blockNumber?: BlockNumber,
+    opts: { closeDelayMs?: number } = {},
+  ): Promise<MerkleTreeWriteOperations> {
     const resp = await this.instance.call(WorldStateMessageType.CREATE_FORK, {
       latest: blockNumber === undefined,
-      blockNumber: blockNumber ?? 0,
+      blockNumber: blockNumber ?? BlockNumber.ZERO,
       canonical: true,
     });
     return new MerkleTreesForkFacade(
       this.instance,
       this.initialHeader!,
-      new WorldStateRevision(/*forkId=*/ resp.forkId, /* blockNumber=*/ 0, /* includeUncommitted=*/ true),
+      new WorldStateRevision(
+        /*forkId=*/ resp.forkId,
+        /* blockNumber=*/ BlockNumber.ZERO,
+        /* includeUncommitted=*/ true,
+      ),
+      opts,
     );
   }
 
@@ -175,21 +184,24 @@ export class NativeWorldStateService implements MerkleTreeDatabase {
     return this.initialHeader!;
   }
 
-  public async handleL2BlockAndMessages(
-    l2Block: L2Block,
-    l1ToL2Messages: Fr[],
-    // TODO(#17027)
-    // Temporary hack to only insert l1 to l2 messages for the first block in a checkpoint.
-    isFirstBlock = true,
-  ): Promise<WorldStateStatusFull> {
-    // We have to pad both the values within tx effects because that's how the trees are built by circuits.
-    const paddedNoteHashes = l2Block.body.txEffects.flatMap(txEffect =>
-      padArrayEnd(txEffect.noteHashes, Fr.ZERO, MAX_NOTE_HASHES_PER_TX),
-    );
+  public async handleL2BlockAndMessages(l2Block: L2Block, l1ToL2Messages: Fr[]): Promise<WorldStateStatusFull> {
+    const isFirstBlock = l2Block.indexWithinCheckpoint === 0;
+    if (!isFirstBlock && l1ToL2Messages.length > 0) {
+      throw new Error(
+        `L1 to L2 messages must be empty for non-first blocks, but got ${l1ToL2Messages.length} messages for block ${l2Block.number}.`,
+      );
+    }
+
+    // We have to pad the given l1 to l2 messages, and the note hashes and nullifiers within tx effects, because that's
+    // how the trees are built by circuits.
     const paddedL1ToL2Messages = isFirstBlock
       ? padArrayEnd<Fr, number>(l1ToL2Messages, Fr.ZERO, NUMBER_OF_L1_L2_MESSAGES_PER_ROLLUP)
       : [];
 
+    const paddedNoteHashes = l2Block.body.txEffects.flatMap(txEffect =>
+      padArrayEnd(txEffect.noteHashes, Fr.ZERO, MAX_NOTE_HASHES_PER_TX),
+    );
+
     const paddedNullifiers = l2Block.body.txEffects
       .flatMap(txEffect => padArrayEnd(txEffect.nullifiers, Fr.ZERO, MAX_NULLIFIERS_PER_TX))
       .map(nullifier => new NullifierLeaf(nullifier));
@@ -208,7 +220,7 @@ export class NativeWorldStateService implements MerkleTreeDatabase {
         WorldStateMessageType.SYNC_BLOCK,
         {
           blockNumber: l2Block.number,
-          blockHeaderHash: await l2Block.getBlockHeader().hash(),
+          blockHeaderHash: await l2Block.hash(),
           paddedL1ToL2Messages: paddedL1ToL2Messages.map(serializeLeaf),
           paddedNoteHashes: paddedNoteHashes.map(serializeLeaf),
           paddedNullifiers: paddedNullifiers.map(serializeLeaf),
@@ -256,7 +268,7 @@ export class NativeWorldStateService implements MerkleTreeDatabase {
    * @param toBlockNumber The block number that is now the tip of the finalized chain
    * @returns The new WorldStateStatus
    */
-  public async setFinalized(toBlockNumber: bigint) {
+  public async setFinalized(toBlockNumber: BlockNumber) {
     try {
       await this.instance.call(
         WorldStateMessageType.FINALIZE_BLOCKS,
@@ -279,7 +291,7 @@ export class NativeWorldStateService implements MerkleTreeDatabase {
    * @param toBlockNumber The block number of the new oldest historical block
    * @returns The new WorldStateStatus
    */
-  public async removeHistoricalBlocks(toBlockNumber: bigint) {
+  public async removeHistoricalBlocks(toBlockNumber: BlockNumber) {
     try {
       return await this.instance.call(
         WorldStateMessageType.REMOVE_HISTORICAL_BLOCKS,
@@ -301,7 +313,7 @@ export class NativeWorldStateService implements MerkleTreeDatabase {
    * @param toBlockNumber The block number of the new tip of the pending chain,
    * @returns The new WorldStateStatus
    */
-  public async unwindBlocks(toBlockNumber: bigint) {
+  public async unwindBlocks(toBlockNumber: BlockNumber) {
     try {
       return await this.instance.call(
         WorldStateMessageType.UNWIND_BLOCKS,

package/src/native/native_world_state_instance.ts

@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ export interface NativeWorldStateInstance {
     messageType: T,
     body: WorldStateRequest[T] & WorldStateRequestCategories,
   ): Promise<WorldStateResponse[T]>;
+  // TODO(dbanks12): this returns any type, but we should strongly type it
+  getHandle(): any;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -107,6 +109,32 @@ export class NativeWorldState implements NativeWorldStateInstance {
     );
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Gets the native WorldState handle from the underlying native instance.
+   * We call the getHandle() method on the native WorldState to get a NAPI External
+   * that wraps the underlying C++ WorldState pointer.
+   * @returns The NAPI External handle to the native WorldState instance,since
+   * the NAPI external type is opaque, we return any (we could also use an opaque symbol type)
+   */
+  public getHandle(): any {
+    const worldStateWrapper = (this.instance as any).dest;
+
+    if (!worldStateWrapper) {
+      throw new Error('No WorldStateWrapper found');
+    }
+
+    if (typeof worldStateWrapper.getHandle !== 'function') {
+      throw new Error('WorldStateWrapper does not have getHandle method');
+    }
+
+    // Call getHandle() to get the NAPI External
+    try {
+      return worldStateWrapper.getHandle();
+    } catch (error) {
+      this.log.error('Failed to get native WorldState handle', error);
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
    * Sends a message to the native instance and returns the response.
    * @param messageType - The type of message to send

package/src/synchronizer/config.ts

@@ -1,18 +1,10 @@
-import {
-  type ConfigMappingsType,
-  booleanConfigHelper,
-  getConfigFromMappings,
-  numberConfigHelper,
-} from '@aztec/foundation/config';
+import { type ConfigMappingsType, getConfigFromMappings, numberConfigHelper } from '@aztec/foundation/config';
 
 /** World State synchronizer configuration values. */
 export interface WorldStateConfig {
   /** The frequency in which to check. */
   worldStateBlockCheckIntervalMS: number;
 
-  /** Whether to follow only the proven chain. */
-  worldStateProvenBlocksOnly: boolean;
-
   /** Size of the batch for each get-blocks request from the synchronizer to the archiver. */
   worldStateBlockRequestBatchSize?: number;
 
@@ -48,11 +40,6 @@ export const worldStateConfigMappings: ConfigMappingsType<WorldStateConfig> = {
     defaultValue: 100,
     description: 'The frequency in which to check.',
   },
-  worldStateProvenBlocksOnly: {
-    env: 'WS_PROVEN_BLOCKS_ONLY',
-    description: 'Whether to follow only the proven chain.',
-    ...booleanConfigHelper(),
-  },
   worldStateBlockRequestBatchSize: {
     env: 'WS_BLOCK_REQUEST_BATCH_SIZE',
     parseEnv: (val: string | undefined) => (val ? +val : undefined),

package/src/synchronizer/server_world_state_synchronizer.ts

@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
-import { L1_TO_L2_MSG_SUBTREE_HEIGHT } from '@aztec/constants';
-import { SHA256Trunc } from '@aztec/foundation/crypto';
-import type { Fr } from '@aztec/foundation/fields';
+import { GENESIS_BLOCK_HEADER_HASH, INITIAL_L2_BLOCK_NUM, INITIAL_L2_CHECKPOINT_NUM } from '@aztec/constants';
+import { BlockNumber } from '@aztec/foundation/branded-types';
+import type { Fr } from '@aztec/foundation/curves/bn254';
 import { type Logger, createLogger } from '@aztec/foundation/log';
 import { promiseWithResolvers } from '@aztec/foundation/promise';
 import { elapsed } from '@aztec/foundation/timer';
-import { MerkleTreeCalculator } from '@aztec/foundation/trees';
-import type {
-  L2Block,
-  L2BlockId,
-  L2BlockSource,
+import {
+  GENESIS_CHECKPOINT_HEADER_HASH,
+  type L2Block,
+  type L2BlockId,
+  type L2BlockSource,
   L2BlockStream,
-  L2BlockStreamEvent,
-  L2BlockStreamEventHandler,
-  L2BlockStreamLocalDataProvider,
-  L2Tips,
+  type L2BlockStreamEvent,
+  type L2BlockStreamEventHandler,
+  type L2BlockStreamLocalDataProvider,
+  type L2Tips,
 } from '@aztec/stdlib/block';
 import {
   WorldStateRunningState,
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import type { L1ToL2MessageSource } from '@aztec/stdlib/messaging';
 import type { SnapshotDataKeys } from '@aztec/stdlib/snapshots';
 import type { L2BlockHandledStats } from '@aztec/stdlib/stats';
 import { MerkleTreeId, type MerkleTreeReadOperations, type MerkleTreeWriteOperations } from '@aztec/stdlib/trees';
-import { TraceableL2BlockStream, getTelemetryClient } from '@aztec/telemetry-client';
+import { getTelemetryClient } from '@aztec/telemetry-client';
 
 import { WorldStateInstrumentation } from '../instrumentation/instrumentation.js';
 import type { WorldStateStatusFull } from '../native/message.js';
@@ -45,17 +45,16 @@ export class ServerWorldStateSynchronizer
 {
   private readonly merkleTreeCommitted: MerkleTreeReadOperations;
 
-  private latestBlockNumberAtStart = 0;
+  private latestBlockNumberAtStart = BlockNumber.ZERO;
   private historyToKeep: number | undefined;
   private currentState: WorldStateRunningState = WorldStateRunningState.IDLE;
-  private latestBlockHashQuery: { blockNumber: number; hash: string | undefined } | undefined = undefined;
 
   private syncPromise = promiseWithResolvers<void>();
   protected blockStream: L2BlockStream | undefined;
 
   // WorldState doesn't track the proven block number, it only tracks the latest tips of the pending chain and the finalized chain
   // store the proven block number here, in the synchronizer, so that we don't end up spamming the logs with 'chain-proved' events
-  private provenBlockNumber: bigint | undefined;
+  private provenBlockNumber: BlockNumber | undefined;
 
   constructor(
     private readonly merkleTreeDb: MerkleTreeAdminDatabase,
@@ -77,12 +76,12 @@ export class ServerWorldStateSynchronizer
     return this.merkleTreeDb.getCommitted();
   }
 
-  public getSnapshot(blockNumber: number): MerkleTreeReadOperations {
+  public getSnapshot(blockNumber: BlockNumber): MerkleTreeReadOperations {
     return this.merkleTreeDb.getSnapshot(blockNumber);
   }
 
-  public fork(blockNumber?: number): Promise<MerkleTreeWriteOperations> {
-    return this.merkleTreeDb.fork(blockNumber);
+  public fork(blockNumber?: BlockNumber, opts?: { closeDelayMs?: number }): Promise<MerkleTreeWriteOperations> {
+    return this.merkleTreeDb.fork(blockNumber, opts);
   }
 
   public backupTo(dstPath: string, compact?: boolean): Promise<Record<Exclude<SnapshotDataKeys, 'archiver'>, string>> {
@@ -102,9 +101,7 @@ export class ServerWorldStateSynchronizer
     }
 
     // Get the current latest block number
-    this.latestBlockNumberAtStart = await (this.config.worldStateProvenBlocksOnly
-      ? this.l2BlockSource.getProvenBlockNumber()
-      : this.l2BlockSource.getBlockNumber());
+    this.latestBlockNumberAtStart = BlockNumber(await this.l2BlockSource.getBlockNumber());
 
     const blockToDownloadFrom = (await this.getLatestBlockNumber()) + 1;
 
@@ -126,12 +123,11 @@ export class ServerWorldStateSynchronizer
   }
 
   protected createBlockStream(): L2BlockStream {
-    const tracer = this.instrumentation.telemetry.getTracer('WorldStateL2BlockStream');
     const logger = createLogger('world-state:block_stream');
-    return new TraceableL2BlockStream(this.l2BlockSource, this, this, tracer, 'WorldStateL2BlockStream', logger, {
-      proven: this.config.worldStateProvenBlocksOnly,
+    return new L2BlockStream(this.l2BlockSource, this, this, logger, {
       pollIntervalMS: this.config.worldStateBlockCheckIntervalMS,
       batchSize: this.config.worldStateBlockRequestBatchSize,
+      ignoreCheckpoints: true,
     });
   }
 
@@ -147,10 +143,10 @@ export class ServerWorldStateSynchronizer
   public async status(): Promise<WorldStateSynchronizerStatus> {
     const summary = await this.merkleTreeDb.getStatusSummary();
     const status: WorldStateSyncStatus = {
-      latestBlockNumber: Number(summary.unfinalizedBlockNumber),
-      latestBlockHash: (await this.getL2BlockHash(Number(summary.unfinalizedBlockNumber))) ?? '',
-      finalizedBlockNumber: Number(summary.finalizedBlockNumber),
-      oldestHistoricBlockNumber: Number(summary.oldestHistoricalBlock),
+      latestBlockNumber: summary.unfinalizedBlockNumber,
+      latestBlockHash: (await this.getL2BlockHash(summary.unfinalizedBlockNumber)) ?? '',
+      finalizedBlockNumber: summary.finalizedBlockNumber,
+      oldestHistoricBlockNumber: summary.oldestHistoricalBlock,
       treesAreSynched: summary.treesAreSynched,
     };
     return {
@@ -160,7 +156,7 @@ export class ServerWorldStateSynchronizer
   }
 
   public async getLatestBlockNumber() {
-    return (await this.getL2Tips()).latest.number;
+    return (await this.getL2Tips()).proposed.number;
   }
 
   public async stopSync() {
@@ -184,7 +180,10 @@ export class ServerWorldStateSynchronizer
    * @param skipThrowIfTargetNotReached - Whether to skip throwing if the target block number is not reached.
    * @returns A promise that resolves with the block number the world state was synced to
    */
-  public async syncImmediate(targetBlockNumber?: number, skipThrowIfTargetNotReached?: boolean): Promise<number> {
+  public async syncImmediate(
+    targetBlockNumber?: BlockNumber,
+    skipThrowIfTargetNotReached?: boolean,
+  ): Promise<BlockNumber> {
     if (this.currentState !== WorldStateRunningState.RUNNING) {
       throw new Error(`World State is not running. Unable to perform sync.`);
     }
@@ -202,7 +201,7 @@ export class ServerWorldStateSynchronizer
 
     // If the archiver is behind the target block, force an archiver sync
     if (targetBlockNumber) {
-      const archiverLatestBlock = await this.l2BlockSource.getBlockNumber();
+      const archiverLatestBlock = BlockNumber(await this.l2BlockSource.getBlockNumber());
       if (archiverLatestBlock < targetBlockNumber) {
         this.log.debug(`Archiver is at ${archiverLatestBlock} behind target block ${targetBlockNumber}.`);
         await this.l2BlockSource.syncImmediate();
@@ -232,31 +231,48 @@ export class ServerWorldStateSynchronizer
   }
 
   /** Returns the L2 block hash for a given number. Used by the L2BlockStream for detecting reorgs. */
-  public async getL2BlockHash(number: number): Promise<string | undefined> {
-    if (number === 0) {
+  public async getL2BlockHash(number: BlockNumber): Promise<string | undefined> {
+    if (number === BlockNumber.ZERO) {
       return (await this.merkleTreeCommitted.getInitialHeader().hash()).toString();
     }
-    if (this.latestBlockHashQuery?.hash === undefined || number !== this.latestBlockHashQuery.blockNumber) {
-      this.latestBlockHashQuery = {
-        hash: await this.merkleTreeCommitted
-          .getLeafValue(MerkleTreeId.ARCHIVE, BigInt(number))
-          .then(leaf => leaf?.toString()),
-        blockNumber: number,
-      };
-    }
-    return this.latestBlockHashQuery.hash;
+    return this.merkleTreeCommitted.getLeafValue(MerkleTreeId.ARCHIVE, BigInt(number)).then(leaf => leaf?.toString());
   }
 
   /** Returns the latest L2 block number for each tip of the chain (latest, proven, finalized). */
   public async getL2Tips(): Promise<L2Tips> {
     const status = await this.merkleTreeDb.getStatusSummary();
-    const unfinalizedBlockHash = await this.getL2BlockHash(Number(status.unfinalizedBlockNumber));
-    const latestBlockId: L2BlockId = { number: Number(status.unfinalizedBlockNumber), hash: unfinalizedBlockHash! };
-
+    const unfinalizedBlockHashPromise = this.getL2BlockHash(status.unfinalizedBlockNumber);
+    const finalizedBlockHashPromise = this.getL2BlockHash(status.finalizedBlockNumber);
+
+    const provenBlockNumber = this.provenBlockNumber ?? status.finalizedBlockNumber;
+    const provenBlockHashPromise =
+      this.provenBlockNumber === undefined ? finalizedBlockHashPromise : this.getL2BlockHash(this.provenBlockNumber);
+
+    const [unfinalizedBlockHash, finalizedBlockHash, provenBlockHash] = await Promise.all([
+      unfinalizedBlockHashPromise,
+      finalizedBlockHashPromise,
+      provenBlockHashPromise,
+    ]);
+    const latestBlockId: L2BlockId = { number: status.unfinalizedBlockNumber, hash: unfinalizedBlockHash! };
+
+    // World state doesn't track checkpointed blocks or checkpoints themselves.
+    // but we use a block stream so we need to provide 'local' L2Tips.
+    // We configure the block stream to ignore checkpoints and set checkpoint values to genesis here.
+    const genesisCheckpointHeaderHash = GENESIS_CHECKPOINT_HEADER_HASH.toString();
     return {
-      latest: latestBlockId,
-      finalized: { number: Number(status.finalizedBlockNumber), hash: '' },
-      proven: { number: Number(this.provenBlockNumber ?? status.finalizedBlockNumber), hash: '' }, // TODO(palla/reorg): Using finalized as proven for now
+      proposed: latestBlockId,
+      checkpointed: {
+        block: { number: INITIAL_L2_BLOCK_NUM, hash: GENESIS_BLOCK_HEADER_HASH.toString() },
+        checkpoint: { number: INITIAL_L2_CHECKPOINT_NUM, hash: genesisCheckpointHeaderHash },
+      },
+      finalized: {
+        block: { number: status.finalizedBlockNumber, hash: finalizedBlockHash ?? '' },
+        checkpoint: { number: INITIAL_L2_CHECKPOINT_NUM, hash: genesisCheckpointHeaderHash },
+      },
+      proven: {
+        block: { number: provenBlockNumber, hash: provenBlockHash ?? '' },
+        checkpoint: { number: INITIAL_L2_CHECKPOINT_NUM, hash: genesisCheckpointHeaderHash },
+      },
     };
   }
 
@@ -264,7 +280,7 @@ export class ServerWorldStateSynchronizer
   public async handleBlockStreamEvent(event: L2BlockStreamEvent): Promise<void> {
     switch (event.type) {
       case 'blocks-added':
-        await this.handleL2Blocks(event.blocks.map(b => b.block));
+        await this.handleL2Blocks(event.blocks);
         break;
       case 'chain-pruned':
         await this.handleChainPruned(event.block.number);
@@ -286,19 +302,29 @@ export class ServerWorldStateSynchronizer
   private async handleL2Blocks(l2Blocks: L2Block[]) {
     this.log.trace(`Handling L2 blocks ${l2Blocks[0].number} to ${l2Blocks.at(-1)!.number}`);
 
-    const messagePromises = l2Blocks.map(block => this.l2BlockSource.getL1ToL2Messages(block.number));
-    const l1ToL2Messages: Fr[][] = await Promise.all(messagePromises);
-    let updateStatus: WorldStateStatusFull | undefined = undefined;
+    // Fetch the L1->L2 messages for the first block in a checkpoint.
+    const messagesForBlocks = new Map<BlockNumber, Fr[]>();
+    await Promise.all(
+      l2Blocks
+        .filter(b => b.indexWithinCheckpoint === 0)
+        .map(async block => {
+          const l1ToL2Messages = await this.l2BlockSource.getL1ToL2Messages(block.checkpointNumber);
+          messagesForBlocks.set(block.number, l1ToL2Messages);
+        }),
+    );
 
-    for (let i = 0; i < l2Blocks.length; i++) {
-      const [duration, result] = await elapsed(() => this.handleL2Block(l2Blocks[i], l1ToL2Messages[i]));
-      this.log.info(`World state updated with L2 block ${l2Blocks[i].number}`, {
+    let updateStatus: WorldStateStatusFull | undefined = undefined;
+    for (const block of l2Blocks) {
+      const [duration, result] = await elapsed(() =>
+        this.handleL2Block(block, messagesForBlocks.get(block.number) ?? []),
+      );
+      this.log.info(`World state updated with L2 block ${block.number}`, {
         eventName: 'l2-block-handled',
         duration,
-        unfinalizedBlockNumber: result.summary.unfinalizedBlockNumber,
-        finalizedBlockNumber: result.summary.finalizedBlockNumber,
-        oldestHistoricBlock: result.summary.oldestHistoricalBlock,
-        ...l2Blocks[i].getStats(),
+        unfinalizedBlockNumber: BigInt(result.summary.unfinalizedBlockNumber),
+        finalizedBlockNumber: BigInt(result.summary.finalizedBlockNumber),
+        oldestHistoricBlock: BigInt(result.summary.oldestHistoricalBlock),
+        ...block.getStats(),
       } satisfies L2BlockHandledStats);
       updateStatus = result;
     }
@@ -315,13 +341,6 @@ export class ServerWorldStateSynchronizer
    * @returns Whether the block handled was produced by this same node.
    */
   private async handleL2Block(l2Block: L2Block, l1ToL2Messages: Fr[]): Promise<WorldStateStatusFull> {
-    // First we check that the L1 to L2 messages hash to the block inHash.
-    // Note that we cannot optimize this check by checking the root of the subtree after inserting the messages
-    // to the real L1_TO_L2_MESSAGE_TREE (like we do in merkleTreeDb.handleL2BlockAndMessages(...)) because that
-    // tree uses pedersen and we don't have access to the converted root.
-    await this.verifyMessagesHashToInHash(l1ToL2Messages, l2Block.header.contentCommitment.inHash);
-
-    // If the above check succeeds, we can proceed to handle the block.
     this.log.trace(`Pushing L2 block ${l2Block.number} to merkle tree db `, {
       blockNumber: l2Block.number,
       blockHash: await l2Block.hash().then(h => h.toString()),
@@ -337,31 +356,30 @@ export class ServerWorldStateSynchronizer
     return result;
   }
 
-  private async handleChainFinalized(blockNumber: number) {
+  private async handleChainFinalized(blockNumber: BlockNumber) {
     this.log.verbose(`Finalized chain is now at block ${blockNumber}`);
-    const summary = await this.merkleTreeDb.setFinalized(BigInt(blockNumber));
+    const summary = await this.merkleTreeDb.setFinalized(blockNumber);
     if (this.historyToKeep === undefined) {
       return;
     }
-    const newHistoricBlock = summary.finalizedBlockNumber - BigInt(this.historyToKeep) + 1n;
+    const newHistoricBlock = summary.finalizedBlockNumber - this.historyToKeep + 1;
     if (newHistoricBlock <= 1) {
       return;
     }
     this.log.verbose(`Pruning historic blocks to ${newHistoricBlock}`);
-    const status = await this.merkleTreeDb.removeHistoricalBlocks(newHistoricBlock);
+    const status = await this.merkleTreeDb.removeHistoricalBlocks(BlockNumber(newHistoricBlock));
     this.log.debug(`World state summary `, status.summary);
   }
 
-  private handleChainProven(blockNumber: number) {
-    this.provenBlockNumber = BigInt(blockNumber);
+  private handleChainProven(blockNumber: BlockNumber) {
+    this.provenBlockNumber = blockNumber;
     this.log.debug(`Proven chain is now at block ${blockNumber}`);
     return Promise.resolve();
   }
 
-  private async handleChainPruned(blockNumber: number) {
+  private async handleChainPruned(blockNumber: BlockNumber) {
     this.log.warn(`Chain pruned to block ${blockNumber}`);
-    const status = await this.merkleTreeDb.unwindBlocks(BigInt(blockNumber));
-    this.latestBlockHashQuery = undefined;
+    const status = await this.merkleTreeDb.unwindBlocks(blockNumber);
     this.provenBlockNumber = undefined;
     this.instrumentation.updateWorldStateMetrics(status);
   }
@@ -374,24 +392,4 @@ export class ServerWorldStateSynchronizer
     this.currentState = newState;
     this.log.debug(`Moved to state ${WorldStateRunningState[this.currentState]}`);
   }
-
-  /**
-   * Verifies that the L1 to L2 messages hash to the block inHash.
-   * @param l1ToL2Messages - The L1 to L2 messages for the block.
-   * @param inHash - The inHash of the block.
-   * @throws If the L1 to L2 messages do not hash to the block inHash.
-   */
-  protected async verifyMessagesHashToInHash(l1ToL2Messages: Fr[], inHash: Fr) {
-    const treeCalculator = await MerkleTreeCalculator.create(
-      L1_TO_L2_MSG_SUBTREE_HEIGHT,
-      Buffer.alloc(32),
-      (lhs, rhs) => Promise.resolve(new SHA256Trunc().hash(lhs, rhs)),
-    );
-
-    const root = await treeCalculator.computeTreeRoot(l1ToL2Messages.map(msg => msg.toBuffer()));
-
-    if (!root.equals(inHash.toBuffer())) {
-      throw new Error('Obtained L1 to L2 messages failed to be hashed to the block inHash');
-    }
-  }
 }