@lodestar/beacon-node 1.36.0-dev.793f92c091 → 1.36.0-dev.88fbac9fcf

package/src/network/metadata.ts

@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ export class MetadataController {
    * 2. Network MUST call this method on fork transition.
    *    Current Clock implementation ensures no race conditions, epoch is correct if re-fetched
    */
-  updateEth2Field(epoch: Epoch): void {
+  updateEth2Field(epoch: Epoch): phase0.ENRForkID {
     const config = this.networkConfig.config;
     const enrForkId = getENRForkID(config, epoch);
     const {forkDigest, nextForkVersion, nextForkEpoch} = enrForkId;
@@ -143,6 +143,8 @@ export class MetadataController {
         : ssz.ForkDigest.defaultValue();
     this.onSetValue(ENRKey.nfd, nextForkDigest);
     this.logger.debug("Updated nfd field in ENR", {nextForkDigest: toHex(nextForkDigest)});
+
+    return enrForkId;
   }
 }
 

package/src/network/network.ts

@@ -236,6 +236,7 @@ export class Network implements INetwork {
     this.chain.emitter.off(routes.events.EventType.lightClientOptimisticUpdate, this.onLightClientOptimisticUpdate);
     this.chain.emitter.off(ChainEvent.updateTargetCustodyGroupCount, this.onTargetGroupCountUpdated);
     this.chain.emitter.off(ChainEvent.publishDataColumns, this.onPublishDataColumns);
+    this.chain.emitter.off(ChainEvent.publishBlobSidecars, this.onPublishBlobSidecars);
     this.chain.emitter.off(ChainEvent.updateStatus, this.onUpdateStatus);
     await this.core.close();
 

package/src/network/options.ts

@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ export interface NetworkOptions
   useWorker?: boolean;
   maxYoungGenerationSizeMb?: number;
   disableLightClientServer?: boolean;
-  supernode?: boolean;
 
   /**
    * During E2E tests observe a lot of following `missing stream`:

package/src/network/processor/gossipHandlers.ts

@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import {
   BlockError,
   BlockErrorCode,
   BlockGossipError,
+  DataColumnSidecarErrorCode,
   DataColumnSidecarGossipError,
   GossipAction,
   GossipActionError,
@@ -304,7 +305,11 @@ function getSequentialHandlers(modules: ValidatorFnsModules, options: GossipHand
           ...blockInput.getLogMeta(),
           index: dataColumnSidecar.index,
         });
-        return blockInput;
+        throw new DataColumnSidecarGossipError(GossipAction.IGNORE, {
+          code: DataColumnSidecarErrorCode.ALREADY_KNOWN,
+          columnIdx: dataColumnSidecar.index,
+          slot,
+        });
       }
     }
 
@@ -556,6 +561,16 @@ function getSequentialHandlers(modules: ValidatorFnsModules, options: GossipHand
           metrics?.dataColumns.elapsedTimeTillReceived.observe({receivedOrder: receivedColumns}, delaySec);
           break;
       }
+
+      if (!blockInput.hasAllData()) {
+        // immediately attempt fetch of data columns from execution engine
+        chain.getBlobsTracker.triggerGetBlobs(blockInput);
+        // if we've received at least half of the columns, trigger reconstruction of the rest
+        if (blockInput.columnCount >= NUMBER_OF_COLUMNS / 2) {
+          chain.columnReconstructionTracker.triggerColumnReconstruction(blockInput);
+        }
+      }
+
       if (!blockInput.hasBlockAndAllData()) {
         const cutoffTimeMs = getCutoffTimeMs(chain, dataColumnSlot, BLOCK_AVAILABILITY_CUTOFF_MS);
         chain.logger.debug("Received gossip data column, waiting for full data availability", {
@@ -578,12 +593,6 @@ function getSequentialHandlers(modules: ValidatorFnsModules, options: GossipHand
             source: BlockInputSource.gossip,
           });
         });
-        // immediately attempt fetch of data columns from execution engine
-        chain.getBlobsTracker.triggerGetBlobs(blockInput);
-        // if we've received at least half of the columns, trigger reconstruction of the rest
-        if (blockInput.columnCount >= NUMBER_OF_COLUMNS / 2) {
-          chain.columnReconstructionTracker.triggerColumnReconstruction(blockInput);
-        }
       }
     },
 

package/src/network/reqresp/handlers/beaconBlocksByRange.ts

@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ export async function* onBeaconBlocksByRange(
 
   const finalized = db.blockArchive;
   const unfinalized = db.block;
-  const finalizedSlot = chain.forkChoice.getFinalizedBlock().slot;
+  // in the case of initializing from a non-finalized state, we don't have the finalized block so this api does not work
+  // chain.forkChoice.getFinalizeBlock().slot
+  const finalizedSlot = chain.forkChoice.getFinalizedCheckpointSlot();
 
   // Finalized range of blocks
   if (startSlot <= finalizedSlot) {

package/src/network/reqresp/handlers/blobSidecarsByRange.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import {ChainConfig} from "@lodestar/config";
-import {BLOBSIDECAR_FIXED_SIZE, GENESIS_SLOT} from "@lodestar/params";
+import {BLOB_SIDECAR_FIXED_SIZE, GENESIS_SLOT} from "@lodestar/params";
 import {RespStatus, ResponseError, ResponseOutgoing} from "@lodestar/reqresp";
 import {computeEpochAtSlot} from "@lodestar/state-transition";
 import {Slot, deneb} from "@lodestar/types";
@@ -71,17 +71,17 @@ export function* iterateBlobBytesFromWrapper(
   blockSlot: Slot
 ): Iterable<ResponseOutgoing> {
   const allBlobSideCarsBytes = blobSideCarsBytesWrapped.slice(BLOB_SIDECARS_IN_WRAPPER_INDEX);
-  const blobsLen = allBlobSideCarsBytes.length / BLOBSIDECAR_FIXED_SIZE;
+  const blobsLen = allBlobSideCarsBytes.length / BLOB_SIDECAR_FIXED_SIZE;
 
   for (let index = 0; index < blobsLen; index++) {
     const blobSideCarBytes = allBlobSideCarsBytes.slice(
-      index * BLOBSIDECAR_FIXED_SIZE,
-      (index + 1) * BLOBSIDECAR_FIXED_SIZE
+      index * BLOB_SIDECAR_FIXED_SIZE,
+      (index + 1) * BLOB_SIDECAR_FIXED_SIZE
     );
-    if (blobSideCarBytes.length !== BLOBSIDECAR_FIXED_SIZE) {
+    if (blobSideCarBytes.length !== BLOB_SIDECAR_FIXED_SIZE) {
       throw new ResponseError(
         RespStatus.SERVER_ERROR,
-        `Invalid blobSidecar index=${index} bytes length=${blobSideCarBytes.length} expected=${BLOBSIDECAR_FIXED_SIZE} for slot ${blockSlot} blobsLen=${blobsLen}`
+        `Invalid blobSidecar index=${index} bytes length=${blobSideCarBytes.length} expected=${BLOB_SIDECAR_FIXED_SIZE} for slot ${blockSlot} blobsLen=${blobsLen}`
       );
     }
     yield {

package/src/network/reqresp/handlers/blobSidecarsByRoot.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import {BLOBSIDECAR_FIXED_SIZE} from "@lodestar/params";
+import {BLOB_SIDECAR_FIXED_SIZE} from "@lodestar/params";
 import {RespStatus, ResponseError, ResponseOutgoing} from "@lodestar/reqresp";
 import {computeEpochAtSlot} from "@lodestar/state-transition";
 import {RootHex} from "@lodestar/types";
@@ -45,12 +45,12 @@ export async function* onBlobSidecarsByRoot(
     }
 
     const blobSidecarBytes = lastFetchedSideCars.bytes.slice(
-      index * BLOBSIDECAR_FIXED_SIZE,
-      (index + 1) * BLOBSIDECAR_FIXED_SIZE
+      index * BLOB_SIDECAR_FIXED_SIZE,
+      (index + 1) * BLOB_SIDECAR_FIXED_SIZE
     );
-    if (blobSidecarBytes.length !== BLOBSIDECAR_FIXED_SIZE) {
+    if (blobSidecarBytes.length !== BLOB_SIDECAR_FIXED_SIZE) {
       throw Error(
-        `Inconsistent state, blobSidecar blockRoot=${blockRootHex} index=${index} blobSidecarBytes=${blobSidecarBytes.length} expected=${BLOBSIDECAR_FIXED_SIZE}`
+        `Inconsistent state, blobSidecar blockRoot=${blockRootHex} index=${index} blobSidecarBytes=${blobSidecarBytes.length} expected=${BLOB_SIDECAR_FIXED_SIZE}`
       );
     }
 

package/src/network/subnets/attnetsService.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import {BeaconConfig, ForkBoundary} from "@lodestar/config";
-import {ATTESTATION_SUBNET_COUNT, EPOCHS_PER_RANDOM_SUBNET_SUBSCRIPTION, SLOTS_PER_EPOCH} from "@lodestar/params";
+import {ATTESTATION_SUBNET_COUNT, SLOTS_PER_EPOCH} from "@lodestar/params";
 import {computeEpochAtSlot} from "@lodestar/state-transition";
 import {Epoch, Slot, SubnetID, ssz} from "@lodestar/types";
 import {Logger, MapDef} from "@lodestar/utils";
@@ -92,8 +92,8 @@ export class AttnetsService implements IAttnetsService {
     const shortLivedSubnets = this.committeeSubnets.getActiveTtl(this.clock.currentSlot);
 
     const longLivedSubscriptionsToSlot =
-      (Math.floor(this.clock.currentEpoch / EPOCHS_PER_RANDOM_SUBNET_SUBSCRIPTION) + 1) *
-      EPOCHS_PER_RANDOM_SUBNET_SUBSCRIPTION *
+      (Math.floor(this.clock.currentEpoch / this.config.EPOCHS_PER_SUBNET_SUBSCRIPTION) + 1) *
+      this.config.EPOCHS_PER_SUBNET_SUBSCRIPTION *
       SLOTS_PER_EPOCH;
     const longLivedSubnets = Array.from(this.longLivedSubscriptions).map((subnet) => ({
       subnet,
@@ -234,11 +234,11 @@ export class AttnetsService implements IAttnetsService {
 
   /**
    * Run per epoch, clean-up operations that are not urgent
-   * Subscribe to new random subnets every EPOCHS_PER_RANDOM_SUBNET_SUBSCRIPTION epochs
+   * Subscribe to new random subnets every EPOCHS_PER_SUBNET_SUBSCRIPTION epochs
    */
   private onEpoch = (epoch: Epoch): void => {
     try {
-      if (epoch % EPOCHS_PER_RANDOM_SUBNET_SUBSCRIPTION === 0) {
+      if (epoch % this.config.EPOCHS_PER_SUBNET_SUBSCRIPTION === 0) {
         this.recomputeLongLivedSubnets();
       }
     } catch (e) {
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ export class AttnetsService implements IAttnetsService {
     }
 
     const oldSubnets = this.longLivedSubscriptions;
-    const newSubnets = computeSubscribedSubnet(this.nodeId, this.clock.currentEpoch);
+    const newSubnets = computeSubscribedSubnet(this.config, this.nodeId, this.clock.currentEpoch);
     this.logger.verbose("Recomputing long-lived subscriptions", {
       epoch: this.clock.currentEpoch,
       oldSubnets: Array.from(oldSubnets).join(","),

package/src/network/subnets/util.ts

@@ -1,11 +1,6 @@
 import {digest} from "@chainsafe/as-sha256";
-import {
-  ATTESTATION_SUBNET_COUNT,
-  ATTESTATION_SUBNET_PREFIX_BITS,
-  EPOCHS_PER_SUBNET_SUBSCRIPTION,
-  NODE_ID_BITS,
-  SUBNETS_PER_NODE,
-} from "@lodestar/params";
+import {ChainConfig} from "@lodestar/config";
+import {ATTESTATION_SUBNET_COUNT, ATTESTATION_SUBNET_PREFIX_BITS, NODE_ID_BITS} from "@lodestar/params";
 import {computeShuffledIndex} from "@lodestar/state-transition";
 import {Epoch, ssz} from "@lodestar/types";
 import {NodeId} from "./interface.js";
@@ -13,10 +8,10 @@ import {NodeId} from "./interface.js";
 /**
  * Spec https://github.com/ethereum/consensus-specs/blob/v1.4.0-alpha.3/specs/phase0/p2p-interface.md
  */
-export function computeSubscribedSubnet(nodeId: NodeId, epoch: Epoch): number[] {
+export function computeSubscribedSubnet(config: ChainConfig, nodeId: NodeId, epoch: Epoch): number[] {
   const subnets: number[] = [];
-  for (let index = 0; index < SUBNETS_PER_NODE; index++) {
-    subnets.push(computeSubscribedSubnetByIndex(nodeId, epoch, index));
+  for (let index = 0; index < config.SUBNETS_PER_NODE; index++) {
+    subnets.push(computeSubscribedSubnetByIndex(config, nodeId, epoch, index));
   }
   return subnets;
 }
@@ -24,11 +19,16 @@ export function computeSubscribedSubnet(nodeId: NodeId, epoch: Epoch): number[]
 /**
  * Spec https://github.com/ethereum/consensus-specs/blob/v1.4.0-alpha.3/specs/phase0/p2p-interface.md
  */
-export function computeSubscribedSubnetByIndex(nodeId: NodeId, epoch: Epoch, index: number): number {
+export function computeSubscribedSubnetByIndex(
+  config: ChainConfig,
+  nodeId: NodeId,
+  epoch: Epoch,
+  index: number
+): number {
   const nodeIdPrefix = getNodeIdPrefix(nodeId);
   const nodeOffset = getNodeOffset(nodeId);
   const permutationSeed = digest(
-    ssz.UintNum64.serialize(Math.floor((epoch + nodeOffset) / EPOCHS_PER_SUBNET_SUBSCRIPTION))
+    ssz.UintNum64.serialize(Math.floor((epoch + nodeOffset) / config.EPOCHS_PER_SUBNET_SUBSCRIPTION))
   );
   const permutatedPrefix = computeShuffledIndex(nodeIdPrefix, 1 << ATTESTATION_SUBNET_PREFIX_BITS, permutationSeed);
   return (permutatedPrefix + index) % ATTESTATION_SUBNET_COUNT;

package/src/node/nodejs.ts

@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ export type BeaconNodeInitModules = {
   dataDir: string;
   peerStoreDir?: string;
   anchorState: BeaconStateAllForks;
+  isAnchorStateFinalized: boolean;
   wsCheckpoint?: phase0.Checkpoint;
   metricsRegistries?: Registry[];
 };
@@ -154,6 +155,7 @@ export class BeaconNode {
     dataDir,
     peerStoreDir,
     anchorState,
+    isAnchorStateFinalized,
     wsCheckpoint,
     metricsRegistries = [],
   }: BeaconNodeInitModules): Promise<T> {
@@ -217,6 +219,7 @@ export class BeaconNode {
       metrics,
       validatorMonitor,
       anchorState,
+      isAnchorStateFinalized,
       eth1: initializeEth1ForBlockProduction(opts.eth1, {
         config,
         db,

package/src/sync/range/range.ts

@@ -114,13 +114,14 @@ export class RangeSync extends (EventEmitter as {new (): RangeSyncEmitter}) {
    */
   addPeer(peerId: PeerIdStr, localStatus: Status, peerStatus: Status): void {
     // Compute if we should do a Finalized or Head sync with this peer
-    const {syncType, startEpoch, target} = getRangeSyncTarget(localStatus, peerStatus, this.chain.forkChoice);
+    const {syncType, startEpoch, target} = getRangeSyncTarget(localStatus, peerStatus, this.chain);
     this.logger.debug("Sync peer joined", {
       peer: peerId,
       syncType,
       startEpoch,
       targetSlot: target.slot,
       targetRoot: toRootHex(target.root),
+      localHeadSlot: localStatus.headSlot,
       earliestAvailableSlot: (peerStatus as fulu.Status).earliestAvailableSlot ?? Infinity,
     });
 

package/src/sync/utils/remoteSyncType.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import {IForkChoice} from "@lodestar/fork-choice";
 import {computeEpochAtSlot, computeStartSlotAtEpoch} from "@lodestar/state-transition";
 import {Slot, Status} from "@lodestar/types";
+import {IBeaconChain} from "../../chain/interface.ts";
 import {ChainTarget} from "../range/utils/index.js";
 
 /** The type of peer relative to our current state */
@@ -103,8 +104,11 @@ export function getRangeSyncType(local: Status, remote: Status, forkChoice: IFor
 export function getRangeSyncTarget(
   local: Status,
   remote: Status,
-  forkChoice: IForkChoice
+  chain: IBeaconChain
 ): {syncType: RangeSyncType; startEpoch: Slot; target: ChainTarget} {
+  const forkChoice = chain.forkChoice;
+
+  // finalized sync
   if (remote.finalizedEpoch > local.finalizedEpoch && !forkChoice.hasBlock(remote.finalizedRoot)) {
     return {
       // If  RangeSyncType.Finalized, the range of blocks fetchable from startEpoch and target must allow to switch
@@ -131,11 +135,26 @@ export function getRangeSyncTarget(
       },
     };
   }
+
+  // we don't want to sync from epoch < minEpoch
+  // if we boot from an unfinalized checkpoint state, we don't want to sync before anchorStateLatestBlockSlot
+  // if we boot from a finalized checkpoint state, anchorStateLatestBlockSlot is trusted and we also don't want to sync before it
+  const minEpoch = Math.max(remote.finalizedEpoch, computeEpochAtSlot(chain.anchorStateLatestBlockSlot));
+
+  // head sync
   return {
     syncType: RangeSyncType.Head,
-    // The new peer has the same finalized (earlier filters should prevent a peer with an
-    // earlier finalized chain from reaching here).
-    startEpoch: Math.min(computeEpochAtSlot(local.headSlot), remote.finalizedEpoch),
+    // The new peer has the same finalized `remote.finalizedEpoch == local.finalizedEpoch` since
+    // previous filters should prevent a peer with an earlier finalized chain from reaching here.
+    //
+    // By default and during stable network conditions, the head sync always starts from
+    // the finalized epoch (even though it's the head sync) because finalized epoch is < local head.
+    // This is to prevent the issue noted here https://github.com/ChainSafe/lodestar/pull/7509#discussion_r1984353063.
+    //
+    // During non-finality of the network, when starting from an unfinalized checkpoint state, we don't want
+    // to sync before anchorStateLatestBlockSlot as finalized epoch is too far away. Local head will also be
+    // the same to that value at startup, the head sync always starts from anchorStateLatestBlockSlot in this case.
+    startEpoch: Math.min(computeEpochAtSlot(local.headSlot), minEpoch),
     target: {
       slot: remote.headSlot,
       root: remote.headRoot,

package/src/util/clock.ts

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import {ChainForkConfig} from "@lodestar/config";
 import {computeEpochAtSlot, computeTimeAtSlot, getCurrentSlot} from "@lodestar/state-transition";
 import type {Epoch, Slot} from "@lodestar/types";
 import {ErrorAborted} from "@lodestar/utils";
-import {MAXIMUM_GOSSIP_CLOCK_DISPARITY} from "../constants/constants.js";
 
 export enum ClockEvent {
   /**
@@ -101,7 +100,7 @@ export class Clock extends EventEmitter implements IClock {
   get currentSlotWithGossipDisparity(): Slot {
     const currentSlot = this.currentSlot;
     const nextSlotTime = computeTimeAtSlot(this.config, currentSlot + 1, this.genesisTime) * 1000;
-    return nextSlotTime - Date.now() < MAXIMUM_GOSSIP_CLOCK_DISPARITY ? currentSlot + 1 : currentSlot;
+    return nextSlotTime - Date.now() < this.config.MAXIMUM_GOSSIP_CLOCK_DISPARITY ? currentSlot + 1 : currentSlot;
   }
 
   get currentEpoch(): Epoch {
@@ -130,12 +129,12 @@ export class Clock extends EventEmitter implements IClock {
     }
     const nextSlotTime = computeTimeAtSlot(this.config, currentSlot + 1, this.genesisTime) * 1000;
     // we're too close to next slot, accept next slot
-    if (nextSlotTime - Date.now() < MAXIMUM_GOSSIP_CLOCK_DISPARITY) {
+    if (nextSlotTime - Date.now() < this.config.MAXIMUM_GOSSIP_CLOCK_DISPARITY) {
       return slot === currentSlot + 1;
     }
     const currentSlotTime = computeTimeAtSlot(this.config, currentSlot, this.genesisTime) * 1000;
     // we've just passed the current slot, accept previous slot
-    if (Date.now() - currentSlotTime < MAXIMUM_GOSSIP_CLOCK_DISPARITY) {
+    if (Date.now() - currentSlotTime < this.config.MAXIMUM_GOSSIP_CLOCK_DISPARITY) {
       return slot === currentSlot - 1;
     }
     return false;

package/src/util/profile.ts

@@ -1,13 +1,32 @@
+import fs from "node:fs";
+import path from "node:path";
 import {sleep} from "@lodestar/utils";
 
+export enum ProfileThread {
+  MAIN = "main",
+  NETWORK = "network",
+  DISC5 = "discv5",
+}
+
+/**
+ * The time to take a Bun profile.
+ * If we increase this time it'll potentiall cause the app to crash.
+ * If we decrease this time, profile recorded will be fragmented and hard to analyze.
+ */
+const BUN_PROFILE_MS = 3 * 1000;
+
+export async function profileThread(thread: ProfileThread, durationMs: number, dirpath: string): Promise<string> {
+  return globalThis.Bun ? profileBun(thread, durationMs) : profileNodeJS(thread, durationMs, dirpath);
+}
+
 /**
- * Take 10m profile of the current thread without promise tracking.
+ * Take `durationMs` profile of the current thread and return the persisted file path.
  */
-export async function profileNodeJS(durationMs: number): Promise<string> {
+async function profileNodeJS(thread: ProfileThread, durationMs: number, dirpath: string): Promise<string> {
   const inspector = await import("node:inspector");
 
   // due to some typing issues, not able to use promisify here
-  return new Promise<string>((resolve, reject) => {
+  const profile = await new Promise<string>((resolve, reject) => {
     // Start the inspector and connect to it
     const session = new inspector.Session();
     session.connect();
@@ -29,6 +48,29 @@ export async function profileNodeJS(durationMs: number): Promise<string> {
       });
     });
   });
+
+  const filePath = path.join(dirpath, `${thread}_thread_${new Date().toISOString()}.cpuprofile`);
+  fs.writeFileSync(filePath, profile);
+  return filePath;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Unlike NodeJS, Bun console.profile() api flush data to the inspector,
+ * so this api returns ms taken of this profile instead of file path.
+ */
+async function profileBun(thread: ProfileThread, durationMs: number): Promise<string> {
+  const start = Date.now();
+  let now = Date.now();
+  while (now - start < durationMs) {
+    // biome-ignore lint/suspicious/noConsole: need to use console api to profile in Bun
+    console.profile(String(now));
+    await sleep(BUN_PROFILE_MS);
+    // biome-ignore lint/suspicious/noConsole: need to use console api to profile in Bun
+    console.profileEnd(String(now));
+    now = Date.now();
+  }
+
+  return `Successfully take Bun ${thread} thread profile in ${now - start}ms. Check your inspector to see the profile.`;
 }
 
 /**

package/src/util/sszBytes.ts

@@ -417,6 +417,36 @@ export function getSlotFromDataColumnSidecarSerialized(data: Uint8Array): Slot |
   return getSlotFromOffset(data, SLOT_BYTES_POSITION_IN_SIGNED_DATA_COLUMN_SIDECAR);
 }
 
+/**
+ * BeaconState of all forks (up until Electra, check with new forks)
+ * class BeaconState(Container):
+ *   genesis_time: uint64                    - 8 bytes
+ *   genesis_validators_root: Root           - 32 bytes
+ *   slot: Slot                              - 8 bytes
+ *   fork: Fork                              - 16 bytes
+ *   latest_block_header: BeaconBlockHeader  - fixed size
+ *     slot: Slot                            - 8 bytes
+ *
+ */
+
+const BLOCK_HEADER_SLOT_BYTES_POSITION_IN_BEACON_STATE = 8 + 32 + 8 + 16;
+export function getLastProcessedSlotFromBeaconStateSerialized(data: Uint8Array): Slot | null {
+  if (data.length < BLOCK_HEADER_SLOT_BYTES_POSITION_IN_BEACON_STATE + SLOT_SIZE) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  return getSlotFromOffset(data, BLOCK_HEADER_SLOT_BYTES_POSITION_IN_BEACON_STATE);
+}
+
+const SLOT_BYTES_POSITION_IN_BEACON_STATE = 8 + 32;
+export function getSlotFromBeaconStateSerialized(data: Uint8Array): Slot | null {
+  if (data.length < SLOT_BYTES_POSITION_IN_BEACON_STATE) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  return getSlotFromOffset(data, SLOT_BYTES_POSITION_IN_BEACON_STATE);
+}
+
 /**
  * Read only the first 4 bytes of Slot, max value is 4,294,967,295 will be reached 1634 years after genesis
  *