internal/ethapi: handle blobs in API methods

core/error.go

@@ -104,4 +104,10 @@ var (
 	// ErrBlobFeeCapTooLow is returned if the transaction fee cap is less than the
 	// blob gas fee of the block.
 	ErrBlobFeeCapTooLow = errors.New("max fee per blob gas less than block blob gas fee")
+
+	// ErrMissingBlobHashes is returned if a blob transaction has no blob hashes.
+	ErrMissingBlobHashes = errors.New("blob transaction missing blob hashes")
+
+	// ErrBlobTxCreate is returned if a blob transaction has no explicit to field.
+	ErrBlobTxCreate = errors.New("blob transaction of type create")
 )

core/state_transition.go

@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 package core
 
 import (
-	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"math"
 	"math/big"
@@ -315,8 +314,14 @@ func (st *StateTransition) preCheck() error {
 	}
 	// Check the blob version validity
 	if msg.BlobHashes != nil {
+		// The to field of a blob tx type is mandatory, and a `BlobTx` transaction internally
+		// has it as a non-nillable value, so any msg derived from blob transaction has it non-nil. 
+		// However, messages created through RPC (eth_call) don't have this restriction.
+		if msg.To == nil {
+			return ErrBlobTxCreate
+		}
 		if len(msg.BlobHashes) == 0 {
-			return errors.New("blob transaction missing blob hashes")
+			return ErrMissingBlobHashes
 		}
 		for i, hash := range msg.BlobHashes {
 			if hash[0] != params.BlobTxHashVersion {

internal/ethapi/api.go

@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ import (
 // allowed to produce in order to speed up calculations.
 const estimateGasErrorRatio = 0.015
 
+var errBlobTxNotSupported = errors.New("blob-tx not supported")
+
 // EthereumAPI provides an API to access Ethereum related information.
 type EthereumAPI struct {
 	b Backend
@@ -468,6 +470,9 @@ func (s *PersonalAccountAPI) SendTransaction(ctx context.Context, args Transacti
 		s.nonceLock.LockAddr(args.from())
 		defer s.nonceLock.UnlockAddr(args.from())
 	}
+	if args.IsEIP4844() {
+		return common.Hash{}, errBlobTxNotSupported
+	}
 	signed, err := s.signTransaction(ctx, &args, passwd)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Warn("Failed transaction send attempt", "from", args.from(), "to", args.To, "value", args.Value.ToInt(), "err", err)
@@ -492,6 +497,9 @@ func (s *PersonalAccountAPI) SignTransaction(ctx context.Context, args Transacti
 	if args.GasPrice == nil && (args.MaxFeePerGas == nil || args.MaxPriorityFeePerGas == nil) {
 		return nil, errors.New("missing gasPrice or maxFeePerGas/maxPriorityFeePerGas")
 	}
+	if args.IsEIP4844() {
+		return nil, errBlobTxNotSupported
+	}
 	if args.Nonce == nil {
 		return nil, errors.New("nonce not specified")
 	}
@@ -1219,6 +1227,7 @@ func DoEstimateGas(ctx context.Context, b Backend, args TransactionArgs, blockNr
 // returns error if the transaction would revert or if there are unexpected failures. The returned
 // value is capped by both `args.Gas` (if non-nil & non-zero) and the backend's RPCGasCap
 // configuration (if non-zero).
+// Note: Required blob gas is not computed in this method.
 func (s *BlockChainAPI) EstimateGas(ctx context.Context, args TransactionArgs, blockNrOrHash *rpc.BlockNumberOrHash, overrides *StateOverride) (hexutil.Uint64, error) {
 	bNrOrHash := rpc.BlockNumberOrHashWithNumber(rpc.LatestBlockNumber)
 	if blockNrOrHash != nil {
@@ -1809,6 +1818,9 @@ func (s *TransactionAPI) SendTransaction(ctx context.Context, args TransactionAr
 		s.nonceLock.LockAddr(args.from())
 		defer s.nonceLock.UnlockAddr(args.from())
 	}
+	if args.IsEIP4844() {
+		return common.Hash{}, errBlobTxNotSupported
+	}
 
 	// Set some sanity defaults and terminate on failure
 	if err := args.setDefaults(ctx, s.b); err != nil {
@@ -1834,6 +1846,7 @@ func (s *TransactionAPI) FillTransaction(ctx context.Context, args TransactionAr
 	}
 	// Assemble the transaction and obtain rlp
 	tx := args.toTransaction()
+	// TODO(s1na): fill in blob proofs, commitments
 	data, err := tx.MarshalBinary()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -1892,6 +1905,9 @@ func (s *TransactionAPI) SignTransaction(ctx context.Context, args TransactionAr
 	if args.GasPrice == nil && (args.MaxPriorityFeePerGas == nil || args.MaxFeePerGas == nil) {
 		return nil, errors.New("missing gasPrice or maxFeePerGas/maxPriorityFeePerGas")
 	}
+	if args.IsEIP4844() {
+		return nil, errBlobTxNotSupported
+	}
 	if args.Nonce == nil {
 		return nil, errors.New("nonce not specified")
 	}