From 66f5a5bd7dac793318933b26d0086584fcbe0c52 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mike Zak <feanorr@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2020 18:14:17 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] [NOD-1532] Genesis is not violating finality by definition

---
 domain/consensus/processes/consensusstatemanager/finality.go | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/domain/consensus/processes/consensusstatemanager/finality.go b/domain/consensus/processes/consensusstatemanager/finality.go
index e6a94f430..bc9729414 100644
--- a/domain/consensus/processes/consensusstatemanager/finality.go
+++ b/domain/consensus/processes/consensusstatemanager/finality.go
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ import (
 func (csm *consensusStateManager) checkFinalityViolation(
 	blockHash *externalapi.DomainHash) error {
 
+	if *blockHash == *csm.genesisHash {
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	isViolatingFinality, err := csm.isViolatingFinality(blockHash)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err