diff --git a/common/bytes.go b/common/bytes.go
index 2dd86f3d76..ee516976c8 100644
--- a/common/bytes.go
+++ b/common/bytes.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ package common
 import (
 	"encoding/hex"
 	"errors"
-	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common/hexutil"
 )
@@ -28,7 +27,7 @@ import (
 // FromHex returns the bytes represented by the hexadecimal string s.
 // s may be prefixed with "0x".
 func FromHex(s string) []byte {
-	if len(s) >= 2 && strings.HasPrefix(strings.ToLower(s), "0x") {
+	if has0xPrefix(s) {
 		s = s[2:]
 	}
 	if len(s)&1 == 1 {
@@ -37,6 +36,11 @@ func FromHex(s string) []byte {
 	return Hex2Bytes(s)
 }
 
+// has0xPrefix validates str begins with '0x' or '0X'.
+func has0xPrefix(str string) bool {
+	return len(str) >= 2 && str[0] == '0' && (str[1] == 'x' || str[1] == 'X')
+}
+
 // CopyBytes returns an exact copy of the provided bytes.
 func CopyBytes(b []byte) (copiedBytes []byte) {
 	if b == nil {
diff --git a/common/types.go b/common/types.go
index 13dc65d8a3..db4de8bcbd 100644
--- a/common/types.go
+++ b/common/types.go
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ func HexToAddress(s string) Address { return BytesToAddress(FromHex(s)) }
 // IsHexAddress verifies whether a string can represent a valid hex-encoded
 // Ethereum address or not.
 func IsHexAddress(s string) bool {
-	if len(s) >= 2 && strings.HasPrefix(strings.ToLower(s), "0x") {
+	if has0xPrefix(s) {
 		s = s[2:]
 	}
 	return len(s) == 2*AddressLength && isHex(s)
diff --git a/consensus/misc/eip4844/eip4844.go b/consensus/misc/eip4844/eip4844.go
index e14d129561..faeb696e22 100644
--- a/consensus/misc/eip4844/eip4844.go
+++ b/consensus/misc/eip4844/eip4844.go
@@ -215,4 +215,4 @@ func fakeExponential(factor, numerator, denominator *big.Int) *big.Int {
 		accum.Div(accum, big.NewInt(int64(i)))
 	}
 	return output.Div(output, denominator)
-}
+}
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