diff --git a/eth/handler_eth.go b/eth/handler_eth.go
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-// Copyright 2020 The go-ethereum Authors
-// This file is part of the go-ethereum library.
-//
-// The go-ethereum library is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-// it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
-// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-// (at your option) any later version.
-//
-// The go-ethereum library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
-// GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
-//
-// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
-// along with the go-ethereum library. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-
-package eth
-
-import (
-	"errors"
-	"fmt"
-	"math/big"
-	"time"
-
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core"
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/types"
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/eth/protocols/eth"
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/p2p/enode"
-)
-
-// ethHandler implements the eth.Backend interface to handle the various network
-// packets that are sent as replies or broadcasts.
-type ethHandler handler
-
-func (h *ethHandler) Chain() *core.BlockChain { return h.chain }
-func (h *ethHandler) TxPool() eth.TxPool      { return h.txpool }
-
-// RunPeer is invoked when a peer joins on the `eth` protocol.
-func (h *ethHandler) RunPeer(peer *eth.Peer, hand eth.Handler) error {
-	return (*handler)(h).runEthPeer(peer, hand)
-}
-
-// PeerInfo retrieves all known `eth` information about a peer.
-func (h *ethHandler) PeerInfo(id enode.ID) interface{} {
-	if p := h.peers.peer(id.String()); p != nil {
-		return p.info()
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
-// AcceptTxs retrieves whether transaction processing is enabled on the node
-// or if inbound transactions should simply be dropped.
-func (h *ethHandler) AcceptTxs() bool {
-	return h.synced.Load()
-}
-
-// Handle is invoked from a peer's message handler when it receives a new remote
-// message that the handler couldn't consume and serve itself.
-func (h *ethHandler) Handle(peer *eth.Peer, packet eth.Packet) error {
-	// Consume any broadcasts and announces, forwarding the rest to the downloader
-	switch packet := packet.(type) {
-	case *eth.NewBlockHashesPacket:
-		hashes, numbers := packet.Unpack()
-		return h.handleBlockAnnounces(peer, hashes, numbers)
-
-	case *eth.NewBlockPacket:
-		return h.handleBlockBroadcast(peer, packet.Block, packet.TD)
-
-	case *eth.NewPooledTransactionHashesPacket67:
-		return h.txFetcher.Notify(peer.ID(), nil, nil, *packet)
-
-	case *eth.NewPooledTransactionHashesPacket68:
-		return h.txFetcher.Notify(peer.ID(), packet.Types, packet.Sizes, packet.Hashes)
-
-	case *eth.TransactionsPacket:
-		for _, tx := range *packet {
-			if tx.Type() == types.BlobTxType {
-				return errors.New("disallowed broadcast blob transaction")
-			}
-		}
-		return h.txFetcher.Enqueue(peer.ID(), *packet, false)
-
-	case *eth.PooledTransactionsResponse:
-		return h.txFetcher.Enqueue(peer.ID(), *packet, true)
-
-	default:
-		return fmt.Errorf("unexpected eth packet type: %T", packet)
-	}
-}
-
-// handleBlockAnnounces is invoked from a peer's message handler when it transmits a
-// batch of block announcements for the local node to process.
-func (h *ethHandler) handleBlockAnnounces(peer *eth.Peer, hashes []common.Hash, numbers []uint64) error {
-	// Drop all incoming block announces from the p2p network if
-	// the chain already entered the pos stage and disconnect the
-	// remote peer.
-	if h.merger.PoSFinalized() {
-		return errors.New("disallowed block announcement")
-	}
-	// Schedule all the unknown hashes for retrieval
-	var (
-		unknownHashes  = make([]common.Hash, 0, len(hashes))
-		unknownNumbers = make([]uint64, 0, len(numbers))
-	)
-	for i := 0; i < len(hashes); i++ {
-		if !h.chain.HasBlock(hashes[i], numbers[i]) {
-			unknownHashes = append(unknownHashes, hashes[i])
-			unknownNumbers = append(unknownNumbers, numbers[i])
-		}
-	}
-	for i := 0; i < len(unknownHashes); i++ {
-		h.blockFetcher.Notify(peer.ID(), unknownHashes[i], unknownNumbers[i], time.Now(), peer.RequestOneHeader, peer.RequestBodies)
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
-// handleBlockBroadcast is invoked from a peer's message handler when it transmits a
-// block broadcast for the local node to process.
-func (h *ethHandler) handleBlockBroadcast(peer *eth.Peer, block *types.Block, td *big.Int) error {
-	// Drop all incoming block announces from the p2p network if
-	// the chain already entered the pos stage and disconnect the
-	// remote peer.
-	if h.merger.PoSFinalized() {
-		return errors.New("disallowed block broadcast")
-	}
-	// Schedule the block for import
-	h.blockFetcher.Enqueue(peer.ID(), block)
-
-	// Assuming the block is importable by the peer, but possibly not yet done so,
-	// calculate the head hash and TD that the peer truly must have.
-	var (
-		trueHead = block.ParentHash()
-		trueTD   = new(big.Int).Sub(td, block.Difficulty())
-	)
-	// Update the peer's total difficulty if better than the previous
-	if _, td := peer.Head(); trueTD.Cmp(td) > 0 {
-		peer.SetHead(trueHead, trueTD)
-		h.chainSync.handlePeerEvent()
-	}
-	return nil
-}