From 8bef85d0599dfc5df15cca0d6cd61ed858753748 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Manav Darji <manavdarji.india@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2025 23:40:40 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] params: handle base fee denom for non bor consensus chains

---
 params/protocol_params.go | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/params/protocol_params.go b/params/protocol_params.go
index ef4602c42d..d1eabf825d 100644
--- a/params/protocol_params.go
+++ b/params/protocol_params.go
@@ -229,6 +229,10 @@ var (
 )
 
 func BaseFeeChangeDenominator(borConfig *BorConfig, number *big.Int) uint64 {
+	// Handle cases where bor consensus isn't available to avoid panic
+	if borConfig == nil {
+		return DefaultBaseFeeChangeDenominator
+	}
 	if borConfig.IsDelhi(number) {
 		return BaseFeeChangeDenominatorPostDelhi
 	} else {