From 936561e90e76960ec4fcb51b22d755c24b3d436a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: zelig <viktor.tron@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 13 May 2015 21:35:26 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] panic if self.node is nil when set on bzz (TEMPORARY)

---
 eth/backend.go | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/eth/backend.go b/eth/backend.go
index 8e8bdb1314..dbe38f1691 100644
--- a/eth/backend.go
+++ b/eth/backend.go
@@ -468,7 +468,11 @@ func (s *Ethereum) Start() error {
 
 	if s.DPA != nil {
 		s.DPA.Start()
-		s.netStore.Start(s.net.Self())
+		selfNode := s.net.Self()
+		if selfNode == nil {
+			panic("self is nil")
+		}
+		s.netStore.Start()
 		go bzz.StartHttpServer(s.DPA)
 	}