From acc65d681d51ae9a50958d5c2f66ede10137b179 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ia <isaac.ardis@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2017 11:08:06 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] eth: improve getting chainID with existence check and hexutil

---
 eth/api.go | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/eth/api.go b/eth/api.go
index 74b607b6d5..35ab327ab0 100644
--- a/eth/api.go
+++ b/eth/api.go
@@ -72,8 +72,12 @@ func (api *PublicEthereumAPI) Hashrate() hexutil.Uint64 {
 }
 
 // ChainId is the EIP-155 replay-protection chain id for the current ethereum chain config.
-func (api *PublicEthereumAPI) ChainId() *big.Int {
-	return api.e.chainConfig.ChainId
+func (api *PublicEthereumAPI) ChainId() hexutil.Uint {
+	chainID := new(big.Int)
+	if config := api.e.chainConfig; config.IsEIP155(api.e.blockchain.CurrentBlock().Number()) {
+		chainID = config.ChainId
+	}
+	return hexutil.Uint(chainID)
 }
 
 // PublicMinerAPI provides an API to control the miner.