From b9d025e4a96081930e2d16adfe918b52bb3a9b40 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jay shah <166749819+Jay-1409@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2026 23:37:34 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Change IsDeleted method to check for nil Blob

---
 trie/trienode/node.go | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/trie/trienode/node.go b/trie/trienode/node.go
index 228a64f04c..0aeccebc81 100644
--- a/trie/trienode/node.go
+++ b/trie/trienode/node.go
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ func (n *Node) Size() int {
 
 // IsDeleted returns the indicator if the node is marked as deleted.
 func (n *Node) IsDeleted() bool {
-	return len(n.Blob) == 0
+	return n.Blob == nil
 }
 
 // New constructs a node with provided node information.