From aae712244a342958ef8f6d28a35d5d1fbbcb6ed5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: sprites0 <199826320+sprites0@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2025 10:53:23 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix: Prevent excessive file crawling when syncing the first
 block

---
 bin/reth/src/block_ingest.rs | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/bin/reth/src/block_ingest.rs b/bin/reth/src/block_ingest.rs
index 03e67ea0e..a259cb29e 100644
--- a/bin/reth/src/block_ingest.rs
+++ b/bin/reth/src/block_ingest.rs
@@ -275,6 +275,7 @@ impl BlockIngest {
         let engine_api = node.auth_server_handle().http_client();
         let mut evm_map = erc20_contract_to_spot_token(node.chain_spec().chain_id()).await?;
 
+        const MINIMUM_TIMESTAMP: u64 = 1739849780;
         let current_block_timestamp: u64 = provider
             .block_by_number(head)
             .expect("Failed to fetch current block in db")
@@ -282,6 +283,8 @@ impl BlockIngest {
             .into_header()
             .timestamp();
 
+        let current_block_timestamp = current_block_timestamp.max(MINIMUM_TIMESTAMP);
+
         info!("Current height {height}, timestamp {current_block_timestamp}");
         self.start_local_ingest_loop(height, current_block_timestamp).await;