From c566f47dcb90abd9c4104e84a14ae0cff66f1d49 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jules01 <iulian.pascalau@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2023 20:56:01 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] - removed PubKeysBitmap check on the shard header

---
 data/block/block.go            | 3 ---
 data/block/blockChecks_test.go | 1 +
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/data/block/block.go b/data/block/block.go
index eeabaf68..cc8a1fd8 100644
--- a/data/block/block.go
+++ b/data/block/block.go
@@ -597,9 +597,6 @@ func (h *Header) CheckFieldsForNil() error {
 	if h.RandSeed == nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("%w in Header.RandSeed", data.ErrNilValue)
 	}
-	if h.PubKeysBitmap == nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("%w in Header.PubKeysBitmap", data.ErrNilValue)
-	}
 	if h.RootHash == nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("%w in Header.RootHash", data.ErrNilValue)
 	}
diff --git a/data/block/blockChecks_test.go b/data/block/blockChecks_test.go
index c4060c24..e4d99a80 100644
--- a/data/block/blockChecks_test.go
+++ b/data/block/blockChecks_test.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 var headerV1ExceptionFields = []string{
 	"Signature",
 	"LeaderSignature",
+	"PubKeysBitmap",
 	"MetaBlockHashes",
 	"EpochStartMetaHash",
 	"ReceiptsHash",