From 99b00d4bbc6bad10beec2072277f9505757786ec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: gop <gameofpointers@proton.me>
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2024 19:43:59 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Remove the encode and decode rlp for block

---
 core/headerchain.go | 17 -----------------
 core/types/block.go | 32 --------------------------------
 2 files changed, 49 deletions(-)

diff --git a/core/headerchain.go b/core/headerchain.go
index 4829b0a4b9..ca1794e978 100644
--- a/core/headerchain.go
+++ b/core/headerchain.go
@@ -855,23 +855,6 @@ func (hc *HeaderChain) Export(w io.Writer) error {
 
 // ExportN writes a subset of the active chain to the given writer.
 func (hc *HeaderChain) ExportN(w io.Writer, first uint64, last uint64) error {
-	hc.headermu.RLock()
-	defer hc.headermu.RUnlock()
-
-	if first > last {
-		return fmt.Errorf("export failed: first (%d) is greater than last (%d)", first, last)
-	}
-	hc.logger.WithField("count", last-first+1).Info("Exporting batch of blocks")
-
-	for nr := first; nr <= last; nr++ {
-		block := hc.GetBlockByNumber(nr)
-		if block == nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("export failed on #%d: not found", nr)
-		}
-		if err := block.EncodeRLP(w); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-	}
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/core/types/block.go b/core/types/block.go
index cd8607c23f..815b7b64d4 100644
--- a/core/types/block.go
+++ b/core/types/block.go
@@ -988,15 +988,6 @@ type Block struct {
 	ReceivedFrom interface{}
 }
 
-// "external" block encoding. used for eth protocol, etc.
-type extblock struct {
-	Header      *Header
-	Txs         []*Transaction
-	Uncles      []*Header
-	Etxs        []*Transaction
-	SubManifest BlockManifest
-}
-
 func NewBlock(header *Header, txs []*Transaction, uncles []*Header, etxs []*Transaction, subManifest BlockManifest, receipts []*Receipt, hasher TrieHasher, nodeCtx int) *Block {
 	b := &Block{header: CopyHeader(header)}
 
@@ -1104,29 +1095,6 @@ func CopyHeader(h *Header) *Header {
 	return &cpy
 }
 
-// DecodeRLP decodes the Quai RLP encoding into b.
-func (b *Block) DecodeRLP(s *rlp.Stream) error {
-	var eb extblock
-	_, size, _ := s.Kind()
-	if err := s.Decode(&eb); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	b.header, b.uncles, b.transactions, b.extTransactions, b.subManifest = eb.Header, eb.Uncles, eb.Txs, eb.Etxs, eb.SubManifest
-	b.size.Store(common.StorageSize(rlp.ListSize(size)))
-	return nil
-}
-
-// EncodeRLP serializes b into the Quai RLP block format.
-func (b *Block) EncodeRLP(w io.Writer) error {
-	return rlp.Encode(w, extblock{
-		Header:      b.header,
-		Txs:         b.transactions,
-		Uncles:      b.uncles,
-		Etxs:        b.extTransactions,
-		SubManifest: b.subManifest,
-	})
-}
-
 // ProtoEncode serializes h into the Quai Proto Block format
 func (b *Block) ProtoEncode() (*ProtoBlock, error) {
 	protoHeader, err := b.header.ProtoEncode()