fix(evm): disable unprotected tx check in EVM ante handler (#2219)

* fix(evm): disable unprotected tx check in EVM ante handler

* chore: update changelog

Author: k-yang

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ Simplify GitHub actions based on conditional paths, removing the need for files
 - [#2214](https://github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/pull/2214) - chore(wasm): bump wasmvm to `v1.5.8`
 - [#2068](https://github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/pull/2068) - feat: enable wasm light clients on IBC (08-wasm)
 - [#2217](https://github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/pull/2217) - fix: app-db-backend not recognized on prune command
+- [#2219](https://github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/pull/2219) - fix(evm): disable unprotected tx check in EVM ante handler
 
 ## [v2.0.0-p1](https://github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/releases/tag/v2.0.0-p1) - 2025-02-10
 

app/evmante/evmante_sigverify.go

@@ -48,13 +48,13 @@ func (esvd EthSigVerificationDecorator) AnteHandle(
 		}
 
 		ethTx := msgEthTx.AsTransaction()
-		if !ethTx.Protected() {
-			return ctx, errors.Wrapf(
-				sdkerrors.ErrNotSupported,
-				"rejected unprotected Ethereum transaction. "+
-					"Please EIP155 sign your transaction to protect it against replay-attacks",
-			)
-		}
+		// if !ethTx.Protected() {
+		// 	return ctx, errors.Wrapf(
+		// 		sdkerrors.ErrNotSupported,
+		// 		"rejected unprotected Ethereum transaction. "+
+		// 			"Please EIP155 sign your transaction to protect it against replay-attacks",
+		// 	)
+		// }
 
 		sender, err := signer.Sender(ethTx)
 		if err != nil {

app/evmante/evmante_sigverify_test.go

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ func (s *TestSuite) TestEthSigVerificationDecorator() {
 				tx := evmtest.HappyCreateContractTx(deps)
 				return tx
 			},
-			wantErr: "rejected unprotected Ethereum transaction",
+			wantErr: "couldn't retrieve sender address from the ethereum transaction: invalid transaction v, r, s values: tx intended signer does not match the given signer",
 		},
 		{
 			name: "sad: non ethereum tx",