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Unable to retrieve proof-of-stake genesis block data #15889

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If the Prysm BN is connected to an execution layer supporting EIP-4444 (example: Nethermind v1.34.1), then the following error log is regularly displayed:

[2025-10-17 12:24:28] ERROR execution: Unable to retrieve proof-of-stake genesis block data error=HeaderByHash, hash=0xeeea1373d4aa9e099d7c9deddb694db9aeb4577755ef83f9b6345ce4357d9abf: not found

Probably related to:

[2025-10-17 12:19:35]  WARN rpc/validator: Not connected to ETH1. Cannot determine validator ETH1 deposit block number
[2025-10-17 12:19:35]  WARN rpc/validator: Not connected to ETH1. Cannot determine validator ETH1 deposit block number
[2025-10-17 12:19:35]  WARN rpc/validator: Not connected to ETH1. Cannot determine validator ETH1 deposit block number
[2025-10-17 12:19:35]  WARN rpc/validator: Not connected to ETH1. Cannot determine validator ETH1 deposit block number

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