<snip>

    return old

    <snip>

    recent_blocks = chain.blocks[-255:]

    if len(recent_blocks) == 0:

        return []

    recent_block_hashes = []

    for block in recent_blocks:

        prev_block_hash = block.header.parent_hash

        recent_block_hashes.append(prev_block_hash)

    # We are computing the hash only for the most recent block and not for

    # the rest of the blocks as they have successors which have the hash of

    # the current block as parent hash.

    most_recent_block_hash = keccak256(rlp.encode(recent_blocks[-1].header))

    recent_block_hashes.append(most_recent_block_hash)

    return recent_block_hashes

    <snip>

    if len(rlp.encode(block)) > MAX_RLP_BLOCK_SIZE:

        raise InvalidBlock("Block rlp size exceeds MAX_RLP_BLOCK_SIZE")

    validate_header(chain, block.header)

    if block.ommers != ():

        raise InvalidBlock

    block_state = BlockState(pre_state=chain.state)

    block_env = vm.BlockEnvironment(

        chain_id=chain.chain_id,

        state=block_state,

        block_gas_limit=block.header.gas_limit,

        block_hashes=get_last_256_block_hashes(chain),

        coinbase=block.header.coinbase,

        number=block.header.number,

        base_fee_per_gas=block.header.base_fee_per_gas,

        time=block.header.timestamp,

        prev_randao=block.header.prev_randao,

        excess_blob_gas=block.header.excess_blob_gas,

        parent_beacon_block_root=block.header.parent_beacon_block_root,

    )

    block_output = apply_body(

        block_env=block_env,

        transactions=block.transactions,

        withdrawals=block.withdrawals,

    )

    block_diff = extract_block_diff(block_state)

    block_state_root = chain.state.compute_state_root(block_diff)

    transactions_root = root(block_output.transactions_trie)

    receipt_root = root(block_output.receipts_trie)

    block_logs_bloom = logs_bloom(block_output.block_logs)

    withdrawals_root = root(block_output.withdrawals_trie)

    requests_hash = compute_requests_hash(block_output.requests)

    if block_output.block_gas_used != block.header.gas_used:

        raise InvalidBlock(

            f"{block_output.block_gas_used} != {block.header.gas_used}"

        )

    if transactions_root != block.header.transactions_root:

        raise InvalidBlock

    if block_state_root != block.header.state_root:

        raise InvalidBlock

    if receipt_root != block.header.receipt_root:

        raise InvalidBlock

    if block_logs_bloom != block.header.bloom:

        raise InvalidBlock

    if withdrawals_root != block.header.withdrawals_root:

        raise InvalidBlock

    if block_output.blob_gas_used != block.header.blob_gas_used:

        raise InvalidBlock

    if requests_hash != block.header.requests_hash:

        raise InvalidBlock

    apply_changes_to_state(chain.state, block_diff)

    chain.blocks.append(block)

    if len(chain.blocks) > 255:

        # Real clients have to store more blocks to deal with reorgs, but the

        # protocol only requires the last 255

        chain.blocks = chain.blocks[-255:]

    <snip>

    parent_gas_target = parent_gas_limit // ELASTICITY_MULTIPLIER

    if not check_gas_limit(block_gas_limit, parent_gas_limit):

        raise InvalidBlock

    if parent_gas_used == parent_gas_target:

        expected_base_fee_per_gas = parent_base_fee_per_gas

    elif parent_gas_used > parent_gas_target:

        gas_used_delta = parent_gas_used - parent_gas_target

        parent_fee_gas_delta = parent_base_fee_per_gas * gas_used_delta

        target_fee_gas_delta = parent_fee_gas_delta // parent_gas_target

        base_fee_per_gas_delta = max(

            target_fee_gas_delta // BASE_FEE_MAX_CHANGE_DENOMINATOR,

            Uint(1),

        )

        expected_base_fee_per_gas = (

            parent_base_fee_per_gas + base_fee_per_gas_delta

        )

    else:

        gas_used_delta = parent_gas_target - parent_gas_used

        parent_fee_gas_delta = parent_base_fee_per_gas * gas_used_delta

        target_fee_gas_delta = parent_fee_gas_delta // parent_gas_target

        base_fee_per_gas_delta = (

            target_fee_gas_delta // BASE_FEE_MAX_CHANGE_DENOMINATOR

        )

        expected_base_fee_per_gas = (

            parent_base_fee_per_gas - base_fee_per_gas_delta

        )

    return Uint(expected_base_fee_per_gas)

    <snip>

    if header.number < Uint(1):

        raise InvalidBlock

    parent_header = chain.blocks[-1].header

    excess_blob_gas = calculate_excess_blob_gas(parent_header)

    if header.excess_blob_gas != excess_blob_gas:

        raise InvalidBlock

    if header.gas_used > header.gas_limit:

        raise InvalidBlock

    expected_base_fee_per_gas = calculate_base_fee_per_gas(

        header.gas_limit,

        parent_header.gas_limit,

        parent_header.gas_used,

        parent_header.base_fee_per_gas,

    )

    if expected_base_fee_per_gas != header.base_fee_per_gas:

        raise InvalidBlock

    if header.timestamp <= parent_header.timestamp:

        raise InvalidBlock

    if header.number != parent_header.number + Uint(1):

        raise InvalidBlock

    if len(header.extra_data) > 32:

        raise InvalidBlock

    if header.difficulty != 0:

        raise InvalidBlock

    if header.nonce != b"\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00":

        raise InvalidBlock

    if header.ommers_hash != EMPTY_OMMER_HASH:

        raise InvalidBlock

    block_parent_hash = keccak256(rlp.encode(parent_header))

    if header.parent_hash != block_parent_hash:

        raise InvalidBlock

    <snip>

    gas_available = block_env.block_gas_limit - block_output.block_gas_used

    blob_gas_available = MAX_BLOB_GAS_PER_BLOCK - block_output.blob_gas_used

    if tx.gas > gas_available:

        raise GasUsedExceedsLimitError("gas used exceeds limit")

    tx_blob_gas_used = calculate_total_blob_gas(tx)

    if tx_blob_gas_used > blob_gas_available:

        raise BlobGasLimitExceededError("blob gas limit exceeded")

    tx_chain_id = chain_id(tx)

    if tx_chain_id is not None and tx_chain_id != block_env.chain_id:

        raise WrongChainIdError(

            expected=block_env.chain_id,

            actual=tx_chain_id,

        )

    sender_address = recover_sender(tx)

    sender_account = get_account(tx_state, sender_address)

    if isinstance(tx, FeeMarketCapableTransaction):

        if tx.max_fee_per_gas < block_env.base_fee_per_gas:

            raise InsufficientMaxFeePerGasError(

                tx.max_fee_per_gas, block_env.base_fee_per_gas

            )

        priority_fee_per_gas = min(

            tx.max_priority_fee_per_gas,

            tx.max_fee_per_gas - block_env.base_fee_per_gas,

        )

        effective_gas_price = priority_fee_per_gas + block_env.base_fee_per_gas

        max_gas_fee = tx.gas * tx.max_fee_per_gas

    else:

        if tx.gas_price < block_env.base_fee_per_gas:

            raise InvalidBlock

        effective_gas_price = tx.gas_price

        max_gas_fee = tx.gas * tx.gas_price

    if isinstance(tx, BlobTransaction):

        blob_count = len(tx.blob_versioned_hashes)

        if blob_count == 0:

            raise NoBlobDataError("no blob data in transaction")

        if blob_count > BLOB_COUNT_LIMIT:

            raise BlobCountExceededError(

                f"Tx has {blob_count} blobs. Max allowed: {BLOB_COUNT_LIMIT}"

            )

        for blob_versioned_hash in tx.blob_versioned_hashes:

            if blob_versioned_hash[0:1] != VERSIONED_HASH_VERSION_KZG:

                raise InvalidBlobVersionedHashError(

                    "invalid blob versioned hash"

                )

        blob_gas_price = calculate_blob_gas_price(block_env.excess_blob_gas)

        if Uint(tx.max_fee_per_blob_gas) < blob_gas_price:

            raise InsufficientMaxFeePerBlobGasError(

                "insufficient max fee per blob gas"

            )

        max_gas_fee += Uint(calculate_total_blob_gas(tx)) * Uint(

            tx.max_fee_per_blob_gas

        )

        blob_versioned_hashes = tx.blob_versioned_hashes

    else:

        blob_versioned_hashes = ()

    if isinstance(tx, (BlobTransaction, SetCodeTransaction)):

        if not isinstance(tx.to, Address):

            raise TransactionTypeContractCreationError(tx)

    if isinstance(tx, SetCodeTransaction):

        if not any(tx.authorizations):

            raise EmptyAuthorizationListError("empty authorization list")

    if sender_account.nonce > Uint(tx.nonce):

        raise NonceMismatchError("nonce too low")

    elif sender_account.nonce < Uint(tx.nonce):

        raise NonceMismatchError("nonce too high")

    if Uint(sender_account.balance) < max_gas_fee + Uint(tx.value):

        raise InsufficientBalanceError("insufficient sender balance")

    sender_code = get_code(tx_state, sender_account.code_hash)

    if sender_account.code_hash != EMPTY_CODE_HASH and not is_valid_delegation(

        sender_code

    ):

        raise InvalidSenderError("not EOA")

    return (

        sender_address,

        effective_gas_price,

        blob_versioned_hashes,

        tx_blob_gas_used,

    )

    <snip>

    receipt = Receipt(

        succeeded=error is None,

        cumulative_gas_used=cumulative_gas_used,

        bloom=logs_bloom(logs),

        logs=logs,

    )

    return encode_receipt(tx, receipt)

    <snip>

    # Pre-check that the system contract has code. We use a throwaway

    # TransactionState here that is *never* propagated back to BlockState

    # (no incorporate_tx_into_block call); the same get_account / get_code

    # lookups are performed and properly tracked by

    # process_unchecked_system_transaction below, which this function

    # always calls. Reading via a TransactionState (rather than directly

    # against pre_state) lets us see system contracts deployed earlier in

    # the same block — see EIP-7002 and EIP-7251 for this edge case.

    untracked_state = TransactionState(parent=block_env.state)

    system_contract_code = get_code(

        untracked_state,

        get_account(untracked_state, target_address).code_hash,

    )

    if len(system_contract_code) == 0:

        raise InvalidBlock(

            f"System contract address {target_address.hex()} does not "

            "contain code"

        )

    system_tx_output = process_unchecked_system_transaction(

        block_env,

        target_address,

        data,

    )

    if system_tx_output.error:

        raise InvalidBlock(

            f"System contract ({target_address.hex()}) call failed: "

            f"{system_tx_output.error}"

        )

    return system_tx_output

    <snip>

    system_tx_state = TransactionState(parent=block_env.state)

    system_contract_code = get_code(

        system_tx_state,

        get_account(system_tx_state, target_address).code_hash,

    )

    tx_env = vm.TransactionEnvironment(

        origin=SYSTEM_ADDRESS,

        gas_price=block_env.base_fee_per_gas,

        gas=SYSTEM_TRANSACTION_GAS,

        access_list_addresses=set(),

        access_list_storage_keys=set(),

        state=system_tx_state,

        blob_versioned_hashes=(),

        authorizations=(),

        index_in_block=None,

        tx_hash=None,

    )

    system_tx_message = Message(

        block_env=block_env,

        tx_env=tx_env,

        caller=SYSTEM_ADDRESS,

        target=target_address,

        gas=SYSTEM_TRANSACTION_GAS,

        value=U256(0),

        data=data,

        code=system_contract_code,

        depth=Uint(0),

        current_target=target_address,

        code_address=target_address,

        should_transfer_value=False,

        is_static=False,

        accessed_addresses=set(),

        accessed_storage_keys=set(),

        disable_precompiles=False,

        parent_evm=None,

    )

    system_tx_output = process_message_call(system_tx_message)

    incorporate_tx_into_block(system_tx_state)

    return system_tx_output

    <snip>

    block_output = vm.BlockOutput()

    process_unchecked_system_transaction(

        block_env=block_env,

        target_address=BEACON_ROOTS_ADDRESS,

        data=block_env.parent_beacon_block_root,

    )

    process_unchecked_system_transaction(

        block_env=block_env,

        target_address=HISTORY_STORAGE_ADDRESS,

        data=block_env.block_hashes[-1],  # The parent hash

    )

    for i, tx in enumerate(map(decode_transaction, transactions)):

        process_transaction(block_env, block_output, tx, Uint(i))

    process_withdrawals(block_env, block_output, withdrawals)

    process_general_purpose_requests(

        block_env=block_env,

        block_output=block_output,

    )

    return block_output

    <snip>

    # Requests are to be in ascending order of request type

    deposit_requests = parse_deposit_requests(block_output)

    requests_from_execution = block_output.requests

    if len(deposit_requests) > 0:

        requests_from_execution.append(DEPOSIT_REQUEST_TYPE + deposit_requests)

    system_withdrawal_tx_output = process_checked_system_transaction(

        block_env=block_env,

        target_address=WITHDRAWAL_REQUEST_PREDEPLOY_ADDRESS,

        data=b"",

    )

    if len(system_withdrawal_tx_output.return_data) > 0:

        requests_from_execution.append(

            WITHDRAWAL_REQUEST_TYPE + system_withdrawal_tx_output.return_data

        )

    system_consolidation_tx_output = process_checked_system_transaction(

        block_env=block_env,

        target_address=CONSOLIDATION_REQUEST_PREDEPLOY_ADDRESS,

        data=b"",

    )

    if len(system_consolidation_tx_output.return_data) > 0:

        requests_from_execution.append(

            CONSOLIDATION_REQUEST_TYPE

            + system_consolidation_tx_output.return_data

        )

    <snip>

    tx_state = TransactionState(parent=block_env.state)

    trie_set(

        block_output.transactions_trie,

        rlp.encode(index),

        encode_transaction(tx),

    )

    intrinsic = validate_transaction(tx)

    (

        sender,

        effective_gas_price,

        blob_versioned_hashes,

        tx_blob_gas_used,

    ) = check_transaction(

        block_env=block_env,

        block_output=block_output,

        tx=tx,

        tx_state=tx_state,

    )

    sender_account = get_account(tx_state, sender)

    if isinstance(tx, BlobTransaction):

        blob_gas_fee = calculate_data_fee(block_env.excess_blob_gas, tx)

    else:

        blob_gas_fee = Uint(0)

    effective_gas_fee = tx.gas * effective_gas_price

    gas = tx.gas - intrinsic.regular

    increment_nonce(tx_state, sender)

    sender_balance_after_gas_fee = (

        Uint(sender_account.balance) - effective_gas_fee - blob_gas_fee

    )

    set_account_balance(tx_state, sender, U256(sender_balance_after_gas_fee))

    access_list_addresses = set()

    access_list_storage_keys = set()

    access_list_addresses.add(block_env.coinbase)

    if has_access_list(tx):

        for access in tx.access_list:

            access_list_addresses.add(access.account)

            for slot in access.slots:

                access_list_storage_keys.add((access.account, slot))

    authorizations: Tuple[Authorization, ...] = ()

    if isinstance(tx, SetCodeTransaction):

        authorizations = tx.authorizations

    tx_env = vm.TransactionEnvironment(

        origin=sender,

        gas_price=effective_gas_price,

        gas=gas,

        access_list_addresses=access_list_addresses,

        access_list_storage_keys=access_list_storage_keys,

        state=tx_state,

        blob_versioned_hashes=blob_versioned_hashes,

        authorizations=authorizations,

        index_in_block=index,

        tx_hash=get_transaction_hash(encode_transaction(tx)),

    )

    message = prepare_message(block_env, tx_env, tx)

    tx_output = process_message_call(message)

    # For EIP-7623 we first calculate the execution_gas_used, which includes

    # the execution gas refund.

    tx_gas_used_before_refund = tx.gas - tx_output.gas_left

    tx_gas_refund = min(

        tx_gas_used_before_refund // Uint(5), Uint(tx_output.refund_counter)

    )

    tx_gas_used_after_refund = tx_gas_used_before_refund - tx_gas_refund

    # Transactions with less execution_gas_used than the floor pay at the