From 1ed9e7a90ace4f0c58fb2c34cb66c57d87fcd14c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ak88 <anders.holmbjerg@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2025 14:58:07 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] make IProtocolsManager customizable

---
 .../Steps/InitializeNetwork.cs                | 66 ++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Init/Steps/InitializeNetwork.cs b/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Init/Steps/InitializeNetwork.cs
index 32f65f11c8f..95d7977b268 100644
--- a/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Init/Steps/InitializeNetwork.cs
+++ b/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Init/Steps/InitializeNetwork.cs
@@ -264,35 +264,8 @@ private async Task InitPeer()
         await _api.StaticNodesManager.InitAsync();
 
         await _api.TrustedNodesManager.InitAsync();
-
-        ISyncServer syncServer = _api.SyncServer!;
-
-        ProtocolValidator protocolValidator = new(
-            _nodeStatsManager!,
-            _api.BlockTree,
-            _forkInfo,
-            _api.PeerManager!,
-            _networkConfig,
-            _api.LogManager);
-
-        _api.ProtocolsManager = new ProtocolsManager(
-            _api.SyncPeerPool!,
-            syncServer,
-            _api.BackgroundTaskScheduler,
-            _api.TxPool,
-            _discoveryApp,
-            _api.MessageSerializationService,
-            _api.RlpxPeer,
-            _nodeStatsManager,
-            protocolValidator,
-            _peerStorage,
-            _forkInfo,
-            _api.GossipPolicy,
-            _api.WorldStateManager!,
-            _api.LogManager,
-            _api.Config<ITxPoolConfig>(),
-            _api.SpecProvider,
-            _api.TxGossipPolicy);
+  
+        CreateProtocolManager();
 
         if (_syncConfig.SnapServingEnabled == true)
         {
@@ -303,7 +276,6 @@ private async Task InitPeer()
             _api.ProtocolsManager!.RemoveSupportedCapability(new Capability(Protocol.NodeData, 1));
         }
 
-        _api.ProtocolValidator = protocolValidator;
 
         if (!_networkConfig.DisableDiscV4DnsFeeder)
         {
@@ -316,4 +288,38 @@ private async Task InitPeer()
             await plugin.InitNetworkProtocol();
         }
     }
+
+    protected virtual IProtocolsManager CreateProtocolManager()
+    {
+        ISyncServer syncServer = _api.SyncServer!;
+
+        ProtocolValidator protocolValidator = new(
+          _nodeStatsManager!,
+          _api.BlockTree,
+          _forkInfo,
+          _api.PeerManager!,
+          _networkConfig,
+          _api.LogManager);
+
+        _api.ProtocolValidator = protocolValidator;
+
+        return new ProtocolsManager(
+            _api.SyncPeerPool!,
+            syncServer,
+            _api.BackgroundTaskScheduler,
+            _api.TxPool!,
+            _discoveryApp,
+            _api.MessageSerializationService,
+            _api.RlpxPeer,
+            _nodeStatsManager,
+            protocolValidator,
+            _peerStorage,
+            _forkInfo,
+            _api.GossipPolicy,
+            _api.WorldStateManager!,
+            _api.LogManager,
+            _api.Config<ITxPoolConfig>(),
+            _api.SpecProvider!,
+            _api.TxGossipPolicy);
+    }
 }

From 73d7daace1c9fe5f2e7283fb2fd8d4718e680f77 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ak88 <anders.holmbjerg@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2025 14:59:05 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] format

---
 src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Init/Steps/InitializeNetwork.cs | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Init/Steps/InitializeNetwork.cs b/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Init/Steps/InitializeNetwork.cs
index 95d7977b268..a37cc947d71 100644
--- a/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Init/Steps/InitializeNetwork.cs
+++ b/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Init/Steps/InitializeNetwork.cs
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ private async Task InitPeer()
         await _api.StaticNodesManager.InitAsync();
 
         await _api.TrustedNodesManager.InitAsync();
-  
+
         CreateProtocolManager();
 
         if (_syncConfig.SnapServingEnabled == true)