From b1b52e794834f2f5237a9c7efdd1d6a407a1ef93 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: shreekara shastry <66725577+shreekarashastry@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2022 19:53:21 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Enabling contract deployment (#197)

* Enabling contract deployment
---
 core/types/transaction.go | 10 +++++++---
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/core/types/transaction.go b/core/types/transaction.go
index 9b0f64feee..88d5a68872 100644
--- a/core/types/transaction.go
+++ b/core/types/transaction.go
@@ -619,9 +619,13 @@ func (tx *Transaction) AsMessage(s Signer, baseFee *big.Int) (Message, error) {
 	idRange := params.LookupChainIDRange(s.ChainID())
 
 	sendingFromExternal := int(msg.from[0]) < idRange[0] || int(msg.from[0]) > idRange[1]
-	sendingToInternal := int(tx.To()[0]) >= idRange[0] && int(tx.To()[0]) <= idRange[1]
-	if sendingFromExternal && sendingToInternal {
-		msg.fromExternal = true
+
+	// checking if the transaction is deploying a contract
+	if tx.To() != nil && tx.Data() == nil {
+		sendingToInternal := int(tx.To()[0]) >= idRange[0] && int(tx.To()[0]) <= idRange[1]
+		if sendingFromExternal && sendingToInternal {
+			msg.fromExternal = true
+		}
 	}
 
 	return msg, err