From e9730bf5a57524b78cf62a55e1f5b57be6bdd266 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Gilbert <pgilbert@oasislabs.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2020 11:27:50 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Temporarily disable consensus address checks at genesis

---
 go/registry/api/api.go | 17 ++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/go/registry/api/api.go b/go/registry/api/api.go
index 0ac02b3b692..c5cdb512780 100644
--- a/go/registry/api/api.go
+++ b/go/registry/api/api.go
@@ -479,13 +479,16 @@ func VerifyRegisterNodeArgs( // nolint: gocyclo
 		return nil, ErrInvalidArgument
 	}
 	consensusAddressRequired := n.HasRoles(ConsensusAddressRequiredRoles)
-	if err := verifyAddresses(params, consensusAddressRequired, n.Consensus.Addresses); err != nil {
-		addrs, _ := json.Marshal(n.Consensus.Addresses)
-		logger.Error("RegisterNode: missing/invalid consensus addresses",
-			"node", n,
-			"consensus_addrs", addrs,
-		)
-		return nil, err
+	if !isGenesis {
+		// Temporarily allow invalid consensus addresses at genesis
+		if err := verifyAddresses(params, consensusAddressRequired, n.Consensus.Addresses); err != nil {
+			addrs, _ := json.Marshal(n.Consensus.Addresses)
+			logger.Error("RegisterNode: missing/invalid consensus addresses",
+				"node", n,
+				"consensus_addrs", addrs,
+			)
+			return nil, err
+		}
 	}
 
 	// If node is a key manager, ensure that it is owned by the key manager