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+# beacon_chain
+# Copyright (c) 2022 Status Research & Development GmbH
+# Licensed and distributed under either of
+#   * MIT license (license terms in the root directory or at https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT).
+#   * Apache v2 license (license terms in the root directory or at https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0).
+# at your option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed except according to those terms.
+
+{.push raises: [Defect].}
+
+# This implements the pre-release proposal of the libp2p based light client sync
+# protocol. See https://github.com/ethereum/consensus-specs/pull/2802
+
+import
+  # Status libraries
+  chronos,
+  # Beacon chain internals
+  ../spec/datatypes/base
+
+type
+  LightClientPool* = object
+    latestForwardedFinalitySlot*: Slot
+      ## Latest finality update that was forwarded on libp2p gossip.
+      ## Tracks `finality_update.finalized_header.slot`.
+
+    latestForwardedOptimisticSlot*: Slot
+      ## Latest optimistic update that was forwarded on libp2p gossip.
+      ## Tracks `optimistic_update.attested_header.slot`.
+
+    latestBroadcastedSlot*: Slot
+      ## Latest slot for which updates were broadcasted on libp2p gossip.
+      ## Tracks `update.signature_slot`.
+
+    broadcastGossipFut*: Future[void]
+      ## Task to broadcast libp2p gossip. Started when a sync committee message
+      ## is sent. Tracked separately from `handleValidatorDuties` to catch the
+      ## case where `node.attachedValidators[].count == 0` at function start,
+      ## and then a sync committee message gets sent from a remote VC via REST.