chore: not sign nonce 1

orchestrator/orchestrator.go

@@ -301,16 +301,18 @@ func (orch Orchestrator) Process(ctx context.Context, nonce uint64) error {
 		return celestiatypes.ErrAttestationNotFound
 	}
 
+	if nonce == 1 {
+		// there is no need to sign nonce 1 as the Blobstream contract will trust it when deploying.
+		return nil
+	}
 	// check if we need to sign or not
-	if nonce != 1 {
-		previousValset, err := orch.AppQuerier.QueryLastValsetBeforeNonce(ctx, att.GetNonce())
-		if err != nil {
-			orch.Logger.Debug("failed to query last valset before nonce (most likely pruned). signing anyway", "err", err.Error())
-		} else if !ValidatorPartOfValset(previousValset.Members, orch.EvmAccount.Address.Hex()) {
-			// no need to sign if the orchestrator is not part of the validator set that needs to sign the attestation
-			orch.Logger.Debug("validator not part of valset. won't sign", "nonce", nonce)
-			return nil
-		}
+	previousValset, err := orch.AppQuerier.QueryLastValsetBeforeNonce(ctx, att.GetNonce())
+	if err != nil {
+		orch.Logger.Debug("failed to query last valset before nonce (most likely pruned). signing anyway", "err", err.Error())
+	} else if !ValidatorPartOfValset(previousValset.Members, orch.EvmAccount.Address.Hex()) {
+		// no need to sign if the orchestrator is not part of the validator set that needs to sign the attestation
+		orch.Logger.Debug("validator not part of valset. won't sign", "nonce", nonce)
+		return nil
 	}
 
 	switch castedAtt := att.(type) {