weird genesis timestamp for topaz

[tzapu]

i've just setup a new node and tried to query for the genesis timestamp
the http api gives me

$ curl -X GET "http://localhost:3001/eth/v1alpha1/node/genesis" -H  "accept: application/json"
{"genesisTime":"0001-01-01T00:00:00Z","depositContractAddress":"XKHgAAQ2ashfSSiHqqsS0OZBiHY="}

and over grpc GetGenesis(...).GetGenesisTime().GetSeconds() returns -62135596800

neither is ideal :D

[prestonvanloon]

We saw the same thing on https://prylabs.net. I think this might be an issue with grpc / json transcoding. It is likely that the beacon node reported 0 as the genesis start time and it was somehow converted to this ridiculous timestamp.

In any case, this is unacceptable behavior for pre-genesis beacon node reporting. We'll have to find some alternative solution.

[rauljordan]

Done by #6031