From e5204716ebf2e1c2e4d24ff9392c0e40562f7cd0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lennart Ploom <lennart@unicity-labs.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2025 10:12:46 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] set default root epoch to 1

---
 types/unicity_certificate.go | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/types/unicity_certificate.go b/types/unicity_certificate.go
index 588182c..f3ff10f 100644
--- a/types/unicity_certificate.go
+++ b/types/unicity_certificate.go
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ func (x *UnicityCertificate) GetRootEpoch() uint64 {
 	if x != nil && x.UnicitySeal != nil {
 		return x.UnicitySeal.Epoch
 	}
-	return 0
+	return 1
 }
 
 // CheckNonEquivocatingCertificates checks if provided certificates are equivocating