From 279f9428ea0612a4fbd4652caaa3674166463f50 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: flexsurfer <flexsurfer@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2021 17:32:53 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Update web3-provider.ts

add status.im condition for eth_sign
---
 packages/providers/src.ts/web3-provider.ts | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/providers/src.ts/web3-provider.ts b/packages/providers/src.ts/web3-provider.ts
index ebe0cfb190..d69b8f0338 100644
--- a/packages/providers/src.ts/web3-provider.ts
+++ b/packages/providers/src.ts/web3-provider.ts
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ function buildEip1193Fetcher(provider: ExternalProvider): JsonRpcFetchFunc {
         if (params == null) { params = [ ]; }
 
         // Metamask complains about eth_sign (and on some versions hangs)
-        if (method == "eth_sign" && provider.isMetaMask) {
+        // status.im doesn't support eth_sign because of security reasons
+        if (method == "eth_sign" && (provider.isMetaMask || provider.isStatus)) {
             // https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/wiki/Management-APIs#personal_sign
             method = "personal_sign";
             params = [ params[1], params[0] ];