Nimbus only wants to talk with Geth for ETH1

[xachen]

Describe the bug
Nimbus only wants to work with either Geth or Infura (which uses Geth) for ETH1 logs. Besu does not want to communicate. I know Besu is configured correctly since Teku and Lighthouse connect correctly to it.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Platform details (OS, architecture): '...'
   justin@bullwinkle:~/pyrmont$ uname -a
   Linux bullwinkle 4.19.0-12-amd64 Shuffling tests #1 SMP Debian 4.19.152-1 (2020-10-18) x86_64 GNU/Linux

2. Branch/commit used: '...'
   justin@bullwinkle:~/pyrmont/nimbus-eth2$ git log -1
   commit 7b7dc6f (HEAD -> devel, origin/devel)

(same issue on latest master)

3. Commands being executed: '...'
   WEB3_URL="ws://127.0.0.1:8546" ./run-pyrmont-beacon-node.sh --log-level=TRACE
4. Relevant log lines: '...'
   justin@bullwinkle:~/pyrmont/nimbus-eth2$ ./run-pyrmont-beacon-node.sh --log-level=TRACE

To monitor the Eth1 validator deposit contract, you'll need to pair
the Nimbus beacon node with a Web3 provider capable of serving Eth1
event logs. This could be a locally running Eth1 client such as Geth
or a cloud service such as Infura. For more information please see
our setup guides:

https://status-im.github.io/nimbus-eth2/eth1.html

Please enter a Web3 provider URL: ws://127.0.0.1:8546
WRN 2020-11-24 14:01:49.025-07:00 You are running an alpha version of Nimbus - it is not suitable for mainnet! topics="beacnde" tid=14291 file=nimbus_beacon_node.nim:1135 version=v0.6.6-7b7dc6fe
INF 2020-11-24 14:01:49.025-07:00 Launching beacon node topics="beacnde" tid=14291 file=nimbus_beacon_node.nim:1137 version=v0.6.6-7b7dc6fe bls_backend=BLST cmdParams="@["--network=pyrmont", "--data-dir=build/data/shared_pyrmont_0", "--log-file=build/data/shared_pyrmont_0/nbc_bn_20201124140149.log", "--web3-url=ws://127.0.0.1:8546", "--tcp-port=9000", "--udp-port=9000", "--rpc", "--rpc-port=9190", "--log-level=TRACE"]" config="(logLevel: "TRACE", logFile: Some(build/data/shared_pyrmont_0/nbc_bn_20201124140149.log), eth2Network: Some("pyrmont"), dataDir: build/data/shared_pyrmont_0, validatorsDirFlag: None[InputDir], secretsDirFlag: None[InputDir], walletsDirFlag: None[InputDir], web3Url: "ws://127.0.0.1:8546", depositContractAddress: Some(0x8c5fecdc472e27bc447696f431e425d02dd46a8c), depositContractDeployedAt: Some((isHash: false, number: 3743587)), nonInteractive: false, netKeyFile: "random", netKeyInsecurePassword: false, cmd: noCommand, bootstrapNodes: @["# @protolambda bootnode 1", 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bootstrapNodesFile: , listenAddress: 0.0.0.0, tcpPort: 9000, udpPort: 9000, maxPeers: 79, nat: "any", weakSubjectivityCheckpoint: None[Checkpoint], finalizedCheckpointState: None[InputFile], finalizedCheckpointBlock: None[InputFile], runtimePreset: (GENESIS_FORK_VERSION: 00002009, GENESIS_DELAY: 432000, MIN_GENESIS_ACTIVE_VALIDATOR_COUNT: 16384, MIN_GENESIS_TIME: 1605700800, ETH1_FOLLOW_DISTANCE: 2048), nodeName: "", graffiti: None[GraffitiBytes], verifyFinalization: false, stopAtEpoch: 0, metricsEnabled: false, metricsAddress: 127.0.0.1, metricsPort: 8008, statusBarEnabled: true, statusBarContents: "peers: $connected_peers;finalized: $finalized_root:$finalized_epoch;head: $head_root:$head_epoch:$head_epoch_slot;time: $epoch:$epoch_slot ($slot);sync: $sync_status|", rpcEnabled: true, rpcPort: 9190, rpcAddress: 127.0.0.1, inProcessValidators: true, discv5Enabled: true, dumpEnabled: false)"
INF 2020-11-24 14:01:49.038-07:00 Loading block dag from database topics="beacnde" tid=14291 file=nimbus_beacon_node.nim:198 path=build/data/shared_pyrmont_0/db
INF 2020-11-24 14:01:49.518-07:00 Block dag initialized topics="beacnde" tid=14291 file=chain_dag.nim:423 head=da778bb6:123 finalizedHead=6a89af5d:0 tail=6a89af5d:0 totalBlocks=88
ERR 2020-11-24 14:01:49.520-07:00 Failed to start Eth1 monitor topics="beacnde" tid=14291 file=nimbus_beacon_node.nim:241 reason="Failed to setup web3 connection" web3Url=ws://127.0.0.1:8546 depositContractAddress=0x8c5fecdc472e27bc447696f431e425d02dd46a8c depositContractDeployedAt="(isHash: false, number: 3743587)"
INF 2020-11-24 14:01:49.520-07:00 Starting JSON-RPC HTTP server topics="JSONRPC-HTTP-SERVER" tid=14291 file=httpserver.nim:215 url=http://127.0.0.1:9190
INF 2020-11-24 14:01:49.524-07:00 Generating new networking key topics="networking" tid=14291 file=eth2_network.nim:1251 network_public_key=08021221025c25008a81365ceaa82e88e23998216c9b160243797252979e2c9daa54f76350 network_peer_id=16Uiu2HAm1dNDJxduVzKqJGcYBLg137iLsaoWGSUju2FKGKB9iiZd

[zah]

Support for Besu is likely to be added in our first point release after the v1.0.0 release. The problem has been tracked down to a compatibility issue present in one of the few third-party packages that we use. A fix has been pushed in the following PR and will be proposed to the upstream project:

status-im/news#1

[zah]

This issue has been resolved shortly after the comment above