From 802c70a0e31ec1186bc03b5133170fd8ff425053 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: thePR0M3TH3AN <53631862+PR0M3TH3AN@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2026 08:01:40 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Normalize block checks for author moderation

---
 js/app.js | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/js/app.js b/js/app.js
index d659f062..bd65bacc 100644
--- a/js/app.js
+++ b/js/app.js
@@ -511,14 +511,14 @@ class Application {
 
   isAuthorBlocked(pubkey) {
     try {
+      const normalized = this.normalizeHexPubkey(pubkey);
       if (userBlocks && typeof userBlocks.isBlocked === "function") {
-        if (userBlocks.isBlocked(pubkey)) {
+        if (normalized && userBlocks.isBlocked(normalized)) {
           return true;
         }
       }
 
       if (!this.isUserLoggedIn()) {
-        const normalized = this.normalizeHexPubkey(pubkey);
         if (
           normalized &&
           moderationService &&