diff --git a/src/_version.ts b/src/_version.ts
index dbdc3ae5..dc9e12ab 100644
--- a/src/_version.ts
+++ b/src/_version.ts
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@
  *
  * @ignore
  */
-export const version: string = '1.0.0-alpha.32';
+export const version: string = '1.0.0-alpha.33';
diff --git a/src/providers/abstract-provider.ts b/src/providers/abstract-provider.ts
index f524bd39..6baca077 100644
--- a/src/providers/abstract-provider.ts
+++ b/src/providers/abstract-provider.ts
@@ -1403,16 +1403,20 @@ export class AbstractProvider<C = FetchRequest> implements Provider {
         });
 
         if (request.blockTag != null) {
-            const blockTag = this._getBlockTag(toShard(request.chainId!.toString()), request.blockTag);
-            if (isPromise(blockTag)) {
-                promises.push(
-                    (async function () {
-                        request.blockTag = await blockTag;
-                    })(),
-                );
-            } else {
-                request.blockTag = blockTag;
-            }
+            const getBlockTag = async () => {
+                const zone = await this.zoneFromAddress(addressFromTransactionRequest(_request));
+                const shard = toShard(zone);
+                const blockTag = this._getBlockTag(shard, request.blockTag);
+                if (isPromise(blockTag)) {
+                    return await blockTag;
+                }
+                return blockTag;
+            };
+            promises.push(
+                (async function () {
+                    request.blockTag = await getBlockTag();
+                })(),
+            );
         }
 
         if (promises.length) {
diff --git a/src/providers/provider.ts b/src/providers/provider.ts
index 0c0c0c72..a487eef4 100644
--- a/src/providers/provider.ts
+++ b/src/providers/provider.ts
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ import {
 import { WorkObjectLike } from '../transaction/work-object.js';
 import { QiTransactionLike } from '../transaction/qi-transaction.js';
 import { QuaiTransactionLike } from '../transaction/quai-transaction.js';
-import { toShard, toZone } from '../constants/index.js';
+import { toShard, toZone, ZeroAddress } from '../constants/index.js';
 import { getZoneFromNodeLocation, getZoneForAddress } from '../utils/shards.js';
 import { QiPerformActionTransaction } from './abstract-provider.js';
 
@@ -144,8 +144,16 @@ export class FeeData {
  */
 export function addressFromTransactionRequest(tx: TransactionRequest): AddressLike {
     if ('from' in tx && !!tx.from) {
-        return tx.from;
+        if (tx.from !== ZeroAddress) {
+            return tx.from;
+        }
+    }
+    if ('to' in tx && !!tx.to) {
+        if (tx.to !== ZeroAddress) {
+            return tx.to as AddressLike;
+        }
     }
+
     if ('txInputs' in tx && !!tx.txInputs) {
         const inputs = tx.txInputs as TxInput[];
         return computeAddress(inputs[0].pubkey);
@@ -154,9 +162,6 @@ export function addressFromTransactionRequest(tx: TransactionRequest): AddressLi
         const inputs = tx.txIn as TxInputJson[];
         return computeAddress(inputs[0].pubkey);
     }
-    if ('to' in tx && !!tx.to) {
-        return tx.to as AddressLike;
-    }
     throw new Error('Unable to determine address from transaction inputs, from or to field');
 }