Function GetSkipHeight

src/chain.cpp:73–81

Compute what height to jump back to with the CBlockIndex::pskip pointer. */

/** Compute what height to jump back to with the CBlockIndex::pskip pointer. */
int static inline GetSkipHeight(int height) {
    if (height < 2)
        return 0;

    // Determine which height to jump back to. Any number strictly lower than height is acceptable,
    // but the following expression seems to perform well in simulations (max 110 steps to go back
    // up to 2**18 blocks).
    return (height & 1) ? InvertLowestOne(InvertLowestOne(height - 1)) + 1 : InvertLowestOne(height);
}

const CBlockIndex* CBlockIndex::GetAncestor(int height) const
{