Function BlockBuildMerkleTree

src/test/merkle_tests.cpp:28–53

Older version of the merkle root computation code, for comparison.

// Older version of the merkle root computation code, for comparison.
static uint256 BlockBuildMerkleTree(const CBlock& block, bool* fMutated, std::vector<uint256>& vMerkleTree)
{
    vMerkleTree.clear();
    vMerkleTree.reserve(block.vtx.size() * 2 + 16); // Safe upper bound for the number of total nodes.
    for (std::vector<CTransactionRef>::const_iterator it(block.vtx.begin()); it != block.vtx.end(); ++it)
        vMerkleTree.push_back((*it)->GetHash().ToUint256());
    int j = 0;
    bool mutated = false;
    for (int nSize = block.vtx.size(); nSize > 1; nSize = (nSize + 1) / 2)
    {
        for (int i = 0; i < nSize; i += 2)
        {
            int i2 = std::min(i+1, nSize-1);
            if (i2 == i + 1 && i2 + 1 == nSize && vMerkleTree[j+i] == vMerkleTree[j+i2]) {
                // Two identical hashes at the end of the list at a particular level.
                mutated = true;
            }
            vMerkleTree.push_back(Hash(vMerkleTree[j+i], vMerkleTree[j+i2]));
        }
        j += nSize;
    }
    if (fMutated) {
        *fMutated = mutated;
    }
    return (vMerkleTree.empty() ? uint256() : vMerkleTree.back());
}

// Older version of the merkle branch computation code, for comparison.
static std::vector<uint256> BlockGetMerkleBranch(const CBlock& block, const std::vector<uint256>& vMerkleTree, int nIndex)