From 89b7019be884962729784ab326c46be88ed4784c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pieter Wuille <pieter.wuille@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2012 21:59:22 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Reconstruct coins/ from scratch when missing.

---
 src/init.cpp |  2 +-
 src/main.cpp | 23 ++++++++++-------------
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index a224b336c..615e753ad 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -865,7 +865,7 @@ bool AppInit2()
         if (walletdb.ReadBestBlock(locator))
             pindexRescan = locator.GetBlockIndex();
     }
-    if (pindexBest != pindexRescan)
+    if (pindexBest && pindexBest != pindexRescan)
     {
         uiInterface.InitMessage(_("Rescanning..."));
         printf("Rescanning last %i blocks (from block %i)...\n", pindexBest->nHeight - pindexRescan->nHeight, pindexRescan->nHeight);
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index ed0341417..c3a6dd041 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -1691,7 +1691,7 @@ bool SetBestChain(CBlockIndex* pindexNew)
     // Find the fork (typically, there is none)
     CBlockIndex* pfork = view.GetBestBlock();
     CBlockIndex* plonger = pindexNew;
-    while (pfork != plonger)
+    while (pfork && pfork != plonger)
     {
         while (plonger->nHeight > pfork->nHeight)
             if (!(plonger = plonger->pprev))
@@ -2322,13 +2322,18 @@ bool static LoadBlockIndexDB()
     if (pblocktree->ReadBlockFileInfo(nLastBlockFile, infoLastBlockFile))
         printf("LoadBlockIndex(): last block file: %s\n", infoLastBlockFile.ToString().c_str());
 
+    // Load bnBestInvalidWork, OK if it doesn't exist
+    pblocktree->ReadBestInvalidWork(bnBestInvalidWork);
+
+    // Check whether we need to continue reindexing
+    bool fReindexing = false;
+    pblocktree->ReadReindexing(fReindexing);
+    fReindex |= fReindexing;
+
     // Load hashBestChain pointer to end of best chain
     pindexBest = pcoinsTip->GetBestBlock();
     if (pindexBest == NULL)
-    {
-        if (pindexGenesisBlock == NULL)
-            return true;
-    }
+        return true;
     hashBestChain = pindexBest->GetBlockHash();
     nBestHeight = pindexBest->nHeight;
     bnBestChainWork = pindexBest->bnChainWork;
@@ -2344,14 +2349,6 @@ bool static LoadBlockIndexDB()
         BlockHashStr(hashBestChain).c_str(), nBestHeight,
         DateTimeStrFormat("%x %H:%M:%S", pindexBest->GetBlockTime()).c_str());
 
-    // Load bnBestInvalidWork, OK if it doesn't exist
-    pblocktree->ReadBestInvalidWork(bnBestInvalidWork);
-
-    // Check whether we need to continue reindexing
-    bool fReindexing = false;
-    pblocktree->ReadReindexing(fReindexing);
-    fReindex |= fReindexing;
-
     // Verify blocks in the best chain
     int nCheckLevel = GetArg("-checklevel", 1);
     int nCheckDepth = GetArg( "-checkblocks", 2500);