From 972714c95687eda3afc209d62e0ed32fd50eef31 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Cousens <dcousens@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2016 17:08:57 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] pow: GetNextWorkRequired never called with NULL pindexLast

---
 src/pow.cpp | 5 +----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/pow.cpp b/src/pow.cpp
index e57fd866f8..e06d9662e6 100644
--- a/src/pow.cpp
+++ b/src/pow.cpp
@@ -12,12 +12,9 @@
 
 unsigned int GetNextWorkRequired(const CBlockIndex* pindexLast, const CBlockHeader *pblock, const Consensus::Params& params)
 {
+    assert(pindexLast != NULL);
     unsigned int nProofOfWorkLimit = UintToArith256(params.powLimit).GetCompact();
 
-    // Genesis block
-    if (pindexLast == NULL)
-        return nProofOfWorkLimit;
-
     // Only change once per difficulty adjustment interval
     if ((pindexLast->nHeight+1) % params.DifficultyAdjustmentInterval() != 0)
     {