anchor.diff:                          end),
               ItemCount = lists:max([0 | [Count || {_SubI, Count, _Bucket} <- ICBList]]),
               P1ETotal3 = calc_n_subparts_p1e(NumTrees, P1ETotal2),
  -%%             log:pal("merkle [ ~p ] CurrentNodes: ~B", [self(), length(ICBList)]),
  +            ?MERKLE_DEBUG("merkle (NI) - CurrentNodes: ~B", [length(ICBList)]),
   
               MySyncParams = #merkle_params{interval = MerkleI,
                                             branch_factor = MerkleV,
  
positive.code:     NextSigSizeL = min_max(util:ceil(util:log2((2 * BucketSize) / P1E_L)),
                             get_min_hash_bits(), 160),
  
  %%     log:pal("merkle [ ~p ] MyMI: ~B, \tOtMI: ~B~n"
  %%             "P1E_I: ~p, \tP1E_L: ~p, \tSigSizeI: ~B, \tSigSizeL: ~B",
  %%             [self(), MyMaxItemsCount, OtherMaxItemsCount,
  %%              P1E_I, P1E_L, NextSigSizeI, NextSigSizeL]),
      {P1E_I, P1E_L, NextSigSizeI, NextSigSizeL}.
  
  -compile({nowarn_unused_function, {min_max_feeder, 3}}).
  
negative.code:            P1EOneLeaf = calc_n_subparts_p1e(
                            length(MerkleSyncNewSend) + length(MerkleSyncNewRcv),
                            P1EAllLeaves),
             ?MERKLE_DEBUG("merkle (NI) - LeafSync#: ~p (send), ~p (receive)\tP1EAllLeaves: ~p\tP1EOneLeaf: ~p ItemsToSend: ~B",
                     [length(MerkleSyncNewSend), length(MerkleSyncNewRcv),
                      P1EAllLeaves, P1EOneLeaf,
                      lists:sum([MyItemCount || {_, _, MyItemCount} <- MerkleSyncNewSend])]),
             if MerkleSyncNewSend =/= [] ->
                    {Hashes, NStats2} =
                        merkle_resolve_leaves_send(MerkleSyncNewSend, NStats,
                                                   Params, P1EOneLeaf),
                    ?MERKLE_DEBUG("merkle (NI) - HashesSize: ~B", [erlang:byte_size(Hashes)]),
                    ?DBG_ASSERT(Hashes =/= <<>>),
                    send(DestReconPid, {resolve_req, Hashes}),
                    NewState#rr_recon_state{stage = resolve, stats = NStats2,
  