anchor.diff:         #rr_recon_state{ stage = reconciliation,        initiator = true,
                           struct = Tree,                 ownerPid = OwnerL,
                           dest_rr_pid = DestNodePid,     stats = Stats,
  -                        dest_recon_pid = DestReconPid, params = Params }) ->
  -    SigSize = Params#merkle_params.signature_size,
  +                        dest_recon_pid = DestReconPid, params = Params,
  +                        misc = [{signature_size, SigSize}] }) ->
       CmpResults = merkle_decompress_cmp_result(Flags, HashKeys, [], SigSize),
       SID = rr_recon_stats:get(session_id, Stats),
  -    Params1 =
  -        case process_tree_cmp_result(CmpResults, Tree,
  -                                     Params#merkle_params.branch_factor,
  -                                     SigSize, Stats) of
  -            {[], ToResolve, NStats0, RTree, _MyMaxLeafCount} ->
  -                Params;
  -            {[_|_] = Req0, ToResolve, NStats0, RTree, MyMaxLeafCount} ->
  -                NextSigSize = calc_signature_size(
  -                                erlang:max(MyMaxLeafCount, OtherMaxLeafCount),
  -                                get_p1e() / length(Req0)),
  -%%                 log:pal("MyMLC: ~p~n    OtherMLC: ~p~n     SigSize: ~p",
  -%%                         [MyMaxLeafCount, OtherMaxLeafCount, NextSigSize]),
  -                Req = merkle_compress_hashlist(Req0, <<>>, NextSigSize),
  -                send(DestReconPid, {?check_nodes, Req, NextSigSize}),
  -                Params#merkle_params{signature_size = NextSigSize}
  -        end,
  +    case process_tree_cmp_result(CmpResults, Tree,
  +                                 Params#merkle_params.branch_factor,
  +                                 SigSize, Stats) of
  +        {[], ToResolve, NStats0, RTree, _MyMaxLeafCount} ->
  +            NextSigSize = SigSize,
  +            ok;
  +        {[_|_] = Req0, ToResolve, NStats0, RTree, MyMaxLeafCount} ->
  +            NextSigSize = calc_signature_size(
  +                            erlang:max(MyMaxLeafCount, OtherMaxLeafCount),
  +                            get_p1e() / length(Req0)),
  +%%             log:pal("MyMLC: ~p~n    OtherMLC: ~p~n     SigSize: ~p",
  +%%                     [MyMaxLeafCount, OtherMaxLeafCount, NextSigSize]),
  +            Req = merkle_compress_hashlist(Req0, <<>>, NextSigSize),
  +            send(DestReconPid, {?check_nodes, Req, NextSigSize})
  +    end,
       ResolveCount = resolve_leaves(ToResolve, DestNodePid, SID, OwnerL),
       NStats = rr_recon_stats:inc([{tree_leavesSynced, length(ToResolve)},
                                    {resolve_started, ResolveCount}], NStats0),
       CompLeft = rr_recon_stats:get(tree_compareLeft, NStats),
       NewState = State#rr_recon_state{stats = NStats, struct = RTree,
  -                                    params = Params1},
  +                                    misc = [{signature_size, NextSigSize}]},
       if CompLeft =:= 0 ->
              send(DestReconPid, {shutdown, sync_finished_remote}),
              shutdown(sync_finished, NewState);
  
positive.code:          struct             = {}                                     :: sync_struct() | {}, % my recon structure
           stage              = req_shared_interval                    :: stage(),
           initiator          = false                                  :: boolean(),
           stats              = rr_recon_stats:new()                   :: rr_recon_stats:stats()
           }).
  -type state() :: #rr_recon_state{}.
  
negative.code:             SyncParams = MySyncParams#merkle_params{reconPid = comm:this()},
              SID = rr_recon_stats:get(session_id, Stats),
              send(DestRRPid, {continue_recon, comm:make_global(OwnerL), SID,
                               {start_recon, merkle_tree, SyncParams}}),
              State#rr_recon_state{stats = Stats1, params = MySyncParams}
      end;
  begin_sync(MySyncStruct, OtherSyncStruct,
             State = #rr_recon_state{method = art, initiator = Initiator,
                                     ownerPid = OwnerL, stats = Stats,
  