From 97343d95e57d2045144f5404683ef6aeafcaa8f3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ThomasV <thomasv@electrum.org>
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2017 16:28:17 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] speed-up search by starting at own height

---
 lib/network.py | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/network.py b/lib/network.py
index d101fa39e..95ff9f78f 100644
--- a/lib/network.py
+++ b/lib/network.py
@@ -993,7 +993,8 @@ class Network(util.DaemonThread):
         interface.mode = 'backward'
         interface.bad = height
         interface.bad_header = header
-        self.request_header(interface, height - 1) # should be max(heights)
+        tip = max([x.height() for x in self.blockchains.values()])
+        self.request_header(interface, tip)
 
     def blockchain(self):
         if self.interface and self.interface.blockchain is not None: