From 227fc4d8017a923ab43812bbe216a440cb7c66a3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Piotr=20W=C3=B3jcik?=
 <3044353+pwojcikdev@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 31 May 2023 16:46:43 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Remove assert for null block deserialization (#4241)

---
 nano/lib/blocks.cpp | 10 ++--------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/nano/lib/blocks.cpp b/nano/lib/blocks.cpp
index ab5f9183..fab4c246 100644
--- a/nano/lib/blocks.cpp
+++ b/nano/lib/blocks.cpp
@@ -1415,18 +1415,12 @@ std::shared_ptr<nano::block> nano::deserialize_block (nano::stream & stream_a, n
 			result = ::deserialize_block<nano::state_block> (stream_a);
 			break;
 		}
-		case nano::block_type::not_a_block:
+		default:
 		{
-			// Skip null block terminators
 			return {};
 		}
-		default:
-#ifndef NANO_FUZZER_TEST
-			debug_assert (false);
-#endif
-			break;
 	}
-	if (uniquer_a != nullptr)
+	if (result && uniquer_a != nullptr)
 	{
 		result = uniquer_a->unique (result);
 	}