// and reuse this signature to compute the first leaf of acual layer
// more efficiently (by verifiing the signature)
ots = new WinternitzOTSignature(OTSseed, digestProvider.get(), otsIndex[h]);
currentRootSigs[h] = ots.getSignature(lowerRoot);
WinternitzOTSVerify otsver = new WinternitzOTSVerify(digestProvider.get(), otsIndex[h]);
help = otsver.Verify(lowerRoot, currentRootSigs[h]);
}
// update the tree with the first leaf
treeToConstruct.update(help);
int seedForTreehashIndex = 3;