package blockchain import ( "bytes" "crypto/sha256" "encoding/gob" "fmt" "log" "time" ) // Block keeps block headers. type Block struct { Timestamp int64 Transactions []*Transaction PrevBlockHash []byte Hash []byte } // Serialize serializes the block func (b *Block) Serialize() []byte { var result bytes.Buffer encoder := gob.NewEncoder(&result) err := encoder.Encode(b) if err != nil { log.Panic(err) } return result.Bytes() } // DeserializeBlock deserializes a block func DeserializeBlock(d []byte) *Block { var block Block decoder := gob.NewDecoder(bytes.NewReader(d)) err := decoder.Decode(&block) if err != nil { log.Panic(err) } return &block } // Used for debuging. func (b *Block) String() string { res := fmt.Sprintf("Block created at %v\n", b.Timestamp) for id, tx := range b.Transactions { res += fmt.Sprintf("Transaction %v: %v\n", id, *tx) } res += fmt.Sprintf("previous blockhash: %v\n", b.PrevBlockHash) res += fmt.Sprintf("hash: %v\n", b.Hash) return res } // HashTransactions returns a hash of the transactions in the block func (b *Block) HashTransactions() []byte { var txHashes [][]byte var txHash [32]byte for _, tx := range b.Transactions { txHashes = append(txHashes, tx.ID) } txHash = sha256.Sum256(bytes.Join(txHashes, []byte{})) return txHash[:] } // NewBlock creates and returns a neew block. func NewBlock(transactions []*Transaction, prevBlockHash []byte) *Block { block := &Block{time.Now().Unix(), transactions, prevBlockHash, []byte{}} block.Hash = block.HashTransactions() return block } // NewGenesisBlock creates and returns genesis Block. func NewGenesisBlock(coinbase *Transaction) *Block { return NewBlock([]*Transaction{coinbase}, []byte{}) }