The core protocol of WoopChain
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woop/blockchain/block.go

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package blockchain
import (
"bytes"
"crypto/sha256"
"encoding/gob"
"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
}
// 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 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{})
}