package main import ( "bytes" "encoding/gob" "log" "time" ) // Block represents a block in the blockchain type Block struct { Timestamp int64 Transactions []*Transaction PrevBlockHash []byte Hash []byte Nonce int Height int } // NewBlock creates and returns Block func NewBlock(transactions []*Transaction, prevBlockHash []byte, height int) *Block { block := &Block{time.Now().Unix(), transactions, prevBlockHash, []byte{}, 0, height} pow := NewProofOfWork(block) nonce, hash := pow.Run() block.Hash = hash[:] block.Nonce = nonce return block } // NewGenesisBlock creates and returns genesis Block func NewGenesisBlock(coinbase *Transaction) *Block { return NewBlock([]*Transaction{coinbase}, []byte{}, 0) } // HashTransactions returns a hash of the transactions in the block func (b *Block) HashTransactions() []byte { var transactions [][]byte for _, tx := range b.Transactions { transactions = append(transactions, tx.Serialize()) } mTree := NewMerkleTree(transactions) return mTree.RootNode.Data } // 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 }