BSV.BlockHeader (BSV v2.1.0) View Source
A block header is an 80 byte packet of information providing a summary of the
BSV.Block.t/0
.
Contained within the block header is a Merkle root - the result of hashing all
of the transactions contained in the block into a tree-like structure known as
a Merkle tree. Given a transaction and BSV.MerkleProof.t/0
, we can verify
the transaction is contained in a block without downloading the entire block.
Link to this section Summary
Functions
Parses the given binary into a BSV.BlockHeader.t/0
.
Parses the given binary into a BSV.BlockHeader.t/0
.
Serialises the given BSV.BlockHeader.t/0
into a binary.
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Specs
t() :: %BSV.BlockHeader{ bits: non_neg_integer(), merkle_root: BSV.Block.merkle_root(), nonce: non_neg_integer(), prev_hash: <<_::256>>, time: non_neg_integer(), version: non_neg_integer() }
Block header struct
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Specs
Parses the given binary into a BSV.BlockHeader.t/0
.
Returns the result in an :ok
/ :error
tuple pair.
Options
The accepted options are:
:encoding
- Optionally decode the binary with either the:base64
or:hex
encoding scheme.
Specs
Parses the given binary into a BSV.BlockHeader.t/0
.
As from_binary/2
but returns the result or raises an exception.
Serialises the given BSV.BlockHeader.t/0
into a binary.
Options
The accepted options are:
:encoding
- Optionally encode the binary with either the:base64
or:hex
encoding scheme.