package main import ( "fmt" "time" _"bytes" ) type Block struct { number uint32 prevHash string uncles []*Block coinbase string // state xxx difficulty uint32 time time.Time nonce uint32 transactions []*Transaction } func NewBlock(/* TODO use raw data */transactions []*Transaction) *Block { block := &Block{ // Slice of transactions to include in this block transactions: transactions, number: 1, prevHash: "1234", coinbase: "me", difficulty: 10, nonce: 0, time: time.Now(), } return block } func (block *Block) Update() { } func (block *Block) Hash() string { return Sha256Hex(block.MarshalRlp()) } func (block *Block) MarshalRlp() []byte { // Encoding method requires []interface{} type. It's actual a slice of strings encTx := make([]string, len(block.transactions)) for i, tx := range block.transactions { encTx[i] = string(tx.MarshalRlp()) } /* I made up the block. It should probably contain different data or types. It sole purpose now is testing */ header := []interface{}{ block.number, block.prevHash, // Sha of uncles "", block.coinbase, // root state "", string(Sha256Bin([]byte(RlpEncode(encTx)))), block.difficulty, block.time.String(), block.nonce, // extra? } encoded := Encode([]interface{}{header, encTx}) return encoded } func (block *Block) UnmarshalRlp(data []byte) { t, _ := Decode(data,0) if slice, ok := t.([]interface{}); ok { if header, ok := slice[0].([]interface{}); ok { if number, ok := header[0].(uint8); ok { block.number = uint32(number) } if prevHash, ok := header[1].([]byte); ok { block.prevHash = string(prevHash) } // sha of uncles is header[2] if coinbase, ok := header[3].([]byte); ok { block.coinbase = string(coinbase) } // state is header[header[4] // sha is header[5] // It's either 8bit or 64 if difficulty, ok := header[6].(uint8); ok { block.difficulty = uint32(difficulty) } if difficulty, ok := header[6].(uint64); ok { block.difficulty = uint32(difficulty) } if time, ok := header[7].([]byte); ok { fmt.Sprintf("Time is: ", string(time)) } if nonce, ok := header[8].(uint8); ok { block.nonce = uint32(nonce) } } if txSlice, ok := slice[1].([]interface{}); ok { block.transactions = make([]*Transaction, len(txSlice)) for i, tx := range txSlice { if t, ok := tx.([]byte); ok { tx := &Transaction{} tx.UnmarshalRlp(t) block.transactions[i] = tx } } } } }