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Block
A Block instance represents the information on a block in the bitcoin network. Note that creating it takes some computing power, as the tree of transactions is created or verified.
Given a hexa or base64 string representation of the serialization of a block
with its transactions, you can instantiate a Block instance. It will calculate
and check the merkle root hash (if enough data is provided), but transactions
won't neccesarily be valid spends, and this class won't validate them. A binary
representation as a Buffer instance is also valid input for a Block's
constructor.
assert(Block.isValidHeader(data);
assert(Block.isValidBlock(data);
var block = new Block(hexaEncodedBlock);
assert(block.id && block.hash && block.id === block.hash);
assert(block.version === Block.CurrentVersion);
assert(block.prevHash);
assert(block.timestamp);
assert(block.nonce);
assert(block.size);
assert(block.transactions[0] instanceof Transaction);
Navigating through transactions
The set of transactions in a block can be explored by iterating on the block's
transactions member.
for (var transaction in block.transactions) {
// ...
}
It is also possible to explore a block's Merkle tree of transaction hashes. Head to the Merkle tree documentation for more information:
var root = block.tree.root;
assert(root instanceof bitcore.DataStructures.MerkleTree.Node);
assert(root.hash === block.id);
assert(root.isLeaf === false);
assert(root.left instanceof bitcore.DataStructures.MerkleTree.Node);
assert(root.right instanceof bitcore.DataStructures.MerkleTree.Node);
assert(root.left.left.left.left.content === block.transactions[0]);