Blockchain
Blockchain is a public ledger of a timestamped, ordered, and immutable list of all transactions on the bitcoin network. Each block is identified by a hash in the chain and is linked to its previous block by referencing the previous block's hash.
In the following structure of a block, a block header is described, followed by a detailed diagram that provides an insight into the blockchain structure.
The structure of a block
|
Bytes |
Name |
Description |
|
80 |
Block header |
This includes fields from the block header described in the next section. |
|
variable |
Transaction counter |
The field contains the total number of transactions in the block, including the coinbase transaction. |
|
variable |
Transactions |
All transactions in the block. |
The structure ...
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