// Copyright (c) 2014-2016 The btcsuite developers // Use of this source code is governed by an ISC // license that can be found in the LICENSE file. package blockchain_test import ( "fmt" "math/big" "os" "path/filepath" "github.com/btcsuite/btcd/blockchain" "github.com/btcsuite/btcd/chaincfg" "github.com/btcsuite/btcd/database" _ "github.com/btcsuite/btcd/database/ffldb" "github.com/btcsuite/btcutil" ) // This example demonstrates how to create a new chain instance and use // ProcessBlock to attempt to attempt add a block to the chain. As the package // overview documentation describes, this includes all of the Bitcoin consensus // rules. This example intentionally attempts to insert a duplicate genesis // block to illustrate how an invalid block is handled. func ExampleBlockChain_ProcessBlock() { // Create a new database to store the accepted blocks into. Typically // this would be opening an existing database and would not be deleting // and creating a new database like this, but it is done here so this is // a complete working example and does not leave temporary files laying // around. dbPath := filepath.Join(os.TempDir(), "exampleprocessblock") _ = os.RemoveAll(dbPath) db, err := database.Create("ffldb", dbPath, chaincfg.MainNetParams.Net) if err != nil { fmt.Printf("Failed to create database: %v\n", err) return } defer os.RemoveAll(dbPath) defer db.Close() // Create a new BlockChain instance using the underlying database for // the main bitcoin network. This example does not demonstrate some // of the other available configuration options such as specifying a // notification callback and signature cache. chain, err := blockchain.New(&blockchain.Config{ DB: db, ChainParams: &chaincfg.MainNetParams, }) if err != nil { fmt.Printf("Failed to create chain instance: %v\n", err) return } // Create a new median time source that is required by the upcoming // call to ProcessBlock. Ordinarily this would also add time values // obtained from other peers on the network so the local time is // adjusted to be in agreement with other peers. timeSource := blockchain.NewMedianTime() // Process a block. For this example, we are going to intentionally // cause an error by trying to process the genesis block which already // exists. genesisBlock := btcutil.NewBlock(chaincfg.MainNetParams.GenesisBlock) isOrphan, err := chain.ProcessBlock(genesisBlock, timeSource, blockchain.BFNone) if err != nil { fmt.Printf("Failed to process block: %v\n", err) return } fmt.Printf("Block accepted. Is it an orphan?: %v", isOrphan) // Output: // Failed to process block: already have block 000000000019d6689c085ae165831e934ff763ae46a2a6c172b3f1b60a8ce26f } // This example demonstrates how to convert the compact "bits" in a block header // which represent the target difficulty to a big integer and display it using // the typical hex notation. func ExampleCompactToBig() { // Convert the bits from block 300000 in the main block chain. bits := uint32(419465580) targetDifficulty := blockchain.CompactToBig(bits) // Display it in hex. fmt.Printf("%064x\n", targetDifficulty.Bytes()) // Output: // 0000000000000000896c00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 } // This example demonstrates how to convert a target difficulty into the compact // "bits" in a block header which represent that target difficulty . func ExampleBigToCompact() { // Convert the target difficulty from block 300000 in the main block // chain to compact form. t := "0000000000000000896c00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000" targetDifficulty, success := new(big.Int).SetString(t, 16) if !success { fmt.Println("invalid target difficulty") return } bits := blockchain.BigToCompact(targetDifficulty) fmt.Println(bits) // Output: // 419465580 }