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An example blockchain implementation in Node.js to understand the concept behind
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// example usage | |
const blockchain = new Blockchain(); | |
blockchain.add(1); | |
blockchain.add(2); | |
blockchain.add(3); | |
blockchain.verify(); | |
console.log(blockchain); | |
// example output | |
/* | |
$ node blockchain.js | |
Blockchain { | |
blocks: | |
[ { timestamp: 2018-01-24T10:02:07.395Z, | |
data: 1, | |
hash: 'b9b92d5db0fbe77b2600ecc5bc36b7938d7185bbdb5b39e399374209e16e877e' }, | |
{ timestamp: 2018-01-24T10:02:07.395Z, | |
data: 2, | |
hash: '569d2ccfd87b7a7b0203e2d160cd4fffc05a831c89a5f5d626cfa245e887a197' }, | |
{ timestamp: 2018-01-24T10:02:07.395Z, | |
data: 3, | |
hash: 'adb97d934aafe7bd0cc943c2920f512baaed44e37bef5dad3177d8f798200db7' } ], | |
secret: '' } | |
*/ | |
// example implementation | |
const crypto = require('crypto'); | |
class Blockchain { | |
constructor(secret = '') { | |
this.blocks = []; | |
this.secret = secret; | |
} | |
hash(data) { | |
return crypto.createHash('sha256').update(JSON.stringify(data)).digest('hex'); | |
} | |
add(data) { | |
const block = { | |
timestamp: new Date(), | |
data, | |
}; | |
const hashData = { block }; | |
if (this.blocks.length > 0) { | |
hashData.previousHash = this.blocks[this.blocks.length - 1].hash; | |
} | |
block.hash = this.hash(hashData); | |
this.blocks.push(block); | |
} | |
verify() { | |
for (const index in this.blocks) { | |
const block = this.blocks[index]; | |
const hashData = { block: { timestamp: block.timestamp, data: block.data }}; | |
if (index > 0) { | |
hashData.previousHash = this.blocks[index - 1].hash; | |
} | |
const hash = this.hash(hashData); | |
if (block.hash !== hash) { | |
return false; | |
} | |
} | |
return true; | |
} | |
} |
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Consense of the first reviews and feedbacks: It's not a blockchain, it's a merkle tree what I did. A blockchains needs to be centralized with the networking and syncing parts. :)