Dissect block number two on the bitcoin blockchain

SampleBlock.ipynb

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    "blockId = \"000000006a625f06636b8bb6ac7b960a8d03705d1ace08b1a19da3fdcc99ddbd\""
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    "url = 'https://blockchain.info/en/block/' + blockId + '?format=hex'\n",
    "r = requests.get(url)\n",
    "raw = r.text"
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       "'010000004860eb18bf1b1620e37e9490fc8a427514416fd75159ab86688e9a8300000000d5fdcc541e25de1c7a5addedf24858b8bb665c9f36ef744ee42c316022c90f9bb0bc6649ffff001d08d2bd610101000000010000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000ffffffff0704ffff001d010bffffffff0100f2052a010000004341047211a824f55b505228e4c3d5194c1fcfaa15a456abdf37f9b9d97a4040afc073dee6c89064984f03385237d92167c13e236446b417ab79a0fcae412ae3316b77ac00000000'"
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    "version, raw = raw[:8], raw[8:]"
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       "'4860eb18bf1b1620e37e9490fc8a427514416fd75159ab86688e9a8300000000d5fdcc541e25de1c7a5addedf24858b8bb665c9f36ef744ee42c316022c90f9bb0bc6649ffff001d08d2bd610101000000010000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000ffffffff0704ffff001d010bffffffff0100f2052a010000004341047211a824f55b505228e4c3d5194c1fcfaa15a456abdf37f9b9d97a4040afc073dee6c89064984f03385237d92167c13e236446b417ab79a0fcae412ae3316b77ac00000000'"
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    "raw"
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   "source": [
    "prevBlockHash, raw = raw[:64], raw[64:]"
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       "'4860eb18bf1b1620e37e9490fc8a427514416fd75159ab86688e9a8300000000'"
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    "prevBlockHash"
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   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 112,
   "metadata": {
    "collapsed": true
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   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "merkleRoot, raw = raw[:64], raw[64:]"
   ]
  },
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   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 113,
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       "'d5fdcc541e25de1c7a5addedf24858b8bb665c9f36ef744ee42c316022c90f9b'"
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    "merkleRoot"
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   "execution_count": 114,
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   "source": [
    "nTime, raw = raw[:8], raw[8:]\n",
    "nTime = int.from_bytes(bytes.fromhex(nTime), \"little\")"
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   "execution_count": 115,
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     "data": {
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       "1231469744"
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    "nTime"
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    "import time"
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   "outputs": [
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     "text": [
      "Fri Jan  9 03:55:44 2009\n"
     ]
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    "print(time.ctime(nTime))"
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   "execution_count": 118,
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     "data": {
      "text/plain": [
       "'0101000000010000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000ffffffff0704ffff001d010bffffffff0100f2052a010000004341047211a824f55b505228e4c3d5194c1fcfaa15a456abdf37f9b9d97a4040afc073dee6c89064984f03385237d92167c13e236446b417ab79a0fcae412ae3316b77ac00000000'"
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     "execution_count": 118,
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   "source": [
    "bits, raw = raw[:8], raw[8:]\n",
    "nonce, raw = raw[:8], raw[8:]\n",
    "raw"
   ]
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