/// <summary>
/// Writes the blockchain to a stream in a way that the
/// <see cref="ReadFrom"/> method can extract it sensibly.
/// </summary>
public static void WriteTo(BinaryWriter writer, SimpleBlockchain chain)
{
writer.Write(chain.CommittedBlockCount);
foreach (var block in chain.GetCommitted())
{
block.BlockId.WriteTo(writer);
writer.Write(block.Alias.Value);
writer.Write(block.Parent.Value);
}
writer.Write(chain.UncommittedBlockCount);
foreach (var block in chain.GetUncommitted())
{
block.BlockId.WriteTo(writer);
writer.Write(block.Alias.Value);
writer.Write(block.Parent.Value);
}
}