private static Block CreateGenesis(NetworkParameters n)
{
var genesisBlock = new Block(n);
var t = new Transaction(n);
try
{
// A script containing the difficulty bits and the following message:
//
// "The Times 03/Jan/2009 Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks"
var bytes = Hex.Decode("04ffff001d0104455468652054696d65732030332f4a616e2f32303039204368616e63656c6c6f72206f6e206272696e6b206f66207365636f6e64206261696c6f757420666f722062616e6b73");
t.AddInput(new TransactionInput(n, t, bytes));
using (var scriptPubKeyBytes = new MemoryStream())
{
Script.WriteBytes(scriptPubKeyBytes, Hex.Decode("04678afdb0fe5548271967f1a67130b7105cd6a828e03909a67962e0ea1f61deb649f6bc3f4cef38c4f35504e51ec112de5c384df7ba0b8d578a4c702b6bf11d5f"));
scriptPubKeyBytes.Write(Script.OpCheckSig);
t.AddOutput(new TransactionOutput(n, scriptPubKeyBytes.ToArray()));
}
}
catch (Exception)
{
}
genesisBlock.AddTransaction(t);
return genesisBlock;
}
/// <summary>
/// Creates a transaction that sends $coins.$cents BTC to the given address.
/// </summary>
/// <remarks>
/// IMPORTANT: This method does NOT update the wallet. If you call createSend again you may get two transactions
/// that spend the same coins. You have to call confirmSend on the created transaction to prevent this,
/// but that should only occur once the transaction has been accepted by the network. This implies you cannot have
/// more than one outstanding sending tx at once.
/// </remarks>
/// <param name="address">The BitCoin address to send the money to.</param>
/// <param name="nanocoins">How much currency to send, in nanocoins.</param>
/// <param name="changeAddress">
/// Which address to send the change to, in case we can't make exactly the right value from
/// our coins. This should be an address we own (is in the keychain).
/// </param>
/// <returns>
/// A new <see cref="Transaction"/> or null if we cannot afford this send.
/// </returns>
internal Transaction CreateSend(Address address, ulong nanocoins, Address changeAddress)
{
lock (this)
{
_log.Info("Creating send tx to " + address + " for " +
Utils.BitcoinValueToFriendlyString(nanocoins));
// To send money to somebody else, we need to do gather up transactions with unspent outputs until we have
// sufficient value. Many coin selection algorithms are possible, we use a simple but suboptimal one.
// TODO: Sort coins so we use the smallest first, to combat wallet fragmentation and reduce fees.
var valueGathered = 0UL;
var gathered = new LinkedList<TransactionOutput>();
foreach (var tx in Unspent.Values)
{
foreach (var output in tx.Outputs)
{
if (!output.IsAvailableForSpending) continue;
if (!output.IsMine(this)) continue;
gathered.AddLast(output);
valueGathered += output.Value;
}
if (valueGathered >= nanocoins) break;
}
// Can we afford this?
if (valueGathered < nanocoins)
{
_log.Info("Insufficient value in wallet for send, missing " +
Utils.BitcoinValueToFriendlyString(nanocoins - valueGathered));
// TODO: Should throw an exception here.
return null;
}
Debug.Assert(gathered.Count > 0);
var sendTx = new Transaction(_params);
sendTx.AddOutput(new TransactionOutput(_params, sendTx, nanocoins, address));
var change = (long) (valueGathered - nanocoins);
if (change > 0)
{
// The value of the inputs is greater than what we want to send. Just like in real life then,
// we need to take back some coins ... this is called "change". Add another output that sends the change
// back to us.
_log.Info(" with " + Utils.BitcoinValueToFriendlyString((ulong) change) + " coins change");
sendTx.AddOutput(new TransactionOutput(_params, sendTx, (ulong) change, changeAddress));
}
foreach (var output in gathered)
{
sendTx.AddInput(output);
}
// Now sign the inputs, thus proving that we are entitled to redeem the connected outputs.
sendTx.SignInputs(Transaction.SigHash.All, this);
_log.InfoFormat(" created {0}", sendTx.HashAsString);
return sendTx;
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Returns a solved block that builds on top of this one. This exists for unit tests.
/// </summary>
internal Block CreateNextBlock(Address to, uint time)
{
var b = new Block(Params);
b.DifficultyTarget = _difficultyTarget;
b.AddCoinbaseTransaction(_emptyBytes);
// Add a transaction paying 50 coins to the "to" address.
var t = new Transaction(Params);
t.AddOutput(new TransactionOutput(Params, t, Utils.ToNanoCoins(50, 0), to));
// The input does not really need to be a valid signature, as long as it has the right general form.
var input = new TransactionInput(Params, t, Script.CreateInputScript(_emptyBytes, _emptyBytes));
// Importantly the outpoint hash cannot be zero as that's how we detect a coinbase transaction in isolation
// but it must be unique to avoid 'different' transactions looking the same.
var counter = new byte[32];
counter[0] = (byte) _txCounter++;
input.Outpoint.Hash = new Sha256Hash(counter);
t.AddInput(input);
b.AddTransaction(t);
b.PrevBlockHash = Hash;
b.TimeSeconds = time;
b.Solve();
b.VerifyHeader();
return b;
}
/// <summary>
/// Adds a coinbase transaction to the block. This exists for unit tests.
/// </summary>
internal void AddCoinbaseTransaction(Address to)
{
Transactions = new List<Transaction>();
var coinbase = new Transaction(Params);
// A real coinbase transaction has some stuff in the scriptSig like the extraNonce and difficulty. The
// transactions are distinguished by every TX output going to a different key.
//
// Here we will do things a bit differently so a new address isn't needed every time. We'll put a simple
// counter in the scriptSig so every transaction has a different hash. The output is also different.
// Real coinbase transactions use <pubkey> OP_CHECKSIG rather than a send to an address though there's
// nothing in the system that enforces that and both are just as valid.
coinbase.AddInput(new TransactionInput(Params, coinbase, new[] {(byte) _coinbaseCounter++}));
coinbase.AddOutput(new TransactionOutput(Params, coinbase, Utils.ToNanoCoins(50, 0), to));
Transactions.Add(coinbase);
}
/// <summary>
/// Adds a coinbase transaction to the block. This exists for unit tests.
/// </summary>
internal void AddCoinbaseTransaction(byte[] pubKeyTo)
{
Transactions = new List<Transaction>();
var coinbase = new Transaction(Params);
// A real coinbase transaction has some stuff in the scriptSig like the extraNonce and difficulty. The
// transactions are distinguished by every TX output going to a different key.
//
// Here we will do things a bit differently so a new address isn't needed every time. We'll put a simple
// counter in the scriptSig so every transaction has a different hash.
coinbase.AddInput(new TransactionInput(Params, coinbase, new[] {(byte) _txCounter++}));
coinbase.AddOutput(new TransactionOutput(Params, coinbase, Script.CreateOutputScript(pubKeyTo)));
Transactions.Add(coinbase);
}