public static BlockHash Hash(byte[] bytes) => BlockHash.FromHashDigest(HashDigest <SHA256> .DeriveFrom(bytes));
/// <summary>
/// Converts a given hexadecimal representation of a digest into
/// a <see cref="HashDigest{T}"/> object.
/// <para>This is a shortcut of
/// <see cref="HashDigest{T}.FromString(string)"/> method.</para>
/// <para>This is an inverse function of
/// <see cref="HashDigest{T}.ToString()"/> method.</para>
/// </summary>
/// <param name="hexDigest">A hexadecimal representation of
/// a <see cref="HashDigest{T}"/>.</param>
/// <typeparam name="T">A <see cref="HashAlgorithm"/> which corresponds
/// to a digest.</typeparam>
/// <returns>A corresponding <see cref="HashDigest{T}"/> value.
/// </returns>
/// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">Thrown when the given
/// <paramref name="hexDigest"/> is <c>null</c>.</exception>
/// <exception cref="ArgumentOutOfRangeException">Thrown when the given
/// <paramref name="hexDigest"/>'s length is not the double of
/// the <see cref="HashDigest{T}.Size"/>, the hash algorithm
/// (i.e., <typeparamref name="T"/> requires.</exception>
/// <seealso cref="HashDigest{T}.FromString(string)"/>
/// <seealso cref="HashDigest{T}.ToString()"/>
public static HashDigest <T> ToHashDigest <T>(this string hexDigest)
where T : HashAlgorithm
{
return(HashDigest <T> .FromString(hexDigest));
}
public static void Validate(IEnumerable <Block <T> > blocks)
{
HashDigest <SHA256>?prevHash = null;
DateTime? prevTimestamp = null;
DateTime now = DateTime.UtcNow;
IEnumerable <(ulong i, DifficultyExpectation)> indexedDifficulties =
ExpectDifficulties(blocks)
.Select((exp, i) => { return((ulong)i, exp); });
foreach (var(i, exp) in indexedDifficulties)
{
Trace.Assert(exp.Block != null);
Block <T> block = exp.Block;
if (i != block.Index)
{
throw new InvalidBlockIndexException(
$"the expected block index is {i}, but its index is" +
$" {block.Index}'"
);
}
if (block.Difficulty < exp.Difficulty)
{
throw new InvalidBlockDifficultyException(
$"the expected difficulty of the block #{i} " +
$"is {exp.Difficulty}, but its difficulty is " +
$"{block.Difficulty}'"
);
}
if (block.PreviousHash != prevHash)
{
if (prevHash == null)
{
throw new InvalidBlockPreviousHashException(
"the genesis block must have not previous block"
);
}
throw new InvalidBlockPreviousHashException(
$"the block #{i} is not continuous from the block #{i - 1};" +
$"while previous block's hash is {prevHash}, " +
$"the block #{i}'s pointer to the previous hash refers to " +
$"{block.PreviousHash?.ToString() ?? "nothing"}"
);
}
if (now < block.Timestamp)
{
throw new InvalidBlockTimestampException(
$"the block #{i}'s timestamp ({block.Timestamp}) is " +
$"later than now ({now})"
);
}
if (block.Timestamp <= prevTimestamp)
{
throw new InvalidBlockTimestampException(
$"the block #{i}'s timestamp ({block.Timestamp}) is earlier than " +
$"the block #{i - 1}'s ({prevTimestamp})"
);
}
block.Validate();
prevHash = block.Hash;
prevTimestamp = block.Timestamp;
}
}