public ulong Mine(BitcoinHeader block)
{
block.PoWNonce = 0;
var hash_block = HashNumber(block);
var target = block.PoWTarget;
while (hash_block > target)
{
block.PoWNonce++;
hash_block = HashNumber(block);
}
return(hash_block);
}
public static string Hash(BitcoinHeader block)
{
var block_str = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(block);
return(Blockchain.sha256_hash(block_str));
}
/// <summary>
/// </summary>
/// <param name="block"></param>
/// <returns>64 char string as byte array = 67 digits number</returns>
public static ulong HashNumber(BitcoinHeader block)
{
var hash = Hash(block);
return(HashNumber(hash));
}
