NAME
Bitcoin::Crypto::Block - Stripped down block instance
SYNOPSIS
use Bitcoin::Crypto qw(btc_block);
my $block = btc_block->new(
timestamp => 1697298600,
height => 812164,
);
my $next_block = btc_block->new(
timestamp => 1697299200,
height => 812165,
previous => $block,
);
print $next_block->median_time_past;DESCRIPTION
This is a block instance required for locktime and sequence checks in transactions. It is used in "verify" in Bitcoin::Crypto::Transaction and "block" in Bitcoin::Crypto::Transaction::UTXO.
Bitcoin::Crypto does not contain any real blocks implementation. This class provides the bare minimum required for checking locktime and sequence.
INTERFACE
Attributes
height
An integer height of the block. Required.
Available in the constructor.
timestamp
An integer timestamp of the block. Default - now.
Available in the constructor.
previous
An optional instance of the previous block.
Available in the constructor.
Methods
new
$block = $class->new(%args)This is a standard Moo constructor, which can be used to create the object. It takes arguments specified in "Attributes".
Returns class instance.
median_time_past
$mtp = $object->median_time_past()This method returns the median time past described in BIP113 (median timestamp of previous 11 blocks).
Since this block implementation is as basic as it gets, it will happily calculate median time past from less than 11 blocks, if there aren't enough blocks chained via "previous".