Method run

chapter 3/block.rs:137–156

(&self)

   
    pub fn run(&self) -> (i64, String) {
        let mut nonce = 0;
        let mut hash = Vec::new();
        println!("Mining the block");
        while nonce < MAX_NONCE {
            let data = self.prepare_data(nonce);
            hash = crate::sha256_digest(data.as_slice());
            let hash_int = BigInt::from_bytes_be(Sign::Plus, hash.as_slice());

          
            if hash_int.lt(self.target.borrow()) {
                println!("{}", HEXLOWER.encode(hash.as_slice()));
                break;
            } else {
                nonce += 1;
            }
        }
        println!();
        return (nonce, HEXLOWER.encode(hash.as_slice()));
    }
}