Function NewInitialBlock

protocol/block.go:242–269

(pubkeys []ed25519.PublicKey, nSigs int, timestamp time.Time)

}

func NewInitialBlock(pubkeys []ed25519.PublicKey, nSigs int, timestamp time.Time) (*legacy.Block, error) {
	// TODO(kr): move this into a lower-level package (e.g. chain/protocol/bc)
	// so that other packages (e.g. chain/protocol/validation) unit tests can
	// call this function.

	script, err := vmutil.BlockMultiSigProgram(pubkeys, nSigs)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	root, err := bc.MerkleRoot(nil) // calculate the zero value of the tx merkle root
	if err != nil {
		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "calculating zero value of tx merkle root")
	}

	b := &legacy.Block{
		BlockHeader: legacy.BlockHeader{
			Version:     1,
			Height:      1,
			TimestampMS: bc.Millis(timestamp),
			BlockCommitment: legacy.BlockCommitment{
				TransactionsMerkleRoot: root,
				ConsensusProgram:       script,
			},
		},
	}
	return b, nil
}