Block - novacoin-project/novacoin GitHub Wiki

The transactions history is permanently recorded in the network through items called blocks. A block is a record of some or all of the most recent transactions that have not yet been recorded in any prior blocks. Each block memorializes what took place immediately before it was created.

Block structure

Field	Type	sizeof	Description
Magic number	unsigned int	4	Always 0xE5E9E8E4
Block size	unsigned int	4	Number of bytes following up to end of block
Block header	struct	80	Consists of 6 items
Transactions count	Variable integer	1 - 9	-
Transactions set	transaction[]	Transactions size	List of transactions
Header signature	unsigned char[]	<= 72	Signature for proof-of-stake is placed here.