diff --git a/ch11_blockchain.adoc b/ch11_blockchain.adoc index 76fd54e6..44f757e7 100644 --- a/ch11_blockchain.adoc +++ b/ch11_blockchain.adoc @@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ The primary identifier of a block is its cryptographic hash, a commitment made by hashing the block header twice through the SHA256 algorithm. The resulting 32-byte hash is called the _block hash_ but is more accurately the _block header -hash_, pass:[because only the block header is +hash_, pass:[because only the block header is used to compute it. For example,] +000000000019d6689c085ae165831e934ff763ae46a2a6c172b3f1b60a8ce26f+ is the block hash of the first block on Bitcoin's blockchain. The block hash @@ -133,9 +133,9 @@ separate database table as part of the block's metadata, to facilitate indexing and faster retrieval of blocks from disk. A second way to identify a block is by its position in the blockchain, -called the pass:[block height. The +called the pass:[block height. The genesis block is at block height 0 (zero) and is the] -pass:[same block that was previously +pass:[same block that was previously referenced by the following block hash] +000000000019d6689c085ae165831e934ff763ae46a2a6c172b3f1b60a8ce26f+. A block can thus be identified in two ways: by referencing the block hash