#include bc::hash_digest create_merkle(bc::hash_list& merkle) { // Stop if hash list is empty. if (merkle.empty()) return bc::null_hash; else if (merkle.size() == 1) return merkle[0]; // While there is more than 1 hash in the list, keep looping... while (merkle.size() > 1) { // If number of hashes is odd, duplicate last hash in the list. if (merkle.size() % 2 != 0) merkle.push_back(merkle.back()); // List size is now even. assert(merkle.size() % 2 == 0); // New hash list. bc::hash_list new_merkle; // Loop through hashes 2 at a time. for (auto it = merkle.begin(); it != merkle.end(); it += 2) { // Join both current hashes together (concatenate). bc::data_chunk concat_data(bc::hash_size * 2); auto concat = bc::make_serializer(concat_data.begin()); concat.write_hash(*it); concat.write_hash(*(it + 1)); assert(concat.iterator() == concat_data.end()); // Hash both of the hashes. bc::hash_digest new_root = bc::bitcoin_hash(concat_data); // Add this to the new list. new_merkle.push_back(new_root); } // This is the new list. merkle = new_merkle; // DEBUG output ------------------------------------- std::cout << "Current merkle hash list:" << std::endl; for (const auto& hash: merkle) std::cout << " " << bc::encode_hex(hash) << std::endl; std::cout << std::endl; // -------------------------------------------------- } // Finally we end up with a single item. return merkle[0]; } // Convert hex string to hash bytes. bc::hash_digest get_hash(const std::string& value) { bc::hash_digest result; bool success = bc::decode_hash(result, value); return result; } int main() { // Replace these hashes with ones from a block to reproduce the same merkle root. bc::hash_list tx_hashes{{ get_hash("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"), get_hash("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000011"), get_hash("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000022"), }}; const bc::hash_digest merkle_root = create_merkle(tx_hashes); std::cout << "Result: " << bc::encode_hex(merkle_root) << std::endl; return 0; }