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bitcoinbook/code/merkle.cpp

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#include <bitcoin/bitcoin.hpp>
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];
}
int main()
{
// Replace these hashes with ones from a block to reproduce the same merkle root.
bc::hash_list tx_hashes{{
bc::hash_literal("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"),
bc::hash_literal("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000011"),
bc::hash_literal("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000022"),
}};
const bc::hash_digest merkle_root = create_merkle(tx_hashes);
std::cout << "Result: " << bc::encode_hex(merkle_root) << std::endl;
return 0;
}