Ejemplo n.º 1
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// This example demonstrates how to convert a target difficulty into the compact
// "bits" in a block header which represent that target difficulty .
func ExampleBigToCompact() {
	// Convert the target difficulty from block 300000 in the main block
	// chain to compact form.
	t := "0000000000000000896c00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"
	targetDifficulty, success := new(big.Int).SetString(t, 16)
	if !success {
		fmt.Println("invalid target difficulty")
		return
	}
	bits := blockchain.BigToCompact(targetDifficulty)

	fmt.Println(bits)

	// Output:
	// 419465580
}
Ejemplo n.º 2
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func TestBigToCompact(t *testing.T) {
	tests := []struct {
		in  int64
		out uint32
	}{
		{0, 0},
		{-1, 25231360},
	}

	for x, test := range tests {
		n := big.NewInt(test.in)
		r := blockchain.BigToCompact(n)
		if r != test.out {
			t.Errorf("TestBigToCompact test #%d failed: got %d want %d\n",
				x, r, test.out)
			return
		}
	}
}