Block

VeChainThor defines a block in Golang as:

    type Block struct {
          header *Headertxs    
          tx.Transactions 
    }

    type Header struct {
        body headerBody 
    }

    type headerBody struct {
        ParentID    thor.Bytes32
        Timestamp   uint64
        GasLimit    uint64
        Beneficiary thor.Address 
        GasUsed     uint64Total
        Score       uint64 
        TxsRoot     thor.Bytes32
        StateRoot    thor.Bytes32
        ReceiptsRoot thor.Bytes32 
        Signature []byte 
    }
    type Transactions []*Transaction

where ParentID is the ID of the parent block, Beneficiary is the address assigned by the block generator to receive reward (in VTHO), and TotalScore is the accumulated witness number of the chain branch headed by the block. We will describe what the score means when describing the Proof of Authority consensus algorithm.

Let $\Gamma$ denote headerBody. The block ID (thor.Bytes32) can be computed as:

$BlkID = h \circ \big(hash,(\Gamma-{sig})\big)[4:]$

where $h$ is the block number stored as a uint32 and $[4:]$ the operation that discards the first four bytes.