flocore/examples/blockreader.js
Ryan X. Charles 2ecf1cdcdf Block parsing example
bitcoind saves blocks in files called blk*****.dat. Those files can be piped
into this example, which will parse them and spit out a nice looking string of
all the blocks, which also includes parsed transactions.
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var Block = require('../lib/block');
var BufferReader = require('../lib/bufferreader');
var BufferWriter = require('../lib/bufferwriter');
//This example will parse the blocks in a block file.
//To use, pipe in a blk*****.dat file. e.g.:
//cat blk00000.dat | node blockreader.js
var bw = new BufferWriter();
process.stdin.on('data', function(buf) {
bw.write(buf);
});
process.stdin.on('end', function(buf) {
var blocksbuf = bw.concat();
var br = new BufferReader(blocksbuf);
while (!br.eof())
console.log(Block().fromBufferReader(br));
});