Block

WORKING DEFINITION

A block contains an ordered set of transactions. It is cryptographically linked to the preceding block, and in turn it is linked to be subsequent blocks. The first block in such a chain of blocks is called the genesis block. Blocks are created by the ordering service, and then validated and committed by peers.

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A block contains one or more transactions. The contents of the block are not encrypted in the blockchain. A block, in general, contains valid and invalid transactions. However invalid transactions have no effect on the State.

A block usually contains three sections: a blockheader, the payload (with at least the transactions) and the metadata section (containing the valid/invalid indicator per transaction).

Fabric: A block in Fabric contains both valid and invalid transactions.

Sawtooth: A block in Sawtooth contains only valid transactions.

Burrow: A block in Burrow contains only valid transactions.

Iroha: A block in Iroha contains only valid transactions.

Block - A set of transactions that are bundled together and added to the chain at the same time.