Block.toBuffer().toString('hex') not equal to rpc getblock(blockhash, 0)

[moneybutton]

[email protected] Block.toBuffer().toString('hex') not equal to rpc getblock(blockhash, 0)

[86chenjie]

any progress?

[hojarasca]

Confirmed that this is happening. I rewrote the test using the tools used inside bsv and using a file instead of an rpc connection:

it.only('create block from hex and then serialize as hex returns the original hex', async () => {
    // const height = 147056
    // const blockHash = '00000000000007a678f2e1316e0f7f7acf2b967d998558aed8dadcd4430fd5f1'
    const blockHexRpc = await new Promise(resolve => {
      fs.readFile('test/block.txt', 'utf-8', (err, data) => {
        if (err) {
          throw err
        }
        resolve(data)
      })
    })

    const block = Block.fromBuffer(Buffer.from(blockHexRpc, 'hex'))
    const blockHexFromParsed = block.toBuffer().toString('hex')

    should(blockHexFromParsed).be.eql(blockHexRpc)
  })

This test fails exactly as described by @86chenjie. I'm looking for the cause.

[86chenjie]

@hojarasca thanks for the response. Looking forward the fix. This issue really block my progress. Thanks again.

[86chenjie]

@ryanxcharles can you help to check? Thanks!

[86chenjie]

Workaround is here : 86chenjie@fe41812

[hojarasca]

@86chenjie thanks for the amazing job. I'm going to check your solution next week.