Block header and it's components

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Block header is my today's topic to share and first of all I would love to tell about its concept in detail and then I would like to discuss different components of it along with a summary at last of my post.

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Block headers is one of the most interesting concept that we can use in blockchain technology and block headers are playing one of the most significant role in maintenance of security and integrity of blockchain. When I talk about in death related to blockchain and concept related to it which is block header then it is basically little data section which contains some significant information related to our particular block in a blockchain so it is acting here as one of the most unique identifier for each and every block and through it blocks remain link together in a structure which is chain like.

Above I have truly demonstrate about Block header so now I want to talk about its different components.

Version

Version is one of the most significant and important component of block header which is the indication of blockchain protocol that is going to use.

Previous Block Hash

Previous block hash is one of the cryptographic hash of previous block header which is creating chain like structure of blockchain and it is also one of the most important and major component.

Merkle Root

When I define merkle root then it is also first of all one of the most major and important component of block header and it is hash of all the transactions that are present in the block and it is much easy to verify integrity and significance of data because merkle root is acting like summarization of all the transactions.

Timestamp

When I talk about time stamp then again it is one of the most important component which is helpful in a recording time and the time record would be about the time at which block is created so in this way it would be helpful in establishing different orders of blocks in blockchain.

Nonce

Nonce is defined as random number which miner try to see to maintain some particular conditions for solution of cryptographic puzzles. This is one of the most significant element which is helpful in proof of work consensus algorithm so again this is one of the most significant and major component of block header.

Difficulty Target

Difficulty target is also again most significant component which is the representation of extent of difficulty that is required to a block to be considered most valid and valuable and it adjust with the passage of time for maintaining consistent rate of block creation.

By including all these components and by keeping in mind all of them block header gives surety that is block is unique, tamper resistant and connected to previous one block so it is making it much difficult for anyone to change transactions that have been occurred in the past and prevent any fraudulent activity or malicious activity in blockchain.

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When I talk about mining process then we can also implement definitely the concept of block header there in which miners compete with each other to seek out correct nonce which is satisfying difficulty target.If miner is is successful in finding the true nonce then they can create well easily a valid block and add it into the blockchain.

That was all about my explanation about topic block header in which I explain in my best way that these are significant part of blockchain technology which are providing particular and significant information for maintenance of integrity and security in blockchain and makes blockchain more trust worthy and decentralized as well as not only this I have also explain and elaborated some of the most important components of block header and this is I am summarizing whatever I have written so hopefully now everything is clear to you.

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Thanks

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