Block generation

A block generation is a creation of a new block on the blockchain.

Blocks are generated by generating nodes according to FPoS algorithm and the Waves-NG protocol.

The block generator signs the block headers only. The block headers contain the Merkle Root Hash of the block transactions. This makes possible to verify the block headers apart from transactions and to provide evidence of the presence of transactions in the block without the presence of all transactions. See details in the Transactions Root Hash article. (Before activation of feature #15 “Ride V4, VRF, Protobuf, Failed transactions”, block headers did not contain the transaction root hash, and the block generator signed the bytes of block headers along with all transactions.)