Changed serialization of block to binary format.

Cargo.toml

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ num_cpus = "1.13.0"
 byteorder = "1.4.3"
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0.64"
+bincode = "1.3"
 num-bigint = "0.4"
 num-traits = "0.2.14"
 chrono = { version = "0.4", features = ["serde"] }

src/blockchain/block.rs

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use serde::{Serialize, Deserialize};
 use crate::bytes::Bytes;
 use crate::Transaction;
 use crate::blockchain::hash_utils::{hash_difficulty, key_hash_difficulty};
+use crate::blockchain::transaction::TransactionType;
 
 #[derive(Clone, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq, Debug)]
 pub struct Block {
@@ -61,11 +62,13 @@ impl Block {
     }
 
     pub fn is_genesis(&self) -> bool {
-        self.index == 1 && self.transaction.is_none() && self.prev_block_hash == Bytes::default()
+        self.index == 1 &&
+            matches!(Transaction::get_type(&self.transaction), TransactionType::Origin) &&
+            self.prev_block_hash == Bytes::default()
     }
 
     pub fn as_bytes(&self) -> Vec<u8> {
-        Vec::from(serde_json::to_string(&self).unwrap().as_bytes())
+        bincode::serialize(&self).unwrap()
     }
 
     /// Checks if this block is superior than the other

src/blockchain/hash_utils.rs

@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ pub fn check_block_hash(block: &Block) -> bool {
     let mut copy: Block = block.clone();
     copy.hash = Bytes::default();
     copy.signature = Bytes::default();
-    let data = serde_json::to_string(&copy).unwrap();
-    blakeout_data(data.as_bytes()) == block.hash
+    blakeout_data(&copy.as_bytes()) == block.hash
 }
 
 /// Hashes data by given hasher

src/blockchain/transaction.rs

@@ -14,14 +14,14 @@ extern crate serde_json;
 
 #[derive(Clone, Deserialize, PartialEq)]
 pub struct Transaction {
+    pub class: String,
     #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Bytes::is_zero")]
     pub identity: Bytes,
     #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Bytes::is_zero")]
     pub confirmation: Bytes,
-    pub class: String,
-    pub data: String,
     #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Bytes::is_zero")]
     pub owner: Bytes,
+    pub data: String,
 }
 
 impl Transaction {
@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@ impl Transaction {
                 if transaction.class == CLASS_DOMAIN {
                     return TransactionType::Domain;
                 }
+                if transaction.class == CLASS_ORIGIN {
+                    return TransactionType::Origin;
+                }
                 TransactionType::Unknown
             }
         }
@@ -90,11 +93,11 @@ impl Transaction {
 impl fmt::Debug for Transaction {
     fn fmt(&self, fmt: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
         fmt.debug_struct("Transaction")
+            .field("class", &self.class)
             .field("identity", &self.identity)
             .field("confirmation", &self.confirmation)
-            .field("class", &self.class)
+            .field("owner", &&self.owner)
             .field("data", &self.data)
-            .field("pub_key", &&self.owner)
             .finish()
     }
 }
@@ -102,11 +105,11 @@ impl fmt::Debug for Transaction {
 impl Serialize for Transaction {
     fn serialize<S>(&self, serializer: S) -> Result<<S as Serializer>::Ok, <S as Serializer>::Error> where S: Serializer {
         let mut structure = serializer.serialize_struct("Transaction", 5).unwrap();
+        structure.serialize_field("class", &self.class)?;
         structure.serialize_field("identity", &self.identity)?;
         structure.serialize_field("confirmation", &self.confirmation)?;
-        structure.serialize_field("class", &self.class)?;
+        structure.serialize_field("owner", &self.owner)?;
         structure.serialize_field("data", &self.data)?;
-        structure.serialize_field("pub_key", &self.owner)?;
         structure.end()
     }
 }
@@ -115,6 +118,7 @@ pub enum TransactionType {
     Unknown,
     Signing,
     Domain,
+    Origin,
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq)]