understanding timestamp from blockexplorer.com

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What is the timestamp used for the blocks on blockexplorer.com For example block 233969 has: Time: 2013-04-30 23:27:36

is this time converted to 32bit hex for hash calculation, if so how ?

Meir

Posted 2013-10-17T15:26:22.163

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Answers

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In the network protocol, times are represented as Unix timestamps stored as unsigned 32-bit integers.

is this time converted to 32bit hex for hash calculation, if so how ?

Bitcoin uses a binary protocol. Nothing is hex. When viewing the binary data, your tools may display the data in hex, but you can't directly use these hex characters for hashing, etc.

theymos

Posted 2013-10-17T15:26:22.163

Reputation: 8 228