mockle

Mock TSC merkle proof generator

Notes

This tool generates mocked (fake) SPV proofs in the JSON TSC format, and returns them as JavaScript objects. It does this by taking the given transaction or transaction ID (or by randomly generating a TXID), and then hashing it with randomly generated merkle branches to arrive at a random merkle root.

Needless to say, these proofs will not validate against the real chain of blocks, since the random merkle branches are not inputs to any real block's merkle root. This tool is useful for testing software that deals with the SPV ecosystem

Example Usage

const mockle = require('mockle')
// or
import mockle from 'mockle'

Generate a mock proof for a random TXID

const mockProof = mockle()

Generate a mock proof for a given txOrId, index and targetType

const mockProof = mockle({
  txOrId: '...',
  index: 1337,
  targetType: 'header'
})

API

Table of Contents

• mockle
  • Parameters

mockle

Generate a fake TSC-format merkle proof

Parameters

• param Object All parameters are given in an object (optional, default {})

  • param.txOrId String A custom transaction or transaction ID to use for the proof, instead of randomly generating a TXID (optional, default "A random TXID")
  • param.targetType String A custom target type for the proof, either "hash", "header" or "merkleRoot" which is the default (optional, default "merkleRoot")
  • param.index Number A custom index in the block for the mock proof, by default it will be a random integer between 0 and 255. The larger the index, the larger your proof will be. Every doubling of the index value will add another node to the proof (optional, default "random between 0 and 255")

Returns Object the TSC format merkle proof given as a JavaScript object

License

The license for the code in this repository is the Open BSV License.