Implementing transactions

Transactions in a blockchain network represent the transfer of assets or information between participants. In this section, we dissect the core components of transactions – TXInput, TXOutput, and the overarching Transaction struct. These structures intricately manage inputs, outputs, and transactional data, crucial for secure asset exchanges within the blockchain ecosystem.

All the code we write in this section will be available in the transactions.rs file.

Understanding TXInput transactions

We have already seen the TXInput struct in the previous chapter; now, let’s understand the implementation functions for all TXInput transactions. It will look like the following code:

 impl TXInput {
    pub fn new(txid: &[u8], vout: usize) -> TXInput {
        TXInput {
            txid: txid.to_vec(),
   ...