Block

• CURIE: gmeow:Block
• IRI: https://blackcatinformatics.ca/gmeow/Block
• Category: class
• Defined by: gmeow:slices/attestation
• Box roles: CBox role, TBox role (What is this?)

A block of transactions on a distributed ledger or blockchain.

Structure

Subclass of: gmeow:InformationObject

Practical Pattern

Use gmeow:Block as a specialized kind of gmeow:InformationObject. Add statement metadata or a standpoint when the assertion needs provenance, confidence, or vantage.

Common Companion Terms

gmeow:InformationObject

Usage Advice

Use when

• Use to model a ledger block — the container of transactions whose number and hash anchor a transaction's position in the chain — when block-level identity is needed as inclusion evidence.

Avoid when

• Avoid for the individual transaction (gmeow:LedgerTransaction) or the whole network (gmeow:BlockchainNetwork); the block is the container, not its contents or the chain it belongs to.

How to use

• Mint the block with gmeow:blockNumber and gmeow:blockHash (both the EL minimum), and reference it from a transaction's inclusion evidence; finality of the block rides on gmeow:finalityStatus.

Examples

• ex:block42 a gmeow:Block; gmeow:blockNumber 42; gmeow:blockHash "0xdef...".