NAME

Crypt::HashCash::Coin - HashCash digital cash coin

VERSION

 $Revision: 1.115 $
 $Date: Sat Jun 10 01:44:29 PDT 2017 $

SYNOPSIS

  use Crypt::HashCash::Coin;

  my $coinstr = $coin->as_string;

  my $coin = Crypt::HashCash::Coin->from_string($coinstr);

  my $coinhex = $coin->as_hex;

  my $coin2 = Crypt::HashCash::Coin->from_hex($coinhex);

  print "OK\n" if $coin-is_valid;

DESCRIPTION

This class provides methods to serialize, deserialize and check the validity of HashCash coins.

METHODS

as_string

Serializes the coin and returns a string representation of it.

from_string

Creates and returns a Crypt::HashCash::Coin object from the string provided as the only argument.

from_hex

as_hex

is_valid

Returns true if the coin's instance variable pass basic sanity checks for a valid coin. This method does not verify the coin's signature.

AUTHOR

Ashish Gulhati, <crypt-hashcash at hash.neo.tc>

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-crypt-hashcash at rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Crypt-HashCash. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.

SUPPORT

You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

    perldoc Crypt::HashCash::Coin

You can also look for information at:

• RT: CPAN's request tracker

  http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=Crypt-HashCash

• AnnoCPAN: Annotated CPAN documentation

  http://annocpan.org/dist/Crypt-HashCash

• CPAN Ratings

  http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/Crypt-HashCash

• Search CPAN

  http://search.cpan.org/dist/Crypt-HashCash/

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2001-2017 Ashish Gulhati.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the Artistic License 2.0.

See http://www.perlfoundation.org/artistic_license_2_0 for the full license terms.