Bitcoin verify a single block in python

Currently i try to verify the Bitcoin Block 77504 by my own. But from the satoshi whitepaper it seems i have more questions than answer to do so.

First information from the previous block:

### What we know from last block ###
# height         = 77503
# id             = 00000000000447829abff59b3208a08ff28b3eb184b1298929abe6dd65c3578a
# version        = 1
# timestamp      = 1283325019
# bits           = 459874456
# nonce          = 1839166754
# difficulty     = 623.3869598689275
# merkle_root    = f18107935e8853011e477244241b5d786966495f8c59be46c92ac323c9cc8cde
# tx_count       = 6
# size           = 1438
# weight         = 5752

Then the information from the block i want to verify

### What we now want to mine ###
# height         = 77504
# id             = 00000000004582246e63ff7e0760c6f009e5ef5ce1eb5397be6f3eb9d698bda5
# version        = 1
# timestamp      = 1283326637
# bits           = 459874456
# nonce          = 191169021
# difficulty     = 623.3869598689275
# merkle_root    = 59c77dabd9f005c771b23b846c79c7741dc0e70d912f9470eace886b42a0d601
# tx_count       = 44
# size           = 11052
# weight         = 44208
# txids          = ["b899c55adb5a9604b72643c0f6cd5bf6c2447bb0fc035c50e13d2e471cbf5aa5","05180e3252c48a54d4d0abe9359621f54f3031fd318a812be96da0f13bfa8bf3","29d641bd4a5d4b01ceee1126af920513d52e088bad500fad1358c96962e25e28","40d52b5aa4be889739410f82f36c71fdda554b999fb14fc12aeab5bb2e6498cb","62d5e84500cc674a5172bea5755a223da974f90f614deb45c160478a8974419c","78de7a104617f58620ae9e7cf58bcd875d8043ee5046d93c9d69224c2ae39a1e","8831ad38deb23e1fbea6d376f1805aec194760b0f334a3c4b623aa0751445c9b","8a6bd0c2d74ea785d886bd6d87b6a4eb4cd35af5fb7ae3a364eb1f76b114c375","90d6da6a4b48e7330ae926cd00623fa8d94fd0a2b9a001475da22cbc49435ff9","d002da9953844c767cf7d42092b81e8c5bb03baf520d79028013fd3400bc8651","d1f8573148126e8d17641276f22ece33b8276311d93794ed2975ebb802b98fc8","d22ed765adba9c7f5fef19ff15cb89559b4148d571fcb40ee2889231ac1b8dea","f32b000adf9ab6d7a66593cb20cba4d3a3e0cbb3453608ce11a780fab532add5","32d2ff811677a8dbed4f317c9fcae4796b491bde944cca4a993734be787b4e79","4b806d44d9aff762601f21ad541c0e99a77d0a14b730774a2d7721dd094d9030","8c5258a8e3f60c9edfa55b86780a9832c8cd5f407dbe25948cd2fd87910ca4c4","bc4fcea23cd93bac13ab75bad8d23576be88a89e72f2c455932f096d6dd2a2da","ca5c53ef34ff5a2f816daf648c8dafb01680502c2c0c98b82b9527392f707e70","f9db6e9a62502dfe8057e7b1c0f3b8f145d354ee4e341233bfe8861fff143822","fc3730bbfa443558c677da6898f106ee7d5516b14e21bf369def7cb6a5bf6b8b","1cfa85d94ebfb9206ad49f421319a6ee99b339e4e8d292b866459bb742731d83","80fa7f38cc02b05b765675adba589d426e6122b1e8158726df0c55cf44c937eb","8c72683585901ff96edd14bde9c87ee91a9d54c187a15aa333e3d6b916399fd2","905e015afa4df7d9dc4a1a80a029e469258045fe9288071b16af49a2f458c2cb","bd8fab0ca0072cd230a4bb0a6efff5964756a023ca53d1f06c3fa22800fe044c","464280d62b8965255c286f1c4c5c457f594db64bdef1c8aaa7ddf776fc4d320e","625b8ec5af9ad2c1506aca8ad61670ce3acf7070fe5aabc2dec06dcda119503a","a2e06f6b0ea68cc2c9bf44d09e54832c830971961ed8ea5ec553918ab7eb48d2","a4de41f56f0970d9b1948f1e386a124860891d790f506c2e3bbe71dd289031d4","11475d2fbbc5e3aee2eff54aa9bf2f83d5f33fffce528cc9804f820e0f6a76e7","5dc019a6397c25d0e7db56f3ed2ccdc1db5642701224d56fb9ad1d1017279e7b","e5d1e0e5a2309cb07ec522a1eb56da5aa5e58ecaea6d49e278a52c1c24230dae","21d192ea46007dbeef7c9673ac158c0f9dbf80e0785380ae562a1fbb10430ae7","8fafe7a8168563c4c186d792b49fc0fa4368c6b2e5a1217f2f98b127ff1cdf87","d2410a45bcc0e4f5b7a8d84e730ffd9744e0dd0d9fb2d7e93fb71e590bf0f1fb","6103334a35171bc5a153b51dd7c94977c62822b1cec2fcac20ea9d0a959129d7","6551831774420989df2d9deeab196e14025f2e5fd502feb86dfc7ccedb917ce0","7c1a188e0c94c7d61aea1ebddb359f508c99fdd0e028887bbf3a3036a1b5bf8a","8b9c989cee69c107697b13aebd677879db48275c089ae206c85eb8db45acf50f","4195c5abf97adb2108de8aeee99cb751e2b4f9698607f60e326b9a67b9127a31","800b308f49fe86ff3323dd6240190212626d052a017dd1cad01540790604c00f","1d2fb37bab59d6f3f83f7596fde128a0b7b0f7ccd8fabc8d2a929923a268a847","8a8149d58791ace6cefd803021b4e870acca5b2c40e2e1415f423e6ec4333e32","7a1eb6b8ee1ff52648cd9a099c7658be53627732b226aa93f56d430c85a52991"]

I have prepared a small script that should calculate it for me but no matter what i am not able to get to the target hash 00000000004582246e63ff7e0760c6f009e5ef5ce1eb5397be6f3eb9d698bda5 to verify the block mined. What is also unclear to me where would one have to add his own Bitcoin wallet to get the reward of the transaction.

from hashlib import sha256

def SHA256(text):
    return sha256(text.encode("ascii")).hexdigest()

def mine(block_number, transactions, previous_hash, prefix_zeros):
    prefix_str = '0'*prefix_zeros
    text = str(block_number) + str(transactions) + str(previous_hash) + str(nonce_to_verify)
    new_hash = SHA256(text)
    if new_hash.startswith(prefix_str):
        print(f"Jipiiii! Successfully mined bitcoins with nonce value:{nonce_to_verify}")
        return new_hash
    else:
        new_hash = None
        return new_hash

### normally this is unknown, would be somethinge like range(0,100000000000), i just want to verify a block ###
nonce_to_verify = 191169021

 ### In what format are transactions presented ? ###
transactions = ["b899c55adb5a9604b72643c0f6cd5bf6c2447bb0fc035c50e13d2e471cbf5aa5","05180e3252c48a54d4d0abe9359621f54f3031fd318a812be96da0f13bfa8bf3","29d641bd4a5d4b01ceee1126af920513d52e088bad500fad1358c96962e25e28","40d52b5aa4be889739410f82f36c71fdda554b999fb14fc12aeab5bb2e6498cb","62d5e84500cc674a5172bea5755a223da974f90f614deb45c160478a8974419c","78de7a104617f58620ae9e7cf58bcd875d8043ee5046d93c9d69224c2ae39a1e","8831ad38deb23e1fbea6d376f1805aec194760b0f334a3c4b623aa0751445c9b","8a6bd0c2d74ea785d886bd6d87b6a4eb4cd35af5fb7ae3a364eb1f76b114c375","90d6da6a4b48e7330ae926cd00623fa8d94fd0a2b9a001475da22cbc49435ff9","d002da9953844c767cf7d42092b81e8c5bb03baf520d79028013fd3400bc8651","d1f8573148126e8d17641276f22ece33b8276311d93794ed2975ebb802b98fc8","d22ed765adba9c7f5fef19ff15cb89559b4148d571fcb40ee2889231ac1b8dea","f32b000adf9ab6d7a66593cb20cba4d3a3e0cbb3453608ce11a780fab532add5","32d2ff811677a8dbed4f317c9fcae4796b491bde944cca4a993734be787b4e79","4b806d44d9aff762601f21ad541c0e99a77d0a14b730774a2d7721dd094d9030","8c5258a8e3f60c9edfa55b86780a9832c8cd5f407dbe25948cd2fd87910ca4c4","bc4fcea23cd93bac13ab75bad8d23576be88a89e72f2c455932f096d6dd2a2da","ca5c53ef34ff5a2f816daf648c8dafb01680502c2c0c98b82b9527392f707e70","f9db6e9a62502dfe8057e7b1c0f3b8f145d354ee4e341233bfe8861fff143822","fc3730bbfa443558c677da6898f106ee7d5516b14e21bf369def7cb6a5bf6b8b","1cfa85d94ebfb9206ad49f421319a6ee99b339e4e8d292b866459bb742731d83","80fa7f38cc02b05b765675adba589d426e6122b1e8158726df0c55cf44c937eb","8c72683585901ff96edd14bde9c87ee91a9d54c187a15aa333e3d6b916399fd2","905e015afa4df7d9dc4a1a80a029e469258045fe9288071b16af49a2f458c2cb","bd8fab0ca0072cd230a4bb0a6efff5964756a023ca53d1f06c3fa22800fe044c","464280d62b8965255c286f1c4c5c457f594db64bdef1c8aaa7ddf776fc4d320e","625b8ec5af9ad2c1506aca8ad61670ce3acf7070fe5aabc2dec06dcda119503a","a2e06f6b0ea68cc2c9bf44d09e54832c830971961ed8ea5ec553918ab7eb48d2","a4de41f56f0970d9b1948f1e386a124860891d790f506c2e3bbe71dd289031d4","11475d2fbbc5e3aee2eff54aa9bf2f83d5f33fffce528cc9804f820e0f6a76e7","5dc019a6397c25d0e7db56f3ed2ccdc1db5642701224d56fb9ad1d1017279e7b","e5d1e0e5a2309cb07ec522a1eb56da5aa5e58ecaea6d49e278a52c1c24230dae","21d192ea46007dbeef7c9673ac158c0f9dbf80e0785380ae562a1fbb10430ae7","8fafe7a8168563c4c186d792b49fc0fa4368c6b2e5a1217f2f98b127ff1cdf87","d2410a45bcc0e4f5b7a8d84e730ffd9744e0dd0d9fb2d7e93fb71e590bf0f1fb","6103334a35171bc5a153b51dd7c94977c62822b1cec2fcac20ea9d0a959129d7","6551831774420989df2d9deeab196e14025f2e5fd502feb86dfc7ccedb917ce0","7c1a188e0c94c7d61aea1ebddb359f508c99fdd0e028887bbf3a3036a1b5bf8a","8b9c989cee69c107697b13aebd677879db48275c089ae206c85eb8db45acf50f","4195c5abf97adb2108de8aeee99cb751e2b4f9698607f60e326b9a67b9127a31","800b308f49fe86ff3323dd6240190212626d052a017dd1cad01540790604c00f","1d2fb37bab59d6f3f83f7596fde128a0b7b0f7ccd8fabc8d2a929923a268a847","8a8149d58791ace6cefd803021b4e870acca5b2c40e2e1415f423e6ec4333e32","7a1eb6b8ee1ff52648cd9a099c7658be53627732b226aa93f56d430c85a52991"]

### Just a check of 5 leading zeros... but why the difficulty 623.3869598689275 how to get to the 11 zeros? ###
difficulty=11

### Last Block (77503) found ###
lastfoundblock = "00000000000447829abff59b3208a08ff28b3eb184b1298929abe6dd65c3578a"


print("start mining")
new_hash = mine(77504,transactions,lastfoundblock, difficulty)
print("finnished mining.")
print(f"Found block is: {new_hash} should be the same as 00000000004582246e63ff7e0760c6f009e5ef5ce1eb5397be6f3eb9d698bda5")

Help would be appreciated so that i can verify a single block. Already pointing in the right directions would be appreciated so that i can solve my problem.

Answer

As no one was able to answer it… here is the code to verify a block’s nonce:

import hashlib, struct, binascii
from time import time

def get_target_str(bits):
    # https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Difficulty
    exp = bits >> 24
    mant = bits & 0xffffff
    target_hexstr = '%064x' % (mant * (1<<(8*(exp - 3))))
    print(f'T: {target_hexstr}')
    
    target_str = bytes.fromhex(target_hexstr)
    return target_str

def verify_nonce(version, prev_block, mrkl_root, 
               timestamp, bits_difficulty,nonce):
    
    target_str = get_target_str(bits_difficulty)
    header = ( struct.pack("<L", version) + 
              bytes.fromhex(prev_block)[::-1] +
              bytes.fromhex(mrkl_root)[::-1] +
              struct.pack("<LLL", timestamp, bits_difficulty, nonce))
    hash_result = hashlib.sha256(hashlib.sha256(header).digest()).digest()

    return bytes.hex(hash_result[::-1])
    #nonce += 1


test1_version = 0x3fff0000
test1_prev_block = "0000000000000000000140ac4688aea45aacbe7caf6aaca46f16acd93e1064c3"
test1_merkle_root = "422458fced12693312058f6ee4ada19f6df8b29d8cac425c12f4722e0dc4aafd"
test1_timestamp = 0x5E664C76
test1_bits_diff = 0x17110119
test1_nonce1 = 538463288 #(0x20184C38)
test1_block_hash = "0000000000000000000d493c3c1b91c8059c6b0838e7e68fbcf8f8382606b82c"
test1_calc_block_hash = verify_nonce(test1_version,
                                     test1_prev_block,
                                     test1_merkle_root,
                                     test1_timestamp,
                                     test1_bits_diff,
                                     test1_nonce1)
print(f'S: {test1_block_hash}')
print(f'R: {test1_calc_block_hash}')
if test1_block_hash == test1_calc_block_hash:
    print("hashing is correct")

Thanks to https://github.com/razvancazacu/bitcoin-mining-crypto

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