[#base_blob-09]
= base_blob
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Template base class for fixed‐sized opaque blobs.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<uint256.h>`

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----
template<unsigned int BITS>
class base_blob;
----

== Member Functions

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|===
| Name| Description
| xref:base_blob-09/2constructor-00.adoc[`base_blob`]         [.small]#[constructor]#
| Constructors
| xref:base_blob-09/GetHex.adoc[`GetHex`] 
| The hex representation used by GetHex(), ToString(), and FromHex() is unusual, since it shows bytes of the base_blob in reverse order. For example, a 4‐byte blob {0x12, 0x34, 0x56, 0x78} is represented as "78563412" instead of the more typical "12345678" representation that would be shown in a hex editor or used by typical byte‐array / hex conversion functions like python's bytes.hex() and bytes.fromhex().
| xref:base_blob-09/GetUint64.adoc[`GetUint64`] 
| Reads a 64‐bit little‐endian word from the blob at a byte offset.
| xref:base_blob-09/IsNull.adoc[`IsNull`] 
| Returns true if every byte of the blob is zero.
| xref:base_blob-09/Serialize.adoc[`Serialize`] 
| Serializes the blob's raw bytes to a stream.
| xref:base_blob-09/SetNull.adoc[`SetNull`] 
| Sets every byte of the blob to zero.
| xref:base_blob-09/ToString.adoc[`ToString`] 
| Returns the blob as a hex string in reverse byte order.
| xref:base_blob-09/Unserialize.adoc[`Unserialize`] 
| Deserializes the blob's raw bytes from a stream.
| xref:base_blob-09/begin-04.adoc[`begin`] 
| Returns a pointer to the first byte of the blob.
| xref:base_blob-09/data-0a.adoc[`data`] 
| Returns a pointer to the blob's raw bytes.
| xref:base_blob-09/end-0c.adoc[`end`] 
| Returns a pointer just past the last byte of the blob.
| xref:base_blob-09/operator_eq.adoc[`operator==`] 
| Compares two blobs for byte‐wise equality.
| xref:base_blob-09/operator_3way.adoc[`operator<=>`] 
| Lexicographic ordering
|===


== Static Member Functions

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|===
| Name| Description
| xref:base_blob-09/size.adoc[`size`] 
| Returns the size of the blob in bytes.
|===


== Protected Data Members

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|===
| Name| Description
| xref:base_blob-09/m_data.adoc[`m_data`] 
| Fixed‐size byte storage holding the blob's raw bytes.
|===


== Protected Static Data Members

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|===
| Name| Description
| xref:base_blob-09/WIDTH.adoc[`WIDTH`] 
| Number of bytes in the blob (BITS / 8).
|===


== Derived Classes

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|===
| Name| Description
| xref:ChainCode.adoc[`ChainCode`] 
| A BIP32 chain code. Cleansed on destruction.
| xref:uint160.adoc[`uint160`] 
| 160‐bit opaque blob.
| xref:uint256.adoc[`uint256`] 
| 256‐bit opaque blob.
|===


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