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--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/block.rs
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+use chrono::Utc;
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use sha3::{Digest, Sha3_512};
+
+use crate::blockchain::BlockChain;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct Block {
+    pub index: u64,
+    pub timestamp: u64,
+    pub proof_of_work: u64,
+    pub previous_hash: String,
+    pub hash: String,
+}
+
+impl Block {
+    pub fn calculate_hash(&self) -> String {
+        let serialized_block_data = serde_json::to_string(&self).unwrap();
+
+        let mut hasher = Sha3_512::new();
+        hasher.update(serialized_block_data);
+        let hash = hasher.finalize();
+
+        format!("{:x}", hash)
+    }
+
+    pub fn new(index: u64, previous_hash: String) -> Self {
+        Block {
+            index,
+            timestamp: Utc::now().timestamp_millis() as u64,
+            proof_of_work: 0_u64,
+            previous_hash,
+            hash: String::new(),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn mine(&mut self, blockhain: BlockChain) -> Self {
+        let mut hash = self.calculate_hash();
+        loop {
+            if !hash.starts_with(&"0".repeat(blockhain.difficulty)) {
+                self.proof_of_work += 1;
+                hash = self.calculate_hash();
+            } else {
+                self.hash = hash;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+        self.clone()
+    }
+}
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/blockchain.rs
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+use chrono::Utc;
+
+use crate::block::Block;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+pub struct BlockChain {
+    pub genesis_block: Block,
+    pub chain: Vec<Block>,
+    pub difficulty: usize,
+}
+
+impl BlockChain {
+    pub fn new(difficulty: usize) -> Self {
+        let genesis_block = Block {
+            index: 0,
+            timestamp: Utc::now().timestamp_millis() as u64,
+            proof_of_work: 0_u64,
+            previous_hash: String::new(),
+            hash: String::new(),
+        };
+
+        let chain = vec![genesis_block.clone()];
+
+        let blockchain = BlockChain {
+            genesis_block,
+            chain,
+            difficulty,
+        };
+        blockchain
+    }
+
+    pub fn add_block(&mut self) {
+        let new_block = Block::new(
+            self.chain.len() as u64,
+            self.chain[&self.chain.len() - 1].previous_hash.clone(),
+        )
+        .mine(self.clone());
+        self.chain.push(new_block);
+    }
+}
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index 0000000..3123eb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib.rs
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+pub mod block;
+pub mod blockchain;
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
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index 0000000..27c4852
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+use std::time::Instant;
+
+use rust_blockchain::blockchain::BlockChain;
+
+fn main() {
+    println!("Hello, world!");
+
+    let difficulty = 1;
+
+    let mut blockchain = BlockChain::new(difficulty);
+    let time = Instant::now();
+    BlockChain::add_block(&mut blockchain);
+    println!(
+        "\t ⛏️⛏️⛏️    | Mined |   ⛏️⛏️⛏️\n\n\tElapsed: {:?}\n\n{:#?}",
+        time.elapsed(),
+        blockchain
+    );
+}