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+package org.bitcoins.core.serializers.blockchain
+
+import org.bitcoins.core.protocol.blockchain.Block
+import org.bitcoins.core.serializers.RawBitcoinSerializer
+
+/**
+  * Created by chris on 5/20/16.
+  * Responsible for serializing blocks in our blockchain
+  * https://bitcoin.org/en/developer-reference#serialized-blocks
+  */
+trait RawBlockSerializer extends RawBitcoinSerializer[Block] {
+
+  /**
+    * Takes a list of bytes and converts it into a Block
+    * @param bytes the bytes to be converted to a block
+    * @return the block object parsed from the list of bytes
+    */
+  def read(bytes : List[Byte]) : Block = ???
+
+  /**
+    * Takes in a block and converts it a hexadecimal string
+    * @param block the block that needs to be converted to a hexadecimal string
+    * @return the hexadecimal string representing a block
+    */
+  def write(block : Block) : String = ???
+
+}
+
+
+object RawBlockSerializer extends RawBlockSerializer
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