Research Article

The Applications of Blockchain in the Covert Communication

Table 5

Transaction structure in Ethereum.

TypeNameDescriptionLength

AddressFromThe account of senderUp to 20 bytes
AddressToThe account of receiver. If empty, create a contract.Up to 20 bytes
GasGas limitEstimated maximum gasUp to 32 bytes
GasGas priceThe price to cost etherUp to 32 bytes
ValueVALUEThe amount of etherUp to 32 bytes
InputINPUTAn arbitrary message, or a code segment to create a contract, or a function call to a contract0-about 700 KB