From 96c20124344c9ba7992f24db1fd5a8754dd0f9ba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Hauner <paul@paulhauner.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2018 17:32:48 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] Add canonical_hash method to `BeaconState`

---
 beacon_chain/types/src/beacon_state.rs | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/beacon_chain/types/src/beacon_state.rs b/beacon_chain/types/src/beacon_state.rs
index efd04b551..a3e83a523 100644
--- a/beacon_chain/types/src/beacon_state.rs
+++ b/beacon_chain/types/src/beacon_state.rs
@@ -43,3 +43,11 @@ pub struct BeaconState {
     pub processed_pow_receipt_root: Hash256,
     pub candidate_pow_receipt_roots: Vec<CandidatePoWReceiptRootRecord>,
 }
+
+impl BeaconState {
+    pub fn canonical_root(&self) -> Hash256 {
+        // TODO: implement tree hashing.
+        // https://github.com/sigp/lighthouse/issues/70
+        Hash256::zero()
+    }
+}