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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def notify_block_new(self, block):
 """A new block was received and passed initial consensus validation"""

        payload = block.SerializeToString()
        self._notify(
            "consensus_notifier_notify_block_new", payload, len(payload))