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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 header(self):
 """ Returns the header of the block """

        if self._block_header is None:
            self._block_header = BlockHeader()
            self._block_header.ParseFromString(self.block.header)
        return self._block_header