BitSharper.Store.BoundedOverheadBlockStore.CreateNewStore C# (CSharp) Method

        private void CreateNewStore(NetworkParameters @params, FileInfo file)
        {
            // Create a new block store if the file wasn't found or anything went wrong whilst reading.
            _blockCache.Clear();
            try
            {
                if (_channel != null)
                {
                    _channel.Dispose();
                    _channel = null;
                }
                if (file.Exists)
                {
                    try
                    {
                        file.Delete();
                    }
                    catch (IOException)
                    {
                        throw new BlockStoreException("Could not delete old store in order to recreate it");
                    }
                }
                _channel = file.Create(); // Create fresh.
                _channel.Write(_fileFormatVersion);
            }
            catch (IOException e1)
            {
                // We could not load a block store nor could we create a new one!
                throw new BlockStoreException(e1);
            }
            try
            {
                // Set up the genesis block. When we start out fresh, it is by definition the top of the chain.
                var genesis = @params.GenesisBlock.CloneAsHeader();
                var storedGenesis = new StoredBlock(genesis, genesis.GetWork(), 0);
                _chainHead = storedGenesis.Header.Hash;
                _channel.Write(_chainHead.Bytes);
                Put(storedGenesis);
            }
            catch (IOException e)
            {
                throw new BlockStoreException(e);
            }
        }