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diff --git a/src/BlockState.cpp b/src/BlockState.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4e2607bd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/BlockState.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,167 @@
+#include "Globals.h"
+#include "BlockState.h"
+
+
+
+
+
+BlockState::BlockState():
+	mChecksum(initializeChecksum())
+{
+	// Nothing needed yet
+}
+
+
+
+
+
+BlockState::BlockState(const AString & aKey, const AString & aValue):
+	mState({{aKey, aValue}}),
+	mChecksum(initializeChecksum())
+{
+}
+
+
+
+
+
+BlockState::BlockState(std::initializer_list<std::pair<const AString, AString>> aKeysAndValues):
+	mState(aKeysAndValues),
+	mChecksum(initializeChecksum())
+{
+}
+
+
+
+
+
+BlockState::BlockState(const std::map<AString, AString> & aKeysAndValues):
+	mState(aKeysAndValues),
+	mChecksum(initializeChecksum())
+{
+}
+
+
+
+
+
+BlockState::BlockState(std::map<AString, AString> && aKeysAndValues):
+	mState(std::move(aKeysAndValues)),
+	mChecksum(initializeChecksum())
+{
+}
+
+
+
+
+
+BlockState::BlockState(const BlockState & aCopyFrom, std::initializer_list<std::pair<const AString, AString>> aAdditionalKeysAndValues):
+	mState(aCopyFrom.mState)
+{
+	for (const auto & kav: aAdditionalKeysAndValues)
+	{
+		mState[kav.first] = kav.second;
+	}
+	mChecksum = initializeChecksum();
+}
+
+
+
+
+
+BlockState::BlockState(const BlockState & aCopyFrom, const std::map<AString, AString> & aAdditionalKeysAndValues):
+	mState(aCopyFrom.mState)
+{
+	for (const auto & kav: aAdditionalKeysAndValues)
+	{
+		mState[kav.first] = kav.second;
+	}
+	mChecksum = initializeChecksum();
+}
+
+
+
+
+
+bool BlockState::operator ==(const BlockState & aOther) const
+{
+	// Fast-fail if the checksums differ or differrent counts:
+	if ((mChecksum != aOther.mChecksum) || (mState.size() != aOther.mState.size()))
+	{
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	// Slow-check everything if the checksums match:
+	return std::equal(mState.begin(), mState.end(), aOther.mState.begin());
+}
+
+
+
+
+
+const AString & BlockState::value(const AString & aKey) const
+{
+	auto itr = mState.find(aKey);
+	if (itr == mState.end())
+	{
+		static AString empty;
+		return empty;
+	}
+	return itr->second;
+}
+
+
+
+
+
+UInt32 BlockState::initializeChecksum()
+{
+	removeEmptyKeys();
+
+	// Calculate the checksum as a XOR of all mState keys' and values' checksums
+	// This way we don't depend on the std::map's ordering
+	UInt32 res = 0;
+	for (const auto & kv: mState)
+	{
+		auto partial = partialChecksum(kv.first) ^ partialChecksum(kv.second);
+		res = res ^ partial;
+	}
+	return res;
+}
+
+
+
+
+
+void BlockState::removeEmptyKeys()
+{
+	for (auto itr = mState.begin(); itr != mState.end();)
+	{
+		if (itr->second.empty())
+		{
+			itr = mState.erase(itr);
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			++itr;
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+
+
+
+
+UInt32 BlockState::partialChecksum(const AString & aString)
+{
+	UInt32 shift = 0;
+	UInt32 res = 0;
+	for (auto ch: aString)
+	{
+		UInt32 v = static_cast<UInt8>(ch);
+		v = v << shift;
+		shift = (shift + 1) % 24;
+		res = res ^ v;
+	}
+	return res;
+}
diff --git a/src/BlockState.h b/src/BlockState.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3b0575f0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/BlockState.h
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <initializer_list>
+
+
+
+
+
+/** Represents the state of a single block (previously known as "block meta").
+The state consists of a map of string -> string, plus a mechanism for fast equality checks between two BlockState instances.
+Once a BlockState instance is created, it is then immutable - there's no way of changing it, only by creating a (modified) copy.
+A BlockState instance can be created from hard-coded data or from dynamic data:
+	BlockState bs({{"key1", "value1"}, {key2", "value2"}});  // Hard-coded
+	- or -
+	std::map<AString, AString> map({{"key1", "value1"}, {key2", "value2"}});
+	map["key3"] = "value3";
+	BlockState bs(map);  // From dynamic data
+*/
+class BlockState
+{
+public:
+
+	/** Creates a new instance with an empty map. */
+	BlockState();
+
+	/** Creates a new instance consisting of a single key-value pair.
+	If the value is empty, it is not stored wihin the map. */
+	BlockState(const AString & aKey, const AString & aValue);
+
+	/** Creates a new instance initialized with several (hard-coded) key-value pairs.
+	Any key with an empty value is not stored within the map. */
+	BlockState(std::initializer_list<std::pair<const AString, AString>> aKeysAndValues);
+
+	/** Creates a new instance initialized with several (dynamic) key-value pairs.
+	Makes a copy of aKeysAndValues for this object.
+	Any key with an empty value is not stored within the map. */
+	BlockState(const std::map<AString, AString> & aKeysAndValues);
+
+	/** Creates a new instance initialized with several (dynamic) key-value pairs.
+	Any key with an empty value is not stored within the map. */
+	BlockState(std::map<AString, AString> && aKeysAndValues);
+
+	/** Creates a copy of the specified BlockState with the (hard-coded) additional keys and values added to it.
+	Any key in aAdditionalKeysAndValues that is already present in aCopyFrom is overwritten with the aAdditionalKeysAndValues' one.
+	Any key with an empty value is not stored in the map.
+	(it's possible to erase a key from aCopyFrom by setting it to empty string in aAdditionalKeysAndValues). */
+	BlockState(const BlockState & aCopyFrom, std::initializer_list<std::pair<const AString, AString>> aAdditionalKeysAndValues);
+
+	/** Creates a copy of the specified BlockState with the (dynamic) additional keys and values added to it.
+	Any key in aAdditionalKeysAndValues that is already present in aCopyFrom is overwritten with the aAdditionalKeysAndValues' one.
+	Any key with an empty value is not stored in the map.
+	(it's possible to erase a key from aCopyFrom by setting it to empty string in aAdditionalKeysAndValues). */
+	BlockState(const BlockState & aCopyFrom, const std::map<AString, AString> & aAdditionalKeysAndValues);
+
+	/** Fast equality check. */
+	bool operator ==(const BlockState & aOther) const;
+
+	/** Fast inequality check. */
+	bool operator !=(const BlockState & aOther) const
+	{
+		return !(operator ==(aOther));
+	}
+
+	/** Returns the value at the specified key.
+	If the key is not present, returns an empty string. */
+	const AString & value(const AString & aKey) const;
+
+
+protected:
+
+	/** The state, represented as a string->string map. */
+	std::map<AString, AString> mState;
+
+	/** The checksum used for the fast equality check.
+	This is calculated upon creation. */
+	UInt32 mChecksum;
+
+
+	/** Normalizes mState and calculates the checksum from it.
+	Removes all the empty values from mState.
+	Used only from constructors. */
+	UInt32 initializeChecksum();
+
+	/** Removes all the keys from mState that have an empty value. */
+	void removeEmptyKeys();
+
+	/** Calculates the partial checksum of a single string.
+	Used from within initializeChecksum(). */
+	UInt32 partialChecksum(const AString & aString);
+};
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index d23fe388d..dd92a969c 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ SET (SRCS
 	BlockArea.cpp
 	BlockID.cpp
 	BlockInfo.cpp
+	BlockState.cpp
 	BlockTypeRegistry.cpp
 	BrewingRecipes.cpp
 	Broadcaster.cpp
@@ -84,6 +85,7 @@ SET (HDRS
 	BlockID.h
 	BlockInServerPluginInterface.h
 	BlockInfo.h
+	BlockState.h
 	BlockTracer.h
 	BlockTypeRegistry.h
 	BrewingRecipes.h