private static byte[] loadNemesisBlockBlobObject() {
   try (final InputStream fin =
       NemesisBlock.class
           .getClassLoader()
           .getResourceAsStream(NEMESIS_BLOCK_INFO.getDataFileName())) {
     return IOUtils.toByteArray(fin);
   } catch (final IOException e) {
     throw new IllegalStateException(
         "unexpected exception was thrown when parsing nemesis block resource");
   }
 }