From 978277a4c18258a8aaa1a829c4924a31e96d9270 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Liamsi Date: Thu, 31 May 2018 20:21:41 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] make slightly more readable --- docs/spec/blockchain/encoding.md | 18 +++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/spec/blockchain/encoding.md b/docs/spec/blockchain/encoding.md index f2674ab96..336fa8b09 100644 --- a/docs/spec/blockchain/encoding.md +++ b/docs/spec/blockchain/encoding.md @@ -49,7 +49,10 @@ spec](https://github.com/tendermint/go-amino#computing-the-prefix-and-disambigua In what follows, we provide the type names and prefix bytes directly. Notice that when encoding byte-arrays, the length of the byte-array is appended to the PrefixBytes. Thus the encoding of a byte array becomes ` - ` + `. In other words, to encode any type listed below you do not need to be +familiar with amino encoding. +You can simply use below table and concatenate Prefix || Length (of raw bytes) || raw bytes +( while || stands for byte concatenation here). | Type | Name | Prefix | Length | Notes | | ---- | ---- | ------ | ----- | ------ | @@ -63,17 +66,14 @@ to the PrefixBytes. Thus the encoding of a byte array becomes ` | SignatureEd25519 | tendermint/SignatureKeyEd25519 | 0x3DA1DB2A | 0x40 | raw 64-byte Ed25519 signature | | SignatureSecp256k1 | tendermint/SignatureKeySecp256k1 | 0x16E1FEEA | variable | raw bytes of the Secp256k1 signature | -To encode any of the above you do not need to be familiar with amino encoding. You can simply -use above table and concatenate Prefix || Length of raw bytes || raw bytes ( || stands for simple concatenation here). +### Examples -For example, the 33-byte (or 0x21-byte in hex) Secp256k1 pubkey -`020BD40F225A57ED383B440CF073BC5539D0341F5767D2BF2D78406D00475A2EE9` would be -encoded as +1. For example, the 33-byte (or 0x21-byte in hex) Secp256k1 pubkey +`020BD40F225A57ED383B440CF073BC5539D0341F5767D2BF2D78406D00475A2EE9` +would be encoded as `EB5AE98221020BD40F225A57ED383B440CF073BC5539D0341F5767D2BF2D78406D00475A2EE9` -SignatureSecp256k1: - -For example, the variable size Secp256k1 signature (in this particular example 70 or 0x46 bytes) +2. For example, the variable size Secp256k1 signature (in this particular example 70 or 0x46 bytes) `304402201CD4B8C764D2FD8AF23ECFE6666CA8A53886D47754D951295D2D311E1FEA33BF02201E0F906BB1CF2C30EAACFFB032A7129358AFF96B9F79B06ACFFB18AC90C2ADD7` would be encoded as `16E1FEEA46304402201CD4B8C764D2FD8AF23ECFE6666CA8A53886D47754D951295D2D311E1FEA33BF02201E0F906BB1CF2C30EAACFFB032A7129358AFF96B9F79B06ACFFB18AC90C2ADD7`