MultiAddress

Variant 176 v411

sp_runtime::multiaddress::MultiAddress

About This Type

Flexible address format supporting multiple encoding styles.

Allows specifying an account as Id (AccountId32), Index (u32 account index), Raw bytes, Address32, or Address20. Most commonly used with the Id variant.

Encoding: Variant: 0x00=Id (32 bytes), 0x01=Index (compact u32), 0x02=Raw, 0x03=Address32, 0x04=Address20.

Variants (5)

Index	Name	Fields
0	Id	AccountId
1	Index	Compact<()>
2	Raw	Vec<u8>
3	Address32	[u8; 32]
4	Address20	[u8; 20]

SCALE Encoding

Rule: 1-byte variant index followed by variant-specific field data. 5 possible variants.
Size: variable (1+ bytes)

Examples

Id = Id(AccountId)

0x00<field0>

00 Variant index 0 = Id

field 0 field0: AccountId

Index = Index(Compact<()>)

0x01<field0>

01 Variant index 1 = Index

field 0 field0: Compact<()>

Raw = Raw(Vec<u8>)

0x02<field0>

02 Variant index 2 = Raw

field 0 field0: Vec<u8>

Code Examples

import { TypeRegistry } from "@polkadot/types";

const registry = new TypeRegistry();

// Encode MultiAddress — variant "Id"
const value = registry.createType("MultiAddress", { Id: { value: "5GrwvaEF5zXb26Fz9rcQpDWS57CtERHpNehXCPcNoHGKutQY" } });
console.log("Hex:", value.toHex());

Type Parameters

AccountId = AccountId

AccountIndex = ()

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Type Information

Type ID: 176
Kind: Variant
Path: sp_runtime::multiaddress::MultiAddress
Runtime: v411

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