MultiSigner
Variant 421 v411sp_runtime::MultiSigner
About This Type
Public key for one of three signature schemes: Ed25519, Sr25519, or Ecdsa.
Used in signature verification where the signing algorithm is not known in advance.
Encoding: Variant: 0x00=Ed25519 (32 bytes), 0x01=Sr25519 (32 bytes), 0x02=Ecdsa (33 bytes).
Variants (3)
SCALE Encoding
- Rule
- 1-byte variant index followed by variant-specific field data. 3 possible variants.
- Size
- variable (1+ bytes)
Examples
Ed25519 = Ed25519([u8; 32])
0x00<field0>00 Variant index 0 = Ed25519field 0 field0: [u8; 32]Sr25519 = Sr25519([u8; 32])
0x01<field0>01 Variant index 1 = Sr25519field 0 field0: [u8; 32]Ecdsa = Ecdsa([u8; 33])
0x02<field0>02 Variant index 2 = Ecdsafield 0 field0: [u8; 33]Code Examples
import { TypeRegistry } from "@polkadot/types";
const registry = new TypeRegistry();
// Encode MultiSigner — variant "Ed25519"
const value = registry.createType("MultiSigner", { Ed25519: { value: 0 } });
console.log("Hex:", value.toHex());Referenced By (2)
Type Information
- Type ID
- 421
- Kind
- Variant
- Path
- sp_runtime::MultiSigner
- Runtime
- v411