MultiSigner

Variant 421 v411

sp_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)

IndexNameFieldsDocs
0Ed25519
1Sr25519
2Ecdsa

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 = Ed25519
field 0 field0: [u8; 32]
Sr25519 = Sr25519([u8; 32])
0x01<field0>
01 Variant index 1 = Sr25519
field 0 field0: [u8; 32]
Ecdsa = Ecdsa([u8; 33])
0x02<field0>
02 Variant index 2 = Ecdsa
field 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