Message-Encoding.md

Message Encoding

Semux network messages format.

Signatures

A signed message takes the message bytes and signs it, then appends this signature to the message.

Types

boolean

1 bit

long

8 bytes

int

4 bytes

byte[]

First write the number of bytes using VLQ, then write each byte.

string

First write the number of bytes using VLQ, then write each byte of the string.

VLQ

Variable length quantity. This encoding allows for writing both large and small numbers in an efficient manner.