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TL;DR: Restore reading previously saved BLS public keys after upgrading rust-dashcore.

User story

As a wallet developer, I want to read public keys saved by earlier versions so that an upgrade does not make those keys unreadable.

Scenario

Base flow

An application saves a public key, upgrades the library, and loads the saved value.

Actual behavior

Loading the older value fails because the new reader expects a different representation.

Expected behavior

Both older and current values load successfully, while newly saved values retain the current format.

Detailed discussion

What was done

  • Give BlsPkBytes (also exposed as BLSPublicKey) a binary Serde visitor accepting either 48 raw bytes or 96 ASCII hex digits. Bincode's compatible string/byte-buffer layouts make this automatic.
  • Preserve existing string callbacks, human-readable Serde, serialization, byte-type APIs, consensus codecs and native bincode Encode/Decode.
  • Add eight regression tests, including a frozen fixture generated with revision 40268cc0402a8933ec539f16b2d634c4e25876ad, malformed/truncated input, decoder limits, nested values and alternate bincode configuration.

This PR covers BLS public keys only. PlatformNodeId byte order and transaction-record/database migration are deferred; this does not claim complete compatibility for every historical record. New binary values remain unreadable by older readers that only accept hex.

Testing

Passed locally (Cargo test/Clippy commands run through the repository's cached wrapper):

  • cargo test -p dashcore-crypto --all-features --locked --offline: 14 unit tests, 8 regression tests and 2 doctests.
  • cargo test -p dashcore --all-features --lib serde --locked --offline: 17 tests.
  • cargo clippy -p dashcore-crypto --all-features --all-targets --locked --offline -- -D warnings.
  • cargo clippy -p dashcore-crypto --no-default-features --features serde --lib --locked --offline -- -D warnings.
  • cargo fmt --all -- --check and git diff --check.

The full workspace suite and release-profile Clippy were not run.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes
    • BLS public keys can now be deserialized from legacy hexadecimal encodings in compatible binary formats, while current serialization remains unchanged.
    • Invalid or malformed legacy encodings are rejected.

lklimek and others added 2 commits October 8, 2026 13:02
Accept both legacy hex strings and current raw bytes in binary Serde
formats with matching string and byte-buffer layouts, including bincode.
Keep current serialization and native bincode codecs unchanged.

Cover the old format with a frozen fixture from 40268cc, malformed input,
length limits, alternate bincode configuration and nested values.

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Preserve string callbacks and the byte-buffer deserializer hint supported
by the existing byte type. Cover binary deserializers delivering hex text.

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- Line 132: Update the deserializer call in the public-key byte decoding
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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Request borrowed bytes instead of an owned byte buffer.

If a caller decodes an untrusted key with bincode::serde::borrow_decode_from_slice and the standard configuration, deserialize_byte_buf allocates a Vec<u8> from the declared length before visit_bytes can reject it. A short input with a very large length prefix can therefore exhaust memory before deserialization returns an error. Use deserialize_bytes(Visitor) here. The borrowed bincode decoder can then pass a slice without allocating; owned decoding still needs an appropriate limit at its input boundary. (docs.rs)

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--- "a/crypto/src/bls/public_key_bytes.rs"
+++ "b/crypto/src/bls/public_key_bytes.rs"
@@ -129,6 +129,6 @@
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         }
 
-        deserializer.deserialize_byte_buf(Visitor)
+        deserializer.deserialize_bytes(Visitor)
     }
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I am bringing back old format, the binary encoding of data wasnt an intended change

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