Commit to Generation Transaction Binary Format

Learn more about Commit to Generation transaction.

The Commit to Generation transaction type is enabled by feature #25 "Deterministic Finality".

Binary format is defined in transaction.proto protobuf scheme. The fields that are common to all types of transactions are described in the Transaction Binary Format article.

Please note: a Commit to Generation transaction is not sent on behalf of any account. It does not have senderPublicKey, proofs, timestamp, and feeAssetId fields.

message CommitToGenerationTransactionData {
    uint32 generation_period_start = 1;
    bytes endorser_public_key = 2; // BLS
    bytes commitment_signature = 3; // BLS signature over endorser_public_key ++ generation_period_start
};

Field	Size	Description
generation_period_start	4 bytes	Starting block height of the generation period
endorser_public_key	48 bytes	BLS public key of the endorser
commitment_signature	96 bytes	BLS signature over endorser_public_key ++ generation_period_start