From 0a81df83b07de326013791829d9d6e01639fd51f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: kilic <onurkilic1004@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2024 16:46:09 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] serialize pubkey

---
 src/eddsa.rs | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/eddsa.rs b/src/eddsa.rs
index e83f68b..253d2ab 100644
--- a/src/eddsa.rs
+++ b/src/eddsa.rs
@@ -51,6 +51,17 @@ impl<TE: TECurveConfig> PublicKey<TE> {
     pub fn xy(&self) -> (&TE::BaseField, &TE::BaseField) {
         self.as_ref().xy().unwrap()
     }
+
+    pub fn to_bytes(&self) -> Vec<u8> {
+        let mut bytes = Vec::new();
+        self.serialize_compressed(&mut bytes).unwrap();
+        bytes
+    }
+
+    pub fn from_bytes(bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<Self, Box<dyn ark_std::error::Error>> {
+        let point = Affine::<TE>::deserialize_compressed(bytes)?;
+        Ok(Self(point))
+    }
 }
 
 impl<TE: TECurveConfig> From<Affine<TE>> for PublicKey<TE> {