Pivoting to the related subject of compact textual representations of _typed_ data, check out CESR[0]. Through some careful choices of code prefixes and payload

Pivoting to the related subject of compact textual representations of _typed_ data, check out CESR[0]. Through some careful choices of code prefixes and payload lengths that won't require Base64 padding, it provides a novel encoding scheme for JSON plus cryptographic signatures (all while enabling true concatenative composability). It is at the heart of the KERI[1][2][3], a decentralized identity management scheme, and ACDC[4], a mechanism for verified credentials. [0] https://trustoverip.github.io/tswg-cesr-specification/draft-ssmith-cesr.html https://trustoverip.github.io/tswg-cesr-specification/draft-... [1] https://keri.one/keri-resources/ https://keri.one/keri-resources/ [2] https://trustoverip.github.io/tswg-keri-specification/draft-ssmith-keri.html https://trustoverip.github.io/tswg-keri-specification/draft-... [3] https://github.com/WebOfTrust/keripy/ https://github.com/WebOfTrust/keripy/ [3] https://trustoverip.github.io/tswg-acdc-specification/draft-ssmith-acdc.html https://trustoverip.github.io/tswg-acdc-specification/draft-...