From 63fc107dd0e216bd987304dc0a46668885ddfd3d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chris Duncan <chris@codecow.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2026 21:31:00 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Extend Hex type to accomodate string expectations.

---
 src/index.ts               | 2 +-
 src/lib/account/address.ts | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 244c464..65b53e9 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 declare global {
 	type Bytes = Uint8Array<ArrayBuffer> | Buffer<ArrayBuffer>
-	type Hex = HexByte[]
+	type Hex = string & HexByte[]
 	type HexByte = `${HexChar}${HexChar}`
 	type HexChar = '0' | '1' | '2' | '3' | '4' | '5' | '6' | '7' | '8' | '9' | 'A' | 'B' | 'C' | 'D' | 'E' | 'F'
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/account/address.ts b/src/lib/account/address.ts
index e531d38..b1de2d8 100644
--- a/src/lib/account/address.ts
+++ b/src/lib/account/address.ts
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ export class Address {
 		if (typeof value !== 'string' && !(value instanceof ArrayBuffer) && !(value instanceof Uint8Array)) {
 			throw new TypeError('Invalid address input', { cause: value })
 		}
-		if (typeof value === 'string') {
-			if (hex.is(value) && value.length === ACCOUNT_KEY_HEX_LENGTH) {
+		if (hex.is(value)) {
+			if (value.length === ACCOUNT_KEY_HEX_LENGTH) {
 				this.#address = (this.constructor as typeof Address).fromPublicKey(hex.toBuffer(value))
 			} else {
 				_validate(value)
-- 
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