From ee49b114975e11742b759c51ed1a6d4139057946 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chris Duncan <chris@zoso.dev>
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2026 23:48:16 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Import string encoder for consistency.

---
 src/lib/tools.ts | 7 +++----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/lib/tools.ts b/src/lib/tools.ts
index b8137af..e010afc 100644
--- a/src/lib/tools.ts
+++ b/src/lib/tools.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { sign as nano25519_sign, verify as nano25519_verify } from 'nano25519/sy
 import { Account } from './account'
 import { Block } from './block'
 import { MAX_SUPPLY, UNITS } from './constants'
-import { bytes, hex } from './convert'
+import { bytes, hex, utf8 } from './convert'
 import { Blake2b } from './crypto'
 import { Rpc } from './rpc'
 import { Wallet } from './wallet'
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ type SweepResult = {
 }
 
 export class Tools {
-	static #encoder: TextEncoder = new TextEncoder()
 	static #normalize (input: string | ArrayBuffer | Uint8Array<ArrayBuffer>): Uint8Array<ArrayBuffer> {
 		return (typeof input === 'string')
 			? hex.toBytes(input)
@@ -149,7 +148,7 @@ export class Tools {
 	static sign (secretKey: string | ArrayBuffer | Uint8Array<ArrayBuffer>, ...input: string[]): string {
 		const k = this.#normalize(secretKey)
 		try {
-			const signature = nano25519_sign(this.#encoder.encode(input.join('')), k)
+			const signature = nano25519_sign(utf8.toBytes(input.join('')), k)
 			return bytes.toHex(signature)
 		} catch (err) {
 			throw new Error(`Failed to sign message`, { cause: err })
@@ -228,7 +227,7 @@ export class Tools {
 		const k = this.#normalize(publicKey)
 		const s = this.#normalize(signature)
 		try {
-			return nano25519_verify(s, this.#encoder.encode(input.join('')), k)
+			return nano25519_verify(s, utf8.toBytes(input.join('')), k)
 		} catch (err) {
 			throw new Error('Failed to verify signature', { cause: err })
 		}
-- 
2.47.3