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(Squash this) Be more explicit about the exact encoding of the secp signature

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@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@ Use the canonical representation for signatures.
#### Secp256k1
There isn't a clear canonical representation here.
Signatures have two elements `r,s`.
We should encode these bytes as `r || s`, where `r` and `s` are both exactly
32 bytes long.
These bytes are encoded as `r || s`, where `r` and `s` are both exactly
32 bytes long, encoded big-endian.
This is basically Ethereum's encoding, but without the leading recovery bit.
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