Timestamp Serialization Format

[scisci]

Based on the ots command line program, the Stamp command returns a timestamp formatted like this:

{
    'txid':b2lx(txid),
    'nonce':b2x(nonce),
    'addr':str(addr)
}

The Complete command takes that timestamp and if the block is complete, returns a timestamp that looks like this

[
    [merkle_path...],
    [timestamp header]
]

The disparity between the two formats should be reconciled. If we want to create a function to read a timestamp, it doesn't seem good to first check if it is an array or an object, etc. Maybe the timestamp returned by the Stamp command can match the array-style and just put the txid, addr, in the header area.

[petertodd]

Closing - everything's been rewritten so the question isn't relevant anymore. :)