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Complex Numbers stored in `bytes32` types

A desk note on ERC 5850 (Complex Numbers stored in `bytes32` types). The file's status is Stagnant. The note records the text. It does not measure who runs it.

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Authors: Paul Edge
Date: 2022
Publisher: Paul Edge
Version: Source cited by the 2022 study. The study is the reading. This page does not add a second essay.
Document ID: BLC-STUDY-0931
DOI: None recorded
Last reviewed: 1 October 2026
Licence: No licence recorded. Rights status under review.

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A desk note on ERC 5850 (Complex Numbers stored in `bytes32` types). The file's status is Stagnant. The note records the text. It does not measure who runs it.

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Official source — ERC 5850
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Edge, P. (2022). Complex Numbers stored in `bytes32` types. Paul Edge. https://github.com/ethereum/ERCs/blob/master/ERCS/erc-5850.md

BibTeX

@techreport{erc58502022,
  title = {Complex Numbers stored in `bytes32` types},
  author = {Paul Edge},
  year = {2022},
  institution = {Paul Edge},
  url = {https://github.com/ethereum/ERCs/blob/master/ERCS/erc-5850.md},
  note = {Rights status: Official external source only. Blockchain Lab record: https://blockchainlab.com/research/corpus/papers/erc-5850}
}

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TI  - Complex Numbers stored in `bytes32` types
AU  - Paul Edge
PY  - 2022
PB  - Paul Edge
UR  - https://github.com/ethereum/ERCs/blob/master/ERCS/erc-5850.md
N1  - Rights status: Official external source only
ER  -

CSL-JSON

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Source status: Official source
Use status: Metadata and commentary only. The reading is the study page.
Rights: Official external source only
Training and retrieval: Not permitted from this site. There is no rights-cleared full text to retrieve or to train on.

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