From e7e7145af1a6ff386d3f9f9e12855f18568b1cf8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: agureev <artguril@proton.me>
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2026 22:21:20 +0400
Subject: [PATCH] refactor: expose ciphertext as bytes

---
 lee/state_machine/core/src/encoding.rs | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lee/state_machine/core/src/encoding.rs b/lee/state_machine/core/src/encoding.rs
index 59df4b06..42663a00 100644
--- a/lee/state_machine/core/src/encoding.rs
+++ b/lee/state_machine/core/src/encoding.rs
@@ -117,6 +117,11 @@ impl Nullifier {
 }
 
 impl Ciphertext {
+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn as_bytes(&self) -> &[u8] {
+        &self.0
+    }
+
     /// Serializes the ciphertext to bytes.
     #[must_use]
     pub fn to_bytes(&self) -> Vec<u8> {