From c2403d4b2d0505d883249b7716aea87856888f73 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Olaoluwa Osuntokun <laolu32@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2015 12:48:24 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] shachain: switch encode/decode methods to use
 io.Reader/Writer

* Help avoid a bug related to passing a copy of bytes.Buffer into
Encode/Decode instead of a pointer
---
 shachain/shachain.go | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/shachain/shachain.go b/shachain/shachain.go
index aafe5ebd..2111bd7e 100644
--- a/shachain/shachain.go
+++ b/shachain/shachain.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"crypto/rand"
 	"crypto/sha256"
 	"fmt"
+	"io"
 	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/btcsuite/btcd/wire"
@@ -170,11 +171,11 @@ func (h *HyperShaChain) LocatePreImage(outputScript []byte) (uint64, *[32]byte)
 }
 
 // MarshallBinary...
-func (h *HyperShaChain) Encode(b bytes.Buffer) error {
+func (h *HyperShaChain) Encode(b io.Writer) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
 // UnmarshallBinary...
-func (h *HyperShaChain) Decode(b bytes.Buffer) error {
+func (h *HyperShaChain) Decode(b io.Reader) error {
 	return nil
 }