Base58check: no longer encodes version separately

src/base58check.js

@@ -4,13 +4,11 @@ var base58 = require('./base58')
 var crypto = require('./crypto')
 
 // Encode a buffer as a base58-check-encoded string
-function encode(payload, version) {
-  var version = new Buffer([version])
-  var message = Buffer.concat([version, payload])
-  var checksum = crypto.hash256(message).slice(0, 4)
+function encode(payload) {
+  var checksum = crypto.hash256(payload).slice(0, 4)
 
   return base58.encode(Buffer.concat([
-    message,
+    payload,
     checksum
   ]))
 }
@@ -19,20 +17,13 @@ function encode(payload, version) {
 function decode(string) {
   var buffer = base58.decode(string)
 
-  var message = buffer.slice(0, -4)
+  var payload = buffer.slice(0, -4)
   var checksum = buffer.slice(-4)
-  var newChecksum = crypto.hash256(message).slice(0, 4)
+  var newChecksum = crypto.hash256(payload).slice(0, 4)
 
   assert.deepEqual(newChecksum, checksum, 'Invalid checksum')
 
-  var version = message.readUInt8(0)
-  var payload = message.slice(1)
-
-  return {
-    version: version,
-    payload: payload,
-    checksum: checksum
-  }
+  return payload
 }
 
 module.exports = {