Problem: Public key not encoded using type in validator set update

Solution: Use `value` field to use appropriate decoder and re-encode public key in base16

bigchaindb/common/exceptions.py

@@ -115,4 +115,4 @@ class InvalidPowerChange(ValidationError):
 
 
 class InvalidPublicKey(ValidationError):
-    """Raised if proposed power change in validator set is >=1/3 total power"""
+    """Raised if public key doesn't match the encoding type"""

bigchaindb/common/schema/transaction_validator_election_v2.0.yaml

@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ properties:
                 type: string
               type:
                 type: string
+                enum:
+                  - ed25519-base16
+                  - ed25519-base32
+                  - ed25519-base64
           power:
             "$ref": "#/definitions/positiveInteger"
         required:

bigchaindb/upsert_validator/validator_election.py

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ from bigchaindb.common.schema import (_validate_schema,
 from . import ValidatorElectionVote
 from .validator_utils import (new_validator_set,
                               encode_validator,
+                              encode_pk_to_base16,
                               validate_asset_public_key)
 
 
@@ -239,7 +240,10 @@ class ValidatorElection(Transaction):
 
                 updated_validator_set = [v for v in updated_validator_set if v['voting_power'] > 0]
                 bigchain.store_validator_set(new_height+1, updated_validator_set, election.id)
-                return [encode_validator(election.asset['data'])]
+
+                validator16 = encode_pk_to_base16(election.asset['data'])
+                return [encode_validator(validator16)]
+
         return []
 
     def get_validator_update_by_election_id(self, election_id, bigchain):

bigchaindb/upsert_validator/validator_utils.py

@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ def new_validator_set(validators, updates):
 
     updates_dict = {}
     for u in updates:
-        public_key64 = public_key_to_base64(u['public_key']['value'])
+        decoder = get_public_key_decoder(u['public_key'])
+        public_key64 = base64.b64encode(decoder(u['public_key']['value'])).decode('utf-8')
         updates_dict[public_key64] = {'public_key': {'type': 'ed25519-base64',
                                                      'value': public_key64},
                                       'voting_power': u['power']}
@@ -40,7 +41,28 @@ def new_validator_set(validators, updates):
     return list(new_validators_dict.values())
 
 
+def encode_pk_to_base16(validator):
+    pk = validator['public_key']
+    decoder = get_public_key_decoder(pk)
+    public_key16 = base64.b16encode(decoder(pk['value'])).decode('utf-8')
+
+    validator['public_key']['value'] = public_key16
+    return validator
+
+
 def validate_asset_public_key(pk):
+    pk_binary = pk['value'].encode('utf-8')
+    decoder = get_public_key_decoder(pk)
+    try:
+        pk_decoded = decoder(pk_binary)
+        if len(pk_decoded) != 32:
+            raise InvalidPublicKey('Public key should be of size 32 bytes')
+
+    except binascii.Error as e:
+        raise InvalidPublicKey('Invalid `type` specified for public key `value`')
+
+
+def get_public_key_decoder(pk):
     pk_binary = pk['value'].encode('utf-8')
     encoding = pk['type']
     decoder = base64.b64decode
@@ -51,11 +73,7 @@ def validate_asset_public_key(pk):
         decoder = base64.b32decode
     elif encoding == 'ed25519-base64':
         decoder = base64.b64decode
-
+    else:
-    try:
-        pk_decoded = decoder(pk_binary)
-        if len(pk_decoded) != 32:
-            raise InvalidPublicKey('Public key should be of size 32 bytes')
-
-    except binascii.Error as e:
         raise InvalidPublicKey('Invalid `type` specified for public key `value`')
+
+    return decoder

tests/commands/test_commands.py

@@ -429,7 +429,6 @@ def test_upsert_validator_new_election_invalid_power(caplog, b, priv_validator_p
         assert caplog.records[0].msg.__class__ == InvalidPowerChange
 
 
-@pytest.mark.google
 @pytest.mark.abci
 def test_upsert_validator_approve_with_tendermint(b, priv_validator_path, user_sk, validators):
     from bigchaindb.commands.bigchaindb import (run_upsert_validator_new,