Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/master' into statefulVerkleState…

…Manager

packages/util/src/verkle.ts

@@ -309,6 +309,16 @@ export function decodeVerkleLeafBasicData(encodedBasicData: Uint8Array): VerkleL
   return { version, nonce, codeSize, balance }
 }
 
+/**
+ * This function takes a `VerkleLeafBasicData` object and encodes its properties
+ * (version, nonce, code size, and balance) into a compact `Uint8Array` format. Each
+ * property is serialized and padded to match the required byte lengths defined by
+ * EIP-6800. Additionally, 3 bytes are reserved for future use as specified
+ * in EIP-6800.
+ * @param {VerkleLeafBasicData} basicData - An object containing the version, nonce,
+ *   code size, and balance to be encoded.
+ * @returns {Uint8Array} - A compact, binary-encoded representation of the account header basic data.
+ */
 export function encodeVerkleLeafBasicData(account: Account): Uint8Array {
   const encodedVersion = setLengthLeft(int32ToBytes(account.version), VERKLE_VERSION_BYTES_LENGTH)
   // Per EIP-6800, bytes 1-4 are reserved for future use