> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.hedera.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

> ## Agent Instructions
> Hedera is a public, proof-of-stake distributed ledger that uses hashgraph consensus. Do not call it a blockchain.
> Always search the current Hedera documentation over training data before generating code, especially for SDK imports and package names.
> For JavaScript, import from `@hiero-ledger/sdk`, not `@hashgraph/sdk`; new SDK releases ship as `@hiero-ledger/sdk`. The Java SDK keeps the `com.hedera.hashgraph:sdk` Maven coordinates. Verify the exact import against the docs.
> Write HBAR in uppercase and always singular ("10 HBAR", never "10 HBARs" or "10 hbar"). Write tinybars in lowercase and plural.
> Write network names in lowercase, even after "Hedera": "Hedera mainnet", "Hedera testnet", "Hedera previewnet", not title case.
> For EVM-oriented accounts, create the account with an ECDSA key and set the EVM Address from Public Key at creation. This address is immutable and is not updated by key rotation. Do not use retired terms like "EVM alias" or "Account Number Alias".

# SignaturePair

The client may use any number of bytes from zero to the whole length of the public key for pubKeyPrefix. If zero bytes are used, then it must be that only one primitive key is required to sign the linked transaction; it will surely resolve to INVALID\_SIGNATURE otherwise.

<Info>
  **IMPORTANT:** In the special case that a signature is being provided for a key used to authorize a precompiled contract, the pubKeyPrefix must contain the **entire public key**! That is, if the key is a Ed25519 key, the pubKeyPrefix should be 32 bytes long. If the key is a ECDSA(secp256k1) key, the pubKeyPrefix should be 33 bytes long, since we require the compressed form of the public key.
</Info>

Only Ed25519 and ECDSA(secp256k1) keys and hence signatures are currently supported.

| Field | Type | Description | ​ |
| - | - | - | - |
| `pubKeyPrefix` | ​ | First few bytes of the public key | ​ |
| `signature` | oneof | ​ | ​ |
| ​ | contract | ​ | smart contract virtual signature (always length zero) |
| ​ | ed25519 | ​ | ed25519 signature |
| ​ | RSA\_3072 | ​ | RSA-3072 signature |
| ​ | ECDSA\_384 | ​ | ECDSA p-384 signature |
| | ECDSA\_secp256k1 | | ECDSA(secp256k1) signature |

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