From 0b479066b3d92e4d93b8814c201e283519bd6ce5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nico Schapeler <38372048+cryptopapi997@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2022 07:43:53 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix: make toBytes actually return the type it's typehint
 claims (#29313)

---
 web3.js/src/publickey.ts | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/web3.js/src/publickey.ts b/web3.js/src/publickey.ts
index 449f90371f5fc8..4d17ae68ca9c05 100644
--- a/web3.js/src/publickey.ts
+++ b/web3.js/src/publickey.ts
@@ -112,7 +112,8 @@ export class PublicKey extends Struct {
    * Return the byte array representation of the public key in big endian
    */
   toBytes(): Uint8Array {
-    return this.toBuffer();
+    const buf = this.toBuffer();
+    return new Uint8Array(buf.buffer, buf.byteOffset, buf.byteLength);
   }
 
   /**