Method needsByteEncoding

src/Chain.js:349–351

* Returns true, if byte encoding is needed before returning the byte * representation. Translation between text and bytes may throw an error * if encountering malformed content. * @return {boolean}

()

   * @return {boolean}
   */
  needsByteEncoding () {
    return this._bytes === null
  }

  /**
   * Returns true if chain contains an empty string, zero Unicode