Merge branch 'poc-9' into develop

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/ethutil/big.go b/ethutil/big.go
index 2ff1c72d8..b77e0af8c 100644
--- a/ethutil/big.go
+++ b/ethutil/big.go
@@ -25,12 +25,19 @@ func Big(num string) *big.Int {
 // BigD
 //
 // Shortcut for new(big.Int).SetBytes(...)
-func BigD(data []byte) *big.Int {
+func Bytes2Big(data []byte) *big.Int {
 	n := new(big.Int)
 	n.SetBytes(data)
 
 	return n
 }
+func BigD(data []byte) *big.Int { return Bytes2Big(data) }
+
+func String2Big(num string) *big.Int {
+	n := new(big.Int)
+	n.SetString(num, 0)
+	return n
+}
 
 func BitTest(num *big.Int, i int) bool {
 	return num.Bit(i) > 0