# Module std::bcs

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Utility for converting a Move value to its binary representation in BCS (Binary Canonical.

Serialization). BCS is the binary encoding for Move resources and other non-module values
published on-chain. See https://github.com/diem/bcs#binary-canonical-serialization-bcs for more
details on BCS.

## Function to_bytes

Return the binary representation of v in BCS (Binary Canonical Serialization) format

```
public fun to_bytes<MoveValue>(v: &MoveValue): vector<u8>
```