export type Payload = {
    readonly to: string | null;
    readonly by: string;
    readonly next: string | null;
    readonly seq: number;
    readonly method?: string;
    readonly args?: string;
};
export declare const writePayload: (p: Payload) => string;
export type PayloadRead = {
    payload: Payload;
} | {
    fault: 'not an object' | 'not well formed';
};
export declare const readPayload: (bytes: Uint8Array) => PayloadRead;