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The reason why blockchain data is hard, an example with Gnosis Safe

How call data (or input args of smart contract functions) are normally decoded:

1) Take call data
2) Extract function name from the 1st 8 chars or by looking at the Contract ABI
3) Apply and get decoded input args, nicely formatted with their names and types

How to do it with Gnosis Safe transactions:

1) Take call data
2) Look at the code of Gnosis Safe SDK or other repositories to find the logic of how this call data was constructed and argument names
3) ...

Now I'm wondering, what is the reason for not using a common method, used by all the devs and explorers, and instead doing this

Does a story about the mysteries of blockchain data count? 😃

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