def validators_from_config(validators):
    """Consolidate (potentially hex-encoded) list of validators
    into list of binary address representations.
    """
    result = []
    for validator in validators:
        if len(validator) == 40:
            validator = validator.decode('hex')
        result.append(validator)
    return result
Consolidate (potentially hex-encoded) list of validators
    into list of binary address representations.