diff --git a/test/test.misc.js b/test/test.misc.js
index f8d59b6..bceebc2 100644
--- a/test/test.misc.js
+++ b/test/test.misc.js
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ describe('Miscelaneous stuff', function() {
   });
   test_data.dataEncodeDecode.forEach(function(datum) {
     it('base58 encode/decode checks ' + datum, function() {
+      // from bitcoin/bitcoin tests:
+      // Goal: test low-level base58 encoding functionality
       base58.encode(new Buffer(datum[0], 'hex')).should.equal(datum[1]);
       buffertools.toHex(base58.decode(datum[1])).should.equal(datum[0]);
     });