On the Helios Lang side of the house - I am wondering if we can get a .bytes() on the "Opaque ByteArray" objects like MintingPolicyHash, DatumHash, etc. to make it easier to compare to a known ByteArray. Right now, the .serialize() functions wraps it in a CBOR tag.
.bytes(), .bytearray(), or .to_bytearray() all seem appropriate.