use serde::{de::Error, Deserialize, Deserializer}; // 1.0.94
use serde_json; // 1.0.40

#[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
struct EtheriumTransaction {
    account: Account, // hex
    amount: u64,      // decimal
}

#[derive(Debug, PartialEq)]
struct Account(u64);

impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for Account {
    fn deserialize<D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<Self, D::Error>
    where
        D: Deserializer<'de>,
    {
        let s: &str = Deserialize::deserialize(deserializer)?;
        // do better hex decoding than this
        u64::from_str_radix(&s[2..], 16)
            .map(Account)
            .map_err(D::Error::custom)
    }
}

fn main() {
    let raw = r#"{"account": "0xDEADBEEF", "amount": 100}"#;
    let transaction: EtheriumTransaction =
        serde_json::from_str(raw).expect("Couldn't derserialize");
    assert_eq!(transaction.amount, 100);
    assert_eq!(transaction.account, Account(0xDEAD_BEEF));
}