diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 16c0e2a856..5306272fa8 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1637,6 +1637,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "blstrs",
  "getrandom",
  "group 0.12.1",
+ "hex-literal",
  "ironfish",
  "ironfish-jubjub",
  "ironfish_zkp",
diff --git a/ironfish-rust-wasm/Cargo.toml b/ironfish-rust-wasm/Cargo.toml
index edbf84a64a..f1ed075051 100644
--- a/ironfish-rust-wasm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ironfish-rust-wasm/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,3 +22,6 @@ ironfish-jubjub = "0.1.0"
 ironfish_zkp = { version = "0.2.0", path = "../ironfish-zkp" }
 rand = "0.8.5"
 wasm-bindgen = "0.2.95"
+
+[dev-dependencies]
+hex-literal = "0.4.1"
diff --git a/ironfish-rust-wasm/src/keys/mod.rs b/ironfish-rust-wasm/src/keys/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7fda23142a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ironfish-rust-wasm/src/keys/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at https://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+pub mod public_address;
diff --git a/ironfish-rust-wasm/src/keys/public_address.rs b/ironfish-rust-wasm/src/keys/public_address.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..adb15924ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ironfish-rust-wasm/src/keys/public_address.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at https://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+use crate::errors::IronfishError;
+use wasm_bindgen::prelude::*;
+
+#[wasm_bindgen]
+#[derive(Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Debug)]
+pub struct PublicAddress(ironfish::PublicAddress);
+
+#[wasm_bindgen]
+impl PublicAddress {
+    #[wasm_bindgen(constructor)]
+    pub fn deserialize(bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<PublicAddress, IronfishError> {
+        Ok(Self(ironfish::PublicAddress::read(bytes)?))
+    }
+
+    #[wasm_bindgen]
+    pub fn serialize(&self) -> Vec<u8> {
+        self.0.public_address().to_vec()
+    }
+
+    #[wasm_bindgen(getter)]
+    pub fn bytes(&self) -> Vec<u8> {
+        self.0.public_address().to_vec()
+    }
+
+    #[wasm_bindgen(getter)]
+    pub fn hex(&self) -> String {
+        self.0.hex_public_address()
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<ironfish::PublicAddress> for PublicAddress {
+    fn from(d: ironfish::PublicAddress) -> Self {
+        Self(d)
+    }
+}
+
+impl AsRef<ironfish::PublicAddress> for PublicAddress {
+    fn as_ref(&self) -> &ironfish::PublicAddress {
+        &self.0
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use crate::keys::public_address::PublicAddress;
+    use hex_literal::hex;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn valid_address() {
+        let bytes = hex!("aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa0");
+        let addr = PublicAddress::deserialize(&bytes[..])
+            .expect("valid address deserialization should have succeeded");
+        assert_eq!(addr.serialize(), bytes);
+        assert_eq!(addr.bytes(), bytes);
+        assert_eq!(
+            addr.hex(),
+            "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa0"
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn invalid_address() {
+        let bytes = hex!("aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa1");
+        PublicAddress::deserialize(&bytes[..])
+            .expect_err("invalid address deserialization should have failed");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/ironfish-rust-wasm/src/lib.rs b/ironfish-rust-wasm/src/lib.rs
index 3815e3640c..28dc6c6999 100644
--- a/ironfish-rust-wasm/src/lib.rs
+++ b/ironfish-rust-wasm/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at https://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
 #![warn(clippy::dbg_macro)]
 #![warn(clippy::print_stderr)]
 #![warn(clippy::print_stdout)]
@@ -10,4 +14,5 @@
 use getrandom as _;
 
 pub mod errors;
+pub mod keys;
 pub mod primitives;
diff --git a/ironfish-rust/src/keys/public_address.rs b/ironfish-rust/src/keys/public_address.rs
index b2b9285af2..e38f574365 100644
--- a/ironfish-rust/src/keys/public_address.rs
+++ b/ironfish-rust/src/keys/public_address.rs
@@ -38,13 +38,13 @@ impl PublicAddress {
     }
 
     /// Load a public address from a Read implementation (e.g: socket, file)
-    pub fn read<R: io::Read>(reader: &mut R) -> Result<Self, IronfishError> {
+    pub fn read<R: io::Read>(mut reader: R) -> Result<Self, IronfishError> {
         let mut address_bytes = [0; PUBLIC_ADDRESS_SIZE];
         reader.read_exact(&mut address_bytes)?;
         Self::new(&address_bytes)
     }
 
-    pub fn read_unchecked<R: io::Read>(reader: &mut R) -> Result<Self, IronfishError> {
+    pub fn read_unchecked<R: io::Read>(mut reader: R) -> Result<Self, IronfishError> {
         let mut address_bytes = [0; PUBLIC_ADDRESS_SIZE];
         reader.read_exact(&mut address_bytes)?;
         Self::new_unchecked(&address_bytes)
@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@ impl PartialEq for PublicAddress {
     }
 }
 
+impl Eq for PublicAddress {}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod test {
     use crate::{