diff --git a/Database/Package.swift b/Database/Package.swift
index 92d8e400..e820ad24 100644
--- a/Database/Package.swift
+++ b/Database/Package.swift
@@ -17,17 +17,24 @@ let package = Package(
     ],
     dependencies: [
         .package(path: "../Blockchain"),
+        .package(path: "../Codec"),
         .package(path: "../Utils"),
         .package(url: "https://github.com/apple/swift-testing.git", branch: "0.10.0"),
     ],
     targets: [
-        // Targets are the basic building blocks of a package, defining a module or a test suite.
-        // Targets can depend on other targets in this package and products from dependencies.
         .target(
             name: "Database",
             dependencies: [
-                "rocksdb",
+                "RocksDBSwift",
                 "Blockchain",
+                "Codec",
+                "Utils",
+            ]
+        ),
+        .target(
+            name: "RocksDBSwift",
+            dependencies: [
+                "rocksdb",
                 "Utils",
             ],
             linkerSettings: [
@@ -49,6 +56,13 @@ let package = Package(
                 .product(name: "Testing", package: "swift-testing"),
             ]
         ),
+        .testTarget(
+            name: "RocksDBSwiftTests",
+            dependencies: [
+                "RocksDBSwift",
+                .product(name: "Testing", package: "swift-testing"),
+            ]
+        ),
     ],
     swiftLanguageModes: [.version("6")]
 )
diff --git a/Database/Sources/Database/RocksDBBackend.swift b/Database/Sources/Database/RocksDBBackend.swift
index 78f02e12..b75d1881 100644
--- a/Database/Sources/Database/RocksDBBackend.swift
+++ b/Database/Sources/Database/RocksDBBackend.swift
@@ -1,7 +1,27 @@
 import Blockchain
 import Foundation
+import RocksDBSwift
 import Utils
 
+enum StoreId: UInt8, ColumnFamilyKey {
+    // metadata and configurations
+    case meta
+    // blocks
+    // blockHash => blockBody
+    case blocks
+    // timeslot => blockHash
+    // blockNumber => blockHash
+    case blockIndexes
+    // state trie
+    // hash => trie node
+    // value hash => state value
+    case state
+    // ref count
+    // node hash => ref count
+    // value hash => ref count
+    case stateRefs
+}
+
 public final class RocksDBBackend: StateBackendProtocol {
     public init() {}
 
diff --git a/Database/Sources/Database/Options.swift b/Database/Sources/RocksDBSwift/Options.swift
similarity index 64%
rename from Database/Sources/Database/Options.swift
rename to Database/Sources/RocksDBSwift/Options.swift
index 011e9f9d..ade4bdff 100644
--- a/Database/Sources/Database/Options.swift
+++ b/Database/Sources/RocksDBSwift/Options.swift
@@ -1,52 +1,52 @@
 import rocksdb
 import Utils
 
-public struct Options: ~Copyable, Sendable {
+struct Options: ~Copyable, Sendable {
     let ptr: SafePointer
 
     var value: OpaquePointer { ptr.value }
 
-    public init() {
+    init() {
         ptr = .init(ptr: rocksdb_options_create(), free: rocksdb_options_destroy)
     }
 
-    public func increaseParallelism(cpus: Int) {
+    func increaseParallelism(cpus: Int) {
         rocksdb_options_increase_parallelism(ptr.value, Int32(cpus))
     }
 
-    public func optimizeLevelStyleCompaction(memtableMemoryBudget: UInt64) {
+    func optimizeLevelStyleCompaction(memtableMemoryBudget: UInt64) {
         rocksdb_options_optimize_level_style_compaction(ptr.value, memtableMemoryBudget)
     }
 
-    public func setCreateIfMissing(_ createIfMissing: Bool) {
+    func setCreateIfMissing(_ createIfMissing: Bool) {
         rocksdb_options_set_create_if_missing(ptr.value, createIfMissing ? 1 : 0)
     }
 
-    public func setLevelCompactionDynamicLevelBytes(_ levelCompactionDynamicLevelBytes: Bool) {
+    func setLevelCompactionDynamicLevelBytes(_ levelCompactionDynamicLevelBytes: Bool) {
         rocksdb_options_set_level_compaction_dynamic_level_bytes(ptr.value, levelCompactionDynamicLevelBytes ? 1 : 0)
     }
 
-    public func setCreateIfMissingColumnFamilies(_ createIfMissingColumnFamilies: Bool) {
+    func setCreateIfMissingColumnFamilies(_ createIfMissingColumnFamilies: Bool) {
         rocksdb_options_set_create_missing_column_families(ptr.value, createIfMissingColumnFamilies ? 1 : 0)
     }
 }
 
-public struct WriteOptions: ~Copyable, Sendable {
+struct WriteOptions: ~Copyable, Sendable {
     let ptr: SafePointer
 
     var value: OpaquePointer { ptr.value }
 
-    public init() {
+    init() {
         ptr = .init(ptr: rocksdb_writeoptions_create(), free: rocksdb_writeoptions_destroy)
     }
 }
 
-public struct ReadOptions: ~Copyable, Sendable {
+struct ReadOptions: ~Copyable, Sendable {
     let ptr: SafePointer
 
     var value: OpaquePointer { ptr.value }
 
-    public init() {
+    init() {
         ptr = .init(ptr: rocksdb_readoptions_create(), free: rocksdb_readoptions_destroy)
     }
 }
diff --git a/Database/Sources/Database/RocksDB.swift b/Database/Sources/RocksDBSwift/RocksDB.swift
similarity index 100%
rename from Database/Sources/Database/RocksDB.swift
rename to Database/Sources/RocksDBSwift/RocksDB.swift
diff --git a/Database/Sources/RocksDBSwift/Store.swift b/Database/Sources/RocksDBSwift/Store.swift
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dd52f062
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Database/Sources/RocksDBSwift/Store.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import Foundation
+
+public protocol StoreCoder<Key, Value>: Sendable {
+    associatedtype Key: Encodable
+    associatedtype Value: Decodable
+
+    func encode(key: Key) throws -> Data
+    func decode(data: Data) throws -> Value
+}
+
+public final class Store<CFKey: ColumnFamilyKey, Coder: StoreCoder>: Sendable {
+    private let db: RocksDB<CFKey>
+    private let column: CFKey
+    private let coder: Coder
+
+    public init(db: RocksDB<CFKey>, column: CFKey, coder: Coder) {
+        self.db = db
+        self.column = column
+        self.coder = coder
+    }
+
+    public func get(key: Coder.Key) throws -> Coder.Value? {
+        let encodedKey = try coder.encode(key: key)
+
+        let data = try db.get(column: column, key: encodedKey)
+
+        return try data.map { try coder.decode(data: $0) }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Database/Tests/DatabaseTests/DatabaseTests.swift b/Database/Tests/DatabaseTests/DatabaseTests.swift
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/Database/Tests/DatabaseTests/RocksDBTests.swift b/Database/Tests/RocksDBSwiftTests/RocksDBTests.swift
similarity index 99%
rename from Database/Tests/DatabaseTests/RocksDBTests.swift
rename to Database/Tests/RocksDBSwiftTests/RocksDBTests.swift
index 9586ccc4..e2de12b3 100644
--- a/Database/Tests/DatabaseTests/RocksDBTests.swift
+++ b/Database/Tests/RocksDBSwiftTests/RocksDBTests.swift
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import Foundation
 import Testing
 
-@testable import Database
+@testable import RocksDBSwift
 
 extension String {
     var data: Data { Data(utf8) }