diff --git a/pkg/serialization/codec/jam/decode.go b/pkg/serialization/codec/jam/decode.go
index 3b7ca95..eb75dfe 100644
--- a/pkg/serialization/codec/jam/decode.go
+++ b/pkg/serialization/codec/jam/decode.go
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/eigerco/strawberry/internal/crypto"
 )
 
+type BitSequence []bool
+
 func Unmarshal(data []byte, dst interface{}) error {
 	dstv := reflect.ValueOf(dst)
 	if dstv.Kind() != reflect.Ptr || dstv.IsNil() {
@@ -25,6 +27,50 @@ func Unmarshal(data []byte, dst interface{}) error {
 	return ds.unmarshal(indirect(dstv))
 }
 
+func NewDecoder(reader io.Reader) *Decoder {
+	return &Decoder{
+		byteReader{reader},
+	}
+}
+
+type Decoder struct {
+	byteReader
+}
+
+func (d *Decoder) Decode(dst any) error {
+	dstv := reflect.ValueOf(dst)
+	if dstv.Kind() != reflect.Ptr || dstv.IsNil() {
+		return fmt.Errorf(ErrUnsupportedType, dst)
+	}
+
+	return d.unmarshal(indirect(dstv))
+}
+
+func (d *Decoder) DecodeFixedLength(dst any, length uint) error {
+	dstv := reflect.ValueOf(dst)
+	if dstv.Kind() != reflect.Ptr || dstv.IsNil() {
+		return fmt.Errorf(ErrUnsupportedType, dst)
+	}
+	dstv = indirect(dstv)
+
+	in := dstv.Interface()
+	switch v := in.(type) {
+	case int8, uint8, int16, uint16, int32, uint32, int64, uint64:
+		return d.decodeFixedWidth(dstv, length)
+	case []byte:
+		return d.decodeBytesFixedLength(dstv, length)
+	case BitSequence:
+		if err := d.decodeBitsFixedLength(&v, length); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		inType := reflect.TypeOf(in)
+		dstv.Set(reflect.ValueOf(v).Convert(inType))
+	default:
+		return fmt.Errorf(ErrUnsupportedType, dst)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 type byteReader struct {
 	io.Reader
 }
@@ -50,6 +96,8 @@ func (br *byteReader) unmarshal(value reflect.Value) error {
 		return br.decodeFixedWidth(value, l)
 	case []byte:
 		return br.decodeBytes(value)
+	case BitSequence:
+		return br.decodeBits(value)
 	case bool:
 		return br.decodeBool(value)
 	default:
@@ -72,6 +120,12 @@ func (br *byteReader) handleReflectTypes(value reflect.Value) error {
 		if value.Type() == reflect.TypeOf(ed25519.PublicKey{}) {
 			return br.decodeEd25519PublicKey(value)
 		}
+		if value.Type() == reflect.TypeOf(BitSequence{}) {
+			return br.decodeBits(value)
+		}
+		if value.Type() == reflect.TypeOf([]byte{}) {
+			return br.decodeBytes(value)
+		}
 		return br.decodeSlice(value)
 	case reflect.Map:
 		return br.decodeMap(value)
@@ -376,7 +430,11 @@ func (br *byteReader) decodeBytes(dstv reflect.Value) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	return br.decodeBytesFixedLength(dstv, length)
+}
 
+// decodeBytes is used to decode with a destination of []byte
+func (br *byteReader) decodeBytesFixedLength(dstv reflect.Value, length uint) error {
 	if length > math.MaxUint32 {
 		return ErrExceedingByteArrayLimit
 	}
@@ -384,7 +442,7 @@ func (br *byteReader) decodeBytes(dstv reflect.Value) error {
 	b := make([]byte, length)
 
 	if length > 0 {
-		_, err = br.Read(b)
+		_, err := br.Read(b)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -396,6 +454,44 @@ func (br *byteReader) decodeBytes(dstv reflect.Value) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// decodeBytes is used to decode with a destination of []byte
+func (br *byteReader) decodeBits(dstv reflect.Value) error {
+	length, err := br.decodeLength()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	var v BitSequence
+	if err := br.decodeBitsFixedLength(&v, length); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	in := dstv.Interface()
+	inType := reflect.TypeOf(in)
+	dstv.Set(reflect.ValueOf(v).Convert(inType))
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (br *byteReader) decodeBitsFixedLength(v *BitSequence, bytesLength uint) (err error) {
+	if bytesLength > math.MaxUint32 {
+		return ErrExceedingByteArrayLimit
+	}
+	bb := make([]byte, bytesLength)
+	if _, err = br.Reader.Read(bb); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if bytesLength == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	*v = make(BitSequence, bytesLength*8)
+	for i := range *v {
+		mod := i % 8
+		b := bb[i/8]
+		pow2 := byte(1 << mod)   // powers of 2
+		(*v)[i] = b&pow2 == pow2 // identify the bit
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// decodeFixedWidth E_{l∈N}(N_{2^8l} → Yl) (eq. C.5)
 func (br *byteReader) decodeFixedWidth(dstv reflect.Value, length uint) error {
 	typ := dstv.Type()
 
diff --git a/pkg/serialization/codec/jam/decode_test.go b/pkg/serialization/codec/jam/decode_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4980b52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/serialization/codec/jam/decode_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+package jam
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestDecodeBits(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name     string
+		input    []byte
+		expect   BitSequence
+		leftover int
+		err      error
+	}{{
+		name:   "empty",
+		input:  []byte{},
+		expect: BitSequence{},
+	}, {
+		name:   "1 bytes",
+		input:  []byte{255},
+		expect: BitSequence{true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true},
+	}, {
+		name:  "1.5 bytes",
+		input: []byte{0, 255},
+		expect: BitSequence{
+			false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false,
+			true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true,
+		},
+	}, {
+		name:  "5 bytes",
+		input: []byte{17, 25, 0, 1, 2},
+		expect: BitSequence{
+			true, false, false, false, true, false, false, false,
+			true, false, false, true, true, false, false, false,
+			false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false,
+			true, false, false, false, false, false, false, false,
+			false, true, false, false, false, false, false, false,
+		},
+	}}
+	for _, tc := range tests {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			buff := bytes.NewBuffer(tc.input)
+			d := NewDecoder(buff)
+
+			actual := BitSequence{}
+			err := d.DecodeFixedLength(&actual, uint(len(tc.input)))
+			if tc.err != nil {
+				assert.Equal(t, tc.err, err)
+			}
+
+			assert.Equal(t, tc.expect, actual)
+			assert.Equal(t, tc.leftover, buff.Len())
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/serialization/codec/jam/encode.go b/pkg/serialization/codec/jam/encode.go
index dda603f..fb87e00 100644
--- a/pkg/serialization/codec/jam/encode.go
+++ b/pkg/serialization/codec/jam/encode.go
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ func (bw *byteWriter) marshal(in interface{}) error {
 		return bw.encodeFixedWidth(v, l)
 	case []byte:
 		return bw.encodeBytes(v)
+	case BitSequence:
+		return bw.encodeBits(v)
 	case bool:
 		return bw.encodeBool(v)
 	default:
@@ -74,10 +76,16 @@ func (bw *byteWriter) handleReflectTypes(in interface{}) error {
 	case reflect.Array:
 		return bw.encodeArray(in)
 	case reflect.Slice:
-		if pk, ok := in.(ed25519.PublicKey); ok {
-			return bw.encodeEd25519PublicKey(pk)
+		switch v := in.(type) {
+		case ed25519.PublicKey:
+			return bw.encodeEd25519PublicKey(v)
+		case BitSequence:
+			return bw.encodeBits(v)
+		case []byte:
+			return bw.encodeBytes(v)
+		default:
+			return bw.encodeSlice(in)
 		}
-		return bw.encodeSlice(in)
 	case reflect.Map:
 		return bw.encodeMap(in)
 	default:
@@ -288,6 +296,28 @@ func (bw *byteWriter) encodeBytes(b []byte) error {
 	return err
 }
 
+func (bw *byteWriter) encodeBits(bitSequence BitSequence) error {
+	length := len(bitSequence) / 8
+	if length > 0 && length%8 == 0 {
+		length += 1
+	}
+	err := bw.encodeLength(length)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	bb := make([]byte, length)
+	for i, b := range bitSequence {
+		if b {
+			pow2 := byte(1 << (i % 8)) // powers of 2
+			bb[i/8] |= pow2            // identify the bit
+		}
+	}
+
+	_, err = bw.Write(bb)
+	return err
+}
+
 func (bw *byteWriter) encodeFixedWidth(i interface{}, l uint) error {
 	val := reflect.ValueOf(i)
 
diff --git a/pkg/serialization/codec/jam/encode_decode_jam_test.go b/pkg/serialization/codec/jam/encode_decode_jam_test.go
index 4fcfa57..012974f 100644
--- a/pkg/serialization/codec/jam/encode_decode_jam_test.go
+++ b/pkg/serialization/codec/jam/encode_decode_jam_test.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ type TestStruct struct {
 	LargeUint  uint
 	PubKey     *ed25519.PublicKey
 	InnerSlice []InnerStruct
+	Bits       jam.BitSequence
 }
 
 func TestMarshalUnmarshal(t *testing.T) {
@@ -40,6 +41,15 @@ func TestMarshalUnmarshal(t *testing.T) {
 			{2, 3, 4, 5},
 			{3, 4, 5, 6},
 		},
+		Bits: jam.BitSequence{
+			true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true,
+			true, true, true, true, true, true, true, false,
+			true, true, true, true, true, true, false, false,
+			true, true, true, true, false, false, false, false,
+			true, true, false, false, false, false, false, false,
+			true, false, false, false, false, false, false, false,
+			false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false,
+		},
 	}
 
 	marshaledData, err := jam.Marshal(original)