diff --git a/include/ircd/base64.h b/include/ircd/base.h
similarity index 50%
rename from include/ircd/base64.h
rename to include/ircd/base.h
index da6d4352e..e7dd4358c 100644
--- a/include/ircd/base64.h
+++ b/include/ircd/base.h
@@ -9,10 +9,22 @@
 // full license for this software is available in the LICENSE file.
 
 #pragma once
-#define HAVE_IRCD_BASE64_H
+#define HAVE_IRCD_BASE_H
 
 namespace ircd
 {
+	// Binary -> Base58 encode suite
+	constexpr size_t b58encode_size(const size_t &);
+	size_t b58encode_size(const const_raw_buffer &in);
+	string_view b58encode(const mutable_buffer &out, const const_raw_buffer &in);
+	std::string b58encode(const const_raw_buffer &in);
+
+	// Base58 -> Binary decode suite
+	constexpr size_t b58decode_size(const size_t &);
+	size_t b58decode_size(const string_view &in);
+	const_raw_buffer b58decode(const mutable_raw_buffer &out, const string_view &in);
+	std::string b58decode(const string_view &in);
+
 	// Binary -> Base64 conversion suite
 	string_view b64encode(const mutable_buffer &out, const const_raw_buffer &in);
 	std::string b64encode(const const_raw_buffer &in);
@@ -25,3 +37,27 @@ namespace ircd
 	const_raw_buffer b64decode(const mutable_raw_buffer &out, const string_view &in);
 	std::string b64decode(const string_view &in);
 }
+
+inline size_t
+ircd::b58decode_size(const string_view &in)
+{
+	return b58decode_size(size(in));
+}
+
+constexpr size_t
+ircd::b58decode_size(const size_t &in)
+{
+	return in * 733UL / 1000UL + 1UL; // log(58) / log(256), rounded up
+}
+
+inline size_t
+ircd::b58encode_size(const const_raw_buffer &in)
+{
+	return b58encode_size(size(in));
+}
+
+constexpr size_t
+ircd::b58encode_size(const size_t &in)
+{
+	return in * 138UL / 100UL + 1UL; // log(256) / log(58), rounded up
+}
diff --git a/include/ircd/stdinc.h b/include/ircd/stdinc.h
index 29ed7b502..e9acc1dc1 100644
--- a/include/ircd/stdinc.h
+++ b/include/ircd/stdinc.h
@@ -216,6 +216,7 @@ namespace ircd
 #include "localee.h"
 #include "color.h"
 #include "lex_cast.h"
+#include "base.h"
 #include "stringops.h"
 #include "tokens.h"
 #include "params.h"
diff --git a/ircd/Makefile.am b/ircd/Makefile.am
index d0225b3b4..285403641 100644
--- a/ircd/Makefile.am
+++ b/ircd/Makefile.am
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ libircd_la_SOURCES =   \
 	ircd.cc            \
 	json.cc            \
 	lexical.cc         \
+	base.cc            \
 	locale.cc          \
 	logger.cc          \
 	m/event.cc         \
diff --git a/ircd/base64.cc b/ircd/base.cc
similarity index 61%
rename from ircd/base64.cc
rename to ircd/base.cc
index 5cff71f53..21382f769 100644
--- a/ircd/base64.cc
+++ b/ircd/base.cc
@@ -179,3 +179,131 @@ ircd::b64decode(const mutable_raw_buffer &out,
 	assert(size_t(len) <= size(out));
 	return { data(out), size_t(len) };
 }
+
+namespace ircd
+{
+	const auto &b58
+	{
+		"123456789ABCDEFGHJKLMNPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijkmnopqrstuvwxyz"s
+	};
+}
+
+std::string
+ircd::b58decode(const string_view &in)
+{
+	std::string ret(b58decode_size(in), char{});
+	const mutable_raw_buffer buf
+	{
+		reinterpret_cast<unsigned char *>(const_cast<char *>(ret.data())), ret.size()
+	};
+
+	const auto decoded
+	{
+		b58decode(buf, in)
+	};
+
+	assert(size(decoded) <= ret.size());
+	ret.resize(size(decoded));
+	return ret;
+}
+
+ircd::const_raw_buffer
+ircd::b58decode(const mutable_raw_buffer &buf,
+                const string_view &in)
+{
+	auto p(begin(in));
+	size_t zeroes(0);
+	for(; p != end(in) && *p == '1'; ++p)
+		++zeroes;
+
+	const mutable_raw_buffer out
+	{
+		data(buf) + zeroes, std::min(b58decode_size(in), size(buf) - zeroes)
+	};
+
+	assert(size(out) + zeroes <= size(buf));
+	memset(data(out), 0, size(out));
+
+	size_t length(0);
+	for(size_t i(0); p != end(in); ++p, length = i, i = 0)
+	{
+		auto carry(b58.find(*p));
+		if(carry == std::string::npos)
+			throw std::out_of_range("Invalid base58 character");
+
+		for(auto it(rbegin(out)); (carry || i < length) && it != rend(out); ++it, i++)
+		{
+			carry += 58 * (*it);
+			*it = carry % 256;
+			carry /= 256;
+		}
+	}
+
+	auto it(begin(buf));
+	assert(it + zeroes + length <= end(buf));
+	for(; it != end(buf) && zeroes; *it++ = 0, --zeroes);
+	memmove(it, data(out) + (size(out) - length), length);
+	return { begin(buf), it + length };
+}
+
+std::string
+ircd::b58encode(const const_raw_buffer &in)
+{
+	std::string ret(b58encode_size(in), char{});
+	const mutable_buffer buf
+	{
+		const_cast<char *>(ret.data()), ret.size()
+	};
+
+	const auto encoded
+	{
+		b58encode(buf, in)
+	};
+
+	assert(size(encoded) <= ret.size());
+	ret.resize(size(encoded));
+	return ret;
+}
+
+ircd::string_view
+ircd::b58encode(const mutable_buffer &buf,
+                const const_raw_buffer &in)
+{
+	auto p(begin(in));
+	size_t zeroes(0);
+	for(; p != end(in) && *p == 0; ++p)
+		++zeroes;
+
+	const mutable_buffer out
+	{
+		data(buf) + zeroes, std::min(b58encode_size(in), size(buf) - zeroes)
+	};
+
+	assert(size(out) + zeroes <= size(buf));
+	memset(data(out), 0, size(out));
+
+	size_t length(0);
+	for(size_t i(0); p != end(in); ++p, length = i, i = 0)
+	{
+		size_t carry(*p);
+		for(auto it(rbegin(out)); (carry || i < length) && it != rend(out); ++it, i++)
+		{
+			carry += 256 * (*it);
+			*it = carry % 58;
+			carry /= 58;
+		}
+	}
+
+	auto it(begin(buf));
+	assert(it + zeroes + length <= end(buf));
+	for(; it != end(buf) && zeroes; *it++ = '1', --zeroes);
+	memmove(it, data(out) + (size(out) - length), length);
+	return
+	{
+		begin(buf), std::transform(it, it + length, it, []
+		(const uint8_t &in)
+		{
+			return b58.at(in);
+		})
+	};
+}