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diff --git a/lockchain-core/src/crypto/encoding.rs b/lockchain-core/src/crypto/encoding.rs
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+//! Easy to use encoding utility functions
+
+use base64;
+use std::fmt::Write;
+
+/// Encode a piece of arbitary data into a bse64 string
+pub fn base64_encode(data: &Vec<u8>) -> String {
+    return base64::encode(data);
+}
+
+/// Decode a base64 string into arbitrary data
+pub fn base64_decode(data: &String) -> Vec<u8> {
+    return base64::decode(data).unwrap();
+}
+
+/// Simply encode a byte-string as hexadecimal symbols
+pub fn encode_hex(data: &str) -> String {
+    let mut s = String::new();
+    for &byte in data.as_bytes() {
+        write!(&mut s, "{:X}", byte).expect("Unable to HEX encode!");
+    }
+
+    return s;
+}
+\ No newline at end of file