diff --git a/solana/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/solana/publickey/SolanaPublicKey.kt b/solana/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/solana/publickey/SolanaPublicKey.kt
index ed8e830..0803a71 100644
--- a/solana/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/solana/publickey/SolanaPublicKey.kt
+++ b/solana/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/solana/publickey/SolanaPublicKey.kt
@@ -1,12 +1,19 @@
 package com.solana.publickey
 
 import com.funkatronics.encoders.Base58
+import com.funkatronics.kborsh.BorshDecoder
+import com.funkatronics.kborsh.BorshEncoder
 import com.solana.serialization.ByteStringSerializer
+import com.solana.serialization.TransactionDecoder
+import com.solana.serialization.TransactionEncoder
 import kotlinx.serialization.KSerializer
 import kotlinx.serialization.Serializable
+import kotlinx.serialization.builtins.serializer
 import kotlinx.serialization.descriptors.SerialDescriptor
+import kotlinx.serialization.descriptors.buildClassSerialDescriptor
 import kotlinx.serialization.encoding.Decoder
 import kotlinx.serialization.encoding.Encoder
+import kotlinx.serialization.json.JsonDecoder
 
 @Serializable(with=SolanaPublicKeySerializer::class)
 open class SolanaPublicKey(final override val bytes: ByteArray) : PublicKey {
@@ -35,13 +42,35 @@ open class SolanaPublicKey(final override val bytes: ByteArray) : PublicKey {
 }
 
 object SolanaPublicKeySerializer : KSerializer<SolanaPublicKey> {
-    private val delegate = ByteStringSerializer(SolanaPublicKey.PUBLIC_KEY_LENGTH)
-    override val descriptor: SerialDescriptor = delegate.descriptor
+    private val borshDelegate = ByteStringSerializer(SolanaPublicKey.PUBLIC_KEY_LENGTH)
+    private val jsonDelegate = String.serializer()
+    override val descriptor: SerialDescriptor = buildClassSerialDescriptor("SolanaPublicKey")
 
     override fun deserialize(decoder: Decoder): SolanaPublicKey =
-        SolanaPublicKey(decoder.decodeSerializableValue(delegate))
+        when (decoder) {
+            is BorshDecoder, is TransactionDecoder ->
+                SolanaPublicKey(decoder.decodeSerializableValue(borshDelegate))
+            is JsonDecoder ->
+                SolanaPublicKey.from(decoder.decodeSerializableValue(jsonDelegate))
+            else ->
+                runCatching {
+                    SolanaPublicKey.from(decoder.decodeSerializableValue(jsonDelegate))
+                }.getOrElse {
+                    SolanaPublicKey(decoder.decodeSerializableValue(borshDelegate))
+                }
+        }
 
-    override fun serialize(encoder: Encoder, value: SolanaPublicKey) {
-        encoder.encodeSerializableValue(delegate, value.bytes)
-    }
+    override fun serialize(encoder: Encoder, value: SolanaPublicKey) =
+        when (encoder) {
+            is BorshEncoder, is TransactionEncoder ->
+                encoder.encodeSerializableValue(borshDelegate, value.bytes)
+            is JsonDecoder ->
+                encoder.encodeSerializableValue(jsonDelegate, value.base58())
+            else ->
+                runCatching {
+                    encoder.encodeSerializableValue(jsonDelegate, value.base58())
+                }.getOrElse {
+                    encoder.encodeSerializableValue(borshDelegate, value.bytes)
+                }
+        }
 }
diff --git a/solana/src/commonTest/kotlin/com/solana/serialization/SolanaPublicKeySerializerTests.kt b/solana/src/commonTest/kotlin/com/solana/serialization/SolanaPublicKeySerializerTests.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..414a69a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/solana/src/commonTest/kotlin/com/solana/serialization/SolanaPublicKeySerializerTests.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+package com.solana.serialization
+
+import com.funkatronics.kborsh.Borsh
+import com.solana.publickey.SolanaPublicKey
+import com.solana.publickey.SolanaPublicKeySerializer
+import kotlinx.serialization.Serializable
+import kotlinx.serialization.json.Json
+import kotlin.test.Test
+import kotlin.test.assertContentEquals
+import kotlin.test.assertEquals
+
+class SolanaPublicKeySerializerTests {
+
+    @Test
+    fun `Json serializes as base58 string`() {
+        // given
+        val publicKeyBase58 = "11111111111111111111111111111111"
+        val publicKey = SolanaPublicKey.from(publicKeyBase58)
+
+        // when
+        val serialized = Json.encodeToString(SolanaPublicKeySerializer, publicKey)
+
+        // then
+        assertEquals("\"$publicKeyBase58\"", serialized)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `Json deserializes from base58 string`() {
+        // given
+        @Serializable
+        data class TestStruct(val owner: SolanaPublicKey)
+
+        val publicKeyBase58 = "11111111111111111111111111111111"
+        val publicKey = SolanaPublicKey.from(publicKeyBase58)
+        val json = """
+            {
+                "owner": "$publicKeyBase58"
+            }
+        """.trimIndent()
+
+        // when
+        val deserialized = Json.decodeFromString<TestStruct>(json)
+
+        // then
+        assertEquals(publicKey, deserialized.owner)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `Borsh serializes as base58 string`() {
+        // given
+        val publicKeyBase58 = "11111111111111111111111111111111"
+        val publicKey = SolanaPublicKey.from(publicKeyBase58)
+
+        // when
+        val serialized = Borsh.encodeToByteArray(SolanaPublicKeySerializer, publicKey)
+
+        // then
+        assertContentEquals(publicKey.bytes, serialized)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `Borsh deserializes from base58 string`() {
+        // given
+        val publicKeyBase58 = "11111111111111111111111111111111"
+        val publicKey = SolanaPublicKey.from(publicKeyBase58)
+
+        // when
+        val deserialized = Borsh.decodeFromByteArray(SolanaPublicKeySerializer, publicKey.bytes)
+
+        // then
+        assertEquals(publicKey, deserialized)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `Transaction encoder encodes public key bytes`() {
+        // given
+        val publicKeyBase58 = "11111111111111111111111111111111"
+        val publicKey = SolanaPublicKey.from(publicKeyBase58)
+
+        // when
+        val serialized = TransactionFormat.encodeToByteArray(SolanaPublicKeySerializer, publicKey)
+
+        // then
+        assertContentEquals(publicKey.bytes, serialized)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `Transaction encoder decodes public key bytes`() {
+        // given
+        val publicKeyBase58 = "11111111111111111111111111111111"
+        val publicKey = SolanaPublicKey.from(publicKeyBase58)
+
+        // when
+        val deserialized = TransactionFormat.decodeFromByteArray(SolanaPublicKeySerializer, publicKey.bytes)
+
+        // then
+        assertEquals(publicKey, deserialized)
+    }
+}
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