diff --git a/btcpy/lib/base58.py b/btcpy/lib/base58.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3412c45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/btcpy/lib/base58.py
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+'''Base58 encoding
+
+Implementations of Base58 and Base58Check endcodings that are compatible
+with the bitcoin network.
+'''
+
+from hashlib import sha256
+
+# 58 character alphabet used
+alphabet = '123456789ABCDEFGHJKLMNPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijkmnopqrstuvwxyz'
+
+iseq = lambda s: s
+bseq = bytes
+buffer = lambda s: s.buffer
+
+
+def b58encode(v: bytes) -> str:
+    '''Encode a string using Base58'''
+
+    origlen = len(v)
+    v = v.lstrip(b'\0')
+    newlen = len(v)
+
+    p, acc = 1, 0
+    for c in iseq(v[::-1]):
+        acc += p * c
+        p = p << 8
+
+    result = ''
+    while acc > 0:
+        acc, mod = divmod(acc, 58)
+        result += alphabet[mod]
+
+    return (result + alphabet[0] * (origlen - newlen))[::-1]
+
+
+def b58decode(v: str) -> bytes:
+    '''Decode a Base58 encoded string'''
+
+    origlen = len(v)
+    v = v.lstrip(alphabet[0])
+    newlen = len(v)
+
+    p, acc = 1, 0
+    for c in v[::-1]:
+        acc += p * alphabet.index(c)
+        p *= 58
+
+    result = []
+    while acc > 0:
+        acc, mod = divmod(acc, 256)
+        result.append(mod)
+
+    return (bseq(result) + b'\0' * (origlen - newlen))[::-1]
+
+
+def b58encode_check(v: bytes) -> str:
+    '''Encode a string using Base58 with a 4 character checksum'''
+
+    digest = sha256(sha256(v).digest()).digest()
+    return b58encode(v + digest[:4])
+
+
+def b58decode_check(v: str) -> bytes:
+    '''Decode and verify the checksum of a Base58 encoded string'''
+
+    result = b58decode(v)
+    result, check = result[:-4], result[-4:]
+    digest = sha256(sha256(result).digest()).digest()
+
+    if check != digest[:4]:
+        raise ValueError("Invalid checksum")
+
+    return result
diff --git a/btcpy/lib/codecs.py b/btcpy/lib/codecs.py
index 89919c0..1b30a2c 100644
--- a/btcpy/lib/codecs.py
+++ b/btcpy/lib/codecs.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 # LICENSE.md file.
 
 from abc import ABCMeta, abstractmethod
-from base58 import b58encode_check, b58decode_check
+from .base58 import b58encode_check, b58decode_check
 
 from .bech32 import decode, encode
 from ..setup import is_mainnet, net_name
diff --git a/btcpy/structs/crypto.py b/btcpy/structs/crypto.py
index 7d290fc..5b22ff8 100644
--- a/btcpy/structs/crypto.py
+++ b/btcpy/structs/crypto.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 # LICENSE.md file.
 
 from binascii import hexlify, unhexlify
-from base58 import b58decode_check, b58encode_check
+from ..lib.base58 import b58decode_check, b58encode_check
 from hashlib import sha256
 from ecdsa import SigningKey, SECP256k1
 from ecdsa.util import sigencode_der
diff --git a/btcpy/structs/hd.py b/btcpy/structs/hd.py
index ffa2cad..5488117 100644
--- a/btcpy/structs/hd.py
+++ b/btcpy/structs/hd.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 import hmac
 from hashlib import sha512
-from base58 import b58decode_check, b58encode_check
+from ..lib.base58 import b58decode_check, b58encode_check
 from ecdsa import VerifyingKey
 from ecdsa.ellipticcurve import INFINITY
 from ecdsa.curves import SECP256k1
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index ae7259a..342d194 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 ecdsa==0.13 --hash=sha256:40d002cf360d0e035cf2cb985e1308d41aaa087cbfc135b2dc2d844296ea546c
-base58==0.2.5 --hash=sha256:b1c481f2b8cfbc31f77dafc0e9690d92f7c03dc01481a4512eb1914e91744856
 python-bitcoinlib==0.7.0 --hash=sha256:a083f61b30c7d748f8c785591fbdc26dbad98b64946cd1fbbf25c860b8ff7c3c
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2d1ba25..5d57929 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 setup(name='chainside-btcpy',
       version='0.3.0',
       packages=find_packages(),
-      install_requires=['ecdsa==0.13', 'base58==0.2.5'],
+      install_requires=['ecdsa==0.13'],
       extras_require={'develop': ['python-bitcoinlib==0.7.0']},
       description='A Python3 SegWit-compliant library which provides tools to handle Bitcoin data structures in a simple fashion.',
       author='chainside srl',
diff --git a/tests/data/base58.json b/tests/data/base58.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dd6dae8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/data/base58.json
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+[
+  ["", ""],
+  ["61", "2g"],
+  ["626262", "a3gV"],
+  ["636363", "aPEr"],
+  ["73696d706c792061206c6f6e6720737472696e67", "2cFupjhnEsSn59qHXstmK2ffpLv2"],
+  ["00eb15231dfceb60925886b67d065299925915aeb172c06647", "1NS17iag9jJgTHD1VXjvLCEnZuQ3rJDE9L"],
+  ["516b6fcd0f", "ABnLTmg"],
+  ["bf4f89001e670274dd", "3SEo3LWLoPntC"],
+  ["572e4794", "3EFU7m"],
+  ["ecac89cad93923c02321", "EJDM8drfXA6uyA"],
+  ["10c8511e", "Rt5zm"],
+  ["00000000000000000000", "1111111111"],
+  ["304ffda1f73e96ccfc96a00dec8424026c73ee", "9qzGgs8TcMDGSynXLpPixJidDF"],
+  ["e2369ff4ca7851f802a7492e8db2a79d0c928f7ff9", "EunxRoC3JCKzMCfpuqGvxHnAz1iHe"],
+  ["237405d75ca870cea1e3e77e", "fodJhcFw797MzHwT"],
+  ["8f50fc35480f90", "6S13VsH7vP"],
+  ["0b08b8fefe33972f3b200e58", "D5Thbyu4FXgV7EJT"],
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+  ["a43c84656f5077dd6f73a7292e5d11", "5bVzeMJXFWyoTyaYrG6wS"],
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+  ["da048bd3a2f1", "2sZrdJuqz"],
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+  ["569f30cc51d9be1a7031e4d8", "2dotg4aigFb53HPvX"],
+  ["40a92ea8719f06", "3T815P93U1"],
+  ["597f87afa28ec2aae97c", "62dmBbPiz8CBzb"],
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+  ["7d06ba02bfe9a6", "5joR5CgLCu"],
+  ["2f", "p"],
+  ["b14c259842ff66", "7igyM8WvcD"],
+  ["e517650f3b92ec9b85a40b887c68b80f", "VHmogV2XkdDTfiE9DxRPkA"],
+  ["1ff2d207becacc28b5de797fd2f9fae6e93089af", "SpJgGMfV1jejF3qe7mHQtfjZC7g"],
+  ["356a7f2e339aaed947e4c21dbca210b994b6", "3DW4oVLcWYNSN1Ve95h4exRem"],
+  ["6bb4fef2074f", "vdpxwBrE"],
+  ["e167e0e0a50572e308c3929198448a07e64036a8b0", "Eruu1rQHgz37jjxzPmw94GTHVY6iT"],
+  ["d35823", "2DzKU"],
+  ["e6e63e64d1720be2985f8307db82842954e1b19804389790df", "2buj9dJ6eHWxpx58YGFJTz6nuxP93RLrdBt"],
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+  ["ffe15c1acfdfc2", "AhQkr8kE4y"],
+  ["f41f11e48eb72906880ef5381509238e6b8ab3b2", "4QG311W7iQNRXXz6bKCh8z3NEBE1"],
+  ["6cdd2b", "dZqk"],
+  ["41b6128d0713d9b6ca4efd91", "2EvTDGmmiuq9Pubrp"],
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+  ["d35e760fe78d3811", "cMYYu3T8WaC"],
+  ["fb2aed258524dceeed356cf89bfb", "2bLbHbXfD3cQ4PeXY2TU"],
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+  ["cac1d529", "6Bbc6C"],
+  ["a30c0b97cc8b7d4ee720d6a9f5060dbb", "M8kvGc4NWUhUDZ9VgyDcmQ"],
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+  ["deb48e4d383f6375d93dc0ee4fce", "2QshGK3jD5PLYoSoHMzM"],
+  ["1567bef40dc706d5ed9b287184dc29", "bjYNYXr2hEUDgzYMJ2EC"],
+  ["a7afa3d3cf0e02a1f8", "38oCt6EzVDvoR"],
+  ["1e3a9081218f770017d2280b66e6d6b9d13882", "6XyQrKpMNcdkkw1Fo8Br1g2YFb"],
+  ["1d", "W"],
+  ["6d9d900f", "3oWaHc"],
+  ["14dbb6e822fb8a7f28adcbaec4c2b7aec8bcc878", "HrYiYDNovvXud6WGDtJYcLsYdQT"],
+  ["8d4063c72bc5b40ffe0ced19838abd07", "JSf2sw5DRG87vREaviLBUS"],
+  ["2e0282dd277c4c95a7", "ay7K9X3Yw9Bc"],
+  ["3e8e0af9a8e93cdb08", "oBZH11JQR8Yw"],
+  ["45d0ef40a8773a", "3eTCZq1iWd"],
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+  ["6b4da2adf7", "D79yWDk"],
+  ["16f8e1788346785be7716ab369", "2uygawrJ4kzS8SJRS8"],
+  ["4a76c6602cc0995241643f9d2fefe5e0e23bd28b9b54", "MDCao29Skio2UBbdL8q3y6rEQGtmzs"],
+  ["155267c7a59213796e", "GjzNSsihtmAV"],
+  ["27ea8aab5131bc3db1c152", "Au6ahtAnCpJ6Nbs"],
+  ["be8e35f915bce4450ee5c8fc45f8d1caddae71f0d49fbcd514", "2KgBYgysKnpHmEbqN2KCbYSdbNzquRuBzKm"],
+  ["527dffe16919e82d50f145", "MTSxbHDUDGeNP48"],
+  ["fc57b4e425f80807950b5a95", "5mC7BGyBxfp2NyQJG"],
+  ["5b4845a68f67c43ad3685e670f66f73af637", "4nbW9bGaWF3bciiDVnh8m2JJr"],
+  ["59db683b72626131138d1b6148f065b37e3c5bffcaf9ed", "2reNvMBzUFvF2FwFmJ7WEQyvirkwhPRe"],
+  ["21b9", "3Zr"]
+]
diff --git a/tests/data/base58_check.json b/tests/data/base58_check.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bd22cea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/data/base58_check.json
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+[
+  ["e4d6ca132c7680bd645ee7caab8b32", "itqhWyXsrpQvfhkGCvF5pH8qNg"],
+  ["48ff61fffd0d9f41ca0f64", "33T7oKwqTF4gf5xGEjqZx"],
+  ["797396a977e8fa", "X7nMJvVM5ueQyyZ"],
+  ["70d064759a63925e2000e17057", "24VGtfiwtnc36ugbQD88Q5SG"],
+  ["bcc76a0258eba90fb1", "GiyqUKLbjyWp4u9ikp"],
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+  ["d5fb89157ff2", "D2Gma9BJ59Srs2"],
+  ["9b1d012a", "Swo1g4Xda3a"],
+  ["0350f80496805ba7118e92ed84f9cf3cd9ef8ff1", "JY2PVLEq8KwzCmRMosbMqUuE7yayhD8Q"],
+  ["c0e47f48210a", "BqYrQuPFv63Xrm"],
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+  ["338204afbca0fa1b98", "5HqEEu8frfmSr25FqG"],
+  ["dfc9722c58e9", "DaDkEnKVNjLcCw"],
+  ["fd205e43a0fb7e2c6d8b3e1fec4542ed0b82", "2BhgBQJKHzwY89nzrZMzn9xTzgtAqLV"],
+  ["7539088ce999e27b", "3DJVGaZSeGEvvhxoQ"],
+  ["d402404b4a5e58053243186c", "TBRgKRB3jaS3Cu9PZqH1yC"],
+  ["4bf5b3499d0381", "KqVhMZuW9esbVJS"],
+  ["48903f5623879e923ee4a7f442cee939bd2d9a7f", "7cgTJFVmhBTNHU7dbT5dQyvcFkBuRQp8b"],
+  ["2490ae3a9e", "TzhKz54qgx8v"],
+  ["d1169c1fbdb8911361b055", "6rHCgn1dyAFwNuidCjKEK"],
+  ["b8c5", "2b1amL9tZ"],
+  ["404698ba159073", "GwT3peQtK23egjs"],
+  ["49611391a961ba65bd8b58fa58675db70d59882fe16a2095", "kmtm421Ms5jqckhUJyU9WX9rRiTtxnbgQy6noM"],
+  ["e8b861c048edaae169492fe4cc5cfe95", "4F3i2aay8bLPWfDg5PGJrQqpSWjT"],
+  ["9303a88b10b5fcd76811a7eea092fa99f68c6eab0d211800", "2Whe1sPj2b3DpuPDgQh6okaVE247LTtU4chhKPZ"],
+  ["fff5bff811", "4Fy2raGBoBbFQ"],
+  ["6f98f3bc72212bea8b6a4052d268c4ce822da735b608a735", "29aEKniWEztKxHX1TjkHfrExfbLN65BJzMmEMoy"],
+  ["2e3032f7a44b7c1241ca8672f18884e4a2", "3qjPyUG2mUiq1kV2h4612tmcYAkP5"],
+  ["7825f345ba98ebe15baa558d243fd3ac364102da", "BxHYrPWz8yboV2FtY2HsmMZDpDnsUVQp3"],
+  ["f9d29721c48b2dc7", "5iS8mJSXjgacQ5bqV"],
+  ["dceb2b2b9748d4d1530335f456574fd9", "45WcRx6uGkcdtGdV7xNojJLjhZdi"],
+  ["7f5684abc39b1e5ab50fef99e75c40dd2cdab72f722297e6a6", "6nHVFqaWXH3ycTyeZvKHXwa5WphU9Umox6aSCR9G"],
+  ["e3ae20872500bf604bba20437c65494d8b91f82ebb", "2acbd47BP7X1wF1p3RN8G1WTZburHJ68HR5"],
+  ["07", "sUnHff"],
+  ["e23941a498d55b", "y6fyHaNhYZ5bYs7"],
+  ["65225c45f60d5021f949b068815a2938d5a201", "369vsaipjhvJ1A83by9nnBLZkaZbXREL"],
+  ["75ecc5bd9e6b75ca2a5c", "kMVASTTy2NBYbgWjbV7"],
+  ["8f71", "2ES2o53j7"],
+  ["78c64f5e68263bebea66ee4926188d4470dc", "ZnDUHvUYGMwQCNuhPg85cfoBqTQ66t"],
+  ["144393e0", "4Paz7Vtd7LY"],
+  ["f4e60319e9e21a", "23jGHDL1UNiRZsp8"],
+  ["c2ad2175a57ec876d34511720730f8371aa0e8", "52DM4Zk5xCAVSiVQvBrtk4KEWizQV7Gh"],
+  ["bb05ffbbd409468a79377c", "6EUaePwYfQnyzY2PM8GJW"],
+  ["41ece9489aef08bcf535", "REiMXBPoit3QivC7Ejb"],
+  ["70ef5e28ca4645b1af75", "iX66dZzd2EaZ5AoKDCf"],
+  ["ac0436dfbcf346334627a6bb9b5a1a7b3f09fc", "4Z4uyT7xiCeT4QNrEQkf52nbkM7ffLmc"],
+  ["dc56ee8e3a5145d2fd", "KMSx16g9msH2DceTyG"],
+  ["f647452ae17ae91eee222cab8da214b8c8a9f87bb38352fd", "3Xv92ShRG4fCuXth3WEuzP1tRz3KsdPCZwwqwo8"],
+  ["6b2273ec", "JvLhZ9L5ogz"],
+  ["8ce0f7e52d", "2o1LNSjm3UzGF"],
+  ["b4f7e043b00b54c86f1511e045bd62ff190f4a", "4jntwbYoAWLUdEqMUPcv4uYURTvfWzm7"],
+  ["ecdd305ac0efe2ec5d581996cbfc6e6c1a9b", "27HgA8fE2jBexE2xbUeqGgQe1SRxEwa"],
+  ["300f1e1d98432db97bad08280f", "TCF18NR8SbG2LaT5L9SgZnL"],
+  ["96c6ea234d3ba1145284edabd892431d", "36qLpBxKHb4vU1ZGxy1Bnkzq4AQJ"],
+  ["bd772a8c3076", "BeP9hExkwrCV6A"],
+  ["97bc50f6539bed9c4a92ab9cfb09fb49921cb555ee", "244CohpDMcP9R7bzfwVktMYE6X2gfsRcA6g"],
+  ["283964ab5786c1578584a222c2ff", "2fmRuE69Edim35CfZr29ZTmcH"],
+  ["bd64ec12b6ba0c40c87b5712e10a25b4", "3e3Bc3fJiGLy9Ea8zDVAqAMUoVHS"],
+  ["8576", "29Tk4g7Br"],
+  ["90a3", "2F2VTRy8p"],
+  ["423b28e1", "C5XRdL8iH7T"],
+  ["54", "Aa4BM18"],
+  ["1a74e084", "5RfNuYEFAzG"],
+  ["1e266d905b9906be00f69f5db619055c30", "2rXnC1zEd5cqFwCPgKNnWzaPtK8pu"],
+  ["5ed09395eb10b6e838cc7f86cc", "tgHK3g7bfe9BdxU9efFq8mB"],
+  ["10651909ee2fec9e997f", "72avvW3Ynw7Qv8x23gm"],
+  ["8876b76c0ee0a41826a82ddee9d01b9b6a766c08fce0", "5BMzvTCWSaivVFyWhQyTZb6qdZjoveviKVQg"],
+  ["d5b8a41b4be551a0d6e7d994939090df9b42c8ec", "LV47wmoWcZreu7sZ6ZznQxAyV1VSJGsiu"],
+  ["e1d902c4d7992f2d21763959d72d402efc781eaa55", "2ZsqAVSvWxgABkxV9gYT66jZPT2rkVJtGrk"],
+  ["cf6982acbc209803671169", "6oZT6dFb5i6Zd78zVHz11"]
+]
diff --git a/tests/unit.py b/tests/unit.py
index 6c677a9..5ba087b 100644
--- a/tests/unit.py
+++ b/tests/unit.py
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 from btcpy.lib.codecs import CouldNotDecode
 from btcpy.setup import setup
 from btcpy.structs.hd import *
+from btcpy.lib.base58 import b58decode, b58encode
+from btcpy.lib.base58 import b58decode_check, b58encode_check
 from btcpy.lib.parsing import IncompleteParsingException
 
 setup('regtest')
@@ -50,6 +52,27 @@ def get_data(filename):
 segsig = get_data('segwitsig')
 p2sh = get_data('p2sh')
 priv_pub_hash_addr_p2pkh_segwit = get_data('priv_pub_hash_addr_p2pkh_segwit')
+b58 = get_data('base58')
+b58chk = get_data('base58_check')
+
+
+class B58Test(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def test_b58encode(self):
+        for hexa, encoded in b58:
+            self.assertEqual(b58encode(unhexlify(hexa)), encoded)
+
+    def test_b58encode_check(self):
+        for hexa, encoded in b58chk:
+            self.assertEqual(b58encode_check(unhexlify(hexa)), encoded)
+
+    def test_b58decode(self):
+        for hexa, encoded in b58:
+            self.assertEqual(hexlify(b58decode(encoded)).decode(), hexa)
+
+    def test_b58decode_check(self):
+        for hexa, encoded in b58chk:
+            self.assertEqual(hexlify(b58decode_check(encoded)).decode(), hexa)
 
 
 class TestUnknownScript(unittest.TestCase):