diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index b1ae0542..7a02acec 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ members = [
     "consensus/carnot-engine",
     "consensus/cryptarchia-engine",
     "ledger/cryptarchia-ledger",
-    "tests", "nomos-da/kzgrs",
+    "tests",
+    "nomos-da/kzgrs",
+    "nomos-da/kzgrs-backend",
 ]
 resolver = "2"
diff --git a/nomos-da/kzgrs-backend/src/common.rs b/nomos-da/kzgrs-backend/src/common.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4b52c1e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nomos-da/kzgrs-backend/src/common.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub struct Chunk(Vec<u8>);
+pub struct Row(Vec<Chunk>);
+pub struct Column(Vec<Chunk>);
+struct ChunksMatrix(Vec<Row>);
+
+impl Chunk {
+    pub fn as_bytes(&self) -> Vec<u8> {
+        self.0.to_vec()
+    }
+
+    pub const fn empty() -> Self {
+        Self(vec![])
+    }
+}
+
+impl Row {
+    pub fn as_bytes(&self) -> Vec<u8> {
+        self.0.iter().map(Chunk::as_bytes).flatten().collect()
+    }
+}
+
+impl Column {
+    pub fn as_bytes(&self) -> Vec<u8> {
+        self.0.iter().map(Chunk::as_bytes).flatten().collect()
+    }
+}
+
+impl FromIterator<Chunk> for Column {
+    fn from_iter<T: IntoIterator<Item = Chunk>>(iter: T) -> Self {
+        Self(iter.into_iter().collect())
+    }
+}
+
+impl ChunksMatrix {
+    pub fn columns(&self) -> impl Iterator<Item = Column> + '_ {
+        let size = self.0.first().map(|r| r.0.len()).unwrap_or(0);
+        (0..size).map(|i| {
+            self.0
+                .iter()
+                .map(|row| row.0.get(i).cloned().unwrap_or_else(Chunk::empty))
+                .collect::<Column>()
+        })
+    }
+
+    pub fn transposed(&self) -> Self {
+        Self(self.columns().map(|c| Row(c.0)).collect())
+    }
+}
diff --git a/nomos-da/kzgrs/src/rs.rs b/nomos-da/kzgrs/src/rs.rs
index 902f04dd..304ca683 100644
--- a/nomos-da/kzgrs/src/rs.rs
+++ b/nomos-da/kzgrs/src/rs.rs
@@ -88,8 +88,7 @@ pub fn points_to_bytes<const CHUNK_SIZE: usize>(points: &[Fr]) -> Vec<u8> {
     }
     points
         .iter()
-        .map(point_to_buff::<CHUNK_SIZE>)
-        .flatten()
+        .flat_map(point_to_buff::<CHUNK_SIZE>)
         .collect()
 }