diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d28c174b..551bcf27 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ members = [
     "nomos-services/consensus",
     "nomos-services/mempool",
     "nomos-services/http",
+    "nomos-da-core/reed-solomon",
     "nodes/nomos-node",
     "simulations",
     "consensus-engine",
diff --git a/nomos-da-core/reed-solomon/Cargo.toml b/nomos-da-core/reed-solomon/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..843614dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nomos-da-core/reed-solomon/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+[package]
+name = "reed-solomon"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+
+[dependencies]
+reed-solomon-erasure = "6.0"
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diff --git a/nomos-da-core/reed-solomon/src/lib.rs b/nomos-da-core/reed-solomon/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c2289fdd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nomos-da-core/reed-solomon/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+use reed_solomon_erasure::{galois_8::ReedSolomon, Error};
+
+/// Reed Sololomon encode the elements with a custom parity ratio
+///  # Arguments
+/// * `parity_ratio` - Ratio of parity elements over original elements size
+/// * `elements` - Elements to encode
+pub fn encode_elements(parity_ratio: usize, elements: &[u8]) -> Result<Vec<u8>, Error> {
+    let mut encoded = vec![vec![0]; elements.len() * (parity_ratio + 1)];
+    for (i, &e) in elements.iter().enumerate() {
+        // review bytes encoding
+        encoded[i] = e.to_be_bytes().to_vec();
+    }
+    let encoder = ReedSolomon::new(elements.len(), elements.len() * parity_ratio)?;
+    encoder.encode(&mut encoded)?;
+    Ok(encoded.into_iter().flatten().collect())
+}
+
+/// Reed solomon decode the elements with a custom parity ratio
+/// # Arguments
+/// * `original_size` - Original size of encoded elements
+/// * `parity_ratio` - Ratio of parity elements over original elements size (must be the same as the one used for encoding)
+/// * `elements` - Elements to decode
+pub fn decode_from_elements(
+    original_size: usize,
+    parity_ratio: usize,
+    elements: &[Option<u8>],
+) -> Result<Vec<u8>, Error> {
+    let mut elements: Vec<_> = elements
+        .iter()
+        .map(|e| e.map(|n| n.to_be_bytes().to_vec()))
+        .collect();
+    let decoder = ReedSolomon::new(original_size, parity_ratio * original_size)?;
+    decoder.reconstruct(&mut elements)?;
+    Ok(elements
+        .into_iter()
+        .filter_map(|e: Option<Vec<u8>>| e.map(|n| u8::from_be_bytes(n.try_into().unwrap())))
+        .collect())
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod test {
+    use reed_solomon_erasure::Error;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn encode_with_ratio() {
+        let elements = vec![1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8];
+        let encoded = super::encode_elements(1, &elements).unwrap();
+        // check intended size
+        assert_eq!(encoded.len(), 16);
+        // check elements
+        assert_eq!(&encoded[0..8], &elements);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn decode_with_ratio() {
+        let elements = vec![1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8];
+        let encoded = super::encode_elements(1, &elements).unwrap();
+        let mut encoded: Vec<_> = encoded.into_iter().map(Some).collect();
+        encoded[4..12].copy_from_slice(&[None; 8]);
+        let decoded = super::decode_from_elements(8, 1, &encoded).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(decoded[0..8], elements);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn decode_fails_with_insufficient_shards() {
+        let elements = vec![1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8];
+        let encoded = super::encode_elements(1, &elements).unwrap();
+        let mut encoded: Vec<_> = encoded.into_iter().map(Some).collect();
+        encoded[7..].copy_from_slice(&[None; 9]);
+        let decoded = super::decode_from_elements(8, 1, &encoded);
+        assert!(matches!(decoded, Err(Error::TooFewShardsPresent)));
+    }
+}