diff --git a/nomos-core/Cargo.toml b/nomos-core/Cargo.toml
index ea193c62..ab03b4ad 100644
--- a/nomos-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/nomos-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,3 +9,17 @@ authors = [
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
+async-trait = { version = "0.1" }
+bytes = "1.3"
+futures = "0.3"
+raptorq = { version = "1.7", optional = true }
+thiserror = "1.0"
+
+[dev-dependencies]
+rand = "0.8"
+tokio = { version = "1.23", features = ["macros", "rt"] }
+
+
+[features]
+default = []
+raptor = ["raptorq"]
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diff --git a/nomos-core/src/fountain/mod.rs b/nomos-core/src/fountain/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cafcee30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nomos-core/src/fountain/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+#[cfg(feature = "raptor")]
+pub mod raptorq;
+
+// std
+use std::error::Error;
+// crates
+use async_trait;
+use bytes::Bytes;
+use futures::Stream;
+use thiserror::Error;
+// internal
+
+/// FountainCode trait main error type
+/// Wrapper around generic whichever error type the fountain code implementation uses
+#[derive(Error, Debug)]
+#[error(transparent)]
+pub struct FountainError(#[from] Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync>);
+
+impl From<&str> for FountainError {
+    fn from(value: &str) -> Self {
+        FountainError(Box::new(std::io::Error::new(
+            std::io::ErrorKind::Other,
+            value,
+        )))
+    }
+}
+
+/// [FountainCode](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fountain_code)
+/// Chop a block of data into chunks and reassembling trait
+#[async_trait::async_trait]
+pub trait FountainCode {
+    type Settings;
+    /// Encode a block of data into a stream of chunks
+    fn encode(
+        block: &[u8],
+        settings: &Self::Settings,
+    ) -> Box<dyn Stream<Item = Bytes> + Send + Sync + Unpin>;
+    /// Decode a stream of chunks into a block of data
+    async fn decode(
+        stream: impl Stream<Item = Bytes> + Send + Sync + Unpin,
+        settings: &Self::Settings,
+    ) -> Result<Bytes, FountainError>;
+}
diff --git a/nomos-core/src/fountain/raptorq.rs b/nomos-core/src/fountain/raptorq.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e90a9ed5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nomos-core/src/fountain/raptorq.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+// std
+// crates
+use bytes::Bytes;
+use futures::{Stream, StreamExt};
+use raptorq::{Decoder, Encoder, EncodingPacket, ObjectTransmissionInformation};
+// internal
+use crate::fountain::{FountainCode, FountainError};
+
+/// [RaptorQ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raptor_code#RaptorQ_code) implementation of [`FountainCode`] trait
+pub struct RaptorQFountain;
+
+/// Settings for [`RaptorQFountain`] code
+pub struct RaptorQSettings {
+    pub transmission_information: ObjectTransmissionInformation,
+    pub repair_packets_per_block: u32,
+}
+
+/// RaptorQ implementation of [`FountainCode`] trait
+/// Wrapper around the [`raptorq`](https://crates.io/crates/raptorq) crate
+#[async_trait::async_trait]
+impl FountainCode for RaptorQFountain {
+    type Settings = RaptorQSettings;
+    fn encode(
+        block: &[u8],
+        settings: &Self::Settings,
+    ) -> Box<dyn Stream<Item = Bytes> + Send + Sync + Unpin> {
+        let encoder = Encoder::new(block, settings.transmission_information);
+        Box::new(futures::stream::iter(
+            encoder
+                .get_encoded_packets(settings.repair_packets_per_block)
+                .into_iter()
+                .map(|packet| packet.serialize().into()),
+        ))
+    }
+
+    async fn decode(
+        mut stream: impl Stream<Item = Bytes> + Send + Sync + Unpin,
+        settings: &Self::Settings,
+    ) -> Result<Bytes, FountainError> {
+        let mut decoder = Decoder::new(settings.transmission_information);
+        while let Some(chunk) = stream.next().await {
+            let packet = EncodingPacket::deserialize(&chunk);
+            if let Some(result) = decoder.decode(packet) {
+                return Ok(Bytes::from(result));
+            }
+        }
+        Err("Stream ended before decoding was complete".into())
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod test {
+    use crate::fountain::raptorq::RaptorQFountain;
+    use crate::fountain::{FountainCode, FountainError};
+    use bytes::Bytes;
+    use futures::StreamExt;
+    use rand::RngCore;
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn random_encode_decode() -> Result<(), FountainError> {
+        const TRANSFER_LENGTH: usize = 1024;
+        // build settings
+        let settings = super::RaptorQSettings {
+            transmission_information: raptorq::ObjectTransmissionInformation::with_defaults(
+                TRANSFER_LENGTH as u64,
+                1000,
+            ),
+            repair_packets_per_block: 10,
+        };
+
+        // create random payload
+        let mut payload = [0u8; TRANSFER_LENGTH];
+        rand::thread_rng().fill_bytes(&mut payload);
+        let payload = Bytes::from(payload.to_vec());
+
+        // encode payload
+        let encoded = RaptorQFountain::encode(&payload, &settings);
+
+        // reconstruct
+        let decoded = RaptorQFountain::decode(encoded, &settings).await?;
+
+        assert_eq!(decoded, payload);
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn random_encode_decode_fails() {
+        const TRANSFER_LENGTH: usize = 1024;
+        // build settings
+        let settings = super::RaptorQSettings {
+            transmission_information: raptorq::ObjectTransmissionInformation::with_defaults(
+                TRANSFER_LENGTH as u64,
+                1000,
+            ),
+            repair_packets_per_block: 10,
+        };
+
+        // create random payload
+        let mut payload = [0u8; TRANSFER_LENGTH];
+        rand::thread_rng().fill_bytes(&mut payload);
+        let payload = Bytes::from(payload.to_vec());
+
+        // encode payload
+        let encoded = RaptorQFountain::encode(&payload, &settings);
+
+        // reconstruct skipping packets, must fail
+        let decoded = RaptorQFountain::decode(encoded.skip(400), &settings).await;
+        assert!(decoded.is_err());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/nomos-core/src/lib.rs b/nomos-core/src/lib.rs
index c4198d78..616b68c0 100644
--- a/nomos-core/src/lib.rs
+++ b/nomos-core/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 pub mod block;
 pub mod crypto;
+pub mod fountain;
 pub mod staking;