diff --git a/waku/incentivization/rpc.nim b/waku/incentivization/rpc.nim
index 5223f5b5b..cfcbe2455 100644
--- a/waku/incentivization/rpc.nim
+++ b/waku/incentivization/rpc.nim
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
-import std/options
+import  
+  std/[options, strutils],
+  stew/byteutils,  
+  json_serialization,  
+  json_serialization/std/options,  
+  ../waku_api/rest/serdes
 
 # Implementing the RFC:
 # https://github.com/vacp2p/rfc/tree/master/content/docs/rfcs/73
@@ -10,3 +15,26 @@ type
   EligibilityStatus* = object
     statusCode*: uint32
     statusDesc*: Option[string]
+
+proc writeValue*(
+    writer: var JsonWriter[RestJson], value: EligibilityProof
+) {.raises: [IOError].} =
+  if value.proofOfPayment.isSome():
+    writer.writeValue("0x" & value.proofOfPayment.get().toHex())
+  else:
+    writer.writeValue("")
+  
+proc readValue*(  
+    reader: var JsonReader[RestJson], value: var EligibilityProof
+) {.raises: [SerializationError, IOError].} =
+  let hexStr = reader.readValue(string)
+  if hexStr.len > 0:
+    let startIndex = if hexStr.len > 2 and hexStr[0..1] == "0x": 2 else: 0
+    try:
+      let bytes = hexToSeqByte(hexStr[startIndex..^1])
+      value = EligibilityProof(proofOfPayment: some(bytes))
+    except ValueError as e:
+      # Either handle the error or re-raise it
+      raise newException(SerializationError, "Invalid hex string: " & e.msg)
+  else:
+    value = EligibilityProof(proofOfPayment: none(seq[byte]))
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/waku/waku_api/rest/lightpush/types.nim b/waku/waku_api/rest/lightpush/types.nim
index 1fb87ab45..e2efa5879 100644
--- a/waku/waku_api/rest/lightpush/types.nim
+++ b/waku/waku_api/rest/lightpush/types.nim
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import
   json_serialization/std/options,
   presto/[route, client]
 
-import ../../../waku_core, ../relay/types as relay_types, ../serdes
+import ../../../waku_core, ../../../incentivization/rpc, ../relay/types as relay_types, ../serdes
 
 export relay_types
 
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ type
   PushRequest* = object
     pubsubTopic*: Option[PubSubTopic]
     message*: RelayWakuMessage
+    eligibilityProof*: Option[EligibilityProof]
 
   PushResponse* = object
     statusDesc*: Option[string]
@@ -30,6 +31,8 @@ proc writeValue*(
   if value.pubsubTopic.isSome():
     writer.writeField("pubsubTopic", value.pubsubTopic.get())
   writer.writeField("message", value.message)
+  if value.eligibilityProof.isSome():  
+    writer.writeField("eligibilityProof", value.eligibilityProof.get())
   writer.endRecord()
 
 proc readValue*(
@@ -38,6 +41,7 @@ proc readValue*(
   var
     pubsubTopic = none(PubsubTopic)
     message = none(RelayWakuMessage)
+    eligibilityProof = none(EligibilityProof)
 
   var keys = initHashSet[string]()
   for fieldName in readObjectFields(reader):
@@ -55,6 +59,8 @@ proc readValue*(
       pubsubTopic = some(reader.readValue(PubsubTopic))
     of "message":
       message = some(reader.readValue(RelayWakuMessage))
+    of "eligibilityProof":
+      eligibilityProof = some(reader.readValue(EligibilityProof))
     else:
       unrecognizedFieldWarning(value)
 
@@ -68,6 +74,7 @@ proc readValue*(
       else:
         some(pubsubTopic.get()),
     message: message.get(),
+    eligibilityProof: eligibilityProof,
   )
 
 proc writeValue*(