diff --git a/dagger/bitswap/protobuf/payments.nim b/dagger/bitswap/protobuf/payments.nim
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/dagger/bitswap/protobuf/payments.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+import pkg/protobuf_serialization
+import pkg/nitro
+import pkg/questionable
+
+import_proto3 "payments.proto"
+
+export PricingMessage
+
+export nitro
+
+type
+  Pricing* = object
+    address*: EthAddress
+    asset*: EthAddress
+    price*: UInt256
+
+func init*(_: type PricingMessage, pricing: Pricing): PricingMessage =
+  PricingMessage(
+    address: @(pricing.address.toArray),
+    asset: @(pricing.asset.toArray),
+    price: @(pricing.price.toBytesBE)
+  )
+
+func parse(_: type EthAddress, bytes: seq[byte]): ?EthAddress =
+  var address: array[20, byte]
+  if bytes.len != address.len:
+    return EthAddress.none
+  for i in 0..<address.len:
+    address[i] = bytes[i]
+  EthAddress(address).some
+
+func parse(_: type UInt256, bytes: seq[byte]): ?UInt256 =
+  if bytes.len > 32:
+    return UInt256.none
+  UInt256.fromBytesBE(bytes).some
+
+func init*(_: type Pricing, message: PricingMessage): ?Pricing =
+  let address = EthAddress.parse(message.address)
+  let asset = EThAddress.parse(message.asset)
+  let price = UInt256.parse(message.price)
+  if address.isNone or asset.isNone or price.isNone:
+    return Pricing.none
+  Pricing(address: address.get, asset: asset.get, price: price.get).some
diff --git a/dagger/bitswap/protobuf/payments.proto b/dagger/bitswap/protobuf/payments.proto
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..33085d37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dagger/bitswap/protobuf/payments.proto
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+syntax = "proto3";
+
+package bitswap.payments.pb;
+
+message PricingMessage {
+  bytes address = 1;  // Ethereum address to which payments should be made
+  bytes asset = 2;    // Asset (coin) with which to pay
+  bytes price = 3;    // Amount of assets to pay per byte (UInt256)
+}
diff --git a/tests/dagger/bitswap/protobuf/testpayments.nim b/tests/dagger/bitswap/protobuf/testpayments.nim
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a07b61c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/dagger/bitswap/protobuf/testpayments.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+import pkg/asynctest
+import pkg/chronos
+import ../../examples
+import ../../../../dagger/bitswap/protobuf/payments
+
+suite "pricing protobuf messages":
+
+  let address = EthAddress.example
+  let asset = EthAddress.example
+  let price = UInt256.example
+  let pricing = Pricing(address: address, asset: asset, price: price)
+  let message = PricingMessage.init(pricing)
+
+  test "encodes recipient of payments":
+    check message.address == @(address.toArray)
+
+  test "encodes address of asset":
+    check message.asset == @(asset.toArray)
+
+  test "encodes price per byte":
+    check message.price == @(price.toBytesBE)
+
+  test "decodes recipient of payments":
+    check Pricing.init(message)?.address == address.some
+
+  test "decodes address of asset":
+    check Pricing.init(message)?.asset == asset.some
+
+  test "decodes price":
+    check Pricing.init(message)?.price == price.some
+
+  test "fails to decode when address has incorrect number of bytes":
+    var incorrect = message
+    incorrect.address.del(0)
+    check Pricing.init(incorrect).isNone
+
+  test "fails to decode when asset has incorrect number of bytes":
+    var incorrect = message
+    incorrect.asset.del(0)
+    check Pricing.init(incorrect).isNone
+
+  test "fails to decode when price has too many bytes":
+    var incorrect = message
+    incorrect.price = newSeq[byte](33)
+    check Pricing.init(incorrect).isNone
diff --git a/tests/dagger/examples.nim b/tests/dagger/examples.nim
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b1b3776d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/dagger/examples.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import std/random
+import pkg/nitro
+
+proc example*(_: type EthAddress): EthAddress =
+  EthPrivateKey.random().toPublicKey.toAddress
+
+proc example*(_: type UInt256): UInt256 =
+  var bytes: array[32, byte]
+  for b in bytes.mitems:
+    b = rand(byte)
+  UInt256.fromBytes(bytes)
diff --git a/tests/testAll.nim b/tests/testAll.nim
index 0fcd505b..4e007243 100644
--- a/tests/testAll.nim
+++ b/tests/testAll.nim
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import ./dagger/bitswap/testbitswap
 import ./dagger/bitswap/testengine
 import ./dagger/bitswap/testnetwork
+import ./dagger/bitswap/protobuf/testpayments
 import ./dagger/testasyncheapqueue
 import ./dagger/testblockstore
 import ./dagger/testchunking