diff --git a/apps/wakubridge/message_compat.nim b/apps/wakubridge/message_compat.nim
index b1c75cb54..5b773deea 100644
--- a/apps/wakubridge/message_compat.nim
+++ b/apps/wakubridge/message_compat.nim
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ else:
   {.push raises: [].}
 
 import
+  std/options,
   stew/[byteutils, results],
   libp2p/crypto/crypto
 import
@@ -35,6 +36,8 @@ proc toV2ContentTopic*(v1Topic: waku_protocol.Topic): ContentTopic =
   ## <v1-topic-bytes-as-hex> should be prefixed with `0x`
   var namespacedTopic = NsContentTopic()
 
+  namespacedTopic.generation = none(int)
+  namespacedTopic.bias = Unbiased
   namespacedTopic.application = ContentTopicApplication
   namespacedTopic.version = ContentTopicAppVersion
   namespacedTopic.name = v1Topic.to0xHex()
diff --git a/tests/v2/test_utils_compat.nim b/tests/v2/test_utils_compat.nim
index 99c91231c..5ae6a90cf 100644
--- a/tests/v2/test_utils_compat.nim
+++ b/tests/v2/test_utils_compat.nim
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 import
   testutils/unittests
 import
-  ../../waku/v2/waku_core,
+  ../../waku/v2/waku_core/message,
+  ../../waku/v2/waku_core/time,
   ../../waku/v2/utils/compat,
   ./testlib/common
 
diff --git a/tests/v2/waku_core/test_namespaced_topics.nim b/tests/v2/waku_core/test_namespaced_topics.nim
index 08920dfaf..d4fdd5820 100644
--- a/tests/v2/waku_core/test_namespaced_topics.nim
+++ b/tests/v2/waku_core/test_namespaced_topics.nim
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {.used.}
 
 import
+  std/options,
   stew/results,
   testutils/unittests
 import
@@ -11,6 +12,8 @@ suite "Waku Message - Content topics namespacing":
   test "Stringify namespaced content topic":
     ## Given
     var ns = NsContentTopic()
+    ns.generation = none(int)
+    ns.bias = Unbiased
     ns.application = "toychat"
     ns.version = "2"
     ns.name = "huilong"
@@ -31,10 +34,31 @@ suite "Waku Message - Content topics namespacing":
     let nsRes = NsContentTopic.parse(topic)
 
     ## Then
-    check nsRes.isOk()
+    assert nsRes.isOk(), $nsRes.error
 
     let ns = nsRes.get()
     check:
+      ns.generation == none(int)
+      ns.bias == Unbiased
+      ns.application == "toychat"
+      ns.version == "2"
+      ns.name == "huilong"
+      ns.encoding == "proto"
+
+  test "Parse content topic string - Valid string with sharding":
+    ## Given
+    let topic = "/0/lower20/toychat/2/huilong/proto"
+
+    ## When
+    let nsRes = NsContentTopic.parse(topic)
+
+    ## Then
+    assert nsRes.isOk(), $nsRes.error
+
+    let ns = nsRes.get()
+    check:
+      ns.generation == some(0)
+      ns.bias == Lower20
       ns.application == "toychat"
       ns.version == "2"
       ns.name == "huilong"
@@ -48,7 +72,8 @@ suite "Waku Message - Content topics namespacing":
     let ns = NsContentTopic.parse(topic)
 
     ## Then
-    check ns.isErr()
+    assert ns.isErr(), $ns.get()
+
     let err = ns.tryError()
     check:
       err.kind == ParsingErrorKind.InvalidFormat
@@ -62,13 +87,13 @@ suite "Waku Message - Content topics namespacing":
     let ns = NsContentTopic.parse(topic)
 
     ## Then
-    check ns.isErr()
+    assert ns.isErr(), $ns.get()
+
     let err = ns.tryError()
     check:
       err.kind == ParsingErrorKind.InvalidFormat
       err.cause == "invalid topic structure"
 
-
   test "Parse content topic string - Invalid string: missing encoding part":
     ## Given
     let topic = "/toychat/2/huilong"
@@ -77,13 +102,14 @@ suite "Waku Message - Content topics namespacing":
     let ns = NsContentTopic.parse(topic)
 
     ## Then
-    check ns.isErr()
+    assert ns.isErr(), $ns.get()
+
     let err = ns.tryError()
     check:
       err.kind == ParsingErrorKind.InvalidFormat
       err.cause == "invalid topic structure"
 
-  test "Parse content topic string - Invalid string: too many parts":
+  test "Parse content topic string - Invalid string: wrong extra parts":
     ## Given
     let topic = "/toychat/2/huilong/proto/33"
 
@@ -91,12 +117,42 @@ suite "Waku Message - Content topics namespacing":
     let ns = NsContentTopic.parse(topic)
 
     ## Then
-    check ns.isErr()
+    assert ns.isErr(), $ns.get()
+
     let err = ns.tryError()
     check:
       err.kind == ParsingErrorKind.InvalidFormat
       err.cause == "invalid topic structure"
 
+  test "Parse content topic string - Invalid string: non numeric generation":
+    ## Given
+    let topic = "/first/unbiased/toychat/2/huilong/proto"
+
+    ## When
+    let ns = NsContentTopic.parse(topic)
+
+    ## Then
+    assert ns.isErr(), $ns.get()
+
+    let err = ns.tryError()
+    check:
+      err.kind == ParsingErrorKind.InvalidFormat
+      err.cause == "generation should be a numeric value"
+
+  test "Parse content topic string - Invalid string: invalid bias":
+    ## Given
+    let topic = "/0/no/toychat/2/huilong/proto"
+
+    ## When
+    let ns = NsContentTopic.parse(topic)
+
+    ## Then
+    assert ns.isErr(), $ns.get()
+
+    let err = ns.tryError()
+    check:
+      err.kind == ParsingErrorKind.InvalidFormat
+      err.cause == "bias should be one of; unbiased, lower20 or higher80"
 
 suite "Waku Message - Pub-sub topics namespacing":
 
@@ -178,7 +234,6 @@ suite "Waku Message - Pub-sub topics namespacing":
       err.kind == ParsingErrorKind.MissingPart
       err.part == "shard_cluster_index"
 
-
   test "Parse static sharding pub-sub topic string - Invalid string: cluster value":
     ## Given
     let topic = "/waku/2/rs/xx/77"
diff --git a/tests/v2/waku_core/test_sharding.nim b/tests/v2/waku_core/test_sharding.nim
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0eced8534
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/v2/waku_core/test_sharding.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,178 @@
+{.used.}
+
+import
+  std/options,
+  std/strutils,
+  std/sugar,
+  std/algorithm,
+  std/random,
+  stew/results,
+  testutils/unittests
+import
+  ../../../waku/v2/waku_core/topics
+
+suite "Waku Sharding":
+
+  randomize()
+
+  const WordLength = 5
+
+  proc randomContentTopic(): NsContentTopic =
+    var app = ""
+
+    for n in 0..<WordLength:
+      let letter = sample(Letters)
+      app.add(letter)
+
+    let version = "1"
+
+    var name = ""
+
+    for n in 0..<WordLength:
+      let letter = sample(Letters)
+      name.add(letter)
+
+    let enc = "cbor"
+
+    NsContentTopic.init(none(int), Unbiased, app, version, name, enc)
+
+  test "Implicit content topic generation":
+    ## Given
+    let topic = "/toychat/2/huilong/proto"
+
+    ## When
+    let ns = NsContentTopic.parse(topic).expect("Parsing")
+
+    let paramRes = shardCount(ns)
+
+    ## Then
+    assert paramRes.isOk(), paramRes.error
+
+    let count = paramRes.get()
+    check:
+      count == GenerationZeroShardsCount
+      ns.bias == Unbiased
+
+  test "Valid content topic":
+    ## Given
+    let topic = "/0/lower20/toychat/2/huilong/proto"
+
+    ## When
+    let ns = NsContentTopic.parse(topic).expect("Parsing")
+
+    let paramRes = shardCount(ns)
+
+    ## Then
+    assert paramRes.isOk(), paramRes.error
+
+    let count = paramRes.get()
+    check:
+      count == GenerationZeroShardsCount
+      ns.bias == Lower20
+
+  test "Invalid content topic generation":
+    ## Given
+    let topic = "/1/unbiased/toychat/2/huilong/proto"
+
+    ## When
+    let ns = NsContentTopic.parse(topic).expect("Parsing")
+
+    let paramRes = shardCount(ns)
+
+    ## Then
+    assert paramRes.isErr(), $paramRes.get()
+
+    let err = paramRes.error
+    check:
+      err == "Generation > 0 are not supported yet"
+
+  test "Weigths bias":
+    ## Given
+    let count = 5
+
+    ## When
+    let anonWeigths = biasedWeights(count, ShardingBias.Lower20)
+    let speedWeigths = biasedWeights(count, ShardingBias.Higher80)
+
+    ## Then
+    check:
+      anonWeigths[0] == 2.0
+      anonWeigths[1] == 1.0
+      anonWeigths[2] == 1.0
+      anonWeigths[3] == 1.0
+      anonWeigths[4] == 1.0
+
+      speedWeigths[0] == 1.0
+      speedWeigths[1] == 2.0
+      speedWeigths[2] == 2.0
+      speedWeigths[3] == 2.0
+      speedWeigths[4] == 2.0
+
+  test "Sorted shard list":
+    ## Given
+    let topic = "/0/unbiased/toychat/2/huilong/proto"
+
+    ## When
+    let contentTopic = NsContentTopic.parse(topic).expect("Parsing")
+    let count = shardCount(contentTopic).expect("Valid parameters")
+    let weights = biasedWeights(count, contentTopic.bias)
+
+    let shardsRes = weightedShardList(contentTopic, count, weights)
+
+    ## Then
+    assert shardsRes.isOk(), shardsRes.error
+
+    let shards = shardsRes.get()
+    check:
+      shards.len == count
+      isSorted(shards, hashOrder)
+
+  test "Shard Choice Reproducibility":
+    ## Given
+    let topic = "/toychat/2/huilong/proto"
+
+    ## When
+    let contentTopic = NsContentTopic.parse(topic).expect("Parsing")
+
+    let res = singleHighestWeigthShard(contentTopic)
+
+    ## Then
+    assert res.isOk(), res.error
+
+    let pubsubTopic = res.get()
+
+    check:
+      pubsubTopic == NsPubsubTopic.staticSharding(ClusterIndex, 3)
+
+  test "Shard Choice Simulation":
+    ## Given
+    let topics = collect:
+      for i in 0..<100000:
+        randomContentTopic()
+
+    var counts = newSeq[0](GenerationZeroShardsCount)
+
+    ## When
+    for topic in topics:
+      let pubsub = singleHighestWeigthShard(topic).expect("Valid Topic")
+      counts[pubsub.shard] += 1
+
+    ## Then
+    for i in 1..<GenerationZeroShardsCount:
+      check:
+        float64(counts[i - 1]) <= (float64(counts[i]) * 1.05)
+        float64(counts[i]) <= (float64(counts[i - 1]) * 1.05)
+        float64(counts[i - 1]) >= (float64(counts[i]) * 0.95)
+        float64(counts[i]) >= (float64(counts[i - 1]) * 0.95)
+
+    #echo counts
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/waku/v2/waku_core/topics.nim b/waku/v2/waku_core/topics.nim
index 1d2720274..08519ce6f 100644
--- a/waku/v2/waku_core/topics.nim
+++ b/waku/v2/waku_core/topics.nim
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 import
   ./topics/content_topic,
-  ./topics/pubsub_topic
+  ./topics/pubsub_topic,
+  ./topics/sharding
 
 export
   content_topic,
-  pubsub_topic
+  pubsub_topic,
+  sharding
diff --git a/waku/v2/waku_core/topics/content_topic.nim b/waku/v2/waku_core/topics/content_topic.nim
index ef2e03464..96cdd84bc 100644
--- a/waku/v2/waku_core/topics/content_topic.nim
+++ b/waku/v2/waku_core/topics/content_topic.nim
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ else:
   {.push raises: [].}
 
 import
+  std/options,
   std/strutils,
   stew/results
 import
@@ -25,63 +26,115 @@ const DefaultContentTopic* = ContentTopic("/waku/2/default-content/proto")
 
 ## Namespaced content topic
 
+type ShardingBias* = enum
+  Unbiased = "unbiased"
+  Lower20 = "lower20"
+  Higher80 = "higher80"
+
 type
   NsContentTopic* = object
+    generation*: Option[int]
+    bias*: ShardingBias
     application*: string
     version*: string
     name*: string
     encoding*: string
 
-proc init*(T: type NsContentTopic, application, version, name, encoding: string): T =
+proc init*(T: type NsContentTopic, generation: Option[int], bias: ShardingBias,
+  application: string, version: string, name: string, encoding: string): T =
   NsContentTopic(
+    generation: generation,
+    bias: bias,
     application: application,
     version: version,
     name: name,
     encoding: encoding
   )
 
-
 # Serialization
 
 proc `$`*(topic: NsContentTopic): string =
   ## Returns a string representation of a namespaced topic
   ## in the format `/<application>/<version>/<topic-name>/<encoding>`
-  "/" & topic.application & "/" & topic.version & "/" & topic.name & "/" & topic.encoding
+  ## Autosharding adds 2 optional prefixes `/<gen#>/bias
 
+  var formatted = ""
+
+  if topic.generation.isSome():
+    formatted = formatted & "/" & $topic.generation.get()
+
+  if topic.bias != ShardingBias.Unbiased:
+    formatted = formatted & "/" & $topic.bias
+
+  formatted & "/" & topic.application & "/" & topic.version & "/" & topic.name & "/" & topic.encoding
 
 # Deserialization
 
 proc parse*(T: type NsContentTopic, topic: ContentTopic|string): ParsingResult[NsContentTopic] =
   ## Splits a namespaced topic string into its constituent parts.
   ## The topic string has to be in the format `/<application>/<version>/<topic-name>/<encoding>`
+  ## Autosharding adds 2 optional prefixes `/<gen#>/bias
 
   if not topic.startsWith("/"):
     return err(ParsingError.invalidFormat("topic must start with slash"))
 
   let parts = topic[1..<topic.len].split("/")
-  if parts.len != 4:
-    return err(ParsingError.invalidFormat("invalid topic structure"))
 
+  case parts.len:
+    of 4:
+      let app = parts[0]
+      if app.len == 0:
+        return err(ParsingError.missingPart("appplication"))
 
-  let app = parts[0]
-  if app.len == 0:
-    return err(ParsingError.missingPart("appplication"))
+      let ver = parts[1]
+      if ver.len == 0:
+        return err(ParsingError.missingPart("version"))
 
-  let ver = parts[1]
-  if ver.len == 0:
-    return err(ParsingError.missingPart("version"))
+      let name = parts[2]
+      if name.len == 0:
+        return err(ParsingError.missingPart("topic-name"))
 
-  let name = parts[2]
-  if name.len == 0:
-    return err(ParsingError.missingPart("topic-name"))
+      let enc = parts[3]
+      if enc.len == 0:
+        return err(ParsingError.missingPart("encoding"))
 
-  let enc = parts[3]
-  if enc.len == 0:
-    return err(ParsingError.missingPart("encoding"))
+      return ok(NsContentTopic.init(none(int), Unbiased, app, ver, name, enc))
+    of 6:
+      if parts[0].len == 0:
+        return err(ParsingError.missingPart("generation"))
 
+      let gen = try:
+        parseInt(parts[0])
+      except ValueError:
+        return err(ParsingError.invalidFormat("generation should be a numeric value"))
 
-  ok(NsContentTopic.init(app, ver, name, enc))
+      if parts[1].len == 0:
+        return err(ParsingError.missingPart("sharding-bias"))
 
+      let bias = try:
+        parseEnum[ShardingBias](parts[1])
+      except ValueError:
+        return err(ParsingError.invalidFormat("bias should be one of; unbiased, lower20 or higher80"))
+
+      let app = parts[2]
+      if app.len == 0:
+        return err(ParsingError.missingPart("appplication"))
+
+      let ver = parts[3]
+      if ver.len == 0:
+        return err(ParsingError.missingPart("version"))
+
+      let name = parts[4]
+      if name.len == 0:
+        return err(ParsingError.missingPart("topic-name"))
+
+      let enc = parts[5]
+      if enc.len == 0:
+        return err(ParsingError.missingPart("encoding"))
+
+      return ok(NsContentTopic.init(some(gen), bias, app, ver, name, enc))
+    else:
+      return err(ParsingError.invalidFormat("invalid topic structure"))
 
 # Content topic compatibility
 
diff --git a/waku/v2/waku_core/topics/pubsub_topic.nim b/waku/v2/waku_core/topics/pubsub_topic.nim
index a75189060..bdfb5e319 100644
--- a/waku/v2/waku_core/topics/pubsub_topic.nim
+++ b/waku/v2/waku_core/topics/pubsub_topic.nim
@@ -116,3 +116,23 @@ proc parse*(T: type NsPubsubTopic, topic: PubsubTopic|string): ParsingResult[NsP
 
 converter toPubsubTopic*(topic: NsPubsubTopic): PubsubTopic =
   $topic
+
+proc `==`*[T: NsPubsubTopic](x, y: T): bool =
+  case y.kind
+    of NsPubsubTopicKind.StaticSharding:
+      if x.kind != NsPubsubTopicKind.StaticSharding:
+        return false
+
+      if x.cluster != y.cluster:
+        return false
+
+      if x.shard != y.shard:
+        return false
+    of NsPubsubTopicKind.NamedSharding:
+      if x.kind != NsPubsubTopicKind.NamedSharding:
+        return false
+
+      if x.name != y.name:
+        return false
+
+  true
diff --git a/waku/v2/waku_core/topics/sharding.nim b/waku/v2/waku_core/topics/sharding.nim
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e463b018f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/waku/v2/waku_core/topics/sharding.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+## Waku autosharding utils
+##
+## See 51/WAKU2-RELAY-SHARDING RFC: https://rfc.vac.dev/spec/51/#automatic-sharding
+
+when (NimMajor, NimMinor) < (1, 4):
+  {.push raises: [Defect].}
+else:
+  {.push raises: [].}
+
+import
+  nimcrypto,
+  std/options,
+  std/math,
+  std/sequtils,
+  std/algorithm,
+  stew/endians2,
+  stew/results,
+  stew/byteutils
+
+import
+  ./content_topic,
+  ./pubsub_topic
+
+## For indices allocation and other magic numbers refer to RFC 51
+const ClusterIndex* = 49152
+const GenerationZeroShardsCount* = 5
+
+type ShardsPriority = seq[tuple[topic: NsPubsubTopic, value: float64]]
+
+proc shardCount*(topic: NsContentTopic): Result[int, string] =
+  ## Returns the total shard count, sharding selection bias
+  ## and the shard name from the content topic.
+  let shardCount =
+    if topic.generation.isNone():
+      ## Implicit generation # is 0 for all content topic
+      GenerationZeroShardsCount
+    else:
+      case topic.generation.get():
+        of 0:
+          GenerationZeroShardsCount
+        else:
+          return err("Generation > 0 are not supported yet")
+
+  ok((shardCount))
+
+proc biasedWeights*(shardCount: int, bias: ShardingBias): seq[float64] =
+  var weights = repeat(1.0, shardCount)
+
+  case bias:
+    of Unbiased:
+      return weights
+    of Lower20:
+      # we choose the lower 20% of shards and double their weigths
+      let index = shardCount div 5
+      for i in (0..<index):
+        weights[i] *= 2.0
+    of Higher80:
+      # we choose the higher 80% of shards and double their weigths
+      let index = shardCount div 5
+      for i in (index..<shardCount):
+        weights[i] *= 2.0
+
+  weights
+
+proc applyWeight(hashValue: uint64, weight: float64): float64 =
+  (-weight) / math.ln(float64(hashValue) / float64(high(uint64)))
+
+proc hashOrder*(x, y: (NsPubsubTopic, float64)): int =
+    cmp(x[1], y[1])
+
+proc weightedShardList*(topic: NsContentTopic, shardCount: int, weightList: seq[float64]): Result[ShardsPriority, string] =
+  ## Returns the ordered list of shards and their priority values.
+  if weightList.len < shardCount:
+    return err("Must provide weights for every shards")
+
+  let shardsNWeights = zip(toSeq(0..shardCount), weightList)
+
+  var list = newSeq[(NsPubsubTopic, float64)](shardCount)
+
+  for (shard, weight) in shardsNWeights:
+    let pubsub = NsPubsubTopic.staticSharding(ClusterIndex, uint16(shard))
+
+    let clusterBytes = toBytesBE(uint16(ClusterIndex))
+    let shardBytes = toBytesBE(uint16(shard))
+    let bytes = toBytes(topic.application) & toBytes(topic.version) & @clusterBytes & @shardBytes
+    let hash = sha256.digest(bytes)
+    let hashValue = uint64.fromBytesBE(hash.data)
+    let value = applyWeight(hashValue, weight)
+
+    list[shard] = (pubsub, value)
+
+  list.sort(hashOrder)
+
+  ok(list)
+
+proc singleHighestWeigthShard*(topic: NsContentTopic): Result[NsPubsubTopic, string] =
+  let count = ? shardCount(topic)
+
+  let weights = biasedWeights(count, topic.bias)
+
+  let list = ? weightedShardList(topic, count, weights)
+
+  let (pubsub, _) = list[list.len - 1]
+
+  ok(pubsub)