diff --git a/pkg/p2p/protobuf/protobuf.go b/pkg/p2p/protobuf/protobuf.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e5b69d20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/p2p/protobuf/protobuf.go
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+package protobuf
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/p2p/host/autonat/pb"
+	"github.com/primevprotocol/mev-commit/pkg/p2p"
+	"google.golang.org/protobuf/proto"
+)
+
+type Encoder interface {
+	ReadMsg(context.Context, *pb.Message) error
+	WriteMsg(context.Context, *pb.Message) error
+}
+
+type protobuf struct {
+	p2p.Stream
+}
+
+func NewReaderWriter(s p2p.Stream) Encoder {
+	return &protobuf{s}
+}
+
+func (p *protobuf) ReadMsg(ctx context.Context, msg *pb.Message) error {
+	type result struct {
+		msgBuf []byte
+		err    error
+	}
+
+	resultC := make(chan result, 1)
+	go func() {
+		msgBuf, err := p.Stream.ReadMsg()
+		resultC <- result{msgBuf: msgBuf, err: err}
+	}()
+
+	select {
+	case <-ctx.Done():
+		return ctx.Err()
+	case res := <-resultC:
+		if res.err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to read msg: %w", res.err)
+		}
+
+		if err := proto.Unmarshal(res.msgBuf, msg); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to unmarshal message: %w", err)
+		}
+
+		return nil
+	}
+}
+
+func (p *protobuf) WriteMsg(ctx context.Context, msg *pb.Message) error {
+	msgBuf, err := proto.Marshal(msg)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed marshaling message: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	errC := make(chan error, 1)
+	go func() {
+		errC <- p.Stream.WriteMsg(msgBuf)
+	}()
+
+	select {
+	case <-ctx.Done():
+		return ctx.Err()
+	case err := <-errC:
+		return err
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/p2p/protobuf/protobuf_test.go b/pkg/p2p/protobuf/protobuf_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..20209a5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/p2p/protobuf/protobuf_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+package protobuf_test
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"context"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/p2p/host/autonat/pb"
+	"github.com/primevprotocol/mev-commit/pkg/p2p/protobuf"
+	p2ptest "github.com/primevprotocol/mev-commit/pkg/p2p/testing"
+	"google.golang.org/protobuf/proto"
+)
+
+func TestProtobufEncodingDecoding(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	t.Run("ok", func(t *testing.T) {
+		out, in := p2ptest.NewDuplexStream()
+
+		test := &pb.Message{
+			Type: pb.Message_DIAL.Enum(),
+			Dial: &pb.Message_Dial{
+				Peer: &pb.Message_PeerInfo{
+					Id: []byte("16Uiu2HAmK8EQ9axsSaE9hqjdHX7Hq5Jbeo2tmuNcLHwyQLWKjSYw"),
+					Addrs: [][]byte{
+						[]byte("0x9Bbc6Bef724d483C8f834C03fC2D3FE115D47ABF"),
+						[]byte("0x903e2Abdc0fF09aBCB4C23CD8Ef1e267dfD32c2C"),
+						[]byte("0xdCFA8524A3A266A388A4884cB6448463ae19D025"),
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		}
+
+		reader := protobuf.NewReaderWriter(in)
+		writer := protobuf.NewReaderWriter(out)
+
+		if err := writer.WriteMsg(context.Background(), test); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+
+		var res pb.Message
+		err := reader.ReadMsg(context.Background(), &res)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+
+		testBytes, err := proto.Marshal(test)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+
+		resBytes, err := proto.Marshal(&res)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+
+		if !bytes.Equal(testBytes, resBytes) {
+			t.Fatalf("expected %v, got %v", testBytes, resBytes)
+		}
+	})
+}