diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index af4f8c1..46946fb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 1.1.0
+
+added support for base 58
+
 ## 1.0.0
 
 initial release
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1144d48..85743d3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # @sapphirecode/encoding-helper
 
-version: 1.0.x
+version: 1.1.x
 
 Converting strings between different encodings
 
@@ -21,11 +21,26 @@ const encoding = require('@sapphirecode/encoding-helper');
 
 const hex = encoding.to_hex('abc'); // convert any encoding to hex, default is utf-8
 const b64 = encoding.to_b64(hex, 'hex'); // convert any encoding to base64, default is utf-8
+const b58 = encoding.to_b58(hex, 'hex'); // convert any encoding to base58, default is utf-8
 const utf8 = encoding.to_utf8(hex, 'hex'); // convert any encoding to utf-8, no default
 const hexn = encoding.num_to_hex(10); // convert a number to hex
 const num = encoding.hex_to_num('a'); // convert hex to a number
 ```
 
+supported input encodings:
+
+- default supported by buffer:
+  - ascii
+  - base64
+  - binary
+  - hex
+  - latin1
+  - ucs-2
+  - utf-8
+  - utf16le
+- additional encodings:
+  - base58
+
 ## License
 
 MIT © Timo Hocker <timo@scode.ovh>
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index b1c9871..c32a3c7 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -6,10 +6,18 @@
  */
 
 
-// @ts-nocheck
 /* eslint-disable no-magic-numbers */
 'use strict';
 
+const b58 = require ('b58');
+
+function get_buffer (str, encoding) {
+  if (encoding === 'base58')
+    return b58.decode (str);
+
+  return Buffer.from (str, encoding);
+}
+
 /**
  * encode a string to base64
  *
@@ -18,10 +26,22 @@
  * @returns {string} base64
  */
 function to_b64 (str, encoding = '') {
-  const buf = Buffer.from (str, encoding);
+  const buf = get_buffer (str, encoding);
   return buf.toString ('base64');
 }
 
+/**
+ * encode a string to base58
+ *
+ * @param {string} str string to encode
+ * @param {string} encoding encoding the string is in
+ * @returns {string} base58
+ */
+function to_b58 (str, encoding = '') {
+  const buf = get_buffer (str, encoding);
+  return b58.encode (buf);
+}
+
 /**
  * encode a string to utf-8
  *
@@ -30,7 +50,7 @@ function to_b64 (str, encoding = '') {
  * @returns {string} utf-8
  */
 function to_utf8 (str, encoding) {
-  const buf = Buffer.from (str, encoding);
+  const buf = get_buffer (str, encoding);
   return buf.toString ('utf-8');
 }
 
@@ -42,7 +62,7 @@ function to_utf8 (str, encoding) {
  * @returns {string} hex
  */
 function to_hex (str, encoding = '') {
-  const buf = Buffer.from (str, encoding);
+  const buf = get_buffer (str, encoding);
   return buf.toString ('hex');
 }
 
@@ -72,9 +92,9 @@ function hex_to_num (h) {
 
 module.exports = {
   to_b64,
+  to_b58,
   to_hex,
   to_utf8,
   num_to_hex,
   hex_to_num
 };
-
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f72edea..6e2a989 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@sapphirecode/encoding-helper",
-  "version": "1.0.51",
+  "version": "1.1.0",
   "main": "index.js",
   "author": {
     "name": "Timo Hocker",
@@ -35,5 +35,8 @@
     "LICENSE",
     "index.js",
     "index.d.ts"
-  ]
+  ],
+  "dependencies": {
+    "b58": "^4.0.3"
+  }
 }
diff --git a/test/spec/b58.js b/test/spec/b58.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..961147a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/spec/b58.js
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const b58 = require ('b58');
+
+// eslint-disable-next-line max-lines-per-function
+describe ('b58', () => {
+  it ('should encode "Hello World!"', () => {
+    const enc = b58.encode (Buffer.from ('Hello World!', 'utf-8'));
+    expect (enc)
+      .toEqual ('2NEpo7TZRRrLZSi2U');
+  });
+
+  it ('should encode "The quick brown fox.."', () => {
+    const enc = b58.encode (Buffer.from (
+      'The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.',
+      'utf-8'
+    ));
+    expect (enc)
+      .toEqual ('USm3fpXnKG5EUBx2ndxBDMPVciP5hGey2Jh4NDv6gmeo1LkMeiKrLJUUBk6Z');
+  });
+
+  it ('should encode test hex string', () => {
+    const enc = b58.encode (Buffer.from ('0000287fb4cd', 'hex'));
+    expect (enc)
+      .toEqual ('11233QC4');
+  });
+
+  it ('should decode "Hello World!"', () => {
+    const dec = b58.decode ('2NEpo7TZRRrLZSi2U')
+      .toString ('utf-8');
+    expect (dec)
+      .toEqual ('Hello World!');
+  });
+
+  it ('should decode "The quick brown fox.."', () => {
+    const dec = b58.decode (
+      'USm3fpXnKG5EUBx2ndxBDMPVciP5hGey2Jh4NDv6gmeo1LkMeiKrLJUUBk6Z'
+    )
+      .toString ('utf-8');
+    expect (dec)
+      .toEqual ('The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.');
+  });
+
+  it ('should decode test hex string', () => {
+    const dec = b58.decode ('11233QC4')
+      .toString ('hex');
+    expect (dec)
+      .toEqual ('0000287fb4cd');
+  });
+
+  it ('should encode any byte combination', () => {
+    for (let i = 0; i < 65536; i++) {
+      const buf = Buffer.alloc (2);
+      buf.writeUInt16BE (i);
+      const enc = b58.encode (buf);
+      const dec = b58.decode (enc)
+        .readUInt16BE ();
+      expect (dec)
+        .toEqual (i);
+    }
+  });
+});
diff --git a/test/spec/index.js b/test/spec/index.js
index ecafec2..36cbd7b 100644
--- a/test/spec/index.js
+++ b/test/spec/index.js
@@ -24,12 +24,24 @@ describe ('encoding', () => {
       .toEqual ('Zm9v');
   });
 
+  it ('encoding to_b58', () => {
+    const hex = encoding.to_b58 ('foo');
+    expect (hex)
+      .toEqual ('bQbp');
+  });
+
   it ('encoding to_utf8', () => {
     const utf = encoding.to_utf8 ('Zm9v', 'base64');
     expect (utf)
       .toEqual ('foo');
   });
 
+  it ('encoding to_utf8 from b58', () => {
+    const utf = encoding.to_utf8 ('bQbp', 'base58');
+    expect (utf)
+      .toEqual ('foo');
+  });
+
   it ('convert num to hex', () => {
     const res = encoding.num_to_hex (11);
     expect (res)
@@ -54,4 +66,3 @@ describe ('encoding', () => {
       .toEqual (11);
   });
 });
-
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 4df94f0..f555651 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -489,11 +489,25 @@ atob@^2.1.2:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/atob/-/atob-2.1.2.tgz#6d9517eb9e030d2436666651e86bd9f6f13533c9"
   integrity sha512-Wm6ukoaOGJi/73p/cl2GvLjTI5JM1k/O14isD73YML8StrH/7/lRFgmg8nICZgD3bZZvjwCGxtMOD3wWNAu8cg==
 
+b58@^4.0.3:
+  version "4.0.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/b58/-/b58-4.0.3.tgz#852a28d804b4a5a60685f9b51706315145a48c36"
+  integrity sha512-VDtdiomm0ywbL8YzgevOZ9pcx6LuOZ3d9qYTPDcYUPf7dRYNA8wvK6epYy0FKMWIM5uaDwd3kWt1x+1S9scB1Q==
+  dependencies:
+    base-x "^3.0.2"
+
 balanced-match@^1.0.0:
   version "1.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/balanced-match/-/balanced-match-1.0.0.tgz#89b4d199ab2bee49de164ea02b89ce462d71b767"
   integrity sha1-ibTRmasr7kneFk6gK4nORi1xt2c=
 
+base-x@^3.0.2:
+  version "3.0.8"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/base-x/-/base-x-3.0.8.tgz#1e1106c2537f0162e8b52474a557ebb09000018d"
+  integrity sha512-Rl/1AWP4J/zRrk54hhlxH4drNxPJXYUaKffODVI53/dAsV4t9fBxyxYKAVPU1XBHxYwOWP9h9H0hM2MVw4YfJA==
+  dependencies:
+    safe-buffer "^5.0.1"
+
 base@^0.11.1:
   version "0.11.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/base/-/base-0.11.2.tgz#7bde5ced145b6d551a90db87f83c558b4eb48a8f"
@@ -2148,6 +2162,11 @@ rxjs@^6.6.0, rxjs@~6.6.0:
   dependencies:
     tslib "^1.9.0"
 
+safe-buffer@^5.0.1:
+  version "5.2.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/safe-buffer/-/safe-buffer-5.2.1.tgz#1eaf9fa9bdb1fdd4ec75f58f9cdb4e6b7827eec6"
+  integrity sha512-rp3So07KcdmmKbGvgaNxQSJr7bGVSVk5S9Eq1F+ppbRo70+YeaDxkw5Dd8NPN+GD6bjnYm2VuPuCXmpuYvmCXQ==
+
 safe-buffer@~5.1.1:
   version "5.1.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/safe-buffer/-/safe-buffer-5.1.2.tgz#991ec69d296e0313747d59bdfd2b745c35f8828d"