diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 5809af4..75996cf 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -89,8 +89,6 @@ github.com/fatih/color v1.7.0 h1:DkWD4oS2D8LGGgTQ6IvwJJXSL5Vp2ffcQg58nFV38Ys=
 github.com/fatih/color v1.7.0/go.mod h1:Zm6kSWBoL9eyXnKyktHP6abPY2pDugNf5KwzbycvMj4=
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.4.7 h1:IXs+QLmnXW2CcXuY+8Mzv/fWEsPGWxqefPtCP5CnV9I=
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.4.7/go.mod h1:jwhsz4b93w/PPRr/qN1Yymfu8t87LnFCMoQvtojpjFo=
-github.com/gagliardetto/binary v0.4.4 h1:EeADyw6t/5+/8Dtdt8LZ2X8Kd0vDJW0XXDi5iUgrFrc=
-github.com/gagliardetto/binary v0.4.4/go.mod h1:peJR9PvwamL4YOh1nHWCPLry2VEfeeD1ADvewka7HnQ=
 github.com/gagliardetto/binary v0.5.0 h1:fLVIbMEQp5zbW0SFtg0z/WHy2iUw/SMeuakzfa5ayhI=
 github.com/gagliardetto/binary v0.5.0/go.mod h1:peJR9PvwamL4YOh1nHWCPLry2VEfeeD1ADvewka7HnQ=
 github.com/gagliardetto/gofuzz v1.2.2 h1:XL/8qDMzcgvR4+CyRQW9UGdwPRPMHVJfqQ/uMvSUuQw=
diff --git a/nativetypes.go b/nativetypes.go
index cf9bd8d..9e2032a 100644
--- a/nativetypes.go
+++ b/nativetypes.go
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ func HashFromBase58(in string) (Hash, error) {
 	return Hash(tmp), nil
 }
 
+func HashFromBytes(in []byte) Hash {
+	return Hash(PublicKeyFromBytes(in))
+}
+
 func (ha Hash) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
 	return json.Marshal(base58.Encode(ha[:]))
 }