diff --git a/nativetypes.go b/nativetypes.go
index aa25811..3b92db6 100644
--- a/nativetypes.go
+++ b/nativetypes.go
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 package solana
 
 import (
+	"encoding/binary"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"io"
 	"strconv"
 
+	"github.com/lunixbochs/struc"
 	"github.com/mr-tron/base58"
 )
 
@@ -177,3 +180,121 @@ func (i *U64) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
 
 	return nil
 }
+
+///
+
+type ByteWrapper struct {
+	io.Reader
+}
+
+func (w *ByteWrapper) ReadByte() (byte, error) {
+	var b [1]byte
+	_, err := w.Read(b[:])
+	return b[0], err
+}
+
+/// ShortVec
+type ShortVec uint16
+
+func (v ShortVec) Pack(p []byte, opt *struc.Options) (int, error) {
+	// JAVASCRIPT
+	// let rem_len = len;
+	// for (;;) {
+	//   let elem = rem_len & 0x7f;
+	//   rem_len >>= 7;
+	//   if (rem_len == 0) {
+	//     bytes.push(elem);
+	//     break;
+	//   } else {
+	//     elem |= 0x80;
+	//     bytes.push(elem);
+	//   }
+	// }
+
+	// RUST
+	//     // Pass a non-zero value to serialize_tuple() so that serde_json will
+	// // generate an open bracket.
+	// let mut seq = serializer.serialize_tuple(1)?;
+
+	// let mut rem_len = self.0;
+	// loop {
+	//     let mut elem = (rem_len & 0x7f) as u8;
+	//     rem_len >>= 7;
+	//     if rem_len == 0 {
+	//         seq.serialize_element(&elem)?;
+	//         break;
+	//     } else {
+	//         elem |= 0x80;
+	//         seq.serialize_element(&elem)?;
+	//     }
+	// }
+	// seq.end()
+
+	return 0, nil
+}
+func (v *ShortVec) Unpack(r io.Reader, length int, opt *struc.Options) error {
+	var l, s int
+	for {
+
+		// JAVASCRIPT
+		//   let elem = bytes.shift();
+		//   len |= (elem & 0x7f) << (size * 7);
+		//   size += 1;
+		//   if ((elem & 0x80) === 0) {
+		//     break;
+		//   }
+	}
+
+	// RUST
+	// let mut len: usize = 0;
+	// let mut size: usize = 0;
+	// loop {
+	//     let elem: u8 = seq
+	//         .next_element()?
+	//         .ok_or_else(|| de::Error::invalid_length(size, &self))?;
+
+	//     len |= (elem as usize & 0x7f) << (size * 7);
+	//     size += 1;
+
+	//     if elem as usize & 0x80 == 0 {
+	//         break;
+	//     }
+
+	//     if size > size_of::<u16>() + 1 {
+	//         return Err(de::Error::invalid_length(size, &self));
+	//     }
+	// }
+
+	// Ok(ShortU16(len as u16))
+
+	// TODO: have a func that would return `size` also, separately? called twice?
+	return nil
+}
+func (v *ShortVec) Size(opt *struc.Options) int {
+	var buf [8]byte
+	return binary.PutUvarint(buf[:], uint64(*v))
+}
+func (v *ShortVec) String() string {
+	return strconv.FormatUint(uint64(*v), 10)
+}
+
+var shortVecOverflow = errors.New("short_vec: varint overflows a 16-bit integer")
+
+func readShortVec(r io.ByteReader) (uint64, error) {
+	var x uint64
+	var s uint
+	for i := 0; ; i++ {
+		b, err := r.ReadByte()
+		if err != nil {
+			return x, err
+		}
+		if b < 0x80 {
+			if i > 4 || i == 4 && b > 1 {
+				return x, shortVecOverflow
+			}
+			return x | uint64(b)<<s, nil
+		}
+		x |= uint64(b&0x7f) << s
+		s += 7
+	}
+}
diff --git a/nativetypes_test.go b/nativetypes_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7c21989
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nativetypes_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package solana
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestShortVec(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		input  uint16
+		expect []byte
+	}{
+		{input: 0x0, expect: []byte{0x0}},
+	}
+
+	for idx, test := range tests {
+		t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%d", idx+1), func(t *testing.T) {
+			el := ShortVec(test.input)
+
+			b := make([]byte, 3)
+
+			size, err := el.Pack(b, nil)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			assert.Equal(t, test.expect, b[:size])
+		})
+	}
+}