diff --git a/wg-event-gen/src/model.rs b/wg-event-gen/src/model.rs
index 9c87f64..b263a4a 100644
--- a/wg-event-gen/src/model.rs
+++ b/wg-event-gen/src/model.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use base64::decode;
+use base64::{decode, encode};
 use std::error::Error;
 use std::io;
 use std::net::{IpAddr, SocketAddr};
@@ -11,8 +11,13 @@ pub enum ECCKey {
     PrivateKey([u8; 32]),
 }
 
-impl ECCKey {
-    pub fn from_base64<I: AsRef<str>>(key: I) -> io::Result<ECCKey> {
+pub trait Base64Backed {
+    fn from_bytes(bytes: [u8; 32]) -> Self;
+    fn bytes(&self) -> &[u8; 32];
+    fn from_base64<I: AsRef<str>>(key: I) -> io::Result<Self>
+    where
+        Self: Sized,
+    {
         let key = match decode(key.as_ref()) {
             Ok(key) => key,
             _ => {
@@ -29,12 +34,45 @@ impl ECCKey {
             return Err(io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::Other, "Mismatched key size"));
         }
         bytes.copy_from_slice(&key);
-        Ok(ECCKey::PublicKey(bytes))
+        Ok(Self::from_bytes(bytes))
+    }
+
+    fn as_base64(&self) -> io::Result<String> {
+        Ok(encode(self.bytes()))
+    }
+}
+
+impl Base64Backed for ECCKey {
+    fn bytes(&self) -> &[u8; 32] {
+        match self {
+            ECCKey::PublicKey(bytes) => &bytes,
+            ECCKey::PrivateKey(bytes) => &bytes,
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn from_bytes(bytes: [u8; 32]) -> ECCKey {
+        ECCKey::PublicKey(bytes)
+    }
+}
+
+impl ECCKey {
+    pub fn extract_public_key(&self) -> Option<ECCKey> {
+        //TODO: Determine whether Self is a private key and only the return public part
+        Some(self.clone())
     }
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Hash, Copy, Clone)]
-struct SharedKey([u8; 32]);
+pub struct SharedKey([u8; 32]);
+
+impl Base64Backed for SharedKey {
+    fn bytes(&self) -> &[u8; 32] {
+        &self.0
+    }
+    fn from_bytes(bytes: [u8; 32]) -> SharedKey {
+        SharedKey(bytes)
+    }
+}
 
 #[derive(Debug, Builder, PartialEq, Eq, Hash, Clone)]
 pub struct Peer {