diff --git a/ferveo/Cargo.toml b/ferveo/Cargo.toml
index 2d30b924..1d957ccb 100644
--- a/ferveo/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ferveo/Cargo.toml
@@ -34,13 +34,11 @@ serde_with = "2.2.0"
 subproductdomain = { package = "subproductdomain-pre-release", path = "../subproductdomain", version = "0.1.0-alpha.0" }
 thiserror = "1.0"
 zeroize = { version = "1.6.0", default-features = false, features = ["derive"] }
-
-# Shared by Python and WASM bindings
-derive_more = { version = "0.99", default-features = false, features = ["from", "as_ref", "into"], optional = true }
+generic-array = "0.14.7"
+derive_more = { version = "0.99", default-features = false, features = ["from", "as_ref", "into"] }
 
 # Python bindings
 pyo3 = { version = "0.18.2", features = ["macros", "multiple-pymethods"], optional = true }
-generic-array = { version = "0.14.7", optional = true }
 
 # WASM bindings
 console_error_panic_hook = { version = "0.1.7", optional = true }
@@ -60,8 +58,8 @@ serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 wasm-bindgen = { version = "0.2.86", features = ["serde-serialize"] }
 
 [features]
-bindings-python = ["pyo3", "derive_more", "generic-array"]
-bindings-wasm = ["console_error_panic_hook", "derive_more", "getrandom", "js-sys", "wasm-bindgen", "wasm-bindgen-derive"]
+bindings-python = ["pyo3"]
+bindings-wasm = ["console_error_panic_hook", "getrandom", "js-sys", "wasm-bindgen", "wasm-bindgen-derive"]
 
 [[example]]
 name = "bench_primitives_size"
diff --git a/ferveo/src/api.rs b/ferveo/src/api.rs
index fe8a33e9..04995dfe 100644
--- a/ferveo/src/api.rs
+++ b/ferveo/src/api.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ use ark_serialize::{CanonicalDeserialize, CanonicalSerialize};
 use ark_std::UniformRand;
 use bincode;
 use ferveo_common::serialization;
+use generic_array::{typenum::U48, GenericArray};
 use group_threshold_cryptography as tpke;
 use rand::RngCore;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
@@ -75,12 +76,16 @@ pub struct DkgPublicKey(
 );
 
 impl DkgPublicKey {
-    pub fn to_bytes(&self) -> Result<Vec<u8>> {
-        to_bytes(&self.0)
+    pub fn to_bytes(&self) -> Result<GenericArray<u8, U48>> {
+        let as_bytes = to_bytes(&self.0)?;
+        Ok(GenericArray::<u8, U48>::from_slice(&as_bytes).to_owned())
     }
 
     pub fn from_bytes(bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<DkgPublicKey> {
-        from_bytes(bytes).map(DkgPublicKey)
+        let bytes =
+            GenericArray::<u8, U48>::from_exact_iter(bytes.iter().cloned())
+                .ok_or(Error::InvalidByteLength(48, bytes.len()))?;
+        from_bytes(&bytes).map(DkgPublicKey)
     }
 
     pub fn serialized_size() -> usize {
diff --git a/ferveo/src/bindings_python.rs b/ferveo/src/bindings_python.rs
index c4880948..2c912e0c 100644
--- a/ferveo/src/bindings_python.rs
+++ b/ferveo/src/bindings_python.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 use std::fmt::{Debug, Formatter};
 
 use ferveo_common::serialization::{FromBytes, ToBytes};
-use generic_array::{typenum::U48, GenericArray};
 use pyo3::{
     basic::CompareOp,
     create_exception,
@@ -89,6 +88,12 @@ impl From<FerveoPythonError> for PyErr {
                 Error::ArkSerializeError(err) => {
                     SerializationError::new_err(err.to_string())
                 }
+                Error::InvalidByteLength(expected, actual) => {
+                    InvalidByteLength::new_err(format!(
+                        "expected: {}, actual: {}",
+                        expected, actual
+                    ))
+                }
             },
             _ => default(),
         }
@@ -122,6 +127,7 @@ create_exception!(exceptions, InvalidTranscriptAggregate, PyValueError);
 create_exception!(exceptions, ValidatorsNotSorted, PyValueError);
 create_exception!(exceptions, ValidatorPublicKeyMismatch, PyValueError);
 create_exception!(exceptions, SerializationError, PyValueError);
+create_exception!(exceptions, InvalidByteLength, PyValueError);
 
 fn from_py_bytes<T: FromBytes>(bytes: &[u8]) -> PyResult<T> {
     T::from_bytes(bytes)
@@ -343,15 +349,8 @@ pub struct DkgPublicKey(api::DkgPublicKey);
 impl DkgPublicKey {
     #[staticmethod]
     pub fn from_bytes(bytes: &[u8]) -> PyResult<Self> {
-        let bytes =
-            GenericArray::<u8, U48>::from_exact_iter(bytes.iter().cloned())
-                .ok_or_else(|| {
-                    FerveoPythonError::Other(
-                        "Invalid length of bytes for DkgPublicKey".to_string(),
-                    )
-                })?;
         Ok(Self(
-            api::DkgPublicKey::from_bytes(bytes.as_slice())
+            api::DkgPublicKey::from_bytes(bytes)
                 .map_err(FerveoPythonError::FerveoError)?,
         ))
     }
@@ -359,8 +358,7 @@ impl DkgPublicKey {
     fn __bytes__(&self) -> PyResult<PyObject> {
         let bytes =
             self.0.to_bytes().map_err(FerveoPythonError::FerveoError)?;
-        let bytes = GenericArray::<u8, U48>::from_slice(bytes.as_slice());
-        as_py_bytes(bytes)
+        as_py_bytes(&bytes)
     }
 
     #[staticmethod]
diff --git a/ferveo/src/bindings_wasm.rs b/ferveo/src/bindings_wasm.rs
index 3020a5c7..e4b976a3 100644
--- a/ferveo/src/bindings_wasm.rs
+++ b/ferveo/src/bindings_wasm.rs
@@ -215,14 +215,36 @@ pub fn decrypt_with_shared_secret(
 #[wasm_bindgen]
 pub struct DkgPublicKey(api::DkgPublicKey);
 
-generate_common_methods!(DkgPublicKey);
-
 #[wasm_bindgen]
 impl DkgPublicKey {
+    #[wasm_bindgen(js_name = "fromBytes")]
+    pub fn from_bytes(bytes: &[u8]) -> JsResult<DkgPublicKey> {
+        api::DkgPublicKey::from_bytes(bytes)
+            .map_err(map_js_err)
+            .map(Self)
+    }
+
+    #[wasm_bindgen(js_name = "toBytes")]
+    pub fn to_bytes(&self) -> JsResult<Box<[u8]>> {
+        let bytes = self.0.to_bytes().map_err(map_js_err)?;
+        let bytes: Box<[u8]> = bytes.as_slice().into();
+        Ok(bytes)
+    }
+
     #[wasm_bindgen]
     pub fn random() -> DkgPublicKey {
         Self(api::DkgPublicKey::random())
     }
+
+    #[wasm_bindgen(js_name = "serializedSize")]
+    pub fn serialized_size() -> usize {
+        api::DkgPublicKey::serialized_size()
+    }
+
+    #[wasm_bindgen]
+    pub fn equals(&self, other: &DkgPublicKey) -> bool {
+        self.0 == other.0
+    }
 }
 
 #[wasm_bindgen]
diff --git a/ferveo/src/lib.rs b/ferveo/src/lib.rs
index e3d62105..7e1b3657 100644
--- a/ferveo/src/lib.rs
+++ b/ferveo/src/lib.rs
@@ -98,6 +98,9 @@ pub enum Error {
 
     #[error(transparent)]
     ArkSerializeError(#[from] ark_serialize::SerializationError),
+
+    #[error("Invalid byte length. Expected {0}, got {1}")]
+    InvalidByteLength(usize, usize),
 }
 
 pub type Result<T> = std::result::Result<T, Error>;