diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index cb2c464f8f..f021d8a214 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # CHANGELOG
 
+## 0.22.1 (unreleased)
+
+- @cosmjs/cli: Import `encodeAminoPubkey`, `encodeBech32Pubkey`,
+  `decodeAminoPubkey` and `decodeBech32Pubkey` by default.
+- @cosmjs/launchpad: Add ed25519 support to `encodeBech32Pubkey`.
+- @cosmjs/launchpad: Add `encodeAminoPubkey` and `decodeAminoPubkey`.
+- @cosmjs/utils: Add `arrayContentEquals`.
+
 ## 0.22.0 (2020-08-03)
 
 - @cosmjs/cli: Now supports HTTPs URLs for `--init` code sources.
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/cli.ts b/packages/cli/src/cli.ts
index b256d2f480..7e5bcad3c1 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/cli.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/cli.ts
@@ -89,6 +89,10 @@ export async function main(originalArgs: readonly string[]): Promise<void> {
       [
         "coin",
         "coins",
+        "decodeAminoPubkey",
+        "decodeBech32Pubkey",
+        "encodeAminoPubkey",
+        "encodeBech32Pubkey",
         "encodeSecp256k1Pubkey",
         "encodeSecp256k1Signature",
         "logs",
@@ -112,7 +116,7 @@ export async function main(originalArgs: readonly string[]): Promise<void> {
       ],
     ],
     ["@cosmjs/math", ["Decimal", "Int53", "Uint32", "Uint53", "Uint64"]],
-    ["@cosmjs/utils", ["assert", "sleep"]],
+    ["@cosmjs/utils", ["assert", "arrayContentEquals", "sleep"]],
   ]);
 
   console.info(colors.green("Initializing session for you. Have fun!"));
@@ -156,6 +160,12 @@ export async function main(originalArgs: readonly string[]): Promise<void> {
       const data = toAscii("foo bar");
       const signature = await wallet.sign(address, data);
 
+      const bechPubkey = "coralvalconspub1zcjduepqvxg72ccnl9r65fv0wn3amlk4sfzqfe2k36l073kjx2qyaf6sk23qw7j8wq";
+      assert(encodeBech32Pubkey(decodeBech32Pubkey(bechPubkey), "coralvalconspub") == bechPubkey);
+
+      const aminoPubkey = fromHex("eb5ae98721034f04181eeba35391b858633a765c4a0c189697b40d216354d50890d350c70290");
+      assert(arrayContentEquals(encodeAminoPubkey(decodeAminoPubkey(aminoPubkey)), aminoPubkey));
+
       console.info("Done testing, will exit now.");
       process.exit(0);
     `;
diff --git a/packages/cosmwasm/package.json b/packages/cosmwasm/package.json
index fadc0b497b..e0923c6b7d 100644
--- a/packages/cosmwasm/package.json
+++ b/packages/cosmwasm/package.json
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@
     "@cosmjs/math": "^0.22.0",
     "@cosmjs/utils": "^0.22.0",
     "axios": "^0.19.0",
-    "fast-deep-equal": "^3.1.1",
     "pako": "^1.0.11"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/packages/launchpad/package.json b/packages/launchpad/package.json
index 7fe56adb7d..9b2ca12ae2 100644
--- a/packages/launchpad/package.json
+++ b/packages/launchpad/package.json
@@ -45,8 +45,7 @@
     "@cosmjs/encoding": "^0.22.0",
     "@cosmjs/math": "^0.22.0",
     "@cosmjs/utils": "^0.22.0",
-    "axios": "^0.19.0",
-    "fast-deep-equal": "^3.1.1"
+    "axios": "^0.19.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "readonly-date": "^1.0.0"
diff --git a/packages/launchpad/src/index.ts b/packages/launchpad/src/index.ts
index 0149c07fd4..6d6e238886 100644
--- a/packages/launchpad/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/launchpad/src/index.ts
@@ -84,7 +84,13 @@ export {
   uint64ToString,
 } from "./lcdapi";
 export { isMsgDelegate, isMsgSend, Msg, MsgDelegate, MsgSend } from "./msgs";
-export { decodeBech32Pubkey, encodeBech32Pubkey, encodeSecp256k1Pubkey } from "./pubkey";
+export {
+  decodeAminoPubkey,
+  decodeBech32Pubkey,
+  encodeAminoPubkey,
+  encodeBech32Pubkey,
+  encodeSecp256k1Pubkey,
+} from "./pubkey";
 export { findSequenceForSignedTx } from "./sequence";
 export { encodeSecp256k1Signature, decodeSignature } from "./signature";
 export { FeeTable, SigningCosmosClient } from "./signingcosmosclient";
diff --git a/packages/launchpad/src/pubkey.spec.ts b/packages/launchpad/src/pubkey.spec.ts
index 03253695e4..9576239b88 100644
--- a/packages/launchpad/src/pubkey.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/launchpad/src/pubkey.spec.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
-import { fromBase64 } from "@cosmjs/encoding";
+import { Bech32, fromBase64 } from "@cosmjs/encoding";
 
-import { decodeBech32Pubkey, encodeBech32Pubkey, encodeSecp256k1Pubkey } from "./pubkey";
+import {
+  decodeAminoPubkey,
+  decodeBech32Pubkey,
+  encodeAminoPubkey,
+  encodeBech32Pubkey,
+  encodeSecp256k1Pubkey,
+} from "./pubkey";
 import { PubKey } from "./types";
 
 describe("pubkey", () => {
@@ -21,6 +27,30 @@ describe("pubkey", () => {
     });
   });
 
+  describe("decodeAminoPubkey", () => {
+    it("works for secp256k1", () => {
+      const amino = Bech32.decode(
+        "cosmospub1addwnpepqd8sgxq7aw348ydctp3n5ajufgxp395hksxjzc6565yfp56scupfqhlgyg5",
+      ).data;
+      expect(decodeAminoPubkey(amino)).toEqual({
+        type: "tendermint/PubKeySecp256k1",
+        value: "A08EGB7ro1ORuFhjOnZcSgwYlpe0DSFjVNUIkNNQxwKQ",
+      });
+    });
+
+    it("works for ed25519", () => {
+      // Encoded from `corald tendermint show-validator`
+      // Decoded from http://localhost:26657/validators
+      const amino = Bech32.decode(
+        "coralvalconspub1zcjduepqvxg72ccnl9r65fv0wn3amlk4sfzqfe2k36l073kjx2qyaf6sk23qw7j8wq",
+      ).data;
+      expect(decodeAminoPubkey(amino)).toEqual({
+        type: "tendermint/PubKeyEd25519",
+        value: "YZHlYxP5R6olj3Tj3f7VgkQE5VaOvv9G0jKATqdQsqI=",
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
   describe("decodeBech32Pubkey", () => {
     it("works", () => {
       expect(
@@ -39,6 +69,44 @@ describe("pubkey", () => {
         value: "A6lihrEs3PEFCu8m01ebcas3KjEVAjDIEmU7P9ED3PFx",
       });
     });
+
+    it("works for ed25519", () => {
+      // Encoded from `corald tendermint show-validator`
+      // Decoded from http://localhost:26657/validators
+      const decoded = decodeBech32Pubkey(
+        "coralvalconspub1zcjduepqvxg72ccnl9r65fv0wn3amlk4sfzqfe2k36l073kjx2qyaf6sk23qw7j8wq",
+      );
+      expect(decoded).toEqual({
+        type: "tendermint/PubKeyEd25519",
+        value: "YZHlYxP5R6olj3Tj3f7VgkQE5VaOvv9G0jKATqdQsqI=",
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe("encodeAminoPubkey", () => {
+    it("works for secp256k1", () => {
+      const pubkey: PubKey = {
+        type: "tendermint/PubKeySecp256k1",
+        value: "A08EGB7ro1ORuFhjOnZcSgwYlpe0DSFjVNUIkNNQxwKQ",
+      };
+      const expected = Bech32.decode(
+        "cosmospub1addwnpepqd8sgxq7aw348ydctp3n5ajufgxp395hksxjzc6565yfp56scupfqhlgyg5",
+      ).data;
+      expect(encodeAminoPubkey(pubkey)).toEqual(expected);
+    });
+
+    it("works for ed25519", () => {
+      // Decoded from http://localhost:26657/validators
+      // Encoded from `corald tendermint show-validator`
+      const pubkey: PubKey = {
+        type: "tendermint/PubKeyEd25519",
+        value: "YZHlYxP5R6olj3Tj3f7VgkQE5VaOvv9G0jKATqdQsqI=",
+      };
+      const expected = Bech32.decode(
+        "coralvalconspub1zcjduepqvxg72ccnl9r65fv0wn3amlk4sfzqfe2k36l073kjx2qyaf6sk23qw7j8wq",
+      ).data;
+      expect(encodeAminoPubkey(pubkey)).toEqual(expected);
+    });
   });
 
   describe("encodeBech32Pubkey", () => {
@@ -51,5 +119,17 @@ describe("pubkey", () => {
         "cosmospub1addwnpepqd8sgxq7aw348ydctp3n5ajufgxp395hksxjzc6565yfp56scupfqhlgyg5",
       );
     });
+
+    it("works for ed25519", () => {
+      // Decoded from http://localhost:26657/validators
+      // Encoded from `corald tendermint show-validator`
+      const pubkey: PubKey = {
+        type: "tendermint/PubKeyEd25519",
+        value: "YZHlYxP5R6olj3Tj3f7VgkQE5VaOvv9G0jKATqdQsqI=",
+      };
+      expect(encodeBech32Pubkey(pubkey, "coralvalconspub")).toEqual(
+        "coralvalconspub1zcjduepqvxg72ccnl9r65fv0wn3amlk4sfzqfe2k36l073kjx2qyaf6sk23qw7j8wq",
+      );
+    });
   });
 });
diff --git a/packages/launchpad/src/pubkey.ts b/packages/launchpad/src/pubkey.ts
index 2095c05a33..bebc3c62d6 100644
--- a/packages/launchpad/src/pubkey.ts
+++ b/packages/launchpad/src/pubkey.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { Bech32, fromBase64, fromHex, toBase64, toHex } from "@cosmjs/encoding";
-import equal from "fast-deep-equal";
+import { arrayContentEquals } from "@cosmjs/utils";
 
 import { PubKey, pubkeyType } from "./types";
 
@@ -21,12 +21,13 @@ const pubkeyAminoPrefixEd25519 = fromHex("1624de6420");
 const pubkeyAminoPrefixSr25519 = fromHex("0dfb1005");
 const pubkeyAminoPrefixLength = pubkeyAminoPrefixSecp256k1.length;
 
-export function decodeBech32Pubkey(bechEncoded: string): PubKey {
-  const { data } = Bech32.decode(bechEncoded);
-
+/**
+ * Decodes a pubkey in the Amino binary format to a type/value object.
+ */
+export function decodeAminoPubkey(data: Uint8Array): PubKey {
   const aminoPrefix = data.slice(0, pubkeyAminoPrefixLength);
   const rest = data.slice(pubkeyAminoPrefixLength);
-  if (equal(aminoPrefix, pubkeyAminoPrefixSecp256k1)) {
+  if (arrayContentEquals(aminoPrefix, pubkeyAminoPrefixSecp256k1)) {
     if (rest.length !== 33) {
       throw new Error("Invalid rest data length. Expected 33 bytes (compressed secp256k1 pubkey).");
     }
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ export function decodeBech32Pubkey(bechEncoded: string): PubKey {
       type: pubkeyType.secp256k1,
       value: toBase64(rest),
     };
-  } else if (equal(aminoPrefix, pubkeyAminoPrefixEd25519)) {
+  } else if (arrayContentEquals(aminoPrefix, pubkeyAminoPrefixEd25519)) {
     if (rest.length !== 32) {
       throw new Error("Invalid rest data length. Expected 32 bytes (Ed25519 pubkey).");
     }
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ export function decodeBech32Pubkey(bechEncoded: string): PubKey {
       type: pubkeyType.ed25519,
       value: toBase64(rest),
     };
-  } else if (equal(aminoPrefix, pubkeyAminoPrefixSr25519)) {
+  } else if (arrayContentEquals(aminoPrefix, pubkeyAminoPrefixSr25519)) {
     if (rest.length !== 32) {
       throw new Error("Invalid rest data length. Expected 32 bytes (Sr25519 pubkey).");
     }
@@ -55,17 +56,42 @@ export function decodeBech32Pubkey(bechEncoded: string): PubKey {
   }
 }
 
-export function encodeBech32Pubkey(pubkey: PubKey, prefix: string): string {
+/**
+ * Decodes a bech32 pubkey to Amino binary, which is then decoded to a type/value object.
+ * The bech32 prefix is ignored and discareded.
+ *
+ * @param bechEncoded the bech32 encoded pubkey
+ */
+export function decodeBech32Pubkey(bechEncoded: string): PubKey {
+  const { data } = Bech32.decode(bechEncoded);
+  return decodeAminoPubkey(data);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Encodes a public key to binary Amino.
+ */
+export function encodeAminoPubkey(pubkey: PubKey): Uint8Array {
   let aminoPrefix: Uint8Array;
   switch (pubkey.type) {
     // Note: please don't add cases here without writing additional unit tests
     case pubkeyType.secp256k1:
       aminoPrefix = pubkeyAminoPrefixSecp256k1;
       break;
+    case pubkeyType.ed25519:
+      aminoPrefix = pubkeyAminoPrefixEd25519;
+      break;
     default:
       throw new Error("Unsupported pubkey type");
   }
-
-  const data = new Uint8Array([...aminoPrefix, ...fromBase64(pubkey.value)]);
-  return Bech32.encode(prefix, data);
+  return new Uint8Array([...aminoPrefix, ...fromBase64(pubkey.value)]);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Encodes a public key to binary Amino and then to bech32.
+ *
+ * @param pubkey the public key to encode
+ * @param prefix the bech32 prefix (human readable part)
+ */
+export function encodeBech32Pubkey(pubkey: PubKey, prefix: string): string {
+  return Bech32.encode(prefix, encodeAminoPubkey(pubkey));
 }
diff --git a/packages/launchpad/src/types.ts b/packages/launchpad/src/types.ts
index e0de1e8465..dc79901451 100644
--- a/packages/launchpad/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/launchpad/src/types.ts
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ export interface StdSignature {
 }
 
 export interface PubKey {
-  // type is one of the strings defined in pubkeyTypes
+  // type is one of the strings defined in pubkeyType
   // I don't use a string literal union here as that makes trouble with json test data:
   // https://github.com/CosmWasm/cosmjs/pull/44#pullrequestreview-353280504
   readonly type: string;
@@ -54,5 +54,3 @@ export const pubkeyType = {
   /** @see https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/blob/v0.33.0/crypto/sr25519/codec.go#L12 */
   sr25519: "tendermint/PubKeySr25519" as const,
 };
-
-export const pubkeyTypes: readonly string[] = [pubkeyType.secp256k1, pubkeyType.ed25519, pubkeyType.sr25519];
diff --git a/packages/launchpad/types/index.d.ts b/packages/launchpad/types/index.d.ts
index d8dfe32e4a..03c9a87d44 100644
--- a/packages/launchpad/types/index.d.ts
+++ b/packages/launchpad/types/index.d.ts
@@ -82,7 +82,13 @@ export {
   uint64ToString,
 } from "./lcdapi";
 export { isMsgDelegate, isMsgSend, Msg, MsgDelegate, MsgSend } from "./msgs";
-export { decodeBech32Pubkey, encodeBech32Pubkey, encodeSecp256k1Pubkey } from "./pubkey";
+export {
+  decodeAminoPubkey,
+  decodeBech32Pubkey,
+  encodeAminoPubkey,
+  encodeBech32Pubkey,
+  encodeSecp256k1Pubkey,
+} from "./pubkey";
 export { findSequenceForSignedTx } from "./sequence";
 export { encodeSecp256k1Signature, decodeSignature } from "./signature";
 export { FeeTable, SigningCosmosClient } from "./signingcosmosclient";
diff --git a/packages/launchpad/types/pubkey.d.ts b/packages/launchpad/types/pubkey.d.ts
index b6ebdebc68..e39865126b 100644
--- a/packages/launchpad/types/pubkey.d.ts
+++ b/packages/launchpad/types/pubkey.d.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,24 @@
 import { PubKey } from "./types";
 export declare function encodeSecp256k1Pubkey(pubkey: Uint8Array): PubKey;
+/**
+ * Decodes a pubkey in the Amino binary format to a type/value object.
+ */
+export declare function decodeAminoPubkey(data: Uint8Array): PubKey;
+/**
+ * Decodes a bech32 pubkey to Amino binary, which is then decoded to a type/value object.
+ * The bech32 prefix is ignored and discareded.
+ *
+ * @param bechEncoded the bech32 encoded pubkey
+ */
 export declare function decodeBech32Pubkey(bechEncoded: string): PubKey;
+/**
+ * Encodes a public key to binary Amino.
+ */
+export declare function encodeAminoPubkey(pubkey: PubKey): Uint8Array;
+/**
+ * Encodes a public key to binary Amino and then to bech32.
+ *
+ * @param pubkey the public key to encode
+ * @param prefix the bech32 prefix (human readable part)
+ */
 export declare function encodeBech32Pubkey(pubkey: PubKey, prefix: string): string;
diff --git a/packages/launchpad/types/types.d.ts b/packages/launchpad/types/types.d.ts
index c12484fa5c..1a513b4168 100644
--- a/packages/launchpad/types/types.d.ts
+++ b/packages/launchpad/types/types.d.ts
@@ -36,4 +36,3 @@ export declare const pubkeyType: {
   /** @see https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/blob/v0.33.0/crypto/sr25519/codec.go#L12 */
   sr25519: "tendermint/PubKeySr25519";
 };
-export declare const pubkeyTypes: readonly string[];
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/array.spec.ts b/packages/utils/src/array.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d42241bcc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/utils/src/array.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import { arrayContentEquals } from "./arrays";
+
+describe("array", () => {
+  describe("arrayContentEquals", () => {
+    it("can compare number arrays", () => {
+      expect(arrayContentEquals([1, 2, 3], [1, 2, 3])).toEqual(true);
+      expect(arrayContentEquals([1, 2, 3], [1, 2, 3, 4])).toEqual(false);
+      expect(arrayContentEquals([1, 2, 3], [3, 2, 1])).toEqual(false);
+    });
+
+    it("can compare string arrays", () => {
+      expect(arrayContentEquals(["a", "b"], ["a", "b"])).toEqual(true);
+      expect(arrayContentEquals(["a", "b"], ["a", "b", "c"])).toEqual(false);
+      expect(arrayContentEquals(["a", "b"], ["b", "a"])).toEqual(false);
+    });
+
+    it("can compare bool arrays", () => {
+      expect(arrayContentEquals([true, false], [true, false])).toEqual(true);
+      expect(arrayContentEquals([true, false], [true, false, true])).toEqual(false);
+      expect(arrayContentEquals([true, false], [false, true])).toEqual(false);
+    });
+
+    it("can compare different array types", () => {
+      expect(arrayContentEquals([1, 2, 3], new Uint8Array([1, 2, 3]))).toEqual(true);
+      expect(arrayContentEquals([1, 2, 3], new Uint8Array([3, 2, 1]))).toEqual(false);
+    });
+
+    it("works for empty arrays", () => {
+      expect(arrayContentEquals([], [])).toEqual(true);
+      expect(arrayContentEquals([], new Uint8Array([]))).toEqual(true);
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/arrays.ts b/packages/utils/src/arrays.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..87f5a44244
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/utils/src/arrays.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/**
+ * Compares the content of two arrays-like objects for equality.
+ *
+ * Equality is defined as having equal length and element values, where element equality means `===` returning `true`.
+ *
+ * This allows you to compare the content of a Buffer, Uint8Array or number[], ignoring the specific type.
+ * As a consequence, this returns different results than Jasmine's `toEqual`, which ensures elements have the same type.
+ */
+export function arrayContentEquals<T extends string | number | boolean>(
+  a: ArrayLike<T>,
+  b: ArrayLike<T>,
+): boolean {
+  if (a.length !== b.length) return false;
+  for (let i = 0; i < a.length; ++i) {
+    if (a[i] !== b[i]) return false;
+  }
+  return true;
+}
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/index.ts b/packages/utils/src/index.ts
index ea0963014e..38824e743f 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+export { arrayContentEquals } from "./arrays";
 export { assert } from "./assert";
 export { sleep } from "./sleep";
 export { isNonNullObject, isUint8Array } from "./typechecks";
diff --git a/packages/utils/types/arrays.d.ts b/packages/utils/types/arrays.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2d30e57991
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/utils/types/arrays.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/**
+ * Compares the content of two arrays-like objects for equality.
+ *
+ * Equality is defined as having equal length and element values, where element equality means `===` returning `true`.
+ *
+ * This allows you to compare the content of a Buffer, Uint8Array or number[], ignoring the specific type.
+ * As a consequence, this returns different results than Jasmine's `toEqual`, which ensures elements have the same type.
+ */
+export declare function arrayContentEquals<T extends string | number | boolean>(
+  a: ArrayLike<T>,
+  b: ArrayLike<T>,
+): boolean;
diff --git a/packages/utils/types/index.d.ts b/packages/utils/types/index.d.ts
index ea0963014e..38824e743f 100644
--- a/packages/utils/types/index.d.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/types/index.d.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+export { arrayContentEquals } from "./arrays";
 export { assert } from "./assert";
 export { sleep } from "./sleep";
 export { isNonNullObject, isUint8Array } from "./typechecks";