diff --git a/include/fc/crypto/elliptic_r1.hpp b/include/fc/crypto/elliptic_r1.hpp
index 1ada2a9d..16dddde8 100644
--- a/include/fc/crypto/elliptic_r1.hpp
+++ b/include/fc/crypto/elliptic_r1.hpp
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ namespace fc {
            ~public_key();
            bool verify( const fc::sha256& digest, const signature& sig );
            public_key_data serialize()const;
+           public_key_point_data serialize_ecc_point()const;
 
            operator public_key_data()const { return serialize(); }
 
diff --git a/src/crypto/elliptic_r1.cpp b/src/crypto/elliptic_r1.cpp
index 84b318f2..496533fc 100644
--- a/src/crypto/elliptic_r1.cpp
+++ b/src/crypto/elliptic_r1.cpp
@@ -459,6 +459,18 @@ namespace fc { namespace crypto { namespace r1 {
        */
     }
 
+    public_key_point_data public_key::serialize_ecc_point()const
+    {
+      public_key_point_data dat;
+      if( !my->_key ) return dat;
+      auto key = EC_KEY_dup( my->_key );
+      EC_KEY_set_conv_form( key, POINT_CONVERSION_UNCOMPRESSED );
+      char* front = &dat.data[0];
+      i2o_ECPublicKey( key, (unsigned char**)&front );
+      EC_KEY_free( key );
+      return dat;
+    }
+
     public_key::public_key()
     {
     }
diff --git a/src/crypto/elliptic_secp256k1.cpp b/src/crypto/elliptic_secp256k1.cpp
index 84eacf44..3f1b53d0 100644
--- a/src/crypto/elliptic_secp256k1.cpp
+++ b/src/crypto/elliptic_secp256k1.cpp
@@ -119,6 +119,18 @@ namespace fc { namespace ecc {
         return my->_key;
     }
 
+    public_key_point_data public_key::serialize_ecc_point()const
+    {
+        FC_ASSERT( my->_key != empty_pub );
+        secp256k1_pubkey secp_pubkey;
+        FC_ASSERT( secp256k1_ec_pubkey_parse(detail::_get_context(), &secp_pubkey, (unsigned char*)my->_key.begin(), my->_key.size()) );
+        public_key_point_data pubkey_point;
+        size_t pubkey_point_size = pubkey_point.size();
+        secp256k1_ec_pubkey_serialize(detail::_get_context(), (unsigned char*)pubkey_point.begin(), &pubkey_point_size, &secp_pubkey, SECP256K1_EC_UNCOMPRESSED);
+        FC_ASSERT( pubkey_point.size() == pubkey_point_size );
+        return pubkey_point;
+    }
+
     public_key::public_key( const public_key_point_data& dat )
     {
         const char* front = &dat.data[0];
diff --git a/test/crypto/test_cypher_suites.cpp b/test/crypto/test_cypher_suites.cpp
index 2a421a82..479b9ca3 100644
--- a/test/crypto/test_cypher_suites.cpp
+++ b/test/crypto/test_cypher_suites.cpp
@@ -4,8 +4,12 @@
 #include <fc/crypto/public_key.hpp>
 #include <fc/crypto/private_key.hpp>
 #include <fc/crypto/signature.hpp>
+#include <fc/crypto/elliptic.hpp>
+#include <fc/crypto/elliptic_r1.hpp>
 #include <fc/utility.hpp>
 
+#include <algorithm>
+
 using namespace fc::crypto;
 using namespace fc;
 
@@ -78,5 +82,33 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(test_r1_recyle) try {
    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(pub.to_string(), recycled_pub.to_string());
 } FC_LOG_AND_RETHROW();
 
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(test_k1_serialize) try {
+   ecc::public_key_point_data pub_point;
+   auto pub_point_hex = std::string("04ad90e5b6bc86b3ec7fac2c5fbda7423fc8ef0d58df594c773fa05e2c281b2bfe877677c668bd13603944e34f4818ee03cadd81a88542b8b4d5431264180e2c28");
+   from_hex(pub_point_hex, const_cast<char*>(&pub_point.data[0]), pub_point.size());
+
+   ecc::public_key_data pub;
+   auto pub_hex = std::string("02ad90e5b6bc86b3ec7fac2c5fbda7423fc8ef0d58df594c773fa05e2c281b2bfe");
+   from_hex(pub_hex, const_cast<char*>(&pub.data[0]), pub.size());
+   auto uncompressed = ecc::public_key(pub).serialize_ecc_point();
+
+   BOOST_CHECK(std::equal(const_cast<const char*>(pub_point.begin()), const_cast<const char*>(pub_point.end()), uncompressed.begin()));
+
+} FC_LOG_AND_RETHROW();
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(test_r1_serialize) try {
+   r1::public_key_point_data pub_point;
+   auto pub_point_hex = std::string("04413029cb9a5a4a0b087a9b8a060116d0d32bb22d14aebf7778215744811bb6ce40780d7bb9e2e068879f443e05b21b8fc0b62c9c811008064d988856077e35e7");
+   from_hex(pub_point_hex, const_cast<char*>(&pub_point.data[0]), pub_point.size());
+
+   r1::public_key_data pub;
+   auto pub_hex = std::string("03413029cb9a5a4a0b087a9b8a060116d0d32bb22d14aebf7778215744811bb6ce");
+   from_hex(pub_hex, const_cast<char*>(&pub.data[0]), pub.size());
+   auto uncompressed = r1::public_key(pub).serialize_ecc_point();
+
+   BOOST_CHECK(std::equal(const_cast<const char*>(pub_point.begin()), const_cast<const char*>(pub_point.end()), uncompressed.begin()));
+
+} FC_LOG_AND_RETHROW();
+
 
-BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE_END()
\ No newline at end of file
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE_END()