diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1fc13f57..b36e5d96 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ find_package(PkgConfig REQUIRED)
 
 find_package(Boost CONFIG REQUIRED COMPONENTS algorithm filesystem outcome program_options property_tree random)
 find_package(Boost.DI CONFIG REQUIRED)
+find_package(Crc32c CONFIG REQUIRED)
 find_package(fmt CONFIG REQUIRED)
 find_package(hashtree CONFIG REQUIRED)
 find_package(libp2p CONFIG REQUIRED)
diff --git a/src/modules/networking/CMakeLists.txt b/src/modules/networking/CMakeLists.txt
index 33897306..3dfad8d4 100644
--- a/src/modules/networking/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/modules/networking/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ add_lean_module(networking
     bootnodes
     p2p::libp2p
     qtils::qtils
-    Snappy::snappy
+    snappy
     soralog::soralog
     sszpp
     validator_registry
diff --git a/src/modules/networking/block_request_protocol.cpp b/src/modules/networking/block_request_protocol.cpp
index 116217fd..477f46ea 100644
--- a/src/modules/networking/block_request_protocol.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/networking/block_request_protocol.cpp
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include <libp2p/host/basic_host.hpp>
 
 #include "blockchain/block_tree.hpp"
+#include "modules/networking/response_status.hpp"
 #include "modules/networking/ssz_snappy.hpp"
 
 namespace lean::modules {
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ namespace lean::modules {
         block_tree_{std::move(block_tree)} {}
 
   libp2p::StreamProtocols BlockRequestProtocol::getProtocolIds() const {
-    return {"/leanconsensus/req/blocks_by_root/1/ssz_snappy"};
+    return {"/leanconsensus/req/lean_blocks_by_root/1/ssz_snappy"};
   }
 
   void BlockRequestProtocol::handle(std::shared_ptr<libp2p::Stream> stream) {
@@ -43,12 +44,13 @@ namespace lean::modules {
       libp2p::PeerId peer_id, BlockRequest request) {
     BOOST_OUTCOME_CO_TRY(auto stream,
                          co_await host_->newStream(peer_id, getProtocolIds()));
-    BOOST_OUTCOME_CO_TRY(
-        co_await libp2p::writeVarintMessage(stream, encodeSszSnappy(request)));
+    BOOST_OUTCOME_CO_TRY(co_await libp2p::writeVarintMessage(
+        stream, encodeSszSnappyFramed(request)));
+    BOOST_OUTCOME_CO_TRY(co_await readResponseStatus(stream));
     qtils::ByteVec encoded;
     BOOST_OUTCOME_CO_TRY(co_await libp2p::readVarintMessage(stream, encoded));
     BOOST_OUTCOME_CO_TRY(auto response,
-                         decodeSszSnappy<BlockResponse>(encoded));
+                         decodeSszSnappyFramed<BlockResponse>(encoded));
     co_return response;
   }
 
@@ -56,7 +58,8 @@ namespace lean::modules {
       std::shared_ptr<libp2p::Stream> stream) {
     qtils::ByteVec encoded;
     BOOST_OUTCOME_CO_TRY(co_await libp2p::readVarintMessage(stream, encoded));
-    BOOST_OUTCOME_CO_TRY(auto request, decodeSszSnappy<BlockRequest>(encoded));
+    BOOST_OUTCOME_CO_TRY(auto request,
+                         decodeSszSnappyFramed<BlockRequest>(encoded));
     BlockResponse response;
     for (auto &block_hash : request.blocks) {
       BOOST_OUTCOME_CO_TRY(auto block,
@@ -65,8 +68,9 @@ namespace lean::modules {
         response.blocks.push_back(std::move(block.value()));
       }
     }
-    BOOST_OUTCOME_CO_TRY(
-        co_await libp2p::writeVarintMessage(stream, encodeSszSnappy(response)));
+    BOOST_OUTCOME_CO_TRY(co_await writeResponseStatus(stream));
+    BOOST_OUTCOME_CO_TRY(co_await libp2p::writeVarintMessage(
+        stream, encodeSszSnappyFramed(response)));
     co_return outcome::success();
   }
 }  // namespace lean::modules
diff --git a/src/modules/networking/networking.cpp b/src/modules/networking/networking.cpp
index 68816a10..5289fb22 100644
--- a/src/modules/networking/networking.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/networking/networking.cpp
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ namespace lean::modules {
       hasher.write(size).value();
       hasher.write(message.topic).value();
     };
-    if (auto uncompressed_res = snappyUncompress(message.data)) {
+    if (auto uncompressed_res = snappy::uncompress(message.data)) {
       auto &uncompressed = uncompressed_res.value();
       hash_topic();
       hasher.write(MESSAGE_DOMAIN_VALID_SNAPPY).value();
diff --git a/src/modules/networking/response_status.hpp b/src/modules/networking/response_status.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4d471ab3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/modules/networking/response_status.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright Quadrivium LLC
+ * All Rights Reserved
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <libp2p/basic/read.hpp>
+#include <libp2p/basic/write.hpp>
+#include <qtils/byte_arr.hpp>
+
+namespace lean {
+  inline libp2p::CoroOutcome<void> writeResponseStatus(
+      std::shared_ptr<libp2p::basic::Writer> writer) {
+    qtils::ByteArr<1> status{0};
+    BOOST_OUTCOME_CO_TRY(co_await libp2p::write(writer, status));
+    co_return outcome::success();
+  }
+
+  inline libp2p::CoroOutcome<void> readResponseStatus(
+      std::shared_ptr<libp2p::basic::Reader> reader) {
+    qtils::ByteArr<1> status;
+    BOOST_OUTCOME_CO_TRY(co_await libp2p::read(reader, status));
+    co_return outcome::success();
+  }
+}  // namespace lean
diff --git a/src/modules/networking/ssz_snappy.hpp b/src/modules/networking/ssz_snappy.hpp
index 910d8da9..13fffd90 100644
--- a/src/modules/networking/ssz_snappy.hpp
+++ b/src/modules/networking/ssz_snappy.hpp
@@ -11,12 +11,22 @@
 
 namespace lean {
   auto encodeSszSnappy(const auto &t) {
-    return snappyCompress(encode(t).value());
+    return snappy::compress(encode(t).value());
   }
 
   template <typename T>
   outcome::result<T> decodeSszSnappy(qtils::BytesIn compressed) {
-    BOOST_OUTCOME_TRY(auto uncompressed, snappyUncompress(compressed));
+    BOOST_OUTCOME_TRY(auto uncompressed, snappy::uncompress(compressed));
+    return decode<T>(uncompressed);
+  }
+
+  auto encodeSszSnappyFramed(const auto &t) {
+    return snappy::compressFramed(encode(t).value());
+  }
+
+  template <typename T>
+  outcome::result<T> decodeSszSnappyFramed(qtils::BytesIn compressed) {
+    BOOST_OUTCOME_TRY(auto uncompressed, snappy::uncompressFramed(compressed));
     return decode<T>(uncompressed);
   }
 }  // namespace lean
diff --git a/src/modules/networking/status_protocol.cpp b/src/modules/networking/status_protocol.cpp
index e07466e9..caf1ed0f 100644
--- a/src/modules/networking/status_protocol.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/networking/status_protocol.cpp
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <libp2p/coro/spawn.hpp>
 #include <libp2p/host/basic_host.hpp>
 
+#include "modules/networking/response_status.hpp"
 #include "modules/networking/ssz_snappy.hpp"
 
 namespace lean::modules {
@@ -44,22 +45,38 @@ namespace lean::modules {
       std::shared_ptr<libp2p::connection::CapableConnection> connection) {
     BOOST_OUTCOME_CO_TRY(
         auto stream, co_await host_->newStream(connection, getProtocolIds()));
-    BOOST_OUTCOME_CO_TRY(co_await coroHandle(stream));
+    BOOST_OUTCOME_CO_TRY(co_await write(stream));
+    BOOST_OUTCOME_CO_TRY(co_await readResponseStatus(stream));
+    BOOST_OUTCOME_CO_TRY(co_await read(stream));
     co_return outcome::success();
   }
 
-  libp2p::CoroOutcome<void> StatusProtocol::coroHandle(
+  libp2p::CoroOutcome<void> StatusProtocol::read(
       std::shared_ptr<libp2p::Stream> stream) {
     auto peer_id = stream->remotePeerId();
-    BOOST_OUTCOME_CO_TRY(co_await libp2p::writeVarintMessage(
-        stream, encodeSszSnappy(get_status_())));
     qtils::ByteVec encoded;
     BOOST_OUTCOME_CO_TRY(co_await libp2p::readVarintMessage(stream, encoded));
-    BOOST_OUTCOME_CO_TRY(auto status, decodeSszSnappy<StatusMessage>(encoded));
+    BOOST_OUTCOME_CO_TRY(auto status,
+                         decodeSszSnappyFramed<StatusMessage>(encoded));
     on_status_(messages::StatusMessageReceived{
         .from_peer = peer_id,
         .notification = status,
     });
     co_return outcome::success();
   }
+
+  libp2p::CoroOutcome<void> StatusProtocol::write(
+      std::shared_ptr<libp2p::Stream> stream) {
+    BOOST_OUTCOME_CO_TRY(co_await libp2p::writeVarintMessage(
+        stream, encodeSszSnappyFramed(get_status_())));
+    co_return outcome::success();
+  }
+
+  libp2p::CoroOutcome<void> StatusProtocol::coroHandle(
+      std::shared_ptr<libp2p::Stream> stream) {
+    BOOST_OUTCOME_CO_TRY(co_await read(stream));
+    BOOST_OUTCOME_CO_TRY(co_await writeResponseStatus(stream));
+    BOOST_OUTCOME_CO_TRY(co_await write(stream));
+    co_return outcome::success();
+  }
 }  // namespace lean::modules
diff --git a/src/modules/networking/status_protocol.hpp b/src/modules/networking/status_protocol.hpp
index d433eef3..374d3b4b 100644
--- a/src/modules/networking/status_protocol.hpp
+++ b/src/modules/networking/status_protocol.hpp
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ namespace lean::modules {
         std::shared_ptr<libp2p::connection::CapableConnection> connection);
 
    private:
+    libp2p::CoroOutcome<void> read(std::shared_ptr<libp2p::Stream> stream);
+    libp2p::CoroOutcome<void> write(std::shared_ptr<libp2p::Stream> stream);
     libp2p::CoroOutcome<void> coroHandle(
         std::shared_ptr<libp2p::Stream> stream);
 
diff --git a/src/serde/CMakeLists.txt b/src/serde/CMakeLists.txt
index 8f54ae70..c198cf6c 100644
--- a/src/serde/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/serde/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,3 +12,10 @@ target_link_libraries(enr
     p2p::libp2p
     p2p::p2p_key_validator
 )
+
+add_library(snappy INTERFACE)
+target_link_libraries(snappy INTERFACE
+    Crc32c::crc32c
+    qtils::qtils
+    Snappy::snappy
+)
diff --git a/src/serde/snappy.hpp b/src/serde/snappy.hpp
index e02526cd..0f21297b 100644
--- a/src/serde/snappy.hpp
+++ b/src/serde/snappy.hpp
@@ -8,13 +8,20 @@
 
 #include <snappy.h>
 
+#include <boost/endian/conversion.hpp>
+#include <crc32c/crc32c.h>
+#include <libp2p/common/saturating.hpp>
 #include <qtils/bytes.hpp>
 #include <qtils/bytestr.hpp>
 
-namespace lean {
+namespace lean::snappy {
   enum class SnappyError {
     UNCOMPRESS_TOO_LONG,
     UNCOMPRESS_INVALID,
+    UNCOMPRESS_TRUNCATED,
+    UNCOMPRESS_UNKNOWN_IDENTIFIER,
+    UNCOMPRESS_UNKNOWN_TYPE,
+    UNCOMPRESS_CRC_MISMATCH,
   };
   Q_ENUM_ERROR_CODE(SnappyError) {
     using E = decltype(e);
@@ -23,20 +30,42 @@ namespace lean {
         return "SnappyError::UNCOMPRESS_TOO_LONG";
       case E::UNCOMPRESS_INVALID:
         return "SnappyError::UNCOMPRESS_INVALID";
+      case E::UNCOMPRESS_TRUNCATED:
+        return "SnappyError::UNCOMPRESS_TRUNCATED";
+      case E::UNCOMPRESS_UNKNOWN_IDENTIFIER:
+        return "SnappyError::UNCOMPRESS_UNKNOWN_IDENTIFIER";
+      case E::UNCOMPRESS_UNKNOWN_TYPE:
+        return "SnappyError::UNCOMPRESS_UNKNOWN_TYPE";
+      case E::UNCOMPRESS_CRC_MISMATCH:
+        return "SnappyError::UNCOMPRESS_CRC_MISMATCH";
     }
     abort();
   }
 
-  inline qtils::ByteVec snappyCompress(qtils::BytesIn input) {
+  constexpr size_t kHeaderSize = 4;
+  constexpr auto kMaxBlockSize = size_t{1} << 16;
+  constexpr auto kDefaultMaxSize = size_t{4} << 20;
+
+  constexpr qtils::ByteArr<6> kStreamIdentifier{'s', 'N', 'a', 'P', 'p', 'Y'};
+
+  enum ChunkType : uint8_t {
+    Stream = 0xFF,
+    Compressed = 0x00,
+    Uncompressed = 0x01,
+    Padding = 0xFE,
+  };
+
+  inline qtils::ByteVec compress(qtils::BytesIn input) {
     std::string compressed;
-    snappy::Compress(qtils::byte2str(input.data()), input.size(), &compressed);
+    ::snappy::Compress(
+        qtils::byte2str(input.data()), input.size(), &compressed);
     return qtils::ByteVec{qtils::str2byte(std::as_const(compressed))};
   }
 
-  inline outcome::result<qtils::ByteVec> snappyUncompress(
-      qtils::BytesIn compressed, size_t max_size = 4 << 20) {
+  inline outcome::result<qtils::ByteVec> uncompress(
+      qtils::BytesIn compressed, size_t max_size = kDefaultMaxSize) {
     size_t size = 0;
-    if (not snappy::GetUncompressedLength(
+    if (not ::snappy::GetUncompressedLength(
             qtils::byte2str(compressed.data()), compressed.size(), &size)) {
       return SnappyError::UNCOMPRESS_INVALID;
     }
@@ -44,11 +73,86 @@ namespace lean {
       return SnappyError::UNCOMPRESS_TOO_LONG;
     }
     std::string uncompressed;
-    if (not snappy::Uncompress(qtils::byte2str(compressed.data()),
-                               compressed.size(),
-                               &uncompressed)) {
+    if (not ::snappy::Uncompress(qtils::byte2str(compressed.data()),
+                                 compressed.size(),
+                                 &uncompressed)) {
       return SnappyError::UNCOMPRESS_INVALID;
     }
     return qtils::ByteVec{qtils::str2byte(std::as_const(uncompressed))};
   }
-}  // namespace lean
+
+  using Crc32 = qtils::ByteArr<4>;
+  inline Crc32 hashCrc32(qtils::BytesIn input) {
+    auto v = crc32c::Crc32c(input.data(), input.size());
+    v = ((v >> 15) | (v << 17)) + 0xa282ead8;
+    Crc32 crc;
+    boost::endian::store_little_u32(crc.data(), v);
+    return crc;
+  }
+
+  inline qtils::ByteVec compressFramed(qtils::BytesIn input) {
+    qtils::ByteVec framed;
+    auto write_header = [&](ChunkType type, size_t size) {
+      framed.putUint8(type);
+      qtils::ByteArr<3> size_bytes;
+      boost::endian::store_little_u24(size_bytes.data(), size);
+      framed.put(size_bytes);
+    };
+    write_header(ChunkType::Stream, kStreamIdentifier.size());
+    framed.put(kStreamIdentifier);
+    while (not input.empty()) {
+      auto chunk = input.first(std::min(input.size(), kMaxBlockSize));
+      auto crc = hashCrc32(chunk);
+      input = input.subspan(chunk.size());
+      auto compressed = compress(chunk);
+      write_header(ChunkType::Compressed, Crc32::size() + compressed.size());
+      framed.put(crc);
+      framed.put(compressed);
+    }
+    return framed;
+  }
+
+  inline outcome::result<qtils::ByteVec> uncompressFramed(
+      qtils::BytesIn compressed, size_t max_size = kDefaultMaxSize) {
+    qtils::ByteVec result;
+    while (not compressed.empty()) {
+      if (compressed.size() < kHeaderSize) {
+        return SnappyError::UNCOMPRESS_TRUNCATED;
+      }
+      auto type = ChunkType{compressed[0]};
+      auto size = boost::endian::load_little_u24(compressed.data() + 1);
+      if (compressed.size() < kHeaderSize + size) {
+        return SnappyError::UNCOMPRESS_TRUNCATED;
+      }
+      auto content = compressed.subspan(kHeaderSize, size);
+      compressed = compressed.subspan(kHeaderSize + size);
+      if (type == ChunkType::Stream) {
+        if (qtils::ByteView{content} != kStreamIdentifier) {
+          return SnappyError::UNCOMPRESS_UNKNOWN_IDENTIFIER;
+        }
+      } else if (type == ChunkType::Compressed
+                 or type == ChunkType::Uncompressed) {
+        qtils::ByteVec buffer;
+        auto expected_crc = content.first(Crc32::size());
+        auto uncompressed = content.subspan(Crc32::size());
+        if (type == ChunkType::Compressed) {
+          BOOST_OUTCOME_TRY(
+              buffer,
+              uncompress(uncompressed,
+                         libp2p::saturating_sub(max_size, result.size())));
+          uncompressed = buffer;
+        }
+        auto actual_crc = hashCrc32(uncompressed);
+        if (qtils::ByteView{actual_crc} != expected_crc) {
+          return SnappyError::UNCOMPRESS_CRC_MISMATCH;
+        }
+        result.put(uncompressed);
+      } else if (type == ChunkType::Padding) {
+        // skip padding
+      } else {
+        return SnappyError::UNCOMPRESS_UNKNOWN_TYPE;
+      }
+    }
+    return result;
+  }
+}  // namespace lean::snappy
diff --git a/tests/unit/serde/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/unit/serde/CMakeLists.txt
index ea7aa76a..c7c1a84b 100644
--- a/tests/unit/serde/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/unit/serde/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,8 +7,14 @@
 addtest(enr_test
     enr_test.cpp
 )
-
 target_link_libraries(enr_test
     enr
 )
 
+addtest(snappy_test
+    snappy_test.cpp
+)
+target_link_libraries(snappy_test
+    snappy
+)
+
diff --git a/tests/unit/serde/snappy_test.cpp b/tests/unit/serde/snappy_test.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..24c037da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/serde/snappy_test.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright Quadrivium LLC
+ * All Rights Reserved
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+#include "serde/snappy.hpp"
+
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+
+TEST(SnappyTest, Framed) {
+  auto compressed =
+      qtils::ByteVec::fromHex(
+          "ff060000734e61507059002f00009243dc2a5080215db8fcf7f8ea795d9c370d0654"
+          "cc7822936053f7a0b583213792bd483191e1000d0104215d962800")
+          .value();
+  auto uncompressed = lean::snappy::uncompressFramed(compressed).value();
+  auto compressed2 = lean::snappy::compressFramed(uncompressed);
+  // c++ compressor may return different bytes than rust compressor
+  auto uncompressed2 = lean::snappy::uncompressFramed(compressed2).value();
+  EXPECT_EQ(uncompressed2, uncompressed);
+}
diff --git a/vcpkg.json b/vcpkg.json
index dc16aaaa..dc92f53a 100644
--- a/vcpkg.json
+++ b/vcpkg.json
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
     "boost-program-options",
     "boost-property-tree",
     "cppcodec",
+    "crc32c",
     "leanp2p",
     "prometheus-cpp",
     "qdrvm-crates",