diff --git a/base58string.cabal b/base58string.cabal
--- a/base58string.cabal
+++ b/base58string.cabal
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name: base58string
 category: Data
-version: 0.9.1
+version: 0.10.0
 license: MIT
 license-file: LICENSE
 copyright: (c) 2015 Leon Mergen
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
   default-language:    Haskell2010
 
   exposed-modules:     Data.Base58String
+                       Data.Base58String.Bitcoin
   
   build-depends:       base                     >= 4.3          && < 5
                      , binary 
diff --git a/src/Data/Base58String.hs b/src/Data/Base58String.hs
--- a/src/Data/Base58String.hs
+++ b/src/Data/Base58String.hs
@@ -7,28 +7,28 @@
                          , toText
                          , fromText ) where
 
-import           Control.Applicative    ((<$>), pure)
-import Control.Monad (liftM)
+import           Control.Applicative   (pure, (<$>))
+import           Control.Monad         (liftM)
 
-import Data.Char (ord, chr)
-import Data.Bits ((.|.), shiftL, shiftR)
-import Data.List (unfoldr)
+import           Data.Bits             (shiftL, shiftR, (.|.))
+import           Data.Char             (chr, ord)
+import           Data.List             (unfoldr)
 
-import Data.Maybe (fromJust, isJust, listToMaybe, fromMaybe)
+import           Data.Maybe            (fromJust, fromMaybe, isJust,
+                                        listToMaybe)
 
-import           Data.Aeson
-import           Data.Word              (Word8)
-import Numeric (showIntAtBase, readInt)
-import Data.String (fromString)
+import           Data.String           (fromString)
+import           Data.Word             (Word8)
+import           Numeric               (readInt, showIntAtBase)
 
-import qualified Data.ByteString        as BS
-import qualified Data.ByteString.Char8  as BS8
-import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy   as BSL
+import qualified Data.ByteString       as BS
+import qualified Data.ByteString.Char8 as BS8
+import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy  as BSL
 
-import qualified Data.Text              as T
-import qualified Data.Text.Encoding     as TE
+import qualified Data.Text             as T
+import qualified Data.Text.Encoding    as TE
 
-import qualified Data.Binary            as B (Binary, decode, encode)
+import qualified Data.Binary           as B (Binary, decode, encode)
 
 -- | Represents a Base58 string. Guarantees that all characters it contains
 --   are valid base58 characters.
@@ -36,97 +36,103 @@
   Base58String BS.ByteString
   deriving ( Show, Eq, Ord )
 
-instance FromJSON Base58String where
-  parseJSON = withText "Base58tring" $ pure . b58String . TE.encodeUtf8
-
-instance ToJSON Base58String where
-  toJSON = String . toText
-
 -- | Smart constructor which validates that all the text are actually
 --   base-58 characters.
-b58String :: BS.ByteString -> Base58String
-b58String bs =
-  if   BS.all isValidBase58 bs
+b58String :: BS.ByteString -- ^ Our Base58 mapping table
+          -> BS.ByteString -- ^ Our Base58 string
+          -> Base58String
+b58String table bs =
+  if   BS.all (isValidBase58 table) bs
   then Base58String bs
   else error ("Not a valid base58 string: " ++ show bs)
 
 -- | Converts a 'B.Binary' to a 'Base58String' value
-fromBinary :: B.Binary a  => a -> Base58String
-fromBinary = b58String . b58Encode . BSL.toStrict . B.encode
+fromBinary :: B.Binary a
+           => BS.ByteString -- ^ Our Base58 mapping table
+           -> a             -- ^ Input object that is convertable to binary
+           -> Base58String  -- ^ Base58 representation of binary data
+fromBinary table = (b58String table) . (b58Encode table) . BSL.toStrict . B.encode
 
 -- | Converts a 'Base58String' to a 'B.Binary' value
-toBinary :: B.Binary a => Base58String -> a
-toBinary (Base58String bs) = B.decode . BSL.fromStrict . fromMaybe (error "not a valid base58 input") $ b58Decode bs
+toBinary :: B.Binary a
+         => BS.ByteString -- ^ Base58 mapping table
+         -> Base58String  -- ^ Base58 representation
+         -> a             -- ^ Converted object
+toBinary table (Base58String bs) = B.decode . BSL.fromStrict . fromMaybe (error "not a valid base58 input") $ b58Decode table bs
 
 -- | Reads a 'BS.ByteString' as raw bytes and converts to base58 representation. We
 --   cannot use the instance Binary of 'BS.ByteString' because it provides
 --   a leading length, which is not what we want when dealing with raw bytes.
-fromBytes :: BS.ByteString -> Base58String
-fromBytes = b58String . b58Encode
+fromBytes :: BS.ByteString -- ^ Our Base58 mapping table
+          -> BS.ByteString -- ^ Raw binary bytes
+          -> Base58String  -- ^ Base58 representation of raw binary bytes
+fromBytes table = (b58String table) . (b58Encode table)
 
 -- | Access to the raw bytes in a 'BS.ByteString' format.
-toBytes :: Base58String -> BS.ByteString
-toBytes (Base58String bs) = fromMaybe (error "not a valid base58 input") $ b58Decode bs
+toBytes :: BS.ByteString -- ^ Base58 mapping table
+        -> Base58String  -- ^ Base58 string we wish to get binary data from
+        -> BS.ByteString -- ^ Raw binary representation
+toBytes table (Base58String bs) = fromMaybe (error "not a valid base58 input") $ b58Decode table bs
 
 -- | Access to a 'T.Text' representation of the 'Base58String'
 toText :: Base58String -> T.Text
 toText (Base58String bs) = TE.decodeUtf8 bs
 
 -- | Converts a 'T.Text' representation to a 'Base58String'
-fromText :: T.Text -> Base58String
-fromText = b58String . TE.encodeUtf8
-
--- | Our mapping table from binary to base58, based on Bitcoin's table
-bitcoinTable :: BS.ByteString
-bitcoinTable = BS.pack
-               $  [49..57]
-               ++ [65..72]
-               ++ [74..78]
-               ++ [80..90]
-               ++ [97..107]
-               ++ [109..122]
+fromText :: BS.ByteString -- ^ Base58 mapping table
+         -> T.Text        -- ^ Text representation
+         -> Base58String  -- ^ Base58 classified representation
+fromText table = (b58String table) . TE.encodeUtf8
 
-isValidBase58 :: Word8 -> Bool
-isValidBase58 c =
-  BS.elem c bitcoinTable
+isValidBase58 :: BS.ByteString -> Word8 -> Bool
+isValidBase58 table c =
+  BS.elem c table
 
-b58 :: Word8 -> Word8
-b58 i = BS.index bitcoinTable (fromIntegral i)
+b58 :: BS.ByteString -> Word8 -> Word8
+b58 table i = BS.index table (fromIntegral i)
 
-b58' :: Word8 -> Maybe Word8
-b58' w = fromIntegral <$> BS.elemIndex w bitcoinTable
+b58' :: BS.ByteString -> Word8 -> Maybe Word8
+b58' table w = fromIntegral <$> BS.elemIndex w table
 
-b58EncodeInt :: Integer -> BS.ByteString
-b58EncodeInt i =
+b58EncodeInt :: BS.ByteString -- ^ Base58 mapping table
+             -> Integer
+             -> BS.ByteString
+b58EncodeInt table i =
     fromString $ showIntAtBase (58 :: Integer) f (fromIntegral i) ""
   where
-    f = chr . fromIntegral . b58 . fromIntegral
+    f = chr . fromIntegral . (b58 table) . fromIntegral
 
-b58DecodeInt :: BS.ByteString -> Maybe Integer
-b58DecodeInt s = case go of
+b58DecodeInt :: BS.ByteString -- ^ Base58 mapping table
+             -> BS.ByteString
+             -> Maybe Integer
+b58DecodeInt table s = case go of
     Just (r,[]) -> Just r
     _           -> Nothing
   where
-    c = b58' . fromIntegral . ord
+    c = (b58' table) . fromIntegral . ord
     p = isJust . c
     f = fromIntegral . fromJust . c
     go = listToMaybe $ readInt 58 p f (BS8.unpack s)
 
-b58Encode :: BS.ByteString -> BS.ByteString
-b58Encode input = BS.append l r
+b58Encode :: BS.ByteString -- ^ Base58 mapping table
+          -> BS.ByteString
+          -> BS.ByteString
+b58Encode table input = BS.append l r
   where
     (z,b) = BS.span (== 0) input
-    l = BS.map b58 z -- preserve leading 0's
+    l = BS.map (b58 table) z -- preserve leading 0's
     r | BS.null b = BS.empty
-      | otherwise = b58EncodeInt $ bsToInteger b
+      | otherwise = b58EncodeInt table $ bsToInteger b
 
-b58Decode :: BS.ByteString -> Maybe BS.ByteString
-b58Decode input = liftM (BS.append prefix) r
+b58Decode :: BS.ByteString -- ^ Base58 mapping table
+          -> BS.ByteString
+          -> Maybe BS.ByteString
+b58Decode table input = liftM (BS.append prefix) r
   where
-    (z,b)  = BS.span (== b58 0) input
-    prefix = BS.map (fromJust . b58') z -- preserve leading 1's
+    (z,b)  = BS.span (== (b58 table) 0) input
+    prefix = BS.map (fromJust . (b58' table)) z -- preserve leading 1's
     r | BS.null b = Just BS.empty
-      | otherwise = integerToBS <$> b58DecodeInt b
+      | otherwise = integerToBS <$> (b58DecodeInt table) b
 
 -- | Decode a big endian Integer from a bytestring
 bsToInteger :: BS.ByteString -> Integer
diff --git a/src/Data/Base58String/Bitcoin.hs b/src/Data/Base58String/Bitcoin.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Data/Base58String/Bitcoin.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+module Data.Base58String.Bitcoin ( B58.Base58String
+                                 , b58String
+                                 , fromBinary
+                                 , toBinary
+                                 , fromBytes
+                                 , toBytes
+                                 , fromText
+                                 , toText ) where
+
+import           Control.Applicative (pure)
+import           Data.Aeson
+import qualified Data.Binary         as B (Binary)
+import qualified Data.ByteString     as BS
+import qualified Data.Text           as T
+import qualified Data.Text.Encoding  as TE
+
+import qualified Data.Base58String   as B58
+
+-- | Our mapping table from binary to base58, based on Bitcoin's table
+table :: BS.ByteString
+table = BS.pack
+        $  [49..57]
+        ++ [65..72]
+        ++ [74..78]
+        ++ [80..90]
+        ++ [97..107]
+        ++ [109..122]
+
+instance FromJSON B58.Base58String where
+ parseJSON = withText "Base58tring" $ pure . b58String . TE.encodeUtf8
+
+instance ToJSON B58.Base58String where
+ toJSON = String . toText
+
+b58String :: BS.ByteString -> B58.Base58String
+b58String = B58.b58String table
+
+fromBinary :: B.Binary a => a -> B58.Base58String
+fromBinary = B58.fromBinary table
+
+toBinary :: B.Binary a => B58.Base58String -> a
+toBinary = B58.toBinary table
+
+fromBytes :: BS.ByteString -> B58.Base58String
+fromBytes = B58.fromBytes table
+
+toBytes :: B58.Base58String -> BS.ByteString
+toBytes = B58.toBytes table
+
+fromText :: T.Text -> B58.Base58String
+fromText = B58.fromText table
+
+toText :: B58.Base58String -> T.Text
+toText = B58.toText
diff --git a/test/Data/Base58StringSpec.hs b/test/Data/Base58StringSpec.hs
--- a/test/Data/Base58StringSpec.hs
+++ b/test/Data/Base58StringSpec.hs
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 module Data.Base58StringSpec where
 
-import           Data.Base58String ( b58String
-                                   , fromBytes
-                                   , toBytes )
+import           Data.Base58String.Bitcoin ( b58String
+                                           , fromBytes
+                                           , toBytes )
 
 import qualified Data.ByteString.Char8 as BS8