diff --git a/Blockchain/Sources/Blockchain/Types/JudgementsState.swift b/Blockchain/Sources/Blockchain/Types/JudgementsState.swift
index 1f078f6a..68b9a71d 100644
--- a/Blockchain/Sources/Blockchain/Types/JudgementsState.swift
+++ b/Blockchain/Sources/Blockchain/Types/JudgementsState.swift
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
+import Codec
 import Utils
 
-// TODO: figure out how to deal with orders for items in Set
 public struct JudgementsState: Sendable, Equatable, Codable {
     // ψg: Work-reports judged to be correct
-    public var goodSet: Set<Data32>
+    @CodingAs<SortedSet<Data32>> public var goodSet: Set<Data32>
 
     // ψb: Work-reports judged to be incorrect
-    public var banSet: Set<Data32>
+    @CodingAs<SortedSet<Data32>> public var banSet: Set<Data32>
 
     // ψw: Work-reports whose validity is judged to be unknowable
-    public var wonkySet: Set<Data32>
+    @CodingAs<SortedSet<Data32>> public var wonkySet: Set<Data32>
 
     // ψo: Validators who made a judgement found to be incorrect
-    public var punishSet: Set<Ed25519PublicKey>
+    @CodingAs<SortedSet<Data32>> public var punishSet: Set<Ed25519PublicKey>
 
     public init(
         goodSet: Set<Data32>,
diff --git a/Codec/Sources/Codec/CodingAs.swift b/Codec/Sources/Codec/CodingAs.swift
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f85facdd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Codec/Sources/Codec/CodingAs.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+public protocol CodableAlias<Alias>: Codable {
+    associatedtype Alias: Codable
+
+    init(alias: Alias)
+    var alias: Alias { get }
+}
+
+@propertyWrapper
+public struct CodingAs<T: CodableAlias>: Codable {
+    public var wrappedValue: T.Alias
+
+    public init(wrappedValue: T.Alias) {
+        self.wrappedValue = wrappedValue
+    }
+
+    public init(from decoder: Decoder) throws {
+        let container = try decoder.singleValueContainer()
+        wrappedValue = try container.decode(T.self).alias
+    }
+
+    public func encode(to encoder: Encoder) throws {
+        var container = encoder.singleValueContainer()
+        try container.encode(T(alias: wrappedValue))
+    }
+}
+
+extension CodingAs: Sendable where T: Sendable, T.Alias: Sendable {}
+
+extension CodingAs: Equatable where T: Equatable, T.Alias: Equatable {}
diff --git a/Codec/Sources/Codec/JamDecoder.swift b/Codec/Sources/Codec/JamDecoder.swift
index 0afd76bd..95c82319 100644
--- a/Codec/Sources/Codec/JamDecoder.swift
+++ b/Codec/Sources/Codec/JamDecoder.swift
@@ -17,10 +17,22 @@ public class JamDecoder {
         return res
     }
 
-    public static func decode<T: Decodable>(_ type: T.Type, from data: Data, withConfig config: some Any) throws -> T {
-        let context = DecodeContext(data: data)
-        context.userInfo[.config] = config
-        return try context.decode(type, key: nil)
+    public static func decode<T: Decodable>(_ type: T.Type, from data: Data, withConfig config: Any? = nil) throws -> T {
+        let decoder = JamDecoder(data: data, config: config)
+        let val = try decoder.decode(type)
+        try decoder.finalize()
+        return val
+    }
+
+    public func finalize() throws {
+        guard data.isEmpty else {
+            throw DecodingError.dataCorrupted(
+                DecodingError.Context(
+                    codingPath: [],
+                    debugDescription: "Not all data was consumed"
+                )
+            )
+        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/Codec/Sources/Codec/SortedSet.swift b/Codec/Sources/Codec/SortedSet.swift
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9aa071b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Codec/Sources/Codec/SortedSet.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+import Foundation
+
+public struct SortedSet<T: Codable & Hashable & Comparable>: Codable, CodableAlias {
+    public typealias Alias = Set<T>
+
+    public var alias: Alias
+
+    public init(alias: Alias) {
+        self.alias = alias
+    }
+
+    public init(from decoder: Decoder) throws {
+        let container = try decoder.singleValueContainer()
+        let array = try container.decode([T].self)
+
+        // ensure array is sorted and unique
+        var previous: T?
+        for item in array {
+            guard previous == nil || item > previous! else {
+                throw DecodingError.dataCorrupted(
+                    DecodingError.Context(
+                        codingPath: container.codingPath,
+                        debugDescription: "Array is not sorted"
+                    )
+                )
+            }
+            previous = item
+        }
+
+        alias = Set(array)
+    }
+
+    public func encode(to encoder: Encoder) throws {
+        var container = encoder.singleValueContainer()
+        var array = Array(alias)
+        array.sort()
+        try container.encode(array)
+    }
+}
+
+extension SortedSet: Sendable where T: Sendable, Alias: Sendable {}
+
+extension SortedSet: Equatable where T: Equatable, Alias: Equatable {}
diff --git a/Codec/Tests/CodecTests/CodingAsTests.swift b/Codec/Tests/CodecTests/CodingAsTests.swift
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9e2fe795
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Codec/Tests/CodecTests/CodingAsTests.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import Foundation
+import Testing
+
+@testable import Codec
+
+struct UInt8Alias: CodableAlias, Codable {
+    typealias T = UInt8
+
+    var extraByte: UInt8 = 0xAB
+    var value: UInt8
+
+    init(alias: UInt8) {
+        value = alias
+    }
+
+    var alias: UInt8 {
+        value
+    }
+}
+
+struct TestCodable: Codable {
+    @CodingAs<UInt8Alias> var value: UInt8
+}
+
+struct CodingAsTests {
+    @Test func testCodingAs() throws {
+        let testCase = TestCodable(value: 0x23)
+        let encoded = try JamEncoder.encode(testCase)
+        #expect(encoded == Data([0xAB, 0x23]))
+        let decoded = try JamDecoder.decode(TestCodable.self, from: encoded, withConfig: testCase)
+        #expect(decoded.value == 0x23)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Codec/Tests/CodecTests/SortedSetTests.swift b/Codec/Tests/CodecTests/SortedSetTests.swift
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d0eb7167
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Codec/Tests/CodecTests/SortedSetTests.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import Foundation
+import Testing
+
+@testable import Codec
+
+struct SortedSetTests {
+    @Test func encode() throws {
+        let testCase: SortedSet<UInt8> = SortedSet(alias: [1, 2, 3])
+        let encoded = try JamEncoder.encode(testCase)
+        #expect(encoded == Data([3, 1, 2, 3]))
+    }
+
+    @Test func decode() throws {
+        let decoded = try JamDecoder.decode(SortedSet<UInt8>.self, from: Data([12, 1, 2, 3]))
+        #expect(decoded.alias == [1, 2, 3])
+    }
+
+    @Test func invalidData() throws {
+        #expect(throws: DecodingError.self) {
+            try JamDecoder.decode(SortedSet<UInt>.self, from: Data([12, 1, 2, 2]))
+        }
+
+        #expect(throws: DecodingError.self) {
+            try JamDecoder.decode(SortedSet<UInt>.self, from: Data([12, 3, 2, 1]))
+        }
+    }
+}