diff --git a/packages/ripple-binary-codec/src/types/account-id.ts b/packages/ripple-binary-codec/src/types/account-id.ts
index 58d57688..70118a90 100644
--- a/packages/ripple-binary-codec/src/types/account-id.ts
+++ b/packages/ripple-binary-codec/src/types/account-id.ts
@@ -1,45 +1,58 @@
-import { makeClass } from "../utils/make-class";
-const { decodeAccountID, encodeAccountID } = require("ripple-address-codec");
-const { Hash160 } = require("./hash-160");
+import { decodeAccountID, encodeAccountID } from "ripple-address-codec";
+import { Hash160 } from "./hash-160";
 
-const AccountID = makeClass(
-  {
-    AccountID(bytes) {
-      Hash160.call(this, bytes);
-    },
-    inherits: Hash160,
-    statics: {
-      from(value) {
-        return value instanceof this
-          ? value
-          : /^r/.test(value)
-          ? this.fromBase58(value)
-          : new this(value);
-      },
-      cache: {},
-      fromCache(base58) {
-        let cached = this.cache[base58];
-        if (!cached) {
-          cached = this.cache[base58] = this.fromBase58(base58);
-        }
-        return cached;
-      },
-      fromBase58(value) {
-        const acc = new this(decodeAccountID(value));
-        acc._toBase58 = value;
-        return acc;
-      },
-    },
-    toJSON() {
-      return this.toBase58();
-    },
-    cached: {
-      toBase58() {
-        return encodeAccountID(this._bytes);
-      },
-    },
-  },
-  undefined
-);
+/**
+ * Class defining how to encode and decode an AccountID
+ */
+class AccountID extends Hash160 {
+  static readonly defaultAccountID: AccountID = new AccountID(Buffer.alloc(20));
+
+  constructor(bytes: Buffer) {
+    super(bytes ?? AccountID.defaultAccountID.bytes);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Defines how to construct an AccountID
+   *
+   * @param value either an existing AccountID, a hex-string, or a base58 r-Address
+   * @returns an AccountID object
+   */
+  static from(value: AccountID | string): AccountID {
+    if (value instanceof this) {
+      return value;
+    }
+    return /^r/.test(value)
+      ? this.fromBase58(value)
+      : new AccountID(Buffer.from(value, "hex"));
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Defines how to build an AccountID from a base58 r-Address
+   *
+   * @param value a base58 r-Address
+   * @returns an AccountID object
+   */
+  static fromBase58(value: string): AccountID {
+    return new AccountID(decodeAccountID(value));
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Overload of toJSON
+   *
+   * @returns the base58 string for this AccountID
+   */
+  toJSON(): string {
+    return this.toBase58();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Defines how to encode AccountID into a base58 address
+   *
+   * @returns the base58 string defined by this.bytes
+   */
+  toBase58(): string {
+    return encodeAccountID(this.bytes);
+  }
+}
 
 export { AccountID };
diff --git a/packages/ripple-binary-codec/src/types/blob.ts b/packages/ripple-binary-codec/src/types/blob.ts
index 08b99c97..379b08b8 100644
--- a/packages/ripple-binary-codec/src/types/blob.ts
+++ b/packages/ripple-binary-codec/src/types/blob.ts
@@ -1,30 +1,34 @@
-import { makeClass } from "../utils/make-class";
-import { parseBytes } from "../utils/bytes-utils";
-import { SerializedType } from "./serialized-type";
+import { SerializedTypeClass } from "./serialized-type";
+import { BinaryParser } from "../serdes/binary-parser";
 
-const Blob = makeClass(
-  {
-    mixins: SerializedType,
-    Blob(bytes) {
-      if (bytes) {
-        this._bytes = parseBytes(bytes, Uint8Array);
-      } else {
-        this._bytes = new Uint8Array(0);
-      }
-    },
-    statics: {
-      fromParser(parser, hint) {
-        return new this(parser.read(hint));
-      },
-      from(value) {
-        if (value instanceof this) {
-          return value;
-        }
-        return new this(value);
-      },
-    },
-  },
-  undefined
-);
+/**
+ * Variable length encoded type
+ */
+class Blob extends SerializedTypeClass {
+  constructor(bytes: Buffer) {
+    super(bytes);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Defines how to read a Blob from a BinaryParser
+   *
+   * @param parser The binary parser to read the Blob from
+   * @param hint The length of the blob, computed by readVariableLengthLength() and passed in
+   * @returns A Blob object
+   */
+  static fromParser(parser: BinaryParser, hint: number): Blob {
+    return new Blob(parser.read(hint));
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Create a Blob object from a hex-string
+   *
+   * @param value existing Blob object or a hex-string
+   * @returns A Blob object
+   */
+  static from(value: Blob | string): Blob {
+    return value instanceof Blob ? value : new Blob(Buffer.from(value, "hex"));
+  }
+}
 
 export { Blob };
diff --git a/packages/ripple-binary-codec/src/types/currency.ts b/packages/ripple-binary-codec/src/types/currency.ts
index c0ac3183..d409662d 100644
--- a/packages/ripple-binary-codec/src/types/currency.ts
+++ b/packages/ripple-binary-codec/src/types/currency.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-import { makeClass } from "../utils/make-class";
-const _ = require("lodash");
-const { slice } = require("../utils/bytes-utils");
-const { Hash160 } = require("./hash-160");
+import { Hash160 } from "./hash-160";
 const ISO_REGEX = /^[A-Z0-9]{3}$/;
 const HEX_REGEX = /^[A-F0-9]{40}$/;
 
-function isoToBytes(iso) {
-  const bytes = new Uint8Array(20);
+/**
+ * Convert an ISO code to a currency bytes representation
+ */
+function isoToBytes(iso: string): Buffer {
+  const bytes = Buffer.alloc(20);
   if (iso !== "XRP") {
     const isoBytes = iso.split("").map((c) => c.charCodeAt(0));
     bytes.set(isoBytes, 12);
@@ -14,80 +14,123 @@ function isoToBytes(iso) {
   return bytes;
 }
 
-function isISOCode(val) {
-  return val.length === 3; // ISO_REGEX.test(val);
+/**
+ * Tests if ISO is a valid iso code
+ */
+function isIsoCode(iso: string): boolean {
+  return ISO_REGEX.test(iso);
 }
 
-function isHex(val) {
-  return HEX_REGEX.test(val);
+/**
+ * Tests if hex is a valid hex-string
+ */
+function isHex(hex: string): boolean {
+  return HEX_REGEX.test(hex);
 }
 
-function isStringRepr(val) {
-  return _.isString(val) && (isISOCode(val) || isHex(val));
+/**
+ * Tests if a string is a valid representation of a currency
+ */
+function isStringRepresentation(input: string): boolean {
+  return isIsoCode(input) || isHex(input);
 }
 
-function isBytesArray(val) {
-  return val.length === 20;
+/**
+ * Tests if a Buffer is a valid representation of a currency
+ */
+function isBytesArray(bytes: Buffer): boolean {
+  return bytes.byteLength === 20;
 }
 
-function isValidRepr(val) {
-  return isStringRepr(val) || isBytesArray(val);
+/**
+ * Ensures that a value is a valid representation of a currency
+ */
+function isValidRepresentation(input: Buffer | string): boolean {
+  return input instanceof Buffer
+    ? isBytesArray(input)
+    : isStringRepresentation(input);
 }
 
-function bytesFromRepr(val) {
-  if (isValidRepr(val)) {
-    // We assume at this point that we have an object with a length, either 3,
-    // 20 or 40.
-    return val.length === 3 ? isoToBytes(val) : val;
+/**
+ * Generate bytes from a string or buffer representation of a currency
+ */
+function bytesFromRepresentation(input: string): Buffer {
+  if (!isValidRepresentation(input)) {
+    throw new Error(`Unsupported Currency representation: ${input}`);
   }
-  throw new Error(`Unsupported Currency repr: ${val}`);
+  return input.length === 3 ? isoToBytes(input) : Buffer.from(input, "hex");
 }
 
-const $uper = Hash160.prototype;
-const Currency = makeClass(
-  {
-    inherits: Hash160,
-    getters: ["isNative", "iso"],
-    statics: {
-      init() {
-        this.XRP = new this(new Uint8Array(20));
-      },
-      from(val) {
-        return val instanceof this ? val : new this(bytesFromRepr(val));
-      },
-    },
-    Currency(bytes) {
-      Hash160.call(this, bytes);
-      this.classify();
-    },
-    classify() {
-      // We only have a non null iso() property available if the currency can be
-      // losslessly represented by the 3 letter iso code. If none is available a
-      // hex encoding of the full 20 bytes is the canonical representation.
-      let onlyISO = true;
+/**
+ * Class defining how to encode and decode Currencies
+ */
+class Currency extends Hash160 {
+  static readonly XRP = new Currency(Buffer.alloc(20));
+  private readonly _iso?: string;
+  private readonly _isNative: boolean;
 
-      const bytes = this._bytes;
-      const code = slice(this._bytes, 12, 15, Array);
-      const iso = code.map((c) => String.fromCharCode(c)).join("");
+  constructor(byteBuf: Buffer) {
+    super(byteBuf ?? Currency.XRP.bytes);
 
-      for (let i = bytes.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
-        if (bytes[i] !== 0 && !(i === 12 || i === 13 || i === 14)) {
-          onlyISO = false;
-          break;
-        }
+    let onlyISO = true;
+
+    const bytes = this.bytes;
+    const code = this.bytes.slice(12, 15);
+    const iso = code.toString();
+
+    for (let i = bytes.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+      if (bytes[i] !== 0 && !(i === 12 || i === 13 || i === 14)) {
+        onlyISO = false;
+        break;
       }
-      const lossLessISO = onlyISO && iso !== "XRP" && ISO_REGEX.test(iso);
-      this._isNative = onlyISO && _.isEqual(code, [0, 0, 0]);
-      this._iso = this._isNative ? "XRP" : lossLessISO ? iso : null;
-    },
-    toJSON() {
-      if (this.iso()) {
-        return this.iso();
-      }
-      return $uper.toJSON.call(this);
-    },
-  },
-  undefined
-);
+    }
+
+    const lossLessISO = onlyISO && iso !== "XRP" && ISO_REGEX.test(iso);
+    this._isNative = onlyISO && code.toString("hex") === "000000";
+    this._iso = this._isNative ? "XRP" : lossLessISO ? iso : undefined;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Tells if this currency is native
+   *
+   * @returns true if native, false if not
+   */
+  isNative(): boolean {
+    return this._isNative;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Return the ISO code of this currency
+   *
+   * @returns ISO code if it exists, else undefined
+   */
+  iso(): string | undefined {
+    return this._iso;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Constructs a Currency object
+   *
+   * @param val Currency object or a string representation of a currency
+   */
+  static from(val: Currency | string): Currency {
+    return val instanceof this
+      ? val
+      : new Currency(bytesFromRepresentation(val));
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Gets the JSON representation of a currency
+   *
+   * @returns JSON representation
+   */
+  toJSON(): string {
+    const iso = this.iso();
+    if (iso !== undefined) {
+      return iso;
+    }
+    return this.bytes.toString("hex").toUpperCase();
+  }
+}
 
 export { Currency };
diff --git a/packages/ripple-binary-codec/src/types/hash-128.ts b/packages/ripple-binary-codec/src/types/hash-128.ts
index cb68841d..f8d60370 100644
--- a/packages/ripple-binary-codec/src/types/hash-128.ts
+++ b/packages/ripple-binary-codec/src/types/hash-128.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
-import { makeClass } from "../utils/make-class";
 import { Hash } from "./hash";
 
-const Hash128 = makeClass(
-  {
-    inherits: Hash,
-    statics: { width: 16 },
-  },
-  undefined
-);
+/**
+ * Hash with a width of 128 bits
+ */
+class Hash128 extends Hash {
+  static readonly width = 16;
+  static readonly ZERO_128: Hash128 = new Hash128(Buffer.alloc(Hash128.width));
+
+  constructor(bytes: Buffer) {
+    super(bytes ?? Hash128.ZERO_128.bytes);
+  }
+}
 
 export { Hash128 };
diff --git a/packages/ripple-binary-codec/src/types/hash-160.ts b/packages/ripple-binary-codec/src/types/hash-160.ts
index 96fede82..bb4f673c 100644
--- a/packages/ripple-binary-codec/src/types/hash-160.ts
+++ b/packages/ripple-binary-codec/src/types/hash-160.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
-import { makeClass } from "../utils/make-class";
-const { Hash } = require("./hash");
+import { Hash } from "./hash";
 
-const Hash160 = makeClass(
-  {
-    inherits: Hash,
-    statics: { width: 20 },
-  },
-  undefined
-);
+/**
+ * Hash with a width of 160 bits
+ */
+class Hash160 extends Hash {
+  static readonly width = 20;
+  static readonly ZERO_160: Hash160 = new Hash160(Buffer.alloc(Hash160.width));
+
+  constructor(bytes: Buffer) {
+    super(bytes ?? Hash160.ZERO_160.bytes);
+  }
+}
 
 export { Hash160 };
diff --git a/packages/ripple-binary-codec/src/types/hash-256.ts b/packages/ripple-binary-codec/src/types/hash-256.ts
index abcfda8c..db4e4d68 100644
--- a/packages/ripple-binary-codec/src/types/hash-256.ts
+++ b/packages/ripple-binary-codec/src/types/hash-256.ts
@@ -1,17 +1,15 @@
-import { makeClass } from "../utils/make-class";
 import { Hash } from "./hash";
 
-const Hash256 = makeClass(
-  {
-    inherits: Hash,
-    statics: {
-      width: 32,
-      init() {
-        this.ZERO_256 = new this(new Uint8Array(this.width));
-      },
-    },
-  },
-  undefined
-);
+/**
+ * Hash with a width of 256 bits
+ */
+class Hash256 extends Hash {
+  static readonly width = 32;
+  static readonly ZERO_256 = new Hash256(Buffer.alloc(Hash256.width));
+
+  constructor(bytes: Buffer) {
+    super(bytes ?? Hash256.ZERO_256.bytes);
+  }
+}
 
 export { Hash256 };
diff --git a/packages/ripple-binary-codec/src/types/hash.ts b/packages/ripple-binary-codec/src/types/hash.ts
index f08b6309..e0aa36ca 100644
--- a/packages/ripple-binary-codec/src/types/hash.ts
+++ b/packages/ripple-binary-codec/src/types/hash.ts
@@ -1,48 +1,70 @@
-import * as assert from "assert";
-import { makeClass } from "../utils/make-class";
-import { Comparable, SerializedType } from "./serialized-type";
-import { compareBytes, parseBytes } from "../utils/bytes-utils";
+import { ComparableClass } from "./serialized-type";
+import { BinaryParser } from "../serdes/binary-parser";
 
-const Hash = makeClass(
-  {
-    Hash(bytes) {
-      const width = this.constructor.width;
-      this._bytes = bytes
-        ? parseBytes(bytes, Uint8Array)
-        : new Uint8Array(width);
-      assert.equal(this._bytes.length, width);
-    },
-    mixins: [Comparable, SerializedType],
-    statics: {
-      width: NaN,
-      from(value) {
-        if (value instanceof this) {
-          return value;
-        }
-        return new this(parseBytes(value));
-      },
-      fromParser(parser, hint) {
-        return new this(parser.read(hint || this.width));
-      },
-    },
-    compareTo(other) {
-      return compareBytes(this._bytes, this.constructor.from(other)._bytes);
-    },
-    toString() {
-      return this.toHex();
-    },
-    nibblet(depth) {
-      const byteIx = depth > 0 ? (depth / 2) | 0 : 0;
-      let b = this._bytes[byteIx];
-      if (depth % 2 === 0) {
-        b = (b & 0xf0) >>> 4;
-      } else {
-        b = b & 0x0f;
-      }
-      return b;
-    },
-  },
-  undefined
-);
+/**
+ * Base class defining how to encode and decode hashes
+ */
+class Hash extends ComparableClass {
+  static readonly width: number;
+
+  constructor(bytes: Buffer) {
+    super(bytes);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Construct a Hash object from an existing Hash object or a hex-string
+   *
+   * @param value A hash object or hex-string of a hash
+   */
+  static from(value: Hash | string): Hash {
+    return value instanceof this ? value : new this(Buffer.from(value, "hex"));
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Read a Hash object from a BinaryParser
+   *
+   * @param parser BinaryParser to read the hash from
+   * @param hint length of the bytes to read, optional
+   */
+  static fromParser(parser: BinaryParser, hint?: number): Hash {
+    return new this(parser.read(hint ?? this.width));
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Overloaded operator for comparing two hash objects
+   *
+   * @param other The Hash to compare this to
+   */
+  compareTo(other: Hash): number {
+    return Buffer.compare(
+      this.bytes,
+      (this.constructor as typeof Hash).from(other).bytes
+    );
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @returns the hex-string representation of this Hash
+   */
+  toString(): string {
+    return this.toHex();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns four bits at the specified depth within a hash
+   *
+   * @param depth The depth of the four bits
+   * @returns The number represented by the four bits
+   */
+  nibblet(depth: number): number {
+    const byteIx = depth > 0 ? (depth / 2) | 0 : 0;
+    let b = this.bytes[byteIx];
+    if (depth % 2 === 0) {
+      b = (b & 0xf0) >>> 4;
+    } else {
+      b = b & 0x0f;
+    }
+    return b;
+  }
+}
 
 export { Hash };
diff --git a/packages/ripple-binary-codec/src/types/serialized-type.ts b/packages/ripple-binary-codec/src/types/serialized-type.ts
index ac7027bb..5d169c24 100644
--- a/packages/ripple-binary-codec/src/types/serialized-type.ts
+++ b/packages/ripple-binary-codec/src/types/serialized-type.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,100 @@
 import { BytesList } from "../serdes/binary-serializer";
 const { bytesToHex, slice } = require("../utils/bytes-utils");
 
+/**
+ * The base class for all binary-codec types
+ */
+class SerializedTypeClass {
+  protected readonly bytes: Buffer = Buffer.alloc(0);
+
+  constructor(bytes: Buffer) {
+    this.bytes = bytes ?? Buffer.alloc(0);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Write the bytes representation of a SerializedType to a BytesList
+   *
+   * @param list The BytesList to write SerializedType bytes to
+   */
+  toBytesSink(list: BytesList): void {
+    list.put(this.bytes);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get the hex representation of a SerializedType's bytes
+   *
+   * @returns hex String of this.bytes
+   */
+  toHex(): string {
+    return this.toBytes().toString("hex").toUpperCase();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get the bytes representation of a SerializedType
+   *
+   * @returns A buffer of the bytes
+   */
+  toBytes(): Buffer {
+    if (this.bytes) {
+      return this.bytes;
+    }
+    const bytes = new BytesList();
+    this.toBytesSink(bytes);
+    return bytes.toBytes();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Return the JSON representation of a SerializedType
+   *
+   * @returns any type, if not overloaded returns hexString representation of bytes
+   */
+  toJSON(): any {
+    return this.toHex();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @returns hexString representation of this.bytes
+   */
+  toString(): string {
+    return this.toHex();
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Base class for SerializedTypes that are comparable
+ */
+class ComparableClass extends SerializedTypeClass {
+  lt(other: ComparableClass): boolean {
+    return this.compareTo(other) < 0;
+  }
+
+  eq(other: ComparableClass): boolean {
+    return this.compareTo(other) === 0;
+  }
+
+  gt(other: ComparableClass): boolean {
+    return this.compareTo(other) > 0;
+  }
+
+  gte(other: ComparableClass): boolean {
+    return this.compareTo(other) > -1;
+  }
+
+  lte(other: ComparableClass): boolean {
+    return this.compareTo(other) < 1;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Overload this method to define how two Comparable SerializedTypes are compared
+   *
+   * @param other The comparable object to compare this to
+   * @returns A number denoting the relationship of this and other
+   */
+  compareTo(other: ComparableClass): number {
+    throw new Error("cannot compare " + this + " and " + other);
+  }
+}
+
 const Comparable = {
   lt(other) {
     return this.compareTo(other) < 0;
@@ -57,4 +151,10 @@ function ensureArrayLikeIs(Type, arrayLike) {
   };
 }
 
-export { ensureArrayLikeIs, SerializedType, Comparable };
+export {
+  ensureArrayLikeIs,
+  SerializedType,
+  SerializedTypeClass,
+  Comparable,
+  ComparableClass,
+};
diff --git a/packages/ripple-binary-codec/test/hash.test.js b/packages/ripple-binary-codec/test/hash.test.js
index 5988b05a..41615a05 100644
--- a/packages/ripple-binary-codec/test/hash.test.js
+++ b/packages/ripple-binary-codec/test/hash.test.js
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 const { coreTypes } = require('../dist/types')
-const { Hash160, Hash256, Currency, AccountID } = coreTypes
+const { Hash160, Hash256, AccountID, Currency } = coreTypes
 
 describe('Hash160', function () {
-  test('has a static width membmer', function () {
+  test('has a static width member', function () {
     expect(Hash160.width).toBe(20)
   })
   test('inherited by subclasses', function () {
@@ -39,16 +39,16 @@ describe('Hash256', function () {
 
 describe('Currency', function () {
   test('Will have a null iso() for dodgy XRP ', function () {
-    const bad = Currency.from('0000000000000000000000005852500000000000')
-    expect(bad.iso()).toBeNull()
+    const bad = Currency.from('0000000000000000000000005852500000000000',)
+    expect(bad.iso()).toBeUndefined()
     expect(bad.isNative()).toBe(false)
   })
-  test('can be constructed from an Array', function () {
-    const xrp = Currency.from(new Uint8Array(20))
+  test('can be constructed from a Buffer', function () {
+    const xrp = new Currency(Buffer.alloc(20))
     expect(xrp.iso()).toBe('XRP')
   })
   test('throws on invalid reprs', function () {
-    expect(() => Currency.from(new Uint8Array(19))).toThrow()
+    expect(() => Currency.from(Buffer.alloc(19))).toThrow()
     expect(() => Currency.from(1)).toThrow()
     expect(() => Currency.from(
       '00000000000000000000000000000000000000m')).toThrow()