diff --git a/common/client-libs/validator-client/Cargo.toml b/common/client-libs/validator-client/Cargo.toml
index 6e8dd55772..d17b100672 100644
--- a/common/client-libs/validator-client/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/client-libs/validator-client/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ nym-coconut-bandwidth-contract-common = { path = "../../cosmwasm-smart-contracts
 nym-ecash-contract-common = { path = "../../cosmwasm-smart-contracts/ecash-contract" }
 nym-multisig-contract-common = { path = "../../cosmwasm-smart-contracts/multisig-contract" }
 nym-group-contract-common = { path = "../../cosmwasm-smart-contracts/group-contract" }
+nym-serde-helpers = { path = "../../serde-helpers", features = ["hex", "base64"] }
 serde = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = { workspace = true }
 nym-http-api-client = { path = "../../../common/http-api-client" }
diff --git a/common/client-libs/validator-client/src/nyxd/cosmwasm_client/client_traits/query_client.rs b/common/client-libs/validator-client/src/nyxd/cosmwasm_client/client_traits/query_client.rs
index 47859ea0d1..5cea0a1ba2 100644
--- a/common/client-libs/validator-client/src/nyxd/cosmwasm_client/client_traits/query_client.rs
+++ b/common/client-libs/validator-client/src/nyxd/cosmwasm_client/client_traits/query_client.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use crate::nyxd;
 use crate::nyxd::coin::Coin;
 use crate::nyxd::cosmwasm_client::helpers::{create_pagination, next_page_key};
 use crate::nyxd::cosmwasm_client::types::{
-    Account, CodeDetails, Contract, ContractCodeId, SequenceResponse, SimulateResponse,
+    Account, CodeDetails, Contract, ContractCodeId, Model, SequenceResponse, SimulateResponse,
 };
 use crate::nyxd::error::NyxdError;
 use crate::nyxd::Query;
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@ use cosmrs::proto::cosmos::tx::v1beta1::{
     SimulateRequest, SimulateResponse as ProtoSimulateResponse,
 };
 use cosmrs::proto::cosmwasm::wasm::v1::{
-    QueryCodeRequest, QueryCodeResponse, QueryCodesRequest, QueryCodesResponse,
-    QueryContractHistoryRequest, QueryContractHistoryResponse, QueryContractInfoRequest,
-    QueryContractInfoResponse, QueryContractsByCodeRequest, QueryContractsByCodeResponse,
-    QueryRawContractStateRequest, QueryRawContractStateResponse, QuerySmartContractStateRequest,
-    QuerySmartContractStateResponse,
+    QueryAllContractStateRequest, QueryAllContractStateResponse, QueryCodeRequest,
+    QueryCodeResponse, QueryCodesRequest, QueryCodesResponse, QueryContractHistoryRequest,
+    QueryContractHistoryResponse, QueryContractInfoRequest, QueryContractInfoResponse,
+    QueryContractsByCodeRequest, QueryContractsByCodeResponse, QueryRawContractStateRequest,
+    QueryRawContractStateResponse, QuerySmartContractStateRequest, QuerySmartContractStateResponse,
 };
 use cosmrs::tendermint::{block, chain, Hash};
 use cosmrs::{AccountId, Coin as CosmosCoin, Tx};
@@ -444,6 +444,38 @@ pub trait CosmWasmClient: TendermintRpcClient {
             .collect::<Result<_, _>>()?)
     }
 
+    async fn query_all_contract_state(&self, address: &AccountId) -> Result<Vec<Model>, NyxdError> {
+        let path = Some("/cosmwasm.wasm.v1.Query/AllContractState".to_owned());
+
+        let mut models = Vec::new();
+        let mut pagination = None;
+
+        loop {
+            let req = QueryAllContractStateRequest {
+                address: address.to_string(),
+                pagination,
+            };
+
+            let mut res = self
+                .make_abci_query::<_, QueryAllContractStateResponse>(path.clone(), req)
+                .await?;
+
+            let empty_response = res.models.is_empty();
+            models.append(&mut res.models);
+
+            if empty_response {
+                break;
+            }
+            if let Some(next_key) = next_page_key(res.pagination) {
+                pagination = Some(create_pagination(next_key))
+            } else {
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        Ok(models.into_iter().map(Into::into).collect())
+    }
+
     async fn query_contract_raw(
         &self,
         address: &AccountId,
diff --git a/common/client-libs/validator-client/src/nyxd/cosmwasm_client/types.rs b/common/client-libs/validator-client/src/nyxd/cosmwasm_client/types.rs
index 564a17441e..26003c1d29 100644
--- a/common/client-libs/validator-client/src/nyxd/cosmwasm_client/types.rs
+++ b/common/client-libs/validator-client/src/nyxd/cosmwasm_client/types.rs
@@ -27,13 +27,34 @@ use cosmrs::vesting::{
 };
 use cosmrs::{AccountId, Any, Coin as CosmosCoin};
 use prost::Message;
-use serde::Serialize;
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
 pub use cosmrs::abci::GasInfo;
 pub use cosmrs::abci::MsgResponse;
 
 pub type ContractCodeId = u64;
 
+// yet another thing to put in cosmrs
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct Model {
+    #[serde(with = "nym_serde_helpers::hex")]
+    pub key: Vec<u8>,
+
+    #[serde(with = "nym_serde_helpers::base64")]
+    pub value: Vec<u8>,
+}
+
+// follow the cosmwasm serialisation format, i.e. hex for key and base64 for value
+
+impl From<cosmrs::proto::cosmwasm::wasm::v1::Model> for Model {
+    fn from(model: cosmrs::proto::cosmwasm::wasm::v1::Model) -> Self {
+        Model {
+            key: model.key,
+            value: model.value,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 #[derive(Serialize)]
 pub struct EmptyMsg {}
 
diff --git a/common/serde-helpers/Cargo.toml b/common/serde-helpers/Cargo.toml
index a45ed0afbd..bc9de1862e 100644
--- a/common/serde-helpers/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/serde-helpers/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,11 +13,13 @@ license.workspace = true
 [dependencies]
 
 serde = { workspace = true }
+hex = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 bs58 = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 base64 = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 time = { workspace = true, features = ["formatting", "parsing"], optional = true }
 
 [features]
+hex = ["dep:hex"]
 bs58 = ["dep:bs58"]
 base64 = ["dep:base64"]
 date = ["time"]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/common/serde-helpers/src/lib.rs b/common/serde-helpers/src/lib.rs
index fd37be86b8..07ad83face 100644
--- a/common/serde-helpers/src/lib.rs
+++ b/common/serde-helpers/src/lib.rs
@@ -32,6 +32,20 @@ pub mod bs58 {
     }
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "hex")]
+pub mod hex {
+    use serde::{Deserialize, Deserializer, Serializer};
+
+    pub fn serialize<S: Serializer>(bytes: &[u8], serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error> {
+        serializer.serialize_str(&::hex::encode(bytes))
+    }
+
+    pub fn deserialize<'de, D: Deserializer<'de>>(deserializer: D) -> Result<Vec<u8>, D::Error> {
+        let s = String::deserialize(deserializer)?;
+        ::hex::decode(&s).map_err(serde::de::Error::custom)
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(feature = "date")]
 pub mod date {
     use serde::ser::Error;