diff --git a/packages/bcp/src/address.ts b/packages/bcp/src/address.ts
index 10a718bf..11afa609 100644
--- a/packages/bcp/src/address.ts
+++ b/packages/bcp/src/address.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { decodeBech32Pubkey, encodeAddress, types } from "@cosmwasm/sdk";
+import { decodeBech32Pubkey, pubkeyToAddress as sdkPubkeyToAddress, types } from "@cosmwasm/sdk";
 import { Address, Algorithm, PubkeyBundle, PubkeyBytes } from "@iov/bcp";
 import { Secp256k1 } from "@iov/crypto";
 import { Encoding } from "@iov/encoding";
@@ -34,5 +34,5 @@ export function pubkeyToAddress(pubkey: PubkeyBundle, prefix: string): Address {
     throw new Error(`Unsupported algorithm: ${pubkey.algo}`);
   }
 
-  return encodeAddress(sdkKey, prefix) as Address;
+  return sdkPubkeyToAddress(sdkKey, prefix) as Address;
 }
diff --git a/packages/sdk/src/address.spec.ts b/packages/sdk/src/address.spec.ts
index 875ec9bd..713ffd03 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/src/address.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/sdk/src/address.spec.ts
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 import { Encoding } from "@iov/encoding";
 
-import { encodeAddress } from "./address";
+import { pubkeyToAddress } from "./address";
 
 const { toBase64, fromHex } = Encoding;
 
 describe("address", () => {
-  describe("encodeAddress", () => {
+  describe("pubkeyToAddress", () => {
     it("works for Secp256k1 compressed", () => {
       const prefix = "cosmos";
       const pubkey = {
         type: "tendermint/PubKeySecp256k1",
         value: "AtQaCqFnshaZQp6rIkvAPyzThvCvXSDO+9AzbxVErqJP",
       };
-      expect(encodeAddress(pubkey, prefix)).toEqual("cosmos1h806c7khnvmjlywdrkdgk2vrayy2mmvf9rxk2r");
+      expect(pubkeyToAddress(pubkey, prefix)).toEqual("cosmos1h806c7khnvmjlywdrkdgk2vrayy2mmvf9rxk2r");
     });
 
     it("works for Ed25519", () => {
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ describe("address", () => {
         type: "tendermint/PubKeyEd25519",
         value: toBase64(fromHex("12ee6f581fe55673a1e9e1382a0829e32075a0aa4763c968bc526e1852e78c95")),
       };
-      expect(encodeAddress(pubkey, prefix)).toEqual("cosmos1pfq05em6sfkls66ut4m2257p7qwlk448h8mysz");
+      expect(pubkeyToAddress(pubkey, prefix)).toEqual("cosmos1pfq05em6sfkls66ut4m2257p7qwlk448h8mysz");
     });
   });
 });
diff --git a/packages/sdk/src/address.ts b/packages/sdk/src/address.ts
index 2aa2e0cf..58ec7da3 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/src/address.ts
+++ b/packages/sdk/src/address.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ const { fromBase64 } = Encoding;
 
 // See https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/blob/f2ada0a604b4c0763bda2f64fac53d506d3beca7/docs/spec/blockchain/encoding.md#public-key-cryptography
 // This assumes we already have a cosmos-compressed pubkey
-export function encodeAddress(pubkey: PubKey, prefix: string): string {
+export function pubkeyToAddress(pubkey: PubKey, prefix: string): string {
   const pubkeyBytes = fromBase64(pubkey.value);
   switch (pubkey.type) {
     case pubkeyType.secp256k1: {
diff --git a/packages/sdk/src/index.ts b/packages/sdk/src/index.ts
index 22a96fa5..5b73039a 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/sdk/src/index.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import * as logs from "./logs";
 import * as types from "./types";
 export { logs, types };
 
-export { encodeAddress } from "./address";
+export { pubkeyToAddress } from "./address";
 export { unmarshalTx } from "./decoding";
 export { makeSignBytes, marshalTx } from "./encoding";
 export { BroadcastMode, RestClient, TxsResponse } from "./restclient";
diff --git a/packages/sdk/types/address.d.ts b/packages/sdk/types/address.d.ts
index ab4e3184..a8f251fb 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/types/address.d.ts
+++ b/packages/sdk/types/address.d.ts
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 import { PubKey } from "./types";
-export declare function encodeAddress(pubkey: PubKey, prefix: string): string;
+export declare function pubkeyToAddress(pubkey: PubKey, prefix: string): string;
diff --git a/packages/sdk/types/index.d.ts b/packages/sdk/types/index.d.ts
index a2907b3d..df828d87 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/types/index.d.ts
+++ b/packages/sdk/types/index.d.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import * as logs from "./logs";
 import * as types from "./types";
 export { logs, types };
-export { encodeAddress } from "./address";
+export { pubkeyToAddress } from "./address";
 export { unmarshalTx } from "./decoding";
 export { makeSignBytes, marshalTx } from "./encoding";
 export { BroadcastMode, RestClient, TxsResponse } from "./restclient";