diff --git a/packages/cosmwasm/src/lcdapi/wasm.spec.ts b/packages/cosmwasm/src/lcdapi/wasm.spec.ts
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+/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/camelcase */
+import { Sha256 } from "@cosmjs/crypto";
+import { Bech32, fromAscii, fromBase64, fromHex, toAscii, toBase64, toHex } from "@cosmjs/encoding";
+import {
+  Coin,
+  coin,
+  coins,
+  LcdClient,
+  makeSignBytes,
+  Pen,
+  PostTxsResponse,
+  Secp256k1Pen,
+  StdFee,
+} from "@cosmjs/sdk38";
+import { assert } from "@cosmjs/utils";
+
+import { findAttribute, parseLogs } from "../logs";
+import {
+  isMsgInstantiateContract,
+  isMsgStoreCode,
+  MsgExecuteContract,
+  MsgInstantiateContract,
+  MsgStoreCode,
+} from "../msgs";
+import {
+  alice,
+  bech32AddressMatcher,
+  ContractUploadInstructions,
+  deployedErc20,
+  fromOneElementArray,
+  getHackatom,
+  makeRandomAddress,
+  makeSignedTx,
+  pendingWithoutWasmd,
+  wasmd,
+  wasmdEnabled,
+} from "../testutils.spec";
+import { setupWasmModule, WasmModule } from "./wasm";
+
+type WasmClient = LcdClient & WasmModule;
+
+function makeWasmClient(apiUrl: string): WasmClient {
+  return LcdClient.withModules({ apiUrl }, setupWasmModule);
+}
+
+async function uploadContract(
+  client: WasmClient,
+  pen: Pen,
+  contract: ContractUploadInstructions,
+): Promise<PostTxsResponse> {
+  const memo = "My first contract on chain";
+  const theMsg: MsgStoreCode = {
+    type: "wasm/store-code",
+    value: {
+      sender: alice.address0,
+      wasm_byte_code: toBase64(contract.data),
+      source: contract.source || "",
+      builder: contract.builder || "",
+    },
+  };
+  const fee: StdFee = {
+    amount: [
+      {
+        amount: "5000000",
+        denom: "ucosm",
+      },
+    ],
+    gas: "89000000",
+  };
+
+  const { account_number, sequence } = (await client.authAccounts(alice.address0)).result.value;
+  const signBytes = makeSignBytes([theMsg], fee, wasmd.chainId, memo, account_number, sequence);
+  const signature = await pen.sign(signBytes);
+  const signedTx = makeSignedTx(theMsg, fee, memo, signature);
+  return client.postTx(signedTx);
+}
+
+async function instantiateContract(
+  client: WasmClient,
+  pen: Pen,
+  codeId: number,
+  beneficiaryAddress: string,
+  transferAmount?: readonly Coin[],
+): Promise<PostTxsResponse> {
+  const memo = "Create an escrow instance";
+  const theMsg: MsgInstantiateContract = {
+    type: "wasm/instantiate",
+    value: {
+      sender: alice.address0,
+      code_id: codeId.toString(),
+      label: "my escrow",
+      init_msg: {
+        verifier: alice.address0,
+        beneficiary: beneficiaryAddress,
+      },
+      init_funds: transferAmount || [],
+    },
+  };
+  const fee: StdFee = {
+    amount: [
+      {
+        amount: "5000000",
+        denom: "ucosm",
+      },
+    ],
+    gas: "89000000",
+  };
+
+  const { account_number, sequence } = (await client.authAccounts(alice.address0)).result.value;
+  const signBytes = makeSignBytes([theMsg], fee, wasmd.chainId, memo, account_number, sequence);
+  const signature = await pen.sign(signBytes);
+  const signedTx = makeSignedTx(theMsg, fee, memo, signature);
+  return client.postTx(signedTx);
+}
+
+async function executeContract(
+  client: WasmClient,
+  pen: Pen,
+  contractAddress: string,
+  msg: object,
+): Promise<PostTxsResponse> {
+  const memo = "Time for action";
+  const theMsg: MsgExecuteContract = {
+    type: "wasm/execute",
+    value: {
+      sender: alice.address0,
+      contract: contractAddress,
+      msg: msg,
+      sent_funds: [],
+    },
+  };
+  const fee: StdFee = {
+    amount: coins(5000000, "ucosm"),
+    gas: "89000000",
+  };
+
+  const { account_number, sequence } = (await client.authAccounts(alice.address0)).result.value;
+  const signBytes = makeSignBytes([theMsg], fee, wasmd.chainId, memo, account_number, sequence);
+  const signature = await pen.sign(signBytes);
+  const signedTx = makeSignedTx(theMsg, fee, memo, signature);
+  return client.postTx(signedTx);
+}
+
+describe("wasm", () => {
+  it("can be constructed", () => {
+    const client = makeWasmClient(wasmd.endpoint);
+    expect(client).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+
+  describe("txsQuery", () => {
+    it("can query by tags (module + code_id)", async () => {
+      pendingWithoutWasmd();
+      const client = makeWasmClient(wasmd.endpoint);
+      const result = await client.txsQuery(`message.module=wasm&message.code_id=${deployedErc20.codeId}`);
+      expect(parseInt(result.count, 10)).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(4);
+
+      // Check first 4 results
+      const [store, hash, isa, jade] = result.txs.map((tx) => fromOneElementArray(tx.tx.value.msg));
+      assert(isMsgStoreCode(store));
+      assert(isMsgInstantiateContract(hash));
+      assert(isMsgInstantiateContract(isa));
+      assert(isMsgInstantiateContract(jade));
+      expect(store.value).toEqual(
+        jasmine.objectContaining({
+          sender: alice.address0,
+          source: deployedErc20.source,
+          builder: deployedErc20.builder,
+        }),
+      );
+      expect(hash.value).toEqual({
+        code_id: deployedErc20.codeId.toString(),
+        init_funds: [],
+        init_msg: jasmine.objectContaining({
+          symbol: "HASH",
+        }),
+        label: "HASH",
+        sender: alice.address0,
+      });
+      expect(isa.value).toEqual({
+        code_id: deployedErc20.codeId.toString(),
+        init_funds: [],
+        init_msg: jasmine.objectContaining({ symbol: "ISA" }),
+        label: "ISA",
+        sender: alice.address0,
+      });
+      expect(jade.value).toEqual({
+        code_id: deployedErc20.codeId.toString(),
+        init_funds: [],
+        init_msg: jasmine.objectContaining({ symbol: "JADE" }),
+        label: "JADE",
+        sender: alice.address0,
+        admin: alice.address1,
+      });
+    });
+
+    // Like previous test but filtered by message.action=store-code and message.action=instantiate
+    it("can query by tags (module + code_id + action)", async () => {
+      pendingWithoutWasmd();
+      const client = makeWasmClient(wasmd.endpoint);
+
+      {
+        const uploads = await client.txsQuery(
+          `message.module=wasm&message.code_id=${deployedErc20.codeId}&message.action=store-code`,
+        );
+        expect(parseInt(uploads.count, 10)).toEqual(1);
+        const store = fromOneElementArray(uploads.txs[0].tx.value.msg);
+        assert(isMsgStoreCode(store));
+        expect(store.value).toEqual(
+          jasmine.objectContaining({
+            sender: alice.address0,
+            source: deployedErc20.source,
+            builder: deployedErc20.builder,
+          }),
+        );
+      }
+
+      {
+        const instantiations = await client.txsQuery(
+          `message.module=wasm&message.code_id=${deployedErc20.codeId}&message.action=instantiate`,
+        );
+        expect(parseInt(instantiations.count, 10)).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(3);
+        const [hash, isa, jade] = instantiations.txs.map((tx) => fromOneElementArray(tx.tx.value.msg));
+        assert(isMsgInstantiateContract(hash));
+        assert(isMsgInstantiateContract(isa));
+        assert(isMsgInstantiateContract(jade));
+        expect(hash.value).toEqual({
+          code_id: deployedErc20.codeId.toString(),
+          init_funds: [],
+          init_msg: jasmine.objectContaining({
+            symbol: "HASH",
+          }),
+          label: "HASH",
+          sender: alice.address0,
+        });
+        expect(isa.value).toEqual({
+          code_id: deployedErc20.codeId.toString(),
+          init_funds: [],
+          init_msg: jasmine.objectContaining({ symbol: "ISA" }),
+          label: "ISA",
+          sender: alice.address0,
+        });
+        expect(jade.value).toEqual({
+          code_id: deployedErc20.codeId.toString(),
+          init_funds: [],
+          init_msg: jasmine.objectContaining({ symbol: "JADE" }),
+          label: "JADE",
+          sender: alice.address0,
+          admin: alice.address1,
+        });
+      }
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe("postTx", () => {
+    it("can upload, instantiate and execute wasm", async () => {
+      pendingWithoutWasmd();
+      const pen = await Secp256k1Pen.fromMnemonic(alice.mnemonic);
+      const client = makeWasmClient(wasmd.endpoint);
+
+      const transferAmount = [coin(1234, "ucosm"), coin(321, "ustake")];
+      const beneficiaryAddress = makeRandomAddress();
+
+      let codeId: number;
+
+      // upload
+      {
+        // console.log("Raw log:", result.raw_log);
+        const result = await uploadContract(client, pen, getHackatom());
+        expect(result.code).toBeFalsy();
+        const logs = parseLogs(result.logs);
+        const codeIdAttr = findAttribute(logs, "message", "code_id");
+        codeId = Number.parseInt(codeIdAttr.value, 10);
+        expect(codeId).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(1);
+        expect(codeId).toBeLessThanOrEqual(200);
+        expect(result.data).toEqual(toHex(toAscii(`${codeId}`)).toUpperCase());
+      }
+
+      let contractAddress: string;
+
+      // instantiate
+      {
+        const result = await instantiateContract(client, pen, codeId, beneficiaryAddress, transferAmount);
+        expect(result.code).toBeFalsy();
+        // console.log("Raw log:", result.raw_log);
+        const logs = parseLogs(result.logs);
+        const contractAddressAttr = findAttribute(logs, "message", "contract_address");
+        contractAddress = contractAddressAttr.value;
+        const amountAttr = findAttribute(logs, "transfer", "amount");
+        expect(amountAttr.value).toEqual("1234ucosm,321ustake");
+        expect(result.data).toEqual(toHex(Bech32.decode(contractAddress).data).toUpperCase());
+
+        const balance = (await client.authAccounts(contractAddress)).result.value.coins;
+        expect(balance).toEqual(transferAmount);
+      }
+
+      // execute
+      {
+        const result = await executeContract(client, pen, contractAddress, { release: {} });
+        expect(result.data).toEqual("F00BAA");
+        expect(result.code).toBeFalsy();
+        // console.log("Raw log:", result.logs);
+        const logs = parseLogs(result.logs);
+        const wasmEvent = logs.find(() => true)?.events.find((e) => e.type === "wasm");
+        assert(wasmEvent, "Event of type wasm expected");
+        expect(wasmEvent.attributes).toContain({ key: "action", value: "release" });
+        expect(wasmEvent.attributes).toContain({
+          key: "destination",
+          value: beneficiaryAddress,
+        });
+
+        // Verify token transfer from contract to beneficiary
+        const beneficiaryBalance = (await client.authAccounts(beneficiaryAddress)).result.value.coins;
+        expect(beneficiaryBalance).toEqual(transferAmount);
+        const contractBalance = (await client.authAccounts(contractAddress)).result.value.coins;
+        expect(contractBalance).toEqual([]);
+      }
+    });
+  });
+
+  // The /wasm endpoints
+
+  describe("query", () => {
+    it("can list upload code", async () => {
+      pendingWithoutWasmd();
+      const pen = await Secp256k1Pen.fromMnemonic(alice.mnemonic);
+      const client = makeWasmClient(wasmd.endpoint);
+
+      // check with contracts were here first to compare
+      const existingInfos = await client.listCodeInfo();
+      existingInfos.forEach((val, idx) => expect(val.id).toEqual(idx + 1));
+      const numExisting = existingInfos.length;
+
+      // upload data
+      const hackatom = getHackatom();
+      const result = await uploadContract(client, pen, hackatom);
+      expect(result.code).toBeFalsy();
+      const logs = parseLogs(result.logs);
+      const codeIdAttr = findAttribute(logs, "message", "code_id");
+      const codeId = Number.parseInt(codeIdAttr.value, 10);
+
+      // ensure we were added to the end of the list
+      const newInfos = await client.listCodeInfo();
+      expect(newInfos.length).toEqual(numExisting + 1);
+      const lastInfo = newInfos[newInfos.length - 1];
+      expect(lastInfo.id).toEqual(codeId);
+      expect(lastInfo.creator).toEqual(alice.address0);
+
+      // ensure metadata is present
+      expect(lastInfo.source).toEqual(hackatom.source);
+      expect(lastInfo.builder).toEqual(hackatom.builder);
+
+      // check code hash matches expectation
+      const wasmHash = new Sha256(hackatom.data).digest();
+      expect(lastInfo.data_hash.toLowerCase()).toEqual(toHex(wasmHash));
+
+      // download code and check against auto-gen
+      const { data } = await client.getCode(codeId);
+      expect(fromBase64(data)).toEqual(hackatom.data);
+    });
+
+    it("can list contracts and get info", async () => {
+      pendingWithoutWasmd();
+      const pen = await Secp256k1Pen.fromMnemonic(alice.mnemonic);
+      const client = makeWasmClient(wasmd.endpoint);
+      const beneficiaryAddress = makeRandomAddress();
+      const transferAmount: readonly Coin[] = [
+        {
+          amount: "707707",
+          denom: "ucosm",
+        },
+      ];
+
+      // reuse an existing contract, or upload if needed
+      let codeId: number;
+      const existingInfos = await client.listCodeInfo();
+      if (existingInfos.length > 0) {
+        codeId = existingInfos[existingInfos.length - 1].id;
+      } else {
+        const uploadResult = await uploadContract(client, pen, getHackatom());
+        expect(uploadResult.code).toBeFalsy();
+        const uploadLogs = parseLogs(uploadResult.logs);
+        const codeIdAttr = findAttribute(uploadLogs, "message", "code_id");
+        codeId = Number.parseInt(codeIdAttr.value, 10);
+      }
+
+      // create new instance and compare before and after
+      const existingContractsByCode = await client.listContractsByCodeId(codeId);
+      for (const contract of existingContractsByCode) {
+        expect(contract.address).toMatch(bech32AddressMatcher);
+        expect(contract.code_id).toEqual(codeId);
+        expect(contract.creator).toMatch(bech32AddressMatcher);
+        expect(contract.label).toMatch(/^.+$/);
+      }
+
+      const result = await instantiateContract(client, pen, codeId, beneficiaryAddress, transferAmount);
+      expect(result.code).toBeFalsy();
+      const logs = parseLogs(result.logs);
+      const contractAddressAttr = findAttribute(logs, "message", "contract_address");
+      const myAddress = contractAddressAttr.value;
+
+      const newContractsByCode = await client.listContractsByCodeId(codeId);
+      expect(newContractsByCode.length).toEqual(existingContractsByCode.length + 1);
+      const newContract = newContractsByCode[newContractsByCode.length - 1];
+      expect(newContract).toEqual(
+        jasmine.objectContaining({
+          code_id: codeId,
+          creator: alice.address0,
+          label: "my escrow",
+        }),
+      );
+
+      // check out info
+      const myInfo = await client.getContractInfo(myAddress);
+      assert(myInfo);
+      expect(myInfo).toEqual(
+        jasmine.objectContaining({
+          code_id: codeId,
+          creator: alice.address0,
+          init_msg: jasmine.objectContaining({
+            beneficiary: beneficiaryAddress,
+          }),
+        }),
+      );
+      expect(myInfo.admin).toBeUndefined();
+
+      // make sure random addresses don't give useful info
+      const nonExistentAddress = makeRandomAddress();
+      expect(await client.getContractInfo(nonExistentAddress)).toBeNull();
+    });
+
+    describe("contract state", () => {
+      const client = makeWasmClient(wasmd.endpoint);
+      const noContract = makeRandomAddress();
+      const expectedKey = toAscii("config");
+      let contractAddress: string | undefined;
+
+      beforeAll(async () => {
+        if (wasmdEnabled()) {
+          const pen = await Secp256k1Pen.fromMnemonic(alice.mnemonic);
+          const uploadResult = await uploadContract(client, pen, getHackatom());
+          assert(!uploadResult.code);
+          const uploadLogs = parseLogs(uploadResult.logs);
+          const codeId = Number.parseInt(findAttribute(uploadLogs, "message", "code_id").value, 10);
+          const instantiateResult = await instantiateContract(client, pen, codeId, makeRandomAddress());
+          assert(!instantiateResult.code);
+          const instantiateLogs = parseLogs(instantiateResult.logs);
+          const contractAddressAttr = findAttribute(instantiateLogs, "message", "contract_address");
+          contractAddress = contractAddressAttr.value;
+        }
+      });
+
+      it("can get all state", async () => {
+        pendingWithoutWasmd();
+
+        // get contract state
+        const state = await client.getAllContractState(contractAddress!);
+        expect(state.length).toEqual(1);
+        const data = state[0];
+        expect(data.key).toEqual(expectedKey);
+        const value = JSON.parse(fromAscii(data.val));
+        expect(value.verifier).toBeDefined();
+        expect(value.beneficiary).toBeDefined();
+
+        // bad address is empty array
+        const noContractState = await client.getAllContractState(noContract);
+        expect(noContractState).toEqual([]);
+      });
+
+      it("can query by key", async () => {
+        pendingWithoutWasmd();
+
+        // query by one key
+        const raw = await client.queryContractRaw(contractAddress!, expectedKey);
+        assert(raw, "must get result");
+        const model = JSON.parse(fromAscii(raw));
+        expect(model.verifier).toBeDefined();
+        expect(model.beneficiary).toBeDefined();
+
+        // missing key is null
+        const missing = await client.queryContractRaw(contractAddress!, fromHex("cafe0dad"));
+        expect(missing).toBeNull();
+
+        // bad address is null
+        const noContractModel = await client.queryContractRaw(noContract, expectedKey);
+        expect(noContractModel).toBeNull();
+      });
+
+      it("can make smart queries", async () => {
+        pendingWithoutWasmd();
+
+        // we can query the verifier properly
+        const resultDocument = await client.queryContractSmart(contractAddress!, { verifier: {} });
+        expect(resultDocument).toEqual({ verifier: alice.address0 });
+
+        // invalid query syntax throws an error
+        await client.queryContractSmart(contractAddress!, { nosuchkey: {} }).then(
+          () => fail("shouldn't succeed"),
+          (error) =>
+            expect(error).toMatch(/query wasm contract failed: parsing hackatom::contract::QueryMsg/),
+        );
+
+        // invalid address throws an error
+        await client.queryContractSmart(noContract, { verifier: {} }).then(
+          () => fail("shouldn't succeed"),
+          (error) => expect(error).toMatch("not found"),
+        );
+      });
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/cosmwasm/src/lcdapi/wasm.ts b/packages/cosmwasm/src/lcdapi/wasm.ts
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+++ b/packages/cosmwasm/src/lcdapi/wasm.ts
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+import { fromBase64, fromUtf8, toHex, toUtf8 } from "@cosmjs/encoding";
+import { LcdApiArray, LcdClient, LcdModule, normalizeLcdApiArray } from "@cosmjs/sdk38";
+
+import { JsonObject, Model, parseWasmData, WasmData } from "../types";
+
+type WasmResponse<T> = WasmSuccess<T> | WasmError;
+
+interface WasmSuccess<T> {
+  readonly height: string;
+  readonly result: T;
+}
+
+interface WasmError {
+  readonly error: string;
+}
+
+export interface CodeInfo {
+  readonly id: number;
+  /** Bech32 account address */
+  readonly creator: string;
+  /** Hex-encoded sha256 hash of the code stored here */
+  readonly data_hash: string;
+  /**
+   * An URL to a .tar.gz archive of the source code of the contract, which can be used to reproducibly build the Wasm bytecode.
+   *
+   * @see https://github.com/CosmWasm/cosmwasm-verify
+   */
+  readonly source?: string;
+  /**
+   * A docker image (including version) to reproducibly build the Wasm bytecode from the source code.
+   *
+   * @example ```cosmwasm/rust-optimizer:0.8.0```
+   * @see https://github.com/CosmWasm/cosmwasm-verify
+   */
+  readonly builder?: string;
+}
+
+export interface CodeDetails extends CodeInfo {
+  /** Base64 encoded raw wasm data */
+  readonly data: string;
+}
+
+// This is list view, without contract info
+export interface ContractInfo {
+  readonly address: string;
+  readonly code_id: number;
+  /** Bech32 account address */
+  readonly creator: string;
+  /** Bech32-encoded admin address */
+  readonly admin?: string;
+  readonly label: string;
+}
+
+export interface ContractDetails extends ContractInfo {
+  /** Argument passed on initialization of the contract */
+  readonly init_msg: object;
+}
+
+interface SmartQueryResponse {
+  // base64 encoded response
+  readonly smart: string;
+}
+
+function isWasmError<T>(resp: WasmResponse<T>): resp is WasmError {
+  return (resp as WasmError).error !== undefined;
+}
+
+function unwrapWasmResponse<T>(response: WasmResponse<T>): T {
+  if (isWasmError(response)) {
+    throw new Error(response.error);
+  }
+  return response.result;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @see https://github.com/cosmwasm/wasmd/blob/master/x/wasm/client/rest/query.go#L19-L27
+ */
+export interface WasmModule extends LcdModule {
+  readonly listCodeInfo: () => Promise<readonly CodeInfo[]>;
+
+  /**
+   * Downloads the original wasm bytecode by code ID.
+   *
+   * Throws an error if no code with this id
+   */
+  readonly getCode: (id: number) => Promise<CodeDetails>;
+
+  readonly listContractsByCodeId: (id: number) => Promise<readonly ContractInfo[]>;
+
+  /**
+   * Returns null when contract was not found at this address.
+   */
+  readonly getContractInfo: (address: string) => Promise<ContractDetails | null>;
+
+  /**
+   * Returns all contract state.
+   * This is an empty array if no such contract, or contract has no data.
+   */
+  readonly getAllContractState: (address: string) => Promise<readonly Model[]>;
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the data at the key if present (unknown decoded json),
+   * or null if no data at this (contract address, key) pair
+   */
+  readonly queryContractRaw: (address: string, key: Uint8Array) => Promise<Uint8Array | null>;
+
+  /**
+   * Makes a smart query on the contract and parses the reponse as JSON.
+   * Throws error if no such contract exists, the query format is invalid or the response is invalid.
+   */
+  readonly queryContractSmart: (address: string, query: object) => Promise<JsonObject>;
+}
+
+export function setupWasmModule(base: LcdClient): WasmModule {
+  return {
+    listCodeInfo: async () => {
+      const path = `/wasm/code`;
+      const responseData = (await base.get(path)) as WasmResponse<LcdApiArray<CodeInfo>>;
+      return normalizeLcdApiArray(unwrapWasmResponse(responseData));
+    },
+    getCode: async (id: number) => {
+      const path = `/wasm/code/${id}`;
+      const responseData = (await base.get(path)) as WasmResponse<CodeDetails>;
+      return unwrapWasmResponse(responseData);
+    },
+    listContractsByCodeId: async (id: number) => {
+      const path = `/wasm/code/${id}/contracts`;
+      const responseData = (await base.get(path)) as WasmResponse<LcdApiArray<ContractInfo>>;
+      return normalizeLcdApiArray(unwrapWasmResponse(responseData));
+    },
+    getContractInfo: async (address: string) => {
+      const path = `/wasm/contract/${address}`;
+      const response = (await base.get(path)) as WasmResponse<ContractDetails | null>;
+      return unwrapWasmResponse(response);
+    },
+    getAllContractState: async (address: string) => {
+      const path = `/wasm/contract/${address}/state`;
+      const responseData = (await base.get(path)) as WasmResponse<LcdApiArray<WasmData>>;
+      return normalizeLcdApiArray(unwrapWasmResponse(responseData)).map(parseWasmData);
+    },
+    queryContractRaw: async (address: string, key: Uint8Array) => {
+      const hexKey = toHex(key);
+      const path = `/wasm/contract/${address}/raw/${hexKey}?encoding=hex`;
+      const responseData = (await base.get(path)) as WasmResponse<WasmData[]>;
+      const data = unwrapWasmResponse(responseData);
+      return data.length === 0 ? null : fromBase64(data[0].val);
+    },
+    queryContractSmart: async (address: string, query: object) => {
+      const encoded = toHex(toUtf8(JSON.stringify(query)));
+      const path = `/wasm/contract/${address}/smart/${encoded}?encoding=hex`;
+      const responseData = (await base.get(path)) as WasmResponse<SmartQueryResponse>;
+      const result = unwrapWasmResponse(responseData);
+      // By convention, smart queries must return a valid JSON document (see https://github.com/CosmWasm/cosmwasm/issues/144)
+      return JSON.parse(fromUtf8(fromBase64(result.smart)));
+    },
+  };
+}
diff --git a/packages/cosmwasm/types/lcdapi/wasm.d.ts b/packages/cosmwasm/types/lcdapi/wasm.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3e4d67b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/cosmwasm/types/lcdapi/wasm.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+import { LcdClient, LcdModule } from "@cosmjs/sdk38";
+import { JsonObject, Model } from "../types";
+export interface CodeInfo {
+  readonly id: number;
+  /** Bech32 account address */
+  readonly creator: string;
+  /** Hex-encoded sha256 hash of the code stored here */
+  readonly data_hash: string;
+  /**
+   * An URL to a .tar.gz archive of the source code of the contract, which can be used to reproducibly build the Wasm bytecode.
+   *
+   * @see https://github.com/CosmWasm/cosmwasm-verify
+   */
+  readonly source?: string;
+  /**
+   * A docker image (including version) to reproducibly build the Wasm bytecode from the source code.
+   *
+   * @example ```cosmwasm/rust-optimizer:0.8.0```
+   * @see https://github.com/CosmWasm/cosmwasm-verify
+   */
+  readonly builder?: string;
+}
+export interface CodeDetails extends CodeInfo {
+  /** Base64 encoded raw wasm data */
+  readonly data: string;
+}
+export interface ContractInfo {
+  readonly address: string;
+  readonly code_id: number;
+  /** Bech32 account address */
+  readonly creator: string;
+  /** Bech32-encoded admin address */
+  readonly admin?: string;
+  readonly label: string;
+}
+export interface ContractDetails extends ContractInfo {
+  /** Argument passed on initialization of the contract */
+  readonly init_msg: object;
+}
+/**
+ * @see https://github.com/cosmwasm/wasmd/blob/master/x/wasm/client/rest/query.go#L19-L27
+ */
+export interface WasmModule extends LcdModule {
+  readonly listCodeInfo: () => Promise<readonly CodeInfo[]>;
+  /**
+   * Downloads the original wasm bytecode by code ID.
+   *
+   * Throws an error if no code with this id
+   */
+  readonly getCode: (id: number) => Promise<CodeDetails>;
+  readonly listContractsByCodeId: (id: number) => Promise<readonly ContractInfo[]>;
+  /**
+   * Returns null when contract was not found at this address.
+   */
+  readonly getContractInfo: (address: string) => Promise<ContractDetails | null>;
+  /**
+   * Returns all contract state.
+   * This is an empty array if no such contract, or contract has no data.
+   */
+  readonly getAllContractState: (address: string) => Promise<readonly Model[]>;
+  /**
+   * Returns the data at the key if present (unknown decoded json),
+   * or null if no data at this (contract address, key) pair
+   */
+  readonly queryContractRaw: (address: string, key: Uint8Array) => Promise<Uint8Array | null>;
+  /**
+   * Makes a smart query on the contract and parses the reponse as JSON.
+   * Throws error if no such contract exists, the query format is invalid or the response is invalid.
+   */
+  readonly queryContractSmart: (address: string, query: object) => Promise<JsonObject>;
+}
+export declare function setupWasmModule(base: LcdClient): WasmModule;
diff --git a/packages/cosmwasm/types/lcdapi/wasm.spec.d.ts b/packages/cosmwasm/types/lcdapi/wasm.spec.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cb0ff5c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/cosmwasm/types/lcdapi/wasm.spec.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export {};