diff --git a/eth2/types/src/test_utils/keypairs_file.rs b/eth2/types/src/test_utils/keypairs_file.rs
index b0ac8424f..5804b9696 100644
--- a/eth2/types/src/test_utils/keypairs_file.rs
+++ b/eth2/types/src/test_utils/keypairs_file.rs
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ impl KeypairsFile for Vec<Keypair> {
 
                     let pk_start = sk_end;
                     let pk_end = pk_start + PUBLIC_KEY_BYTES_LEN;
-                    let pk = PublicKey::from_bytes(&buf[pk_start..pk_end])
+                    let pk = PublicKey::from_uncompressed_bytes(&buf[pk_start..pk_end])
                         .map_err(|_| Error::new(ErrorKind::Other, "Invalid PublicKey bytes"))
                         .unwrap();
 
diff --git a/eth2/utils/bls/Cargo.toml b/eth2/utils/bls/Cargo.toml
index 5ac38595a..468ed8050 100644
--- a/eth2/utils/bls/Cargo.toml
+++ b/eth2/utils/bls/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ authors = ["Paul Hauner <paul@paulhauner.com>"]
 edition = "2018"
 
 [dependencies]
-bls-aggregates = { git = "https://github.com/sigp/signature-schemes", tag = "0.5.2" }
+bls-aggregates = { git = "https://github.com/sigp/signature-schemes", tag = "0.6.0" }
 hashing = { path = "../hashing" }
 hex = "0.3"
 serde = "1.0"
diff --git a/eth2/utils/bls/src/aggregate_signature.rs b/eth2/utils/bls/src/aggregate_signature.rs
index 2d8776353..fa3628a89 100644
--- a/eth2/utils/bls/src/aggregate_signature.rs
+++ b/eth2/utils/bls/src/aggregate_signature.rs
@@ -48,15 +48,9 @@ impl AggregateSignature {
         domain: u64,
         aggregate_public_keys: &[&AggregatePublicKey],
     ) -> bool {
-        // TODO: the API for `RawAggregatePublicKey` shoudn't need to take an owned
-        // `AggregatePublicKey`. There is an issue to fix this, but in the meantime we need to
-        // clone.
-        //
-        // https://github.com/sigp/signature-schemes/issues/10
-        let aggregate_public_keys: Vec<RawAggregatePublicKey> = aggregate_public_keys
+        let aggregate_public_keys: Vec<&RawAggregatePublicKey> = aggregate_public_keys
             .iter()
             .map(|pk| pk.as_raw())
-            .cloned()
             .collect();
 
         // Messages are concatenated into one long message.
diff --git a/eth2/utils/bls/src/public_key.rs b/eth2/utils/bls/src/public_key.rs
index ecdfce3eb..eaf2c9d3f 100644
--- a/eth2/utils/bls/src/public_key.rs
+++ b/eth2/utils/bls/src/public_key.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use super::serde_vistors::HexVisitor;
 use super::SecretKey;
-use bls_aggregates::{DecodeError as BlsDecodeError, PublicKey as RawPublicKey};
+use bls_aggregates::PublicKey as RawPublicKey;
 use hex::encode as hex_encode;
 use serde::de::{Deserialize, Deserializer};
 use serde::ser::{Serialize, Serializer};
@@ -22,18 +22,22 @@ impl PublicKey {
         PublicKey(RawPublicKey::from_secret_key(secret_key.as_raw()))
     }
 
-    /// Instantiate a PublicKey from existing bytes.
-    ///
-    /// Note: this is _not_ SSZ decoding.
-    pub fn from_bytes(bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<PublicKey, BlsDecodeError> {
-        Ok(Self(RawPublicKey::from_bytes(bytes)?))
-    }
-
-    /// Returns the underlying public key.
+    /// Returns the underlying signature.
     pub fn as_raw(&self) -> &RawPublicKey {
         &self.0
     }
 
+    /// Returns the PublicKey as (x, y) bytes
+    pub fn as_uncompressed_bytes(&mut self) -> Vec<u8> {
+        RawPublicKey::as_uncompressed_bytes(&mut self.0)
+    }
+
+    /// Converts (x, y) bytes to PublicKey
+    pub fn from_uncompressed_bytes(bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<Self, DecodeError> {
+        let pubkey = RawPublicKey::from_uncompressed_bytes(&bytes).map_err(|_| DecodeError::Invalid)?;
+        Ok(PublicKey(pubkey))
+    }
+
     /// Returns the last 6 bytes of the SSZ encoding of the public key, as a hex string.
     ///
     /// Useful for providing a short identifier to the user.
@@ -100,11 +104,7 @@ impl PartialEq for PublicKey {
 
 impl Hash for PublicKey {
     fn hash<H: Hasher>(&self, state: &mut H) {
-        // Note: this is not necessarily the consensus-ready hash. Instead, it is designed to be
-        // optimally fast for internal usage.
-        //
-        // To hash for consensus purposes, use the SSZ-encoded bytes.
-        self.0.as_bytes().hash(state)
+        ssz_encode(self).hash(state)
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/eth2/utils/bls/src/signature.rs b/eth2/utils/bls/src/signature.rs
index 86c54cba7..760b0018a 100644
--- a/eth2/utils/bls/src/signature.rs
+++ b/eth2/utils/bls/src/signature.rs
@@ -54,9 +54,12 @@ impl Signature {
 
     /// Returns a new empty signature.
     pub fn empty_signature() -> Self {
+        // Empty Signature is currently being represented as BLS::Signature.point_at_infinity()
+        // However it should be represented as vec![0; 96] but this
+        // would require all signatures to be represented in byte form as opposed to Signature
         let mut empty: Vec<u8> = vec![0; 96];
-        // TODO: Modify the way flags are used (b_flag should not be used for empty_signature in the future)
-        empty[0] += u8::pow(2, 6);
+        // Sets C_flag and B_flag to 1 and all else to 0
+        empty[0] += u8::pow(2, 6) + u8::pow(2, 7);
         Signature(RawSignature::from_bytes(&empty).unwrap())
     }
 }
@@ -129,7 +132,7 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(sig_as_bytes.len(), 96);
         for (i, one_byte) in sig_as_bytes.iter().enumerate() {
             if i == 0 {
-                assert_eq!(*one_byte, u8::pow(2, 6));
+                assert_eq!(*one_byte, u8::pow(2, 6) + u8::pow(2, 7));
             } else {
                 assert_eq!(*one_byte, 0);
             }