diff --git a/web3/encoding.nim b/web3/encoding.nim
index 89e07e9..bc1a20c 100644
--- a/web3/encoding.nim
+++ b/web3/encoding.nim
@@ -11,6 +11,23 @@ import
   std/macros,
   stint, ./eth_api_types, stew/[assign2, byteutils]
 
+macro makeEncodingEthereumFuncs(): untyped =
+  ## Creates all the encoding funcs needed to properly interact with Ethereum-like chains
+  result = newStmtList()
+  for numBits in [256, 128, 64, 32, 16, 8]:
+    let identUint = newIdentNode("EthereumUint" & $numBits)
+
+    result.add quote do:
+      func encode*(x: `identUint`): seq[byte] =
+        ## the Ethereum types are created by makeEthereumType macro in eth_api_types.nim
+        let numTargetBytes = `numBits` div 8
+        let paddingBytes = 32 - numTargetBytes
+          ## the Ethereum ABI imposes a 32 byte width for every type
+        let paddingZeros = newSeq[byte](paddingBytes)
+        paddingZeros & @(stint.toBytesBE(x))
+
+makeEncodingEthereumFuncs()
+
 func encode*[bits: static[int]](x: StUint[bits]): seq[byte] =
   @(x.toBytesBE())
 
diff --git a/web3/eth_api_types.nim b/web3/eth_api_types.nim
index 22e661a..93f2f9f 100644
--- a/web3/eth_api_types.nim
+++ b/web3/eth_api_types.nim
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 {.push raises: [].}
 
 import
+  std/macros,
   stint,
   ./primitives
 
@@ -299,6 +300,19 @@ func payload*(args: TransactionArgs): seq[byte] =
 func isEIP4844*(args: TransactionArgs): bool =
   args.maxFeePerBlobGas.isSome or args.blobVersionedHashes.isSome
 
+macro makeEthereumTypes(): untyped =
+  ## This macro creates all the various types of Eth contracts and maps
+  ## them to the type used for their encoding.
+  result = newStmtList()
+  for i in [256, 128, 64, 32, 16, 8]:
+    let
+      identUint = newIdentNode("EthereumUint" & $i)
+
+    result.add quote do:
+      type `identUint`* = StUint[`i`]
+
+makeEthereumTypes()
+
 # Backwards compatibility
 
 type