diff --git a/bls/src/types/public_key.rs b/bls/src/types/public_key.rs
index ba7a40dbca..b174c7c72b 100644
--- a/bls/src/types/public_key.rs
+++ b/bls/src/types/public_key.rs
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ pub struct PublicKey {
 }
 
 impl PublicKey {
+    /// Size of the trusted serialization.
+    ///
+    /// See [`PublicKey::trusted_deserialize`].
     pub const TRUSTED_SERIALIZATION_SIZE: usize = 570;
 
     /// Generates a public key from a given point in G2. This function will produce an error if it is given the point at infinity.
@@ -62,8 +65,9 @@ impl PublicKey {
     /// and one bit indicating if it is the "point-at-infinity".
     pub fn compress(&self) -> CompressedPublicKey {
         let mut buffer = [0u8; CompressedPublicKey::SIZE];
-        CanonicalSerialize::serialize_compressed(&self.public_key.into_affine(), &mut buffer[..])
-            .unwrap();
+        let affine = self.public_key.into_affine();
+        assert_eq!(affine.compressed_size(), buffer.len());
+        affine.serialize_compressed(&mut buffer[..]).unwrap();
         CompressedPublicKey { public_key: buffer }
     }
 
@@ -74,6 +78,38 @@ impl PublicKey {
         let public_key = self.public_key.mul_bigint([x as u64]);
         PublicKey { public_key }
     }
+
+    /// Serialization to trusted storage.
+    ///
+    /// If in doubt, use the default serialization, or even better, the default
+    /// serialization of [`LazyPublicKey`](crate::lazy::LazyPublicKey) instead.
+    ///
+    /// See [`PublicKey::trusted_deserialize`] for details.
+    pub fn trusted_serialize(&self) -> [u8; PublicKey::TRUSTED_SERIALIZATION_SIZE] {
+        let mut result = [0u8; PublicKey::TRUSTED_SERIALIZATION_SIZE];
+        assert_eq!(self.public_key.uncompressed_size(), result.len());
+        self.public_key
+            .serialize_uncompressed(&mut result[..])
+            .unwrap();
+        result
+    }
+
+    /// Deserialization from trusted storage.
+    ///
+    /// **This does not check whether the resulting key is on the curve.** This
+    /// means that you can only use this serialization when you trust the
+    /// creator of that serialization completely.
+    ///
+    /// If in doubt, use the default serialization, or even better, the default
+    /// serialization of [`LazyPublicKey`](crate::lazy::LazyPublicKey) instead.
+    pub fn trusted_deserialize(
+        serialized: &[u8; PublicKey::TRUSTED_SERIALIZATION_SIZE],
+    ) -> PublicKey {
+        PublicKey {
+            public_key: CanonicalDeserialize::deserialize_uncompressed_unchecked(&serialized[..])
+                .unwrap(),
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 impl Eq for PublicKey {}
diff --git a/bls/tests/tests.rs b/bls/tests/tests.rs
index dd27d648f9..056e5b7a67 100644
--- a/bls/tests/tests.rs
+++ b/bls/tests/tests.rs
@@ -188,3 +188,17 @@ fn aggregate_signatures_serialization() {
         &AggregateSignature::deserialize_from_vec(&ser_agg_sig).unwrap()
     ));
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn trusted_serialization() {
+    let hex_public_key = "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";
+
+    let raw_public_key: Vec<u8> = hex::decode(hex_public_key).unwrap();
+    let compressed_public_key = CompressedPublicKey::deserialize_from_vec(&raw_public_key).unwrap();
+
+    let public_key = compressed_public_key.uncompress().unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(
+        PublicKey::trusted_deserialize(&public_key.trusted_serialize()).public_key,
+        public_key.public_key,
+    );
+}
diff --git a/web-client/src/client/bls_cache.rs b/web-client/src/client/bls_cache.rs
index 5d8e2fec9c..4295610d58 100644
--- a/web-client/src/client/bls_cache.rs
+++ b/web-client/src/client/bls_cache.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-use ark_serialize::{CanonicalDeserialize, CanonicalSerialize, Compress};
 use idb::{Database, Error, KeyPath, ObjectStore, TransactionMode};
-use nimiq_bls::{G2Projective, LazyPublicKey, PublicKey};
+use nimiq_bls::{LazyPublicKey, PublicKey};
 use nimiq_serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
 /// Caches decompressed BlsPublicKeys in an IndexedDB
@@ -12,7 +11,7 @@ pub(crate) struct BlsCache {
 #[derive(Deserialize, Serialize)]
 struct BlsKeyEntry {
     #[serde(with = "serde_bytes")]
-    public_key: Vec<u8>,
+    public_key: [u8; PublicKey::TRUSTED_SERIALIZATION_SIZE],
 }
 
 const BLS_KEYS: &str = "bls_keys";
@@ -49,15 +48,13 @@ impl BlsCache {
             let bls_keys_store = transaction.object_store(BLS_KEYS)?;
 
             for key in keys {
-                let mut public_key = Vec::new();
                 assert!(key.has_uncompressed());
-                key.uncompress()
-                    .expect("must not pass invalid keys to `BlsCache::add_keys`")
-                    .public_key
-                    .serialize_with_mode(&mut public_key, Compress::No)
-                    .unwrap();
-
-                let entry = BlsKeyEntry { public_key };
+                let entry = BlsKeyEntry {
+                    public_key: key
+                        .uncompress()
+                        .expect("must not pass invalid keys to `BlsCache::add_keys`")
+                        .trusted_serialize(),
+                };
                 let entry_js_value = serde_wasm_bindgen::to_value(&entry).unwrap();
                 bls_keys_store.put(&entry_js_value, None)?.await?;
             }
@@ -79,9 +76,7 @@ impl BlsCache {
 
             for js_key in &js_keys {
                 let value: BlsKeyEntry = serde_wasm_bindgen::from_value(js_key.clone()).unwrap();
-                let public_key = PublicKey::new(
-                    G2Projective::deserialize_uncompressed_unchecked(&*value.public_key).unwrap(),
-                );
+                let public_key = PublicKey::trusted_deserialize(&value.public_key);
                 self.keys.push(LazyPublicKey::from(public_key));
             }
             transaction.await?;