diff --git a/protocols/kad/Cargo.toml b/protocols/kad/Cargo.toml
index 0e049e1c..709e35d6 100644
--- a/protocols/kad/Cargo.toml
+++ b/protocols/kad/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ wasm-timer = "0.2"
 uint = "0.8"
 unsigned-varint = { version = "0.3", features = ["futures-codec"] }
 void = "1.0"
+bs58 = "0.3.0"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 libp2p-secio = { version = "0.16.0", path = "../secio" }
diff --git a/protocols/kad/src/contact.rs b/protocols/kad/src/contact.rs
index c1424877..ac6091e8 100644
--- a/protocols/kad/src/contact.rs
+++ b/protocols/kad/src/contact.rs
@@ -14,14 +14,13 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-// TODO: modify src/dht.proto
-
-
 use crate::Addresses;
 use libp2p_core::{Multiaddr};
 use libp2p_core::identity::ed25519::PublicKey;
 use crate::protocol::KadPeer;
 use smallvec::SmallVec;
+use std::fmt::Formatter;
+use bs58;
 
 #[derive(Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub struct Contact {
@@ -68,3 +67,25 @@ impl From<KadPeer> for Contact {
         }
     }
 }
+
+impl std::fmt::Display for Contact {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        write!(
+            f,
+           "Contact({}, addresses: {:?})",
+            bs58::encode(self.public_key.encode()).into_string(),
+            self.addresses // TODO: implement better display for addresses
+        )
+    }
+}
+
+impl std::fmt::Debug for Contact {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        write!(
+            f,
+            "Contact {{ public_key: {}, addresses: {:?} }}",
+            bs58::encode(self.public_key.encode()).into_string(),
+            self.addresses // TODO: implement better display for addresses
+        )
+    }
+}
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