diff --git a/src/utils/updates.js b/src/utils/updates.js
index 946ff9cb..b7cab8c7 100644
--- a/src/utils/updates.js
+++ b/src/utils/updates.js
@@ -1,4 +1,13 @@
 
+import * as binary from 'lib0/binary.js'
+import * as decoding from 'lib0/decoding.js'
+import * as encoding from 'lib0/encoding.js'
+import {
+  createID,
+  readItemContent,
+  Item, GC, AbstractUpdateDecoder, AbstractUpdateEncoder, UpdateDecoderV1, UpdateDecoderV2, UpdateEncoderV1, UpdateEncoderV2 // eslint-disable-line
+} from '../internals.js'
+
 /**
  * @param {Array<Uint8Array>} updates
  * @return {Uint8Array}
@@ -14,3 +23,134 @@ export const mergeUpdates = updates => {
 export const diffUpdate = (update, sv) => {
   return update
 }
+
+/**
+ * @param {AbstractUpdateDecoder} decoder
+ */
+export function * lazyStructReaderGenerator (decoder) {
+  const numOfStateUpdates = decoding.readVarUint(decoder.restDecoder)
+  for (let i = 0; i < numOfStateUpdates; i++) {
+    const numberOfStructs = decoding.readVarUint(decoder.restDecoder)
+    const client = decoder.readClient()
+    let clock = decoding.readVarUint(decoder.restDecoder)
+    for (let i = 0; i < numberOfStructs; i++) {
+      const info = decoder.readInfo()
+      if ((binary.BITS5 & info) !== 0) {
+        /**
+         * The optimized implementation doesn't use any variables because inlining variables is faster.
+         * Below a non-optimized version is shown that implements the basic algorithm with
+         * a few comments
+         */
+        const cantCopyParentInfo = (info & (binary.BIT7 | binary.BIT8)) === 0
+        // If parent = null and neither left nor right are defined, then we know that `parent` is child of `y`
+        // and we read the next string as parentYKey.
+        // It indicates how we store/retrieve parent from `y.share`
+        // @type {string|null}
+        const struct = new Item(
+          createID(client, clock),
+          null, // leftd
+          (info & binary.BIT8) === binary.BIT8 ? decoder.readLeftID() : null, // origin
+          null, // right
+          (info & binary.BIT7) === binary.BIT7 ? decoder.readRightID() : null, // right origin
+          // @ts-ignore Force writing a string here.
+          cantCopyParentInfo ? (decoder.readParentInfo() ? decoder.readString() : decoder.readLeftID()) : null, // parent
+          cantCopyParentInfo && (info & binary.BIT6) === binary.BIT6 ? decoder.readString() : null, // parentSub
+          readItemContent(decoder, info) // item content
+        )
+        yield struct
+        clock += struct.length
+      } else {
+        const len = decoder.readLen()
+        yield new GC(createID(client, clock), len)
+        clock += len
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+export class LazyStructReader {
+  /**
+   * @param {AbstractUpdateDecoder} decoder
+   */
+  constructor (decoder) {
+    this.gen = lazyStructReaderGenerator(decoder)
+    /**
+     * @type {null | Item | GC}
+     */
+    this.curr = null
+    this.done = false
+    this.next()
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @return {Item | GC | null}
+   */
+  next () {
+    return (this.curr = this.gen.next().value || null)
+  }
+}
+
+export class LazyStructWriter {
+  /**
+   * @param {typeof UpdateEncoderV1 | typeof UpdateEncoderV2} YEncoder
+   */
+  constructor (YEncoder) {
+    this.fresh = true
+    this.currClient = 0
+    this.startClock = 0
+    this.written = 0
+    this.encoder = new YEncoder()
+    /**
+     * @type {Array<{ client: number, clock: number, written: number, encoder: UpdateEncoderV1 | UpdateEncoderV2 }>}
+     */
+    this.clientStructs = []
+    this.YEncoder = YEncoder
+  }
+
+  flushCurr () {
+    if (!this.fresh) {
+      this.clientStructs.push({ client: this.currClient, clock: this.startClock, written: this.written, encoder: this.encoder })
+      this.fresh = true
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @param {Item | GC} struct
+   * @param {number} offset
+   */
+  write (struct, offset) {
+    // flush curr if we start another client
+    if (!this.fresh && this.currClient !== struct.id.client) {
+      this.flushCurr()
+      this.currClient = struct.id.client
+      this.startClock = struct.id.clock
+    }
+    struct.write(this.encoder, offset)
+    this.written++
+  }
+
+  toUint8Array () {
+    const encoder = new this.YEncoder()
+
+    /**
+     * Works similarly to `writeClientsStructs`
+     */
+
+    // write # states that were updated - i.e. the clients
+    encoding.writeVarUint(encoder.restEncoder, this.clientStructs.length)
+
+    for (let i = 0; i < this.clientStructs.length; i++) {
+      const partStructs = this.clientStructs[i]
+      /**
+       * Works similarly to `writeStructs`
+       */
+      // write # encoded structs
+      encoding.writeVarUint(encoder.restEncoder, partStructs.written)
+      encoder.writeClient(partStructs.client)
+      encoding.writeVarUint(encoder.restEncoder, partStructs.clock)
+      // append what we have been written so far
+      encoder.append(partStructs.encoder)
+    }
+    return encoder.toUint8Array()
+  }
+}