diff --git a/src/utils/updates.js b/src/utils/updates.js
index 9bfcfc01..40de0152 100644
--- a/src/utils/updates.js
+++ b/src/utils/updates.js
@@ -5,29 +5,13 @@ import * as encoding from 'lib0/encoding.js'
 import {
   createID,
   readItemContent,
-  Item, GC, AbstractUpdateDecoder, AbstractUpdateEncoder, UpdateDecoderV1, UpdateDecoderV2, UpdateEncoderV1, UpdateEncoderV2 // eslint-disable-line
+  Item, GC, AbstractUpdateDecoder, UpdateDecoderV1, UpdateDecoderV2, UpdateEncoderV1, UpdateEncoderV2 // eslint-disable-line
 } from '../internals.js'
 
-/**
- * @param {Array<Uint8Array>} updates
- * @return {Uint8Array}
- */
-export const mergeUpdates = updates => {
-  return updates[0]
-}
-
-/**
- * @param {Uint8Array} update
- * @param {Uint8Array} sv
- */
-export const diffUpdate = (update, sv) => {
-  return update
-}
-
 /**
  * @param {AbstractUpdateDecoder} decoder
  */
-export function * lazyStructReaderGenerator (decoder) {
+function * lazyStructReaderGenerator (decoder) {
   const numOfStateUpdates = decoding.readVarUint(decoder.restDecoder)
   for (let i = 0; i < numOfStateUpdates; i++) {
     const numberOfStructs = decoding.readVarUint(decoder.restDecoder)
@@ -96,6 +80,13 @@ export class LazyStructWriter {
    */
   constructor (encoder) {
     this.fresh = true
+    /**
+     * We keep the last written struct around in case we want to
+     * merge it with the next written struct.
+     * When a new struct is received: if mergeable ⇒ merge; otherwise ⇒ write curr and keep new struct around.
+     * @type {null | Item | GC}
+     */
+    this.curr = null
     this.currClient = 0
     this.startClock = 0
     this.written = 0
@@ -112,57 +103,192 @@ export class LazyStructWriter {
      */
     this.clientStructs = []
   }
+}
 
-  flushCurr () {
-    if (!this.fresh) {
-      this.clientStructs.push({ written: this.written, restEncoder: encoding.toUint8Array(this.encoder.restEncoder) })
-      this.encoder.restEncoder = encoding.createEncoder()
-      this.fresh = true
-    }
-  }
+/**
+ * @param {Array<Uint8Array>} updates
+ * @return {Uint8Array}
+ */
+export const mergeUpdates = updates => mergeUpdatesV2(updates, UpdateDecoderV1, UpdateEncoderV2)
 
-  /**
-   * @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
-      // write next client
-      this.encoder.writeClient(struct.id.client)
-      // write startClock
-      encoding.writeVarUint(this.encoder.restEncoder, struct.id.clock)
-    }
-    struct.write(this.encoder, offset)
-    this.written++
-  }
-
-  toUint8Array () {
-    this.flushCurr()
-
-    // this is a fresh encoder because we called flushCurr
-    const restEncoder = this.encoder.restEncoder
-
-    /**
-     * Now we put all the fragments together.
-     * This works similarly to `writeClientsStructs`
-     */
-
-    // write # states that were updated - i.e. the clients
-    encoding.writeVarUint(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(restEncoder, partStructs.written)
-      // write the rest of the fragment
-      encoding.writeUint8Array(restEncoder, partStructs.restEncoder)
-    }
-    return this.encoder.toUint8Array()
+/**
+ * This method is intended to slice any kind of struct and retrieve the right part.
+ * It does not handle side-effects, so it should only be used by the lazy-encoder.
+ *
+ * @param {Item | GC} left
+ * @param {number} diff
+ * @return {Item | GC}
+ */
+const sliceStruct = (left, diff) => {
+  if (left.constructor === GC) {
+    const { client, clock } = left.id
+    return new GC(createID(client, clock + diff), left.length - diff)
+  } else {
+    const leftItem = /** @type {Item} */ (left)
+    const { client, clock } = leftItem.id
+    return new Item(
+      createID(client, clock + diff),
+      null,
+      createID(client, clock + diff - 1),
+      null,
+      leftItem.rightOrigin,
+      leftItem.parent,
+      leftItem.parentSub,
+      leftItem.content.splice(diff)
+    )
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ *
+ * This function works similarly to `readUpdateV2`.
+ *
+ * @param {Array<Uint8Array>} updates
+ * @param {typeof UpdateDecoderV1 | typeof UpdateDecoderV2} [YDecoder]
+ * @param {typeof UpdateEncoderV1 | typeof UpdateEncoderV2} [YEncoder]
+ * @return {Uint8Array}
+ */
+export const mergeUpdatesV2 = (updates, YDecoder = UpdateDecoderV2, YEncoder = UpdateEncoderV2) => {
+  const updateDecoders = updates.map(update => new UpdateDecoderV1(decoding.createDecoder(update)))
+  let lazyStructDecoders = updateDecoders.map(decoder => new LazyStructReader(decoder))
+
+  /**
+   * @todo we don't need offset because we always slice before
+   * @type {null | { struct: Item | GC, offset: number }}
+   */
+  let currWrite = null
+
+  const updateEncoder = new YEncoder()
+  // write structs lazily
+  const lazyStructEncoder = new LazyStructWriter(updateEncoder)
+
+  // Note: We need to ensure that all lazyStructDecoders are fully consumed
+  // Note: Should merge document updates whenever possible - even from different updates
+  // Note: Should handle that some operations cannot be applied yet ()
+
+  while (true) {
+    // Write higher clients first ⇒ sort by clientID & clock and remove decoders without content
+    lazyStructDecoders = lazyStructDecoders.filter(dec => dec.curr !== null)
+    lazyStructDecoders.sort(
+      /** @type {function(any,any):number} */ (dec1, dec2) =>
+        dec1.curr.id.client === dec2.curr.id.client
+          ? dec1.curr.id.clock - dec2.curr.id.clock
+          : dec1.curr.id.client - dec2.curr.id.client
+    )
+    if (lazyStructDecoders.length === 0) {
+      break
+    }
+    const currDecoder = lazyStructDecoders[0]
+    // write from currDecoder until the next operation is from another client or if filler-struct
+    // then we need to reorder the decoders and find the next operation to write
+    const firstClient = /** @type {Item | GC} */ (currDecoder.curr).id.client
+    if (currWrite !== null) {
+      let curr = /** @type {Item | GC} */ (currDecoder.curr)
+      if (firstClient !== currWrite.struct.id.client) {
+        writeStructToLazyStructWriter(lazyStructEncoder, currWrite.struct, currWrite.offset)
+        currWrite = { struct: curr, offset: 0 }
+        currDecoder.next()
+      } else if (currWrite.struct.id.clock + currWrite.struct.length < curr.id.clock) {
+        // @todo write currStruct & set currStruct = Skip(clock = currStruct.id.clock + currStruct.length, length = curr.id.clock - self.clock)
+        throw new Error('unhandled case') // @Todo !
+      } else if (currWrite.struct.id.clock + currWrite.struct.length >= curr.id.clock) {
+        const diff = currWrite.struct.id.clock + currWrite.struct.length - curr.id.clock
+        if (diff > 0) {
+          curr = sliceStruct(curr, diff)
+        }
+        if (!currWrite.struct.mergeWith(/** @type {any} */ (curr))) {
+          writeStructToLazyStructWriter(lazyStructEncoder, currWrite.struct, currWrite.offset)
+          currWrite = { struct: curr, offset: 0 }
+          currDecoder.next()
+        }
+      }
+    } else {
+      currWrite = { struct: /** @type {Item | GC} */ (currDecoder.curr), offset: 0 }
+      currDecoder.next()
+    }
+    for (
+      let next = currDecoder.curr;
+      next !== null && next.id.client === firstClient && next.id.clock === currWrite.struct.id.clock + currWrite.struct.length; // @Todo && next.constructor !== skippable
+      next = currDecoder.next()
+    ) {
+      writeStructToLazyStructWriter(lazyStructEncoder, currWrite.struct, currWrite.offset)
+      currWrite = { struct: next, offset: 0 }
+    }
+  }
+  finishLazyStructWriting(lazyStructEncoder)
+
+  // Read DeleteSets and merge them.
+  // Write merged deleteset.
+  // -- updateEncoder.writeDs()
+  return updateEncoder.toUint8Array()
+}
+
+/**
+ * @param {Uint8Array} update
+ * @param {Uint8Array} sv
+ */
+export const diffUpdate = (update, sv) => {
+  return update
+}
+
+/**
+ * @param {LazyStructWriter} lazyWriter
+ */
+const flushLazyStructWriter = lazyWriter => {
+  if (!lazyWriter.fresh) {
+    lazyWriter.clientStructs.push({ written: lazyWriter.written, restEncoder: encoding.toUint8Array(lazyWriter.encoder.restEncoder) })
+    lazyWriter.encoder.restEncoder = encoding.createEncoder()
+    lazyWriter.fresh = true
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * @param {LazyStructWriter} lazyWriter
+ * @param {Item | GC} struct
+ * @param {number} offset
+ */
+const writeStructToLazyStructWriter = (lazyWriter, struct, offset) => {
+  // flush curr if we start another client
+  if (!lazyWriter.fresh && lazyWriter.currClient !== struct.id.client) {
+    flushLazyStructWriter(lazyWriter)
+    lazyWriter.currClient = struct.id.client
+    // write next client
+    lazyWriter.encoder.writeClient(struct.id.client)
+    // write startClock
+    encoding.writeVarUint(lazyWriter.encoder.restEncoder, struct.id.clock)
+  }
+  struct.write(lazyWriter.encoder, offset)
+  lazyWriter.written++
+}
+/**
+ * Call this function when we collected all parts and want to
+ * put all the parts together. After calling this method,
+ * you can continue using the UpdateEncoder.
+ *
+ * @param {LazyStructWriter} lazyWriter
+ */
+const finishLazyStructWriting = (lazyWriter) => {
+  flushLazyStructWriter(lazyWriter)
+
+  // this is a fresh encoder because we called flushCurr
+  const restEncoder = lazyWriter.encoder.restEncoder
+
+  /**
+   * Now we put all the fragments together.
+   * This works similarly to `writeClientsStructs`
+   */
+
+  // write # states that were updated - i.e. the clients
+  encoding.writeVarUint(restEncoder, lazyWriter.clientStructs.length)
+
+  for (let i = 0; i < lazyWriter.clientStructs.length; i++) {
+    const partStructs = lazyWriter.clientStructs[i]
+    /**
+     * Works similarly to `writeStructs`
+     */
+    // write # encoded structs
+    encoding.writeVarUint(restEncoder, partStructs.written)
+    // write the rest of the fragment
+    encoding.writeUint8Array(restEncoder, partStructs.restEncoder)
   }
 }