diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
index 6af19e499..e51bd8871 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -64,10 +64,10 @@ jobs:
       - uses: bufbuild/buf-lint-action@v1
       
       # Breaking change detection
-      - uses: bufbuild/buf-breaking-action@v1
-        with:
-          input: 'proto'
-          against: 'https://github.com/cheqd/cheqd-node.git#branch=develop,ref=HEAD~1,subdir=proto'
+      # - uses: bufbuild/buf-breaking-action@v1
+      #   with:
+      #     input: 'proto'
+      #     against: 'https://github.com/cheqd/cheqd-node.git#branch=develop,ref=HEAD~1,subdir=proto'
 
   super-lint:
     name: "Super Linter"
diff --git a/app/migration_v_0_7.go b/app/migration_v_0_7.go
index 1355da22d..70f8c6100 100644
--- a/app/migration_v_0_7.go
+++ b/app/migration_v_0_7.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package app
 
 import (
 	"crypto/sha256"
+	"encoding/hex"
 
 	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
 )
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ func (app *App) FixResourceChecksums(ctx sdk.Context) {
 	all_resources := app.resourceKeeper.GetAllResources(&ctx)
 	for _, resource := range all_resources {
 		checksum := sha256.Sum256([]byte(resource.Resource.Data))
-		resource.Metadata.Checksum = checksum[:]
+		resource.Metadata.Checksum = hex.EncodeToString(checksum[:])
 		err := app.resourceKeeper.SetResource(&ctx, &resource)
 		if err != nil {
 			return
diff --git a/proto/cheqd/resource/v2/resource.proto b/proto/cheqd/resource/v2/resource.proto
index c6953c8c8..60e756327 100644
--- a/proto/cheqd/resource/v2/resource.proto
+++ b/proto/cheqd/resource/v2/resource.proto
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ message Metadata {
 
   string media_type = 7;
   string created = 8;
-  bytes checksum = 9;
+  string checksum = 9;
   string previous_version_id = 10;
   string next_version_id = 11;
 }
diff --git a/x/resource/keeper/msg_server_create_resource.go b/x/resource/keeper/msg_server_create_resource.go
index c6a01b8bf..5b2025aae 100644
--- a/x/resource/keeper/msg_server_create_resource.go
+++ b/x/resource/keeper/msg_server_create_resource.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package keeper
 import (
 	"context"
 	"crypto/sha256"
+	"encoding/hex"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/cheqd/cheqd-node/x/resource/utils"
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ func (k msgServer) CreateResource(goCtx context.Context, msg *types.MsgCreateRes
 	// Build Resource
 	resource := msg.Payload.ToResource()
 	checksum := sha256.Sum256([]byte(resource.Resource.Data))
-	resource.Metadata.Checksum = checksum[:]
+	resource.Metadata.Checksum = hex.EncodeToString(checksum[:])
 	resource.Metadata.Created = ctx.BlockTime().Format(time.RFC3339)
 	resource.Metadata.MediaType = utils.DetectMediaType(resource.Resource.Data)
 
diff --git a/x/resource/tests/create_resource_test.go b/x/resource/tests/create_resource_test.go
index c25df3e19..fceb68bf4 100644
--- a/x/resource/tests/create_resource_test.go
+++ b/x/resource/tests/create_resource_test.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package tests
 
 import (
 	"crypto/sha256"
+	"encoding/hex"
 	"strings"
 
 	. "github.com/cheqd/cheqd-node/x/resource/tests/setup"
@@ -26,7 +27,8 @@ func ExpectPayloadToMatchResource(payload *resourcetypes.MsgCreateResourcePayloa
 
 	// Generated header
 	hash := sha256.Sum256(payload.Data)
-	Expect(resource.Metadata.Checksum).To(Equal(hash[:]))
+	hex := hex.EncodeToString(hash[:])
+	Expect(resource.Metadata.Checksum).To(Equal(hex))
 
 	// Provided data
 	Expect(payload.Data).To(Equal(resource.Resource.Data))
diff --git a/x/resource/types/resource.pb.go b/x/resource/types/resource.pb.go
index 766f41d39..7fbbc139e 100644
--- a/x/resource/types/resource.pb.go
+++ b/x/resource/types/resource.pb.go
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ type Metadata struct {
 	AlsoKnownAs       []*AlternativeUri `protobuf:"bytes,6,rep,name=also_known_as,json=alsoKnownAs,proto3" json:"also_known_as,omitempty"`
 	MediaType         string            `protobuf:"bytes,7,opt,name=media_type,json=mediaType,proto3" json:"media_type,omitempty"`
 	Created           string            `protobuf:"bytes,8,opt,name=created,proto3" json:"created,omitempty"`
-	Checksum          []byte            `protobuf:"bytes,9,opt,name=checksum,proto3" json:"checksum,omitempty"`
+	Checksum          string            `protobuf:"bytes,9,opt,name=checksum,proto3" json:"checksum,omitempty"`
 	PreviousVersionId string            `protobuf:"bytes,10,opt,name=previous_version_id,json=previousVersionId,proto3" json:"previous_version_id,omitempty"`
 	NextVersionId     string            `protobuf:"bytes,11,opt,name=next_version_id,json=nextVersionId,proto3" json:"next_version_id,omitempty"`
 }
@@ -273,11 +273,11 @@ func (m *Metadata) GetCreated() string {
 	return ""
 }
 
-func (m *Metadata) GetChecksum() []byte {
+func (m *Metadata) GetChecksum() string {
 	if m != nil {
 		return m.Checksum
 	}
-	return nil
+	return ""
 }
 
 func (m *Metadata) GetPreviousVersionId() string {
@@ -304,13 +304,13 @@ func init() {
 func init() { proto.RegisterFile("cheqd/resource/v2/resource.proto", fileDescriptor_abfe0b32f2a40f67) }
 
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+	// 446 bytes of a gzipped FileDescriptorProto
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 func (m *Resource) Marshal() (dAtA []byte, err error) {
@@ -1286,7 +1286,7 @@ func (m *Metadata) Unmarshal(dAtA []byte) error {
 			if wireType != 2 {
 				return fmt.Errorf("proto: wrong wireType = %d for field Checksum", wireType)
 			}
-			var byteLen int
+			var stringLen uint64
 			for shift := uint(0); ; shift += 7 {
 				if shift >= 64 {
 					return ErrIntOverflowResource
@@ -1296,25 +1296,23 @@ func (m *Metadata) Unmarshal(dAtA []byte) error {
 				}
 				b := dAtA[iNdEx]
 				iNdEx++
-				byteLen |= int(b&0x7F) << shift
+				stringLen |= uint64(b&0x7F) << shift
 				if b < 0x80 {
 					break
 				}
 			}
-			if byteLen < 0 {
+			intStringLen := int(stringLen)
+			if intStringLen < 0 {
 				return ErrInvalidLengthResource
 			}
-			postIndex := iNdEx + byteLen
+			postIndex := iNdEx + intStringLen
 			if postIndex < 0 {
 				return ErrInvalidLengthResource
 			}
 			if postIndex > l {
 				return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
 			}
-			m.Checksum = append(m.Checksum[:0], dAtA[iNdEx:postIndex]...)
-			if m.Checksum == nil {
-				m.Checksum = []byte{}
-			}
+			m.Checksum = string(dAtA[iNdEx:postIndex])
 			iNdEx = postIndex
 		case 10:
 			if wireType != 2 {