diff --git a/fedimint-core/src/encoding/btc.rs b/fedimint-core/src/encoding/btc.rs
index e896fc8fd51..612df96e0db 100644
--- a/fedimint-core/src/encoding/btc.rs
+++ b/fedimint-core/src/encoding/btc.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use bitcoin::address::NetworkUnchecked;
 use bitcoin::hashes::Hash as BitcoinHash;
 use hex::{FromHex, ToHex};
 use miniscript::{Descriptor, MiniscriptKey};
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
 use super::{BufBitcoinReader, CountWrite, SimpleBitcoinRead};
 use crate::bitcoin_migration::{bitcoin30_to_bitcoin32_network, bitcoin32_to_bitcoin30_address};
@@ -170,6 +171,29 @@ impl Decodable for bitcoin::Network {
     }
 }
 
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Eq, PartialEq, Hash, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct NetworkSaneEncodingWrapper(pub bitcoin::Network);
+
+impl Encodable for NetworkSaneEncodingWrapper {
+    fn consensus_encode<W: Write>(&self, writer: &mut W) -> Result<usize, Error> {
+        self.0.magic().to_bytes().consensus_encode(writer)
+    }
+}
+
+impl Decodable for NetworkSaneEncodingWrapper {
+    fn consensus_decode<D: std::io::Read>(
+        d: &mut D,
+        modules: &ModuleDecoderRegistry,
+    ) -> Result<Self, DecodeError> {
+        Ok(Self(
+            bitcoin::Network::from_magic(bitcoin::p2p::Magic::from_bytes(
+                Decodable::consensus_decode(d, modules)?,
+            ))
+            .ok_or_else(|| DecodeError::new_custom(format_err!("Unknown network magic")))?,
+        ))
+    }
+}
+
 impl Encodable for bitcoin::Amount {
     fn consensus_encode<W: std::io::Write>(&self, writer: &mut W) -> Result<usize, std::io::Error> {
         self.to_sat().consensus_encode(writer)
diff --git a/fedimint-core/src/encoding/mod.rs b/fedimint-core/src/encoding/mod.rs
index 60ccc2f627c..d15a16bc8bf 100644
--- a/fedimint-core/src/encoding/mod.rs
+++ b/fedimint-core/src/encoding/mod.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 pub mod as_hex;
 mod bls12_381;
-mod btc;
+pub mod btc;
 mod secp256k1;
 mod threshold_crypto;
 
diff --git a/gateway/ln-gateway/src/lib.rs b/gateway/ln-gateway/src/lib.rs
index 5866f8243e0..5f3261febba 100644
--- a/gateway/ln-gateway/src/lib.rs
+++ b/gateway/ln-gateway/src/lib.rs
@@ -1872,14 +1872,14 @@ impl Gateway {
             ))))?;
         let ln_cfg: &fedimint_lnv2_common::config::LightningClientConfig = cfg.cast()?;
 
-        if ln_cfg.network != network {
+        if ln_cfg.network.0 != network {
             error!(
                 "Federation {federation_id} runs on {} but this gateway supports {network}",
-                ln_cfg.network,
+                ln_cfg.network.0,
             );
             return Err(AdminGatewayError::ClientCreationError(anyhow!(format!(
                 "Unsupported network {}",
-                ln_cfg.network
+                ln_cfg.network.0
             ))));
         }
 
diff --git a/modules/fedimint-lnv2-client/src/lib.rs b/modules/fedimint-lnv2-client/src/lib.rs
index 56e6c4bbff8..10938b50bbb 100644
--- a/modules/fedimint-lnv2-client/src/lib.rs
+++ b/modules/fedimint-lnv2-client/src/lib.rs
@@ -497,10 +497,10 @@ impl LightningClientModule {
             return Err(SendPaymentError::InvoiceExpired);
         }
 
-        if self.cfg.network != invoice.currency().into() {
+        if self.cfg.network.0 != invoice.currency().into() {
             return Err(SendPaymentError::WrongCurrency {
                 invoice_currency: invoice.currency(),
-                federation_currency: self.cfg.network.into(),
+                federation_currency: self.cfg.network.0.into(),
             });
         }
 
diff --git a/modules/fedimint-lnv2-common/src/config.rs b/modules/fedimint-lnv2-common/src/config.rs
index eeadb1c4cbf..9cb1796d205 100644
--- a/modules/fedimint-lnv2-common/src/config.rs
+++ b/modules/fedimint-lnv2-common/src/config.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ use std::collections::BTreeMap;
 
 pub use bitcoin::Network;
 use fedimint_core::core::ModuleKind;
+use fedimint_core::encoding::btc::NetworkSaneEncodingWrapper;
 use fedimint_core::encoding::{Decodable, Encodable};
 use fedimint_core::envs::BitcoinRpcConfig;
 use fedimint_core::{plugin_types_trait_impl_config, Amount, PeerId};
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ pub struct LightningConfigConsensus {
     pub tpe_agg_pk: AggregatePublicKey,
     pub tpe_pks: BTreeMap<PeerId, PublicKeyShare>,
     pub fee_consensus: FeeConsensus,
-    pub network: Network,
+    pub network: NetworkSaneEncodingWrapper,
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ pub struct LightningClientConfig {
     pub tpe_agg_pk: AggregatePublicKey,
     pub tpe_pks: BTreeMap<PeerId, PublicKeyShare>,
     pub fee_consensus: FeeConsensus,
-    pub network: Network,
+    pub network: NetworkSaneEncodingWrapper,
 }
 
 impl std::fmt::Display for LightningClientConfig {
@@ -188,7 +189,7 @@ fn migrate_config_consensus(
             })
             .collect(),
         fee_consensus: FeeConsensus::new(1000).expect("Relative fee is within range"),
-        network: config.network,
+        network: NetworkSaneEncodingWrapper(config.network),
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/modules/fedimint-lnv2-server/src/lib.rs b/modules/fedimint-lnv2-server/src/lib.rs
index 93bfc232a14..7757c4d5f5f 100644
--- a/modules/fedimint-lnv2-server/src/lib.rs
+++ b/modules/fedimint-lnv2-server/src/lib.rs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ use fedimint_core::config::{
 };
 use fedimint_core::core::ModuleInstanceId;
 use fedimint_core::db::{Database, DatabaseTransaction, IDatabaseTransactionOpsCoreTyped};
+use fedimint_core::encoding::btc::NetworkSaneEncodingWrapper;
 use fedimint_core::module::audit::Audit;
 use fedimint_core::module::{
     api_endpoint, ApiEndpoint, ApiVersion, CoreConsensusVersion, InputMeta, ModuleConsensusVersion,
@@ -205,7 +206,7 @@ impl ServerModuleInit for LightningInit {
                             tpe_agg_pk,
                             tpe_pks: tpe_pks.clone(),
                             fee_consensus: params.consensus.fee_consensus.clone(),
-                            network: params.consensus.network,
+                            network: NetworkSaneEncodingWrapper(params.consensus.network),
                         },
                         private: LightningConfigPrivate {
                             sk: sks[peer.to_usize()],
@@ -247,7 +248,7 @@ impl ServerModuleInit for LightningInit {
                     })
                     .collect(),
                 fee_consensus: params.consensus.fee_consensus.clone(),
-                network: params.consensus.network,
+                network: NetworkSaneEncodingWrapper(params.consensus.network),
             },
             private: LightningConfigPrivate {
                 sk: SecretKeyShare(sk),