diff --git a/core/check/ifHrp.go b/core/check/ifHrp.go
index 37acffeb6..4fc9c2077 100644
--- a/core/check/ifHrp.go
+++ b/core/check/ifHrp.go
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
 package check
 
-import (
-	"regexp"
-)
-
 // IfHrp tests if the provided string is human readable - does contain only alphabetic characters
 func IfHrp(s string) bool {
-	isHrp := regexp.MustCompile(`^[a-zA-Z]+$`).MatchString(s)
+	if s == "" {
+		return false
+	}
 
-	return isHrp
+	for _, r := range s {
+		if (r < 'a' || r > 'z') && (r < 'A' || r > 'Z') {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+	return true
 }
diff --git a/core/pubkeyConverter/bech32PubkeyConverter_test.go b/core/pubkeyConverter/bech32PubkeyConverter_test.go
index 34453afef..97494534d 100644
--- a/core/pubkeyConverter/bech32PubkeyConverter_test.go
+++ b/core/pubkeyConverter/bech32PubkeyConverter_test.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/ElrondNetwork/elrond-go-core/core"
 	"github.com/ElrondNetwork/elrond-go-core/core/check"
+	"github.com/ElrondNetwork/elrond-go-core/core/mock"
 	"github.com/ElrondNetwork/elrond-go-core/core/pubkeyConverter"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
@@ -76,6 +77,30 @@ func TestBech32PubkeyConverter_DecodeWrongSizeShouldErr(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.True(t, errors.Is(err, pubkeyConverter.ErrWrongSize))
 }
 
+func TestBech32PubkeyConverter_SilentEncodeShouldWork(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	addressLen := 32
+	bpc, _ := pubkeyConverter.NewBech32PubkeyConverter(addressLen, core.DefaultAddressPrefix)
+
+	buff := []byte("12345678901234567890123456789012")
+	str := bpc.SilentEncode(buff, &mock.LoggerMock{})
+
+	assert.Equal(t, 0, strings.Index(str, pubkeyConverter.Prefix))
+}
+
+func TestBech32PubkeyConverter_SilentEncodeShouldNotWork(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	addressLen := 32
+	bpc, _ := pubkeyConverter.NewBech32PubkeyConverter(addressLen, core.DefaultAddressPrefix)
+
+	buff := []byte("1234")
+	str := bpc.SilentEncode(buff, &mock.LoggerMock{})
+
+	assert.Equal(t, "", str)
+}
+
 func TestBech32PubkeyConverter_EncodeDecodeShouldWork(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
diff --git a/core/pubkeyConverter/hexPubkeyConverter_test.go b/core/pubkeyConverter/hexPubkeyConverter_test.go
index f5d8617ae..2d30eb7ba 100644
--- a/core/pubkeyConverter/hexPubkeyConverter_test.go
+++ b/core/pubkeyConverter/hexPubkeyConverter_test.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/ElrondNetwork/elrond-go-core/core/check"
+	"github.com/ElrondNetwork/elrond-go-core/core/mock"
 	"github.com/ElrondNetwork/elrond-go-core/core/pubkeyConverter"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
@@ -69,7 +70,18 @@ func TestHexPubkeyConverter_EncodeShouldWork(t *testing.T) {
 	addressLen := 4
 	hpc, _ := pubkeyConverter.NewHexPubkeyConverter(addressLen)
 
-	str, _ := hpc.Encode([]byte{170, 255})
+	str, err := hpc.Encode([]byte{170, 255})
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, "aaff", str)
+}
+
+func TestHexPubkeyConverter_SilentEncodeShouldWork(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	addressLen := 4
+	hpc, _ := pubkeyConverter.NewHexPubkeyConverter(addressLen)
+
+	str := hpc.SilentEncode([]byte{170, 255}, &mock.LoggerMock{})
 	assert.Equal(t, "aaff", str)
 }