diff --git a/src/attestations/dynamic-array.ts b/src/attestations/dynamic-array.ts
index eeb2dde..22b2d11 100644
--- a/src/attestations/dynamic-array.ts
+++ b/src/attestations/dynamic-array.ts
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ class DynamicArrayBase<T = any> {
 
   /**
    * Split into a (dynamic) number of fixed-size chunks.
-   * Does not assumes that the max length or actual length are multiples of the chunk size.
+   * Does not assume that the max length or actual length are multiples of the chunk size.
    *
    * Warning: The last chunk will contain dummy values if the actual length is not a multiple of the chunk size.
    */
diff --git a/src/attestations/dynamic-sha256.ts b/src/attestations/dynamic-sha256.ts
index a62ebb2..3e7d168 100644
--- a/src/attestations/dynamic-sha256.ts
+++ b/src/attestations/dynamic-sha256.ts
@@ -51,25 +51,32 @@ function createPaddedBlocks(
 
   // pack each block of 64 bytes into 32 uint16s
   let blocksOfUInt16 = blocksOfUInt8.map(UInt16x8, (block) =>
-    UInt16x8.from(chunk(block.array, 2).map(UInt8x2.from).map(UInt16.pack))
+    UInt16x8.from(block.chunk(2).map(UInt16, UInt16.pack))
   );
 
   // pack each block of 32 uint16s into 4 uint128s
   let blocksOfUInt128 = blocksOfUInt16.map(UInt128x4, (block) =>
-    UInt128x4.from(chunk(block.array, 8).map(UInt16x8.from).map(UInt128.pack))
+    UInt128x4.from(block.chunk(8).map(UInt128, UInt128.pack))
   );
 
-  throw Error('todo');
+  // splice the length in the same way
+  // length = l0 + 2*(l10 + 8*l11) + 64*blocks.length
+  let { rest: l0, quotient: l1 } =
+    UInt32.Unsafe.fromField(innerLength).divMod(2);
+  let { rest: l10, quotient: l11 } = l1.divMod(8);
 
-  // // apply padding:
-  // // 1. get the last block
-  // let lastIndex = blocksOfBytes.length.sub(1);
-  // let last = blocksOfBytes.getOrUnconstrained(lastIndex);
+  // get the last block, and correct sub-blocks within that
+  let lastIndex = blocksOfUInt128.length.sub(1);
+  let lastBlock = blocksOfUInt128.getOrUnconstrained(lastIndex);
+  let lastUint128 = lastBlock.getOrUnconstrained(l11.value).unpack();
+  let lastUint16 = lastUint128.getOrUnconstrained(l10.value).unpack();
 
-  // // 2. apply padding and update block again (no-op if there are zero blocks)
-  // blocksOfBytes.setOrDoNothing(lastIndex, padLastBlock(last));
+  // set 0x1 byte at `length`
+  lastUint16.setOrDoNothing(l0.value, UInt8.from(0x1));
+  lastUint128.setOrDoNothing(l11.value, UInt16.pack(lastUint16));
+  lastBlock.setOrDoNothing(l10.value, UInt128.pack(lastUint128));
 
-  // return blocksOfBytes;
+  throw Error('todo');
 }
 
 function padLastBlock(lastBlock: UInt32[]): UInt32[] {
diff --git a/src/attestations/static-array.ts b/src/attestations/static-array.ts
index 54dda35..968bf2c 100644
--- a/src/attestations/static-array.ts
+++ b/src/attestations/static-array.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import {
   Gadgets,
   ProvableHashable,
 } from 'o1js';
-import { assert, zip } from '../util.ts';
+import { assert, chunk, zip } from '../util.ts';
 import { ProvableType } from '../o1js-missing.ts';
 import { assertLessThan16, lessThan16 } from './gadgets.ts';
 
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ function StaticArray<
    *
    * Note: Both the actual length and the values beyond the original ones will be constant.
    */
-  from(v: (T | V)[]): StaticArrayBase<T>;
+  from(v: (T | V)[] | StaticArrayBase<T>): StaticArrayBase<T>;
 } {
   let innerType: ProvableHashable<T, V> = ProvableType.get(type) as any;
 
@@ -219,6 +219,18 @@ class StaticArrayBase<T = any> {
     return state;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Split into a static number of fixed-size chunks.
+   * Requires that the length is a multiple of the chunk size.
+   */
+  chunk(chunkSize: number) {
+    let chunked = chunk(this.array, chunkSize);
+    let newLength = this.length / chunkSize;
+    const Chunk = StaticArray(this.innerType, chunkSize);
+    const Chunked = StaticArray(Chunk, newLength);
+    return new Chunked(chunked.map(Chunk.from));
+  }
+
   // cached variables to not duplicate constraints if we do something like array.get(i), array.set(i, ..) on the same index
   _indexMasks: Map<Field, Bool[]> = new Map();
   _indicesInRange: Set<Field> = new Set();