diff --git a/.DS_Store b/.DS_Store
deleted file mode 100644
index dbb5eaf..0000000
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diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 61942b9..10089d8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 vendor
 
 examples/archive.tar
-test.php
+*.php
 
 composer.lock
 .DS_Store
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8711839
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# IPFS-PHP Changelog
+
+This file contains information about every addition, update and deletion in the IPFS-PHP library.  
+It is recommended to read this file before updating the library to a new version.
+
+## v1.0.0
+
+Initial release of the project.  
+
+#### Additions
+
+- Added the `IPFS\Client\IPFSClient` class to interact with IPFS nodes
+  - Supports the following IPFS methods:
+    - `add`
+    - `cat`
+    - `get`
+    - `ls`
+    - `pin/add`
+    - `pin/rm`
+    - `version`
+    - `ping`
+  - Added the corresponding response models and transformers
+- Added unit tests
+
+## v1.1.0
+
+This releases brings support for the `CID` IPFS identifiers.
+
+#### Additions
+
+- Added the `IPFS\Service\CIDEncoder` class that allows for encoding v1 CIDs in the `bafk` format.
+
+#### Updates
+
+- Enhanced the `IPFSClient::ping` unit test to handle the actual response format from IPFS nodes.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3478571..c83e975 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 [![PHP CI](https://github.com/EdouardCourty/ipfs-php/actions/workflows/php_ci.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/EdouardCourty/ipfs-php/actions/workflows/php_ci.yml)
 
-IPFS-PHP provides a simple way to interact with an IPFS Node using PHP.
+IPFS-PHP provides a simple way to interact with an IPFS Node using PHP.  
+The changelog for this project can be found [here](./CHANGELOG.md).
 
 ## Installation
 
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index ba08aa7..e99f81d 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
     "type": "library",
     "require": {
         "php": ">= 8.3",
-        "symfony/http-client": "^7.2"
+        "symfony/http-client": "^7.2",
+        "selective/base32": "^2.0"
     },
     "require-dev": {
         "phpunit/phpunit": "^12.0",
diff --git a/src/Client/IPFSClient.php b/src/Client/IPFSClient.php
index 81151e4..c3322f0 100644
--- a/src/Client/IPFSClient.php
+++ b/src/Client/IPFSClient.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 namespace IPFS\Client;
 
+use IPFS\Exception\IPFSTransportException;
 use IPFS\Model\File;
 use IPFS\Model\Node;
 use IPFS\Model\Ping;
@@ -147,7 +148,17 @@ public function ping(string $nodeId, int $count = 10): Ping
             ],
         ]);
 
-        $parsedResponse = json_decode($response, true);
+        $parts = explode("\n", $response);
+        $filtered = array_filter($parts, function (string $value) {
+            return mb_strlen(trim($value)) > 0;
+        });
+
+        if (empty($filtered) === true) {
+            throw new IPFSTransportException('Unable to decode ping response.');
+        }
+
+        $realResponse = (string) $filtered[\count($filtered) - 1];
+        $parsedResponse = json_decode($realResponse, true);
 
         $pingTransformer = new PingTransformer();
         return $pingTransformer->transform($parsedResponse);
diff --git a/src/Service/CIDEncoder.php b/src/Service/CIDEncoder.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..de016e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Service/CIDEncoder.php
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace IPFS\Service;
+
+use Selective\Base32\Base32;
+
+class CIDEncoder
+{
+    private const int RAW_CODEC = 0x55;
+
+    public static function computeCIDv1(string $data): string
+    {
+        $multihash = self::computeMultihash($data);
+        $cidBinary = pack("C*", 0x01, self::RAW_CODEC) . $multihash;
+
+        $cidBase32 = (new Base32())->encode($cidBinary, false);
+        return 'b' . mb_strtolower($cidBase32);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Compute the multihash using SHA-256.
+     */
+    private static function computeMultihash(string $data): string
+    {
+        $hash = hash('sha256', $data, true);
+
+        return pack("C*", 0x12, 0x20) . $hash;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/Client/IPFSClientTest.php b/tests/Client/IPFSClientTest.php
index 85a3c7d..58b3b5d 100644
--- a/tests/Client/IPFSClientTest.php
+++ b/tests/Client/IPFSClientTest.php
@@ -265,7 +265,9 @@ public function testPing(): void
             'Time' => '1234567890',
             'Text' => 'Hello, World!',
         ];
-
+        $jsonEncoded = json_encode($mockReturn);
+        // Ping responses contain multiple JSON objects separated by newlines.
+        $actualMockReturn = implode("\n", [$jsonEncoded, $jsonEncoded, $jsonEncoded]);
         $this->httpClient
             ->expects($this->once())
             ->method('request')
@@ -275,7 +277,7 @@ public function testPing(): void
                     'count' => 10,
                 ],
             ])
-            ->willReturn(json_encode($mockReturn));
+            ->willReturn($actualMockReturn);
 
         $result = $this->client->ping('QmZ4tDuvese8GKQ3vz8Fq8bKz1q3z1z1z1z1z1z1z1z1z');
 
diff --git a/tests/Service/CIDEncoderTest.php b/tests/Service/CIDEncoderTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ee6762b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Service/CIDEncoderTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace IPFS\Tests\Service;
+
+use IPFS\Service\CIDEncoder;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+
+/**
+ * @coversDefaultClass \IPFS\Service\CIDEncoder
+ */
+class CIDEncoderTest extends TestCase
+{
+    /**
+     * @covers ::computeCIDv1
+     * @covers ::computeMultihash
+     */
+    public function testItEncodes(): void
+    {
+        $data = 'Hello, world!';
+
+        $expectedCIDv1 = 'bafkreibrl5n5w5wqpdcdxcwaazheualemevr7ttxzbutiw74stdvrfhn2m';
+        $computedCIDv1 = CIDEncoder::computeCIDv1($data);
+
+        $this->assertSame($expectedCIDv1, $computedCIDv1);
+    }
+}