diff --git a/src/cid.js b/src/cid.js
index 4736898f..8c9d83e8 100644
--- a/src/cid.js
+++ b/src/cid.js
@@ -78,12 +78,6 @@ export class CID {
     /** @readonly */
     this.bytes = bytes
 
-    // ArrayBufferView
-    /** @readonly */
-    this.byteOffset = bytes.byteOffset
-    /** @readonly */
-    this.byteLength = bytes.byteLength
-
     // Circular reference
     /** @readonly */
     this.asCID = this
@@ -274,6 +268,10 @@ export class CID {
       throw new Error('String codecs are no longer supported')
     }
 
+    if (digest.bytes == null) {
+      throw new Error('Invalid digest')
+    }
+
     switch (version) {
       case 0: {
         if (code !== DAG_PB_CODE) {
diff --git a/src/link/interface.ts b/src/link/interface.ts
index af8b7e47..791ad8e7 100644
--- a/src/link/interface.ts
+++ b/src/link/interface.ts
@@ -27,9 +27,6 @@ export interface Link<
   readonly version: V
   readonly code: Format
   readonly multihash: MultihashDigest<Alg>
-
-  readonly byteOffset: number
-  readonly byteLength: number
   readonly bytes: ByteView<Link<Data, Format, Alg, V>>
 
   equals: (other: unknown) => other is Link<Data, Format, Alg, Version>
diff --git a/test/test-cid.spec.js b/test/test-cid.spec.js
index 6de0f6c5..295976ff 100644
--- a/test/test-cid.spec.js
+++ b/test/test-cid.spec.js
@@ -708,4 +708,32 @@ describe('CID', () => {
     sender.close()
     receiver.close()
   })
+
+  describe('decode', () => {
+    const tests = {
+      v0: 'QmTFHZL5CkgNz19MdPnSuyLAi6AVq9fFp81zmPpaL2amED',
+      v1: 'bafybeif2pall7dybz7vecqka3zo24irdwabwdi4wc55jznaq75q7eaavvu'
+    }
+
+    Object.entries(tests).forEach(([version, cidString]) => {
+      it(`decode ${version} from bytes`, () => {
+        const cid1 = CID.parse(cidString)
+        const cid2 = CID.decode(cid1.bytes)
+
+        assert.deepStrictEqual(cid1, cid2)
+      })
+
+      it(`decode ${version} from subarray`, () => {
+        const cid1 = CID.parse(cidString)
+        // a byte array with an extra byte at the start and end
+        const bytes = new Uint8Array(cid1.bytes.length + 2)
+        bytes.set(cid1.bytes, 1)
+        // slice the cid bytes out of the middle to have a subarray with a non-zero .byteOffset
+        const subarray = bytes.subarray(1, cid1.bytes.length + 1)
+        const cid2 = CID.decode(subarray)
+
+        assert.deepStrictEqual(cid1, cid2)
+      })
+    })
+  })
 })