diff --git a/monero/client/rpc/client.go b/monero/client/rpc/client.go
index 3490571..704afed 100644
--- a/monero/client/rpc/client.go
+++ b/monero/client/rpc/client.go
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ package rpc
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
-	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"git.gammaspectra.live/P2Pool/consensus/v3/utils"
 	"io"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ func (c *Client) RawRequest(ctx context.Context, endpoint string, params interfa
 	var body io.Reader
 
 	if params != nil {
-		b, err := json.Marshal(params)
+		b, err := utils.MarshalJSON(params)
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("marshal: %w", err)
 		}
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ func (c *Client) JSONRPC(ctx context.Context, method string, params interface{},
 	address := *c.address
 	address.Path = endpointJSONRPC
 
-	b, err := json.Marshal(&RequestEnvelope{
+	b, err := utils.MarshalJSON(&RequestEnvelope{
 		ID:      "0",
 		JSONRPC: versionJSONRPC,
 		Method:  method,
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ func (c *Client) submitRequest(req *http.Request, response interface{}) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("non-2xx status code: %d", resp.StatusCode)
 	}
 
-	if err := json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(response); err != nil {
+	if err := utils.NewJSONDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(response); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("decode: %w", err)
 	}
 
diff --git a/monero/client/rpc/client_test.go b/monero/client/rpc/client_test.go
index f3a097c..5140838 100644
--- a/monero/client/rpc/client_test.go
+++ b/monero/client/rpc/client_test.go
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ package rpc_test
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"git.gammaspectra.live/P2Pool/consensus/v3/utils"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
 	"testing"
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ func TestClient(t *testing.T) {
 			)
 
 			handler := func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-				err := json.NewDecoder(r.Body).Decode(body)
+				err := utils.NewJSONDecoder(r.Body).Decode(body)
 				assert.NoError(t, err)
 			}
 
diff --git a/monero/client/rpc/daemon/binary_endpoints.go b/monero/client/rpc/daemon/binary_endpoints.go
index d93c2c4..7202aed 100644
--- a/monero/client/rpc/daemon/binary_endpoints.go
+++ b/monero/client/rpc/daemon/binary_endpoints.go
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ package daemon
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
-	"encoding/hex"
 	"errors"
 	"git.gammaspectra.live/P2Pool/consensus/v3/monero/client/levin"
+	fasthex "github.com/tmthrgd/go-hex"
 	"io"
 )
 
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ func (c *Client) GetOIndexes(
 	ctx context.Context, txid string,
 ) (indexes []uint64, finalError error) {
 
-	binaryTxId, err := hex.DecodeString(txid)
+	binaryTxId, err := fasthex.DecodeString(txid)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/monero/client/rpc/daemon/jsonrpc.go b/monero/client/rpc/daemon/jsonrpc.go
index 21fdecb..1640daf 100644
--- a/monero/client/rpc/daemon/jsonrpc.go
+++ b/monero/client/rpc/daemon/jsonrpc.go
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ package daemon
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"encoding/hex"
-	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"git.gammaspectra.live/P2Pool/consensus/v3/utils"
+	fasthex "github.com/tmthrgd/go-hex"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ func (c *Client) SubmitBlock(ctx context.Context, blobs ...[]byte) (*SubmitBlock
 
 	params := make([]string, 0, len(blobs))
 	for _, blob := range blobs {
-		params = append(params, hex.EncodeToString(blob))
+		params = append(params, fasthex.EncodeToString(blob))
 	}
 
 	err := c.JSONRPC(ctx, methodSubmitBlock, params, resp)
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ func (c *Client) GetCoinbaseTxSum(
 func (j *GetBlockResult) InnerJSON() (*GetBlockResultJSON, error) {
 	res := &GetBlockResultJSON{}
 
-	err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(j.JSON), res)
+	err := utils.UnmarshalJSON([]byte(j.JSON), res)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unmarshal: %w", err)
 	}
diff --git a/monero/client/rpc/daemon/raw_endpoints.go b/monero/client/rpc/daemon/raw_endpoints.go
index d1a4352..43518c0 100644
--- a/monero/client/rpc/daemon/raw_endpoints.go
+++ b/monero/client/rpc/daemon/raw_endpoints.go
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ package daemon
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"git.gammaspectra.live/P2Pool/consensus/v3/utils"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ func (r *GetTransactionsResult) GetTransactions() ([]*TransactionJSON, error) {
 		}
 
 		t := &TransactionJSON{}
-		err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(txn.AsJSON), t)
+		err := utils.UnmarshalJSON([]byte(txn.AsJSON), t)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("unmarshal txn '%s': %w",
 				txn.TxHash, err)