diff --git a/address_test.go b/address_test.go
index 942542d..933e95a 100644
--- a/address_test.go
+++ b/address_test.go
@@ -63,28 +63,32 @@ func TestAddress(t *testing.T) {
 			address:        "9xYZvCDf6aFdLd7Qawg5XHZitWLKoeFvcLHfe5GxsGCFLbXSWeQNKciXX9YN4T7nPPLcpqYLUdrFiY77nQYeH9RuK9bogZJ",
 		},
 	}
-	var base58 string
-	var spendingKey, viewingKey []byte
-	for _, test := range tests {
-		spendingKey, _ = hex.DecodeString(test.spendingKeyHex)
-		viewingKey, _ = hex.DecodeString(test.viewingKeyHex)
-		address, _ := NewAddress(test.address)
-		if address.network != test.network {
-			t.Errorf("%s: want: %d, got: %d", test.name, test.network, address.network)
-			continue
-		}
-		if bytes.Compare(address.spendingKey, spendingKey) != 0 {
-			t.Errorf("%s: want: %x, got: %x", test.name, spendingKey, address.spendingKey)
-			continue
-		}
-		if bytes.Compare(address.viewingKey, viewingKey) != 0 {
-			t.Errorf("%s: want: %x, got: %x", test.name, viewingKey, address.viewingKey)
-			continue
-		}
-		base58 = address.Base58()
-		if base58 != test.address {
-			t.Errorf("%s: want: %s, got: %s", test.name, test.address, base58)
-			continue
+
+	for i := 0; i < 50000; i++ {
+
+		var base58 string
+		var spendingKey, viewingKey []byte
+		for _, test := range tests {
+			spendingKey, _ = hex.DecodeString(test.spendingKeyHex)
+			viewingKey, _ = hex.DecodeString(test.viewingKeyHex)
+			address, _ := NewAddress(test.address)
+			if address.network != test.network {
+				t.Errorf("%s: want: %d, got: %d", test.name, test.network, address.network)
+				continue
+			}
+			if bytes.Compare(address.spendingKey, spendingKey) != 0 {
+				t.Errorf("%s: want: %x, got: %x", test.name, spendingKey, address.spendingKey)
+				continue
+			}
+			if bytes.Compare(address.viewingKey, viewingKey) != 0 {
+				t.Errorf("%s: want: %x, got: %x", test.name, viewingKey, address.viewingKey)
+				continue
+			}
+			base58 = address.Base58()
+			if base58 != test.address {
+				t.Errorf("%s: want: %s, got: %s", test.name, test.address, base58)
+				continue
+			}
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/base58.go b/base58.go
index 5ee9735..4e954db 100644
--- a/base58.go
+++ b/base58.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package moneroutil
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
 	"lukechampine.com/uint128"
 )
 
@@ -20,17 +19,22 @@ var base58Lookup = map[string]int{
 
 var base128 = uint128.From64(58)
 
-func encodeChunk(raw []byte, padding int) (result []byte) {
-	remainder := uint128.FromBytes(append(bytes.Repeat([]byte{0}, 16-len(raw)), raw...)).ReverseBytes()
+func encodeChunk(raw []byte, padding int, buf []byte) []byte {
+	var data [16]byte
+	copy(data[16-len(raw):], raw)
+	remainder := uint128.FromBytesBE(data[:])
 	var current uint128.Uint128
 	for remainder.Cmp64(0) > 0 {
 		remainder, current = remainder.QuoRem(base128)
-		result = append([]byte{BASE58[current.Lo]}, result...)
+		buf = append(buf, BASE58[current.Lo])
 	}
-	if len(result) < padding {
-		result = append(bytes.Repeat([]byte{'1'}, padding-len(result)), result...)
+	for len(buf) < padding {
+		buf = append(buf, '1')
 	}
-	return
+	for i, j := 0, len(buf)-1; i < j; i, j = i+1, j-1 {
+		buf[i], buf[j] = buf[j], buf[i]
+	}
+	return buf
 }
 
 func decodeChunk(encoded string) (result []byte) {
@@ -67,19 +71,21 @@ func decodeChunk(encoded string) (result []byte) {
 }
 
 func EncodeMoneroBase58(data ...[]byte) string {
-	var combined []byte
+	//preallocate common case
+	combined := make([]byte, 0, 96)
 	for _, item := range data {
 		combined = append(combined, item...)
 	}
 
-	result := make([]byte, 0, len(data)*2)
+	result := make([]byte, 0, len(combined)*2)
+	buf := make([]byte, 0, len(combined)*2)
 	length := len(combined)
 	rounds := length / 8
 	for i := 0; i < rounds; i++ {
-		result = append(result, encodeChunk(combined[i*8:(i+1)*8], 11)...)
+		result = append(result, encodeChunk(combined[i*8:(i+1)*8], 11, buf[:0])...)
 	}
 	if length%8 > 0 {
-		result = append(result, encodeChunk(combined[rounds*8:], 7)...)
+		result = append(result, encodeChunk(combined[rounds*8:], 7, buf[:0])...)
 	}
 	return string(result)
 }
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 88da694..28b51aa 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ module git.gammaspectra.live/P2Pool/moneroutil
 go 1.19
 
 require (
-	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20221005025214-4161e89ecf1b
-	lukechampine.com/uint128 v1.2.0
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.9.0
+	lukechampine.com/uint128 v1.3.0
 )
 
-require golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20221006211917-84dc82d7e875 // indirect
+require golang.org/x/sys v0.8.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 11150ed..fd3f72d 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20221005025214-4161e89ecf1b h1:huxqepDufQpLLIRXiVkTvnxrzJlpwmIWAObmcCcUFr0=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20221005025214-4161e89ecf1b/go.mod h1:IxCIyHEi3zRg3s0A5j5BB6A9Jmi73HwBIUl50j+osU4=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20221006211917-84dc82d7e875 h1:AzgQNqF+FKwyQ5LbVrVqOcuuFB67N47F9+htZYH0wFM=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20221006211917-84dc82d7e875/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
-lukechampine.com/uint128 v1.2.0 h1:mBi/5l91vocEN8otkC5bDLhi2KdCticRiwbdB0O+rjI=
-lukechampine.com/uint128 v1.2.0/go.mod h1:c4eWIwlEGaxC/+H1VguhU4PHXNWDCDMUlWdIWl2j1gk=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.9.0 h1:LF6fAI+IutBocDJ2OT0Q1g8plpYljMZ4+lty+dsqw3g=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.9.0/go.mod h1:yrmDGqONDYtNj3tH8X9dzUun2m2lzPa9ngI6/RUPGR0=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.8.0 h1:EBmGv8NaZBZTWvrbjNoL6HVt+IVy3QDQpJs7VRIw3tU=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.8.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
+lukechampine.com/uint128 v1.3.0 h1:cDdUVfRwDUDovz610ABgFD17nXD4/uDgVHl2sC3+sbo=
+lukechampine.com/uint128 v1.3.0/go.mod h1:c4eWIwlEGaxC/+H1VguhU4PHXNWDCDMUlWdIWl2j1gk=