diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 596c32060..50e847da2 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -548,6 +548,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "bigint 4.1.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "heapsize 0.4.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "libc 0.2.21 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "plain_hasher 0.1.0",
  "rand 0.3.14 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "rustc-hex 1.0.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
@@ -2214,6 +2215,13 @@ name = "pkg-config"
 version = "0.3.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "plain_hasher"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "crunchy 0.1.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "podio"
 version = "0.1.5"
diff --git a/util/bigint/Cargo.toml b/util/bigint/Cargo.toml
index 36a272f8c..fcca56078 100644
--- a/util/bigint/Cargo.toml
+++ b/util/bigint/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ rustc-hex = "1.0"
 rand = "0.3.12"
 libc = "0.2"
 heapsize = { version = "0.4", optional = true }
+plain_hasher = { path = "../plain_hasher" }
 
 [features]
 x64asm_arithmetic=[]
diff --git a/util/bigint/src/hash.rs b/util/bigint/src/hash.rs
index ca6adf0e7..316062bc4 100644
--- a/util/bigint/src/hash.rs
+++ b/util/bigint/src/hash.rs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ use std::collections::{HashMap, HashSet};
 use rand::{Rand, Rng};
 use rand::os::OsRng;
 use rustc_hex::{FromHex, FromHexError};
+use plain_hasher::PlainHasher;
 use bigint::U256;
 use libc::{c_void, memcmp};
 
@@ -446,41 +447,6 @@ impl_hash!(H2048, 256);
 known_heap_size!(0, H32, H64, H128, H160, H256, H264, H512, H520, H1024, H2048);
 // Specialized HashMap and HashSet
 
-/// Hasher that just takes 8 bytes of the provided value.
-/// May only be used for keys which are 32 bytes.
-pub struct PlainHasher {
-	prefix: [u8; 8],
-	_marker: [u64; 0], // for alignment
-}
-
-impl Default for PlainHasher {
-	#[inline]
-	fn default() -> PlainHasher {
-		PlainHasher {
-			prefix: [0; 8],
-			_marker: [0; 0],
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-impl Hasher for PlainHasher {
-	#[inline]
-	fn finish(&self) -> u64 {
-		unsafe { ::std::mem::transmute(self.prefix) }
-	}
-
-	#[inline]
-	fn write(&mut self, bytes: &[u8]) {
-		debug_assert!(bytes.len() == 32);
-
-		for quarter in bytes.chunks(8) {
-			for (x, y) in self.prefix.iter_mut().zip(quarter) {
-				*x ^= *y
-			}
-		}
-	}
-}
-
 /// Specialized version of `HashMap` with H256 keys and fast hashing function.
 pub type H256FastMap<T> = HashMap<H256, T, BuildHasherDefault<PlainHasher>>;
 /// Specialized version of `HashSet` with H256 keys and fast hashing function.
diff --git a/util/bigint/src/lib.rs b/util/bigint/src/lib.rs
index 7a85de6a1..1b1b5d488 100644
--- a/util/bigint/src/lib.rs
+++ b/util/bigint/src/lib.rs
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ extern crate rand;
 extern crate rustc_hex;
 extern crate bigint;
 extern crate libc;
+extern crate plain_hasher;
 
 #[cfg(feature="heapsizeof")]
 #[macro_use]
diff --git a/util/plain_hasher/Cargo.toml b/util/plain_hasher/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0ed45ba36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/plain_hasher/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[package]
+name = "plain_hasher"
+description = "Hasher for 32-bit keys."
+version = "0.1.0"
+authors = ["Parity Technologies <admin@parity.io>"]
+license = "MIT"
+keywords = ["hash", "hasher"]
+categories = ["no-std"]
+homepage = "https://github.com/paritytech/plain_hasher"
+
+[dependencies]
+crunchy = "0.1.6"
diff --git a/util/plain_hasher/benches/bench.rs b/util/plain_hasher/benches/bench.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e7e8570ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/plain_hasher/benches/bench.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#![feature(test)]
+
+extern crate test;
+extern crate plain_hasher;
+
+use std::hash::Hasher;
+use std::collections::hash_map::DefaultHasher;
+use test::{Bencher, black_box};
+use plain_hasher::PlainHasher;
+
+#[bench]
+fn write_plain_hasher(b: &mut Bencher) {
+	b.iter(|| {
+		let n: u8 = black_box(100);
+		(0..n).fold(PlainHasher::default(), |mut old, new| {
+			let bb = black_box([new; 32]);
+			old.write(&bb as &[u8]);
+			old
+		});
+	});
+}
+
+#[bench]
+fn write_default_hasher(b: &mut Bencher) {
+	b.iter(|| {
+		let n: u8 = black_box(100);
+		(0..n).fold(DefaultHasher::default(), |mut old, new| {
+			let bb = black_box([new; 32]);
+			old.write(&bb as &[u8]);
+			old
+		});
+	});
+}
diff --git a/util/plain_hasher/src/lib.rs b/util/plain_hasher/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b16596363
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/plain_hasher/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+#![no_std]
+#[macro_use]
+extern crate crunchy;
+
+use core::{hash, mem};
+
+/// Hasher that just takes 8 bytes of the provided value.
+/// May only be used for keys which are 32 bytes.
+#[derive(Default)]
+pub struct PlainHasher {
+	prefix: u64,
+}
+
+impl hash::Hasher for PlainHasher {
+	#[inline]
+	fn finish(&self) -> u64 {
+		self.prefix
+	}
+
+	#[inline]
+	#[allow(unused_assignments)]
+	fn write(&mut self, bytes: &[u8]) {
+		debug_assert!(bytes.len() == 32);
+
+		unsafe {
+			let mut bytes_ptr = bytes.as_ptr();
+			let prefix_u8: &mut [u8; 8] = mem::transmute(&mut self.prefix);
+			let mut prefix_ptr = prefix_u8.as_mut_ptr();
+
+			unroll! {
+				for _i in 0..8 {
+					*prefix_ptr ^= (*bytes_ptr ^ *bytes_ptr.offset(8)) ^ (*bytes_ptr.offset(16) ^ *bytes_ptr.offset(24));
+
+					bytes_ptr = bytes_ptr.offset(1);
+					prefix_ptr = prefix_ptr.offset(1);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+	use core::hash::Hasher;
+	use super::PlainHasher;
+
+	#[test]
+	fn it_works() {
+		let mut bytes = [32u8; 32];
+		bytes[0] = 15;
+		let mut hasher = PlainHasher::default();
+		hasher.write(&bytes);
+		assert_eq!(hasher.prefix, 47);
+	}
+}