diff --git a/src/db/Cargo.toml b/src/db/Cargo.toml
index 0a278bc0..a7a99642 100644
--- a/src/db/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/db/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ path = "lib.rs"
 err-derive.workspace = true
 hexdump.workspace = true
 tracing.workspace = true
+opentelemetry.workspace = true
+opentelemetry.workspace = true
+xxhash-rust.workspace = true
 
 heed = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 rusqlite = { workspace = true, optional = true, features = ["backup"] }
diff --git a/src/db/lmdb_adapter.rs b/src/db/lmdb_adapter.rs
index de4c3910..e12bd012 100644
--- a/src/db/lmdb_adapter.rs
+++ b/src/db/lmdb_adapter.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ use std::sync::{Arc, RwLock};
 use heed::types::ByteSlice;
 use heed::{BytesDecode, Env, RoTxn, RwTxn, UntypedDatabase as Database};
 
+use xxhash_rust::xxh3::xxh3_128;
+
 use crate::{
 	Db, Error, IDb, ITx, ITxFn, OnCommit, Result, TxError, TxFnResult, TxOpError, TxOpResult,
 	TxResult, TxValueIter, Value, ValueIter,
@@ -58,6 +60,40 @@ impl LmdbDb {
 	}
 }
 
+fn key_hash(key: &[u8]) -> [u8; 16] {
+    xxh3_128(key).to_ne_bytes()
+}
+
+fn kv_to_value(key: &[u8], value: &[u8]) -> Vec<u8> {
+    [&key.len().to_ne_bytes(), key, value].concat()
+}
+
+fn value_to_kv(value: &[u8]) -> (Vec<u8>, Vec<u8>) {
+    const USIZE_LEN: usize = std::mem::size_of::<usize>();
+    let klen = usize::from_ne_bytes(value[0..USIZE_LEN].try_into().unwrap());
+    (
+        value[USIZE_LEN..klen+USIZE_LEN].to_vec(),
+        value[USIZE_LEN+klen..].to_vec()
+    )
+}
+
+fn key_hash(key: &[u8]) -> [u8; 16] {
+    xxh3_128(key).to_ne_bytes()
+}
+
+fn kv_to_value(key: &[u8], value: &[u8]) -> Vec<u8> {
+    [&key.len().to_ne_bytes(), key, value].concat()
+}
+
+fn value_to_kv(value: &[u8]) -> (Vec<u8>, Vec<u8>) {
+    const USIZE_LEN: usize = std::mem::size_of::<usize>();
+    let klen = usize::from_ne_bytes(value[0..USIZE_LEN].try_into().unwrap());
+    (
+        value[USIZE_LEN..klen+USIZE_LEN].to_vec(),
+        value[USIZE_LEN+klen..].to_vec()
+    )
+}
+
 impl IDb for LmdbDb {
 	fn engine(&self) -> String {
 		"LMDB (using Heed crate)".into()
@@ -119,10 +155,11 @@ impl IDb for LmdbDb {
 		let tree = self.get_tree(tree)?;
 
 		let tx = self.db.read_txn()?;
-		let val = tree.get(&tx, key)?;
+        let kh = key_hash(key);
+		let val = tree.get(&tx, &kh)?;
 		match val {
 			None => Ok(None),
-			Some(v) => Ok(Some(v.to_vec())),
+			Some(v) => Ok(Some(value_to_kv(v).1))
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -135,7 +172,9 @@ impl IDb for LmdbDb {
 	fn insert(&self, tree: usize, key: &[u8], value: &[u8]) -> Result<()> {
 		let tree = self.get_tree(tree)?;
 		let mut tx = self.db.write_txn()?;
-		tree.put(&mut tx, key, value)?;
+        let kh = key_hash(key);
+        let value = kv_to_value(key, value);
+		tree.put(&mut tx, &kh, &value)?;
 		tx.commit()?;
 		Ok(())
 	}
@@ -143,7 +182,8 @@ impl IDb for LmdbDb {
 	fn remove(&self, tree: usize, key: &[u8]) -> Result<()> {
 		let tree = self.get_tree(tree)?;
 		let mut tx = self.db.write_txn()?;
-		tree.delete(&mut tx, key)?;
+        let kh = key_hash(key);
+		tree.delete(&mut tx, &kh)?;
 		tx.commit()?;
 		Ok(())
 	}
@@ -242,8 +282,9 @@ impl<'a> LmdbTx<'a> {
 impl<'a> ITx for LmdbTx<'a> {
 	fn get(&self, tree: usize, key: &[u8]) -> TxOpResult<Option<Value>> {
 		let tree = self.get_tree(tree)?;
-		match tree.get(&self.tx, key)? {
-			Some(v) => Ok(Some(v.to_vec())),
+        let kh = key_hash(key);
+		match tree.get(&self.tx, &kh)? {
+			Some(v) => Ok(Some(value_to_kv(v).1)),
 			None => Ok(None),
 		}
 	}
@@ -254,14 +295,18 @@ impl<'a> ITx for LmdbTx<'a> {
 
 	fn insert(&mut self, tree: usize, key: &[u8], value: &[u8]) -> TxOpResult<()> {
 		let tree = *self.get_tree(tree)?;
-		tree.put(&mut self.tx, key, value)?;
+        let kh = key_hash(key);
+        let value = kv_to_value(key, value);
+		tree.put(&mut self.tx, &kh, &value)?;
 		Ok(())
 	}
 	fn remove(&mut self, tree: usize, key: &[u8]) -> TxOpResult<()> {
 		let tree = *self.get_tree(tree)?;
-		tree.delete(&mut self.tx, key)?;
+        let kh = key_hash(key);
+		tree.delete(&mut self.tx, &kh)?;
 		Ok(())
 	}
+
 	fn clear(&mut self, tree: usize) -> TxOpResult<()> {
 		let tree = *self.get_tree(tree)?;
 		tree.clear(&mut self.tx)?;
@@ -370,7 +415,7 @@ where
 		match next {
 			None => None,
 			Some(Err(e)) => Some(Err(e.into())),
-			Some(Ok((k, v))) => Some(Ok((k.to_vec(), v.to_vec()))),
+			Some(Ok((_k, v))) => Some(Ok(value_to_kv(v))),
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -380,7 +425,7 @@ where
 fn tx_iter_item<'a>(
 	item: std::result::Result<(&'a [u8], &'a [u8]), heed::Error>,
 ) -> TxOpResult<(Vec<u8>, Vec<u8>)> {
-	item.map(|(k, v)| (k.to_vec(), v.to_vec()))
+	item.map(|(_k, v)| value_to_kv(v))
 		.map_err(|e| TxOpError(Error::from(e)))
 }