diff --git a/src/main/scala/scorex/util/package.scala b/src/main/scala/scorex/util/package.scala
index 470a766..5b92e0b 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/scorex/util/package.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/scorex/util/package.scala
@@ -1,16 +1,76 @@
 package scorex
 
 import scorex.util.encode.Base16
-import supertagged.TaggedType
 
 package object util {
 
-  object ModifierId extends TaggedType[String]
-  type ModifierId = ModifierId.Type
+  /** Represents hash based id of a modifier. `ModifierId` is used extensively
+    * all over the code base.
+    * In most cases `ModifierId` is used as equality safe replacement of the original `Array[Byte]` 32-bytes
+    * hash which is stored in blockchain.
+    *
+    * The reason for this is that the default implementation of `hashCode` and `equals` in `Array` class
+    * doesn't allow to use arrays in `Map` (as keys) and in `Set` collections. Other methods like `distinct`
+    * also become broken.
+    *
+    * This class avoids the above mentioned problems and in addition outperforms even Array[Byte]
+    * while guaranteeing the correctness of equality sensitive operations with collections.
+    * The idea is to exploit the fact that ModifierId is backed by cryptographic hash, we know this for sure,
+    * so it is not general Array[Byte].
+    *
+    * The implementation of `hashCode()` below is much more efficient than hashing the whole 32 bytes of
+    * `hashBytes` array and actually provide better `hashCode` randomness (since the hash function if
+    * cryptographic), which will further improve performance of `Map` and `Set` operations.
+    *
+    * @param  hashBytes  cryptographic hash
+    */
+  case class ModifierId(hashBytes: Array[Byte]) {
+    // This is much more efficient than hashing whole array or String.
+    // We can use the last 4 bytes and convert them into Int.
+    override def hashCode: Int = {
+      val bytes = hashBytes
+	  if (bytes.size == 32)
+        hashFromBytes(bytes(28), bytes(29), bytes(30), bytes(31))
+	  else
+	    java.util.Arrays.hashCode(bytes)
+    }
 
-  def bytesToId(bytes: Array[Byte]): ModifierId = ModifierId @@ Base16.encode(bytes)
+    override def equals(other: Any): Boolean = (this eq other.asInstanceOf[AnyRef]) ||
+      (other match {
+        case other: ModifierId => java.util.Arrays.equals(hashBytes, other.hashBytes)
+        case _ => false
+      })
 
-  def idToBytes(id: ModifierId): Array[Byte] = Base16.decode(id).get
+	  override def toString: String = Base16.encode(hashBytes)
+  }
+
+  @inline final def hashFromBytes(b1: Byte, b2: Byte, b3: Byte, b4: Byte): Int =  {
+    b1 << 24 | (b2 & 0xFF) << 16 | (b3 & 0xFF) << 8 | (b4 & 0xFF)
+  }
+
+  def bytesToId(bytes: Array[Byte]): ModifierId = new ModifierId(bytes)
+
+  def idToBytes(id: ModifierId): Array[Byte] = id.hashBytes
+
+  def stringToId(s: String): ModifierId = new ModifierId(Base16.decode(s).get)
+
+  implicit val modifierOrdering : Ordering[ModifierId] = new Ordering[ModifierId] {
+    // We can not use java.util.Arrays.compare because we have to provide compatibility with
+	// comparison of Base16 encoded strings representing this byte array.
+	// So we have to treate bytes as unsigned
+    def compare(a: ModifierId, b: ModifierId): Int = {
+      val len = math.min(a.hashBytes.length, b.hashBytes.length)
+      var i = 0
+      while (i < len) {
+        val diff = (a.hashBytes(i) & 0xFF) - (b.hashBytes(i) & 0xFF)
+        if (diff != 0) {
+          return diff
+        }
+        i += 1
+      }
+      a.hashBytes.length - len
+  	}
+  }
 
   implicit class ModifierIdOps(val m: ModifierId) extends AnyVal {
     @inline def toBytes: Array[Byte] = idToBytes(m)
@@ -19,4 +79,12 @@ package object util {
   implicit class ByteArrayOps(val b: Array[Byte]) extends AnyVal  {
     @inline def toModifierId: ModifierId = bytesToId(b)
   }
+
+  implicit class StringOps(val s: String) extends AnyVal  {
+    @inline def toModifierId: ModifierId = stringToId(s)
+  }
+
+  object ModifierId {
+    def apply(s: String): ModifierId = stringToId(s)
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/scala/scorex/ModifierIdSpec.scala b/src/test/scala/scorex/ModifierIdSpec.scala
index 0d96d5d..e428dbe 100644
--- a/src/test/scala/scorex/ModifierIdSpec.scala
+++ b/src/test/scala/scorex/ModifierIdSpec.scala
@@ -15,4 +15,24 @@ class ModifierIdSpec extends AnyFlatSpec with Matchers {
     bytes.toModifierId.toBytes shouldEqual bytes
   }
 
+  "ModifierId" should "equals or not equal if and only if the corresponding Base16 strings are equal" in {
+    val str1 = "0001020304050607080910111213141516171819F0F1F2F3F4F5F6F7F8F900FF"
+    val str2 = "0001020304050607080910111213141516171819F0F1F2F3F4F5F6F7F8F900FF"
+    val str3 = "0001020304050607080910111213141516171819F0F1F2F3F4F5F6F7F8F9007F"
+	ModifierId(str1) shouldEqual ModifierId(str1)
+	ModifierId(str1) shouldEqual ModifierId(str2)
+	ModifierId(str2) should not equal ModifierId(str3)
+  }
+
+  "ModifierId" should "provide the same ordering as Base16 strings" in {
+    val strs = Array("0001020304050607080910111213141516171819F0F1F2F3F4F5F6F7F8F900FF",
+   		             "0101020304050607080910111213141516171819F0F1F2F3F4F5F6F7F8F900FF",
+					 "FF01020304050607080910111213141516171819F0F1F2F3F4F5F6F7F8F900FF",
+					 "0001020304050607080910111213141516171819F0F1F2F3F4F5F6F7F8F9007F",
+					 "0001020304050607080910111213141516171819F0F1F2F3F4F5F6F7F8F901FF")
+	for (i <- 0 until strs.size)
+	  for (j <- 0 until strs.size)
+	   	math.signum(modifierOrdering.compare(ModifierId(strs(i)), ModifierId(strs(j)))) shouldEqual math.signum(strs(i).compare(strs(j)))
+  }
+
 }