diff --git a/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Blockchain/Receipts/PersistentReceiptStorage.cs b/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Blockchain/Receipts/PersistentReceiptStorage.cs
index 7a3ce9593f4..732aaad4db0 100644
--- a/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Blockchain/Receipts/PersistentReceiptStorage.cs
+++ b/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Blockchain/Receipts/PersistentReceiptStorage.cs
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ public long MigratedBlockNumber
             set
             {
                 _migratedBlockNumber = value;
-                _defaultColumn.Set(MigrationBlockNumberKey, MigratedBlockNumber.ToBigEndianByteArrayWithoutLeadingZeros());
+                _defaultColumn.PutSpan(MigrationBlockNumberKey.Bytes, value.ToBigEndianSpanWithoutLeadingZeros(out _));
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Consensus.AuRa/Validators/ValidatorStore.cs b/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Consensus.AuRa/Validators/ValidatorStore.cs
index d269c4f2825..00a6a23f1c0 100644
--- a/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Consensus.AuRa/Validators/ValidatorStore.cs
+++ b/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Consensus.AuRa/Validators/ValidatorStore.cs
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ public void SetValidators(long finalizingBlockNumber, Address[] validators)
                 var validatorInfo = new ValidatorInfo(finalizingBlockNumber, _latestFinalizedValidatorsBlockNumber, validators);
                 var rlp = Rlp.Encode(validatorInfo);
                 _db.Set(GetKey(finalizingBlockNumber), rlp.Bytes);
-                _db.Set(LatestFinalizedValidatorsBlockNumberKey, finalizingBlockNumber.ToBigEndianByteArrayWithoutLeadingZeros());
+                _db.PutSpan(LatestFinalizedValidatorsBlockNumberKey.Bytes, finalizingBlockNumber.ToBigEndianSpanWithoutLeadingZeros(out _));
                 _latestFinalizedValidatorsBlockNumber = finalizingBlockNumber;
                 _latestValidatorInfo = validatorInfo;
                 Metrics.ValidatorsCount = validators.Length;
diff --git a/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Core/Extensions/Int64Extensions.cs b/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Core/Extensions/Int64Extensions.cs
index 1306742283c..7417a66bfb7 100644
--- a/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Core/Extensions/Int64Extensions.cs
+++ b/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Core/Extensions/Int64Extensions.cs
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
 
 using System;
 using System.Buffers.Binary;
+using System.Numerics;
 using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 
 using Nethermind.Int256;
 
@@ -11,112 +13,19 @@ namespace Nethermind.Core.Extensions;
 
 public static class Int64Extensions
 {
-    public static byte[] ToBigEndianByteArrayWithoutLeadingZeros(this long value)
+    public static ReadOnlySpan<byte> ToBigEndianSpanWithoutLeadingZeros(this long value, out long buffer)
     {
-        byte byte6 = (byte)(value >> 8);
-        byte byte5 = (byte)(value >> 16);
-        byte byte4 = (byte)(value >> 24);
-        byte byte3 = (byte)(value >> 32);
-        byte byte2 = (byte)(value >> 40);
-        byte byte1 = (byte)(value >> 48);
-        byte byte0 = (byte)(value >> 56);
-
-        if (byte0 == 0)
-        {
-            if (byte1 == 0)
-            {
-                if (byte2 == 0)
-                {
-                    if (byte3 == 0)
-                    {
-                        if (byte4 == 0)
-                        {
-                            if (byte5 == 0)
-                            {
-                                if (byte6 == 0)
-                                {
-                                    byte[] bytes = new byte[1];
-                                    bytes[0] = (byte)value;
-                                    return bytes;
-                                }
-                                else
-                                {
-                                    byte[] bytes = new byte[2];
-                                    bytes[1] = (byte)value;
-                                    bytes[0] = byte6;
-                                    return bytes;
-                                }
-                            }
-                            else
-                            {
-                                byte[] bytes = new byte[3];
-                                bytes[2] = (byte)value;
-                                bytes[1] = byte6;
-                                bytes[0] = byte5;
-                                return bytes;
-                            }
-                        }
-                        else
-                        {
-                            byte[] bytes = new byte[4];
-                            bytes[3] = (byte)value;
-                            bytes[2] = byte6;
-                            bytes[1] = byte5;
-                            bytes[0] = byte4;
-                            return bytes;
-                        }
-                    }
-                    else
-                    {
-                        byte[] bytes = new byte[5];
-                        bytes[4] = (byte)value;
-                        bytes[3] = byte6;
-                        bytes[2] = byte5;
-                        bytes[1] = byte4;
-                        bytes[0] = byte3;
-                        return bytes;
-                    }
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    byte[] bytes = new byte[6];
-                    bytes[5] = (byte)value;
-                    bytes[4] = byte6;
-                    bytes[3] = byte5;
-                    bytes[2] = byte4;
-                    bytes[1] = byte3;
-                    bytes[0] = byte2;
-                    return bytes;
-                }
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                byte[] bytes = new byte[7];
-                bytes[6] = (byte)value;
-                bytes[5] = byte6;
-                bytes[4] = byte5;
-                bytes[3] = byte4;
-                bytes[2] = byte3;
-                bytes[1] = byte2;
-                bytes[0] = byte1;
-                return bytes;
-            }
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            byte[] bytes = new byte[8];
-            bytes[7] = (byte)value;
-            bytes[6] = byte6;
-            bytes[5] = byte5;
-            bytes[4] = byte4;
-            bytes[3] = byte3;
-            bytes[2] = byte2;
-            bytes[1] = byte1;
-            bytes[0] = byte0;
-            return bytes;
-        }
+        // Min 7 bytes as we still want a byte if the value is 0.
+        var start = Math.Min(BitOperations.LeadingZeroCount((ulong)value) / sizeof(long), sizeof(long) - 1);
+        // We create the span over the out value to ensure the span stack space remains valid.
+        buffer = BitConverter.IsLittleEndian ? BinaryPrimitives.ReverseEndianness(value) : value;
+        ReadOnlySpan<byte> span = MemoryMarshal.AsBytes(MemoryMarshal.CreateSpan(ref buffer, 1));
+        return span[start..];
     }
 
+    public static byte[] ToBigEndianByteArrayWithoutLeadingZeros(this long value)
+        => value.ToBigEndianSpanWithoutLeadingZeros(out _).ToArray();
+
     public static byte[] ToBigEndianByteArray(this long value)
     {
         byte[] bytes = BitConverter.GetBytes(value);
diff --git a/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Core/IKeyValueStore.cs b/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Core/IKeyValueStore.cs
index 717ae542c71..0c09710b712 100644
--- a/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Core/IKeyValueStore.cs
+++ b/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Core/IKeyValueStore.cs
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-3.0-only
 
 using System;
-using System.Buffers;
-using Nethermind.Core.Buffers;
 using Nethermind.Core.Extensions;
 
 namespace Nethermind.Core
diff --git a/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Core/KeyValueStoreExtensions.cs b/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Core/KeyValueStoreExtensions.cs
index d4f6e4a46cc..906b39acf45 100644
--- a/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Core/KeyValueStoreExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Core/KeyValueStoreExtensions.cs
@@ -69,10 +69,10 @@ public static bool KeyExists(this IReadOnlyKeyValueStore db, Hash256 key)
 
         public static bool KeyExists(this IReadOnlyKeyValueStore db, long key)
         {
-            return db.KeyExists(key.ToBigEndianByteArrayWithoutLeadingZeros());
+            return db.KeyExists(key.ToBigEndianSpanWithoutLeadingZeros(out _));
         }
 
-        public static byte[]? Get(this IReadOnlyKeyValueStore db, long key) => db[key.ToBigEndianByteArrayWithoutLeadingZeros()];
+        public static byte[]? Get(this IReadOnlyKeyValueStore db, long key) => db[key.ToBigEndianSpanWithoutLeadingZeros(out _)];
 
         /// <summary>
         ///
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ public static bool KeyExists(this IReadOnlyKeyValueStore db, long key)
         /// <param name="db"></param>
         /// <param name="key"></param>
         /// <returns>Can return null or empty Span on missing key</returns>
-        public static Span<byte> GetSpan(this IReadOnlyKeyValueStore db, long key) => db.GetSpan(key.ToBigEndianByteArrayWithoutLeadingZeros());
+        public static Span<byte> GetSpan(this IReadOnlyKeyValueStore db, long key) => db.GetSpan(key.ToBigEndianSpanWithoutLeadingZeros(out _));
 
         public static MemoryManager<byte>? GetOwnedMemory(this IReadOnlyKeyValueStore db, ReadOnlySpan<byte> key)
         {
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ public static void Delete(this IWriteOnlyKeyValueStore db, Hash256 key)
 
         public static void Delete(this IWriteOnlyKeyValueStore db, long key)
         {
-            db.Remove(key.ToBigEndianByteArrayWithoutLeadingZeros());
+            db.Remove(key.ToBigEndianSpanWithoutLeadingZeros(out _));
         }
 
         [SkipLocalsInit]
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ public static void Delete(this IWriteOnlyKeyValueStore db, long blockNumber, Has
 
         public static void Set(this IWriteOnlyKeyValueStore db, long key, byte[] value)
         {
-            db[key.ToBigEndianByteArrayWithoutLeadingZeros()] = value;
+            db[key.ToBigEndianSpanWithoutLeadingZeros(out _)] = value;
         }
 
         #endregion
diff --git a/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Db.Rocks/DbOnTheRocks.cs b/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Db.Rocks/DbOnTheRocks.cs
index 8b5ac589718..8427e7f2d98 100644
--- a/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Db.Rocks/DbOnTheRocks.cs
+++ b/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Db.Rocks/DbOnTheRocks.cs
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 using System.Reflection;
 using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 using System.Threading;
-using System.Threading.Channels;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using ConcurrentCollections;
 using Nethermind.Config;
diff --git a/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Db/Blooms/BloomStorage.cs b/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Db/Blooms/BloomStorage.cs
index d801f521148..ba068b85dfb 100644
--- a/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Db/Blooms/BloomStorage.cs
+++ b/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Db/Blooms/BloomStorage.cs
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ public void Migrate(IEnumerable<BlockHeader> headers)
 
         private void Set(Hash256 key, long value)
         {
-            _bloomInfoDb.Set(key, value.ToBigEndianByteArrayWithoutLeadingZeros());
+            _bloomInfoDb.PutSpan(key.Bytes, value.ToBigEndianSpanWithoutLeadingZeros(out _));
         }
 
         public void Dispose()
diff --git a/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Serialization.Rlp/KeyValueStoreRlpExtensions.cs b/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Serialization.Rlp/KeyValueStoreRlpExtensions.cs
index 88694f12b15..1042f94031a 100644
--- a/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Serialization.Rlp/KeyValueStoreRlpExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Serialization.Rlp/KeyValueStoreRlpExtensions.cs
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ public static class KeyValueStoreRlpExtensions
 
     public static TItem? Get<TItem>(this IReadOnlyKeyValueStore db, long key, IRlpStreamDecoder<TItem>? decoder, LruCache<long, TItem>? cache = null, RlpBehaviors rlpBehaviors = RlpBehaviors.None, bool shouldCache = true) where TItem : class
     {
-        byte[] keyDb = key.ToBigEndianByteArrayWithoutLeadingZeros();
+        ReadOnlySpan<byte> keyDb = key.ToBigEndianSpanWithoutLeadingZeros(out _);
         return Get(db, key, keyDb, decoder, cache, rlpBehaviors, shouldCache);
     }