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+// Copyright (c) 2020-2021 The Bitcoin Core developers
+// Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
+// file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
+
+#ifndef BITCOIN_UTIL_HASH_TYPE_H
+#define BITCOIN_UTIL_HASH_TYPE_H
+
+template <typename HashType>
+class BaseHash
+{
+protected:
+    HashType m_hash;
+
+public:
+    BaseHash() : m_hash() {}
+    explicit BaseHash(const HashType& in) : m_hash(in) {}
+
+    unsigned char* begin()
+    {
+        return m_hash.begin();
+    }
+
+    const unsigned char* begin() const
+    {
+        return m_hash.begin();
+    }
+
+    unsigned char* end()
+    {
+        return m_hash.end();
+    }
+
+    const unsigned char* end() const
+    {
+        return m_hash.end();
+    }
+
+    operator std::vector<unsigned char>() const
+    {
+        return std::vector<unsigned char>{m_hash.begin(), m_hash.end()};
+    }
+
+    std::string ToString() const
+    {
+        return m_hash.ToString();
+    }
+
+    bool operator==(const BaseHash<HashType>& other) const noexcept
+    {
+        return m_hash == other.m_hash;
+    }
+
+    bool operator!=(const BaseHash<HashType>& other) const noexcept
+    {
+        return !(m_hash == other.m_hash);
+    }
+
+    bool operator<(const BaseHash<HashType>& other) const noexcept
+    {
+        return m_hash < other.m_hash;
+    }
+
+    size_t size() const
+    {
+        return m_hash.size();
+    }
+
+    unsigned char* data() { return m_hash.data(); }
+    const unsigned char* data() const { return m_hash.data(); }
+};
+
+#endif // BITCOIN_UTIL_HASH_TYPE_H