diff --git a/NBitcoin.Bench/HashBench.cs b/NBitcoin.Bench/HashBench.cs
index ef756c5c4..f05c7d0d1 100644
--- a/NBitcoin.Bench/HashBench.cs
+++ b/NBitcoin.Bench/HashBench.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 using BenchmarkDotNet.Attributes;
 using NBitcoin.Crypto;
 using NBitcoin.DataEncoders;
+using System;
 
 namespace NBitcoin.Bench;
 
@@ -15,6 +16,12 @@ public void Setup()
 		bytes = Encoders.Hex.DecodeData("d54994ece1d11b19785c7248868696250ab195605b469632b7bd68130e880c9a");
 	}
 
+	[Benchmark]
+	public void Hash160()
+	{
+		Hashes.Hash160(bytes.AsSpan());
+	}
+
 	[Benchmark]
 	public void SHA1()
 	{
diff --git a/NBitcoin/Crypto/Hashes.cs b/NBitcoin/Crypto/Hashes.cs
index 328a9f8c8..ce4d0aae8 100644
--- a/NBitcoin/Crypto/Hashes.cs
+++ b/NBitcoin/Crypto/Hashes.cs
@@ -46,11 +46,11 @@ public static uint160 Hash160(byte[] data)
 		{
 			return Hash160(data, 0, data.Length);
 		}
+
 #if HAS_SPAN
 		public static uint160 Hash160(ReadOnlySpan<byte> data)
 		{
-			// TODO: optimize
-			return Hash160(data.ToArray());
+			return new uint160(Hash160RawBytes(data));
 		}
 #endif
 
@@ -63,8 +63,17 @@ public static uint160 Hash160(byte[] data, int offset, int count)
 		{
 			return new uint160(Hash160RawBytes(data, offset, count));
 		}
+
 		public static byte[] Hash160RawBytes(byte[] data)
-		=> Hash160RawBytes(data, 0, data.Length);
+			=> Hash160RawBytes(data, 0, data.Length);
+
+#if HAS_SPAN
+		public static byte[] Hash160RawBytes(ReadOnlySpan<byte> data)
+		{
+			return RIPEMD160(SHA256(data));
+		}
+#endif
+
 		public static byte[] Hash160RawBytes(byte[] data, int offset, int count)
 		{
 			return RIPEMD160(SHA256(data, offset, count));