diff --git a/fluffy/network/history/history_network.nim b/fluffy/network/history/history_network.nim
index 0774b3bda..1b29fb7b7 100644
--- a/fluffy/network/history/history_network.nim
+++ b/fluffy/network/history/history_network.nim
@@ -41,11 +41,11 @@ proc getContent*(n: HistoryNetwork, key: ContentKey):
 
   # When content is found and is in the radius range, store it.
   if content.isSome() and contentInRange:
-    n.contentDB.put(contentId, content.get().asSeq())
+    n.contentDB.put(contentId, content.get())
 
   # TODO: for now returning bytes, ultimately it would be nice to return proper
   # domain types.
-  return content.map(x => x.asSeq())
+  return content
 
 proc new*(
     T: type HistoryNetwork,
diff --git a/fluffy/network/state/state_network.nim b/fluffy/network/state/state_network.nim
index 620289984..c1e396f50 100644
--- a/fluffy/network/state/state_network.nim
+++ b/fluffy/network/state/state_network.nim
@@ -41,11 +41,11 @@ proc getContent*(n: StateNetwork, key: ContentKey):
 
   # When content is found on the network and is in the radius range, store it.
   if content.isSome() and contentInRange:
-    n.contentDB.put(contentId, content.get().asSeq())
+    n.contentDB.put(contentId, content.get())
 
   # TODO: for now returning bytes, ultimately it would be nice to return proper
   # domain types.
-  return content.map(x => x.asSeq())
+  return content
 
 proc new*(
     T: type StateNetwork,
diff --git a/fluffy/network/wire/portal_protocol.nim b/fluffy/network/wire/portal_protocol.nim
index 20e01e584..a31f04558 100644
--- a/fluffy/network/wire/portal_protocol.nim
+++ b/fluffy/network/wire/portal_protocol.nim
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ type
   FoundContent* = object
     case kind*: FoundContentKind
     of Content:
-      content*: ByteList
+      content*: seq[byte]
     of Nodes:
       nodes*: seq[Node]
 
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ proc handleFindContent(
         encodeMessage(ContentMessage(
           contentMessageType: contentType, content: ByteList(content)))
       else:
-        let connectionId = p.stream.addContentRequest(srcId, ByteList(content))
+        let connectionId = p.stream.addContentRequest(srcId, content)
 
         encodeMessage(ContentMessage(
           contentMessageType: connectionIdType, connectionId: connectionId))
@@ -392,12 +392,12 @@ proc findContent*(p: PortalProtocol, dst: Node, contentKey: ByteList):
       if await readData.withTimeout(p.stream.readTimeout):
         let content = readData.read
         await socket.destroyWait()
-        return ok(FoundContent(kind: Content, content: ByteList.init(content)))
+        return ok(FoundContent(kind: Content, content: content))
       else:
         socket.close()
         return err("Reading data from socket timed out, content request failed")
     of contentType:
-      return ok(FoundContent(kind: Content, content: m.content))
+      return ok(FoundContent(kind: Content, content: m.content.asSeq()))
     of enrsType:
       let records = recordsFromBytes(m.enrs)
       if records.isOk():
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ proc lookup*(p: PortalProtocol, target: NodeId): Future[seq[Node]] {.async.} =
 # networks will probably be very similar. Extract lookup function to separate module
 # and make it more generaic
 proc contentLookup*(p: PortalProtocol, target: ByteList, targetId: UInt256):
-    Future[Option[ByteList]] {.async.} =
+    Future[Option[seq[byte]]] {.async.} =
   ## Perform a lookup for the given target, return the closest n nodes to the
   ## target. Maximum value for n is `BUCKET_SIZE`.
   # `closestNodes` holds the k closest nodes to target found, sorted by distance
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ proc contentLookup*(p: PortalProtocol, target: ByteList, targetId: UInt256):
       # query?
       discard
 
-  return none[ByteList]()
+  return none[seq[byte]]()
 
 proc query*(p: PortalProtocol, target: NodeId, k = BUCKET_SIZE): Future[seq[Node]]
     {.async.} =
diff --git a/fluffy/network/wire/portal_stream.nim b/fluffy/network/wire/portal_stream.nim
index 30c9befcb..2f76cc2de 100644
--- a/fluffy/network/wire/portal_stream.nim
+++ b/fluffy/network/wire/portal_stream.nim
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ type
   ContentRequest = object
     connectionId: uint16
     nodeId: NodeId
-    content: ByteList
+    content: seq[byte]
     timeout: Moment
 
   ContentOffer = object
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ proc addContentOffer*(
   return connectionId
 
 proc addContentRequest*(
-    stream: PortalStream, nodeId: NodeId, content: ByteList): Bytes2 =
+    stream: PortalStream, nodeId: NodeId, content: seq[byte]): Bytes2 =
   var connectionId: Bytes2
   brHmacDrbgGenerate(stream.rng[], connectionId)
 
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ proc registerIncomingSocketCallback(
       for i, request in stream.contentRequests:
         if request.connectionId == client.connectionId and
             request.nodeId == client.remoteAddress.id:
-          let fut = client.writeAndClose(request.content.asSeq())
+          let fut = client.writeAndClose(request.content)
           stream.contentRequests.del(i)
           return fut
 
diff --git a/fluffy/rpc/rpc_portal_api.nim b/fluffy/rpc/rpc_portal_api.nim
index cfb9a3c71..0b2858de2 100644
--- a/fluffy/rpc/rpc_portal_api.nim
+++ b/fluffy/rpc/rpc_portal_api.nim
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ proc installPortalApiHandlers*(
       case foundContent.kind:
       of Content:
         return (
-          some("0x" & foundContent.content.asSeq().toHex()),
+          some("0x" & foundContent.content.toHex()),
           none(seq[Record]))
       of Nodes:
         return (