diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -543,6 +543,7 @@
 	avalanche/peermanager.cpp
 	avalanche/processor.cpp
 	avalanche/proof.cpp
+	avalanche/proofid.cpp
 	avalanche/proofbuilder.cpp
 	banman.cpp
 	blockencodings.cpp
diff --git a/src/avalanche/proof.cpp b/src/avalanche/proof.cpp
--- a/src/avalanche/proof.cpp
+++ b/src/avalanche/proof.cpp
@@ -58,12 +58,7 @@
     }
 
     limitedProofId = LimitedProofId(ss.GetHash());
-
-    CHashWriter ss2(SER_GETHASH, 0);
-    ss2 << limitedProofId;
-    ss2 << master;
-
-    proofid = ProofId(ss2.GetHash());
+    proofid = ProofId::fromLimitedId(limitedProofId, master);
 }
 
 uint32_t Proof::getScore() const {
diff --git a/src/avalanche/proofid.h b/src/avalanche/proofid.h
--- a/src/avalanche/proofid.h
+++ b/src/avalanche/proofid.h
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 
 #include <string>
 
+class CPubKey;
+
 namespace avalanche {
 
 struct LimitedProofId : public uint256 {
@@ -27,6 +29,9 @@
     explicit ProofId() : uint256() {}
     explicit ProofId(const uint256 &b) : uint256(b) {}
 
+    static ProofId fromLimitedId(const LimitedProofId &limitedId,
+                                 const CPubKey &proofMaster);
+
     static ProofId fromHex(const std::string &str) {
         ProofId r;
         r.SetHex(str);
diff --git a/src/avalanche/proofid.cpp b/src/avalanche/proofid.cpp
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/avalanche/proofid.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2021 The Bitcoin developers
+// Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
+// file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
+
+#include <avalanche/proofid.h>
+
+#include <hash.h>
+#include <pubkey.h>
+
+namespace avalanche {
+
+ProofId ProofId::fromLimitedId(const LimitedProofId &limitedId,
+                               const CPubKey &proofMaster) {
+    CHashWriter ss(SER_GETHASH, 0);
+    ss << limitedId;
+    ss << proofMaster;
+    return ProofId(ss.GetHash());
+}
+
+} // namespace avalanche
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