diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 972a3e279bf..2b389e4b0ab 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@ BITCOIN_CORE_H = \
   util/fees.h \
   util/getuniquepath.h \
   util/golombrice.h \
+  util/hash_type.h \
   util/hasher.h \
   util/macros.h \
   util/message.h \
diff --git a/src/script/standard.h b/src/script/standard.h
index f2bf4a8af35..12ab9979a85 100644
--- a/src/script/standard.h
+++ b/src/script/standard.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 #include <script/interpreter.h>
 #include <uint256.h>
+#include <util/hash_type.h>
 
 #include <string>
 #include <variant>
@@ -18,70 +19,6 @@ class CKeyID;
 class CScript;
 struct ScriptHash;
 
-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(); }
-};
-
 /** A reference to a CScript: the Hash160 of its serialization (see script.h) */
 class CScriptID : public BaseHash<uint160>
 {
diff --git a/src/util/hash_type.h b/src/util/hash_type.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..13b831cf19d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/hash_type.h
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+// 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