diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 53dbfe3e..388cc6d0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,16 +9,17 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 - Re-exported `ferveo` Python and WASM bindings. ([#58])
 - Added `RequestSharedSecret`, `RequestPublicKey`, `RequestSecretKey`, `RequestKeyFactory` as wrappers for underlying Curve 25519 key functionality. ([#54])
-- Added Rust `pre-commit` hooks for repos. 
-- Added `secret_box` functionality.
+- Added Rust `pre-commit` hooks for repos. ([#54])
+- Added `secret_box` functionality. ([#54])
 
 
 ### Changed
 
 - Replaced opaque types with native `ferveo` types. ([#53])
-- Removed `E2EThresholdDecryptionRequest` type and bindings. ([54])
+- Removed `E2EThresholdDecryptionRequest` type and bindings. ([#54])
 - Modified `EncryptedThresholdDecryptionRequest`/`EncryptedThresholdDecryptionResponse` to use Curve 25519 keys instead of Umbral keys for encryption/decryption. ([#54])
-- Modified `ThresholdDecryptionResponse`/`EncryptedThresholdDecryptionResponse`  to include `ritual_id` member in struct.
+- Modified `ThresholdDecryptionResponse`/`EncryptedThresholdDecryptionResponse`  to include `ritual_id` member in struct. ([#54])
+
 
 [#53]: https://github.com/nucypher/nucypher-core/pull/53
 [#58]: https://github.com/nucypher/nucypher-core/pull/58
diff --git a/nucypher-core/Cargo.toml b/nucypher-core/Cargo.toml
index 7cacefef..42ac394b 100644
--- a/nucypher-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/nucypher-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,4 +25,4 @@ chacha20poly1305 = "0.10.1"
 zeroize = { version="1.6.0", features = ["derive"] }
 rand_core = "0.6.4"
 rand_chacha = "0.3.1"
-rand = "0.8.5"
\ No newline at end of file
+rand = "0.8.5"
diff --git a/nucypher-core/src/dkg.rs b/nucypher-core/src/dkg.rs
index ec335357..5dd1c193 100644
--- a/nucypher-core/src/dkg.rs
+++ b/nucypher-core/src/dkg.rs
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ pub mod request_keys {
     use rand_chacha::ChaCha20Rng;
     use rand_core::{CryptoRng, OsRng, RngCore};
     use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+    use sha2::{Digest, Sha256};
     use x25519_dalek::{PublicKey, SharedSecret, StaticSecret};
 
     use crate::secret_box::{kdf, SecretBox};
@@ -132,33 +133,33 @@ pub mod request_keys {
 
     /// A Diffie-Hellman shared secret
     #[derive(ZeroizeOnDrop)]
-    pub struct RequestSharedSecret(pub(crate) SharedSecret);
+    pub struct RequestSharedSecret {
+        shared_secret: SharedSecret,
+        hashed_bytes: [u8; 32],
+    }
 
     /// Implementation of Diffie-Hellman shared secret
     impl RequestSharedSecret {
         /// Create new shared secret from underlying library.
         pub fn new(shared_secret: SharedSecret) -> Self {
-            Self(shared_secret)
-        }
-
-        /// Convert this shared secret to a byte array.
-        #[inline]
-        pub fn to_bytes(&self) -> [u8; 32] {
-            self.0.to_bytes()
+            let hash = Sha256::digest(shared_secret.as_bytes());
+            let hashed_bytes = hash.as_slice().try_into().expect("invalid length");
+            Self {
+                shared_secret,
+                hashed_bytes,
+            }
         }
 
         /// View this shared secret key as a byte array.
-        #[inline]
         pub fn as_bytes(&self) -> &[u8; 32] {
-            self.0.as_bytes()
+            &self.hashed_bytes
         }
     }
 
     impl AsRef<[u8]> for RequestSharedSecret {
         /// View this shared secret key as a byte array.
-        #[inline]
         fn as_ref(&self) -> &[u8] {
-            self.0.as_bytes()
+            self.as_bytes()
         }
     }
 
@@ -171,26 +172,18 @@ pub mod request_keys {
 
     /// A request public key.
     #[derive(PartialEq, Eq, Hash, Copy, Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
-    pub struct RequestPublicKey(pub(crate) PublicKey);
+    pub struct RequestPublicKey(PublicKey);
 
     /// Implementation of request public key
     impl RequestPublicKey {
         /// Convert this public key to a byte array.
-        #[inline]
         pub fn to_bytes(&self) -> [u8; 32] {
             self.0.to_bytes()
         }
-
-        /// View this public key as a byte array.
-        #[inline]
-        pub fn as_bytes(&self) -> &[u8; 32] {
-            self.0.as_bytes()
-        }
     }
 
     impl AsRef<[u8]> for RequestPublicKey {
         /// View this public key as a byte array.
-        #[inline]
         fn as_ref(&self) -> &[u8] {
             self.0.as_bytes()
         }
@@ -203,14 +196,6 @@ pub mod request_keys {
         }
     }
 
-    impl<'a> From<&'a RequestSecretKey> for RequestPublicKey {
-        /// Compute corresponding [`RequestPublicKey`].
-        fn from(secret: &'a RequestSecretKey) -> RequestPublicKey {
-            let public_key = PublicKey::from(&secret.0);
-            RequestPublicKey(public_key)
-        }
-    }
-
     impl<'a> ProtocolObjectInner<'a> for RequestPublicKey {
         fn version() -> (u16, u16) {
             (1, 0)
@@ -249,23 +234,24 @@ pub mod request_keys {
             their_public_key: &RequestPublicKey,
         ) -> RequestSharedSecret {
             let shared_secret = self.0.diffie_hellman(&their_public_key.0);
-            RequestSharedSecret(shared_secret)
+            RequestSharedSecret::new(shared_secret)
         }
 
         /// Create secret key from rng.
-        pub fn random_from_rng<T: RngCore + CryptoRng>(csprng: T) -> Self {
+        pub fn random_from_rng(csprng: &mut (impl RngCore + CryptoRng)) -> Self {
             let secret_key = StaticSecret::random_from_rng(csprng);
             Self(secret_key)
         }
 
         /// Create random secret key.
         pub fn random() -> Self {
-            Self::random_from_rng(OsRng)
+            Self::random_from_rng(&mut OsRng)
         }
 
         /// Returns a public key corresponding to this secret key.
         pub fn public_key(&self) -> RequestPublicKey {
-            RequestPublicKey::from(self)
+            let public_key = PublicKey::from(&self.0);
+            RequestPublicKey(public_key)
         }
     }
 
@@ -332,9 +318,9 @@ pub mod request_keys {
             let prefix = b"REQUEST_KEY_DERIVATION/";
             let info = [prefix, label].concat();
             let seed = kdf::<RequestKeyFactoryDerivedKeySize>(self.0.as_secret(), Some(&info));
-            let rng =
+            let mut rng =
                 ChaCha20Rng::from_seed(<[u8; 32]>::try_from(seed.as_secret().as_slice()).unwrap());
-            RequestSecretKey::random_from_rng(rng)
+            RequestSecretKey::random_from_rng(&mut rng)
         }
 
         /// Creates a `RequestKeyFactory` deterministically from the given label.