diff --git a/Explorer/Assets/DCL/CommunicationData/URLHelpers/URN.cs b/Explorer/Assets/DCL/CommunicationData/URLHelpers/URN.cs
index c74a11bd17..8d28459372 100644
--- a/Explorer/Assets/DCL/CommunicationData/URLHelpers/URN.cs
+++ b/Explorer/Assets/DCL/CommunicationData/URLHelpers/URN.cs
@@ -12,17 +12,27 @@ public readonly struct URN
 
         private readonly string lowercaseUrn;
         private readonly string originalUrn;
+        private readonly int hash;
 
         public URN(string urn)
         {
-            this.originalUrn = urn;
-            this.lowercaseUrn = this.originalUrn.ToLower();
+            originalUrn = urn;
+            lowercaseUrn = originalUrn.ToLower();
+            hash = originalUrn != null ? lowercaseUrn.GetHashCode() : 0;
         }
 
-        public URN(int urn)
+        private URN(URN urn, int shortenIndex)
         {
-            this.originalUrn = urn.ToString();
-            this.lowercaseUrn = this.originalUrn.ToLower();
+            bool hasSameLength = shortenIndex == urn.originalUrn.Length;
+
+            originalUrn = hasSameLength ? urn.originalUrn : urn.originalUrn[..shortenIndex];
+            lowercaseUrn = hasSameLength ? urn.lowercaseUrn : urn.lowercaseUrn[..shortenIndex];
+
+            hash = hasSameLength
+                ? urn.hash
+                : originalUrn != null
+                    ? lowercaseUrn.GetHashCode()
+                    : 0;
         }
 
         public bool IsNullOrEmpty() =>
@@ -31,13 +41,9 @@ public bool IsNullOrEmpty() =>
         public bool IsValid() =>
             !IsNullOrEmpty() && originalUrn.StartsWith("urn");
 
-        public bool Equals(int other) => Equals(other.ToString());
-
         public bool Equals(URN other) =>
-            Equals(other.lowercaseUrn);
-
-        public bool Equals(string other) =>
-            string.Equals(lowercaseUrn, other);
+            hash == other.hash && // "fail fast" check
+            lowercaseUrn == other.lowercaseUrn; // check to avoid false positives from hash collisions
 
         public override bool Equals(object obj) =>
             obj is URN other && Equals(other);
@@ -47,7 +53,8 @@ public override string ToString() =>
 
         public URLAddress ToUrlOrEmpty(URLAddress baseUrl)
         {
-            string currentUrn = this.originalUrn;
+            string currentUrn = originalUrn;
+
             ReadOnlySpan<char> CutBeforeColon(ref int endIndex, out bool success)
             {
                 int atBeginning = endIndex;
@@ -115,13 +122,20 @@ void LogError()
         }
 
         public override int GetHashCode() =>
-            originalUrn != null ? StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase.GetHashCode(originalUrn) : 0;
+            hash;
 
         public URN Shorten()
         {
             if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(originalUrn)) return this;
             if (CountParts() <= SHORTEN_URN_PARTS) return this;
 
+            int shortenIndex = GetShortenIndex();
+
+            return shortenIndex != -1 ? new URN(this, shortenIndex) : this;
+        }
+
+        private int GetShortenIndex()
+        {
             int index;
 
             if (IsThirdPartyCollection())
@@ -137,13 +151,13 @@ public URN Shorten()
                     if (index == -1) break;
                 }
 
-                return index != -1 ? originalUrn[..index] : originalUrn;
+                return index;
             }
 
             // TokenId is always placed in the last part for regular nfts
             index = originalUrn.LastIndexOf(':');
 
-            return index != -1 ? originalUrn[..index] : this;
+            return index;
         }
 
         public static implicit operator URN(int urn) =>
@@ -160,7 +174,7 @@ public bool IsThirdPartyCollection() =>
 
         private int CountParts()
         {
-            int count = 1;
+            var count = 1;
             int index = originalUrn.IndexOf(':');
 
             while (index != -1)