diff --git a/common/src/main/java/bisq/common/proto/ProtoResolver.java b/common/src/main/java/bisq/common/proto/ProtoResolver.java
index 61244239a11..679c1b3e5a7 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/bisq/common/proto/ProtoResolver.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/bisq/common/proto/ProtoResolver.java
@@ -18,11 +18,10 @@
 package bisq.common.proto;
 
 import bisq.common.Payload;
-import bisq.common.proto.persistable.PersistableEnvelope;
-
+import bisq.common.proto.persistable.PersistablePayload;
 
 public interface ProtoResolver {
     Payload fromProto(protobuf.PaymentAccountPayload proto);
 
-    PersistableEnvelope fromProto(protobuf.PersistableNetworkPayload proto);
+    PersistablePayload fromProto(protobuf.PersistableNetworkPayload proto);
 }
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/bisq/common/proto/persistable/PersistableHashMap.java b/common/src/main/java/bisq/common/proto/persistable/PersistableHashMap.java
deleted file mode 100644
index a5f6cbbf328..00000000000
--- a/common/src/main/java/bisq/common/proto/persistable/PersistableHashMap.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * This file is part of Bisq.
- *
- * Bisq is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
- * under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at
- * your option) any later version.
- *
- * Bisq is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
- * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
- * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Affero General Public
- * License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
- * along with Bisq. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-
-package bisq.common.proto.persistable;
-
-import com.google.protobuf.Message;
-
-import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.function.Function;
-
-import lombok.Getter;
-import lombok.Setter;
-import lombok.experimental.Delegate;
-
-public class PersistableHashMap<K, V extends PersistablePayload> implements PersistableEnvelope {
-    @Delegate
-    @Getter
-    private Map<K, V> map = new HashMap<>();
-    @Setter
-    private Function<Map<K, V>, Message> toProto;
-
-    public PersistableHashMap(Map<K, V> map) {
-        this.map = map;
-    }
-
-    public PersistableHashMap(Map<K, V> map, Function<Map<K, V>, Message> toProto) {
-        this(map);
-        this.toProto = toProto;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public Message toProtoMessage() {
-        return toProto.apply(map);
-    }
-}
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/bisq/common/proto/persistable/PersistableList.java b/common/src/main/java/bisq/common/proto/persistable/PersistableList.java
index 8c9b26fc5aa..f184a32c296 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/bisq/common/proto/persistable/PersistableList.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/bisq/common/proto/persistable/PersistableList.java
@@ -17,12 +17,8 @@
 
 package bisq.common.proto.persistable;
 
-import com.google.protobuf.Message;
-
 import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
-import java.util.function.Function;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
 import lombok.EqualsAndHashCode;
@@ -31,13 +27,11 @@
 import lombok.experimental.Delegate;
 
 @EqualsAndHashCode
-public class PersistableList<T extends PersistablePayload> implements PersistableEnvelope, Iterable<T> {
+public abstract class PersistableList<T extends PersistablePayload> implements PersistableEnvelope, Iterable<T> {
     @Delegate(excludes = ExcludesDelegateMethods.class)
     @Getter
     @Setter
     private List<T> list;
-    @Setter
-    private Function<List<T>, Message> toProto;
 
     public PersistableList() {
         list = new ArrayList<>();
@@ -47,30 +41,11 @@ public PersistableList(List<T> list) {
         this.list = list;
     }
 
-    public PersistableList(List<T> list, Function<List<T>, Message> toProto) {
-        this(list);
-        this.toProto = toProto;
-    }
-
-    public PersistableList(HashSet<T> set) {
-        this(new ArrayList<>(set));
-    }
-
-    public PersistableList(HashSet<T> set, Function<List<T>, Message> toProto) {
-        this(set);
-        this.toProto = toProto;
-    }
-
     // this.stream() does not compile for unknown reasons, so add that manual delegate method
     public Stream<T> stream() {
         return list.stream();
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public Message toProtoMessage() {
-        return toProto.apply(list);
-    }
-
     private interface ExcludesDelegateMethods<T> {
         Stream<T> stream();
     }
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/bisq/common/proto/persistable/UserThreadMappedPersistableList.java b/common/src/main/java/bisq/common/proto/persistable/UserThreadMappedPersistableList.java
index 5337af5efe1..d9829910b5c 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/bisq/common/proto/persistable/UserThreadMappedPersistableList.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/bisq/common/proto/persistable/UserThreadMappedPersistableList.java
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 import java.util.List;
 
-public class UserThreadMappedPersistableList<T extends PersistablePayload> extends PersistableList<T>
+public abstract class UserThreadMappedPersistableList<T extends PersistablePayload> extends PersistableList<T>
         implements UserThreadMappedPersistableEnvelope {
 
     public UserThreadMappedPersistableList(List<T> list) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/bisq/core/account/sign/SignedWitness.java b/core/src/main/java/bisq/core/account/sign/SignedWitness.java
index f699b8015e2..975563623a5 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/bisq/core/account/sign/SignedWitness.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/bisq/core/account/sign/SignedWitness.java
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 import bisq.common.app.Capability;
 import bisq.common.crypto.Hash;
 import bisq.common.proto.ProtoUtil;
-import bisq.common.proto.persistable.PersistableEnvelope;
 import bisq.common.util.Utilities;
 
 import com.google.protobuf.ByteString;
@@ -45,7 +44,7 @@
 // Supports signatures made from EC key (arbitrators) and signature created with DSA key.
 @Slf4j
 @Value
-public class SignedWitness implements ProcessOncePersistableNetworkPayload, PersistableNetworkPayload, PersistableEnvelope,
+public class SignedWitness implements ProcessOncePersistableNetworkPayload, PersistableNetworkPayload,
         DateTolerantPayload, CapabilityRequiringPayload {
 
     public enum VerificationMethod {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/bisq/core/account/witness/AccountAgeWitness.java b/core/src/main/java/bisq/core/account/witness/AccountAgeWitness.java
index 969665d35fe..131567da3f2 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/bisq/core/account/witness/AccountAgeWitness.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/bisq/core/account/witness/AccountAgeWitness.java
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 import bisq.network.p2p.storage.payload.PersistableNetworkPayload;
 import bisq.network.p2p.storage.payload.ProcessOncePersistableNetworkPayload;
 
-import bisq.common.proto.persistable.PersistableEnvelope;
 import bisq.common.util.Utilities;
 
 import com.google.protobuf.ByteString;
@@ -40,7 +39,7 @@
 // so only the newly added objects since the last release will be retrieved over the P2P network.
 @Slf4j
 @Value
-public class AccountAgeWitness implements ProcessOncePersistableNetworkPayload, PersistableNetworkPayload, PersistableEnvelope, DateTolerantPayload {
+public class AccountAgeWitness implements ProcessOncePersistableNetworkPayload, PersistableNetworkPayload, DateTolerantPayload {
     private static final long TOLERANCE = TimeUnit.DAYS.toMillis(1);
 
     private final byte[] hash;                      // Ripemd160(Sha256(concatenated accountHash, signature and sigPubKey)); 20 bytes
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/bisq/core/dao/governance/blindvote/VoteWithProposalTxIdList.java b/core/src/main/java/bisq/core/dao/governance/blindvote/VoteWithProposalTxIdList.java
index 8759f1574ff..4556e882211 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/bisq/core/dao/governance/blindvote/VoteWithProposalTxIdList.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/bisq/core/dao/governance/blindvote/VoteWithProposalTxIdList.java
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 import bisq.core.dao.governance.ConsensusCritical;
 
-import bisq.common.proto.persistable.PersistableList;
+import bisq.common.Proto;
 
 import com.google.protobuf.InvalidProtocolBufferException;
 
@@ -27,23 +27,18 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
-import lombok.EqualsAndHashCode;
+import lombok.Value;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 
 /**
- * We don't persist that list but use it only for encoding the VoteWithProposalTxId list
- * to PB bytes in the blindVote. The bytes get encrypted and later decrypted. To use a ByteOutputStream
- * and add all list elements would work for encryption but for decrypting we don't know the length of a list entry
- * and it would make the process complicate (e.g. require a custom serialisation format).
+ * We encode the VoteWithProposalTxId list to PB bytes in the blindVote. The bytes get encrypted and later decrypted.
+ * To use a ByteOutputStream and add all list elements would work for encryption but for decrypting we don't know the
+ * length of a list entry and it would make the process complicated (e.g. require a custom serialisation format).
  */
 @Slf4j
-@EqualsAndHashCode(callSuper = true)
-public class VoteWithProposalTxIdList extends PersistableList<VoteWithProposalTxId> implements ConsensusCritical {
-
-    VoteWithProposalTxIdList(List<VoteWithProposalTxId> list) {
-        super(list);
-    }
-
+@Value
+public class VoteWithProposalTxIdList implements Proto, ConsensusCritical {
+    private final List<VoteWithProposalTxId> list;
 
     ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
     // PROTO BUFFER
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/bisq/core/dao/governance/blindvote/storage/BlindVotePayload.java b/core/src/main/java/bisq/core/dao/governance/blindvote/storage/BlindVotePayload.java
index 923bd4e043c..1a077562211 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/bisq/core/dao/governance/blindvote/storage/BlindVotePayload.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/bisq/core/dao/governance/blindvote/storage/BlindVotePayload.java
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 import bisq.network.p2p.storage.payload.PersistableNetworkPayload;
 
 import bisq.common.crypto.Hash;
-import bisq.common.proto.persistable.PersistableEnvelope;
 import bisq.common.util.Utilities;
 
 import com.google.protobuf.ByteString;
@@ -43,7 +42,7 @@
 @Slf4j
 @Getter
 @EqualsAndHashCode
-public final class BlindVotePayload implements PersistableNetworkPayload, PersistableEnvelope, ConsensusCritical {
+public final class BlindVotePayload implements PersistableNetworkPayload, ConsensusCritical {
 
     private final BlindVote blindVote;
     protected final byte[] hash;        // 20 byte
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/bisq/core/dao/governance/proposal/storage/appendonly/ProposalPayload.java b/core/src/main/java/bisq/core/dao/governance/proposal/storage/appendonly/ProposalPayload.java
index 04a4eaa71f5..33386f82a9e 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/bisq/core/dao/governance/proposal/storage/appendonly/ProposalPayload.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/bisq/core/dao/governance/proposal/storage/appendonly/ProposalPayload.java
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 import bisq.network.p2p.storage.payload.PersistableNetworkPayload;
 
 import bisq.common.crypto.Hash;
-import bisq.common.proto.persistable.PersistableEnvelope;
 import bisq.common.util.Utilities;
 
 import com.google.protobuf.ByteString;
@@ -40,7 +39,7 @@
 @Immutable
 @Slf4j
 @Value
-public class ProposalPayload implements PersistableNetworkPayload, PersistableEnvelope, ConsensusCritical {
+public class ProposalPayload implements PersistableNetworkPayload, ConsensusCritical {
     private final Proposal proposal;
     protected final byte[] hash;        // 20 byte
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/bisq/core/dao/governance/voteresult/VoteResultService.java b/core/src/main/java/bisq/core/dao/governance/voteresult/VoteResultService.java
index 795e3faeca2..3bbdd0cffb7 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/bisq/core/dao/governance/voteresult/VoteResultService.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/bisq/core/dao/governance/voteresult/VoteResultService.java
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ private BallotList createBallotList(VoteWithProposalTxIdList voteWithProposalTxI
 
         // We convert the list to a map with proposalTxId as key and the vote as value. As the vote can be null we
         // wrap it into an optional.
-        Map<String, Optional<Vote>> voteByTxIdMap = voteWithProposalTxIdList.stream()
+        Map<String, Optional<Vote>> voteByTxIdMap = voteWithProposalTxIdList.getList().stream()
                 .collect(Collectors.toMap(VoteWithProposalTxId::getProposalTxId, e -> Optional.ofNullable(e.getVote())));
 
         // We make a map with proposalTxId as key and the ballot as value out of our stored ballot list.
@@ -414,11 +414,11 @@ private BallotList createBallotList(VoteWithProposalTxIdList voteWithProposalTxI
         // If we received a proposal after we had already voted we consider it as a proposal withhold attack and
         // treat the proposal as it was voted with a rejected vote.
         ballotByTxIdMap.entrySet().stream()
-                .filter(e -> !voteByTxIdMap.keySet().contains(e.getKey()))
+                .filter(e -> !voteByTxIdMap.containsKey(e.getKey()))
                 .map(Map.Entry::getValue)
                 .forEach(ballot -> {
                     log.warn("We have a proposal which was not part of our blind vote and reject it. " +
-                            "Proposal ={}" + ballot.getProposal());
+                            "Proposal={}", ballot.getProposal());
                     ballots.add(new Ballot(ballot.getProposal(), new Vote(false)));
                 });
 
@@ -776,7 +776,7 @@ private boolean isInVoteResultPhase(int chainHeight) {
     ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
     @Value
-    public class HashWithStake {
+    public static class HashWithStake {
         private final byte[] hash;
         private final long stake;
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/bisq/core/dao/state/model/governance/MeritList.java b/core/src/main/java/bisq/core/dao/state/model/governance/MeritList.java
index d70507e46fb..334ac988720 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/bisq/core/dao/state/model/governance/MeritList.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/bisq/core/dao/state/model/governance/MeritList.java
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 import bisq.core.dao.governance.ConsensusCritical;
 import bisq.core.dao.state.model.ImmutableDaoStateModel;
 
-import bisq.common.proto.persistable.PersistableList;
+import bisq.common.Proto;
 
 import com.google.protobuf.InvalidProtocolBufferException;
 
@@ -28,20 +28,11 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
-import lombok.EqualsAndHashCode;
-
-import javax.annotation.concurrent.Immutable;
-
-// We don't persist that list but use it only for encoding the MeritList list
-// to PB bytes in the blindVote.
-@Immutable
-@EqualsAndHashCode(callSuper = true)
-public class MeritList extends PersistableList<Merit> implements ConsensusCritical, ImmutableDaoStateModel {
-
-    public MeritList(List<Merit> list) {
-        super(list);
-    }
+import lombok.Value;
 
+@Value
+public class MeritList implements Proto, ConsensusCritical, ImmutableDaoStateModel {
+    private final List<Merit> list;
 
     ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
     // PROTO BUFFER
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/bisq/core/proto/CoreProtoResolver.java b/core/src/main/java/bisq/core/proto/CoreProtoResolver.java
index b0ce384192b..999f4e8e5f1 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/bisq/core/proto/CoreProtoResolver.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/bisq/core/proto/CoreProtoResolver.java
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 import bisq.core.payment.payload.HalCashAccountPayload;
 import bisq.core.payment.payload.InstantCryptoCurrencyPayload;
 import bisq.core.payment.payload.InteracETransferAccountPayload;
-import bisq.core.payment.payload.JapanBankAccountPayload;;
+import bisq.core.payment.payload.JapanBankAccountPayload;
 import bisq.core.payment.payload.MoneyBeamAccountPayload;
 import bisq.core.payment.payload.MoneyGramAccountPayload;
 import bisq.core.payment.payload.NationalBankAccountPayload;
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 
 import bisq.common.proto.ProtoResolver;
 import bisq.common.proto.ProtobufferRuntimeException;
-import bisq.common.proto.persistable.PersistableEnvelope;
+import bisq.common.proto.persistable.PersistablePayload;
 
 import java.time.Clock;
 
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ public PaymentAccountPayload fromProto(protobuf.PaymentAccountPayload proto) {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public PersistableEnvelope fromProto(protobuf.PersistableNetworkPayload proto) {
+    public PersistablePayload fromProto(protobuf.PersistableNetworkPayload proto) {
         if (proto != null) {
             switch (proto.getMessageCase()) {
                 case ACCOUNT_AGE_WITNESS:
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/bisq/core/proto/persistable/CorePersistenceProtoResolver.java b/core/src/main/java/bisq/core/proto/persistable/CorePersistenceProtoResolver.java
index 6d4d387ad0a..2e16d005e02 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/bisq/core/proto/persistable/CorePersistenceProtoResolver.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/bisq/core/proto/persistable/CorePersistenceProtoResolver.java
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 import bisq.core.dao.governance.proposal.storage.temp.TempProposalStore;
 import bisq.core.dao.state.DaoStateStore;
 import bisq.core.dao.state.model.governance.BallotList;
-import bisq.core.dao.state.model.governance.MeritList;
 import bisq.core.dao.state.unconfirmed.UnconfirmedBsqChangeOutputList;
 import bisq.core.payment.PaymentAccountList;
 import bisq.core.proto.CoreProtoResolver;
@@ -144,8 +143,6 @@ public PersistableEnvelope fromProto(protobuf.PersistableEnvelope proto) {
                     return MyVoteList.fromProto(proto.getMyVoteList());
                 case MY_BLIND_VOTE_LIST:
                     return MyBlindVoteList.fromProto(proto.getMyBlindVoteList());
-                case MERIT_LIST:
-                    return MeritList.fromProto(proto.getMeritList());
                 case DAO_STATE_STORE:
                     return DaoStateStore.fromProto(proto.getDaoStateStore());
                 case MY_REPUTATION_LIST:
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/bisq/core/trade/statistics/TradeStatistics2.java b/core/src/main/java/bisq/core/trade/statistics/TradeStatistics2.java
index 1983ec52be8..bb31911d2bd 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/bisq/core/trade/statistics/TradeStatistics2.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/bisq/core/trade/statistics/TradeStatistics2.java
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 import bisq.common.app.Capability;
 import bisq.common.crypto.Hash;
 import bisq.common.proto.ProtoUtil;
-import bisq.common.proto.persistable.PersistableEnvelope;
 import bisq.common.util.CollectionUtils;
 import bisq.common.util.ExtraDataMapValidator;
 import bisq.common.util.JsonExclude;
@@ -65,7 +64,8 @@
 
 @Slf4j
 @Value
-public final class TradeStatistics2 implements ProcessOncePersistableNetworkPayload, PersistableNetworkPayload, PersistableEnvelope, CapabilityRequiringPayload, Comparable<TradeStatistics2> {
+public final class TradeStatistics2 implements ProcessOncePersistableNetworkPayload, PersistableNetworkPayload,
+        CapabilityRequiringPayload, Comparable<TradeStatistics2> {
 
     public static final String MEDIATOR_ADDRESS = "medAddr";
     public static final String REFUND_AGENT_ADDRESS = "refAddr";
diff --git a/p2p/src/test/java/bisq/network/p2p/TestUtils.java b/p2p/src/test/java/bisq/network/p2p/TestUtils.java
index 87d42b20cd2..3b5f35735e6 100644
--- a/p2p/src/test/java/bisq/network/p2p/TestUtils.java
+++ b/p2p/src/test/java/bisq/network/p2p/TestUtils.java
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 import bisq.common.proto.network.NetworkEnvelope;
 import bisq.common.proto.network.NetworkPayload;
 import bisq.common.proto.network.NetworkProtoResolver;
-import bisq.common.proto.persistable.PersistableEnvelope;
+import bisq.common.proto.persistable.PersistablePayload;
 
 import java.security.KeyPair;
 import java.security.KeyPairGenerator;
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ public Payload fromProto(protobuf.PaymentAccountPayload proto) {
             }
 
             @Override
-            public PersistableEnvelope fromProto(protobuf.PersistableNetworkPayload persistable) {
+            public PersistablePayload fromProto(protobuf.PersistableNetworkPayload persistable) {
                 return null;
             }
 
@@ -188,7 +188,9 @@ public NetworkPayload fromProto(protobuf.StorageEntryWrapper proto) {
             }
 
             @Override
-            public Clock getClock() { return null; }
+            public Clock getClock() {
+                return null;
+            }
         };
     }
 }
diff --git a/proto/src/main/proto/pb.proto b/proto/src/main/proto/pb.proto
index 62bc2003eef..e1cc8b39c4c 100644
--- a/proto/src/main/proto/pb.proto
+++ b/proto/src/main/proto/pb.proto
@@ -1140,7 +1140,7 @@ message PersistableEnvelope {
         BallotList ballot_list = 20;
         MyVoteList my_vote_list = 21;
         MyBlindVoteList my_blind_vote_list = 22;
-        MeritList merit_list = 23;
+        // MeritList merit_list = 23; // was not used here, but its class used to implement PersistableEnvelope via its super
         DaoStateStore dao_state_store = 24;
         MyReputationList my_reputation_list = 25;
         MyProofOfBurnList my_proof_of_burn_list = 26;