diff --git a/pkg/core/blockchain.go b/pkg/core/blockchain.go
index 71744e935..449dca250 100644
--- a/pkg/core/blockchain.go
+++ b/pkg/core/blockchain.go
@@ -100,13 +100,9 @@ type Blockchain struct {
 	generationAmount  []int
 	decrementInterval int
 
-	// All operations on headerList must be called from an
-	// headersOp to be routine safe.
-	headerList *HeaderHashList
-
-	// Only for operating on the headerList.
-	headersOp     chan headersOpFunc
-	headersOpDone chan struct{}
+	// Header hashes list with associated lock.
+	headerHashesLock sync.RWMutex
+	headerHashes     []util.Uint256
 
 	// Stop synchronization mechanisms.
 	stopCh      chan struct{}
@@ -137,8 +133,6 @@ type bcEvent struct {
 	appExecResults []*state.AppExecResult
 }
 
-type headersOpFunc func(headerList *HeaderHashList)
-
 // NewBlockchain returns a new blockchain object the will use the
 // given Store as its underlying storage. For it to work correctly you need
 // to spawn a goroutine for its Run method after this initialization.
@@ -156,18 +150,16 @@ func NewBlockchain(s storage.Store, cfg config.ProtocolConfiguration, log *zap.L
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	bc := &Blockchain{
-		config:        cfg,
-		dao:           dao.NewSimple(s, cfg.Magic),
-		headersOp:     make(chan headersOpFunc),
-		headersOpDone: make(chan struct{}),
-		stopCh:        make(chan struct{}),
-		runToExitCh:   make(chan struct{}),
-		memPool:       mempool.New(cfg.MemPoolSize),
-		sbCommittee:   committee,
-		log:           log,
-		events:        make(chan bcEvent),
-		subCh:         make(chan interface{}),
-		unsubCh:       make(chan interface{}),
+		config:      cfg,
+		dao:         dao.NewSimple(s, cfg.Magic),
+		stopCh:      make(chan struct{}),
+		runToExitCh: make(chan struct{}),
+		memPool:     mempool.New(cfg.MemPoolSize),
+		sbCommittee: committee,
+		log:         log,
+		events:      make(chan bcEvent),
+		subCh:       make(chan interface{}),
+		unsubCh:     make(chan interface{}),
 
 		generationAmount:  genAmount,
 		decrementInterval: decrementInterval,
@@ -194,7 +186,7 @@ func (bc *Blockchain) init() error {
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		bc.headerList = NewHeaderHashList(genesisBlock.Hash())
+		bc.headerHashes = []util.Uint256{genesisBlock.Hash()}
 		err = bc.dao.PutCurrentHeader(hashAndIndexToBytes(genesisBlock.Hash(), genesisBlock.Index))
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
@@ -220,20 +212,19 @@ func (bc *Blockchain) init() error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("can't init MPT at height %d: %w", bHeight, err)
 	}
 
-	hashes, err := bc.dao.GetHeaderHashes()
+	bc.headerHashes, err = bc.dao.GetHeaderHashes()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	bc.headerList = NewHeaderHashList(hashes...)
-	bc.storedHeaderCount = uint32(len(hashes))
+	bc.storedHeaderCount = uint32(len(bc.headerHashes))
 
 	currHeaderHeight, currHeaderHash, err := bc.dao.GetCurrentHeaderHeight()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	if bc.storedHeaderCount == 0 && currHeaderHeight == 0 {
-		bc.headerList.Add(currHeaderHash)
+		bc.headerHashes = append(bc.headerHashes, currHeaderHash)
 	}
 
 	// There is a high chance that the Node is stopped before the next
@@ -242,15 +233,15 @@ func (bc *Blockchain) init() error {
 	if currHeaderHeight >= bc.storedHeaderCount {
 		hash := currHeaderHash
 		var targetHash util.Uint256
-		if bc.headerList.Len() > 0 {
-			targetHash = bc.headerList.Get(bc.headerList.Len() - 1)
+		if len(bc.headerHashes) > 0 {
+			targetHash = bc.headerHashes[len(bc.headerHashes)-1]
 		} else {
 			genesisBlock, err := createGenesisBlock(bc.config)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
 			targetHash = genesisBlock.Hash()
-			bc.headerList.Add(targetHash)
+			bc.headerHashes = append(bc.headerHashes, targetHash)
 		}
 		headers := make([]*block.Header, 0)
 
@@ -264,7 +255,7 @@ func (bc *Blockchain) init() error {
 		}
 		headerSliceReverse(headers)
 		for _, h := range headers {
-			bc.headerList.Add(h.Hash())
+			bc.headerHashes = append(bc.headerHashes, h.Hash())
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -290,9 +281,6 @@ func (bc *Blockchain) Run() {
 		select {
 		case <-bc.stopCh:
 			return
-		case op := <-bc.headersOp:
-			op(bc.headerList)
-			bc.headersOpDone <- struct{}{}
 		case <-persistTimer.C:
 			go func() {
 				err := bc.persist()
@@ -415,8 +403,7 @@ func (bc *Blockchain) AddBlock(block *block.Block) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("expected %d, got %d: %w", expectedHeight, block.Index, ErrInvalidBlockIndex)
 	}
 
-	headerLen := bc.headerListLen()
-	if int(block.Index) == headerLen {
+	if block.Index == bc.HeaderHeight()+1 {
 		err := bc.addHeaders(bc.config.VerifyBlocks, block.Header())
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
@@ -457,10 +444,11 @@ func (bc *Blockchain) AddHeaders(headers ...*block.Header) error {
 
 // addHeaders is an internal implementation of AddHeaders (`verify` parameter
 // tells it to verify or not verify given headers).
-func (bc *Blockchain) addHeaders(verify bool, headers ...*block.Header) (err error) {
+func (bc *Blockchain) addHeaders(verify bool, headers ...*block.Header) error {
 	var (
 		start = time.Now()
 		batch = bc.dao.Store.Batch()
+		err   error
 	)
 
 	if len(headers) > 0 {
@@ -484,71 +472,55 @@ func (bc *Blockchain) addHeaders(verify bool, headers ...*block.Header) (err err
 		}
 		for _, h := range headers {
 			if err = bc.verifyHeader(h, lastHeader); err != nil {
-				return
+				return err
 			}
 			lastHeader = h
 		}
 	}
 
-	bc.headersOp <- func(headerList *HeaderHashList) {
-		oldlen := headerList.Len()
-		for _, h := range headers {
-			if int(h.Index-1) >= headerList.Len() {
-				err = fmt.Errorf(
-					"height of received header %d is higher then the current header %d",
-					h.Index, headerList.Len(),
-				)
-				return
-			}
-			if int(h.Index) < headerList.Len() {
-				continue
-			}
-			if err = bc.processHeader(h, batch, headerList); err != nil {
-				return
-			}
-		}
-
-		if oldlen != headerList.Len() {
-			updateHeaderHeightMetric(headerList.Len() - 1)
-			if err = bc.dao.Store.PutBatch(batch); err != nil {
-				return
-			}
-			bc.log.Debug("done processing headers",
-				zap.Int("headerIndex", headerList.Len()-1),
-				zap.Uint32("blockHeight", bc.BlockHeight()),
-				zap.Duration("took", time.Since(start)))
-		}
-	}
-	<-bc.headersOpDone
-	return err
-}
-
-// processHeader processes the given header. Note that this is only thread safe
-// if executed in headers operation.
-func (bc *Blockchain) processHeader(h *block.Header, batch storage.Batch, headerList *HeaderHashList) error {
-	headerList.Add(h.Hash())
-
 	buf := io.NewBufBinWriter()
-	for int(h.Index)-headerBatchCount >= int(bc.storedHeaderCount) {
-		if err := headerList.Write(buf.BinWriter, int(bc.storedHeaderCount), headerBatchCount); err != nil {
+	bc.headerHashesLock.Lock()
+	defer bc.headerHashesLock.Unlock()
+	oldlen := len(bc.headerHashes)
+	var lastHeader *block.Header
+	for _, h := range headers {
+		if int(h.Index) != len(bc.headerHashes) {
+			continue
+		}
+		bc.headerHashes = append(bc.headerHashes, h.Hash())
+		h.EncodeBinary(buf.BinWriter)
+		if buf.Err != nil {
+			return buf.Err
+		}
+
+		key := storage.AppendPrefix(storage.DataBlock, h.Hash().BytesLE())
+		batch.Put(key, buf.Bytes())
+		buf.Reset()
+		lastHeader = h
+	}
+
+	if oldlen != len(bc.headerHashes) {
+		for int(lastHeader.Index)-headerBatchCount >= int(bc.storedHeaderCount) {
+			buf.WriteArray(bc.headerHashes[bc.storedHeaderCount : bc.storedHeaderCount+headerBatchCount])
+			if buf.Err != nil {
+				return buf.Err
+			}
+
+			key := storage.AppendPrefixInt(storage.IXHeaderHashList, int(bc.storedHeaderCount))
+			batch.Put(key, buf.Bytes())
+			bc.storedHeaderCount += headerBatchCount
+		}
+
+		batch.Put(storage.SYSCurrentHeader.Bytes(), hashAndIndexToBytes(lastHeader.Hash(), lastHeader.Index))
+		updateHeaderHeightMetric(len(bc.headerHashes) - 1)
+		if err = bc.dao.Store.PutBatch(batch); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		key := storage.AppendPrefixInt(storage.IXHeaderHashList, int(bc.storedHeaderCount))
-		batch.Put(key, buf.Bytes())
-		bc.storedHeaderCount += headerBatchCount
-		buf.Reset()
+		bc.log.Debug("done processing headers",
+			zap.Int("headerIndex", len(bc.headerHashes)-1),
+			zap.Uint32("blockHeight", bc.BlockHeight()),
+			zap.Duration("took", time.Since(start)))
 	}
-
-	buf.Reset()
-	h.EncodeBinary(buf.BinWriter)
-	if buf.Err != nil {
-		return buf.Err
-	}
-
-	key := storage.AppendPrefix(storage.DataBlock, h.Hash().BytesLE())
-	batch.Put(key, buf.Bytes())
-	batch.Put(storage.SYSCurrentHeader.Bytes(), hashAndIndexToBytes(h.Hash(), h.Index))
-
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -902,14 +874,6 @@ func (bc *Blockchain) persist() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (bc *Blockchain) headerListLen() (n int) {
-	bc.headersOp <- func(headerList *HeaderHashList) {
-		n = headerList.Len()
-	}
-	<-bc.headersOpDone
-	return
-}
-
 // GetTransaction returns a TX and its height by the given hash.
 func (bc *Blockchain) GetTransaction(hash util.Uint256) (*transaction.Transaction, uint32, error) {
 	if tx, ok := bc.memPool.TryGetValue(hash); ok {
@@ -938,7 +902,8 @@ func (bc *Blockchain) GetStorageItems(id int32) (map[string]*state.StorageItem,
 func (bc *Blockchain) GetBlock(hash util.Uint256) (*block.Block, error) {
 	topBlock := bc.topBlock.Load()
 	if topBlock != nil {
-		if tb, ok := topBlock.(*block.Block); ok && tb.Hash().Equals(hash) {
+		tb := topBlock.(*block.Block)
+		if tb.Hash().Equals(hash) {
 			return tb, nil
 		}
 	}
@@ -961,7 +926,8 @@ func (bc *Blockchain) GetBlock(hash util.Uint256) (*block.Block, error) {
 func (bc *Blockchain) GetHeader(hash util.Uint256) (*block.Header, error) {
 	topBlock := bc.topBlock.Load()
 	if topBlock != nil {
-		if tb, ok := topBlock.(*block.Block); ok && tb.Hash().Equals(hash) {
+		tb := topBlock.(*block.Block)
+		if tb.Hash().Equals(hash) {
 			return tb.Header(), nil
 		}
 	}
@@ -988,31 +954,34 @@ func (bc *Blockchain) HasBlock(hash util.Uint256) bool {
 }
 
 // CurrentBlockHash returns the highest processed block hash.
-func (bc *Blockchain) CurrentBlockHash() (hash util.Uint256) {
-	bc.headersOp <- func(headerList *HeaderHashList) {
-		hash = headerList.Get(int(bc.BlockHeight()))
+func (bc *Blockchain) CurrentBlockHash() util.Uint256 {
+	topBlock := bc.topBlock.Load()
+	if topBlock != nil {
+		tb := topBlock.(*block.Block)
+		return tb.Hash()
 	}
-	<-bc.headersOpDone
-	return
+	return bc.GetHeaderHash(int(bc.BlockHeight()))
 }
 
 // CurrentHeaderHash returns the hash of the latest known header.
-func (bc *Blockchain) CurrentHeaderHash() (hash util.Uint256) {
-	bc.headersOp <- func(headerList *HeaderHashList) {
-		hash = headerList.Last()
-	}
-	<-bc.headersOpDone
-	return
+func (bc *Blockchain) CurrentHeaderHash() util.Uint256 {
+	bc.headerHashesLock.RLock()
+	hash := bc.headerHashes[len(bc.headerHashes)-1]
+	bc.headerHashesLock.RUnlock()
+	return hash
 }
 
-// GetHeaderHash returns the hash from the headerList by its
-// height/index.
-func (bc *Blockchain) GetHeaderHash(i int) (hash util.Uint256) {
-	bc.headersOp <- func(headerList *HeaderHashList) {
-		hash = headerList.Get(i)
+// GetHeaderHash returns hash of the header/block with specified index, if
+// Blockchain doesn't have a hash for this height, zero Uint256 value is returned.
+func (bc *Blockchain) GetHeaderHash(i int) util.Uint256 {
+	bc.headerHashesLock.RLock()
+	defer bc.headerHashesLock.RUnlock()
+
+	hashesLen := len(bc.headerHashes)
+	if hashesLen <= i {
+		return util.Uint256{}
 	}
-	<-bc.headersOpDone
-	return
+	return bc.headerHashes[i]
 }
 
 // BlockHeight returns the height/index of the highest block.
@@ -1022,7 +991,10 @@ func (bc *Blockchain) BlockHeight() uint32 {
 
 // HeaderHeight returns the index/height of the highest header.
 func (bc *Blockchain) HeaderHeight() uint32 {
-	return uint32(bc.headerListLen() - 1)
+	bc.headerHashesLock.RLock()
+	n := len(bc.headerHashes)
+	bc.headerHashesLock.RUnlock()
+	return uint32(n - 1)
 }
 
 // GetContractState returns contract by its script hash.
diff --git a/pkg/core/header_hash_list.go b/pkg/core/header_hash_list.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 3a7a1c3f6..000000000
--- a/pkg/core/header_hash_list.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-package core
-
-import (
-	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/io"
-	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/util"
-)
-
-// A HeaderHashList represents a list of header hashes.
-// This data structure in not routine safe and should be
-// used under some kind of protection against race conditions.
-type HeaderHashList struct {
-	hashes []util.Uint256
-}
-
-// NewHeaderHashList returns a new pointer to a HeaderHashList.
-func NewHeaderHashList(hashes ...util.Uint256) *HeaderHashList {
-	return &HeaderHashList{
-		hashes: hashes,
-	}
-}
-
-// Add appends the given hash to the list of hashes.
-func (l *HeaderHashList) Add(h ...util.Uint256) {
-	l.hashes = append(l.hashes, h...)
-}
-
-// Len returns the length of the underlying hashes slice.
-func (l *HeaderHashList) Len() int {
-	return len(l.hashes)
-}
-
-// Get returns the hash by the given index.
-func (l *HeaderHashList) Get(i int) util.Uint256 {
-	if l.Len() <= i {
-		return util.Uint256{}
-	}
-	return l.hashes[i]
-}
-
-// Last return the last hash in the HeaderHashList.
-func (l *HeaderHashList) Last() util.Uint256 {
-	return l.hashes[l.Len()-1]
-}
-
-// Write writes n underlying hashes to the given BinWriter
-// starting from start.
-func (l *HeaderHashList) Write(bw *io.BinWriter, start, n int) error {
-	bw.WriteArray(l.hashes[start : start+n])
-	return bw.Err
-}