diff --git a/src/addresstype.cpp b/src/addresstype.cpp
index 2454cfb5d95..349b50f0c93 100644
--- a/src/addresstype.cpp
+++ b/src/addresstype.cpp
@@ -87,11 +87,7 @@ bool ExtractDestination(const CScript& scriptPubKey, CTxDestination& addressRet)
         return true;
     }
     case TxoutType::WITNESS_UNKNOWN: {
-        WitnessUnknown unk;
-        unk.version = vSolutions[0][0];
-        std::copy(vSolutions[1].begin(), vSolutions[1].end(), unk.program);
-        unk.length = vSolutions[1].size();
-        addressRet = unk;
+        addressRet = WitnessUnknown{vSolutions[0][0], vSolutions[1]};
         return true;
     }
     case TxoutType::MULTISIG:
@@ -138,7 +134,7 @@ public:
 
     CScript operator()(const WitnessUnknown& id) const
     {
-        return CScript() << CScript::EncodeOP_N(id.version) << std::vector<unsigned char>(id.program, id.program + id.length);
+        return CScript() << CScript::EncodeOP_N(id.GetWitnessVersion()) << id.GetWitnessProgram();
     }
 };
 } // namespace
diff --git a/src/addresstype.h b/src/addresstype.h
index 6b651e90140..308840e6aea 100644
--- a/src/addresstype.h
+++ b/src/addresstype.h
@@ -69,22 +69,26 @@ struct WitnessV1Taproot : public XOnlyPubKey
 //! CTxDestination subtype to encode any future Witness version
 struct WitnessUnknown
 {
-    unsigned int version;
-    unsigned int length;
-    unsigned char program[40];
+private:
+    unsigned int m_version;
+    std::vector<unsigned char> m_program;
+
+public:
+    WitnessUnknown(unsigned int version, const std::vector<unsigned char>& program) : m_version(version), m_program(program) {}
+    WitnessUnknown(int version, const std::vector<unsigned char>& program) : m_version(static_cast<unsigned int>(version)), m_program(program) {}
+
+    unsigned int GetWitnessVersion() const { return m_version; }
+    const std::vector<unsigned char>& GetWitnessProgram() const LIFETIMEBOUND { return m_program; }
 
     friend bool operator==(const WitnessUnknown& w1, const WitnessUnknown& w2) {
-        if (w1.version != w2.version) return false;
-        if (w1.length != w2.length) return false;
-        return std::equal(w1.program, w1.program + w1.length, w2.program);
+        if (w1.GetWitnessVersion() != w2.GetWitnessVersion()) return false;
+        return w1.GetWitnessProgram() == w2.GetWitnessProgram();
     }
 
     friend bool operator<(const WitnessUnknown& w1, const WitnessUnknown& w2) {
-        if (w1.version < w2.version) return true;
-        if (w1.version > w2.version) return false;
-        if (w1.length < w2.length) return true;
-        if (w1.length > w2.length) return false;
-        return std::lexicographical_compare(w1.program, w1.program + w1.length, w2.program, w2.program + w2.length);
+        if (w1.GetWitnessVersion() < w2.GetWitnessVersion()) return true;
+        if (w1.GetWitnessVersion() > w2.GetWitnessVersion()) return false;
+        return w1.GetWitnessProgram() < w2.GetWitnessProgram();
     }
 };
 
diff --git a/src/key_io.cpp b/src/key_io.cpp
index a0611656139..96dc01550c0 100644
--- a/src/key_io.cpp
+++ b/src/key_io.cpp
@@ -66,12 +66,13 @@ public:
 
     std::string operator()(const WitnessUnknown& id) const
     {
-        if (id.version < 1 || id.version > 16 || id.length < 2 || id.length > 40) {
+        const std::vector<unsigned char>& program = id.GetWitnessProgram();
+        if (id.GetWitnessVersion() < 1 || id.GetWitnessVersion() > 16 || program.size() < 2 || program.size() > 40) {
             return {};
         }
-        std::vector<unsigned char> data = {(unsigned char)id.version};
-        data.reserve(1 + (id.length * 8 + 4) / 5);
-        ConvertBits<8, 5, true>([&](unsigned char c) { data.push_back(c); }, id.program, id.program + id.length);
+        std::vector<unsigned char> data = {(unsigned char)id.GetWitnessVersion()};
+        data.reserve(1 + (program.size() * 8 + 4) / 5);
+        ConvertBits<8, 5, true>([&](unsigned char c) { data.push_back(c); }, program.begin(), program.end());
         return bech32::Encode(bech32::Encoding::BECH32M, m_params.Bech32HRP(), data);
     }
 
@@ -188,11 +189,7 @@ CTxDestination DecodeDestination(const std::string& str, const CChainParams& par
                 return CNoDestination();
             }
 
-            WitnessUnknown unk;
-            unk.version = version;
-            std::copy(data.begin(), data.end(), unk.program);
-            unk.length = data.size();
-            return unk;
+            return WitnessUnknown{version, data};
         } else {
             error_str = strprintf("Invalid padding in Bech32 data section");
             return CNoDestination();
diff --git a/src/rpc/util.cpp b/src/rpc/util.cpp
index 74ef04033e3..e5ee6d74962 100644
--- a/src/rpc/util.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/util.cpp
@@ -303,8 +303,8 @@ public:
     {
         UniValue obj(UniValue::VOBJ);
         obj.pushKV("iswitness", true);
-        obj.pushKV("witness_version", (int)id.version);
-        obj.pushKV("witness_program", HexStr({id.program, id.length}));
+        obj.pushKV("witness_version", id.GetWitnessVersion());
+        obj.pushKV("witness_program", HexStr(id.GetWitnessProgram()));
         return obj;
     }
 };
diff --git a/src/test/fuzz/key.cpp b/src/test/fuzz/key.cpp
index 60f4081432a..be45443172f 100644
--- a/src/test/fuzz/key.cpp
+++ b/src/test/fuzz/key.cpp
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ FUZZ_TARGET(key, .init = initialize_key)
         const CTxDestination tx_destination = GetDestinationForKey(pubkey, output_type);
         assert(output_type == OutputType::LEGACY);
         assert(IsValidDestination(tx_destination));
-        assert(CTxDestination{PKHash{pubkey}} == tx_destination);
+        assert(PKHash{pubkey} == *std::get_if<PKHash>(&tx_destination));
 
         const CScript script_for_destination = GetScriptForDestination(tx_destination);
         assert(script_for_destination.size() == 25);
diff --git a/src/test/fuzz/util.cpp b/src/test/fuzz/util.cpp
index ca2218e94cd..201495a47e4 100644
--- a/src/test/fuzz/util.cpp
+++ b/src/test/fuzz/util.cpp
@@ -188,15 +188,11 @@ CTxDestination ConsumeTxDestination(FuzzedDataProvider& fuzzed_data_provider) no
             tx_destination = WitnessV1Taproot{XOnlyPubKey{ConsumeUInt256(fuzzed_data_provider)}};
         },
         [&] {
-            WitnessUnknown witness_unknown{};
-            witness_unknown.version = fuzzed_data_provider.ConsumeIntegralInRange(2, 16);
-            std::vector<uint8_t> witness_unknown_program_1{fuzzed_data_provider.ConsumeBytes<uint8_t>(40)};
-            if (witness_unknown_program_1.size() < 2) {
-                witness_unknown_program_1 = {0, 0};
+            std::vector<unsigned char> program{ConsumeRandomLengthByteVector(fuzzed_data_provider, /*max_length=*/40)};
+            if (program.size() < 2) {
+                program = {0, 0};
             }
-            witness_unknown.length = witness_unknown_program_1.size();
-            std::copy(witness_unknown_program_1.begin(), witness_unknown_program_1.end(), witness_unknown.program);
-            tx_destination = witness_unknown;
+            tx_destination = WitnessUnknown{fuzzed_data_provider.ConsumeIntegralInRange<unsigned int>(2, 16), program};
         })};
     Assert(call_size == std::variant_size_v<CTxDestination>);
     return tx_destination;
diff --git a/src/test/script_standard_tests.cpp b/src/test/script_standard_tests.cpp
index 1a205728d6e..c3d5990e01b 100644
--- a/src/test/script_standard_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/test/script_standard_tests.cpp
@@ -249,10 +249,7 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(script_standard_ExtractDestination)
     s.clear();
     s << OP_1 << ToByteVector(pubkey);
     BOOST_CHECK(ExtractDestination(s, address));
-    WitnessUnknown unk;
-    unk.length = 33;
-    unk.version = 1;
-    std::copy(pubkey.begin(), pubkey.end(), unk.program);
+    WitnessUnknown unk{1, ToByteVector(pubkey)};
     BOOST_CHECK(std::get<WitnessUnknown>(address) == unk);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/util/message.cpp b/src/util/message.cpp
index ec845aeffbd..1afb28cc10d 100644
--- a/src/util/message.cpp
+++ b/src/util/message.cpp
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ MessageVerificationResult MessageVerify(
         return MessageVerificationResult::ERR_PUBKEY_NOT_RECOVERED;
     }
 
-    if (!(CTxDestination(PKHash(pubkey)) == destination)) {
+    if (!(PKHash(pubkey) == *std::get_if<PKHash>(&destination))) {
         return MessageVerificationResult::ERR_NOT_SIGNED;
     }