diff --git a/src/bitcoin-cli.cpp b/src/bitcoin-cli.cpp
index 3657fde140c..48dc11b95a5 100644
--- a/src/bitcoin-cli.cpp
+++ b/src/bitcoin-cli.cpp
@@ -871,7 +871,7 @@ static UniValue ConnectAndCallRPC(BaseRequestHandler* rh, const std::string& str
         try {
             response = CallRPC(rh, strMethod, args, rpcwallet);
             if (fWait) {
-                const UniValue& error = find_value(response, "error");
+                const UniValue& error = response.find_value("error");
                 if (!error.isNull() && error["code"].getInt<int>() == RPC_IN_WARMUP) {
                     throw CConnectionFailed("server in warmup");
                 }
@@ -899,8 +899,8 @@ static void ParseResult(const UniValue& result, std::string& strPrint)
 static void ParseError(const UniValue& error, std::string& strPrint, int& nRet)
 {
     if (error.isObject()) {
-        const UniValue& err_code = find_value(error, "code");
-        const UniValue& err_msg = find_value(error, "message");
+        const UniValue& err_code = error.find_value("code");
+        const UniValue& err_msg = error.find_value("message");
         if (!err_code.isNull()) {
             strPrint = "error code: " + err_code.getValStr() + "\n";
         }
@@ -926,15 +926,15 @@ static void GetWalletBalances(UniValue& result)
 {
     DefaultRequestHandler rh;
     const UniValue listwallets = ConnectAndCallRPC(&rh, "listwallets", /* args=*/{});
-    if (!find_value(listwallets, "error").isNull()) return;
-    const UniValue& wallets = find_value(listwallets, "result");
+    if (!listwallets.find_value("error").isNull()) return;
+    const UniValue& wallets = listwallets.find_value("result");
     if (wallets.size() <= 1) return;
 
     UniValue balances(UniValue::VOBJ);
     for (const UniValue& wallet : wallets.getValues()) {
         const std::string& wallet_name = wallet.get_str();
         const UniValue getbalances = ConnectAndCallRPC(&rh, "getbalances", /* args=*/{}, wallet_name);
-        const UniValue& balance = find_value(getbalances, "result")["mine"]["trusted"];
+        const UniValue& balance = getbalances.find_value("result")["mine"]["trusted"];
         balances.pushKV(wallet_name, balance);
     }
     result.pushKV("balances", balances);
@@ -970,7 +970,7 @@ static void GetProgressBar(double progress, std::string& progress_bar)
  */
 static void ParseGetInfoResult(UniValue& result)
 {
-    if (!find_value(result, "error").isNull()) return;
+    if (!result.find_value("error").isNull()) return;
 
     std::string RESET, GREEN, BLUE, YELLOW, MAGENTA, CYAN;
     bool should_colorize = false;
@@ -1182,9 +1182,9 @@ static int CommandLineRPC(int argc, char *argv[])
             rh.reset(new NetinfoRequestHandler());
         } else if (gArgs.GetBoolArg("-generate", false)) {
             const UniValue getnewaddress{GetNewAddress()};
-            const UniValue& error{find_value(getnewaddress, "error")};
+            const UniValue& error{getnewaddress.find_value("error")};
             if (error.isNull()) {
-                SetGenerateToAddressArgs(find_value(getnewaddress, "result").get_str(), args);
+                SetGenerateToAddressArgs(getnewaddress.find_value("result").get_str(), args);
                 rh.reset(new GenerateToAddressRequestHandler());
             } else {
                 ParseError(error, strPrint, nRet);
@@ -1206,8 +1206,8 @@ static int CommandLineRPC(int argc, char *argv[])
             const UniValue reply = ConnectAndCallRPC(rh.get(), method, args, wallet_name);
 
             // Parse reply
-            UniValue result = find_value(reply, "result");
-            const UniValue& error = find_value(reply, "error");
+            UniValue result = reply.find_value("result");
+            const UniValue& error = reply.find_value("error");
             if (error.isNull()) {
                 if (gArgs.GetBoolArg("-getinfo", false)) {
                     if (!gArgs.IsArgSet("-rpcwallet")) {
diff --git a/src/external_signer.cpp b/src/external_signer.cpp
index 5524b943f47..6b1e1f0241e 100644
--- a/src/external_signer.cpp
+++ b/src/external_signer.cpp
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ bool ExternalSigner::Enumerate(const std::string& command, std::vector<ExternalS
     }
     for (const UniValue& signer : result.getValues()) {
         // Check for error
-        const UniValue& error = find_value(signer, "error");
+        const UniValue& error = signer.find_value("error");
         if (!error.isNull()) {
             if (!error.isStr()) {
                 throw std::runtime_error(strprintf("'%s' error", command));
@@ -38,11 +38,11 @@ bool ExternalSigner::Enumerate(const std::string& command, std::vector<ExternalS
             throw std::runtime_error(strprintf("'%s' error: %s", command, error.getValStr()));
         }
         // Check if fingerprint is present
-        const UniValue& fingerprint = find_value(signer, "fingerprint");
+        const UniValue& fingerprint = signer.find_value("fingerprint");
         if (fingerprint.isNull()) {
             throw std::runtime_error(strprintf("'%s' received invalid response, missing signer fingerprint", command));
         }
-        const std::string fingerprintStr = fingerprint.get_str();
+        const std::string& fingerprintStr{fingerprint.get_str()};
         // Skip duplicate signer
         bool duplicate = false;
         for (const ExternalSigner& signer : signers) {
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ bool ExternalSigner::Enumerate(const std::string& command, std::vector<ExternalS
         }
         if (duplicate) break;
         std::string name;
-        const UniValue& model_field = find_value(signer, "model");
+        const UniValue& model_field = signer.find_value("model");
         if (model_field.isStr() && model_field.getValStr() != "") {
             name += model_field.getValStr();
         }
@@ -97,19 +97,19 @@ bool ExternalSigner::SignTransaction(PartiallySignedTransaction& psbtx, std::str
 
     const UniValue signer_result = RunCommandParseJSON(command, stdinStr);
 
-    if (find_value(signer_result, "error").isStr()) {
-        error = find_value(signer_result, "error").get_str();
+    if (signer_result.find_value("error").isStr()) {
+        error = signer_result.find_value("error").get_str();
         return false;
     }
 
-    if (!find_value(signer_result, "psbt").isStr()) {
+    if (!signer_result.find_value("psbt").isStr()) {
         error = "Unexpected result from signer";
         return false;
     }
 
     PartiallySignedTransaction signer_psbtx;
     std::string signer_psbt_error;
-    if (!DecodeBase64PSBT(signer_psbtx, find_value(signer_result, "psbt").get_str(), signer_psbt_error)) {
+    if (!DecodeBase64PSBT(signer_psbtx, signer_result.find_value("psbt").get_str(), signer_psbt_error)) {
         error = strprintf("TX decode failed %s", signer_psbt_error);
         return false;
     }
diff --git a/src/httprpc.cpp b/src/httprpc.cpp
index bf3fa6298da..661406e122c 100644
--- a/src/httprpc.cpp
+++ b/src/httprpc.cpp
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ static void JSONErrorReply(HTTPRequest* req, const UniValue& objError, const Uni
 {
     // Send error reply from json-rpc error object
     int nStatus = HTTP_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR;
-    int code = find_value(objError, "code").getInt<int>();
+    int code = objError.find_value("code").getInt<int>();
 
     if (code == RPC_INVALID_REQUEST)
         nStatus = HTTP_BAD_REQUEST;
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ static bool HTTPReq_JSONRPC(const std::any& context, HTTPRequest* req)
                     } else {
                         const UniValue& request = valRequest[reqIdx].get_obj();
                         // Parse method
-                        std::string strMethod = find_value(request, "method").get_str();
+                        std::string strMethod = request.find_value("method").get_str();
                         if (!g_rpc_whitelist[jreq.authUser].count(strMethod)) {
                             LogPrintf("RPC User %s not allowed to call method %s\n", jreq.authUser, strMethod);
                             req->WriteReply(HTTP_FORBIDDEN);
diff --git a/src/qt/rpcconsole.cpp b/src/qt/rpcconsole.cpp
index 972bc36ad29..bac64e3d5f6 100644
--- a/src/qt/rpcconsole.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/rpcconsole.cpp
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ bool RPCConsole::RPCParseCommandLine(interfaces::Node* node, std::string &strRes
                                     subelement = lastResult[parsed.value()];
                                 }
                                 else if (lastResult.isObject())
-                                    subelement = find_value(lastResult, curarg);
+                                    subelement = lastResult.find_value(curarg);
                                 else
                                     throw std::runtime_error("Invalid result query"); //no array or object: abort
                                 lastResult = subelement;
@@ -448,8 +448,8 @@ void RPCExecutor::request(const QString &command, const WalletModel* wallet_mode
     {
         try // Nice formatting for standard-format error
         {
-            int code = find_value(objError, "code").getInt<int>();
-            std::string message = find_value(objError, "message").get_str();
+            int code = objError.find_value("code").getInt<int>();
+            std::string message = objError.find_value("message").get_str();
             Q_EMIT reply(RPCConsole::CMD_ERROR, QString::fromStdString(message) + " (code " + QString::number(code) + ")");
         }
         catch (const std::runtime_error&) // raised when converting to invalid type, i.e. missing code or message
diff --git a/src/rpc/mempool.cpp b/src/rpc/mempool.cpp
index 927b4ce1fcf..89c403b6f5a 100644
--- a/src/rpc/mempool.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/mempool.cpp
@@ -638,7 +638,7 @@ static RPCHelpMan gettxspendingprevout()
                                 }, /*fAllowNull=*/false, /*fStrict=*/true);
 
                 const uint256 txid(ParseHashO(o, "txid"));
-                const int nOutput{find_value(o, "vout").getInt<int>()};
+                const int nOutput{o.find_value("vout").getInt<int>()};
                 if (nOutput < 0) {
                     throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_PARAMETER, "Invalid parameter, vout cannot be negative");
                 }
diff --git a/src/rpc/mining.cpp b/src/rpc/mining.cpp
index 334bc988cca..68017e5af25 100644
--- a/src/rpc/mining.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/mining.cpp
@@ -612,7 +612,7 @@ static RPCHelpMan getblocktemplate()
     if (!request.params[0].isNull())
     {
         const UniValue& oparam = request.params[0].get_obj();
-        const UniValue& modeval = find_value(oparam, "mode");
+        const UniValue& modeval = oparam.find_value("mode");
         if (modeval.isStr())
             strMode = modeval.get_str();
         else if (modeval.isNull())
@@ -621,11 +621,11 @@ static RPCHelpMan getblocktemplate()
         }
         else
             throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_PARAMETER, "Invalid mode");
-        lpval = find_value(oparam, "longpollid");
+        lpval = oparam.find_value("longpollid");
 
         if (strMode == "proposal")
         {
-            const UniValue& dataval = find_value(oparam, "data");
+            const UniValue& dataval = oparam.find_value("data");
             if (!dataval.isStr())
                 throw JSONRPCError(RPC_TYPE_ERROR, "Missing data String key for proposal");
 
@@ -652,7 +652,7 @@ static RPCHelpMan getblocktemplate()
             return BIP22ValidationResult(state);
         }
 
-        const UniValue& aClientRules = find_value(oparam, "rules");
+        const UniValue& aClientRules = oparam.find_value("rules");
         if (aClientRules.isArray()) {
             for (unsigned int i = 0; i < aClientRules.size(); ++i) {
                 const UniValue& v = aClientRules[i];
diff --git a/src/rpc/rawtransaction_util.cpp b/src/rpc/rawtransaction_util.cpp
index 3ba930f84fe..3a6fa39e4dc 100644
--- a/src/rpc/rawtransaction_util.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/rawtransaction_util.cpp
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ void AddInputs(CMutableTransaction& rawTx, const UniValue& inputs_in, std::optio
 
         uint256 txid = ParseHashO(o, "txid");
 
-        const UniValue& vout_v = find_value(o, "vout");
+        const UniValue& vout_v = o.find_value("vout");
         if (!vout_v.isNum())
             throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_PARAMETER, "Invalid parameter, missing vout key");
         int nOutput = vout_v.getInt<int>();
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ void AddInputs(CMutableTransaction& rawTx, const UniValue& inputs_in, std::optio
         }
 
         // set the sequence number if passed in the parameters object
-        const UniValue& sequenceObj = find_value(o, "sequence");
+        const UniValue& sequenceObj = o.find_value("sequence");
         if (sequenceObj.isNum()) {
             int64_t seqNr64 = sequenceObj.getInt<int64_t>();
             if (seqNr64 < 0 || seqNr64 > CTxIn::SEQUENCE_FINAL) {
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ void ParsePrevouts(const UniValue& prevTxsUnival, FillableSigningProvider* keyst
 
             uint256 txid = ParseHashO(prevOut, "txid");
 
-            int nOut = find_value(prevOut, "vout").getInt<int>();
+            int nOut = prevOut.find_value("vout").getInt<int>();
             if (nOut < 0) {
                 throw JSONRPCError(RPC_DESERIALIZATION_ERROR, "vout cannot be negative");
             }
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ void ParsePrevouts(const UniValue& prevTxsUnival, FillableSigningProvider* keyst
                 newcoin.out.scriptPubKey = scriptPubKey;
                 newcoin.out.nValue = MAX_MONEY;
                 if (prevOut.exists("amount")) {
-                    newcoin.out.nValue = AmountFromValue(find_value(prevOut, "amount"));
+                    newcoin.out.nValue = AmountFromValue(prevOut.find_value("amount"));
                 }
                 newcoin.nHeight = 1;
                 coins[out] = std::move(newcoin);
@@ -223,8 +223,8 @@ void ParsePrevouts(const UniValue& prevTxsUnival, FillableSigningProvider* keyst
                         {"redeemScript", UniValueType(UniValue::VSTR)},
                         {"witnessScript", UniValueType(UniValue::VSTR)},
                     }, true);
-                UniValue rs = find_value(prevOut, "redeemScript");
-                UniValue ws = find_value(prevOut, "witnessScript");
+                const UniValue& rs{prevOut.find_value("redeemScript")};
+                const UniValue& ws{prevOut.find_value("witnessScript")};
                 if (rs.isNull() && ws.isNull()) {
                     throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_PARAMETER, "Missing redeemScript/witnessScript");
                 }
diff --git a/src/rpc/request.cpp b/src/rpc/request.cpp
index ad91ed0f23c..cf1b6cd92b8 100644
--- a/src/rpc/request.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/request.cpp
@@ -165,10 +165,10 @@ void JSONRPCRequest::parse(const UniValue& valRequest)
     const UniValue& request = valRequest.get_obj();
 
     // Parse id now so errors from here on will have the id
-    id = find_value(request, "id");
+    id = request.find_value("id");
 
     // Parse method
-    UniValue valMethod = find_value(request, "method");
+    const UniValue& valMethod{request.find_value("method")};
     if (valMethod.isNull())
         throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_REQUEST, "Missing method");
     if (!valMethod.isStr())
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ void JSONRPCRequest::parse(const UniValue& valRequest)
         LogPrint(BCLog::RPC, "ThreadRPCServer method=%s user=%s\n", SanitizeString(strMethod), this->authUser);
 
     // Parse params
-    UniValue valParams = find_value(request, "params");
+    const UniValue& valParams{request.find_value("params")};
     if (valParams.isArray() || valParams.isObject())
         params = valParams;
     else if (valParams.isNull())
diff --git a/src/rpc/util.cpp b/src/rpc/util.cpp
index 1f3f37d0a0f..81489d7cec9 100644
--- a/src/rpc/util.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/util.cpp
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ void RPCTypeCheckObj(const UniValue& o,
     bool fStrict)
 {
     for (const auto& t : typesExpected) {
-        const UniValue& v = find_value(o, t.first);
+        const UniValue& v = o.find_value(t.first);
         if (!fAllowNull && v.isNull())
             throw JSONRPCError(RPC_TYPE_ERROR, strprintf("Missing %s", t.first));
 
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ uint256 ParseHashV(const UniValue& v, std::string strName)
 }
 uint256 ParseHashO(const UniValue& o, std::string strKey)
 {
-    return ParseHashV(find_value(o, strKey), strKey);
+    return ParseHashV(o.find_value(strKey), strKey);
 }
 std::vector<unsigned char> ParseHexV(const UniValue& v, std::string strName)
 {
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ std::vector<unsigned char> ParseHexV(const UniValue& v, std::string strName)
 }
 std::vector<unsigned char> ParseHexO(const UniValue& o, std::string strKey)
 {
-    return ParseHexV(find_value(o, strKey), strKey);
+    return ParseHexV(o.find_value(strKey), strKey);
 }
 
 namespace {
@@ -1133,10 +1133,10 @@ std::vector<CScript> EvalDescriptorStringOrObject(const UniValue& scanobject, Fl
     if (scanobject.isStr()) {
         desc_str = scanobject.get_str();
     } else if (scanobject.isObject()) {
-        UniValue desc_uni = find_value(scanobject, "desc");
+        const UniValue& desc_uni{scanobject.find_value("desc")};
         if (desc_uni.isNull()) throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_PARAMETER, "Descriptor needs to be provided in scan object");
         desc_str = desc_uni.get_str();
-        UniValue range_uni = find_value(scanobject, "range");
+        const UniValue& range_uni{scanobject.find_value("range")};
         if (!range_uni.isNull()) {
             range = ParseDescriptorRange(range_uni);
         }
diff --git a/src/test/fuzz/rpc.cpp b/src/test/fuzz/rpc.cpp
index e1f378ceff8..33ffcc4cdd7 100644
--- a/src/test/fuzz/rpc.cpp
+++ b/src/test/fuzz/rpc.cpp
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ FUZZ_TARGET_INIT(rpc, initialize_rpc)
     try {
         rpc_testing_setup->CallRPC(rpc_command, arguments);
     } catch (const UniValue& json_rpc_error) {
-        const std::string error_msg{find_value(json_rpc_error, "message").get_str()};
+        const std::string error_msg{json_rpc_error.find_value("message").get_str()};
         // Once c++20 is allowed, starts_with can be used.
         // if (error_msg.starts_with("Internal bug detected")) {
         if (0 == error_msg.rfind("Internal bug detected", 0)) {
diff --git a/src/test/interfaces_tests.cpp b/src/test/interfaces_tests.cpp
index d37fe35a116..68377e197f2 100644
--- a/src/test/interfaces_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/test/interfaces_tests.cpp
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(findAncestorByHash)
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(findCommonAncestor)
 {
     auto& chain = m_node.chain;
-    const CChain& active = WITH_LOCK(Assert(m_node.chainman)->GetMutex(), return Assert(m_node.chainman)->ActiveChain());
+    const CChain& active{*WITH_LOCK(Assert(m_node.chainman)->GetMutex(), return &Assert(m_node.chainman)->ActiveChain())};
     auto* orig_tip = active.Tip();
     for (int i = 0; i < 10; ++i) {
         BlockValidationState state;
diff --git a/src/test/key_io_tests.cpp b/src/test/key_io_tests.cpp
index fa3430fc896..92bdbae3c4f 100644
--- a/src/test/key_io_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/test/key_io_tests.cpp
@@ -37,11 +37,11 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(key_io_valid_parse)
         std::string exp_base58string = test[0].get_str();
         const std::vector<std::byte> exp_payload{ParseHex<std::byte>(test[1].get_str())};
         const UniValue &metadata = test[2].get_obj();
-        bool isPrivkey = find_value(metadata, "isPrivkey").get_bool();
-        SelectParams(ChainTypeFromString(find_value(metadata, "chain").get_str()).value());
-        bool try_case_flip = find_value(metadata, "tryCaseFlip").isNull() ? false : find_value(metadata, "tryCaseFlip").get_bool();
+        bool isPrivkey = metadata.find_value("isPrivkey").get_bool();
+        SelectParams(ChainTypeFromString(metadata.find_value("chain").get_str()).value());
+        bool try_case_flip = metadata.find_value("tryCaseFlip").isNull() ? false : metadata.find_value("tryCaseFlip").get_bool();
         if (isPrivkey) {
-            bool isCompressed = find_value(metadata, "isCompressed").get_bool();
+            bool isCompressed = metadata.find_value("isCompressed").get_bool();
             // Must be valid private key
             privkey = DecodeSecret(exp_base58string);
             BOOST_CHECK_MESSAGE(privkey.IsValid(), "!IsValid:" + strTest);
@@ -96,10 +96,10 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(key_io_valid_gen)
         std::string exp_base58string = test[0].get_str();
         std::vector<unsigned char> exp_payload = ParseHex(test[1].get_str());
         const UniValue &metadata = test[2].get_obj();
-        bool isPrivkey = find_value(metadata, "isPrivkey").get_bool();
-        SelectParams(ChainTypeFromString(find_value(metadata, "chain").get_str()).value());
+        bool isPrivkey = metadata.find_value("isPrivkey").get_bool();
+        SelectParams(ChainTypeFromString(metadata.find_value("chain").get_str()).value());
         if (isPrivkey) {
-            bool isCompressed = find_value(metadata, "isCompressed").get_bool();
+            bool isCompressed = metadata.find_value("isCompressed").get_bool();
             CKey key;
             key.Set(exp_payload.begin(), exp_payload.end(), isCompressed);
             assert(key.IsValid());
diff --git a/src/test/rpc_tests.cpp b/src/test/rpc_tests.cpp
index 791c9ddf312..da0029c7379 100644
--- a/src/test/rpc_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/test/rpc_tests.cpp
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ UniValue RPCTestingSetup::CallRPC(std::string args)
         return result;
     }
     catch (const UniValue& objError) {
-        throw std::runtime_error(find_value(objError, "message").get_str());
+        throw std::runtime_error(objError.find_value("message").get_str());
     }
 }
 
@@ -130,9 +130,9 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(rpc_rawparams)
     BOOST_CHECK_THROW(CallRPC("decoderawtransaction DEADBEEF"), std::runtime_error);
     std::string rawtx = "0100000001a15d57094aa7a21a28cb20b59aab8fc7d1149a3bdbcddba9c622e4f5f6a99ece010000006c493046022100f93bb0e7d8db7bd46e40132d1f8242026e045f03a0efe71bbb8e3f475e970d790221009337cd7f1f929f00cc6ff01f03729b069a7c21b59b1736ddfee5db5946c5da8c0121033b9b137ee87d5a812d6f506efdd37f0affa7ffc310711c06c7f3e097c9447c52ffffffff0100e1f505000000001976a9140389035a9225b3839e2bbf32d826a1e222031fd888ac00000000";
     BOOST_CHECK_NO_THROW(r = CallRPC(std::string("decoderawtransaction ")+rawtx));
-    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(find_value(r.get_obj(), "size").getInt<int>(), 193);
-    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(find_value(r.get_obj(), "version").getInt<int>(), 1);
-    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(find_value(r.get_obj(), "locktime").getInt<int>(), 0);
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(r.get_obj().find_value("size").getInt<int>(), 193);
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(r.get_obj().find_value("version").getInt<int>(), 1);
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(r.get_obj().find_value("locktime").getInt<int>(), 0);
     BOOST_CHECK_THROW(CallRPC(std::string("decoderawtransaction ")+rawtx+" extra"), std::runtime_error);
     BOOST_CHECK_NO_THROW(r = CallRPC(std::string("decoderawtransaction ")+rawtx+" false"));
     BOOST_CHECK_THROW(r = CallRPC(std::string("decoderawtransaction ")+rawtx+" false extra"), std::runtime_error);
@@ -149,20 +149,20 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(rpc_togglenetwork)
     UniValue r;
 
     r = CallRPC("getnetworkinfo");
-    bool netState = find_value(r.get_obj(), "networkactive").get_bool();
+    bool netState = r.get_obj().find_value("networkactive").get_bool();
     BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(netState, true);
 
     BOOST_CHECK_NO_THROW(CallRPC("setnetworkactive false"));
     r = CallRPC("getnetworkinfo");
-    int numConnection = find_value(r.get_obj(), "connections").getInt<int>();
+    int numConnection = r.get_obj().find_value("connections").getInt<int>();
     BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(numConnection, 0);
 
-    netState = find_value(r.get_obj(), "networkactive").get_bool();
+    netState = r.get_obj().find_value("networkactive").get_bool();
     BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(netState, false);
 
     BOOST_CHECK_NO_THROW(CallRPC("setnetworkactive true"));
     r = CallRPC("getnetworkinfo");
-    netState = find_value(r.get_obj(), "networkactive").get_bool();
+    netState = r.get_obj().find_value("networkactive").get_bool();
     BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(netState, true);
 }
 
@@ -180,9 +180,9 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(rpc_rawsign)
     std::string privkey1 = "\"KzsXybp9jX64P5ekX1KUxRQ79Jht9uzW7LorgwE65i5rWACL6LQe\"";
     std::string privkey2 = "\"Kyhdf5LuKTRx4ge69ybABsiUAWjVRK4XGxAKk2FQLp2HjGMy87Z4\"";
     r = CallRPC(std::string("signrawtransactionwithkey ")+notsigned+" [] "+prevout);
-    BOOST_CHECK(find_value(r.get_obj(), "complete").get_bool() == false);
+    BOOST_CHECK(r.get_obj().find_value("complete").get_bool() == false);
     r = CallRPC(std::string("signrawtransactionwithkey ")+notsigned+" ["+privkey1+","+privkey2+"] "+prevout);
-    BOOST_CHECK(find_value(r.get_obj(), "complete").get_bool() == true);
+    BOOST_CHECK(r.get_obj().find_value("complete").get_bool() == true);
 }
 
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(rpc_createraw_op_return)
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(rpc_ban)
     BOOST_CHECK_NO_THROW(r = CallRPC(std::string("listbanned")));
     UniValue ar = r.get_array();
     UniValue o1 = ar[0].get_obj();
-    UniValue adr = find_value(o1, "address");
+    UniValue adr = o1.find_value("address");
     BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(adr.get_str(), "127.0.0.0/32");
     BOOST_CHECK_NO_THROW(CallRPC(std::string("setban 127.0.0.0 remove")));
     BOOST_CHECK_NO_THROW(r = CallRPC(std::string("listbanned")));
@@ -336,8 +336,8 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(rpc_ban)
     BOOST_CHECK_NO_THROW(r = CallRPC(std::string("listbanned")));
     ar = r.get_array();
     o1 = ar[0].get_obj();
-    adr = find_value(o1, "address");
-    int64_t banned_until{find_value(o1, "banned_until").getInt<int64_t>()};
+    adr = o1.find_value("address");
+    int64_t banned_until{o1.find_value("banned_until").getInt<int64_t>()};
     BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(adr.get_str(), "127.0.0.0/24");
     BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(banned_until, 9907731200); // absolute time check
 
@@ -351,11 +351,11 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(rpc_ban)
     BOOST_CHECK_NO_THROW(r = CallRPC(std::string("listbanned")));
     ar = r.get_array();
     o1 = ar[0].get_obj();
-    adr = find_value(o1, "address");
-    banned_until = find_value(o1, "banned_until").getInt<int64_t>();
-    const int64_t ban_created{find_value(o1, "ban_created").getInt<int64_t>()};
-    const int64_t ban_duration{find_value(o1, "ban_duration").getInt<int64_t>()};
-    const int64_t time_remaining{find_value(o1, "time_remaining").getInt<int64_t>()};
+    adr = o1.find_value("address");
+    banned_until = o1.find_value("banned_until").getInt<int64_t>();
+    const int64_t ban_created{o1.find_value("ban_created").getInt<int64_t>()};
+    const int64_t ban_duration{o1.find_value("ban_duration").getInt<int64_t>()};
+    const int64_t time_remaining{o1.find_value("time_remaining").getInt<int64_t>()};
     BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(adr.get_str(), "127.0.0.0/24");
     BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(banned_until, time_remaining_expected + now.count());
     BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(ban_duration, banned_until - ban_created);
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(rpc_ban)
     BOOST_CHECK_NO_THROW(r = CallRPC(std::string("listbanned")));
     ar = r.get_array();
     o1 = ar[0].get_obj();
-    adr = find_value(o1, "address");
+    adr = o1.find_value("address");
     BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(adr.get_str(), "fe80::202:b3ff:fe1e:8329/128");
 
     BOOST_CHECK_NO_THROW(CallRPC(std::string("clearbanned")));
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(rpc_ban)
     BOOST_CHECK_NO_THROW(r = CallRPC(std::string("listbanned")));
     ar = r.get_array();
     o1 = ar[0].get_obj();
-    adr = find_value(o1, "address");
+    adr = o1.find_value("address");
     BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(adr.get_str(), "2001:db8::/30");
 
     BOOST_CHECK_NO_THROW(CallRPC(std::string("clearbanned")));
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(rpc_ban)
     BOOST_CHECK_NO_THROW(r = CallRPC(std::string("listbanned")));
     ar = r.get_array();
     o1 = ar[0].get_obj();
-    adr = find_value(o1, "address");
+    adr = o1.find_value("address");
     BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(adr.get_str(), "2001:4d48:ac57:400:cacf:e9ff:fe1d:9c63/128");
 }
 
diff --git a/src/test/system_tests.cpp b/src/test/system_tests.cpp
index c0a2566959d..7ce350b84bc 100644
--- a/src/test/system_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/test/system_tests.cpp
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(run_command)
         const UniValue result = RunCommandParseJSON("echo \"{\"success\": true}\"");
 #endif
         BOOST_CHECK(result.isObject());
-        const UniValue& success = find_value(result, "success");
+        const UniValue& success = result.find_value("success");
         BOOST_CHECK(!success.isNull());
         BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(success.get_bool(), true);
     }
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(run_command)
     {
         const UniValue result = RunCommandParseJSON("cat", "{\"success\": true}");
         BOOST_CHECK(result.isObject());
-        const UniValue& success = find_value(result, "success");
+        const UniValue& success = result.find_value("success");
         BOOST_CHECK(!success.isNull());
         BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(success.get_bool(), true);
     }
diff --git a/src/univalue/include/univalue.h b/src/univalue/include/univalue.h
index d501c3fb699..004135ef973 100644
--- a/src/univalue/include/univalue.h
+++ b/src/univalue/include/univalue.h
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ public:
     const UniValue& get_array() const;
 
     enum VType type() const { return getType(); }
-    friend const UniValue& find_value( const UniValue& obj, const std::string& name);
+    const UniValue& find_value(std::string_view key) const;
 };
 
 template <class It>
@@ -201,6 +201,4 @@ static inline bool json_isspace(int ch)
 
 extern const UniValue NullUniValue;
 
-const UniValue& find_value( const UniValue& obj, const std::string& name);
-
 #endif // BITCOIN_UNIVALUE_INCLUDE_UNIVALUE_H
diff --git a/src/univalue/lib/univalue.cpp b/src/univalue/lib/univalue.cpp
index 5aa39edb758..c3d19caae04 100644
--- a/src/univalue/lib/univalue.cpp
+++ b/src/univalue/lib/univalue.cpp
@@ -230,12 +230,13 @@ const char *uvTypeName(UniValue::VType t)
     return nullptr;
 }
 
-const UniValue& find_value(const UniValue& obj, const std::string& name)
+const UniValue& UniValue::find_value(std::string_view key) const
 {
-    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < obj.keys.size(); i++)
-        if (obj.keys[i] == name)
-            return obj.values.at(i);
-
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < keys.size(); ++i) {
+        if (keys[i] == key) {
+            return values.at(i);
+        }
+    }
     return NullUniValue;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/wallet/rpc/coins.cpp b/src/wallet/rpc/coins.cpp
index 750ef69f6ea..5bdd3c9e72e 100644
--- a/src/wallet/rpc/coins.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/rpc/coins.cpp
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ RPCHelpMan lockunspent()
             });
 
         const uint256 txid(ParseHashO(o, "txid"));
-        const int nOutput = find_value(o, "vout").getInt<int>();
+        const int nOutput = o.find_value("vout").getInt<int>();
         if (nOutput < 0) {
             throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_PARAMETER, "Invalid parameter, vout cannot be negative");
         }
diff --git a/src/wallet/rpc/spend.cpp b/src/wallet/rpc/spend.cpp
index 88ee6e96b05..a5b1f594bfe 100644
--- a/src/wallet/rpc/spend.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/rpc/spend.cpp
@@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ void FundTransaction(CWallet& wallet, CMutableTransaction& tx, CAmount& fee_out,
         for (const UniValue& input : options["input_weights"].get_array().getValues()) {
             uint256 txid = ParseHashO(input, "txid");
 
-            const UniValue& vout_v = find_value(input, "vout");
+            const UniValue& vout_v = input.find_value("vout");
             if (!vout_v.isNum()) {
                 throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_PARAMETER, "Invalid parameter, missing vout key");
             }
@@ -682,7 +682,7 @@ void FundTransaction(CWallet& wallet, CMutableTransaction& tx, CAmount& fee_out,
                 throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_PARAMETER, "Invalid parameter, vout cannot be negative");
             }
 
-            const UniValue& weight_v = find_value(input, "weight");
+            const UniValue& weight_v = input.find_value("weight");
             if (!weight_v.isNum()) {
                 throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_PARAMETER, "Invalid parameter, missing weight key");
             }
diff --git a/src/wallet/wallet.cpp b/src/wallet/wallet.cpp
index d97c1bbefe9..b3eed8abc7a 100644
--- a/src/wallet/wallet.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/wallet.cpp
@@ -3589,7 +3589,7 @@ void CWallet::SetupDescriptorScriptPubKeyMans()
 
         if (!signer_res.isObject()) throw std::runtime_error(std::string(__func__) + ": Unexpected result");
         for (bool internal : {false, true}) {
-            const UniValue& descriptor_vals = find_value(signer_res, internal ? "internal" : "receive");
+            const UniValue& descriptor_vals = signer_res.find_value(internal ? "internal" : "receive");
             if (!descriptor_vals.isArray()) throw std::runtime_error(std::string(__func__) + ": Unexpected result");
             for (const UniValue& desc_val : descriptor_vals.get_array().getValues()) {
                 const std::string& desc_str = desc_val.getValStr();