diff --git a/libs/utils/striplock.go b/libs/utils/striplock.go
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+package utils
+
+import (
+	"sync"
+
+	"github.com/celestiaorg/celestia-node/share"
+)
+
+// StripLock provides a way to lock operations by height and data hash.
+// It uses a fixed number of mutexes to avoid excessive memory allocation
+// while still providing good concurrency characteristics.
+type StripLock struct {
+	heights    []*sync.RWMutex
+	datahashes []*sync.RWMutex
+}
+
+// MultiLock represents multiple locks that need to be acquired together.
+type MultiLock struct {
+	mu []*sync.RWMutex
+}
+
+// NewStripLock creates a new StripLock with the specified size of mutex pools.
+func NewStripLock(size int) *StripLock {
+	heights := make([]*sync.RWMutex, size)
+	datahashes := make([]*sync.RWMutex, size)
+	for i := 0; i < size; i++ {
+		heights[i] = &sync.RWMutex{}
+		datahashes[i] = &sync.RWMutex{}
+	}
+	return &StripLock{heights, datahashes}
+}
+
+// ByHeight returns a mutex for the given height.
+func (l *StripLock) ByHeight(height uint64) *sync.RWMutex {
+	lkIdx := height % uint64(len(l.heights))
+	return l.heights[lkIdx]
+}
+
+// ByHash returns a mutex for the given data hash.
+func (l *StripLock) ByHash(datahash share.DataHash) *sync.RWMutex {
+	// Use the last 2 bytes of the hash as key to distribute the locks
+	last := uint16(datahash[len(datahash)-1]) | uint16(datahash[len(datahash)-2])<<8
+	lkIdx := last % uint16(len(l.datahashes))
+	return l.datahashes[lkIdx]
+}
+
+// ByHashAndHeight returns a MultiLock for both the hash and height.
+func (l *StripLock) ByHashAndHeight(datahash share.DataHash, height uint64) *MultiLock {
+	return &MultiLock{[]*sync.RWMutex{l.ByHash(datahash), l.ByHeight(height)}}
+}
+
+// Lock acquires all contained locks.
+func (m *MultiLock) Lock() {
+	for _, lk := range m.mu {
+		lk.Lock()
+	}
+}
+
+// Unlock releases all contained locks.
+func (m *MultiLock) Unlock() {
+	for _, lk := range m.mu {
+		lk.Unlock()
+	}
+}