diff --git a/contrib/pyln-client/pyln/client/gossmap.py b/contrib/pyln-client/pyln/client/gossmap.py
index 79e1d26c5..5ad15e248 100755
--- a/contrib/pyln-client/pyln/client/gossmap.py
+++ b/contrib/pyln-client/pyln/client/gossmap.py
@@ -52,9 +52,25 @@ class GossmapHalfchannel(object):
         self.fee_base_msat: int = fields['fee_base_msat']
         self.fee_proportional_millionths: int = fields['fee_proportional_millionths']
 
+        # Cache the _scidd and hash to have faster operation later
+        # Unfortunately the @final decorator only comes for python3.8
+        self._scidd = f"{self.channel.scid}/{self.direction}"
+        self._numscidd = direction << 63 | self.channel.scid.to_int()
+
     def __repr__(self):
         return f"GossmapHalfchannel[{self._scidd}]"
 
+    def __eq__(self, other):
+        if not isinstance(other, GossmapHalfchannel):
+            return False
+        return self._numscidd == other._numscidd
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return self._scidd
+
+    def __hash__(self):
+        return self._numscidd
+
 
 class GossmapNodeId(object):
     def __init__(self, buf: Union[bytes, str]):
@@ -64,6 +80,9 @@ class GossmapNodeId(object):
             raise ValueError("{} is not a valid node_id".format(buf.hex()))
         self.nodeid = buf
 
+        self._hash = self.nodeid.__hash__()
+        self._str = self.nodeid.hex()
+
     def to_pubkey(self) -> PublicKey:
         return PublicKey(self.nodeid)
 
@@ -78,11 +97,14 @@ class GossmapNodeId(object):
         return self.nodeid.__lt__(other.nodeid)  # yes, that works
 
     def __hash__(self):
-        return self.nodeid.__hash__()
+        return self._hash
 
     def __repr__(self):
         return "GossmapNodeId[{}]".format(self.nodeid.hex())
 
+    def __str__(self):
+        return self._str
+
     @classmethod
     def from_str(cls, s: str):
         if s.startswith('0x'):
@@ -128,6 +150,17 @@ class GossmapChannel(object):
     def __repr__(self):
         return "GossmapChannel[{}]".format(str(self.scid))
 
+    def __str__(self):
+        return str(self.scid)
+
+    def __eq__(self, other):
+        if not isinstance(other, GossmapChannel):
+            return False
+        return self.scid.__eq__(other.scid)
+
+    def __hash__(self):
+        return self.scid.__hash__()
+
 
 class GossmapNode(object):
     """A node: fields of node_announcement are in .fields,
@@ -141,6 +174,8 @@ class GossmapNode(object):
         self.channels: List[GossmapChannel] = []
         self.node_id = node_id
 
+        self._hash = self.node_id.__hash__()
+
     def __repr__(self):
         return f"GossmapNode[{self.node_id.nodeid.hex()}]"
 
@@ -154,6 +189,12 @@ class GossmapNode(object):
             raise ValueError(f"Cannot compare GossmapNode with {type(other)}")
         return self.node_id.__lt__(other.node_id)
 
+    def __hash__(self):
+        return self._hash
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return str(self.node_id)
+
 
 class Gossmap(object):
     """Class to represent the gossip map of the network"""