diff --git a/src/tracing/builder/parity.rs b/src/tracing/builder/parity.rs
index 8799921..97b372f 100644
--- a/src/tracing/builder/parity.rs
+++ b/src/tracing/builder/parity.rs
@@ -375,10 +375,7 @@ impl ParityTraceBuilder {
         let maybe_memory = if step.memory.is_empty() {
             None
         } else {
-            Some(MemoryDelta {
-                off: step.memory_size,
-                data: step.memory.as_bytes().to_vec().into(),
-            })
+            Some(MemoryDelta { off: step.memory_size, data: step.memory.as_bytes().clone() })
         };
 
         let maybe_execution = Some(VmExecutedOperation {
diff --git a/src/tracing/mod.rs b/src/tracing/mod.rs
index 1f6f88d..2527215 100644
--- a/src/tracing/mod.rs
+++ b/src/tracing/mod.rs
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ impl TracingInspector {
         let memory = self
             .config
             .record_memory_snapshots
-            .then(|| RecordedMemory::new(interp.shared_memory.context_memory().to_vec()))
+            .then(|| RecordedMemory::new(interp.shared_memory.context_memory()))
             .unwrap_or_default();
         let stack = if self.config.record_stack_snapshots.is_full() {
             Some(interp.stack.data().clone())
diff --git a/src/tracing/types.rs b/src/tracing/types.rs
index 5fb9128..4d821c6 100644
--- a/src/tracing/types.rs
+++ b/src/tracing/types.rs
@@ -628,23 +628,34 @@ pub struct StorageChange {
 /// This is a wrapper around the [SharedMemory](revm::interpreter::SharedMemory) context memory.
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Default, PartialEq, Eq)]
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize))]
-pub struct RecordedMemory(pub(crate) Vec<u8>);
+pub struct RecordedMemory(pub(crate) Bytes);
 
 impl RecordedMemory {
     #[inline]
-    pub(crate) fn new(mem: Vec<u8>) -> Self {
-        Self(mem)
+    pub(crate) fn new(mem: &[u8]) -> Self {
+        Self(Bytes::copy_from_slice(mem))
     }
 
     /// Returns the memory as a byte slice
     #[inline]
-    pub fn as_bytes(&self) -> &[u8] {
+    pub fn as_bytes(&self) -> &Bytes {
         &self.0
     }
 
+    /// Returns the memory as a byte vector
     #[inline]
-    pub(crate) fn resize(&mut self, size: usize) {
-        self.0.resize(size, 0);
+    pub fn into_bytes(self) -> Bytes {
+        self.0
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    pub(crate) fn resize(&mut self, len: usize) {
+        if len <= self.len() {
+            return self.0.truncate(len);
+        }
+        let mut data = self.0.to_vec();
+        data.resize(len, 0);
+        self.0 = Bytes::from(data);
     }
 
     /// Returns the size of the memory