diff --git a/crypto/signature_ecdsa/signature.go b/crypto/signature_ecdsa/signature.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..907a0a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crypto/signature_ecdsa/signature.go
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+package signature
+
+import (
+	"crypto/ecdsa"
+	hex "encoding/hex"
+	"errors"
+
+	crypto "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/crypto"
+)
+
+type SignKeys struct {
+	Public  *ecdsa.PublicKey
+	Private *ecdsa.PrivateKey
+}
+
+// generate new keys
+func (k *SignKeys) Generate() error {
+	var err error
+	key, err := crypto.GenerateKey()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	k.Public = &key.PublicKey
+	k.Private = key
+	return nil
+}
+
+// imports a private hex key
+func (k *SignKeys) AddHexKey(privHex string) error {
+	var err error
+	k.Private, err = crypto.HexToECDSA(privHex)
+	if err == nil {
+		k.Public = &k.Private.PublicKey
+	}
+	return err
+}
+
+// returns the public and private keys as hex strings
+func (k *SignKeys) HexString() (string, string) {
+	pubHex := hex.EncodeToString(crypto.CompressPubkey(k.Public))
+	privHex := hex.EncodeToString(crypto.FromECDSA(k.Private))
+	return pubHex, privHex
+}
+
+// message is a normal string (no HexString)
+func (k *SignKeys) Sign(message string) (string, error) {
+	if k.Private == nil {
+		return "", errors.New("No private key available")
+	}
+	hash := crypto.Keccak256([]byte(message))
+	signature, err := crypto.Sign(hash, k.Private)
+	signHex := hex.EncodeToString(signature)
+	return signHex, err
+}
+
+// message is a normal string, signature and pubHex are HexStrings
+func (k *SignKeys) Verify(message, signHex, pubHex string) (bool, error) {
+	signature, err := hex.DecodeString(signHex)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+	pub, err := hex.DecodeString(pubHex)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+	hash := crypto.Keccak256([]byte(message))
+	result := crypto.VerifySignature(pub, hash, signature[:64])
+	return result, nil
+}
diff --git a/crypto/signature_ecdsa/signature_test.go b/crypto/signature_ecdsa/signature_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ac90670
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crypto/signature_ecdsa/signature_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package signature
+
+import "testing"
+
+func TestSignature(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Log("Testing signature creation and verification")
+	var s SignKeys
+	s.Generate()
+	pub, priv := s.HexString()
+	t.Logf("Generated pub:%s priv:%s\n", pub, priv)
+	message := "Hello, this is gonna be signed!"
+	t.Logf("Message to sign: %s\n", message)
+	msgSign, err := s.Sign(message)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Error while signing %s\n", err)
+	}
+	t.Logf("Signature is %s\n", msgSign)
+
+	var s2 SignKeys
+	err = s2.AddHexKey(priv)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Error importing hex privKey: %s\n", err)
+	}
+	pub, priv = s2.HexString()
+	t.Logf("Imported pub:%s priv:%s\n", pub, priv)
+	v, err := s.Verify(message, msgSign, pub)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Verification error: %s\n", err)
+	}
+	if !v {
+		t.Error("Verification failed!")
+	}
+	t.Logf("Testing verification... %t\n", v)
+}