diff --git a/common/pooll2tx.go b/common/pooll2tx.go
index 721691c..1a139e4 100644
--- a/common/pooll2tx.go
+++ b/common/pooll2tx.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	eth "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
 	"github.com/hermeznetwork/hermez-node/utils"
 	"github.com/iden3/go-iden3-crypto/babyjub"
+	"github.com/iden3/go-iden3-crypto/poseidon"
 )
 
 // Nonce represents the nonce value in a uint64, which has the method Bytes that returns a byte array of length 5 (40 bits).
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ type PoolL2Tx struct {
 	Fee       FeeSelector        `meddler:"fee"`
 	Nonce     Nonce              `meddler:"nonce"` // effective 40 bits used
 	State     PoolL2TxState      `meddler:"state"`
-	Signature babyjub.Signature  `meddler:"signature"`         // tx signature
+	Signature *babyjub.Signature `meddler:"signature"`         // tx signature
 	Timestamp time.Time          `meddler:"timestamp,utctime"` // time when added to the tx pool
 	// Stored in DB: optional fileds, may be uninitialized
 	BatchNum          BatchNum           `meddler:"batch_num,zeroisnull"`   // batchNum in which this tx was forged. Presence indicates "forged" state.
@@ -145,6 +146,31 @@ func (tx *PoolL2Tx) TxCompressedDataV2() (*big.Int, error) {
 	return bi, nil
 }
 
+// HashToSign returns the computed Poseidon hash from the *PoolL2Tx that will be signed by the sender.
+func (tx *PoolL2Tx) HashToSign() (*big.Int, error) {
+	toCompressedData, err := tx.TxCompressedData()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	toEthAddr := EthAddrToBigInt(tx.ToEthAddr)
+	toBjjAy := tx.ToBJJ.Y
+	rqTxCompressedDataV2, err := tx.TxCompressedDataV2()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return poseidon.Hash([]*big.Int{toCompressedData, toEthAddr, toBjjAy, rqTxCompressedDataV2, EthAddrToBigInt(tx.RqToEthAddr), tx.RqToBJJ.Y})
+}
+
+// VerifySignature returns true if the signature verification is correct for the given PublicKey
+func (tx *PoolL2Tx) VerifySignature(pk *babyjub.PublicKey) bool {
+	h, err := tx.HashToSign()
+	if err != nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	return pk.VerifyPoseidon(h, tx.Signature)
+}
+
 func (tx *PoolL2Tx) Tx() *Tx {
 	return &Tx{
 		TxID:    tx.TxID,
diff --git a/common/pooll2tx_test.go b/common/pooll2tx_test.go
index d555539..818bc43 100644
--- a/common/pooll2tx_test.go
+++ b/common/pooll2tx_test.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"math/big"
 	"testing"
 
+	ethCommon "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
 	"github.com/iden3/go-iden3-crypto/babyjub"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
@@ -73,3 +74,49 @@ func TestTxCompressedData(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, "10c000000000b0000000a0009000000000008000000000007", hex.EncodeToString(txCompressedData.Bytes())[1:])
 
 }
+
+func TestHashToSign(t *testing.T) {
+	var sk babyjub.PrivateKey
+	_, err := hex.Decode(sk[:], []byte("0001020304050607080900010203040506070809000102030405060708090001"))
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+	ethAddr := ethCommon.HexToAddress("0xc58d29fA6e86E4FAe04DDcEd660d45BCf3Cb2370")
+
+	tx := PoolL2Tx{
+		FromIdx:     2,
+		ToIdx:       3,
+		Amount:      big.NewInt(4),
+		TokenID:     5,
+		Nonce:       6,
+		ToBJJ:       sk.Public(),
+		RqToEthAddr: ethAddr,
+		RqToBJJ:     sk.Public(),
+	}
+	toSign, err := tx.HashToSign()
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, "14526446928649310956370997581245770629723313742905751117262272426489782809503", toSign.String())
+}
+
+func TestVerifyTxSignature(t *testing.T) {
+	var sk babyjub.PrivateKey
+	_, err := hex.Decode(sk[:], []byte("0001020304050607080900010203040506070809000102030405060708090001"))
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+	ethAddr := ethCommon.HexToAddress("0xc58d29fA6e86E4FAe04DDcEd660d45BCf3Cb2370")
+
+	tx := PoolL2Tx{
+		FromIdx:     2,
+		ToIdx:       3,
+		Amount:      big.NewInt(4),
+		TokenID:     5,
+		Nonce:       6,
+		ToBJJ:       sk.Public(),
+		RqToEthAddr: ethAddr,
+		RqToBJJ:     sk.Public(),
+	}
+	toSign, err := tx.HashToSign()
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, "14526446928649310956370997581245770629723313742905751117262272426489782809503", toSign.String())
+
+	sig := sk.SignPoseidon(toSign)
+	tx.Signature = sig
+	assert.True(t, tx.VerifySignature(sk.Public()))
+}
diff --git a/common/utils.go b/common/utils.go
index c27d78a..9dad220 100644
--- a/common/utils.go
+++ b/common/utils.go
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 package common
 
+import (
+	"math/big"
+
+	ethCommon "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
+)
+
 // SwapEndianness swaps the order of the bytes in the slice.
 func SwapEndianness(b []byte) []byte {
 	o := make([]byte, len(b))
@@ -8,3 +14,8 @@ func SwapEndianness(b []byte) []byte {
 	}
 	return o
 }
+
+// EthAddrToBigInt returns a *big.Int from a given ethereum common.Address.
+func EthAddrToBigInt(a ethCommon.Address) *big.Int {
+	return new(big.Int).SetBytes(a.Bytes())
+}
diff --git a/db/l2db/l2db_test.go b/db/l2db/l2db_test.go
index 582debd..3e3cda7 100644
--- a/db/l2db/l2db_test.go
+++ b/db/l2db/l2db_test.go
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ func genTxs(n int) []*common.PoolL2Tx {
 			Fee:       99,
 			Nonce:     28,
 			State:     state,
-			Signature: *privK.SignPoseidon(big.NewInt(674238462)),
+			Signature: privK.SignPoseidon(big.NewInt(674238462)),
 			Timestamp: time.Now().UTC(),
 		}
 		if i%2 == 0 { // Optional parameters: rq