diff --git a/chain-signatures/node/src/sign_bidirectional.rs b/chain-signatures/node/src/sign_bidirectional.rs
index 689883d9..076563ae 100644
--- a/chain-signatures/node/src/sign_bidirectional.rs
+++ b/chain-signatures/node/src/sign_bidirectional.rs
@@ -260,12 +260,17 @@ pub fn sign_and_hash_transaction(
     unsigned_rlp: &[u8],
     signature: Signature,
 ) -> anyhow::Result<([u8; 32], u64)> {
-    let r = signature.big_r.x().as_slice().to_vec();
-    let s = signature.s.to_bytes().as_slice().to_vec();
+    let r_bytes = signature.big_r.x();
+    let s_bytes = signature.s.to_bytes();
     let y_parity = signature.recovery_id == 1;
 
     if is_eip1559(unsigned_rlp) {
-        sign_and_hash_eip1559_from_unsigned(unsigned_rlp, &r, &s, y_parity)
+        sign_and_hash_eip1559_from_unsigned(
+            unsigned_rlp,
+            r_bytes.as_slice(),
+            s_bytes.as_slice(),
+            y_parity,
+        )
     } else {
         // Extract chain_id from the unsigned RLP (it's the 7th field in legacy transactions)
         // In legacy Ethereum transactions with EIP-155, there are 9 fields:
@@ -278,7 +283,13 @@ pub fn sign_and_hash_transaction(
         } else {
             None
         };
-        sign_and_hash_legacy_from_unsigned(unsigned_rlp, chain_id, &r, &s, y_parity)
+        sign_and_hash_legacy_from_unsigned(
+            unsigned_rlp,
+            chain_id,
+            r_bytes.as_slice(),
+            s_bytes.as_slice(),
+            y_parity,
+        )
     }
 }
 
@@ -286,6 +297,12 @@ fn is_eip1559(unsigned_rlp: &[u8]) -> bool {
     unsigned_rlp[0] == 0x02
 }
 
+fn trim_rlp_leading_zeroes(bytes: &[u8]) -> Vec<u8> {
+    // RLP integers must be minimally encoded; drop redundant leading zero octets.
+    let first_non_zero = bytes.iter().position(|b| *b != 0).unwrap_or(bytes.len());
+    bytes[first_non_zero..].to_vec()
+}
+
 pub fn sign_and_hash_eip1559_from_unsigned(
     unsigned: &[u8], // may be 0x02||RLP(body) or just RLP(body)
     r: &[u8],
@@ -315,6 +332,8 @@ pub fn sign_and_hash_eip1559_from_unsigned(
     }
     let y: u8 = if y_parity { 1 } else { 0 };
     srlp.append(&y);
+    let r = trim_rlp_leading_zeroes(r);
+    let s = trim_rlp_leading_zeroes(s);
     srlp.append(&r);
     srlp.append(&s);
 
@@ -348,6 +367,8 @@ pub fn sign_and_hash_legacy_from_unsigned(
     }
     let v: u64 = 35 + 2 * chain_id.unwrap_or(0) + if y_parity { 1 } else { 0 };
     out.append(&v);
+    let r = trim_rlp_leading_zeroes(r);
+    let s = trim_rlp_leading_zeroes(s);
     out.append(&r);
     out.append(&s);
 
@@ -356,6 +377,29 @@ pub fn sign_and_hash_legacy_from_unsigned(
     Ok((hash.into(), nonce))
 }
 
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn trim_rlp_bytes_drops_leading_zeroes() {
+        let bytes = [0u8, 0x00, 0x01, 0xAB];
+        assert_eq!(trim_rlp_leading_zeroes(&bytes), vec![0x01, 0xAB]);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn trim_rlp_bytes_all_zeroes_becomes_empty() {
+        let bytes = [0u8; 4];
+        assert!(trim_rlp_leading_zeroes(&bytes).is_empty());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn trim_rlp_bytes_leaves_minimal_value() {
+        let bytes = [0x7Fu8, 0x10];
+        assert_eq!(trim_rlp_leading_zeroes(&bytes), bytes.to_vec());
+    }
+}
+
 /// Get the x coordinate of a point, as a scalar
 fn x_coordinate<C: cait_sith::CSCurve>(point: &C::AffinePoint) -> C::Scalar {
     <C::Scalar as k256::elliptic_curve::ops::Reduce<<C as k256::elliptic_curve::Curve>::Uint>>::reduce_bytes(&point.x())