diff --git a/crates/common/rlp/encode.rs b/crates/common/rlp/encode.rs
index 1de929a8b9d..7835955dc49 100644
--- a/crates/common/rlp/encode.rs
+++ b/crates/common/rlp/encode.rs
@@ -139,6 +139,25 @@ impl RLPEncode for [u8] {
             buf.put_slice(self);
         }
     }
+
+    fn length(&self) -> usize {
+        const U8_MAX_PLUS_ONE: usize = u8::MAX as usize + 1;
+        const U16_MAX_PLUS_ONE: usize = u16::MAX as usize + 1;
+
+        match self.len() {
+            0 => 1,                                                  // encodes to RLP_NULL
+            1 if self[0] < 0x80 => 1,                                // `self` is its own encoding
+            1..56 => 1 + self.len(),                                 // single byte prefix
+            56..U8_MAX_PLUS_ONE => 1 + 1 + self.len(), // single byte prefix + payload len bytes
+            U8_MAX_PLUS_ONE..U16_MAX_PLUS_ONE => 1 + 2 + self.len(), // single byte prefix + payload len bytes
+            _ => {
+                // fallback if `self` is longer than 2^16 - 1 bytes
+                let payload_len_bytes =
+                    ((usize::BITS - self.len().leading_zeros()) as usize).div_ceil(8);
+                1 + payload_len_bytes + self.len()
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 impl<const N: usize> RLPEncode for [u8; N] {
diff --git a/crates/common/trie/node.rs b/crates/common/trie/node.rs
index 3bcb65d1bbd..ee670652f26 100644
--- a/crates/common/trie/node.rs
+++ b/crates/common/trie/node.rs
@@ -135,9 +135,22 @@ impl NodeRef {
     }
 
     pub fn compute_hash(&self) -> NodeHash {
+        *self.compute_hash_ref()
+    }
+
+    pub fn compute_hash_ref(&self) -> &NodeHash {
         match self {
-            NodeRef::Node(node, hash) => *hash.get_or_init(|| node.compute_hash()),
-            NodeRef::Hash(hash) => *hash,
+            NodeRef::Node(node, hash) => hash.get_or_init(|| node.compute_hash()),
+            NodeRef::Hash(hash) => hash,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn memoize_hashes(&self) {
+        if let NodeRef::Node(node, hash) = &self
+            && hash.get().is_none()
+        {
+            node.memoize_hashes();
+            let _ = hash.set(node.compute_hash());
         }
     }
 
@@ -294,12 +307,27 @@ impl Node {
 
     /// Computes the node's hash
     pub fn compute_hash(&self) -> NodeHash {
+        self.memoize_hashes();
         match self {
             Node::Branch(n) => n.compute_hash(),
             Node::Extension(n) => n.compute_hash(),
             Node::Leaf(n) => n.compute_hash(),
         }
     }
+
+    /// Recursively memoizes the hashes of all nodes of the subtrie that has
+    /// `self` as root (post-order traversal)
+    pub fn memoize_hashes(&self) {
+        match self {
+            Node::Branch(n) => {
+                for child in &n.choices {
+                    child.memoize_hashes();
+                }
+            }
+            Node::Extension(n) => n.child.memoize_hashes(),
+            _ => {}
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 /// Used as return type for `Node` remove operations that may resolve into either:
diff --git a/crates/common/trie/node_hash.rs b/crates/common/trie/node_hash.rs
index f7743bdf205..5a4f7480281 100644
--- a/crates/common/trie/node_hash.rs
+++ b/crates/common/trie/node_hash.rs
@@ -120,6 +120,14 @@ impl RLPEncode for NodeHash {
     fn encode(&self, buf: &mut dyn bytes::BufMut) {
         RLPEncode::encode(&Into::<Vec<u8>>::into(self), buf)
     }
+
+    fn length(&self) -> usize {
+        match self {
+            NodeHash::Hashed(_) => 33,                   // 1 byte prefix + 32 bytes
+            NodeHash::Inline((_, 0)) => 1,               // if empty then it's encoded to RLP_NULL
+            NodeHash::Inline((_, len)) => *len as usize, // already encoded
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 impl RLPDecode for NodeHash {
diff --git a/crates/common/trie/rlp.rs b/crates/common/trie/rlp.rs
index d09dc2853b8..1b4950572c2 100644
--- a/crates/common/trie/rlp.rs
+++ b/crates/common/trie/rlp.rs
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@ use std::array;
 // Contains RLP encoding and decoding implementations for Trie Nodes
 // This encoding is only used to store the nodes in the DB, it is not the encoding used for hash computation
 use ethrex_rlp::{
+    constants::RLP_NULL,
     decode::{RLPDecode, decode_bytes},
-    encode::RLPEncode,
+    encode::{RLPEncode, encode_length},
     error::RLPDecodeError,
     structs::{Decoder, Encoder},
 };
@@ -14,18 +15,45 @@ use crate::{Nibbles, NodeHash};
 
 impl RLPEncode for BranchNode {
     fn encode(&self, buf: &mut dyn bytes::BufMut) {
-        let mut encoder = Encoder::new(buf);
+        let value_len = <[u8] as RLPEncode>::length(&self.value);
+        let payload_len = self.choices.iter().fold(value_len, |acc, child| {
+            acc + RLPEncode::length(child.compute_hash_ref())
+        });
+
+        encode_length(payload_len, buf);
+        for child in self.choices.iter() {
+            match child.compute_hash_ref() {
+                NodeHash::Hashed(hash) => hash.0.encode(buf),
+                NodeHash::Inline((_, 0)) => buf.put_u8(RLP_NULL),
+                NodeHash::Inline((encoded, len)) => buf.put_slice(&encoded[..*len as usize]),
+            }
+        }
+        <[u8] as RLPEncode>::encode(&self.value, buf);
+    }
+
+    // Duplicated to prealloc the buffer and avoid calculating the payload length twice
+    fn encode_to_vec(&self) -> Vec<u8> {
+        let value_len = <[u8] as RLPEncode>::length(&self.value);
+        let choices_len = self.choices.iter().fold(0, |acc, child| {
+            acc + RLPEncode::length(child.compute_hash_ref())
+        });
+        let payload_len = choices_len + value_len;
+
+        let mut buf: Vec<u8> = Vec::with_capacity(payload_len + 3); // 3 byte prefix headroom
+
+        encode_length(payload_len, &mut buf);
         for child in self.choices.iter() {
-            match child.compute_hash() {
-                NodeHash::Hashed(hash) => encoder = encoder.encode_bytes(&hash.0),
-                child @ NodeHash::Inline(raw) if raw.1 != 0 => {
-                    encoder = encoder.encode_raw(child.as_ref())
+            match child.compute_hash_ref() {
+                NodeHash::Hashed(hash) => hash.0.encode(&mut buf),
+                NodeHash::Inline((_, 0)) => buf.push(RLP_NULL),
+                NodeHash::Inline((encoded, len)) => {
+                    buf.extend_from_slice(&encoded[..*len as usize])
                 }
-                _ => encoder = encoder.encode_bytes(&[]),
             }
         }
-        encoder = encoder.encode_bytes(&self.value);
-        encoder.finish();
+        <[u8] as RLPEncode>::encode(&self.value, &mut buf);
+
+        buf
     }
 }