diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/service/NostrDataSource.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/service/NostrDataSource.kt
index 227084702..2fc27f7c4 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/service/NostrDataSource.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/service/NostrDataSource.kt
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.service.model.RepostEvent
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.service.relays.Client
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.service.relays.Relay
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.service.relays.Subscription
+import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.service.relays.hasValidSignature
 import java.util.Date
 import java.util.UUID
 import kotlinx.coroutines.CoroutineScope
@@ -48,6 +49,8 @@ abstract class NostrDataSource<T>(val debugName: String) {
   private val clientListener = object : Client.Listener() {
     override fun onEvent(event: Event, subscriptionId: String, relay: Relay) {
       if (subscriptionId in subscriptions.keys) {
+        if (!event.hasValidSignature()) return
+
         val key = "${debugName} ${subscriptionId} ${event.kind}"
         val keyValue = eventCounter.get(key)
         if (keyValue != null) {
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/service/relays/EventVerifier.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/service/relays/EventVerifier.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3bbab0e16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/service/relays/EventVerifier.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.service.relays
+
+import fr.acinq.secp256k1.Secp256k1
+import nostr.postr.events.Event
+import nostr.postr.events.generateId
+
+fun Event.hasValidSignature(): Boolean {
+  if (!id.contentEquals(generateId())) {
+    return false
+  }
+  if (!Secp256k1.get().verifySchnorr(sig, id, pubKey)) {
+    return false
+  }
+
+  return true
+}
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