diff --git a/crates/bitcoind_rpc/Cargo.toml b/crates/bitcoind_rpc/Cargo.toml
index 572d1f5230..47260b9dae 100644
--- a/crates/bitcoind_rpc/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/bitcoind_rpc/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ bdk_core = { path = "../core", version = "0.6.1", default-features = false }
 bdk_bitcoind_rpc = { path = "." }
 bdk_testenv = { path = "../testenv" }
 bdk_chain = { path = "../chain" }
+criterion = { version = "0.7" }
 
 [features]
 default = ["std"]
@@ -33,3 +34,7 @@ serde = ["bitcoin/serde", "bdk_core/serde"]
 [[example]]
 name = "filter_iter"
 required-features = ["std"]
+
+[[bench]]
+name = "txid_check"
+harness = false
diff --git a/crates/bitcoind_rpc/benches/txid_check.rs b/crates/bitcoind_rpc/benches/txid_check.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..37b66bea4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/bitcoind_rpc/benches/txid_check.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+use bitcoin::consensus::encode;
+use bitcoin::hashes::Hash;
+use bitcoin::{
+    absolute::LockTime, transaction::Version, Amount, OutPoint, ScriptBuf, Sequence, Transaction,
+    TxIn, TxOut, Txid, Witness,
+};
+use criterion::{criterion_group, criterion_main, Criterion};
+use std::hint::black_box;
+
+fn make_tx(n_in: usize, n_out: usize) -> Transaction {
+    let mut w = Witness::new();
+    w.push(vec![0u8; 72]);
+    w.push(vec![0u8; 33]);
+    Transaction {
+        version: Version::TWO,
+        lock_time: LockTime::ZERO,
+        input: (0..n_in)
+            .map(|k| TxIn {
+                previous_output: OutPoint {
+                    txid: Txid::from_byte_array([k as u8 + 1; 32]),
+                    vout: 0,
+                },
+                script_sig: ScriptBuf::new(),
+                sequence: Sequence::MAX,
+                witness: w.clone(),
+            })
+            .collect(),
+        output: (0..n_out)
+            .map(|k| TxOut {
+                value: Amount::from_sat(1000 + k as u64),
+                script_pubkey: ScriptBuf::from(vec![0u8; 22]),
+            })
+            .collect(),
+    }
+}
+
+fn bench(c: &mut Criterion) {
+    for (label, i, o) in [
+        ("small_1in_2out", 1, 2),
+        ("typical_2in_2out", 2, 2),
+        ("large_10in_10out", 10, 10),
+    ] {
+        let tx = make_tx(i, o);
+        let ser = encode::serialize(&tx);
+        let mut g = c.benchmark_group(label);
+        g.bench_function("compute_txid", |b| {
+            b.iter(|| black_box(black_box(&tx).compute_txid()))
+        });
+        g.bench_function("deserialize", |b| {
+            b.iter(|| {
+                let t: Transaction = encode::deserialize(black_box(&ser)).unwrap();
+                black_box(t);
+            })
+        });
+        g.finish();
+    }
+}
+
+criterion_group!(benches, bench);
+criterion_main!(benches);
diff --git a/crates/bitcoind_rpc/tests/perf_check.rs b/crates/bitcoind_rpc/tests/perf_check.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d06145f46f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/bitcoind_rpc/tests/perf_check.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+use bdk_bitcoind_rpc::bitcoincore_rpc::{self, RpcApi};
+use bdk_testenv::{anyhow, TestEnv};
+use bitcoin::{hashes::Hash, Address, Amount, ScriptBuf, WScriptHash};
+use std::time::Instant;
+
+/// Measures the marginal cost of the `compute_txid()` verification against the
+/// `get_raw_transaction` fetch it accompanies, using a real regtest node.
+#[allow(clippy::print_stdout)]
+#[test]
+fn measure_txid_check_cost() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    let env = TestEnv::new()?;
+    let client = bitcoincore_rpc::Client::new(
+        &env.bitcoind.rpc_url(),
+        bitcoincore_rpc::Auth::CookieFile(env.bitcoind.params.cookie_file.clone()),
+    )?;
+    env.mine_blocks(500, None)?;
+
+    let addr = Address::from_script(
+        &ScriptBuf::new_p2wsh(&WScriptHash::all_zeros()),
+        bitcoin::Network::Regtest,
+    )?;
+    let mut txids = Vec::new();
+    for _ in 0..500 {
+        match env.send(&addr, Amount::from_sat(1_000)) {
+            Ok(txid) => txids.push(txid),
+            Err(_) => break,
+        }
+    }
+    let n = txids.len();
+    assert!(n > 0);
+
+    // Fetch phase: exactly what mempool_at pays per new tx (RPC + hex + deserialize).
+    let t = Instant::now();
+    let mut txs = Vec::with_capacity(n);
+    for txid in &txids {
+        txs.push(client.get_raw_transaction(txid, None)?);
+    }
+    let rpc = t.elapsed();
+
+    // The verification we added.
+    let t = Instant::now();
+    let mut mismatches = 0usize;
+    for (txid, tx) in txids.iter().zip(&txs) {
+        if tx.compute_txid() != *txid {
+            mismatches += 1;
+        }
+    }
+    let check = t.elapsed();
+
+    println!("\n==== txid-check perf (n={n} mempool txs, localhost regtest) ====");
+    println!(
+        "get_raw_transaction : {rpc:?}  ({:.1} us/tx)",
+        rpc.as_secs_f64() * 1e6 / n as f64
+    );
+    println!(
+        "txid check          : {check:?}  ({:.3} us/tx)",
+        check.as_secs_f64() * 1e6 / n as f64
+    );
+    println!(
+        "check as % of fetch : {:.3}%  (mismatches={mismatches})",
+        check.as_secs_f64() / rpc.as_secs_f64() * 100.0
+    );
+    Ok(())
+}