diff --git a/transaction/merkletreeparent.go b/transaction/merkletreeparent.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..38ef4d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/transaction/merkletreeparent.go
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+package transaction
+
+import (
+	"encoding/hex"
+
+	"github.com/bitcoin-sv/go-sdk/chainhash"
+	crypto "github.com/bitcoin-sv/go-sdk/primitives/hash"
+	"github.com/bitcoin-sv/go-sdk/util"
+)
+
+// MerkleTreeParentStr returns the Merkle Tree parent of two MerkleTree children using hex strings instead of bytes.
+func MerkleTreeParentStr(leftNode, rightNode string) (string, error) {
+	l, err := hex.DecodeString(leftNode)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	r, err := hex.DecodeString(rightNode)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	return hex.EncodeToString(MerkleTreeParent(l, r)), nil
+}
+
+// MerkleTreeParent returns the Merkle Tree parent of two MerkleTree children.
+func MerkleTreeParent(leftNode, rightNode []byte) []byte {
+	concatenated := flipTwoArrays(leftNode, rightNode)
+
+	hash := crypto.Sha256d(concatenated)
+
+	util.ReverseBytesInPlace(hash)
+
+	return hash
+}
+
+// flipTwoArrays reverses two byte arrays individually and returns as one concatenated slice
+// example:
+// for a=[a, b, c], b=[d, e, f] the result is [c, b, a, f, e, d]
+func flipTwoArrays(a, b []byte) []byte {
+	result := make([]byte, 0, len(a)+len(b))
+	for i := len(a) - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
+		result = append(result, a[i])
+	}
+	for i := len(b) - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
+		result = append(result, b[i])
+	}
+	return result
+}
+
+// MerkleTreeParentBytes returns the Merkle Tree parent of two Merkle Tree children.
+// The expectation is that the bytes are not reversed.
+func MerkleTreeParentBytes(l *chainhash.Hash, r *chainhash.Hash) *chainhash.Hash {
+	concatenated := make([]byte, len(l)+len(r))
+	copy(concatenated, l[:])
+	copy(concatenated[len(l):], r[:])
+	hash, err := chainhash.NewHash(crypto.Sha256d(concatenated))
+	if err != nil {
+		return &chainhash.Hash{}
+	}
+	return hash
+}
diff --git a/transaction/merkletreeparent_test.go b/transaction/merkletreeparent_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d2857de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/transaction/merkletreeparent_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+package transaction_test
+
+import (
+	"encoding/hex"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/bitcoin-sv/go-sdk/transaction"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestGetMerkleTreeParentStr(t *testing.T) {
+	leftNode := "d6c79a6ef05572f0cb8e9a450c561fc40b0a8a7d48faad95e20d93ddeb08c231"
+	rightNode := "b1ed931b79056438b990d8981ba46fae97e5574b142445a74a44b978af284f98"
+
+	expected := "b0d537b3ee52e472507f453df3d69561720346118a5a8c4d85ca0de73bc792be"
+
+	parent, err := transaction.MerkleTreeParentStr(leftNode, rightNode)
+
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, expected, parent)
+}
+
+func TestGetMerkleTreeParent(t *testing.T) {
+	leftNode, _ := hex.DecodeString("d6c79a6ef05572f0cb8e9a450c561fc40b0a8a7d48faad95e20d93ddeb08c231")
+	rightNode, _ := hex.DecodeString("b1ed931b79056438b990d8981ba46fae97e5574b142445a74a44b978af284f98")
+
+	expected, _ := hex.DecodeString("b0d537b3ee52e472507f453df3d69561720346118a5a8c4d85ca0de73bc792be")
+
+	parent := transaction.MerkleTreeParent(leftNode, rightNode)
+
+	require.Equal(t, expected, parent)
+}
diff --git a/util/bytemanipulation.go b/util/bytemanipulation.go
index a652f9b..e3ec243 100644
--- a/util/bytemanipulation.go
+++ b/util/bytemanipulation.go
@@ -14,6 +14,13 @@ func ReverseBytes(a []byte) []byte {
 	return tmp
 }
 
+// ReverseBytesInPlace reverses the bytes (little endian/big endian) in place (no extra memory allocation).
+func ReverseBytesInPlace(a []byte) {
+	for i, j := 0, len(a)-1; i < j; i, j = i+1, j-1 {
+		a[i], a[j] = a[j], a[i]
+	}
+}
+
 // LittleEndianBytes returns a byte array in little endian from an unsigned integer of 32 bytes.
 func LittleEndianBytes(v uint32, l uint32) []byte {
 	buf := make([]byte, 4)