diff --git a/lib/p2p/NodeList.ts b/lib/p2p/NodeList.ts
index 0cf494ef6..2cf119669 100644
--- a/lib/p2p/NodeList.ts
+++ b/lib/p2p/NodeList.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ const reputationEventWeight = {
   [ReputationEvent.PacketTimeout]: -1,
   [ReputationEvent.SwapFailure]: -10,
   [ReputationEvent.SwapSuccess]: 1,
+  [ReputationEvent.InvalidMessage]: -10,
+  [ReputationEvent.UnknownPacketType]: -20,
+  [ReputationEvent.UnparseableMessage]: -10,
 };
 
 // TODO: inform node about getting banned
diff --git a/lib/p2p/Peer.ts b/lib/p2p/Peer.ts
index 8bf3c0008..8be9ef19d 100644
--- a/lib/p2p/Peer.ts
+++ b/lib/p2p/Peer.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import assert from 'assert';
 import net, { Socket } from 'net';
 import { EventEmitter } from 'events';
+import { ReputationEvent } from '../types/enums';
 import Parser, { ParserError, ParserErrorType } from './Parser';
 import * as packets from './packets/types';
 import Logger from '../Logger';
@@ -29,9 +30,9 @@ interface Peer {
   on(event: 'handshake', listener: () => void): this;
   once(event: 'open', listener: () => void): this;
   once(event: 'close', listener: () => void): this;
-  once(event: 'ban', listener: () => void): this;
+  once(event: 'reputation', listener: (event: ReputationEvent) => void): this;
   emit(event: 'connect'): boolean;
-  emit(event: 'ban'): boolean;
+  emit(event: 'reputation', reputationEvent: ReputationEvent): boolean;
   emit(event: 'open'): boolean;
   emit(event: 'close'): boolean;
   emit(event: 'error', err: Error): boolean;
@@ -53,7 +54,6 @@ class Peer extends EventEmitter {
   private pingTimer?: NodeJS.Timer;
   private responseMap: Map<string, PendingResponseEntry> = new Map();
   private connectTime!: number;
-  private banScore = 0;
   private lastRecv = 0;
   private lastSend = 0;
   private handshakeState?: HandshakeState;
@@ -256,18 +256,6 @@ class Peer extends EventEmitter {
     }
   }
 
-  private increaseBan = (score: number): boolean => {
-    this.banScore += score;
-
-    if (this.banScore >= 100) { // TODO: make configurable
-      this.logger.debug(`Ban threshold exceeded (${this.nodePubKey})`);
-      this.emit('ban');
-      return true;
-    }
-
-    return false;
-  }
-
   /**
    * Ensure we are connected (for inbound connections) or listen for the `connect` socket event (for outbound connections)
    * and set the [[connectTime]] timestamp. If an outbound connection attempt errors or times out, throw an error.
@@ -487,15 +475,15 @@ class Peer extends EventEmitter {
       switch (err.type) {
         case ParserErrorType.UnparseableMessage:
           this.logger.warn(`Unparsable peer message: ${err.payload}`);
-          this.increaseBan(10);
+          this.emit('reputation', ReputationEvent.UnparseableMessage);
           break;
         case ParserErrorType.InvalidMessage:
           this.logger.warn(`Invalid peer message: ${err.payload}`);
-          this.increaseBan(10);
+          this.emit('reputation', ReputationEvent.InvalidMessage);
           break;
         case ParserErrorType.UnknownPacketType:
           this.logger.warn(`Unknown peer message type: ${err.payload}`);
-          this.increaseBan(20);
+          this.emit('reputation', ReputationEvent.UnknownPacketType);
       }
     });
   }
diff --git a/lib/p2p/Pool.ts b/lib/p2p/Pool.ts
index f80a83e21..ffb102da8 100644
--- a/lib/p2p/Pool.ts
+++ b/lib/p2p/Pool.ts
@@ -647,13 +647,10 @@ class Pool extends EventEmitter {
       this.emit('peer.close', peer);
     });
 
-    peer.once('ban', async () => {
-      this.logger.debug(`Banning peer (${peer.nodePubKey})`);
+    peer.once('reputation', async (event) => {
+      this.logger.debug(`Peer (${peer.nodePubKey}), received reputation event: ${ReputationEvent[event]}`);
       if (peer.nodePubKey) {
-        await this.nodes.ban(peer.nodePubKey);
-      }
-      if (peer.connected) {
-        peer.close();
+        await this.nodes.addReputationEvent(peer.nodePubKey, event);
       }
     });
   }
diff --git a/lib/types/enums.ts b/lib/types/enums.ts
index a8890a2ad..c29c0af58 100644
--- a/lib/types/enums.ts
+++ b/lib/types/enums.ts
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ export enum ReputationEvent {
   PacketTimeout = 2,
   SwapFailure = 3,
   SwapSuccess = 4,
+  UnparseableMessage = 5,
+  InvalidMessage = 6,
+  UnknownPacketType = 7,
 }
 
 export enum SwapFailureReason {