diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index dd0376ba0c..b1d8e371d5 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ configure([project(':cli'),
            project(':seednode'),
            project(':statsnode'),
            project(':pricenode'),
+           project(':daonode'),
            project(':inventory'),
            project(':apitest')]) {
 
@@ -686,6 +687,49 @@ configure(project(':seednode')) {
     }
 }
 
+configure(project(':daonode')) {
+    apply plugin: 'com.github.johnrengelman.shadow'
+
+    mainClassName = 'bisq.daonode.DaoNodeMain'
+
+    dependencies {
+        implementation project(':common')
+        implementation project(':proto')
+        implementation project(':p2p')
+        implementation project(':core')
+        implementation "com.google.guava:guava:$guavaVersion"
+        implementation("com.google.inject:guice:$guiceVersion") {
+            exclude(module: 'guava')
+        }
+
+        annotationProcessor "org.projectlombok:lombok:$lombokVersion"
+        compileOnly "org.projectlombok:lombok:$lombokVersion"
+        implementation "ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:$logbackVersion"
+        implementation "ch.qos.logback:logback-core:$logbackVersion"
+        implementation "org.slf4j:slf4j-api:$slf4jVersion"
+
+        implementation("com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-core:$jacksonVersion")
+        implementation("com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:$jacksonVersion")
+        implementation("com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-annotations:$jacksonVersion")
+
+        implementation "com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java-util:$protobufVersion"
+
+        testImplementation "org.mockito:mockito-core:$mockitoVersion"
+
+        testCompileOnly "org.projectlombok:lombok:$lombokVersion"
+        testImplementation "org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient:$httpclientVersion"
+        testImplementation "org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-api:$jupiterVersion"
+        testImplementation "org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-params:$jupiterVersion"
+        testRuntimeOnly("org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-engine:$jupiterVersion")
+    }
+
+    test {
+        useJUnitPlatform()
+        testLogging {
+            events "passed", "skipped", "failed"
+        }
+    }
+}
 
 configure(project(':statsnode')) {
     mainClassName = 'bisq.statistics.StatisticsMain'
diff --git a/daonode/src/main/java/bisq/daonode/DaoNode.java b/daonode/src/main/java/bisq/daonode/DaoNode.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8180e0714c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/daonode/src/main/java/bisq/daonode/DaoNode.java
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+/*
+ * This file is part of Bisq.
+ *
+ * Bisq is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at
+ * your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * Bisq is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Affero General Public
+ * License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with Bisq. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+package bisq.daonode;
+
+import bisq.core.app.misc.AppSetup;
+import bisq.core.app.misc.AppSetupWithP2PAndDAO;
+import bisq.core.dao.state.DaoStateService;
+import bisq.core.network.p2p.inventory.GetInventoryRequestHandler;
+import bisq.core.user.Preferences;
+
+import com.google.inject.Injector;
+
+import lombok.Setter;
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+
+
+
+import bisq.daonode.service.DaoNodeService;
+
+@Slf4j
+public class DaoNode {
+    @Setter
+    private Injector injector;
+    private AppSetup appSetup;
+    private DaoNodeService daoNodeService;
+    private GetInventoryRequestHandler getInventoryRequestHandler;
+
+    public DaoNode() {
+    }
+
+    public void startApplication(int restServerPort) {
+        appSetup = injector.getInstance(AppSetupWithP2PAndDAO.class);
+
+        // todo should run as full dao node when in production
+        injector.getInstance(Preferences.class).setUseFullModeDaoMonitor(false);
+
+        appSetup.start();
+
+        getInventoryRequestHandler = injector.getInstance(GetInventoryRequestHandler.class);
+        DaoStateService daoStateService = injector.getInstance(DaoStateService.class);
+
+        daoNodeService = new DaoNodeService(daoStateService);
+        daoNodeService.start(restServerPort);
+    }
+
+    public void shutDown() {
+        getInventoryRequestHandler.shutDown();
+        daoNodeService.shutDown();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/daonode/src/main/java/bisq/daonode/DaoNodeMain.java b/daonode/src/main/java/bisq/daonode/DaoNodeMain.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3c37e859a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/daonode/src/main/java/bisq/daonode/DaoNodeMain.java
@@ -0,0 +1,215 @@
+/*
+ * This file is part of Bisq.
+ *
+ * Bisq is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at
+ * your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * Bisq is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Affero General Public
+ * License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with Bisq. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+package bisq.daonode;
+
+
+import bisq.core.app.TorSetup;
+import bisq.core.app.misc.ExecutableForAppWithP2p;
+import bisq.core.app.misc.ModuleForAppWithP2p;
+import bisq.core.dao.state.DaoStateSnapshotService;
+import bisq.core.user.Cookie;
+import bisq.core.user.CookieKey;
+import bisq.core.user.User;
+
+import bisq.network.p2p.P2PService;
+import bisq.network.p2p.P2PServiceListener;
+import bisq.network.p2p.peers.PeerManager;
+
+import bisq.common.Timer;
+import bisq.common.UserThread;
+import bisq.common.app.AppModule;
+import bisq.common.app.DevEnv;
+import bisq.common.config.BaseCurrencyNetwork;
+import bisq.common.config.Config;
+import bisq.common.handlers.ResultHandler;
+
+import com.google.inject.Key;
+import com.google.inject.name.Names;
+
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+//todo not sure if the restart handling from seed nodes is required
+
+@Slf4j
+public class DaoNodeMain extends ExecutableForAppWithP2p {
+    private static final long CHECK_CONNECTION_LOSS_SEC = 30;
+    private static final int DEFAULT_REST_SERVER_PORT = 8080;
+    private static final String VERSION = "1.8.4";
+
+    private DaoNode daoNode;
+    private Timer checkConnectionLossTime;
+    private int restServerPort = DEFAULT_REST_SERVER_PORT;
+
+    public DaoNodeMain() {
+        super("Bisq Daonode", "bisq-daonode", "bisq_daonode", VERSION);
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        System.out.println("DaoNode.VERSION: " + VERSION);
+
+        new DaoNodeMain().execute(args);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void doExecute() {
+        super.doExecute();
+
+        checkMemory(config, this);
+
+        keepRunning();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void addCapabilities() {
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void launchApplication() {
+        UserThread.execute(() -> {
+            try {
+                daoNode = new DaoNode();
+                onApplicationLaunched();
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                e.printStackTrace();
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void onApplicationLaunched() {
+        super.onApplicationLaunched();
+    }
+
+
+    ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+    // We continue with a series of synchronous execution tasks
+    ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+    @Override
+    protected AppModule getModule() {
+        return new ModuleForAppWithP2p(config);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void applyInjector() {
+        super.applyInjector();
+
+        daoNode.setInjector(injector);
+
+        if (DevEnv.isDaoActivated()) {
+            injector.getInstance(DaoStateSnapshotService.class).setDaoRequiresRestartHandler(this::gracefulShutDown);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void startApplication() {
+        super.startApplication();
+
+        Cookie cookie = injector.getInstance(User.class).getCookie();
+        cookie.getAsOptionalBoolean(CookieKey.CLEAN_TOR_DIR_AT_RESTART).ifPresent(wasCleanTorDirSet -> {
+            if (wasCleanTorDirSet) {
+                injector.getInstance(TorSetup.class).cleanupTorFiles(() -> {
+                    log.info("Tor directory reset");
+                    cookie.remove(CookieKey.CLEAN_TOR_DIR_AT_RESTART);
+                }, log::error);
+            }
+        });
+
+        //todo add program arg for port
+        daoNode.startApplication(restServerPort);
+
+        injector.getInstance(P2PService.class).addP2PServiceListener(new P2PServiceListener() {
+            @Override
+            public void onDataReceived() {
+                // Do nothing
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public void onNoSeedNodeAvailable() {
+                // Do nothing
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public void onNoPeersAvailable() {
+                // Do nothing
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public void onUpdatedDataReceived() {
+                // Do nothing
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public void onTorNodeReady() {
+                // Do nothing
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public void onHiddenServicePublished() {
+                boolean preventPeriodicShutdownAtSeedNode = injector.getInstance(Key.get(boolean.class,
+                        Names.named(Config.PREVENT_PERIODIC_SHUTDOWN_AT_SEED_NODE)));
+                if (!preventPeriodicShutdownAtSeedNode) {
+                    startShutDownInterval(DaoNodeMain.this);
+                }
+                UserThread.runAfter(() -> setupConnectionLossCheck(), 60);
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public void onSetupFailed(Throwable throwable) {
+                // Do nothing
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public void onRequestCustomBridges() {
+                // Do nothing
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
+    private void setupConnectionLossCheck() {
+        // For dev testing (usually on BTC_REGTEST) we don't want to get the seed shut
+        // down as it is normal that the seed is the only actively running node.
+        if (Config.baseCurrencyNetwork() == BaseCurrencyNetwork.BTC_REGTEST) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if (checkConnectionLossTime != null) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        checkConnectionLossTime = UserThread.runPeriodically(() -> {
+            if (injector.getInstance(PeerManager.class).getNumAllConnectionsLostEvents() > 1) {
+                // We set a flag to clear tor cache files at re-start. We cannot clear it now as Tor is used and
+                // that can cause problems.
+                injector.getInstance(User.class).getCookie().putAsBoolean(CookieKey.CLEAN_TOR_DIR_AT_RESTART, true);
+                shutDown(this);
+            }
+        }, CHECK_CONNECTION_LOSS_SEC);
+
+    }
+
+    private void gracefulShutDown() {
+        gracefulShutDown(() -> {
+        });
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void gracefulShutDown(ResultHandler resultHandler) {
+        daoNode.shutDown();
+        super.gracefulShutDown(resultHandler);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/daonode/src/main/java/bisq/daonode/dto/ProofOfBurnDto.java b/daonode/src/main/java/bisq/daonode/dto/ProofOfBurnDto.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c0a8f1bdc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/daonode/src/main/java/bisq/daonode/dto/ProofOfBurnDto.java
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/*
+ * This file is part of Bisq.
+ *
+ * Bisq is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at
+ * your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * Bisq is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Affero General Public
+ * License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with Bisq. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+package bisq.daonode.dto;
+
+import lombok.Getter;
+
+/**
+ * Minimal data required for Bisq 2 reputation use case.
+ * Need to be in sync with the Bisq 2 ProofOfBurnDto class.
+ */
+@Getter
+public class ProofOfBurnDto {
+    private String txId;
+    private final long burnedAmount;
+    private final int blockHeight;
+    private final long time;
+    private final String hash;
+
+    public ProofOfBurnDto(String txId, long burnedAmount, int blockHeight, long time, String hash) {
+        this.txId = txId;
+        this.burnedAmount = burnedAmount;
+        this.blockHeight = blockHeight;
+        this.time = time;
+        this.hash = hash;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/daonode/src/main/java/bisq/daonode/service/DaoNodeService.java b/daonode/src/main/java/bisq/daonode/service/DaoNodeService.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f37fbb6c7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/daonode/src/main/java/bisq/daonode/service/DaoNodeService.java
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+/*
+ * This file is part of Bisq.
+ *
+ * Bisq is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at
+ * your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * Bisq is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Affero General Public
+ * License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with Bisq. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+package bisq.daonode.service;
+
+import bisq.core.dao.state.DaoStateService;
+
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+
+
+
+import bisq.daonode.web.WebServer;
+import bisq.daonode.web.jdk.JdkServer;
+
+// Todo We should limit usage to localhost as its not intended at that stage to be used
+// as a public API, but rather be used by Bisq 2 bridge clients or BSQ explorer nodes,
+// both running in a localhost environment. As long that holds, we do not require a high
+// level of protection against malicious usage.
+
+// TODO This JDK http server is a super simple implementation. We might use some other
+// lightweight REST server framework.
+@Slf4j
+public class DaoNodeService {
+    private WebServer webServer;
+    private DaoStateService daoStateService;
+
+    public DaoNodeService(DaoStateService daoStateService) {
+        this.daoStateService = daoStateService;
+    }
+
+    public void start(int port) {
+        try {
+            webServer = new JdkServer(port, daoStateService);
+            webServer.start();
+        } catch (Throwable t) {
+            log.error(t.toString());
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void shutDown() {
+        if (webServer != null) {
+            webServer.stop(0);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/daonode/src/main/java/bisq/daonode/web/WebServer.java b/daonode/src/main/java/bisq/daonode/web/WebServer.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6173032b22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/daonode/src/main/java/bisq/daonode/web/WebServer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+package bisq.daonode.web;
+
+public interface WebServer {
+
+    void start();
+
+    void stop(int delay);
+}
diff --git a/daonode/src/main/java/bisq/daonode/web/jdk/JdkServer.java b/daonode/src/main/java/bisq/daonode/web/jdk/JdkServer.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..901d5d6f4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/daonode/src/main/java/bisq/daonode/web/jdk/JdkServer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+package bisq.daonode.web.jdk;
+
+import bisq.core.dao.state.DaoStateService;
+
+import bisq.common.util.Utilities;
+
+import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.Executor;
+
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+
+import static bisq.daonode.web.jdk.handler.ResourcePathElement.DAONODE;
+
+
+
+import bisq.daonode.web.WebServer;
+import bisq.daonode.web.jdk.handler.RestHandler;
+import com.sun.net.httpserver.HttpContext;
+import com.sun.net.httpserver.HttpHandler;
+import com.sun.net.httpserver.HttpServer;
+
+// https://dev.to/piczmar_0/framework-less-rest-api-in-java-1jbl
+
+// https://doc.networknt.com/getting-started/light-rest-4j
+// https://github.com/piczmar/pure-java-rest-api
+// https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3732109/simple-http-server-in-java-using-only-java-se-api
+// https://www.programcreek.com/java-api-examples/index.php?api=com.sun.net.httpserver.HttpServer
+
+/**
+ * From https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3732109/simple-http-server-in-java-using-only-java-se-api
+ *
+ * Note that this is, in contrary to what some developers think, absolutely not forbidden
+ * by the well known FAQ Why Developers Should Not Write Programs That Call 'sun' Packages.
+ * That FAQ concerns the sun.* package (such as sun.misc.BASE64Encoder) for internal usage
+ * by the Oracle JRE (which would thus kill your application when you run it on a different
+ * JRE), not the com.sun.* package. Sun/Oracle also just develop software on top of the
+ * Java SE API themselves like as every other company such as Apache and so on. Moreover,
+ * this specific HttpServer must be present in every JDK so there is absolutely no means
+ * of "portability" issue like as would happen with sun.* package. Using com.sun.* classes
+ * is only discouraged (but not forbidden) when it concerns an implementation of a certain
+ * Java API, such as GlassFish (Java EE impl), Mojarra (JSF impl), Jersey (JAX-RS impl), etc.
+ */
+@Slf4j
+public class JdkServer extends HttpServer implements WebServer {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws InterruptedException {
+        WebServer webServer = new JdkServer(8080, null);
+        webServer.start();
+        Thread.sleep(40000);
+        webServer.stop(0);
+    }
+
+    private final int port;
+    private final DaoStateService daoStateService;
+
+    private HttpServer server;
+
+    public JdkServer(int port, DaoStateService daoStateService) {
+        this.port = port;
+        this.daoStateService = daoStateService;
+        configure();
+    }
+
+    private void configure() {
+        try {
+            this.server = HttpServer.create(new InetSocketAddress(port), 0);
+            // As use case is intended for a 1 client environment we can stick with a single thread.
+            setExecutor(Utilities.getSingleThreadExecutor("DaoNode-API"));
+            // Map all request URLs starting with "/daonode" to a single RestHandler.
+            // The RestHandler will pass valid requests on to an appropriate handler.
+            createContext("/" + DAONODE, new RestHandler(daoStateService));
+        } catch (IOException ex) {
+            log.error(ex.toString());
+            throw new RuntimeException(ex);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void bind(InetSocketAddress addr, int backlog) throws IOException {
+        server.bind(addr, backlog);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void start() {
+        server.start();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setExecutor(Executor executor) {
+        server.setExecutor(executor);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Executor getExecutor() {
+        return server.getExecutor();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public HttpContext createContext(String path, HttpHandler handler) {
+        return server.createContext(path, handler);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public HttpContext createContext(String path) {
+        return server.createContext(path);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void removeContext(String path) throws IllegalArgumentException {
+        server.removeContext(path);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void removeContext(HttpContext context) {
+        server.removeContext(context);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public InetSocketAddress getAddress() {
+        return server.getAddress();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void stop(int delay) {
+        if (server != null) {
+            server.stop(0);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/daonode/src/main/java/bisq/daonode/web/jdk/handler/GetProofOfBurnHandler.java b/daonode/src/main/java/bisq/daonode/web/jdk/handler/GetProofOfBurnHandler.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b5c00be621
--- /dev/null
+++ b/daonode/src/main/java/bisq/daonode/web/jdk/handler/GetProofOfBurnHandler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+package bisq.daonode.web.jdk.handler;
+
+import bisq.core.dao.state.DaoStateService;
+import bisq.core.dao.state.model.blockchain.Tx;
+
+import bisq.common.util.Hex;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+
+import static bisq.daonode.web.jdk.handler.HandlerUtil.sendResponse;
+import static bisq.daonode.web.jdk.handler.HandlerUtil.toJson;
+import static bisq.daonode.web.jdk.handler.HandlerUtil.wrapErrorResponse;
+import static bisq.daonode.web.jdk.handler.HandlerUtil.wrapResponse;
+import static bisq.daonode.web.jdk.handler.ResourcePathElement.BLOCKHEIGHT;
+
+
+
+import bisq.daonode.dto.ProofOfBurnDto;
+import com.sun.net.httpserver.HttpExchange;
+import com.sun.net.httpserver.HttpHandler;
+
+
+/**
+ * Handles daonode/proofofburn requests.  Request URLs must match:
+ * http://localhost:<port>/daonode/proofofburn/blockheight/<blockheight-value>
+ *
+ * Example:  http://localhost:8080/daonode/proofofburn/blockheight/731270
+ */
+@Slf4j
+class GetProofOfBurnHandler implements HttpHandler {
+
+    private final DaoStateService daoStateService;
+    private final RequestSpec requestSpec;
+
+    /**
+     * A new handler instance must be used for each request.  We do not want to parse
+     * details from each request URI more than once;  they are passed to this constructor
+     * from the RestHandler via the RequestSpec argument.
+     *
+     * @param daoStateService DaoStateService singleton
+     * @param requestSpec RESTful request details, including parsed URL parameters
+     */
+    public GetProofOfBurnHandler(DaoStateService daoStateService, RequestSpec requestSpec) {
+        this.daoStateService = daoStateService;
+        this.requestSpec = requestSpec;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void handle(HttpExchange httpExchange) throws IOException {
+        try {
+            if (daoStateService == null) {
+                log.warn("DAO Node daoStateService is null;  OK during web server dev/test.");
+                sendResponse(httpExchange, wrapResponse("[]"));
+            } else {
+                int blockHeight = requestSpec.getIntParam(BLOCKHEIGHT);
+                log.info("Requesting POB for blockheight {}.", blockHeight);
+                List<ProofOfBurnDto> data = getProofOfBurnDtoList(blockHeight);
+                if (data != null) {
+                    sendResponse(httpExchange, wrapResponse(toJson(data)));
+                } else {
+                    log.error("DAO Node Proof of Burn data for blockHeight {} is null.", blockHeight);
+                    sendResponse(500,
+                            httpExchange,
+                            wrapErrorResponse(toJson("DAO Node proof of burn data is null.")));
+                }
+            }
+        } catch (RuntimeException ex) {
+            sendResponse(500,
+                    httpExchange,
+                    wrapErrorResponse(toJson(ex.getMessage())));
+        }
+    }
+
+    private List<ProofOfBurnDto> getProofOfBurnDtoList(int fromBlockHeight) {
+        return daoStateService.getProofOfBurnTxs().stream()
+                .filter(tx -> tx.getBlockHeight() >= fromBlockHeight)
+                .map(tx -> new ProofOfBurnDto(tx.getId(),
+                        tx.getBurntBsq(),
+                        tx.getBlockHeight(),
+                        tx.getTime(),
+                        getHash(tx)))
+                .collect(Collectors.toList());
+    }
+
+    // We strip out the version bytes
+    private String getHash(Tx tx) {
+        byte[] opReturnData = tx.getLastTxOutput().getOpReturnData();
+        if (opReturnData == null) {
+            return "";
+        }
+        return Hex.encode(Arrays.copyOfRange(opReturnData, 2, 22));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/daonode/src/main/java/bisq/daonode/web/jdk/handler/HandlerUtil.java b/daonode/src/main/java/bisq/daonode/web/jdk/handler/HandlerUtil.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8b60ecb987
--- /dev/null
+++ b/daonode/src/main/java/bisq/daonode/web/jdk/handler/HandlerUtil.java
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+package bisq.daonode.web.jdk.handler;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
+
+import lombok.SneakyThrows;
+
+import static java.lang.String.format;
+import static java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets.UTF_8;
+
+
+
+import com.sun.net.httpserver.HttpExchange;
+
+class HandlerUtil {
+
+    static void setDefaultResponseHeaders(HttpExchange httpExchange) {
+        httpExchange.getResponseHeaders().set("Content-Type", "application/json; charset=utf-8");
+    }
+
+    static void sendResponse(HttpExchange httpExchange, String response) throws IOException {
+        sendResponse(200, httpExchange, response);
+    }
+
+    static void sendResponse(int status, HttpExchange httpExchange, String response) throws IOException {
+        setDefaultResponseHeaders(httpExchange);
+
+        byte[] responseBytes = response.getBytes(UTF_8);
+        httpExchange.sendResponseHeaders(status, responseBytes.length);
+        OutputStream os = httpExchange.getResponseBody();
+        os.write(responseBytes);
+        os.close();
+    }
+
+    // TODO make as function toWhat?
+    static String wrapResponse(String jsonData) {
+        return format("{\"data\":%s}", jsonData);
+    }
+
+    // TODO make as function toErrorWhat?
+    static String wrapErrorResponse(String jsonError) {
+        return format("{\"error\":%s}", jsonError);
+    }
+
+    @SneakyThrows
+    static String toJson(Object object) {
+        return new ObjectMapper().writerWithDefaultPrettyPrinter().writeValueAsString(object);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/daonode/src/main/java/bisq/daonode/web/jdk/handler/RequestSpec.java b/daonode/src/main/java/bisq/daonode/web/jdk/handler/RequestSpec.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c96ce16319
--- /dev/null
+++ b/daonode/src/main/java/bisq/daonode/web/jdk/handler/RequestSpec.java
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+package bisq.daonode.web.jdk.handler;
+
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.function.Function;
+import java.util.function.Predicate;
+
+import lombok.Getter;
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+
+import static java.lang.String.format;
+import static java.lang.System.arraycopy;
+
+
+
+import com.sun.net.httpserver.HttpExchange;
+
+/**
+ * REST request URI parser to extract parameter names and values from an HttpExchange.
+ *
+ * Splits the HttpExchange's request URI into a String[] of pathElements identifying a
+ * (REST) service name, a resource name, and any parameter/value pairs.
+ *
+ * This class is limited to URIs adhering a specific pattern:
+ * pathElements[0] = service-name, e.g., daonode
+ * pathElements[1] = resource-name, e.g., proofofburn
+ * pathElements[2, 3...N, N+1] = param-name/value pairs.
+ *
+ * For example, request URL http://localhost:8080/daonode/proofofburn/blockheight/731270
+ * identifies service-name "daonode", resource-name "proofofburn", and one parameter
+ * "blockheight" with value 731270.
+ */
+@Getter
+@Slf4j
+class RequestSpec {
+
+    private final HttpExchange httpExchange;
+    private final String method;
+    private final URI requestURI;
+    private final String[] pathElements;
+    private final String serviceName;
+    private final String resourceName;
+    private final Map<String, String> parametersByName;
+
+    public RequestSpec(HttpExchange httpExchange) {
+        this.httpExchange = httpExchange;
+        this.method = httpExchange.getRequestMethod();
+        this.requestURI = httpExchange.getRequestURI();
+        this.pathElements = toPathElements.apply(requestURI);
+        this.serviceName = pathElements[0];
+        this.resourceName = pathElements[1];
+        try {
+            this.parametersByName = getParametersByName();
+        } catch (URISyntaxException ex) {
+            // OK to throw ex in this constructor?
+            log.error(ex.toString());
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException(ex.toString());
+        }
+    }
+
+    public boolean isRequestingResource(String resourceName) {
+        return this.resourceName.equalsIgnoreCase(resourceName);
+    }
+
+    public String getStringParam(String paramName) {
+        if (parametersByName.containsKey(paramName))
+            return parametersByName.get(paramName);
+        else
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException(format("Parameter '%s' not found.", paramName));
+    }
+
+    public int getIntParam(String paramName) {
+        if (parametersByName.containsKey(paramName)) {
+            var value = parametersByName.get(paramName);
+            try {
+                return Integer.parseInt(value);
+            } catch (NumberFormatException ex) {
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException(
+                        format("Parameter '%s' value '%s' is not a number.",
+                                paramName,
+                                value));
+            }
+        } else {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException(format("Parameter '%s' not found.", paramName));
+        }
+    }
+
+    private final Function<URI, String[]> toPathElements = (uri) -> {
+        String[] raw = uri.getPath().split("/");
+        String[] elements = new String[raw.length - 1];
+        arraycopy(raw, 1, elements, 0, elements.length);
+        return elements;
+    };
+
+    private Map<String, String> getParametersByName() throws URISyntaxException {
+        Map<String, String> params = new HashMap<>();
+        if (pathElements.length == 2)
+            return params; // There are no parameter name/value pairs in url.
+
+        // All pathElements beyond index 1 should be param-name/value pairs, and
+        // a param-value must follow each param-name.
+        Predicate<Integer> paramValueExists = (i) -> (i + 1) < pathElements.length;
+        for (int i = 2; i < pathElements.length; i++) {
+            String name = pathElements[i];
+            if (paramValueExists.test(i))
+                params.put(name, pathElements[++i]);
+            else
+                throw new URISyntaxException(requestURI.getPath(),
+                        format("No value found for parameter with name '%s'.", name),
+                        -1);
+        }
+        return params;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/daonode/src/main/java/bisq/daonode/web/jdk/handler/ResourcePathElement.java b/daonode/src/main/java/bisq/daonode/web/jdk/handler/ResourcePathElement.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8413acd071
--- /dev/null
+++ b/daonode/src/main/java/bisq/daonode/web/jdk/handler/ResourcePathElement.java
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package bisq.daonode.web.jdk.handler;
+
+public class ResourcePathElement {
+    public static String DAONODE = "daonode";
+    public static final String BLOCKHEIGHT = "blockheight";
+    public static final String PROOFOFBURN = "proofofburn";
+}
diff --git a/daonode/src/main/java/bisq/daonode/web/jdk/handler/RestHandler.java b/daonode/src/main/java/bisq/daonode/web/jdk/handler/RestHandler.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c11701bc39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/daonode/src/main/java/bisq/daonode/web/jdk/handler/RestHandler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+package bisq.daonode.web.jdk.handler;
+
+import bisq.core.dao.state.DaoStateService;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+
+import static bisq.daonode.web.jdk.handler.HandlerUtil.sendResponse;
+import static bisq.daonode.web.jdk.handler.HandlerUtil.toJson;
+import static bisq.daonode.web.jdk.handler.HandlerUtil.wrapErrorResponse;
+import static bisq.daonode.web.jdk.handler.ResourcePathElement.PROOFOFBURN;
+
+
+
+import com.sun.net.httpserver.HttpExchange;
+import com.sun.net.httpserver.HttpHandler;
+
+/**
+ * All HTTP requests are routed to a singleton RestHandler, then passed on to
+ * appropriate sub handler instances.
+ */
+@Slf4j
+public class RestHandler implements HttpHandler {
+
+    private final DaoStateService daoStateService;
+
+    public RestHandler(DaoStateService daoStateService) {
+        this.daoStateService = daoStateService;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void handle(HttpExchange httpExchange) throws IOException {
+        try {
+            if (httpExchange == null)
+                throw new NullPointerException("HttpExchange cannot be null.");
+
+            // Parse the request URI details here, and pass them to a new
+            // sub handler instance.
+            RequestSpec requestSpec = new RequestSpec(httpExchange);
+
+            // Atm we only use GET, no plans yet for allow POST for DaoNode API.
+            if (!requestSpec.getMethod().equals("GET")) {
+                sendResponse(405,
+                        httpExchange,
+                        wrapErrorResponse(toJson("Forbidden HTTP method " + requestSpec.getMethod())));
+            } else if (requestSpec.isRequestingResource(PROOFOFBURN)) {
+                new GetProofOfBurnHandler(daoStateService, requestSpec).handle(httpExchange);
+            } else {
+                sendResponse(404, httpExchange, wrapErrorResponse(toJson("Not Found")));
+            }
+
+        } catch (RuntimeException ex) {
+            sendResponse(500,
+                    httpExchange,
+                    wrapErrorResponse(toJson(ex.getMessage())));
+        } finally {
+            httpExchange.close();
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/daonode/src/main/resources/logback.xml b/daonode/src/main/resources/logback.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..914b9d3d4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/daonode/src/main/resources/logback.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<configuration>
+    <appender name="CONSOLE_APPENDER" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
+        <encoder>
+            <pattern>%highlight(%d{MMM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%thread] %-5level %logger{15}: %msg %xEx%n)</pattern>
+        </encoder>
+    </appender>
+
+    <root level="TRACE">
+        <appender-ref ref="CONSOLE_APPENDER"/>
+    </root>
+
+    <logger name="com.msopentech.thali.toronionproxy.OnionProxyManagerEventHandler" level="INFO"/>
+
+</configuration>
diff --git a/daonode/src/test/resources/logback.xml b/daonode/src/test/resources/logback.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..28279faa11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/daonode/src/test/resources/logback.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<configuration>
+    <!--
+    The :daemon & :cli jars contain their own logback.xml config files, which causes chatty logback startup.
+    To avoid chatty logback msgs during its configuration, pass logback.configurationFile as a system property:
+        -Dlogback.configurationFile=apitest/build/resources/main/logback.xml
+    The gradle build file takes care of adding this system property to the bisq-apitest script.
+    -->
+    <appender name="CONSOLE_APPENDER" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
+        <encoder>
+            <pattern>%highlight(%d{MMM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%thread] %-5level %logger{30}: %msg %xEx%n)</pattern>
+        </encoder>
+    </appender>
+
+    <root level="INFO">
+        <appender-ref ref="CONSOLE_APPENDER"/>
+    </root>
+
+    <logger name="io.grpc.netty" level="WARN"/>
+</configuration>
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 38fb1df208..e41d50899a 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -3,3 +3,6 @@ systemProp.org.gradle.internal.http.socketTimeout=120000
 
 # Makes Y/N user prompts more readable during installer packaging
 org.gradle.console=plain
+
+# org.gradle.dependency.verification.console=verbose
+org.gradle.dependency.verification=lenient
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index 1827ef9c4f..2c3dbef662 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ include 'pricenode'
 include 'relay'
 include 'seednode'
 include 'statsnode'
+include 'daonode'
 include 'inventory'
 include 'apitest'