diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+target
+Cargo.lock
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
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+[package]
+name = "indexrs"
+version = "0.1.0"
+authors = ["Roman Zeyde <me@romanzey.de>"]
+
+[dependencies]
+bitcoin = "0.12"
+itertools = "0.7.8"
+log = "0.4"
+reqwest = "0.8.5"
+rocksdb = "^0.8.0"
+rustc-serialize = "0.3"
+serde_json = "1.0.13"
+simple_logger = "0.5"
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
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+#[macro_use]
+extern crate log;
+
+extern crate bitcoin;
+extern crate itertools;
+extern crate reqwest;
+extern crate serde_json;
+extern crate simple_logger;
+
+use bitcoin::blockdata::block::{Block, BlockHeader};
+use bitcoin::network::encodable::ConsensusDecodable;
+use bitcoin::network::serialize::BitcoinHash;
+use bitcoin::network::serialize::{deserialize, RawDecoder};
+use bitcoin::util::hash::Sha256dHash;
+use itertools::enumerate;
+use serde_json::Value;
+use std::collections::{HashMap, VecDeque};
+use std::io::Cursor;
+
+const HEADER_SIZE: usize = 80;
+
+type HeaderMap = HashMap<String, BlockHeader>;
+
+fn get(resource: &str) -> reqwest::Response {
+    let url = format!("http://localhost:8332/rest/{}", resource);
+    reqwest::get(&url).unwrap()
+}
+
+fn get_bin(resource: &str) -> Vec<u8> {
+    let mut buf: Vec<u8> = vec![];
+    let mut resp = get(resource);
+    resp.copy_to(&mut buf).unwrap();
+    buf
+}
+
+fn get_headers() -> (HeaderMap, String) {
+    let mut headers = HashMap::new();
+    let mut blockhash =
+        String::from("000000000019d6689c085ae165831e934ff763ae46a2a6c172b3f1b60a8ce26f"); // genesis
+    info!("loading headers from {}", blockhash);
+    loop {
+        let data = get_bin(&format!("headers/2000/{}.bin", blockhash));
+        let num_of_headers = data.len() / HEADER_SIZE;
+        let mut decoder = RawDecoder::new(Cursor::new(data));
+        for _ in 0..num_of_headers {
+            let header: BlockHeader = ConsensusDecodable::consensus_decode(&mut decoder).unwrap();
+            blockhash = header.bitcoin_hash().be_hex_string();
+            headers.insert(blockhash.to_string(), header);
+        }
+        if num_of_headers == 1 {
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+    info!("loaded {} headers till {}", headers.len(), blockhash);
+    (headers, blockhash)
+}
+
+fn enumerate_headers(headers: &HeaderMap, bestblockhash: &str) -> Vec<(usize, String)> {
+    let null_hash = Sha256dHash::default().be_hex_string();
+    let mut hashes = VecDeque::<String>::new();
+    let mut blockhash = bestblockhash.to_string();
+    while blockhash != null_hash {
+        let header: &BlockHeader = headers.get(&blockhash).unwrap();
+        hashes.push_front(blockhash);
+        blockhash = header.prev_blockhash.be_hex_string();
+    }
+    enumerate(hashes).collect()
+}
+
+fn get_bestblockhash() -> String {
+    let data = get("chaininfo.json").text().unwrap();
+    let val: Value = serde_json::from_str(&data).unwrap();
+    val["bestblockhash"].as_str().unwrap().to_string()
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    simple_logger::init_with_level(log::Level::Info).unwrap();
+    let (headers, blockhash) = get_headers();
+    let hashes = enumerate_headers(&headers, &blockhash);
+    info!("loading {} blocks", hashes.len());
+
+    for &(height, ref blockhash) in &hashes {
+        let buf = get_bin(&format!("block/{}.bin", &blockhash));
+        let block: Block = deserialize(buf.as_slice()).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(&block.bitcoin_hash().be_hex_string(), blockhash);
+        if height % 100 == 0 {
+            info!("{} @ {}", blockhash, height);
+        }
+    }
+}