diff --git a/backend/src/api/mempool.ts b/backend/src/api/mempool.ts
index 1442b05fa..87e7f10cd 100644
--- a/backend/src/api/mempool.ts
+++ b/backend/src/api/mempool.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import bitcoinClient from './bitcoin/bitcoin-client';
 import bitcoinSecondClient from './bitcoin/bitcoin-second-client';
 import rbfCache from './rbf-cache';
 import { Acceleration } from './services/acceleration';
+import accelerationApi from './services/acceleration';
 import redisCache from './redis-cache';
 import blocks from './blocks';
 
@@ -207,7 +208,7 @@ class Mempool {
     return txTimes;
   }
 
-  public async $updateMempool(transactions: string[], accelerations: Acceleration[] | null, minFeeMempool: string[], minFeeTip: number, pollRate: number): Promise<void> {
+  public async $updateMempool(transactions: string[], accelerations: Record<string, Acceleration> | null, minFeeMempool: string[], minFeeTip: number, pollRate: number): Promise<void> {
     logger.debug(`Updating mempool...`);
 
     // warn if this run stalls the main loop for more than 2 minutes
@@ -354,7 +355,7 @@ class Mempool {
     const newTransactionsStripped = newTransactions.map((tx) => Common.stripTransaction(tx));
     this.latestTransactions = newTransactionsStripped.concat(this.latestTransactions).slice(0, 6);
 
-    const accelerationDelta = accelerations != null ? await this.$updateAccelerations(accelerations) : [];
+    const accelerationDelta = accelerations != null ? await this.updateAccelerations(accelerations) : [];
     if (accelerationDelta.length) {
       hasChange = true;
     }
@@ -399,58 +400,11 @@ class Mempool {
     return this.accelerations;
   }
 
-  public $updateAccelerations(newAccelerations: Acceleration[]): string[] {
+  public updateAccelerations(newAccelerationMap: Record<string, Acceleration>): string[] {
     try {
-      const changed: string[] = [];
-
-      const newAccelerationMap: { [txid: string]: Acceleration } = {};
-      for (const acceleration of newAccelerations) {
-        // skip transactions we don't know about
-        if (!this.mempoolCache[acceleration.txid]) {
-          continue;
-        }
-        newAccelerationMap[acceleration.txid] = acceleration;
-        if (this.accelerations[acceleration.txid] == null) {
-          // new acceleration
-          changed.push(acceleration.txid);
-        } else {
-          if (this.accelerations[acceleration.txid].feeDelta !== acceleration.feeDelta) {
-            // feeDelta changed
-            changed.push(acceleration.txid);
-          } else if (this.accelerations[acceleration.txid].pools?.length) {
-            let poolsChanged = false;
-            const pools = new Set();
-            this.accelerations[acceleration.txid].pools.forEach(pool => {
-              pools.add(pool);
-            });
-            acceleration.pools.forEach(pool => {
-              if (!pools.has(pool)) {
-                poolsChanged = true;
-              } else {
-                pools.delete(pool);
-              }
-            });
-            if (pools.size > 0) {
-              poolsChanged = true;
-            }
-            if (poolsChanged) {
-              // pools changed
-              changed.push(acceleration.txid);
-            }
-          }
-        }
-      }
-
-      for (const oldTxid of Object.keys(this.accelerations)) {
-        if (!newAccelerationMap[oldTxid]) {
-          // removed
-          changed.push(oldTxid);
-        }
-      }
-
+      const accelerationDelta = accelerationApi.getAccelerationDelta(this.accelerations, newAccelerationMap);
       this.accelerations = newAccelerationMap;
-
-      return changed;
+      return accelerationDelta;
     } catch (e: any) {
       logger.debug(`Failed to update accelerations: ` + (e instanceof Error ? e.message : e));
       return [];
diff --git a/backend/src/api/mining/mining-routes.ts b/backend/src/api/mining/mining-routes.ts
index 69e6d95d4..80f9f8e79 100644
--- a/backend/src/api/mining/mining-routes.ts
+++ b/backend/src/api/mining/mining-routes.ts
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ class MiningRoutes {
         handleError(req, res, 400, 'Acceleration data is not available.');
         return;
       }
-      res.status(200).send(accelerationApi.accelerations || []);
+      res.status(200).send(Object.values(accelerationApi.getAccelerations() || {}));
     } catch (e) {
       handleError(req, res, 500, e instanceof Error ? e.message : e);
     }
diff --git a/backend/src/api/services/acceleration.ts b/backend/src/api/services/acceleration.ts
index 88289382b..f625b7f15 100644
--- a/backend/src/api/services/acceleration.ts
+++ b/backend/src/api/services/acceleration.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
+import { WebSocket } from 'ws';
 import config from '../../config';
 import logger from '../../logger';
 import { BlockExtended } from '../../mempool.interfaces';
 import axios from 'axios';
+import mempool from '../mempool';
+import websocketHandler from '../websocket-handler';
 
 type MyAccelerationStatus = 'requested' | 'accelerating' | 'done';
 
@@ -37,14 +40,20 @@ export interface AccelerationHistory {
 };
 
 class AccelerationApi {
+  private ws: WebSocket | null = null;
+  private useWebsocket: boolean = config.MEMPOOL.OFFICIAL && config.MEMPOOL_SERVICES.ACCELERATIONS;
+  private startedWebsocketLoop: boolean = false;
+  private websocketConnected: boolean = false;
   private onDemandPollingEnabled = !config.MEMPOOL_SERVICES.ACCELERATIONS;
   private apiPath = config.MEMPOOL.OFFICIAL ? (config.MEMPOOL_SERVICES.API + '/accelerator/accelerations') : (config.EXTERNAL_DATA_SERVER.MEMPOOL_API + '/accelerations');
-  private _accelerations: Acceleration[] | null = null;
+  private _accelerations: Record<string, Acceleration> = {};
   private lastPoll = 0;
   private forcePoll = false;
   private myAccelerations: Record<string, { status: MyAccelerationStatus, added: number, acceleration?: Acceleration }> = {};
 
-  public get accelerations(): Acceleration[] | null {
+  public constructor() {}
+
+  public getAccelerations(): Record<string, Acceleration> {
     return this._accelerations;
   }
 
@@ -72,11 +81,18 @@ class AccelerationApi {
     }
   }
 
-  public async $updateAccelerations(): Promise<Acceleration[] | null> {
+  public async $updateAccelerations(): Promise<Record<string, Acceleration> | null> {
+    if (this.useWebsocket && this.websocketConnected) {
+      return this._accelerations;
+    }
     if (!this.onDemandPollingEnabled) {
       const accelerations = await this.$fetchAccelerations();
       if (accelerations) {
-        this._accelerations = accelerations;
+        const latestAccelerations = {};
+        for (const acc of accelerations) {
+          latestAccelerations[acc.txid] = acc;
+        }
+        this._accelerations = latestAccelerations;
         return this._accelerations;
       }
     } else {
@@ -85,7 +101,7 @@ class AccelerationApi {
     return null;
   }
 
-  private async $updateAccelerationsOnDemand(): Promise<Acceleration[] | null> {
+  private async $updateAccelerationsOnDemand(): Promise<Record<string, Acceleration> | null> {
     const shouldUpdate = this.forcePoll
       || this.countMyAccelerationsWithStatus('requested') > 0
       || (this.countMyAccelerationsWithStatus('accelerating') > 0 && this.lastPoll < (Date.now() - (10 * 60 * 1000)));
@@ -120,7 +136,11 @@ class AccelerationApi {
       }
     }
 
-    this._accelerations = Object.values(this.myAccelerations).map(({ acceleration }) => acceleration).filter(acc => acc) as Acceleration[];
+    const latestAccelerations = {};
+    for (const acc of Object.values(this.myAccelerations).map(({ acceleration }) => acceleration).filter(acc => acc) as Acceleration[]) {
+      latestAccelerations[acc.txid] = acc;
+    }
+    this._accelerations = latestAccelerations;
     return this._accelerations;
   }
 
@@ -152,6 +172,110 @@ class AccelerationApi {
     }
     return anyAccelerated;
   }
+
+  // get a list of accelerations that have changed between two sets of accelerations
+  public getAccelerationDelta(oldAccelerationMap: Record<string, Acceleration>, newAccelerationMap: Record<string, Acceleration>): string[] {
+    const changed: string[] = [];
+    const mempoolCache = mempool.getMempool();
+
+    for (const acceleration of Object.values(newAccelerationMap)) {
+      // skip transactions we don't know about
+      if (!mempoolCache[acceleration.txid]) {
+        continue;
+      }
+      if (oldAccelerationMap[acceleration.txid] == null) {
+        // new acceleration
+        changed.push(acceleration.txid);
+      } else {
+        if (oldAccelerationMap[acceleration.txid].feeDelta !== acceleration.feeDelta) {
+          // feeDelta changed
+          changed.push(acceleration.txid);
+        } else if (oldAccelerationMap[acceleration.txid].pools?.length) {
+          let poolsChanged = false;
+          const pools = new Set();
+            oldAccelerationMap[acceleration.txid].pools.forEach(pool => {
+            pools.add(pool);
+          });
+          acceleration.pools.forEach(pool => {
+            if (!pools.has(pool)) {
+              poolsChanged = true;
+            } else {
+              pools.delete(pool);
+            }
+          });
+          if (pools.size > 0) {
+            poolsChanged = true;
+          }
+          if (poolsChanged) {
+            // pools changed
+            changed.push(acceleration.txid);
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    for (const oldTxid of Object.keys(oldAccelerationMap)) {
+      if (!newAccelerationMap[oldTxid]) {
+        // removed
+        changed.push(oldTxid);
+      }
+    }
+
+    return changed;
+  }
+
+  private handleWebsocketMessage(msg: any): void {
+    if (msg?.accelerations !== null) {
+      const latestAccelerations = {};
+      for (const acc of msg?.accelerations || []) {
+        latestAccelerations[acc.txid] = acc;
+      }
+      this._accelerations = latestAccelerations;
+      websocketHandler.handleAccelerationsChanged(this._accelerations);
+    }
+  }
+
+  public async connectWebsocket(): Promise<void> {
+    if (this.startedWebsocketLoop) {
+      return;
+    }
+    while (this.useWebsocket) {
+      this.startedWebsocketLoop = true;
+      if (!this.ws) {
+        this.ws = new WebSocket(`${config.MEMPOOL_SERVICES.API.replace('https://', 'ws://').replace('http://', 'ws://')}/accelerator/ws`);
+        this.websocketConnected = true;
+
+        this.ws.on('open', () => {
+          logger.info('Acceleration websocket opened');
+          this.ws?.send(JSON.stringify({
+            'watch-accelerations': true
+          }));
+        });
+
+        this.ws.on('error', (error) => {
+          logger.err('Acceleration websocket error: ' + error);
+          this.ws = null;
+          this.websocketConnected = false;
+        });
+
+        this.ws.on('close', () => {
+          logger.info('Acceleration websocket closed');
+          this.ws = null;
+          this.websocketConnected = false;
+        });
+
+        this.ws.on('message', (data, isBinary) => {
+          try {
+            const parsedMsg = JSON.parse((isBinary ? data : data.toString()) as string);
+            this.handleWebsocketMessage(parsedMsg);
+          } catch (e) {
+            logger.warn('Failed to parse acceleration websocket message: ' + (e instanceof Error ? e.message : e));
+          }
+        });
+      }
+      await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 5000));
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 export default new AccelerationApi();
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/src/api/websocket-handler.ts b/backend/src/api/websocket-handler.ts
index 2a047472e..634596bb9 100644
--- a/backend/src/api/websocket-handler.ts
+++ b/backend/src/api/websocket-handler.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import BlocksSummariesRepository from '../repositories/BlocksSummariesRepository
 import Audit from './audit';
 import priceUpdater from '../tasks/price-updater';
 import { ApiPrice } from '../repositories/PricesRepository';
+import { Acceleration } from './services/acceleration';
 import accelerationApi from './services/acceleration';
 import mempool from './mempool';
 import statistics from './statistics/statistics';
@@ -57,6 +58,8 @@ class WebsocketHandler {
   private lastRbfSummary: ReplacementInfo[] | null = null;
   private mempoolSequence: number = 0;
 
+  private accelerations: Record<string, Acceleration> = {};
+
   constructor() { }
 
   addWebsocketServer(wss: WebSocket.Server) {
@@ -484,6 +487,42 @@ class WebsocketHandler {
     }
   }
 
+  handleAccelerationsChanged(accelerations: Record<string, Acceleration>): void {
+    if (!this.webSocketServers.length) {
+      throw new Error('No WebSocket.Server has been set');
+    }
+
+    const websocketAccelerationDelta = accelerationApi.getAccelerationDelta(this.accelerations, accelerations);
+    this.accelerations = accelerations;
+
+    if (!websocketAccelerationDelta.length) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // pre-compute acceleration delta
+    const accelerationUpdate = {
+      added: websocketAccelerationDelta.map(txid => accelerations[txid]).filter(acc => acc != null),
+      removed: websocketAccelerationDelta.filter(txid => !accelerations[txid]),
+    };
+
+    try {
+      const response = JSON.stringify({
+        accelerations: accelerationUpdate,
+      });
+
+      for (const server of this.webSocketServers) {
+        server.clients.forEach((client) => {
+          if (client.readyState !== WebSocket.OPEN) {
+            return;
+          }
+          client.send(response);
+        });
+      }
+    } catch (e) {
+      logger.debug(`Error sending acceleration update to websocket clients: ${e}`);
+    }
+  }
+
   handleReorg(): void {
     if (!this.webSocketServers.length) {
       throw new Error('No WebSocket.Server have been set');
@@ -560,7 +599,7 @@ class WebsocketHandler {
     const vBytesPerSecond = memPool.getVBytesPerSecond();
     const rbfTransactions = Common.findRbfTransactions(newTransactions, recentlyDeletedTransactions.flat());
     const da = difficultyAdjustment.getDifficultyAdjustment();
-    const accelerations = memPool.getAccelerations();
+    const accelerations = accelerationApi.getAccelerations();
     memPool.handleRbfTransactions(rbfTransactions);
     const rbfChanges = rbfCache.getRbfChanges();
     let rbfReplacements;
@@ -668,10 +707,13 @@ class WebsocketHandler {
     const addressCache = this.makeAddressCache(newTransactions);
     const removedAddressCache = this.makeAddressCache(deletedTransactions);
 
+    const websocketAccelerationDelta = accelerationApi.getAccelerationDelta(this.accelerations, accelerations);
+    this.accelerations = accelerations;
+
     // pre-compute acceleration delta
     const accelerationUpdate = {
-      added: accelerationDelta.map(txid => accelerations[txid]).filter(acc => acc != null),
-      removed: accelerationDelta.filter(txid => !accelerations[txid]),
+      added: websocketAccelerationDelta.map(txid => accelerations[txid]).filter(acc => acc != null),
+      removed: websocketAccelerationDelta.filter(txid => !accelerations[txid]),
     };
 
     // TODO - Fix indentation after PR is merged
diff --git a/backend/src/index.ts b/backend/src/index.ts
index 1d83c56a3..84a7e5705 100644
--- a/backend/src/index.ts
+++ b/backend/src/index.ts
@@ -229,11 +229,11 @@ class Server {
       const newMempool = await bitcoinApi.$getRawMempool();
       const minFeeMempool = memPool.limitGBT ? await bitcoinSecondClient.getRawMemPool() : null;
       const minFeeTip = memPool.limitGBT ? await bitcoinSecondClient.getBlockCount() : -1;
-      const newAccelerations = await accelerationApi.$updateAccelerations();
+      const latestAccelerations = await accelerationApi.$updateAccelerations();
       const numHandledBlocks = await blocks.$updateBlocks();
       const pollRate = config.MEMPOOL.POLL_RATE_MS * (indexer.indexerIsRunning() ? 10 : 1);
       if (numHandledBlocks === 0) {
-        await memPool.$updateMempool(newMempool, newAccelerations, minFeeMempool, minFeeTip, pollRate);
+        await memPool.$updateMempool(newMempool, latestAccelerations, minFeeMempool, minFeeTip, pollRate);
       }
       indexer.$run();
       if (config.FIAT_PRICE.ENABLED) {
@@ -310,8 +310,10 @@ class Server {
       priceUpdater.setRatesChangedCallback(websocketHandler.handleNewConversionRates.bind(websocketHandler));
     }
     loadingIndicators.setProgressChangedCallback(websocketHandler.handleLoadingChanged.bind(websocketHandler));
+
+    accelerationApi.connectWebsocket();
   }
-  
+
   setUpHttpApiRoutes(): void {
     bitcoinRoutes.initRoutes(this.app);
     bitcoinCoreRoutes.initRoutes(this.app);