diff --git a/backend/src/api/bitcoin/bitcoin-core.routes.ts b/backend/src/api/bitcoin/bitcoin-core.routes.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dbdcced1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/api/bitcoin/bitcoin-core.routes.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,221 @@
+import { Application, NextFunction, Request, Response } from 'express';
+import logger from '../../logger';
+import bitcoinClient from './bitcoin-client';
+
+/**
+ * Define a set of routes used by the accelerator server
+ * Those routes are not designed to be public
+ */
+class BitcoinBackendRoutes {
+  private static tag = 'BitcoinBackendRoutes';
+
+  public initRoutes(app: Application) {
+    app
+      .get('/api/internal/bitcoinCore/' + 'getMempoolEntry', this.disableCache, this.$getMempoolEntry)
+      .post('/api/internal/bitcoinCore/' + 'decodeRawTransaction', this.disableCache, this.$decodeRawTransaction)
+      .get('/api/internal/bitcoinCore/' + 'getRawTransaction', this.disableCache, this.$getRawTransaction)
+      .post('/api/internal/bitcoinCore/' + 'sendRawTransaction', this.disableCache, this.$sendRawTransaction)
+      .post('/api/internal/bitcoinCore/' + 'testMempoolAccept', this.disableCache, this.$testMempoolAccept)
+      .get('/api/internal/bitcoinCore/' + 'getMempoolAncestors', this.disableCache, this.$getMempoolAncestors)
+      .get('/api/internal/bitcoinCore/' + 'getBlock', this.disableCache, this.$getBlock)
+      .get('/api/internal/bitcoinCore/' + 'getBlockHash', this.disableCache, this.$getBlockHash)
+      .get('/api/internal/bitcoinCore/' + 'getBlockCount', this.disableCache, this.$getBlockCount)
+    ;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Disable caching for bitcoin core routes
+   * 
+   * @param req 
+   * @param res 
+   * @param next 
+   */
+  private disableCache(req: Request, res: Response, next: NextFunction): void  {
+    res.setHeader('Pragma', 'no-cache');
+    res.setHeader('Cache-control', 'private, no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, proxy-revalidate, max-age=0');
+    res.setHeader('expires', -1);
+    next();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Exeption handler to return proper details to the accelerator server
+   * 
+   * @param e 
+   * @param fnName 
+   * @param res 
+   */
+  private static handleException(e: any, fnName: string, res: Response): void {
+    if (typeof(e.code) === 'number') {
+      res.status(400).send(JSON.stringify(e, ['code', 'message']));
+    } else {     
+      const err = `exception in ${fnName}. ${e}. Details: ${JSON.stringify(e, ['code', 'message'])}`; 
+      logger.err(err, BitcoinBackendRoutes.tag);
+      res.status(500).send(err);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private async $getMempoolEntry(req: Request, res: Response): Promise<void> {
+    const txid = req.query.txid;
+    try {
+      if (typeof(txid) !== 'string' || txid.length !== 64) {
+        res.status(400).send(`invalid param txid ${txid}. must be a string of 64 char`);
+        return;
+      }
+      const mempoolEntry = await bitcoinClient.getMempoolEntry(txid);
+      if (!mempoolEntry) {
+        res.status(404).send(`no mempool entry found for txid ${txid}`);
+        return;
+      }
+      res.status(200).send(mempoolEntry);
+    } catch (e: any) {
+      BitcoinBackendRoutes.handleException(e, 'getMempoolEntry', res);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private async $decodeRawTransaction(req: Request, res: Response): Promise<void> {
+    const rawTx = req.body.rawTx;
+    try {
+      if (typeof(rawTx) !== 'string') {
+        res.status(400).send(`invalid param rawTx ${rawTx}. must be a string`);
+        return;
+      }
+      const decodedTx = await bitcoinClient.decodeRawTransaction(rawTx);
+      if (!decodedTx) {
+        res.status(400).send(`unable to decode rawTx ${rawTx}`);
+        return;
+      }
+      res.status(200).send(decodedTx);
+    } catch (e: any) {
+      BitcoinBackendRoutes.handleException(e, 'decodeRawTransaction', res);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private async $getRawTransaction(req: Request, res: Response): Promise<void> {
+    const txid = req.query.txid;
+    try {
+      if (typeof(txid) !== 'string' || txid.length !== 64) {
+        res.status(400).send(`invalid param txid ${txid}. must be a string of 64 char`);
+        return;
+      }
+      const decodedTx = await bitcoinClient.getRawTransaction(txid);
+      if (!decodedTx) {
+        res.status(400).send(`unable to get raw transaction for txid ${txid}`);
+        return;
+      }
+      res.status(200).send(decodedTx);
+    } catch (e: any) {
+      BitcoinBackendRoutes.handleException(e, 'decodeRawTransaction', res);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private async $sendRawTransaction(req: Request, res: Response): Promise<void> {
+    const rawTx = req.body.rawTx;
+    try {
+      if (typeof(rawTx) !== 'string') {
+        res.status(400).send(`invalid param rawTx ${rawTx}. must be a string`);
+        return;
+      }
+      const txHex = await bitcoinClient.sendRawTransaction(rawTx);
+      if (!txHex) {
+        res.status(400).send(`unable to send rawTx ${rawTx}`);
+        return;
+      }
+      res.status(200).send(txHex);
+    } catch (e: any) {
+      BitcoinBackendRoutes.handleException(e, 'sendRawTransaction', res);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private async $testMempoolAccept(req: Request, res: Response): Promise<void> {
+    const rawTx = req.body.rawTx;
+    try {
+      if (typeof(rawTx) !== 'string') {
+        res.status(400).send(`invalid param rawTx ${rawTx}. must be a string`);
+        return;
+      }
+      const txHex = await bitcoinClient.testMempoolAccept([rawTx]);
+      if (typeof(txHex) !== 'object' || txHex.length === 0) {
+        res.status(400).send(`testmempoolaccept failed for raw tx ${rawTx}, got an empty result`);
+        return;
+      }
+      res.status(200).send(txHex);
+    } catch (e: any) {
+      BitcoinBackendRoutes.handleException(e, 'testMempoolAccept', res);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private async $getMempoolAncestors(req: Request, res: Response): Promise<void> {
+    const txid = req.query.txid;
+    try {
+      if (typeof(txid) !== 'string' || txid.length !== 64) {
+        res.status(400).send(`invalid param txid ${txid}. must be a string of 64 char`);
+        return;
+      }
+      const decodedTx = await bitcoinClient.getMempoolAncestors(txid);
+      if (!decodedTx) {
+        res.status(400).send(`unable to get mempool ancestors for txid ${txid}`);
+        return;
+      }
+      res.status(200).send(decodedTx);
+    } catch (e: any) {
+      BitcoinBackendRoutes.handleException(e, 'getMempoolAncestors', res);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private async $getBlock(req: Request, res: Response): Promise<void> {
+    const blockHash = req.query.hash;
+    try {
+      if (typeof(blockHash) !== 'string' || blockHash.length !== 64) {
+        res.status(400).send(`invalid param blockHash ${blockHash}. must be a string of 64 char`);
+        return;
+      }
+      const block = await bitcoinClient.getBlock(blockHash);
+      if (!block) {
+        res.status(400).send(`unable to get block for block hash ${blockHash}`);
+        return;
+      }
+      res.status(200).send(block);
+    } catch (e: any) {
+      BitcoinBackendRoutes.handleException(e, 'getBlock', res);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private async $getBlockHash(req: Request, res: Response): Promise<void> {
+    const blockHeight = req.query.height;
+    try {
+      if (typeof(blockHeight) !== 'string') {
+        res.status(400).send(`invalid param blockHeight ${blockHeight}, must be a string representing an integer`);
+        return;
+      }
+      const blockHeightNumber = parseInt(blockHeight, 10);
+      if (!blockHeightNumber) {
+        res.status(400).send(`invalid param blockHeight ${blockHeight}. must be a valid integer`);
+        return;
+      }
+
+      const block = await bitcoinClient.getBlockHash(blockHeightNumber);
+      if (!block) {
+        res.status(400).send(`unable to get block hash for block height ${blockHeightNumber}`);
+        return;
+      }
+      res.status(200).send(block);
+    } catch (e: any) {
+      BitcoinBackendRoutes.handleException(e, 'getBlockHash', res);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private async $getBlockCount(req: Request, res: Response): Promise<void> {
+    try {
+      const count = await bitcoinClient.getBlockCount();
+      if (!count) {
+        res.status(400).send(`unable to get block count`);
+        return;
+      }
+      res.status(200).send(`${count}`);
+    } catch (e: any) {
+      BitcoinBackendRoutes.handleException(e, 'getBlockCount', res);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+export default new BitcoinBackendRoutes
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/src/index.ts b/backend/src/index.ts
index 44fe87e3a..a7b2ad4df 100644
--- a/backend/src/index.ts
+++ b/backend/src/index.ts
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ import v8 from 'v8';
 import { formatBytes, getBytesUnit } from './utils/format';
 import redisCache from './api/redis-cache';
 import accelerationApi from './api/services/acceleration';
+import bitcoinCoreRoutes from './api/bitcoin/bitcoin-core.routes';
 
 class Server {
   private wss: WebSocket.Server | undefined;
@@ -282,6 +283,7 @@ class Server {
   
   setUpHttpApiRoutes(): void {
     bitcoinRoutes.initRoutes(this.app);
+    bitcoinCoreRoutes.initRoutes(this.app);
     pricesRoutes.initRoutes(this.app);
     if (config.STATISTICS.ENABLED && config.DATABASE.ENABLED && config.MEMPOOL.ENABLED) {
       statisticsRoutes.initRoutes(this.app);
diff --git a/backend/src/rpc-api/commands.ts b/backend/src/rpc-api/commands.ts
index 78f5e12f4..ecfb2ed7c 100644
--- a/backend/src/rpc-api/commands.ts
+++ b/backend/src/rpc-api/commands.ts
@@ -91,4 +91,5 @@ module.exports = {
   walletPassphraseChange: 'walletpassphrasechange',
   getTxoutSetinfo: 'gettxoutsetinfo',
   getIndexInfo: 'getindexinfo',
+  testMempoolAccept: 'testmempoolaccept',
 };