diff --git a/backend/src/api/disk-cache.ts b/backend/src/api/disk-cache.ts
index f053180b0..71a3d9d53 100644
--- a/backend/src/api/disk-cache.ts
+++ b/backend/src/api/disk-cache.ts
@@ -7,14 +7,17 @@ import logger from '../logger';
 import config from '../config';
 import { TransactionExtended } from '../mempool.interfaces';
 import { Common } from './common';
+import rbfCache from './rbf-cache';
 
 class DiskCache {
   private cacheSchemaVersion = 3;
+  private rbfCacheSchemaVersion = 1;
 
   private static TMP_FILE_NAME = config.MEMPOOL.CACHE_DIR + '/tmp-cache.json';
   private static TMP_FILE_NAMES = config.MEMPOOL.CACHE_DIR + '/tmp-cache{number}.json';
   private static FILE_NAME = config.MEMPOOL.CACHE_DIR + '/cache.json';
   private static FILE_NAMES = config.MEMPOOL.CACHE_DIR + '/cache{number}.json';
+  private static RBF_FILE_NAME = config.MEMPOOL.CACHE_DIR + '/rbfcache.json';
   private static CHUNK_FILES = 25;
   private isWritingCache = false;
 
@@ -100,6 +103,20 @@ class DiskCache {
       logger.warn('Error writing to cache file: ' + (e instanceof Error ? e.message : e));
       this.isWritingCache = false;
     }
+    try {
+      logger.debug('Writing rbf data to disk cache (async)...');
+      this.isWritingCache = true;
+
+      await fsPromises.writeFile(DiskCache.RBF_FILE_NAME, JSON.stringify({
+        rbfCacheSchemaVersion: this.rbfCacheSchemaVersion,
+        rbf: rbfCache.dump(),
+      }), { flag: 'w' });
+      logger.debug('Rbf data saved to disk cache');
+      this.isWritingCache = false;
+    } catch (e) {
+      logger.warn('Error writing rbf data to cache file: ' + (e instanceof Error ? e.message : e));
+      this.isWritingCache = false;
+    }
   }
 
   wipeCache(): void {
@@ -124,6 +141,18 @@ class DiskCache {
     }
   }
 
+  wipeRbfCache() {
+    logger.notice(`Wipping nodejs backend cache/rbfcache.json file`);
+
+    try {
+      fs.unlinkSync(DiskCache.RBF_FILE_NAME);
+    } catch (e: any) {
+      if (e?.code !== 'ENOENT') {
+        logger.err(`Cannot wipe cache file ${DiskCache.RBF_FILE_NAME}. Exception ${JSON.stringify(e)}`);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   async $loadMempoolCache(): Promise<void> {
     if (!fs.existsSync(DiskCache.FILE_NAME)) {
       return;
@@ -174,6 +203,23 @@ class DiskCache {
     } catch (e) {
       logger.warn('Failed to parse mempoool and blocks cache. Skipping. Reason: ' + (e instanceof Error ? e.message : e));
     }
+
+    try {
+      let rbfData: any = {};
+      const rbfCacheData = fs.readFileSync(DiskCache.RBF_FILE_NAME, 'utf8');
+      if (rbfCacheData) {
+        logger.info('Restoring rbf data from disk cache');
+        rbfData = JSON.parse(rbfCacheData);
+        if (rbfData.rbfCacheSchemaVersion === undefined || rbfData.rbfCacheSchemaVersion !== this.rbfCacheSchemaVersion) {
+          logger.notice('Rbf disk cache contains an outdated schema version. Clearing it and skipping the cache loading.');
+          return this.wipeRbfCache();
+        }
+      }
+
+      rbfCache.load(rbfData.rbf);
+    } catch (e) {
+      logger.warn('Failed to parse rbf cache. Skipping. Reason: ' + (e instanceof Error ? e.message : e));
+    }
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/backend/src/api/rbf-cache.ts b/backend/src/api/rbf-cache.ts
index 3377999f8..7f910e0f7 100644
--- a/backend/src/api/rbf-cache.ts
+++ b/backend/src/api/rbf-cache.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import { runInNewContext } from "vm";
 import { TransactionExtended, TransactionStripped } from "../mempool.interfaces";
+import bitcoinApi from './bitcoin/bitcoin-api-factory';
 import { Common } from "./common";
 
 interface RbfTransaction extends TransactionStripped {
@@ -218,6 +218,104 @@ class RbfCache {
       });
     }
   }
+
+  public dump(): any {
+    const trees = Array.from(this.rbfTrees.values()).map((tree: RbfTree) => { return this.exportTree(tree); });
+
+    return {
+      txs: Array.from(this.txs.entries()),
+      trees,
+      expiring: Array.from(this.expiring.entries()),
+    };
+  }
+
+  public async load({ txs, trees, expiring }): Promise<void> {
+    txs.forEach(txEntry => {
+      this.txs.set(txEntry[0], txEntry[1]);
+    });
+    for (const deflatedTree of trees) {
+      await this.importTree(deflatedTree.root, deflatedTree.root, deflatedTree, this.txs);
+    }
+    expiring.forEach(expiringEntry => {
+      this.expiring.set(expiringEntry[0], expiringEntry[1]);
+    });
+    this.cleanup();
+  }
+
+  exportTree(tree: RbfTree, deflated: any = null) {
+    if (!deflated) {
+      deflated = {
+        root: tree.tx.txid,
+      };
+    }
+    deflated[tree.tx.txid] = {
+      tx: tree.tx.txid,
+      txMined: tree.tx.mined,
+      time: tree.time,
+      interval: tree.interval,
+      mined: tree.mined,
+      fullRbf: tree.fullRbf,
+      replaces: tree.replaces.map(child => child.tx.txid),
+    };
+    tree.replaces.forEach(child => {
+      this.exportTree(child, deflated);
+    });
+    return deflated;
+  }
+
+  async importTree(root, txid, deflated, txs: Map<string, TransactionExtended>, mined: boolean = false): Promise<RbfTree | void> {
+    const treeInfo = deflated[txid];
+    const replaces: RbfTree[] = [];
+
+    // check if any transactions in this tree have already been confirmed
+    mined = mined || treeInfo.mined;
+    if (!mined) {
+      try {
+        const apiTx = await bitcoinApi.$getRawTransaction(txid);
+        if (apiTx?.status?.confirmed) {
+          mined = true;
+          this.evict(txid);
+        }
+      } catch (e) {
+        // most transactions do not exist
+      }
+    }
+
+    // recursively reconstruct child trees
+    for (const childId of treeInfo.replaces) {
+      const replaced = await this.importTree(root, childId, deflated, txs, mined);
+      if (replaced) {
+        this.replacedBy.set(replaced.tx.txid, txid);
+        replaces.push(replaced);
+        if (replaced.mined) {
+          mined = true;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    this.replaces.set(txid, replaces.map(t => t.tx.txid));
+
+    const tx = txs.get(txid);
+    if (!tx) {
+      return;
+    }
+    const strippedTx = Common.stripTransaction(tx) as RbfTransaction;
+    strippedTx.rbf = tx.vin.some((v) => v.sequence < 0xfffffffe);
+    strippedTx.mined = treeInfo.txMined;
+    const tree = {
+      tx: strippedTx,
+      time: treeInfo.time,
+      interval: treeInfo.interval,
+      mined: mined,
+      fullRbf: treeInfo.fullRbf,
+      replaces,
+    };
+    this.treeMap.set(txid, root);
+    if (root === txid) {
+      this.rbfTrees.set(root, tree);
+      this.dirtyTrees.add(root);
+    }
+    return tree;
+  }
 }
 
 export default new RbfCache();