diff --git a/backend/src/api/bitcoin/bitcoin-api-abstract-factory.ts b/backend/src/api/bitcoin/bitcoin-api-abstract-factory.ts
index f3f7011dd..358bd29e4 100644
--- a/backend/src/api/bitcoin/bitcoin-api-abstract-factory.ts
+++ b/backend/src/api/bitcoin/bitcoin-api-abstract-factory.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ export interface AbstractBitcoinApi {
   $getBlockHash(height: number): Promise<string>;
   $getBlockHeader(hash: string): Promise<string>;
   $getBlock(hash: string): Promise<IEsploraApi.Block>;
+  $getRawBlock(hash: string): Promise<string>;
   $getAddress(address: string): Promise<IEsploraApi.Address>;
   $getAddressTransactions(address: string, lastSeenTxId: string): Promise<IEsploraApi.Transaction[]>;
   $getAddressPrefix(prefix: string): string[];
diff --git a/backend/src/api/bitcoin/bitcoin-api.ts b/backend/src/api/bitcoin/bitcoin-api.ts
index 3152954c1..ebde5cc07 100644
--- a/backend/src/api/bitcoin/bitcoin-api.ts
+++ b/backend/src/api/bitcoin/bitcoin-api.ts
@@ -77,7 +77,8 @@ class BitcoinApi implements AbstractBitcoinApi {
   }
 
   $getRawBlock(hash: string): Promise<string> {
-    return this.bitcoindClient.getBlock(hash, 0);
+    return this.bitcoindClient.getBlock(hash, 0)
+      .then((raw: string) => Buffer.from(raw, "hex"));
   }
 
   $getBlockHash(height: number): Promise<string> {
diff --git a/backend/src/api/bitcoin/bitcoin.routes.ts b/backend/src/api/bitcoin/bitcoin.routes.ts
index a04a78117..66bcb2569 100644
--- a/backend/src/api/bitcoin/bitcoin.routes.ts
+++ b/backend/src/api/bitcoin/bitcoin.routes.ts
@@ -103,9 +103,10 @@ class BitcoinRoutes {
           .get(config.MEMPOOL.API_URL_PREFIX + 'block/:hash/header', this.getBlockHeader)
           .get(config.MEMPOOL.API_URL_PREFIX + 'blocks/tip/height', this.getBlockTipHeight)
           .get(config.MEMPOOL.API_URL_PREFIX + 'blocks/tip/hash', this.getBlockTipHash)
+          .get(config.MEMPOOL.API_URL_PREFIX + 'block/:hash/raw', this.getRawBlock)
+          .get(config.MEMPOOL.API_URL_PREFIX + 'block/:hash/txids', this.getTxIdsForBlock)
           .get(config.MEMPOOL.API_URL_PREFIX + 'block/:hash/txs', this.getBlockTransactions)
           .get(config.MEMPOOL.API_URL_PREFIX + 'block/:hash/txs/:index', this.getBlockTransactions)
-          .get(config.MEMPOOL.API_URL_PREFIX + 'block/:hash/txids', this.getTxIdsForBlock)
           .get(config.MEMPOOL.API_URL_PREFIX + 'block-height/:height', this.getBlockHeight)
           .get(config.MEMPOOL.API_URL_PREFIX + 'address/:address', this.getAddress)
           .get(config.MEMPOOL.API_URL_PREFIX + 'address/:address/txs', this.getAddressTransactions)
@@ -470,6 +471,16 @@ class BitcoinRoutes {
     }
   }
 
+  private async getRawBlock(req: Request, res: Response) {
+    try {
+      const result = await bitcoinApi.$getRawBlock(req.params.hash);
+      res.setHeader('content-type', 'application/octet-stream');
+      res.send(result);
+    } catch (e) {
+      res.status(500).send(e instanceof Error ? e.message : e);
+    }
+  }
+
   private async getTxIdsForBlock(req: Request, res: Response) {
     try {
       const result = await bitcoinApi.$getTxIdsForBlock(req.params.hash);
diff --git a/backend/src/api/bitcoin/esplora-api.ts b/backend/src/api/bitcoin/esplora-api.ts
index e8eee343a..ebaf2f6a0 100644
--- a/backend/src/api/bitcoin/esplora-api.ts
+++ b/backend/src/api/bitcoin/esplora-api.ts
@@ -50,6 +50,11 @@ class ElectrsApi implements AbstractBitcoinApi {
       .then((response) => response.data);
   }
 
+  $getRawBlock(hash: string): Promise<string> {
+    return axios.get<string>(config.ESPLORA.REST_API_URL + '/block/' + hash + "/raw", this.axiosConfig)
+      .then((response) => response.data);
+  }
+
   $getAddress(address: string): Promise<IEsploraApi.Address> {
     throw new Error('Method getAddress not implemented.');
   }
diff --git a/contributors/oleonardolima.txt b/contributors/oleonardolima.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..79adbcb78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contributors/oleonardolima.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+I hereby accept the terms of the Contributor License Agreement in the CONTRIBUTING.md file of the mempool/mempool git repository as of July 25, 2022.
+
+Signed: oleonardolima