diff --git a/backend/src/api/blocks.ts b/backend/src/api/blocks.ts
index 700cc4b63..922c0e639 100644
--- a/backend/src/api/blocks.ts
+++ b/backend/src/api/blocks.ts
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ class Blocks {
     const blockExtended: BlockExtended = Object.assign({ extras: {} }, block);
     blockExtended.extras.reward = transactions[0].vout.reduce((acc, curr) => acc + curr.value, 0);
     blockExtended.extras.coinbaseTx = transactionUtils.stripCoinbaseTransaction(transactions[0]);
-    blockExtended.extras.coinbaseRaw = transactionUtils.hex2ascii(blockExtended.extras.coinbaseTx.vin[0].scriptsig);
+    blockExtended.extras.coinbaseRaw = blockExtended.extras.coinbaseTx.vin[0].scriptsig;
 
     if (block.height === 0) {
       blockExtended.extras.medianFee = 0; // 50th percentiles
diff --git a/backend/src/api/database-migration.ts b/backend/src/api/database-migration.ts
index 245f260f8..ffa9041e3 100644
--- a/backend/src/api/database-migration.ts
+++ b/backend/src/api/database-migration.ts
@@ -175,12 +175,6 @@ class DatabaseMigration {
         await this.$executeQuery(connection, 'ALTER TABLE `hashrates` MODIFY `pool_id` SMALLINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL DEFAULT "0"');
       }
 
-      if (databaseSchemaVersion < 15 && isBitcoin === true) {
-        logger.warn(`'blocks' table has been truncated. Re-indexing from scratch.`);
-        await this.$executeQuery(connection, 'TRUNCATE blocks;'); // Need to re-index
-        await this.$executeQuery(connection, 'ALTER TABLE `blocks` MODIFY `coinbase_raw` TEXT COLLATE "utf8mb4_general_ci" NULL ');
-      }
-
       connection.release();
     } catch (e) {
       connection.release();
diff --git a/backend/src/api/transaction-utils.ts b/backend/src/api/transaction-utils.ts
index b5def870c..2e669d709 100644
--- a/backend/src/api/transaction-utils.ts
+++ b/backend/src/api/transaction-utils.ts
@@ -45,21 +45,12 @@ class TransactionUtils {
     return transactionExtended;
   }
 
-  public hex2ascii(hex: string): string {
-    const opPush = hex.split(' ').filter((_, i, a) => i > 0 && /^OP_PUSH/.test(a[i - 1]));
-
-    if (opPush[0]) {
-      hex = opPush[0];
-    }
-
-    if (!hex) {
-      return '';
-    }
-    const bytes: number[] = [];
+  public hex2ascii(hex: string) {
+    let str = '';
     for (let i = 0; i < hex.length; i += 2) {
-      bytes.push(parseInt(hex.substr(i, 2), 16));
+      str += String.fromCharCode(parseInt(hex.substr(i, 2), 16));
     }
-    return new TextDecoder('utf8').decode(Uint8Array.from(bytes));
+    return str;
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/backend/src/repositories/BlocksRepository.ts b/backend/src/repositories/BlocksRepository.ts
index add99f1fd..4ac0a9d9d 100644
--- a/backend/src/repositories/BlocksRepository.ts
+++ b/backend/src/repositories/BlocksRepository.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class BlocksRepository {
         block.size,
         block.weight,
         block.tx_count,
-        connection.escape(block.extras.coinbaseRaw),
+        block.extras.coinbaseRaw,
         block.difficulty,
         block.extras.pool?.id, // Should always be set to something
         block.extras.totalFees,
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/components/blocks-list/blocks-list.component.html b/frontend/src/app/components/blocks-list/blocks-list.component.html
index 4e81c44f2..cb301e992 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/components/blocks-list/blocks-list.component.html
+++ b/frontend/src/app/components/blocks-list/blocks-list.component.html
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
                   onError="this.src = './resources/mining-pools/default.svg'">
                 <span class="pool-name">{{ block.extras.pool.name }}</span>
               </a>
-              <span class="tooltiptext">{{ block.extras.coinbaseRaw }}</span>
+              <span class="tooltiptext">{{ block.extras.coinbaseRaw | hex2ascii }}</span>
             </div>
           </td>
           <td class="timestamp" *ngIf="!widget">
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/shared/pipes/hex2ascii/hex2ascii.pipe.ts b/frontend/src/app/shared/pipes/hex2ascii/hex2ascii.pipe.ts
index f512a0815..09b3df762 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/shared/pipes/hex2ascii/hex2ascii.pipe.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/app/shared/pipes/hex2ascii/hex2ascii.pipe.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ export class Hex2asciiPipe implements PipeTransform {
     for (let i = 0; i < hex.length; i += 2) {
       bytes.push(parseInt(hex.substr(i, 2), 16));
     }
-    return new TextDecoder('utf8').decode(Uint8Array.from(bytes));
+    return new TextDecoder('utf8').decode(Uint8Array.from(bytes)).replace(/\uFFFD/g, '').replace(/\\0/g, '');
   }
 
 }