diff --git a/cmd/rpcdaemon/commands/daemon.go b/cmd/rpcdaemon/commands/daemon.go
index 746c2a97d..fecdc8680 100644
--- a/cmd/rpcdaemon/commands/daemon.go
+++ b/cmd/rpcdaemon/commands/daemon.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package commands
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"encoding/binary"
 	"fmt"
@@ -11,8 +12,11 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/ledgerwatch/turbo-geth/common"
 	"github.com/ledgerwatch/turbo-geth/common/dbutils"
+	"github.com/ledgerwatch/turbo-geth/core/types"
 	"github.com/ledgerwatch/turbo-geth/ethdb/remote"
+	"github.com/ledgerwatch/turbo-geth/internal/ethapi"
 	"github.com/ledgerwatch/turbo-geth/log"
+	"github.com/ledgerwatch/turbo-geth/rlp"
 	"github.com/ledgerwatch/turbo-geth/rpc"
 )
 
@@ -29,6 +33,7 @@ func splitAndTrim(input string) []string {
 // EthAPI is a collection of functions that are exposed in the
 type EthAPI interface {
 	BlockNumber(ctx context.Context) (uint64, error)
+	GetBlockByNumber(ctx context.Context, number rpc.BlockNumber, fullTx bool) (map[string]interface{}, error)
 }
 
 // APIImpl is implementation of the EthAPI interface based on remote Db access
@@ -89,6 +94,138 @@ func (api *APIImpl) BlockNumber(ctx context.Context) (uint64, error) {
 	return blockNumber, nil
 }
 
+// GetBlockByNumber see https://github.com/ethereum/wiki/wiki/JSON-RPC#eth_getblockbynumber
+// see internal/ethapi.PublicBlockChainAPI.GetBlockByNumber
+func (api *APIImpl) GetBlockByNumber(ctx context.Context, number rpc.BlockNumber, fullTx bool) (map[string]interface{}, error) {
+	if err := api.ensureConnected(); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	var block *types.Block
+
+	if err := api.db.View(func(tx *remote.Tx) error {
+		block = GetBlockByNumber(tx, uint64(number.Int64()))
+		return nil
+	}); err != nil {
+		api.db.Close()
+		api.db = nil
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	fmt.Printf("Debug: %#v %#v %#v\n", block.Number(), block.Hash(), block.Size())
+
+	if block != nil {
+		response, err := api.rpcMarshalBlock(block, true, fullTx)
+		if err == nil && number == rpc.PendingBlockNumber {
+			// Pending blocks need to nil out a few fields
+			for _, field := range []string{"hash", "nonce", "miner"} {
+				response[field] = nil
+			}
+		}
+		return response, err
+	}
+	return nil, nil
+}
+
+// rpcMarshalBlock reimplementation of ethapi.rpcMarshalBlock
+func (api *APIImpl) rpcMarshalBlock(b *types.Block, inclTx bool, fullTx bool) (map[string]interface{}, error) {
+	fields, err := ethapi.RPCMarshalBlock(b, inclTx, fullTx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	// TODO: implement .GetTd method and uncomment next line
+	//fields["totalDifficulty"] = (*hexutil.Big)(s.b.GetTd(b.Hash()))
+	return fields, err
+}
+
+// ReadCanonicalHash reimplementation of rawdb.ReadCanonicalHash
+func ReadCanonicalHash(tx *remote.Tx, number uint64) common.Hash {
+	bucket := tx.Bucket(dbutils.HeaderPrefix)
+	if bucket == nil {
+		return common.Hash{}
+		//return fmt.Errorf("bucket %s not found", dbutils.HeaderPrefix)
+	}
+
+	data := bucket.Get(dbutils.HeaderHashKey(number))
+	if len(data) == 0 {
+		return common.Hash{}
+	}
+	return common.BytesToHash(data)
+}
+
+// GetBlockByNumber reimplementation of chain.GetBlockByNumber
+func GetBlockByNumber(tx *remote.Tx, number uint64) *types.Block {
+	hash := ReadCanonicalHash(tx, number)
+	if hash == (common.Hash{}) {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return ReadBlock(tx, hash, number)
+}
+
+// ReadBlock reimplementation of rawdb.ReadBlock
+func ReadBlock(tx *remote.Tx, hash common.Hash, number uint64) *types.Block {
+	header := ReadHeader(tx, hash, number)
+	if header == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	body := ReadBody(tx, hash, number)
+	if body == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return types.NewBlockWithHeader(header).WithBody(body.Transactions, body.Uncles)
+}
+
+// ReadBlock reimplementation of rawdb.ReadBlock
+func ReadHeaderRLP(tx *remote.Tx, hash common.Hash, number uint64) rlp.RawValue {
+	bucket := tx.Bucket(dbutils.HeaderPrefix)
+	if bucket == nil {
+		//return fmt.Errorf("bucket %s not found", dbutils.HeaderPrefix)
+		log.Error("Bucket not founc", "error", dbutils.HeaderPrefix)
+		return rlp.RawValue{}
+	}
+	return bucket.Get(dbutils.HeaderKey(number, hash))
+}
+
+// ReadHeader reimplementation of rawdb.ReadHeader
+func ReadHeader(tx *remote.Tx, hash common.Hash, number uint64) *types.Header {
+	data := ReadHeaderRLP(tx, hash, number)
+	if len(data) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	header := new(types.Header)
+	if err := rlp.Decode(bytes.NewReader(data), header); err != nil {
+		log.Error("Invalid block header RLP", "hash", hash, "err", err)
+		return nil
+	}
+	return header
+}
+
+// ReadBodyRLP retrieves the block body (transactions and uncles) in RLP encoding.
+func ReadBodyRLP(tx *remote.Tx, hash common.Hash, number uint64) rlp.RawValue {
+	bucket := tx.Bucket(dbutils.BlockBodyPrefix)
+	if bucket == nil {
+		//return fmt.Errorf("bucket %s not found", dbutils.HeaderPrefix)
+		log.Error("Bucket not founc", "error", dbutils.BlockBodyPrefix)
+		return rlp.RawValue{}
+	}
+	return bucket.Get(dbutils.BlockBodyKey(number, hash))
+}
+
+// ReadBody reimplementation of rawdb.ReadBody
+func ReadBody(tx *remote.Tx, hash common.Hash, number uint64) *types.Body {
+	data := ReadBodyRLP(tx, hash, number)
+	if len(data) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	body := new(types.Body)
+	if err := rlp.Decode(bytes.NewReader(data), body); err != nil {
+		log.Error("Invalid block body RLP", "hash", hash, "err", err)
+		return nil
+	}
+	// Post-processing
+	body.SendersToTxs()
+	return body
+}
+
 func daemon(cfg Config) {
 	vhosts := splitAndTrim(cfg.rpcVirtualHost)
 	cors := splitAndTrim(cfg.rpcCORSDomain)
diff --git a/cmd/rpcdaemon/test.http b/cmd/rpcdaemon/test.http
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..16a5ed663
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/rpcdaemon/test.http
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+###
+
+# curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_getBlockByNumber", "params": ["0x1b4", true], "id":1}' localhost:8545
+POST localhost:8545
+Content-Type: application/json
+
+{
+  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
+  "method": "eth_getBlockByNumber",
+  "params": [
+    "0x1b4",
+    true
+  ],
+  "id": 1
+}
+
+###
+