diff --git a/onionr/btc.py b/onionr/btc.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..03c449b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/onionr/btc.py
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+'''
+    Onionr - P2P Microblogging Platform & Social network
+
+    Handle bitcoin operations
+'''
+'''
+    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+    (at your option) any later version.
+
+    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+    GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+    along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+'''
+from bitpeer.node import *
+from bitpeer.storage.shelve import ShelveStorage
+import logging, time
+class OnionrBTC:
+	def __init__(self, lastBlock='00000000000000000021ee6242d08e3797764c9258e54e686bc2afff51baf599', lastHeight=510613):
+		stream = logging.StreamHandler()
+		logger = logging.getLogger('halfnode')
+		logger.addHandler(stream)
+		logger.setLevel (10)
+
+		LASTBLOCK = lastBlock
+		LASTBLOCKINDEX = lastHeight
+		self.node = Node ('BTC', ShelveStorage ('./btc-blocks.db'), lastblockhash=LASTBLOCK, lastblockheight=LASTBLOCKINDEX)
+
+		self.node.bootstrap ()
+		self.node.connect ()
+		self.node.loop ()
+
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 77e25537..4ad9ff99 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ simple_crypt==4.1.7
 urllib3==1.19.1
 sha3==0.2.1
 PySocks==1.6.8
+bitpeer.py==0.4.7.5