diff --git a/docs/node/CATEGORIES/02-mining.md b/docs/node/CATEGORIES/02-mining.md
index 4a17d75793..d84828ef2a 100644
--- a/docs/node/CATEGORIES/02-mining.md
+++ b/docs/node/CATEGORIES/02-mining.md
@@ -83,3 +83,50 @@ enum EstimateMode {
   CONSERVATIVE = 'CONSERVATIVE'
 }
 ```
+
+## getBlockTemplate
+
+If the request parameters include a 'mode' key, that is used to explicitly select between the default 'template' request or a 'proposal'.
+It returns data needed to construct a block to work on.
+For full specification, see BIPs 22, 23, 9, and 145:
+  https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0022.mediawiki
+  https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0023.mediawiki
+  https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0009.mediawiki#getblocktemplate_changes
+  https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0145.mediawiki
+
+```ts title="client.mining.getBlockTemplate()"
+interface mining {
+  getBlockTemplate (templateRequest: TemplateRequest): Promise<BlockTemplate>
+}
+
+interface TemplateRequest {
+  mode?: string
+  capabilities?: string[]
+  rules: string[]
+}
+
+interface BlockTemplate {
+  capabilities: string[]
+  version: number
+  rules: string[]
+  vbavailable: any
+  vbrequired: number
+  previousblockhash: string
+  transactions: Transaction[]
+  coinbaseaux: any
+  coinbasevalue: number
+  longpollid: string
+  target: string
+  mintime: number
+  mutable: string[]
+  noncerange: string
+  sigoplimit: number
+  sizelimit: number
+  weightlimit: number
+  curtime: number
+  bits: string
+  height: number
+  default_witness_commitment: string
+}
+
+```
diff --git a/packages/jellyfish-api-core/__tests__/category/mining/getBlockTemplate.test.ts b/packages/jellyfish-api-core/__tests__/category/mining/getBlockTemplate.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f36f4d4461
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/jellyfish-api-core/__tests__/category/mining/getBlockTemplate.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+import { MasterNodeRegTestContainer } from '@defichain/testcontainers/dist/index'
+import { ContainerAdapterClient } from '../../container_adapter_client'
+import { Testing } from '@defichain/jellyfish-testing'
+
+describe('get block template', () => {
+  const container = new MasterNodeRegTestContainer()
+  const client = new ContainerAdapterClient(container)
+  const testing = Testing.create(container)
+
+  beforeAll(async () => {
+    await container.start()
+    await container.waitForWalletCoinbaseMaturity()
+    await testing.container.addNode('127.0.0.1')
+  })
+
+  afterAll(async () => {
+    await container.stop()
+  })
+
+  it('should get a block template', async () => {
+    const promise = await client.mining.getBlockTemplate({ rules: ['segwit'] })
+    expect(promise).toStrictEqual({
+      capabilities: ['proposal'],
+      version: 536870912,
+      rules: [],
+      vbavailable: {},
+      vbrequired: 0,
+      previousblockhash: expect.any(String),
+      transactions: [],
+      coinbaseaux: { flags: '' },
+      coinbasevalue: 3333000000,
+      longpollid: expect.any(String),
+      target: '7fffff0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000',
+      mintime: expect.any(Number),
+      mutable: ['time', 'transactions', 'prevblock'],
+      noncerange: '00000000ffffffff',
+      sigoplimit: 1280000,
+      sizelimit: 64000000,
+      weightlimit: 64000000,
+      curtime: expect.any(Number),
+      bits: '207fffff',
+      height: 102,
+      default_witness_commitment: '6a24aa21a9ede2f61c3f71d1defd3fa999dfa36953755c690689799962b48bebd836974e8cf9'
+    })
+  })
+
+  it('should throw an error if there is invalid mode', async () => {
+    const promise = client.mining.getBlockTemplate({ mode: 'mode', rules: ['segwit'] })
+    await expect(promise).rejects.toMatchObject({
+      payload: {
+        code: -8,
+        message: 'Invalid mode',
+        method: 'getblocktemplate'
+      }
+    })
+  })
+
+  it('should throw an error if there is no rules', async () => {
+    const promise = client.mining.getBlockTemplate({ rules: [''] })
+    await expect(promise).rejects.toMatchObject({
+      payload: {
+        code: -8,
+        message: 'getblocktemplate must be called with the segwit rule set (call with {"rules": ["segwit"]})',
+        method: 'getblocktemplate'
+      }
+    })
+  })
+})
diff --git a/packages/jellyfish-api-core/src/category/mining.ts b/packages/jellyfish-api-core/src/category/mining.ts
index bfc1d79ce8..eda6447b93 100644
--- a/packages/jellyfish-api-core/src/category/mining.ts
+++ b/packages/jellyfish-api-core/src/category/mining.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { Transaction } from '@defichain/jellyfish-transaction/dist/tx'
 import { ApiClient } from '../.'
 
 export enum EstimateMode {
@@ -44,6 +45,25 @@ export class Mining {
   async estimateSmartFee (confirmationTarget: number, estimateMode: EstimateMode = EstimateMode.CONSERVATIVE): Promise<SmartFeeEstimation> {
     return await this.client.call('estimatesmartfee', [confirmationTarget, estimateMode], 'number')
   }
+
+  /**
+   * If the request parameters include a 'mode' key, that is used to explicitly select between the default 'template' request or a 'proposal'.
+   * It returns data needed to construct a block to work on.
+   * For full specification, see BIPs 22, 23, 9, and 145:
+   *    https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0022.mediawiki
+   *    https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0023.mediawiki
+   *    https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0009.mediawiki#getblocktemplate_changes
+   *    https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0145.mediawiki
+   *
+   * @param {TemplateRequest} templateRequest A json object in the following spec
+   * @param {string} mode This must be set to 'template', 'proposal' (see BIP 23), or omitted
+   * @param {string[]} capabilities client side supported feature, 'longpoll', 'coinbasetxn', 'coinbasevalue', 'proposal', 'serverlist', 'workid'
+   * @param {string[]} rules A list of strings
+   * @returns {Promise<BlockTemplate>}
+   */
+  async getBlockTemplate (templateRequest: TemplateRequest): Promise<BlockTemplate> {
+    return await this.client.call('getblocktemplate', [templateRequest], 'number')
+  }
 }
 
 /**
@@ -100,3 +120,33 @@ export interface SmartFeeEstimation {
   errors?: string[]
   blocks: number
 }
+
+export interface TemplateRequest {
+  mode?: string
+  capabilities?: string[]
+  rules: string[]
+}
+
+export interface BlockTemplate {
+  capabilities: string[]
+  version: number
+  rules: string[]
+  vbavailable: any
+  vbrequired: number
+  previousblockhash: string
+  transactions: Transaction[]
+  coinbaseaux: any
+  coinbasevalue: number
+  longpollid: string
+  target: string
+  mintime: number
+  mutable: string[]
+  noncerange: string
+  sigoplimit: number
+  sizelimit: number
+  weightlimit: number
+  curtime: number
+  bits: string
+  height: number
+  default_witness_commitment: string
+}