diff --git a/build-logic/bitcoin-core-binaries/src/main/kotlin/bisq/gradle/bitcoin_core/BitcoinCorePlugin.kt b/build-logic/bitcoin-core-binaries/src/main/kotlin/bisq/gradle/bitcoin_core/BitcoinCorePlugin.kt
index 6e83d59ba1..478c7cec0d 100644
--- a/build-logic/bitcoin-core-binaries/src/main/kotlin/bisq/gradle/bitcoin_core/BitcoinCorePlugin.kt
+++ b/build-logic/bitcoin-core-binaries/src/main/kotlin/bisq/gradle/bitcoin_core/BitcoinCorePlugin.kt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import bisq.gradle.tasks.download.SignedBinaryDownloader
 import org.gradle.api.Plugin
 import org.gradle.api.Project
 import org.gradle.api.provider.Provider
+import org.gradle.api.tasks.Copy
+import org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskProvider
 import org.gradle.kotlin.dsl.create
 import org.gradle.kotlin.dsl.register
 
@@ -67,10 +69,44 @@ class BitcoinCorePlugin : Plugin<Project> {
         val binaryDownloadTask = downloadTaskFactory
             .registerDownloadTask("downloadBitcoinCore", binaryDownloadUrl)
 
-        project.tasks.register<HashVerificationTask>("verifyBitcoinCore") {
-            inputFile.set(binaryDownloadTask.flatMap { it.outputFile })
-            sha256File.set(hashFileDownloader.verifySignatureTask.flatMap { it.fileToVerify })
-            resultFile.set(project.layout.buildDirectory.file("${DOWNLOADS_DIR}/bitcoin_core.sha256.result"))
+        val bitcoinCoreHashVerificationTask: TaskProvider<HashVerificationTask> =
+            project.tasks.register<HashVerificationTask>("verifyBitcoinCore") {
+                inputFile.set(binaryDownloadTask.flatMap { it.outputFile })
+                sha256File.set(hashFileDownloader.verifySignatureTask.flatMap { it.fileToVerify })
+                resultFile.set(project.layout.buildDirectory.file("${DOWNLOADS_DIR}/bitcoin_core.sha256.result"))
+            }
+
+        val unpackBitcoinCoreArchiveTask: TaskProvider<Copy> =
+            project.tasks.register<Copy>("unpackBitcoinCoreArchive") {
+                dependsOn(bitcoinCoreHashVerificationTask)
+
+                val inputFile = bitcoinCoreHashVerificationTask.flatMap { it.inputFile }
+                val sourceFile = inputFile.map {
+                    if (it.asFile.name.endsWith(".tar.gz")) {
+                        project.tarTree(it.asFile.absolutePath)
+                    } else {
+                        project.zipTree(it.asFile.absolutePath)
+                    }
+                }
+                from(sourceFile)
+
+                into(project.layout.buildDirectory.dir("${DOWNLOADS_DIR}/extracted"))
+            }
+
+        val copyBitcoinCoreToResourcesTask: TaskProvider<Copy> =
+            project.tasks.register<Copy>("copyBitcoinCoreToResources") {
+                dependsOn(unpackBitcoinCoreArchiveTask)
+                val sourceDirectory = extension.version.map { version ->
+                    project.layout.buildDirectory.dir("${DOWNLOADS_DIR}/extracted/bitcoin-$version/bin/")
+                }
+                from(sourceDirectory)
+                include("bitcoind*")
+                into(project.layout.buildDirectory.dir("generated/src/main/resources"))
+            }
+
+        val processResourcesTask = project.tasks.named("processResources")
+        processResourcesTask.configure {
+            dependsOn(copyBitcoinCoreToResourcesTask)
         }
     }