diff --git a/include/bitcoin/system/chain/json/header.hpp b/include/bitcoin/system/chain/json/header.hpp
index 56d73102cc..e969ebd49f 100644
--- a/include/bitcoin/system/chain/json/header.hpp
+++ b/include/bitcoin/system/chain/json/header.hpp
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ namespace chain {
 DECLARE_JSON_TAG_INVOKE(header);
 DECLARE_JSON_TAG_INVOKE(header::cptr);
 
+DECLARE_JSON_TAGGED_INVOKE(electrumx_tag, header);
+
 } // namespace chain
 } // namespace system
 } // namespace libbitcoin
diff --git a/include/bitcoin/system/chain/json/macros.hpp b/include/bitcoin/system/chain/json/macros.hpp
index b8f7b67ee3..eb5b6586ca 100644
--- a/include/bitcoin/system/chain/json/macros.hpp
+++ b/include/bitcoin/system/chain/json/macros.hpp
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ struct bitcoind_tag {};
 struct bitcoind_hashed_tag {};
 struct bitcoind_verbose_tag {};
 struct bitcoind_embedded_tag {};
+struct electrumx_tag {};
 
 /// Reference wrapper.
 template<class Tag, class Type>
@@ -67,6 +68,11 @@ inline auto bitcoind_embedded(const Type& value) NOEXCEPT
 {
     return wrapped<bitcoind_embedded_tag, Type>{ value };
 }
+template<class Type>
+inline auto electrumx(const Type& value) NOEXCEPT
+{
+    return wrapped<electrumx_tag, Type>{ value };
+}
 
 /// json aliases
 template <typename Value, typename ...Args>
diff --git a/src/chain/json/header.cpp b/src/chain/json/header.cpp
index 6aaa43d8b4..ca02e545b9 100644
--- a/src/chain/json/header.cpp
+++ b/src/chain/json/header.cpp
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ DEFINE_JSON_FROM_TAG(header)
 {
     value =
     {
-        // hash is computed property
+        // hash is computed property.
         { "hash", encode_hash(instance.hash()) },
         { "version", instance.version() },
         { "previous", encode_hash(instance.previous_block_hash()) },
@@ -64,6 +64,25 @@ DEFINE_JSON_FROM_TAG(header::cptr)
     tag_invoke(from_tag{}, value, *instance);
 }
 
+// electrumx
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+DEFINE_JSON_FROM_TAGGED(electrumx_tag, header)
+{
+    const auto& head = instance.value;
+    value =
+    {
+        { "bits", head.bits() },
+        { "merkle_root", encode_hash(head.merkle_root()) },
+        { "nonce", head.nonce() },
+        { "prev_block_hash", encode_hash(head.previous_block_hash()) },
+        { "timestamp", head.timestamp() },
+        { "version", head.version() }
+
+        ////{ "block_height", 0 }
+    };
+}
+
 } // namespace chain
 } // namespace system
 } // namespace libbitcoin
diff --git a/test/chain/json/header.cpp b/test/chain/json/header.cpp
index fda4d60c4b..fd0ef92d78 100644
--- a/test/chain/json/header.cpp
+++ b/test/chain/json/header.cpp
@@ -57,4 +57,32 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(header__json__conversions__expected)
     BOOST_REQUIRE(json::value_to<header>(value) == instance);
 }
 
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(block__json__electrumx__expected)
+{
+    const header instance
+    {
+        42,
+        null_hash,
+        one_hash,
+        43,
+        44,
+        45
+    };
+
+    const std::string_view text
+    {
+        "{"
+            R"("bits":44,)"
+            R"("merkle_root":"0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001",)"
+            R"("nonce":45,)"
+            R"("prev_block_hash":"0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",)"
+            R"("timestamp":43,)"
+            R"("version":42)"
+        "}"
+    };
+
+    const auto value = json::value_from(electrumx(instance));
+    BOOST_REQUIRE_EQUAL(json::serialize(value), text);
+}
+
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE_END()