diff --git a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
index 434cb69868c7..bc8bcc0cd8f6 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
@@ -536,6 +536,7 @@
   ./services/networking/avahi-daemon.nix
   ./services/networking/babeld.nix
   ./services/networking/bind.nix
+  ./services/networking/bitcoind.nix
   ./services/networking/autossh.nix
   ./services/networking/bird.nix
   ./services/networking/bitlbee.nix
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/bitcoind.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/bitcoind.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e94265564595
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/bitcoind.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,195 @@
+{ config, pkgs, lib, ... }:
+
+with lib;
+
+let
+  cfg = config.services.bitcoind;
+  pidFile = "${cfg.dataDir}/bitcoind.pid";
+  configFile = pkgs.writeText "bitcoin.conf" ''
+    ${optionalString cfg.testnet "testnet=1"}
+    ${optionalString (cfg.dbCache != null) "dbcache=${toString cfg.dbCache}"}
+    ${optionalString (cfg.prune != null) "prune=${toString cfg.prune}"}
+
+    # Connection options
+    ${optionalString (cfg.port != null) "port=${toString cfg.port}"}
+
+    # RPC server options
+    ${optionalString (cfg.rpc.port != null) "rpcport=${toString cfg.rpc.port}"}
+    ${concatMapStringsSep  "\n"
+      (rpcUser: "rpcauth=${rpcUser.name}:${rpcUser.passwordHMAC}")
+      (attrValues cfg.rpc.users)
+    }
+
+    # Extra config options (from bitcoind nixos service)
+    ${cfg.extraConfig}
+  '';
+  cmdlineOptions = escapeShellArgs [
+    "-conf=${cfg.configFile}"
+    "-datadir=${cfg.dataDir}"
+    "-pid=${pidFile}"
+  ];
+  hexStr = types.strMatching "[0-9a-f]+";
+  rpcUserOpts = { name, ... }: {
+    options = {
+      name = mkOption {
+        type = types.str;
+        example = "alice";
+        description = ''
+          Username for JSON-RPC connections.
+        '';
+      };
+      passwordHMAC = mkOption {
+        type = with types; uniq (strMatching "[0-9a-f]+\\$[0-9a-f]{64}");
+        example = "f7efda5c189b999524f151318c0c86$d5b51b3beffbc02b724e5d095828e0bc8b2456e9ac8757ae3211a5d9b16a22ae";
+        description = ''
+          Password HMAC-SHA-256 for JSON-RPC connections. Must be a string of the
+          format <SALT-HEX>$<HMAC-HEX>.
+        '';
+      };
+    };
+    config = {
+      name = mkDefault name;
+    };
+  };
+in {
+  options = {
+
+    services.bitcoind = {
+      enable = mkEnableOption "Bitcoin daemon";
+
+      package = mkOption {
+        type = types.package;
+        default = pkgs.altcoins.bitcoind;
+        defaultText = "pkgs.altcoins.bitcoind";
+        description = "The package providing bitcoin binaries.";
+      };
+      configFile = mkOption {
+        type = types.path;
+        default = configFile;
+        example = "/etc/bitcoind.conf";
+        description = "The configuration file path to supply bitcoind.";
+      };
+      extraConfig = mkOption {
+        type = types.lines;
+        default = "";
+        example = ''
+          par=16
+          rpcthreads=16
+          logips=1
+        '';
+        description = "Additional configurations to be appended to <filename>bitcoin.conf</filename>.";
+      };
+      dataDir = mkOption {
+        type = types.path;
+        default = "/var/lib/bitcoind";
+        description = "The data directory for bitcoind.";
+      };
+
+      user = mkOption {
+        type = types.str;
+        default = "bitcoin";
+        description = "The user as which to run bitcoind.";
+      };
+      group = mkOption {
+        type = types.str;
+        default = cfg.user;
+        description = "The group as which to run bitcoind.";
+      };
+
+      rpc = {
+        port = mkOption {
+          type = types.nullOr types.port;
+          default = null;
+          description = "Override the default port on which to listen for JSON-RPC connections.";
+        };
+        users = mkOption {
+          default = {};
+          example = literalExample ''
+            {
+              alice.passwordHMAC = "f7efda5c189b999524f151318c0c86$d5b51b3beffbc02b724e5d095828e0bc8b2456e9ac8757ae3211a5d9b16a22ae";
+              bob.passwordHMAC = "b2dd077cb54591a2f3139e69a897ac$4e71f08d48b4347cf8eff3815c0e25ae2e9a4340474079f55705f40574f4ec99";
+            }
+          '';
+          type = with types; loaOf (submodule rpcUserOpts);
+          description = ''
+            RPC user information for JSON-RPC connnections.
+          '';
+        };
+      };
+
+      testnet = mkOption {
+        type = types.bool;
+        default = false;
+        description = "Whether to use the test chain.";
+      };
+      port = mkOption {
+        type = types.nullOr types.port;
+        default = null;
+        description = "Override the default port on which to listen for connections.";
+      };
+      dbCache = mkOption {
+        type = types.nullOr (types.ints.between 4 16384);
+        default = null;
+        example = 4000;
+        description = "Override the default database cache size in megabytes.";
+      };
+      prune = mkOption {
+        type = types.nullOr (types.coercedTo
+          (types.enum [ "disable" "manual" ])
+          (x: if x == "disable" then 0 else 1)
+          types.ints.unsigned
+        );
+        default = null;
+        example = 10000;
+        description = ''
+          Reduce storage requirements by enabling pruning (deleting) of old
+          blocks. This allows the pruneblockchain RPC to be called to delete
+          specific blocks, and enables automatic pruning of old blocks if a
+          target size in MiB is provided. This mode is incompatible with -txindex
+          and -rescan. Warning: Reverting this setting requires re-downloading
+          the entire blockchain. ("disable" = disable pruning blocks, "manual"
+          = allow manual pruning via RPC, >=550 = automatically prune block files
+          to stay under the specified target size in MiB)
+        '';
+      };
+    };
+  };
+
+  config = mkIf cfg.enable {
+    environment.systemPackages = [ cfg.package ];
+    systemd.tmpfiles.rules = [
+      "d '${cfg.dataDir}' 0770 '${cfg.user}' '${cfg.group}' - -"
+      "L '${cfg.dataDir}/bitcoin.conf' - - - - '${cfg.configFile}'"
+    ];
+    systemd.services.bitcoind = {
+      description = "Bitcoin daemon";
+      after = [ "network.target" ];
+      wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
+      serviceConfig = {
+        User = cfg.user;
+        Group = cfg.group;
+        ExecStart = "${cfg.package}/bin/bitcoind ${cmdlineOptions}";
+        Restart = "on-failure";
+
+        # Hardening measures
+        PrivateTmp = "true";
+        ProtectSystem = "full";
+        NoNewPrivileges = "true";
+        PrivateDevices = "true";
+        MemoryDenyWriteExecute = "true";
+
+        # Permission for preStart
+        PermissionsStartOnly = "true";
+      };
+    };
+    users.users.${cfg.user} = {
+      name = cfg.user;
+      group = cfg.group;
+      description = "Bitcoin daemon user";
+      home = cfg.dataDir;
+    };
+    users.groups.${cfg.group} = {
+      name = cfg.group;
+    };
+  };
+}