diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c6696df..d534014 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 /deploy/certbot/www
 
 /monero-wallet-rpc/wallet
+/electrum-daemon/wallet
 
 /backend/node_modules
 /backend/dist
diff --git a/deploy/DEPLOYMENT_GUIDE.md b/deploy/DEPLOYMENT_GUIDE.md
index 798af3a..d929aa7 100644
--- a/deploy/DEPLOYMENT_GUIDE.md
+++ b/deploy/DEPLOYMENT_GUIDE.md
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ Edit `.env.prod`. Mandatory configuration:
 | `MONERO_WALLET_RPC_USERNAME` | strong random username                      |
 | `MONERO_WALLET_RPC_PASSWORD` | strong random password                      |
 | `MONERO_WALLET_PASSWORD`     | strong wallet password                      |
+| `ELECTRUM_NETWORK`           | `mainnet`                                   |
+| `ELECTRUM_SERVER`            | Electrum peer as `host:port:s` (SSL) or `host:port:t` (TCP), e.g. `electrum.blockstream.info:50002:s` |
+| `ELECTRUM_WALLET_PASSWORD`   | strong wallet password                      |
+| `ELECTRUM_DAEMON_RPC_PASSWORD` | strong random password                    |
 | `VITE_API_BASE_URL`          | `/api`                                      |
 | `VITE_SHOP_FIAT_CURRENCY`    | same as `SHOP_FIAT_CURRENCY`                |
 
diff --git a/docker-compose.dev.yml b/docker-compose.dev.yml
index c3e6689..886da56 100644
--- a/docker-compose.dev.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.dev.yml
@@ -53,6 +53,28 @@ services:
             retries: 10
             start_period: 300s
 
+    electrum-daemon:
+        build:
+            context: ./electrum-daemon
+            args:
+                ELECTRUM_VERSION: ${ELECTRUM_VERSION}
+        container_name: ${COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME}_electrum_daemon
+        restart: unless-stopped
+        env_file:
+            - .env.dev
+        volumes:
+            - ${ELECTRUM_WALLET_DIR}:/electrum/wallet
+        healthcheck:
+            test:
+                [
+                    'CMD-SHELL',
+                    'curl -sf -u "$$ELECTRUM_DAEMON_RPC_USER:$$ELECTRUM_DAEMON_RPC_PASSWORD" -H ''Content-Type: application/json'' -d ''{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":"health","method":"version","params":[]}'' http://127.0.0.1:$$ELECTRUM_DAEMON_PORT/'
+                ]
+            interval: 10s
+            timeout: 5s
+            retries: 5
+            start_period: 90s
+
     simplex-cli:
         build:
             context: ./simplex-cli
@@ -83,6 +105,8 @@ services:
                 condition: service_healthy
             monero-wallet-rpc:
                 condition: service_healthy
+            electrum-daemon:
+                condition: service_healthy
             simplex-cli:
                 condition: service_healthy
         env_file:
diff --git a/docker-compose.prod.yml b/docker-compose.prod.yml
index bdd8a2c..c549a5a 100644
--- a/docker-compose.prod.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.prod.yml
@@ -50,6 +50,28 @@ services:
             retries: 10
             start_period: 300s
 
+    electrum-daemon:
+        build:
+            context: ./electrum-daemon
+            args:
+                ELECTRUM_VERSION: ${ELECTRUM_VERSION}
+        container_name: ${COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME}_electrum_daemon
+        restart: unless-stopped
+        env_file:
+            - .env.prod
+        volumes:
+            - ${ELECTRUM_WALLET_DIR}:/electrum/wallet
+        healthcheck:
+            test:
+                [
+                    'CMD-SHELL',
+                    'curl -sf -u "$$ELECTRUM_DAEMON_RPC_USER:$$ELECTRUM_DAEMON_RPC_PASSWORD" -H ''Content-Type: application/json'' -d ''{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":"health","method":"version","params":[]}'' http://127.0.0.1:$$ELECTRUM_DAEMON_PORT/'
+                ]
+            interval: 10s
+            timeout: 5s
+            retries: 5
+            start_period: 90s
+
     simplex-cli:
         build:
             context: ./simplex-cli
@@ -80,6 +102,8 @@ services:
                 condition: service_healthy
             monero-wallet-rpc:
                 condition: service_healthy
+            electrum-daemon:
+                condition: service_healthy
             simplex-cli:
                 condition: service_healthy
         env_file:
diff --git a/electrum-daemon/Dockerfile b/electrum-daemon/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..93dd302
--- /dev/null
+++ b/electrum-daemon/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+FROM debian:bookworm-slim
+
+ARG ELECTRUM_VERSION
+
+RUN apt-get update \
+    && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+        ca-certificates curl libsecp256k1-1 python3 python3-cryptography \
+    && curl -fsSL "https://download.electrum.org/${ELECTRUM_VERSION}/Electrum-${ELECTRUM_VERSION}.tar.gz" \
+        | tar -xz -C /opt \
+    && chmod +x "/opt/Electrum-${ELECTRUM_VERSION}/run_electrum" \
+    && ln -s "/opt/Electrum-${ELECTRUM_VERSION}/run_electrum" /usr/local/bin/electrum \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+COPY --chmod=755 docker-entrypoint.sh /usr/local/bin/docker-entrypoint.sh
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["docker-entrypoint.sh"]
diff --git a/electrum-daemon/docker-entrypoint.sh b/electrum-daemon/docker-entrypoint.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..f96ec27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/electrum-daemon/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+NETWORK_FLAG="--${ELECTRUM_NETWORK}"
+WALLET_PATH="/electrum/wallet/${ELECTRUM_WALLET_NAME}"
+DATA_DIR="/electrum/data"
+
+run_electrum() { electrum "${NETWORK_FLAG}" --dir "${DATA_DIR}" "$@"; }
+run_electrum_offline() { electrum --offline "${NETWORK_FLAG}" --dir "${DATA_DIR}" "$@"; }
+
+mkdir -p /electrum/wallet "${DATA_DIR}"
+chmod 700 /electrum/wallet
+
+if [[ ! -f "${WALLET_PATH}" ]]; then
+    echo "Creating ${ELECTRUM_NETWORK} wallet at ${WALLET_PATH}..."
+
+    run_electrum_offline create -w "${WALLET_PATH}" --password "${ELECTRUM_WALLET_PASSWORD}"
+    chmod 600 "${WALLET_PATH}" 2>/dev/null || true
+    
+    echo "Wallet created at ${WALLET_PATH}"
+fi
+
+run_electrum_offline setconfig rpcuser "${ELECTRUM_DAEMON_RPC_USER}"
+run_electrum_offline setconfig rpcpassword "${ELECTRUM_DAEMON_RPC_PASSWORD}"
+run_electrum_offline setconfig rpchost 0.0.0.0
+run_electrum_offline setconfig rpcport "${ELECTRUM_DAEMON_PORT}"
+run_electrum_offline setconfig server "${ELECTRUM_SERVER}"
+
+trap 'run_electrum daemon stop || true; exit 0' SIGTERM SIGINT
+
+run_electrum daemon -d
+run_electrum load_wallet -w "${WALLET_PATH}" --password "${ELECTRUM_WALLET_PASSWORD}"
+
+sleep infinity