diff --git a/backend/mempool-config.sample.json b/backend/mempool-config.sample.json
index 3371a8587..c0a2d9d62 100644
--- a/backend/mempool-config.sample.json
+++ b/backend/mempool-config.sample.json
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@
     "ADVANCED_GBT_MEMPOOL": false,
     "RUST_GBT": false,
     "CPFP_INDEXING": false,
-    "DISK_CACHE_BLOCK_INTERVAL": 6
+    "DISK_CACHE_BLOCK_INTERVAL": 6,
+    "MAX_PUSH_TX_SIZE_WEIGHT": 4000000,
+    "ALLOW_UNREACHABLE": true
   },
   "CORE_RPC": {
     "HOST": "127.0.0.1",
diff --git a/backend/src/__fixtures__/mempool-config.template.json b/backend/src/__fixtures__/mempool-config.template.json
index 62b2e5f45..776f01de1 100644
--- a/backend/src/__fixtures__/mempool-config.template.json
+++ b/backend/src/__fixtures__/mempool-config.template.json
@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@
     "RUST_GBT": false,
     "CPFP_INDEXING": true,
     "MAX_BLOCKS_BULK_QUERY": 999,
-    "DISK_CACHE_BLOCK_INTERVAL": 999
+    "DISK_CACHE_BLOCK_INTERVAL": 999,
+    "MAX_PUSH_TX_SIZE_WEIGHT": 4000000,
+    "ALLOW_UNREACHABLE": true
   },
   "CORE_RPC": {
     "HOST": "__CORE_RPC_HOST__",
@@ -120,4 +122,4 @@
   "CLIGHTNING": {
     "SOCKET": "__CLIGHTNING_SOCKET__"
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/backend/src/__tests__/config.test.ts b/backend/src/__tests__/config.test.ts
index 937011ba2..fdd8a02de 100644
--- a/backend/src/__tests__/config.test.ts
+++ b/backend/src/__tests__/config.test.ts
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ describe('Mempool Backend Config', () => {
         CPFP_INDEXING: false,
         MAX_BLOCKS_BULK_QUERY: 0,
         DISK_CACHE_BLOCK_INTERVAL: 6,
+        MAX_PUSH_TX_SIZE_WEIGHT: 400000,
+        ALLOW_UNREACHABLE: true,
       });
 
       expect(config.ELECTRUM).toStrictEqual({ HOST: '127.0.0.1', PORT: 3306, TLS_ENABLED: true });
diff --git a/backend/src/api/bitcoin/bitcoin.routes.ts b/backend/src/api/bitcoin/bitcoin.routes.ts
index 8f31e152d..17ebc9275 100644
--- a/backend/src/api/bitcoin/bitcoin.routes.ts
+++ b/backend/src/api/bitcoin/bitcoin.routes.ts
@@ -723,12 +723,7 @@ class BitcoinRoutes {
   private async $postTransaction(req: Request, res: Response) {
     res.setHeader('content-type', 'text/plain');
     try {
-      let rawTx;
-      if (typeof req.body === 'object') {
-        rawTx = Object.keys(req.body)[0];
-      } else {
-        rawTx = req.body;
-      }
+      const rawTx = Common.getTransactionFromRequest(req, false);
       const txIdResult = await bitcoinApi.$sendRawTransaction(rawTx);
       res.send(txIdResult);
     } catch (e: any) {
@@ -739,12 +734,8 @@ class BitcoinRoutes {
 
   private async $postTransactionForm(req: Request, res: Response) {
     res.setHeader('content-type', 'text/plain');
-    const matches = /tx=([a-z0-9]+)/.exec(req.body);
-    let txHex = '';
-    if (matches && matches[1]) {
-      txHex = matches[1];
-    }
     try {
+      const txHex = Common.getTransactionFromRequest(req, true);
       const txIdResult = await bitcoinClient.sendRawTransaction(txHex);
       res.send(txIdResult);
     } catch (e: any) {
diff --git a/backend/src/api/common.ts b/backend/src/api/common.ts
index 735e240c1..cd9da3d2a 100644
--- a/backend/src/api/common.ts
+++ b/backend/src/api/common.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import * as bitcoinjs from 'bitcoinjs-lib';
+import { Request } from 'express';
 import { Ancestor, CpfpInfo, CpfpSummary, CpfpCluster, EffectiveFeeStats, MempoolBlockWithTransactions, TransactionExtended, MempoolTransactionExtended, TransactionStripped, WorkingEffectiveFeeStats } from '../mempool.interfaces';
 import config from '../config';
 import { NodeSocket } from '../repositories/NodesSocketsRepository';
@@ -511,6 +513,115 @@ export class Common {
   static getNthPercentile(n: number, sortedDistribution: any[]): any {
     return sortedDistribution[Math.floor((sortedDistribution.length - 1) * (n / 100))];
   }
+
+  static getTransactionFromRequest(req: Request, form: boolean): string {
+    let rawTx: any = typeof req.body === 'object' && form
+      ? Object.values(req.body)[0] as any
+      : req.body;
+    if (typeof rawTx !== 'string') {
+      throw Object.assign(new Error('Non-string request body'), { code: -1 });
+    }
+
+    // Support both upper and lower case hex
+    // Support both txHash= Form and direct API POST
+    const reg = form ? /^txHash=((?:[a-fA-F0-9]{2})+)$/ : /^((?:[a-fA-F0-9]{2})+)$/;
+    const matches = reg.exec(rawTx);
+    if (!matches || !matches[1]) {
+      throw Object.assign(new Error('Non-hex request body'), { code: -2 });
+    }
+
+    // Guaranteed to be a hex string of multiple of 2
+    // Guaranteed to be lower case
+    // Guaranteed to pass validation (see function below)
+    return this.validateTransactionHex(matches[1].toLowerCase());
+  }
+
+  private static validateTransactionHex(txhex: string): string {
+    // Do not mutate txhex
+
+    // We assume txhex to be valid hex (output of getTransactionFromRequest above)
+
+    // Check 1: Valid transaction parse
+    let tx: bitcoinjs.Transaction;
+    try {
+      tx = bitcoinjs.Transaction.fromHex(txhex);
+    } catch(e) {
+      throw Object.assign(new Error('Invalid transaction (could not parse)'), { code: -4 });
+    }
+
+    // Check 2: Simple size check
+    if (tx.weight() > config.MEMPOOL.MAX_PUSH_TX_SIZE_WEIGHT) {
+      throw Object.assign(new Error(`Transaction too large (max ${config.MEMPOOL.MAX_PUSH_TX_SIZE_WEIGHT} weight units)`), { code: -3 });
+    }
+
+    // Check 3: Check unreachable script in taproot (if not allowed)
+    if (!config.MEMPOOL.ALLOW_UNREACHABLE) {
+      tx.ins.forEach(input => {
+        const witness = input.witness;
+        // See BIP 341: Script validation rules
+        const hasAnnex = witness.length >= 2 &&
+          witness[witness.length - 1][0] === 0x50;
+        const scriptSpendMinLength = hasAnnex ? 3 : 2;
+        const maybeScriptSpend = witness.length >= scriptSpendMinLength;
+
+        if (maybeScriptSpend) {
+          const controlBlock = witness[witness.length - scriptSpendMinLength + 1];
+          if (controlBlock.length === 0 || !this.isValidLeafVersion(controlBlock[0])) {
+            // Skip this input, it's not taproot
+            return;
+          }
+          // Definitely taproot. Get script
+          const script = witness[witness.length - scriptSpendMinLength];
+          const decompiled = bitcoinjs.script.decompile(script);
+          if (!decompiled || decompiled.length < 2) {
+            // Skip this input
+            return;
+          }
+          // Iterate up to second last (will look ahead 1 item)
+          for (let i = 0; i < decompiled.length - 1; i++) {
+            const first = decompiled[i];
+            const second = decompiled[i + 1];
+            if (
+              first === bitcoinjs.opcodes.OP_FALSE &&
+              second === bitcoinjs.opcodes.OP_IF
+            ) {
+              throw Object.assign(new Error('Unreachable taproot scripts not allowed'), { code: -5 });
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      })
+    }
+
+    // Pass through the input string untouched
+    return txhex;
+  }
+
+  private static isValidLeafVersion(leafVersion: number): boolean {
+    // See Note 7 in BIP341
+    // https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/66a1a8151021913047934ebab3f8883f2f8ca75b/bip-0341.mediawiki#cite_note-7
+    // "What constraints are there on the leaf version?"
+
+    // Must be an integer between 0 and 255
+    // Since we're parsing a byte
+    if (Math.floor(leafVersion) !== leafVersion || leafVersion < 0 || leafVersion > 255) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    // "the leaf version cannot be odd"
+    if ((leafVersion & 0x01) === 1) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    // "The values that comply to this rule are
+    // the 32 even values between 0xc0 and 0xfe
+    if (leafVersion >= 0xc0 && leafVersion <= 0xfe) {
+      return true;
+    }
+    // and also 0x66, 0x7e, 0x80, 0x84, 0x96, 0x98, 0xba, 0xbc, 0xbe."
+    if ([0x66, 0x7e, 0x80, 0x84, 0x96, 0x98, 0xba, 0xbc, 0xbe].includes(leafVersion)) {
+      return true;
+    }
+    // Otherwise, invalid
+    return false;
+  }
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/backend/src/config.ts b/backend/src/config.ts
index fd7d7bc28..40b407a57 100644
--- a/backend/src/config.ts
+++ b/backend/src/config.ts
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ interface IConfig {
     CPFP_INDEXING: boolean;
     MAX_BLOCKS_BULK_QUERY: number;
     DISK_CACHE_BLOCK_INTERVAL: number;
+    MAX_PUSH_TX_SIZE_WEIGHT: number;
+    ALLOW_UNREACHABLE: boolean;
   };
   ESPLORA: {
     REST_API_URL: string;
@@ -165,6 +167,8 @@ const defaults: IConfig = {
     'CPFP_INDEXING': false,
     'MAX_BLOCKS_BULK_QUERY': 0,
     'DISK_CACHE_BLOCK_INTERVAL': 6,
+    'MAX_PUSH_TX_SIZE_WEIGHT': 400000,
+    'ALLOW_UNREACHABLE': true,
   },
   'ESPLORA': {
     'REST_API_URL': 'http://127.0.0.1:3000',
diff --git a/docker/backend/mempool-config.json b/docker/backend/mempool-config.json
index 45f95a53e..d070d8010 100644
--- a/docker/backend/mempool-config.json
+++ b/docker/backend/mempool-config.json
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
     "CPFP_INDEXING": __MEMPOOL_CPFP_INDEXING__,
     "MAX_BLOCKS_BULK_QUERY": __MEMPOOL_MAX_BLOCKS_BULK_QUERY__,
     "DISK_CACHE_BLOCK_INTERVAL": __MEMPOOL_DISK_CACHE_BLOCK_INTERVAL__,
+    "MAX_PUSH_TX_SIZE_WEIGHT": __MEMPOOL_MAX_PUSH_TX_SIZE_WEIGHT__,
+    "ALLOW_UNREACHABLE": __MEMPOOL_ALLOW_UNREACHABLE__,
     "POOLS_JSON_TREE_URL": "__MEMPOOL_POOLS_JSON_TREE_URL__",
     "POOLS_JSON_URL": "__MEMPOOL_POOLS_JSON_URL__"
   },
@@ -126,4 +128,4 @@
     "GEOLITE2_ASN": "__MAXMIND_GEOLITE2_ASN__",
     "GEOIP2_ISP": "__MAXMIND_GEOIP2_ISP__"
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/docker/backend/start.sh b/docker/backend/start.sh
index b746512a9..7241444fb 100755
--- a/docker/backend/start.sh
+++ b/docker/backend/start.sh
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ __MEMPOOL_RUST_GBT__=${MEMPOOL_RUST_GBT:=false}
 __MEMPOOL_CPFP_INDEXING__=${MEMPOOL_CPFP_INDEXING:=false}
 __MEMPOOL_MAX_BLOCKS_BULK_QUERY__=${MEMPOOL_MAX_BLOCKS_BULK_QUERY:=0}
 __MEMPOOL_DISK_CACHE_BLOCK_INTERVAL__=${MEMPOOL_DISK_CACHE_BLOCK_INTERVAL:=6}
+__MEMPOOL_MAX_PUSH_TX_SIZE_WEIGHT__=${MEMPOOL_MAX_PUSH_TX_SIZE_WEIGHT:=4000000}
+__MEMPOOL_ALLOW_UNREACHABLE__=${MEMPOOL_ALLOW_UNREACHABLE:=true}
+
 
 # CORE_RPC
 __CORE_RPC_HOST__=${CORE_RPC_HOST:=127.0.0.1}
@@ -161,6 +164,8 @@ sed -i "s!__MEMPOOL_ADVANCED_GBT_AUDIT__!${__MEMPOOL_ADVANCED_GBT_AUDIT__}!g" me
 sed -i "s!__MEMPOOL_CPFP_INDEXING__!${__MEMPOOL_CPFP_INDEXING__}!g" mempool-config.json
 sed -i "s!__MEMPOOL_MAX_BLOCKS_BULK_QUERY__!${__MEMPOOL_MAX_BLOCKS_BULK_QUERY__}!g" mempool-config.json
 sed -i "s!__MEMPOOL_DISK_CACHE_BLOCK_INTERVAL__!${__MEMPOOL_DISK_CACHE_BLOCK_INTERVAL__}!g" mempool-config.json
+sed -i "s!__MEMPOOL_MAX_PUSH_TX_SIZE_WEIGHT__!${__MEMPOOL_MAX_PUSH_TX_SIZE_WEIGHT__}!g" mempool-config.json
+sed -i "s!__MEMPOOL_ALLOW_UNREACHABLE__!${__MEMPOOL_ALLOW_UNREACHABLE__}!g" mempool-config.json
 
 sed -i "s!__CORE_RPC_HOST__!${__CORE_RPC_HOST__}!g" mempool-config.json
 sed -i "s!__CORE_RPC_PORT__!${__CORE_RPC_PORT__}!g" mempool-config.json
diff --git a/production/mempool-config.mainnet.json b/production/mempool-config.mainnet.json
index 8630f1fcd..a76053913 100644
--- a/production/mempool-config.mainnet.json
+++ b/production/mempool-config.mainnet.json
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@
     "ADVANCED_GBT_MEMPOOL": true,
     "RUST_GBT": true,
     "USE_SECOND_NODE_FOR_MINFEE": true,
-    "DISK_CACHE_BLOCK_INTERVAL": 1
+    "DISK_CACHE_BLOCK_INTERVAL": 1,
+    "MAX_PUSH_TX_SIZE_WEIGHT": 4000000,
+    "ALLOW_UNREACHABLE": true
   },
   "SYSLOG" : {
     "MIN_PRIORITY": "debug"
diff --git a/production/mempool-config.signet.json b/production/mempool-config.signet.json
index e216ed216..957b36101 100644
--- a/production/mempool-config.signet.json
+++ b/production/mempool-config.signet.json
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@
     "ADVANCED_GBT_MEMPOOL": true,
     "RUST_GBT": true,
     "POLL_RATE_MS": 1000,
-    "DISK_CACHE_BLOCK_INTERVAL": 1
+    "DISK_CACHE_BLOCK_INTERVAL": 1,
+    "MAX_PUSH_TX_SIZE_WEIGHT": 4000000,
+    "ALLOW_UNREACHABLE": true
   },
   "SYSLOG" : {
     "MIN_PRIORITY": "debug"
diff --git a/production/mempool-config.testnet.json b/production/mempool-config.testnet.json
index 02bf892c1..8943e987f 100644
--- a/production/mempool-config.testnet.json
+++ b/production/mempool-config.testnet.json
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@
     "ADVANCED_GBT_MEMPOOL": true,
     "RUST_GBT": true,
     "POLL_RATE_MS": 1000,
-    "DISK_CACHE_BLOCK_INTERVAL": 1
+    "DISK_CACHE_BLOCK_INTERVAL": 1,
+    "MAX_PUSH_TX_SIZE_WEIGHT": 4000000,
+    "ALLOW_UNREACHABLE": true
   },
   "SYSLOG" : {
     "MIN_PRIORITY": "debug"