diff --git a/consensus/bor/api.go b/consensus/bor/api.go
index 98f7c46b6e615f3adc7625b0c7699cfdc189fc85..7ef9cdcd473117798ce9a7dfce745d746e3135e5 100644
--- a/consensus/bor/api.go
+++ b/consensus/bor/api.go
@@ -17,10 +17,16 @@
 package bor
 
 import (
+	"math/big"
+	"sync"
+
 	"github.com/maticnetwork/bor/common"
 	"github.com/maticnetwork/bor/consensus"
 	"github.com/maticnetwork/bor/core/types"
+	"github.com/maticnetwork/bor/crypto"
 	"github.com/maticnetwork/bor/rpc"
+	"github.com/xsleonard/go-merkle"
+	"golang.org/x/crypto/sha3"
 )
 
 // API is a user facing RPC API to allow controlling the signer and voting
@@ -105,3 +111,41 @@ func (api *API) GetCurrentValidators() ([]*Validator, error) {
 	}
 	return snap.ValidatorSet.Validators, nil
 }
+
+// GetRootHash gets the current validators
+func (api *API) GetRootHash(start uint64, end uint64) ([]byte, error) {
+	blockHeaders := make([]*types.Header, end-start+1)
+	wg := new(sync.WaitGroup)
+	// do we want to limit the # of concurrent go routines?
+	for i := start; i <= end; i++ {
+		wg.Add(1)
+		go func(number uint64) {
+			blockHeaders[number-start] = api.chain.GetHeaderByNumber(number)
+			wg.Done()
+		}(i)
+	}
+	wg.Wait()
+
+	expectedLength := nextPowerOfTwo(end - start + 1)
+	headers := make([][32]byte, expectedLength)
+	for i := 0; i < len(blockHeaders); i++ {
+		blockHeader := blockHeaders[i]
+		header := crypto.Keccak256(appendBytes32(
+			blockHeader.Number.Bytes(),
+			new(big.Int).SetUint64(blockHeader.Time).Bytes(),
+			blockHeader.TxHash.Bytes(),
+			blockHeader.ReceiptHash.Bytes(),
+		))
+
+		var arr [32]byte
+		copy(arr[:], header)
+		headers[i] = arr
+	}
+
+	tree := merkle.NewTreeWithOpts(merkle.TreeOptions{EnableHashSorting: false, DisableHashLeaves: true})
+	if err := tree.Generate(convert(headers), sha3.NewLegacyKeccak256()); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return tree.Root().Hash, nil
+}
diff --git a/consensus/bor/bor.go b/consensus/bor/bor.go
index 84fabf3336685fc8a33671fea37bfe9e94f6a3a0..945395dd6be9462f3195642c5156ecc38a986361 100644
--- a/consensus/bor/bor.go
+++ b/consensus/bor/bor.go
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ func (c *Bor) verifyCascadingFields(chain consensus.ChainReader, header *types.H
 			copy(validatorsBytes[i*validatorHeaderBytesLength:], validator.HeaderBytes())
 		}
 		// len(header.Extra) >= extraVanity+extraSeal has already been validated in validateHeaderExtraField, so this won't result in a panic
-		if !bytes.Equal(header.Extra[extraVanity : len(header.Extra)-extraSeal], validatorsBytes) {
+		if !bytes.Equal(header.Extra[extraVanity:len(header.Extra)-extraSeal], validatorsBytes) {
 			return errMismatchingSprintValidators
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/consensus/bor/bor_test/helper.go b/consensus/bor/bor_test/helper.go
index 1ead54ed88a9d02c3bdc2a5c8176700dfd6a2ab2..48735a7c5f71f7c784aab6a3283b982bf833fda5 100644
--- a/consensus/bor/bor_test/helper.go
+++ b/consensus/bor/bor_test/helper.go
@@ -107,13 +107,13 @@ func buildMinimalNextHeader(t *testing.T, block *types.Block, borConfig *params.
 	header.Time += bor.CalcProducerDelay(header.Number.Uint64(), borConfig.Period, borConfig.Sprint, borConfig.ProducerDelay)
 	isSprintEnd := (header.Number.Uint64()+1)%borConfig.Sprint == 0
 	if isSprintEnd {
-		header.Extra = make([]byte, 32 + 40 + 65) // vanity + validatorBytes + extraSeal
+		header.Extra = make([]byte, 32+40+65) // vanity + validatorBytes + extraSeal
 		// the genesis file was initialized with a validator 0x71562b71999873db5b286df957af199ec94617f7 with power 10
 		// So, if you change ./genesis.json, do change the following as well
 		validatorBytes, _ := hex.DecodeString("71562b71999873db5b286df957af199ec94617f7000000000000000000000000000000000000000a")
 		copy(header.Extra[32:72], validatorBytes)
 	} else {
-		header.Extra = make([]byte, 32 + 65) // vanity + extraSeal
+		header.Extra = make([]byte, 32+65) // vanity + extraSeal
 	}
 	_key, _ := hex.DecodeString(privKey)
 	sig, err := secp256k1.Sign(crypto.Keccak256(bor.BorRLP(header)), _key)
diff --git a/consensus/bor/merkle.go b/consensus/bor/merkle.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..bdfbaba9834eb57f23243a049b5f9e40592c31a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/consensus/bor/merkle.go
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+package bor
+
+func appendBytes32(data ...[]byte) []byte {
+	var result []byte
+	for _, v := range data {
+		paddedV, err := convertTo32(v)
+		if err == nil {
+			result = append(result, paddedV[:]...)
+		}
+	}
+	return result
+}
+
+func nextPowerOfTwo(n uint64) uint64 {
+	if n == 0 {
+		return 1
+	}
+	// http://graphics.stanford.edu/~seander/bithacks.html#RoundUpPowerOf2
+	n--
+	n |= n >> 1
+	n |= n >> 2
+	n |= n >> 4
+	n |= n >> 8
+	n |= n >> 16
+	n |= n >> 32
+	n++
+	return n
+}
+
+func convertTo32(input []byte) (output [32]byte, err error) {
+	l := len(input)
+	if l > 32 || l == 0 {
+		return
+	}
+	copy(output[32-l:], input[:])
+	return
+}
+
+func convert(input []([32]byte)) [][]byte {
+	var output [][]byte
+	for _, in := range input {
+		newInput := make([]byte, len(in[:]))
+		copy(newInput, in[:])
+		output = append(output, newInput)
+
+	}
+	return output
+}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index ca433a71c6e86be991aa6fc41768bd611f3d735e..efce11a0bf9f85afb93992b53e0a8f53161a7f88 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/syndtr/goleveldb v1.0.1-0.20190923125748-758128399b1d
 	github.com/tyler-smith/go-bip39 v1.0.1-0.20181017060643-dbb3b84ba2ef
 	github.com/wsddn/go-ecdh v0.0.0-20161211032359-48726bab9208
+	github.com/xsleonard/go-merkle v1.1.0
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200311171314-f7b00557c8c4
 	golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20200301022130-244492dfa37a
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20190911185100-cd5d95a43a6e
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index c51ed2d8e957a19c286f02059467ee6d93ff1938..c15b30bb97f700cbf66266ae02be6fb655867871 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -176,6 +176,8 @@ github.com/tyler-smith/go-bip39 v1.0.1-0.20181017060643-dbb3b84ba2ef h1:wHSqTBrZ
 github.com/tyler-smith/go-bip39 v1.0.1-0.20181017060643-dbb3b84ba2ef/go.mod h1:sJ5fKU0s6JVwZjjcUEX2zFOnvq0ASQ2K9Zr6cf67kNs=
 github.com/wsddn/go-ecdh v0.0.0-20161211032359-48726bab9208 h1:1cngl9mPEoITZG8s8cVcUy5CeIBYhEESkOB7m6Gmkrk=
 github.com/wsddn/go-ecdh v0.0.0-20161211032359-48726bab9208/go.mod h1:IotVbo4F+mw0EzQ08zFqg7pK3FebNXpaMsRy2RT+Ees=
+github.com/xsleonard/go-merkle v1.1.0 h1:fHe1fuhJjGH22ZzVTAH0jqHLhTGhOq3wQjJN+8P0jQg=
+github.com/xsleonard/go-merkle v1.1.0/go.mod h1:cW4z+UZ/4f2n9IJgIiyDCdYguchoDyDAPmpuOWGxdGg=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2 h1:VklqNMn3ovrHsnt90PveolxSbWFaJdECFbxSq0Mqo2M=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200311171314-f7b00557c8c4 h1:QmwruyY+bKbDDL0BaglrbZABEali68eoMFhTZpCjYVA=
diff --git a/internal/web3ext/web3ext.go b/internal/web3ext/web3ext.go
index d3fea7b50cc52366df901f91d244f686f11e2841..9ee4b4f3a7a46ceaf19b8c8afc51eca8b0b2f5bb 100644
--- a/internal/web3ext/web3ext.go
+++ b/internal/web3ext/web3ext.go
@@ -149,6 +149,11 @@ web3._extend({
 			call: 'bor_getCurrentValidators',
 			params: 0
 		}),
+		new web3._extend.Method({
+			name: 'getRootHash',
+			call: 'bor_getRootHash',
+			params: 2,
+		}),
 	]
 });
 `