diff --git a/server/app/com/xsn/explorer/models/Transaction.scala b/server/app/com/xsn/explorer/models/Transaction.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eaa88f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/app/com/xsn/explorer/models/Transaction.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+package com.xsn.explorer.models
+
+import play.api.libs.functional.syntax._
+import play.api.libs.json._
+
+case class Transaction(
+    id: TransactionId,
+    size: Int,
+    blockhash: Blockhash,
+    time: Long,
+    blocktime: Long,
+    confirmations: Int,
+    vin: Option[TransactionVIN],
+    vout: List[TransactionVOUT],
+)
+
+object Transaction {
+
+  implicit val reads: Reads[Transaction] = {
+    val builder = (__ \ 'txid).read[TransactionId] and
+        (__ \ 'size).read[Int] and
+        (__ \ 'blockhash).read[Blockhash] and
+        (__ \ 'time).read[Long] and
+        (__ \ 'blocktime).read[Long] and
+        (__ \ 'confirmations).read[Int] and
+        (__ \ 'vout).read[List[TransactionVOUT]] and
+        (__ \ 'vin).readNullable[List[JsValue]]
+            .map(_ getOrElse List.empty)
+            .map { list => list.flatMap(_.asOpt[TransactionVIN]) }
+            .map(_.headOption)
+
+    builder.apply { (id, size, blockHash, time, blockTime, confirmations, vout, vin) =>
+      Transaction(id, size, blockHash, time, blockTime, confirmations, vin, vout)
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/server/app/com/xsn/explorer/models/TransactionId.scala b/server/app/com/xsn/explorer/models/TransactionId.scala
index 3cae0fa..e1bcfef 100644
--- a/server/app/com/xsn/explorer/models/TransactionId.scala
+++ b/server/app/com/xsn/explorer/models/TransactionId.scala
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package com.xsn.explorer.models
 
+import play.api.libs.json._
+
 class TransactionId private (val string: String) extends AnyVal
 
 object TransactionId {
@@ -15,4 +17,16 @@ object TransactionId {
       None
     }
   }
+
+  implicit val reads: Reads[TransactionId] = Reads { json =>
+    json.validate[String].flatMap { string =>
+      from(string)
+          .map(JsSuccess.apply(_))
+          .getOrElse {
+            JsError.apply("Invalid transaction")
+          }
+    }
+  }
+
+  implicit val writes: Writes[TransactionId] = Writes { obj => JsString(obj.string) }
 }
diff --git a/server/app/com/xsn/explorer/models/TransactionVIN.scala b/server/app/com/xsn/explorer/models/TransactionVIN.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8e4c047
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/app/com/xsn/explorer/models/TransactionVIN.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package com.xsn.explorer.models
+
+import play.api.libs.functional.syntax._
+import play.api.libs.json.{Reads, __}
+
+case class TransactionVIN(txid: TransactionId, voutIndex: Int)
+
+object TransactionVIN {
+
+  implicit val reads: Reads[TransactionVIN] = {
+    val builder = (__ \ 'txid).read[TransactionId] and (__ \ 'vout).read[Int]
+
+    builder.apply { (txid, index) =>
+      TransactionVIN(txid, index)
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/server/app/com/xsn/explorer/models/TransactionVOUT.scala b/server/app/com/xsn/explorer/models/TransactionVOUT.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a3a5ae0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/app/com/xsn/explorer/models/TransactionVOUT.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+package com.xsn.explorer.models
+
+import play.api.libs.functional.syntax._
+import play.api.libs.json.{JsObject, Reads, __}
+
+case class TransactionVOUT(
+    value: BigDecimal,
+    n: Int,
+    scriptPubKeyType: String,
+    address: Option[Address])
+
+object TransactionVOUT {
+
+  implicit val reads: Reads[TransactionVOUT] = {
+    val builder = (__ \ 'value).read[BigDecimal] and
+        (__ \ 'n).read[Int] and
+        (__ \ 'scriptPubKey).read[JsObject].map { json =>
+          val t = (json \ "type").as[String]
+          val a = (json \ "addresses")
+              .asOpt[List[String]]
+              .flatMap(_.headOption)
+              .flatMap(Address.from)
+
+          (t, a)
+        }
+
+    builder.apply { (value, n, tuple) =>
+      val (scriptType, address) = tuple
+      TransactionVOUT(value, n, scriptType, address)
+    }
+  }
+}