diff --git a/server/app/com/xsn/explorer/models/StatisticsDetails.scala b/server/app/com/xsn/explorer/models/StatisticsDetails.scala
index d69b085..b928e85 100644
--- a/server/app/com/xsn/explorer/models/StatisticsDetails.scala
+++ b/server/app/com/xsn/explorer/models/StatisticsDetails.scala
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package com.xsn.explorer.models
 
 import play.api.libs.json._
 
-case class StatisticsDetails(statistics: Statistics, masternodes: Option[Int])
+case class StatisticsDetails(statistics: Statistics, masternodes: Option[Int], difficulty: Option[BigDecimal])
 
 object StatisticsDetails {
 
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ object StatisticsDetails {
     val extras = List(
       "totalSupply" -> obj.statistics.totalSupply.map(JsNumber.apply),
       "circulatingSupply" -> obj.statistics.circulatingSupply.map(JsNumber.apply),
-      "masternodes" -> obj.masternodes.map(c => JsNumber.apply(c))
+      "masternodes" -> obj.masternodes.map(c => JsNumber.apply(c)),
+      "difficulty" -> obj.difficulty.map(c => JsNumber.apply(c))
     ).flatMap { case (key, maybe) =>
       maybe.map(key -> _)
     }
diff --git a/server/app/com/xsn/explorer/services/StatisticsService.scala b/server/app/com/xsn/explorer/services/StatisticsService.scala
index 7f6c65c..29f6683 100644
--- a/server/app/com/xsn/explorer/services/StatisticsService.scala
+++ b/server/app/com/xsn/explorer/services/StatisticsService.scala
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ class StatisticsService @Inject() (
   def getStatistics(): FutureApplicationResult[StatisticsDetails] = {
     val dbStats = statisticsFutureDataHandler.getStatistics()
     val rpcStats = xsnService.getMasternodeCount()
+    val difficulty = xsnService.getDifficulty()
 
     val result = for {
       stats <- dbStats.toFutureOr
@@ -25,7 +26,11 @@ class StatisticsService @Inject() (
         case Good(count) => Good(Some(count))
         case Bad(_) => Good(None)
       }.toFutureOr
-    } yield StatisticsDetails(stats, count)
+      diff <- difficulty.map {
+        case Good(difficulty) => Good(Some(difficulty))
+        case Bad(_) => Good(None)
+      }.toFutureOr
+    } yield StatisticsDetails(stats, count, diff)
 
     result.toFuture
   }
diff --git a/server/app/com/xsn/explorer/services/XSNService.scala b/server/app/com/xsn/explorer/services/XSNService.scala
index 075e04d..8bef929 100644
--- a/server/app/com/xsn/explorer/services/XSNService.scala
+++ b/server/app/com/xsn/explorer/services/XSNService.scala
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ trait XSNService {
 
   def getMasternodeCount(): FutureApplicationResult[Int]
 
+  def getDifficulty(): FutureApplicationResult[BigDecimal]
+
   def getMasternodes(): FutureApplicationResult[List[rpc.Masternode]]
 
   def getMasternode(ipAddress: IPAddress): FutureApplicationResult[rpc.Masternode]
@@ -288,6 +290,28 @@ class XSNServiceRPCImpl @Inject() (
         }
   }
 
+  override def getDifficulty(): FutureApplicationResult[BigDecimal] = {
+    val body = s"""
+                  |{
+                  |  "jsonrpc": "1.0",
+                  |  "method": "getdifficulty",
+                  |  "params": []
+                  |}
+                  |""".stripMargin
+
+    server
+      .post(body)
+      .map { response =>
+        val maybe = getResult[BigDecimal](response)
+        maybe.getOrElse {
+          logger.warn(s"Unexpected response from XSN Server, status = ${response.status}, response = ${response.body}")
+
+          Bad(XSNUnexpectedResponseError).accumulating
+        }
+      }
+  }
+
+
   override def getMasternodes(): FutureApplicationResult[List[rpc.Masternode]] = {
     val body = s"""
                   |{
diff --git a/server/test/com/xsn/explorer/helpers/DummyXSNService.scala b/server/test/com/xsn/explorer/helpers/DummyXSNService.scala
index 06ab5ae..8bc3099 100644
--- a/server/test/com/xsn/explorer/helpers/DummyXSNService.scala
+++ b/server/test/com/xsn/explorer/helpers/DummyXSNService.scala
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ class DummyXSNService extends XSNService {
   override def getLatestBlock(): FutureApplicationResult[rpc.Block] = ???
   override def getServerStatistics(): FutureApplicationResult[rpc.ServerStatistics] = ???
   override def getMasternodeCount(): FutureApplicationResult[Int] = ???
+  override def getDifficulty(): FutureApplicationResult[BigDecimal] = ???
   override def getMasternodes(): FutureApplicationResult[List[rpc.Masternode]] = ???
   override def getMasternode(ipAddress: IPAddress): FutureApplicationResult[Masternode] = ???
   override def getUnspentOutputs(address: Address): FutureApplicationResult[JsValue] = ???
diff --git a/server/test/com/xsn/explorer/services/XSNServiceRPCImplSpec.scala b/server/test/com/xsn/explorer/services/XSNServiceRPCImplSpec.scala
index f1a6512..82bd9f5 100644
--- a/server/test/com/xsn/explorer/services/XSNServiceRPCImplSpec.scala
+++ b/server/test/com/xsn/explorer/services/XSNServiceRPCImplSpec.scala
@@ -459,6 +459,21 @@ class XSNServiceRPCImplSpec extends WordSpec with MustMatchers with ScalaFutures
     }
   }
 
+  "getDifficulty" should {
+    "return the difficulty" in {
+      val content = "129.1827211827212"
+
+      val responseBody = createRPCSuccessfulResponse(Json.parse(content))
+      val json = Json.parse(responseBody)
+
+      mockRequest(request, response)(200, json)
+
+      whenReady(service.getDifficulty()) { result =>
+        result mustEqual Good(129.1827211827212)
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   "getMasternodes" should {
     "return the masternodes" in {
       val content =
diff --git a/server/test/controllers/StatisticsControllerSpec.scala b/server/test/controllers/StatisticsControllerSpec.scala
index e9b5f68..1e7c431 100644
--- a/server/test/controllers/StatisticsControllerSpec.scala
+++ b/server/test/controllers/StatisticsControllerSpec.scala
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ class StatisticsControllerSpec extends MyAPISpec {
     override def getMasternodeCount(): FutureApplicationResult[Int] = {
       Future.successful(Good(1000))
     }
+    override def getDifficulty(): FutureApplicationResult[BigDecimal] = {
+      Future.successful(Good(129.1827211827212))
+    }
   }
 
   override val application = guiceApplicationBuilder
@@ -46,6 +49,7 @@ class StatisticsControllerSpec extends MyAPISpec {
       (json \ "totalSupply").as[BigDecimal] mustEqual stats.totalSupply.get
       (json \ "circulatingSupply").as[BigDecimal] mustEqual stats.circulatingSupply.get
       (json \ "masternodes").as[Int] mustEqual 1000
+      (json \ "difficulty").as[BigDecimal] mustEqual 129.1827211827212
     }
   }
 }