diff --git a/src/api/init.ts b/src/api/init.ts
index 77e9d71b..1083f65c 100644
--- a/src/api/init.ts
+++ b/src/api/init.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import { SatRoutes } from './routes/sats';
 import { StatsRoutes } from './routes/stats';
 import { StatusRoutes } from './routes/status';
 import { isProdEnv } from './util/helpers';
+import { RecursionRoutes } from './routes/recursion';
 
 export const Api: FastifyPluginAsync<
   Record<never, never>,
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ export const Api: FastifyPluginAsync<
   await fastify.register(InscriptionsRoutes);
   await fastify.register(SatRoutes);
   await fastify.register(StatsRoutes);
+  await fastify.register(RecursionRoutes);
 };
 
 export async function buildApiServer(args: { db: PgStore }) {
diff --git a/src/api/routes/recursion.ts b/src/api/routes/recursion.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8b139e45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/api/routes/recursion.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+import { TypeBoxTypeProvider } from '@fastify/type-provider-typebox';
+import { Type } from '@sinclair/typebox';
+import { FastifyPluginAsync, FastifyPluginCallback } from 'fastify';
+import { Server } from 'http';
+import {
+  BlockHashResponse,
+  BlockHeightParam,
+  BlockHeightResponse,
+  BlockTimestampResponse,
+  NotFoundResponse,
+} from '../schemas';
+
+const IndexRoutes: FastifyPluginCallback<Record<never, never>, Server, TypeBoxTypeProvider> = (
+  fastify,
+  options,
+  done
+) => {
+  // todo: add blockheight cache? or re-use the inscriptions per block cache (since that would invalidate on gaps as well)
+  // fastify.addHook('preHandler', handleInscriptionTransfersCache);
+
+  fastify.get(
+    '/blockheight',
+    {
+      schema: {
+        operationId: 'getBlockHeight',
+        summary: 'Recursion',
+        description: 'Retrieves the latest block height',
+        tags: ['Recursion'],
+        response: {
+          200: BlockHeightResponse,
+          404: NotFoundResponse,
+        },
+      },
+    },
+    async (request, reply) => {
+      const blockHeight = (await fastify.db.getChainTipBlockHeight()) ?? 'blockheight';
+      // Currently, the `chain_tip` materialized view should always  return a
+      // minimum of 767430 (inscription #0 genesis), but we'll keep the fallback
+      // to stay consistent with `ord`.
+
+      await reply.send(blockHeight.toString());
+    }
+  );
+
+  fastify.get(
+    '/blockhash',
+    {
+      schema: {
+        operationId: 'getBlockHash',
+        summary: 'Recursion',
+        description: 'Retrieves the latest block hash',
+        tags: ['Recursion'],
+        response: {
+          200: BlockHashResponse,
+          404: NotFoundResponse,
+        },
+      },
+    },
+    async (request, reply) => {
+      const blockHash = (await fastify.db.getBlockHash()) ?? 'blockhash';
+      await reply.send(blockHash);
+    }
+  );
+
+  fastify.get(
+    '/blocktime',
+    {
+      schema: {
+        operationId: 'getBlockTime',
+        summary: 'Recursion',
+        description: 'Retrieves the latest block time',
+        tags: ['Recursion'],
+        response: {
+          200: BlockTimestampResponse,
+          404: NotFoundResponse,
+        },
+      },
+    },
+    async (request, reply) => {
+      const blockTime = (await fastify.db.getBlockTimestamp()) ?? 'blocktime';
+      await reply.send(blockTime);
+    }
+  );
+
+  done();
+};
+
+const ShowRoutes: FastifyPluginCallback<Record<never, never>, Server, TypeBoxTypeProvider> = (
+  fastify,
+  options,
+  done
+) => {
+  // todo: add blockheight cache? or re-use the inscriptions per block cache (since that would invalidate on gaps as well)
+  // fastify.addHook('preHandler', handleInscriptionCache);
+
+  fastify.get(
+    '/blockhash/:block_height',
+    {
+      schema: {
+        operationId: 'getBlockHash',
+        summary: 'Recursion',
+        description: 'Retrieves the block hash for a given block height',
+        tags: ['Recursion'],
+        params: Type.Object({
+          block_height: BlockHeightParam,
+        }),
+        response: {
+          200: BlockHashResponse,
+          404: NotFoundResponse,
+        },
+      },
+    },
+    async (request, reply) => {
+      const blockHash = (await fastify.db.getBlockHash(request.params.block_height)) ?? 'blockhash';
+      await reply.send(blockHash);
+    }
+  );
+
+  done();
+};
+
+export const RecursionRoutes: FastifyPluginAsync<
+  Record<never, never>,
+  Server,
+  TypeBoxTypeProvider
+> = async fastify => {
+  await fastify.register(IndexRoutes);
+  await fastify.register(ShowRoutes);
+};
diff --git a/src/api/schemas.ts b/src/api/schemas.ts
index c48c7c84..b539d6d2 100644
--- a/src/api/schemas.ts
+++ b/src/api/schemas.ts
@@ -351,3 +351,14 @@ export const InscriptionsPerBlockResponse = Type.Object({
   results: Type.Array(InscriptionsPerBlock),
 });
 export type InscriptionsPerBlockResponse = Static<typeof InscriptionsPerBlockResponse>;
+
+export const BlockHeightResponse = Type.String({ examples: ['778921'] });
+export type BlockHeightResponse = Static<typeof BlockHeightResponse>;
+
+export const BlockHashResponse = Type.String({
+  examples: ['0000000000000000000452773967cdd62297137cdaf79950c5e8bb0c62075133'],
+});
+export type BlockHashResponse = Static<typeof BlockHashResponse>;
+
+export const BlockTimestampResponse = Type.String({ examples: ['1677733170000'] });
+export type BlockTimestampResponse = Static<typeof BlockTimestampResponse>;
diff --git a/src/pg/pg-store.ts b/src/pg/pg-store.ts
index 6637ea01..11669518 100644
--- a/src/pg/pg-store.ts
+++ b/src/pg/pg-store.ts
@@ -209,6 +209,36 @@ export class PgStore extends BasePgStore {
     return parseInt(result[0].block_height);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Returns the block hash of the latest block, or the block hash of the block
+   * at the given height.
+   * @param blockHeight - optional block height (defaults to latest block)
+   */
+  async getBlockHash(blockHeight?: string): Promise<string> {
+    const clause = blockHeight
+      ? this.sql`WHERE block_height = ${blockHeight}`
+      : this.sql`
+        ORDER BY block_height DESC
+        LIMIT 1
+      `;
+
+    const result = await this.sql<{ block_hash: string }[]>`
+      SELECT block_hash FROM inscriptions_per_block
+      ${clause}
+    `;
+
+    return result[0]?.block_hash;
+  }
+
+  async getBlockTimestamp(): Promise<string> {
+    const result = await this.sql<{ timestamp: string }[]>`
+      SELECT ROUND(EXTRACT(EPOCH FROM timestamp)) as timestamp FROM inscriptions_per_block
+      ORDER BY block_height DESC
+      LIMIT 1
+    `;
+    return result[0]?.timestamp;
+  }
+
   async getChainTipInscriptionCount(): Promise<number> {
     const result = await this.sql<{ count: number }[]>`
       SELECT count FROM inscription_count
diff --git a/tests/helpers.ts b/tests/helpers.ts
index 9f29a4fe..fa067033 100644
--- a/tests/helpers.ts
+++ b/tests/helpers.ts
@@ -108,3 +108,37 @@ export class TestChainhookPayloadBuilder {
 /** Generate a random hash like string for testing */
 export const randomHash = () =>
   [...Array(64)].map(() => Math.floor(Math.random() * 16).toString(16)).join('');
+
+/** Generate a random-ish reveal apply payload for testing */
+export function testRevealApply(
+  blockHeight: number,
+  args: { blockHash?: string; timestamp?: number } = {}
+) {
+  // todo: more params could be randomized
+  const randomHex = randomHash();
+  return new TestChainhookPayloadBuilder()
+    .apply()
+    .block({
+      height: blockHeight,
+      hash: args.blockHash ?? '0x00000000000000000002a90330a99f67e3f01eb2ce070b45930581e82fb7a91d',
+      timestamp: args.timestamp ?? 1676913207,
+    })
+    .transaction({
+      hash: `0x${randomHex}`,
+    })
+    .inscriptionRevealed({
+      content_bytes: '0x48656C6C6F',
+      content_type: 'image/png',
+      content_length: 5,
+      inscription_number: Math.floor(Math.random() * 100_000),
+      inscription_fee: 2805,
+      inscription_id: `${randomHex}i0`,
+      inscription_output_value: 10000,
+      inscriber_address: 'bc1p3cyx5e2hgh53w7kpxcvm8s4kkega9gv5wfw7c4qxsvxl0u8x834qf0u2td',
+      ordinal_number: Math.floor(Math.random() * 1_000_000),
+      ordinal_block_height: Math.floor(Math.random() * 777_000),
+      ordinal_offset: 0,
+      satpoint_post_inscription: `${randomHex}:0:0`,
+    })
+    .build();
+}
diff --git a/tests/recursion.test.ts b/tests/recursion.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cc811742
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/recursion.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,161 @@
+import { buildApiServer } from '../src/api/init';
+import { cycleMigrations } from '../src/pg/migrations';
+import { PgStore } from '../src/pg/pg-store';
+import { TestFastifyServer, randomHash, testRevealApply } from './helpers';
+
+describe('recursion routes', () => {
+  let db: PgStore;
+  let fastify: TestFastifyServer;
+
+  beforeEach(async () => {
+    db = await PgStore.connect({ skipMigrations: true });
+    fastify = await buildApiServer({ db });
+    await cycleMigrations();
+  });
+
+  afterEach(async () => {
+    await fastify.close();
+    await db.close();
+  });
+
+  describe('/blockheight', () => {
+    test('returns default `blockheight` when no blocks found', async () => {
+      const response = await fastify.inject({
+        method: 'GET',
+        url: '/ordinals/v1/blockheight',
+      });
+      expect(response.statusCode).toBe(200);
+      expect(response.body).toBe('767430');
+      expect(response.headers).toEqual(
+        expect.objectContaining({ 'content-type': 'text/plain; charset=utf-8' })
+      );
+    });
+
+    test('returns latest block height', async () => {
+      await db.updateInscriptions(testRevealApply(778_001));
+
+      let response = await fastify.inject({
+        method: 'GET',
+        url: '/ordinals/v1/blockheight',
+      });
+      expect(response.statusCode).toBe(200);
+      expect(response.body).toBe('778001');
+      expect(response.headers).toEqual(
+        expect.objectContaining({ 'content-type': 'text/plain; charset=utf-8' })
+      );
+
+      await db.updateInscriptions(testRevealApply(778_002));
+
+      response = await fastify.inject({
+        method: 'GET',
+        url: '/ordinals/v1/blockheight',
+      });
+      expect(response.statusCode).toBe(200);
+      expect(response.body).toBe('778002');
+      expect(response.headers).toEqual(
+        expect.objectContaining({ 'content-type': 'text/plain; charset=utf-8' })
+      );
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('/blockhash', () => {
+    test('returns default `blockhash` when no blocks found', async () => {
+      const response = await fastify.inject({
+        method: 'GET',
+        url: '/ordinals/v1/blockhash',
+      });
+      expect(response.statusCode).toBe(200);
+      expect(response.body).toBe('blockhash');
+      expect(response.headers).toEqual(
+        expect.objectContaining({ 'content-type': 'text/plain; charset=utf-8' })
+      );
+    });
+
+    test('returns latest block hash', async () => {
+      let blockHash = randomHash();
+      await db.updateInscriptions(testRevealApply(778_001, { blockHash }));
+
+      let response = await fastify.inject({
+        method: 'GET',
+        url: '/ordinals/v1/blockhash',
+      });
+      expect(response.statusCode).toBe(200);
+      expect(response.body).toBe(blockHash);
+      expect(response.headers).toEqual(
+        expect.objectContaining({ 'content-type': 'text/plain; charset=utf-8' })
+      );
+
+      blockHash = randomHash();
+      await db.updateInscriptions(testRevealApply(778_002, { blockHash }));
+
+      response = await fastify.inject({
+        method: 'GET',
+        url: '/ordinals/v1/blockhash',
+      });
+      expect(response.statusCode).toBe(200);
+      expect(response.body).toBe(blockHash);
+      expect(response.headers).toEqual(
+        expect.objectContaining({ 'content-type': 'text/plain; charset=utf-8' })
+      );
+    });
+
+    test('returns block hash by block height', async () => {
+      const blockHash = randomHash();
+      await db.updateInscriptions(testRevealApply(778_001));
+      await db.updateInscriptions(testRevealApply(778_002, { blockHash }));
+      await db.updateInscriptions(testRevealApply(778_003));
+
+      const response = await fastify.inject({
+        method: 'GET',
+        url: `/ordinals/v1/blockhash/778002`,
+      });
+      expect(response.statusCode).toBe(200);
+      expect(response.body).toBe(blockHash);
+      expect(response.headers).toEqual(
+        expect.objectContaining({ 'content-type': 'text/plain; charset=utf-8' })
+      );
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('/blocktime', () => {
+    test('returns default `blocktime` when no blocks found', async () => {
+      const response = await fastify.inject({
+        method: 'GET',
+        url: '/ordinals/v1/blocktime',
+      });
+      expect(response.statusCode).toBe(200);
+      expect(response.body).toBe('blocktime');
+      expect(response.headers).toEqual(
+        expect.objectContaining({ 'content-type': 'text/plain; charset=utf-8' })
+      );
+    });
+
+    test('returns latest block timestamp', async () => {
+      let timestamp = Date.now();
+      await db.updateInscriptions(testRevealApply(778_001, { timestamp }));
+
+      let response = await fastify.inject({
+        method: 'GET',
+        url: '/ordinals/v1/blocktime',
+      });
+      expect(response.statusCode).toBe(200);
+      expect(response.body).toBe(timestamp.toString());
+      expect(response.headers).toEqual(
+        expect.objectContaining({ 'content-type': 'text/plain; charset=utf-8' })
+      );
+
+      timestamp = Date.now();
+      await db.updateInscriptions(testRevealApply(778_002, { timestamp }));
+
+      response = await fastify.inject({
+        method: 'GET',
+        url: '/ordinals/v1/blocktime',
+      });
+      expect(response.statusCode).toBe(200);
+      expect(response.body).toBe(timestamp.toString());
+      expect(response.headers).toEqual(
+        expect.objectContaining({ 'content-type': 'text/plain; charset=utf-8' })
+      );
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/tests/stats.test.ts b/tests/stats.test.ts
index 18eea3c9..e4958336 100644
--- a/tests/stats.test.ts
+++ b/tests/stats.test.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 import { buildApiServer } from '../src/api/init';
 import { cycleMigrations } from '../src/pg/migrations';
 import { PgStore } from '../src/pg/pg-store';
-import { TestChainhookPayloadBuilder, TestFastifyServer, randomHash } from './helpers';
-
-jest.setTimeout(100_000_000);
+import { TestFastifyServer, testRevealApply } from './helpers';
 
 describe('/stats', () => {
   let db: PgStore;
@@ -223,32 +221,3 @@ describe('/stats', () => {
     });
   });
 });
-
-function testRevealApply(blockHeight: number) {
-  const randomHex = randomHash();
-  return new TestChainhookPayloadBuilder()
-    .apply()
-    .block({
-      height: blockHeight,
-      hash: '0x00000000000000000002a90330a99f67e3f01eb2ce070b45930581e82fb7a91d',
-      timestamp: 1676913207,
-    })
-    .transaction({
-      hash: `0x${randomHex}`,
-    })
-    .inscriptionRevealed({
-      content_bytes: '0x48656C6C6F',
-      content_type: 'image/png',
-      content_length: 5,
-      inscription_number: Math.floor(Math.random() * 100_000),
-      inscription_fee: 2805,
-      inscription_id: `${randomHex}i0`,
-      inscription_output_value: 10000,
-      inscriber_address: 'bc1p3cyx5e2hgh53w7kpxcvm8s4kkega9gv5wfw7c4qxsvxl0u8x834qf0u2td',
-      ordinal_number: Math.floor(Math.random() * 1_000_000),
-      ordinal_block_height: Math.floor(Math.random() * 777_000),
-      ordinal_offset: 0,
-      satpoint_post_inscription: `${randomHex}:0:0`,
-    })
-    .build();
-}